annual report - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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“The different sections adroitly balanced and focused
yet never harsh, with bronzed, burnished brasses
infusing a strings section that plays with warm, cohesive
• “It was heartening to read
bite.” –
about the progress made by the Cincinnati Symphony…
The elements of this story are a textbook case for the
way an orchestra — and any other arts organization —
can survive, even thrive, in the current environment.”
• “The border between
–
performers and audience fell away; Carnegie has seldom
• “A large, diversified
felt so alive.” –
audience roared its approval at the work’s conclusion
and simply wouldn’t leave…I daresay there were few
• “In the
dry eyes in Carnegie Hall.” –
last five years, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
has had 21 sell-outs in Music Hall, boosted attendance
by double digits, and nearly doubled the number of
donations to its annual fund.” –
2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT
2013-2014 annual report
Table of contents
Mission, Vision & Values
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Determined for Greatness
Five Years of Progress
By the Numbers
Louis’ Inaugural Season Highlights “If it sounds good, it is good!” 2-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
A Place of Experimentation
LUMENOCITY®
MusicNOW Festival
10-11
12-13
Cincinnati’s Ambassador
Spring for Music
The Sound Heard ‘Round the World
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Cincinnati’s Own
One City, One Symphony
Classical Roots
Sparks Fly, Hearts Soar 2013
The Big Easy 2013
Musicians in the Community
Cincinnati Symphony Volunteer Association
Enviable Collaborations
Special Projects
Obituaries
Letter from the Chairman of the Board
2012-13 Financials
Donors
Sponsors
Endowment / Funds Listing
The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society
Musicians
Administration
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20-21
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26-27
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30-32
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CINCINNATI SYMPHONY & POPS ORCHESTRA
MISSION, VISION & VALUES
Mission
To seek and share inspiration
Vision
We will engage audiences and community better
than any other orchestra in the world
VALUES
DETERMINED FOR GREATNESS
For Cincinnati to have an orchestra of world-class stature,
it has taken tenacity, perseverance and a steadfast
commitment to extraordinary artistry.
A PLACE OF EXPERIMENTATION
From commissioning and premiering daring new works
to being the first orchestra featured on a national radio
broadcast to LUMENOCITY, the Orchestra has demonstrated
for over a century that it is a place of experimentation.
CINCINNATI’S AMBASSADOR
From coast to coast and around the world, people
everywhere know Cincinnati as a center of culture and
excellence through its Orchestra.
CINCINNATI’S OWN
By performing in neighborhoods and collaborating with
artistic partners and organizations throughout the region,
the Orchestra demonstrates a real commitment to
serving our community and elevating Cincinnati’s vibrant
cultural scene.
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FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS
Dear Friends,
The Enquirer reported this past January, “In the
last five years, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
has had 21 sell-outs in Music Hall, boosted
attendance by double digits and nearly doubled
the number of donations to its annual fund.”
This piece was picked up nationally by Arts
Journal and amplified in a Huffington Post
article, and I’m happy to report that the
number of sold-out Orchestra performances
increased from 21 to 26 in the months since
the article appeared.
The Board of Directors set a number of
important goals for the organization five years
ago. So how are we doing?
Well, let me first say that none of our accomplishments over the past five years would be
possible without the collaborative spirit within
the organization between our world-class
musicians, the hard-working and creative staff,
and our dedicated Board of Directors. Time and
time again, these stakeholders have stepped
up to the plate for the betterment of the
organization, and the result is five consecutive
balanced operating budgets, the elimination of
the Orchestra’s debt, and the CSO and Pops
elevating Cincinnati’s vibrant cultural scene all
the while garnering international acclaim.
INCREASED GIVING
None of this would have been possible without
extraordinary support. In 2009, we set out to
increase giving to the Orchestra, and many
individuals, foundations and companies answered
the call. With Annual Fund giving alone, we’ve
seen a 60 percent increase in the dollars raised
over a five-year span, a 77 percent increase
in the number of donors, and a 94 percent
increase in the number of gifts. Important
endowment gifts have been made to help
sustain the Orchestra, and more than 100 new
and increased planned gifts have been pledged
to the Schippers Society since 2011 with all
bequests now going to the Orchestra’s
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endowment. Along with ArtsWave and the
Louis Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund, our
donors are integral to the CSO’s success story.
SUCCESS WITH FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
Five years ago we also established policies to
ensure financial discipline. Among these was
only pursuing special projects that have been
funded. You might think that would have led to
a drastic reduction in new, innovative and high
profile kinds of projects, but again, thanks to
tremendous generosity, that couldn’t be further
from the truth. Millions of dollars have been
raised to support new musical compositions,
national radio broadcasts, television broadcasts,
commercial recordings, artistic collaborations,
web streaming, two conductor launches and
important initiatives like One City, One Symphony
and LUMENOCITY. We also raised over $1
million to support important capital projects
including a state-of-the-art sound system,
a Steinway concert grand piano and other
important instruments, and raised over $3.1
million to update and improve the Taft Theatre,
which serves the community with a diverse
array of programming.
MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE
ORCHESTRA
Our mission is to seek and share inspiration,
and the chemistry between musicians and
audiences is palpable. Our electrifying seasons
these past five years have been informed by
your feedback and inspired by your energy. This
has resulted in unparalleled concert experiences
that have garnered acclaim near and far. Over a
five-year span, CSO average attendance increased
19 percent, and Pops average attendance
increased by 12 percent.
During this period, we not only brought two
exciting new artistic leaders to Cincinnati in
Louis Langrée and John Morris Russell, but
also worked with true luminaries of the music
world as CSO Creative Directors during the
Music Director search including Lang Lang,
Branford Marsalis, Philip Glass, Jennifer Higdon
and the late Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. The
roster of guest soloists has included some of
the most renowned artists in the world.
ELEVATING COMMUNITY
Five years ago, we also sought to be more actively
engaged with this great region we serve, and
through our extensive Community Engagement
and Learning programs, we served 80,000
people this past season compared to 47,000 in
2009, an extraordinary 59 percent increase.
This commitment to our community doesn’t
stop with our concerts and outreach programs.
The Orchestra forged new relationships with
Cincinnati Ballet in 2009, the World Piano
Competition in 2013, the MusicNOW Festival
in 2014, and continued artistic collaborations
with Cincinnati Opera and the May Festival.
These and other partnerships, along with the
many performers presented at Riverbend Music
Center and the Taft Theater, elevate the arts
in our region and help to make Cincinnati a
destination city.
FULL SPEED AHEAD
I’d like to take a moment to highlight two
ongoing challenges: We are actively working
toward increasing the complement of musicians
in the Orchestra in a financially sustainable and
responsible way. We also can’t lose sight of
the challenges before us with Music Hall. The
repair, restoration and renovation of this iconic
Cincinnati landmark and vibrant community
gathering place is an enormously complex
project that remains a pressing need not only
for the Orchestra, but our entire region.
Within the pages of this Annual Report, there
are numerous examples of how the Orchestra
is thriving, innovating and serving. Our story is
unique to Cincinnati, and wouldn’t be possible
without you.
Sincerely,
Trey Devey
President
“One of the highlights of my inaugural season
here in Cincinnati has been getting to know
John. Not only do I greatly admire his abilities
as a conductor, but he and his family have become
great friends of ours. The first time I saw John
conduct the Orchestra, I was amazed by the
jazzy, vibrant rhythms and mood that made the
sound so unique and fun. It’s that diversity of
music that the Pops provides that makes the
CSO so incredible. The way he talks and has such
rapport with the audiences—both adults and
children—makes his joy for music-making
absolutely infectious. His understanding of
American music history and all of the genres is
a great inspiration.” – Louis Langrée, Music Director
Photo by Philip Groshong
“Louis is a passionate musical leader, an
uncommonly sensitive conductor and an
extraordinary human being. He has embraced
our Orchestra and our community with his
infectious “joie de vivre,” and whether he is
conducting Tchaikovsky, Mozart or Dessner’s
latest, the results are invariably amazing. He does
not foist his “interpretation” upon anyone; Louis
reveals the true spiritual essence of the composer
within the music. Working together with the most
talented and versatile musicians on the planet, I
am equally thrilled to share a strong musical bond
and friendship with Louis and his family.”
– John Morris Russell, Pops Conductor
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BY THE NUMBERS
The Orchestra served over 990,000
people in the 2013-14 season.
The Orchestra’s number just keeps going up—that is, the number of individuals impacted by
concerts, educational programs, appearances in the community, open rehearsals and other events
that break down the walls between audience and performer. In the 2013-14 season, over 990,000
people were impacted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra, Riverbend Music Center
and the Taft Theatre. This Orchestra is Determined for Greatness. Not only for its own sake, but
because a great community generates a great Orchestra, which in turn inspires a region full of life.
ACTIVITY
EVENTS
ATTENDANCE
CSO
POPS
Community Engagement/
Learning
Pops at Riverbend
Great American Ball Park
LUMENOCITY
May Festival
Opera
Ballet
World Piano Competition
Riverbend/PNC Pavilion
Taft theatre
Other
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21
89,033
52,049
531
4
3
4
4
14
22
1
42
131
9
80,000
15,438
70,000
48,922
8,875
26,437
41,024
684
387,402
160,913
11,493
TOTAL
831
992,270
GENRES: Symphonic • Opera • Choral • DancE • Chamber Music • Broadway • Film • Gosp
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Photo by J. Miles Wolf
The Next generation
80,000 students, teachers and adults served annually through Community
Engagement and Learning programming
school districts served
community concerts ArtsWave Presents/
Masterclasses
musician/ensemble visits
18,000 attended Young People’s Concerts, representing 121
schools and homeschool groups
Nearly 9,000 low-income students benefitted from Music is
the Ticket
14,170 student contacts were made through CSO musician
visits in schools, representing 26 area schools
pel • Rap • Hip Hop • Blues • Folk • Country • Pop/Rock • Jazz • Spiritual • World Music
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Louis’ Inaugural Season Highlights
Inaugural Weekend
Just three short months following an epic
undertaking in the first LUMENOCITY, Louis
Langrée’s Inaugural Concert Weekend
included a collaboration with one of the most
renowned and influential voices of our time,
Dr. Maya Angelou, whose appearance was
made possible thanks to a very generous gift
by The Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie
and Tom Hiltz. The program for the weekend
acknowledged the Orchestra’s past with Aaron
Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, which premiered in
Cincinnati in 1942, and its future, with Pulitzer
Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon’s On a Wire, a
chamber concerto co-commissioned by the CSO
in 2010 for orchestra and the Grammy-winning
sextet, eighth blackbird. This concert program
attracted a diverse audience of 9,280, with
16.1% participants who self-identified as
minorities. Because of the relationship built
during the Inaugural Weekend concerts, a CSO
String Quartet was invited to perform as part
of Dr. Angelou’s Memorial Service on June 7.
“Seeing and hearing Dr. Maya Angelou again
was a joy and I was so proud of our city.”
– anonymous audience survey
“Mr. Langrée’s brisk, tight interpretation was
reminiscent of many of his performances of the
Classical repertory at Mostly Mozart: polished and
impressively energetic if somehow weightless,
with movements that propelled forward without
accumulating intensity.” – The New York Times
“As striking as his conducting, though, was a
passing moment on Friday: When intermission
began, [Louis Langrée] waited until Ms. Angelou’s
wheelchair had been brought to her, then walked
offstage in her wake. No one would have remarked
had he done differently, but it was a gesture as
classy as his artistry.” – The New York Times
One City, One Symphony
The following weekend saw the reprise of
One City, One Symphony, a wildly popular
community program with the goal of bringing
people together through music that has
inspired orchestras across the country to
“There is a new palpable energy with each CSO performance and guest stars.
Since the arrival of Louis Langrée, there is a powerful connection between the
conductor, orchestra members, and the audience.” – anonymous audience survey
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launch similar initiatives. Themes of fate and
redemption sparked community conversation
and were reflected in two musical works:
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s
Davide penitente. Under Louis’ leadership and
the support of The Carole Ann and Ralph V.
Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, and The Jewish
Foundation, One City, One Symphony has grown
into one of the most highly-anticipated events
of the season. For more details about this
year’s program, see page 16.
MusicNOW Festival
In March 2014, Louis and the CSO embarked
on a brand new collaboration with MusicNOW,
Cincinnati’s premier new music festival. Under
the artistic direction of Bryce Dessner, known
for his orchestral compositions and also as
guitarist for the indie rock band The National,
the MusicNOW Festival has brought some of
the hottest artists in new music to Cincinnati
for years. And this year, for the first time,
MusicNOW took place at Music Hall with
works for full orchestra. The CSO performed
two world premieres and several CSO
premieres, while the entire hall took on a
festival atmosphere with entertainment from
cutting-edge artists, pre-concert lectures,
dramatic lighting and more. For more details
about MusicNOW, see page 12.
Other programs
In addition to MusicNOW, Inaugural Weekend
and One City, One Symphony, Louis conducted
three other subscription weekends, all of which
received critical and popular acclaim. With
repertoire ranging from Mozart to Gershwin,
Louis demonstrated once again his unique
rapport with Orchestra and audience, creating
unparalleled concert experiences.
Hallowed Ground
As a commemoration of Louis’ Inaugural
Season, the CSO’s first commercial recording
with Louis at the helm was released in
September 2014. For more information
about Hallowed Ground, see page 15.
“I was very impressed with how intense the orchestra was under the leadership
of Louis Langrée. If this is a precursor to how things are going to be, the CSO is
taking a big step forward!” – anonymous audience survey
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“If it sounds good, it is good!”
These words, originally attributed to Duke
Ellington, have become the mantra of the
Cincinnati Pops and Conductor John Morris
Russell. The 2013-14 season, JMR’s third at the
helm and generously sponsored by PNC Bank,
continued the Pops’ exploration of the evergrowing Great American Songbook, presenting
everything from Broadway to R&B.
This season also saw a number of landmark
events for the Pops, not the least of which
was the March announcement of JMR’s
contract extension.
“The John Morris Russell era has just
been extended…by the Cincinnati Pops.
Russell’s tenure so far has been
highlighted by 10 sold-out shows in the
3,400-seat Music Hall…two recordings
that have made Billboard’s charts, and
parks concerts throughout the region.
In the past five years, Pops attendance
has increased by double digits”
- Cincinnati Enquirer
The season kicked off in September with a
musical trip to space, with special guest
appearances by Star Trek and pop culture icon
George Takei, Dean Regas of the Cincinnati
Observatory and Mark Armstrong, son of the
late Neil Armstrong. Other season highlights
included a tribute to “Pops Classics,” all the
hits that the Cincinnati Pops has recorded and
performed to international acclaim for decades,
a sold-out Christmas concert with Amy Grant
and Vince Gill, the return of the alwaysdelightful Megan Hilty, and the Pops debut of
the top-selling R&B group of all time, Boyz II
Men. Families also flooded Music Hall for three
Lollipops Family Concerts, which continue to
delight and thrill the Orchestra’s youngest fans.
Another rousing summer series at Riverbend
Music Center was topped-off with the firstever live full-orchestra performance at Great
American Ball Park as part of the Cincinnati
Reds’ “Fireworks Friday” series. JMR and the
Pops provided the soundtrack of Copland,
John Williams, Bruce Springsteen and more
to Rozzi’s Fireworks display following the ball
game.
JMR’s third season as Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops was highlighted by exciting guest artists, record attendance and a contract extension.
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One young fan dressed up as his favorite superhero—JMR—for the
“Superheroes!”-themed Lollipops Family Concert.
Members of Boyz II Men pose with guest conductor Sarah Hicks,
the first woman to conduct the Cincinnati Pops.
“Thanks to the
@CincinnatiPops for the
Superheros! CD. It’s had
more plays with my 5
and 1 year old girls than
Disney!” – @DrBJones
on Twitter
JMR looks on as George Takei tells stories from his days on the
Star Trek set.
The youngest fans filled Music Hall this year as Lollipops Family
Concert attendance soared.
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Photo by Philip Groshong
LUMENOCITY
One of the largest and most highly-anticipated events of the
Cincinnati summer, LUMENOCITY, returned in August even
grander than before. With the addition of LUMENOCITY
Village, an area of Washington Park dedicated to food and
beverage vendors, arts and crafts, street performers and
more, the CSO’s concert and 3-D image mapping event
transformed into an all-day festival with over 40,000 in
attendance over the course of three days. The LUMENOCITY:
Live from Washington Park television broadcast attracted
129,906 viewers in the Tri-state on CET and WCPO, making
it number one in its timeslot in Cincinnati; thousands more
experienced the concert via a live radio broadcast on WGUC.
The live web stream brought LUMENOCITY to viewers
around the world including The Russian Federation, Sweden,
Spain, France, Germany and across the United States.
Thanks to the CSO’s partnership with Music and Event
Management, Inc. (MEMI), Washington Park became the
kind of place where neighbors meet and communities grow
in the midst of a shared artistic experience.
Of course, the heart of LUMENOCITY is the Orchestra.
JMR, the Pops, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera and the
May Festival brought cheerful song and dance to the first
half of the program. Once the sun set, Music Hall came alive
while Louis led a spirited program with works from Copland,
John Adams, Borodin, Elgar and Tchaikovsky. The capacity
audience sat in collective awe and silence as the program
unfolded, and the deafening cheers that erupted with the final
cymbal clash revealed the unmatched pride Cincinnati holds
in this great experiment.
Photo by A.J. Waltz
(above) Photo by J. Miles Wolf / (background) Photo by A.J. Waltz
MUSICNOW FESTIVAL
“It was an occasion to let one’s hair down, but it was more than that. It stood
for the cross-fertilization of rock and classical music, a process finding its tentative
roots here and elsewhere. The event drew a large and enthusiastic audience,
enough to cause Louis Langrée, the Cincinnati Symphony’s music director, to
look out and welcome the ‘new faces’ in the crowd.” – Classical Voice North America
Over the years, the CSO has built a reputation
as one of the world’s champions of new music.
Cincinnati has been home to the American
premieres of works by such composers as
Debussy, Mahler, Ravel and Bartok, and the
CSO also has commissioned works that have
become mainstays of the classical repertoire,
including Copland’s iconic Fanfare for the Common Man. This tradition of experimentation
expanded this season in a unique partnership
with the groundbreaking indie rock music
festival, MusicNOW.
Under the artistic direction of Cincinnati native
Bryce Dessner (who, in addition to his accolades
in the classical music world, is also known as a
guitarist in the rock band The National),
MusicNOW has been bringing cutting-edge
music to Cincinnati for years. In this first year
of the CSO’s collaboration with MusicNOW,
the door opened to allow performances
of works for full orchestra. Friday night’s
program featured works by Mr. Dessner and
Members of CSO Encore enjoy
the MusicNOW after-party at
21c Museum Hotel.
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Scriabin, a performance with ensemble-inresidence eighth blackbird, and the world
premiere of Nico Muhly’s Pleasure Ground.
Saturday night offered works by Penderecki,
Jonny Greenwood, Prokofiev and another
world premiere—David Lang’s mountain.
(Pleasure Ground and mountain are both included
on the CSO’s disc, Hallowed Ground, the first
commercial recording under Louis’ leadership.)
Both nights of the festival included pre-concert
lectures and demonstrations, performances
by indie rock artists before the concerts and
during intermission, and experimental lighting.
Pushing the boundaries of what is “expected”
paid off. Over thirty percent of MusicNOW
attendees were new to the CSO, and the
incorporation of some non-traditional
elements resonated broadly, particularly with
younger audiences. Social media exploded,
while several local alternative music bloggers
and websites covered the CSO for the very
first time.
MusicNOW featured experimental lighting with some pieces.
“Louis Langrée, talk nerdy to me. @CincySymphony @musicnowfest
#musicnow #cincinnati” – Andrea (@gofreaksgogo), on Twitter
Over thirty percent of MusicNOW attendees were new to the CSO.
MusicNOW Festival Artistic Director Bryce Dessner performed his
own work, St. Carolyn by the Sea, with the CSO.
Singer-songwriter Olga Kern was just one of several festival-style
acts that performed prior to the CSO concert in Music Hall.
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CINCINNATI’S AMBASSADOR
Spring for music
In May, Cincinnati’s arts community took New
York City by storm with a remarkable display of
cultural offerings dubbed “Cincy in NYC.”
Central to this invasion was the CSO and May
Festival Chorus performing at Carnegie Hall
under May Festival Music Director James Conlon
as part of Spring for Music on Friday, May 9.
This was the CSO’s 48th appearance at the
iconic New York venue since its debut there
in 1917, and it reinforces the Orchestra as
Cincinnati’s ambassador.
Alex Ross of The New Yorker called the CSO’s
Ordering of Moses performance a Spring for
Music highlight, writing “Conlon and his
Cincinnati forces…conveyed the moment with
precision and fervor…The border between
performers and audience fell away; Carnegie
has seldom felt so alive.”
Photo by Steven Sherman
Anthony Tommasini wrote for The New York
Times, “After an exhilarating account of John
Adams’s 1980 choral symphony ‘Harmonium,’
Mr. Conlon conducted a rare performance
of ‘The Ordering of Moses,’...The May Festival
Chorus (Robert Porco, director) and the
Cincinnati Orchestra under Mr. Conlon gave
an inspired performance...”
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The Sound Heard ‘round the world
Over 10 million recording units sold
The Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra
is Cincinnati’s ambassador, and with over 10
million recording units sold, the Orchestra’s
large recording library continues to introduce
the world to the Queen City. The most recent
releases on the Orchestra’s own label, Fanfare
Cincinnati, include two from JMR and the
Pops, Superheroes! and Carnival of the Animals,
and one from Louis and the CSO, Hallowed
Ground.
Superheros!
Carnival of the Animals
Hallowed Ground
Free downloads from CSO website: 19,538
SymphonyCast: 2 broadcasts for a total of 454,000 listeners nationwide
Performance Today: 10 broadcasts for a total of 14 million listeners nationwide
Spring for Music live broadcast on WQXR: 46,600 live listeners plus thousands
more via NPR’s website and delayed broadcasts on stations around the country
Superheroes! reached #8 on the Billboard
Classical Crossover chart, and showcases some
of Hollywood’s grandest musical scores from
recent blockbusters and television and film
classics. Superheroes! was made possible The
George and Anne P. Heldman Fund of The
Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
In the spring of 2013, the Pops performed the
world premiere of a work by Jason Robert
Brown and Georgia Stitt at a Lollipops Family
Concert. Later that year, the Pops recorded
Waiting for Wings, commissioned by Anne
Heldman, and in Fall 2014 it will be released
on a family-oriented disc, again made possible
by The George and Anne P. Heldman Fund of
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, that also
features JMR’s own arrangements of SaintSaëns’ popular classic, Carnival of the Animals.
Louis and the CSO made history this season,
and thanks to the support of Tom and Dee
Stegman; Rosemary H. and Frank Bloom; The
Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie and Tom
Hiltz; Ann and Harry Santen and Boundless
Series Sponsor Macy’s, that history will be
preserved for generations to come. The CSO’s
November 2013 performance of Copland’s
Lincoln Portrait with Dr. Maya Angelou narrating
highlights the Orchestra’s newest recording
(and the first under Louis’ direction), Hallowed
Ground. The recording will be remembered as
Dr. Angelou’s final artistic project before her
passing in June 2014. Also on the disc are
Nico Muhly’s Pleasure Ground and David Lang’s
mountain, which received their world premieres
by the CSO at the MusicNOW Festival in
March 2014.
Other increasingly important aspects of
the Orchestra’s ambassadorship are digital
downloads and national radio broadcasts
(see chart).
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CINCINNATI’S OWN
ONE CITY, ONE SYMPHONY
Using music as the impetus to bring our
community together, One City, One Symphony
once again captured the imagination of
thousands throughout the region with listening
parties, concerts, live video feeds, digital
downloads and radio and television broadcasts.
For weeks leading up to the live performances
at Music Hall, the whole community was abuzz
with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and
Mozart’s Davide penitente, sparking conversations
about fate and redemption.
This year, more listening party offerings
throughout Greater Cincinnati and 44
community partnerships brought together the
community and all its diversity. From the first
program year to the second, listening party
attendance nearly doubled from 440
participants to 830. Of those who participated
in listening parties in 2013, 69.3% were not
subscribers and 89.5% agreed that their
appreciation for the arts had increased through
this program. 13.4% of survey respondents had
never attended a CSO concert. The Public
Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
provided “Check out Tchaikovsky” bags created
to facilitate at-home listening parties. Bags
contained multiple CD recordings of Tchaikovsky’s
Symphony No. 4 and a discussion guide.
Engagement and discussion continued during
the two performances with an interactive
display that asked audience members if they
believed in fate, and why they did or did not.
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The visual display of dozens of Post-It notes
sparked conversation and further engagement
in the lobby during intermission and after the
performance.
4,272 people attended the live performances
at Music Hall generously sponsored by The
Carole Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank
Foundation, and The Jewish Foundation. An
additional 1,600 were reached via the live
simulcast of the November 16 concert in 11
hospitals and nursing homes in Ohio and
Kentucky. 133 free tickets were distributed
through Most Valuable Kids, serving underprivileged families. 63 of those children
attended November 14, and also received
dinner before the concert in the Ballroom as
part of the CSO’s Thursday Dinner + Concert
Series. Additional free tickets were offered to
schools and synagogues, the Bigs and Littles
program of Jewish Family Service, and the
Armed Forces Ticketing Association (AFTA).
An additional 56 tickets were requested through
these partnerships.
Since the live performances, the free audio
recording of the concert program has been
downloaded over 5,400 times from the CSO’s
website. Approximately 1.3 million listeners
nationwide tuned in to the concert when it
aired on NPR’s Performance Today, while 14,000
more listened during the local broadcasts via
WGUC. Television broadcasts of the concert
are currently planned to air on CET.
The 150 person Community Mass
Choir represented singers from
nearly 50 area churches.
CLASSICAL ROOTS
March 7, 2014 marked the CSO’s fourth
performance of Classical Roots at Music Hall,
celebrating African-American musical traditions.
The Classical Roots Community Mass Choir
again represented a wide swath of singers
from local churches. These volunteer singers
committed to several months of rehearsals in
preparation for the concert led by John Morris
Russell. Classical Roots began years ago when
the CSO would perform in area churches.
In 2011 the event moved to Music Hall and
completely sold out. This year saw another
sell-out, and the theme, “The Power of Song,”
resonated deeply with many choir members.
“My father passed recently, and his love for
music richly affected our lives in many ways. He
encouraged us to take music lessons at an early
age, and we enjoyed and participated in many
music events as a family,” said Karen Kirksey,
who has been a Classical Roots choir
member for three years. “I met many good
friends through both of our daughters’ musical
experiences as they grew up. During these
experiences, we [connected] with other music
students and their families. Although we were
of different cultures, backgrounds and ages, the
power of song linked us together,” she said.
The choir not only brings together strangers, but
gives neighbors, family members and friends an
excuse to spend time together as well. In 2014
88% of the Choir members reported that they
sing in community choirs, and 82% felt more
proud of Cincinnati as a result of singing in this
choir.
“I have also met new friends in the Classical Roots
Choir that attend various churches in the Greater
Cincinnati area. It’s always a joy to reconnect
every year for the concert,” said Ms. Kirksey. An
anonymous survey respondent also shared,
“My experience with the CSO Classical Roots
Mass Choir was very good, educational and
personally rewarding. It’s a pleasure to sing with
the Mass Choir and exhilarating to be a part of
such a wonderful production.”
In addition to the sustained relationships
fostered within the choir, other highlights of
Classical Roots always include the world-class
musicians of the CSO and celebrated guest
artists. This year renowned gospel singer Pastor
Marvin L. Winans headlined the program, and
even sang the world premiere of his song
“Even Me, Lord.”
“The concert concluded with James
Weldon Johnson’s anthem ‘Lift Ev’ry
Voice and Sing.’ The audience stood here,
sharing the moment with the Community
Mass Choir, and underscoring in no
uncertain terms the evening’s message
of faith, hope and courage.” - Cincinnati Enquirer
John Morris Russell and
members of the CSYO
Nouveau Chamber Players
performing during
Classical Roots.
Board member Edgar Smith and his wife Toni, and Board
member Paul Booth and his wife Cynthia at the reception
following Classical Roots.
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CINCINNATI’S OWN
Sparks fly,
hearts soar 2013
Board Chair Jim Schwab and his wife, Gala Chair Vivian Schwab, greet guests at the 2013 Opening Night Gala.
The Orchestra kicked off Louis Langrée’s
inaugural season in style with the Opening
Night Gala in September of 2013. The
Opening Night Gala Committee, led by Chair
Vivian Schwab, transformed Music Hall’s
ballroom into a glamorous space highlighting
the theme of the evening, Sparks Fly + Hearts
Soar. Guests were treated to a delectable late
summer menu provided by Jeff Thomas
Catering prior to the evening’s concert
featuring violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
The second award, a Lifetime Achievement
Award, was given to Bill and Sue Friedlander.
Both longtime board members of the
Orchestra, their constant support allows the
Orchestra to achieve great heights both now
and into the future. During his remarks, Board
Member Emeritus Rick Reynolds highlighted
the Friedlanders’ view of leadership: business
leaders have an obligation to give back to the
community through charitable giving and
volunteer efforts.
President Trey Devey with Orchestra Board Members Bill and Sue Friedlander and Rick Reynolds.
During the Gala two awards were presented.
The first was given to U.S. Bank in honor of
its 40 years of continuous support of the
Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra.
Guest Artist Anne-Sophie Mutter greets Gala attendees from CSO
Encore at the After Party following the Opening Night concert.
U.S. Bank representative
and Orchestra Board
Member Steve Mullin
(pictured here with his
wife, Kris) described how
the sponsorship advanced
the Bank’s brand and
ensured that world-class
music continued for the
entire community.
Following the concert, guests returned to the Ballroom for a post-
concert party featuring the sounds of Randomonium, led by Orchestra
member Julie Spangler.
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The Big EAsy 2013
Your Orchestra rang in the New Year “New
Orleans style” at Music Hall! The night was
the most elegant New Year’s party in the city
and all proceeds benefitted your Cincinnati
Symphony and Pops Orchestra. Following the
concert featuring jazzy and jubilant big band
favorites, guests headed to Music Hall’s
Ballroom for a New Orleans-style nightclub
experience. From the elegant dinner the
evening moved to lively dancing led by Leroy
Ellington and the Super E-Funk Band who
kept everyone on their toes for hours.
This year, the New Year’s Eve Ball honored
the late Harold Poe, accepted by his wife,
Julie. It is through his generosity that the
Orchestra can continue to present the New
Year’s Eve Ball each year. Many thanks go
New Year’s Eve Ball co-chairs
Christianna Stephens and
Hengameh Nassef receive flowers
in recognition of their enormous
planning efforts.
out to the entire Planning Committee,
especially to Co-Chairs Hengameh Nassef
and Christianna Stephens, for making the
entire evening possible.
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CINCINNATI’S OWN
MUSICIANS IN
THE COMMUNITY
MYCincinnati
Throughout the season, the Orchestra
strengthened its relationship with MYCincinnati
Orchestra, a free youth orchestra program
inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema program. One
highlight of the partnership included a concert
conducted by JMR in January 2014. JMR spent
an afternoon rehearsing with the orchestra
which concluded in a rousing performance.
Project ROAM
In May 2012 the CSO launched Project ROAM
(Reaching Out to Amateur Musicians), designed
to connect amateur musicians in the Greater
Cincinnati region with the professional
musicians, conductors and staff of the CSO.
Project ROAM explores a different major
work drawn from the symphonic literature at
each experience. For many amateur musicians,
participating in Project ROAM is an incredibly
rewarding experience as it involves a rehearsal
with a CSO conductor, sectional coaching
with CSO musicians, and a free informal
performance for family and community
members. Participants took much away from
the experience:
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reminded of my student days, when I was so
eager to absorb anything that I possibly could
about music.”
This season Project ROAM sessions took
members of the CSO led by JMR to the
New Horizons Band at St. Barnabas Episcopal
Church in Montgomery and Seven Hills
Sinfonietta. Eighty-three percent of participants
felt their playing, skills, and/or knowledge was
increased, while 90% of participants felt more
connected to others and made new relationships.
“I felt like an amateur quarterback who suddenly
had the privilege of working out with Peyton
Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees.”
“The feedback from our Band members and Pete
Metzger today was unanimous—the ROAM visit
by Messrs. Russell, Lindsay, Aufmann, and [CSO
Senior Director of Community Engagement and
Learning Anne Cushing-Reid] last Tuesday was an
inspiring experience for each of us in the New
Horizons Band. From John’s beginning tempo in
the Offenbach (again twice as fast as we were
used to!) to Doug’s lawn-sprinkler breathing
explanation for brass to Ron’s patient coaching of
the woodwinds, we all learned new things and
found that we really could stretch ourselves when
challenged. You’re all great ambassadors for the
Symphony and the Pops, and the whole experience meant a lot to our folks. They all had much
to talk about when they went home!” – Don
Rhoad, New Horizons Band of Cincinnati
The program not only enriched the participants,
but it also had a strong impact on the CSO’s
musicians. Associate Principal Bassist Jim
Lambert shared his experience: “What I enjoy
most about working with amateurs is their
enthusiasm, which is absolutely contagious. I am
In Your Neighborhood
The CSO’s In Your Neighborhood program
continues to provide greater flexibility for CSO
musicians and deeper community impact. With
musicians performing in schools and hospitals,
providing entertainment for community events
Members of CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players
celebrate a successful recital.
and demonstrating the joys of musicianship,
more and more people are connecting with
the Orchestra in more meaningful ways.
Artists-in-Residence
“Thank you so much for thinking of Princeton for
artists-in-residence Augustin Hadelich and Pablo
Villegas. Our students were thrilled at their performance. Also, their selection of repertoire was
‘engaging.’ They performed classical music as well
as tangos, so exciting for the students as well as
myself. In addition, they were very personable and
took a group picture with us at the end. All in all,
a fabulous experience.” – Angela Santangelo,
Orchestra Director, Princeton City Schools
In the 2013-14 season, the CSO welcomed two
artists-in-residence, cellist Alisa Weilerstein
and violinist Augustin Hadelich, as well as
ensemble-in-residence eighth blackbird. In
addition to rehearsing and performing concerts
with the CSO, these musicians also dedicated a
week to residency activities in the region which
included “tiny desk concerts,” master classes,
“pop-up” performances, collaborations with
Classical Revolution Cincinnati, Q&A sessions,
demonstrations, live UStream chats, school
visits and much more. In total, these musicians
clocked in 32 separate events, reaching 7,427
people.
In addition to artists-in-residence, many
other guest artists of the CSO and Pops visit
schools, hospitals and other venues around the
community, greatly enhancing their relationships
with the Orchestra and with Cincinnati. One
example is Broadway, film and television star
Megan Hilty’s visit to Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital where she dropped in at Seacrest
Studio. This in-house radio and television studio
allows patients and families, who are otherwise
in isolation due to treatment, to interact via
new media encouraging optimistic thoughts
during treatment and for the future. Megan
and her husband, Brian Gallagher, took calls
from patients, played trivia games and sang
songs, delighting hundreds of kids and families.
“We had a blast hosting the very talented
@meganhilty and her husband
@BrianGGallagher! Thanks! @CincinnatiPops”
- @WKID33 on Twitter
CSYO
The Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra
(CSYO) programs, which include the CSYO, the
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Concert Orchestra
and Nouveau Chamber Players, provided music
education for over 200 students in the 2013-14
season. Youth Orchestras nurture musical
talent and offer students the opportunity to
perform standard orchestral works not available
in school music programs.
The program also received some outstanding
news: CSYO alumnus and former concertmaster
Noah Bendix-Balgley was recently appointed
concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra after spending three seasons as
concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra. Noah spent his high school years
in Cincinnati and was concertmaster of the
CSYO.
“I have very fond memories of playing in the
CSYO, under Jose-Luis Novo,” Mr. BendixBalgley shared. “It was my first real concertmaster
experience.”
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CINCINNATI’S OWN
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY VOLUNTEER
ASSOCIATION
The Cincinnati Symphony Volunteer Association (CSVA) enjoyed
another season of great events and fellowship. Volunteers are a critical
component of the success of your Orchestra and we truly couldn’t do
it without their efforts.
CSVA President Linda Miller at the 2014 CSVA Annual Meeting.
Guests enjoy the festivities at a Party of Note graciously hosted by
John Harrison in his home.
Linda Miller Concludes First Year as CSVA
President
The 2013-14 season marked the first year of
Linda Miller’s term as CSVA President. Linda
has led the CSVA through a very successful
season, overseeing activities that have raised
almost $250,000 for the Orchestra, while
building new relationships and strengthening
long-standing ones with many loyal volunteers.
The Orchestra is thrilled to have Linda’s
leadership for another year and we all look
forward to another wonderful season.
Parties of Note
The 26th season of Parties of Note proved yet
again that your Orchestra is a leader in offering
innovative programming to suit everyone’s
tastes. This fundraising activity is a win-win,
with hosts providing the parties and 100%
of the ticket sales supporting the Orchestra.
Twenty-five parties were presented in unique
venues all over the city, with ten parties selling
out and the season netting close to $28,000.
Members of CSO Encore celebrate at one of their post-concert gatherings.
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CSO Encore
CSO Encore, the Orchestra’s young professional
volunteer arm, now has 300+ young
professionals as regular attendees. The Encore
group continues to grow and expand, hosting
social events following four of the concerts
this past season. In addition, Encore volunteers
sponsored, chaperoned and transported
students from Oyler Elementary School to
Lollipops Family Concerts, increasing access to
world-class music for those who might not
otherwise have the opportunity.
CSO Spectrum
This season the members of Spectrum began
the “Concerts+” series featuring pre- or
post-concert events for Spectrum members
at select performances. Spectrum co-chairs
Kathy Nardiello and Tim Giglio focused the
group on the goal of bringing different people
together through music. Following Music of the Mad Men era with the Pops and guest
conductor Steven Reineke, CSO Spectrum
members welcomed artists, friends and new
CSO Spectrum Presenting Sponsor, William D.
Stenger, at a packed post-concert reception
at the Symphony Hotel. The event served as
the kick-off for the “Concerts+” initiatives
and proved to be a huge success. Additional
activities promoting inclusion were hosted
throughout the season, and we all look forward
to the upcoming slate of Spectrum activities.
to 20! Through their efforts a wide array of
promotional materials arrived in libraries, coffee
shops, restaurants, and other community centers to draw new audiences to Over the Rhine.
Multicultural Awareness Council
The members of the Multicultural Awareness
Council (MAC) continued to grow and expand
their efforts to draw diverse audiences to Music
Hall and other venues in the community.
The effect of the MAC is not limited to the
annual Classical Roots concert. 2013-14 MAC
Open Door Concerts celebrating diversity
included Boyz II Men with the Pops and
“Chopin and the Warriors” with guest
conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leading the CSO.
Post-concert receptions, Open Door Concerts,
and active support of your Orchestra all made
this season’s MAC activities the best yet.
CSO Staff Member Todd Bezold and Board Member Tim Giglio
greet guests during one of the Spectrum events this season.
Street Team
A newer initiative of CSVA was the Street Team.
This group, comprised of 30 active members,
promotes Orchestra activities all over the Tristate, from Fort Thomas to Dayton. During the
2012-13 season this group reached ten different
areas, and this season that number swelled
MAC co-chairs Monica Hampton and Christie Bryant enjoy a
post-concert reception.
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CINCINNATI’S OWN
Enviable
Collaborations
Over 77,000 people experienced the Orchestra
last season through performances with our
four major Artistic Partners: the May Festival,
Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera and the
World Piano Competition. These partnerships
help a relatively small market in Cincinnati
sustain a world-class, 52-week orchestra.
According to David Lyman in his Enquirer review
of Swan Lake in October, Cincinnati Ballet has
upped the ante because “they now have the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra—60 members
of it, at least—in the Aronoff Center pit… It’s
an impressive addition, as the CSO is larger and,
thanks to working together 52 weeks a year,
a more unified ensemble….”
Highlights of the 2013-14 season also included
the world premiere of King Arthur’s Camelot
with Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera’s
commemoration of World War I with Kevin
Puts’ stunning Silent Night, the May Festival’s
triumphant performance at Carnegie Hall and
William Eddins leading the CSO with three
amazing competitors at the finals of the World
Piano Competition.
Too often, in opera the orchestra is considered in
the same manner as a waggish television producer
used to describe sound on TV: “Oh yes, that’s the
noise under the pretty pictures we create.” Not
so in Cincinnati. I am the envy of nearly all my
impresario colleagues across the nation for the
truly luxury casting of the Cincinnati Symphony
“in the pit.” Since our very first season in 1920,
the CSO has been our orchestra. They sweltered
along with us for fifty years at the Zoo and they
have remained our loyal and illustrious musical
partners in their home and ours, the spectacular
Music Hall. I am also convinced that one of the
reasons the greatest guest instrumentalists love
to play with the CSO is that this orchestra has a
gift for listening to soloists in its DNA. When you
can follow a coloratura soprano from the pit who
is on stage nearly thirty yards away from your
instrument, you can partner any violinist sharing
the stage in an orchestra concert!
While so many happy memories run together in
my mind in the relatively short decade I have been
with Cincinnati Opera, I treasure the truly Verdian
sound they create for Italian maestri and the
lightness of their Mozart for Sir Roger Norrington,
but most of all the magisterial sonority produced
in 2010 for our epic Wagner, Die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg. It was a noble, rich tapestry of
colors that will linger in my mind forever. Long
live our partnership well into the second century
of opera in Cincinnati.
Evans Mirageas
The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director,
Cincinnati Opera
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Photo by David Rafie
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Langrée Launch
Thanks to the support of The Harold C. Schott
Foundation, Francie and Tom Hiltz, your
Orchestra brought the famed Dr. Maya
Angelou to participate in Inaugural Weekend.
Dr. Angelou’s participation took the events
of the weekend to a whole new level with
appearances at Classical Conversations and
a special presentation at the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Office/IT Campaign
Thanks to the generosity of the Orchestra’s
Board, in particular Board Member Jack Rouse
and community volunteer Amy Merrell; the
administrative offices received a total overhaul
with new paint, new furniture, new computers
and new servers. All of these wonderful gifts
allow your Orchestra to function efficiently and
provide better service to our patrons.
Louis Langrée presents flowers to Dr. Angelou following her appearance
at Inaugural Weekend.
Commissions
One of this season’s highlights was the CSO’s
involvement with Cincinnati’s premier new
music festival, MusicNOW. The festival included
two world premieres that were commissioned
by the CSO and written by Nico Muhly and
David Lang. Both of these new works were
supported by new music lovers Ann and Harry
Santen.
David Ferguson, Amy Merrell and Orchestra Board Member Jack Rouse
showcase their thank you gifts in appreciation of their efforts on the
Office/IT Campaign.
Rotary Trumpets
Thanks to supporters Alex and Betsy Young,
a new set of rotary trumpets will permit the
Orchestra to perform the core repertoire of
the 18th and 19th centuries with the highest
quality instruments for our world-class
orchestra.
Ann and Harry Santen visit with composers Nico Mulhy and David Lang
during the MusicNOW Festival.
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OBITUARIES
Cathy
Lange-Jensen
Associate Principal
Second Violin
1958-2013
Photo: Ixi Chen
Cathy became a member of the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra in 1984 as Assistant
Principal Second Violin and a few years later
she became the Harold B. & Betty Justice
Chair, Associate Principal Second Violin, which
she held until her death. She and Associate
Principal Timpanist Richard Jensen were
married for 17 years and were enthusiastic
members of the Orchestra. Cathy passed
away after an extended battle with cancer
on December 13, 2013 at the age of 55.
Born in St. Louis, Ms. Lange-Jensen began
studying violin at the age of five. When she
was eight she began studying with noted
Suzuki method pioneer John Kendall and
continued studying violin, and later, Suzuki
pedagogy with him for the next ten years.
While in her third year of high school she
was accepted into the studio of Josef
Maestro
Rafael Frühbeck
de Burgos
1933-2014
As one of the most revered conductors
on the planet, Maestro Rafael Frühbeck de
Burgos was a frequent and favorite guest
conductor of the CSO. Between 1971 and
2013, Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos led the
Orchestra in 20 distinct programs, 44
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Gingold, Distinguished Professor at Indiana
University, and in 1982, she received her
Bachelor of Music Performance and a
Performer’s Certificate. Ms. Lange-Jensen
studied three summers (1981-1983) as a
Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center,
performing chamber music and orchestral works
and working under some of the great names
in music: André Previn, Joseph Silverstein,
Erich Leinsdorf, Seiji Ozawa, Gunther Schuller,
Kurt Masur and Leonard Bernstein.
Despite her illness, Cathy was determined
to perform during Louis Langrée’s grand
introduction to the community, LUMENOCITY
2013. She felt it so important to show
the new Music Director that respect and
that honor. During the January 10-11, 2014
concert weekend Louis returned the favor
when he led the Orchestra and the audience
in an emotional tribute to Cathy. At the
beginning of the evening, a single spotlight
illuminated Cathy’s empty chair while Louis
led the string section in a performance of
Air from J.S. Bach’s Suite for Orchestra in D
Major, which culminated with an extended
moment of silence.
performances total, with soloists including
Pepe Romero, Nicola Benedetti, Joshua Bell,
Yefim Bronfman, Jorge Bolet and Radu Lupu.
Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos also served
as the Creative Director for the Masterworks subscription series from 2011-2013.
As Creative Director, he curated two unique
seasons, offering guidance in programming
and planning. “Frühbeck…knows what he
wants and how to get it from his musicians…
and the musicians responded with excellent
playing.” – Cincinnati Enquirer
Ruth F.
Rosevear
1913-2013
Ruth Rosevear attended her first CSO
concert with her husband Fran the same
week they moved to Cincinnati in 1936.
Susan
Plageman
1959-2014
Photo: David Rafie
Susan, a former Vice President of
Development for the CSO, was a devoted
music lover. She came to the Orchestra in
February of 2010 after an extremely
successful fundraising career at the Nashville
Symphony. A native Cincinnatian, Susan’s
During her 77 years as a subscriber and
supporter, she experienced the leadership of
eight CSO Music Directors and both Pops
conductors. Ruth passed away on September
28, 2013 at the age of 99.
Ruth and Fran are both members of The
Thomas Schippers Legacy Society. Ruth
endowed the Ruth F. Rosevear Chair for
Cello that is currently held by Alan Rafferty.
work with the Development Team set
the stage for the institution’s current
successes. Her leadership brought about
dramatic growth in the Annual Fund, Special
Project funding, and the initial stages of
the fundraising campaign for the Music Hall
revitalization. She left the Orchestra in May
of 2012 and continued to be a great advocate
for the arts. It was through Susan’s leadership
that the CSO and the World Piano
Competition formed the great partnership
that exists today. Susan passed away on June
30, 2014.
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LETTER FROM
THE CHAIRMaN OF THE BOARD
2013-14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dear Friends:
Francie S. Hiltz+
Melody Sawyer Richardson+
Dianne M. Rosenberg+
Your Orchestra is determined for greatness.
The 2013-14 season was one for the record books
and demonstrated the artistic quality coupled
with the financial stability that we have all come
to expect from the Cincinnati Symphony and
Pops Orchestra. From Louis Langrée’s Inaugural
Weekend to the second, record-breaking
performance of LUMENOCITY, your Orchestra
reached new heights week after week.
Chair
None of these achievements would have
been possible without you. The support and
encouragement of every patron was critical
to Orchestra’s success this season. From
attendance at One City, One Symphony listening
parties to a wildly successful visit to New York
City for Spring for Music, patrons were the key to
it all. The Board of Directors is grateful to you for
your participation, your encouragement and your
enthusiasm.
Stuart Aitken +
Kathleen Barclay
Paul M. Booth
Iva M. Brown
Trish Bryan*
Otto M. Budig, Jr.
Harold Byers
Myra Chabut
Mark D. Cinquina
Christopher C. Cole
Peter G. Courlas
Alvin H. Crawford, M.D.
Dennis W. Dern
Sally Dessner
David R. Fleischer, Jr.
Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III*+
Susan S. Friedlander*+
William A. Friedlander+
Thomas Charles Garber+
Jane Garvey
Sabine Geissler
John L. Harrison
Joseph W. Hirschhorn*
Sandra F.W. Joffe
Lois Jolson
David Kirk
Kevin Kline
Ronald A. Koetters
Marvin Kolodzik
Peter Landgren
Tad Lawrence
Lisa deHart Lehner
Spencer Liles
Patricia Gross Linnemann
Jonathan McCann
My first year as Board Chair was very rewarding.
I am proud of everything we have accomplished
this year, and I look forward to even greater
achievements in the years to come. Thank you
for your unwavering commitment. I am looking
forward to sharing the excitement of the 2014-15
season with you.
With appreciation,
James E. Schwab
Chair, Board of Directors
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Officers
James E. Schwab+
Immediate Past Chair
Leonard M. Randolph, Jr., M.D.+
Secretary
L. Timothy Giglio+
Treasurer and Vice-Chair of Finance
Louis D. Bilionis+
Vice-Chair of Community Engagement
Vice-Chair of Leadership Development
Vice-Chair of Volunteerism
Rosemary Schlachter+
Vice-Chair of Patron Development
Thomas Stegman+
Vice-Chair of Facilities*
Directors
Robert W. McDonald
Sue McPartlin+
Linda Freiberg Miller
Stephen R. Mullin
Christopher Muth
Kathleen Nies
Cora K. Ogle
Eric V. Oliver
Robert S. Olson
Santa Jeremy Ono
Marilyn J. Osborn
Jack Osborn
J. Marvin Quin II*+
James B. Reynolds*+
Melody Sawyer Richardson+
Sandra Rivers
Jack Rouse
Ryan Rybolt
Ann H. Santen
Jeffrey S. Schloemer+
Pamela Scott
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.+
Matthew Q. Stautberg
Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr.*+
Nancy Wagner
Nancy Walker*
Diane West
Sheila J. Williams
Stacey G. Woolley
Honorable Tyrone K. Yates
Shau Zavon
*Director Emeritus
+Executive Committee
2012-13 FINANCIALs
O P ERAT IN G INCO M E STATE M EN T | F i s c a l Ye a r 2 012 - 2 013
Source of funds:
Concert Revenues
28,183,378
60%
Fee Engagements
1,686, 6 1 1 4%
Other Earned Revenue
769,858
1%
Contributions
6,910,665
15%
ArtsWave
2,950,000
6%
Government Grants
391,850
1%
Investment Income
6,275,869
13%
$47,168,231
100%
USE of funds:
Performance and Education
38,796,233
82%
Marketing and Public Relations
2,41 1 ,802
5%
Finance and Administration
4,741 ,864
10%
Development
1,218,04 1 3%
$47,167,940
100%
Audited as of August 31, 2013
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DONORS
HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS
The Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra is grateful to the following individuals and organizations
that support its efforts. The Orchestra extends its heartfelt thanks to each and every one and pay
tribute to them here.
PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE
Gifts of $50,000 and above
The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Susan and William Friedlander §
Mr. Thomas Garber, CCI Design, Inc.
George L. and Anne P. Heldman Fund* §
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Joffe
Mr. Daniel R. Lewis
Mrs. Carl Lindner
Calvin and Patricia Linnemann
Margaret McWilliams Rentschler Fund*
Jack and Moe Rouse Fund* §
Ann and Harry Santen
Tom and Dee Stegman
Ms. Anne D. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr. §
Charles F. and Mary M. Yeiser Foundation §
GOLD BATON CIRCLE
Gifts of $25,000–$49,999
Ellen A. Berghamer §
In Memory of Herbert R. Bloch, Jr.
Rosemary H. and Frank Bloom Special Fund *§
Dr. and Mrs. John and Suzanne Bossert §
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan, III §
Mrs. Charles Fleischmann
The Hayfields Foundation
David C. Herriman
Lois and Dick Jolson §
Mr. Mace C. Justice §
Marvin P. Kolodzik §
Marvin and Terry Quin Fund
Vicky and Rick Reynolds
Melody Sawyer Richardson §
Mark S. and Rosemary K. Schlachter §
Ginger and David W. Warner
Betsy and Alex C. Young §
Anonymous (2)
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
Gifts of $10,000–24,999
Romola N. Allen §
Martha G. Anness §
Mary Bergstein
Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard
Robert and Debra Chavez
Sheila and Christopher C. Cole
Katharine M. Davis
Dennis W. and Cathy Dern
Nancy and Steve Donovan
Emory P. Zimmer Insurance Agency
Harry and Linda Fath §
Catherine Lepley Feig
Sabine and Werner Geissler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Giuliani
Robert and Patricia Henley
Mr. and Mrs. L. Thomas Hiltz
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn §
Frank Jordan §
Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar*
Dr. and Mrs. Lionel King
Florence and Ron Koetters
Levin Family Foundation
Mrs. Susan M. McPartlin
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Muth §
Malcolm and Ruth Myers Family Fund *
Anne Nethercott §
Marilyn J. and Jack D. Osborn §
Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund*
J. David and Dianne Rosenberg
Vivian and Jim Schwab
William D. Stenger
Mary S. Stern
Theodore W. and Carol B. Striker
Tomcinoh Fund*
Larry Uhlenbrock
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Ward §
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman
Anonymous (1)
CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE
Gifts of $5,000–$9,999
Dr. Ira and Linda Abrahamson §
Mrs. Compton Allyn
Mrs. Katy Barclay
Mr. Frank Bartow
Anne, Cathy, and Sam Black
Chris and Karen Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Castleberry
Peter G. Courlas §
The Lewis and Marjorie Daniel Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dessner
Amy and Trey Devey §
Mr. and Mrs. David Fleischer
Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry
Ms. Jane Garvey
Richard D. Gegner
Mrs. Philip O. Geier §
Drs. Lesley Gilbertson and William Hurford
Priscilla Garrison Haffner §
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Hake
Tom and Jan Hardy §
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kline
Mrs. Thomas Klinedinst, Sr.
Linda Dianne Knose
Ms. Lisa deHart Lehner
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Lindner
Whitney and Phillip Long
Mark and Tia Luegering
Mrs. Vladimir Lukashuk
Elizabeth and Brian Mannion, MD
Alan Margulies and Gale Snoddy
Rhoda Mayerson
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan McCann
Mr. Robert W. McDonald
Mr. James A. Miller
Linda and James Miller
Stephen and Kristin Mullin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Olson
Dr. Santa Ono and Mrs. Gwendolyn Yip
John and Farah Palmer
John and Francie Pepper*
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Randolph, Jr.
August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation
Ellen Rieveschl §
Robison Family Foundation/B. Robison Sporck-Stegmaier
Elizabeth and Karl Ronn §
Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
Jeffrey S. Schloemer and Marcia A. Banker
Digi and Mike Schueler
Irwin and Melinda Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Skidmore §
Michael and Donnalyn Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Strange
Delle E. Taylor
Gary and Diane West §
Mr. Tyrone K. Yates
Anonymous (5)
ARTIST’S CIRCLE
Gifts of $3,000–$4,999
Stuart and Sarah Aitken
Mr. Anatole Alper
Thomas P. Atkins
Mrs. Robert J. Ayer
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Bahlman, Jr. §
Mrs. Thomas S. Benjamin
David and Elaine Billmire
Robert L. Bogenschutz
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber
Janet and Bruce Byrnes
Dr. and Mrs. Charles O. Carothers
Mr. Mark D. Cinquina
Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III §
Miss Norma L. Clark §
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin Crawford
Susan and John Cummings
Jim and Elizabeth Dodd
Mrs. Diana T. Dwight
Jane F. and David W. Ellis Fund*
Ann A. Ellison
Marlana and Walter Frank
Friends of the Pops
Frank and Tara Gardner
L. Timothy Giglio
Clifford J. Goosmann and Andrea M. Wilson
Minette Hoffheimer
In Memory of Alma Huenefeld
Drs. Marcia Kaplan and Michael Privitera
Edward A. Klint
Michael and Marilyn Kremzar
Peter Landgren and Judith Schonbach
Elizabeth and Terry Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Millett
(left to right) Aimee Clark
Langrée, Moe Rouse, Jane Ellis,
Louis Langrée, Sabine Geissler
and Vivian Schwab mingle
during the 2014 Conductor’s
Circle Dinner at the home of
Sandra and Stephen Joffe.
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch
Mr. Scott Nelson and Dr. Susan Kindel
Gary and Nancy Oppito
Arlene Palmer
James and Sue Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Ruthman
Clifford R. and Peter R. Scholes
James Schubert
Elizabeth Schulenberg
Mrs. George Stricker
Sarah and Neil Thorburn
Robert and Audrey Varley §
Nancy C. Wagner §
Patricia M. Wagner §
Nancy F. Walker
Anonymous (1)
ENCORE CIRCLE
Gifts of $1,500–$2,999
William and Janet Albertson
Mr. Richard Antoine
Dr. Bruce Aronow
Rexford and Sharon Bevis
Jane Birckhead
Dabby Blatt
Cynthia Booth
Glenn and Donna Boutilier
Dr. and Mrs. William Bramlage
Mr. Thomas A. Braun III
Ralph and Iva Brown
Mrs. Ann J. Bunis
Anna K. and G. Gibson Carey
Shannon and Lee Carter
Ms. Geraldine V. Chavez
Michael L. Cioffi
Tisha and Bob Clary
Susan and Burton Closson
Drs. David and Nina Clyne
Stanley and Frances Cohen §
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Collins
Dr. Pearl J. Compaan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Coomes
Randy K. and Nancy R. Cooper
Dr. Youssef and Suzanne Costandi
Martha and David Crafts
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crittenden
Jodelle S. Crosset
Jennifer and Vito Damiano
Mark Dauner
Mrs. Thomas E. Davidson
George Deepe and Kris Orsborn
Jack and Joyce Drake
Betty Duncan
Ms. Maureen Dunne
Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker
David and Kari Ellis Fund*
Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Espay
Vaden Fitton
Gail F. Forberg §
In Memory of A. William Forbriger
Richard Freshwater
David and Mo Freytag
Carol S. Friel
Kenneth J. Furrier
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Gardner
Theresa Deters Gerrard
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Gianella
Mary and Jack Gimpel
John B. Goering
Barbara J. Gottling
Jim and Jann Greenberg
Bette and Alan Griffith
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Hahn
Dr. Donald and Laura Harrison
Mr. John L. Harrison
Dr. and Mrs. Morton Harshman §
Irmgard and Horst Hehmann
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Heidenreich
Daniel J. Hoffheimer §
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Cynthia and Paul Holzschuher
Elizabeth and Lawrence Hoyt
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley G. Hughes
Ruth and Frederick Joffe
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Katzman
Mr. and Mrs. David Kirk
Margaret W. Kite
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky
Leonard Kuertz
JoAnn and George Kurz
Philip and Judy Leege
Andrea Lerner Levenson
Peter amd Beth Levin §
Mrs. Robert Lippert
Thomas and Adele Lippert*
Jennifer Loggie, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Lopez
Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Luken, Jr.
Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein
Mandare Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Matthews
Dr. Janet P. McDaniel
Ruth McDiffett and Amy McDiffett
Amy Merrell and Yousef Aouad
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Miller
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Moccia §
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mok
Mrs. Sally A. More
Judith and David Morgan
George and Sarah Morrison III
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Newell
Mr. and Mrs. John Noelcke
Roy Oder
Dr. Cora Ogle
Mr. and Mrs. George Perbix
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Phelps
Alice and David Phillips
James W. Rauth §
Mrs. Robert S. Read
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Reis
Mr. Alexander Resly
Sandra Rivers
James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger
The Saenger Family Foundation
Martha and Lee Schimberg
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Schmid*
Judith Scott
Mrs. Robert B. Shott §
William A. and Jane Smith
Howard and Nancy Starnbach
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Starr
Matt and Shannon Stautberg
Bill and Lee Steenken
Anita and George B. Stewart
Elizabeth A. Stone
Brett Stover and Christopher Hassell
Mrs. Robert D. Swanson
Bunny and Frank Szecskay
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr.
Mrs. Nydia Tranter §
Debie and Joe Warkany §
Galen R. Warren
Mrs. Ranald S. West
Mrs. Harris K. Weston (Alice)
Judy and Joe Williams
Sheila Williams and Bruce Smith
Steve and Katie Wolnitzek
Vance and Peggy Wolverton
Don and Carol Wuebbling
Anonymous (5)
SYMPHONY CIRCLE
Gifts of $750–$1,499
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams §
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Adams
Drs. Frank and Mary Albers
Drs. June and John K. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Allen
Arne and Sharon Almquist
Dr. F. Javier Alvarez-Leefmans
Helen T. Andrews
Mr. James J. Anthony
Nancy J. Apfel
Dr. Norita Aplin and Stanley Ragle
Carole J. Arend §
Judy Aronoff and Marshall Ruchman
David Axt and Susan Wilkinson
Mrs. Polly M. Bassett
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Baucom
Judy A. Bean
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Behrmann
Dava L. Biehl §
Walter B. Blair §
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bledsoe
Lucille and Dutro Blocksom §
Martha P. Bolognini
Dr. Gail Bongiovanni and Mr. Everett C. Nissly
Chris and Tom Buchert
Linda Busken and Andrew M. Jergens §
Ms. Deborah Campbell
Joan Carlin
Paul and Judy Carlson
Tom Carpenter and Lynne Lancaster
Becky and Sam Cassidy
Alan and Elizabeth Chambers Fund*
Matthew Chimsky §
Piotr Chomczynski
Dr. Margaret Conradi
Jean and Gene Conway
Robin Cotton and Cindi Fitton
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curran III
John and Lynne Curtiss
Mrs. Geralyn J. Daly
Drs. Fuheid and Ingrid Daoud
Stephen J. Daush
Mr. and Mrs. James Dealy
Red and Jo Deluse
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OTHER
DONORS
Board Member Emeritus Rick Reynolds and his wife Vicky during an on-stage
reception in Music Hall in November of 2013.
Bedouin and Randall Dennison
Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr.
Patricia Dudsic
Rev. Virginia A. Duffy
Dianne Dunkelman
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Earls §
Mr. Jimmy C. Edwards
Jerome H. and Jean K. Eichert
Mrs. Joyce Elkus
Mr. Erwin F. Erhardt III
Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh
Barbara Esposito-Ilacqua
Mr. Robert C. Ewers
Alice Fegelman and Leo Munick, M.D.
Drs. Thomas W. Filardo and Nora L. Zorich
Mr. Laughton Fine
Ashley and Bobbie Ford
Marjorie Fryxell
Linda P. Fulton
Lou and Dean Gaudin
H. Jane Gavin §
Mrs. Shirley Gershuny
Mrs. Nicholas Giannestras
Louis and Deborah Ginocchio
Mrs. Jocelyn Glass
Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Glueck
Shelley and Steven Goldstein
Ms. Arlene Golembiewski
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Gollobin
H. Drewry Gores and George H. Warrington
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gougeon
Mr. Don Gray
Joseph N. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Greenberg
Lesha and Samuel Greengus
Kurt and Joanne Grossman
Kathy Grote § in loving memory of Robert Howes
John and Elizabeth Grover
Thomas L. Guidugli, Jr.
Mr. William P. Hackman §
Ham and Ellie Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Harris
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Heldman §
Dr. and Mrs. James P. Herman
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hersman §
In Memory of Benjamin C. Hubbard
Mr. David Huberfield
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hughes
John and Mary Ellyn Hutton §
Doug and Melanie Hynden
Dr. Maralyn M. Itzkowitz
Dr. Murray Jaffe
Barbara M. Johnson
Mrs. Morse Johnson §
Lois M. Jones
Holly Keeler
Betsy and Geoff Keenan
Dr. Robert W. Keith and Ms. Kathleen Thornton
Don and Kathy King
Dr. Patrick G. Kirk and Mrs. Mary M. Vondrak
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kirley
Mrs. Paul W. Krone
Carol Louise Kruse
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In memory of Erich Kunzel
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr.
Everett and Barbara Landen
Kevin L. Langston
Mrs. Robert G. Lanzit
Rita and Pete LaPresto
Richard and Susan Lauf
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lauterbach
Dr. and Mrs. Lynn Y. Lin
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Linder
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Link
Paula and Nick Link
Drs. Douglas Linz and Ann Middaugh
Al and Mary Lopez
Mrs. Max L. Lurie
David Martin
Lynn and Glen Mayfield
Eleanor S. McCombe
Drs. Brian and Janice McConville
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCracken
Mary Sue McDuffie
Betty Jane and Lee McHenry
Powell McHenry
Edith McKee
Ms. Stephanie McNeill
Charles and Joann Mead
Mary Ann Meanwell
Joe Mendelsohn III Fund*
Father Thomas Meyer
George and Marianne Meyers
Lynne Meyers-Gordon, M.F.A.
Laura Milburn
Mrs. Patricia Misrach
Mrs. James Monroe §
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Musekamp III
Jacqueline C. Neumann
Cheryl and Roy Newman
Matt Nitzberg and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Oliver
Mr. Maurice E. Oshry §
Marilyn Z. Ott
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Ottenjohn
Paul and Roberta Pappenheimer
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Park
Patricia and Morris Passer
Poul D. and Jo Anne Pedersen
Alice and Burton Perlman
Norma Petersen §
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Pfister, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Pike
Sandy Pike §
Robert C. Plageman
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Plattner
Mr. Phillip Potter
Mr. and Mrs. William Quarve
Michael and Katherine Rademacher
Marjorie and Louis Rauh
Barbara S. Reckseit §
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reed
David and Marilyn Reichert
William Reid and Anne Cushing-Reid
Becky and Ted Richards
Dr. and Mrs. Jack F. Rohde
Marianne and Snowden Rowe §
Stanley L. Rowland
Ryan and Kara Rybolt
Catherine B. Saelinger
Timothy W. Schraw
Dr. and Mrs. David Schwartz
Martha S. Seaman §
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Shifman
Mr. Eli E. Shupe, Jr.
Rennie and David Siebenhar
Mr. William Sloneker
Ms. Kathleen Smith
Jeff and Juddy Solomon Fund*
Phillip and Karen Sparkes
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Spiess
Ethan and Barbara Stanley
Mrs. Edward P. Staubitz §
John Steele, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Stowe
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stradling, Jr.
Nancy and Gary Strassel
Patricia Strunk §
Mrs. Sally Sundermann
Dr. and Mrs. Shiro Tanaka
Dr. Alan and Shelley Tarshis
Ralph C. Taylor §
Kathy Teipen
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Thomson
Cliff and Diane Thornsburg
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tinklenberg
Neil Tollas and Janet Moore
Dick and Jane Tuten §
Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Waggoner
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wainscott
Sarella Walton
Robert and Antoinette Warden
Claude and Camilla Warren
Chad and Betsy Warwick
Elizabeth Weber
Linda Wellbaum
Donna A. Welsch
Jim and George Ann Wesner
In Memory of Dr. Elliott E. West
Mr. Michael West
Franklin H. White
JoAnn Wieghaus
Curt and Virginia Wilhelm
Cathy Willis
Gene Wilson
Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wilson, Jr.
Andrea Wiot
Mrs. Barbara A. Witte §
Wright Brothers, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wurzelbacher
John M. Yacher
Dr. Marvyn and Mrs. Nancy Youkilis
Zaring Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zavon
Anonymous (22)
List as of July 31, 2014
* Denotes a fund of The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
§ Denotes members of The Thomas Schippers Society. Individuals who have made a planned gift
to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra are eligible
for membership in The Thomas Schippers Society.
SPONSORS
The Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra is grateful for
the generosity of its sponsors. Sponsorship support is vital to
the success of the Orchestra and helps enhance the quality of
cultural life in the Greater Cincinnati area.
PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE ($50,000+)
Louise H. and
David S. Ingalls
Foundation Inc.
The Louise Dieterle Nippert
Musical Arts Fund
Jacob G. Schmidlapp
Trusts, Fifth Third Bank,
Trustee
The Margaret
McWilliams Rentschler
Fund of the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation
Dr. John & Louise
Mulford Fund
for the CSO
The John A. Schroth
Family Charitable Trust,
PNC Bank, Trustee
Harold C. Schott
Foundation
Gold baton Circle ($25,000–$49,999)
Thomas Garber &
The Ladislas & Vilma Segoe
Family Foundation
The Cincinnati
Symphony Club
Ann & Gordon
Getty Foundation
The Patricia Kisker
Foundation
Waddell Family
Foundation
Conductor’s Circle ($10,000–$24,999)
Crosset Family
Fund
The John C. Griswold
Foundation
The Andrew Jergen Foundation
The Kaplan
Foundation
The August A. Rendigs, Jr. and
Helen J. Rendigs Foundation,
W. Roger Fry, Trustee, and the firm
of Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis
The Daniel & Susan
Pfau Foundation
The Wohlgemuth
Herschede Foundation
The Eric B. Yeiser
Family Foundation
YOT Full Circle Foundation
Concertmaster’s CIRCLE ($5,000–$9,999)
The Aaron Copland
Fund for Music
James M. Ewell
Foundation
William G. &
Mary Jane Helms
Charitable Foundation
The Willard & Jean Mulford
Charitable Fund
Woodward Trust
For more information on how your company can support the Orchestra as a corporate sponsor, please contact Nicole Dorsey at 513.744.3209 or [email protected].
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Endowment/Funds Listing
Permanent Endowment of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Over the years, members of the Greater Cincinnati community have made significant gifts to
provide for the enjoyment of future generations. The CSO thanks and honors the donors of these
permanent funds:
ENDOWED CHAIRS
Grace M. Allen Chair
Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair
Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair
Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair
Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair
Peter G. Courlas-Nicholas Tsimaras Chair
Ona Hixson Dater Chair
Jane & David Ellis Chair
Irene & John J. Emery Chair
James M. Ewell Chair
Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair
Charles Gausmann Chair
Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair
Charles Frederic Goss Chair
David G. Hakes & Kevin D. Brady Chair
Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair
Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair
Lois Klein Jolson Chair
Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair
Al Levinson Chair
Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair
Laura Kimble McLellan Chair
Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis
Nippert Chairs
Ida Ringling North Chair
Rawson Chair
Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair
Ruth F. Rosevear Chair
Emalee Schavel Chair
Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair
Serge Shababian Chair
Tom & Dee Stegman Chair
Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair
Anna Sinton Taft Chair
Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair
James P. Thornton Chair
Nicholas Tsimaras-Peter G. Courlas Chair
Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair
Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair
Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair
Anonymous Chair
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ENDOWED PERFORMANCES &
PROJECTS
Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust,
Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
Cincinnati Bell Foundation Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Val Cook
Nancy & Steve Donovan
Sue and Bill Friedlander Endowment Fund
Mrs. Charles Wm Anness, Mrs.
Frederick D. Haffner, Mrs. Gerald
Skidmore and the La Vaughn Scholl Garrison Fund
Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for
Musical Excellence
Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Great Artists
Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Pianist Fund
Lawrence A. & Anne J. Leser
Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Lindner
PNC Financial Services Group
The Procter & Gamble Fund
Vicky & Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists
Melody Sawyer Richardson
Peggy Selonick Fund for Great Artists
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Fund for Great Artists
U. S. Bank Foundation
Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth Endowment Fund
Jo Ann and Paul Ward Music Director Fund
EDUCATIONAL CONCERTS
Rosemary & Frank Bloom
Cincinnati Financial Corporation &
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
The Margaret Embshoff Educational Fund
Kate Foreman Young Peoples Fund
George & Anne Heldman
Macy’s Foundation
Vicky & Rick Reynolds
William R. Schott Family
Western-Southern Foundation, Inc.
OTHER NAMED FUNDS
Ruth Meacham Bell Memorial Fund
Frank & Mary Bergstein Fund for Musical Excellence
Jean K. Bloch Music Library Fund
Cora Dow Endowment Fund
Corbett Educational Endowment
Belmon U. Duvall Fund
Ewell Fund for Riverbend Maintenance
Ford Foundation Fund
Natalie Wurlitzer & William Ernest Griess Cello Fund
Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust
Music Director Fund for Excellence
Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Scholarship Fund
Richard & Jean Jubelirer & Family Fund
Elma Margaret Lapp Trust
Jésus López-Cobos Fund for Excellence
Mellon Foundation Fund
Nina Browne Parker Trust
Dorothy Robb Perin & Harold F. Poe Trust
Rieveschl Fund
Thomas Schippers Fund
Martha, Max & Alfred M. Stern Ticket Fund
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strauss Student Ticket Fund
Anna Sinton & Charles P. Taft Fund
Lucien Wulsin Fund
Wurlitzer Season Ticket Fund
CSO Musicians Emergency Fund
Dr. Ira & Linda Abrahamson *
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Adams *
Jeff & Keiko Alexander *
Mrs. Robert H. Allen *
Mrs. Charles William Anness
Jean L. Appenfelder
Carole J. Arend *
Donald C. Auberger, Jr.
Dr. Diane Schwemlein Babcock
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Bahlman, Jr. *
Henrietta Barlag
Peggy Barrett
Jane & Ed Bavaria *
Ellen A. Berghamer
Dava L. Biehl *
Walter Blair *
Lucille & Dutro Blocksom *
Rosemary & Frank Bloom **
Fay Boeh *
Dr. John and Suzanne Bossert
Mollie H. Bowers-Hollon
Ronald Bozicevich
Thomas A. Braun, III
Joseph Brinkmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Bryan, III *
Mary Alice Heekin Burke *
Deborah Campbell & Eunice M. Wolf
Dimitra A. Campbell **
Myra Chabut **
Jean & Matthew Chimsky
Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III
Norma L. Clark
Stanley & Frances Cohen *
Leland M. & Carol C. Cole
Grace A. Cook *
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cordes **
Peter G. Courlas & Nick Tsimaras **
Amy & Scott Darrah
Meredith & Will Darrah, children
Harrison R.T. Davis
Miriam Deshon
Amy & Trey Devey
Mr. & Mrs. John Earls *
Dale & Lillian Eickman *
Linda and Harry Fath
Alan Flaherty
Mrs. Richard A. Forberg
Guy & Marilyn Frederick **
William & Susan Friedlander *
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Fry
Mrs. Charles W. Fryer
H. Jane Gavin
Mrs. Philip O. Geier *
Kenneth A. Goode**
Clifford J. Goosman & Andrea M. Wilson
Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon
J. Frederick & Cynthia Gossman
Kathy Grote
William Hackman
Priscilla Garrison Haffner
David G. Hakes
Vincent C. Hand & Ann E. Hagerman
Tom and Jan Hardy
William L. Harmon
Bill Harnish & John Harnish
Mrs. Jay Harris *
Dr. & Mrs. Morton L. Harshman *
Mary J. Healy
Frank G. Heitker
Anne Heldman
Betty & John Heldman *
John Hermanies *
Ms. Roberta Hermesch *
Ferd & Jill Hersman *
Karlee L. Hilliard
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Daniel J. Hoffheimer *
Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Hogan *
Kenneth L. Holford *
Mr. & Mrs. Terence L. Horan *
Evelyn V. Hess Howett, M.D.
Mrs. Benjamin C. Hubbard
Isabelle F. Hugo
Mrs. William H. Hutcherson, Jr.
Mary Ellen Hutton
Julia M. F. B. Jackson *
Michael & Kathleen Janson *
Andrew MacAoidh Jergens
Jean C. Jett
Mrs. Morse Johnson *
Frank Jordan
Margaret H. Jung
Rosalind Juran *
Mace C. Justice **
Karen Kapella
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Katkin *
Paul C. Keidel *
Dr. Robert A. Kemper *
Mrs. Paul N. Kibler
Alan and Jill Kinstler
Marvin Kolodzik *
Randolph & Patricia Krumm
Owen & CiCi Lee *
Audrey Kuethe Leeser
Mrs. Jean E. Lemon
Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Levin *
George & Barbara Lott **
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lyons *
Margot Marples
Allen & Judy Martin
Mrs. Thomas H. McCrary *
Laura Kimble McLellan
Dr. Stanley R. Milstein
Each day I appreciate even more the tremendous
impact the Orchestra has on our city and region.
None of this would be possible without the very
special donors who give so generously—both
annually and through planned gifts. I am inspired
and humbled as I read the names of those in The
Thomas Schippers Legacy Society. These friends,
through their benevolence and foresight, permit
the Orchestra to further innovate and will forever
influence Cincinnati. I thank each of the individuals,
couples and families who have remembered the
Orchestra in their will or estate plans—your
decision is a wonderful tribute to your own
relationship with the Orchestra and Cincinnati.
Stephen R. Mullin
Member of the Board of Directors,
Chair of the Planned Giving Committee & Schippers Society Member
Mrs. William K. Minor
Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Moccia
Mr. & Mrs. James Monroe *
Mrs. Arthur E. Motch, Jr. *
Kristin and Stephen Mullin
Ms. Maryjane N. Musser *
Christopher & Susan Muth
Patti Myers
Anne Nethercott
Susan & Kenneth Newmark
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Nicholas
Jane & Erv Oberschmidt *
William A. Ogden *
Julie & Dick Okenfuss *
Jack & Marilyn Osborn *
Maurice E. Oshry
The Palmer Family – Cletus and Mary Lou*
David and Kathy, Bill and Jamie
Mrs. Gerald C. Petersen *
William H. Phelan *
Sandy Pike *
Mrs. Harold F. Poe **
Anne M. Pohl
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Porter, Jr.
Irene & Daniel Randolph *
James W. Rauth
Barbara S. Reckseit
Edward J. Requardt *
Melody Sawyer Richardson
Ellen Rieveschl
Elizabeth & Karl Ronn
Moe & Jack Rouse
Marianne & Snowden Rowe *
Solveiga Rush
Ms. Emalee Schavel **
Rosemary & Mark Schlachter **
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Schmitt *
Mrs. William R. Seaman
Dr. & Mrs. William Blake Selnick *
Mrs. Mildred J. Selonick
Joyce Seymour
Mrs. Robert B. Shott *
Sarah Garrison Skidmore
Roberta L. Sontag *
Mrs. Warren Spalding
Marie Speziale
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Sprenkle
Michael M. Spresser
Susan Stanton *
Barry & Sharlyn Stare
Mrs. Edward P. Staubitz *
Mary & Bob Stewart *
Brett Stover & Christopher Hassall
Dr. Robert & Jill Strub *
Patricia M. Strunk
Ralph & Brenda Taylor *
Conrad F. Thiede
Minda F. Thompson
Carrie & Peter Throm
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Todd *
Nydia Tranter
Dick & Jane Tuten *
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Varley *
Thomas M. Vaughn
Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Wadsworth, Jr. *
Jack K. & Mary V. Wagner
Nancy C. Wagner
Patricia M. Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ward *
Debie Crosset Warkany *
Jo Anne & Fred Warren
Anne M. Werner *
Gary & Diane West *
Charles Wilkinson
Sarah E. Wilkinson
Harriet C. Wilson *
Mrs. Monte Witte *
Mrs. Joan R. Wood
Harris Wright **
Betsy & Alex C. Young **
Anonymous (27)
* Schippers Society Member for 10 or more years
** Schippers Society Member for 20 or more years
For more information, please contact
Conrad Thiede at 513.744.3239.
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Louis Langrée, CSO Music Director
Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
Musician
Roster 2013-14
John Morris Russell, POPS CONDUCTOR
Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
Paavo Järvi, Music Director Laureate
Erich Kunzel, Founder and Conductor Emeritus
Robert Treviño, Associate Conductor
David G. Hakes & Kevin D. Brady Chair
William White, Assistant Conductor
FIRST VIOLINS
Timothy Lees
violas
Christian Colberg
piccolo
Joan Voorhees
trombone
Cristian Ganicenco
Concertmaster
Anna Sinton Taft Chair
Principal
Louise D. & Louis
Nippert Chair
oboes
Dwight Parry
Principal
Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair
Richard Harris†
Rebecca Culnan
Associate Concertmaster
Tom & Dee Stegman Chair
Paul Frankenfeld*
[Open]
Julian Wilkison**
Marna Street
First Assistant Concertmaster
James M. Ewell Chair ++
Eric Bates
Acting First Assistant Concertmaster
Serge Shababian Chair
Kathryn Woolley
Acting Second Assistant Concertmaster
Nicholas Tsimaras–
Peter G. Courlas Chair++
Anna Reider
Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair
Sylvia Samis
Assistant Concertmaster Emeritus
Mauricio Aguiar§
Minyoung Baik
James Braid
Janet Carpenter†
Michelle Edgar Dugan
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell
Gerald Itzkoff
Lois Reid Johnson
Sylvia Mitchell
Grace M. Allen Chair
Principal
Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair
Richard Johnson
Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair++
bass trombone
Peter Norton
Principal Emeritus
Lon Bussell*
Rebecca Barnes†§
Belinda Burge†
Stephen Fryxell
Gi Yeon Koh†
Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera
Steven Rosen
Joanne Wojtowicz
tuba
Carson McTeer+
english horn
Christopher Philpotts
Principal
CELLOS
Ilya Finkelshteyn
Principal
Irene & John J. Emery Chair
Daniel Culnan*
Ona Hixson Dater Chair
Norman Johns**
Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair
Christina Coletta§†
Matthew Lad
Susan Marshall-Petersen
Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++
Principal
Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++
timpani
Patrick Schleker
clarinets
[Open]
Richard Jensen*
Principal
Emma Margaret &
Irving D. Goldman Chair
Principal
Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair
percussion
David Fishlock
Acting Principal
Principal
Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair
Ixi Chen
Benjamin Freimuth*†
Jonathan Gunn
Richard Jensen*+
Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++
Marc Wolfley+
bass clarinet
Ronald Aufmann
keyboards
Michael Chertock
bassoons
William Winstead
Julie Spangler+
Luo-Jia Wu
Theodore Nelson
Alan Rafferty
second violins
Gabriel Pegis
Dana Rusinak
Charles Snavely
Hugh Michie
Martin Garcia*
Peter G. Courlas–
Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++
contrabassoon
Jennifer Monroe
ORCHESTRA personnel
Walter Zeschin, Director
Scott Mozlin, Assistant
basses
Owen Lee
french horns
Elizabeth Freimuth
librarians
Mary Judge
Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair
Principal
Al Levinson Chair
[Open]
Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair
Scott Mozlin**
Acting Associate Principal
Kun Dong
Cheryl Benedict
Drake Crittenden Ash§
Harold Byers
Ida Ringling North Chair
Chiun-Teng Cheng
Chika Kinderman
David Moore
Hye-Sun Park
Paul Patterson
Charles Gausmann Chair++
Stacey Woolley
Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++
Ruth F. Rosevear Chair
Principal
Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++
James Lambert*
Matthew Zory, Jr.**+
Wayne Anderson§
Boris Astafiev
Ronald Bozicevich
Rick Vizachero
harp
Gillian Benet Sella
Principal
Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair
flutes
Randolph Bowman
Principal
Charles Frederic Goss Chair
Amy Taylor†
Jane & David Ellis Chair
Leah Arsenault*†
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Principal
Emalee Schavel Chair++
Principal
Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair
Guitar/banjo
Timothy Berens+
Principal
Lois Klein Jolson Chair
Thomas Sherwood*
Christina Eaton*
Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair
stage managers
Joseph D. Hopper
Ralph LaRocco, Jr.
John D. Murphy
Elizabeth Porter**†
Lisa Conway
Duane Dugger
Charles Bell
trumpets
[Open]
Principal
Rawson Chair
Douglas Lindsay*
Acting Principal
Steven Pride
Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++
Christopher Kiradjieff**
Acting Associate Principal
§ Begins the alphabetical listing of players who
participate in a system of rotated seating within
the string section.
*Associate Principal
**Assistant Principal
†One-year appointment
‡Leave of absence
+ Cincinnati Pops rhythm section
++CSO endowment only
ADMINISTRATION
ROSTER
office of the president
Trey Devey
President
Lauren Roberson
Executive Assistant to the President
artistic administration
Artistic Administration
& Production
Robert McGrath
Vice President & General Manager
Sarah Donahue
Production Coordinator
Marissa Goodman
Assistant Artistic Administrator
Matthew Gray
Assistant Librarian
Heather L. Stengle
Director of Operations
Sam Strater
Director of Artistic Administration,
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
[Open]
Director of Artistic Administration
COMMUNICATIONS
Christopher Pinelo
Vice President of Communications
Meghan Berneking
Communications Manager
Jeff Collins
Web Manager
Lee Snow
Web Assistant/Graphic Designer
community engagement
Community Engagement
& Learning
Anne Cushing-Reid
Sr. Director of Community Engagement
& Learning
Kathy Jorgensen-Finley
Director of Community Engagement & Diversity
Steve Finn
Youth Ensembles Coordinator
Logan Kelly
Community Learning Manager
DATA STANDARDS
Melissa Scott
Director of Data Standards
Robi Basu
Data Entry Analyst
Sharon D. Grayton
Director of Data Standards
development
Teresa N. Ahrenholz
Development Assistant
Nicole Bludeau Dorsey
Director of Sponsor & Corporate Relations
Adriane Fink
Grants Manager
Penny Hamilton
Development Assistant
Hannah Johnson
Special Events Manager
Mary Beth Johnson
Director of Volunteers & Special Events
Rachel B. Kirley
Director of Individual Giving and Donor Services
Sarah Anne Slaby
Annual Fund Manager
Conrad Thiede
Director of Planned Giving & Special Campaigns
[Open]
Vice President of Development
finance
Richard Freshwater
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Scott Eckner
IT Manager
Amanda Flick
Human Resources Manager
Megan Inderbitzin
Payroll Administrator
Will McCoy
Systems Support Specialist
Marsha Munafo
Senior Bookkeeper
Julie Patterson
Finance Clerk
Judith Prinz
Receptionist
Rosie Rothhaar
Bookkeeping Clerk
Eric Smith
Controller
[Open]
HR/Payroll Clerk
Katie Murry
Subscription Coordinator
Leyla Shokoohe
Marketing Manager
Jared Webster
Group Sales Manager
PATRON service representatives
Carly Green, Lead PSR
Andrew Peoples, Lead PSR
Dan Erbland
Ellen Graham
Molly Hanes
Roxana Imam
Ashley Kruger
Michaela Luchka
Barret Newman
Mary Jo Schottelkotte
Steve Shin
Jeffrey Stivers
Adam Stokes
Andrew Tripp
Matthew White
riverbend music center/
pnc pavilion/music & event
management inc.
The Hulbert Taft, Jr. Center for the
Performing Arts, J. Ralph Corbett
Pavilion
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music
Center
marketing & sales
Sherri Prentiss
Vice President of Marketing
M. Todd Bezold
Director of Marketing, Subscriptions
Patricia Carmichael
Art Director
Amy Catanzaro
Director of Sales
Melissa Foster
Patron Experience Manager
Erica Keller
Box Office Manager
Erica Minton
Director of Marketing, Single Tickets
Michael Smith
Vice President of Project Development &
Riverbend Music Center
Matthew Dunne
General Manager
Kelly Benhase
Box Office Manager
Amy Dahlhoff
Concessions Manager & Special Events
Coordinator
Ryan Jaspers
Event/Operations Manager
Bill Lane
Corporate Sales Manager
Rick McCarty
Marketing Manager
Rosemarie Moehring
Marketing Manager
Ed Morrell
General Manager
Julie Perrino
Accounting Manager
Jennifer Schoonover
Premium Seat Program Manager
Monty Wolf
Plant Operations Manager
Joan Wright
Receptionist
Note: Reflects the administration as of September 1, 2014
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1241 Elm Street
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