- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2015 I ISSUE 3
VALENTINE’S
ROMEO
AND JULIET
HOLLYWOOD: THE EPICS
MOZART & HAYDN
WITH JEANNE LAMON
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5
- BEYOND THE SCORE ®
CONCERT FOR KIDS
MANNY TUBA GOES
TO THE CIRCUS
Credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Anderson & Roe, piano duo
WINNIPEG NEW MUSIC
FESTIVAL 2015
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January – February 2015 I OVERTURE 1
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIR
As we start 2015, I want to wish each of you a healthy and
happy new year. Of course, I also encourage you to fill the year
with excellent music. The WSO has a range of stellar concerts
over the next few months that will help to make the winter
more than bearable and give you good reasons to venture out
for an evening of music. I personally look forward to hearing
Micah Heilbrunn, performing Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful
Clarinet Concerto lead by Canada’s leading early music
performance specialist, Jeanne Lamon. Chicago Symphony
Orchestra’s Beyond the Score® series has provided some
excellent programming for the WSO for the last number of
years. This year, we have an in depth look at Beethoven’s
monumental Fifth Symphony which promises to be an exceptional evening. Planning ahead for
Valentine’s Day is always a good idea. The WSO features the music of Romeo and Juliet on the
Valentine’s Day weekend. You can add to the evening with dinner and a symphony to make the
evening a delicious and memorable event.
The start of a new year also has all of us at the WSO thinking about the importance of the
orchestra in our community and the roles we can play in ensuring that great symphonic music
remains in Winnipeg for the benefit of our children and grandchildren. Your plans for giving
to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra through your estate planning or residual RRSP gifts can
make all the difference in the world. If you have made a gift through your will, do let the WSO
know so that you can be included in the WSO’s Legacy Circle. WSO staff members can speak
with you about the process and benefits of making a bequest to the future of fine music in
Manitoba.
Timothy E. Burt, CFA
President and Chair of the Board
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
To make your Planned Gift and
to help ensure that the WSO
plays on for all Manitobans for
generations to come please call
Carol Cassels at 204-949-3965.
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CONDUCTORS
Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director
German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid,
richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly), “fearless” approach and “first-rate
technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s
extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting
on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of
perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton
Kuerti, 2011).
Following on from his tenure as assistant conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was associate conductor of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his
eighth season as music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has
significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and
innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous
Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York,
May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the
orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly
contributing to the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander lead the orchestra’s
first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the
International Conducting masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a
major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall.
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor
In the fall of 2014, Julian Pellicano began his second season as resident
conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, where he leads the
orchestra in a wide variety of programs throughout the year. He has worked
with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony
Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony,
Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. In
addition, Julian conducted the premiere of Martin Bresnick’s critically
acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and
conducted at Carnegie Hall with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Recognized for his work
with living composers and transparent interpretations of contemporary works, he has
premiered over 40 new pieces and as an artist in residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music
Festival, he conducts the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble. Julian has worked in
masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, Carl St. Clair,
L’Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He
holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and
the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip
F. Nelson Award. Beyond his position with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Julian also
serves as music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra.
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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2014-2015 SEASON
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Alexander Mickelthwate
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR
Julian Pellicano
FIRST VIOLINS
Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
CELLOS
Yuri Hooker, Principal
Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal
Alex Adaman
Margaret Askeland
Arlene Dahl
Carolyn Nagelberg
Emma Quackenbush
TRUMPETS
Brian Sykora, Principal
Paul Jeffrey
Isaac Pulford
The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair
TROMBONES
Steven Dyer, Principal
John Helmer
The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtBASSES
Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed
by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Meredith Johnson, Principal
Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster
Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster
Karin Andreasen
Chris Anstey
Mona Coarda
Hong Tian Jia
Janet Liang
Simon MacDonald
Meredith McCallum
Julie Savard
Jun Shao
SECOND VIOLINS
Darryl Strain, Principal
Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal
Karen Bauch
Kristina Bauch
Elizabeth Dyer
Rodica Jeffrey
Susan McCallum
Takayo Noguchi
Claudine St-Arnauld
† Jane Pulford
VIOLAS
Daniel Scholz, Principal
Anne Elise Lavallée,
Assistant Principal
Laszlo Baroczi
Richard Bauch
Greg Hay
Suzanne McKegney
Merrily Peters
Mike Scholz
BASS TROMBONE
Julia McIntyre, Principal
Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal
Travis Harrison
Paul Nagelberg
Bruce Okrainec
Daniel Perry
FLUTES
Jan Kocman, Principal
Martha Durkin
TUBA
Chris Lee, Principal
TIMPANI
**Brendan Thompson,
Acting 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
Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string
Patricia Evans, Principal
Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal players are listed alphabetically
and are seated according to a
James Robertson
rotational system.
The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair
Caroline Oberheu
Michiko Singh
Fred Redekop is the official Piano
Tuner and Technician of the WSO.
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WE TAKE PEOPLE PLACES.
BUT IT’S MUSIC
THAT TRULY MOVES THEM.
OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Jack Everly, conductor
Jack Everly
Prairie Voices, Vic Pankratz, director
AIR CANADA POPS
Hollywood: The Epics
Hooray for Hollywood
Gone with the Wind: Main title
Kings Row : Prelude
Ben-Hur : Prelude
Titanic : Suite
The Lion in Winter : Suite
Schindler’s List : Main theme
Carmina Burana : O Fortuna
Richard Whiting
Max Steiner
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Miklos Rozsa
James Horner
John Barry
John Williams
Carl Orff
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2001: A Space Odyssey : Main title
Around the World in Eighty Days : Overture
Lawrence of Arabia : Main title
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone :
Hedwig’s Theme
Doctor Zhivago : Lara’s Theme
King of Kings : The Lord’s Prayer
Star Wars : Main title
Richard Strauss
Victor Young
Maurice Jarre
John Williams
Friday, January 9
Saturday, January 10
Sunday, January 11
Pops Series Sponsor:
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Maurice Jarre
Miklos Rozsa
John Williams
Presenting Media Sponsor:
MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING
Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile
Friday, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, 1:15 p.m.
Canadian Mennonite University
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate String Orchestra
Desautels Faculty of Music Division of Preparatory Studies
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ARTIST BIOS
AIR CANADA POPS
Hollywood: The Epics
Jack Everly, conductor
Prairie Voices, Vic Pankratz, director
Jack Everly is the Principal
Pops Conductor of the
Indianapolis and Baltimore
Symphony Orchestras, Naples
Philharmonic Orchestra and the
National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). He
has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at
the Hollywood Bowl, The New York Pops at
Carnegie Hall and appears regularly with The
Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.
This season Maestro Everly will conduct over
90 performances in more than 20 North
American cities. As Music Director of the
National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol
Fourth on PBS, Maestro Everly proudly leads
the National Symphony Orchestra in these
patriotic celebrations on the National Mall.
Founded in 2000 by Elroy
Friesen, Prairie Voices is an
award-winning company of
singers ages 18-25 dedicated to
the performance of innovative contemporary choral music from
all over the world. Placing an emphasis on Canadian and
Manitoban composers, the choir uses energy, expressiveness and
movement to connect avant-garde composition with a popular
audience. Prairie Voices has performed around the world, bringing
their unique touch to a diverse repertoire, from African spirituals
to Broadway hits. Prairie Voices has managed to grow as an
organization while still remaining true to their Canadian roots.
This past season, Prairie Voices released their new CD, Autumn.
Originally appointed by Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Jack Everly was conductor of the American
Ballet Theatre for 14 years, where he served
as Music Director. Maestro Everly, a graduate
of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana
University, holds an Honorary Doctorate of
Arts from Franklin College in his home state
of Indiana. He is a proud resident of the
Indianapolis community for over 12 years.
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Victor Pankratz
Victor Pankratz is well known in Manitoba for his singing,
conducting and teaching. He was a frequent performer with the
Manitoba Opera Association. As a tenor soloist he has appeared
with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw and the
Mennonite Festival Chorus, and many more groups. For three years
he was co-artistic director of the Winnipeg Singers. He has also had
the privilege of conducting the regional youth choirs in Manitoba.
Currently, Victor is artistic director of Prairie Voices, and teaches
music at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate.
EXTRA MUSICIANS:
Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Cathy Wood, clarinet;
Allen Harrington, bassoon; Francois Godere, trombone; Tony Cyre,
percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard
Jeanne Lamon
Jeanne Lamon, conductor and violin
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
MASTERWORKS
Mozart & Haydn
with Jeanne Lamon
Symphony in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, W. C12
Allegro
Andante più tosto adagio
Allegro molto
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
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Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 5
Adagio - Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Largo - Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Symphony No. 101 in D major, “Clock”
Adagio – Presto
Andante
Menuet e Trio: Allegretto
Finale: Vivace
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Friday, January 16
Saturday, January 17
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
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PROGRAM NOTES
by James Manishen
Symphony in G minor
Johann Christian Bach
b. Leipzig / September 5, 1735
d. London / January 1, 1782
Published: 1770-1775
Last WSO performance: 2000; Michael
Morgan, conductor
Mozart first heard the clarinet as a
young boy and included it in his
music when possible. But on hearing
the supreme playing of the Vienna
imperial court orchestra’s clarinetist
Anton Stadler, Mozart was further
transported.
Stadler was a Freemason and when
Mozart joined the fraternity the two
became lifelong friends. Stadler not
only enjoyed Mozart’s camaraderie
and sometimes financial support, but
The youngest son of
the music Mozart wrote for him: the
Sebastian and his second wife Clarinet Concerto, the Trio K. 498 for
Anna Magdalena, Christian Piano, Clarinet and Viola, plus
Bach found fame as a
extended clarinet solos in the opera
composer of religious music La Clemenza di Tito, (also from 1791).
and opera during a sevenyear stay in Italy from 1755 through 1762. His Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto was his
second-to-last completed work. It
first opera Artaserse (1760) was so popular
stands not only as the finest ever
that it led to a commission of two more for
written for the instrument, but a
the prestigious King’s Theatre in London.
testament to the formal perfection
Bach naturally accepted the proposition and
and depth of feeling from Mozart at
moved to London in 1762 where he enjoyed his most sublime.
success for the rest of his life. In 1764 he met
the eight-year-old Mozart, who later claimed Concerto grosso in B-flat
Christian Bach as a valued influence.
Arcangelo Corelli
b. Fusignano, Italy / February 17, 1653
Each of Christian Bach’s operas opens with d. Rome / January 8, 1713
an overture that is actually a threePublished posthumously
movement Sinfonia. Op. 6, No. 6 stands out First WSO performance
in its mastery of the Sturm und Drang
(storm-and-stress) style where extremes of
Arcangelo Corelli
came from a well-toemotion are given free rein to express the
do family of
drama inherent in that realm.
landowners with no
Though the outer movements of this Gmusical background.
minor symphony have a striking power and
After studying in
energy, the slow movement, in the unusual Bologna, a notable centre for
instrumentalists, he moved to Rome
key of C-minor, has an anguished
personality and internal tension all its own, in 1675 where he became one of the
city’s leading violinists, renowned for
its rays of light notwithstanding.
the passion and elegance of his
playing. Since the attraction of
Clarinet Concerto
instrumental music was on the rise
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
at the time, Corelli composed no
b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756
vocal music, instead concentrating
d. Vienna / December 5, 1791
on three genres for which he
Composed: 1791
became famous and highly
Last WSO performance: 2002; Michael Hall, influential: the concerto grosso, the
conductor; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet
trio sonata and the solo sonata.
alternation. Corelli’s B-flat major
concerto grosso is part of his first
eight “church concertos,” whose
fast movements are mainly in fugal
form. The last four concerti in the
collection are dance suites. All are
models of balance and care,
revered by Handel, Vivaldi and
many others that saw Corelli as a
point of reference in his time.
Symphony No. 101 “Clock”
Franz Joseph Haydn
b. Rohrau, Lower Austria /
March 31, 1732
d. Vienna / May 31, 1809
Composed: 1794
First performance: March 3, 1794
(London) conducted by the composer
Last WSO performance: 1993,
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Impresario/violinist
Johann Peter
Salomon brought
Joseph Haydn to
London for two
highly successful
18-month visits in 1791 and 1794.
It was for these trips that Haydn
wrote his symphonies Nos. 93 to
104, the “London symphonies.” At
hefty ticket prices, the premieres
were rapturously received in the
spring of 1794 within a glittering
social ambiance at the elegant
Hanover Square Rooms.
As always with Haydn’s late
symphonies, peerless musical
construction is the substrate of the
composer’s masterly talent for
diversion. In the “Clock” Symphony,
the second movement’s tick-tock
premise was the work’s “hook.” Yet
though this musical motive may
sound simple at the outset, the
movement is actually one of Haydn’s
most sophisticated in its hybrid of
variation and rondo forms.
The opening movement’s Presto in
6/8 time has more the sense of
finale than opening statement. The
Mozart had a special
Corelli labored diligently over the 12 Menuet is an almost Beethoven-like
affection for the clarinet: its concerti grossi in his Op. 6. Each
expansion of the dance form and is
liquid tone, which he
contains a series of fast/slow
Haydn’s longest of its type, with
considered closest to the
movements using two groups of
crunching dissonance in the Trio.
human voice, its technical
musicians – the small group called
The finale overflows with invention
agility, and the ease with
and energy, a double fugue
the “concertino” and the larger
which the clarinet fit into orchestral
(pianissimo!) among Haydn’s most
group called the “ripieno” –
woodwind sections and chamber ensembles. performing their roles in
brilliant touches.
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MASTERWORKS
ARTIST BIOS
Mozart & Haydn with Jeanne Lamon
Jeanne Lamon, violin and conductor
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Music Director of Tafelmusik since
1981, Jeanne Lamon has been
praised by critics in Europe and
North America for her strong musical
leadership. She has won numerous
awards, including honourary Doctorates of Letters
from York and Mount Saint Vincent Universities,
an honourary Doctorate of Law from the
University of Toronto and the prestigious Molson
Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. In
2000, Jeanne Lamon was appointed a Member of
the Order of Canada and in 2014 was appointed to
the Order of Ontario. Ms. Lamon is in demand as
guest director of symphony orchestras in North
America and abroad. She is passionate about
teaching young professionals, which she does at the
University of Toronto and through Tafelmusik’s
Artists’ Training Programmes. Ms. Lamon will step
down as full-time Music Director of Tafelmusik in
2014 in order to devote more time to teaching,
guest directing and pursuing various hobbies. She
will continue as Tafelmusik’s Chief Artistic Advisor
until the new music director is appointed.
Born in London, Ontario, Micah
Heilbrunn is currently principal
clarinet of the WSO. A graduate of
the Interlochen Arts Academy, he
received both his Bachelor’s and
Master’s degrees from the University of Michigan.
His principal teachers include Jerome Summers,
Deborah Chodacki, Robert Crowley and Joquin
Valdepeñas. Micah has served as principal clarinet
with the Symphony Nova Scotia, and has been on
the clarinet faculty of Brandon University, the
University of Windsor, and at the University of
Manitoba. He has been a featured artist at the
Aspen Music Festival, the Ottawa Chamber Music
Festival, the Agassiz music festival, the Las Vegas
Music Festival and the Scotia Festival of Music,
and has been heard in broadcasts both on the
CBC and National Public Radio. Micah has been
an active orchestral and chamber musician, and
has appeared with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company
Orchestra the National Ballet of Canada and the
National Arts Center Orchestra.
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Julian Pellicano, conductor
Mr. Mark, host
Robin Chestnut, juggler
Samantha Halas, acrobat
GREAT-WEST LIFE
CONCERTS FOR KIDS
Manny Tuba Goes
to the Circus
Mr. Mark
Manny Tuba
Momentum Aerial, aerialist
Manny Tuba, WSO mascot!
Entrance of the Gladiators
Fucik
Galop from Masquerade Suite
Khachaturian
The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saëns
Rumanian Folk Dances
Bartók
Dance of the Tumblers
Rimsky-Korsakov
Arabian Dance from Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky
The Liberty Bell
Sousa
Clair de lune
Debussy
Pizzicato Polka
Johann Strauss II
Baby Elephant Walk
Mancini
Pre-concert Activities
Sunday, January 18
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Concerts for Kids
Series Sponsor:
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Activities Partner:
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ARTIST BIOS
CONCERTS FOR KIDS
Manny Tuba Goes to the Circus
Mr. Mark, host
Since 1990, Mark Cameron has
been a percussionist for the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet School, where
the kids have always called him
“Mr. Mark.” He has composed
music for many dances featured at The Royal
Winnipeg Ballet School events including First
Steps, Ballet in The Park and The Royal
Winnipeg Ballet School’s Connections Tour in
2009. Mark has been performing as “Mr.
Mark” since 2002. He has performed numerous
times with the WSO and The Winnipeg
International Children’s Festival. He was
featured in the live version of the television
show The Toy Castle, and has entertained for
families and kids at numerous festivals across
Canada and the United States. For the last ten
years Mr. Mark has also has been a very
popular artist with Manitoba Arts Council’s
Artist in the Schools Program, where he
conducts a “found sound” workshop, entitled,
All The World’s A Drum!
Robin Chestnut, juggler
Extreme juggler, Robin Chestnut
has been wowing audiences for
over 20 years. His championship
quality skills have taken him
round the world, but it's his
affable personality that wins your heart. With
a wry wit, steady hands, and a truly odd skill
set, he's the juggler you don't want to miss!
produced her own circus show, the Blacksmith's
Ball at the Gas Station Theater. Summer 2014 she
worked with equestrian circuses Luna Caballera to
create Kaleidescope and La Centauree to create Les
Betes de Cirque touring the province of Quebec.
Samantha is also teaching contortion and
balancing to teenagers and adults in Winnipeg
and has done workshops in Vancouver and San
Francisco. Her diverse background and late start
to contortion diversify her techniques and
approaches to using contortion as a tool for fitness,
entertainment, art and health.
Momentum Aerial, aerial artistry
Momentum is Winnipeg's premiere
aerial dance company dedicated to
creating exciting performances
combining the worlds of dance with
aerial circus acrobatics. Established
in 2004 by co-directors and choreographers
Monica Goermann and Liz Cooper,
Momentum's artists perform on silks, hoop,
trapeze, rope, slings, and harness for gala events
and full-length original productions, both locally
and internationally. Momentum's home training
facility, Monica's Danz Gym, offers training in
aerial arts for all ages and levels from beginner to
professional, encouraging creativity and artistry
using innovative circus equipment.
EXTRA MUSICIAN:
Tony Cyre, percussion
Samantha Halas, acrobat
Samantha Halas is a Winnipeg
based contortion artist and
antipodist. She began practicing
contortion at 22 years old, much
later than many believe plausible
to begin this intense physical training. In Bolivia
at 19 years of age, she started learning Capoeira
with a group of locals. There, she fell in love
with their devotion to their art and their
command over their bodies. She trained in the
summer of 2012 in Mongolia with Ehntsetseg
Lodoi, the first Mongolian gold prizewinner for
contortion in Monte Carlo. Winter 2014 she
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World’s Finest Performances!
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- Beyond the Score ®
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Arne MacPherson, actor
Reid Harrison, actor
Donna Fletcher, actor
Matthew Fletcher, actor
Madeline Hildebrand, piano
Jennifer Parr, stage director
SOUNDBYTES
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beyond the Score® is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Gerard McBurney, creative director Beyond the Score®. Martha Gilmer, executive producer Beyond the Score®
Beyond the Score® Presentation
- INTERMISSION -
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
AllegroAllegro
Friday, January 23
Saturday, January 24
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING
Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile
Friday, 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, 6:45 p.m.
Canadian Mennonite University
Desautels Faculty of Music
WSO IN BRANDON
Sunday, January 25
3:00 p.m.
MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING
Pre-concert performance in the lobby
Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
Brandon University Conservatory of Music Piano Students
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ABOUT BEYOND THE SCORE®
The 2014/2015 season will mark the 10th year of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed multi-media
series Beyond the Score®, and will see the addition of three new productions to the project’s repertoire of 25
works and composers. Under creative director Gerard McBurney’s leadership, the series weaves together theater,
music and design to draw audiences into the concert hall and into the spirit of a work. The Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra's own Beyond the Score® presentations have been so successful for the past three seasons that this year
there are two presentations of Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in Winnipeg, with a third presentation in Brandon.
ARTIST BIOS
SOUNDBYTES
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Beyond the Score®
Arne MacPherson, actor
Donna Fletcher, actor
Arne MacPherson performed the title
role in Shakespeare’s Dog at the
Manitoba Theatre Centre and the NAC
in Ottawa. He played Hamlet, Richard
III, and many other roles for Shakespeare
In the Ruins, and has worked at most of Winnipeg’s
theatres. As a director, favourite shows include Sargent
& Victor & Me (Theatre Projects Manitoba), The
Threepenny Opera (at The Manitoba Theatre Centre
Warehouse), Head and The Tempest (Shakespeare In
the Ruins).
Donna Fletcher is an accomplished
actor, singer, and concert performer
with a wide range of national
experience in theatre, musical
theatre, and symphonic work. Proud
of her prairie roots, Donna received her early
training in Winnipeg and earned a Bachelor of
Music in Vocal Performance from the University of
Manitoba, a diploma in Music Theatre from The
Banff Centre for the Arts, and a Master of Music
in Vocal Performance from The University of
Toronto. She has performed with the Winnipeg
Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra and was featured on the
CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.
He performed with his partner Debbie Patterson and
their two kids Gislina and Solmund in Patterson’s play
Molotov Circus, which was presented at the Winnipeg
Fringe and the Summerworks festival in Toronto.
He is a member of nuna(now), an Iceland-Canada art
convergence. In association with nuna(now), Arne cocreated with a group of Icelandic and Canadian artists a
performance work called The Island, which was shown in
Reykjavik and Winnipeg.
Reid Harrison, actor
Reid Harrison has been active in
Winnipeg’s arts community for many
years. A founding member of the
Gilbert & Sullivan Society, he
performed in principal roles in its early
years before becoming resident conductor and more
recently the director of its productions including its
upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance. A
frequent performer at Rainbow Stage, he was inducted
onto Rainbow’s Wall of Fame in 2009. During many
years teaching high school, he directed over 25 musical
theatre productions. He is also co-founder of Dry Cold
Productions for which he was music director for recent
productions of The Light in the Piazza and Sweeney
Todd; the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and director of
Follies, Dry Cold’s contribution to SondheimFest 2013.
He is also the General Manager of the Rosamunde
Summer Music Academy and Festival Director of the
Agassiz Chamber Music Festival.
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She is a Sessional Voice and Musical Theatre
Instructor at the University Of Manitoba Marcel
Desautels Faculty of Music and the University of
Winnipeg Theatre Department.
Matthew Fletcher, actor
As an active actor and musician,
Matthew is rooted in vocal technique,
theatrical conceptualization and
musical exploration. Pursuing a career
in performance from age seven, he
strives to explore the classics and develop/broaden
modern perceptions of theatre and music. A proud
graduate of Northwestern University with a
Bachelor of Music in Vocal and Opera Performance
and a Certificate of Musical Theatre. Select credits:
T.R. Tilden in The Pinkertons (Buffalo Gal
Pictures/Rosetta Media), Moritz Stiefel in Spring
Awakening (Griffin Theatre, Chicago Premiere),
Robbie Fay in A Man Of No Importance (Dry Cold
Productions), Understudy Enjolras/As Cast in Les
Misérables (Drayton Entertainment). Matthew also
has an upcoming performance as Marius Pontmercy
in Les Miserablés (Rainbow Stage). He thanks
friends and family for their continued support.
ARTIST BIOS
Madeline Hildebrand, piano
Jennifer Parr, stage director
Madeline’s passion for piano music
recently culminated in a Master of
Piano Performance from UBC under
the tutelage of distinguished
Canadian pianist, Jane Coop.
Previously she earned a performance degree with
Judy Kehler Siebert at University of Manitoba,
where she received the Millennium Scholarship.
The opportunities afforded her have been many and
exhilarating, including the prestigious Doris
McLellan first prize for solo performance with the
WSO in 2012.
Jennifer Parr is delighted to be working
with the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra as Stage Director for
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Beyond
the Score®
She has been the Production Stage Director for BTS:
The Rite of Spring (conducted by Vassily Petrenko,
starring Colm Feore & Tom Allen), and BTS: The
Miraculous Mandarin (conducted by James Gaffigan,
starring Derek Boyes & Peter Duchesnes) both with the
Toronto Symphony, and travelled to Chicago last year
to observe the Chicago Symphony Orchestra creating
BTS: Prokofiev 5. In March she will travel to Quebec
as production stage director for BTS: Tchaikovsky 4.
With the TSO she has also stage managed The
(Makeover) Messiah (conducted by Noel Edison) and
The Magic Flute in Concert (conducted by Bernard
Labadie, directed by Graham Cozzubo).
Madeline has been awarded scholarships to study
with such luminaries as André Laplante, John Perry
and Gilbert Kalish through Orford, Banff, Icicle
Creek and Kneisel Hall, Maine. Besides
performances at home and on the west coast,
highlights have included the 2013 E-gré national
competition, premiers at Manitoba’s Cluster festival,
collaborations with Randolph Peters, a House
Concert Series across the prairies, the Eastern
European Cultural Festival in Romania, and
accompanying Canada’s National Youth Choir.
EXTRA MUSICIANS:
Laura MacDougall, flute; Jim Ewen, bassoon
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Anderson & Roe
Daniel Raiskin, conductor
Anderson & Roe, piano duo
MASTERWORKS
Romeo and Juliet
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791)
in E-flat major, K. 365
Allegro
Andante
Rondo: Allegro
- INTERMISSION -
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Boléro
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Friday, February 13
Saturday, February 14
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Masterworks A
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SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE
Friday, February 13
10:30 a.m.
DINNER & A SYMPHONY
3-course Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., Saturday I Concert at 8:00 p.m.
Catered by:
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his mother died in Paris. Grieving,
Mozart returned to his family in
Salzburg where he was especially glad to
see his beloved sister Maria Anna
(“Nannerl”), who he could confide in
both musically and personally. It is
thought that he composed his Concerto
for Two Pianos (K. 365) for them both
to play as a sign of comfort among
family during difficult times.
closing coda. Friar Lawrence
appears in the slow introduction.
The lively syncopated Allegro
by James Manishen
giusto that follows depicts the
conflict between the Montagues
Overture to A Midsummer
and Capulets. The love theme
Night’s Dream
(English horn) paints Romeo’s
Felix Mendelssohn
passion followed by the muted
b. Hamburg / February 3, 1809
yearning strings as Juliet’s
d. Leipzig / November 4, 1847
response. After the events are
further vividly processed, things
Composed: 1826
The Two-Piano Concerto’s ebullient joy darken and a funereal drum beats
First performance: February 20, 1827
is further enhanced by a richness in
out the lovers’ fatal close,
(Stettin), conducted by Carl Lowe
scoring, for Mozart uses oboes, bassoons highlighted by woodwinds in
Last WSO performance: 2004; Michelle
and horns to underpin the two pianos celestial mood and Romeo’s final
Mourre, conductor
treated as fully equal partners. Perhaps poignant call.
this came from his Paris sojourn where
The Mendelssohn
with its multiple soloists the “sinfonia
Boléro
household of the
concertante” was in vogue and likely the Maurice Ravel
composer’s youth was a
b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875
magical place. Located in a inspiration for Mozart’s own great
Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937
rural, verdant setting
outside Berlin’s gates, the that was an exact contemporary with the Composed: 1928
glittering mansion had a concert room that Two-Piano Concerto. The Concerto is a First performance: November 20,
gem among Mozart’s works for piano
1928 (Paris), conducted by
seated several hundred audience members
and orchestra and hardly a better model Walter Straram
at the family’s regular Sunday musicales
of enduring charm, wit and skill exists
Last WSO performance: 2007,
where Felix and his older sister Fanny
among them all.
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
performed their own music. Outside was a
lush garden where in the warm summer
Romeo and Juliet
In 1928 famed
days the two would read, dream and, as
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
ballerina Ida
Felix wrote, had “encountered
b. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840
Rubenstein, whose
Shakespeare,” especially A Midsummer
d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893
company had first
Night’s Dream. Felix vowed he would put
Composed: 1869; revised in 1870 and 1880
performed Ravel’s
music to the play’s world of fantasy.
First performance: March 16, 1870
La Valse, asked
(Moscow), conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein Ravel to orchestrate some of Spanish
Felix was only 17 when he completed his
Last WSO performance: 2007, Alexander composer Isaac Albéniz’s piano
famous overture to A Midsummer Night’s
music as a dance score. Instead Ravel
Mickelthwate, conductor
Dream, a work many consider the first
supplied Boléro, a “danse lascive” as
independent concert-overture. He wrote
Plagued with self-doubt he called it – “orchestration without
alongside artistic and music” that would go on to
incidental music for the same play sixteen
financial struggles,
years later, all of which capture the world of
overwhelm the musical world with
Tchaikovsky accepted unprecedented popularity. The
a youthful imagination and miraculous
the prodding of
music’s unwavering repeated
compositional skill that has entranced
composer and selfrhythmic and melodic phrases
audiences ever since.
proclaimed advisor Mili Balakirev to
feeding an insinuating crescendo put
write an orchestral piece around a
Ravel’s name on the populist map.
Concerto for Two Pianos
musical design Balakirev had created
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The premiere was a major success,
for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756
Ravel’s hypnotic music further
Balakirev was one of the so-called
d. Vienna / December 5, 1791
“Mighty Five” Russian composers bent sparked by Rubenstein’s suggestive
Composed: 1779 or 1780
on promoting a nationalistic school of table-top dancing in a scene set in a
Last WSO performance: 1982; Ralph
rustic Spanish tavern. The American
musical composition. Recognizing
Markham and Kenneth Broadway, pianists; Tchaikovsky’s talent and vulnerability, premiere conducted by Arturo
Balakirev pushed hard, and the 29-year- Toscanini in Carnegie Hall on
Alexis Hauser, conductor
November 14, 1929 had similar mass
old Tchaikovsky delivered his first
Mozart’s 17-month tour to masterpiece, one of the most coherent success. Drawing foreseeable
Munich, Mannheim and and successful marriages of music with comments as to its musical worth,
Paris between September program in the orchestral literature.
Ravel simply stated “there are no
1777 and January 1779
contrasts, there is practically no
was filled with
invention except the plan and
Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet is a
disappointment and
fantasy-overture crafted in a tight sonata manner of execution…it is for
sadness. No job materialized for him - the form with introduction, episodes and listeners to take it or leave it.”
main purpose of the tour - and on July 3rd
PROGRAM NOTES
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MASTERWORKS
ARTIST BIOS
Romeo and Juliet
Daniel Raiskin, conductor
Anderson & Roe, piano
Daniel Raiskin grew up in St.
Petersburg, where he went to the
celebrated conservatory to study
viola and conducting. He then
chose to make a gradual transition
into a conducting career and became recognized
as one of the most versatile conductors of the
younger generation.
Known for their adrenalized performances,
original compositions, and notorious music
videos, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe
are revolutionizing the piano duo experience
for the 21st century. Described as “the intense
synchronization of genius” (ThirdCoast Digest)
and “the most dynamic duo of this generation” (San Francisco
Classical Voice), the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo aims to make
classical music a relevant and powerful force around the world.
Their recent album, When Words Fade (Steinway Label), was
released to critical acclaim in 2012 and spent over a dozen
weeks at the top of the Billboard Classical Charts, while their
Emmy-nominated, self-produced music videos have been
viewed by millions on YouTube.
Since 2005, Daniel Raiskin has been the Chief
Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische
Philharmonie in Koblenz and since 2008 he has
held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein
Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz (Poland). His
regular guest engagements across Europe and Asia
include the most renowned international orchestras.
Since forming their dynamic musical partnership in 2002
as students at The Juilliard School, the duo has appeared
In the 2014/2015 season Daniel Raiskin will make on NPR and MTV, toured extensively worldwide as
recitalists and orchestral soloists, and presented at numerous
his debut with Clásica Santa Cecilia in Madrid,
international leader symposiums. A performance by the
Russian State Symphony Orchestra in Moscow,
San Antonio Symphony and Winnipeg Symphony. Anderson & Roe Piano Duo was handpicked to appear on
the Sounds of Juilliard CD celebrating the school’s
He will return to the Belgrade Philharmonic,
centenary. Highlights of the 2014/2015 season include
Jenaer Philharmonie, Mariinsky Orchestra, RTV
tours and performances throughout North America, Asia,
Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and Stuttgarter
and Europe; and the release of their ambitious—and
Philharmoniker as guest conductor.
literally explosive—music film, The Rite of Spring.
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WSO MUSICIAN PROFILES
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Takayo Noguchi
Violin
Emma
Quackenbush
Cello
Joined WSO: 2012
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Joined WSO: 2010
Hometown: Calgary, AB
What is your favourite book?
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
What is your favourite book? A Prayer for Owen
Meany by John Irving
What is your most memorable moment performing
with the WSO? Carnegie Hall this past May.
What is your favourite movie? Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
What musician/artist had a profound influence
on you? Jascha Heifetz
Where did you receive your musical
training/education? University of Toronto and
The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory
of Music.
What is your most memorable moment performing
with the WSO? Playing Shostakovich with Andre
Boreyko
Where did you receive your musical
training/education? The Glenn Gould School of the
Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of
Michigan (GO BLUE!).
James Robertson
Brendan Thompson
Horn
Timpani, Acting Principal
Joined WSO: 2010
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Joined WSO: 2014
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
What is your favourite book?
The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten
What is your favourite book? The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
What is your favourite movie? Up
What is your favourite movie? The Untouchables
What musician/artist had a profound influence
on you? Jim Ewen
What musician/artist had a profound influence
on you? National Symphony Orchestra timpanist
(and former WSO timpanist), Jauvon Gilliam.
Without him, there is no way I would be where
I am today.
What is your guilty pleasure? Taking a day off.
Where did you receive your musical
training/education? I got a Bachelor’s of Music in
Victoria, then a Master’s Degree at the Manhattan
School of Music.
What is your guilty pleasure? A giant bowl of ice
cream. I could eat ice cream for days!
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of the
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
presents
Location: Viscount Gort Hotel
1670 Portage Avenue,
Winnipeg, MB
Date:
March 22, 2015
Time:
10:30 am
Featuring the Icelandic Music with:
Peter John Buchan, (Tenor)
Travis Harrison (Double Bass)
Leana Rutt (Cello)
Silent Auction and Door Prizes
Tickets: $65.00 (Partial Tax Receipt)
Tickets available at the Music Stand at WSO Concerts or call Margaret at (204) 489-0938
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WSO SUPPORTERS
The WSO gratefully acknowledges
the following companies whose
generous support helps to ensure
musical enrichment within our
community. Thank you!
Podium
$20,000 +
The Council for Business and
the Arts in Canada
Johnston Group Inc.
Resident Artist
$10,000 - $19,999
The Distillery
Qualico
Principal Chair
$5,000 - $9,999
Canon Canada Inc.
Carlyle Printers, Service
& Supplies Ltd.
The Standard Life Assurance
Company of Canada
Assistant Principal Chair
$2,500 - $4,999
Cambrian Credit Union
J.K. Investments Ltd.
Orchestra Chair
$1,000 - $2,499
B. A. Robinson & Co.
Ltd./Robinson Bath Centre
Bison Transport
Durango Construction Inc.
Long & McQuade Musical
Instruments
MTS Allstream
Urbanink
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
Red River Cooperative Ltd.
True Value Hardware & V. & S.
Dept. Stores
Foundations
The WSO gratefully acknowledges
the following foundations:
Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and
Anna Storgaard Fund
Brandon Area Community
Foundation
Bruce and Catherine Jones Fund,
the Winnipeg Foundation
Burton A. and Geraldine L.
Robinson Fund
C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc.
Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund
Foundation for Choral Music in
Manitoba
George Warren Keates Memorial
Fund
Houston Family of Bradwardine
Fund, the Winnipeg Foundation
James Thompson Memorial Fund
in Trust of WSO
John and Carolynne McLure Fund
Leslie John Taylor Fund, the
Winnipeg Foundation
Lutz Family Foundation
Marjory Alexander Graham &
Family Fund
Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund
Nita Eamer Memorial Fund
Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation
The Noreen & Robert Allen
Charitable Trust
The Pollard Family Foundation
Program for the Enrichment of
French in Education
Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer
Foundation
RBC Foundation
The Tallman Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation
- Dr. Peter & Geraldine Spencer
Fund
True North Jets Foundation
United Way of Greater Toronto
The Legacy Circle exists to
recognize the following patrons
whose foresight ensures that the
WSO plays on for all Manitobans for
generations to come. The WSO
gratefully acknowledges 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
Riser
W. H. Loewen
Under $500
Dr. Brendan MacDougall
A. Akman & Son Ltd.
Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell
Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. Lesia Peet
Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard
Mid West Packaging Limited
Tannis M. Richardson
Patill/St. James Insurance
Trudy Schroeder
June Slobodian
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Muriel Smith
Edith A. Toews &
Dr. Helen A. Toews
Robin Wiens & Émilie
Lagacé-Wiens
Donn K. Yuen
2 Anonymous
The Maestro’s Circle exists to
recognize those 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
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson
Timothy & Barbara Burt
Pierce & Amy Cairns
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Audrey F. Hubbard
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Tannis M. Richardson*
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Black Tie
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& Brent Trepel
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In Memory of Robert M.
Chipman
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McGarva-Cohen
De Fehr Foundation
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Bellringer
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Limited
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* Founding Members
Friends of the WSO help
support the WSO’s artistic
programs each season.
Thank you!
Honourary Chair
Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
Symphony
$600 - $1,500
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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
John & Diane Weselake
Herbert & Shirley Wildeman
Elma & Charles Wilson
Robert & Rosalie Wood
Zita & Mark Bernstein Family
Foundation
8 Anonymous
Serenade
$150 - $299
Ross & Doreen Adamson
Trish Allison-Simms
Mr. Robert Baragar, in Memory
of Mary Louise Baragar
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
Bob & Alison Darling
Robert McDowall
Miss Anne Defehr
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman
In Memory of Graham Dixon
Sally R. Dowler
Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton
George B. Elias
Nobu Ellis
Eva Enders
John & Martha Enns
John B. & Katie Epp
Ms. Ursula Erhardt
Margaret E. Faber
Margaret & Bob Ferguson
Dr. Nelma Fetterman
Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason
Doug & Phyllis Flint
Margaret Follett
Arnold & Christa Froese
Harold & Alice Funk
Jim & Betty Gaynor
Eileen George
Mr. Donald Graham
Larry & Susanne Greer
Dr. Hilary Grocott &
Ms. Shivaun Berg
Kelsey Hargreaves
Beth & Raymond Harris
Nora Harvey
Jane Hayakawa
Jack & Elsie Hignell
Bob & Biddy Hilton
Carol Hitchon, in Memory of
Mary Louise Baragar
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
Owen Lewis, in Memory of
Eric T. Lewis
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
Robert McDowell
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
Margaret Morse
Mrs. E. J. Nebbs
George & Gladys Oelkers
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 &
Ethel Schroeder
A. Schroeder
Dr. Robert J. Schroth
Mr. Gunter Schupke
Phil & Nancy Shead
Mr. & Mrs. Ed & Elaine Segstro
Dr. L. Sekla
Shirley E. Sherwood
Shirley Ann & Louis Simkulak
David & Lorraine Smith
Lindi & John Smith
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Ms. Brenda Snider
Gordon & Darby Spafford
Mrs. B. Rae Spear, in Memory
of 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
Melissa Weselake
Myra Joan Wolch
Karin Woods
Mr. John Yarema
11 Anonymous
Prelude
$75 - $149
P. Achtemichuk
Kaeren Anderson
Mr. Philip Ashdown
Allan & Rochelle Baker
Rosemary & David Barney
Robert Barton
Ms. D Beaven
Dianne Beaven
Audrey Belyea
Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers
Keith & Marnie Bolland
Shirley Book
Frances Booth
Brian & Bev Born
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
Ian & Marie Chalmers,
in Loving Memory of
Mary Louise Baragar
Ms. David Charlesworth
Mrs. Patti Cherney
Ms. Maxine Cristall
Mrs. Leona Christiansen
In Memory of Rev. Thomas
Collings
Alex & Peggy Colonello
Ms. Marcella Copp
Joyce & Lawrence Cormack
Helle Cosby
M. & G. Crielaard
Ms. Maxine Cristall
Mr. Charles Crossin, in Memory
of Mary Louise Baragar
Margaret Cumming
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Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander
Alonzo & Lise Daley
Maureen Danzinger
Mrs. Sheila M. Davis
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
Mrs. M.L. Elliott
John & Ruth Ens
Ken & Connie Epp
Don & Martha Epstein
Greg & Linda Fearn
Ms. Helen Feniuk
Doug & Joanne Flynn
Wayne Forbes
Mrs. Marguerite Fredette
Mrs. Margaret Funk
M. & Mme. Andre Gautron
Father R A. Glofcheski
D. Gooch
Mrs. Noreen Greenberg
Marj Grevstad
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori
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
Helen & Albert
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. 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
OVERTURE I January – February 2015
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
Alan & Margaret Mahon
Harold S. Mawhinney &
Judy Moon
Mr. Alan Maxwell
Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond &
Margaret McDougall
Robert McDowall
Ms. Diane McGregor
C. & J. McIntyre
Violet McKenzie
Mrs. Jean H. McLennan
Sandra McMillan
Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier
Estelle Meyers
Mrs. Jocelyn Millard
Mrs. Mona Mills
Marguerite Mohr
Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz
John & Margaret Mundie
D. Munro
Charlotte Murrell
Edgar Oddleifson
David & Hermine Olfert
Truus Oliver
Miss Jenny Olynyk
Mrs. L. Ozog
Shirley & Graham Padgett
Terry Parsonage
Mr. Cam Pauls
Mrs. Betty Peddie
Ms. Nettie Peters
Mrs. Helene Picton
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky
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
Christine van Cauwenberghe &
Christopher Mainella in
Memory of Ruth Rubinstein
Mr. John Russell
Alixe Ryles
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
Nicola Lindley Starin
Mr. & Mrs. Starodub
Mrs. Elsie Stasiuk
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky
Elva G. Stevens
Archie & Shirley Stone
Paul Swart
Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom
Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot
Gladys Tarala
Taylor McCaffrey
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. & Mrs. Jose &
Ruth Vasconcelos
Hugo & Anny Veldhuis
Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago
Elizabeth M. Wall
Jim & Joan Warbeck
Ken and Mary Warmbrod
Jack & Bernice Watts
Harvey & Sandra Weisman
Mrs. Evelyn Wener
Snjolaug Whiteway
J. Whyte
Debbie Wilson
Dorcas & Kirk Windsor
Joan Wright
Patrick Wright
Mr. Edwin Yee
Ms. Vicki Young
Donn K. Yuen
30 Anonymous
PRESIDENT’S
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Al Alexandruk
Mal Anderson
Carol Bellringer
Marilyn Billinkoff
Doneta Brotchie
John and Bonnie Buhler
James Carr
Edmund Dawe, D.M.A.
Dorothy Dobbie
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
Michel Lagacé
Zina Lazareck
Gail Leach
Dr. Hermann Lee
Naomi Levine
Bill Loewen
Jackie Lowe
Dr. Brendan MacDougall
Don MacKenzie
Bill Marr
Ed J. Martens
Michael Nozick
Harvey Pollock
Dr. William Pope
John Rademaker
Kathleen Richardson
George & Tannis
Richardson
Lenny Richardson
Ed Richmond
Lorne Sharfe
William Shead
Graeme Sifton
Joanne Sigurdson
Muriel Smith
Bonnie Staples-Lyon
Brenlee Carrington Trepel
Dennis Wallace
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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
Veronique Barthet
Dr. Gary Beazley, in Memory of
Mary Louise Baragar
Asher Begleiter
Mrs. Eva Berard
Donald & Edith Besant
Ms. Joanne Biggs
Eric & Clara Bohm
Barbara Bohune
Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher
Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C.
Edythe M. Brown
Ms. Meira Buchszreiber
A. F. Buelow
Alfred & Mildred Buelow,
in Memory of Mary Louise
Baragar
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
Margaret Redekop
Beth Derraugh
M. Jane Dick
Marlene & Fred Dickson
Sylvia Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch
Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis
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
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Ms. Marion Guinn
Mr. & Mrs. H Gustafson
Miss Laurie Anne Marie Gydé
B. & R. Hall
Irene Hamerton
Gertrude Hamilton
Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick
Ms. Shirley Hicks
Jean Highmoor
Elly Hoogterp-Hurst &
Lorne Hurst
Kim Horne
Ken Howard
Richard & Karen Howell
Mrs. Carole Hreno
In Appreciation of
Mrs. Ishbel Isaacs
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
In Memory of Sheila Lugtig
Manitoba Museum Social Fund
in Memory of Frances
Thorsteinson
Mr. Allan Mapes
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon &
Rita Margolis
Mrs. Irene Marriott
Ms. Mary Massey
Keith and Debbie Mayoh
Ms. Susan McCarthy
In Appreciation of
Mrs. Sydney McInnis
In Memory of Joan McLeod
Ardythe McMaster
Lyle McNichol &
Frances Stewart
Mrs. M. Jean Moniuk
David Moroz & Gwen Hoebig,
in Memory of William
Schroeder
Mrs. Joan Ann Morton
Mr. Robert Nix
Theda Olson
Sonjia Pasiechnik
Pat Patterson
Mrs. Bev L. Penner
Louise Penner
Mrs. June Perron
Ms. Gail Perry
Ms. Beverley Phillips
OVERTURE I January – February 2015
Sylvia & Earl Pitch
Ken & Geri Porath
Blumie Portnoy in Honour of
her 90th Birthday
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
Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler
Mrs. Elaine Silverberg
Muriel Sutherland
Ms. Marguerite Szymesko
Ms. Melinda Tallin
Mary Lou Talmage
Gladys Tarala
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
In Memory of Fred Ward
E. Sylvia Warrington
Mr. Glen Angus Webster
Snjolaug Whiteway
Ms. Lois A. Whyte
Ms. Lorraine Willms
Julia Witt
Mr. Robert Witzke
Shirley Woods, in Memory of
Mary Louise Baragar
14 Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda
Donald
Helene Dyck
Bernard Freeman
Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez
Dorothy L. Hodgson
In Memory of
Gwendolyn Hodgson
Mr. Gordon C. Keatch
Marilynne Keil in Memory of
David H. Skinner
Deanne Lander
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
Alan Wiseman
Women's Committee of the
Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra
4 Anonymous
Conmoto
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the artistic excellence of the
WSO’s New Music Festival.
Thank you!
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Leave a Legacy by making a
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper
donation to the WSO’s
Endowment Fund. Managed by Mr. John Bockstael
the Winnipeg Foundation since Hans & Lorna Boge
Dr. Oliver A I Botar
1959, the fund has grown in
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value to just over 6.4M. Gifts
to the fund ensure longterm
CAA Manitoba
financial support for the
Ms. Anne Cholakis
orchestra. Thank you!
Michelle Cleland
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Eugene Boychuk &
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Kathleen & David Estey
Fitzroy
Terri Fuglem
Wendy Gale
Gardon Construction Ltd.
Alexander Grunfeld
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez
The Honourable T. J. Hiebert
Humphry Inn & Suites
Koren & Leonard Kaminski
Ms. Jose Koes
Kozub/Halldorson Family
T.G. Kucera
Patrick B. Kuzyk
Ron Lambert
Heather Laser
Mr. Gordon P. Linney
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Dr. Brendan MacDougall
Mr. Frank Martin
Ms. Sylvia Marusyk
V. & M. Mattheos
Shana Menkis
Ms. Sheila Miller
Mrs. Brenda Morlock
Margaret Moroz
Bill Newman
Char Okell
Carole & Cam Osler
Out of the Blue
Parlour Coffee
Lesia Peet
Sandra Peters
Kathleen Polischuk
Mark Potash
Ms. Kathy Pratt
Martin Reed & Joy Cooper
Marisa Rodrigues
Peter Sampson & Anna
Robertson
Mr. Alfred Schleier
Demitris Scouras
Mr. Michael Shnier
Drs. A. Majid & Mohtaram
Shojania
Skipthedishes.com
Muriel Smith
Iian Smythe
Terrell Stephen
Marlene Stern & Peter Rae
Ms. Linda Sundevic
Ms. Karen Tereck
Tom & Lori Thomas
Ian R. Thomson & Leah R.
Janzen
Goline Vanderhoof
Nils & Melissa Vik
Ms. Meeka Walsh
Karin Woods
Nicole & Graham Worden
Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann
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Dr. Catalena Birek
Broadway First Baptist Church
Doneta & Harry Brotchie
Mrs. Audrey Campbell
Share the Music is a unique
outreach initiative of the WSO Maria Cefali
In Honour of John Cole
that allows economically
Martin Reed & Joy Cooper
disadvantaged children and
Martin Reed & Joy Cooper in
their families to attend WSO
Memory of Betty Ann Henry
performances. Thank you for
Mr. Roger Dennis
helping to Share the Music!
Mary Dixon
Shelley Chochinov
David Donald
M and G Crielaard
In Memory of Diane Dowling
Ms. Irene Lesniak
Mrs. Renate Duddek
Ms. Susan Rosner
Ms. Fiona Duncalf
M Scheuneman
Judge Judith Elliott
Share the Music
Mrs. Martha Epp
Ms. Brenda Sklar
Kathleen & David Estey
Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour
In Memory of Ron Oswald
of Her Birthday
Ms. Fruma Farago
Marilyn & John Rae
Jan and John Restall,
Lesli and Gerry Trottier,
Lenore and Chris Good,
Jan and Kevin Coates
Sistema Winnipeg is a free
Ms. Judith Flynn
daily after-school orchestra
Margo Foxford
program that enriches the
Hilda Franz
lives of children and young
people with the fewest
Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert
resources and the greatest
Ms. Valerie Gilroy
need. Your support makes a
Diana Goods
difference in the everyday
Karen Goossen
lives of these children.
Dr. Lisa Gould
Thank you!
Ms. Marie-Alice Grassick
Ms. Marianne Gruber
Vivace
Catherine Harrison
$10,000 - $24,999
Ms. Sandra Hart
Gail Loewen in Memory of
Lydia Hedrich
Her Mother Sue Lemmerick
Katherine Himelblau
Con Brio
Arlene Hintsa
$5,000 - $9,999
in Memory of Marilyn
Heather Belle Ladies Pipe Band
In Memory of Carol Holm
Souchay Gossen Family
Humanists, Atheists, and
Foundation
Agnostics of Manitoba
Allegro
P. Ilavsky
$1,000 - $4,999
InterGroup Consultants Ltd.
Golden West Broadcasting Inc.
Irene Baron Eden Centre
Arnold & Myra Frieman
Margaret Jackson and Family
Patricia Lee
James & Margaret Jeffries
Lydia MacKenzie in Loving
Bruce & Theresa Johnson
Memory of Donn
Ms. Nadia Kamienski
Valerie McPherson
Janet and Tim Kroeker
Sanford & Deborah Riley
Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro
Ms. Charlotte Robbins
John Lewis & Diane Ives-Lewis
Faye Warren
In Memory of Shelley Lugtig
1 Anonymous
Andrew Lutz
Conmoto
Dr. David Lyttle
Under $999
Carol Macoomb
Ms. Hollie I. Andrew
Carol Macoomb in Honour of the
Lynne Axworthy
Birthday of Diane Jones
In Memory of Robert Coates
OVERTURE I January – February 2015
Mrs. Mildred B. Mann
Ron & Sandi Mielitz
Walter A. Mildren
Nathan & Carolyn 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
Clarice 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
Anonymous, 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
PRESIDENTS OF THE
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
1948-51
1951-53
1953-55
1955-57
1957-58
1958-61
1961-62
1962-64
1964-65
1965-67
1967-69
1969-71
1971-73
1973-74
1974-76
1976-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien
Mr. J. M. Sinclair
Mr. Digby Wheeler
Mr. W. D. Hurst
Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson
Mr. E. W. H. Brown
Mr. David Slater
The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin
Mr. Norman J. Alexander
Mr. R. W. Richards
Mr. W. R. Palmer
Mr. E. J. Smith
Dr. M. M. Pierce
Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith
Mr. Allan G. Moffatt
Mr. Julian D. T. Benson
Mr. John L. Buckworth
Mr. N. Roger McFallon
Mr. John F. Fraser
Mr. William W. Draper
Mr. John O. Baatz
1983-84
1984-86
1986-88
1988-90
1990-92
1992-94
1994-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
Feb 1999-May 1999
Jun 1999-2000
2000-Feb 03
Mar 2003-Dec 2003
Dec 2003-Jan 2005
Jan 2005- Jul 2006
Jul 2006-Nov 2006
Dec 2006- Jun 2007
2007-2012
2012-present
Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.
Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.
Mr. Michel Lagacé
Mr. William H. Loewen
Mrs. Julia DeFehr
Mr. Gordon Fogg
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)
Mr. Brendan MacDougall
Ms. Dorothy Dobbie
Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA
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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2014-2015 SEASON
OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS
His Honour the Honourable
Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M.
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
The Honourable Greg Selinger,
Premier of Manitoba
His Worship Brian Bowman,
Mayor of the City of Winnipeg
Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen,
WSO Directors Emeritus
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE
Sylvia Cassie, President
Winnifred Warkentin, Vice-President
Shirley Loewen, Past President
Isobel Harvie, Treasurer
Tracey LeClair, Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Timothy E. Burt, CFA Alan Freeman
President
Daniel Freidman
Richard Turner
Dr. Daya Gupta
1st Vice President
Gregory Hay
Terry Sargeant
Micah Heilbrunn
2 nd Vice President
Robin Hildebrand
Rob Kowalchuk
Peter Jessiman
Treasurer
Maureen Kilgour
Michael D. Kay
Sotirios Kotoulas
Corporate Secretary Dr. Eleanor MacDougall
Sandra Altner
Alexander Mickelthwate,
John Balsillie
Ex-officio
Lucienne Blouw
Dr. Michael Nelson
Sylvia Cassie
Trudy Schroeder, Ex-officio
Michael Cox
Dr. Ian Thomson
Arlene Dahl
Curt Vossen
Marten Duhoux
OFFICIAL AUDITORS Deloitte LLP
TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant
ARTISTIC
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor
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
Jeremy Krahn, Business Development Officer
Shenna Song, Development Coordinator
Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles
SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES
Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services
Desiree La Vallee, Box Office Coordinator
Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative
Kena Olson, Patron Services Representative
Patron Services Representatives (p/t):
Phil Corrin
Chelse McKee
Meg Dolovich
Crystal Schwartz
Rachel Himelblau
Stephanie Van Nest
Melissa Houston
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS
Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations
James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate
Evan Klassen, Production Manager
Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager
Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian
Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian
Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor
EDUCATION & OUTREACHTanya Derksen,
Shannon Darby, Education & Outreach Coordinator
Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Neil Middleton, Director of Marketing & Communications
Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Matt Brooks, Multimedia Coordinator
S. Thompson Designs Inc.
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION
WSO ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
Richardson Building
Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place
Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3
Phone: 204.949.3950
Fax: 204.956.4271
wso.ca
WSO BOX OFFICE:
Centennial Concert Hall
555 Main Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3
Phone: 204.949.3999
wso.ca
TICKETMASTER:
Phone: 1-855-985-ARTS
Ticketmaster.ca
GROUP EVENTS:
Phone: 204-949-3995
[email protected]
The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.
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