Angela Cheng - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Angela Cheng 

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

February – March 2013 

“One of the best Mozart 

players around, Cheng has 

a particularly powerful 

sound, but one so focused 

that it always seems 

transparent and sparkling. 

Her playing was clean, 

crisp, and flawless…” 

– Vancouver Sun 

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February – March 2013 I OVERTURE 1

2 OVERTURE I February – March 2013

MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR 

Photographer: Keith Levit Alexander Mickelthwate 

We just finished our New Music Festival and 

now are going to explore three major classical 

works over the next two months: Prokofiev’s 

Romeo and Juliet, Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 and 

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Prokofiev and 

Berlioz are the more colourful program pieces, 

however, the Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major 

is one of the most heartfelt, one of the most 

poetic pieces ever written and represents the 

purity of music itself. 

Everyone knows the tragic story of Romeo and 

Juliet. Prokofiev was able to write a score that is 

impressionist, expressionist, Russian and 

timeless, all at the same moment. Quite an 

accomplishment if you ask me. 

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 was written towards the end of the 19th century. It is highly 

romantic in a classical form, like a ray of warm sunshine. Carlos Miguel Prieto is returning 

to the WSO giving that evening its own magic touch. 

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was at its time a very unconventional and fantastic work 

depicting the story of an artist who had poisened himself with opium because of hopeless 

love. It was written just four years after Beethoven's death, but seems to be coming from a 

different planet. The sound effects were revolutionary for its time and overall, it is a major 

step away from the classical form 

And in case you are into flower power and would like to travel back into the late 1960s, 

please join us for our evening celebrating Woodstock. Unfortunately, I hadn't been born 

yet but it's definitely one of those times in our human history where something absolutely 

unique and beautiful was happening. 

Towards the end of March, Johnny Depp will not be coming but his movie will. Join us for 

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl when the film will be screened in its 

entirety with live accompaniment of the original soundtrack by the orchestra. 

See you at the Symphony! 

Bis zum nächstenmal bei uns mit dem Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra! 

Alexander Mickelthwate 

Music Director 


CONDUCTORS 

Photographer: Keith Levit 

Photographer: Keith Levit 

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 seventh 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 is 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 

master-classes, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic 

overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. 

Always looking for a fresh approach and creative ways of crossing musical genres, Alexander has 

collaborated with Iceland’s Bedroom Community, Wayne Shorter, Mark O’Connor, Belle and 

Sebastian, Jason Alexander, DJ P-Love, Canadian bands Waking Eyes, Liptonians and Dukhs. 

Alexander has conducted for the Queen of England, for former President Jimmy Carter, and was 

awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. 

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor 

From the time his mother sat him down at a toy piano when he was three years 

old, Richard Lee has spent his life immersed in music. He graduated to a real 

piano at the age of five and took up the violin at age seven. At age seventeen, he 

passed – with honours – the grade X piano and violin exams at the Royal 

Conservatory of Music in Toronto. 

After a brief and ill-advised stint as a physics major, Richard came to his senses 

and pursued a degree in Music Performance at the University of Toronto as 

both a violinist and violist. After teaching middle school music for five years, Richard returned to 

the U of T where, as the Victor Feldbrill Fellow in orchestral conducting, he obtained a Master’s 

degree under the tutelage of Raffi Armenian. 

Richard is the Music Director of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra (based in Tyler) and the 

Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Toronto). He is also the Resident Conductor of the 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. 

Guest engagements this season include the Kingston Symphony Orchestra as well as a tour of 

Mexico with I Musici de Montréal. Musician, news junkie and connoisseur of fine ales, whiskies and 

cigars, Richard maintains residences in both Winnipeg and Toronto. He roots for the Toronto FC 

and the Toronto Raptors basketball club. 


WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012-2013 SEASON 

MUSIC DIRECTOR 

Alexander Mickelthwate 

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR 

Richard Lee 

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE 

Vincent Ho 

FIRST VIOLINS 

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster 

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- 

Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed 

by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation 

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster 

Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster 

Chris Anstey 

Raymond Chrunyk 

Mona Coarda 

Hong Tian Jia 

*Trevor Kirczenow 

Simon MacDonald 

Rachel Moody 

† Jane Radomski 

Julie Savard 

Jun Shao 

SECOND VIOLINS 

Darryl Strain, Principal 

Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal 

Karen Bauch 

Rodica Jeffrey 

**Takayo Noguchi 

Boyd MacKenzie 

Meredith McCallum 

Susan McCallum 

Claudine St-Arnauld 

Phoebe Tsang 

VIOLAS 

Daniel Scholz, Principal 

Anne Elise Lavallée, 

Assistant Principal 

Laszlo Baroczi 

Richard Bauch 

Greg Hay 

Suzanne McKegney 

Merrily Peters 

Mike Scholz 

CELLOS 

Yuri Hooker, Principal 

**Cristian Markos, Assistant Principal 

Alex Adaman 

Margaret Askeland 

Arlene Dahl 

Carolyn Nagelberg 

Emma Quackenbush 

BASSES 

Meredith Johnson, Principal 

**Viorel Alexandru, Assistant Principal 

Paul Nagelberg 

Bruce Okrainec 

Zdzislaw Prochownik 

Patrick Staples 

FLUTES 

Jan Kocman, Principal 

Martha Durkin 

PICCOLO 

Martha Durkin 

OBOES 

Bede Hanley, Principal 

Robin MacMillan 

ENGLISH HORN 

Robin MacMillan 

CLARINETS 

Micah Heilbrunn, Principal 

Michelle Goddard 

BASSOONS 

Alex Eastley, Principal 

Meryl Summers 

HORNS 

Patricia Evans, Principal 

Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal 

James Robertson 

The Hilda Schelberger Memorial 

Chair 

Caroline Oberheu 

Michiko Singh 

TRUMPETS 

Brian Sykora, Principal 

Paul Jeffrey 

Isaac Pulford 

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair 

TROMBONES 

Steven Dyer, Principal 

John Helmer 

BASS TROMBONE 

Julia McIntyre, Principal 

TUBA 

Chris Lee, Principal 

TIMPANI 

Jeremy Epp, Principal 

PERCUSSION 

Frederick Liessens, Principal 

HARP 

Richard Turner, Principal 

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen 

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL 

MANAGER 

Chris Lee 

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN 

Raymond Chrunyk 

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 

Laura MacDougall 

Fred Redekop is the official Piano 

Tuner and Technician of the WSO 

*On Leave 

**Temporary Position 

† Dual Section Position 

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string 

players are listed alphabetically 

and are seated according to a 

rotational system. 



MASTERWORKS 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 8:00 P.M. 

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL 

Cheng Plays Mozart 

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor 

Angela Cheng, piano 

PROGRAM 

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 

Allegro maestoso 

Andante 

Allegretto 

- INTERMISSION - 

Romeo and Juliet, Selections from the Orchestral Suites Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) 

Montagues and Capulets (Suite II/1) 

Young Juliet (Suite II/2) 

Minuet: Arrival of the Guests (Suite I/4) 

Masks (Suite I/5) 

Romeo and Juliet (Suite I/6) 

Morning Dance (Suite III/2) 

Romeo at the Fountain (Suite III/1) 

Death of Tybalt (Suite I/7) 

Morning Serenade (Aubade) (Suite III/5) 

Romeo at Juliet’s Grave (Suite II/7) 

Death of Juliet (Suite III/6) 

Extra Musicians: 

Kristina Bauch, violin 

Liz Dyer, violin 

Laura MacDougall, flute 

Bronwen Garand-Sheridan, oboe 

Sharon Atkinson, clarinet 

Jim Ewen, contra-bassoon 

Allen Harrington, tenor sax 

Donna Laube, piano 

Cary Denby, celeste 

Tony Cyre, percussion 

Matt Abraham, percussion 

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile 

begins 45 minutes prior to the concert. 

DINNER & A SYMPHONY 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 

Doors Open at 5:00 p.m. Russian 

Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Cuisine 

Concert at 8:00 p.m. Catered by: 

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PROGRAM NOTES 

by James Manishen 

Piano Concerto No. 25 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 

d. Vienna / December 5, 1791 

Composed: 1786 

First performance: December 5, 

1786 (?) (Vienna) with the composer 

as soloist 

Last WSO performance: 

1994, Angela Cheng, piano; 

Bramwell Tovey, conductor 

No creative artist 

could produce 

masterpieces while 

in such personal dire 

straights as Mozart 

seemed so easily able 

to do. In the summer of 1788 both 

he and his wife were in continuing 

declining health, beset with financial 

worries through the poor reception 

of his opera Don Giovanni and had 

lost their six-month-old daughter. Yet 

within two months Mozart produced 

his last three symphonies – towering 

achievements that could sign and 

seal his reputation had he composed 

nothing else. 

Going back two years to the end of 

1786, we find Mozart in a similar 

heart-wrenching situation. Steeped in 

debt through medical bills, 

overspending and the poor reception 

of The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s 

health began its decline. A new son 

Johann Thomas was born and died 

less than a month later. Mozart 

found his public slipping away due 

perhaps to growing personal 

expression in his music that 

audiences of the time found 

unsettling. 

As would happen in 1788, Mozart 

produced a flood of magnificent 

works while under duress: the Piano 

Trios K. 496 and 502, the Clarinet 

Trio, The Impresario, the “Prague” 

Symphony and three unsurpassed 

Piano Concertos K. 488, 491 and 503 

(No. 25). 

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Concerto No. 25 was the last piano 

concerto he composed for his own 

public concerts in that city. Subscribers 

lost interest in financing Mozart’s skills 

as a pianist, so despite a few 

performances, the Concerto No. 25 

disappeared after 1789 and remained 

unpublished in Mozart’s lifetime. 

In an influential 1903 essay, 

musicologist Donald Francis Tovey 

equated Concerto No. 25 with Mozart’s 

Jupiter Symphony, calling out its 

“triumphal majesty and contrapuntal 

display.” One feels that in the grandeur 

of the opening movement, its 

excursions into the darker harmonic 

elements whose challenging expressive 

palette flustered the Viennese 

audiences of Mozart’s time. 

The second movement is a grand 

sonata form, beautifully decorated with 

piano embellishments. Though the 

finale takes its theme from a gavotte in 

Mozart’s opera Idomeneo, the music 

reaches higher and deeper than its 

source material. Among all Mozart’s 

piano concertos, he produced nothing 

finer. 

Romeo and Juliet 

Serge Prokofiev 

b. Sontsovka, Ukraine / April 23, 1891 

d. Moscow / March 5, 1953 

Composed: 1935; Suites derived from 

the ballet in 1936, 1937 and 1944 

First performance: December 1938 

(Brno, Czechoslovakia) 

Last WSO performance: 2004; Earl 

Stafford, conductor 

By 1934 Prokofiev’s 

musical syntax was 

becoming more lyrical 

than the earlier acerbic 

ballet scores he had 

produced for Diaghilev. 

Knowing this change late in the year, 

Leningrad’s Kirov Theatre asked 

Prokofiev for a ballet score based on 

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The 

composer enthusiastically agreed and 

completed most of the 52 numbers by 

the following summer. But the Kirov 

backed out and the Bolshoi Theatre 

took on the project. They too backed 

away over a variety of critical 

opinions. So with all the music in 

hand, Prokofiev decided to 

construct a series of orchestral 

suites in the hope that the music 

might become known before a 

premiere of the full ballet could 

be scheduled. 

That premiere took place in Brno 

in 1938, without Prokofiev’s 

participation. Though fraught 

with disputes over a wide variety 

of issues, the Russian premiere 

finally took place in Leningrad 

on January 11, 1940. It was a 

triumph and Prokofiev’s score is 

regarded by many today as his 

finest creation. 

The movements in Prokofiev’s 

suites do not follow the 

chronological order of the story 

but are chosen to make an 

effective concert sequence. 

Montagues and Capulets begins 

the story, depicting the swagger 

of the rival families followed by 

striking solos for saxophone, flute 

over muted viola glissandi. 

Bracing violins capture the 

energy of Young Juliet, with 

reflective interludes to show her 

depth of character. From the 

grand ball at the Capulets’ 

mansion comes the Arrival of the 

Guests. 

Masks find Mercutio and 

Benvolio attempting to convince 

Romeo to crash that ball. The 

famous balcony scene is drawn in 

the rhapsodic music of Romeo 

and Juliet. Morning Dance 

describes the crowds arriving on 

the streets of Verona as the city 

comes to life. Romeo at the 

Fountain introduces the carefree 

hero. A vivid swordfight with fatal 

thrust and funeral march is heard 

in Death of Tybalt, while Death of 

Juliet recalls earlier themes in the 

ballet, bringing the story to its 

tragic close. 

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 8:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 2:00 P.M. 


Woodstock 

Richard Lee, conductor 

Rik Emmett, guitar and vocals 

Jeans ‘n Classics Band: 

Neil Donell, lead vocals 

Jean Meilleur, lead vocals 

Katalin Kiss, lead and backup vocals 

Rique Franks, lead and backup vocals 

John Regan, piano and host 

Peter Brennan, guitars 

Mitch Tyler, bass 

Jeff Christmas, drums 

PROGRAM 

Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane 

Delta Lady Joe Cocker 

You Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat & Tears 

Hot Fun In The Summertime Sly And The Family Stone 

The Weight The Band 

White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 

Samba Pa Ti Santana 

All Along The Watchtower 


Jimi Hendrix 

Black Magic Woman Santana 

Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix 

Pinball Wizard The Who 

Darling Be Home Soon John Sebastian 

Piece Of My Heart Janis Joplin 

Summertime Janis Joplin 

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 

With A Little Help From My Friends Joe Cocker 



Minna Chung, cello 

Richard Gillis, trumpet 

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING 

Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 

45 minutes prior to concert 

Friday, February 22 – Winnipeg Youth Orchestras 

Saturday, February 23 – Winnipeg Youth Orchestras 

Sunday, February 24 – Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Art 

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MTS RISING STARS CONCERT 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 7:30 P.M. 


MTS Rising Stars Concert 

Jaena Kim, flute (1) 

Katherine Mayba, soprano (2) 

Winnipeg Youth Symphony Orchestra, Dan Scholz, director (3) 

Anne-Marie MacIntosh, soprano (4) 

Aaron Hutton, tenor (4) 

Jason Klippenstein, baritone (4) 

Winnipeg Boys Choir, Carolyn Boyes & Annelie Reimer, directors (4) 

Rising Stars Choir, Kristel Peters, Vic Pankratz, Rob Monson, choir directors (4) 

Includes students from: 

Garden City Collegiate 

Glenlawn Collegiate 

Neelin High School (Brandon) 

Steinbach Regional Secondary School 

Vincent Massey High School (Brandon) 

West Kildonan Collegiate 

Westgate Mennonite Collegiate 

Winnipeg School Division Choir 

PROGRAM 

The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) 

Concerto No. 1 for Flute and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 

Orchestra in G major, K. 313 

III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto (1) 

Rusalka: Song to the Moon (2) Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904) 

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 7 in C Major (3) Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904) 

L'Arlésienne: Suite No. 2: Farandole (3) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) 


Carmina Burana (4) Carl Orff (1895-1982) 

The Rising Stars Concert brings together 

some of the most talented students in 

Manitoba. Alternating between band, choir 

and youth orchestra, this program features 

more than 300 students each year performing 

side-by-side with WSO musicians. 

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MASTERWORKS 

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 8:00 P.M. 


Prieto Conducts Brahms 

Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor 

Erika Raum, violin 

PROGRAM 

Dances of Galánta Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) 

Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra Béla Bartók (1881-1945) 

Lassú (Slow): Moderato 

Friss (Brisk): Allegro moderato 

Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Béla Bartók 

Lassú: Moderato 

Friss: Allegro moderato 


Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 

Allegro con brio 

Andante 

Poco allegretto 

Allegro 



Chris Wilkinson, violin 

Coca Bochonko, viola 

Karen Erhardt, cello 

Graham McKenzie, oboe 

Allen Harrington, bassoon 

Jim Ewen, bassoon 

Graham Steeds, trumpet 



Victoria Sparks, percussion 

Donna Laube, piano 

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile 



PROGRAM NOTES 


Dances of Galánta 

Zoltán Kodály 

b. Kecskemet, Hungary / 

December 16, 1882 

d. Budapest / March 6, 1967 


First performance: October 10, 1933 

(Budapest), conducted by Ernö Dohnányi 

Last WSO performance: 2009; 


Like Béla Bartók, 

Kodály was closely 

bonded to his 

Hungarian folk culture. 

In 1905 he was working 

on a doctoral degree at 

Budapest University that necessitated 

a return to his childhood home in 

Galánta, a small town near the 

Austrian border where he first 

became entranced with the sounds of 

folksongs and gypsy bands. Over the 

years Kodály amassed a large 

collection of this material, which he 

drew from when the Budapest 

Philharmonic Orchestra 

commissioned a work for its 80th 

anniversary in 1933. 

Kodály turned primarily to the 

verbunkos, a Hungarian gypsy dance 

of alternately fast and slow sections 

that had been used historically to 

entice young Hungarian men into 

military service with the promise of 

red-blooded diversions. Dances of 

Galánta follows the fast-slow-fast 

model of this dance. 

A searching introduction gives solos 

to the cello, horn and especially 

clarinet, whose gypsy pathos gives the 

performer a prime moment in the 

spotlight. The fast section begins with 

solo flute, then to orchestra. 

Following several interruptions, the 

finale whirls along, ending in 

youthful abandon and blazing 

orchestration. 


Rhapsodies for Violin 

and Orchestra 

Béla Bartók 

b. Nagyszentmiklós, Ukraine / April 23, 1891 

d. New York, USA / September 26, 1945 


First performances: No. 1: November 1, 

1929 (Königsberg), conducted by 

Hermann Scherchen with Joseph Szigeti as 

soloist. No. 2: November 26, 1929 

(Budapest), conducted by Ernö Dohnányi 

with Zoltán Székely as soloist 

Last WSO performance: No. 1: 1964; 

Victor Feldbrill conductor; Marta Hidy, violin. 

No. 2: First WSO performance 

“Peasant music,” Bartók 

called the indigenous 

music of his Hungarian 

homeland. But in no way 

was that a derogatory 

label, for Bartók enthused 

about the music’s “amazing expressive 

power…devoid of all sentimentality and 

superfluous ornaments” as an antidote 

for musical excesses in the Romantic 

period. 

Bartók assimilated Hungarian folk 

melodies and forms to such an extent 

they became a musical substrate to 

almost everything he composed. None 

of Bartók’s music displays this more 

than the two Rhapsodies for Violin. 

Each work derives from the freely 

structured character of the Hungarian 

national dance Czardas, in which a slow 

section (Lassú) alternates with a fast 

one (Friss) upon signal from the dancer. 

Within the movements are rapid 

contrasts with much virtuoso display 

from the soloist and corresponding 

partnership from the orchestra. 

Each piece was dedicated to an eminent 

Hungarian violinist and friend of the 

composer. Rhapsody No. 1 went to 

Joseph Szigeti, with whom Bartók often 

performed and who was instrumental in 

arranging commissions for Bartók’s 

Contrasts (1938) and Concerto for 

Orchestra (1943). Rhapsody No. 2 was 

composed for Zoltán Székely, the 

dedicatee of Bartók’s Violin Concerto 

No. 2 and the leader of the Hungarian 

Quartet, early champions of the 

composer’s landmark string quartets. 

Symphony No. 3 

Johannes Brahms 

b. Hamburg / May 7, 1833 

d. Vienna / April 3, 1897 

Composed: 1882-1883 

First performance: December 2, 1883 

(Vienna), conducted by Hans Richter 


Imre Pallo, conductor 

The summer of 1883 

found Brahms visiting 

the German spa of 

Wiesbaden, which 

happened to be the 

home of “a pretty 

Rhineland girl” Brahms had met in 

January at the home of friends. A 

cordial friendship it became, 

though, typically, not leading to 

anything. Combined with the deaths 

of several friends plus a feud with 

his longtime champion Joseph 

Joachim, Brahms’s emotions (and 

obvious creative juices) were in full 

force that summer. 

It had been six years since his Second 

Symphony. When the Third Symphony 

came along, it was almost universally 

acclaimed. “When I look at the 

Third Symphony of Brahms,” the 

great English composer Sir Edward 

Elgar wrote, “I feel like a tinker.” 

The shortest of Brahms’s four 

symphonies and the most classical in 

formal outline, the Third is a 

masterwork of inarguable logic, 

invention and beautifully unhurried 

narrative. Many have felt that it is 

not only Brahms’s finest work in the 

form, but among his finest music 

overall. 

Conflicts and contrasts are ideally 

set in the opening movement, the 

opening string theme bursting out 

of the two introductory brass chords, 

later giving way to a pastoral second 

theme from the clarinet. Grace and 

poise dominate the second 

movement. The heartfelt third 

movement replaces the usual 

scherzo, with cellos in full bloom. A 

brooding theme introduces the 

tautly structured finale, ending with 

a quiet recollection of the opening 

main theme. 


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FRIDAY, MARCH 15 10:30 A.M. 


Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 


MASTERWORKS 




Symphonie fantastique 

WSO IN BRANDON 

SUNDAY, MARCH 17 3:00 P.M. 

WESTERN MANITOBA CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM 



Karl Stobbe, violin 

PROGRAM 

Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 

Prélude: Vif 

Forlane: Allegretto 

Menuet: Allegro moderato 

Rigaudon: Assez vif 

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) 

Allegro 

Scherzo: Vivacissimo 

Moderato 


Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) 

“Reveries and Passions”: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai 

“A Ball (Valse)”: Allegro non troppo 

“Scene in the Country”: Adagio 

“March to the Scaffold”: Allegretto non troppo 

“Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”: Larghetto – Allegro 



Chris Wilkinson, violin 

Coca Bochonko, viola 

Graham McKenzie, oboe 

Allen Harrington, bassoon 

Jim Ewen, bassoon 

Graham Steeds, trumpet 



Jeff Breton, timpani 

Ann Germani, harp 

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile (Lobby in Brandon) 


SOUNDCHECK 

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FRIDAY, MARCH 15 

A Sin-phony of 50’s Fashion 

Fashion show and live music 

by Greg Arcade 

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PROGRAM NOTES 


Le Tombeau de Couperin 

Maurice Ravel 

b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 

d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 

Composed: 1917 for piano; orchestrated 

in 1920 

First performance: February 28, 1920 

(Paris), conducted by Rhené-Baton 


Jacques Lacombe, conductor 

Ravel’s emotional state 

was turbulent in 1917. 

Anguished by the First 

World War and shocked 

by the final illness and 

death of his mother, Ravel 

turned to what had always been an 

antidote for him during difficult times, 

the emotional and intellectual comfort 

of French culture and tradition. 

The original piano setting of Le Tombeau 

de Couperin combined a dedication of 

each movement to one of Ravel’s friends 

that had fallen on the battlefield, with a 

look-back to the musical style of the 

French Baroque era. Composer François 

Couperin (1668-1733) had produced 

music in memory of friends, giving it the 

name “tombeau” (tombstone). This too 

became Ravel’s path. 

Highly engaging in its charm, one 

would not suspect that Le Tombeau de 

Couperin is a work springing from any 

kind of personal turmoil, especially in 

the orchestral version. Though the 

music’s fragrant harmonies and vivid 

orchestration show a modern face, the 

rhythmic elements and phrase 

repetitions recall Baroque dances of 

Couperin’s age. 

The oboe leads off in the opening 

Prélude, soon drawing the woodwinds 

along to join its shimmering line. 

Forlane is based on an Italian dance 

reputedly made popular by Venetian 

gondoliers. Menuet is a signature 

Baroque dance. Ravel’s is of childlike 

simplicity. The rousing Rigaudon closes 

the suite, the music’s lively duplemetered 

rhythms recalling the original 

hopping dance moves found in 

Provence during Louis XIV’s time. 


Violin Concerto No. 1 

Serge Prokofiev 

b. Sontsovka, Ukraine / April 23, 1891 

d. Moscow / March 5, 1953 

Composed: 1915-1917 

First performance: October 18, 1923 

(Paris) with Marcel Darrieux as soloist 

Last WSO performance: 1991; Bramwell 

Tovey, conductor; Victor Schultz, violin 

As a brash young 

composer, Prokofiev 

vowed that expecting 

the unexpected would 

be central to his music. 

Juggling simultaneous 

projects in different styles - whether 

lyrical, modern, neo-classical or other - 

the ‘kind’ of composer he was 

perceived as proved elusive, no more 

so than in his Violin Concerto No. 1 

whose anticipation of something spiky 

and modern at the premiere surprised 

everyone, turning out to be one of the 

composer’s most lyrical offerings. The 

premiere was not particularly 

successful and it wasn’t until violinist 

Joseph Szigeti played the Concerto 

worldwide in 1935 that the work 

gained acceptance, saying that he was 

fascinated by “its mixture of fairytale 

naiveté and daring savagery.” 

The rapturous opening theme gives 

way to a vigorous contrasting second 

theme, both of which are developed. 

The movement closes ethereally with 

the main theme returning among the 

sounds of harp and winds under the 

solo. 

The second movement is a driving 

rondo-scherzo, reversing the 

traditional procedure of having the 

slow movement at this point. Two 

episodes of Prokofiev’s mocking side 

separate the theme’s reappearances, 

the second episode sul ponticello (bow 

near the bridge). The finale recalls 

the dreamy opening movement 

though more animated at the centre. 

The closing bars of the coda are 

identical with those of the opening 

movement. 


Hector Berlioz 

La Côte-Saint-André, Isère, France / 

December 11, 1803 

d. Paris / March 8, 1869 


First performance: December 5, 

1830 (Paris), conducted by François 

Habeneck 



Arch Romantic that 

he was, Berlioz was so 

taken with English 

actress Harriet 

Smithson when he 

saw her as Juliet and 

Ophelia in 1827 he wrote her 

frantic letters of love over the next 

three years despite never meeting 

her. The romance was entirely 

one-sided - she, fearing a potential 

‘stalker’ in Berlioz and he, 

wandering the countryside in 

despair of such unrequited love. 

With Romantic nerve endings on 

fire, in 1830 Berlioz planned a 

new symphony with the subtitle 

“Episode from the Life of an 

Artist.” In it the artist views his 

love through an opium-enhanced 

state, first in his dreams, then a 

ball, the countryside, at his 

execution and finally joining a 

witches’ Sabbath. Running 

through it all would be an idée 

fixe – a singular musical theme 

signifying Harriet that would 

morph from the innocent to the 

grotesque in parody at the end. 

Berlioz did marry Harriet in 1833 

but their happiness quickly 

dissolved and they were estranged 

within a decade. 

Symphonie fantastique is a tour de 

force in its vivid program content, 

bend-without-break melodies, 

dazzling orchestration and overall 

trailblazing from materials 

essentially derived from classical 

models. Its popularity among the 

most beloved symphonies in the 

literature remains undiminished. 

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Berlioz supplied the following program as a guide to 

Symphonie fantastique: 

Reveries-Passions: I take as my subject an artist blest with sensibility 

and a lively imagination…who meets a woman who awakens in 

him for the first time his heart's desire. He falls desperately in love 

with her. Curiously, the image of his beloved is linked inseparably 

with a musical idea representing her graceful and noble character. 

This idée fixe haunts him throughout the symphony. 

A Ball: The artist attends a ball, but the gaiety and festive tumult 

fails to distract him. The idée fixe returns to torture him further. 

Scene in the Country: Alone in the country on a summer's evening, 

the artist hears two distant herdsmen calling to each other in a 

‘franz des vaches’ (an alphorn melody of the Swiss Alps). Their 

pastoral duet, the rustle of wind in the trees, and the hope that his 

beloved might yet be his, all lull him into a reverie, but the idée fixe 

returns in his dreams. His heart palpitates and he experiences dread 

premonitions. The sun sets, there is thunder in the distance, then 

solitude and silence. 

March to the Scaffold: In despair the artist attempts to commit 

suicide by taking an overdose of opium, but the drug, too weak to 

prove fatal, instead induces fearsome dreams. He dreams that he has 

killed his beloved, is condemned to death, and is being taken for 

execution. The idée fixe floats into his mind, only to be terminated 

by the fall of the blade. 

Dream of a Witches' Sabbath: The artist at a Witches' Sabbath hears 

again the idée fixe, but now transformed into a brazen and trivial 

dance. She has come to witness his burial! Later comes a monstrous 

parody of the Dies Irae ('Day of Wrath', from the Latin Mass for the 

Dead). The dance of the witches is combined with the Dies Irae. 


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SUNDAY, MARCH 24 2:00 P.M. 


Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 

Richard Lee, conductor 

Winnipeg Singers Male Chorus, 

Yuri Klaz, artistic director 

PROGRAM 

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: 

The Curse of the Black Pearl 

Music by Klaus Badelt 

Music Themes and production by Hans Zimmer 

© 2003 Walt Disney Music Company 

Capt. Jack Sparrow is roguish yet charming, as he sails the Caribbean. But 

Jack’s idyllic life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Capt. Barbossa, steals his 

ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the 

Governor’s beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Swann. 

Elizabeth’s childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the 

fastest ship in the British fleet, the HMS Interceptor, in a gallant attempt to rescue her 

and recapture the Black Pearl. The duo and their motley crew are pursued by Elizabeth’s 

betrothed, the debonair, ambitious Commodore Norrington, aboard the HMS Dauntless. 

Unbeknownst to Will, there is a curse that has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live 

forever as the undead, where each moonlight, they are transformed into living skeletons. 

The curse they carry can only be broken if a once-plundered treasure is restored. 

There will be a 20 minute intermission. 



Tracy Wright, english horn 

Todd Martin, horn 

Joel Green, bass trombone 




Will Bonness, keyboard 

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING 

Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 

45 minutes prior to concert 

Friday, March 22 – Suzuki Music Winnipeg Inc. 

Saturday, March 23 – Preparatory Studies, Marcel. A. Desautels Faculty of Music, U of M 

Sunday, March 24 – University of Manitoba Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music 


WSO MUSICIAN PROFILES 

Yuri Hooker 

Instrument: Cello 

Joined WSO: 1999 

Hometown: Calgary, AB 

When did you start playing 

your instrument? I was 7. 

Hearing Leonard Rose perform 

the Dvorˇák Concerto with the 

Calgary Philharmonic inspired 

me to start. 

What do you enjoy most about 

being part of the WSO? 

The opportunity to play diverse 

repertoire with people I respect 

and enjoy. 

Margaret Askeland 



Hometown: Duluth, MN, USA 

When did you start playing your 

instrument? Age 10. My violinist 

sister said the itinerant string 

teacher was saving a 3/4 size cello 

for me. 

What or who inspires you? 

My dogs or those who have the 

courage to speak up for others. 


Cristian Markos 



Hometown: Iasi, Romania 

What is one of your most 

memorable live performances? 

Playing the whole Romeo & 

Juliet ballet by Prokofiev with 

Rostropovich conducting. 

If you weren’t a musician, what 

would you be? I think it would 

be something in sports. Soccer 

player probably. 

Arlene Dahl 


Alex Adaman 



Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela 

Hobbies: 

Reading, computers, 

photography and gardening 


would you be? 

Perhaps a luthier. Making cellos, 

of course. 

Carolyn Nagelberg 




Hometown: Saskatoon, SK Hometown: Born in Wilmington, 

Who was your idol growing up? 

I lived in India as a teenager – I 

North Carolina; Grew up in 

Midland, Michigan, USA 

would have to say that meeting When did you start playing your 

Mother Teresa had a profound instrument? Started cello at age 

influence on me. 

11. Played piano from age 3, 


would you be? A medical doctor 

– I began University studies in 

went to symphony rehearsal with 

my father, saw Zara Nelsova and 

decided to play cello. 

pre-med. 


Nature, music, food.

Emma Quackenbush 



Hometown: Calgary, AB 

If you could have dinner with one 

historical figure, who would that be? 

Emily Carr. I have always admired 

her work and I would love to pick 

her brain about being a female 

artist who stayed true to her 

vision and passion. 


being part of the WSO? Being 

able to play my cello every day 

and make it my living. 

Steven Dyer 

Instrument: Trombone 


Hometown: Born in Glasgow, 

Scotland but call Tillsonburg, 

Ontario my hometown 

Hobbies: Living vicariously through 

my children: rediscovering Lego, 

Friendly Giant episodes, etc. Fun stuff! 


being part of the WSO? Working 

for an organization which has 

such a thorough collaboration 

across all departments. And that 

boils down to people! 

Alex Eastley 

Instrument: Bassoon 


Hometown: Born near Montreal, 

but mostly grew up in Calgary. 


instrument? What made you start? 

I played clarinet, but in a cunning 

plan to escape my High School 

Band program’s mandatory 

marching program, I took up an 

instrument you couldn’t march 

with - the bassoon. 

What is your pre-concert routine? 

Ideally: nap, tea, yoga. 

John Helmer 

Instrument: Trombone 


Hometown: Born in Winnipeg, MB; 

grew up in Vancouver B.C. 

What is your pre-concert routine? 

I arrive 90 minutes early to make 

sure I get the best parking. Then, I 

run through the tough bits and sit 

in the Green Room until just 

before the downbeat. 


instrument? I started in Grade 

six when I was 10 years old. 

Photographer: Chronic Creative 

Meryl Summers 

Instrument: Bassoon 


Hometown: Marshfield, 

Massachusetts, USA 

What is one of your most 

memorable live performances? 

Playing in Shostakovich Hall in 

St. Petersburg. It is a beautiful 

hall and even though it was with 

my youth orchestra in high 

school, it was amazing! 

Hobbies: Running, Bikram yoga, 

painting, knitting, hiking, camping. 

Richard Turner 

Instrument: Harp 


Hometown: Chicago, IL 

What is your favourite piece to 

play? Ceremony of Carols by 

Benjamin Britten 


Understanding the intention and 

conception of a master composer 

and then being able to bring it to 

life. 


ARTIST BIOS 

MASTERWORKS 

Cheng Plays Mozart 

FEBRUARY 15-16 

Angela Cheng 

Consistently cited for her brilliant 

technique, tonal beauty and 

superb musicianship, Angela 

Cheng is one of Canada's 

brightest stars. She has appeared 

as soloist with virtually every 

orchestra in Canada and the frequency with which 

she is re-engaged is remarkable. 

Angela Cheng's debut recording of two Mozart 

concerti with Mario Bernardi and the CBC 

Vancouver Orchestra received glowing reviews. 

Other CDs include: for Koch International, Clara 

Schumann's Concerto in A Minor with JoAnn 

Falletta and the Women's Philharmonic; for CBC 

Records, selected works of Clara and Robert 

Schumann, four Spanish concerti with Hans Graf 

and the Calgary Philharmonic, and both 

Shostakovich concerti with Mario Bernardi and 

the CBC Radio Orchestra. In the fall of 2006, an 

all-Chopin recital CD for Universal was released. 


Woodstock 

FEBRUARY 22-24 

Rik Emmett 

Rik Emmett has his fair share of 

gold and platinum hanging on the 

wall after surviving three decades 

in the music biz. 

Awards from Best Guitarist at the 

‘81 Junos to Best Smooth Jazz Guitarist in 2005, 

along with induction into the Canadian Rock Hall 

of Fame in ‘93, the Music Industry Hall of Fame in 

2007 and the Junos Hall of Fame in 2008 highlight 

an ever-evolving career. The multi-dimensional 

singer/songwriter at the heart of it has nothing to 

prove except the dignity and maturity of his 

continuing commitment to great music. 

“My career now runs from jazz festivals to softseater 

concerts to giant outdoor rock band shows to 

orchestra gigs to folk clubs as an acoustic duo,” says 

Emmett, “and I love the challenging range of it all.” 

Jeans ‘n Classics Band: 

Neil Donell, lead vocals 

Neil is known for his extreme vocal versatility, gift for 

mimicry and four-octave vocal range. He is also in 

high demand for his skillful expertise as both a 

producer and arranger. 

Jean Meilleur, lead vocals 

‘Passionate provocative and distinctive’ - three words 

that best describe Jean Meilleur’s vocal style. Despite 

the recent proliferation of clone acts and mimics, 

Jean’s voice stands as a true original. 

Katalin Kiss, lead and backup vocals 

Katalin is known in the Canadian music industry for 

her staggering, tear-the-roof-off, goosebump-inducing 

vocals. In her travels she’s worked with many legends: 

Del Shannon, Chubby Checker, Chuck Berry and 

Chaka Khan. 

Rique Franks, lead and backup vocals 

Best known for her four duets with Dan Hill 

including In Your Eyes and Sometimes When We 

Touch, Rique has sung, toured, recorded and/or 

written with many Canadian and international 

recording artists. 

John Regan, piano and host 

As a longstanding musician in Jeans 'n Classics, John 

has witnessed the growth of the organization from a 

local performance group playing about eight concerts 

per year, to an alliance of artists providing more than 

80 shows each season. 

Peter Brennan, guitars 

Peter, of English birth who grew up in Canada, was 

heavily influenced by the Beatles initially, however 

the love affair with all things musical continued and 

grew to include everything from Jimi Hendrix to 

Gilbert and Sullivan. 

Mitch Tyler, bass 

Mitch, a London, Ontario resident, is an Honours 

Bachelor of Music (Theory and Composition) and 

Bachelor of Education graduate of the University 

of Western Ontario and has been a professional 

musician since 1987. 


WSO SUPPORTERS 

The WSO gratefully acknowledges 

the following companies whose 

generous support helps to ensure 

musical enrichment within our 

community. Thank you! 

Resident Artist 

$10,000 - $24,999 

Corus Entertainment Inc. 

Johnston Group Inc. 

Qualico 

Principal Chair 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Montrose Mortgage Corporation 

National Leasing 

Premier Printing Ltd. 

Wawanesa Insurance 

Assistant Principal Chair 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Cambrian Credit Union 

J.K. Investments Ltd. 

The Standard Life Assurance 

Company of Canada 

Orchestra Chair 

$1,000 - $2,499 

Bison Transport 

Dormond Industries 

Industrial Alliance Insurance & 

Financial Services Inc. 

Long & McQuade Musical 

Instruments 

Payworks Inc. 

Peerless Garments LP 

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Silpit Industries Co. Ltd. 

Music Stand 

$500 - $999 

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Florence & Sheldon Berney 

Number Ten Architectural Group 

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Strata Benefits Consulting Inc. 

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Riser 

Under $500 

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Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. 

M. Morris W. Dorosh 

Mid West Packaging Limited 

Patill/St. James Insurance 

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Foundations 

The Noreen & Robert Allen 

Charitable Trust 

Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and 

Anna Storgaard Fund 

Brandon Area Community 

Foundation 

Francofonds Inc. 

Marjory Alexander Graham 

& Family Fund 

Gerald M. Hechter & Agnes 

Hechter Fund in Honour of 

Max & Ethel Hechter & 

Elizabeth Fleischmann 

Houston Family of Bradwardine 

Fund, the Winnipeg 

Foundation 

George Warren Keates Memorial 

Fund 

C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc. 

W.H. & S.E. Loewen Foundation 

Inc. 

Lutz Family Foundation 

The Mauro Family Foundation 

Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund 

John and Carolynne McLure Fund 

Morden Area Foundation 

Private Giving Foundation 

Richardson Foundation 

Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer 

Foundation 

Leslie John Taylor Fund, the 

Winnipeg Foundation 

The Tallman Foundation 

James Thompson Memorial 

Fund in Trust of WSO 

Terracon Development Ltd. 

The Winnipeg Foundation 

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 

W. H. Loewen 

Dr. Brendan MacDougall 

Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell 

Lesia Peet 

George and Tannis Richardson 

Trudy Schroeder 

June Slobodian 

Muriel Smith 

Robin Wiens & Émilie 

Lagacé-Wiens 

Donn K. Yuen 

2 Anonymous 

Major Gifts 

Dr. David Lyttle, In Support 

of Education 

Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser, 

In Support of Music 

Connections 

The Maestro’s Circle exists 

to recognize special patrons 

whose significant philanthropy 

furthers the musical artistry 

of the WSO. Thank you! 

Honourary Chair 

Alexander Mickelthwate, 

Music Director 

Platinum Baton 

$25,000 + 

Bill & Shirley Loewen* 

Gold Baton 

$10,000 - $24,999 


Silver Baton 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Greg Doyle and 

Carol Bellringer 

Dr. Terry Klassen & 

Ms. Grace Dueck 

Muriel Smith 

Concertmaster's Bow 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Gail Asper & Michael Paterson 

Bill & Margaret Fast 

Timothy & Barbara Burt 

James Gibbs 

Mr. Frank Fred Gladky 

Kevin & Els Kavanagh* 

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MacDougall 

John Mansfield & 

Pam Simmons* 

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Cheryl Ashley 

Frank & Jeanne Plett 

Lawrie & Fran Pollard 

George & Tannis Richardson* 

Hartley & Heather 

Richardson 

In Memory of Mr. John 

Thistlethwaite 

Ian R. Thomson & 

Leah R. Janzen 

Professor A.M.C. Waterman 

Black Tie 

$1,500 - $2,499 

Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper 

Mr. Jim Barrett 

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Leah Bracken 

Brenlee Carrington Trepel & 

Brent Trepel 

Morley & Marjorie 

Blankstein C.M., O.M. 

Mrs. Lucienne Blouw 

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Herb & Erna Buller 

James Carr 

Ms. Patricia Chaychuk 

Jan & Kevin Coates 

James Cohen & Linda 

McGarva-Cohen 

Art & Leona DeFehr 

Dorothy Dobbie 

Douglas C. Everett, 

Chairman, 

Domo Gasoline 

Corporation Limited 

Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens 

Ms. Barbara Filuk* 

Mr. Alan Freeman 

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Frieman 

Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen 

Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg 

Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta 

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins 

Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard 

Joanne Gudmundson & 

Brian Oleson 

Richard & Carol Jones 

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Dr. Judith Littleford 

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Charles Loewen 

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David Mann 

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Judy and Ken Murray 

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Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish 

Diane Payment & 

Roxroy West 

Lesia Peet 

Dr. Blair Peters Dental 

Corporate & Dr. Beryl 

Peters 

Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. 

Dr. Bill Pope & 

Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* 

Mr. & Mrs. G. V. Price 

John & Violet Rademaker 

Dr. Diane Ramsey 

Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mr 

Anne Reimer 

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Mr. Rick Riess & 

Mrs. Jean Carter 

Sandy & Debbie Riley 

Mr. Terry Sargeant 

Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe 

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Jack & Elaine Sine

s. 

ARTIST BIOS 

Jeans ‘n Classics Band (Cont’d): 

Jeff Christmas, drums 

Jeff is a Canadian-based composer, arranger, conductor, 

drummer, percussionist and trumpeter. His most recent 

commissions include Bluewater Portrait for solo oboe 

and orchestra, and Canadian Voyage, a five-movement 

suite for french horn and orchestra. 

MTS Rising Stars Concert 

FEBRUARY 26 

Winnipeg Youth Symphony Orchestra 

As the pioneer of the Youth Orchestra movement in 

Canada, the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras were founded 

in 1923 as part of Winnipeg School Division 1. 

Despite becoming “Incorporated” in 1983, the strong 

affiliation with Winnipeg School Division 1 remains. 

The aim of the founding fathers was simply to offer 

young and aspiring musicians from across Manitoba 

the opportunity to play music in an orchestral setting. 

Central to its program are the two annual 

performances and the annual tour that have focused 

on reaching out across Manitoba so that children 

from more rural areas can experience the richness 

and diversity of classical music. 

The Winnipeg Youth Orchestras are comprised of 

the three orchestra groups, the Youth Strings (Junior), 

the Youth Concert (Intermediate) and the Youth 

Symphony (Senior). The program is open to students 

between the ages of 9 and 21, and there are typically 

between 140-160 members. s, wit 

h 

Daniel Scholz, conductor 

Daniel Scholz enjoys a versatile 

career as an orchestral performer, 

chamber musician, teacher and 

conductor. Daniel is the principal 

viola of the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra and the Manitoba 

Chamber Orchestra, and is a core member of The 

Winnipeg Chamber Music Society and the 

Rembrandt String Quartet. 

Highly sought after as a teacher, Mr. Scholz is an 

instructor at the University of Manitoba and the 

Canadian Mennonite University, and is the conductor 

of the Winnipeg Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has 

performed and taught at many of Canada's major 

festivals and is a faculty member of the University of 

Manitoba Summer Chamber Music Program. wit 

Winnipeg Boys Choir, Carolyn Boyes & 

Annelie Reimer, directors 

Since 1924, the 

Winnipeg Boys 

Choir has provided 

boys with the 

opportunity to 

develop their 

individual musical 

and performing skills 

as part of a group focused on choral excellence and 

quality teamwork. In recent years the choir has 

performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 

the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba Opera, and at 

the St. Norbert Arts Centre. The choir enjoys 

participating in local music festivals and at various 

community events in addition to their own concert 

series. The choir was awarded the John B. Somerset 

Shield at the Winnipeg Music Festival in 2006. 

Kristel Peters, director 

Kristel L. Peters is an avid musician 

with a passion for choral music. She 

graduated from University of 

Manitoba with a Bachelor of Music 

and Bachelor of Education, studying 

voice with Dr. Karen Jensen, Henriette Schellenberg 

and Tracy Dahl. Ms. Peters’ extensive musical 

background includes participating in the University 

of Manitoba Singers and the National Youth Choir. 

Currently she sings with the Winnipeg Singers. 

Kristel is currently the Choral Director at the 

Steinbach Regional Secondary School. In 2001 she 

joined Prairie Voices and was artistic director for six 

successful seasons. Active as a guest conductor/clinician, 

she has worked with Nova Scotia Choral Federation’s 

Youth Choir, The Westman Youth Choir, The 

Central Manitoba Youth Choir, Manitoba Provincial 

Honour choir and many other choral events. 

Vic Pankratz, director 

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. 


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Friends of the WSO help 

support the WSO’s artistic 

programs each season. 

Members enjoy special 

benefits that bring Friends 

closer to the music, guest 

artists and WSO musicians. 

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ARTIST BIOS 

He 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. 

Rob Monson, director 

Rob Monson currently teaches 

instrumental and choral music at 

Glenlawn Collegiate. Over the past 

20 years he had the privilege to 

sing and direct with many choirs 

and bands throughout the 

province. As a tuba player, Rob has performed with 

the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg Wind 

Ensemble and the Winnipeg Brass Quintet. Rob has 

adjudicated at the Solo and Ensemble Festival and at 

the Beginning Band Festival for the Manitoba Band 

Association. He has also conducted workshops for the 

Central, Eastern and Western Manitoba Choral 

Associations, as well as numerous school divisions 

across Manitoba. In 2008 he was the director of the 

Provincial Honour Choir. It has been a thrill to be 

involved with the WSO and the Rising Stars concert. 

MASTERWORKS 

Prieto Conducts Brahms 

MARCH 1 & 2 

Carlos Miguel Prieto 

An exciting and insightful 

communicator renowned for his 

charismatic presence on the 

conductor's podium and his 

versatile command of various 

composers and styles, Carlos 

Miguel Prieto is considered one of the most 

dynamic young conductors on the classical stage 

today. Currently music director of the Orquesta 

Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico and the Orquesta 

Sinfónica de Minería in his native Mexico, and the 

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in the United 

States, Maestro Prieto is also in high demand as a 

guest conductor. Among his North American guest 

conducting credits are the symphony orchestras of 

Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Colorado, 

Honolulu and San Antonio, and the philharmonic 

orchestras of Florida, New Mexico, Dayton and 

Calgary, as well as every major orchestra in Mexico. 

Maestro Prieto has conducted orchestras 

throughout Europe, Russia, Israel and Latin 

America. 

Erika Raum 

Known for her "engaging sensitivity 

and a gorgeously full tone," [The 

Strad], violinist Erika Raum 

continues developing a following here 

in her native country and 

internationally. Playing professionally 

since the age of twelve, she quickly rose through the 

ranks by taking first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti 

International Violin Competition in Budapest as well 

as the award for best interpretation of a Mozart 

concerto. She has returned on many occasions to 

perform in Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, 

Germany, England, Italy and France. She has 

appeared as guest artist with orchestras including the 

Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Szombathely 

Symphony Orchestra, the Austro-Hungarian 

Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. 

MASTERWORKS/WSO IN BRANDON 


MARCH 15-17 

Karl Stobbe, violin 

Described as an artist with “soulful 

musicianship” by the San Francisco 

Classical Voice (2008), Karl Stobbe has 

made a name for himself as one of 

Canada’s most accomplished and 

diverse violinists. He regularly 

performs concerti, recitals, and chamber music, in 

addition to appearing frequently as a concertmaster in 

Canada and the United States. In those roles, Stobbe 

has performed in Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, 

Segerstrom Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, the Orpheum 

Theatre, and many other important concert venues in 

North America. He is one of only a few people to 

perform as a soloist and chamber musician with 

Canada’s National Arts Centre’s Scene Festival in 

consecutive years, representing both the provinces of 

British Columbia and Manitoba as a featured artist. For 

his contribution to those events, he was invited to the 

Prime Minister’s house for a reception celebrating the 

national music environment. Stobbe has collaborated as 

a soloist with many exceptional conductors, including 

Andrey Boreyko, Bramwell Tovey, Simon Streatfield, 

Roy Goodman, Anu Tali, and Anne Manson. In recital 

as a soloist and with the Clearwater String Quartet, he 

will complete performances of all of the Bach 

Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas and Partitas, all six 

Ysaye Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas, and all 16 

Beethoven String Quartets in the next year. 


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ARTIST BIOS 


Pirates of the Caribbean: 

The Curse of the Black Pearl 

MARCH 22-24 

Winnipeg Singers Male Chorus; 

Yuri Klaz, artistic director 

The Winnipeg Singers has long been regarded as 

one of Canada’s finest choral ensembles. The 

group consists of 24 trained voices, performing 

music that spans the times from the Renaissance 

to the present. Each year the choir commissions 

new Canadian works and premieres other new 

works for its Manitoba audiences. They have 

performed joint concerts with various diverse 

organizations, appear regularly as guests of the 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the 

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and have given 

concerts and workshops for local social agencies, 

business firms, and high schools. 

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Vasconcelos 

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revolutionary El Sistema 

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Winnipeg is a free daily afterschool 

orchestra program that 

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Hidichuk 

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Ms. Barbara L. Jones 

Ms. Diane Jones 

In Memory of Paul Kettner 

Ms. Margruite Krahn 

Mrs. Judy Lamont 

Ms. Veronica L. Larmour 

Mr. Frederick Lee 

Dr. Peter Letkemann 

Dr. David Lyttle 

Ms. Leona MacDonald 

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Art Mauro & Naomi Levine 

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Addie Penner 

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Penner 

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Clarice Shell 

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Wilma Sotas 

Deidre Sozansky 

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William Stewart 

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Stone 

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Ms. Anne Longston 

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Thomas 

Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson 

Carol & Neil Trembath 

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Mrs. Nancy Vincent 

Stephen & Linda Vincent 

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Carrie 

Walker-Jones 

The Children and Grandchildren 

of Colin and Frances Walley 

P. & B. Walsh

Peter and Faye Warren 

Ms. Stephanie Whitehouse 

In Memory of Susan Wieser 

Edith Wilde 

Nicole & Graham Worden 

4 Anonymous 

Leave a legacy by making a 

donation to the WSO’s 

Endowment Fund. Managed 

by The Winnipeg Foundation 

since 1959, the fund has 

grown in value to just over 

$4M. Gifts to the fund ensure 

long term financial support 

for the orchestra. Thank you! 

Ms. Lisa Abram 

Judy & Jay Anderson 


John Bacon 

John & Janet Bailey 

Doris & Burton Bass 

Greg Doyle and Carol 

Bellringer 

Eric Bergen 

In Memory of Jessica 

Bernardin 

Mark & Zita Bernstein Family 

Foundation 

Edwin & Susan Bethune 

Ms. Joanne Biggs 

David & Gillian Bird 

Morley & Marjorie Blankstein 

C.M., O.M. 

Blumie & Iser Portnoy 

Endowment Fund 

Helga & Gerhard Bock 

Mr. Boychuk 

Kurt Braun 

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Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster 

Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk 

Timothy & Barbara Burt 

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns 

Sandra Caplan 

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Chavurad Tefilah; in 

Appreciation of Clara Belkin 

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Appreciation of Karin Klassen 

Lawrie Cherniack 

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D.J. Cowan 


Gary & Fiona Crow 

D. Cymbalist 

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Kathleen Davis 

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Dept of Otolaryngology, Head 

& Neck Surgery 

Tanya & Cameron Derksen 

Mrs. Christine Dewar 

Mr. Isaac Ben Diamond 

Ms. Janice Dietch 

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Beverley & Fred Dyck 

Miss Helene Dyck 

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Sharon Erickson-Nesmith 


Irwin & Gail Fine 

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In Memory of Emily Hasinoff 

Teresa A. Hay 

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Mr. Daniel Heindl 


Katherine Himelblau 

Rachel Himelblau 

Dorothy L. Hodgson 

Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard 

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Ms. Marilyn Kapitany 

A Special Thank You to Jackie 

Godard 

Kevin & Els Kavanagh 

Miss Esme Keith 

Mr. Ken Kinsley 

Brad and Cheryl Klassen 

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan D. Klein 

In Memory of Donald 

Kluchnik 

T.G. Kucera 

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Mr. Don Lawrence 

Amanda Le Rougetel & 

Val Paape 

Lisa Lewis 

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Andrew Lutz 

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In Memory of Grant Marshall 

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McKerchar 

Mrs. Jean H. McLennan 

Ardythe McMaster 

Glen Mead 

Stephen & Marianne Meush 

Margaret & Fred Mooibroek 

Linda Moore 

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of Donald Kluchnik 


Vera Moroz 

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In Memory of Fern Papushka 

Ms. Joan S. Papushka 

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In Memory of Mary Patterson 

Lesia Peet 

In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. M.M. 

Pierce 

Dr. & Mrs. Werner Pieterse 

Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda 

Pike 

Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan 

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Shirley E. Sherwood 

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Hamilton 

Winnifred Sim 

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In Memory of David H. 

Skinner 

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Ms. Patricia Steele 

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Margaret & Hartley Stinson 

Lea Stogdale 

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Loftson 

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Professor A.M.C. Waterman 

Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia 

Weselake 

Mr. Paul Wiebe 

Robin Wiens and Emilie 

Lagacé-Wiens 

Raymond and Shirley Wiest 

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Lisa Abram 

Women's Committee of the 

Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra 

Theresa Huscroft 

Terence & Angela Wu 

Phillip S. Young 

6 Anonymous 

Share the Music is a unique 

outreach initiative of the WSO 

that allows economically 

disadvantaged children and 

their families to attend WSO 

performances. Thank you for 

helping to Share the Music! 

His Worship Mayor Sam Katz 

Ms. E.R Chochinov 

Shelley Chochinov 

Barbara Cook 

EJ Day 

Addie Penner 

In Memory of Dr. & 

Mrs. M.M. Pierce 

Ms. Linda Sander 

Kay Schalme 

Heida & Skuli Sigfusson 

Ms. Brenda Sklar 

Geri & Peter Spencer 

G.W. & Jean Swift 

Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour 

of Her Birthday 

Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor 

Allyson Watts 

2 Anonymous 

Festival donors help to 

ensure the artistic excellence 

of the WSO’s New Music 

Festival. Thank you! 


Ms. Ruth Asper 

Baked Expectations 

Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre 

Warren Carther 

Mr. Ernest P. Cholakis 

Dr. & Mrs. David Connor 

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Richard & Karen Howell 

Humphry Inn & Suites 


Koren & Leonard Kaminski 

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Mrs. Caroline Ksiazek 

T.G. Kucera 

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Mr. Frank Martin 

Mr. Pat Meagher 

Ms. Nancy Mercury 

Ms. Sheila Miller 

Mrs. Brenda Morlock 


Robert & Cindy Neufield 

Lesia Peet 

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Mr. Michael Shnier 

Muriel Smith 

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Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 

Ms. Sylvia Yaeger 

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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2012-2013 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 Sam Katz, 

Mayor of the City of Winnipeg 

Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, 

WSO Directors Emeritus 

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 

Shirley Loewen, President 

Sylvia Cassie, Vice President 

Lesia Peet, Past President 

Margaret Harvie, Treasurer 

Evelyn Davidson, Secretary 

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant 

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 

John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration 

Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator 

Mihye Shin, Accounting & Administrative Assistant 

DEVELOPMENT 

Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development 

Carol Cassels, Development Manager 

Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator 

Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects 

Kathy March, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles 

Chelse McKee, Development Assistant (p/t) 

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES 

Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services 

Jason Hayes, Patron Services Coordinator 

Heather Thornton, Group Events Representative 

Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative 

Patron Services Representatives (p/t): 

Theresa Huscroft Melissa Ungrin 

Clare Neil Stephanie Van Nest 

Crystal Schwartz 

1020-555 Main Street 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 

Phone: 204.949.3950 

Fax: 204.956.4271 

www.wso.ca 

WSO Box Office 

phone: 204-949-3999 

www.wso.ca 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Timothy E. Burt, CFA, 

President & Chair 

Richard Turner, 

Vice President 

Muriel Smith, Secretary 

Rob Kowalchuk, 

Treasurer 

Dorothy Dobbie, Past 

President 

James Carr 

Sylvia Cassie 

Michael Cox 

Arlene Dahl 

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

ARTISTIC 

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate 

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor 

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence 

Alan Freeman 

Dr. Daya Gupta 

Gregory Hay 

Michael D. Kay 

Maureen Kilgour 

Caroline Ksiazek 

Jackie Lowe 

Terry Sargeant 

Karl Stobbe 

Trudy Schroeder, 

Ex officio 

Alexander Mickelthwate, 

Ex officio 

OFFICIAL AUDITORS 

Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants 

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS 

Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations 

James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate 

Andrea de Haan, Production Manager 

Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager 

Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian 

Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian 

Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor 

EDUCATION & OUTREACH 

Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach 

Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator 

Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator 

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 

Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications 

Susana Schanel, Marketing & Communications 

Project Manager 

S. Thompson Designs Inc. 

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION 


Ticketmaster 

phone: 1-855-985-ARTS 

Ticketmaster.ca 

Group Events 

phone: 204-949-3995 

groupevents@wso.mb.ca 

The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.

Angela Cheng - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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