Issue 1: September – October - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
ISSUE 1<br />
“When I conduct it, even today, I feel him<br />
looking over my shoulder. He is there in<br />
the hall. You see, the very phrases of the<br />
music remind me of how he used to talk.<br />
I recognize his voice in the notes. And<br />
behind the voice, the man himself.”<br />
<strong>–</strong> Maxim Shostakovich
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 1
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
Trudy Schroeder<br />
Friends of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>,<br />
All in all, it promises to be a splendid Autumn. There is much excitement in<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> this fall with new buildings opening, a new hockey team, and a<br />
promising start to the season for the Blue Bombers. The WSO is part of the<br />
feeling of optimism that seems prevalent in our community these days. We live in<br />
a wonderful community and, at the WSO, we value the consistent public support<br />
for the orchestra through ticket sales and generous donations. The WSO is an<br />
important part of the quality of life that makes us all proud to live in Manitoba.<br />
We approach the start of our 64th season with great anticipation. The calendar is full of wonderful<br />
concerts, and you may want to take another look at the season guide and add a few more concerts<br />
into your plan for the year.<br />
First, the WSO would like to congratulate our concertmaster, Gwen Hoebig, as she celebrates her<br />
25th season with the orchestra. We are also pleased to welcome five new musicians, four new board<br />
members, and two new staff members to the orchestra this fall. We hope they will all enjoy their first<br />
year with the WSO and feel warmly welcomed in our organization. The board members and staff<br />
members won’t be as visible at most concerts, but we will find ways to introduce them to you. On<br />
stage, look for Phoebe Tsang and Tomomi Brennan in the second violin section. Desiree Abbey is<br />
the assistant principal cello, Meredith McCallum joins the first violin section, and Patrick Staples is<br />
on double bass. We also welcome Robin MacMillan, oboe & English horn, back to active service.<br />
As our contribution to the activities related to the national arts awareness initiative Culture Days, we<br />
will offer a day of free chamber music concerts in the newly refurbished Steinkopf gardens on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 1 starting at 10 am. We will also send performers to the Nuit Blanche all night celebrations<br />
at the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Art Gallery.<br />
Exciting concerts and activities are linked to the Indigenous Festival in mid-<strong>October</strong>. If you happen<br />
to attend the grand opening of the new airport, you will hear the WSO playing there, and we will<br />
also be visiting seven high schools as a part of our Up Close and <strong>Orchestra</strong>l Program. You will also<br />
notice many new activities related to our special program for younger audience members, the<br />
Soundcheck Program.<br />
On <strong>October</strong> 29, we start our popular Dinner and a <strong>Symphony</strong> program with a pairing of<br />
Shostakovich’s music and Russian cuisine created by Bergmann’s on Lombard. This remains a great<br />
way to meet other music lovers, experience a culinary menu matched to the concert, and be fully<br />
relaxed and ready for the concert at 8 p.m.<br />
By the time we get to the shorter days in November, you will be ready to celebrate and pamper<br />
yourself at our exciting new event, Chicks n’ Chocolate. This evening features fun, travel, beauty<br />
and, of course, chocolate. Call our box office (949-3999) for tickets.<br />
There is much more excitement to come, but this introduces you to some of the things to look<br />
forward to over the fall months. Enjoy the concerts, and be sure to let us know which ones you have<br />
appreciated the most.<br />
Trudy Schroeder<br />
WSO Executive Director<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 3
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CONDUCTORS & COMPOSERS<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director<br />
Recognized as one of the most exciting young conductors of his generation, Alexander<br />
Mickelthwate is in his fifth season as Music Director of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>,<br />
where he has significantly raised the ensemble’s profile through innovative programming and<br />
active community engagement. Praised for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),<br />
“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times), the German-born conductor<br />
has attracted attention for his charismatic presence on the podium and command of a wide<br />
range of musical styles.<br />
In August 2007, Alexander culminated his three-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los<br />
Angeles Philharmonic, with which he appeared regularly at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl.<br />
Previously as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, he co-founded the new music ensemble Bent<br />
Frequency, which was hailed as "one of the brightest ensembles on the scene” (Gramophone Magazine).<br />
Recent highlights include debuts with the Houston <strong>Symphony</strong>, the São Paulo <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, the<br />
Johannesburg Philharmonic and the Bukarest Philharmonic, a re-engagement with the National Arts Centre <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
in Ottawa and a highly successful last-minute replacement with the St. Paul Chamber <strong>Orchestra</strong>. As guest conductor,<br />
Alexander has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago <strong>Symphony</strong>, Royal Scottish National <strong>Orchestra</strong>,<br />
Hamburg <strong>Symphony</strong>, NDR Hannover, as well as with symphony orchestras in several Canadian and U.S. cities.<br />
Born in Germany into a musical family, he studied conducting in Karlsruhe, Germany and at the Peabody<br />
Conservatory with Gustav Meier, and was invited as a conducting Fellow at Tanglewood, as well as at the Eötvöes<br />
Institute in Hungary. He is married with two sons.<br />
Richard Lee, Resident Conductor<br />
From the time his mother sat him down at a toy piano when he was three years old,<br />
Richard Lee has spent his life immersed in music. He graduated to a real piano at the age<br />
of five and took up the violin at age seven. At age seventeen, he passed <strong>–</strong> with honours <strong>–</strong> the<br />
grade X piano and violin exams at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.<br />
After a brief and ill-advised stint as a physics major, Richard came to his senses and<br />
pursued a degree in Music Performance at the University of Toronto as both a violinist and<br />
a violist while studying conducting. After teaching middle school music for five years,<br />
Richard returned to the U of T where, as the Victor Feldbrill Fellow in orchestral<br />
conducting, he obtained a Master’s degree under the tutelage of Raffi Armenian.<br />
Richard is currently Resident Conductor of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, Conductor of the University<br />
of Manitoba <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, as well as Music Director of the Korean Canadian <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>,<br />
based in Toronto. He has also conducted the National Arts Centre <strong>Orchestra</strong> and the symphony orchestras of<br />
Vancouver, Quebec and Thunder Bay. His work has been broadcast and recorded by the CBC/Radio-Canada.<br />
Musician, news junkie and connoisseur of fine ales, whiskies and cigars, Richard maintains residences in both<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> and Toronto.<br />
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence<br />
Vincent Ho is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding composers of his generation.<br />
His works have been hailed for their profound expressiveness and textural beauty that has<br />
audiences talking about with great enthusiasm. His many awards have included Harvard<br />
University’s Fromm Music Commission, The Canada Council for the Arts’ “Robert Fleming<br />
Prize,” ASCAP’s “Morton Gould Young Composer Award,” four SOCAN Young Composers<br />
Awards, and CBC Radio’s Audience Choice Award (2009 Young Composers’ Competition).<br />
Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1975, Vincent Ho began his musical training through the<br />
Royal Conservatory of Music. He received his Associate Diploma in Piano Performance<br />
from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) in 1993, his Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary<br />
in 1998, his Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto in 2000, and his Doctor of Musical Arts<br />
degree from the University of Southern California (2005). His mentors have included Allan Bell, David Eagle,<br />
Christos Hatzis, Walter Buczynski, and Stephen Hartke. In 1997, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the<br />
Schola Cantorum Summer Composition Program in Paris, where he received further training in analysis,<br />
composition, counterpoint, and harmony, supervised by David Diamond, Philip Lasser, and Narcis Bonet.<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 5
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2011-2012 SEASON<br />
MUSIC DIRECTOR<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate<br />
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR<br />
Richard Lee<br />
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE<br />
Vincent Ho<br />
FIRST VIOLINS<br />
Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster<br />
The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-<br />
Gramatté Memorial Chair,<br />
endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté<br />
Foundation<br />
Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster<br />
Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster<br />
Chris Anstey<br />
Raymond Chrunyk<br />
Mona Coarda<br />
Hong Tian Jia<br />
*Trevor Kirczenow<br />
Simon MacDonald<br />
**Meredith McCallum<br />
Rachel Moody<br />
Julie Savard<br />
Jun Shao<br />
SECOND VIOLINS<br />
Darryl Strain, Principal<br />
Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal<br />
Karen Bauch<br />
**Tomomi Brennan<br />
Rodica Filipoi<br />
*Barbara Gilroy<br />
Boyd MacKenzie<br />
Susan McCallum<br />
† Jane Radomski<br />
Claudine St. Arnauld<br />
Phoebe Tsang<br />
VIOLAS<br />
Daniel Scholz, Principal<br />
Anne Elise Lavallée,<br />
Assistant Principal<br />
Laszlo Baroczi<br />
Richard Bauch<br />
Greg Hay<br />
Suzanne McKegney<br />
Merrily Peters<br />
Mike Scholz<br />
6 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
CELLOS<br />
Yuri Hooker, Principal<br />
**Desiree Abbey, Assistant Principal<br />
Alex Adaman<br />
Margaret Askeland<br />
Arlene Dahl<br />
Carolyn Nagelberg<br />
Emma Quackenbush<br />
BASSES<br />
Meredith Johnson, Principal<br />
Theodore Chan, Assistant Principal<br />
Paul Nagelberg<br />
Bruce Okrainec<br />
Zdzislaw Prochownik<br />
Patrick Staples<br />
FLUTES<br />
Jan Kocman, Principal<br />
Martha Durkin<br />
PICCOLO<br />
Martha Durkin<br />
OBOES<br />
Bede Hanley, Principal<br />
Robin MacMillan<br />
ENGLISH HORN<br />
Robin MacMillan<br />
CLARINETS<br />
Micah Heilbrunn, Principal<br />
Richard Klassen<br />
BASSOONS<br />
Alex Eastley, Principal<br />
James Ewen<br />
CONTRABASSOON<br />
James Ewen<br />
HORNS<br />
Patricia Evans, Principal<br />
Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal<br />
James Robertson<br />
The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair<br />
Caroline Oberheu<br />
Michiko Singh<br />
TRUMPETS<br />
Brian Sykora, Principal<br />
Paul Jeffrey<br />
Isaac Pulford<br />
The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair<br />
TROMBONES<br />
Steven Dyer, Principal<br />
John Helmer<br />
BASS TROMBONE<br />
Julia McIntyre, Principal<br />
TUBA<br />
Chris Lee, Principal<br />
TIMPANI<br />
Jeremy Epp, Principal<br />
PERCUSSION<br />
Frederick Liessens, Principal<br />
HARP<br />
Richard Turner, Principal<br />
Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen<br />
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL<br />
MANAGER<br />
Chris Lee<br />
PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN<br />
Raymond Chrunyk<br />
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN<br />
Laura MacDougall<br />
*On Leave<br />
**Temporary Position<br />
† Dual Section Position<br />
Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string<br />
players are listed alphabetically<br />
and are seated according to a<br />
rotational system.
MASTERWORKS<br />
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 8:00 P.M.<br />
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 8:00 P.M.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
Rachmaninov & Dvorˇák<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor<br />
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano<br />
PROGRAM<br />
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)<br />
Moderato<br />
Adagio sostenuto<br />
Allegro scherzando<br />
- INTERMISSION -<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904)<br />
Allegro con brio<br />
Adagio<br />
Allegretto grazioso <strong>–</strong> Molto vivace<br />
Allegro ma non troppo<br />
Extra Musicians:<br />
Tracy Wright, oboe<br />
Tony Cyre, percussion<br />
Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate<br />
on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior<br />
to concert<br />
<strong>September</strong> January <strong>–</strong> February <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 57
PROGRAM NOTES<br />
by James Manishen<br />
Piano Concerto No. 2<br />
Sergei Rachmaninov<br />
b. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873<br />
d. Los Angeles, CA USA /<br />
March 28, 1943<br />
Composed: 1900-1901<br />
First performance: <strong>October</strong> 14, 1901<br />
(Moscow) conducted by Alexander<br />
Siloti with the composer as soloist<br />
Last WSO performance: 2008,<br />
Vladimir Sverdlov, piano;<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor<br />
Perhaps Rachmaninov<br />
needed the total<br />
failure of his <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
No. 1 at its premiere in<br />
1897 to validate the<br />
total success of his<br />
Piano Concerto No. 2 not long after.<br />
The 24-year-old composer loathed<br />
his first symphonic effort,<br />
forbidding any further<br />
performances of it during his<br />
lifetime. The performance was a<br />
disaster, conducted by a reportedly<br />
drunk Alexander Glazunov and a<br />
badly under-rehearsed orchestra.<br />
Rachmaninov was thrown into<br />
such a fit of depression, he<br />
suffered a nervous breakdown. For<br />
more than a year he lived with<br />
“paralyzing apathy,” as he wrote in<br />
his memoirs. “All my selfconfidence<br />
broke down. Half my<br />
days were spent on a couch<br />
sighing over my ruined life.”<br />
Fortunately<br />
Rachmaninov had a<br />
concerned family and<br />
a formerly high-strung<br />
aunt that had been<br />
successfully treated by<br />
a certain Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a local<br />
physician who had studied<br />
hypnotherapy in Vienna and<br />
France. A meeting was arranged<br />
and in January 1900, the composer<br />
found himself making daily visits<br />
to Dr. Dahl, hearing over and over<br />
the words “you will compose a<br />
piano concerto…with the greatest<br />
of ease…of excellent quality!”<br />
8 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
Rachmaninov was surprised at how<br />
the treatments helped him and by<br />
the summer, he was relaxed and at<br />
work on the second and third<br />
movements of the Piano Concerto<br />
No. 2, the work that would propel<br />
him into the world’s concert halls.<br />
The first movement was completed<br />
the following spring. The<br />
premiere of the finished work<br />
took place in Moscow. He<br />
dedicated it to Dr. Dahl.<br />
Eight chords begin the C minor<br />
Concerto, followed by the surging<br />
main theme, which occupies much<br />
of the development section. The<br />
Adagio is strikingly beautiful, with<br />
much variety and pianistic<br />
resource. The Finale is a perfectly<br />
gauged match of martial energy<br />
and sweeping Romantic fervor, its<br />
main theme one of Rachmaninov’s<br />
best-loved melodies that became<br />
the popular hit song Full Moon<br />
and Empty Arms. His career never<br />
looked back.<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 8<br />
Antonin Dvorˇák<br />
b. Bohemia / <strong>September</strong> 8, 1841<br />
d. Prague / May 1, 1904<br />
Composed: 1889<br />
First performance: February 2,<br />
1890 (Prague) conducted by the<br />
composer<br />
Last WSO performance: 2004,<br />
Andrey Boreyko, conductor<br />
If one were to search<br />
out the happiest and<br />
healthiest of all<br />
composers, Antonin<br />
Dvorˇák would be<br />
among that company.<br />
Even though he had moved<br />
among the highest musical and<br />
social echelons, in later years he<br />
wrote, “I shall remain what I have<br />
always been <strong>–</strong> a simple Czech<br />
musician.” Nothing pleased<br />
Dvorˇák more than connecting to<br />
his beloved Bohemian soil <strong>–</strong><br />
summer travel to the countryside,<br />
pleasure in folkloric tradition and<br />
the regular enjoyment his<br />
gregarious nature inspired among<br />
friends. Yet despite his humble<br />
self-description, Dvorˇák’s music<br />
has an immense depth to it, with<br />
deeply-felt melancholy, bursting<br />
melody and zestful rhythms bound<br />
with strong architecture in often<br />
innovative formal structures.<br />
Within his last three great<br />
symphonies (No. 9 being the<br />
famous From the New World) his<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 8 displays all this.<br />
Dvorˇák dedicated his Eighth to<br />
Austrian Emperor Franz Josef who<br />
sponsored a music academy in<br />
Bohemia designed to promote<br />
local artists. Dvorˇák was also<br />
awarded a stipend that allowed<br />
him to compose without the<br />
distractions of other tasks. In<br />
December 1889, Dvorˇák travelled<br />
to Vienna to receive it.<br />
The Eighth <strong>Symphony</strong> was<br />
composed during one of Dvorˇák’s<br />
summer country retreats in Vysoká<br />
and in the music, one can certainly<br />
feel the contentment of his<br />
surroundings. Especially rich is the<br />
fund of melody, about which<br />
Dvorˇák had written to his friend<br />
Alois Göbl that his head was so<br />
“full of ideas” he couldn’t write<br />
them down fast enough.<br />
Indeed, in the opening 126<br />
measures of the first movement,<br />
there are eight separate tunes<br />
worked with disarming ease. But<br />
it’s the second movement where<br />
Dvorˇák mines the depths,<br />
especially as to form where two<br />
musical paths cross and<br />
commingle: the first reluctant and<br />
mournful, the second smooth and<br />
confident. Fragments and textures<br />
dictate the movement’s form<br />
rather than traditional themes and<br />
key arrangements.<br />
The third movement resembles an<br />
Austrian Ländler, shifting between<br />
minor and major key, melodic<br />
resources intact with a freshminted<br />
coda leading to the<br />
trumpet-heralded Finale, a<br />
resounding theme with variations<br />
that ends with a burst of high<br />
spirits.<br />
Vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français.
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<strong>September</strong> January <strong>–</strong> February <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 79
Grab your girlfriends, put on<br />
your best New York-inspired<br />
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a night of beauty,<br />
excitement, fashion, prizes,<br />
and indulgence for the mind,<br />
body, and spirit. On Nov. 3,<br />
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and take a stroll through<br />
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THURSDAY,<br />
NOVEMBER 3, 2011<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
On this New York-inspired<br />
night, you’ll find mountains<br />
of chocolate, delicious hors<br />
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businesses dedicated to<br />
making you feel fulfilled, fit,<br />
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evening you could be the lucky<br />
winner that will fly to the real<br />
Big Apple, courtesy of the WSO.<br />
TICKETS: $ 49<br />
Proceeds from this event in support of the<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>’s<br />
Education & Outreach programs.<br />
For tickets contact WSO Box Office at 949-3999 or online at www.wso.ca
POPS<br />
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 8:00 P.M.<br />
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 8:00 P.M.<br />
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 2:00 P.M.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
Live & Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute<br />
to the Music of Paul McCartney<br />
Richard Lee, conductor<br />
Tony Kishman, bass guitar, keyboard, vocals<br />
Jim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals<br />
John Merjave, lead guitar, vocals<br />
Chris Camilleri, drums, vocals<br />
PROGRAM<br />
The performance will include the following selections:<br />
17<br />
Band on the Run<br />
Bluebird<br />
Can't Buy Me Love<br />
Eleanor Rigby<br />
Get Back<br />
Golden Slumbers<br />
Hello Goodbye<br />
Here Comes the Sun<br />
Hey Jude<br />
I Am the Walrus<br />
Let It Be<br />
Live and Let Die<br />
Long and Winding Road<br />
Maybe I'm Amazed<br />
Ob-La-Di<br />
Silly Love Songs<br />
Uncle Albert<br />
What the Man Said<br />
When I'm 64<br />
Yesterday<br />
Extra Musicians:<br />
Janice Finlay, alto & soprano saxophone, flute<br />
Julie Husband, baritone saxophone, flute<br />
Sharon Atkinson, tenor saxophone<br />
Jonathan Stevens, tenor saxophone<br />
Will Bonness, piano<br />
Tony Cyre, percussion<br />
Presenting<br />
Media Sponsor:<br />
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Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 1 <strong>–</strong> Brandon University School of Music<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 2 <strong>–</strong> Gouriluk Flute Studio<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 11
Dinner<br />
&<br />
a <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
with<br />
ALL SHOSTAKOVICH<br />
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MATINEE<br />
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 10:30 A.M.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
Silvestre Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Wu Man, pipa<br />
Camerata Nova Bolero Dance Theatre<br />
Odette Heyn-Projects<br />
PROGRAM<br />
La Noche de los Mayas Silvestre Revueltas<br />
(See below for movements)<br />
MASTERWORKS<br />
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 8:00 P.M.<br />
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 8:00 P.M.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
A Night of Song & Dance<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor<br />
Camerata Nova<br />
Cory Campbell, vocalist<br />
Wu Man, pipa<br />
Odette Heyn-Projects<br />
Bolero Dance Theatre<br />
PROGRAM<br />
Concept and choreography:<br />
Odette Heyn-Penner<br />
Traditional choreography:<br />
Pedro Aurelio<br />
Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights) Andrew Balfour (b. 1967)<br />
Concerto for Pipa with String <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Allegro<br />
Lou Harrison (1917-2003)<br />
Bits and Pieces:<br />
Troika<br />
Three Sharing<br />
Indigenous Festival Sponsor:<br />
Wind and Plum<br />
Neapolitan<br />
Threnody for Richard Locke<br />
Estampie<br />
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La Noche de los Mayas<br />
Noche de los Mayas: Molto sostenuto<br />
Noche de Jaranas: Scherzo<br />
Noche de Yucatan: Andante espressivo -<br />
Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)<br />
Noche de Encantamiento (“Night of Enchantment”): Theme, Variations 1-4; Finale<br />
Extra Musicians:<br />
Melissa Scott, oboe<br />
Pat Daniels, bass clarinet<br />
Donna Laube, piano<br />
Tony Cyre, Matt Abraham, Ben Reimer, Victoria Sparks, Byron Wood, Jamie Pham, Brendan Thompson,<br />
Mitchell Wiebe, Derek Klassen, percussion<br />
Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate, Wu Man and Andrew Balfour<br />
on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 13
PROGRAM NOTES<br />
by James Manishen<br />
Wa Wa Tey Wak<br />
(Northern Lights)<br />
Andrew Balfour<br />
b. Fisher Branch Reserve, MB /<br />
1967<br />
Composed: 2006<br />
First performance: March 11, 2006<br />
by Camerata Nova<br />
First WSO performance<br />
Wa Wa Tey Wak is based on a<br />
modern legend about a young<br />
girl that lived 300 years ago in<br />
what we now call Canada. She is<br />
transported to modern times by<br />
a sorcerer and wanders the<br />
streets of <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. No one<br />
can see her except the street<br />
people, the “lost tribe.”<br />
Of Cree descent, composer<br />
Andrew Balfour describes the work<br />
as “about transformation - a<br />
journey…sad things...social<br />
issues…all redeemed by the<br />
Northern Lights. It’s one of the<br />
worst tragedies of our country: so<br />
much wealth, so much prosperity<br />
and so much poverty at the same<br />
time. That’s why I wrote this piece,<br />
because I felt I had something to<br />
say since I have also lived in<br />
poverty but redeemed by music, I<br />
guess you could say.”<br />
Concerto for Pipa with<br />
String <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Lou Harrison<br />
b. Portland, OR / May 14, 1917<br />
d. Lafayette, IN / February 2, 2003<br />
Composed: 1997<br />
First performance: April 26, 1997,<br />
Stuttgart Chamber <strong>Orchestra</strong>,<br />
Dennis Russell Davies conducting<br />
with Wu Man as soloist<br />
First WSO performance<br />
By his own admission,<br />
the music of West<br />
Coast-born Lou<br />
Harrison is “a song<br />
and a dance,” an<br />
influence from<br />
14 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
Harrison’s mentor, American<br />
pioneer composer Henry Cowell,<br />
who taught Harrison that music<br />
around the world is mainly melody<br />
with a rhythmic accompaniment.<br />
Long interested in music from<br />
cultures bordering the Pacific,<br />
Cowell inspired Harrison to dig<br />
into world music in general, yet<br />
within an individual compositional<br />
style of no less importance. “Don’t<br />
put hybrids down,” Harrison once<br />
told a BBC interviewer. “There<br />
isn’t anything else.”<br />
Harrison built instruments out of<br />
everyday items, began working<br />
with John Cage and eventually<br />
studied briefly with Arnold<br />
Schoenberg in Los Angeles. In<br />
1961, Harrison went to Tokyo<br />
where, for two years, he immersed<br />
himself in the study of Korean and<br />
Chinese classical music. In the<br />
early 1970s, his fusion of Eastern<br />
and Western style began to<br />
crystallize. The pipa concerto is<br />
Harrison’s last large-scale work.<br />
The motoric theme of the first<br />
movement suggests a classical<br />
concerto coming, though with<br />
Chinese tang as the pipa is joined<br />
by solo violin. The second<br />
movement is a suite that treats the<br />
pipa in various guises: a pseudo<br />
balalaika in the Troika, a<br />
percussion instrument in Three<br />
Sharing, and a mandolin in<br />
Neapolitan. The elegiac third<br />
movement’s long lines pave the<br />
way for the finale entitled<br />
Estampie, a dancelike form from<br />
14th century France and Italy.<br />
We are honoured to be joined<br />
tonight by Wu Man, the dedicatee<br />
of Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto.<br />
La Noche de los Mayas<br />
Silvestre Revueltas<br />
b. Santiago, Papasquiaro, Durango /<br />
December 31, 1899<br />
d. Mexico City / <strong>October</strong> 5, 1940<br />
Composed: 1939<br />
Last WSO performance: 2008,<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor<br />
“I prefer the music of<br />
the people of the<br />
ranchos and villages of<br />
my country,” Silvestre<br />
Revueltas once said<br />
when asked about his<br />
tastes in music. Central to his<br />
music are the tang of Mexico, the<br />
spirit of its people and his own<br />
experiences during the volatile<br />
period following his appointment<br />
as assistant to Carlos Chávez and<br />
the newly formed Orquesta<br />
Sinfónica de México in 1929<br />
following a three-year period in<br />
the United States where he<br />
worked as a theatre violinist and<br />
conductor. During this time,<br />
Revueltas also became active in the<br />
cause of artists' and workers'<br />
rights.<br />
In 1937, Revueltas was sent to<br />
Spain to direct concerts in support<br />
of Mexican Loyalist causes but<br />
returned poor and in broken<br />
health. He died of alcoholism,<br />
heartbroken over the death of his<br />
two daughters.<br />
La Noche de los Mayas (“The Night<br />
of the Mayas”) was composed as a<br />
score to the film of the same name<br />
directed by Chano Urueta with<br />
script by Antonio Médiz Bolio. A<br />
four-movement suite was created<br />
in 1960 by Mexican conductor<br />
José Limantour. The opening<br />
movement’s huge cry from the<br />
orchestra suggests Revueltas’s<br />
political angst, tempered by the<br />
central section, which is warm and<br />
reflective. Noche de Jaranas is a<br />
fiery dance movement punctuated<br />
with cross rhythms. The solo flute<br />
and drum in Noche de Yucatan<br />
quote a traditional native folk<br />
melody (“Come on boys, the sun is<br />
about to set”). The closing<br />
movement is a riot of percussion,<br />
culminating with the orchestral<br />
outburst that opened the work.<br />
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PRESIDENTS OF THE<br />
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<br />
1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien<br />
1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair<br />
1953-55 Mr. Digby Wheeler<br />
1955-57 Mr. W. D. Hurst<br />
1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson<br />
1958-61 Mr. E. W. H. Brown<br />
1961-62 Mr. David Slater<br />
1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin<br />
1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander<br />
1965-67 Mr. R. W. Richards<br />
1967-69 Mr. W. R. Palmer<br />
1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith<br />
1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce<br />
1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith<br />
1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt<br />
1976-78 Mr. Julian D. T. Benson<br />
1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth<br />
1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon<br />
1980-81 Mr. John F. Fraser<br />
1981-82 Mr. William W. Draper<br />
1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz<br />
1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.<br />
1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.<br />
1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé<br />
1988-90 Mr. William H. Loewen<br />
1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr<br />
1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg<br />
1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles<br />
1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes<br />
1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles<br />
1998-99 Mr. William Norrie<br />
Feb 1999 <strong>–</strong> May 1999 Mr. William Loewen<br />
Jun 1999 <strong>–</strong> 2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack<br />
2000- Feb 03 Mr. Roger King<br />
Mar 2003 <strong>–</strong> Dec 2003 Ms. Patti Sullivan<br />
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Jan 2005 <strong>–</strong> Jul 2006 Ms. Carol Bellringer<br />
Jul 2006 <strong>–</strong> Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President)<br />
Dec 2006 <strong>–</strong> Jun 2007 Mr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
2007 <strong>–</strong> present Ms. Dorothy Dobbie<br />
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MASTERWORKS<br />
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 8:00 P.M.<br />
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 8:00 P.M.<br />
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL<br />
All Shostakovich<br />
Maxim Shostakovich, conductor<br />
Korbinian Altenberger, violin<br />
PROGRAM<br />
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)<br />
Nocturne: Moderato<br />
Scherzo: Allegro non troppo<br />
Passacaglia: Andante<br />
Burlesca: Allegro con brio<br />
- INTERMISSION -<br />
Hamlet: Incidental Music (1932), Op. 32 Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
Introduction and Night Watch<br />
Flourish and Dance Music<br />
The Hunt<br />
Lullaby<br />
Requiem<br />
March of Fortinbras<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
Allegro<br />
Moderato<br />
Presto -<br />
Largo -<br />
Allegretto<br />
Extra Musicians:<br />
Melissa Scott, oboe<br />
Laurel Ridd, flute<br />
E-Chen Hsu, bass clarinet<br />
Allen Harrington, bassoon<br />
Donna Laube, celeste<br />
Tony Cyre, percussion<br />
Matt Abraham, percussion<br />
Pre-concert chat with Richard Lee and Korbinian Altenberger<br />
on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 17
PROGRAM NOTES<br />
by James Manishen<br />
Violin Concerto No. 1<br />
Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
b. St Petersburg, Russia / <strong>September</strong><br />
25, 1906<br />
d. Moscow / August 9, 1975<br />
Composed: 1947-48<br />
First performance: <strong>October</strong> 29, 1955<br />
(Leningrad) conducted by Yevgeny<br />
Mravinsky with David Oistrakh as soloist<br />
Last WSO performance: 1993, Cho-<br />
Liang Lin, violin; Bramwell Tovey,<br />
conductor<br />
It was déjà vu for Shostakovich in<br />
1948 as he composed his Violin<br />
Concerto No. 1. He had felt the<br />
purge in 1936 when his opera Lady<br />
Macbeth of Mtsensk was called<br />
“muddle” by Soviet officialdom.<br />
Again, he was condemned in 1948 in<br />
the general purge by the authorities<br />
to ban abstract or difficult music that<br />
might be challenging for the Soviet<br />
people to accept. Only simple music<br />
glorifying the State would be allowed.<br />
Shostakovich knew both purges had<br />
come from Stalin.<br />
After the 1936 purge, he responded<br />
with his magnificent Fifth <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
and soon became a world figure. But<br />
the 1948 censure was too much to<br />
bear, and he decided to withhold<br />
releasing any of his substantial works<br />
for a fair hearing until after Stalin was<br />
out of the picture. Stalin’s death on<br />
March 5, 1953 <strong>–</strong> the same day as<br />
Prokofiev’s <strong>–</strong> was like a dam bursting<br />
for Shostakovich. His Violin Concerto<br />
No. 1 waited until 1955 for its<br />
premiere by David Oistrakh, who had<br />
worked on the score with<br />
Shostakovich and was one of the<br />
greatest violinists of the time.<br />
Shostakovich’s alleged memoirs<br />
Testimony reveal that the genesis of<br />
the Concerto came from a combined<br />
bond to Jewish folklore plus the<br />
moral issue of what had happened to<br />
the Jews during the terror of the<br />
Second World War. Shostakovich was<br />
deeply affected by the Holocaust yet<br />
also by what he called the<br />
multifaceted flavour and spirit of<br />
18 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
Jewish music, its ability to “be happy<br />
while it is tragic…almost always<br />
laughter through tears.” As always in<br />
Shostakovich’s major works, the<br />
symphonic argument is powerful,<br />
compelling and plotted with airtight<br />
logic. In this concerto too, his initials<br />
become a musical signature: D, E-flat<br />
(German S), C, H (German B-natural).<br />
In the opening Nocturne, the solo<br />
violin grows continuously from the<br />
dark string melody underneath, the<br />
centre-piece of the movement, a<br />
powerful statement leading to the<br />
return of the quieter opening<br />
material to close. The wild Scherzo<br />
couldn’t be more different, recalling<br />
the similar one in the Tenth<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong>, a work Shostakovich<br />
called “about Stalin.” The<br />
Passacaglia uses the ancient<br />
variation form of a repeating theme<br />
layering increasingly elaborate<br />
material on top, with deeply moving<br />
results. The Finale is a stunning<br />
virtuosic display that encapsulates<br />
previous material to close this<br />
brilliant, complex yet most<br />
accessible masterwork.<br />
Hamlet: Incidental Music<br />
Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
Composed: 1932<br />
First WSO performance<br />
Shostakovich loved<br />
Shakespeare’s Hamlet<br />
and studied it<br />
comprehensively over<br />
many years. His first<br />
supporting music was<br />
for a notorious production by<br />
Nikolai Akimov in 1932. Here,<br />
Hamlet was a revolutionary fighting<br />
with the authorities - not for his<br />
ideals but for personal gain - Ophelia<br />
an alcoholic nymphomaniac, and<br />
Elsinore as the morally bankrupt<br />
state. Naturally, the production was<br />
shut down and Shostakovich refused<br />
to be associated with Hamlet until<br />
composing a completely different<br />
score for a traditional production in<br />
1954 and a film in 1964. His 1932<br />
score has much to enjoy though, with<br />
nods to Russian ballet plus the<br />
famous Dies Irae chant in the<br />
Requiem.<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 9<br />
Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
Composed: 1945<br />
First performance: November 3, 1945<br />
(Leningrad) conducted by<br />
Yevgeny Mravinsky<br />
Last WSO performance: 1991,<br />
Bramwell Tovey, conductor<br />
Begun in 1941, Shostakovich’s large-scale<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 7 reflects the siege of<br />
Leningrad, a Leningrad “Stalin destroyed<br />
and Hitler finished off,” the composer<br />
wrote in Testimony. Shostakovich’s<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 8 (1943) is a profoundly<br />
tragic and epic depiction of massive<br />
conflict and the war’s consequences. With<br />
victory over Hitler’s Nazis in 1945, the<br />
resulting expectation for Russia’s greatest<br />
composer was to provide a suitably<br />
monumental symphony to glorify Stalin in<br />
no uncertain terms, regardless of the<br />
terrible losses of the Russian people. After<br />
all, Beethoven and Mahler wrote<br />
auspicious Ninth symphonies. So too here,<br />
but with a more significant dedication the<br />
politburo felt.<br />
Shostakovich did attempt an epic first<br />
movement but abandoned it, observing<br />
Stalin “like a frog puffing himself up to<br />
the size of the ox. Everyone praised<br />
Stalin and now I was supposed to join in<br />
this unholy affair.”<br />
Shostakovich’s response was a far more<br />
compact symphony in the new Ninth <strong>–</strong><br />
full of biting wit, economy of gesture<br />
and pointed barbs of anger under its<br />
surface. The work was one of the main<br />
reasons Shostakovich was targeted as an<br />
Enemy of the People during Stalin’s<br />
second wave of repression in 1948.<br />
The Ninth <strong>Symphony</strong> is in five<br />
movements, the last three played<br />
without pause. The first movement<br />
cackles with violins, solo trombone,<br />
piccolo and muted trumpets all<br />
grabbing the spotlight to make their<br />
points. The second movement is a waltz,<br />
which Shostakovich was so adept at in<br />
his lighter music. A scherzo leads to a<br />
largo, where solemn trombones and<br />
tuba are answered by a mourning solo<br />
bassoon, perhaps a benchmark<br />
emotional state for the entire work, who<br />
then leads off a finale masked with dark<br />
secrets inside its boisterous façade.<br />
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PRESIDENT’S<br />
ADVISORY COUNCIL<br />
Al Alexandruk<br />
Mal Anderson<br />
Carol Bellringer<br />
Doneta Brotchie<br />
John and Bonnie<br />
Buhler<br />
Edmund Dawe<br />
Julia De Fehr<br />
Susan Feldman<br />
Jamie Dolynchuk<br />
Judy Fields<br />
Barbara Filuk<br />
Wally Fox-Decent<br />
John Fraser<br />
Helen Hayles<br />
Kaaren Hawkins<br />
Sherrill Hershberg<br />
Ian Kay<br />
Michael D. Kay<br />
Roger King<br />
Bill Knight<br />
Michel Lagacé<br />
Zina Lazareck<br />
Gail Leach<br />
Dr. Hermann Lee<br />
Naomi Levine<br />
Bill Loewen<br />
Don MacKenzie<br />
Bill Marr<br />
Michael Nozick<br />
Andrew Ogaranko<br />
Harvey Pollock<br />
John Rademaker<br />
Kathleen Richardson<br />
George & Tannis<br />
Richardson<br />
Leney Richardson<br />
Ed Richmond<br />
Lorne Sharfe<br />
Graeme Sifton<br />
Joanne Sigurdson<br />
Bonnie Staples-Lyon<br />
Dennis Wallace<br />
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Richard Lee, conductor<br />
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PROGRAM<br />
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Glinka<br />
Guillaume Tell: Pas de six Rossini<br />
Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 7 in C Major Dvorˇák<br />
Plink, Plank, Plunk Leroy Anderson<br />
Hoe Down from Rodeo Copland<br />
March of the Toreador from Carmen Bizet<br />
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Fiddle Faddle Leroy Anderson<br />
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ARTIST BIOS<br />
MASTERWORKS<br />
Rachmaninov & Dvorˇák<br />
SEPTEMBER 23 -24<br />
Horacio Gutiérrez<br />
Considered one of the great<br />
pianists of our time, Horacio<br />
Gutiérrez is consistently praised by<br />
critics and audiences alike for the<br />
poetic insight and technical<br />
mastery he brings to a diverse<br />
repertoire. Since his professional debut in 1970 with<br />
Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic,<br />
Mr. Gutiérrez has appeared regularly with the<br />
world’s greatest orchestras and on its major recital<br />
series. His Telarc recording of Rachmaninoff ’s<br />
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 was nominated for a<br />
Grammy Award. His television performances in<br />
Great Britain, the U.S. and France have been widely<br />
acclaimed and won him an Emmy Award for his<br />
fourth appearance with the Chamber Music Society<br />
of Lincoln Center. Born in Havana, he appeared at<br />
the age of 11 as guest soloist with the Havana<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> and is a graduate of the Juilliard School.<br />
22 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
POPS<br />
Live & Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute<br />
to the Music of Paul McCartney<br />
SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 2<br />
Tony Kishman Actor, singer and recording<br />
artist Tony Kishman doubles as<br />
featured performer and<br />
producer of Live and Let Die.<br />
He also developed and stars in<br />
the Beatles tribute show Twist<br />
and Shout and starred for six years in both the<br />
national and international tours of Broadway’s<br />
smash hit, Beatlemania. Mr. Kishman has been<br />
regarded as the quintessential Paul McCartney<br />
because of his uncanny resemblance both<br />
visually and vocally to the beloved Beatle. He<br />
also performs in the well-known and highly<br />
successful Beatles symphony show, Classical<br />
Mystery Tour, which has toured to great acclaim,<br />
filling concert halls throughout North America<br />
and Europe. Today, Mr. Kishman plays the<br />
original Hoffner Bass that was provided to him<br />
by the producers of Beatlemania in 1978.
Jim Owen<br />
By the time singer, arranger and<br />
musician Jim Owen was 18,<br />
he was touring internationally<br />
with various productions of<br />
Beatlemania, performing in<br />
concert halls, theatres and<br />
stadiums around the world. In addition to his<br />
featured role in Twist & Shout, he currently<br />
stars in the symphonic Beatles show, Classical<br />
Mystery Tour (which he developed and produced)<br />
and in Tony Kishman’s Live and Let Die. Mr.<br />
Owen was born and raised in Huntington Beach,<br />
California, began studying piano at six and won<br />
honours in various piano performance<br />
competitions through his teenage years. He was<br />
eight years old when he first heard The Beatles<br />
and promptly decided to take up the study of the<br />
guitar.<br />
John Merjave<br />
John Merjave started as a<br />
drummer until a high school<br />
garage band led him to the<br />
guitar, which he has been<br />
playing ever since. He continues<br />
to write and play music with his<br />
band 27 West and collaborator Kevin Thomas.<br />
Mr. Merjave began playing in the Beatles tribute<br />
band Liverpool in 2001, performing the George<br />
Harrison lead guitar role. Liverpool is the official<br />
house band of The Fest for Beatle Fans, a<br />
convention that occurs annually in cities<br />
including New York City and Chicago. They<br />
have also played back-up for Donovan, Billy<br />
Preston, Ronnie Spector, Alan Parsons, Billy J.<br />
Kramer, Joey Molland of Badfinger and Neil<br />
Innes and more.<br />
Chris Camilleri<br />
Born and raised on Long<br />
Island, New York, Chris<br />
Camilleri started listening to<br />
Beatles records at a young age<br />
and, inspired by Ringo, took up<br />
the drums, the instrument to<br />
which he has devoted his professional<br />
career. Mr. Camilleri has played drums for<br />
major classic rock touring artists, including<br />
Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame),<br />
Badfinger, Micky Dolenz of The<br />
Monkees, Joe Walsh, and other Beatlesera<br />
bands.<br />
MASTERWORKS<br />
A Night of Song & Dance<br />
OCTOBER 13-14<br />
Camerata Nova<br />
Camerata Nova is a vocal group without<br />
fear, performing medieval, Renaissance,<br />
Aboriginal and contemporary music. Often<br />
singing a cappella, the group also enjoys<br />
accompaniment from didgeridoos, crystal<br />
bowls, strings, all kinds of percussion,<br />
and/or early instruments. Now in their 14th<br />
year, they continue to push the envelope,<br />
offering authentic early music<br />
performances, premieres of Manitoba<br />
compositions and an eclectic array in<br />
between. Camerata Nova has issued three<br />
CDs: Camerata Nova, Mystica and Nova<br />
Noël, and a DVD Wa Wa Tey Wak<br />
(Northern Lights). Camerata Nova is led by<br />
a trio of extraordinary individuals: artistic<br />
director and resident composer Andrew<br />
Balfour, conductor and early music<br />
specialist Ross Brownlee and conductor and<br />
voice guru Mel Braun.<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 23
Cory Campbell<br />
Born and raised in<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong>’s North End,<br />
Cory Campbell<br />
developed an early<br />
appreciation for music<br />
of all kinds. Currently<br />
a program manager<br />
and cultural advisor at Project<br />
Neecheewam Inc., he is also working<br />
towards finishing off his BSW at the Inner<br />
City Social Work Program at the<br />
University of Manitoba. Time spent with<br />
his wife, children and grandchildren,<br />
coupled with time spent with his<br />
ceremonial families, enrich Mr. Campbell’s<br />
life, and he relishes the busy lifestyle that<br />
this provides him.<br />
Wu Man<br />
Renowned<br />
internationally as a<br />
virtuosic pipa<br />
performer, Wu Man<br />
has also carved out a<br />
career creating and<br />
collaborating on<br />
projects that give this ancient Chinese<br />
instrument a new role in today’s music<br />
world, not only introducing the<br />
instrument to new audiences, but greatly<br />
enhancing and growing the core<br />
repertoire. Wu Man continually<br />
collaborates with some of the most<br />
distinguished musicians and conductors<br />
performing today including frequent<br />
performances and recordings with the<br />
groundbreaking Kronos Quartet. A<br />
Grammy-nominated artist, she has<br />
performed as soloist with many of the<br />
world’s major orchestras and her touring<br />
has taken her to the major music halls.<br />
Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man<br />
studied at the Central Conservatory of<br />
Music in Beijing, where she became the<br />
first recipient of a master's degree in<br />
pipa.<br />
24 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
Odette Heyn-Penner<br />
Odette Heyn-Penner<br />
has co-directed the<br />
Professional<br />
Program of The<br />
School of<br />
Contemporary<br />
Dancers for many<br />
years. She has been<br />
among the prime<br />
trainers of most<br />
members of <strong>Winnipeg</strong>'s contemporary dance<br />
community. She has choreographed works for<br />
various performances including The Festival<br />
of Canadian Modern Dance, the Olympics<br />
Danscene (Calgary 1988), the Kuan Du Arts<br />
Festival in Taipei, The Vancouver <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>, The Edmonton <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>, The Calgary Philharmonic<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> and The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>. Ms. Heyn-Penner is pleased to be<br />
back this year with the WSO creating a new<br />
work La Noche de los Mayas.<br />
Bolero Dance Theatre<br />
Bolero Dance Theatre is a <strong>Winnipeg</strong>-based dance<br />
company committed to the artistry, beauty and<br />
drama of Spanish dance. The company's<br />
repertoire ranges from dances featuring the<br />
passion of flamenco and spirit of folkdance to the<br />
grace of escuela bolera. The company's objective<br />
is to present dances in their authentic forms and<br />
also to showcase Spanish dance as an evolving<br />
artform. Bolero Dance Theatre's company is<br />
comprised of about 12 dancers with varied<br />
backgrounds, from professional ballet training to<br />
recreational ballroom and folkdance, all with many<br />
years of Spanish dance training. The company has<br />
made several trips to Spain to study flamenco,<br />
classical Spanish dance and escuela bolera.
MASTERWORKS<br />
All Shostakovich<br />
OCTOBER 28-29<br />
Maxim Shostakovich<br />
Son of composer<br />
Dmitri Shostakovich,<br />
Maxim Shostakovich<br />
has conducted the<br />
major orchestras<br />
throughout the world<br />
including the Hong<br />
Kong Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic,<br />
London <strong>Symphony</strong>, New York<br />
Philharmonic and the symphony<br />
orchestras of New Zealand and<br />
Jerusalem, among others. Born in 1938 in<br />
Leningrad, he studied piano at the<br />
Moscow Conservatoire with Yakov Flier<br />
and conducting with Gennady<br />
Rozhdestvensky and Igor Markevich. In<br />
1971, he was appointed principal<br />
conductor and artistic director of the<br />
USSR Radio and Television <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> with whom he premiered many<br />
works including his father’s <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
No. 15 at the Moscow Conservatoire in<br />
January 1972. Between 1986-1991, he<br />
was the music director of the New<br />
Orleans <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>. Mr.<br />
Shostakovich is a doctor of Arts of the<br />
Marryland University.<br />
Korbinian Altenberger<br />
Second prize winner of<br />
the eminent 2010<br />
Montréal International<br />
Musical Competition,<br />
Munich’s Korbinian<br />
Altenberger also<br />
received first prize and<br />
the audience choice award at the Jacob<br />
Stainer Violin Competition as well as first<br />
prize at Italy’s Andrea Postacchini<br />
International Violin Competition. He has<br />
appeared widely as soloist with major<br />
orchestras across the globe, including the<br />
Auckland Philharmonia, Munich<br />
Philharmonic and the Chamber<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> of Philadelphia, among numerous<br />
others. Mr. Altenberger holds graduate<br />
degrees from the New England<br />
Conservatory and completed studies at the<br />
Thornton School of Music at the University<br />
of Southern California, where he studied<br />
with famed violinist and teacher Midori<br />
Goto. He was recently appointed principal<br />
second violin of the Bavarian Radio<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>.<br />
CONCERTS FOR KIDS<br />
The Phantom of the Music Hall<br />
OCTOBER 30<br />
Madcap Productions<br />
Madcap Productions has<br />
been creating unique<br />
performances for over 25<br />
years combining actors,<br />
giant puppets, live music<br />
and original scripts.<br />
Madcap performs over<br />
600 shows each season in schools,<br />
community arts centres and on concert<br />
stages throughout the U.S and Canada.<br />
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Madcap<br />
presents the Hats Off Young Audience<br />
Series at the Cincinnati Art Museum and<br />
Xavier University where, each season, new<br />
works are presented to the regional public.<br />
Madcap has performed with symphony<br />
orchestras across the nation including: the<br />
Dayton Philharmonic, Lincoln <strong>Symphony</strong>,<br />
Cincinnati <strong>Symphony</strong>, Lebanon <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
and many others. In 2009, Madcap<br />
received the Scripps Corbett Award for<br />
Artistic Excellence and is recognized as one<br />
of the most innovative and exciting puppet<br />
theaters in the USA.<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 25
WSO SUPPORTERS<br />
CORPORATE<br />
PARTNERS<br />
The WSO gratefully<br />
acknowledges the following<br />
companies whose generous<br />
support helps to ensure<br />
musical enrichment within<br />
our community. Thank you!<br />
Podium<br />
$25,000 +<br />
Corus Entertainment Inc.<br />
National Leasing<br />
Principal Chair<br />
$5,000 - $9,999<br />
B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd.<br />
Rogers Media Group<br />
Wawanesa Insurance<br />
Assistant Principal Chair<br />
$2,500 - $4,999<br />
Cambrian Credit Union<br />
J.K. Investments Ltd.<br />
Michael F. B. Nesbitt<br />
The Standard Life Assurance<br />
Company of Canada<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> Chair<br />
$1,000 - $2,499<br />
Bison Transport<br />
Dormond Industries<br />
E.H. Price Limited<br />
Long & McQuade Musical<br />
Instruments<br />
Payworks Inc<br />
Premier Printing Ltd.<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br />
Young Presidents Organization<br />
Music Stand $500 - $999<br />
Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.<br />
Deloitte Foundation<br />
Florence & Sheldon Berney<br />
InterGroup Consultants Ltd.<br />
Manitoba's Credit Unions<br />
The Manitoba Teachers' Society<br />
New Flyer Industries<br />
Number Ten Architectural<br />
Group<br />
Piston Ring Service<br />
Pitblado LLP<br />
Pollard Banknote Limited<br />
Red River Co-Operative Ltd.<br />
The Smith Agency Ltd.<br />
Riser: Under $500<br />
A. Akman & Son Ltd.<br />
Allmar International<br />
L.J. Bowman Realty Inc.<br />
Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd.<br />
Michael McKernan<br />
Mid West Packaging Limited<br />
1 Anonymous<br />
Foundations<br />
Blumie & Iser Portnoy<br />
Endowment Fund and<br />
Jewish Foundation of<br />
Manitoba<br />
Brandon Area Community<br />
Foundation<br />
Francofonds Inc.<br />
Houston Family of<br />
Bradwardine Fund,<br />
the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Foundation<br />
Leslie John Taylor Fund,<br />
the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Foundation<br />
The Mauro Family Foundation<br />
Ms. Ellen Peel<br />
Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer<br />
Foundation<br />
Private Giving Foundation<br />
Richardson Foundation<br />
Terracon Development Ltd.<br />
The Estate of Noreen Allen<br />
The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Foundation<br />
Major Gifts<br />
Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser,<br />
In support of Music<br />
Connections<br />
Gorden Andrus &<br />
Adele Kory,<br />
In support of Education<br />
The Legacy Circle exists to<br />
recognize the following patrons<br />
whose foresight ensures that the<br />
WSO plays on for all Manitobans in<br />
generations to come. The WSO<br />
gratefully acknowledges Legacy<br />
Circle members for their planned<br />
future gift to the WSO.<br />
Gerald & Lorraine Cairns<br />
Greg Doyle & Carol<br />
Bellringer<br />
Mrs. Audrey Frances<br />
Hubbard<br />
Ethel & Joe Karr<br />
Michel D. Lagacé<br />
G. E. Loewen<br />
S. E. Loewen<br />
W. H. Loewen<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell<br />
Trudy Schroeder<br />
June Slobodian<br />
Muriel Smith<br />
Emilie Lagacé-Wiens<br />
& Robin Wiens<br />
Donn Yuen<br />
The Maestro’s Circle exists to<br />
recognize those special<br />
patrons whose significant<br />
philanthropy furthers the<br />
musical artistry of the WSO.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Honourary Chair<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate,<br />
Music Director<br />
Platinum Baton $25,000 +<br />
Bill & Shirley Loewen*<br />
Gold Baton $10,000 -<br />
$24,999<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Dr. Bill Pope &<br />
Dr. Elizabeth<br />
Tippett-Pope*<br />
Silver Baton $5,000 -<br />
$9,999<br />
Babs Asper*<br />
Greg Doyle and<br />
Carol Bellringer<br />
Dr. Terry Klassen &<br />
Ms. Grace Dueck<br />
Ron & Sandi Mielitz<br />
Muriel Smith<br />
Concertmaster's Bow<br />
$2,500 - $4,999<br />
Gail Asper & Michael<br />
Paterson<br />
Joyce & Margaret Beggs<br />
Bill & Margaret Fast<br />
Morley & Marjorie<br />
Blankstein C.M., O.M.<br />
Timothy & Barbara Burt<br />
Mr. Frank Fred Gladky<br />
Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard<br />
Kevin & Els Kavanagh*<br />
Drs. Eleanor &<br />
Grant MacDougall<br />
Michael Nozick &<br />
Cheryl Ashley<br />
Frank & Jeanne Plett<br />
Lawrie & Fran Pollard<br />
George & Tannis<br />
Richardson*<br />
Jimmy & Morse Silden<br />
John Thistlethwaite<br />
Ian R. Thomson &<br />
Leah R. Janzen<br />
Professor A.M.C. Waterman<br />
Black Tie $1,500 - $2,499<br />
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper<br />
Mr. Jim Barrett<br />
Mrs. Lucienne Blouw<br />
Brenlee Carrington-Treple<br />
& Brent Treple<br />
Doneta & Harry Brotchie<br />
James Carr<br />
Warren Carther<br />
Ms. Patricia Chaychuk<br />
Jan & Kevin Coates<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Albert &<br />
Irena Cohen*<br />
Art & Leona DeFehr<br />
Faye Dixon<br />
Dorothy Dobbie<br />
Douglas C. Everett,<br />
Chairman,<br />
Domo Gasoline<br />
Corporation Limited<br />
Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens<br />
Ms. Susan Feldman<br />
Ms. Barbara Filuk*<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg<br />
Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins<br />
Joanne Gudmundson &<br />
Brian Oleson<br />
Richard & Carol Jones<br />
Michael & Glenna Kay<br />
Paul Leinburd<br />
Ted & Wanda Lismer<br />
Dr. Judith Littleford<br />
G.E. Loewen<br />
Suzanne & Graham Lount<br />
Dr. David Lyttle<br />
Mr. David Mann<br />
Elaine & Neil Margolis<br />
Ed & Pat Martens<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A.<br />
Murray<br />
Wayne & Linda Paquin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish<br />
Harvey & Sylvia Pollock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald V. Price<br />
John & Violet Rademaker<br />
Dr. Diane Ramsey<br />
Dr. Donald S. Reimer &<br />
Mrs. Anne Reimer<br />
Hartley & Heather<br />
Richardson<br />
Jim & Leney Richardson*<br />
Mrs. Shirley Richardson<br />
Mr. Rick Riess &<br />
Mrs. Jean Carter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H. Sanford Riley<br />
Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe<br />
Jack & Elaine Sine<br />
Dudley & Eleanor Thompson<br />
Arni Thorsteinson &<br />
Susan Glass<br />
Trudy Schroeder<br />
Edward & Irene Warkentin<br />
Don & Florence Whitmore<br />
Klaus & Elsa Wolf<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Klaus<br />
Wrogemann<br />
Ivy & Norval Young<br />
*Founding Members<br />
WSO Box Office 949-3999 I www.wso.ca<br />
26 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011
Friends of the WSO help<br />
support the WSO’s artistic<br />
programs each season.<br />
Members enjoy special<br />
benefits that bring members<br />
closer to the music, guest<br />
artists and WSO musicians.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Honourary Chair<br />
Gwen Hoebig,<br />
Concertmaster<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> $600 +<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A. Robert &<br />
C. Joy Antenbring<br />
Len & Mary Bateman<br />
David & Gillian Bird<br />
Lorraine and Gerry Cairns<br />
John & Gay Docherty<br />
Beverley & Fred Dyck<br />
Mr. Abdo A El Tassi<br />
Carrie Ferguson<br />
Ms. Jo-Ann Finney<br />
Delores Gembey<br />
Penny Gilbert<br />
Robert & Linda Gold<br />
Michael & Hélène Hoffer<br />
Gwen Hodgson<br />
Donald K. Johnson<br />
June & Lawrence Jones<br />
Millie & Wally Kroeker<br />
M.L. Kuntzemueller<br />
W.K. Labies<br />
In Memory of Jean Mooney<br />
Terry & Vi Moore<br />
Brian & Sharon Postl<br />
Jim & Pat Richtik<br />
Winnifred Sim<br />
Mr. Frank Stewart &<br />
Elaine Parent<br />
Mr. Peter van Dijken &<br />
Dr. Lorelie Mitchell<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van<br />
Oers<br />
Raymond & Shirley Wiest<br />
Concerto $300 - $599<br />
Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory<br />
Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood<br />
Ms. Margaret Barbour<br />
Cheryl & Earl Barish<br />
Monty & Mary-Claire Bell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts<br />
Helga & Gerhard Bock<br />
Mr. Jim Bracken<br />
Sheila & David Brodovsky<br />
Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster<br />
Elizabeth Buggey<br />
P. Jane Bullied<br />
Gail Carruthers<br />
Bruno Gossen & Solange<br />
Chabannes<br />
Barbara Coghlan<br />
Ms. Julie Collings<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David Connor<br />
Drs. David Connor & Kathleen<br />
Ross<br />
Barbara Cook<br />
Tanya & Cameron Derksen<br />
Sally R. Dowler<br />
Marten & Joanne Duhoux<br />
Marcia Fleisher &<br />
Kelly MacDonald<br />
Mr. William Gordon<br />
Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon<br />
Patricia Guy<br />
Mary & Gregg Hanson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie<br />
Mr. Daniel Heindl<br />
Sonia & Harvey Hosfield<br />
Helmut & Dorothy Huebert<br />
Investors Group Matching<br />
Gift Program<br />
Ms. Helen Isaak<br />
Rudy & Gail Isaak<br />
Robert Jaskiewicz<br />
Mr. Leroy M. Johnson<br />
Marianne Johnson<br />
Dave & Diane Johnston<br />
Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones<br />
Penny & Gerald Kalef<br />
Koren & Leonard Kaminski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy<br />
Dr. I. Kinizsi<br />
In Memory of Harvey Kittle<br />
Susan & Keith Knox<br />
T.G. Kucera<br />
Yetta & Jack Levit<br />
Rose & Dick Lim<br />
James & Pat Ludwig<br />
Andrew Lutz<br />
Ms. Janice Lutz, in Memory of<br />
Don Browne, Alice Lutz &<br />
Lovie Liewicki<br />
Douglas MacEwan<br />
Pat & Murray Macrae<br />
Marjory Alexander Graham<br />
& Family Fund<br />
Mrs. Maureen McIntosh<br />
Mrs. E. Louise McLandress<br />
Gord & Sherratt Moffatt<br />
Robert Mondy<br />
Margaret Moroz, in Memory of<br />
Alice Lutz, Lovie Liewicki,<br />
and Donald Browne<br />
Vera Moroz<br />
Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould<br />
Bonnie & Richard Olfert<br />
Shelley Parham & David Smith<br />
Blanche Parsons<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marcel Pelletier<br />
Kevin & Karen Peters<br />
Vic & Gwen Pinchin<br />
Donna & Ian Plant<br />
Carolynne Presser<br />
Rosemary Prior<br />
Mr. Fred Redekopp<br />
Levi & Tena Reimer<br />
Donald & Karen Ross<br />
Dr. & Mrs. A.N. Schroeder<br />
Merrill & Shayna Shulman<br />
Emily Stamp<br />
Harold & Brenda Standing<br />
Curtis & Lorane Steiman<br />
Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart<br />
Dr. Lea Stogdale<br />
Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor<br />
Lee Treilhard<br />
6 Anonymous<br />
Serenade $150 - $299<br />
Ross & Doreen Adamson<br />
Trish Allison-Simms<br />
Mr. Stuart Attwood and<br />
Michele Dupuis<br />
George & Eleanore Balacko<br />
Dick & Minnie Bell<br />
Audrey Belyea<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Barry Bermack<br />
Mark & Zita Bernstein Family<br />
Foundation<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin &<br />
Susan Bethune<br />
Mrs. Jean M. Bradley<br />
Ruth & Kris Breckman<br />
Gloria Brown<br />
Sel & Chris Burrows<br />
Carol A. Cassels<br />
Ron Clement<br />
Ms. Julie Collings<br />
Mrs. Joyce Cooper<br />
John Corp and Mary<br />
Elizabeth McKenzie<br />
Ingrid & Michael Cox<br />
Gary and Fiona Crow<br />
Ted & Margaret Cuddy<br />
Ms. Linda Daniels<br />
Mrs. Maureen Danzinger<br />
Bob & Alison Darling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman<br />
John & Ada Ducas<br />
Miss Helene Dyck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton<br />
George B. Elias<br />
Mrs. Nobu Ellis<br />
John & Martha Enns<br />
Miss Tina Enns<br />
John B. & Katie Epp<br />
Margaret E. Faber<br />
Margaret & Bob Ferguson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason<br />
Doug & Phyllis Flint<br />
Mr. Lloyd Friedman<br />
Reg Friend<br />
Arnold & Christa Froese<br />
Harold & Alice Funk<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ron &<br />
Denise George<br />
Mrs. Harold W. Grant<br />
Larry & Sue Greer<br />
Dr. Hilary Grocott & Ms.<br />
Shivaun Berg<br />
Greg Edmond & Irene<br />
Groot-Koerkamp<br />
Ms. Joyce Grose<br />
Dr. Don & Jerri Hall<br />
Mr. Roy Halstead<br />
Mr. James Hanley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allan &<br />
Audrey Harburn<br />
Larry & Evelyn Hecht<br />
Bob & Biddy Hilton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland<br />
N.J. & L.J. Holliday<br />
Mrs. Joan M. Hunter<br />
Henry & Dena Katz<br />
Marion & Bill Kinnear<br />
Ms. Heather Kirkham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kirkland<br />
Ms. Rose Kotelniski<br />
Ms. Janet Kuchma<br />
Lillian Kushniaryk<br />
Ms. Elaine Lamonica<br />
Ms. Phyllis Law<br />
Mr. Norman Leathers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don Leech<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H.F. Leggett<br />
Ms. F Lesage<br />
Mrs. Myrna H. Levin<br />
Wendell & Eleanor Lind<br />
Mr. John Macrae<br />
Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris<br />
Helen & Brian Mansfield<br />
Ruth May<br />
D. McKay<br />
Violet McKenzie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod<br />
Glen Mead<br />
Gary and Ricki Miles<br />
Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell<br />
Sylvia Mitchell<br />
Armelle Molin<br />
Margaret & Fred Mooibroek<br />
Mrs. J.E. Morris<br />
Valinda Morris<br />
Bill & Hilda Muir<br />
Mrs. E. J. Nebbs<br />
Fred & Karen Nicholson<br />
George & Gladys Oelkers<br />
J.T. & Karen Ogden<br />
Theda Olson<br />
Carole & Cam Osler<br />
Ms. Pat Philpott<br />
Mr. David Pike<br />
Ms. Cornelia Pope<br />
Tim Preston & Dave Ling<br />
Reynold & Esther Redekopp<br />
J. Reichert<br />
Ms. Iris Reimer<br />
Gordon & Eleanor Riach<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 27
Ms. Charlotte Robbins<br />
F.E. Sanderson<br />
Hans & Gabriele Schneider<br />
Dr. Robert Schroth<br />
Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak<br />
David & Lorraine Smith<br />
Ms. Brenda Snider<br />
Gordon & Darby Spafford<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear<br />
Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman &<br />
Lionel Steiman<br />
Ms. Margaret Stevenson<br />
Margaret & Hartley Stinson<br />
Miss Evelyn M. Stoddart<br />
Dr. V. Marie Storrie<br />
Juris & Aija Svenne<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek<br />
Mrs. Florence Taylor<br />
Mrs. Lori Thomas<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S.<br />
Thompson<br />
C. & R. Thomsen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago<br />
Pat & Peter Walker<br />
Mrs. Marion Wallace<br />
Douglas & Janet Watson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Whitlaw<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Claude Wilson<br />
Melanie Wood<br />
Karin Woods<br />
15 Anonymous<br />
Prelude $75 - $149<br />
P. Achtemichuk<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mike &<br />
Susan Allen<br />
In Memory of Grant McIntosh,<br />
Guy Arbez & Dawn Power<br />
Doug R. Arrell<br />
Mr. Philip Ashdown<br />
Jack Atchison<br />
William & Irmgard Baerg,<br />
In Memory of Heather<br />
Whittaker<br />
Allan & Rochelle Baker<br />
David & Rosemary Barney<br />
Robert Barton<br />
Joyce & Margaret Beggs,<br />
In Memory of Heather<br />
Whittaker<br />
Eric Bergen<br />
Donald & Edith Besant<br />
Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers<br />
Keith and Marnie Bolland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Bolton<br />
Frances Booth<br />
Brenda Bracken-Warwick &<br />
Ken Warwick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Brady<br />
Lorne & Rosada Bride<br />
Paul & Doreen Bromley<br />
Miss Dorothy Broomhall<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin & Jane<br />
Brown, In Memory of<br />
Grant McIntosh<br />
Mr. Chris Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. E. & M. Mavis<br />
Brown<br />
Mr. Ross Brownlee<br />
Ms. Marion Bruno<br />
Mr. Aurele Campeau,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Eguene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Ms. Donna Carruthers<br />
Dr. Denis Champagne<br />
Dr. Jong Chang<br />
Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch<br />
Mrs. Leona Christiansen<br />
Ms. Marcella Copp<br />
Joyce & Lawrence Cormack<br />
Irene & Robert Corne<br />
Ms. Helle Cosby<br />
Mrs. E. Craig<br />
Irene Crofts<br />
Ms. Ruth Crook<br />
Mrs. Isabel J. Crowson<br />
Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander<br />
Alonzo & Lise Daley<br />
Mrs. Sheila M. Davis<br />
Jack & Mary Davison<br />
Miss Anne Defehr<br />
D & E De Graff<br />
F. De Grazia<br />
Marilyn Derksen &<br />
Merle Neufeld<br />
Mary Dixon<br />
Maureen Dolyniuk<br />
Dr. F.P. Doyle<br />
Herb & Norma Driver<br />
Mr. R. D. Dryden<br />
John and Ada Ducas<br />
Kobus & Corne Du Preez<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Easton<br />
Bill & Anne Edge<br />
Mrs. M. L. Elliott<br />
Mr. Howard Epp<br />
Ken & Connie Epp<br />
Kathleen & David Estey<br />
In Memory of Ron Oswald<br />
Gary & Marietta Fewings<br />
Doug & Joanne Flynn<br />
Margaret Follett<br />
Mr. Wayne Forbes<br />
Mrs. Marguerite Fredette<br />
Mrs. Margaret Funk<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Evelyn<br />
Gardner<br />
Deborah L. Ginther<br />
Joyce & Bob Gladding<br />
Ms. Diane Gooch<br />
Mr. Donald Graham<br />
Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham<br />
Claire Breslaw &<br />
Paul Granovsky<br />
Elaine & Oliver Greenfield<br />
Marj Grevstad<br />
Ms. Christina W. Grose<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman<br />
Maxine M. Gurvey<br />
Katie & DeLloyd Guth<br />
Mr. Patrick Hackett<br />
28 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
Miss Marilyn Hall<br />
Ian & Gerry Hamilton<br />
Marie Harnois<br />
Beth & Raymond Harris<br />
Catherine Harrison<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin<br />
Teresa A. Hay<br />
Mrs. Elisabeth Hellmuth<br />
Mrs. Betty Henderson<br />
L.G. Herd<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
Mrs. Marilyn Hido<br />
Ning Hou<br />
William J. Hutton<br />
Mr. Lindsay Ingram<br />
Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki<br />
Terry & Shirley Jones<br />
Wilfred & Dorothy James<br />
Alan Janzen & Leona<br />
Sookram<br />
Father Stan A. Jaworski<br />
Jim & Jan Tennant,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Eugene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Mr. John Kearsey<br />
Erwin W. Kitsch<br />
John & Martha Klassen<br />
Mrs. Marion Korn<br />
Mr. Ernie Krahn<br />
D. Kristjanson<br />
Miss Patricia Kuchma<br />
Robert Kusmack<br />
Alan Laing<br />
Mrs. Helen La Rue<br />
Miss Elizabeth Lavender<br />
Mr. R. Leroeye<br />
Riva Levi<br />
R. & J. Lewis<br />
David & Suzanna Libby<br />
Sheila & Elvin Linder<br />
Mr. Gordon P. Linney<br />
Donald & Barbara Little,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Kaprowy<br />
Albert & Helen Litz<br />
Mrs. Mary Lloyd<br />
Kathleen Lovelace<br />
Laura & Michael Lovett,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Eugene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Roger Lowe<br />
G. & G. Lowry<br />
Ms. Lorraine MacLeod<br />
Jim MacNair in Memory<br />
of Mae<br />
Markham Physiotherapy Clinic<br />
Harold S. Mawhinney &<br />
Judy Moon<br />
Mr. Alan Maxwell<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R. McDougall<br />
Janet McDowell<br />
M Jane McIntosh & Michael<br />
Weis, In Memory of<br />
David Grant<br />
McIntosh<br />
C. & J. McIntyre<br />
Mr. James A. McKinley<br />
Mrs. Jean McLennan<br />
Iona McPhee<br />
Edward C. Meadows<br />
Rita & Don Menzies<br />
Mrs. Jocelyn Millard<br />
Mrs. Mona Mills<br />
Mr. Peter Morgan<br />
Agnes B. Morrow<br />
John & Margaret Mundie<br />
Don Munro<br />
Charlotte Murrell<br />
Glenn & Neva Nicholls<br />
B. & J. Nielsen<br />
Mr. Robert Nix<br />
Helen St. Germain<br />
Edgar Oddleifson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kiem Oen<br />
Truus Oliver<br />
Miss Jenny Olynyk<br />
Mrs. B. Ozog<br />
Abraham & Henny Paritzky<br />
In Memory of Mary Patterson<br />
Cameron Pauls<br />
Ms. Diane Payment<br />
Mrs. June Perron<br />
Margaret & Peter Peters<br />
Sylvia & Earl Pitch<br />
Frank & Jeanne Plett<br />
Irvin & Sandra Plosker<br />
Ms. Danuta Podkomorska<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edna Pohl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky<br />
Blumie Portnoy<br />
Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Potter<br />
Ms. Donna Price<br />
Ms. Joanne Prygrocki<br />
R. Publow<br />
Eric & Erna Pullam<br />
Bryan & Diana Purdy<br />
Mrs. Carol Pyper<br />
Juta Rathke<br />
Ms. Marjorie Reed<br />
George & Lois Reenders<br />
Gordon & Adele Reid<br />
Esther Remis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie<br />
Stan Ridgway<br />
Waltraut Riedel-Baun<br />
Bruce Roe & Margo Lane<br />
Brian & Iris Rountree<br />
Mr. John Russell<br />
John & Wendy Russell<br />
Alixe Ryles<br />
Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad &<br />
Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad<br />
Bill Sands<br />
A. Schroeder<br />
R. Schroeder<br />
Shirley Schroeder<br />
Viola J. Schultz
Walter & Dorothea Schultz<br />
Mr. Ken Schykulski<br />
Charlene Scouten<br />
Dr. L. Sekla<br />
Lynne B. Simonson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Smith<br />
Mabel S. Smith<br />
Lindi & John Smith<br />
Geri & Peter Spencer<br />
Coralie & John Standing<br />
Mr. W.H. Stannard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Starodub<br />
Nicola Lindley Starin<br />
Gary & Gwen Steiman<br />
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky<br />
Elva G. Stevens<br />
Archie & Shirley Stone<br />
Ms. Linda Sturgeon<br />
Ron Surcon<br />
Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom<br />
Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor<br />
June & Lorne Thompson<br />
Ms. Leann Thompson<br />
Ms. Marilyn Thompson<br />
Lorna & Dr. Ken Thorlakson<br />
Robert & Barb Tisdale<br />
Edith A. Toews<br />
Henry & Elizabeth Toews<br />
Dr. Helen A. Toews<br />
Carol & Neil Trembath<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jose &<br />
Ruth Vasconcelos<br />
Hugo & Anny Veldhuis<br />
Bill & Brenda Voort<br />
Elizabeth M. Wall<br />
Peter & Faye Warren<br />
Jack & Bernice Watts<br />
Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Wener<br />
Mr. Herbert W. Wildeman<br />
Dorcas & Kirk Windsor<br />
Norma Woodman<br />
Patrick Wright<br />
Mr. Edwin Yee<br />
Graham & Vicki Young,<br />
In Memory of Grant<br />
McIntosh<br />
Mr. Donn K. Yuen<br />
28 Anonymous<br />
Sonatina Under $75<br />
Joyce Aitken<br />
H Neil Almdal<br />
Jacqueline Anderson<br />
M. Richard Arcand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice<br />
Bailey<br />
Ray & Barb Bailey<br />
Mr. Cliff Barrett<br />
Gertie and Asher Begleiter<br />
Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse<br />
Mrs. Eva Berard<br />
Balram & Carole Bhakar<br />
Dr. Eric R. Bohm<br />
Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher<br />
Ms. Kathy Brost<br />
In Memory of Donald<br />
Richard Browne<br />
Edythe M. Brown<br />
Dr. Jeff & Madeline Brown<br />
Narendra Budhia<br />
Ms. Carol Budnick<br />
Mr. Alfred Buelow<br />
Lydia Bulat<br />
Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok<br />
Ruth Calvert<br />
Barbara Campbell<br />
Mrs. Mary C. Campbell<br />
Ms. Ruth Campbell<br />
Canadahelps.Org<br />
Mrs. Audrey Cassels<br />
Betty & Bruce Catchpole<br />
Mr. Theodore Chell<br />
Mrs. Ella Chenkie<br />
Mrs. Patti Cherney<br />
Ms. Claudia Chernitsky<br />
S.K. Clark<br />
Marjory Clowes<br />
Ms. Katherine Cobor<br />
Ms. Doreen Conlin<br />
M. Aimé Coté<br />
Arthur Cramer &<br />
Darlene Stewart<br />
Stephen Crane<br />
Barrie & Sally Cranston<br />
Ms. Judy Crawford<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Joyce<br />
Crawley<br />
Ms. Maxine Cristall<br />
J. & B. Croxford<br />
Mr. Raymond E. Cunningham<br />
J Curtis<br />
D. Cymbalist<br />
Mrs. Daphne Davidson<br />
Mr. Rowland Del Bigio<br />
Beth Derraugh<br />
Ms. M. Jane Dick<br />
Miss Shirley K. Dickinson<br />
Marlene & Fred Dickson<br />
Sylvia Dixon<br />
David Downie<br />
Mrs. Norma Drosdowech<br />
Wanda Drury<br />
Miss Sharon Dueck,<br />
In Memory of Donald<br />
Browne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch<br />
John & Ruth Ens<br />
Don & Martha Epstein<br />
Vera & Peter Fast<br />
Miss Nancy Fennell,<br />
In Memory of Donald<br />
Browne<br />
David & Ruth Ferguson<br />
Laurel Fife<br />
Cal & Lois Finch<br />
Mr. David Firman,<br />
In Memory of Alice Lutz<br />
In Memory of Robert Gordon<br />
Fogg<br />
Dr. Theo Fourie<br />
Mrs. Sheryl Fowler<br />
Glen & Florence Fraser<br />
Mrs. Gitta Fricke<br />
Kevin & Pam Friesen<br />
Mary Friesen<br />
Mrs. Dot & Milt From<br />
Bill & Carolyn Gadsby,<br />
In Memory of Grant<br />
McIntosh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George &<br />
Carol Gamby<br />
Mrs. M. L. Garry<br />
Jim & Betty Gaynor<br />
Ms. Barbara Gessner<br />
Mrs. A. Lee Gibson<br />
Mrs. M. Gilbert<br />
Les & Doreen Girling<br />
Mr. Goldstein<br />
Linda Graham<br />
Mrs. Inga Granovskaya<br />
John & Louise Greenaway<br />
Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood<br />
Ms. Victoria Gretchen<br />
Ms. Marianne Gruber<br />
Ms. Wilma Guertin<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Gurvey,<br />
In Memory of Donald<br />
Browne<br />
Maxine M. Gurvey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H Gustafson<br />
Irene Hamerton<br />
Gertrude Hamilton<br />
Ms. Heather Hartry<br />
Nora Harvey<br />
Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick<br />
Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth<br />
Gregory B. Hawrysh<br />
Jane Hayakawa<br />
Yude Henteleff C.M. Q.C. LLD (Hon)<br />
Max & Eleanor Herst<br />
Ms. Shirley Hicks<br />
Marion Holland<br />
Mr. Martin Horseman<br />
Ken Howard<br />
Mrs. Carole Hreno<br />
Roberta & Larry Hurtig<br />
Ms. Ishbel Isaacs, In Memory<br />
of Grant McIntosh<br />
Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Eugene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Jacqueline Iwasienko<br />
R.B. Jackson, In Memory<br />
of Heather Whittaker<br />
Philip, Susan & Josh<br />
Kahanovitch, In Memory<br />
of Heather Whittaker<br />
J. Gartner & L. Kampeas<br />
Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Arnold &<br />
Doreen Kapitz<br />
Dr. Sam Kantor<br />
In Memory of Anne<br />
Gwendolyn Karr<br />
Mr. Gordon C. Keatch<br />
Miss Esme Keith<br />
Ms. Eunice Kells<br />
Mrs. Shirley Kilburn<br />
Ms. Mary Klassen<br />
Susan Koncan<br />
Mr. Eugene S. Kovach<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Hy Kraitberg<br />
Mrs. K. Kristjanson<br />
Mrs. Jessie Lang<br />
Elizabeth Lansard<br />
Ms. Lorna Law, In Memory<br />
of Heather Whittaker<br />
Mrs. Eveleen Lawrenson<br />
Mr. and Ms. Leblanc<br />
Wayne & Helen LeBlanc<br />
Rod & Ann Ledwich<br />
Mrs. Ingrid Lee<br />
Teresa Lee, In Memory of<br />
Donald Browne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle<br />
Mrs. Mary-Ann Lepper<br />
Ms. Hildy Leverton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. C. Lewis<br />
Paul & Shirley Lindsay<br />
Mr. Paul Lindsay<br />
Barry & Patricia Lloyd<br />
Jeannette Lord,<br />
in Memory of Dr. Eugene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Mr. Al Mackling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander &<br />
Phyllis Madryga<br />
Ma Mawi<br />
Mr. Allan Mapes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon &<br />
Rita Margolis<br />
Darrell Marleau<br />
Mrs. Irene Marriott<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Carol<br />
Martens<br />
Ms. Mary Massey<br />
Mrs. Ruth Matas,<br />
in Memory of Don Browne<br />
Keith R. Mayoh<br />
Hugh McCabe<br />
Ms. Kimberley McCallum<br />
Ms. Susan McCarthy<br />
Ardythe McMaster<br />
Mrs. Marilyn McMullan<br />
Mr. Lyle W. McNichol<br />
Ms. Emily Mikolajewski<br />
Peter Miller and<br />
Carolyn Garlich<br />
Dianne Milton<br />
Mr. Howard Mitchell<br />
Ms. Akemi Miyahara<br />
M. Mohr, in Memory of<br />
Dr. Eugene Kaprowy<br />
Mrs. Joan Ann Morton<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011 I OVERTURE 29
Esther Nisenholt<br />
Issie & Hazel Oiring<br />
Ms. Margitta Ossenkopp<br />
Shirley & Graham Padgett<br />
Dr. F. Paraskevas<br />
Pat Patterson<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Pearlman<br />
Valerie Pearson<br />
Neil Bruneau & Ellen Peel<br />
Mrs. Denise Penley<br />
Louise Penner<br />
Mrs. Heather Penno<br />
Ms. Gail Perry<br />
Howard Curle &<br />
Beverley Phillips<br />
Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle, In<br />
Memory of Don Browne<br />
Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth<br />
Tippett-Pope,<br />
in Memory of Donald<br />
Browne<br />
Don and Carol Poulin,<br />
In Memory of Dr. Eugene<br />
Kaprowy<br />
Mr. David Procner<br />
Mrs. Glennys Propp<br />
ENDOWMENT<br />
FUND<br />
Leave a legacy by making a<br />
donation to the WSO’s<br />
Endowment Fund. Managed<br />
by the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Foundation<br />
since 1959, the fund has<br />
grown in value to just over<br />
$4.4 M. Gifts to the fund<br />
ensure longterm financial<br />
support for the orchestra.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Gail Asper &<br />
Michael Paterson<br />
In Memory of Jessica<br />
Bernardin<br />
Sheila & David Brodovsky<br />
Ms. Marion Bruno<br />
Mr. Ray Davis<br />
Miss Helene Dyck<br />
In Memory of Madeleine<br />
Suzanne Gauvin<br />
In Memory of Esther Ginpil<br />
and Patricia Louise<br />
Tarnava<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
Dorothy L. Hodgson<br />
In Memory of Donald<br />
Winkler Hurd<br />
P. Ilavsky<br />
Andrew Lutz, In Memory<br />
of Alice Lutz<br />
Carol Rebizant<br />
Ms. Pat Repa<br />
Beverley Ridd, In Memory of<br />
Grant McIntosh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert &<br />
Vera Ripley<br />
Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay<br />
Mrs. Estelle Rosenberg<br />
Mrs. V. Rosolowich<br />
Mr. Don Ross<br />
Frances E. Rowlin<br />
Royal Canadian College of<br />
Organists,<br />
in Memory of William Sim<br />
Mr. Rory Runnells<br />
John & Shirley Russell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler<br />
Leonore Saunders O.M.<br />
Mrs. Caterina Sayers<br />
Alan & Rebecca Schacter<br />
Kay Schalme<br />
William Scheidt<br />
Ms. Velma Schmidt<br />
Mrs. Edna Schneider<br />
Mrs. Marian Schroeder<br />
Adolph & Diane Schurek<br />
Robert and Barbara Lutz,<br />
Christopher Tanya and<br />
Mika Lutz,<br />
In Memory of Alice Lutz<br />
Barbara Main<br />
Grant & Janet Saunders<br />
In Memory of Robert F.<br />
Skinner<br />
Trudy Schroeder &<br />
Norman Dyck, In<br />
Memory of Heather<br />
Whittaker<br />
Harry & Evelyn Wray<br />
WSO<br />
3 Anonymous<br />
Share the Music is a unique<br />
outreach initiative of the<br />
WSO that allows economically<br />
disadvantaged children and<br />
their families to attend WSO<br />
performances. Thank you for<br />
helping to Share the Music!<br />
Sheila & David Brodovsky<br />
Barbara Cook<br />
M. & G. Crielaard<br />
Ms. Brenda Sklar<br />
1 Anonymous<br />
Audience Collection<br />
30 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
B.J.N. Scott<br />
Miriam Segal<br />
Robert and Marilyn Shawcross<br />
Carl and Margaret Shaykewich<br />
Shirley E. Sherwood<br />
Izzy Shore<br />
Mrs. Rita Shreiber<br />
Mrs. Elaine Silverberg<br />
George A. Sotiriadis<br />
Ms. Nata L. Spigelman<br />
Josephine Stemerowicz<br />
Muriel Sutherland<br />
Ms. Mary Lou Talmage<br />
Gladys Tarala<br />
Ewa & Ludwick Tarsia<br />
Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh<br />
Marilyn Torossi<br />
Mr. Alan Tring<br />
Mrs. Yoko Tsuyuki<br />
D. Turner<br />
Mr. Richard Turner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William & Diane<br />
Ulrich, In Memory of<br />
Gordon Fogg<br />
Ms. Eleanor Urquhart<br />
Mrs. Roseline Usiskin<br />
New Music Festival Club<br />
donors help to ensure the<br />
artistic excellence of the<br />
WSO’s New Music Festival.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper<br />
Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David Connor<br />
Mrs. Ann England<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Egon & Erna<br />
Enns<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
Richard & Karen Howell<br />
Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones<br />
Koren & Leonard Kaminski<br />
Kozub/Halldorson Family<br />
T.G. Kucera<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lambert<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy<br />
MacLean<br />
Ms. Sheila Miller<br />
Mrs. Brenda Morlock<br />
Margaret Moroz<br />
Stogie B<br />
Lesia Peet<br />
Mr. Doug Shewfelt<br />
Muriel Smith<br />
Mr. & Mrs. T. J. Wiens<br />
Karin Woods<br />
1 Anonymous<br />
Sophia Venter<br />
Eve & Harry Vickar, In<br />
Memory of Don Browne<br />
Dr. & Mrs. L. Villa<br />
Denis Vincent<br />
Miss A. H. Wagstaffe<br />
Robin & Joanne Walker<br />
Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace<br />
Patricia & Lorne Wallace<br />
Ken and Mary Warmbrod<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon R. Waver<br />
Mrs. Hilda Weber<br />
Mr. Glen Angus Webster<br />
Ms. Louise Welsh<br />
Ms. S.M. Whiteway, In<br />
Memory of Donald<br />
Browne<br />
In Memory of Heather<br />
Whittaker<br />
Ms. Lois A. Whyte<br />
Ms. Audrey Wilson<br />
Joy Winchell<br />
Elaine & Manuel Wiseman<br />
Terrie Woodward<br />
Phillip S. Young<br />
27 Anonymous
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE<br />
of the<br />
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<br />
ABOUT<br />
Sixty- three years ago, in<br />
the Fall of 1948, the<br />
Women’s Committee of<br />
the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> was established<br />
to “promote a friendly<br />
understanding between<br />
the citizens of <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
and the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>;<br />
and to encourage<br />
activities that enable the<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> to reach more<br />
people and interest them<br />
in its musical growth.”<br />
Instrumental in<br />
understanding the<br />
importance of generating<br />
continued interest in<br />
music and to secure<br />
future patrons, the<br />
Women’s Committee<br />
founded the School<br />
Children’s Concerts.<br />
Today, the Committee<br />
remains a vibrant and<br />
vital part of the WSO. It<br />
continues to:<br />
• promote community<br />
interest in the<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> (WSO)<br />
• organize and<br />
implement activities to<br />
provide financial<br />
support to the WSO<br />
• support the WSO<br />
community outreach<br />
and educational<br />
programs<br />
• increase concert<br />
subscriptions and<br />
donations to the WSO.<br />
ACTIVITIES<br />
• The Music Stand - Staffing our popular boutique before concerts<br />
and during intermission, selling WSO merchandise, jewellery,<br />
scarves, children’s educational books & CDs<br />
• Annual Raffle <strong>–</strong> Securing prizes and selling tickets<br />
• Fall Recital - held annually<br />
• Major Fundraiser - Planning, organizing and running the annual<br />
High Tea and Fashion Show<br />
• Ushering and general assistance at school concerts<br />
• <strong>Orchestra</strong> Relations - Hosting and preparing a Spring luncheon to<br />
show appreciation for our musicians and WSO staff<br />
• Funds Raised <strong>–</strong> during 2010-2011 The Women’s Committee raised<br />
$40 000 for the WSO<br />
These activities not only raise much needed funds for many different<br />
WSO programs, but are also an enjoyable way to get involved with the<br />
Women’s Committee through volunteering or attending events.<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
“Up Close and Musical”<strong>–</strong> a recital by the Azure String Quartet on<br />
Sunday, November 20th at The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU)<br />
MEMBERSHIP<br />
We are always looking for highly motivated women who share the<br />
understanding that an <strong>Orchestra</strong> really does make a city! The<br />
Committee encourages a diverse membership which reflects and<br />
appreciates the rich multi-cultural heritage of our city. Active members<br />
are encouraged to participate throughout the year in both regular and<br />
special symphony fundraisers.<br />
General Meetings of the Women’s Committee are held in the MCCH<br />
Board Room, on the first Wednesday of each month, <strong>September</strong><br />
through May. The <strong>October</strong> and April meetings are held in the evening to<br />
accommodate those individuals who cannot attend morning meetings.<br />
We invite you to support the efforts of our Women's Committee by becoming a member.<br />
Prospective members are welcome to enquire at the Music Stand located in the foyer of the Concert<br />
Hall during concerts or contact Shirley Loewen at sloewen@mts.net or to call (204) 269-1912.
WSO BOARD & STAFF 2011-2012 SEASON<br />
OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS<br />
His Honour the Honourable<br />
Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M.<br />
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba<br />
The Honourable Greg Selinger,<br />
Premier of Manitoba<br />
His Worship Sam Katz,<br />
Mayor of the City of <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen,<br />
WSO Directors Emeritus<br />
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE<br />
Shirley Loewen, President<br />
Sylvia Cassie, Vice President<br />
Lesia Peet, Past President<br />
Margaret Harvie, Treasurer<br />
Evelyn Davidson, Secretary<br />
TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
EXECUTIVE OFFICE<br />
Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant<br />
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION<br />
John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration<br />
Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator<br />
Chelse McKee, Accounting & Volunteer Assistant<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development<br />
Carol Cassels, Development Manager<br />
Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator<br />
Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects<br />
SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES<br />
Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services<br />
Jason Hayes, Patron Services Coordinator<br />
Matt Abraham, Community & Audience Development<br />
Coordinator<br />
Matthew Brooks, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
Clare Neil, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
Crystal Schwartz, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
Heather Thornton, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
Melissa Ungrin, Patron Services Representative (p/t)<br />
1020-555 Main Street<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong>, MB R3B 1C3<br />
Phone: 204.949.3950<br />
Fax: 204.956.4271<br />
www.wso.ca<br />
WSO Box Office<br />
phone: 204-949-3999<br />
www.wso.ca<br />
32 OVERTURE I <strong>September</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Dorothy Dobbie,<br />
President & Chair<br />
Ed J. Martens,<br />
1st Vice-President<br />
Greg Doyle, Treasurer<br />
Muriel Smith, Secretary<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall,<br />
Past-President<br />
Marilyn Billinkoff<br />
Tim Burt<br />
Brenlee Carrington-Trepel<br />
Michael Cox<br />
ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR<br />
ARTISTIC<br />
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate<br />
Richard Lee, Resident Conductor<br />
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence<br />
Arlene Dahl<br />
Dr. Daya Gupta<br />
Elba Haid<br />
Maureen Kilgour<br />
Jackie Lowe<br />
Lesia Peet<br />
Dr. William Pope<br />
Terry Sargeant<br />
William Shead<br />
Karl Stobbe<br />
Richard Turner<br />
OFFICIAL AUDITORS<br />
Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants<br />
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS<br />
Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations<br />
James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate<br />
Laura Daniel, Operations Manager<br />
Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager<br />
Chris Lee, <strong>Orchestra</strong> Personnel Manager<br />
Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian<br />
Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian<br />
Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor<br />
Jacob Gurevich, Personnel Manager Emeritus<br />
EDUCATION & OUTREACH<br />
Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach<br />
Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator<br />
Brent Johnson, Education Projects Coordinator<br />
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications<br />
Cheryl Waldner, Communications Coordinator<br />
Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer<br />
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION<br />
Ticketmaster<br />
phone: 1-855-985-2787<br />
www.ticketmaster.ca<br />
Group Events<br />
phone: 204-949-3967<br />
groupevents@wso.mb.ca<br />
The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.
20112012 SEASON<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director<br />
Richard Lee, Resident Conductor<br />
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence<br />
WSO Season<br />
at-a-Glance<br />
SEASON OPENER!<br />
RACHMANINOV & DVORˇ ÁK<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 23 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 24 I 8:00 pm<br />
LIVE AND LET DIE:<br />
A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO<br />
THE MUSIC OF PAUL McCARTNEY<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 30 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 1 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 2 I 2:00 pm<br />
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS:<br />
LA NOCHE DE LOS MAYAS<br />
Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 13 I 10:30 am<br />
A NIGHT OF SONG & DANCE<br />
Thursday, <strong>October</strong> 13 I 8:00 pm<br />
Friday, <strong>October</strong> 14 I 8:00 pm<br />
ALL SHOSTAKOVICH<br />
Friday, <strong>October</strong> 28 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 29 I 8:00 pm<br />
THE PHANTOM OF THE MUSIC HALL<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 30 I 2:00 pm<br />
SEND IN THE CLOWNS: THE MUSIC OF<br />
STEPHEN SONDHEIM STARRING LEN CARIOU<br />
Friday, November 4 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, November 5 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, November 6 I 2:00 pm<br />
BEETHOVEN 5<br />
Friday, November 11 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, November 12 I 8:00 pm<br />
ROCK OWES THE CLASSICS!<br />
Saturday, November 26 I 8:00 pm<br />
THE SNOWMAN<br />
Sunday, November 27 I 2:00 pm<br />
SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 2<br />
Friday, December 2 I 10:30 am<br />
MATHIEU & SIBELIUS<br />
Friday, December 2 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, December 3 I 8:00 pm<br />
A JUDY GARLAND CHRISTMAS:<br />
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME<br />
Friday, December 9 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, December 10 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, December 11 I 2:00 pm<br />
MESSIAH<br />
Saturday, December 17 I 8:00 pm<br />
MOZART: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE<br />
IN E-FLAT MAJOR<br />
Friday, January 13 I 10:30 am<br />
MOZART & SCHUBERT<br />
Friday, January 13 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, January 14 I 8:00 pm<br />
BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS<br />
Sunday, January 15 I 2:00 pm<br />
HOT! HOT! HOT!<br />
A NIGHT AT THE COPA<br />
Friday, January 20 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, January 21 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, January 22 I 2:00 pm<br />
SAARIAHO & KANCHELI<br />
Saturday, January 28 I 8:00 pm<br />
SVEINSSON & JÓHANNSSON:<br />
WORLD PREMIERE<br />
Friday, February 3 I 8:00 pm<br />
FOR MICHAEL - THE MUSIC<br />
OF MICHAEL JACKSON<br />
Friday, February 10 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, February 11 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, February 12 I 2:00 pm<br />
AMERICAN MASTERS<br />
Friday, February 17 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, February 18 I 8:00 pm<br />
DVORˇ ÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY<br />
Beyond the Score ®<br />
Saturday, February 25 I 8:00 pm<br />
SCHUMANN: SYMPHONY NO. 1<br />
Friday, March 2 I 10:30 am<br />
PARKER PLAYS BRAHMS 2<br />
Friday, March 2 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, March 3 I 8:00 pm<br />
SYMPHONIC SORCERY:<br />
THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER<br />
Sunday, March 4 I 2:00 pm<br />
BROADWAY ROCKS<br />
Friday, March 16 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, March 17 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, March 18 I 2:00 pm<br />
DAWN UPSHAW<br />
Friday, March 23 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, March 24 I 8:00 pm<br />
BRAHMS REQUIEM<br />
Saturday, April 7 I 8:00 pm<br />
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER<br />
Friday, April 13 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, April 14 I 8:00 pm<br />
Sunday, April 15 I 2:00 pm<br />
BUSTER KEATON’S THE GENERAL<br />
Saturday, April 28 I 8:00 pm<br />
CIRCUS TERRIFICO<br />
Sunday, April 29 I 2:00 pm<br />
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2<br />
Friday, May 4 I 8:00 pm<br />
Saturday, May 5 I 8:00 pm<br />
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