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WSO Annual Report – <strong>2008</strong>/2009 Season<br />
W I N N I P E G S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A<br />
A l e x a n d e r M i c k e l t h w a t e , M u s i c D i r e c t o r<br />
YOUR CITY. YOUR SOUND. YOUR SYMPHONY.<br />
2 0 0 8 . 0 9 S E A S O N<br />
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS<br />
July 15, 2009 4:00 pm | The Manitoba Centennial Centre Corporation | Piano Nobile level | 555 Main Street | <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Manitoba<br />
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A l e x a n d e r M i c k e l t h w a t e , M u s i c D i r e c t o r<br />
Mission<br />
To provide exceptional musical experiences <strong>for</strong> Manitobans.<br />
2020 Vision<br />
• The WSO will be an internationally recognized model of artistic<br />
excellence and community relevance.<br />
• Structural pillars that include:<br />
� excellent musicians<br />
� innovative programs<br />
� strong leadership<br />
� diversified revenue streams<br />
� solid financial foundation<br />
Strategies: <strong>for</strong> <strong>2008</strong> - 2013<br />
• To build the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>’s governance, artistic, and<br />
operational capacity.<br />
• To build the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>’s community (artists and<br />
audience) through education and outreach<br />
• To identify and deliver expanded opportunities to bring music into<br />
people’s lives.<br />
• To enhance the ability of musicians to live and thrive in the community.<br />
Values<br />
� Artistic Excellence � Community Leadership � Organizational Strength<br />
� Innovation � Stewardship � Inclusion<br />
� Entrepreneurship � Respect � Collaboration
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT<br />
���� Dorothy Dobbie<br />
I am happy to report that this has been another wonderful<br />
year and that we are very pleased that our team – the<br />
orchestra, the administration and the board – has been able<br />
to pull together and produce a number of firsts again this<br />
year.<br />
The highlight, and there were several, was the first Annual<br />
Indigenous Festival in April. Our curator, Andrew Balfour in<br />
collaboration with Eagle and Hawk and Maestro Alexander<br />
Mickelthwate, did a wonderful job in producing what was truly<br />
a magical week – the first event of its kind where our two<br />
cultures came together to create something new and exciting. We are thrilled<br />
with its success and Alexander and folks from the Aboriginal community are<br />
already hard at work, planning an even bigger event next year. I’d like to thank<br />
the minister, the Hon. Eric Robinson, <strong>for</strong> his support and encouragement. And I<br />
hear Vince Fontaine has a new career, planning gigs with other orchestras now<br />
that he has the orchestration <strong>for</strong> his music! Way to go, Vince.<br />
I would also like to congratulate composer in residence, Vincent Ho, on a<br />
successful and innovative New Music Festival last season and winning CBC’s<br />
People’s Choice award <strong>for</strong> his composition, Nature Whispers.<br />
Another highlight was the launch last September of our very own radio show,<br />
Musically Speaking, courtesy of CJOB. It is hosted by Maestro Alexander<br />
Mickelthwate and Trudy Schroeder, our hardworking executive director and<br />
together they have created a growing audience. I’d like to thank Trudy and<br />
Alexander who do this <strong>for</strong> us on a volunteer basis and I’d especially like to thank<br />
CJOB Manager Garth Buchko and news director Vic Grant <strong>for</strong> their faith in us<br />
and <strong>for</strong> giving us this opportunity. I believe that this is the first orchestra in North<br />
America to host such a weekly show.<br />
A third highlight was the world premiere of the “I Believe” concert to mark the<br />
Holocaust, produced in conjunction with Zane Zalis and the Jewish community of<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong>. I’d especially like to mention the support of Arnold Freeman of<br />
Advance Electronics, who worked so tirelessly to make the event a huge<br />
success. We send our best wishes <strong>for</strong> success to Zane as he markets the<br />
concert around the world.<br />
The annual conductor’s symposium was another hit this year. It helped us to<br />
choose a new resident conductor, Richard Lee, who you will meet this fall.<br />
Richard Lee, who is a Canadian from the Quebec <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, will<br />
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replace the popular Rei Hotoda, who completed her term with us this spring and<br />
who has gone to work with the Dallas <strong>Symphony</strong>.<br />
In addition to these special highlights, we had several sold-out concerts in<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> this year. Our audience in Brandon is once again growing. I am happy<br />
to report that, over all, our seat sales are up 10% over last year, so everyone is<br />
clearly doing something right.<br />
I would like to acknowledge and thank our funders, the Canada Council,<br />
Canadian Heritage, the Province of Manitoba, the City of <strong>Winnipeg</strong>, Arts<br />
Stabilization Manitoba Inc., the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Foundation and our many private<br />
sector donors, including IMRIS, the Scotia Bank and the Richardson Foundation.<br />
The Women’s committee, under the able leadership of President Lesia Peet, has<br />
made a huge contribution as always and it is much appreciated. Thank you as<br />
well to all our volunteers.<br />
Of all the good news about this year, the best is that we produced an operating<br />
surplus of $18,000 in spite of the difficult economy. This is a credit to our hard<br />
working and dedicated team including our musicians, our board and our<br />
administration. The musicians and the maestro receive credit <strong>for</strong> their always<br />
excellent musical presentations; the Board <strong>for</strong> both its direction and its<br />
fundraising ef<strong>for</strong>ts; and our administration, led by Trudy Schroeder, <strong>for</strong> being the<br />
glue that holds everything together and makes good decisions about managing<br />
the operation.<br />
Finally, I would like to congratulate Bill and Shirley Loewen <strong>for</strong> their appointment<br />
as our directors emeriti. I would also like to announce the <strong>for</strong>mation of the<br />
President’s Advisory Committee and to congratulate those who have been<br />
appointed to this body. This committee will be made up of members who have<br />
been of service to the WSO over the years and will recognize the wisdom and<br />
experience they have still to contribute.<br />
Thank you all <strong>for</strong> your continued support and confidence in the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>.<br />
Dorothy Dobbie<br />
President & Chair, Board of Directors<br />
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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
���� Trudy Schroeder<br />
As I try to consider the past year in an overall picture, I<br />
have a sense of a remarkable kaleidoscope of people,<br />
programs, music, opportunities, triumphs and challenges.<br />
The overarching impression I am left with is of an<br />
organization of remarkable versatility. The WSO very<br />
clearly has a desire to serve its community in new and<br />
innovative ways while also firmly being connected to and<br />
committed to the traditions and artistic richness of past<br />
generations of symphonic musical creation.<br />
From the planning, preparations and learning process of the <strong>2008</strong> summer<br />
season to the intensity and unrelenting pace of the fall and winter season, the<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> has become a remarkable shape shifting<br />
organization that reconfigures and deploys with astounding versatility. The<br />
musicians and administrative staff with the direction, support and oversight of the<br />
board of directors change focus and move from one program to other <strong>for</strong>ms<br />
many times over the course of the year.<br />
From 20 th anniversary concerts at the Forks through a fully engaged series of<br />
education programs to film presentations ranging from Joan of Arc through to<br />
The Bear. The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>’s New Music Festival in itself<br />
provides more concerts and more variation of program than many music<br />
organizations are able to deliver in one full year of programming. The <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> delivers incredible value to its community through<br />
commitment to youth and education, to outreach and inclusion, and to<br />
maintaining a strong symphonic presence in Manitoba’s rural communities.<br />
The most important measure of our success as an organization is our ability to<br />
return value to the community that supports and provides a home <strong>for</strong> this<br />
institution. The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> provides this value to the<br />
community in multiple and measurable <strong>for</strong>ms. The WSO welcomed hundreds of<br />
excited young people to full participation in an extraordinary per<strong>for</strong>mance of<br />
Carmina Burana in our Rising Stars concert program in February and per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
in dozens of schools and hospitals and day care centres.<br />
Throughout the year there have been a whole series of firsts <strong>for</strong> the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, and I believe that is a measure of the full intention to take<br />
every step necessary to be fully relevant and engaged in its community.<br />
Noteworthy first ventures include the first Indigenous Festival, the Rising Stars<br />
program, the I Believe project, the Musically Speaking radio program on CJOB,<br />
the baroque series in conjunction with Virtuosi Concerts and the summer series.<br />
Continuing commitment to innovation exists in our 18 th New Music Festival, the<br />
2 nd International Conducting Symposium, the second annual spring gala, and the<br />
series of house concerts that were held during the year.<br />
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Overall, the sheer volume and intensity of the WSO’s year is somewhat<br />
astonishing. In this, my first season on the staff of the WSO, I have been so<br />
thankful <strong>for</strong> the hard work and competence of a dedicated administrative staff,<br />
the support and guidance of the board of directors, the generosity and<br />
commitment of the volunteers, sponsors, donors, funders and patrons of the<br />
WSO, and the truly wonderful opportunity to work with the charming and talented<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate and talented musicians of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>.<br />
At the close of this 61 st season of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> we can<br />
proudly say that we have served our community well, advanced the art <strong>for</strong>m, and<br />
truly been connected in the most important ways with an ongoing tradition of<br />
great music and musicians in Manitoba.<br />
Trudy Schroeder<br />
Executive Director<br />
MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR<br />
It is with true pride and gratitude toward the entire<br />
organization of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> that I<br />
submit my report of a highly successful 08/09 season.<br />
As the artistic mind behind the entire orchestra it is of<br />
utmost importance <strong>for</strong> me to find an exciting balance<br />
between repertoire that stretches the imagination and skill<br />
set of the orchestra and the audience and music that has<br />
proven itself part of everyday knowledge and admiration of<br />
us here in the 21 st century. And, in trying to find a healthy<br />
balance between traditional ways of presenting concerts<br />
and new ways in connecting with different parts of the<br />
���� Alexander Mickelthwate community and making a real impact in the 'every day<br />
lives' of people.<br />
In my opinion music (classical, jazz, pops, you name it) has true, tangible, almost<br />
magical power to take the listener and touch him or her in a very personal way<br />
that catapults him out of his life into something that goes way beyond our<br />
physical senses. To me this gives tremendous satisfaction and it is something<br />
that always will draw an audience. And it is something that our fast-paced popculture<br />
will never be able to compete with because of it's lack of depth. So we all<br />
here are in the real business of touching and changing lives!<br />
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Last season brought several masterworks to <strong>Winnipeg</strong> that hadn't been<br />
per<strong>for</strong>med be<strong>for</strong>e in Manitoba. I'm thinking of beautifully and heartfelt readings of<br />
our orchestra of Sibelius' Lemminkainen, Messiaens' Turangalila <strong>Symphony</strong> and<br />
Mahler's <strong>Symphony</strong> No. 6. Together with several classical blockbusters like<br />
Beethoven's symphonies no. 7, 8 and 9 and pieces like Holst The Planets and<br />
Mussorgskies Pictures at an Exhibition, it created a season that helped draw<br />
more audiences.<br />
It was through imaginative programming in the New Music Festival with our<br />
movie night, the breathtaking percussion ensemble Scrap Arts Music and a<br />
concert of newly invented instruments that <strong>for</strong> the first time ever the festival<br />
financially broke even. Vincent Ho, our composer in residence and co-curator<br />
was doing absolutely heroic work. Thanks <strong>for</strong> all your ideas and follow-through.<br />
It is testimony to a healthy and courageous organization to look <strong>for</strong> new ways of<br />
artistic expression and to become more meaningful to its community.<br />
Last season we started 2 new endeavors that became the water-cooler talk of<br />
the city. First we started a new annual concert called Rising Stars, where we<br />
drew over 300 choristers of many different schools plus the entire <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
Youth <strong>Orchestra</strong> per<strong>for</strong>ming Carmina Burana with the WSO to a sold out<br />
Centennial Concert Hall. The musicians of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
truly became the heroes of a whole new generation of young music lovers.<br />
Secondly we saw the inaugural concerts of our new annual Indigenous Festival.<br />
We presented 4 nights of music and film rooted in the Indigenous history of<br />
Manitoba, Canada and our world. Judging by the feedback, this was a historic<br />
event in Canada and judging by the audience it was also a first. Thanks to<br />
composer and co-curator Andrew Balfour whose music trans<strong>for</strong>med all of us at<br />
Thunderbird House and who was a perfect link between the different cultures.<br />
For our final concert of the Festival we had an audience cheering <strong>for</strong> Eagle and<br />
Hawk AND the WSO.<br />
To me personally the organization grew last year to a highly flexible and creative<br />
organism that could become the model of symphonic organizations of the 21 st<br />
century. I want to comment on the honest team spirit in all decision making from<br />
the programming committees of the orchestra, to the curators of the festivals,<br />
and to all the staff.<br />
At the core of it all stands of course the outstanding music making of our<br />
orchestra. I want to thank those 65 musicians who played many memorable<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mances. To me the orchestra's playing of Strauss' Also Sprach<br />
Zarathustra, Messiaens Turangalila and Tchaikovsky's and Mahlers 6<br />
symphonies stand out and I want to commend everybody <strong>for</strong> their dedication and<br />
beautiful playing.<br />
I would like to specifically mention Doug Bairstow (principal oboe) who finished<br />
his career with the orchestra after 44 years of very dedicated music making. We<br />
will see several new faces next season: a new principal oboe, assistant principal<br />
cello, assistant principal second violin and a new assistant conductor. I am<br />
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personally very excited that we were able to attract such a high caliber of<br />
musicians.<br />
Our international conducting master-class continued to attract lots of applications<br />
<strong>for</strong> the 12 active spots and with master teacher Larry Rachlef and acting coach<br />
Debbie Divine we were able to give back by teaching and giving advice <strong>for</strong> the<br />
next generation of music directors.<br />
My highlight every year is of course Up close and <strong>Orchestra</strong>l, where we connect<br />
with several fantastic high schools throughout <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. To me this is just the<br />
beginning. The amazing thing about creativity is that it is exactly that – creative<br />
and that means it is endless and full of fun and joy and beauty, and that is exactly<br />
what is touching lives.<br />
At the end I want to thank our outgoing assistant conductor Rei Hotoda <strong>for</strong> 3<br />
years of dedication and beautiful music making.<br />
I am truly honored in being the music director of this organization and I'm looking<br />
with absolute excitement and joy to the future.<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate<br />
Music Director<br />
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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT<br />
WSO Annual Report – <strong>2008</strong>/2009 Season<br />
The Organization had a very successful year on many levels as described in<br />
above reports. Financially it was also a success ending with an operating<br />
surplus <strong>for</strong> the <strong>2008</strong>/09 fiscal year of $18K. During the year the WSO also<br />
received the first installment from the Arts Stabilization Manitoba of $100K. The<br />
combination of both reduced our Fund Balances deficit from $(337K) in 2007/08<br />
to $(218K) in <strong>2008</strong>/09.<br />
The operation of a professional symphony orchestra is fragile at the best of times<br />
but currently the WSO looks well placed to build on the foundation laid down over<br />
the past two years. This foundation is built on the innovation evidenced by the<br />
new projects started in the past year that will continue into the future; the<br />
Summer Season, the Indigenous Festival, the Conductors Symposium, and the<br />
focus on Education and Outreach.<br />
For the coming season the WSO has again budgeted <strong>for</strong> a small surplus. This is<br />
expected to be attained through a more marketable program in our Pops series<br />
increasing ticket sales plus rebuilding the fund raising program spearheaded by<br />
our new Director of Development.<br />
There will always be challenges but currently the organization is strong largely<br />
due to a strong cooperative spirit between the stakeholders of the organization<br />
including among others the Musicians, Staff and Board.<br />
I would like to express the appreciation of the Board, musicians and staff to<br />
BCCA LLP the auditors of the WSO <strong>for</strong> the past 6 years, especially Ryan<br />
Peterson the manager of our annual audit. As a cost saving exercise the WSO<br />
put out a tender <strong>for</strong> the annual audit of the WSO in February this year. Five<br />
quotes were received. The successful bid was from the firm of Runchey<br />
Miyazawa Abbot.<br />
Respectively submitted,<br />
Muriel Smith<br />
2 nd Vice-President &<br />
Chair, Finance & Audit Committee<br />
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GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE’S REPORT<br />
Retiring Directors<br />
The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> Board of Directors has received the<br />
resignations of the following Directors:<br />
1. Wally Fox-Decent<br />
2. Sherrill Hershberg<br />
3. Bill Knight<br />
4. Dr. Hermann Lee<br />
On behalf of the Board, musicians and staff, I would like to express our sincere<br />
gratitude and appreciation to each of these Directors <strong>for</strong> their ef<strong>for</strong>ts on behalf of<br />
the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> during their respective terms of office.<br />
New Nominations<br />
New nominations are being proposed <strong>for</strong> election to the WSO Board of Directors<br />
as follows:<br />
1. Irene Merie<br />
2. Greg Doyle<br />
3. William (Bill) Shead<br />
Respectively submitted,<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Past President &<br />
Chair, Governance & Nominating Committee<br />
DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE REPORT<br />
We would like to thank all of our corporate and private donors, sponsors and<br />
government funders <strong>for</strong> their support. Over 150 businesses in Manitoba<br />
demonstrated once again how important the WSO is to our city and our province<br />
through their donations to our Corporate Campaign and through gifts-in kind. We<br />
thank them <strong>for</strong> their commitment to the WSO. A very special thanks to our<br />
Sponsors <strong>for</strong> their leadership support last year and this coming season.<br />
On behalf of the board, musicians and staff of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
I would like to salute the Women’s Committee who work tirelessly throughout the<br />
season in support of the organization. Thank you <strong>for</strong> your dedication.<br />
Respectively submitted,<br />
Ed Martens<br />
1 st Vice-President &<br />
Chair, Development & Fundraising Committee<br />
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Endowment Fund<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jaroslaw Barwinsky<br />
Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund,<br />
through the Jewish Foundation<br />
Ms. Marion Bruno<br />
3 Anonymous<br />
Mr. Ray Davis<br />
Miss Helene Dyck<br />
Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
In Memory of Bente Cunnings<br />
Corporate Partners<br />
Resident Artist<br />
between 10000.00 and 24999.00<br />
Corus Entertainment Inc.<br />
Principal Chair<br />
between 5000.00 and 9999.00<br />
Johnston Group Inc.<br />
National Leasing<br />
Qualico<br />
Assistant Principal Chair<br />
between 2500.00 and 4999.00<br />
J.K. Investments Ltd.<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> Chair<br />
between 1000.00 and 2499.00<br />
Cambrian Credit Union<br />
Dormond Industries<br />
New Music Festival Club<br />
Aubrey & Linda Asper<br />
Mrs. Anne England<br />
Anonymous<br />
Paul & Nel Henteleff<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
Richard & Karen Howell<br />
Dr. Keith Davies Jones & Dr. Gwyneth Jones<br />
Share the Music<br />
Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory<br />
Richard Arcand<br />
Assiniboine Credit Union<br />
Andrew Horatio Budyk<br />
In Memory of Raymond Crossman<br />
Barbara Cook<br />
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In Memory of Madeleine Suzanne Gauvin<br />
In Memory of Jessica Bernardin<br />
R. & J. Lewis<br />
Kathleen Lovelace<br />
Robin MacMillan<br />
Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae Barbara Main<br />
James Manishen<br />
Ms. Lori Marks<br />
Mrs. Jean H. McLennan<br />
In Memory of Edward "Bud" Harlow<br />
Gendis Inc.<br />
Peerless Garments LP<br />
Premier Printing Ltd.<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br />
Music Stand<br />
between 500.00 and 999.00<br />
Belton Financial Services Ltd.<br />
Florence & Sheldon Berney<br />
Birchwood Automotive Group<br />
Coghlan's Limited<br />
Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.<br />
Deloitte Foundation<br />
E.H. Price Limited<br />
InterGroup Consultants Ltd.<br />
Lawton Partners<br />
Long & McQuade Musical Instruments<br />
Manitoba's Credit Unions<br />
Mrs. Koren Kaminski<br />
Kozub/Halldorson Family<br />
T.G. Kucera<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lambert<br />
Ms. Kathleen Leathers<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Douglas MacEwan<br />
Ms. Teresa Martin<br />
Mr. Adam Geras<br />
M. & G. Crielaard<br />
In Honour of Liz Kristjanson<br />
Catherine Harrison<br />
In Memory of Peter D. Curry<br />
Investors Group<br />
Fred & Karen Nicholson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish<br />
Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Stothers<br />
Mrs. C.M. Valentine<br />
In Memory of Graham Dixon<br />
In Memory of Evelyn Turner<br />
In Memory of Diane Bairstow<br />
Women's Committee of the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Number Ten Architectural Group<br />
Piston Ring Service<br />
Pitblado LLP<br />
Pollard Banknote Limited<br />
Red River Co-Operative Ltd.<br />
Silpit Industries Co. Ltd<br />
The Smith Agency Ltd.<br />
Riser<br />
between 250.00 and 499.00<br />
The Manitoba Teachers' Society<br />
Patill/St. James Insurance<br />
Donor<br />
between 0.01 and 249.99<br />
Ancast Industries Ltd.<br />
Donald M. Ross, Fraser & Partners<br />
Gunn's Bakery<br />
Ron & Sandi Mielitz<br />
Ms. Sheila Miller<br />
Mrs. Brenda Morlock<br />
Margaret Moroz<br />
Lesia Peet<br />
Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope<br />
Mr. Doug Shewfelt<br />
Karin Woods<br />
Peter Miller<br />
Corinne Platonov<br />
Carolynne Presser<br />
In Memory of Agnes Travis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Taylor<br />
Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor<br />
Mr. Robert Vineberg<br />
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Maestro’s Circle<br />
Platinum Baton<br />
$25,000 +<br />
Bill & Shirley Loewen<br />
Gold Baton<br />
$10,000 - $24,999<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall<br />
Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope<br />
Silver Baton<br />
$5,000 - $9,999<br />
Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle<br />
Morley & Marjorie Blankstein Fund, through<br />
the Jewish Foundation<br />
Muriel Smith<br />
Concertmaster's Bow<br />
$2,500 - $4,999<br />
Babs Asper<br />
Joyce & Margaret Beggs<br />
Bill & Margaret Fast<br />
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson<br />
Mr. Frank Fred Gladky<br />
Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard<br />
Kevin & Els Kavanagh<br />
Leonard & Susan Asper<br />
Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall<br />
Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley<br />
Frank & Jeanne Plett<br />
Lawrie & Fran Pollard<br />
George & Tannis Richardson<br />
Jimmy & Morse Silden<br />
Mr. John Thistlethwaite<br />
Black Tie<br />
$1,500 - $2,499<br />
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper<br />
Mr. Jim Barrett<br />
Birks Inc.<br />
Mrs. Lucienne Blouw<br />
Friends<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong><br />
$600.00 - $1499<br />
William & Irmgard Baerg<br />
Len & Mary Bateman<br />
Reesor & Norma Bingeman<br />
David & Jillian Bird<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Black<br />
Gerry & Lorraine Cairns<br />
Bruno Gossen & Solange Chabannes<br />
Ms. Patricia Chaychuk<br />
Dr. & Mrs. V. Chernick<br />
Jan & Kevin Coates<br />
Dr. & Mrs. C. Dawes<br />
John & Gay Docherty<br />
WSO Annual Report – 2007/<strong>2008</strong> Season<br />
Dr. John & Mrs. Leah Bracken<br />
Doneta & Harry Brotchie<br />
Herb & Erna Buller<br />
Kori & Cynthia Buhler<br />
Timothy & Barbara Burt<br />
Mr. Jim Carr<br />
Mr. Robert Chipman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Albert & Irena Cohen<br />
James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen<br />
Art & Leona DeFehr<br />
Faye Dixon<br />
Dorothy Dobbie<br />
Dr. Glen Drobot<br />
Harold & Judith Dueck<br />
Marten & Joanne Duhoux<br />
Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline<br />
Corporation Limited<br />
Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens<br />
Judy Fields<br />
Ms. Barbara Filuk<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen<br />
David & Evelyn Friesen<br />
Mrs. Minnie Friesen<br />
Rudy & Edith Friesen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg<br />
Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon<br />
Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta<br />
Ray & Lynne-Anne McFeetors<br />
Mrs. Elba Haid<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins<br />
Dane & Sherrill Hershberg<br />
Richard & Carol Jones<br />
Mr. Daren Jorgenson<br />
Ian A. Kay<br />
Michael & Glenna Kay<br />
Peter Kroeker & Alvina Block<br />
Hon. Otto Lang & Madame Justice Deborah<br />
McCawley<br />
Jack & Zina Lazareck<br />
Dr. Hermann K. Lee<br />
Paul Leinburd<br />
Mr. Abdo A. El Tassi<br />
Carrie Ferguson<br />
Delores Gembey<br />
Robert & Linda Gold<br />
Gwen Hodgson<br />
Michael & Hélène Hoffer<br />
June & Lawrence Jones<br />
Millie & Wally Kroeker<br />
W.K. Labies<br />
Fraser & Joan Linklater<br />
Terry & Vi Moore<br />
Bonnie & Richard Olfert<br />
Blair & Kari Parker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish<br />
Ted & Wanda Lismer<br />
Dr. Judith Little<strong>for</strong>d<br />
John Loewen<br />
Suzanne & Graham Lount<br />
Dr. David Lyttle<br />
Ed & Pat Martens<br />
Ron & Sandi Mielitz<br />
Ken & Judy Murray<br />
Ted & Mary Paetkau<br />
Wayne & Linda Paquin<br />
Gerald D. Parkinson<br />
Harvey & Sylvia Pollock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. G.V. Price<br />
John & Violet Rademaker<br />
Dr. Diane Ramsey<br />
Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer<br />
Hartley & Heather Richardson<br />
Jim & Leney Richardson<br />
Mrs. Shirley Richardson<br />
Edward Richmond<br />
Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H. San<strong>for</strong>d Riley<br />
In Memory of Geraldine L. Robinson<br />
Tamara & Garry Roehr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard & Helga Roehr<br />
Trudy Schroeder & Norman Dyck<br />
Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe<br />
Jack & Elaine Sine<br />
Dudley & Eleanor Thompson<br />
Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen<br />
Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass<br />
Mr. Richard Turner, in Memory of Graham<br />
Dixon<br />
Edward & Irene Warkentin<br />
Professor A.M.C. Waterman<br />
Don & Florence Whitmore<br />
Klaus & Elsa Wolf<br />
Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann<br />
Ivy & Norval Young<br />
Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Phil Poon<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl<br />
Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Rabson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. N.W. Reilander<br />
Jim & Pat Richtik<br />
Justice & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin<br />
Olga & Bill Runnalls<br />
Bill & Winnifred Sim<br />
Ms. Inga Storgaard<br />
Miss Inga Storgaard<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers<br />
Raymond & Shirley Wiest<br />
2 Anonymous<br />
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Friends (cont.)<br />
Concerto $300.00 - $599.00<br />
Margaret M. Adams<br />
Judy & Jay Anderson<br />
Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory<br />
Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood<br />
Ms. Margaret Barbour<br />
Cheryl & Earl Barish<br />
Monty & Marie-Claire Bell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts<br />
Reesor & Norma Bingeman<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Black<br />
Mr. Jim Bracken<br />
Sheila & David Brodovsky<br />
Dee & Harold Buchwald, C.M., Q.C.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster<br />
Elizabeth Buggey<br />
Gerry & Lorraine Cairns<br />
Laura Campbell<br />
Gail Carruthers<br />
Dr. & Mrs. V. Chernick<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David Connor<br />
Barbara Cook<br />
Arthur Cramer & Darlene Stewart<br />
Mr. Ray Crossman<br />
Ted & Margaret Cuddy<br />
Cameron & Tanya Derksen<br />
Timothy Dewart & Denise Marks<br />
Kevin & Pam Friesen<br />
Adrian Frost<br />
Penny Gilbert<br />
Marj & Gil Goodman<br />
Marjory Graham<br />
Mrs. Harold W. Grant<br />
Patricia Guy<br />
Julie Hancher<br />
Mary & Gregg Hanson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. J. Harvey<br />
Mr. Daniel Heindl<br />
Elsie Hignell<br />
Sonia & Harvey Hosfield<br />
Helmut & Dorothy Huebert<br />
Robert Jaskiewicz<br />
Mr. Leroy M. Johnson<br />
Marianne Johnson<br />
David & Diane Johnston<br />
Penny & Gerald Kalef<br />
Koren & Leonard Kaminski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Burton J Kennedy<br />
Dr. I Kinizsi<br />
Ms. Heather Kirkham<br />
Susan & Keith Knox<br />
T.G. Kucera<br />
M.L. Kuntzemueller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Levit<br />
James & Pat Ludwig<br />
In the Memory of Lisa Lugtig<br />
Robert Mondy<br />
Mrs. Sharon Mooney<br />
Margaret Moroz<br />
Mrs. J.E. Morris<br />
Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould<br />
WSO Annual Report – 2007/<strong>2008</strong> Season<br />
George & Gladys Oelkers<br />
Carol Paradine<br />
Shelley Parham & David Smith<br />
Blanche Parsons<br />
Mrs. G.T. Pearson<br />
Mrs. Betty Peddie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marcel Pelletier<br />
Vic & Gwen Pinchin<br />
Donna & Ian Plant<br />
Mr. Douglas A. Pollard<br />
Douglas A. Pollard<br />
Mrs. Delia Power<br />
Carolynne Presser<br />
Rosemary Prior<br />
Michelle Redekopp & Kenneth Kulchyski<br />
J E Louanne Reid<br />
Jim & Pat Richtik<br />
The Hon. & Mrs. Duff Roblin<br />
Bruce Roe & Margo Lane<br />
Donald & Karen Ross<br />
Merrill & Shayna Shulman<br />
E. Stamp<br />
Harold & Brenda Standing<br />
Curtis & Lorane Steiman<br />
Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart<br />
Walter & Margaret Swayze<br />
Lee Treilhard<br />
Susan & Kerr Twaddle<br />
Mr. Peter van Dijken<br />
Robert & Shawna Visch<br />
Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Heather Williams<br />
Harry & Evelyn Wray<br />
6 Anonymous<br />
Serenade $150.00 - $299.00<br />
Ross & Doreen Adamson<br />
Trish Allison-Simms<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong<br />
S. Attwood & M. Dupuis<br />
Mr. Murray & Mrs. Isabel Auld<br />
Ray & Barb Bailey<br />
George & Eleanore Balacko<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jaroslaw Barwinsky<br />
Dick & Minnie Bell<br />
Ruth Bellan, through the Jewish Foundation<br />
Archie & Teresa Benoit<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Benson<br />
Audrey & Barry Bermack<br />
Mark & Zita Bernstein Family Foundation<br />
Helga & Gerhard Bock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Bolton<br />
Frances Booth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles<br />
Mrs. Jean M. Bradley<br />
Ms. Marion Bruno<br />
Mrs. Kimberley Burfoot<br />
Sel & Chris Burrows<br />
John & Lois Cameron<br />
Mrs. Mary C. Campbell<br />
Ron Clement<br />
Con-Pro Industries<br />
Mrs. Joyce Cooper<br />
Irene Crofts<br />
Gary & Fiona Crow<br />
Ted & Margaret Cuddy<br />
Ms. Linda Daniels<br />
Bob & Alison Darling<br />
W.C. Davies<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman<br />
Sally R. Dowler<br />
John & Ada Ducas<br />
Miss Helene Dyck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton<br />
Clif<strong>for</strong>d & Kathleen Edwards<br />
George B. Elias<br />
Miss Tina Enns<br />
Ken & Connie Epp<br />
Margaret E. Faber<br />
Mrs. B.B. Fast<br />
Margaret & Bob Ferguson<br />
Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset<br />
Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald<br />
Doug & Phyllis Flint<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Forget<br />
Reg Friend<br />
Arnold & Christa Froese<br />
Harold & Alice Funk<br />
Eileen George<br />
Harry & Mary Giesbrecht<br />
Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham<br />
George & Marilyn Grant<br />
Larry & Sue Greer<br />
Lucien Guenette, C.A.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Audrey Harburn<br />
Harry & Sylvia Haywood-Monk<br />
Larry & Evelyn Hecht<br />
Mrs. S. Heuring<br />
Bob & Biddy Hilton<br />
Jim Hiscott<br />
Nicolaas & Pearl Hogeveen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland<br />
N.J. & L.J. Holliday<br />
Roberta & Larry Hurtig<br />
Investors Groups Mathching Gift Program<br />
Ms. Helen Isaak<br />
Rudy & Gail Isaak<br />
Wilfred & Dorothy James<br />
Robert Jaskiewicz<br />
Mr. Frank D. Jefferson<br />
Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones<br />
J. Gartner & L. Kampeas<br />
Henry & Dena Katz<br />
Bruce King & Louise Prendergast<br />
Ms. Heather Kirkham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Kirkland<br />
Ms. Mary Klassen<br />
Ms. Janet Kuchma<br />
Lillian & Ernest Kushniaryk<br />
Melissa La Forme<br />
Ms. Teena Laird<br />
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Friends (cont.)<br />
Friends (cont.)<br />
Serenade - continued<br />
Ms. Phyllis Law<br />
Mr. Don Lawrence<br />
Mr. Norman Leathers<br />
Rod & Ann Ledwich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H.F. Leggett<br />
Mrs. Myrna H. Levin<br />
Yetta and Jack Levit<br />
Tom & Lovie Liewicki<br />
Rose & Dick Lim<br />
Wendell & Eleanor Lind<br />
Ann Loewen<br />
Lloyd & Joyce Loewen<br />
Royden & Mary-Ann Loewen<br />
Long & McQuade<br />
Lawrence & Alice Lu<br />
K.J. Lyons & C.E. Simcoe<br />
Ms. Christie J. MacDonald<br />
Jim & Mae MacNair<br />
Pat & Murray Macrae<br />
Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris<br />
Mark & Gloria Mancini<br />
Elaine & Neil Margolis<br />
Tamira & Cornelius Martens<br />
Ruth May<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W.G. McCrie<br />
D. McKay<br />
Glen Mead<br />
Margaret & Fred Mooibroek<br />
Ruth Moore<br />
Valinda Morris<br />
Margaret Morse<br />
Bill & Hilda Muir<br />
Mrs. E. J. Nebbs<br />
Ms. Joan E. Nolting<br />
Truus Oliver<br />
Theda Olson<br />
Carole & Cam Osler<br />
Mr. Terry Panych<br />
Mr. William S. Parrish<br />
Mrs. G.T. Pearson<br />
Don Browne & Lesia Peet<br />
Margaret & Peter Peters<br />
Ms. Danuta Podkomorska<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky<br />
Ms. Cornelia Pope<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Potter<br />
Tim Preston & Dave Ling<br />
Mavis & Mayer Rabkin<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Ramsay<br />
Mary Redekopp<br />
Reynold & Esther Redekopp<br />
Ms. Marjorie Reed<br />
George & Lois Reenders<br />
J. Reichert<br />
Ms. Iris Reimer<br />
Levi & Tena Reimer<br />
Gina Rempel & Paul Shelton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R. Stan Richardson<br />
George & Pearl Richert<br />
Dr. Ron Richert<br />
Mrs. Tracy Ridley<br />
Dr. Walter & Mrs. Rozalia Rohalsky<br />
Lucien Roy<br />
Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin<br />
Alixe Ryles<br />
F.E. Sanderson<br />
Michael & Patricia Sas<br />
Hans & Gabriele Schneider<br />
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Viola J. Schultz-Ridge<br />
Dr. Marvin & Emily Shane<br />
Gwen Shelvey<br />
Michael & Lena Shewchuk<br />
Mr. Robert Skinner<br />
Ms. Brenda Snider<br />
Gordon & Darby Spaf<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton<br />
Ms. Margaret Stevenson<br />
William & Peggy Stewart<br />
Margaret & Hartley Stinson<br />
Miss Evelyn M. Stoddart<br />
Dr. Lea Stogdale<br />
Dr. V. Marie Storrie<br />
Mrs. Ruby T. Swartz<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek<br />
Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor<br />
Leslie John Taylor Fund, the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
Foundation<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Thompson<br />
C. & R. Thomsen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. J.M. Trainor<br />
Lee Treilhard<br />
Hugo & Anny Veldhuis<br />
Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago<br />
Joyce & Sidney Waldron<br />
Pat & Peter Walker<br />
Mrs. Marion Wallace<br />
Douglas & Janet Watson<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Watson<br />
Ms. Donna Webb<br />
Mr. Alphonso Weekes<br />
Mr. J.P. Whitlaw<br />
Herb and Shirley Wildeman<br />
Elma & Charles Wilson<br />
Melanie Wood<br />
Karin Woods<br />
22 Anonymous<br />
Prelude $75.00 - $149.00<br />
Patricia Allen<br />
Tatiana Arcand<br />
Doug Arrell & Dick Smith<br />
Jack Atchison<br />
Allan & Rochelle Baker<br />
Robert Barton<br />
Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse<br />
Mrs. Audrey Belyea<br />
Eric Bergen<br />
Madeleine Bernier<br />
Donald & Edith Besant<br />
Balram & Carole Bhakar<br />
William & Heather Birtles<br />
Judy Boldt & Ken Friesen<br />
Marnie Bolland<br />
Pat Bolton<br />
Brian & Bev Born<br />
Brenda Bracken-Warwick & Ken Warwick<br />
Miss Shirley Bradshaw<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Brady<br />
Ruth & Kris Breckman<br />
Mrs. Ruth Bredin<br />
Lorne & Rosada Bride<br />
Ms. Evelyn Bridgeman<br />
Mr. Robert Briercliffe<br />
Miss Dorothy Broomhall<br />
Mr. Chris Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. E. & M. Mavis Brown<br />
Mrs. Judy Brown<br />
Marilyn & Jim Burt<br />
M.E. Carr<br />
Dorothy & Bob Carswell<br />
Mr. Ray Catellier<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Causley<br />
Dr. Jong Chang<br />
Carol Chapman<br />
Naomi & Jack Chapman, Q.C.<br />
Ms. Shirley Chase<br />
Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch<br />
Mrs. Leona Christiansen<br />
Barbara Coghlan<br />
Alex & Peggy Colonello<br />
Ms. Marcella Copp<br />
Joyce & Lawrence Cormack<br />
Ms. Helle Cosby<br />
Mrs. E. Craig<br />
Ms. Ruth Crook<br />
Mrs. Hannah Cross<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W. A. Cross<br />
Kathleen Crowston<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Cunningham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. H. Lewis Dahl<br />
Alonzo & Lise Daley<br />
Mrs. Daphne Davidson<br />
Mrs. Sheila M. Davis<br />
Jack & Mary Davison<br />
F. De Grazia<br />
Marilyn Derksen & Merle Neufeld<br />
Ms. Janice Dietch<br />
Mary Dixon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Donna Donald<br />
Oscar & Lois Domke<br />
In Memory of Diane Dowling<br />
David Downie<br />
Dr. F P. Doyle<br />
Herbert Driver<br />
Ernest & Lorraine Dueck<br />
Kobus & Corne Du Preez<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Easton<br />
Bill & Anne Edge<br />
John & Martha Enns<br />
Don & Martha Epstein<br />
Mr. A.F. Eshmade<br />
Janet Evans<br />
Pearl R. Ey<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Frances Faber<br />
Greg & Linda Fearn<br />
Ms. D. Ferraton<br />
Doug & Phyllis Flint<br />
Doug & Joanne Flynn<br />
Ms. Judith Flynn<br />
Margaret Follett<br />
Alan & Gail Forrest<br />
Mr. Lloyd Friedman<br />
Harold & Alice Funk<br />
Mrs. Margaret Funk<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Evelyn Gardner<br />
Deborah L. Ginther<br />
Joyce & Bob Gladding<br />
Ms. Diane Gooch<br />
Miss Margaret Goodman<br />
Mr. Joe A. Graham<br />
Donna Grescoe Dojack<br />
Dr. Hilary Grocott & Ms. Shivaun Berg<br />
Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond<br />
Ms. Joyce Grose<br />
Ms. Edna Guenther<br />
Katie & DeLloyd Guth<br />
Mr. Patrick Hackett<br />
Miss Marilyn Hall<br />
Mr. Roy Halstead<br />
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Friends (cont.)<br />
Prelude - continued<br />
Ellen & Daniel Hamburg<br />
Ian & Gerry Hamilton<br />
Marie Harnois<br />
Beth & Raymond Harris<br />
Catherine Harrison<br />
Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin<br />
Ms. Paula Havixbeck<br />
Teresa A. Hay<br />
Jane Hayakawa<br />
Paul & Millie Hemmelgarn<br />
Mrs. Betty Henderson<br />
Paul & Nel Henteleff<br />
L.G. Herd<br />
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez<br />
Ms Marilyn Hido<br />
Bob & Biddy Hilton<br />
Shelagh A. Hinch<br />
Patricia Hoebig<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland<br />
Marion Holland<br />
Elly Hoogterp-Hurst & Lorne Hurst<br />
Richard & Karen Howell<br />
Mrs. Joan M. Hunter<br />
P. Ilavsky<br />
Mr. Lindsay Ingram<br />
Ms. Helen Isaak<br />
Shirley James<br />
Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram<br />
Father Stan A. Jaworski<br />
David & Heather Jenkins<br />
Jeff & Karen Johnson<br />
Matt & Drin Jones<br />
June Kaan<br />
Dr. Sam Kantor<br />
Ms. Marilyn Kapitany<br />
Mrs. Sarah Karasick<br />
Mrs. Ethel Karr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Murray C. Kerr<br />
Mrs. Shirley Kilburn<br />
Erwin W. Kitsch<br />
Jim & Syble Klady<br />
Mr. Ernie Krahn<br />
D. Kristjanson<br />
Miss Patricia Kuchma<br />
Robert Kusmack<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Benson Labinsky<br />
Alan Laing<br />
Ms. Elaine Lamonica<br />
Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy<br />
Mrs. Helen La Rue<br />
Miss Elizabeth Lavender<br />
Rod & Ann Ledwich<br />
K. Le Madec<br />
Mr. R Leroeye<br />
Riva Levi<br />
Mrs. Myrna H. Levin<br />
David & Suzanna Libby<br />
Mr. Gordon P. Linney<br />
Albert & Helen Litz<br />
Mrs. Mary Lloyd<br />
Roger Lowe<br />
G. & G. Lowry<br />
Evelyn & Brian Lundeen<br />
Mrs. Helen MacIntosh<br />
Ms. Lorraine MacLeod<br />
Mr. John Macrae<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander & Phyllis Madryga<br />
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Barbara Magnusson<br />
Barbara Main<br />
Helen & Brian Mansfield<br />
Markham Physiotherapy Clinic<br />
Mr. Ed Marks<br />
Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon<br />
Gwen & Bill May<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba<br />
Dr. & Mrs. J.C. McCawley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R. McDougall<br />
Janet McDowell<br />
C. & J. McIntyre<br />
Ms. Muriel McKenty<br />
Violet McKenzie<br />
Mr. James A. McKinley<br />
Mrs. Ruth McKinnon<br />
Helen McLennan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier<br />
Mrs. Laurie Menard<br />
Rita & Don Menzies<br />
Ms. Emily Mikolajewski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Ricki Miles<br />
Mrs. Jocelyn Millard<br />
Ms. Sheila Miller<br />
Mr. I. Minuk<br />
Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell<br />
Mrs. Akemi Miyahara<br />
Anne Moore<br />
Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz<br />
Vera Moroz<br />
John & Margaret Mundie<br />
D. Munro<br />
Margaret Murphy<br />
Charlotte Murrell<br />
Dr. & Mrs. G.H. Nicholls<br />
Fred & Karen Nicholson<br />
B. & J. Nielsen<br />
Mr. Robert Nix<br />
J.T. & Karen Ogden<br />
Mrs. B. Ozog<br />
Shirley & Graham Padgett<br />
Ms. Susan Pannell<br />
Dr. F. Paraskevas<br />
Abraham & Henny Paritzky<br />
Edith K. Parker<br />
Garry & Rebecca Parkes<br />
Pat Patterson<br />
Mrs. Louise Penner<br />
Margaret & Peter Peters<br />
Ms. Pat Philpott<br />
Ms. Clare Pollock<br />
Ken & Geri Porath<br />
Blumie Portnoy<br />
Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan<br />
Don & Carol Poulin<br />
Ms. Joanne Prygrocki<br />
Eric & Erna Pullam<br />
Mrs. Carol Pyper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A. Rathke<br />
George & Lois Reenders<br />
Gordon & Adele Reid<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie<br />
Mr. Patrick Rice<br />
R. Richman<br />
Stan Ridgway<br />
Waltraut Riedel-Baun<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley<br />
Ms. Barbara Robertson<br />
Mr. John Russell<br />
John & Wendy Russell<br />
Mr. John Russell<br />
Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Pearly Rule<br />
Salangad<br />
Bill Sands<br />
Grant & Janet Saunders<br />
Mr. & Mrs. M. R. Schneider<br />
Mr. M. Schnitzer<br />
A. Schroeder<br />
R. Schroeder<br />
Shirley Schroeder<br />
Walter & Dorothea Schultz<br />
Dr. Bernard Schwartz & Barbara Bronster<br />
Mr. Ken Schykulski<br />
Ray & Charlene Scouten<br />
Dr. L. Sekla<br />
Drs. Sexton<br />
Mrs. J.M. Sheane<br />
Shirley E. Sherwood<br />
Johann & Joanne Sigurdson<br />
Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak<br />
Garth Simonson<br />
Mr. Robert Skinner<br />
David & Lorraine Smith<br />
Derek Smith<br />
Mabel S. Smith<br />
Lindi & John Smith<br />
Geri & Peter Spencer<br />
Coralie & John Standing<br />
Nicola Lindley Starin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Starodub<br />
Dan & Elsie Stasiuk<br />
Gary Steiman<br />
Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman<br />
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky<br />
Josephine Stemerowicz<br />
Elva G. Stevens<br />
Peggy Stewart<br />
Helen St. Germain<br />
Archie & Shirley Stone<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray L. Stotts<br />
Juris & Aija Svenne<br />
Audrey M. Swan<br />
Moira Swinton & Bernie Léveillé<br />
Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom<br />
L. & P. Talbot<br />
R.M. Tan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don & Tannis Taylor<br />
Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor<br />
Ms. Alison Thiessen<br />
June & Lorne Thompson<br />
Ms. Marilyn Thompson<br />
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<strong>2008</strong>- 2009 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS<br />
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Alexander’s third full season as music director continued to build on his desire <strong>for</strong> a<br />
balanced musical season to both excite WSO audiences and stimulate new ones. A<br />
broad sampling of the core symphonic literature in the Masterworks series included<br />
Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, Tchaikovsky’s <strong>Symphony</strong> No. 6<br />
(Pathétique) and Holst’s celebrated orchestral classic The Planets. First WSO<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mances of Messiaen’s Turangalila <strong>Symphony</strong> and Mahler’s <strong>Symphony</strong> No. 6<br />
added exciting new vistas to our classics series and the WSO rose to the occasion<br />
in truly inspired per<strong>for</strong>mances. The orchestra closed its Beethoven <strong>Symphony</strong> cycle<br />
with per<strong>for</strong>mances of the Seventh led by eminent guest conductor Matthias Bamert,<br />
the Eighth and a sold-out Ninth. A fine collection of soloists appeared throughout the<br />
Masterworks series with especially notable per<strong>for</strong>mances from bass Nikita Storojev<br />
in highlights from Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov, pianist Sergei Saratovsky,<br />
violinist James Ehnes and concertmaster Gwen Hoebig.<br />
Our choral series continued in strong fashion with excellent attendances. As well as<br />
the choral portions of Boris Godunov and Beethoven’s Ninth <strong>Symphony</strong>, the<br />
Mennonite Festival Chorus again showed why Manitoba is the nation’s choral<br />
capital, with a wonderful account of Handel’s Messiah. We look <strong>for</strong>ward to next<br />
season’s presentations of Haydn’s The Creation and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis,<br />
both hallmarks of the literature.<br />
Our hosted Musically Speaking series offered a stimulating product mix with newly<br />
designed scripts by the WSO’s artistic team, visual elements, actors and fascinating<br />
archival material, all focusing on the universal genius of Leonardo da Vinci and its<br />
musical equivalents.<br />
Our Pops season offered a wide mix of music and styles <strong>for</strong> all to enjoy. Notable<br />
were the dazzling virtuosity of Time <strong>for</strong> Three, the ever popular Bravo Broadway<br />
team of singers, the return of Five By Design and comedian Rainer Hersch’s all new<br />
show Last Night of the Proms…Ever! We especially thank our departing assistant<br />
conductor Rei Hotoda <strong>for</strong> her valued contributions conducting three of our seven<br />
programs.<br />
Our outreach department was especially busy in the <strong>2008</strong>-09 Season. In<br />
September, Alexander and the orchestra visited seven high schools throughout the<br />
city in the aptly titled Up Close and <strong>Orchestra</strong>l series, promoting the season and<br />
filling the various gyms and auditoriums with great music. Similarly, our Adventures<br />
in Music series in March and April brought approximately 15,000 elementary school<br />
students to the concert hall <strong>for</strong> a highly successful concert that featured, among<br />
much else, an aerial dancer!<br />
Our Great-West Life, Great Explorations Sundays with the Family series again<br />
proved highly successful with concerts averaging well over 1000 in attendance. The<br />
live-music-to-film of composer Howard Blake’s score to the movie The Bear proved<br />
a special hit. There was much <strong>for</strong> the eyes throughout the series, including the<br />
brilliant puppets in Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstock and Carnival of the<br />
Animals. Entertainer Al Simmons brought his special brand of fun to the series.<br />
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The WSO’s second international conducting symposium took place in January. Over<br />
70 applicants from around the world competed <strong>for</strong> the 12 spots, where budding<br />
conductors got the chance to work with the orchestra over a weekend. A<br />
distinguished faculty included the eminent conducting teacher Larry Rachleff, with<br />
Alexander, Carl Topilow and other fine conducting teachers offering insight and<br />
enlightenment to the students.<br />
Once again, <strong>Winnipeg</strong> new music-lovers’ hearts and souls were warmed in the<br />
middle of our cold winter by the 2009 Imris New Music Festival. Curated by<br />
Alexander and our engaging composer-in-residence Vincent Ho, the festival’s<br />
highlights included more live-music-to-film in a concert featuring the classic Carl<br />
Dreyer film The Passion of Joan of Arc with music by Richard Einhorn. Other<br />
highlights were the appearance of the exciting percussion group Scrap Arts Music.<br />
As has been the case since the festival began in 1992, we were graced by the<br />
attendance of distinguished composers: this year Denis Gougeon and Linda<br />
Bouchard, among others. Many local soloists rounded out a most successful festival.<br />
The orchestra’s first Indigenous Festival featured a well-received closing concert<br />
with the band Eagle and Hawk in worldpremiere<br />
arrangements by Charles Cozens.<br />
Curated by Andrew Balfour, the festival drew<br />
much interest and we are excited about<br />
building its audiences and content going<br />
<strong>for</strong>ward.<br />
The orchestra continued to <strong>for</strong>ge artistic<br />
connections with the community in several<br />
notable partnerships. November saw two well<br />
attended per<strong>for</strong>mances at Kildonan East Collegiate in cooperation with the River<br />
East Transcona School Division. Local students and teachers partnered with the<br />
WSO in this program.<br />
ARTISTIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS<br />
February saw the debut of our Rising Stars concert, in partnership with the <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
Youth <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> and high school ``honour’’ soloists from around the city.<br />
An extraordinary per<strong>for</strong>mance of Orff’s Carmina Burana received thunderous<br />
applause (and similar YouTube comments the next day when a rather grainy video<br />
appeared!).<br />
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The year’s singular community partnership highlight took place in May with the world<br />
premiere of Zane Zalis’s I Believe. This much anticipated event drew a sold-out<br />
audience plus numerous visiting dignitaries from outside the country. A recording<br />
was made that will be issued shortly.<br />
EDUCATION PROGRAMS<br />
The WSO’s exciting and innovative education programs were presented to more<br />
than 30,000 students during the <strong>2008</strong>-2009 season. Reaching students from across<br />
Manitoba, these programs introduce orchestral music and instruments in an<br />
engaging and educational way.<br />
The season kicked off with the Up Close and <strong>Orchestra</strong>l program. Led by our<br />
talented and vibrant conductors, this program visited seven high schools across<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> in one week. More than 3500 students received a rare opportunity to<br />
meet the WSO and experience an “up close and personal” orchestra per<strong>for</strong>mance in<br />
their school.<br />
Continuing with the success of last season’s opening night, the WSO invited all high<br />
school students to attend the per<strong>for</strong>mance of Holst’s “The Planets” as part of the<br />
Musically Speaking series. Thanks to the support of the Richardson Foundation,<br />
these tickets were offered free of charge. More than 800 students attended to take<br />
in the wonder of this spectacular work.<br />
In response to teacher requests, an Open Dress Rehearsal program was launched<br />
this season called Musically Speaking <strong>for</strong> Young People. More than 1000 students<br />
attended two rehearsals to observe the WSO’s final preparations be<strong>for</strong>e a concert.<br />
Music Director, Alexander Mickelthwate hosted the rehearsals.<br />
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As part of the National Arts Centre <strong>Orchestra</strong> (NACO) Western Canada Tour, the<br />
WSO partnered with the NACO Education Department and the University of<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> to present the Music Connections – <strong>Winnipeg</strong> program. This 10-week<br />
program involved 80 students in grades 3 to 6 from two inner city schools – Mulvey<br />
School and Dufferin School – who made and learned to play the Native flute. After<br />
weeks of preparing and learning<br />
from various teaching artists, the<br />
program culminated with a<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance with eight NACO<br />
brass musicians at Westminster<br />
Church. The students per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
“One People” and “Largo” from<br />
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, as well<br />
as their own creative response to<br />
the music of Vivaldi.<br />
Music Connections Program: Students from Mulvey<br />
School and Dufferin School per<strong>for</strong>ming with WSO brass<br />
musicians at the Canadian Museum <strong>for</strong> Human Rights<br />
Groundbreaking Ceremony on December 19, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
The Bach to School program had ensemble groups – string, woodwind, brass and<br />
percussion - of the WSO visit more than 60 schools in <strong>Winnipeg</strong>, per<strong>for</strong>ming <strong>for</strong><br />
students in their own gymnasium. In<br />
order to reach more students across<br />
our province, there were a number of<br />
new initiatives. A Woodwind Group<br />
created a program to specifically visit<br />
junior high schools in <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. To<br />
expand across the province, a String<br />
Group visited five different schools<br />
outside <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. We were very<br />
excited to announce that a newly<br />
<strong>for</strong>med Percussion Group visited<br />
schools with a presentation to<br />
showcase the many instruments in the<br />
percussion family.<br />
The Nursery Notes is an innovative program designed to reach pre-school aged<br />
children. An ensemble group from the WSO shared presentations in eleven different<br />
nursery schools across <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. The children connected with the music and<br />
instruments through interactive activities and a puppet named <strong>Symphony</strong> Sam.<br />
The WSO launched the Rising Stars program this year to a full house of excited<br />
parents, friends and community members. Featuring the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Youth<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> and a combined choir of more than 300 students from 20<br />
schools across the province, these students per<strong>for</strong>med Orff’s Carmina Burana with<br />
the WSO. The concert also featured a young vocalist, Sage Robinson, and two<br />
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young instrumentalists, Joshua Peters on violin and Ariel Carrabre on cello,<br />
per<strong>for</strong>ming with the WSO.<br />
Rising Stars Program: WSO Music Director Alexander Rising Stars Program: Massed High School Choir singing<br />
Mickelthwate visits Steinbach Regional Secondary School Carmina Burana with the WSO and the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Youth<br />
to rehearse with choir students who sold the most tickets to <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>.<br />
the Rising Stars Concert on February 19, 2009.<br />
The WSO’s largest education program<br />
Adventures in Music presented seven<br />
concerts in March and April. More than<br />
13,000 elementary school students<br />
attended this program during the season.<br />
This year the “Classical Elements” series<br />
explored the Four Elements of fire, water,<br />
earth and air. Led by Assistant Conductor,<br />
Rei Hotoda, these concerts included more<br />
than 1500 students per<strong>for</strong>ming in choirs,<br />
recorder groups, strings groups, and<br />
composition groups on stage with the<br />
orchestra. WSO Assistant Conductor Rei Hotoda with choir students<br />
from Hanover and Sunrise School Divisions.<br />
Thanks to the Richardson Foundation, the WSO was able to return to Brandon <strong>for</strong><br />
two sold-out concerts. In addition, the Adventures in Music program visited Portage<br />
la Prairie to per<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> more than 400 students.<br />
Prior to each Sundays with the Family concert, the WSO presents an hour of preconcert<br />
activities <strong>for</strong> children ages 4-9. In partnership with Music <strong>for</strong> Young<br />
Children, these activities can include a craft station, rhythm ensembles, an<br />
instrument petting zoo and a conducting station. Manny Tuba attended each<br />
concert inviting children to learn about music, pose <strong>for</strong> pictures and bring their<br />
friends. The WSO hosted six birthday parties during the season, which included a<br />
special per<strong>for</strong>mance of “Happy Birthday” by the WSO <strong>for</strong> each birthday child.<br />
In partnership with the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Music, the WSO presented<br />
a Mentorship Program that provides opportunity <strong>for</strong> young university orchestra<br />
students to be mentored by professional orchestra musicians. The WSO musicians<br />
participated in the rehearsals to offer technical expertise, suggestions <strong>for</strong> rehearsing<br />
excerpts and demonstrate leadership skills.<br />
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For adult students, the WSO co-presents a series of Music Appreciation Courses<br />
with the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts and Creative Retirement. Led by<br />
instructor Don Anderson, these courses offer a wealth of in<strong>for</strong>mation about classical<br />
music including themes from the WSO’s current season.<br />
OUTREACH PROGRAMS<br />
The WSO is committed to being an integral part of our community and bringing<br />
orchestral music to new audiences.<br />
Due to the success of the past three years, the WSO and the River East<br />
Transcona School Division presented two special community concerts at Kildonan<br />
East Collegiate in November. Building on the success of previous years, these<br />
concerts showcased more than 600 students and soloists from the division who<br />
per<strong>for</strong>med with the WSO.<br />
In partnership with Manitoba Artists in Healthcare, the Artists in the Hospital<br />
program offers musical presentations by a WSO string quartet and Principal Harpist,<br />
Mr. Richard Turner at various healthcare centres across <strong>Winnipeg</strong>. Using live<br />
music, this program promotes the health and healing of hospital patients, visitors<br />
and staff in the community.<br />
Share the Music is a unique partnership with community organizations that enables<br />
economically disadvantaged children, their families and adults to attend WSO<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mances. Because of the generous donations by corporations and individuals,<br />
more than 3000 tickets were provided across the province this season. The<br />
organizations distribute tickets free of charge to people who want to hear our<br />
orchestra.<br />
Through the Musicians in the Making program, the WSO provides per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
opportunities <strong>for</strong> young musicians in our community. This season, numerous school<br />
groups and students per<strong>for</strong>med in the Piano Nobile Level prior to each Pops and<br />
Musically Speaking concerts throughout the season. During the <strong>2008</strong>-2009 season,<br />
the WSO hosted students from as young as age 5 per<strong>for</strong>ming under the University<br />
of Manitoba, Division of Preparatory Studies Suzuki Program.<br />
The WSO continued a unique partnership with Sisler High School during the <strong>2008</strong>-<br />
2009 season. As part of their Visual Arts program, approximately 30 students<br />
painted images inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. These paintings<br />
were on display during regular WSO concerts in February and March <strong>for</strong> our patrons<br />
to enjoy.<br />
Education and Outreach sponsors & partners:<br />
• In memory of Peter D. Curry<br />
• Richardson Foundation<br />
• Great-West Life Assurance Company<br />
• Investors Group<br />
• TD Financial Group<br />
• River East Transcona School Division<br />
• Manitoba Artists in Healthcare<br />
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BEYOND THE PERIMETER – TOUR REPORT<br />
The WSO regularly packs up instruments and musicians and heads out on the open<br />
road to take the full orchestra to communities throughout the province and beyond.<br />
Our regular concert series in Brandon presented a wide range of musical offerings,<br />
as we have done, five times per season, ensuring that music lovers in the Western<br />
regions of Manitoba can experience the wonder of live symphonic music. A Brandon<br />
season-highlight was the appearance of James Ehnes with the orchestra.<br />
December was especially busy, as the orchestra embarked on its Power Smart<br />
Holiday Express Tour with family-focused holiday concerts in Winkler, Russell,<br />
Portage la Prairie, Steinbach and Virden, with Sarah Halmarson as soloist. The<br />
orchestra’s Adventures in Music series saw early May per<strong>for</strong>mances in Brandon and<br />
Portage la Prairie.<br />
As always, the WSO continues to explore touring opportunities in Manitoba to<br />
ensure that all Manitobans may regard the orchestra as their own.<br />
NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />
Extase Extase Extase Extase - Passion and ecstasy are perfect words to describe our 2009 New<br />
Music Festival. As our theme suggests (EXTASE), our goal in our programming was<br />
to explore all <strong>for</strong>ms of ecstasy though sight and sound. For seven nights, we<br />
presented a wide variety of events that featured new music in many exciting <strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
The opening night concert set the tone <strong>for</strong> the festival, with Turangalila-symphonie<br />
by Olivier Messiaen. The symphony also featured soloist Jean Laurendeau on<br />
ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument, whose eerie and wavering sound<br />
has been used in such recent film scores as Amélie and There Will Be Blood.<br />
With our 2009 program, we maintained our position of being at the vanguard of the<br />
new music scene. For example, three important premieres took place. Canadian<br />
composers Orjan Sandred (from <strong>Winnipeg</strong>, Manitoba) and Greg Kozak (from<br />
Vancouver, B.C.) were commissioned to compose works specifically <strong>for</strong> our<br />
orchestra and a newly-invented instrument of their choice: an electronic wind<br />
controller (Dr. Sandred’s Yamaha WX5) and the Chariot of Choir (a 32-foot stainless<br />
steel percussion/string instrument built by Mr. Kozak, which was unveiled at our<br />
Festival). These works embodied historical and musicological significance and<br />
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marked a new era of concert classical music, where cutting edge technology and<br />
modern engineering met musical ingenuity and new music per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />
Our third world premiere <strong>for</strong> the Festival was Vincent Ho’s Sonata <strong>for</strong> Violin and<br />
Piano, per<strong>for</strong>med by Gwen Hoebig and David Moroz. This piece has been<br />
commissioned specially <strong>for</strong> our event by Harvard University’s Fromm Music<br />
Foundation. Their generous support had allowed us to present this new and exciting<br />
work by Canada’s fastest rising star.<br />
After the success of last year’s presentation of Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon the Brain,<br />
we were proud to present another<br />
motion picture event: Carl Dreyer’s film<br />
classic, The Passion of Joan of Arc<br />
(1928; <strong>for</strong> choir, soloists, orchestra<br />
and film), with a recent score by<br />
Richard Einhorn. This per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
featured our own <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>, Prairie Voices Choir, and<br />
five local soloists. This evening drew<br />
many new listeners from the film<br />
community and general public. The<br />
response to this event was<br />
overwhelmingly enthusiastic.<br />
In addition to this element of “innovation,” we were proud to present Vancouver-based<br />
percussion group Scrap Arts Music as this year’s<br />
distinguished guest ensemble<br />
(www.scrapartsmusic.com). Per<strong>for</strong>ming on a<br />
battery of newly-invented instruments built out of<br />
scrap metal and industrial equipment, the group<br />
presented newly composed works specifically<br />
created <strong>for</strong> their musical inventions. The<br />
response to this concert was unanimously<br />
positive: a standing ovation with a 5-star review<br />
from the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Free Press.<br />
Scrap Arts Music<br />
We had also incorporated a number of special events targeted to a younger<br />
audience (ages 16-25). These included the presentation of The Canadian Music<br />
Centre’s Emerging Composer Prize (<strong>for</strong> best orchestral work), an on-stage panel<br />
discussion <strong>for</strong> our “And You Call This Music?” evening (featuring guest artists and<br />
literary personalities), and our wind ensemble concert (featuring The <strong>Winnipeg</strong><br />
Winds and the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble). These events generated<br />
high interest amongst a younger demographic audience, the academically-oriented,<br />
and members of the wind ensemble community. As well, our guest artists’<br />
involvement with the local schools and colleges provided an educational component<br />
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to our Festival, giving a new generation of listeners the invaluable opportunity to<br />
discover what goes on in the concert classical world.<br />
The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong> has maintained its reputation as one of the<br />
premiere new music champions in the world. By providing such high-calibre<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mances and innovative programming, we delivered an important musical event<br />
of the highest artistic standards. The WSO New Music Festival will continue to be<br />
culturally relevant to the community by playing an integral role to the development of<br />
its musical culture.<br />
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<strong>2008</strong> - 2009<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong> Members<br />
First Violins Basses Trombones<br />
Gwen Hoebig ,Concertmaster Meredith Johnson, Principal John Helmer, Principal<br />
Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Stanley Label, Assistant Principal Steven Dyer<br />
Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Paul Nagelberg<br />
Chris Anstey Bruce Okrainec Bass Trombone<br />
Raymond Chrunyk<br />
Hong Tian Jia<br />
Zdzislaw Prochownik Julia McIntyre, Principal<br />
Trevor Kirczenow Flutes Tuba<br />
Simon MacDonald Jan Kocman, Principal Chris Lee, Principal<br />
Rachel Moody Martha Durkin<br />
Julie Savard Timpani<br />
Jun Shao Piccolo Jauvon Gilliam, Principal<br />
**Jane Radomski Martha Durkin<br />
Percussion<br />
Second Violins Oboes Frederick Liessens, Principal<br />
Darryl Strain, Principal Doug Bairstow, Principal<br />
**Mona Coarda, Assistant Principal Robin MacMillan Harp<br />
Karen Bauch Richard Turner, Principal<br />
Laura Chenail English Horn<br />
Barbara Gilroy Robin MacMillan, Principal <strong>Orchestra</strong> Personnel Manager<br />
Narumi Higuchi Anne Elise Lavallee<br />
Boyd Mackenzie Clarinets<br />
Susan McCallum Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Principal Librarian<br />
Kathryn Sigsworth<br />
Claudine St- Arnauld<br />
Richard Klassen Raymond Chrunyk<br />
Bassoons Assistant Librarian<br />
Viola Alex Eastley, Principal Laura MacDougall<br />
Daniel Scholz, Principal<br />
Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal<br />
James Ewen<br />
Laszlo Baroczi Contrabassoon<br />
Richard Bauch<br />
Greg Hay<br />
James Ewen<br />
Suzanne McKegney Horns<br />
Merrily Peters Patricia Evans, Principal<br />
Mike Scholz Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal<br />
Shannon Linklater<br />
Cellos Caroline Oberheu<br />
Yuri Hooker, Principal<br />
**Emma Quackenbush, Assistant Principal<br />
Kenneth Strahl<br />
Alex Adaman Trumpets<br />
Margaret Askeland Brian Sykora, Principal<br />
Arlene Dahl Paul Jeffrey<br />
Carolyn Nagelberg<br />
Tom Watrous<br />
Steven van Gulik<br />
**One year term<br />
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SON<br />
WSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WOMENS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND STAFF<br />
OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS<br />
His Honor the Honourable John Harvard P.C., O.M.<br />
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba<br />
The Honourable Gary Doer,<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 />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Dorothy Dobbie, President & Chair<br />
Ed Martens, 1 st Vice-President<br />
Muriel Smith, 2 nd Vice-President<br />
Dr. Brendan MacDougall, Past President<br />
Michael Cox<br />
Arlene Dahl<br />
Wally Fox-Decent<br />
Dr. Daya Gupta<br />
Elba Haid<br />
Sherrill Hershberg<br />
Dr. Ian Kay<br />
Bill Knight<br />
Dr. Hermann Lee<br />
Lesia Peet<br />
Harvey Pollock, Q.C.<br />
Dr. William (Bill) Pope<br />
John Rademaker<br />
Ed Richmond<br />
Lorne Sharfe<br />
Joanne Sigurdson<br />
Karl Stobbe<br />
Richard Turner<br />
The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization<br />
governed by a voluntary Board of Directors.<br />
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE<br />
Lesia Peet, President<br />
Shirley Loewen, Vice-President<br />
Olga Runnalls, Past-President<br />
Koren Kaminski, Treasurer<br />
Evelyn Davidson, Secretary<br />
Louise Jones, Secretary<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director<br />
Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant<br />
ARTISTIC<br />
Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director<br />
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate<br />
Rei Hotoda, Assistant Conductor<br />
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence<br />
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS<br />
Jean Francois, Directors of Artistic Operations<br />
James Manishen, Artistic & Operations Associate<br />
Sue Stone, Production Manager<br />
Anne Elise Lavalee, <strong>Orchestra</strong> Personnel Manager<br />
Jacob Gurevich, Personnel Manager Emeritus<br />
Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor<br />
Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian<br />
Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian<br />
EDUCATION & OUTREACH<br />
Tanya Derksen, Education & Outreach Manager<br />
Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Assistant<br />
FINANCE<br />
John Bacon, CMA, Director of Finance & Administration<br />
Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator<br />
Terri O’Neill, Accounting & Administrative Assistant<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Carol Cassels, Development Manager<br />
Irene Sas, Development Coordinator<br />
MARKETING & SALES<br />
Ryan Diduck, Director of Marketing & Public Relations<br />
Lindsay MacKenzie, Marketing & Communications<br />
Manager<br />
Sheena Stemler, Marketing & Communications<br />
Coordinator<br />
Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer<br />
PATRON SERVICES/BOX OFFICE<br />
Tara Forshaw, Patron Services Coordinator<br />
Jillian Yorke, Patron Services Representative<br />
Jason Hayes, Patron Services Representative<br />
Gerry McDougal, Patron Services Representative<br />
Janessa Nayler, Patron Services Representative<br />
Melissa Ungrin, Patron Services Representative<br />
Jordan Zalis, Patron Services Representative<br />
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W I N N I P E G S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A<br />
MAILING ADDRESS<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong> <strong>Symphony</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
1020-555 Main Street<br />
<strong>Winnipeg</strong>, MB R3B 1C3<br />
www.wso.mb.ca<br />
WSO PATRON SERVICES<br />
555 Main Street<br />
(Centennial Concert Hall)<br />
Phone: 204-949-3999<br />
Fax: 204-956-4271<br />
Email: boxoffice@wso.mb.ca<br />
WSO IN BRANDON<br />
205 - 20th Street<br />
(WestMan Centennial Auditorium)<br />
Brandon, MB R7B 1L6<br />
Brandon Patron Services: 204-728-9510<br />
Toll free to <strong>Winnipeg</strong>: 204-725-1165<br />
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