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SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

TERRI CLARK MEETS THE WSO

RUSSIAN FIREWORKS

LES VIOLONS DU ROY

DISNEY FANTASIA:LIVE IN CONCERT

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends, Patrons, and Music Lovers,

This year marks my 10th anniversary season with the Winnipeg

Symphony Orchestra.

We have performed some of my favourite works this season with

Mahler’s 2nd and 10th symphonies, and recently Bruckner’s 4th,

but there is still so much beautiful music to take in over the next

few months.

We set Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, his most personal statement,

with Alain Lefèvre’s interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s 4th Piano

Concerto. Then we will have the ultimate pairing of classical music and

animation with Disney FANTASIA: Live in Concert. We close the season with the astounding

theatrics of Cirque Mechanics, a feast for the eyes and ears. We will bring an 18-foot, pedal-

powered “Gantry Crane” on stage. If you have never seen a Cirque show before, this is the way to

see it - with live symphony orchestra!

While you are at the concert hall, I encourage you to talk to a WSO staff member or volunteer

about our next season. They will be happy to discuss your subscription package with you and let

you know all the benefits of becoming a WSO subscriber – and a member of our extended

symphony family.

I would like to thank all of our major sponsors, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, the Richardson

Foundation, Air Canada, Investors Group and Great-West Life, who help this organization thrive.

Auf Wiedersehen, I hope to see you soon,

Alexander Mickelthwate

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Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director

German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid,richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-ratetechnique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinarycommand over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion,profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” inBruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011).

Following on from his tenure as assistant conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, whichhe completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was associate conductor of the Los AngelesPhilharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his tenth seasonas music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developedthe orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programminginitiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen toperform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creativeand innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadianensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the New Music Festival andIndigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to theNational Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting masterclasses, the NewMusic Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of theCentennial Concert Hall.

CONDUCTORS

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

Julian Pellicano’s voracious musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreterof the symphonic repertoire. He is currently resident conductor of the WinnipegSymphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music festival,and music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. Pellicanohas built his career by following an unconventional path. The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecaniquefirst brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. From 2009 to 2013 he served as

music director of the Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorousand distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de PortoAlegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony,The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He hasworked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair.As a young musician he played drums, percussion, organ, and accordion in rock, blues and jazzgroups. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without anyformal training. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music(Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award andthe Philip F. Nelson Award. He premiered Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Storyat the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and conducted at Carnegie Hall with the YalePhilharmonia Orchestra.

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MUSIC DIRECTORAlexander Mickelthwate

RESIDENT CONDUCTORJulian Pellicano

FIRST VIOLINSGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowedby the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

Karl Stobbe, Associate ConcertmasterMary Lawton, Assistant ConcertmasterChris Anstey**Jeremy BuzashMona CoardaRodica JeffreyHong Tian JiaMeredith McCallumJane PulfordJulie SavardJun Shao*Karin Andreasen*Simon MacDonald

SECOND VIOLINSDarryl Strain, PrincipalElation Pauls, Assistant PrincipalKaren BauchKristina Bauch**Calvin Cheng**Teodora DimovaElizabeth Dyer**Jonathan GarabedianBokyung HwangTakayo NoguchiClaudine St-Arnauld*Jane Pulford*Susan McCallum

VIOLASDaniel Scholz, PrincipalAnne Elise Lavallée,

Assistant PrincipalLaszlo BarocziMargaret CareyRichard BauchGreg HayMerrily PetersMike Scholz

CELLOSYuri Hooker, PrincipalLeana Rutt, Assistant PrincipalAlex AdamanArlene DahlCarolyn NagelbergEmma QuackenbushSean Taubner

BASSESMeredith Johnson, PrincipalAndrew Goodlett, Assistant PrincipalTravis HarrisonPaul NagelbergBruce OkrainecDaniel Perry

FLUTESJan Kocman, PrincipalMartha Durkin

PICCOLOMartha Durkin

OBOESBeverly Wang, PrincipalRobin MacMillan

ENGLISH HORNRobin MacMillan

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Caroline OberheuMichiko Singh

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TROMBONESSteven Dyer, PrincipalKeith Dyrda

BASS TROMBONEJulia McIntyre, Principal

TUBAChris Lee, Principal

TIMPANIMike Kemp, Acting Principal

PERCUSSIONFrederick Liessens, Principal

HARPRichard Turner, Principal

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ASSISTANT LIBRARIANLaura MacDougall

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Please note: Non-titled (tutti)string players are listedalphabetically and are seatedaccording to a rotational system.

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Má vlast (My Homeland): selections Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)Vltava (The Moldau)Sárka

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Allegro con brioAdagioRondo: Molto allegro

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Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (Italian) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)Allegro vivaceAndante con motoCon moto moderatoSaltarello: Presto

Friday, April 1 8:00 p.m.Saturday, April 2 8:00 p.m.

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile begins at 7:15 p.m.

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-concert performance in the lobby.Sunday, 2:35 p.m. Brandon Conservatory Chorale

Beethoven, Mendelssohnand a New Virtuoso

James Feddeck, conductor

Louis Schwizgebel, piano

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Má vlast (My Homeland)Bedrich Smetanab. Bohemia / March 2, 1824d. Prague / May 12, 1884Composed: 1874-1879First performance: November 2, 1882(Prague), conducted by Adolf CechLast WSO performance: The Moldau:2006; Michelle Mourre, conductor.Sárka: First WSO performance

Though Prague was amusical centre duringthe eighteenthcentury, Czech musicalnationalism had towait for Bedrich

Smetana, whose integration of folk-based musical material into hiscompositions established hiscountry’s musical identity in theconcert hall. Má Vlast (My Country) is asuperb cycle of six tone poemsinspired by the native lore ofBohemia. Dedicated to the city ofPrague, the premiere was theoccasion for a patriotic rally and likeSibelius’ Finlandia, Smetana’s score hasbecome a symbol of its country’snational pride, with performancestaking place every year on theanniversary of Smetana’s death.

Vltava (The Moldau) is the Czech riverthat flows past Prague to join the Elbein the north. Smetana’s music traces ajourney he took along the river in1870, conveying both the trip and thesights along the way.Though longthought to be Czech folk-based, themain theme comes from a Swedishtune praising the countryside north ofGöteborg, where Smetana had spentfive years after 1856 as conductor ofthat city’s Philharmonic Society.

Sárka is the most story-based of thecycle. Divided into five sections, itbegins with the enraged Sárkaswearing vengeance on the male racefor infidelity of her lover. A marchsignals the arrival of the knights ledby Ctirad to punish Sárka and herrebellious court maidens. A soloclarinet depicts the cry of Sárka, towhich Ctirad begins to showsympathy.The fourth polka sectiondescribes the drunken warriors.They

fall asleep (the low bassoons) andanother clarinet solo introduces theclosing chapter leading all the men tothe slaughter, in blood and thunder style.

Piano Concerto No. 2Ludwig van Beethovenb. Bonn / December 17, 1770d. Vienna / March 26, 1827Composed: 1794-1795, revised in 1798First performance: March 29, 1795(Vienna), with the composer as soloistLast WSO performance: 2003; Imre Pallo,conductor; André Laplante, piano

So confident was theElector of Bonn in theabilities of the 22-year-oldBeethoven, in Novemberof 1792 he underwrotethe young composer’s

move from Bonn to Vienna, the musicalcapital of Europe. Franz Joseph Haydnwas no less enthused, seeing in Beethovena willing if ultimately temporary pupil.Other teachers, Salieri among them,followed, but Beethoven’s Viennese starquickly rose more as a pianist, whosepassionate intensity and originalcommunicative gifts soon had the mostelegant Viennese nobility exhibiting himat evening soirées for their friends.

Beethoven’s first Vienna public appearancetook place at a pair of concerts organizedin part by Salieri, a large affair for charityinvolving over 150 participants. Beethovenchose to play a piano concerto in B-flatmajor he had been working on,completing it just in time for theperformance, which was a success that didmuch to propel Beethoven’s career asboth composer and performer.

The B-flat Concerto was written beforethe “First”but is known as “No. 2”since itwas published later.Though clearly aproduct of the Classical era in itsconstruction and expression, it is easy toview Beethoven’s singular forcespermeating No. 2 in the face of what weknow lay ahead.The opening movementfollows a familiar classical narrative.Thesecond movement’s soloembellishments remind of Beethoven’smassive powers as an improviser.Therondo-finale bounds along energetically,with both a look back to Beethoven’sclassical forbears and the premonition ofa whole new story in creativity thatwould change music forever.

Symphony No. 4 (Italian)Felix Mendelssohnb. Hamburg / February 3, 1809d. Leipzig / November 4, 1847Composed: 1831-1833; revised 1834-1837First performance: May 13, 1833(London), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2003; JaimeLaredo, conductor

Mendelssohn’s affluentfamily life prompted asmuch a desire fortravel as for music.Numerous lettersdescribe his journeys

across Europe, and ten trips to GreatBritain prompted music, notably histours of Scotland that resulted in the“Scottish”Symphony and the HebridesOverture.

At age 21 he undertook a major tour ofthe Continent.But it was Italy thatMendelssohn especially warmed to,andin 1831 he began a symphony based onhis impressions of Rome,Naples andother points of inspiration to him.

One thinks about effortless facility whilelistening to Mendelssohn, but that washardly the case with the composition ofhis “Italian”Symphony. Mendelssohnstruggled with its assembly, and acommission for a symphony from thePhilharmonic Society of London spurredMendelssohn to complete all themovements from his sketches.

The premiere was a great success andfurther cemented the special friendshipMendelssohn had with Queen Victoria.Still,Mendelssohn wasn’t satisfied withthe work and refused its publication.Only after his death was the scorepublished and made widely available,soon becoming one of the mostpopular orchestral works in theliterature and winning the praise ofaudiences and critics alike.

The opening movement is anexuberant sonata-allegro with astriking contrapuntal developmentsection.The Andante is a slow march,perhaps drawn from a religiousprocession Mendelssohn experiencedin Naples.The third movement is agentle minuet, leading to a dazzlingRoman saltarello finale.

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James Feddeck, conductor“A tremendous find…Musicians of this caliber arelike gold dust” (The Herald).James Feddeck is rapidlybecoming one of the mostinteresting and remarkableconductors of today,

impressing orchestras with his innate talentand outstanding musicianship on both sidesof the Atlantic.

Of his recent debut with the Hallé, TheGuardian noted that he stepped in “to salvagethe concert with style and steel” and is “aconductor to watch. ”Over the last twoseasons Feddeck has made a number ofsignificant North American and Europeandebuts, including with the Chicago, SanFrancisco, Minnesota, Detroit, Los AngelesChamber, Ottawa NAC, Atlanta, Houston,Vancouver, Milwaukee, Royal ScottishNational, Residentie and BBC SymphonyOrchestras, the Deutsche Oper Berlin in acollaboration with Béjart Ballet, and theTampere and Helsinki philharmonicorchestras.

In addition to his conducting, James Feddeckis an accomplished organist and hasperformed recitals throughout Europe andNorth America. He studied oboe, piano,organ and conducting at the OberlinConservatory of Music and in 2010 wasrecognized by Oberlin as the first recipient ofthe Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Louis Schwizgebel, pianoSwiss-Chinese pianist LouisSchwizgebel is winner ofthe Geneva InternationalMusic Competition, silvermedalist at the LeedsInternational PianoCompetition, and former

BBC New Generation Artist.

In 2015-2016, Schwizgebel debuts with theUtah, Detroit, Munich, Winnipeg, andQueensland symphonies, and returns tothe London Philharmonic, BBC Symphonyand Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Insolo recital, he performs at Wigmore Hall;and in duo with Alina Ibragimova. In Asia,he debuts in Hong Kong and returns toBeijing Concert Hall and ShanghaiSymphony Hall. New conductorcollaborations include Robin Ticciati,Andris Poga and Mirga GraÏinytò-Tyla.

Schwizgebel records for Aparté; hisrecording of Beethoven’s First and SecondPiano Concertos with the LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra and Thierry Fischerwas deemed a “beautifully nuancedaccount,” by Gramophone. Schwizgebelappreciates support from the MigrosCulture Percentage, Hans WilsdorfFoundation, Mozart GesellschaftDortmund and Animato Foundation.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laurel Ridd, flute; Tony Cyre, percussion;

Jim Ewen, bassoon

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Strawberry Fields ForeverSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band With a Little Help from My FriendsLucy in the Sky with DiamondsGetting BetterFixing a HoleShe’s Leaving HomeBeing for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

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Within You Without YouWhen I’m Sixty-FourLovely RitaGood Morning Good MorningSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) A Day in the LifePenny LaneHere Comes the SunAll You Need is Love

All songs composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney except “Within You Without You” composed by George Harrison.

Art of Time Ensemble’s participation in tonight’s performance is generously sponsored by Darla and Roger Steers.

Friday, April 8 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 9 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 10 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile.Friday, 7:15 p.m. 20 BelowSaturday, 7:15 p.m. CJS Guitare EnsembleSunday, 1:15 p.m. Suzuki Music Winnipeg

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandArt of Time Ensemble:

Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director/pianoSteven Page, vocalsAndy Maize, vocalsCraig Northey, vocalsGlen Phillips, vocalsJoe Phillips, bassRob Piltch, guitarRick Sacks, percussion

Julian Pellicano, conductor

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Andrew Burashko,Artistic Director/piano

Andrew Burashko made hisdebut at the age ofseventeen with theToronto SymphonyOrchestra and has sinceestablished himself as oneof Canada's premier

soloists. Known for his passionateperformances and eclectic repertoire,Burashko has performed with most of theCanadian orchestras, collaborating withconductors Sir Andrew Davis,YannickNezet-Seguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste andPinchas Zukerman among many others.

As a soloist he has performed extensivelythroughout Canada, the United States, andEurope, and as a chamber musician, heregularly collaborates with Canada's topartists and performs in festivalsthroughout Canada and Europe. For thepast 16 years, he has also been involved inan important and ongoing collaborationwith modern dancer Peggy Baker.

Born in Moscow into a family of musicians,Andrew began his studies with MarinaGeringas at the Royal Conservatory ofMusic in Toronto. He went on to study withLee Kum-Sing in Vancouver, Leon Fleisherand Marek Jablonski in Toronto, and BellaDavidovich in New York.

Steven Page, vocalsSteven Page’s distinctive andpowerful tenor is among themost immediately familiarvoices in popular musictoday.The singer/songwriteris a founding member of TheBarenaked Ladies with

whom he toured the globe and sold millionsof albums. On his own, Steven Pagecontinues his artistic evolution with a diversearray of solo projects. “I’d like to think I’m still

delivering that thing that has connected withaudiences for so long. I enjoy the process of beingartistic, of taking chances and not knowing whatmight come next.”

To that end, Steven Page is working on his fifthStratford Festival score, and in conjunction withToronto’s innovative Art of Time Ensemble, he hascollaborated on two releases, This Singer Must Dieand Sgt. Pepper, as well as several liveperformances. With his flair for writing literatesongs with catchy melodies, Steven Page continuesto release original music including his criticallyacclaimed album Page One, his Genie-nominatedtrack, A Different Sort of Solitude - featured in thefilm French Immersion - and his composition A NewShore - the theme for the 2014 CBC miniseries BESTLAID PLANS.

A life-long food and travel enthusiast, StevenPage journeyed across North America last year ashost of The Illegal Eater, a television series, whichuncovers underground eateries and explores off-the-grid dining experiences. The show, which airson Travel + Escape in Canada and Esquire TV inthe US, also features a theme song and incidentalmusic penned by Steven.

Still touring regularly with his six-piece band ofmulti-instrumentalists, Steven Page is working onnew material set for release later this year.

Andy Maize, vocalsAndy Maize is a singer-songwriter andco-founded the Canadian roots/rockband Skydiggers.The ‘Diggers havebeen writing and playing their wayacross the majestic landscapes ofCanada for over a quarter-century.Skydiggers have 16 records to their

name, including their debut Skydiggers (1990), andmore recently Angels (2013). In celebration of their25th year, Skydiggers released No. 1 Northern (2013), acovers album of classic Canadian folk and rock songs.

Toronto-born and bred, Maize can also lay claim to co-founding Maple Music, a record label and e-commerce platform for Canadian artists andmarkets. Maple’s successes are many, and include

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bolstering the careers of Sam Roberts and KathleenEdwards, and distributing Radiohead’s three mostrecent records in Canada.

Maize is no stranger to the Art of Time Ensemble,having collaborated on projects for nearly a decade.His work with the Ensemble is diverse, and ranges fromperforming Abbey Road to writing songs inspired bySchubert, from joining the Lonely Hearts Club Band tosinging songs of protest.

Maize was a part of the original Ensembleproduction of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in2012.

Craig Northey, vocalsVancouver's Craig Northey is one ofthe principle singer-songwriters ofthe band Odds. Their debut albumNeopolitan (1991) spurred adecades-long career, which sawtheir many records released in 20countries. Odds went platinum with

Good Weird Feeling (1995) and gold with Nest (1996),generating popular singles like Someone Who’s Cool,It Falls Apart and Eat My Brain.The Odds have beennominated for several JUNOs (including two nodsfor Best Songwriter) and acted as Warren Zevon’sbacking band for the Mr. Bad Example tour.

Northey is a “serial collaborator,”making albumsand writing songs with friends such as RosanneCash, Steven Page,The Gin Blossoms,Tom Wilson,Rob Baker (of The Tragically Hip),Wide MouthMason and Colin James.His strong relationship to the comedy troupe Kidsin The Hall opened the door to composing for filmand TV. Amongst Northey’s credits are Brain Candy(1995), Dog Park (1996), Hiccups (2010-2012), Kids Inthe Hall in Death Comes to Town (2010) and thetheme song for Corner Gas (2004-2009). Recently hescored Corner Gas: The Movie (2014) and is currentlyco-composing the series Young Drunk Punk with hispal, Art of Time composer, Jim McGrath.

Odds have released a trilogy of EPs in 2014-2015.

Glen Phillips, vocalsGlen Phillips is a songwriter,multi-instrumentalist,producer and singerbased out of California. He isperhaps best known as the frontman of Toad the Wet Sprocket,aband he co-founded at the age of 15.Signed to Columbia only three years

later,Toad the Wet Sprocket topped charts with tracksincluding All I Want and Walk on the Ocean.After releasing five albums in the span of a decadewith the band,Phillips began a solo career byrecording Albulum (2001) with producer Ethan Johns.Collaborations have included Mutual AdmirationSociety (2004) and Works Progress Administration(2009),both with members of Nickel Creek.Otherprojects include Plover and RemoteTreeChildren,numerous songwriting collaborations,seven soloalbums and two solo EPs.

After a 16-year hiatus since the release of their lastalbum,Coil,Toad the Wet Sprocket reunited to recordNew Constellation (2013).Phillips joined the band onthe road opening for Counting Crows,and continuesto perform solo dates in support of Options,acollection of solo b-sides and alternate takes.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is Phillips’first collaboration with Art of Time Ensemble.

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The Cowboys Overture John Williams

I Just Wanna Be Mad Kelley Lovelace, Lee Thomas Miller

A Little Gasoline Tammy Rogers, Dean Miller

No Fear Mary Chapin Carpenter,Terri Clark

If I Were You Terri Clark

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Warren Zevon

Three Mississippi Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey,Troy Verges

Every Time I Cry Bob Regan, Karen Staley

Now That I Found You JD Martin, Paul Begaud,Vanessa Corish

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You’re Easy On the Eyes Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters,Terri Clark

Empty Gary Butler,Terri Clark

I Wanna Do It All Tim Nichols, Rick Giles, Gilles Godard

Smile Terri Clark, Kayn Rochelle

Northern Girl Terri Clark, Kristen Hall

Girls Lie Too Connie Harrington, Kelley Lovelace,Tim Nichols

Better Things to Do Tom Shapiro,Terri Clark, Chris Waters

Gypsy Boots Terri Clark, Jon Randall, Leslie Satcher

All orchestral arrangements by Claude Lapalme.

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Terri Clark Meets the WSOTerri Clark, vocals/guitar

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Terri Clark, vocals/guitarHailing from

Medicine Hat,

Alberta, Canada,

Terri Clark is an

eight-time CCMA

Entertainer of the

Year and has taken

home the Female

Vocalist of the Year award five times. Terri has

sold more than four million albums worldwide

and has made her mark on radio with 13 Top

Ten singles – hits that include Better Things To

Do, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Girls Lie Too, and I Just

Wanna Be Mad. Terri has the honour of being

the only Canadian female artist to be a member

of the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Terri sells out

headline shows across the US and Canada and

has toured with such superstars as Reba

McEntire, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn,

and George Strait. Terri’s album, Some Songs, is

available now on iTunes and

www.terriclark.com.

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*Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Allegro vivaceLargo –Allegro vivace

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Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Andante – Allegro con animaAndante cantabile, con alcuna licenzaValse: Allegro moderatoFinale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace

Friday, April 15 8:00 p.m.Saturday, April 16 8:00 p.m.

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile begins at 7:15 p.m.

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Russian Fireworks:Tchaikovsky 5 andRachmaninoff 4

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

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The Rising Stars Concert brings together some of the most talented students in Manitobawith the WSO. This year's concert features the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra in Franz Listz'sHungarian Rhapsody No. 2 side-by-side with WSO musicians.




Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Franz Lisztb. Raiding, (Doborján), Austria / October 22, 1811d. Bayreuth / July 31, 1886Composed for piano: circa 1850;orchestrated circa 1855Last WSO performance: 1983;Erich Kunzel, conductor

Though born in Hungary,Franz Liszt’s nativelanguage was Frenchand at age ten he wasliving in Vienna. Still, henever forgot his

homeland and incorporated nationalmelodies in his 19 HungarianRhapsodies plus other Hungarian-inspired pieces. Liszt felt himself astandard-bearer for Hungarian musicalnationalism, and indeed his workbecame early examples of the broaderfolk-based movement that soon layahead for other composers.

Liszt took the free-form name of“Rhapsody”to encompass the quickcontrasts and pliancy one feels in thestructures. Based on the alternatingslow “Lassu”and fast “Friss”componentsof the Hungarian Czardasalla, plus otherperformance devices of rubato,accelerando and characteristic harmonicshifts, the music contains atmosphericand entertaining displays, whetherbased on authentic material (“gypsy”asLiszt described) or not.

Liszt transcribed six of his Rhapsodies fororchestra and No. 2 is the most popular.

Piano Concerto No. 4Sergei Rachmaninoffb. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873d. Los Angeles, CA, USA / March 28, 1943Composed: 1926First performance: March 18, 1927(Philadelphia), conducted by LeopoldStokowski with the composer as soloistFirst WSO performance of original version

Rachmaninoff saw thewriting on the wall whenthe Russian Revolutionbegan in March 1917. Arecital tour of Scandinaviathat November gave a

way out of Moscow for the composerand his family, who had to leave behindtheir home, property and possessions.As a renowned pianist, Rachmaninoffhad entertained offers to come toAmerica and on November 1, 1918 hesailed from Oslo to New York, neveragain returning to his native land.

Rachmaninoff needed the incomefrom his coast-to-coast Americanconcert tours (that continueduninterrupted for the next 25 years) tosupport his family.This had impact onhis composing time. “I have toconcentrate on any one thing I amdoing to such a degree that it doesnot seem to allow me to take upanything else,”he told an interviewer.

Though it has been speculated thatRachmaninoff produced his FourthConcerto as an alternate performingvehicle to the constant demands forhis performances of the Second andThird Concertos, he said nothing aboutthe Fourth’s inspiration. As with theothers, the Fourth follows a similarlyeffusive Romantic path for which thecomposer made no apologies. “I havemade an intense effort to feel themusical manner of today, but it will notcome to me.”

The premiere of the Fourth Concertomet little success, with reviewscomplaining of loose-knit structureand new material appearing withoutthe “sanction of necessity”(SamuelChotzinoff). Rachmaninoff played thework for three years, dropping it fromhis repertoire in 1930 until itsextensive and better-received revisionof 1941.

The first movement’s sweeping maintheme and rhapsodic developmentsection emblazon the work’s darklyRomantic spirit, the piano role grandand wide-ranging.The entireintermezzo second movement stemsfrom its opening theme, an austeresetting closely resembling the nurserytune Three Blind Mice and with astormy centerpiece.The finale receivedthe most extensive revisions in 1941and is a dazzling virtuosic display withcrunching harmonies and sharp witset in a complex structure that bringsback themes from the openingmovement.Tonight’s performance isof the original version.

Symphony No. 5Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyb. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893Composed: 1888First performance: November 17, 1888(St. Petersburg), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2011, AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor

Tchaikovsky’s musicmasks an almost ongoinginsecurity in how heviewed his creative networth. In May of 1888, hehad gone three years

without writing anything. His spirits werelow and he feared his creative energywas becoming tapped out. Still, he wroteto his brother Modeste that he had tosnap out of his mental state andcompose something. Amazingly,Tchaikovsky completed a short score tothe Fifth Symphony within six weeks ofthat letter.

At the premiere in St. Petersburg, theaudience respectfully applauded thecomposer but Tchaikovsky felt thework a failure.Things changed at aperformance in Hamburg in 1889where the audience, performers, criticsand even Brahms, who attended, werenotably enthusiastic.The FifthSymphony never looked back afterthat, becoming a much-loved staple ofthe orchestral literature.

As with the Fourth Symphony,Tchaikovsky’s resignation to his fatebecomes the prevailing force in theFifth. But while the Fourth’s story is moreearthbound and combative, the Fifth’smessage elevates towards the spiritualwhere man’s journey is governed byforces above earth to better the soul. Asin Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony,Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is a journey fromstruggle to joyous resignation.

The Symphony opens with a Fatetheme in unison clarinets, a theme thatrecurs in each movement.The secondmovement’s memorable horn solo haswritten in the manuscript “Oh, how Ilove…if you love me.” It could be anoperatic love scene.The thirdmovement is a waltz, recallingTchaikovsky’s imperial status as acomposer of ballet.The finale beginswith a lengthy recall of the Fate themebut soon turns heroic, marching to theend with victory hard-won.

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Alain Lefèvre, pianoOne of Canada’s foremostvirtuosos, JUNO Award-winnerAlain Lefèvre has beenacclaimed by the press as “apianist who breaks the mold”(International Piano, London) and

“who stands out from the typical trends andartifices offered on the international scene”(Classica). He has revived and championed themusic of forgotten genius, composer andpianist André Mathieu, called the “CanadianMozart,” and was music director, composer,and pianist for the 2010 motion pictureL’Enfant prodige, a film based on AndréMathieu’s life (Cinémaginaire).

Mr. Lefèvre pursues a sparkling internationalcareer, performing in prestigious venues(Carnegie, Ravinia, Royal Albert Hall, Théatredes Champs-Élysées) and with leadingconductors such as James Conlon, CharlesDutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano,Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.He has appeared with the PhiladelphiaOrchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, RoyalPhilharmonic, London Mozart Players, OperKomische Orchestra (Berlin), OrchestreNational de France and Moscow Virtuosi, toname but a few.

With over thirty CDs winning numerousprizes, his discography covers a vastrepertoire, including John Corigliano’s PianoConcerto, chosen by BBC Music Magazine asthe reference version. His recording of worksby Rachmaninov and Scriabin with theMontreal Symphony Orchestra and KentNagano was selected as “Editor’s Choice” byGramophone magazine.

Winnipeg Youth Orchestra,Daniel Scholz, directorFounded in 1923, the Winnipeg Youth Orchestrasare the oldest Youth Orchestra in Canada. Theaim of the founding fathers was to provideyoung and aspiring musicians with theopportunity to play music in an orchestralsetting.

WYO offers an innovative and stimulatingprogram to youth musicians between the agesof 9 and 21. The WYO are currently organisedinto 3 orchestral groups, the Youth Strings,Youth Concert Orchestra and Youth SymphonyOrchestra based upon musical ability. A centralpart of the program is the annual tour and thetwo annual public concerts each year. WYO hasclose ties to the Winnipeg SymphonyOrchestra, which sees WSO musicians workingtogether with members and WYO studentsattending WSO concerts throughout the year.A recent addition to the program is anexchange weekend with the Thunder BaySymphony Youth Orchestra. The result is athriving organisation with over 170 members.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe

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Overture to Olympie Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)

Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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Tuesday, April 19 8:00 p.m.

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Overture to OlympieJoseph Martin Krausb. Miltenberg am Main, Germany / June 20, 1756d. Stockholm, Sweden / December 15, 1792Composed: 1791

Known as “the SwedishMozart,”Joseph MartinKraus was a gifted andunusual composerwhose talent andtheatrical flair caused

Christoph Willibald von Gluck andJoseph Haydn to proclaim him anoriginal genius. A published authorduring his youth, in the 1770s at theUniversity of Göttingen, Kraus fell inwith a literary movement devoted tothe Sturm und Drang (storm andstress) school, a faction inspired bythe early Romantic works of Goethe.Kraus published stories representativeof this movement, later travelling toSweden in the hopes of breaking intothe musical court of Gustav III. Heeventually did, going on to composeand publish within the intellectualand cultural life of the Swedishcapital.

Kraus’s incidental music for JohanHenrik Kellgren’s tragedy Olympiecontains a powerful Sturm und Drangoverture that opens with the jaggedrhythms of French grandeur followedby a violent Allegro, ripe with wildostinato in the strings and dramaticoutbursts at every turn.

Piano Concerto No. 9 (Jeunehomme)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartb. Salzburg / January 27, 1756d. Vienna / December 5, 1791Composed: January, 1777

After years of touringEuropean capitals with hisfather and sister, wowingaudiences as a childvirtuoso, Mozart returnedto his hometown of

Salzburg in 1773 to compose andperform as concertmaster to the Prince-

Archbishop. At the new adult age of21, he planned to look foremployment in Mannheim and Parisduring the summer of 1777 andwanted to significantly deepen hiscraft with a new work he wouldperform himself. The Piano ConcertoNo. 9 was to be his calling card.

The concerto became known as theJeunehomme, an ambiguousreference to the pianist VictoireJenamy (1749-1812) who inspiredthe work while in Salzburg duringthe winter of 1776-77. She was thedaughter of the famous balletmaster Noverre and must havebeen a formidable player. It becamethe first of Mozart’s piano concertosto appear in print, published in Parisaround 1780.

The Jeunehomme was to Mozart’spiano concertos what the Eroica wasto Beethoven’s symphonies,coincidentally sharing the same keyof E-flat major. That is, amonumental, groundbreakinghappening in its musical genre thatmarkedly changed what had comebefore, and generally regarded asthe first real masterpiece amongMozart’s 27 piano concertos.

The concerto opens with a shortorchestral fanfare immediatelyanswered by the piano – a bold andunprecedented stroke breakingwith accepted practice of everyconcerto written up to that time.The piano then steals away, allowingthe orchestra to build the expositionand then re-entering with a longanticipatory trill. For the first time inthe concerto medium, soloist andorchestra become equal partners ingenuine dialogue.

Nowhere is the connection betweenopera and concerto more evidentthan in the slow movement, marked“andantino,”which at the timeindicated a slower pace thanandante. Mozart uses a minor keyfor the first time in a piano concerto,lending a poignant dignity to itsexpression and even moments ofrecitative as solo and orchestra

weave the most intense emotionalspell, rising to a new pitch at thecadenza.

The remarkable finale, a loose rondo,kicks off with one of Mozart’s mostenergetic displays. A stately minuetarrives, with a theme and fourelaborate variations to change themood, texture and tempo.The maintempo returns, luxuriantly set witharpeggios in the piano over a richorchestral backing leading to anexuberant close.

Symphony No. 40Wolfgang Amadeus MozartComposed: 1788

In less than two months Mozartproduced the toweringmasterpieces of his orchestraloutput, Symphonies 39, 40 and 41.Though one cannot simplify thestriking wealth of resource in No. 40,it may be fair to say that in its key of G minor and the symphony’simpassioned moods and restlessintensity may very well be inresponse to the tragic conditionsMozart was living under at the time.

Mozart was 32 in the summer of1788, in declining health and withonly three years to live. His wife wasin failing health and they had justlost their six-month-old daughter.His opera Don Giovanni was not wellreceived in May, not much was onMozart’s plate performance-wiseand he was deeply in debt.Thosetwo summer months may be themost magical period of musicalcreation in the history of the art.

No. 40 is a work at the crossroads ofthe Classical and Romantic eras – aphenomenal happening that seemsto live in both worlds at the sametime. Here the orderly ways of theClassical period find themselvesamalgamated to a new and vividpower of self –expression, whichBeethoven was to take up and runwith. All that, coupled with a masterlytechnical skill produce a trulygripping experience in No. 40, nomatter how many times you hear it.


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The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roytakes its name from the renowned stringorchestra of the court of the French kings. Thegroup, which has a core membership of fifteenplayers, was brought together in 1984 byfounding conductor Bernard Labadie andspecializes in the vast repertoire of music forchamber orchestra, performed in the stylisticmanner most appropriate to each era.Although the ensemble plays on moderninstruments, its approach to the works of theBaroque and Classical periods has beenstrongly influenced by current research intoperformance practice in the 17th and 18thcenturies; in this repertoire Les Violons du Royuses copies of period bows. The orchestra alsoregularly delves into the repertoire of the 19thand 20th centuries, as witnessed by itsrecordings of works by Piazzolla, Bartók, andBritten.

The thirty recordings made by Les Violons duRoy have been acclaimed by critics and earnedmany distinctions and awards at the nationaland international levels. Of twelve CDsreleased by Dorian, two won JUNO Awards(Apollo e Dafne (Handel) and Requiem (Mozart).

Mathieu Lussier, conductorThe accomplished andmultifaceted Mathieu Lussier is along-time friend and collaboratorof Les Violons du Roy and of itsfounding conductor BernardLabadie. As associate conductor of

the internationally renowned chamber orchestrabased in Quebec City, he has led the ensemble inmore than 75 concerts throughout Canada,Mexico, and the United States. In recent years, he

has carved out a reputation as an important newvoice from the podium specializing in Baroqueand Classical repertoire as well as the greatneglected works of 19th-century France. His firstrecording at the head of Les Violons du Royappeared in September 2014, and he received in2015 the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in OrchestraConducting from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Mathieu Lussier is also active as a soloist andfor close to 20 years has been tirelessly andpassionately introducing audiences to themodern and baroque bassoon all over NorthAmerica and Europe. Mathieu Lussier is also acomposer, with a catalogue of more than 40works heard regularly in North America,Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Alexandre Tharaud, pianoAlexandre's international careercontinues to flourish with concertsin Scandinavia, Germany, Poland,Switzerland, Benelux (where hehas been invited to be theEindhoven Muziekgebouw's

Resident-Artist in 2015-2016), Spain (as part ofthe Great Performers cycle at the AuditorioNacional in Madrid), Italy (debuts at Santa Ceciliain Roma), the UK, Austria and in Asia with tours inChina, South Korea and Japan (concerts with NewJapan Philharmonic and Kansai Philharmonic).

Recent seasons have include a number ofexciting projects including Alexandre's first majortour to China, his BBC Proms orchestral debut(with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton ofJuanjo Mena), a 'Domaine Privé' at the Cité de laMusique, book (Piano Intime) and film (Le TempsDérobé, by Swiss film maker Raphaëlle Aellig-Régnier) releases; last but not least, Alexandrehas been asked to revise a new edition ofMaurice Ravel's complete solo piano works.

Alexandre's eclectic discography includes Bach,then Mozart and Haydn with Les Violons du Roy,Autograph, Le Boeuf sur Le Toit, Scarlatti, JournalIntime (Chopin) and Bach Concertos with LesViolons du Roy for ERATO.

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor Ludwig van Beethoven

I. Allegro con brio

Symphony No. 6 Ludwig van Beethoven

III. Allegro (Merry Gathering of Country Folk)

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The Nutcracker Suite Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Claire de Lune Claude Debussy

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Dance of the Hours Amilcare Ponchielli

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Pomp and Circumstance Sir Edward Elgar

Pines of Rome – IV Ottorino Respighi

Saturday, April 30 7:30 p.m.

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Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile.

Saturday, 6:45 p.m. Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Jim Ewen, bassoon;Allen Harrington, bassoon; Matt McCrady, trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks,percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor Ludwig van Beethoven

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Nutcracker Suite Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Firebird Suite Igor Stravinsky

“Dance of the Hours“ from La Gioconda Amilcare Ponchielli

Pomp and Circumstance Sir Edward Elgar

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Paul Dukas

Pre-concert Activities 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 2:00 p.m.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laurel Ridd, flute; Jim Ewen, bassoon; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Matt McCrady, trumpet;Tony Cyre, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard

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Roman Carnival Overture Hector Berlioz

Mechanical Circus I: Charivari Michael Picton

Pavane pour une infant defunte Maurice Ravel

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Waltz from Serenade for Strings Antonin Dvorák

“Summer”from The Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi

Selections from Carmen Georges Bizet

Mechanical Circus II:The Gantry Bike Michael Picton

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Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron CoplandThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice Paul DukasPrelude from L’Arlésienne Georges BizetAnitra’s Dance from Peer Gynt Edvard GriegChinese Dance from Nutcracker Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyVoices of Spring Johann Strauss IIConcerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 5 George Frideric HandelMechanical Circus III: Finale Michael Picton

Friday, May 13 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 14 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile.Friday, 7:15 p.m. Westgate Mennonite CollegiateSaturday, 7:15 p.m. Gina Wedel Piano StudioSunday, 1:15 p.m. Jacqueline Ryz Piano Studio

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laura MacDougall, flute; Jim Ewen, bassoon,Allen Harrington, bassoon; Matt McCrady,trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks,percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard

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MillsJames & Pat LudwigScott MacDonald & Tracey NovakDouglas MacEwanMrs. Maureen McIntoshMr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKercharE L McLandressSylvia MitchellMargaret MorozVera MorozBonnie & Richard OlfertCarole & Cam OslerDonna & Ian PlantCarolynne PresserTim Preston & Dave LingRosemary PriorFred & Carolyn RedekopJ. ReichertMs. Iris ReimerLevi & Tena ReimerMr. & Mrs. Kenneth RerieBruce Roe & Margo LaneJudge & Mrs. Charles & Naida

Rubin

F.E. SandersonBarbara ScheunemanMerrill & Shayna ShulmanDr. & Mrs. M.R. SteinbartLea StogdaleJo Swartz & Richard SilvermanDr. & Mrs. David SwatekTom & Lori ThomasMs. Marilyn ThompsonRobert Vineberg and Lena HorneMs. Donna WebbJohn & Diane WeselakeRon & Shirley WilliamsHarry & Evelyn Wray7 Anonymous

Serenade Dianne J. BeavenDick & Minnie BellMrs. Jean M. BradleyMr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C.Dr. George and Irene ChuchmanRon ClementPam & Andrew CookeJoyce CooperMartin Reed & Joy CooperMrs. Joyce CooperIrene & Robert CorneJames DefehrMr. Tom DercolaMr. & Mrs. Gordon DingmanFaye Dixon in Memory of GrahamIn Memory of Graham DixonHerbert & Norma DriverJohn & Ada DucasGeorge B. EliasJohn & Ruth EnsMs. Ursula ErhardtMargaret E. FaberMr. & Ms. Gary & Janice FilmonMarcia FleisherDoug & Phyllis FlintMargaret FollettMr. Wayne ForbesHarold & Alice FunkMrs. Margaret FunkEileen GeorgeLarry & Susanne GreerMarj GrevstadTariq & Annette HameedMr. & Mrs. J.K. HollandMrs. Joan M. HunterMs. Marilyn KapitanyMs. Heather KirkhamMrs. Marion KornMrs. Mona KoropatnickElaine & Patrick LamonicaEdith Landy, in Memory of David

LandyJennifer LidstoneRose & Dick LimMs. Lorraine MacLeodJim MacNair in Memory of MaeMr. John MacraeDr. Angelos and Pauline

Macrodimitris

Ms. Nola McBurneyMr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeodGlen MeadMrs. Mona MillsNathan & Carolyn MitchellMargaret & Fred MooibroekEdgar OddleifsonPatricia Mary PattersonMs. Pat PhilpottMr. Rick PinchinIrvin & Sandra PloskerRuth Carol & Len PodheiserBlumie PortnoyDon & Carol PoulinDonna & Gordon PriceBryan & Diana PurdyEleanor RiachMme. Henriette RicouFrances E. RowlinHans & Gabriele SchneiderMarie SchoffnerA. SchroederDr. Robert J. SchrothMs. Janet SchubertDr. L. SeklaMs. Barb ShipleyJim SkinnerDavid & Lorraine SmithMs. Brenda SniderGary & Gwen SteimanMs. Marlene SternMr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna StevensMargaret & Hartley StinsonDr. Joan A. SutterPaul SwartDr. & Mrs. John TaylorMr. & Mrs. Bruce S. ThompsonJune & Lorne ThompsonC. & R. ThomsenDr. J.M. TrainorNeil & Carol TrembathJesse VorstMs. Louise WaldmanJack & Bernice WattsHarvey & Sandra WeismanDorcas & Kirk WindsorAlfred & Lina WoelkeMyra Wolch & Saul M. CherniackKarin WoodsMr. Edwin Yee14 anonymous

PreludePatricia Allen & Len DueckTrish Allison-SimmsKaeren AndersonLinda ArmbrusterJanice & Brian BaileyAllan & Rochelle BakerMr. & Mrs. Bruce BallRobert BartonAudrey BelyeaEric BergenDonald & Edith BesantMs. Joanne BiggsEric & Clara Bohm


Keith & Marnie BollandShirley BookBrian & Bev BornRob & Wendy BorodyLorne & Rosada BrideMr. Robert BriercliffeSusan Brownstone Brock &

Thomas BrockMiss Dorothy BroomhallMr. Chris BrownMr. E. BrownMrs. Margaret BrownMr. Ross BrownleeJan BurdonMr. Charles BurnsMs. Donna CarruthersMrs. Patti CherneyBea and Lawrie CherniackMrs. Leona ChristiansenRoss M. CleeveDr. & Mrs. David ConnorMs. Marcella CoppJoyce Cormack Helle CosbyMs. Maxine CristallMr. Bradley J. CurranJudy & Werner DanchuraMaureen DanzingerF. De GraziaMarlene & Fred DicksonMr. & Mrs. Lawrence &

Brenda DonaldMrs. Dorothy EastonMr. & Mrs. J.G. EkinsMrs. M.L. ElliottEmpiricus Medical CorporationJohn & Martha EnnsJohn J. EnnsMrs. Katharine EnnsSiegfried EnnsDon and Martha EpsteinDr. & Mrs. Willie R. FalkGreg & Linda FearnHelen FeniukDoug & Joanne FlynnMrs. Marguerite FredetteJim & Betty GaynorDr. & Mrs. Andrew GomoriD. GoochMrs. Noreen GreenbergIrene Groot-Koerkamp &

Greg EdmondMarjorie & Kenneth GrowerKatie & DeLloyd GuthMr. Patrick HackettDr. Don & Jerri HallMiss Marilyn HallIrene HamertonTeresa A. HayLarry & Evelyn HechtMillie HemmelgarnMrs. Carolyn HenryMarilyn & Helios HernandezMax & Eleanor HerstMs. Shirley Hicks

Ms. Susan HildebrandtMr. Martin & Mrs. Rose Marie

HorsemanSonia & Harvey HosfieldRichard & Karen HowellJacqueline IwasienkoWilfred & Dorothy JamesAlan Janzen & Leona SookramMargaret JeffriesMs. Crystal JochumMrs. Shirley KilburnMr. & Mrs. W. J. KinnearErwin W. KitschMs. Mary KlassenAlfonz & Susan KoncanMrs. Alvina KoshyKozub/Halldorson FamilyElsa KrahnD. KristjansonPatricai KuchmaRobert KusmackMrs. Helen La RueMrs. Ingrid LeeMr. R. LeroeyeFraser & Joan LinklaterAlbert & Helen LitzBarry & Patricia LloydLorron Agencies Ltd.G. & G. LowryMr. Al MacklingMatthew Gossen Advancement

TrustHarold S. Mawhinney &

Judy MoonRuth MayDr. & Mrs. Ihor MaybaMs. Margaret K. McCullochMs. Diane McGregorC. & J. McIntyreD. McKayViolet McKenzieMrs. Geraldine McKinleyJean McLennanS. McMillanMr. & Mrs. Erhard MeierEstelle MeyersWalter A. MildrenMrs. Jocelyn MillardCarolyn Garlich and Peter MillerDr. Stan & Wendy MorozMargaret MorseMrs. Joan Ann MortonJohn & Margaret MundieD. MunroLeesa MunroeCharlotte MurrellDavid & Hermine OlfertTruus OliverMiss Jenny OlynykShirley & Graham PadgettMs. Nettie PetersMrs. Helene PictonPhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganMs. Beth ProvenMrs. Nell Provinciano

Juta RathkeMrs. Esther RemisWaltraut Riedel-BaunMr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera RipleyBrian & Iris RountreeMr. & Mrs. John SadlerMr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms.

Pearly Rule SalangadKay SchalmeR. SchroederShirley SchroederViola J. SchultzMr. Gunter SchupkeCharlene ScoutenMarilyn & Jon SeguirePhil & Nancy SheadMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykHenry & Connie ShykaLouis & Shirley Ann SimkulakDr. Don & Lynne SimonsonMs. Kaye SnatenchukGeri & Peter SpencerMr. & Mrs. StarodubElsie StasiukBonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel

SteimanMs. Helena StelsovskyArchie & Shirley StoneDr. Ian Robert SuttonDr. & Mrs. S. SziromDouglas & Leeann ThompsonRobert & Barb TisdaleEdith A. ToewsHenry & Elizabeth ToewsDr. Helen A. ToewsLouise & Jim TownsendMrs. C.M. ValentineBarry and Gail VealsHugo & Anny VeldhuisElizabeth M. WallJim & Joan WarbeckJ. WhyteMr. Paul WiebeDebbie WilsonPatrick Wright18 anonymous

Sonatina

Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan AllenJacqueline AndersonHeather BakerMrs. Eva BerardNorma BortoluzziMrs. Diane BrineBarbara Bryant-AnstieAlfred BuelowSheila BurlandMs. Rosemary ButterworthMr. Gerald CallowRuth CalvertCanon Canada Inc.Andrea CharronElla ChenkieMs. Claudia ChernitskyS.K. ClarkMrs. Barbara Coombs

Mr. Alfred CorniesMs. Judy CrawfordMr. & Mrs. Ted CunninghamMs. Jean CurtisMs. Linda DanielsMr. Roger DennisBeth DerraughMrs. Ethel DilClaire DionneSylvia DixonAnna DoorenbosMs. Suzanne DoyleMs. Sheila M. DumoreMr. & Mrs. Peter EibischMr. S. J. EnnsMr. Garry W. EppVera & Peter FastMs. Allison FenskeDr. Nelma FettermanRobert FiliatrontHilda FranzDonalda FridfinnsonMs. Anne FriesenMrs. Cathy GervaisMs. Barbara GessnerMr. Christopher GoldenHeather GrahamDr. & Mrs. L.C. GrahamMrs. Inga GranovskayaIrvin & Gilda GreenburgVictoria GretchenMs. Joyce GroseMs. Marianne GruberB. & R. HallGertrude HamiltonMr. Ken HardyMrs. Helen HaywardKelly HearsonJean HighmoorDorothy L. HodgsonMrs. Mary-Ann HudjikDon HutniakHo V HuynhIshbel IsaacsBob & Vi JacobPeter & Dora JanzenPat JarrettMr. & Mrs. Paul & Rodica JeffreyBryan JohnsonDr. Karen L. JohnsonMr. Tim KasprickMr. Gordon C. KeatchDr. Birte KlugRay KnowlesJim KomishonRhoda KravetskyJanet and Tim KroekerMrs. Audrey KrushelMs. Betty LaingElizabeth LansardWayne & Helen LeBlancMr. & Mrs. Sydney LentleMr. & Mrs. David LeveneKatrina LimberatosMrs. Joyce Manwaring


Mr. Allan MapesMr. & Mrs. Ian & Cornelia MarcilMrs. Irene MarriottMs. Carol MasseMs. Kimberley McCallumMs. Susan McCarthyTerri L. McKercharArdythe McMasterLyle McNichol & Frances StewartM. MohrNancy MorganTheda OlsonMrs. Clarice OwenSonjia PasiechnikDarell PlummerMs. Clare PollockCristian PopescuKen & Geri PorathMr. Guy ProkopetzMrs. Glennys ProppMs. Joanne PrygrockiMrs. Avis RaberMrs. Charlotte RedekoppMs. Pat RepaMs. Patricia G. RitchieGisela RogerMrs. V. RosolowichRory RunnellsJohn & Shirley RussellLeonore Saunders O.M.William ScheidtMrs. Edna SchneiderIzzy ShoreMrs. Marie SichlerMrs. Elaine SilverbergMr. & Mrs. Robert SmithMrs. Marilyn StothersMuriel SutherlandMs. Marguerite SzymeskoMs. Melinda TallinMary Lou TalmageGladys TaralaRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorMs. Anne ThiessenNancy & Geoff TidmarshMrs. Roseline UsiskinJudith & Francisco ValenzuelaMiss A. H. WagstaffeMr. Gordon WalktyMrs. Laurabelle WallaceMr. Glen Angus WebsterMr. & Mrs. Donald WeidmanSnjolaug WhitewayMs. Lorraine WillmsMrs. Margaret WilsonTerrie Woodward19 anonymous

The WSO gratefullyacknowledges the followingpatrons whose foresight helpsto ensure long-term financialsupport for the WSO.

Edwin & Susan BethuneLorraine & Gerry CairnsStephen Choy & Gina YooDorothy Comer and Her

Daughters in Memory of FernRoyds

Mr. Ray DavisHelene DyckDr. & Mrs. L.C. GrahamMarilyn & Helios HernandezMarilynne Keil in Memory of

David H. SkinnerBrent MazurMs. Edna PoulterGrant & Janet SaundersJames & Claudia WeselakeWomen's Committee of the

Winnipeg SymphonyOrchestra

Women's Committee of theWinnipeg SymphonyOrchestra, in Memory ofNorma Bingeman

Women's Committee of theWinnipeg SymphonyOrchestra, in Memory of Vera Gorlick

Women's Committee of theWinnipeg SymphonyOrchestra, in Memory of MariaMichalak

2 anonymous

Conmoto

Aubrey & Dr. Linda AsperAlison BaldwinJackie BrignallKevin BurnsTimothy & Barbara BurtDavid CarrJill Carr & Alex SnukalMs. Anne CholakisLara CiekiewiczDr. & Mrs. David ConnorMr. Peter CzaplinskiRavi DookeranMrs. Ann EnglandRobert EnrightDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshWendy GaleTyler GompfStepan Gordienko

Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & SilvesterKomlodi

Dr. Don & Jerri HallMs. Helen HawryshDr. Wolfgang Heidenreich in

Support of Composer HenrykGorecki for the 2016-17 WNMFMarilyn & Helios HernandezMr. & Mrs. Elmer HildebrandKim JeremicKoren & Leonard KaminskiMs. Jose KoesKonstantinos Kotoulas & FamilyDr. Thomas G KuceraRon LambertHideo MabuchiDrs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougallMr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLeanLori MarksMr. Frank MartinBrent MazurThe A. K. Menkis Medical

CorporationRon & Sandi MielitzMs. Sheila MillerMargaret MorozMatthew NarveyMichael NarveyMichael NesbittMikaela OldenkampMr. Chris PearceLesia PeetKathleen Polischuk & Richard

DerksenDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth

Tippett-PopeMrs. Victoria RamnawajBill ReidMajid & Moti ShojaniaMuriel SmithCarrie SolmundsonTerrell StephenMs. Marlene SternJon StewartSally SweatmanBrenda TaylorMs. Stephanie M. van NestMr. Curt VossenMs. Meeka WalshKarin WoodsMr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann2 Anonymous

Share the Music is an outreach initiative that allowseconomically disadvantagedchildren and their families toattend WSO performances.

Katherine Devine & George AndrichMs. Margaret BarbourRalph & Eileen Baxter

Bernice BlakemanMrs. Lucienne Blouw, in Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardMs. Patricia BozykSheila & David BrodovskyMs. Carol BudnickEileen & TedShelley ChochinovRay Cloutier in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardJoan C. CohenM. & G. CrielaardIn Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard,

Marlene CrielaardDr. & Mrs. Harold DiamondMonica Dinney in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardDoreen DockingMs. Enid DurwardKen DyckShaun Dyck in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardMr. & Ms. John EdwardsDon & Martha EpsteinKathy FeaderMr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice FilmonDr. Leeann FishbackDorothy FlightMrs. Louise FriesenMrs. Joyce FykeJocelyn and Mark GabbertGeorge & Carol GambyFrancois GauvinThe Staff of GD5 in Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardMr. Richard GillandersB. & R. HallTeresa A. HayLarry & Evelyn HechtMonique HendersonKatherine HimelblauDorothy L. HodgsonMrs. Katherine HoeppnerHuynh Van HoIshbel Isaacs, in Loving Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardMs. Margaret JeffriesMr. & Mrs. C JenkinsRoss & Betty Jo JohnstonMarilyn Kapitany Mrs. Karen KaplenKevin & Els KavanaghUrsula & Sandor KelemenMs. Mary KlassenSandra KnellerMr. Eugene S. KovachCycelia Lazarowich in Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardFrances LemieuxMs. Marion LewisDr. Judith LittlefordDr. Brendan MacDougallDr. Sabine MaiElaine & Neil MargolisC & V Martens


Mr. Peter MartinReina & Mark McDowell - in Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardJean & Mike McIlrathMr. Sheldon Leonard McLeodMrs. Jose MeersMs. Pat MichalskiL & D MitchellM. MohrMargaret Moroz in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardVera MorozBill & Hilda MuirDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoM. Nancy Lynn O'BrienD OgaleTruus OliverSam O.Mrs. Alice OswaldPat PattersonMr. & Mrs. David & Wanda PikePiston RingMs. Clare PollockMs. Rose PopowichRosemary & Walter PrychodkoPat and Bill ReidMs. Lyse RemillardTannis RichardsonDon & Joceline Ringach, Pamela

Ringach & Chris JordanDavid & Elena RobertsMr. & Mrs. Norm SagertOlive SayersYour HR Support Co.Mr.Walter SiliczMrs. Roslyn SilverMs. Brenda SklarDebbie SmithMs. Deborah SpracklinHerbert StewartMrs. Joan SwafferMs. Ruth SwanDr. & Mrs. S. SziromDr.Teresa SztabaMr. & Mrs. Robert TapscottBette Jayne TaylorJames & Marlene TaylorRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorEtta Telford in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardAnne Thiessen in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardMrs. Bonnie E Thiessen in Memory of

Gijsbert CrielaardMs. Mia TimmermansMs. Melita TonogaiFran & Estela ViolagoE. Sylvia WarringtonProfessor A.M.C.WatermanBetty Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardCarmel Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert

CrielaardBruno Zimmer20 anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free dailyafter-school program thatenriches the lives of childrenand young people with thefewest resources and thegreatest need.

Honourary ChairDaniel Scholz, Principal Viola

Maestoso

Burns FoundationRBC FoundationRichardson Foundation

Vivace

Boeing Canada WinnipegCavalia Inc.George Weston LimitedMichael NesbittThe Pollard Family FoundationThe Thomas Sill Foundation

Con Brio

Michael S Gray FundSouchay Gossen Family FoundationMichael S Gray Fund In Memory of Kenneth HrynchukThe Winnipeg Foundation - George

and Tannis Richardson FundSanford & Deborah RileyRotary Club of Winnipeg NorthDon & Lorraine Swanson

Allegro

Assiniboine Credit UnionMs. Judith FlynnJocelyn and Mark Gabbert in

Memory of Benjamin John WestFlynn

Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.Dr. David LyttleRon & Sandi MielitzLinda Moore in Remembrance of

Anastasia MooreMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund,

Jewish Foundation of ManitobaPhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganSanford & Deborah RileyMs. Charlotte RobbinsSandra & Harvey Secter Family

Fund, Jewish Foundation ofManitoba

Moira Swinton & Bernie LeveilleJan and Jim TennantE. ToewsFaye WarrenWinnipeg Regional Health

Authority3 Anonymous

ConmotoJames & Faye Alward in Memory of

Benjamin John West FlynnJames & Faye Alward in Honour of

Margot J. AlwardMr. Barry AndersonIn Memory of Lois AndersonMs. Hollie I. Andrew in Memory of Ben

FlynnMs. Hollie I. AndrewBetty & Ted AshGail Asper & Michael PatersonJohn BalsillieMs. Angelica BanmannBrenda BatzelRalph & Eileen BaxterJean & John Beaver in Memory of

Benjamin FlynnMarissa BeckerAaron BenarrochMs. Diane BewellAmeet BharajHelen & Henry Bially in Memory of

Benjamin John West FlynnCathy BilykMichael BinghamDr. Catalena BirekGwen BirseBryan Bjerring in Memory of

Benjamin FlynnSally BouldingIn Honour of Noah Weiszner's 65th

BirthdayPaul & Doreen BromleyDoneta & Harry BrotchieTim & Joelle BrownMs. Coralie BryantMrs. Donna BrykMrs. Dee BuchwaldMs. Lorelei BunkowskyDominador CalpaturaAmihan P. CamachoMrs. Audrey CampbellGordon & Ann CampbellMr. Alan CantorMs. Darlene J. ChimilarMinna ChungMargaret Clarke in Memory

of Ben FlynnMichael Cobus & Christine

WigglesworthHelen Bergen, Music Director FGUCJoan C. CohenRussell & Joan Colnett in Memory of

Benjamin John West FlynnLily Conway in Memory of Benjamin

John West FlynnGerald CorrCathy & Roger CossMrs. Diane CoughlinMs. Barbara CrowMr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara CrowF. De GraziaMelissa DelarondeN. DenboerMr. Roger Dennis in Memory

of Mr. Ben Flynn

Ms. Lucy De SousaDrs. Diana & Dhali DhaliwalJudy DoctoroffIn Memory of Diane DowlingBob Dueck and Joan DuerksenMrs. Cynthia DuttonLinda EdelConnie EppMs. Ursula ErhardtRick & Julie FastDenzil Feinberg CFP R.F.P.In Memory of Ben FlynnMs. Judith FlynnPeter FlynnMr. Verland ForceMargo FoxfordAlbert & Luisa FriesenGisaya GahunguEvelyn & Ricardo GalimaDiane Gerhard Celebrating the

Marriage of Marlene and JerryGary GervaisMs. Barbara GrahamMr. Bruce GranoveBobbi-Lynn HaegemanAlison HallStephen & Barbara HamiltonMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakHarvard Property Management Inc. /

201 Portage Ltd.Ms. Rhue HaydenLydia HedrichMs. Donna HeroldKatherine HimelblauArlene Hintsa in Memory of

Glen PierceDebby and Brian HirschVladimir HlasCathy HorbasP. IlavskyMr. & Mrs. Kelvin & Jeanette JacksonMrs. Miriam JaegerBruce & Theresa JohnsonNancy JohnsonDrs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones in

Memory of Ben FlynnJoseph and Judith Malko Family Fund

At the Strategic Charitable GivingFoundation

Ms. Jayne Laverne KapacKevin & Els KavanaghRon KoswinHarry & Shirley KowalchukPeter KrahnBryon Devries & Diane LauChapel Lawn Funeral HomeZandra Lea in Honour of Paul and

Pamela ConnollyNancy LeBlondMelanie & Craig LeonhardtLovie LiewickiHelen LitzMs. Margaret Looney in Memory of

Ben FlynnMs. Leona MacDonaldMs. Lorraine MacIboric


Kathleen MaloneJames ManishenManitoba Association of School

SuperintendentsElaine & Neil MargolisMaylanne Maybee in Memory of

Benjamin John West FlynnMrs. Mary McCormickRoss MeachamMs. Linda MecklingLinda Meckling in Memory

of Alan BlanchetteLinda Lee-Meiers & Matt MeiersLorna MendozaRita & Don MenziesMr. Peter MertinsRon and Sandi MieltizTrish MinishCarolyn and Nathan MitchellG.F. (Rick) MorganMr. Rick MorganFrancine MorinMrs. Norma MorrisMr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise MurphyHelena Jane GahunguBob and Cindy NewfieldMr. Robert NixMs. Claudette NovakMs. Lucy NykolyshynWilliam & Linda Oakley in Memory

of Ben FlynnPeter ObendoerferThomas ObendoerferMr. Brian O'LearyMs. Anna OlsonMargaret OwenR & J PalmerTheresa ParkerElizabeth ParryMr. David PatePat PattersonPatricia M. Patterson in Memory of

Max & Pearl Kuran and MaryKuran; in Honour of BeatriceKuran, Jean Kuran and Una Kuran

Mrs. Jackie PaulMr. Julian PellicanoBrenda PetersonMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufMrs. Edna Poulter in Memory of

Benjamin John West FlynnMs. Lois PowneThomas & Lorraine Prescott in

Memory of Ben FlynnDr. & Mrs. D. PunterCatherine PurchaseJohn & Violet RademakerDr. Diane RamseyJames Ray in Memory of Henry RayMrs. Marieann ReevesBarbara RempelTannis RichardsonErin RisbeyDavid Guspodarchuk &

Joey-Heather RobertsonGarry and Tamara Roehr

Karen RomanoffMrs. Jeanne RomanoskiSheryl RosenbergJay RossPenny RossmanJoan SabourinEdward Sale in Memory of Benjamin

John West FlynnCorazon SaquilayanBarbara ScheunemanPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer

FoundationGaylene Schroeder-NishimuraTrudy SchroederKathleen SchubertBetty & Sam SearleMs. Mary SemanowichOlga & Myron ShatulskyMs. Selma ShearerWayne ShimizuRoger SimoensChristine Skene and Nick LoganMuriel SmithMichael SorianoWilma SotasMeg SpechtPatricia Spencer and Thomas OsbornGeorge Toles and Melissa SteeleLynne StefanchukPat & Wally StefanchukMs. Diane Elisabeth StewartPatricia & Fletcher Stewart in Memory

of Benjamin John West FlynnSzwajcer FamilyCaroline TaubenseeMary and Robert ThomasMs. Phyllis A. C. ThomsonRev. & Mrs. William & Molly Titus in

Memory of Benjamin FlynnBill & Barb ToewsGreg Tramley in Memory of Dave

HuntNeil & Carol TrembathMs. Terry TruppStrang/van Ineveld FamilyGail Walker in Memory of

Benjamin FlynnBarbara WarrackThe Waverley Tenant AssociationJohn & Diane WeselakeSteve WestS WhitehouseDon & Florence WhitmoreGrace M. WiebeDrs. Lora Cuddy & Mel Wiebe in

Memory of Benjamin FlynnWilliam WildeMs. Sid WilliamsonThe Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Peter

& Geraldine Spencer FundWinnipeg Regional Health AuthorityWinnipeg Symphony OrchestraV Wowryk Libby Yager & Billy BrodovskyMs. Diane Zack10 anonymous

ANNUAL CAMPAIGNThe WSO gratefullyacknowledges the followingpatrons whose generosityhelped to support orchestralmusic in our community.

Ms. Sylvia L. BarrF. BellMonty & Mary-Claire BellMarjorie BlanksteinHelga & Gerhard BockFrances BoothMs. Bev BosiakWendy BroadfootGreg & Sylvia BrodskyDolores P. BrommellMs. Carol BudnickMrs. Leona BurdeniukGerald CallowMrs. Audrey CampbellMr. & Mrs. Carl & Donna ChambersKaren CouchDennis & Ruth CrookJean CunninghamEllen CurtisD. CymbalistPiotr Czaykowski & Anne WorleyMr. & Ms. Jim & Virginia DyckLisa EdelScott & Margaret EdmondsDonna EkerholmConnie EppJohn B. & Katie EppVera & Peter FastRev. Brenda FergusonMr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice FilmonJoan FlemingMiriam FliegelMrs. Gitta FrickeArnold & Myra FriemanMarian H. FriesenRobert & Monica FriesenArnold & Christa FroeseGeorge & Carol GambyGeorge & Carol GambyMrs. A. Lee GibsonMr. Patrick HackettGeorge HandymanDr. Don & Jerri HallIan & Gerry HamiltonL. HarasymTeresa A. HayDaniel Heindl & Eugene BoychukL.G. HerdTerry HeronSanford HildebrandMs. Susan HildebrandtCarole HolkeStella HryniukVi HultinMrs. Joan M. HunterRudy & Gail IsaakRozin & Cathy IwanickiCrystal & Günter JochumHenry Katz in Memory of Dena

Dr. Maureen Kilgour Ken KinsleyFrances R. KoltMona KoropatnickPaul KosowanMs. Jacki KovenMs. Janet KuchmaElizabeth LansardDon LawrenceMr. Norman LeathersP. M. LitwinMeiya LiuRoger LoweGrant MacDougallLydia MacKenzieMs. Lorraine MacLeodBarbara MainMr. Allan MapesAubrey MargolisBob and Betty McCamisMs. Margaret K. McCullochMs. Diane McGregorSylvia MitchellMargaret & Fred MooibroekD.E. MorrisonMs. Lillian MurphyRobert NixEllen Peel & Neil BruneauMr. Irwine PermutMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufIan & Ann-Margret PlummerMr. & Mrs. Barry PrenticeDavid PunterBarbara M. RobertsonOlga & Bill RunnallsBarbara ScheunemanA. SchroederDr. Robert SchrothKen SchykulskiMrs. Doreen ShanksCarl and Margaret ShaykewichPam SimmonsMs. Debbie SpacklinMr. & Mrs. A.E. StantonMr. Herbert StewartJuris and Aija SvenneMrs. Joan SwafferMs. Judith ThompsonMs. Marilyn ThompsonMs. Andrea TowersMrs. Susan TwaddleAudrey WalkerPatricia WalkerMrs. Marilyn WeimerEvelyn WenerMs. Joan Wise16 anonymous

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1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair1953-55 Mr. Digby Wheeler1955-57 Mr. W. D. Hurst1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson1958-61 Mr. E. W. H. Brown1961-62 Mr. David Slater1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander1965-67 Mr. R. W. Richards1967-69 Mr. W. R. Palmer1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt1976-78 Mr. Julian D. T. Benson1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon1980-81 Mr. John F. Fraser1981-82 Mr. William W. Draper1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz

1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé1988-90 Mr. William H. Loewen1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles1998-99 Mr. William NorrieFeb 1999-May 1999 Mr. William LoewenJun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack2000-Feb 03 Mr. Roger KingMar 2003-Dec 2003 Ms. Patti SullivanDec 2003-Jan 2005 Mr. Wally Fox-DecentJan 2005-Jul 2006 Ms. Carol BellringerJul 2006-Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President)Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Mr. Brendan MacDougall2007-2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie2012-present Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA

Al AlexandrukMal AndersonCarol BellringerMarilyn BillinkoffDoneta BrotchieJohn and Bonnie BuhlerJames CarrEdmund Dawe, D.M.A.Dorothy DobbieGreg DoyleJamie DolynchukJulia De FehrSusan FeldmanBarbara FilukWally Fox-DecentJack FraserEvelyn FriesenElba Haid

Helen HaylesKaaren HawkinsSherrill HershbergIan KayRoger King Bill KnightMichel LagacéZina LazareckGail LeachDr. Hermann LeeNaomi LevineBill LoewenJackie LoweDr. Brendan MacDougallDon MacKenzieBill MarrEd J. MartensMichael Nozick

Harvey PollockDr. William PopeJohn RademakerKathleen RichardsonTannis RichardsonLenny RichardsonEd RichmondLorne SharfeWilliam SheadGraeme SiftonJoanne SigurdsonMuriel SmithBonnie Staples-LyonBrenlee Carrington TrepelDennis Wallace

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

BOARD OF DIRECTORSTimothy E. Burt, CFA,

PresidentTerry Sargeant,

1st Vice PresidentCurt Vossen,

2nd Vice PresidentRob Kowalchuk, CA,

TreasurerMichael D. Kay,

SecretarySandra AltnerLucienne BlouwEmily Burt, MBA, CFAJames CohenArlene DahlMarten DuhouxAlan FreemanDaniel Friedman

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTORBramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONLyn Stienstra, VP Finance & AdministrationSandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting AdministratorOscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICESRyan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Box Office CoordinatorMeg Dolovich, Patron Services RepresentativeTheresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Patron Services Representatives (p/t):

Phil Corrin Chelse McKeeRachel Himelblau Crystal Schwartz Melissa Houston Stephanie Van Nest

MARKETING & DEVELOPMENTNeil Middleton, VP Marketing & Development Sarah Duval, Director of Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer S.Thompson Designs Inc.

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE OFFICELori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTJean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations &

Community EngagementJames Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Production Manager Sheena Sanderson, Stage ManagerChris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage SupervisorBrent Johnson, Education & Community

Engagement Manager Amy Wolfe, Education & Community Engagement

CoordinatorShannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager

Gregory HayMicah HeilbrunnRobin HildebrandPeter JessimanMargaret Kellermann

McCullochMaureen KilgourSilvester KomlodiSotirios KotoulasDr. Eleanor MacDougallDr. Michael NelsonDr. Ian ThomsonRichard TurnerEx-OfficioTrudy Schroeder, Executive

DirectorAlexander Mickelthwate,

Music Director

Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M.

Lieutenant Governor of ManitobaThe Honourable Greg Selinger,

Premier of ManitobaHis Worship Brian Bowman,

Mayor of the City of WinnipegMr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen,WSO Directors Emeritus

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVEMargaret Kellermann McCulloch, PresidentSylvia Cassie, Past presidentWinnifred Warkentin, Vice presidentNancy Weedon, TreasurerSherratt Moffatt, Secretary

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