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2017-2018 Annual Report

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s seventieth season has provided many opportunities to celebrate the past history of the orchestra, enjoy excellent performances in this season, and also to set a direction for the future of the orchestra. While each season has defining opportunities and challenges, this seventieth season has proven to be a wonderful success on an artistic and financial basis. Thanks to robust ticket sales and generous contributions by individuals and corporations, the WSO is pleased to report its 11th consecutive operating surplus at May 31, 2018.

It is not insignificant that the WSO, whose history has included some very difficult financial challenges at various points in its history, completes its 70th anniversary season in the strongest financial position it has held in its history. Eleven years of modest surpluses, in conjunction with a growing endowment fund has put the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in a stable and optimistic position to provide wonderful programs and initiatives for years to come.

The generous support of the community makes all of this possible. Of particular significance has

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President and Chair

been the growing number of gifts to the WSO in the estates of friends and supporters of the WSO. These generous gifts have helped the WSO through some challenging periods and helped to more than double the WSO’s endowment fund at the Winnipeg Foundation.

The WSO had set a goal of adding $700,000 to its endowment fund in its 70th year, and thanks largely to the very generous gifts of Tannis Richardson and Michael Nozick to support Sistema Winnipeg, and matching funds from the Endowment Incentives— Canadian Cultural Investment Fund, the WSO’s endowment grew by almost two million dollars in the past year. Yet another reason to celebrate.

The fall season started with an unforgettable gala performance by Itzhak Perlman with the WSO for a capacity audience. The season continued with robust community support for concerts, programs and special events. The full season was studded with wonderful performances, historical references to the WSO’s past, and the celebration of Alexander Mickelthwate’s twelve year tenure as the music director of the WSO.

On February 14, 2018, after a lengthy and careful process, the board of the WSO was pleased to announce the selection of the WSO’s ninth music director, Maestro Daniel Raiskin, who will join the orchestra at its gala season opening concert on Monday, September 17, 2018.

I extend special thanks to all of the board members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Their involvement with committees and special projects of many types has helped to shape and direct this very successful season. Thank you to our music director and executive director for their work in leading the artistic and administrative functions of the WSO. All of the staff and musicians made important contributions to the mission of the WSO and their efforts and talents made the successes of this season a reality.

Terry SargeantPresident, Board of Directors

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At the WSO, the story of the orchestra is intertwined with the story of our community. From the incorporation of the organization on February 13, 1947 to its first concert in December 1948, and through the ensuing years of musical development, the WSO and its supportive and inspired community have worked together to provide a strong symphonic presence in Winnipeg.

The WSO’s 70th anniversary season was filled with festivities, commemorative opportunities, and many reasons to be thankful for the rich and varied traditions and strengths of this organization. We are so pleased that our 70th season was an artistic, community service, and financial success. In many ways it was also a year of major transitions as we said farewell to Alexander Mickelthwate and also engaged in the process of finding the WSO’s 9th Music Director.

We started the year with a community celebration concert to recognize the 70 year history of the WSO. We were able to recognize the contributions of many people who have had a hand in building and maintaining the WSO on an administrative, governance, artistic and community support level. We recognized past musicians, board members,

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Executive Director

donors, staff, collaborating artists, sponsors and funders for the important roles they played in helping the WSO reach its 70th anniversary. It was a wonderful celebration of the people who have been part of the WSO throughout its seventy years.

The achievement of the WSO’s increased stability is a story of community engagement, partnerships with other arts organizations, private businesses, individuals, and other community based organizations. Our connections and determination to serve the community generously with programs and services that will inspire, enlighten, educate, engage, and entertain people of all ages, cultures, and economic status has proven to strengthen the WSO in every way.

While we looked back and celebrated the past, we also set our direction firmly toward the future in many significant ways. In terms of artistic recognition, the WSO was nominated for a Juno award for its recording of The Arctic Symphony and The Shaman, and it also received recognition from the Canadian Music Centre for its outstanding contribution to the development of Canadian new music.

As always, the successes of the WSO are a collaborative effort in every way. From the fine work that WSO musicians do on the stage, to the work of the administrative staff and board members behind the scene and the volunteers. We have had a number of significant changes in the administrative staff over the past year. We thank Neil Middleton, Shannon Darby, Chris Lee, Evan Klassen, Desiree La Vallee, James Robertson, Alex Eastley, Julia McIntyre, and, of course, Alexander Mickelthwate for their work and contribution to the WSO.

This was a very satisfying season on so many levels. We look forward to the coming year and the coming decades with optimism. We know that the rich artistic tradition linked to symphonic music has enduring value and benefits for our current population and for the future. We remain committed to the wonders of creation from generations past and at the same time determined to joyfully embrace the new opportunities, challenges, and changing issues and priorities of the community we serve.

Trudy SchroederExecutive Director

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Students from Sistema Winnipeg present Alexander with a poster collage at their Spring Concert on May 8, 2018.

After the concert Alexander was presented with two gifts from the WSO – one a photograph of the orchestra signed by all the musicians, and a poster of all 12 New Music Festivals he was involved in.

Alexander’s final bow at his last classics concert as Music Director with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra took place on May 12, 2018 .

Mayor Brian Bowman presents Alexander with a key to the city at his final concert on May 12, 2018.

Alexander’s wife Abigail and sons Jacob and Jack present him with flowers at his final concert May 12, 2018.

At Alexander’s last board meeting on May 29, 2018 he was presented with a painting by Wanda Koop and was conferred with the permanent title of Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Music Director Emeritus.

Farewell AlexanderCelebrating Maestro Mickelthwate’s final season

Photo: Grajewski Fotograph Inc


WSO Mission

To provide exceptional musical experiences for Manitobans.

Artistic Mission

To be an orchestra of international calibre that programs, performs, and promotes the art of symphonic music.

2020 VisionThe WSO will be thriving artistically and organizationally, and it will have enhanced its position as a dynamic, pivotal musical institution in Manitoba. It will be an internationally recognized model of artistic excellence and community relevance with structural pillars that include excellent musicians, innovative programs, strong leadership, and a well-diversified and solid financial foundation.

Strategic Plan 2014-2020• Artistic and Organizational Excellence

To encourage artistic, operational, and governance excellence.

• National Identity To celebrate the Canadian Symphonic Voice.

• Community Engagement To engage with the Community through education and outreach initiatives.

• Facilities To improve WSO working and performing facilities.

• WSO Brand and Reputation To establish a WSO Brand in the local, national, and international market.

Values• Artistic Excellence• Operational Excellence • Governance Excellence• Community Engagement

• Inclusion• Respect• Innovation and Opportunity• Adaptability


2016-2017 Annual Report

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Musicians

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Alexander Mickelthwate

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

Julian Pellicano

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

Harry Stafylakis

FIRST VIOLINS

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster

Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster

Chris Anstey

Mona Coarda

Teodora Dimova

Tara Fensom

Hong Tian Jia

Meredith McCallum

Sonia Shklarov

Julie Savard

Jun Shao

SECOND VIOLINS

Jeremy Buzash, Principal

Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal

Karen Bauch

Kristina Bauch

Elizabeth Dyer

Bokyung Hwang

Susan McCallum

Takayo Noguchi

*Jane Pulford

Claudine St-Arnauld

VIOLAS

Daniel Scholz, Principal

Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal

Marie-Elyse Badeau

Laszlo Baroczi

Margaret Carey

Richard Bauch

Greg Hay

Mike Scholz

Heather Wilson

CELLOS

Yuri Hooker, Principal

Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal

**Desiree Abbey

Alex Adaman

Arlene Dahl

Carolyn Nagelberg

Emma Quackenbush

Sean Taubner

BASSES

Meredith Johnson, Principal

Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal

Travis Harrison

Paul Nagelberg

Bruce Okrainec

Daniel Perry

**Anna Scheider

FLUTES

Jan Kocman, Principal

**Laura MacDougall

OBOES

Beverly Wang, Principal

Robin MacMillan

ENGLISH HORN

Robin MacMillan, Principal

CLARINETS

Micah Heilbrunn, Principal

Taylor Eiffert The James Thomson Memorial Chair

BASSOONS

Alex Eastley, Principal

Kathryn Brooks, Acting Principal

HORNS

Patricia Evans, Principal

Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

James Robertson

Caroline Oberheu

Michiko Singh

TRUMPETS

Chris Fensom, Principal

Isaac Pulford

Paul Jeffrey The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES

Steven Dyer, Principal

Keith Dyrda

BASS TROMBONE

**Stephen Clayton, Principal

*Julia McIntyre, Principal

TUBA

Chris Lee, Principal

TIMPANI

Mike Kemp, Principal

PERCUSSION

Frederick Liessens, Principal

HARP

Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Chris Lee

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN

Greg Hamilton

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

Laura MacDougall

*On Leave

**Temporary Position

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

Fred Redekop is the official PianoTuner and Technician of the WSO.

Photo Credit: Grajewski Fotograph Inc

2017-2018 Roster


Itzhak Perlman

Alexander’s 12th and final full season as music director was also a celebration of the WSO’s 70th anniversary, the journey starting in 1948 when then music director Walter Kaufmann launched the first regular season of the WSO at the Winnipeg Auditorium.

Joining Alexander on the opening Masterworks concerts was Victor Feldbrill, conductor of the WSO from 1958-1968 and at 93, a still vital force on the podium. Maestro Feldbrill conducted Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and many former WSO musicians were in the audiences for the standing ovations.

The 2017-18 WSO season continued to display our orchestra’s stimulating programming of well-known masterworks and new discoveries to excite WSO audiences, in presentations designed for new listeners, concert-wise veterans and everyone else in between.

Introducing the season was our second annual opening-night gala in which a soloist of international renown is featured. Violinist Itzhak Perlman appeared with the orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and this legendary artist’s presence underscored his longstanding worldwide acclaim in a concert that quickly sold out shortly after its announcement.

A broad sampling of the core symphonic literature in the Masterworks series was highlighted, along with significant first performances by your orchestra:

Anton Bruckner’s music has always been close to Alexander’s heart and the first WSO performance of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony brought this moving and majestic work to life. Soprano Sarah Jo Kirsch plus a fine vocal quartet joined Alexander in the WSO’s first performances of Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins along with Liszt’s Dante Symphony, both part of the orchestra’s Autumn Festival entitled Angels & Demons. Alexander’s closing Masterworks concert featured Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben - an orchestral tour-de-force Alexander had also presented in his first season as music director.

A fine group of guest conductors appeared in the Masterworks series:

Incoming music director Daniel Raiskin led Henryk Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Winnipeg-born Keri-Lynn Wilson conducted Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3, Yoram Traub presented an exciting all-Spanish program and Jun Märkl conducted a program of Dvořàk, Strauss and Ravel that showcased every section of the WSO. Jean-Marie Zeitouni presented Rachmaninoff’s Symphony

No. 2 and José Luis Gomez returned in a program of Schumann and Beethoven.

Our 2017-18 season introduced splendid soloists in their WSO debut performances: Honens Competition-winner Luca Buratto made his WSO debut with Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto. Montreal Competition-winner Bomsori Kim appeared in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and the exciting guitar virtuoso Gaëlle Solal was heard in Rodrigo’s ever popular Concierto de Aranjuez.

Other soloists included violinist Alexandre da Costa, cellist Yegor Dyachkov, pianists Natasha Paremski and Katherine Chi. WSO violinists Gwen Hoebig and Karl Stobbe plus trumpeter Paul Jeffrey took solo spotlights in other Masterworks programs. Presented by the WSO, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra led by Bramwell Tovey made a special appearance. Brandon’s own James Ehnes was the violin soloist.

In his fifth season as resident conductor, Julian Pellicano took charge of a wide variety of programs, winning audiences and orchestra members alike with his excellent musicianship and engaging personality throughout our Pops, Kids Concerts and

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Lara Ciekiewicz

Luca BurratoSarah Jo Kirsch

Daniel Raiskin

Al Simmons

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

outreach offerings. Julian also conducted the WSO’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah with an excellent team of local soloists.

Our Pops season offered a wide mix of music and styles for all to enjoy. Highlights included sold out shows with The Tenors during the Holiday period, plus a highly successful continuation of our partnership with Rainbow Stage in a concert performance of the Broadway classic A Chorus Line. Vocal group Arrival from Sweden opened the Pops season with an exciting ABBA show, fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, vocal group Five By Design, skater Kurt Browning and acrobatic group Cirque de la Symphonie all added to a most successful Pops season.

Live music to film continued to expand in our season, with performances of Chaplin’s classic City Lights, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and The Wizard of Oz all presented to enthusiastic audiences.

Our Friday morning matinée series of a featured Masterworks

piece saw growing audiences plus a strong contingent of students who also enjoyed pre-concert talks and tours organized by our Outreach and Education Department.

Alexander and the orchestra visited seven high schools throughout the city in the aptly titled Up Close and Orchestral series, promoting the season and filling the various gyms and auditoriums with great music. Similarly, our Adventures in Music series in March and April brought approximately 12,000 elementary school students to the concert hall for a highly successful concert that featured dancers, singers, entertainers and plenty of symphonic inspiration from our musicians.

Our Great-West Life Kids Concerts series again proved highly successful, both in the lively programs and engaging pre-concert activities. Enchantment Theatre Company’s Scheherazade was a highlight, as was an action-packed show featuring the beloved entertainer Al Simmons. A special home-grown show with Mr. Mark (Mark Cameron), and Dandi Production’s The Twins and the Monster rounded the series out.

Kurt Browning

The WSO regularly packs up instruments and musicians and heads out on the open road to take the full orchestra to communities throughout the province and beyond. Our regular concert series in Brandon presented a wide range of musical offerings, as we have done, four times per season, ensuring that music lovers in the Western regions of Manitoba can experience the wonder of live symphonic music.

December was especially busy, as the orchestra embarked on its Power Smart Holiday Express Tour with family-focused holiday concerts in Steinbach, Portage la Prairie and Brandon. Summer of 2018 found the WSO appearing in Kenora, the large audience enjoying a lovely summer evening’s program of music dockside.

The WSO continues to connect with rural schools through the Bach to School program. Each year a group of five musicians visits five schools in small communities introducing more than 1500 students in Grades 1-8 to live music.

As always, the WSO continues to explore touring opportunities in Manitoba to ensure that all Manitobans may regard the orchestra as their own.

Beyond the Perimeter

2017-2018 Season Highlights


Fundraising & DevelopmentWe are tremendously grateful to our special WSO donors and sponsors, without whom the symphony could not exist in its current form. Donations to the WSO support our general operations, our education and community outreach programs, the New Music Festival and Sistema Winnipeg. 2017 – 2018 was an exceptional year in fundraising and development, ensuring that the WSO is able to continue to perform at the highest possible level and still keep the ticket prices affordable. Below are some of the highlights of our fundraising year.

George and Andrea Cibinel hosted a party in their home to raise funds for the Winnipeg New Music Festival. Local musicians, the Electric String Quartet, performed the Philip Glass String Quartet #3 “Mishima” on electric guitar.

Michael Nozick and Cheryl Ashley and family donated $500,000 toward a new endowment fund for the Sistema Winnipeg program. This fund will support 16 students in the Sistema program every year.

The WSO hosted its annual spring gala with over 400 people in attendance. For the first time ever, the event took place at the Centennial Concert Hall with a champagne reception in the lobby, a performance of Cirque de la Symphonie accompanied by the orchestra in the hall, and the dinner followed in Alloway Hall at the Manitoba Museum.

On opening night the WSO hosted an exclusive fundraising dinner with Itzhak Perlman for 89 guests on the Piano Nobile.

Fourteen new people let the WSO know that they had made a gift in their will for the WSO this year, making a total of 45 people who are members of the Legacy Circle. A total of $213,458 was received from donations in wills in 2017 – 2018. These funds contributed to the WSO’s ability to provide exceptional musical experiences to over 101,000 patrons who visited our concerts this year.

Ravi and Mark Dookeran hosted a party in their home to raise funds for the Winnipeg New Music Festival. International pianist Lubomyr Melnyk performed to the delight of the guests.

$2,475,444 WSO Operating Funds Raised

$285,242 Sistema Winnipeg Operating Funds Raised

$1,106,262 Endowment Funds Raised

$733,759 Endowment Matching Funds Received


WSO Board member Ida Albo hosted a fundraising dinner for 60 people at Embers Restaurant at The Forks Market with the #1 pizza chef in the world, Franco Pepe from Italy.

Mrs. Tannis M. Richardson donated $500,000 to help establish an endowment fund for the Sistema Winnipeg program. This fund will support 16 students in the program every year.

Sistema Winnipeg is a daily, intensive, music education program that helps children with the fewest resources and greatest need. The program delivers musical training to children after school for three hours a day, five days a week, at no cost to their families. Sistema Winnipeg encourages children to reach their full potential and inspires greater social change within the community.

Sistema Winnipeg is a partnership between the WSO, Seven Oaks School Division and Winnipeg School Division. In 2017-18, its seventh year, the program engaged 160 children in grades 1-8 at two school locations, Elwick School and King Edward School. Thirteen students at St. John’s High School also participated in the program.

This season was pivotal for the long-term sustainability of Sistema Winnipeg. On November 9, 2017, the WSO announced the establishment of a Sistema Endowment Fund following two generous $500,000 donations from Mrs. Tannis M Richardson and the Michael Nozick Family. Matching government funds and additional individual donations have grown the fund to over $1.7 million. This fund will annually supplement the program’s operational costs. The WSO aims to grow the endowment to $12 million.

This season offered plentiful, exciting performance opportunities for Sistema. In November, Sistema performed with Camerata Nova, and at the Valentine’s Day Special, Sistema shared the stage with the WSO. In March and April, Sistema students joined the WSO again as part of Adventures in Music. The well-attended Michael Nozick Family Spring Concert on May 8 featured the WSO joining Sistema students in their own North End community. To end the year with a bang, Sistema performed preconcert at Cavalia.

Sistema Winnipeg received visits from several esteemed conductors. The WSO’s Alexander Mickelthwate and Julian Pellicano led frequent rehearsals with Sistema ensembles. In addition, Alexander Shelley of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Bramwell Tovey of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra both visited Sistema to work with our students.

At the end of the season, Sistema Winnipeg said farewell to several key staff who are starting new adventures. Thank you to Alexander Mickelthwate who has supported the program through its launch and growth. Thank you to Sistema Manager Shannon Darby, and divisional lead teachers Gisaya Gahungu and Erin Risbey, all of whom have worked with the program for several years. Good luck in your future endeavours!

Sistema Winnipeg


The WSO is committed to creating exceptional musical experiences for Manitobans through a comprehensive array of education and community engagement programs and initiatives. In 2017-18, some key new initiatives helped WSO engage new communities and deepen connections with others, while WSO’s signature Education programs continued to thrive and uphold the highest standard of quality.

Over 32,000 students of all ages engaged with the WSO and deepened their connection to orchestral music through participation in one of WSO’s concerts, and hundreds of students received the incredible opportunity to perform on-stage with the WSO this year.

Education Programs

WSO’s commitment to connect with and engage students of all ages continued in 2017-18 with a broad series of signature education programs designed to engage and excite students of all ages with the WSO and live orchestral music.

The Bach to School program, comprised of ten ensemble groups from within the orchestra sections – string, woodwind, brass and percussion, visited more than 45 schools across Manitoba; reaching over 8,500 students from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Bach to School has a strong reach to many communities including rural, inner-city, junior high and high schools in Winnipeg and surrounding area and reinforces students’ engagement with WSO in preparation to or as a follow-up to their WSO concert experience.

Nursery Notes is an innovative program designed to reach pre-school aged children. A WSO string ensemble shared presentations in 8 different nursery schools across Winnipeg and connected over 150 children with music and instruments through interactive activities. The 2017-18 Nursery Notes program engaged children with the concept of emotions and how music can help them express and experience different emotions.

The Musical Discoveries program featured three performances for students in grades 1-3 and featured a beautiful presentation of an African folk story called The Twins and the

Monster set to a stunning score of folk-inspired music composed by Canadian composer John Estacio. This work was presented by Dandi Productions. WSO developed a bilingual, curriculum-based study guide that included comprehensive lesson plans to help teachers introduce and strengthen the children’s understanding of the music and to prepare them for their first live orchestra experience.

Adventures in Music, the WSO’s widest-reaching and most comprehensive education program, celebrated the world of music and dance though eight concerts titled Music in Motion which took place in March and April at Centennial Concert Hall, including one in French. Altogether, over 12,000 elementary school students, primarily in grades 4 – 6, attended and performed in this program. The concerts featured local student groups performing on stage with the WSO in dance ensembles, string ensembles and recorder ensembles as well as a wide-variet of local performers including Momentum Aerial, Romanetz

Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Shelley Shearer School of

Dance and drum singer & hoop dancer duo Corey Campbell

Education

Students perform as a part of Adventures in Music. Photo Credit: Chronic Creative12 | WSO Annual Report – 2017/2018 Season

and Melvin Starr, all showcasing a wide variety of dance styles for students to experience. WSO develops a comprehensive and bilingual study guide for this program as well, and this year’s guide was the result of a collaboration with Manitoba’s incredible community of early-years educators, comprising lessons written by several master teachers in a truly collaborative effort.

Prior to each Great-West Life Kids Concert, the WSO presents a full hour of pre-concert activities for children aged 4-9. These exciting activities, provided in partnership with Music for Young Children, engage children with interactive musical activities. WSO mascot Manny Tuba attends each concert, inviting children to learn about music, pose for pictures, and bring their friends. Highlights from this year’s season of GWL Kids Concerts include a new presentation by creative Winnipeg-based children’s entertainer Mr. Mark, as well as a unique collaboration with CBC radio personality Ismaila Alfa and Art City, an inner-city after-school art program for at-risk students who created stunning animations to augment the performance of Brother Heinrich’s Christmas. To close the season, Winnipeg’s Al Simmons presented a wonderful and zany performance for a nearly sold out house.

Student Matinees were expanded to seven concerts in 2017-18 and are a terrific opportunity for middle and high school

students to visit Centennial Concert Hall during the school day to experience the WSO in a more compact fashion. This year students from all across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, north west Ontario came to enjoy a 15-minute pre-concert chat presented by WSO Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano, followed by an introduction to the repertoire by the conductor, and a full performance of the work. Their experience concludes with an on-stage Q&A with the conductor, providing an opportunity for students to ask those burning questions about life as a musician and a conductor, about the orchestra and the music.

The full WSO toured to seven Winnipeg high schools in fall 2017, performing an interactive and engaging one-hour Up Close & Orchestral concert for nearly 4,500 students. Hosted by Alexander Mickelthwate, this program is designed to showcase the orchestra and inspire students to seek more live symphonic music, and includes several opportunities for students to participate directly in the concert as soloists and even as guest conductor of the WSO. Students were invited back to Centennial Concert Hall for WSO’s creative and dramatic presentation of Seven Deadly Sins.

Providing opportunities for emerging artists is an important part of WSO’s commitment to fostering the development of Canadian talent, and the 2017-18 Provincial Student Soloist Competition

winner was trumpeter Bradley Cairns Digel. Roberts is a student of WSO’s own Paul Jeffrey and received coaching from WSO Principal Trumpet Chris Fensom and performed as student soloist in the Up Close and Orchestral program at all seven high school concerts. Many of WSO’s past solo competition winners have gone on to develop successful careers as professional musicians.

WSO and the River East Transcona School Division continue their unique and exciting partnership to create a wonderful concert showcasing the incredible student talent from within the school division to a nearly sold-out audience. Over 600 choir students performed with the orchestra in three different choirs, plus a 200-voice elementary ensemble who performed a creative and visually stunning arrangement for early years choir and hand percussion. Student artwork was featured in on-stage projection as well as in an immersive art gallery throughout Centennial Concert Hall. Hosted and conducted by Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano, this multimedia and multi-disciplinary concert is the culmination of countless hours’ work with all 45 schools in the River East Transcona school division and is the hallmark of this special partnership.

The WSO performs at Gordon Bell High School as part of Up Close and Orchestral. Photo Credit: Dan LeMoal

Student recorder ensemble performs during Adventures in Music. Photo Credit: Chronic Creative

Maestro Mickelthwate conducts the WSO during Up Close & Orchestral. Photo Credit: Dan LeMoal

Sistema Winnipeg students perform at Adventures in Music. Photo Credit: Chronic Creative


In partnership with the Desautels Faculty of Music, the Mentorship program continued to bring WSO musicians to campus to mentor University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra musicians in their concert preparations and in their development as aspiring professional musicians. Mentors run sectionals and sit-in rehearsals to provide guidance and inspiration.

The Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF) creates a very special environment in which many of the world’s pre-eminent composers converge on Winnipeg for a short period of time. This is an incredible opportunity for young and emerging composers and musicians to interact with these cutting-edge composers and performers. The 2018 WNMF marked the 2nd year of WSO’s unique WNMF Composers Institute. The call for submissions was broadened to a national scale and brought six emerging Canadian composers, two from the east, two from Manitoba, and two from the west and northern provinces and territories to the festival for a week of seminars, masterclasses, lessons and a culminating

performance of their works by the WSO, led by Julian Pellicano. WSO Composer-In-Residence Harry Stafylakis led a series of panel discussions which were augmented by mentor composers Samy Moussa and Karen Sunabacka as well as participation from many of WNMF’s guest composers. This second year of the WNMF Composers Institute was a resounding success, and a natural extension and evolution of the WNMF and WSO’s commitment to developing emerging talent and the Canadian Orchestral Voice.

Students ask questions during a Student Matinee concert.

Ismalia Alfa hosts a Kids Concert with Winnipeg Boys Choir and animation by Art City.

Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano leads the orchestra during Adventures in Music. Photo Credit: Chronic Creative


A full house during the annual River East Transcona School Division concert.

Community Engagement

WSO’s continued commitment to engage our community resulted in some new and wonderful opportunities in 2017-18.

WSO also had the opportunity to reach out to new audiences with performances in two unique venues, beginning with a special performance for patients, families and caregivers at Specialized Services for Children & Youth on Notre Dame Avenue and with a unique performance at local microbrewery and tap room Little Brown Jug.

Musicians in the Making provides young and emerging performers an important opportunity to perform prior to select WSO concerts on the Piano Nobile and other locations at Centennial Concert Hall and the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. A record number of performance opportunities were provided to young performers including young and advanced students from many teaching studios and institutions across Manitoba as well as school ensembles, emerging artists from the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras, Manitoba’s University music schools and even the nearly 100-piece Manitoba Band Association Christmas Tuba Festival performed, totalling over 500 individual performers.

The Musicians in Healthcare program offered musical presentations by a WSO string quartet at various healthcare

centres across Winnipeg. Through the performance of live music, this program promotes the health and healing of hospital patients, visitors and staff in the community.

The 2017 Manitoba Hydro Holiday Tour brought holiday cheer to thee rural Manitoba communities in December 2017: Steinbach, Portage la Prairie and Brandon. These sold-out or nearly sold-out concerts are highly popular and provide members of the local community the opportunity to perform with the WSO as narrator in the reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, as guest conductor, guest performers and in a sing-along of traditional carols. WSO’s continued commitment to homegrown talent featuring award-winning vocalist Elsaida Alerta.

Share the Music is a unique partnership with community organizations that enables economically disadvantaged children, their families and adults to attend WSO performances. Because of the generous donations by corporations and individuals, more than 3,400 tickets were provided across the province this season. The organizations distribute these tickets free-of-charge to people who want to experience the WSO but would not otherwise have the means to do so because of socio-economic barriers, physical or mental disability, newcomers to Canada, and many other parts of our community that experience barriers.

WSO Music Services continues to help WSO musicians connect with community organizations, private events and other opportunities. In 2017-18 a variety of events, private, corporate and public featured performances and collaborations with WSO musicians made possible by this unique service.

Providing opportunities for emerging artists remains a focus of the WSO, and in the 2017 Summer Season, WSO provided opportunities for a number of young and emerging artists as soloists with the Orchestra at the Lyric Theatre, in Kenora and at WSO’s Made in Manitoba concert. In addition to featuring the two top trophy winners from the 2017 Winnipeg Music Festival.

WSO remains committed to expanding its community impact and engaged in countless other initiatives and opportunities throughout 2017-18 including family events including the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, KidsFest, Manitoba Provincial Honour Choir and Honour Concert Bands, by providing guest-speakers at various events and institutions and interacting with educators at the St John’s Music reading sessions as well as the Manitoba Music Conference, to name a few.


Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano conducting the River East Transcona School Division Concert

Music Director Alexander Mickelthwate with local band Mise En Scene at Canada Day at The Forks

Photo Credit: BNB Studios

Artistic & Community Partnerships

The orchestra continued to forge artistic connections with the community in several notable partnerships. The ongoing success of the WSO’s annual collaboration with the River East Transcona School Division was again in evidence for a well-attended November concert in the Concert Hall. Local students and teachers performed with the WSO in this program.

Partnering with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir within its series, the orchestra appeared in music by Fauré and Poulenc at St. Boniface Cathedral in March. Our ongoing partnership with Pembina Trails School Division featured their choirs at our annual Holiday Concert in December.

In partnership with the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg and begun in 2006, the WSO joined the WMC in the seventh biennial McLellan Competition for Solo Performance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, a prestigious competition open to talented Manitoba musicians.

The longstanding highly successful Virtuosi Concerts series continued its partnership with the WSO at the University of Winnipeg’s Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall. Baroque ensemble Canzona presented two stimulating programs in which WSO musicians played a major role.

Summer appearances found the WSO

performing at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park, The Forks on Canada Day and its annual appearance at Kenora’s dockside Lucia Melnick Stage. The orchestra’s annual Community Celebration concert featured, among other local soloists, young Manitoba music competition-winners on the thresholds of their careers.

The WSO continues to serve as the musical foundation for Manitoba Opera and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, bringing to their audiences the full symphonic resources their productions require.


Artistic & Community Partnerships

Once again, Winnipeg new music-lovers’ hearts and souls were warmed in the middle of our cold winter by the 2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival. This 27th Festival was curated by Alexander and Matthew Patton, joined by WSO composer-in-residence Harry Stafylakis, whose music was heard along with hosting programs and providing support to the composers present.

This year’s Festival was honored with the presence of Philip Glass, among the leading composers of today. Mr. Glass performed himself in addition to the presentation of his own music. Other composers featured were Michael Snow, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Cassandra Miller, Pascal Dusapin and Samy Moussa. The eminent JACK Quartet appeared both in recital and with the orchestra. Along with the panel discussions and composer events, a variety of offsite lunchtime concerts supplemented the Festival.

2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival

Philip Glass performing

JACK Quartet performing


Financial Report

TOTAL REVENUE

$9,489,831

NET SURPLUS

$32,207

TOTAL EXPENSES

$ 9,457,624

ACCUMULATED SURPLUS

$555,920

555,000

350,000

150,000

-50,000

-250,000

-450,000

-650,000

-850,000

$555,920

-$792,630

Fundraising

33%

Concert

44%

Public Sector

23%

Revenue

Historical Surplus/Deficit= Accumulated Surplus/Deficit Expenses

Fundraising

6%

Concert

84%

Administration

10%

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

The exceptional gifts received for the endowment fund, totaling $1,106,262, are not included in these numbers.


To the Members,

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprise the summarized statement of financial position as at May 31, 2018 and the summarized statement operations and changes in net assets for the year then ended, are derived from the audited financial statements of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc. (the “Organization”) for the year ended May 31, 2018. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the financial statements in our report dated September 11, 2018. The financial statements, and the summary financial statements, do not reflect the effects of events that occurred subsequent to the date of our report on those financial statements.

The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of the Organization.

Management’s Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

Opinion

In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of the Organization for the year ended May 31, 2018 are consistent, in all material respects, with the financial statements, in accordance with the Canadian Auditing Standard 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

Chartered Professional Accountants Winnipeg, Manitoba September 14, 2018

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON THE SUMMARY

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Sponsors & FundersCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPONSOR

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

POPS PRESENTING MEDIA PARTNER

OFFICIAL RADIO STATION OF THE WSO CLASSICS CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

FUNDERS

PIANO RAFFLE

ARNOLD & MYRA FRIEMAN

THE BERTRAM AUSTIN GOODMAN MARY EASTON MCLAREN GOODMAN

DOROTHY JEAN GOODMAN FOUNDATION

DANIEL FRIEDMAN & ROB DALGLIESH

MICHAEL NESBITT

CAR RAFFLE

POPS SERIES KIDS CONCERTS SERIES SOUNDCHECK PROGRAM WSO IN BRANDONMANITOBA HYDRO HOLIDAY TOUR NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SERIESCLASSICS SERIES A


Supporters

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following companies whose generous support helps to ensure musical enrichment within our community. Thank you!

Podium$25,000Johnston Group Inc.

Resident Artist$10,000 - $24,999QualicoWawanesa Insurance

Principal Chair$5,000.00 - $9,999Banville & JonesTerracon Development Ltd.

Assistant Principal Chair$2,500 - $4,999Cambrian Credit UnionJ.K. May Investments Ltd.

Orchestra Chair$1,000 - $2,499Bison TransportLong & McQuade Musical InstrumentsMaxim Truck & TrailerPollard Banknote LimitedRoyal Bank of Canada

Music Stand$500 - $999A2B Communication Ltd.Coghlan’s LimitedMid West Packaging LimitedNumber Ten Architectural GroupReider InsuranceWinmar Property Restoration

RiserUnder $500Akman Management Ltd.European Art Glass Ltd.Greg Brodsley Law CorporationInterGroup Consultants Ltd.

FoundationsThe WSO gratefully acknowledges the following Foundations:

Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Winnipeg Foundation

The Noreen & Robert Allen Charitable TrustElizabeth B. Armytage Fund, The Winnipeg

FoundationThe Benevity Community Impact FundBrandon Area FoundationHy & Pat Cohen FundSylvia & Robin Cowan FoundationIn Memory of Peter D. CurryD’Addario FoundationNita Eamer Memorial Fund, The Winnipeg

FoundationFoundation for Choral Music in ManitobaFrancofonds Inc.The Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary Easton

McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation

Souchay Gossen Family FoundationMarjory Alexander Graham & Family FundGeorge Warren Keates Memorial Fund C/O the

Winnipeg FoundationThe Thomas Sill Foundation IncAllen and Marion Lambert FundLutz Family FoundationJoseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the

Strategic Charitable Giving FoundationManitoba Community Services CouncilThe Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Family FundMarjory Stewart McLaren FundThe Winnipeg Foundation - John and Carolynne

McLure FundAaron David Witzke Bar Mitzvah Fund - Mr. Aaron

Witzke in memory of his grandfather, Mayer Rabkin

NYSE Euronext FoundationMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundProgram for the Enrichment of French in

EducationRBC FoundationSiobhan Richardson Foundation Inc.Richardson FoundationBurton A. and Geraldine L. Robinson Fund, The

Winnipeg FoundationPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer FoundationDavid & Leda Slater Memorial Fund, Jewish

Foundation of ManitobaLeslie John Taylor Fund, the Winnipeg FoundationJames Thompson Memorial Fund in Trust of WSO,

C/O the Winnipeg FoundationThe Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken and Lorna

Thorlakson Annual Giving Fund, in memory of Alan Adams

True North Jets FoundationMarylla van Ginkel Memorial FundThe Kurt Weill Foundation for MusicWhite Rose Foundation Inc1 Anonymous

The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gift to the WSO.

Siana Attwell, PhDGreg Doyle and Carol BellringerMrs. Lucienne BlouwDolores P. BrommellLorraine and Gerry CairnsMr. Hugh CowanMrs. Audrey F. HubbardRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiHenry KatzKevin & Els KavanaghMargaret Kellermann McCullochErwin W. KitschMichel D. LagacéGail E. LoewenS. E. LoewenW. H. LoewenDr. Brendan MacDougallNathan & Carolyn MitchellLesia PeetBeth M. ProvenEdward Fisher & Lyse RémillardOlga & Bill RunnallsTrudy SchroederJune SlobodianMuriel SmithMrs. E. SziromEdith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. ToewsRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens

Donn K. Yuen6 Anonymous

The Maestro’s Circle recognizes patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artisty of the WSO.

Honourary ChairAlexander Mickelthwate, Music Director

Diamond MC$50,000 +Gail Asper & Michael PatersonMichael NesbittMichael Nozick & Cheryl AshleyTannis Richardson*1 Anonymous

Platinum MC$25,000 +Mrs. Marjorie BlanksteinJames Cohen & Linda McGarva-CohenMarten Duhoux & Joanne DefehrDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshBill and Shirley Loewen*Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetorsMr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy VossenBob & Heather Williams1 Anonymous

Gold MC$10,000 - $24,999Art & Leona DeFehrDrs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougallMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonRon & Sandi MielitzMrs. Elizabeth Szirom

Silver MC$5,000 - $9,999Ida Albo & Rick BelMr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie BuhlerDr. Marcel A. DesautelsJohn & Gay DochertyKevin & Els Kavanagh*Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul A.

McCullochDon & Kim MacDonaldScott MacDonald & Tracey Novak

Mr. Art Mauro & Ms. Naomi LevineBob and Cindy NewfieldFrank & Jeanne PlettDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope*Barb & Gerry PriceHartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Lea StogdaleDr. Kenneth ThorlaksonSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonDr. Jens J. Wrogemann

Concertmaster’s Bow$2,500 - $4,999Mrs. Lucienne BlouwTimothy & Barbara BurtDr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron ChiuFrank & Agnes DeFehr Ravi & Leomark DookeranBill & Margaret FastDr. Albert & Mrs. Lee FriesenJames GibbsMrs. Audrey F. HubbardDavid & Diane JohnstonNick Logan & Christine SkeneJack & Zina LazareckDr. David LyttleElaine & Neil MargolisBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringKen and Judy MurrayOliver & Gennie PlettLawrie & Fran PollardMs. Iris ReimerMrs. Shirley RichardsonOlga & Bill RunnallsMr. Terry Sargeant & Ms. Margaret HaneyIan R. Thomson & Leah R. JanzenE. ToewsProfessor A.M.C. WatermanKlaus & Elsa WolfSandy Woytowich1 Anonymous

Black Tie$1,500 - $2,499Austin AbasMs. Sandra AltnerAubrey & Dr. Linda AsperShibashis BalMr. R.D. BellFrances BoothDoneta & Harry Brotchie


Mr. William BurnettEmily Burt & Tyler MakodanskiPierce & Amy CairnsMr. Steven ChipmanHaderra ChisickJan & Kevin CoatesD.J. CowanMaria & Ugo De NardiDr. Marcel A. DesautelsS & E DyerGlen & Joan DyrdaRobert EnrightPhilipp & Ilse EnsMs. Susan FeldmanJocelyn and Mark GabbertJohn & Mabel Garcea Micah HeilbrunnRobin Hildebrand Richard & Carol JonesNora KaufmanMichael & Glenna KayDr. Leah KellsDr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace DueckMr. & Mrs. Konstantinos & Chrysoula KotoulasMr. Sotirios KotoulasMr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CAMr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre KozminskiMr. Aaron Lewis in Memory of Robert HandlerDr. Judith LittlefordLydia MacKenzieMike McLenehanGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Valerie MollisonDr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena FriesenMr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare RamseyTed & Mary PaetkauWayne & Linda PaquinDiane Payment and Roxroy WestLesia PeetMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufCarolynne PresserBeth M. ProvenDr. Diane RamseyDr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne ReimerJim & Leney RichardsonMr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean CarterSanford & Deborah RileyTrudy SchroederCheryl & Lorne SharfeMr. Sandy G. ShindlemanJimmy & Morse Silden

Pam Simmons*Muriel SmithMrs. Rae SpearJim & Jan TennantMr. & Mrs. Victor & Ruth ThielmannSabino TummilloMr. Richard TurnerDr. & Mrs. Eric VickarMeeka WalshDon & Florence WhitmoreDr. & Mrs. Klaus & Dorit Wrogemann1 Anonymous* Founding Members

Friends of the WSO help support the WSO each season.

Honourary ChairGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

Symphony$600 - $1499A2B Communication Ltd.Mrs. France AdamsCarmyn AleshkaJudy & Jay AndersonJanet Ash & Associates Ltd.Margaret-Lynne & Jim AstwoodDavid & Gillian BirdHelga & Gerhard BockDr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie BowermanSheila & David BrodovskyStephen BrodovskySusan Brownstone Brock & Thomas BrockMr. Bill BruinoogeHerb & Erna BullerLorraine and Gerry CairnsPamela & Andrew CookeJohn Corp & Mary Elizabeth McKenzieMargaret CuddyIsaac Benjamin DiamondHelene DyckMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen & David EsteyCarrie FergusonGreg FettesJudith & Peter FlynnWayne ForbesPenny Gilbert

Robert & Linda GoldGregg & Mary HansonMrs. Lisa HastingsMargaret & Peter HughesRobert JaskiewiczMarianne JohnsonMr. Peter JohnsonLawrence JonesMr. Darrell KlassenPeter & Ellen KroekerMillie & Wally KroekerW.K. LabiesMs. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken MillsJonathan E. MitchellTerry & Vi MooreVera MorozDrs. Kenneth & Sharon MouldDr. Rashmi NigamProfs. Robert O’Kell & Arlene YoungBonnie & Richard OlfertMs. Pat PhilpottMrs. Marina Plett-LyleLevi & Tena ReimerMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikRoss & Allana RobinsonDr. Guillermo RochaBruce Roe & Margo LaneBarbara ScheunemanPietra ShirleyM. Winnifred SimMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarJim Skinner & Judy NicholMs. Debbie SpracklinMs. Marilyn ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van OersFaye WarrenRaymond & Shirley WiestHerbert & Shirley Wildeman5 Anonymous

Concerto$300 - $599Gordon AndersonGorden Andrus & Adele KoryEarl & Cheryl BarishF. BellBernice BlakemanJim BlanchardDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical CorporationMr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles

Daniel Heindl & Eugene BoychukMr. & Mrs. F. BuckmasterRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokDr. David CamorianoMrs. Audrey CampbellMr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia CassieShelley ChochinovDave Christianson & Vera SteinbergerRon ClementMs. Julie CollingsDrs. David & Kathleen ConnorMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia CoronaGary & Fiona CrowMr. Bradley J. CurranDr. Peter CzaplinskiMiss O. DilayHilary DruxmanHarry & Mary DuckworthR & E DupuisBeverley & Fred DyckMr. & Mrs. W. EastonHoward & Angela EppRandy EwanikaMarcia FleisherMargaret FollettMs. Jacqueline GodardBruno GossenBaked Expectations - Beth Grubert & FamilyPatricia GuyMrs. Elba HaidDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallGordon E. HannonMr. & Mrs. Allen HattieAudrey A. HawkinsBlair & Erica HendersonMarilyn & Helios HernandezBob & Biddy HiltonN and L HollidayMrs. Joan M. HunterWilliam J. HuttonBruce JacobsDrs. Keith & Gwyneth JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiMs. Marilyn KapitanyRay Kohanik & Terri AshcroftT.G. KuceraFraser & Joan LinklaterPat & Jim LudwigDouglas MacEwanJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonAllan & Anita Malbranck

Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek

Ruth MayMs. Nola McBurneyMrs. Maureen McIntoshTerri & Jim McKercharMrs. E. Louise McLandressNeil & Oonalee MinukMargaret MorozFern MorrisConor MulhollandDr. Rashmi Nigam Medical CorpKris OlafsonAthina Panopoulos & Gordon SinclairDonna & Ian PlantPatricia Pollard in Memory of Gary PollardPhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganTim Preston & Dave LingRosemary PriorDr. Clare RamseyReynold & Esther RedekoppMichael RennieRicou-ManfredaJudge & Mrs. Charles & Naida RubinEd & Susan SchmidtDr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel SchroederDr. Moti ShojaniaMerrill & Shayna ShulmanBrenda SklarLinda & John SmithGary & Gwen SteimanDr. & Mrs. M.R. SteinbartMarlene Stern & Peter RaeSyd & Violetta StoreyPaul SwartJo Swartz & Richard SilvermanDr. & Mrs. David SwatekMs. Vanessa ThiessenJune & Lorne ThompsonCarol & Neil TrembathSusan TwaddleStrang/van Ineveld FamilyBrad VannanMr. Robert VinebergPaul WalshThuraya WeedonMr. & Mrs. Hans & Diana WernerMrs. Diane Patricia WeselakeMr. Brian M. WhittakerRaymond & Shirley WiestMr. Neil WilcoxEdith Wilde


David C. WilsonMargaret WollnerKarin WoodsHarry & Evelyn WrayDon & Betty Young11 Anonymous

Serenade$150 - $299Ken AirdKaeren AndersonDoug Arrell & Dick SmithBetty & Ted AshDr. Siana AttwellGail & Domenic AuritiMr. John A. BaileyDick & Minnie BellAudrey BelyeaMr. Sidney RobinovitchBruce & Joyce BerrySusan & Edwin BethuneMr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. BettsMr. William Richard BloxomKeith & Marnie BollandShirley BookGerald CallowDonna CarruthersHelle CosbyGreg CoxMr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara CrowArlene DahlJudy & Werner DanchuraMr. Tom DercolaSandra & Robert DeweyMr. & Mrs. Gordon DingmanFaye DixonJohn and Marilyn EkinsGeorge B. EliasMr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr.John J. EnnsRuth & Ernest EppMargaret E. FaberNelma FettermanDr. LeeAnn FishbackDoug & Phyllis FlintMrs. Gitta FrickeArnold & Christa FroeseHarold & Alice FunkGeorge & Carol GambyKelvin GoertzenDr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori

Dr. & Mrs. W. L. GordonLarry & Susanne GreerIrene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg EdmondKatie & DeLloyd GuthB. & R. HallMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMrs. Audrey HarburnMs. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian WildsmithBeth & Raymond HarrisTeresa A. HayMs. Susan HildebrandtMr. & Mrs. J.K. HollandPatti HolmHelmut & Dorothy HuebertMargaret & Peter HughesCarl & Vi HultinP. IlavskyDavid JacobsonMargaret JeffriesRoss & Betty Jo JohnstonJ. Gartner & L. KampeasHenry Katz, in Memory of DenaMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. SkinnerRandy & Kathleen KempMarion & Bill KinnearKen KinsleyMs. Jose KoesDr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester KomlodiMrs. Marion KornMona KoropatnickSarah Kredentser & David HowenMrs. Jennifer KrestanowichMs. Janet KuchmaElaine & Patrick LamonicaBernie Léveillé & Moira SwintonSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigMs. Lorraine MacLeodAngelos and Pauline MacRodimitrisChris Pearce & Ruth MagnusonSimone MahrenholzJackie MarkstromMr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeodS. McMillanGlen MeadShana MenkisJudith MeunierMs. Sue MiclashSylvia MitchellNathan & Carolyn MitchellMr. Peter MorganD.E. Morrison

Brian MuirheadDr. Hellmuth MullerCharlotte MurrellMr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena BuksakMikaela OldenkampProf. Kerrie A. OrlickMr. Cam PaulsEleanor PayneMr. Rick PinchinLawrie & Fran PollardMs. Cornelia PopeDonna & Gordon PriceJuta RathkeKelly Regula Dental CorpPat and Bill ReidMs. Teresa ReillyMr. Louis RicciutoRobert & Vera RipleyMr. Sidney RobinovitchMrs. Patricia RomeynSteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleJoan SabourinMatt SchaubroeckWilliam ScheidtMarie SchoffnerDr. Robert SchrothMs. Janet SchubertHarald & Vicky SchulzDr. L. SeklaOlga & Myron ShatulskyPhil & Nancy SheadRobert ShindlemanDavid & Lorraine Smith

Ms. Brenda SniderSt. Mary’s Road United ChurchMs. Illana SteeleMrs. Pat StefanchukMs. Helena StelsovskySusan StobartLorne SunleyLorron Agencies Ltd.Dr. & Mrs. John TaylorJames & Joanne TeitsmaC. & R. ThomsenMr. Ron TimlickEdith A. ToewsMs. Andrea TowersMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte WalktyGarnet WardDr. Marnie WatersMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein

Noah & Myrna WeisznerMrs. Evelyn WenerRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-WiensDebbie WilsonMr. John YaremaArlene Young and Robert O’Kell16 Anonymous

Prelude$75 - $149Patricia Allen & Len DueckTrish Allison-SimmsJean AltemeyerMr. Brian and Mrs. Janice BaileyAllan & Rochelle BakerBarbara & Bruce BallMs. Margaret BarbourRobert BartonIn Memory of Robert CoatesNeovation Learning SolutionsIsaak & Tina BergenEric BergenDonald & Edith BesantMs. Diane BewellMs. Trudy BlightJoan BraunRuth & Kris BreckmanMr. Robert BriercliffeJackie BrignallMiss Dorothy BroomhallChris Brown & Pat McCulloughMr. E. BrownMrs. Margaret BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldMs. Carol BudnickMs. Judi L. BurlingKevin BurnsMr. John BurrowsMr. Bryan ByhrePat & Mary Jo CarrabreLaura Chan & Herman LamLawrie and Bea CherniackMs. Gert ChipkaMelina ChowKatherine Cobor & Gordon SteindelJoyce CormackThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardMs. Maxine CristallTracey CullenMaureen Danzinger

Mr. Raymond DavisDan De BruijnF. De GraziaBeth DerraughMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckClaire DionneJennifer DobsonHerbert & Norma DriverAnne Dubouloz-GislasonR. DuddekLezlee DunnGloria DyckAndrea DyheAudrey EppDon & Martha EpsteinS & G FastRick & Julie FastGreg & Linda FearnMichael FeldMs. Helen FeniukMs. Catherine FlowerJoanne FlynnMrs. Marguerite FredetteLise Laverdure & François GauvinJim & Betty GaynorDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardW. Blair GohlD. GoochMs. Barbara GrahamSuzanne GrayMarj GrevstadMr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie GrowerSaul & Lolly GuttmanGeorge HaidauGertrude HamiltonMeghan HansenMs. Erin HarleyMrs. Phyllis HatskinLarry & Evelyn HechtRuediger & Lydia HedrichMs. M. HidoDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van VlaenderenRichard & Karen HowellMr. Charles HubandShaun HumphriesHuynh Van HoRozin & Cathy IwanickiAlan Janzen & Leona SookramFather Stan A. JaworskiVictoria JohnstonMs. Bev Kawchuk

Supporters


Patricia KellendonkErwin W. KitschNadine & Herb KlassenMs. Mary KlassenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaPatricia KuchmaRon LambertLisa & TedEdith Landy, in Memory of David LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeMr. & Ms. Kathy and Saul LeiblMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiAlbert & Helen LitzBarry & Patricia LloydPamela LockmanMr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori LubyAngela MacDonaldAl & Pat MacklingDr. Sabine MaiJames ManishenMr. Allan MapesLinda MartinMargaret (Bouskill) MawMr. Harold MawhinneyJemara FayDr. & Mrs. Ihor MaybaJ. Doreen McCormickDr. Ian McIntyreArdythe McMasterCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaughtMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisEstelle MeyersDr. Adrienne MeyersIn Honour of Donn Yuen’s RetirementMr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys MildrenPeter Miller & Carolyn GarlichMs. Sheila MillerMrs. Mona MillsMargaret & Fred MooibroekMs. Francine MorinMrs. Joan Ann MortonJohn & Margaret MundieLeesa MunroeMel & Sharon MyersMrs. Sheila Mymryk

Dr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerDavid & Hermine OlfertTruus OliverKathleen ParumsMr. Julian PellicanoMs. Nettie PetersIngrid Peters-FransenIan & Ann-Margret PlummerCristian PopescuGabriela PopescuCarol PoulinMrs. Edna PoulterMs. Lois PowneMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterBryan & Diana PurdyJudith PutterErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly RaffertyDaryl & Sheila ReidMrs. Barbara RempelSheilas Music StudioEleanor RiachMrs. Melissa RiceMrs. Tracy RidleyFrances E. RowlinMr. Chris RuddMr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule SalangadMrs. Claudia SarbitR. SchroederA. SchroederDr. Marlis SchroederMr. Ken SchykulskiCharlene ScoutenRobert ShawLynn & Bill SheadMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykPatricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum & Harvey RosenbaumLouis & Shirley Ann SimkulakJordan SodowskyGeri & Peter SpencerMr. & Mrs. StarodubDan & Elsie StasiukBonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel SteimanMs. Sally StephensMr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna StevensArt Turner & Lyn StienstraMs. Karen SwainRoss & Bette Jayne Taylor

TEC VIDEO SECURITY INCMary and Robert ThomasMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonJulian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonRobert & Barbara TisdaleIn Memory of Ronald George SpencerHenry & Elizabeth ToewsEdith UgrinMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestBarry and Gail VealsJim & Joan WarbeckKen & Mary WarmbrodMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersWaverley Tenant AssociationJames & Claudia WeselakeDorcas & Kirk WindsorAndrew WinklessMs. Joan WiseTerrie WoodwardPatrick WrightLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyWanda YoungDonn K. Yuen20 Anonymous

SonatinaUnder $75Arshad AhsanuddinJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerMr. Lance Arthur AndersonMs. Susan BairdVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterMrs. Eva BerardMrs. Lori BettigMr. Dick J. BloemheuvelSally BouldingMonica BrechkaMs. Shirley BrownAlfred BuelowSusan BurchillCanada GuarantyCanadian Association of Gift Planners Manitoba

ChaperSister Josephine ChudzikS. K. Clark

Melissa ColquhounGlynis CorkalKaren CouchThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona CunninghamD. CymbalistShannon DarbyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisThompson Dorfman Sweatman LLPMrs. Wilma DehlsMrs. Michele Del RizzoL. N. DelisleMs. Shawna DempseyChristine DewarM. Jane DickMrs. Ethel DilMonica DinneyMr. Spencer DuncansonMs. Margaret Elaine EllisSiegfried EnnsVera & Peter FastRoss FeldmanDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetBonny FraserJoycelyn and Bryan GawrylukMr. David P. GiesbrechtHeather F. GrahamMs. Gail GrangerMrs. Inga GranovskayaVictoria GretchenMs. Marion GuinnRaul GutierrezMichael & Elaine ShnierHelen & Peter HaywardPaul HenteleffMs. Shirley HicksMrs. Margaret HillArlene Hintsa in Memory of MarilynMrs. Cathy HobdayWalter & Victoria HrablukStella HryniukMrs. Mary-Ann HudjikMs. Barbara HunnieMr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind HusbandIshbel IsaacsDavid & Heather JenkinsSusan JohnsonMrs. Karen KaplenCathy & Robert KaptianMr. Gordon C. KeatchUrsula & Sandor Kelemen

Katie KirkpatrickMrs. Vera KostyshynMr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie KuhnMs. Irene KuhteyAnne La TourMs. Desiree La ValleeMs. Betty LaingMr. & Mrs. Emery & Vlasta LajtaiElizabeth LansardFrances LemieuxKim LentowitschLinda LitwackGail LoewenRoger & Norma LoweZeeba LoxleyPat & Murray MacraeBarbara MainFrank & Terry MartinMarian MartinEmily MayoralgoHugh McCabeMs. Marlene McCullochKelly McGonigalJim McLarenMrs. Jean McLennanSen. Marilou McPhedranMr. Garfield McRaeMs. Kathleen MichenerMrs. Jocelyn MillardHoward MillerBob & Penny MillerSandi MitchellCarolyn and Nathan MitchellMr. Gordon MitchellM. MohrJon MontesMargaret MorseKim MortonMs. Bonnie NeilMs. Sabrina NeumannFred & Karen NicholsonMrs. Clarice OwenShirley & Graham PadgettOscar Pantaleon Jr.Sonjia PasiechnikJudy PatemanMrs. Liz PatzerDonald PearenEllen Peel & Neil BruneauMrs. Denise PenleyRobert Peterson


Ms. Bettina PfeifferGrant & Gail PierceDenise PiperRandy PitchRoss PokezaDr. Christine PolimeniDr. & Mrs. James PopplowKen & Geri PorathJanis PregnallMr. James & Christine PrendergastMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottMs. Margaret ProvenMs. Joanne PrygrockiJoanne PrygrockiValerie RaberW Rannie & Elaine WalkerKaren Rassmussen-OkeMrs. Marieann ReevesM. RegulyMs. Susan RenardBeverley RiddMs. Heather RobbinsEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMrs. Susan E. Roe-FinlayGisela RogerSandra RosenMrs. V. RosolowichMargot A. RossJohn & Shirley RussellBrittany RycroftMr. & Mrs. James SankeyEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyJessie SawiczNicola SchaeferKay SchalmeIvor & Lorna SchledewitzCharlene & Harry SchwartzIzzy ShoreGail & Murray SingerEvelyn R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Robert SmithMs. Kaye SnatenchukDarby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtGerry & Jasmin St. LaurentMarianne StaubDiane StewartArchie & Shirley StoneMrs. Marilyn Stothers

Muriel SutherlandDianne SzelagFrank TalbotGladys TaralaCharles TaxRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorSherri TowaijMs. Josette ToyeCathy TymmMrs. Nancy VincentDenis VincentIrv & Toby VinskyDr. Jackie WalkerPatricia & Lorne WallaceMr. & Mrs. Paul A. WaltonMr. Glen Angus WebsterMorgan WegeMr. James WernhamGrace M. WiebeAnnemarie WiebeEmily WilcoshPeter WilkMrs. Lilli WilliamsAnne YankiwskiGarden City CollegiateMs. Ruth ZahodnikMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerma27 Anonymous

Festival donors help to further the musical artistry of the WSO’s Winnipeg New Music Festival. Thank you!

Mrs. France AdamsJean AltemeyerJanet Ash & Associates Ltd.Aubrey & Dr. Linda AsperGail & Domenic AuritiNeil Bardal Funeral CentreMs. Trudy BlightDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical CorporationJackie BrignallStephen BrodovskyKevin BurnsDr. David CamorianoPat & Mary Jo CarrabreMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona

Cushman & WakefieldDr. Peter CzaplinskiMs. Shawna DempseySandra & Robert DeweyDr. R. Dookeran Medical CorporationAndrea DyheRobert EnrightKathleen & David EsteyRandy EwanikaMs. Susan FeldmanWayne ForbesDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshBaked Expectations - Beth Grubert & FamilyMrs. Elba HaidDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallMichael & Elaine ShnierMrs. Lisa HastingsMarilyn & Helios HernandezPatti HolmMr. Peter JohnsonMarianne JohnsonRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiJ. Gartner & L. KampeasKevin & Els KavanaghPatricia KellendonkMs. Jose KoesRon LambertLisa & TedIceland NaturallyBernie Léveillé & Moira SwintonSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigDrs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallChris Pearce & Ruth MagnusonJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonDrs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen CreekFrank & Terry MartinBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringShana MenkisRon & Sandi MielitzMs. Sheila MillerHoward MillerConor MulhollandMichael NesbittBob and Cindy NewfieldDr. Rashmi Nigam Medical CorpMikaela OldenkampLesia PeetRandy PitchDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-PopePhyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan

Beth M. ProvenDr. Clare RamseyKelly Regula Dental CorpPat and Bill ReidMichael RennieGuillermo Rocha Medical CorporationSteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleOlga & Bill RunnallsBarbara ScheunemanRobert Shaw & Chris KrawchenkoDr. Moti ShojaniaSOCAN FoundationJordan SodomskyMarlene SternSusan StobartDr. Kenneth ThorlaksonSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonMr. Ron TimlickUniversity of Manitoba Icelandic DepartmentMs. Stephanie M. van NestBrad VannanVolvo WinnipegVQ SalonMeeka WalshDr. Marnie WatersMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron WeinsteinMr. Neil WilcoxKarin WoodsDr. Jens J. WrogemannAnne Yankiwski2 Anonymous

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Thank you!

Judy & Jay Anderson

Dr. Siana Attwell

Shibashis Bal

Sheila & David Brodovsky

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns

Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel

Glynis Corkal

D.J. Cowan

Mr. Raymond Davis

Helene Dyck

Ruth & Ernest Epp

Ms. Ursula Erhardt

Dr. LeeAnn Fishback

Ms. Catherine Flower

Mrs. Gitta Fricke

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez

Ms. Marilyn Kapitany

Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. Skinner

Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch

T.G. Kucera

Aaron Lewis

Nick Logan & Christine Skene

Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring

Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton

Judith Meunier

Margaret Moroz

Gabriela Popescu

Pat and Bill Reid

Levi & Tena Reimer

Ms. Iris Reimer

Mr. Louis Ricciuto

Ross & Allana Robinson

Olga & Bill Runnalls

Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz

Marie Schoffner

Pietra Shirley

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar

Ms. Karen Swain

Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek

Frank Talbot

James & Joanne Teitsma

The Winnipeg Foundation

Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson

In Memory of Ronald George Spencer

Garnet Ward

James & Claudia Weselake

Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens

Raymond & Shirley Wiest

Edith Wilde

David C. Wilson

Karin Woods

Mr. John Yarema

Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund

WSO Women’s Committee in memory of Leila Alvare

4 Anonymous

Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged

Supporters


children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music!

Ms. Margaret BarbourLucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi van den

BergMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardHuynh Van HoVolvo WinnipegPat & Murray MacraeMr. Gordon MitchellDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoDaryl & Sheila ReidMargot A. RossBarbara ScheunemanBrenda SklarRoss & Bette Jayne Taylor2 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school program that enriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatest need.

Honourary ChairDaniel Scholz, Principal Viola

MaestroThe Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary Easton

McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation

RBC FoundationRichardson FoundationWinnipeg Jets True North FoundationThe Winnipeg Foundation

VivaceManitoba Community Services CouncilMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonThe Thomas Sill Foundation IncSiobhan Richardson Foundation Inc.

Con BrioBridgeport Office SolutionsDr. Ken FowlerSouchay Gossen Family FoundationThe Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Family Fund

Allegro

Mr. R.D. BellAndy BurgessD’Addario FoundationJudith & Peter Flynn in honour of Arlene Young’s

BirthdayJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of Diena YoungJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of Andrew

Wihelm-BoylesMark & Jocelyn GabbertMargaret & Peter HughesDr. David LyttleMiss Heather MenziesJonathan E. MitchellYvonne MorierJohn and Joan MorrissMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundE. ToewsFaye Warren1 Anonymous

ConmotoJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerBetty & Ted AshMs. Susan BairdIn Memory of Robert CoatesNeovation Learning SolutionsIsaak & Tina BergenMs. Diane BewellMr. William Richard BloxomCarole BoilySheila & David BrodovskyKathy BurchillMs. Judi L. BurlingMr. Bryan ByhreLorraine and Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey CampbellCanada GuarantyCanadian Maple Wings Association - Winnipeg

ChapterMelina ChowDave Christianson & Vera SteinbergerD.J. CowanGreg CoxThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyTracey CullenShannon DarbySilvia V. de SousaMrs. Michele Del Rizzo

L. N. DelisleMarc DesjardinsMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckMonica DinneyJennifer DobsonHarry & Mary Duckworth in honour of Arlene

Young’s birthdayDr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth in Memory

of Diena YoungR. DuddekGloria DyckJohn and Marilyn EkinsAudrey EppMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen & David EsteyRick & Julie FastMichael FeldRoss FeldmanMs. Catherine FlowerFoundation for Choral Music in ManitobaBonny FraserJoycelyn and Bryan GawrylukDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardPenny GilbertMs. Barbara GrahamMs. Gail GrangerSuzanne GrayRaul GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakAudrey A. Hawkins in memory of her mother, Mrs.

Janice HawkinsRuediger & Lydia HedrichCarl & Vi HultinShaun HumphriesWilliam J. HuttonP. IlavskyInvestors GroupSusan JohnsonVictoria JohnstonCathy & Robert KaptianKevin & Els KavanaghMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. SkinnerMarion & Bill KinnearEd & Helen KolomayaDr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester KomlodiMr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie KuhnKim LentowitschAlbert & Helen LitzGail LoewenZeeba LoxleyAngela MacDonald

Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallLydia MacKenzieAllan & Anita MalbranckJoseph and Judith Malko Family FundJames ManishenJackie MarkstromMarian Martin in memory of Eleanor AnnandaleMargaret (Bouskill) MawEmily MayoralgoKelly McGonigal

Mrs. Maureen McIntoshDr. Ian McIntyreMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of Merrily

PetersQuinton & Maureen McNaught in Memory of

Barry AndersonMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisIn Honour of Donn Yuen’s RetirementMrs. Jocelyn MillardCarolyn and Nathan MitchellGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Francine MorinMorna-June MorrowMargaret MorseKim MortonMrs. Sheila MymrykMs. Bonnie NeilIn Memory of Diena YoungIn honour of Arlene Young’s birthdayOscar Pantaleon Jr.Garth & Diane PantingJudy PatemanDonald Pearen in honour of Arlene Young’s

Special BirthdayLesia PeetMr. Julian PellicanoRobert PetersonGrant & Gail PiercePatricia Pollard in Memory of Gary PollardDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-PopeMrs. Edna PoulterMs. Lois PowneMr. James & Christine PrendergastElizabett PrenterMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottBeth M. ProvenValerie RaberErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly Rafferty

Mrs. Marieann ReevesMs. Teresa ReillySheilas Music StudioMrs. Shirley RichardsonTannis RichardsonEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMr. Chris RuddMs. Miriam RudolphJoan SabourinMrs. Claudia SarbitNicola SchaeferBarbara ScheunemanPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer FoundationEd & Susan SchmidtTrudy Schroeder & Norman DyckHarald & Vicky SchulzDebra ScottOlga & Myron ShatulskyMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykJim Skinner & Judy NicholDarby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtSt. Mary’s Road United ChurchMarianne Wojtas Staub in honour of Eileen Zaluski

Dola and Beverly Karan Pope’s 60th BirthdayMrs. Pat StefanchukMs. Suzanne StevensonDiane StewartArt Turner & Lyn StienstraRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTEC Video Security IncMary and Robert ThomasThe Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken and Lorna

Thorlakson Annual Giving Fund, in memory of Alan Adams

Julian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonToad Hall Toys Inc.Edith A. ToewsCarol & Neil TrembathCathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Specht’s BirthdayStrang/van Ineveld FamilyMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte WalktyMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersThuraya WeedonNoah & Myrna Weiszner


SupportersDiane WeselakeWestminster United ChurchWhoDunit? Mystery BookstoreEdith WildePeter WilkLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyTyler YipArlene Young and Robert O’KellDon & Betty Young20 Anonymous

Alexander Mickelthwate Endowment FundShelley Chochinov in Honour of Alexander

MickelthwateBarbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Alexander

MickelthwateIn honour of Robert Dalgliesh and Daniel

FriedmanBruno Gossen in Honour of Alexander

MickelthwateRichard & Carol JonesLydia MacKenzie in Honour of Alexander

Mickelthwate, in Loving Memory of DonnLawrie & Fran PollardBarbara ScheunemanLynn & Bill SheadJim Skinner & Judy Nichol in Honour of Alexander

MickelthwateHien Tran

Endowment Fund

Sistema Winnipeg gratefully acknowledges those who have started their own named funds at The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Marjorie & Morley Blankstein Sistema Endowment Fund

The Tannis M. Richardson Sistema Endowment Fund

The Michael Nozick Family Sistema Endowment Fund

Mr. John A. BaileyVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterAudrey BelyeaMr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene BergnerShirley BookFrances BoothSally BouldingJoan BraunMs. Shirley BrownMr. E. BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokHelle CosbyD.J. CowanThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisSiegfried EnnsJohn J. EnnsS & G FastDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetMr. David P. GiesbrechtKatie & DeLloyd GuthMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMs. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian WildsmithTeresa A. HayMs. Shirley HicksDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van VlaenderenMs. Susan HildebrandtBob & Biddy HiltonArlene Hintsa in Memory of MarilynWalter & Victoria HrablukCarl & Vi HultinWilliam J. Hutton

Margaret JeffriesUrsula & Sandor KelemenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMrs. Vera KostyshynAnne La TourEdith Landy, in Memory of David LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeFrances LemieuxMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiDr. Sabine MaiMr. Allan MapesElaine & Neil MargolisCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMargaret & Fred MooibroekKim MortonCharlotte MurrellMr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena BuksakMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerWayne & Linda PaquinMrs. Liz PatzerMs. Bettina PfeifferMs. Pat PhilpottCarolynne PresserBarb & Gerry PriceMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterW Rannie & Elaine WalkerM. RegulyLevi & Tena ReimerMrs. Barbara RempelMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikMrs. Patricia RomeynSandra RosenEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyKay SchalmeMs. Debbie SpracklinMs. Helena StelsovskyMrs. Elizabeth SziromThe Winnipeg Foundation – The Asper

EndowmentMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonPatricia & Lorne WallaceAnnemarie WiebeGrace M. WiebeMs. Ruth Zahodnik11 Anonymous

Other DonationsLucienne Blouw in memory of Louise NebbsLucienne Blouw in Memory of Alexander

Mickelthwate’s FatherLucienne Blouw in Honour of Marlene Crielaard

and Alan Schmitt’s WeddingLucienne Blouw in Memory of Nancy LambertNessie & David Greenberg in Memory of Mayer

RabkinBarry & Susan Greenberg in Memory of Mayer

RabkinSaul & Lolly Guttman in memory of Dr. Stephen

SziromDr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory of Dr.

Stephen SziromHarvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, Nora, Fran, Betty &

Al, Bev & Bruce in Memory of Merrily PetersKevin & Els Kavanagh in memory of Jacqueline

DesmaraisNadine & Herb Klassen in Memory of Mayer

RabkinLinda Litwack in memory of Mayer RabkinSharon Love in Memory of Jeannine McCallumBrian Muirhead in memory of Mayer RabkinIn memory of Katherine (Kay) LeeBill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope in honour of

Bill & Shirley Loewen’s 60th AnniversaryBill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour of Bert & Lee

Friesen’s 50th AnniversaryCharlene & Harry Schwartz in Memory of Mayer

RabkinRobert Shindleman and Family in memory of

Mayer RabkinEvelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mayer RabkinDr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of Edith SagiIn memory of Mayer RabkinIrv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Mayer RabkinMr. Aaron Witzke in memory of his grandfather,

Mayer RabkinMargaret Wollner, in Memory of Dr. Stephen

SziromWanda Young in memory of Edwin YeeMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman in

Memory of Mayer Rabkin

Listing as of June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018


Women’s Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

WSO Volunteers

Leila AlvareAgnes BaileyMartha BalutaAnna BaneraJudy BattenRosemarie BealFlorence BellTheresa BirkholzLorraine BisvertJacqueline BrignallPauline BurnsJennie Cardinal PrystupaSylvia CassieBreane CaufieldChrystyna ChoptianySusan CookeMargaret CuddyEvelyn Davidson

Madeline DeanUrsula ErhardtCatherine FlowerGitta FrickeNadia HanuschakWanda HartryIsobel HarvieMargaret HarvieKathleen HillVera HrycenkoLinda HutchingsElena IvanitskaiaVictoria JohnstonColleen JuryKoren KaminskiViolet KasunicMargaret Kellermann McCullochAdele KoryEva Lavallee

Tracey LeClairShirley LoewenJanice H LutzJoann MacMorranJanet MacPhailHelene MarshJane McGrigorShirley McLeanSherratt MoffattBrenda MorlockMargaret MorozElizabeth MorrisonMaggie NishimuraJoan PapushkaMaria PaulicLesia PeetHelen PetersBrenda PhernambucqMarina Plett-Lyle

Louise ProvenSusan RichardsonHelen SchaetzlePat SirskiJune SlobodianMarlene SteeleBeverly TrudelSara Scott TurnerMyrna TycholzGenevieve Van OersAdrijana VesEve VickerWinnifred WarkentinIlana WarnerNancy WeedonHazel ZahradnikKerry ZakowichRena Zinkowski

MembersExecutive Committee

Past PresidentSylvia Cassie

PresidentSherratt Moffatt

Vice PresidentMargaret Harvie

Treasurer Nancy Weedon

Secretary Agnes Bailey

AssistantFlorence Bell

Administration & Box OfficeWayne AshmoreOlive ArendtCarol BeardsleyAlexandra BlinderJane BulliedShirley ChengFaye ChowNolan CoughlanSharon CoughlanDebbie CurtisNicole DrysdaleWendy ElliottHedie EppSylvia FlamCathy FlowerRay & Barbara GislasonMeghan HansenDianne HarleyBill & Gail HarperAnnette & Randall HayIrene HillHelen HolgateWirlana HolowkaElizabeth HuntJudy JenningsBonnie JohnsonCharlotte KaminskyNatasha KaminskyBev KawchukNyoman KlassenRob KnaggsSusan Kopochinski

Cindy KroekerRoxolana KurjewiczSusan LoeppkyJim & Joan MacKenzieMardi MacNeilLinda MarksDarlene McCullochCharlie MeddGord & Betty MitchellMyrna MitchellJacquie MoffatDiane NicholJeff & Joanne O’LearyBettina PfeifferIngrid PfeifferSheila RainonenGina RheaumeAlex RobereckiDavid & Elena RobertsNoreen RossnagelKevin RoyOlivia SantoroCindy SingerGail SingerTina SorensenAilen Costamagna SotoDarlene & Bob StewartKen StoneGeri SweetMaria TschritterTara TschritterPatricia VinebergCheryl Waldner

Brian & Eleen WebberPenny WebberTannis WebsterToni WildmanPat WrightIrene Zurawsky

DevelopmentGorden AndrusOlive ArendtLisa BakoShari BlockMarie BuissonJane BulliedKatrina BuschhausenSusan CampbellHelle CosbySharon CoughlanLoraine DanielsonClaudia Desjardin Erika DilkaElfrieda DupuisJudith Flynn Helen HolgateRuth JantzJudy JenningsBev KawchukSusan KopochinskiRoxolana KurjewiczEva LavalleeLetty LawrenceSusan LoeppkyMonique MasiMargaret Kellerman McCullochDarlene McCullochLori McGinnis

John McLeodShana Menkis Myrna MitchellGord & Betty MitchellDiane NicholJohn Pacak Bettina Pfeiffer Ingrid Pfeiffer Sandra PloskerBrenda RicherGisela RogerBarbara ScheunemanGail SingerBob & Darlene StewartGeraldine SweetPatricia VinebergCathy Vossen Gloria WaldronBrian & Eleen WebberPatrick WrightIrene Zurawsky

Education & Community EngagementConcerts For Kids:Jenny ArcandSarah Bell Ainsley BrownMadison Stenning-BrownGloria Aza FarjeDaniela GracaMatty GuidryChenoa McKelveyMikyla MerrimanKaylene NormandClaire OngJohn Sellick

Meg Specht Music For Young Children: Jenny ArcandCrizelyn CubolRoberta Di CanioDianna FastCassandra GiesbrechtMindy GoetzMarilyn HooperClaudine Rose-KuffnerTeri MyersMikyla MerrimanSuzanne Myskew Kaelyn OquendoArlene Schultz Kristen SchulzMeg Specht Rebecca Thiessen Marilyn Unrau Laura VisserAmy Whitaker Gina WedelValerie Wiebe

Sistema WinnipegCaitlin AllanJillie AmiscosaSoe Young AnKris CabadingJudith FlynnBrian KowalchukConnor MarkChristiana OkoloArlene Young


Governance

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is a chartered non-profit organization governed by a voluntary board of directors.

Board Of Directors

Terry Sargeant, PresidentCurt Vossen, Vice-PresidentRob Kowalchuk, CA, TreasurerMichael D. Kay, SecretaryTimothy E. Burt, CFA, Past PresidentIda AlboSandra AltnerLucienne BlouwEmily BurtJames Cohen

Arlene DahlMarten DuhouxSteven DyerAlan FreemanDaniel FriedmanDr. Selena FriesenMicah HeilbrunnRobin HildebrandPeter JessimanMargaret Kellermann McCulloch

Dr. Maureen KilgourSilvester KomlodiSotirios KotoulasDr. Eleanor MacDougallSherratt MoffattRichard TurnerTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-Officio

Executive Committee

Terry Sargeant, President & ChairCurt Vossen, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, TreasurerMichael Kay, Corporate SecretaryMarten DuhouxDaniel FriedmanMaureen KilgourRichard TurnerMicah HeilbrunnTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-Officio

Governance Committee

Marten Duhoux, ChairSandra AltnerMichael KayMaureen KilgourRichard TurnerTerry Sargeant, Ex-OfficioTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-Officio

Finance & Audit Committee

Rob Kowalchuk, ChairMarten DuhouxDaniel FriedmanMicah HeilbrunnMichael KayMaureen KilgourTerry SargeantRichard TurnerCurt VossenTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-OfficioLyn Stienstra, Ex-Officio

Nominations Committee

Curt Vossen, ChairTerry SargeantRichard TurnerTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-Officio

Personnel Committee

Maureen Kilgour, ChairMarten DuhouxGregory HayPeter JessimanSherratt MoffattTerry Sargeant

Development Committee

Daniel Friedman, ChairIda AlboMarten DuhouxAlan FreemanPeter JessimanSilvester KomlodiSotirios KotoulasShana MenkisJohn PacakPam SimmonsChristine SkeneCathy VossenTrudy Schroeder, Ex-OfficioAlexander Mickelthwate, Ex-OfficioBeth Proven, Ex-OfficioNeil Middleton, Ex-Officio

Our Distinguished Patrons

Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M.LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA

The Honourable Brian PallisterPREMIER OF MANITOBA

His Worship Brian BowmanMAYOR OF THE CIT Y OF WINNIPEG

Mr. W. H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. LoewenWSO DIREC TORS EMERITUS

Members of the Board of Directors Photo Credit: Chronic Creative


Presidents Advisory Council

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-Smith

Al AlexandrukMal AndersonCarol BellringerMarilyn BillinkoffDoneta BrotchieJohn and Bonnie BuhlerTimothy E. BurtJames CarrEdmund Dawe,D.M.A.Dorothy DobbieGreg Doyle

Presidents of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

1974-76 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. Baatz1983-84 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 Hayles

Jamie DolynchukJulia De FehrSusan FeldmanBarbara FilukWally Fox-DecentJack FraserEvelyn FriesenElba HaidHelen HaylesKaaren HawkinsSherrill Hershberg

President’s Advisory Council

Ian KayRoger KingBill KnightMichel LagacéZina LazareckGail LeachDr.Hermann LeeNaomi LevineBill LoewenJackie LoweDr. Brendan MacDougall

1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles1998-99 Mr. William NorrieFeb 1999-May 1999 Mr. William LoewenJun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack2000-Feb 2003 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 Dobbie2012-2016 Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA2016-Present Mr. Terry Sargeant

Don MacKenzieBill MarrEd J.MartensMichael NozickHarvey I Pollock,QCDr.William PopeJohn RademakerKathleen RichardsonTannis RichardsonLeney RichardsonEd Richmond

Lorne SharfeWilliam SheadGraeme SiftonJoanne SigurdsonMuriel SmithBonnie Staples-LyonBrenlee Carrington TrepelDennis Wallace


Staff 2017/2018 Season

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sales & Audience Services

Ryan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience ServicesDesiree La Vallee, Patron Services SupervisorTheresa Huscroft, Group Events RepresentativeRachel Himelblau, Patron Services RepresentativePatron Services Representatives (p/t):

Phil Corrin Laura GowMeg Dolovich Paul Longtin Sandesh Fernandez Emma MilnerShevaun Fortune Alyssa RamsayJason Hayes Stephanie Van NestMelissa Houston Lindsay Wodgar

Artistic Operations & Community Engagement

Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community EngagementJames Manishen, Artistic Operations AssociateEvan Klassen, Director of Artistic Operations & ProductionSheena Sanderson, Stage ManagerTatiana Carnevale, Operations CoordinatorChris Lee, Orchestra Personnel ManagerGreg Hamilton, Principal LibrarianLaura MacDougall, Assistant LibrarianLawrence Rentz, Stage SupervisorBrent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement ManagerShannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Executive Office

Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

Artistic

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor LaureateJulian Pellicano, Resident ConductorHarry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director

Finance & Administration

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

Marketing & Development

Neil Middleton, VP Marketing & SponsorshipBeth Proven, VP DevelopmentCarol Cassels, Development ManagerShenna Song, Development Coordinator Desiree La Vallee, Campaign & Event Coordinator Vincent Houghtaling, Development InternSarah Panas, Marketing & Communications CoordinatorDiana Chabai, Communications AssistantS.Thompson Designs Inc.

Members of the staff Photo Credit: Chronic Creative


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