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Bruce Kiesling......................................... Resident Conductor
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dear Symphony Supporter,
Chairman Dennis Stearns Welcome to our wonderful world of
Chairman-Elect Robert Harris
Past Chairman (Nominations) Bob Braswell
music! We have a breathtaking season

!
Vice Chair-Development Bill Webber planned for you. Dmitry Sitkovetsky,
Vice Chair-Development Bonnie Cordes Symphony Music Director, and Lisa
Vice Chair-Legal Robert Klepfer
Vice Chair-Community Relations Howard Chubbs
Crawford, Symphony President and
Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory Sam LeBauer CEO, have been hard at work with
Vice Chair–Advocacy Jonathan Smith our Board and musicians designing
Vice Chair–Development-Grants Susan Schwartz
Vice Chair-Audience Development Gary Nixon
an excellent season of music to truly
Vice Chair- Public Relations David Gleeson delight you. The choices are great,
Secretary Ches Kennedy Dennis is a former whether you enjoy the Masterworks,
Treasurer Philippe Dorier Pan-American chess champion
Guild President Suzy Walker
POPS, Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber
Guild President-Elect Connie Saul Series, or have a child or grandchild in one of our many Youth music
**President & CEO Lisa Pickett Crawford programs which bring the gift of music to more than 50,000 children
**Music Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky
in our area every year.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our Symphony is one of Greensboro’s great “quality of life” assets that
Robert Braswell Bernie Mann grows better and better each year. While you may think you are coming to
Myrna Carlock Kathy Manning
enjoy great music performed by first-class musicians and our world-class
Martha Chandler Tricia Merrell
Howard Chubbs Tam Milton conductor, you are also supporting an organization which has become one
Bonnie Cordes Carole Moore
Lisa Crawford** Gary Nixon
of several key attractions in Greensboro for economic development. Our
Bert Davis, Jr. Amelia Parker Symphony, in its many roles, plays a critical role in attracting and retaining
Philippe Dorier David F. Parker
Bill Fraser James Pegram companies and good employees (and new jobs) to our area.
David Gleeson Lillian Rauch
Jessica Good Kemp Reece
Holt Gwyn Bob Rhodes How can you help enhance our Greensboro Symphony?
Peggy Hamilton Garson Rice • Ask friends to join you for a concert and experience
Robert Harris Roy Rizzo
Joe Hughes Ed Riley*** for themselves how music can be a catalyst to calm those
DK Jeong Connie Saul*
tough days and restore their soul,
Linda Jones Susan Schwartz
Orton Jones Dmitry Sitkovetsky** • Volunteer to help with our Symphony Guild, comprised of
Mike Kelly Jonathan Smith
Ches Kennedy Dennis Stearns
more than 500 women who share a passion for music and
Michael Kirkman Janet Stenersen help promote awareness and raise funds for our children’s
Bob Klepfer, Jr Jeanne Tannenbaum
Andrea Knupp* John O.H. Toledano music programs,
Ann Kroupa Kenneth Tutterow • Get involved, even at modest levels, with our Heritage Society,
Joe LeBauer Frances Vinoski*
Samuel LeBauer Suzy Walker* a part of the Greensboro Symphony Endowment,
Gary Liebel Bill Webber* and help ensure the Symphony will be a fiscally strong asset
Kim Littrell* Bill Werner
Gail McGroaty Russell Williams for our children, grandchildren and generations to come.

PAST PRESIDENTS
Miles H. Wolff 1959-67
Douglas M. Orr 1967-72
L.L. Weltner 1972-74
Charles L. Weill 1974-75
Miles H. Wolff 1975-76
Samuel G. Wilson 1976-80
Joy Morrison 1980-83
Bernard Mann 1983-85
Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. 1985-87
Anne Daniel 1987-89
We invite you to step forward and make a difference in our Symphony!
Lewis R. Ritchie 1989-91
Robert E. Lavietes 1991-93 Please contact Lisa Crawford at 336-335-5456 ext. 222 for more
Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. 1993-95 information. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing our
David F. Parker 1995-97
Joyce Kiser 1997-98
excitement. Thank you!
John O.H. Toledano 1998-00
David Routh 2000-02
Sincerely,
Ann E. Kroupa 2002-04
Carole Lineberry-Moore 2004-06
Robert Braswell 2006-08

Orchestra Representative Ed Riley

Endowment Chairman Emeritus Carolina Lee Dennis G. Stearns
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Born in Durham, Lisa’s North
Carolina roots are strong, her
ancestors settling here in the late
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when she began making her
way in the world with her BA in
Music and Theology from UNC
Chapel Hill and Meredith College.
After brief stays in Nashville and
Washington, DC, she moved
to Boston and sang with the
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
took additional music courses
at Harvard University and spent a summer at Tanglewood. The experience of
working with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Seiji
Ozawa and with such top artists as Jessye Norman, Federica Von Stade, Klaus
Tennstadt and Sir Colin Davis instilled in her a new respect for symphonic
music. She moved to Berlin, Germany to study music at the Freie University
and was invited to sing with the Chor St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir and
experienced first-hand the Berlin Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Berlin
and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductors such as Kurt Masur,
Anton Dorati, Eric Leinsdorf and Ricardo Chailly.
Upon returning to the states, she met her late husband, David, a graduate
of the Curtis Institute, who had just signed a contract with the Heidelberg
Opera house. They married in Heidelberg and spent eight years living in
France and Germany as David pursued his career as a leading opera tenor. Lisa
worked with the French company, Bongrain, and assumed directorship of
Colombo Europe. She conducted international distributor negotiations
and supervised all European operations, except UK and ITALY, until
General Mills acquired Colombo at the end of 1994.
Following the sale and moving to Miami, Florida, Lisa completed
her Masters of Music Business at the University of Miami. While in
school, she was the Orchestra Manager of the UM Symphony, initiator
of the classical label for ‘Cane Records, Co-founder of the Key West
Music Festival, Director of the Corporate Campaign for Florida Grand
Opera and Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning for the
New World Symphony. Upon graduation, she accepted the position of
Executive Director of the Palm Beach Pops.
Lisa joined the Greensboro Symphony in 1999 and her responsibilities
include all management aspects of the Orchestra. During her tenure,
the GSO has expanded its Education Programs with additional Youth
Orchestra ensembles, an in-school string program and a series for 3
to 5 year olds at Triad Stage. She was a key committee member during
the International Music Director Search when Dmitry Sitkovetsky was
chosen from more than 300 applicants. Under her tenure, the Symphony
conducted a statewide POPS tour, hosted the National Symphony,
expanded educational and POPS concerts to Burlington, launched a popular
Chamber Series at UNCG School of Music, a successful annual Community
Gospel Concert to diversify the Symphony offerings and released two
professional recordings.
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky MUSIC DIRECTOR

Dmitry Sitkovetsky is one of a rare breed of artists

whose career successfully manifests itself in many artistic fields. As a
violinist, he has worked with the very best orchestras in the world - the
Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London
Symphony, Philharmonia, NHK Symphony, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los
Angeles, and Cleveland orchestras. He has also performed at the Salzburg ,
Lucerne, Edinburgh, Verbier, Istanbul and Georges Enescu festivals, as well
as being a founding artist of the Tuscan Sun Festival which began in 2003.
Sitkovetsky has built a flourishing conducting career. He was the
Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra and has
worked with the London Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; San Francisco,
St. Louis, Seattle and Milwaukee symphonies; Santa Cecilia and Ensemble
Orchestre de Paris. Sitkovetsky is also the founding director of the New
European Strings (NES) Chamber Orchestra which is comprised of distin-

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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director
guished string players from the East and
West. Since 2003, Sitkovetsky has been
the Music Director of the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra and the Principal
Guest Conductor of the Russian State
Orchestra. In March, 2006 he was named
Artist-in-Residence of the Orquesta
Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in Spain, which
involves his conducting the orchestra on
tours, playing as a soloist and in chamber
music, as well as giving masterclasses.
Since his successful transcription of
Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio, he
has transcribed works by Haydn, Beethoven,
Brahms, Dohnanyi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky,
Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Schnittke,
mostly for string orchestra. He has been a
member of ASCAP since 1985, and his
transcriptions are published by Doblinger,
Sikorski and Schirmer.
He has an active and varied recording
career with an extensive discography, which
includes all the major violin concerti,
numerous chamber music works as well as
orchestral recordings as conductor. In the
spring of 2005, a CD with his transcriptions
for string orchestra of works by
Shostakovich and Stravinsky was released
by Hänssler Records with the NES CO and
Sitkovetsky. In 2006 Hänssler released a
recording of Trios by Shostakovich and
Mieczyslaw Weinberg with David Geringas
and Jasha Nemtsov as well as the first
recording of the Complete Mozart Violin
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GSO MAESTRO
TIMELINE
1920’s
Henry Fuchs
Sonatas with Antonio in Germany where he
Pappano. In 2007, Dmitry 1939 performed the Brahms
made several recordings: H. Hugh Altvater Concerto with the SWR
Violin Concerto by Henri 1951 Orchestra (Silvain
Dutilleux with the George Dickieson Cambreling, conductor),
Concertgebow Orchestra conducted the
1963
and Mariss Janssons; Mozart Thomas Cousins Sudwestdeutsche
Violin Sonatas with Konstantin Philharmonie (Gary Hoffman,
Lifschitz; Piano Trios of Rodion 1967 soloist), played a trio-concert
Sheldon Morgenstern
Shchedrin and Peteris Vasks. with Gary Hoffman &
His CDs of the last few 1975 Konstantin Lifshitz, solo-
years — works for violin and Peter Paul Fuchs recitals (Bach), and had his
piano by Rodion Shchedrin, 1987 NES Chamber Orchestra
with the composer playing the Paul Anthony McRae in residence for three
piano — reflect Sitkovetsky’s different programs.
1996
increasing involvement with Stuart Malina During the 2008-09
contemporary composers. He season, Dima will perform
premiered the violin concerti 2003 and conduct in dozens of
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
written for him by John cities throughout the world
Casken (1995) and Krzystof including Berlin, Germany,
Meyer (2000) and often performs works by Brussels, Belgium, Cape Town, South Africa,
Dutilleux, Penderecki, Schnittke, Pärt, Vasks Geneva, Switzerland, Hamburg, Germany,
and Shchedrin, who has written several Lille, France, Rennes, France, San Bernardino,
works for Sitkovetsky both as violinist and California, Seattle, Washington,
conductor. In the summers of 2005, Dmitry St. Petersburg, Russia, Seville, Spain,
performed two major works by John Tenerife, Canary Islands, Valladolid, Spain
Corigliano — his Second Symphony and the and many more.
Red Violin Suite where he was both the Dmitry Sitkovetsky was born in Baku,
violinist and the conductor. He repeated the Azerbaijan, but grew up in Moscow where
Red Violin Suite with the Russian National he studied at the Moscow Conservatory
Orchestra at the new Festival del Sole in and, after his emigration in 1977, at the
Napa Valley, California, in July 2007. Juilliard School in New York. Since 1987, he
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Conductor Bruce Kiesling has a diverse background,
which encompasses conducting, harpsichord performance, theater and
piano work in both classical and popular genres. Originally from Canton,
Ohio, Dr. Kiesling received his undergraduate degree and Masters in
Conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music. While there,
Dr. Kiesling conducted many theatrical productions, served as Director of
Choral Activities for the Residential College, and Assistant Conductor of the
internationally acclaimed University of Michigan Men’s Glee.
Dr. Kiesling received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral
conducting at the University of Miami, Florida, where he was awarded the
highly competitive University Fellowship. While in Miami, he served as
Artistic Director of the Miami Oratorio Society, Associate Conductor of the
University of Miami Symphony Orchestra and co-founder and conductor of
the Clarke Chamber Players.
Aside from University training, Dr. Kiesling participated in the conducting
master class at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Robert Shaw Workshop at
Carnegie Hall. Returning to his theatrical roots, he spent several years as the
Supervising Music Director for the five-time Emmy–award winning political
satire troupe, The News in Revue, including performances and productions in
Miami and New York City. Dr. Kiesling is also an active composer. His first
musical, King of the Playground, received a staged reading at Musical Theater
Works (NYC). His other projects include incidental scores for theatrical
productions: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Swimming (off-Broadway) and
On Golden Pond (Triad Stage). Recently, he also contributed songs to a revue
at the Metropolitan Room in New York City in August.
Expanding his skills as a keyboardist, Dr. Kiesling began studying the
harpsichord and within a year was the recipient of the prestigious Duane
Wilder Award for Harpsichord. He has led performances from the keyboard
with the University of Miami Chamber Orchestra, the Clarke Chamber
Players and served as harpsichordist for the Florida
Baroque Ensemble. He has also provided piano
accompaniment for countless recitals, musicals,
showcases and cabarets.
Dr. Kiesling’s other career is as a composer of
music for a growing number of film and television
productions. He also regularly conducts orchestral
recording sessions for his own and other composers’
film scores. Within just the past two years, he has
written original music for more than twenty film
productions. His most recent projects include the
feature films A Noise of Many Waters (winner of the Red
Inkworks Screenwriting Competition), Wesley, Foresight,
Seven Days of Yellow, the slasher comedy Caesar and
Otto’s Summer Camp Massacre, and the feature length
documentary Di Passaggio.
Other projects include the short films Cadence
(winner, best film and best score, 2008 Greensboro
48 Hour Film Festival) and Lost Joe, as well as a
documentary for the Hickory Museum of Art, the
web-series Forced to Protect, the pilot for the series
Raven Rock and three book trailers for the Random
House Video Book Awards. Kiesling has also
composed music for the trailer for the upcoming
feature Metal Detector, and many student films,
most recently Stormy Weather, 1915, Por Amor and
Tommy’s Chocolates.
As Resident Conductor for the Greensboro
Symphony, Dr. Kiesling leads classical concerts, the
hugely popular Holiday Concert at the Greensboro
Coliseum, the Gospel Concert (featuring Curt Karr,
Richard Smallwood and Wintley Phipps), the highly
successful education concerts, and has appeared
many times with the Carolina Pops. Highlights include
leading the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Dmitry
Sitkovetsky and Gary Hoffman, and an upcoming 2009
performance of Carmina Burana.
In addition to these duties, he serves as Music
Director and Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony
Youth Orchestra, having led the orchestra at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in May 2001
and more recently, a triumphant performance at
Carnegie Hall in June 2007 where the orchestra
received an immediate standing ovation. Most recently,
the orchestra performed at Piccolo Spoleto Festival
in Charleston, South Carolina. Under Dr. Kiesling’s
guidance, the youth orchestra program has more than
doubled in size and now includes five ensembles with
more than 200 members.
Dr. Kiesling also serves as Artistic Director and
Conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro. This
year, he will appear with the Tulare County Symphony
in California. Other recent conducting opportunities
have included the North Carolina School of the Arts
Symphony Orchestra, the College of William and Mary
Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival,
the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and All-County
Orchestras in Guilford and Alamance counties.
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Violin I
*JOHN FADIAL, CONCERTMASTER
Greensboro Symphony Guild Chair
FABRICE DHARAMRAJ,
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Chair in Honor of Caroline Lee
WENDY RAWLS,
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
COLLEEN CHENAIL
Rachel Smothers Hull and
Worth Brantley Hull Chair
KAREN COLLINS
Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne
Kavanagh Chair by Ellen C. and
B. John Kavanagh
EWA DHARAMRAJ
George W. Dickieson Chair
GSO Conductor 1951-1963
by Anna Dickieson
ANDREW EMMETT
Lynn Carroll Haley Chair by
Michael W. Haley
RUTH METHENY
Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair
by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner
JULIANNE ODAHOWSKI
Sally London Hobbs Memorial Chair
by Johnnye and J.T. Hunter
JANET ORENSTEIN
Lucy and Clark Dixon Memorial Chair
by Jack C. Dixon
RAMILYA SIEGEL
James Autha Freeze Memorial Chair
by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze
DANIEL SKIDMORE
Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair
NICOLAE SOARE
Dorothy G. Frank Chair
by Stanley M. Frank
JEAN VON BERG SYKES
*MONIKA WILMOT
Violin II
STEVEN B. HARPER, PRINCIPAL
ALISON LAWSON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair
by Lenora W. Jackson
CATHERINE BURTON
Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry
Memorial Chair by Helen and
Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
*GRETCHEN HELLER
Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair by the
Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund
KAY HENSLEY
Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Katherine G. Stern
BETTY KELLEY
Ellen and Gary Taft Chair
GREGORIO MIDERO
The Jimmie Irene Johnson Memorial Chair
by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family
DAVID MULLIKIN
Viola
SCOTT RAWLS, PRINCIPAL
Kathleen Price Bryan Memorial Chair by
Kathleen Bryan Edwards and Family
MAUREEN MICHELS,
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair by
Catherine G. Rice and Children
ANNE P. DIPIAZZA
Betty F. and Robert P. Williams Chair
SIMON ERTZ
The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair
by Flo and Bill Snider
NOAH HOCK
CAROLINE JONES
ERIC KOONTZ
DIANE PHOENIX-NEAL
CAMILLE PRESCOTT
EMILE SIMONEL
Cello
*BETH VANDERBORGH, PRINCIPAL
BROOKS WHITEHOUSE, ACTING PRINCIPAL
PHILIP VON MALTZAHN,ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Kay Bryan Edwards Chair by
Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
BRENDA FINCHER
Joan T. and William L. Hemphill Chair
MELODEE KARABIN
Joy C. Morrison Chair
by William H. Morrison, Jr.
MARCIA RILEY
The Brough-Webber Chair
by Elizabeth Brough Webber
and William R. Webber
ANNE SELLITTI
Greensboro Opera Company Chair
by Peggy and Phil Johnson
WORTH WILLIAMS
The Kroupa Family Chair by
Bob and Ann Kroupa
TBA
Preston Wylie Keith and Martha
Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair by
Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith
TBA
Dr. William R. and
Beverley C. Rogers Chair
Bass
JOHN P. SPULLER, PRINCIPAL
EMILY RUPP, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Carolyn J. Maness Chair
by John R. Maness
MARA BARKER
C. Scott Lee Chair by
Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
VIRGINIA MASIUS
Richard W. and Carlotta M.
Treleaven Memorial Chair by
Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven
*JAN MIXTER
KIT POLEN
Flute Trombone
DEBRA REUTER-PIVETTA, PRINCIPAL JOHN R. MELTON, PRINCIPAL
LINDA CYKERT DAVE WULFECK
Linda B. and Maurice Jennings Chair Frederick Kent Wilkins Memorial Chair
CARLA COPELAND-BURNS
by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children
Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair ERIK J. SALZWEDEL, BASS TROMBONE
by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Alice Wilson Pearce Chair
Foundation by Woody Pearce
Oboe Tuba
MARY ASHLEY BARRET, PRINCIPAL TBA
Fraser Family Chair by
Susan and Bill Fraser Timpani
PETER ZLOTNICK, PRINCIPAL
ANNA LAMPIDIS
Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial Chair
by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright Percussion
WILEY ARNOLD SYKES III, PRINCIPAL
ALICIA CHAPMAN
BEVERLY NAIDITCH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Barbara B. and Robert E. Lavietes Chair Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair
by Charles M. Hassell
Clarinet DRUMS, WILEY ARNOLD SYKES III
KELLY BURKE, PRINCIPAL
R. Bradford Lloyd Chair by
EDWIN RILEY
Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.
Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair
XYLOPHONE, JOHN BECK
by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr.
Hughlene Bostian Frank and
JAMES KALYN
William Allen Frank Chair
Royce O. Reynolds Chair
MIKE AUSTIN
by Jane W. Reynolds
John E. and Martha S. Chandler Chair
Bassoon MICHAEL LASLEY
CAROL L. BERNSTORF, PRINCIPAL
Thomas E. and Elaine R. Wright Chair
ANN SHOEMAKER JOHNATHAN SCHEIBLER
Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair
by Elizabeth Yates King by the Massey Trust through Nancy C.
MICHAEL BURNS
and Alex S. Brown, Jr.
Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair
by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family Harp
HELEN RIFAS, PRINCIPAL
Horn Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair
In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes
ROBERT CAMPBELL, PRINCIPAL
LYNN BECK
Carole Swope Monroe Chair Piano/Celesta
by Edwin Brent Monroe NANCY JOHNSTON, PRINCIPAL
TIMOTHY PAPENBROCK
Irene Mitchell Moore and Beverly
Cooper Moore Chair
Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair
by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund
DAVID DOYLE
MUSIC LIBRARIAN
JOHN P. SPULLER
Richard and Danahy Family Chair by Mary C.
Richard Danahy and Patrick Danahy
STAGE MANAGER
VITO CICCONE
Trumpet
ANITA CIRBA, PRINCIPAL
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair by MANAGER
Mary Ann Bush and Children WENDY RAWLS
KEN WILMOT
Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Chair by *On Leave One Year
Donna M. and Herman Cone III +One-Year Contract
KARL J. KASSNER
The Austin Family Chair by String personnel listed
Patricia Austin Sevier in alphabetical order
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Guiseppe Verdi
Overture from La Forza del Destino
Domenico Donizetti
“Ah! Mes amis” from The Daughter
of the Regiment
“Una Furtiva Lagrima” from The Elixir of Love
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Giuseppi Verdi
“La Donna e Mobile” from Rigoletto
René Barbera, tenor
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 B flat Major, Op. 23
Yefim Bronfman, piano
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso;
Allegro con spirito
II. Andante semplice
III. Allegro con fuoco
GUEST ARTIST
■ Yefim Bronfman
Widely regarded as one of the most tal-
ented virtuoso pianists performing today.
His commanding technique and excep-
tional lyrical gifts have won him consistent
critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences
worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his
prestigious orchestral engagements or his
rapidly growing catalogue of recordings.
Mr. Bronfman appears regularly with
such celebrated ensembles as the Berlin
Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Vienna Philharmonic, the Dresden Staats-
kapelle, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
London’s Philharmonia, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic,
the Orchestre de Paris and the Royal Con-
certgebouw Orchestra.
Mr. Bronfman has also given numerous
solo recitals in the leading halls of North
America, Europe and the Far East, includ-
ing acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in
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1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991
he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac
Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s
first public performances there since his
emigration to Israel at age 15. That same
year he was awarded the prestigious Avery
Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given
to American instrumentalists.
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Mr. Bronfman has won widespread praise
for his solo, chamber and orchestral record-
ings. He won a Grammy award in 1997 SEPTEMBER 13
for his recording of the three Bartók Piano
Concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Century
Celebration
GUEST ARTIST
Gala
■ René Barbera
Born in Laredo, Texas, he began singing at
the age of 10 as a boy soprano in the San
Antonio Boys’ Choir. In high school he com-
peted for the All-State Choir in his junior
and senior years. Mr. Barbera was invited to
the American Institute of Musical Studies
in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2003,
and the Vocal Arts Symposium of Colorado
Springs in 2004. In 2004 he won the larg-
est award given to undergraduate vocalists
at the North Carolina School of the Arts,
where he is currently a senior in college. He BRONFMAN
performed the role of Ottario in (NCSA’s)
Fletcher Opera Institute’s Belisario in the
2005 season and in 2006 he performed the
role of Arbace in (NCSA’s) Fletcher Opera
Institute’s Idomeneo. In 2006 he won first
place in the 5th annual Heafner/Williams
Vocal Competition as well as first place in
the undergraduate division of the Charlotte
Opera Guild Vocal Competition. In 2007
he participated in the UNCG Charles A.
Lynam Vocal Competition where he placed
3rd in the young artist division but received
the grand prize of a performance with the
Greensboro Symphony. Most recently Mr.
Barbera was one of 5 equal winners of the BARBERA
Metropolitan National Council Audition
Grand Finals and participated in San Fran-
cisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program in the
summer of 2008.
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 ■ Program Notes
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Songs
No other composer exemplifies the Ameri-
can orchestral sound more than Aaron
Copland. Much of his work includes the
influence of American folk songs. Copland
prepared two sets of songs for voice and
piano, the first in 1950, and followed with an
additional set in 1952. The composer later
arranged them for chamber orchestra.
Tonight’s selections include examples from
both the first and second sets of the songs.
John Corigliano (b. 1938)
The Red Violin: Suite for
Violin and Orchestra
Although the creator of only a few scores for
motion pictures, Corigliano has created unique
and fascinating examples in the genre. In
addition to Altered States and Revolution, he is
best known for his work on the 1998 film The
Red Violin. The film follows the journey of a
particular instrument from its creation
in the 17th century to a modern day auction
of rare violins.
Corigliano’s gorgeously Romantic score
creates themes that seem at home in all the
various periods, but still reflect differences in
tone and style for changing musical tastes.
His versatility is certainly no surprise. He
has been active in nearly every genre of
contemporary classical music, including the
creation of one of the most popular contempo-
rary operas, The Ghosts of Versailles. His two
symphonies are also very popular, the second
Strauss endeav- of which earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
ored to emulate
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Beethoven’s Eroica Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
symphony “with (A Hero’s Life)
lots of French “I may not be a first rate composer,” wrote
Strauss, “but, I am a first rate second-rate
horns, which are composer.” History has shown him to have
always a mea- underestimated his worth. However during
his lifetime, he struggled greatly with his
sure of heroism.”
quest for critical success. Although his early
Some scholars efforts were primarily in traditional forms, in
have suggested the mid 1880’s Strauss began composing tone
that Strauss even poems—programmatic large scale works.
Along with his groundbreaking operas, Strauss
based “The Hero” would become best known for these works.
on himself. Ein Heldenleben was to be Strauss’ final
effort in the genre. Although most of his tone
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING poems involve a specific program, the com-
28 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
poser did not include one for Ein Heldenleben.
Instead, he endeavored to emulate
Beethoven’s Eroica symphony “with lots of
French horns, which are always a measure of
heroism.” Some scholars have suggested that
Strauss even based “The Hero” on himself.
What is certainly clear, however, is that he
created a work of thrilling power and emotion-
ally Romantic grandeur.
Organized as one large sonata-form
movement, the poem is broken into six distinct
sections. The first three represent the two
subjects of the Sonata form with a transition
(“The Hero’s Adversaries”) between. Intro-
duced in the third section is the idea of a
beloved companion that the hero pursues
throughout the work.
The fourth section represents the develop-
ment with three offstage trumpets sounding a
call to our hero. A stunning battle sequence
ensues, which climaxes with a quote from
Strauss’ earlier tone poem, Don Juan. The final
section includes some remembrances of the
earlier sections, but the hero finds himself at
peace with his companion.
JOHN FADIAL
Violinist John Fadial has served as con-
certmaster of the Greensboro Symphony
for eleven years. This season, he has
taken a leave of absence as he explores
a new position at the University of Wyo-
ming. He has performed on four continents as a United
States Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at such
notable venues as the Smithsonian Museum, the Philips
Collection, and the Kennedy Center, with numerous
engagements at summer festivals such as Aspen, Banff,
Brevard, Eastern, Heidelberg, Mirecourt, Costa Rica and
Salvador. Fadial has performed widely in the U.S. and
Europe since 1997 as violinist of the critically acclaimed
Chesapeake Piano Trio.
CORINE BROUWER
Corine Brouwer is the concertmaster
of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the
Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Carolina
Chamber Symphony Players, and is a
member of the Arizona MusicFest Or-
chestra. Ms. Brouwer has appeared as soloist with the
North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony,
Canton (Ohio) Symphony, Carolina Chamber Sym-
phony, Western Piedmont Symphony, and Salisbury
Symphony Orchestras. Chamber performances include
the Keowee Chamber Music Festival, Eastern Music
Festival, International Bartok Festival, and the Sau-
gatuck Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Brouwer earned
her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at NCSA, where
she studied with the late Elaine Richey.
 ■ Concert Program
Aaron Copland
Songs
Robert Moody, baritone
Zion’s Walls
Simple Gifts
At the River
All the Pretty Horses
I Bought Me a Cat
Mmasterworks
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John Corigliano
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Main Title A Hero’s Life
■ Robert Moody Anna’s Theme Joint Concert of the
Now in his fourth season as Music Director Death of Anna Winston-Salem and
of the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Coitus Musicales Greensboro Symphonies
Moody is extremely proud of the orchestra’s Journey to China
accomplishments in recent years. Since Shanghai
coming to the WSS in 2005, Moody has Pope’s Betrayal THURSDAY SPONSOR
also been named artistic director of Arizona Victoria’s Departure
Musicfest (2007), and music director of the The Auction
Portland (Maine) Symphony (2008). Gypsy Cadenza
Maestro Moody’s first three seasons Anna’s Theme
with the Winston-Salem Symphony have
been tremendous successes for the orches- Intermission
tra: sold out concerts, performances with
superstar musicians from various genres Richard Strauss
(including Itzhak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life)
Midori, Amy Grant, and The Manhattan Robert Moody, conductor
Transfer), strong reviews from press and I. The Hero
audience, and an orchestra that is quickly II. The Hero’s Adversaries
becoming one of the leading “gem” regional III. The Hero’s Companion SATURDAY SPONSOR
orchestras in the country. Additions of Pops IV. The Hero’s Deeds of War.
and Discovery series, plus annual Side by V. The Hero’s Works of Peace
Side and Handel’s Messiah performances VI. The Hero’s Escape from the World
are key markers of the orchestra’s growth.
Having conducted the Portland Sym- Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music and
phony’s final concert of the 2007 - 2008 composers with Gregory Carroll (UNCG).
season (a much- lauded performance of The presentations begin promptly at 6:45 p.m.
Mahler’s First Symphony, Titan), Maestro Thursday, and 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the upper
Moody begins his first season as music mezzanine lobby.
director in the fall of 2008.
Born and raised in Greenville, South Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday
Carolina, Moody earned a bachelor’s degree evening concert for a brief question and answer
in church music from Furman University, session held at the front of the stage with our
with performing emphasis in both voice and guest artists and Dima.
cello. He completed his Master of Music in
conducting at the Eastman School of Music Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this
where he studied with Donald Neuen. concert on Sunday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m.
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Conceiving the
piece as a sort of
concerto for piano
and orchestra,
Stravinsky played
an early draft for
the ballet impresa-
rio Serge Diaghilev
(of the Ballet
Russe fame) who
suggested the
composer expand
the work to accom-
modate a full story
for use as a ballet.
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
32 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Petrouchka
The second in the series of Stravinsky’s
masterful ballets, Petrouchka, found its
inspiration between the composer’s
somewhat better known works, The Firebird
and The Rite of Spring. Nonetheless, Petrouchka
contains all the rhythmic inventiveness of the
latter work combined with the melodic charm
of the former.
Conceiving the piece as a sort of concerto
for piano and orchestra, Stravinsky played an
early draft for the ballet impresario Serge
Diaghilev (of the Ballet Russe fame) who
suggested the composer expand the work to
accommodate a full story for use as a ballet.
Stravinsky quickly obliged and divided the
work into four distinct tableaus or scenes.
The title character was the inspiration for the
concerto as well as the full ballet, an unhappy
puppet seen at a country fair.
Although he scored for a very large
orchestra, Stravinsky manages to create
moments of incredible intimacy and
transparency. Of course, the composer’s gift
for rhythmic complexity as well as his bold
use of the vast orchestral palette is evident
throughout as well.
The four tableaus are separated by rapid
succession of drum beats. The first tableau
suggests the happy and ebullient atmosphere
at a carnival. The second movement
introduces the puppet Petrouchka, the
successive piano notes suggest the frustration
he feels over his unrequited love for the
ballerina puppet.
Moving to the third tableau, music is heard
illustrating an evil puppet, Blackamoor. A fight
ensues, which ends in Petrouchka’s near
defeat. However, the fourth and final tableau
takes us once again to the carnival outside.
After a series of dances by members of the
carnival crew, Petrouchka and Blackamoor’s
battle is once again illustrated. In the ballet,
Petrouchka is killed by Blackamoor’s sword,
“I haven’t understood a bar of
music in my life, but I have felt it. ”
and a quiet ending closes the work. For the
suite of the ballet (slightly reorchestrated in
1947) Stravinsky wrote a new ending to close
the work with a final flourish.
Time for Three
American Suite
A young, dynamic trio of classically trained
string musicians, Time for Three transcends
traditional performance genres. In concert, a
blue-grass standard like “Orange Blossom
Special” may be followed by a gypsy-tinged
“Csardas.” Tf3 is equally comfortable offering
their own arrangements of shorter classical
works and popular hits, whether Brahms or
the Beatles.
They continue to write and arrange all
manner of music and have begun a major
commissioning program to expand their
unique repertoire for both symphony
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 ■ Concert Program
Igor Stravinsky
Petrouchka

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“Truly there would be reason to
go mad were it not for music.”
Featuring no fewer
than 24 variations,
the work is a
showpiece for the
soloist, who makes
his way through
a wide variety of
styles and tempos.
Cleverly, Rachmani-
nov opens with
the first variation
before the theme
itself is heard.
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
38 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic
Fantasy after Dante
Opening tonight’s concert is one of
Tchaikovsky’s lesser-known (and too rarely
performed) masterpieces. Based on Dante’s
Divine Comedy, the title refers to a character
Dante meets in the fifth canto of the epic
poem. Francesca was a noblewomen who
commits adultery by having an affair with her
ugly husband’s brother. Both she and her lover
are punished with eternal damnation where
they are lost in a fierce storm never to locate
one another.
The composer identified closely with the
title character. Indeed several of his works
reflect a kinship he felt with those for whom
their truest love remained unattainable.
Tchaikovsky wrote some of his most
passionate music for these characters, which
include the ballet Swan Lake and his Romeo and
Juliet Fantasy Overture.
In the work, one cannot help but hear
the influence of Lizst, whom Tchaikovsky
admired. Not only is the subject matter typical
of the other composer (who wrote several
works based on Dante, including his Dante
Symphony), but Tchaikovsky’s use of orchestral
colors to illustrate the swirling storm
conjures the clear influence of Lizst’s creative
techniques.
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano
and Orchestra, Op. 43
In an era where the Faustian legend was
strong, perhaps no other public figure conjured
images of a man who sold his soul to master
this world more than Paganini. The great
violin virtuoso was known the world over.
His technical skills were unmatched, to be
sure, but he also could bring an audience
to tears with his beautiful playing a single
unaccompanied lyrical line as well.
A gifted composer, Paganini wrote music
that inspired many others in his wake. The
“theme” upon which Rachmaninov composed
his variations, also was a source for Schumann,
Brahms and (once again) Liszt.
Featuring no fewer than 24 variations, the
work is a showpiece for the soloist, who makes
his way through a wide variety of styles and
tempos. Cleverly, Rachmaninov opens with the
first variation before the theme itself is heard.
Instead, the theme is played moments later
by all the violins.
Perhaps best known in the work is the 18th
variation, a soaring and beautiful inversion
of Paganini’s theme. Although already
popular, this theme became beloved by a new
generation when it was prominently featured
in the film Somewhere in Time.
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
A full fifteen years elapsed between the
composition of Prokofiev’s 4th symphony
and his 5th. It had been an important period
of change for the composer, who now found
himself back in Russia (he had relocated from
France eight years earlier), and there were
high expectations for his new symphony. At
the premiere in 1944, cannon fire was heard
outside as the Russian army began to push
back the German forces. The end of the
Second World War was finally in sight.
As a full contrast to his light and buoyant
“Classical Symphony” (his first), the audience
is treated to the full influence of the broad
romanticism of Brahms and even his fellow
countryman Shostakovich. In the previous
years, Prokofiev had grown a great deal and
even stated that this work in particular was
“a culmination of an entire period in my
work. I conceived of it as a symphony on the
greatness of the human soul.”
Like Shostakovich’s works, however,
underlying the work are questions. Is the
symphony’s optimism genuine or ironic?
Although filled with moments of triumph,
there are also quieter and grief-filled moments,
such as the funeral march in the third
movement. Ending the work, however, is an
upbeat and relentless finale, with an unusual
coda that draws the listener even in the final
moments of the work. The energy almost
seems to dissipate before the final cadence.
 ■ Concert Program

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic
Fantasy after Dante

Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano
and Orchestra, Op. 43
Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
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Intermission JANUARY 29 / 31
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■ Konstantin Lifschitz Sergei Prokofiev The Great

As a very small child, Konstantin Lifschitz Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 Russian Melodists
became irresistibly attracted to the piano, I. Andante
playing by ear and improvising with total II. Allegro marcato
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prominent music centers in Europe which to each Masterworks performance. The presentations
brought him to the attention of Vladimir begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m.
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perform as soloist with the Moscow Virtuosi
and tour in Japan performing Bach’s Con- Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday
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“the most powerful pianistic interpretation
since Gould.” In 1995 he won the German
Echo Classic Record Prize, as a “New Young
Artist” of the year.
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The student songs
of the German
countryside deal
with the most
colorful, secular,
and even ribald
aspects of life: eat-
ing, dancing, drink-
ing, gambling and
lovemaking.
Orff treats the
listener to a primi-
tive, exotic, and
essentially dra-
matic presenta-
tion of their texts.
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
44 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
The Fountains of Rome
Although Italy is regarded as the home of the
world’s greatest opera composers, the country
has produced few masters of great concert
orchestral music. While Germany and Austria
are thought to be the home of the symphony,
the concerto and the tone poem, almost no
composer has emerged from Italy without the
benefit of a beloved opera. The lone exception
to this rule is Ottorino Respighi. Trained
in composition and viola, Respighi studied
in Bologna but traveled to Russia to play in
the Imperial Opera Orchestra for two years.
While there, he studied orchestration with the
masterful Rimsky-Korsakov.
Returning to Italy, he began composing in
earnest. Taking his cue from outside sources,
Respighi wrote pieces inspired by ancient Italian
music, Botticelli’s paintings, Brazilian songs and
stained-glass windows. By far his most famous
works are the three pieces inspired by the
fountains, the pines, and the festivals of Rome.
In The Fountains of Rome, the first in the
series, Respighi tried “to give expression to
the sentiments and vision suggested to him
by four of Rome’s fountains, contemplated at
the hour in which their character is most in
harmony with the surrounding landscape, or
in which their beauty appears most impressive
to the observer.” The work is divided into four
interconnected sections:
I. The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn.
“…a peaceful landscape; cattle pass en
route to pasture and disappear in the
fresh, damp mists of the dawn.”
II. The Triton Fountain in the Morning.
“A gay, frenzied dance between the
jets of water.”
III. The Fountain of Trevi at Midday.
“Neptune’s chariot is drawn by sea
horses and followed by a train of sirens
and tritons.”
IV. The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset.
“It is the nostalgic hour of sunset, the
air is full of the sound of tolling bells of
neighboring churches, birds sing their
farewells. Sounds peacefully die into the
silence of the night.”
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Carmina Burana, a Scenic Cantata
Born in Munich, Germany, into a wealthy
Bavarian military family, Carl Orff began
studying the piano at age five and by age fifteen,
had already published several musical works.
After graduating from the Munich Academy of
Music, he made a living in the opera houses of
Germany. His compositions, too, began to take
a different form. What was once a derivative
post-romantic leaning was abandoned by the
1930s, when he composed Carmina Burana.
Billed as a “Scenic Cantata,” it was so different
from his former efforts that the composer
disowned all his previous work.
Carmina Burana was premiered at the
Frankfurt Opera in 1937. It was a massive
success. Believing that concert music had
reached its developmental limit, Orff focused
on stage works for the rest of his life, eventually
adding two more chapters to Carmina. Titled
Catulli carmina (1943) and Trionfo di Afrodite
(1952), they form a trilogy.
Tonight’s work grew out of Orff’s fascination
with a collection of poems found in a 13th
century Benedictine monastery near Munich.
The title of the work comes from the Latin
plural Carmen (“student songs”) and Burana
(“Bavaria”). Not surprisingly, these student
songs of the German countryside deal with the
most colorful, secular and even ribald aspects
of life: eating, dancing, drinking, gambling and
lovemaking. Setting twenty-four of the poems
in the set, Orff treats the listener to a primitive,
exotic and essentially dramatic presentation
of their texts. Divided into three parts, the first
deals with “Spring,” the second, “In the tavern”
(reserved for the men of the choir), and the
third “The Court of Love.” Book-ending these
three sections is the well-known “O Fortuna”
chorus. “Oh Fortune, like the moon you are
changeable, ever waxing and waning; hateful life
first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes
it.” Diabolical and menacing, one can almost
hear the spinning of the wheel of fate in this
diabolical and menacing piece.
Including only the most basic harmonic
practices that suggest early musical modes of
the 13th century, the work is propelled primarily
by a relentless rhythm that drives deep into the
soul and colorful effects of orchestration.
GUEST ARTISTS ■ Concert Program

M
■ Jennifer Check
Ms. Check completed Ottorino Respighi
the Metropolitan Opera The Fountains of Rome
Lindemann Young Artist
Development Program and Intermission
made her Met debut during
the 2001-02 season and regularly appears Carl Orff
at the Met in a variety of roles under the Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata masterworks
baton of James Levine. She has performed Jennifer Check, soprano SEPTEMBER 18 /20
with the Charlotte Symphony, Tokyo Opera, Jeremy Kelly, baritone
Opera Orchestra of New York, Verbier Festi- Scott Scully, tenor
val, Spoleto Festival and Salzburg Festival. Choral Society of Greensboro FEBRUARY 26 / 28
Ms. Check received a Bachelor of Music Choirs of Guilford College
Degree in Voice Performance from West- Dr. Wendy Looker, director Monk’s Secrets
minster Choir College followed by a gradu- I. Primo vere (“Spring”)
ate degree from the Academy of Vocal Arts II. In Taberna (“In the Tavern”)
in Philadelphia. III. Cour d’amours (“Court of Love”) THURSDAY SPONSOR

■ Jeremy Kelly Bruce Kiesling, conductor

Rising young baritone Jer- See bio on page 19.
emy Kelly began his 2007-
08 season with a return to
Kentucky Opera for Ping in Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music
Turandot. Among his previ- and composers with Welbourn “Bill” Young
ous engagements are acclaimed portrayals (UNCG). Preludes is a series of informative lectures
of Schaunard in La Bohème with Seattle held prior to each Masterworks performance. The
Opera for which he was praised for “giving presentations begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday,
more vocal life to Schaunard than I’ve heard and 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby.
or seen in a long time” (Opera News.)
Mr. Kelly holds both a Master and Bach- Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday
elor of Music degree from the University of evening concert for a brief question and answer
Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. session held at the front of the stage with our
guest artists and Dima.
■ Scott Scully
Following recent perfor- Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this
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Society has included in its repertoire a wide variety of choral Bruce Kiesling, Director
literature ranging from the REQUIEM settings of Verdi to an
evening of John Rutter music. MONK’S SECRETS
Thursday, February 26, 2009 – 7:30pm
With more than 130 volunteer singers, the chorus is open, Saturday, February 28, 2009 – 8:00pm
without audition, to anyone in the community. Three to four Choral Society of Greensboro & Greensboro Symphony
concerts are scheduled during the regular season along with War Memorial Auditorium
additional performances at civic gatherings.
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Hance, Director of the Music Center, at: Dana Auditorium
Phone: (336)373-2549 Bruce Kiesling, Director
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Tom Shelton, Conductor
Nana Wolfe, Conductor

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opportunity to participate in a musical experience that
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Greensboro Youth Chorus
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promoting self-esteem and self-discipline. GYC also
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 ■ Program Notes
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but
a lifetime is not enough for music.”
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
George F. Handel (1685-1759)
Watermusic
The entire Water Music cycle involves three
different sets or suites of movements. However,
there is some debate among scholars as to
their history and ordering. What is clear is that
King George I asked the composer to create
music for a trip down the Thames in 1717.
Quite the favorite of London’s aristocracy, a
well-stocked barge would float down the river
catering to the needs of its passengers. For
entertainment, a second barge (notably less
well-stocked) would follow closely with the
musicians playing music to further entertain
the passengers on the first barge.
It is unclear whether all of the suites of
the set were composed for one evening’s
diversions or a series of parties. Tonight’s
selection includes most of the first Suite with
a few bonuses of Suite #2 as a special treat.
Throughout, we hear a variety of tempos and
styles that beautifully represent Handel’s
baroque stylings. The last of the movements
heard tonight, “Hornpipe,” has become quite
famous and is, to many, the embodiment of
the entire set.
The Adagio ranks
alongside the most Michael Nyman (b. 1944)
The composer of tonight’s concerto has had
moving lyric a diverse career active in many different
movements in specialties within the musical community.
any symphony. Perhaps best known for his film scores
in collaboration with the filmmaker Peter
Sounding complete- Greenaway, Nyman’s career is far more diverse
ly modern to any than those familiar with his popular score for
listener today, its the film The Piano might suspect.
After studying composition at the Royal
power, beauty and Academy of Music in the late 1960s, Nyman
haunting melodies worked in film and opera before becoming a
are immediately music critic. He is widely accepted to have
been the first to apply the term “minimalism”
emotional and to a style of music. Over the years, he has
engaging. continued to be an active composer, both
inside and outside the film industry. He
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING provided music for the films The Cook, the
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Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero’s Books;
The Piano; Gattaca and The End of the Affair.
He is also active in foreign films produced
throughout Europe.
His best known works for the concert hall
include his operas, The Man Who Mistook His
Wife for a Hat; Facing Goya; Noises, Sounds
and Sweet Airs; a ballet, The Princess of Milan,
and concertos for saxophone, piano, violin,
harpsichord, trombone and now, the cello.
He also has a chamber ensemble called
The Michael Nyman Band and/or The Michael
Nyman Orchestra, which tours and records
his own music and that of others as well. The
composer is a published author as well, having
published a well-known text on new music
called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond.
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
As many other composers of the late romantic
period, Rachmaninov maintained a multi-
faceted career: as a composer, a performer
on the piano and as a conductor. Maintaining
such a schedule left the exhausted
Rachmaninov precious little time to compose.
In 1906, however, the composer withdrew
from performing (on piano and podium) to
begin on a new work, what would become his
second symphony.
Unlike his first symphony, whose premiere
was something of a debacle, the second
symphony scored an immediate success.
Rachmaninov was at the height of his
compositional powers. His lush harmonies
and melodies would influence the sound of late
romantic music for all other composers.
Highlights of the work include the second
movement (a scherzo) that begins with the four
French horns. After the middle section with its
fast and furious passages, Rachmaninov returns
to the opening material and even glimpses the
first movements theme.
The Adagio ranks with the most moving
slow movements in any symphony. Sounding
completely modern to any listener today,
its power, beauty and haunting melodies
are immediately emotional and engaging.
Closing the symphony is a bright tarantella
that alternates with a march throughout this
exciting conclusion.
 ■ Concert Program
George F. Handel
Watermusic
Suite #1
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Overture
Adagio e staccato
Allegro
Andante
Air
Allegro
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■ Nina Kotova Michael Nyman
Born into a family of musicians and sci- Cello Concerto
entists, Russian cellist Nina Kotova has Nina Kotova, cello
been hailed as “unforgettable,” “passionate
and inspiring” and as having “powerfully Intermission
expressive energy with a technique of utter
mastery.” Nina Kotova represents the third Sergei Rachmaninov
generation of musicians in her family. Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Ms. Kotova gave her first performance I. Largo; Allegro moderato
as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of II. Allegro molto
11 and at 15 won First Prize at the “Concer- III. Adagio
tino Prague” International Competition. IV. Allegro vivace
Since her Western debut in 1996 at the
prestigious Wigmore Hall in London, Ms.
Kotova has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music
Barbican Centre in London, the Concertge- and composers with Irna Priore (UNCG).
bouw in Amsterdam, the Great Hall of the Preludes is a series of informative lectures held prior
Moscow Conservatory, the Forbidden City to each Masterworks performance. The presentations
Concert Hall in Beijing, the Orchid Hall in begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m.
Tokyo, and Ravinia’s “Rising Stars” series. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby.
Ms. Kotova has recently performed as
soloist with symphony orchestras across Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday
the globe including a solo performance for evening concert for a brief question and answer
the Imperial Family of Japan, an appearance session held at the front of the stage with our
on the MTV Music Awards at the MET and guest artists and Dima.
a special performance with the singer Sting
at the Royal Opera House in London. Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this
Elle magazine named Nina Kotova “one concert on Sunday, May 3 at 8:00 p.m.
of the 25 persons to watch in the next
century,” and she has been the subject of
features in Time, Newsweek, Vogue, Reader’s
Digest, the Wall Street Journal, Classic FM
and on television on the Charlie Rose Show,
Hard Talk with Tim Sebastian, and Breakfast
with the Arts.
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 ■ Program Notes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
Much has been made of Mozart’s early
success as a child prodigy, both as performer
and composer. What is less well known is
that he did enjoy some adult success, albeit
short-lived. He presented a successful concert
series at Vienna’s Burgtheater.
However, by the time Mozart wrote his final
three symphonies, the economy had turned less
favorable in Vienna. Mozart’s world was in
decline. This was partly due to his failing health
and mounting debt. There was also a growing
sense amongst the Viennese elite that his music
was dated, and no longer current. Although
Mozart planned a new concert to feature his
latest works, he sold only one ticket to this
concert, to his friend Baron Gottfried von
Swieten. Of course, it is well known that this
proposed concert never occurred. The
composer never heard his last three
symphonies performed.
Von Swieten’s name may be well known to
music lovers. It is he who fell in love with the
music of Bach and his contrapuntal brilliance.
Indeed, it is he who showed this music to both
Mozart and Haydn. Highly contrapuntal writing
was quite out of style in the classical period and
young composers were not taught its intricacies
as part of their musical education. Mozart and
Hadyn were deeply inspired by what they saw
in Bach’s music, which was new to them both.
One only need listen to the stunning finale of
A modern man the Jupiter Symphony (the moniker was not
who dabbled in the Mozart’s own—its source is not known) to
mystic, the new appreciate the affect Von Sweiten had on him.
The final movement is alive with contrapuntal
age movement, and inventiveness throughout. Most stunning,
even Astrology, however, is the coda, which brings all the ideas
Holst based each into play at once, in a thrilling display of
technical mastery.
movement on the
planet’s astrologi- Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
cal influence on The Planets, Op. 32
Closing a season of 20th Century Masterpieces,
humankind. The it is difficult to imagine not including Holst’s
titles of the indi- magnificent suite The Planets. Written for a very
vidual movements large orchestra, the suite took nearly three years
for the composer to complete. Another three
suggest their years would pass before the first public
characteristics. performance at the end of the First World War.
Holst designed each of the seven
PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING movements to reflect the seven planets (other
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than the Earth) of the solar system. Much
attention has been given to the missing “Pluto”
movement (the celestial body known as Pluto
was not discovered until 1930). Several
composers have even attempted to compose
a new movement to complete the cycle.
However, the reclassification of Pluto as dwarf
planet, suggests that perhaps Holst had it right
the first time.
A modern man who dabbled in the mystic,
the new age movement, and even astrology,
Holst based each movement on the planet’s
astrological influence on humankind. The titles
of the individual movements suggest their
characteristics.
Mars suggest the modern battery of a fully
equipped and deadly war machine. Famously,
this movement and its harmonies were the
basis for much of the score to the Star Wars
motion pictures and its sequels.
For the Venus movement, Holst leaves out
the brass instruments entirely. Mercury is a
light and deft scherzo. Perhaps the best-known
movement of the suite is “Jupiter, the Bringer
of Jollity.” Two memorable themes make up
this movement. The first is a rhythmically
syncopated horn call and the second is a
relaxed yet moving melody for the strings.
Saturn uses a slow funeral march to suggest
the end of life. The tolling chimes and brass
chords echo a terror rarely equaled in music.
Following is the mischievous Uranus. Although
at times a bit scary, mostly, one feels that
Uranus is more playful than terrifying. This
movement definitely suggests Dukas’ playful
Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
Closing the suite is Neptune’s mysterious
shrouds. Although much of this movement
suggests the unknown abyss of the ocean, one
also feels that Holst illustrated the unknown
frontier beyond Neptune. At that time, what
lay beyond the planet Neptune was completely
mystifying. Quiet and mysterious strains are
heard throughout the movement, with a
wordless chorus joining in to quietly tempt
sailors to the sea. The chorus fades in the
oceanic depths … or is it lost in the silence of
interstellar space? The listener’s mind is free to
wonder and wander at this rhapsodic
experience that closes this magnificent season.
 ■ Concert Program
Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music
and composers with David Nelson (UNCG) .
Preludes is a series of informative lectures held prior
to each Masterworks performance. The presentations
begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m.
Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby.

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evening concert for a brief question and answer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551,
“Jupiter”
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Allegro vivace
Andante cantabile
Menuetto: Allegretto
Molto allegro
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Chip and Cathy Hicks
Anne and Mike Honer
Rep. Pat Hurley
Claude and Bobbie Hutcheson
Sam and Tomasita Jacubowitz
Linda S. Jensen
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Lashley
Sue W. LaVasque
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Law
George and Donna Lawson
Dan and Genevieve Leach
Shelia and Norman Lee
Maxine and Ralph Leister
Cathy and Henry Levinson
Grey W. Lineweaver
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Littrell
Fred B. Lopp D.D.S.
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mabe, Jr.
Jonathan and Sarah Malino
Natalie Mapou
Mrs. Margaret T. Marsh
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin
Donald Martin and Elizabeth Haile
Jim and Sandy McCall
Rosemary McGee
Mr. Gordon McLamb
Mr. Joseph T. Melvin
Dr. and Mrs. Terry G. Mitchell
Talmage and Jana Nowell
Norma B. Nudelman
Betsy and Mitchell Oakley
Ms. Gail Payne
Cameron and Russell Peck
Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Phipps Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. George H. Pierson, Jr.
Hilary and Jane Rauch
Richard and Marie Reed
Chris and Terri Relos
Lane and Karen Ridenhour
Mr. and Mrs. George Robison III
Bill and Jorgann Rogers
Marnie and Jerry Ruskin
Susan and John Russell
Paul and Sara Lee Saperstein
Connie and Robin Saul
Dr. Rebecca B. Saunders
Mary Fran Schickedantz
Joann and Fernand Schlaeppi
Elva and Thorpe Jones
Ellen and John Kavanagh
Kim Ketchum
Mr. and Mrs. James A. King, Jr.
Harriette and Bob Knox
Edward and Joanne Koehler
Ms. Lisa Lloyd
Andrew Long, Jr.
Christine MacDonald
David MacKenzie
Neil and Bridget Macpherson
Ralph and Mary Macy
Nancy Y. Madden
Mrs. Aileen S. McCraw
Peter and Karen Meyers
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Miller
Mr. and Mrs. James Mooney
Ellen B. Olson
Ray and Geraldine O’Neal
Chap and Mrs R. E. Osman
Add Penfield
Janet Plummer
GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 59
Jane Schwartz
Jack and Nancy Scism
Corinne Segal and Fred Warman
Mr. and Mrs. W. David Sellers
Anna Senn
Phyllis Shavitz
Ellenor Eubanks Shepherd
Dr. and Mrs. Walter B. Shepherd
Richard and Carolyn Sherrick
Janice Siebert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Skidmore
R.C. and Kathryn Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Smith, Jr.
Barbara and Arthur Sohn
Marian K. Solleder
Amelia C. Stout
Bev and Walt Streuli
Dr. and Mrs. S A. Sue
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Sural
Linda and Arthur Taft
Peggy R. Tager
Stuart and Barbara Teichman
Joe Trogdon
Mrs. Marsha Vanderwerff
Bob and Dot Walker
Dr. William E. Waters
Diane and James Watkins
B. J. Weatherby and Verne Nielsen
Len and Judy White
Pat White
Lynda D. Williams
Saundra and Stanley Wilson
Jackie A. Wilson
Dr. and Mrs. Karol T. Wolicki
Mr. Homer E. Wright
Dr. and Mrs. Peter R. Young
Stephen C. and Maria Zerwas
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ziolkowski
Joan N. Poole
Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Porter
Bill and Donna Richardson
Glenn and Fran Ross
Dr. and Mrs. William G. Sasser
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scott
Barbara and Jim Scott
Ann Shelton
Helen H. Shore
Bill Sims
Sybil and Spencer Sullivan
Ernest T. Thompson, Jr.
Rosemary Reed Troxler
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Troxler
William Smith
Ms. Virginia M. Vaughn
Margaret J. Watson
F. Sue Weston
Ms. Janice Whitesell
Merrilou R. Williams
Jeaneane Williams
Ben V. Woltz
 The Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund was started in 1986 when the Symphony Guild contributed
$50,000 toward endowing the $250,000 Concertmaster’s Chair. The endowment of the Chair was
completed in 1995, and Guild member Kay Edwards and Maurice Jennings launched a successful campaign
which accomplished the $1 million mark in the Fund. The Guild supports the endowment each year. The
ENDOWMENT FUND fund surpassed $2.5 Million during the 2001-2002 season. The Endowment was under the leadership of
Guild member Caroline M. Lee for more than twenty years. Led by Barbara Cone, a special initiative was
undertaken by Endowment donors who contributed additional funds in honor of Caroline Lee’s dedication
to the GSO endowment. The Associate Concertmaster’s Chair was endowed in her name in 2001. In
October of 2006, Cathy and Garson Rice were named co-chairs of the Endowment Committee. The
Rice’s continue the good work of Caroline Lee and many new gifts and chairs have been recruited under
TRUSTEES
their leadership. In 2008, the Endowment Fund surpassed $ 3.8 million and a gift was made to the
Ann E. Kroupa, Chairman
Lisa Bullock Symphony of $137,000 for its annual operating budget.
Sally B. Cone
K. William Fraser
NAMED FUNDS $10,000- $39,999 HERITAGE SOCIETY
Robert Harris
Anonymous The Heritage Society is composed of those
A. Robinson Hassell
Linda Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, III who provided bequests in their wills to the
Lewis R. Ritchie Marion Stedman Covington Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund.
William R. Rogers, Ph.D. Amelia Tatum Daniel Memorial Gifts may be in honor or as a memorial.
by Samuel Cameron Tatum
Warren Moore and Anne Moore Diaz Anonymous Bequests
Memorial by Jean Paul Moore Nan and John Bayersdorfer
George W. and Anna B. Dickieson Dr. Jean B. Brooks
Kay Bryan Edwards by KPB Corporation Anne Rendleman Daniel
Ronda Ellen and Kenneth Kornfeld Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guirlinger
Mrs. E. Pierpoint Gill Pearl E. and Robert A. Kraay
Herbert and Mary Frances Hazelman E. Joseph LeBauer
Michel Family Foundation Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Dr. E. Phillip Morgan Memorial Susan and Dale Miller
by Inga Borgstorm Morgan, Sally and Steve Millikin
Kent and Carolyn Morgan Roy E. and Christine P. Rizzo
Carolyn and Harold O’Tuel Mrs. Beverly C. Moore
Doris R. Preyer, Trustee William Y. Preyer, Jr. CLU Kitty and George Robison
Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund Connie and Robin Saul
Mr. And Mrs. J. W. Werner, Jr. Florence G. Young

CAROLINE M. LEE ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR

Caroline Lee has tirelessly led the Greensboro Symphony Endowment since its inception in 1985. To honor her years
of service and the remarkable growth of the Fund, the Guild and Symphony friends honored Caroline by endowing the
Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in 2001.
$30,000 Susan and Bill Fraser Rachel S. Hull
Greensboro Symphony Guild Kenneth and Ronda Kornfeld Bonnie and Bynum Hunter
Ann and Bob Kroupa J.T. and Johnnye Greer Hunter
$25,000 Fred L. Proctor, Sr. Lenora W. Jackson
Mike and Lynn Haley Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven Karen and Eugene Johnston
Judy and Allen Jolly
$5,000 $1,000 John and Ellen Kavanagh
Anonymous Fund Beverly and Ray Berry Mose and Doris Egerton Kiser
Dr. Jean B. Brooks Nancy and Alex Brown Glorine and Tom Luper
Barbara and Herman Cone Martha and John Chandler Dale and Susan Miller
Joan and Bill Hemphill Dorothy and Clyde Collins Joy and Moon Morrison
Linda and Maurice Jennings Sally and Alan Cone Doris R. Preyer
Helen and Al Lineberry Sally B. and Robert C. Cone Royce and Jane Reynolds
Carolyn and John Maness Mary Carol and Pat Danahy Peggy and Lewis Ritchie
Carole and Ed Monroe Martha and Reed Devane Shirley Spears
Pat Austin Nussbaum George and Anna Dickieson Kay Stern
Lynn R. Prickett Fund through Betty Jack C. Dixon John C. Tate, Jr.
and Charles Cheek Margaret and Walter Faison Boppy and John O. Toledano
Dorothy and Stanley Frank Dorothy and Charles Weill
$1,500–$2,500 Charles T. Hagan, Jr. B.J. and Bob Williams
Kay Bryan Edwards Charles and Jeanne Hassell Doug and Julia Wilson
Marie and Ed Faulkner, Jr. Ginger and Walter Hornig Elaine and Tom Wright

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auditorium lobby, and preferential parking. The Greensboro Symphony is grateful for your generous support in
building the Endowment Fund. For more information on how you may play a part in the continuation of the
Symphony’s great music and education programs, please call co-chairs Cathy and Garson Rice at 336-273-1426.
MAESTRO’S PODIUM
$500,000
Endowed by bequest
MAESTRO’S PODIUM
EMERITUS CHAIR
$300,000
Endowed by bequest
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR
$275,000
1 CHAIR AVAILABLE
CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR
$250,000
Greensboro Symphony Guild
THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST
ARTIST PIANO CHAIR
$250,000
In honor of Linda M. Jones
THE YOUTH STRINGS CHAIR
$150,000
In honor of Dr. Jean B. Brooks.
ASSOCIATE
CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR
$150,000
In Honor of Caroline M. Lee
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER’S
CHAIR · $100,000
Chair Avaiable
PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $80,000
11 CHAIRS AVAILABLE
Kathleen Price Bryan
Memorial Chair
by Kay Bryan Edwards and Family
Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair
by Mary Ann Bush and Children
Irene Mitchell Moore and
Beverly Cooper Moore Chair
Fraser Family Chair
by Susan and Bill Fraser
Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair
In Memory of Carolyn
Riddle Downes
Patrons of chairs receive permanent listing
in the playbill, recognition on column in
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $60,000
Kay Bryan Edwards Chair
by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair
by Charles M. Hassell
Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair
by Lenora W. Jackson
Carolyn J. Maness Chair
by John R. Maness
Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair
by Catherine G. Rice and Children
SECTION CHAIRS · $40,000
10 CHAIRS AVAILABLE
Austin Family Chair
by Patricia Austin Sevier
Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr.
Memorial Chair
by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles
Family Foundation
Brough-Webber Chair
by Elizabeth Brough Webber
and William R. Webber
Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair
by the Massey Trust through
Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr.
Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial
Chair
by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright
John E. and Martha S.
Chandler Chair
Barbara S. and Herman
Cone, Jr. Chair
by Donna M. and Herman Cone III
Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair
by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr.
Richard and Danahy Family Chair
by Mary C. Richard Danahy
iand Patrick Danahy
George W. Dickieson Chair
GSO Conductor 1951-1963
by Anna B. Dickieson
Lucy and Clark Dixon
Memorial Chair
by Jack C. Dixon
Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair
by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner
Dorothy G. Frank Chair
by Stanley M. Frank
Hughlene Bostian Frank and
William Allen Frank Chair
James Autha Freeze
Memorial Chair
by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze
Greensboro Opera Company Chair
by Peggy and Phil Johnson
Lynn Carroll Haley Chair
by Michael W. Haley
Joan T. and William L.
Hemphill Chair
Sally London Hobbs
Memorial Chair
by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter
Rachel Smothers Hull and
Worth Brantley Hull Chair
Linda B. and Maurice
Jennings Chair
Jimmie Irene Johnson
Memorial Chair
by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family
Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne
Kavanagh Chair
by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh
Preston Wylie Keith and Martha
Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair
by Dr. Preston Keith and
Marty Keith
Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair
Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Elizabeth Yates King
Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair
by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family
Kroupa Family Chair
by Bob and Ann Kroupa
Barbara B. and
Robert E. Lavietes Chair
GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 61
C. Scott Lee Chair
by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Alice Mae and William M.
Lineberry Memorial Chair
by Helen H. and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
R. Bradford Lloyd Chair
by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.
The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair
by Flo and Bill Snider
Joy C. Morrison Chair
by William H. Morrison, Jr.
Carole Swope Monroe Chair
by Edwin Brent Monroe
Alice Wilson Pearce Chair
by Woody Pearce
Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair
by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund
Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair
by the Lynn R. and Karl E.
Prickett Fund
Royce O. Reynolds Chair
by Jane W. Reynolds
Dr. William R. and
Beverley C. Rogers Chair
Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Katherine G. Stern
Ellen and Gary Taft Chair
Richard W. and Carlotta M.
Treleaven Memorial Chair
by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven
Frederick Kent Wilkins
Memorial Chair
by Kaye Andrews Wilkins
and Children
Betty F. and Robert P.
Williams Chair
Thomas E. and Elaine R.
Wright Chair
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The
Guild
has supported the
Greensboro Symphony
for more than
40 years in the areas of:
Ticket Subscriptions * Orchestra Support
(musician meals) * Education Programs *
GSO Annual Campaign, Endowment, and
GSG Youth Fund Contributions
Office Assistance * Fund Raising
In-kind Donations * Advocacy Budget
Support * Youth Orchestra Scholarships
Youth Orchestra Receptions * Publicity.
For more information about
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visit www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741
64 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
On behalf of the
Greensboro Symphony
Guild, I welcome you
to the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra’s
2008-2009 season.
We anticipate another
extraordinary concert
season with our Music
Director Maestro
Dmitry Sitkovetsky and an exciting POPS season
with talented guest conductors. We also look
forward to the excellent Chamber Series on Friday
evenings and to concerts by the widely recognized
Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra. It is truly a
season with something for everyone.
Organized in 1964, the Greensboro Symphony
Guild works closely with the orchestra to promote
and maintain our city’s fine music tradition. The
Guild provides financial support to the Symphony
through various fund-raising projects. We rely on
you as patrons of those fund-raising activities.
Please join us for our Symphony of Homes Tour
this fall and consider playing in our Golf Classic next
spring. By participating, you will be directly helping
to support our wonderful Symphony. The Guild
also provides volunteer support for the orchestra’s
music programs throughout our community. The
Guild and the Symphony work together to present
a series of concerts for local school-age children at
both the elementary and middle school levels. In
2008 we started a partnership program between
orchestra musicians and high school music
students. For our older citizens, the Symphony
Guild Chorus performs at a variety of venues where
residents are not able to travel to concerts. Music
does matter and does make a difference in our lives.
Please enjoy the concert and please also
continue to support the Greensboro Symphony
Orchestra and the Greensboro Symphony Guild.
For more information about the Guild go to our
web-site at www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741.
Sincerely,
Suzy Walker
Greensboro Symphony Guild President
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OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 1 & 2, 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Co-Chairs: Lex MacFarlane Kulman EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

& Dorry Tooke President Suzy Walker
GOLD SPONSOR: New Age Builders, Inc. President-Elect Connie Saul
VP Education Andrea Knupp
VP Fund-Raising Linda Wilson
VP Operations Brenda Glenn
VP Marketing Kim Littrell
Secretary Nancy Bogard
Treasurer Pam Stearns
Past President Frances Vinoski
*Administrative Assist. Margaret Faison
SILVER SPONSORS: A Breath of Spring, Guilford
Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center, EDUCATION
Leon Wood General Contractor,Inc. Elementary Concerts Sandy Weston 2008-2009 ACTIVITIES
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Natural Nail Salon, Dolce Dimora, Advanced Music in the Middle Rosemary Reed, October 31,
Laser and Electrolysis, Yost and Little Realty, Inc., *Vice Chairs Lin Bostian & Dolly Guertin November 1 & 2, 2008
Maid In North Carolina, Inc. Youth Orchestra Liaison Barbara Hemphill Symphony of Homes Tour
Adult Education/Outreach Kathleen Selph Six lovely homes —
“Greensboro’s Style
18TH ANNUAL SYMPHONY FUND-RAISING For All Ages”
GUILD GOLF CLASSIC Corporate Liasons Mary Klappa
MAY 4, 2009 *Vice Chairs Sherri Hill & Frances Vinoski December 28, 2008
Golf Tournament Ellen Sanders & Cotten Moring Symphony Guild
Sedgefield Country Club Homes Tour Lex MacFarlane Kulman Presentation Ball
Co-Chairs: Ellen Sanders & Cotten Moring & Dorry Tooke Twenty-three young women
Honorary Chairs: Lin & Steve Bostian Presentation Ball Gwen Varsamis will be presented this year.
*Vice Chair Jo Kennedy
Thanks to the following for making May 4, 2009
our 2008 Golf Classic a success: OPERATIONS The 18th Annual Guild Golf
Host: Greensboro Country Club Corresponding Secretary Peggy Johnson Classic will be hosted at
Tournament Co-Chairs: Pam Stearns & Historian Elizabeth Craft Sedgefield Country Club.
Mary Carol Danahy Hospitality/Luncheons Karen Claypool
Honorary Chairs: Jo & Jerry Kennedy *Vice Chairs Melody Turner & Peggy Lowe Recipes of Note
Hospitality/General Meetings Olivia Gillespie A cookbook offering
17th Annual GSG Golf Classic Sponsors: *Vice Chair Linda Hammond favorite recipes from the Guild.
Gold Sponsor: Stearns Financial Services Group Membership Kristie Smith Visit www.gsoguild.org
Marquis Sponsor: YMCA *Vice Chair Mitzie Weatherly for more information on how
Bronze Sponsors: Carolina Bank, Cross Nominations/Awards Susan Bohn to purchase.
Company, Forman, Rossabi, & Black, Orchestra Support/Masterworks Brenda MacFadden
Glenraven Custom Fabrics, “Ladybugs”, *Vice Chairs Peg Hamilton & Karen Jacobs The community’s support
Sign-a-Rama, Southeastern Paper Orchestra Support/POPS of Guild projects is vital to their
Million Dollar Shootout: Well Springs Annette Mundy & Pam Drag success. All income is returned
Retirement Community Parliamentarian Kitty Robison to the Orchestra and its
Hole-in-One Sponsor: Programs Dinny Sisley education programs.
Bill Black Cadillac-Chevrolet We thank you, Greensboro,
MARKETING for your continuing generosity
2ND ANNUAL GSG Cookbook Sales Linda Taft & Josie Gibboney in supporting these Guild projects.
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Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonata for Violin Sergei Prokofiev
and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a sonata for Violin and
Many popular works of the repertoire were Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a
not conceived in the form they are best I. Moderato
known to the concert-going public. Such is II. Scherzo: Presto
the case with this sonata. Originally written
as a flute sonata in 1943, the first perfor-
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio
chamber series
mance was witnessed by the violinist David Jane Hawkins, piano
Oistrakh. Approaching the composer after Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
the concert, Oistrakh insisted to Prokofiev SEPTEMBER 26
that the work would enjoy a much greater Dmitri Shostakovich
University of North Carolina
success if it were rewritten as a sonata for Seven Romances on Poems
at Greensboro
violin and piano. Capitulating, the composer by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
adapted the solo part for violin and left the 1. Ophelia’s Song
piano part virtually unchanged. 2. Gamayun, Bird of Prophecy
3. We Were Together
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 4. The City is Asleep
Seven Romances on Poems 5. The Storm
by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 6. Secret Signs
Composed in 1967, this set of poems was 7. Music
written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jane Hawkins, piano
the “October Revolution.” The poet Blok is Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
widely regarded as the “Father of Symbol- Fred Raimi, cello
ism” in Russia. Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich Terry Rhodes, soprano Jane Hawkins
requested his friend Shostakovich com-
pose a work that the cellist could perform Music Recital Hall Courtesy
with his wife, a well-known soprano. After of UNCG School of Music
initially considering a work for voice and
solo cello, the composer added a piano and
violin for variety and a greater tonal palette.
The first six songs divide the instruments
in various combinations with the solo voice
before combining them in the final song.
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■ Program Notes
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Suite Italienne, for violin and piano
(after Pulcinella)
The Suite Italienne is one of several
arrangements of ballet music from Pulcinella
(1920) that the composer extracted and
arranged from the original suite. His first
attempt was in 1925, when he collected a
suite of music based on Pergolesi (as is the
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chamber series
music in the ballet). Seven years later, the
first version of tonight’s suite was arranged OCTOBER 24
for cello and piano. The present version was
University of North Carolina
created soon after. Stravsinky called this
at Greensboro
popular and engaging work “the epiphany
Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
through which the whole of my later work
became possible.”
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Time for Three Improvisation Sitkovetsky & Friends
The groundbreaking, category-shattering
trio Time for Three transcends traditional Igor Stravinsky
classification, with elements of classical, Suite Italienne, for violin and piano
country western, gypsy and jazz idioms (after Pulcinella)
forming a blend all its own. The members I Introductione
— Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas II. Serenata
(Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, III. Tarantella Zachary DePue, violin
double bass— carry a passion for improvi- IV. Gavotta con due variazioni Nicolas Kendall, violin
sation, composing and arranging, all prime V. Scherzino Ranaan Meyer, bass
elements of the ensemble’s playing. VI. Minuetto e finale
What started as a trio of musicians who Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
played together for fun while students at Inara Zandmane, piano
Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music
evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short Time for Three Improvisation
— a charismatic ensemble with a reputa- Zachary DePue, violin
tion for limitless enthusiasm and no musical Nicolas Kendall, violin
boundaries. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Ranaan Meyer, bass
Nicolas Kendall first discovered their mutual
love of fiddling in the country western and Inara Zandmane
bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer
introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and
improvisation. After considerable experimen-
tation, the three officially formed Tf3.
More information on Time for Three can be
found on page 32.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart was on a Parisian tour when he com- Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301
posed this sonata. Completed both in Paris I. Allegro
and Mannheim in 1778, it is part of a group II. Allegro con spirito
known as the Kurfurstin Sonatas. The set is Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
known as some of the first works to give the
violin an important role equal to that of the
Konstantin Lifschitz, piano chamber series
piano. This work has only two movements, Modest Mussorgsky
both with relatively bright tempo. Happy for Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano
the most part, there is a section in the first I. With Nanny JANUARY 30
movement that modulates to the minor. II. In the Corner
University of North Carolina
III. The Beetle
at Greensboro
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) IV. With the Doll
Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano V. Bedtime Prayer
Best known for large scale symphonic works VI. Sailor the Cat
and his opera Boris Godounov, Mussorgsky VII. Riding the Hobby Horse
also had a significant output of miniatures. Susan Roberts, soprano
Even his well-known Pictures at an Exhibition Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
is originally based on a series of short pieces
for solo piano. The Nursery features not only César Franck
the composer’s music but also his own texts. Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano
Mussorgsky was an active member of “The I. Allegretto ben moderato
Mighty Five,” a group of Russian compos- II. Allegro
ers who labored to free Russian music from III. Recitativo Fantasia Konstantin Lifschitz
western influences and to create a distinct IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Russian musical style and legacy. These Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
charming movements are considered by Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
many as ideal glimpses into the Russian soul.
Music Recital Hall Courtesy
César Franck (1822-1890) of UNCG School of Music
Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano
Whereas many composers initially pursued
non-musical careers and later were drawn
by fate or destiny back into music careers, Susan Roberts
Franck was “coerced” into a piano career by
his parents. The composer’s only sonata,
this work was written for the wedding of his
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Bela Bartók (1881-1945)
Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano
Benny Goodman asked Bartok to compose
this work for the clarinetist and József
Szigeti, a famous Hungarian violinist, to per-
form at a concert in New York City in 1939.
Originally consisting of two movements
and titled Rhapsody, the middle movement
was added before Goodman and Szigeti
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chamber series
recorded the work months later.
The first movement is based on a robust APRIL 3
dance used by military recruiters to ■ Rice Toyota
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encourage young men to enlist. The Sitkovetsky & Friends at Greensboro
second movement, “Pihenö” (relaxation),
Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
features nighttime murmurings in this Bela Bartók
tranquil illustration of a quiet evening in Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano
the country. The finale is once again a fast I. Verbunkos
dance and features a contrasting middle II. Pihenö
section in the unusual meter of thirteen III. Sebes
beats to the bar before a return of the Kelly Burke, clarinet
opening material closes the movement. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Inara Zandmane, piano
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“In Memory of a Great Artist” Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Kelly Burke
The dedication “In Memory of a Great “In Memory of a Great Artist”
Artist” is written to Nicholas Rubinstein, I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai
Tchaikovsky’s long-time friend, former IIA. Tema con Variazioni:
teacher, and director of the Moscow Andante con moto
Conservatory. Rubinstein passed away in IIB. Variazone Finale e Coda:
1881 and the work made its premiere less Allegro risoluto e con fuoco
than a year later. Arranged as two large Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
movements (the first is known as “Elegiac Nina Kotova, cello,
Piece”) the work showcases the composer’s Inara Zandmane, piano
prodigious gift of melody. Four different Nina Kotova
themes are heard in the first movement Music Recital Hall Courtesy
alone. Rubinstein was also a lover of folk of UNCG School of Music
music. Tchaikovsky designs the theme of
the second movement as a simple and
straightforward, yet charming, folk song.
This tune is treated to eleven variations in
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations
(arr. by Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
Celebrating the end of a fifth year of the Rice
Toyota-Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber
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own masterpieces. His transcription of Bach’s
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■ Michael Krajewski
Michael Krajewski is a favorite with con-
certgoers across the country. The much
sought after pops conductor is known for
his imaginative and entertaining programs
and his delightfully wry sense of humor.
Audiences who attend his concerts leave
smiling, remembering the evening’s music
and surprises.
carolina pops
Krajewski serves as principal pops
conductor of the Houston Symphony and
the Jacksonville Symphony. He previously NOVEMBER 22
served as Principal Pops Conductor at Long WESTOVER CHURCH
Beach and the New Mexico Symphony. As
a guest conductor, he has appeared with the
Boston Pops and the orchestras of St. Louis, CONCERT SPONSOR
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of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra and
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tra, and resident conductor of the Florida
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■ Big Band Blast
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a Big Band
Blast. Pianist Rich Ridenour will have you
swinging in the aisles as he pays tribute
to the Big Band Era hits from band leaders
Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Stardust is
in the air as singer Kathy Wagner gets you
“In The Mood.” Remember, the New Year
can’t begin if you “ain’t got that swing.”
ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
■ Rich Ridenour
Rich Ridenour has built a formidable career
performing concerts of great piano favor-
ites ranging from classical masterworks to
American ragtime, jazz and rock and roll.
Recent symphony engagements include Gua-
temala, Ocean City, Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Paducah, Jacksonville, Cleveland Pops, New
Mexico, San Antonio, Richmond, Florida,
Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Tacoma
and Midland-Odessa. Rich regularly appears
as pops conductor for the Elgin, IL and Dear-
born, MI Symphonies. Recently Rich covered
for Peter Nero at 2 hours notice to perform
Rhapsody in Blue with the Detroit Symphony
at Orchestra Hall. A native of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Rich received a Bachelor’s degree
in music from the University of Michigan and
a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School of
Music. In his career, Rich has accompanied
stars Carol Lawrence, Robert Guillaume,
Smokey Robinson, Larry Gatlin, Martin Short,
Mercedes Ellington and “B” for Bob from
Sesame Street.
■ Kathy Wagner
Kathy Wagner is well known for her mastery
of a variety of musical styles and genres. A
recipient of numerous awards, Kathy was a
regional Star Search winner, WYCE record-
ing artist winner and she has been a bronze
and silver medallist at the prestigious
American Traditions Singing Competition in
Savannah, Georgia. Recordings include The
Pink Album, Not Since Prom, Taking A Chance
On Love and I Love A Piano. Symphony pops
concerts include West Shore, Elgin, Sagi-
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Rapids and the Bijou Orchestra. Favorite
musical theatre roles include Eva Peron (Evi- Bruce Kiesling, conductor
ta), Velma (Chicago), The Old Lady (Can- See bio on page 19.
dide), and was a Grand Award recipient for
her performances as Mama Rose (Gypsy), CONCERT CO-SPONSORS
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd, Fosca in Passion,
Best musical direction for Spitfire Grill and a
special grand award for Beehive. Kathy has
opened for The Drifters, The Platters, The
Shirelles, Little Anthony and most recently
for Bob Newhart. She was a member of the
Motown rock and soul band, Sounds Like
Fun, and has long been swinging tunes with PRATT
The River City Jazz Ensemble. Her vocal
work also encompasses jingles, studio work
FAMILY FUND
and award-winning compositions. As a
dancer and choreographer, she has studied
in LA, Chicago and New York. Kathy taught
for The Ken Tepper Studio for 10 years and
then continued on at The Performing Arts
Academy in Grand Rapids. Kathy teaches
contemporary music at Cornerstone Uni-
versity, and is a founding member of the
West Michigan Cabaret Association. She
has a terrific husband of 29 years and two
wonderful daughters who love when mom
sings, but even more when she cooks.
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ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
■ Ron Bohmer
Ron Bohmer has starred on Broadway
and national tour as the Phantom in The
Phantom Of The Opera, Joe Gillis in Sunset
Boulevard (Jefferson Award nomination).,
the swashbuckling hero The Scarlet Pimpernel
(National Broadway Theatre Award
nomination), Alex in Aspects Of Love (LA
Robby award), the evil Sir Percival Glyde
in The Woman in White, Enjolras in Les
Miserables, and Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof.
Ron received a Jefferson Award Best Actor
nomination for his work in Sunset Blvd., and
a National Broadway Theatre Award’s Best
Actor nomination for The Scarlet Pimpernel.
He recently completed a 64 week tour of the
US and Canada, starring as Coach Bolton
in the cultural phenomenon Disney’s High
School Musical. Ron has appeared in several
Television shows such as Law & Order SVU,
Rescue Me, Ryan’s Hope, One Life to Live, and
As The World Turns.
■ Rita Harvey
Rita Harvey recently sang the role of Hodel
in the Broadway revival of ‘Fiddler on the
Roof” starring Rosie O’Donell and Harvey
Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut
performing the lead role of Christine Daee
in The Phantom of the Opera, following a
two-year national tour performing the same
role. Rita created the role of Lady Edith in the
off- Broadway hit musical The Prince and the
Pauper. At the Irish Repertory Theatre, she
played the role of Ethel Chichester in “Peg
O’ My Heart”. Rita also created the role of
Elizabeth in the highly acclaimed concept
CD/DVD of ”Frankenstein the Musical”
available on Amazon.com. She can be heard
on recordings of The Prince and the Pauper,
Tim , A Tale of Two Cities, Big the Musical,
Frankenstein the Musical and Fiddler on the
Roof. Rita has performed as featured soloist
in numerous concerts around the world with
such stars as Robert Evan, Liz Callaway,
Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman,
Lillias White, Rita Moreno and Michael
Crawford. She received her Masters in Opera
Performance at Northwestern University.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
P
■ Stuart Malina
Stuart Malina is one of America’s most
versatile and accomplished conductors. In
a wide variety of concerts his ease on the
podium, engaging personality, and insightful
interpretations have thrilled audiences
and helped to break down the barriers
between performer and listener. Music
Director and Conductor of the Harrisburg
carolina pops
Symphony Orchestra since June 2000,
Mr. Malina’s other appointments have
included Music Director of the Greensboro FEBRUARY 14
Symphony Orchestra from 1996 to 2003 WESTOVER CHURCH
and Associate Conductor of the Charleston
Symphony Orchestra from 1993 to 1997. In CONCERT SPONSOR
2006 Mr. Malina had return engagements
with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
and at the Eastern Music Festival, where
he conducted the world premiere of Billy
Joel’s Symphonic Fantasies for Piano and
Orchestra. Mr. Malina helped create Movin’
Out with director and choreographer Twyla
Tharp, for which he won a Tony Award for
Orchestration with Billy Joel in June 2003.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
■ Broadway Magic!
CAROLINA POPS SERIES Tony Award winner Stuart Malina,
PRESENTED BY returns to one of his favorite stages.
Don’t miss Stuart and his friends
from Broadway as they play some
of your favorite show tunes from
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner
and Lowe, Sondheim, Bacharach,
and Bernstein.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
■ Hot! Hot! Hot!
This show is guaranteed to be mucho cali-
ente, an evening of Latin dance, music, and
romance. Latin dancers will perform the cha-
cha, tango, rumba, and more, while Grammy
winner Victor Vanacore turns up the heat in
the sauciest show of the season. It doesn’t
get much hotter than this.
ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
■ Victor Vanacore
Grammy Award Winner Victor Vanacore
has been at the nexus of popular music for
the past 25 years. In 1974, Vanacore moved
to Los Angeles where he joined the Jackson
Five as a keyboardist and musical arranger.
A year later the band’s conductor had an
emergency; Vanacore was asked to fill in,
and after his performance that night, he
became the Jackson’s permanent conductor
and arranger.
Vanacore’s star rose, and after the end
of the Jackson Five tour, he signed with the
Fifth Dimension, serving as conductor and
arranger for two years. Johnny Mathis then
heard of Vanacore’s talent, and hired him
away as the Musical Director for his world
tour. This musical relationship lasted for two
years. He then joined Barry Manilow for six
years in the same capacity, and received six
P
album credits, including “If I Should Love
Again,” “Barry Live in Britain,” “Barry,” and
“The Greatest Hits.”
Victor Vanacore valued a close
ongoing relationship with the musical
icon Ray Charles, whom he met in 1990,
until Charles’ passing in 2004. Vanacore
served as Musical Director, Arranger, and
Opening Act for Mr. Charles. Ray Charles’
carolina pops
only platinum CD entitled, “Genius Loves
Company” features Victor Vanacore’s 80
piece Grammy Award winning orchestral MAY 2
arrangements. WAR MEMORIAL
In addition to his musical associations AUDITORIUM
with Celebrity vocalists, Vanacore enjoys
a career as a Pops Conductor with CONCERT CO-SPONSORS
symphony orchestras worldwide. His
recent appearance as conductor with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the
Hollywood Bowl garnered broad critical
acclaim.
Recently, Victor has been working
as a composer in conjunction with his
brother David on the critically acclaimed
hit CBS show “Survivor.” He composed
music for Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice,”
American Idol and the 2005 Academy
Awards. In 2007, at the request of Placido
Domingo, Vanacore composed original
neoclassical music based on the texts of
Pope John Paul II.
Recent symphonic commissions
by Vanacore include “Detroit Soul”
commissioned by the Detroit Symphony
featuring Motown themes and “America
Then And Now” for New Jersey Public
Television Network and “Spain Meets
Birdland” for the Berklee College of Music
60th anniversary.
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Kurt Carr

G
As gifted a songwriter as he is an artist, instrumen-
talist, producer, arranger and conductor, Kurt has
twice written the Stellar Songs of the Year; Byron
Cages smash, The Presence of the Lord Is Here, as
well as his own groups’ classic, In the Sanctuary.
In the Sanctuary has, to date, been translated into
nine different languages and recorded by more than
20 different acts all over the world.
Kurt’s family was not deeply involved in church gospel
when he was a child, but at the age of 13 he found
himself drawn there on his own, quickly becoming
active in the music program. And while music was
his original passion in the church, the forming of a
JANUARY 23
personal relationship with Christ would follow over WESTOVER CHURCH
the next several years. I think the Lord brought me
along in a gradual sort of way until I was around
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17, Kurt recalls. I began to realize that there was a
greater meaning and higher calling to what I was
doing. I heard Him telling me that this was what I
was supposed to do with my life, and that He was Community
going to use me for His purposes, and I accepted Gospel Concert
that and Him. Bruce Kiesling, conductor
Kurt obtained a degree in music from the Uni- See bio on page 19.
versity of Connecticut, focusing in the classroom Kent R. Brooks, community chorus master
on classical music, but all the while absorbing the Additional Support:
Kurt Carr, performer
sounds of the street and the world around him.
His first national recognition came when he
Participating Organizations
spent seven years as pianist and musical director
American Express Gospel Choir
for James Cleveland, as well as a year accompany-
ing Gospels’ equally legendary Andrae Crouch. Bennett College
Kurt’s abundance and range of talent, coupled with Bethel AME Church
those high-profile associations, led to the position Ebenezer Baptist Church
of Creative Director at Los Angeles renowned Faithzone Outreach Ministries
West Angeles COGIC Church, where he worked Friendship Baptist Church
with luminaries from both the Gospel and secular Genesis Baptist Church
music industry, including Stevie Wonder, Gladys U.C.C. Grace Community Church
Knight, Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield, and Greater Ambassadors for Christ
Kirk Franklin. Laughlin Memorial Church
He formed the Kurt Carr Singers in the early Mount Pleasant Church
90s. Kurt emerged as a serious force to be reck- Mount Zion Baptist Church
oned with when his song For Every Mountain,
New Light Refugee Church
released initially on his own album, No One Else,
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church
was covered by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and
Providence Baptist Church
won a Grammy Award in 1995. Wildly popular, the
Rescue Temple # 2 COGIC
song was recorded by more than ten other artists
and today is considered a standard of the church. Rock Hill Baptist Church
Kurt is focused ultimately on a refreshingly humble Saint James Church
and simple-but-profound lifetime goal. When it’s all Saint Paul Church
finished, and the Lord has called me home, there’s Saint Pius Catholic Church
just one thing I hope people will be able to say Total Deliverance
about me, he concludes. And that’s, `Well done, Westover Church
kid. Well done, indeed, Kurt. Very well done. Williams Memorial Church

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■ Education Concerts
Friday, May 1, 2009
9:00 am and 11:00 am
Williams High School
For every Second and Third Grader in
Alamance County
■ Raising the Curtain
2009 Elementary School Concerts
showcasing Music of the Theatre
The program will explore the relationship
between words and music through
theatrical works, introducing students
to music from opera, dance, theater and
film. Students will be treated to Glinka’s
Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, Mozart’s
Commendatore Scene from Don Giovanni
with three opera singers, Prokofiev’s The
“Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet
with a dance Ensemble, Elfman’s Batman
Theme with screen captures from the movie
and the Finale from Hairspray with Broadway
Dancers from the Elon University Musical
Theater Program.
Anonymous
■ Fox Holiday Concert
B
at Elon University
December 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Elon Alumni Gym
Haggard Avenue at Elon University
Admission to the concert is FREE with a
donation of a non-perishable food item to
benefit the Salvation Army. For only the cost
of a can of food, members of the community
burlington
enjoy a holiday celebration.
Bruce Kiesling, conductor
See bio on page 19.
Hosted by FOX8 News Anchors and featuring “We thank the many
Anthony Dean Griffey, Lisa Dames, Choral generous donors who make
Society of Greensboro great music possible in
Alamance County.”
■ Anthony Dean Griffey Carole Lineberry-Moore
American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has past chair,
captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, Greensboro Symphony Board
concert and recital stages worldwide. The
combination of his beautiful and powerful lyric
tenor voice, along with his gift for exceptional
communication and excellent musicianship
have earned him the highest praise. He has
been hailed for possessing both “presence and
a tenor that is pure, sweet and clarion” (The Los
Angeles Times), and for having a voice that is
“both full-bodied and sweet-toned” (The New
York Times). In the 2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey
will perform leading roles with many of America’s
premiere opera houses, to include appearances
with Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the
Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw,
and the San Diego Opera in the title role of Peter
Grimes. His extensive concert schedule includes
an appearance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic
in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under the
baton of Valery Gergiev, and performances of
Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the New York Dames
Philharmonic under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the
San Francisco Symphony under the direction
of Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle
Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as well
as with the Milwaukee Symphony. He will also
re-unite with Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Berlin Griffey
Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the
Saito Kinen Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
BURLINGTON TEN
Carole and
Sam Moore
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■ Anthony Dean Griffey
American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has
captured critical and popular acclaim on
opera, concert and recital stages worldwide.
The combination of his beautiful and powerful
lyric tenor voice, along with his gift for
exceptional communication and excellent
musicianship have earned him the highest
praise. He has been hailed for possessing
both “presence and a tenor that is pure, sweet
and clarion” (The Los Angeles Times), and for
having a voice that is “both full-bodied and
sweet-toned” (The New York Times). In the
2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey will perform
leading roles with many of America’s premiere
opera houses, to include appearances with
Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the
Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the
Screw, and the San Diego Opera in the title
role of Peter Grimes. His extensive concert
schedule includes an appearance with the
Rotterdam Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das
Lied von der Erde under the baton of Valery
Gergiev, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth
Symphony with the New York Philharmonic
under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the San
Francisco Symphony under the direction of
Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle
Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as
well as with the Milwaukee Symphony.
He will also re-unite with Maestro Seiji
Ozawa with the Berlin Philharmonic in
Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the Saito Kinen
Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
■ Sealy/Fox8
H
Holiday Concert
Friday, December 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Doors Open at 6 p.m. for Seating
GREENSBORO COLISEUM ARENA
More than 600,000 food items collected
last year to benefit the Salvation Army in
eight counties. Help support your community.
Admission and Parking are FREE with a
donation of non-perishable food items for
holiday
the Salvation Army.
Bruce Kiesling, conductor
See bio on page 19. DECEMBER 19
Appearances by: GREENSBORO COLISEUM
Anthony Dean Griffey
Summit Figure Skating Club of Greensboro CONCERT SPONSORS
Bill Flynn WMAG 99.5 FM
Choral Society of Greensboro
Neill McNeill and Julie Luck
Lisa Dames
Sir Robert Bell of Clan MacMillan, Bagpiper
■ Lisa Dames
Lisa Dames is neither timid nor cold.
She is a sassy, sexy wife and mother who
is making her mark on country music. On
Dames’ new album, No One Like Me, she
explores her songs from the inside out,
investing each one with a sense of urgency
ripped from her own life. A life that could
have been inconsequential in someone else’s
hands. “There seems to be a prevailing Additional Support By:
thought that once a woman gets married and
has kids, she stops being a woman,”
comments Dames. “I tend to believe the
opposite—that a woman may get married
and have kids, but first and foremost she’s a
woman.” Visit her web site at
www.lisadames.com for more information.
Dames
Summit Figure
Skating Club
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 OrKIDStra
OrKIDStra is a three-concert
series designed for children and
their families, held on Saturday
mornings at the Triad Stage
in Downtown Greensboro.
This year, the series features
musical fairytales, a spotlight
on the percussion section, and
the classic work Carnival of the
Animals. OrKIDStra programs
also include hands-on activities
for children led by Musikgarten
teachers. On each concert date,
there are two performances.
Programs begin at
9:45 and 11:30 a.m.
Additional support provided by
Greensboro Kiwanis Club
September 20
Musical Fairytales
Music of William Bolcom
Actors from Community
Theatre of Greensboro
February 14
Drum and Dance
Music for Percussion
Dancers from the North
Carolina Dance Project
April 4
Carnival of the Animals
Music of Camille Saint-Saens
Narration by Preston Lane
Education Sponsor
92 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Music in the Middle
An annual concert series for
seventh grade students in
Guilford County. The theme
for fall 2008 is “A Musical
World Tour,” featuring music of
all seven continents! Music in
the Middle concerts present
both traditional and
contemporary repertoire, and
aim to expand students’ ideas of
orchestral music. The global
theme of the program connects
to the North Carolina Standard
Course of Study for seventh
grade social studies.
October 16 and 17
Performances at 9:45 and
11:00 a.m. each morning
In-School Ensembles
Every February and March,
third and fourth grade students
in Guilford County hear live
performances right in their
own schools. Musicians from
the Greensboro Symphony
travel to schools and perform
chamber music, demonstrate
their instruments, answer
questions from students, and
help the third and fourth grade
classes prepare for the
Elementary School Concerts. In
2009, first and second grade
students at Kirkman Park and
Washington Elementaries will
also hear an in-school
ensemble performance
Elementary School Concerts
Every year, all third and fourth
grade students from the
Piedmont region hear a dynamic
program by the full Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra. “Music
for the Theatre” is the theme for
the spring 2009 concerts. The
program will include an
orchestral overture, scenes from
opera and ballet, film music, and
a musical theatre finale. In
addition to the concert
experience, students and
teachers receive educational
resources and curricular
materials that support the
program’s theme.
Performances at 9:45 and
11:00 a.m. each morning
Greensboro: April 21, 22, and 23
Asheboro: April 24
Reidsville: April 30
Burlington: May 1
Elementary School Concerts
Sponsored By
UNCG/Peck Elementary
Beginning Strings Partnership
The Symphony’s tradition of
string instrument instruction
continues at Peck Elementary in
the 2008-2009 season.
Instruments and materials are
provided by the Greensboro
Symphony. Instruction is
designed and implemented by
music education faculty and
graduate students from the
UNCG School of Music. Side-
by-side performances with the
beginning students and their
collegiate mentors are planned
for the coming year. The
students will be featured
performers in the War
Memorial Auditorium lobby
prior to the May 2 Carolina
Pops concert!
Partnership Sponsored By
High School Partnership
Sponsored by the Greensboro
Symphony Guild, this exciting
new partnership program is now
in its second year. In Spring
2008, the Greensboro
Symphony partnered with
Ragsdale High School. Ragsdale
students enjoyed a chamber
music performance and
intensive coaching sessions
from Symphony musicians, and
then themselves performed on
stage at the War Memorial
Auditorium. In January 2009,
the Greensboro Symphony will
partner with Grimsley High
School. The Grimsley students
will study Russian orchestral
music, hear an in-school
performance by Symphony
musicians, and receive coaching
sessions. The partnership will
culminate with a performance
by the Grimsley orchestra at the
War Memorial Auditorium at
7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January
31. The high school orchestra
members will be invited to stay
for the evening’s concert to
watch their professional
mentors perform.
Student Tickets
Students of any age can get
$5 tickets to any Masterworks
concert! Sign up by emailing
your request to boxoffice@
greensborosymphony.org. Bring
your valid student ID to Will Call
on the night of the concert to
pick up your tickets.

High School Night
Thursday, October 23 is the second
annual High School Night! All High
School students are invited to hear the
Greensboro Symphony’s program, which
includes a feature piece for the hot young
string trio, Time for Three.
High School students can sign up for
free tickets, parking, and a reception
by sending an email to
highschool@greensborosymphony.org
College Night
College students will also get the
chance to catch Time for Three — for free!
The second annual College Night is
Saturday, October 25.
College students can sign up for free
tickets, free parking, prize giveaways,
and free food at a pre-concert
reception by sending an email to
college@greensborosymphony.org.
Preludes
Come early and catch the Prelude!
Thursday evening Preludes start at
6:45 p.m. Saturday evening Preludes start
at 7:00 p.m. and are joined by our maestro
and guest artists! Preludes are pre-concert
presentations designed to enhance your
listening experience. Speakers from local
colleges and universities represent a range
of musical backgrounds and often have a
specialty in the evening’s music.
September 18 & 20
Gregory Carroll, UNCG

Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra October 23 & 25

In the past two years, the GSYO has performed in Sonia Archer-Capuzzo,
New York City at Carnegie Hall and at the Piccolo Randolph Community College
Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Young
performers and audiences alike have experienced the January 29 & 31
power of Holst’s Planets Suite, the grace of Debussy’s Wendy Looker, Guilford College
Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun, and the emotional
journey of Elgar’s Enigma Variations. GSYO members February 26 & 28
study and perform the best in orchestral music as they Welbourn Young, UNCG
grow as musicians and make lasting friendships. The
GSYO is planning a European Tour for April 2010! April 2 & 4
The youth orchestra program now has five ensembles: Irna Priore, UNCG
• Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, our flagship ensemble, features
between 80 and 100 advanced high school musicians. The GSYO gives May 7 & 9
three concerts per year, features full symphonic repertoire, and is directed David Nelson, UNCG
by Dr. Bruce Kiesling.
• Chamber Orchestra, a highly select group of 40 players, is also led by
Dr. Kiesling. Chamber Orchestra performs three times per season, focusing on the
music of the Classical Era (Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven) and contemporary
works for smaller ensemble.
• Philharmonic Strings is an advanced strings-only ensemble. This group of 40 Alliance Urology
young players gives two concerts per year, features a variety of musical styles, Music at Midday Series
and is conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Karen Collins. The Music at Midday series includes
• Youth Strings has been created to meet the needs of growing string players. eight performances by Greensboro
Conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Gregorio Midero, this ensemble Symphony chamber ensembles.
develops players’ ensemble, music reading, and expressive skills. The performances, which are hosted by
• Allegro Strings is perfect for those in the first years of instruction on a string retirement communities and other local
instrument. The group of 20 young musicians performs on two concerts per year venues, are free and open to the public!
and is conducted by Gregorio Midero.
Adult Center for Enrichment
ALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! January 7, 10:30 a.m.
November 23, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro Day School, All Ensembles Moses Cone Memorial Hospital
March 15, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro College January 7, 12:00 p.m.
GSYO, Chamber Orchestra, and Concerto Competition Winners Twin Lakes
May 17, 6:00 p.m., Greensboro College, All Ensembles January 8, 11:00 a.m.
The Village at Brookwood
Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra Sponsored by January 8, 12:30 p.m.
United Guaranty and BGF Industries. Abbotswood at Irving Park
January 13, 12:30 p.m.
Wellspring
All of the Greensboro Symphony Education Programs are made possible January 13, 1:45 p.m.
with the support of the Lincoln Financial Foundation. Friends Home West
January 15, 11:15 p.m.
River Landing
January 15, 12:45 p.m.
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 Make it a night out!
RESTAURANT SPECIALS
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the fine restaurants listed to
the right are collaborating to make your concert evenings special nights
out. THE SYMPHONY SUBSCRIBER DINING PACKAGE is offered only
to our Masterworks and Pops season subscribers.
On nights of our performances, the restaurants will offer an entree
special. Each individual restaurant sets the promotional value of this
offer. Please ask your server about any restrictions.
Show your “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and your concert
tickets to your server by 6 p.m. on concert nights to ensure adequate
time for an enjoyable dinner.
Early reservations are recommended. Restaurants not accepting
reservations will honor this promotional special on a first-come, first
served basis. Gratuity percentage is based on full menu price unless
otherwide noted. Tax, alcohol, and other menu items are not included in
the promotion.
To become eligible for the “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and
to take advantage of this great offer, call the Greensboro Symphony
Orchestra at 336-335-5456.
Subscribe by January 30, 2009 to receive this offer.

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Bank of North Carolina.....................................40
Barber Plastic Surgery ...................................... 48
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Junior League of Greensboro ..........................53
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Mack & Mack ...................................................... 31
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Mallarme Chamber Players .............................77
Masonic and Eastern Star Homes ................ 63
Mercedes-Benz of Greensboro ........................9
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NC Signature Magazine................................... 78
NC Zoo & Zoological Society..........................53
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UNCG School of Music .................................... 68
United Arts Council of Greensboro.............. 36
Village at Brookwood........................................90
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Wapiti Ridge Development ............................ 42
War Memorial Bond ......................................... 21
Wellspring Retirement Community ..............27
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