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RAVEL, BRITTEN, SHOSTAKOVICH – IN REMEMBRANCE

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETSTM

MANNY TUBA’S KOOKY CHRISTMAS CAROL

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NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2018 I ISSUE 2

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

November and December have a special energy and focusfor many of us in this wonderful community. Somehow,these are two months when Winnipeggers are in Winnipeg– they are not at the lake, and not in the south, they arehere and ready to participate in the wonderful array ofactivities and concerts available for their enjoyment. TheWinnipeg Symphony Orchestra offers a strong program ofconcerts to take you through to the end of 2018.

On November 9th and 10th we present In Remembrance ,an opportunity to commemorate the 100th anniversary ofthe end of World War I. The gorgeous music and storiesfrom that time will prepare your heart and spirit for

Remembrance Day. For an upbeat energizing concert, Swing is the Thing will remindyou of the great music and performers that came out of Harlem’s musical golden era. InDecember, we have Harry Potter™ and the gang, the timeless glory of Handel’sMessiah , a wonderful Christmas concert with Manny Tuba for the whole family onDecember 9th, and The Celtic Tenors on December 14th, 15th, and 16th before theorchestra starts its Christmas tradition with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker.

There are so many options this season and also some marvellous opportunities tosupport the orchestra and your community through gift-giving options, donations tothe WSO’s Share the Music program at concerts, or by purchasing a box of Morden’sRussian Mints in the lobby.

We encourage you to give yourself a gift and travel to Amsterdam with the WSO in May2020 for the concerts and special events during our first European tour. If the travel bughits you earlier, our WSO Travel Club is taking a trip to Italy at the end of March 2019.This may be the spring trip you have been looking for. There is a reason that Italy is atthe top of the list of places people dream of visiting, and this trip offers you a chance tohave a trip with a special focus on the art, music, and cuisine of Rome, Florence, Milan,and Cremona. As I look at the brochure and write about this, I think I have just convincedmyself into going on this trip.

More than anything, the WSO wishes you every joy of the season as you celebrate andenjoy music and time together with family members and friends during the holidays.

With best wishes for health and happiness for the holidays and for the coming year,

Trudy SchroederExecutive DirectorWinnipeg Symphony Orchestra


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CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

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Daniel Raiskin, Music Director

A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. Heattended music school and later the celebrated conservatory in his native city,where he studied violin, viola and conducting. At the age of twenty, Daniel Raiskinleft the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. Inspired totake up the baton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich, healso took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat,

Woldemar Nelson and Jorma Panula. Raiskin, who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks beyondthe mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes.

He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005-2016)and held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestrain Lódz (2008-2015). Fromthe 2017-2018 season onwards, Daniel Raiskin will be Principal Guest Conductor of the OrquestaSinfónica de Tenerife and of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Artistic Partner of theChamber Orchestra St. Michael Strings in Finland.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

A musician with wide-ranging musical interests, conductor Julian Pellicano has made hismark with a multifaceted approach to programming and performing, engaging audiencesin a diverse mélange of concerts and genres. Dedicated to invigorating performances of thetraditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, Pellicano’s range has extended to filmslive with orchestra, classical and modern ballet, collaborations with composers, opera, pops,musical theater, multi-media productions, workshops, as well as carefully programmed

concerts for young listeners.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”

The 2018 - 2019 season includes exciting debut performances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as well as a return to conduct twoproductions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.This year also marks Pellicano’s sixth season as ResidentConductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with concerts on the WSO’s Masterworks Series inaddition to leading a multitude of performances throughout the season on the WSO’s Pops, Movie, Kids,Specials and Education series. He studied conducting on fellowship at the Yale School of Music where hewas also a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director

New York City-based composer Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal. "Dreamyyet rhythmic" (NY Times), with a “terrible luminosity” and “ferociously expressive” (TimesColonist), his concert music is “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and thesoul and grime of heavy metal” (I Care If You Listen).

He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Co-Curator ofthe Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the Toronto,

Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, Victoria, Spokane, Stamford, and PEI symphonies, American ComposersOrchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and AspenContemporary Ensemble, among others. www.hstafylakis.com


WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2018-2019 SEASON

MUSIC DIRECTORDaniel Raiskin

RESIDENT CONDUCTORJulian Pellicano

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCEHarry Stafylakis

FIRST VIOLINSGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

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

Karl Stobbe, Associate ConcertmasterMary Lawton, Assistant ConcertmasterChris AnsteyMona CoardaTeodora DimovaTara FensomHong Tian JiaMeredith McCallumSonia ShklarovJulie SavardJun Shao

SECOND VIOLINSJeremy Buzash, PrincipalElation Pauls, Assistant PrincipalKaren BauchKristina BauchElizabeth Dyer Bokyung HwangRodica Jeffrey**Momoko MatsumuraSusan McCallum*Takayo NoguchiJane PulfordClaudine St-Arnauld

VIOLASDaniel Scholz, PrincipalAnne Elise Lavallée,

Assistant PrincipalMarie-Elyse BadeauLaszlo BarocziRichard BauchGreg HayMichael ScholzHeather Wilson

CELLOSYuri Hooker, PrincipalLeana Rutt, Assistant PrincipalAlex AdamanArlene DahlCarolyn NagelbergEmma Quackenbush**Alyssa RamsaySean Taubner

BASSESMeredith Johnson, PrincipalAndrew Goodlett, Assistant PrincipalTravis HarrisonPaul NagelbergBruce OkrainecDaniel Perry**Anna Scheider

FLUTESJan Kocman, PrincipalAlex Conway

OBOESBeverly Wang, PrincipalRobin MacMillan

ENGLISH HORNRobin MacMillan, Principal

CLARINETSMicah Heilbrunn, PrincipalTaylor Eiffert

The James Thomson Memorial Chair

BASSOONSKathryn Brooks, Acting Principal**Brenton Foster

HORNSPatricia Evans, PrincipalKen MacDonald, Associate Principal

The Hilda Schelberger

Memorial Chair

Aiden KleerCaroline OberheuMichiko Singh

TRUMPETSChris Fensom, PrincipalPaul JeffreyIsaac Pulford

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONESSteven Dyer, PrincipalKeith Dyrda

BASS TROMBONE**Isabelle Lavoie, Principal

TUBA*Chris Lee, Principal**Jarrett McCourt

TIMPANIMike Kemp, Principal

PERCUSSIONFrederick Liessens, Principal

HARPRichard Turner, Principal

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ORCHESTRA PERSONNELMANAGERGreg Hay

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIANGreg Hamilton

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANLaura MacDougall

*On Leave**Temporary Position

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

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


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Lament for Strings, H. 117 Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 15 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo – Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza –

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Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Prélude:Vif

Forlane: Allegretto

Menuet: Allegro moderato

Rigaudon: Assez vif

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Allegro

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Largo -

Allegretto

Friday, November 9 7:30 p.m.Saturday, November 10 7:30 p.m.

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 6:45 p.m.

*Special pre-concert performance on November 9 (7:05 – 7:20pm) by the Regimental Band of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Tasmin Little will be signing copies of her CD during intermission and after the concert in the lobby.

Ravel, Britten & Shostakovich– In Remembrance

Daniel Raiskin, conductor

Tasmin Little, violin

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PROGRAM NOTESby James Manishen

Lament for StringsFrank Bridgeb. Brighton, England / February 26, 1879d. Friston, Sussex / January 10, 1941Composed: 1915First WSO performance

Best known as the influentialteacher of composerBenjamin Britten (from age13), Frank Bridge has becomeknown for music that is

beautifully crafted inside a distinctiveimpressionistic framework, often recallingRavel but also containing dustings of thepeculiarly exotic style of Frederick Delius inits use of small motives synthesized to exoticharmonies and yearning expression.

Lament was composed as an elegy to a 9-year-old girl named Catherine who, withher family, perished on May 7, 1915 when aGerman U-Boat sank the civilian ocean linerRMS Lusitania in the Atlantic. 1,195 peoplewere lost and the incident caused aninternational furor.The family had beenfriends of Bridge’s, and this darkly beautifulwork for strings became an outlet for hispersonal anguish, whose pacifism was drivenby the loss of family and friends during thisperiod.The constant motion and resolutionsof the music’s rising and falling two-notefigures make for an intensely affectingtribute.

Violin ConcertoBenjamin Brittenb. Lowestoft, England / November 22, 1913d. Aldeburgh / December 4, 1976Composed: 1938-1939First performance: March 29, 1940 (New York), John Barbirolli, conductor;Antonio Brosa, soloistFirst WSO performance

As with his teacher FrankBridge, Benjamin Brittenwas a committed pacifist.Following Hitler’sannexation of

Czechoslovakia in March of 1939, thusending Neville Chamberlain’s declarationof “peace for our time,”the 26-year-oldBritten followed his friends, poet W.H.Auden and novelist ChristopherIsherwood to America to avoid the

coming war and find a fresh artisticstart.With Britten was his life-longpartner, tenor Peter Pears. Settling inBrooklyn and Amityville, Long Island,the two would return to Englandthree years later.

A Canadian connection was made,since Britten and Pears entered theUnited States through Toronto as“legal British immigrants”to facilitatethe move. Britten had successfullypremiered his Piano Concerto at theLondon Proms in August 1938 andfelt confident that a new ViolinConcerto should be his next effort.He arrived in Toronto in May withsketches and it was there that heworked on the Violin Concerto,followed by more work on it inAmityville over the summer. Brittenfinished the Concerto while onvacation in Quebec in September.Writing to his publisher he said:“Sofar it is without question my bestpiece. It is rather serious, I’m afraid –but it’s got some tunes in it!”

The premiere went to Britten’s friendand fellow Frank Bridge student,Spanish violinist Antonio Brosa, whohad also immigrated to the UnitedStates with war looming in Europe.

With the New York Philharmonic ledby John Barbirolli on March 28, 1940,it received mixed reviews but theAmerican composer Elliott Carterwas most impressed with the “sizeand ambition”of Britten’s talent.

The noble opening movementbegins with a distinctive motive onthe timpani which serves as a mottothroughout the movement.Thesoloist enters with a melody of shortdropping phrases. Roles reverse lateron, and the movement ends inhaunting fashion.

The second movement beginswithout pause – a sinister scherzowith a more relaxed centerpiece.Then, a searching cadenza thatrecalls the opening movement.Thefinale is a passacaglia, an ancientBaroque variation form whoserepeating bass line is first heard inthe trombones. An intense dialoguewith the soloist ensues, traversingnine emotionally charged variationsthrough a range of striking episodes.

Le Tombeau de CouperinMaurice Ravelb. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937Composed: 1917 for piano;orchestrated in 1920First performance: February 28,1920 (Paris), Rhené-Baton,conductorLast WSO performance: 2013;Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Ravel’s emotional statewas turbulent in 1917.Anguished by the FirstWorld War andshocked by the final

illness and death of his mother, Ravelturned to what had always been anantidote for him during difficulttimes, the emotional and intellectualcomfort of French culture andtradition.

The original piano setting of LeTombeau de Couperin combined adedication of each movement to oneof Ravel’s friends that had fallen onthe battlefield, with a look-back tothe musical style of the FrenchBaroque era. Composer FrançoisCouperin (1668-1733) had producedmusic in memory of friends, giving itthe name “tombeau”(tombstone).This too became Ravel’s path.

Highly engaging in its charm, onewould not suspect that Le Tombeaude Couperin is a work springing fromany kind of personal turmoil,especially in the orchestral version.Though the music’s fragrantharmonies and vivid orchestrationshow a modern face, the rhythmicelements and phrase repetitionsrecall Baroque dances of Couperin’sage.

The oboe leads off in the openingPrélude, soon drawing thewoodwinds along to join itsshimmering line. Forlane is based onan Italian dance reputedly madepopular by Venetian gondoliers.Menuet is a signature Baroquedance. Ravel’s is of childlike simplicity.The rousing Rigaudon closes thesuite, the music’s lively duple-metered rhythms recalling theoriginal hopping dance moves foundin Provence during Louis XIV’s time.

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Tasmin Little, violinOBE, FGSM, Hon RAM, ARCM (Hons)

"One of the supremely great violinistsof our time" - Music-Web International"Little can justly be regarded asBritain's finest violinist" - Independent

Tasmin Little has firmly establishedherself as one of today's leading internationalviolinists. She has performed on every continent andin some of the most prestigious venues of the world,including Carnegie Hall, Musikverein,Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Berlin, ViennaKonzerthaus, South Bank Centre, Barbican Centre andRoyal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center and Suntory Hall.Tasmin’s concerto appearances include those withAdelaide, City of Birmingham, London, Melbourne,Seattle, Singapore, and St. Louis Symphonies; theBerlin, New York, Hong Kong, Malaysian, London,Netherlands Radio, Royal Liverpool and RoyalPhilharmonics; the Gewandhaus, Ulster and all theBBC Orchestras; The Philharmonia and OrquestraSinfonica do Porto - Casa da Musica.

Tasmin Little is a Fellow of the Guildhall Schoolof Music and Drama (FGSM), a Vice President ofthe Elgar Society, an Ambassador for ThePrince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts,and for Youth Music, and has receivedHonourary Degrees from the Universities ofBradford, Leicester, Hertfordshire and City ofLondon. In 2016, she was awarded HonouraryMembership of the Royal Academy of Music(Hon RAM) by the Academy and the Universityof London. She is the recipient of the GoldBadge Award for Services to Music and in 2012was appointed an Officer of the Order of theBritish Empire (OBE) in the Queen's DiamondJubilee Birthday Honours List, for Services toMusic. She plays a 1757 Giovanni BattistaGuadagnini violin.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Victoria Sparks, Percussion;Laura McDougall, Flute

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Symphony No. 9Dmitri Shostakovichb. St Petersburg, Russia / September 25, 1906d. Moscow / August 9, 1975Composed: 1945First performance: November 3, 1945(Leningrad), Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor Last WSO performance: 2011, DmitrySitkovetsky, conductor

Begun in 1941, Shostakovich’slarge-scale Symphony No. 7reflects the siege of Leningrad,a Leningrad “Stalin destroyedand Hitler finished off,”the

composer wrote in Testimony.

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8(1943) became a profoundly tragicand epic depiction of massiveconflict and the war’sconsequences.With victory overHitler’s Nazis in 1945, the resultingexpectation for Russia’s greatestcomposer was to provide a suitablymonumental symphony to glorifyStalin in no uncertain terms,regardless of the terrible losses ofthe Russian people. After all,Beethoven and Mahler wroteauspicious Ninth symphonies. Sotoo here, but with a more significantdedication, the politburo felt.

Shostakovich did attempt an epic firstmovement but abandoned it,observing Stalin “like a frog puffinghimself up to the size of the ox.Everyone praised Stalin, and now I wassupposed to join in this unholy affair.”

Shostakovich’s response was a farmore compact symphony in the newNinth – full of biting wit, economy ofgesture and pointed barbs of angerunder its surface.The work was one ofthe main reasons Shostakovich wastargeted as an Enemy of the Peopleduring Stalin’s second wave ofrepression in 1948.

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Swing is the ThingByron Stripling, conductor & trumpetCarmen Bradford, vocalistLeo Manzari, tap dancerRobert Breithaput, drummer

Friday, November 16 8:00 p.m.Saturday, November 17 8:00 p.m.Sunday, November 18 2:00 p.m.

Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile,Friday, 7:15 p.m. Manitoba Registered Music Teacher's AssociationSaturday, 7:15 p.m. Winnipeg Youth OrchestraSunday, 1:15 p.m. Suzuki Music Winnipeg

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing Ellington/Tyzik

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*November 16: Swing dancing with Saturday Swingout during Intermission

Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet A powerhouse trumpeter, giftedwith a soulful voice and acharismatic onstage swagger, ByronStripling has delighted audiencesinternationally. As soloist with theBoston Pops Orchestra, Stripling hasperformed frequently under the

baton of Keith Lockhart, as well as being featuredsoloist on the PBS television special Evening at Popswith conductors John Williams and Mr. Lockhart.Currently, Stripling serves as artistic director andconductor of the highly acclaimed, award-winningColumbus Jazz Orchestra.

Since his Carnegie Hall debut with the New YorkPops, Stripling has emerged as one of America’smost popular symphony pops guest artists, havingperformed with over 100 orchestras around theworld including the Boston Pops, NationalSymphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, DetroitSymphony, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony,Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, DetroitSymphony, Vancouver Symphony,TorontoSymphony, and Dallas Symphony, to name a few. Hehas been a featured soloist at the Hollywood Bowland performs at jazz festivals throughout the world.

A resident of Ohio, Stripling lives in the country withhis wife, former dancer, writer and poet, Alexis, andtheir beautiful daughters.

Carmen Bradford, vocalistBorn in Austin,Texas and raised inAltadena, California, CarmenBradford grew up with music in herhome and in her heart. It was onlynatural that Carmen would follow inthe footsteps of her great familylegacy, being the daughter of

legendary trumpeter/composer Bobby Bradford andworld-renowned vocalist/composer Melba Joyce.Her grandfather Melvin Moore sang with LuckyMillender and Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band in the 1940sand sang with the Ink Spots, making Carmen thethird generation of incredible musicians. She hascarved out a place in music history for herself and isplaying an integral role in this uniquely American artform called jazz. Carmen Bradford is Jazz Royalty.

In 2016, Carmen Bradford was asked by SouthAfrican trumpeter, Darren English, to be a part of hisnew critically acclaimed CD, tilted ImaginationNation on Hot Shoe Records.Whether it’s a duo

concert with Shelly Berg, Big Band with the ladiesof DIVA or her new favourite: performing withSymphony Orchestras around the world, CarmenBradford’s body of work reflects a vast depth ofmusical experience and technical brilliance. She isalso recognized for the overwhelming passion shebrings to the lyric. She has truly contributed to theperpetuation and preservation of this GreatAmerican art form called jazz.

Leo Manzari, tap dancer Originally from Washington, DC,Leo Manzari is a Lucille LortelAward-nominated tap dancer. Aspart of a duo act called TheManzari Brothers, Leo hasheadlined in the touring and Off-Broadway productions of Maurice

Hines is Tappin' Thru Life, featured guest artist onSo You Think You Can Dance, The Mo'nique Show,PBS News Hour, Jerry Lewis Telethon, and ABC'sThe View. Other credentials include a recurring rolein Showtime's wildly popular and award winningtelevision show Homeland and lead writer andvocalist for a a genre he created called TAP RAP. Hismost recent album, CLOCKWORK, can be found onall major streaming platforms.

Robert Breithaupt, drummerRobert Breithaupt is a veteran ofover 40 years in music, as aperformer, educator, artsadministrator, author, musicalcontractor, and entrepreneur.He is Professor of Music at CapitalUniversity, Past-President of the

Percussive Arts Society, and on the board of theJazz Education Network. Breithaupt has performedand recorded in diverse solo, small ensemble andorchestral settings and has appeared with a virtual“Who’s Who” of great jazz talents and scores ofother noted artists. As drummer/percussionist fortrumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, Broadway starSandy Duncan and other artists, he has performedwith dozens of professional orchestras andensembles throughout the United States andabroad, and is the drummer for the ColumbusJazz Orchestra.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Paul Balcain, saxophone; Will Bonness, piano;Janice Finlay, saxophone; Julie Husband, saxophone;Julian Bradford, bass; Jonathan Steven, saxophone;Neil Watson, saxophone

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Directed by Chris ColumbusProduced by David HeymanWritten by Steve KlovesBased on “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling

Starring:Daniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonKenneth BranaghJohn CleeseRobbie ColtraneWarwick Davis

Music by John WilliamsCinematography by Roger PrattEdited by Peter HonessProduced by Heyday Films, 1492 PicturesDistributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

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Saturday, December 1 7:30 p.m.Sunday, December 2 2:00 p.m.

Julian Pellicano, conductor

Richard GriffithsRichard Harris Jason IsaacsAlan RickmanFiona ShawMaggie SmithJulie Walters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM Synopsis

Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterioushouse-elf comes to warn Harry PotterTM atthe start of his second year at HogwartsTM.Adventure and danger await when bloodywriting on a wall announces: The Chamberof Secrets has been opened. To saveHogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron andHermione’s magical abilities and courage.

John Williams, composer

In a career spanning more thanfive decades, John Williams hasbecome one of America’s mostaccomplished and successfulcomposers for film and for theconcert stage, and he remains

one of our nation’s most distinguished andcontributive musical voices. He has composedthe music and served as music director formore than one hundred films, including alleight Star Wars films, the first three HarryPotter films, Superman, JFK, Born on theFourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far andAway, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone andThe Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnershipwith director Steven Spielberg has resulted inmany of Hollywood’s most acclaimed andsuccessful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, CloseEncounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jonesfilms, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, TheAdventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, TheBFG and The Post. His contributions totelevision music include scores for more than200 television films for the groundbreaking,early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, KraftTelevision Theatre, Chrysler Theatre andPlayhouse 90, as well as themes for NBCNightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet thePress, and the PBS arts showcase GreatPerformances. He also composed themes forthe 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer OlympicGames, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Hehas received five Academy Awards and fifty-one Oscar nominations, making him the

Academy’s most-nominated living person and thesecond-most nominated person in the history ofthe Oscars. He has received seven British AcademyAwards (BAFTA), twenty-four Grammys, four GoldenGlobes, five Emmys, and numerous gold andplatinum records. In 2003, he received the OlympicOrder (the IOC’s highest honour) for hiscontributions to the Olympic movement. Hereceived the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors inDecember of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams wasinducted into the American Academy of Arts &Sciences, and he received the National Medal ofArts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S.Government. In 2016, he received the 44th LifeAchievement Award from the American FilmInstitute – the first time in their history that thishonour was bestowed upon a composer.In January 1980, Mr. Williams was namednineteenth music director of the Boston PopsOrchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler.He currently holds the title of Boston PopsLaureate Conductor, which he assumed followinghis retirement in December, 1993, after fourteenhighly successful seasons. He also holds the title ofArtist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williamshas composed numerous works for the concertstage, among them two symphonies, andconcertos commissioned by several of the world’sleading orchestras, including a cello concerto forthe Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoonconcerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpetconcerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a hornconcerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air andSimple Gifts” especially for the first inauguralceremony of President Barack Obama, and inSeptember 2009, the Boston Symphony premiereda new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “OnWillows and Birches.”

Brady Beaubien

A Stanford graduate and All-American Athlete, Beaubienstudied cognitive neurosciencebefore founding Interlace Media –an award-winning motion graphicscompany.

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Interlace is a premiere CG animation andcreative agency for feature films. They havedefined the global campaigns of over 100major Hollywood movies, including Avatar, X-Men, Rio, Ice Age, and Die Hard franchises.

Beaubien co-founded CineConcerts, a companydedicating to reinventing the experience oftheatrical presentation and orchestral music. Heis currently producing Gladiator Live, TheGodfather Live, DreamWorks Animation inConcert, It’s a Wonderful Life, Breakfast atTiffany’s, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, and TheHarry Potter Film Concert Series.

He had spearheaded Cineconcerts invention ofnew genres and its creative presentations ofcherished film and television content, includingwriting Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a projectthat celebrates 50 years of iconic material. Heworks to ensure Cineconcerts inspires a returnto communal entertainment and continues tooffer modern audiences and the world’s youtha chance to re-connect with concert halls andlocal orchestras.

As a designer, Beaubien co-designed MatsuhisaParis at the Le Royal Monceau-Raffles anddesigned the Citrus building on Melrose Ave.This new architectural addition to theHollywood cityscape represents a commitmentto the metropolitan and interconnectedprovidence of Los Angeles. At The Citrus,advanced materials and technology merge withwood, concrete and glass in an organic andmodernist design. Mr. Beaubien has partneredwith award-winning sushi chef, NobuMatsuhisa, to bring his new restaurant concept- Umeda - into the building. Mr. Beaubien alsodesigned the restaurant.

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experience. Recent and current live concert experiencesinclude Gladiator, The Godfather, It’s a Wonderful Life,DreamWorks Animation In Concert, Star Trek: TheUltimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, andBreakfast at Tiffany’s. Justin Freer has quickly becomeone of the most sought-after conductors of film musicwith a long list of full symphonic live to projectionprojects. He has appeared with some of the world’sleading orchestras including the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New YorkPhilharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, PhilharmoniaOrchestra, San Francisco Symphony and SydneySymphony Orchestra. From full-length movie screeningswith live orchestra to music-interactive sporting eventexperiences to original 3D-environment holidayprogramming, CineConcerts is at the forefront of liveentertainment.

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Messiah George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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Saturday, December 8 7:30 p.m.

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:15 p.m.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra wishes to acknowledge the Manitoba Chamber Orchestrafor the use of the portative organ in tonight’s performance.

MessiahDaniel Raiskin, conductor

Jessica Strong, soprano

Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano

James McLennan, tenor

Gregory Dahl, baritone

CMU Festival Chorus, Janet Brenneman, Artistic Director

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MessiahGeorge Frideric Handelb. Halle, Prussia / February 23, 1685d. London, England / April 14, 1759Composed: 1741. First performance:1742 (Dublin).

The mostcelebratedoratorio of alltime, Messiahelicits almost aninvoluntaryresponse of

recognition at the mere mention of its name. It is the most loved of alloratorios and for all their estimablemerits, neither the Passions of Bachnor Haydn’s Creation rival Messiah’spopularity, though Mendelssohn’sElijah was, in the 19-century,considered its equal.

One feels the urge to want to sing aswith no other work of its genre, asimperial melody, invention and visionare presented with the matchlessproportion of a theatrical master. Andfor the gift of Messiah, we literallyhave to thank inches, when, as ayoung man, Handel’s life was savedafter a metal frock button deflected asword point in a duel!

Yet for all the visionary qualities in themusic’s progression from dark to light,the dramatic strength of Messiahcomes not from telling a story.Handel’s theatrical background wasinbred when he composed Messiah,but his priority was contemplation ofthe sacred rather than the dramatic.“Ishould be sorry if I only entertainedthem,”Handel told an admirer.“Iwished to make them better.”

Messiah is an anomaly amongHandel’s two dozen oratorios in that,apart from Israel in Egypt, its entiretext is drawn from the Bible and is hisonly oratorio based on the NewTestament. Messiah was also the onlyoratorio presented in a consecratedspace during his lifetime. Notintended as part of a devotionalservice, Handel intended it as amiddle-class entertainment withpious leanings and just a stepremoved from the Italian operaticstyle ventures he had been havingsuccess with as London’s leadingcomposer, impresario and producerof opera.

But in 1740, Handel was havingtrouble keeping such venturessolvent. English public taste wasmoving away from continentalinfluences towards more localizedentertainments, spurred on by thesuccess of the 1728 satirical romp TheBeggar’s Opera by Gay and Pepusch.Rumors abounded that Handel wasfinished.

Handel withdrew from public life inthe early months of 1741 and seldomventured out. But that summer, hecame across a small book of Biblicaltexts assembled by Charles Jennens, awealthy and pretentious type but agreat admirer of the composer.Handel’s imagination lit up.

Rumor has it that Handel confinedhimself to his room, completingMessiah on September 14, 1741 injust over three weeks, but evidenceshows that the Lord Lieutenant ofDublin had visited Handel early in1741 to propose a new work for aseries of Dublin charity concerts.

Handel traveled to Dublin thatNovember and after thedisappointments of London, tookmuch pleasure in beingenthusiastically received by theIrish press. Preparations for thepremiere went on throughout thewinter of 1742. Choristers wererecruited from Dublin churchesand excitement elevated to feverpitch.

The premiere on April 13th 1742was a triumph. Handel couldn’twait to take it home to London.

In London however, it was felt thatMessiah’s texts would becompromised by performances intheatres propagated by actors ofquestionable morals. Messiahreceived a few subsequentperformances but had to waituntil more liberal times arrived in1750 when Handel staged aperformance to benefit London’sFoundling Hospital, a charity forabandoned children.

Such good will further ensuredMessiah’s success, inspiring annualperformances for the FoundlingHospital up until Handel’s deathin 1759. It was the last workHandel directed, just eight daysbefore his death and is the onlymajor Baroque work that has anunbroken performance traditionfrom the time of its creation tothe present day.

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Jessica Strong, sopranoHailed as a “superb discovery,” byOperà Magazine, Jessica Strong hasbeen praised for possessing a“powerful, charismatic sopranowhose voice commands attention.”(Classical Voice America).

Most recently, Ms. Strong debuted the leadsoprano role of Marta in Weinberg’s Die Passagierin,as well as the title role in Barber’s Vanessa, bothwith Oper Frankfurt. Jessica has also performedleading roles in Stiffelio, Falstaff, La Traviata, SimonBoccanegra, Carmen, Der Ring des Nibelungen,The Rake’s Progress, Die Fledermaus, A MidsummerNight’s Dream, Don Giovanni, Ariodante, andL’Italiana in Algeri.

The recipient of many awards and scholarships,Jessica has been recognized by the Canada Councilfor the Arts, Sylva Gelber Music Foundation,Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions,WMC McLellan Competition, Solti Foundation,Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, George LondonFoundation and Vancouver Opera Guild; ahighlight performance saw Jessica singing atCarnegie Hall with Marilyn Horne’s ‘SongContinues’ series.

Catherine Daniel, mezzo-sopranoOriginally from Edmonton, CatherineDaniel, mezzo- soprano is currentlybased in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Her upcoming roles include:Azucena, Santuzza and Arsace. Lastseason included concerts in

Winnipeg, Montreal and New York and operas inKnoxville and throughout Ontario.

Ms. Daniel recently stepped in for the role ofKlytemnestra in Edmonton Opera’s production ofElektra (2017). Mark Morris from Edmonton Journalwrote:“…She pulled it off triumphantly, ratherimperious in her stage presence, with a chilling rangeof vocal expression, colour, and often menace…”

European engagements included: singing Dido andthe Sorceress (2009), Carmen (2010) and two toursof Porgy and Bess (2015, 2016). Canadianperformances included: Edmonton Opera (2014-2017), Montreal Opera (2010, 2014 and 2015) andBicycle Opera (2017). Catherine graduated from theUniversity of Manitoba with an IntegratedMusic/Education degree in 2007.There she studiedvoice with Coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl.

James McLennan, tenor James McLennan has been celebratedfor his “emotional intensity” (OperaNews),“considerable charm,” and“strong yet pure tenor,” (Toronto Star)in a wide range of roles on opera andconcert stages across Canada.

Last season’s credits included Goro in MadamaButterfly at Manitoba Opera and Luther Billis in SouthPacific for Calgary Opera. He also appeared withEdmonton Opera as Jean Bilodeau in the criticallyacclaimed production of Les Feluettes, a role heoriginated for the world premiere at the MontrealOpera in 2016. An avid performer of new music, James’concert appearances included a tour of the Canadianprairies with A Prairie Boy’s Life, a new chamber workby composer John Greer. In 2018, James was awardeda grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, whichfunded six weeks of study in France underinternationally renowned clown and acting teacher,Philippe Gaulier.

Last fall James joined the University of Manitoba’sDesautels Faculty of Music as a voice instructor.An alumnus of the Second City Training Centre inToronto, he is also a certified French translator.

Gregory Dahl, baritoneGregory Dahl’s debut as Tomsky inThe Queen of Spades for EnglishNational Opera was notable for “asplendidly oily and corrupt CountTomsky” while the press hailed his“appealingly lyrical baritone [that]

emphasized Golaud’s inner turmoil over his villainy”in Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s Pelléas et Mélisande.

During the 2018/2019 season, Greg appears asHermogines in the world premiere of RufusWainwright’s second opera Hadrian with the CanadianOpera Company, joins l’Opéra de Montréal for Donnerin Das Rheingold, sings Messiah with the WinnipegSymphony, and reprises the title role in Rigoletto forCalgary Opera.

Mr. Dahl first came to national attention as FrancisChancy in the World Premiere of James Rolfe’sBeatrice Chancy. Mr. Dahl has also created roles forTapestry New Opera Works (Robert Peary in Smith’sFacing South and The Alchemist in Schafer’s ThePalace of the Cinnabar Phoenix) and sang the role ofGeorge in the Canadian Premiere of Heggie’s DeadMan Walking, presented by the Calgary Opera.

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Canadian Mennonite University FestivalChorus, Janet Brenneman, director

The CMU Festival Chorus, in itsinaugural season, bringstogether the choral traditionsand excellent quality of threedistinct ensembles under theCMU umbrella to create an

ensemble comprised of current CMU students,CMU alumni, and community members.With itsroots in excellent performances by the formerMennonite Festival Chorus, the choir membershave worked with distinguished WSO directorsBramwell Tovey, Andrey Boreyko and AlexanderMickelthwate, as well as guest conductors suchas Helmut Rilling, Robert Shaw, Ivars Taurins,Jane Glover, and Tania Miller. Performances withthe WSO include masterworks by Mozart,Britten, Handel, Beethoven, Verdi, Mahler,Schoenberg, Silvestrov, and Pärt.

CMU Festival Chorus Director Janet Brenneman isAssociate Professor of Music at CanadianMennonite University where she teaches musiceducation, choral conducting, and conducts theCMU Singers and the CMU Women’s Chorus. Activein the Manitoba choral community, Janet is alsothe Conductor of Renaissance Voices, and the Faithand Life Women’s Choir. Janet has studied andworked with notable conductors Doreen Rao,Elmer Iseler, Charles Smith, and Helmuth Rilling.Recent guest conducting engagements havetaken her across Canada, most notably to conductthe Elmer Iseler Singers and the Amadeus Choir ofToronto in a performance of Bach’s ChristmasOratorio in December 2017.

The current season brings CMU Festival Chorus tothe concert hall stage with WSO’s new Music DirectorDaniel Raiskin to perform Handel’s Messiah inDecember 2018 and Verdi’s Requiem in March 2019.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Michelle Mourre, harpsichord/organ

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Christmas with The Celtic TenorsThe Celtic Tenors:

Daryl SimpsonJames NelsonMatthew Gilsenan

Martin MacDonald, conductorBrian McGrane, music director

Friday, December 14 8:00 p.m.Saturday, December 15 8:00 p.m.Sunday, December 16 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-Concert Performance on the Piano NobileFriday, 7:15 p.m. Piano Studio of Gina Wedel (MRMTA) Sunday, 1:05 p.m. Manitoba Band Association

Tuba Christmas Festival

DINNER & SYMPHONY3-course Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., Saturday

Joy to the World attrib G. F. HandelThe First Noel TraditionalIn the Bleak Mid-Winter HolstRocky Road to Dublin Trad. / arr. Cian SweeneyYou Raise Me Up Rolf Lovland & Brendan Graham / arr. D. MunroWestering Home Trad. Hugh S. Robertson / arr. Gavin MurphyWild Mountainside John Douglas / arr. Gavin MurphyRed-Haired Mary Trad. / arr. Dervish/Celtic Tenors/Gavin MurphyRemember Me Phil Coulter

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Angels We Have Heard Trad. French / arr. Celtic TenorsWe Three Kings John Henry Hopkins / arr. Celtic TenorsLibiamo (Brindisi) from La Traviata VerdiGalileo Declan O’Rourke / arr. Gavin MurphyBetter Tom Baxter / arr. Gavin MurphyThe Town I Loved So Well Phil Coulter / arr. Nick IngmanSpanish Lady Trad. / arr. Frank GallagherTime to Say Goodbye Sartorial & Quarantotto / arr. D. Munro

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Daryl SimpsonDaryl Simpson B.E.M., from Omagh,Northern Ireland, developed his love ofmusic during schooling at OmaghAcademy, which then led him to study atQueen’s University (Bmus), Royal Irish

Academy of Music (DipMus), and Royal ScottishAcademy of Music and Drama (PgDipMus, MMus andMOpera).

After leaving Scotland, Daryl became an inaugural‘Young Associate Artist’ at Opera Theatre Company,performing in various operas, recitals and broadcasts.He was then accepted to the prestigious Opera ZurichStudio, where he went on to perform several rolesincluding Tamino (Die Zauberflöte). His concert/oratorioperformances include appearing with the RoyalScottish National Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, as wellas the Zurich Kammer Orchestra.

In September 1998, in the aftermath of the Omaghtragedy, Daryl formed the Omagh Community YouthChoir, bringing young people together to promotePeace and Reconciliation through music. OCYC has hadunprecedented international success includingrecording with Lord Lloyd Webber and appearing onThe Royal Variety Show.Their collaboration Playing forChange scored a US Billboard No 10, headlined atGlastonbury Festival and a release of, All you Need isLove, for Starbucks (Red).

Daryl also plies his skills as an Music Director, Arrangerand Vocal teacher but takes most pride from mentoringand developing young talent for a career in music.Daryl was recognized with a BEM (British Empire Medal)for services to Community Relations and Peace andReconciliation In Northern Ireland in the Queen's 2018New Year Honours List.

James NelsonJames Nelson, from Sligo, though residentin Baltinglass (Wicklow), is a BA, BMus(Hons) graduate from UCD, and a studentof David Harper (UK), Britta Sundberg(Sweden) and Edith Forrest & Dr Veronica

Dunne (Ireland).

Highlights from an oratorio repertoire of over 60works include Frank Martin’s Golgotha in Bern &Zürich Cathedrals, L’Enfance du Christ (Berlioz)alongside Katia Ricciarelli in Rome and Florence, aswell as Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Britten’s St Nicolas,Haydn’s Creation, the Bach Passions, etc.

Over 50 roles in opera and operetta includeTichon (Katya) for Opera Theatre Company inPortugal, Josef (Wiener Blut) and Cecco (Il Mondodella Luna) for OTC, Basilio (Figaro) for ScottishOpera under the baton of Raymond Leppard,Pinkerton (Butterfly) at Hever Castle in Kent,Snout/Wall (Midsummer Night’s Dream) forSingapore Lyric, Cavaradossi (Tosca), Calaf(Turandot) and Pinkerton (Butterfly) for Opera inthe Open, Lensky (Onegin) in Russia, Alfredo(Traviata) at Como in Italy, roles for ScottishOpera, Opera Ireland, Opera Liceu, New IsraeliOpera, and the Wexford and Buxton Festivals.

For 13 years, James wrote a column for the SligoWeekender – Nelson’s Column. James is also part ofan ongoing building project in Kenya, givingAIDS orphans a second chance at life, building &upgrading their accommodation and educationfacilities, as well as teaching them music andperforming in concerts with the kids. Check outwww.kenyabuild.com. A debut charity CD is alsoavailable – Cheryl’s Children – On Top of the World.

Matthew GilsenanMatthew Gilsenan was born into ahard-working farming family in NorthMeath. Steeped in the local musicaltraditions and raised by parents whoshared a great love for music, from the

great composers to obscure Irish folk, Matthewalong with all his siblings was born to sing.

His classical training started in the Sisters ofMercy convent in Kells, Co.Meath, aged 10, andprogressed to some of the great Irish andScottish teachers. Although he ventured intoopera and classical singing, Matthew never losthis love for the music of his youth, in particularthe vibrant contemporary Irish music, which is hisgreat source of inspiration.

Matthew's busy singing life ran in parallel with hisengineering career, but his desire to sing was toostrong. So in 1997, he decided to take a six-monthsabbatical from engineering and embarked on hissinging career. So in the space of one year,Matthew’s live singing moved from hisengineering firms rock band to Ireland’s NationalChamber Choir to the operatic stage andonwards, together with James, founding TheCeltic Tenors, in a sensational boardroom signingwith EMI classics. Matthew has never looked back!

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John Baron is in his seventh year teachingwith Sistema Winnipeg. Working out ofElwick School, John instructs three bassstudents and conducts both theBeethoven and Mozart orchestras,teaching over 40 students each year.

What have you found is the biggest impact of having a daily teacher withinSistema Winnipeg?

Students need structure. Students needrepetition. Students need consistency.All three of these things are in placewhen the students know that there willbe the same teacher there every singleday. It helps the students develop aroutine and gives them something theycan count on. I feel like it also helpsme just as much as it helps thekids. Getting to teach them everyday, I am able to developrelationships with the studentsand most importantly, trust.These are all difficultthings to build if ateacher is onlyaround a coupledays in a week. When I'mteaching as many kids as Ido, I need to have asmany of them on my sideas possible (haha).

Can you describe themusical growthyou’ve witnessedin your students?I've seen a lot ofstudents from

square one. The growth is incredible.It's hard to see in the thick of thingssometimes but when I've taken amoment to step back and think aboutwhere these students have comefrom, it's pretty amazing. From how tohold a violin to running their ownchamber groups and sight readingorchestral pieces ... that's thespectrum within the time I've beenwith Sistema Winnipeg.

What is your favourite part ofteaching within Sistema Winnipeg?

My favourite part ofteaching withinSistema Winnipeg is

getting to see studentsexperience success. Itdoesn't matter inwhat way or the sizeof the success. Theminute you see alightbulb go on intheir head, wherethey've connectedthe dots on aconcept or they provethemselves wrong bydoing something theythought they couldn'tdo, that's why I'm still

with the program.Getting to see thesestudents discover theirlove for music, itschallenges and itsrewards really makesthe job worth it.

An interview with Sistema Teacher, John Baron

What are you most looking forward to for thefuture of Sistema?

Sistema is a growing program. The students whostarted the first year it came to Winnipeg are nowin high school. They travel from their respectiveschools to rehearse and more importantly, tomentor the younger students. I believe this is thefuture of Sistema Winnipeg; a mentorship basedprogram where students are teaching otherstudents. This new chapter for Sistema Winnipegis very new and very exciting.

Sistema Winnipeg cannot existwithout your help. Please donateto keep this important programgoing. You may support theannual operations or the newlyestablished Sistema EndowmentFund. Donations to theendowment are eligible formatching funds. To donate, visit wso/support or phone Beth Proven, VP Development at (204) 949-3989.


Teaching opportunities available! For more information, please contact:Marilyn Unrau, MYCCRegional Coordinator - Western Canada1.877.603.3MYC [email protected]

At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to bemore creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive throughour keyboard-based music education program. We providethem with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout theirlives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordinationskills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill ofplaying the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there.

The WSO gratefully acknowledgesthe following companies whosegenerous support helps to ensuremusical enrichment within ourcommunity.

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FoundationsThe WSO gratefully acknowledgesthe following foundations:Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the

Winnipeg FoundationThe Noreen & Robert Allen

Charitable TrustElizabeth B. Armytage Fund,

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

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

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The Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Kenand Lorna Thorlakson AnnualGiving Fund, in memory of Alan Adams

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The Legacy Circle exists torecognize the following patronswhose foresight ensures that theWSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSOgratefully acknowledges LegacyCircle members for their plannedfuture gift to the WSO.

Siana Attwell, PhDGreg Doyle and Carol BellringerMrs. Lucienne BlouwDolores P. BrommellLorraine and Gerry CairnsMr. Hugh CowanMrs. Audrey F. HubbardRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiHenry KatzKevin & Els KavanaghMargaret Kellermann McCullochErwin W. KitschMichel D. LagacéGail E. LoewenS. E. LoewenW. H. Loewen

Dr. Brendan MacDougallNathan & Carolyn MitchellLesia PeetBeth M. ProvenEdward Fisher & Lyse RémillardOlga & Bill RunnallsTrudy SchroederJune SlobodianMuriel SmithMrs. E. SziromEdith A. Toews & Dr. Helen

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The Maestro’s Circle recognizespatrons whose significantphilanthropy furthers themusical artistry of the WSO.

Honourary ChairDaniel Raiskin,Music Director

Diamond MC Gail Asper & Michael PatersonMichael NesbittMichael Nozick & Cheryl AshleyTannis Richardson*1 Anonymous

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Silver MC Ida Albo & Rick BelMr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie BuhlerDr. Marcel A. DesautelsJohn & Gay DochertyKevin & Els Kavanagh*Margaret Kellermann McCulloch

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Tippett-Pope*Barb & Gerry PriceHartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Lea StogdaleDr. Kenneth Thorlakson

Susan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonDr. Jens J. Wrogemann

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Mrs. Lucienne BlouwTimothy & Barbara BurtDr. Leslie Simard-Chiu &

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FoundationJames GibbsMrs. Audrey F. HubbardDavid & Diane JohnstonNick Logan & Christine SkeneJack & Zina LazareckDr. David LyttleElaine & Neil MargolisBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringKen and Judy MurrayOliver & Gennie PlettLawrie & Fran PollardMs. Iris ReimerMrs. Shirley RichardsonOlga & Bill RunnallsMr. Terry Sargeant &

Ms. Margaret HaneyIan R. Thomson & Leah R. JanzenE. ToewsProfessor A.M.C. WatermanKlaus & Elsa WolfSandy Woytowich1 Anonymous

Black Tie Austin AbasMs. Sandra AltnerAubrey & Dr. Linda AsperShibashis BalMr. R.D. BellFrances BoothDoneta & Harry BrotchieMr. William BurnettEmily Burt & Tyler MakodanskiPierce & Amy CairnsMr. Steven ChipmanHaderra ChisickJan & Kevin CoatesD.J. CowanMaria & Ugo De NardiDr. Marcel A. DesautelsS & E DyerGlen & Joan DyrdaRobert EnrightPhilipp & Ilse EnsMr. Douglas C. EverettMs. Susan FeldmanJocelyn and Mark GabbertJohn & Mabel Garcea Micah HeilbrunnRobin Hildebrand Richard & Carol JonesNora KaufmanMichael & Glenna KayDr. Leah KellsDr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace DueckMr. & Mrs. Konstantinos &

Chrysoula KotoulasMr. Sotirios KotoulasMr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CAMr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre KozminskiMr. Aaron Lewis in memory of

Ernst P. Schell

WSO SUPPORTERS



Dr. Judith LittlefordLydia MacKenzieMike McLenehanGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Valerie MollisonDr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena

FriesenMr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare RamseyTed & Mary PaetkauWayne & Linda PaquinMr. Harvey PollockDiane Payment and Roxroy WestLesia PeetMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufCarolynne PresserBeth M. ProvenDr. Diane RamseyDr. Donald S. Reimer &

Mrs. Anne ReimerJim & Leney RichardsonMr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean CarterSanford & Deborah RileyTrudy SchroederCheryl & Lorne SharfeMr. Sandy G. ShindlemanJimmy & Morse SildenPam Simmons*Muriel SmithMrs. Rae SpearJim & Jan TennantMr. & Mrs. Victor & Ruth ThielmannSabino TummilloMr. Richard TurnerDr. & Mrs. Eric VickarMeeka WalshDon & Florence WhitmoreDr. & Mrs. Klaus & Dorit Wrogemann1 Anonymous* Founding Members

Friends of the WSO supportthe WSO each season.

Honourary ChairGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

Symphony

A2B Communication Ltd.Mrs. France AdamsCarmyn AleshkaJudy & Jay AndersonJanet Ash & Associates Ltd.Margaret-Lynne & Jim AstwoodDavid & Gillian BirdHelga & Gerhard BockDr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie

BowermanSheila & David BrodovskyStephen BrodovskySusan Brownstone Brock &

Thomas BrockMr. Bill BruinoogeHerb & Erna BullerLorraine and Gerry CairnsPamela & Andrew CookeJohn Corp & Mary Elizabeth

McKenzieMargaret CuddyIsaac Benjamin DiamondHelene DyckMs. Ursula Erhardt

Kathleen & David EsteyCarrie FergusonGreg FettesJudith & Peter FlynnWayne ForbesPenny GilbertRobert & Linda GoldGregg & Mary HansonMrs. Lisa HastingsMargaret & Peter HughesRobert JaskiewiczMarianne JohnsonMr. Peter JohnsonLawrence JonesMr. Darrell KlassenPeter & Ellen KroekerMillie & Wally KroekerW.K. LabiesMs. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken

MillsJonathan E. MitchellTerry & Vi MooreVera MorozDrs. Kenneth & Sharon MouldDr. Rashmi NigamProfs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene

YoungBonnie & Richard OlfertMs. Pat PhilpottMrs. Marina Plett-LyleLevi & Tena ReimerMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikRoss & Allana RobinsonDr. Guillermo RochaBruce Roe & Margo LaneBarbara ScheunemanPietra ShirleyM. Winnifred SimMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarJim Skinner & Judy NicholMs. Debbie SpracklinMs. Marilyn ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van OersFaye WarrenRaymond & Shirley WiestHerbert & Shirley Wildeman5 Anonymous

Concerto Gordon AndersonGorden Andrus & Adele KoryEarl & Cheryl BarishF. BellBernice BlakemanJim BlanchardDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical

CorporationDr. & Mrs. Brian and

Cathie BowermanMr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon BowlesDaniel Heindl & Eugene BoychukMr. & Mrs. F. BuckmasterRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokDr. David CamorianoMrs. Audrey CampbellMr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia CassieShelley ChochinovDave Christianson & Vera SteinbergerRon ClementMs. Julie CollingsDrs. David & Kathleen ConnorMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia CoronaRuth CrookGary & Fiona Crow

Mr. Bradley J. CurranDr. Peter CzaplinskiMr. & Mrs. Hy & Esther DashevskyMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckMiss O. DilayHilary DruxmanHarry & Mary DuckworthR & E DupuisLezlee DunnBeverley & Fred DyckMr. & Mrs. W. EastonHoward & Angela EppMrs. Kathleen EsteyRandy EwanikaMarcia FleisherMargaret FollettMs. Jacqueline GodardBruno GossenBaked Expectations - Beth

Grubert & FamilyPatricia GuyMrs. Elba HaidDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallGordon E. HannonMr. & Mrs. Allen HattieAudrey A. HawkinsBlair & Erica HendersonMarilyn & Helios HernandezBob & Biddy HiltonN and L HollidayMrs. Joan M. HunterWilliam J. HuttonBruce JacobsDrs. Keith & Gwyneth JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiMs. Marilyn KapitanyRay Kohanik & Terri AshcroftT.G. KuceraFraser & Joan LinklaterPat & Jim LudwigDouglas MacEwanJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonAllan & Anita MalbranckDrs. Joshua Manusow &

Kristen CreekRuth MayJohn & Natalie MaybaMs. Nola McBurneyMrs. Maureen McIntoshTerri & Jim McKercharMrs. E. Louise McLandressNeil & Oonalee MinukMargaret MorozFern MorrisConor MulhollandDr. Rashmi Nigam Medical CorpKris OlafsonAthina Panopoulos & Gordon

SinclairDonna & Ian PlantMs. Marina Plett-LylePatricia Pollard in Memory of

Gary PollardPhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganTim Preston & Dave LingRosemary PriorDr. Clare RamseyReynold & Esther RedekoppMs. Judith ReichertMichael RennieRicou-ManfredaJudge & Mrs. Charles & Naida RubinEd & Susan SchmidtDr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel SchroederDr. Moti ShojaniaMerrill & Shayna Shulman

Brenda SklarLinda & John SmithGary & Gwen SteimanDr. & Mrs. M.R. SteinbartMarlene Stern & Peter RaeMr. & Mrs. Levi ReimerSyd & Violetta StoreyPaul SwartJo Swartz & Richard SilvermanDr. & Mrs. David SwatekMs. Vanessa ThiessenMrs. Lori ThomasJune & Lorne ThompsonCarol & Neil TrembathSusan TwaddleStrang/van Ineveld FamilyBrad VannanMr. Robert VinebergPaul WalshThuraya WeedonMr. & Mrs. Hans & Diana WernerMrs. Diane Patricia WeselakeMr. Brian M. WhittakerRaymond & Shirley WiestMr. Neil WilcoxEdith WildeDavid C. WilsonMargaret WollnerKarin WoodsHarry & Evelyn WrayDon & Betty Young11 Anonymous

Serenade Ken AirdKaeren AndersonDr. & Mrs. N.R. AnthonisenPat & Harvey AntonDoug Arrell & Dick SmithBetty & Ted AshDr. Siana AttwellGail & Domenic AuritiMr. John A. BaileyDick & Minnie BellAudrey BelyeaBruce & Joyce BerrySusan & Edwin BethuneMr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. BettsJoan BlightMr. William Richard BloxomKeith & Marnie BollandShirley BookGerald CallowDonna CarruthersHelle CosbyGreg CoxMr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara CrowArlene DahlJudy & Werner DanchuraMs. Linda DanielsMr. Tom DercolaSandra & Robert DeweyMr. & Mrs. Gordon DingmanFaye DixonHilary DruxmanMrs. Donna EkerholmJohn and Marilyn EkinsGeorge B. EliasMr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr.John J. EnnsSiegfried EnnsRuth & Ernest EppMargaret E. FaberNelma FettermanDr. LeeAnn Fishback


Doug & Phyllis FlintMrs. Gitta FrickeArnold & Christa FroeseHarold & Alice FunkGeorge & Carol GambyKelvin GoertzenDr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen GomoriDr. & Mrs. W. L. GordonLarry & Susanne GreerIrene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg

EdmondKatie & DeLloyd GuthB. & R. HallMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMrs. Audrey HarburnMrs. Audrey HarburnMs. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian

WildsmithBeth & Raymond HarrisTeresa A. HayMs. Susan HildebrandtMr. & Mrs. J.K. HollandPatti HolmMr. Charles HubandHelmut & Dorothy HuebertMargaret & Peter HughesCarl & Vi HultinP. IlavskyDavid JacobsonMargaret JeffriesRoss & Betty Jo JohnstonJ. Gartner & L. KampeasHenry Katz, in Memory of DenaMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David

H. SkinnerRandy & Kathleen KempMarion & Bill KinnearKen KinsleyMr. & Mrs. Keith KnoxMs. Jose KoesDr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester

KomlodiMrs. Marion KornMona KoropatnickSarah Kredentser & David HowenMrs. Jennifer KrestanowichMs. Janet KuchmaElaine & Patrick LamonicaBernie Léveillé & Moira SwintonDr. & Mrs. Dick & Rose LimSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigMr. Benjamin LyleJane MackayMs. Lorraine MacLeodAngelos and Pauline

MacRodimitrisChris Pearce & Ruth MagnusonSimone MahrenholzJackie MarkstromMr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeodS. McMillanGlen MeadShana MenkisJudith MeunierMs. Sue MiclashSylvia MitchellNathan & Carolyn MitchellMr. Peter MorganD.E. MorrisonBrian MuirheadDr. Hellmuth MullerCharlotte MurrellMr. Tom Mutter and

Ms. Raena Buksak

Mikaela OldenkampProf. Kerrie A. OrlickMr. Cam PaulsEleanor PayneMr. Rick PinchinLawrie & Fran PollardMs. Cornelia PopeDonna & Gordon PriceJuta RathkeKelly Regula Dental CorpPat and Bill ReidMs. Teresa ReillyMr. Louis RicciutoRobert & Vera RipleyMr. Sidney RobinovitchMrs. Patricia RomeynSteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleJoan SabourinMatt SchaubroeckWilliam ScheidtMarie SchoffnerDr. Robert SchrothMs. Janet SchubertHarald & Vicky SchulzDr. L. SeklaOlga & Myron ShatulskyPhil & Nancy SheadRobert ShindlemanDavid & Lorraine SmithMs. Brenda SniderSt. Mary's Road United ChurchMs. Illana SteeleMrs. Pat StefanchukMs. Helena StelsovskySusan StobartLorne SunleyDr. Ian Robert SuttonLorron Agencies Ltd.Dr. & Mrs. John TaylorJames & Joanne TeitsmaC. & R. ThomsenMr. Ron TimlickEdith A. ToewsMs. Andrea TowersMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte

WalktyGarnet WardDr. Marnie WatersMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron

WeinsteinNoah & Myrna WeisznerMrs. Evelyn WenerRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-

WiensDebbie WilsonJoan WrightMr. John YaremaArlene Young and Robert O'Kell16 Anonymous

PreludePatricia Allen & Len DueckTrish Allison-SimmsJean AltemeyerMs. Joan AndersonMr. Brian BaileyAllan & Rochelle BakerBarbara & Bruce BallMs. Margaret BarbourRobert BartonIn Memory of Robert CoatesNeovation Learning SolutionsIsaak & Tina BergenEric BergenDonald & Edith Besant

Ms. Diane BewellMs. Trudy BlightDr. Eric Richard Bohm & Dr. Clara

Jane BohmJoan BraunRuth & Kris BreckmanMr. Robert BriercliffeJackie BrignallMiss Dorothy BroomhallChris Brown & Pat McCulloughMr. E. BrownMrs. Margaret BrownSean BucholzMrs. Dee BuchwaldMs. Carol BudnickMs. Judi L. BurlingKevin BurnsMr. John BurrowsMr. Bryan ByhrePat & Mary Jo CarrabreLaura Chan & Herman LamLawrie and Bea CherniackMs. Gert ChipkaMelina ChowKatherine Cobor &

Gordon SteindelJoyce CormackThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardMs. Maxine CristallTracey CullenMaureen DanzingerMr. Raymond DavisDan De BruijnF. De GraziaBeth DerraughClaire DionneJennifer DobsonHerbert & Norma DriverAnne Dubouloz-GislasonR. DuddekLezlee DunnGloria DyckAndrea DyheLisa EdelMrs. Margaret EdmondsAudrey EppDon & Martha EpsteinS & G FastRick & Julie FastGreg & Linda FearnMichael FeldMs. Helen FeniukMs. Catherine FlowerJoanne FlynnMrs. Marguerite FredetteLise Laverdure & François GauvinMrs. Margaret FunkJim & Betty GaynorDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardJean & Dennis Giguere in memory

of Barbara FilukW. Blair GohlD. GoochMs. Barbara GrahamSuzanne GrayMarj GrevstadMr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie

GrowerSaul & Lolly GuttmanGeorge HaidauGertrude HamiltonMeghan HansenMs. Erin HarleyMrs. Phyllis HatskinLarry & Evelyn Hecht

Ruediger & Lydia HedrichMs. M. HidoDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van

VlaenderenRichard & Karen HowellShaun HumphriesHuynh Van HoRozin & Cathy IwanickiAlan Janzen & Leona SookramFather Stan A. JaworskiVictoria JohnstonMs. Bev KawchukPatricia KellendonkErwin W. KitschNadine & Herb KlassenMs. Mary KlassenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMs. Jacki KovenDr. Jeremy KredentserPatricia KuchmaRon LambertLisa & TedEdith Landy, in Memory of David

LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeMr. & Ms. Kathy and Saul LeiblMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiAlbert & Helen LitzBarry & Patricia LloydPamela LockmanMr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori LubyAngela MacDonaldAl & Pat MacklingDr. Sabine MaiJames ManishenMr. Allan MapesLinda MartinMargaret (Bouskill) MawMr. Harold MawhinneyJemara FayDr. & Mrs. Ihor MaybaJ. Doreen McCormickDr. Ian McIntyreArdythe McMasterCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaughtMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisEstelle MeyersDr. Adrienne MeyersIn Honour of Donn Yuen's

RetirementMr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys MildrenPeter Miller & Carolyn GarlichMs. Sheila MillerMrs. Mona MillsGord & Sherratt MoffattMargaret & Fred MooibroekMs. Francine MorinMrs. Joan Ann MortonJohn & Margaret MundieLeesa MunroeMel & Sharon MyersMrs. Sheila MymrykDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim

SkinnerDavid & Hermine OlfertTruus OliverMrs. Henny ParitzkyHeather PartridgeKathleen Parums


Mr. Julian PellicanoMs. Nettie PetersIngrid Peters-FransenIan & Ann-Margret PlummerCristian PopescuGabriela PopescuCarol PoulinMrs. Edna PoulterMs. Lois PowneMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterBryan & Diana PurdyJudith PutterErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly RaffertyDaryl & Sheila ReidMrs. Barbara RempelMr. William ReynoldsSheilas Music StudioEleanor RiachMrs. Melissa RiceMrs. Tracy RidleyFrances E. RowlinMr. Chris RuddMr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule

SalangadMrs. Claudia SarbitR. SchroederA. SchroederDr. Marlis SchroederMr. Ken SchykulskiCharlene ScoutenRobert ShawLynn & Bill SheadMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykPatricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum &

Harvey RosenbaumLouis & Shirley Ann SimkulakJordan SodowskyGeri & Peter SpencerMrs. Elsie StasiukMr. & Mrs. StarodubDan & Elsie StasiukBonnie Hoffer-Steiman &

Lionel SteimanMs. Sally StephensMr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna StevensArt Turner & Lyn StienstraMs. Karen SwainRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTEC VIDEO SECURITY INCTom ThiessenMary and Robert ThomasMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonJulian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonRobert & Barbara TisdaleIn Memory of Ronald George

SpencerHenry & Elizabeth ToewsEdith UgrinMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestBarry and Gail VealsJim & Joan WarbeckKen & Mary WarmbrodMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersWaverley Tenant AssociationJames & Claudia WeselakeDorcas & Kirk WindsorAndrew WinklessMs. Joan WiseTerrie Woodward

Patrick WrightLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyWanda Young in memory of

Edwin YeeDonn K. Yuen20 Anonymous

Sonatina

Arshad AhsanuddinJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerMr. Lance Arthur AndersonMs. Dorothy ArnoldMs. Susan BairdVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterMs. Oslen BelleMrs. Eva BerardMrs. Lori BettigAnna Ruth BirdMr. Dick J. BloemheuvelSally BouldingMonica BrechkaMs. Shirley BrownAlfred BuelowSusan BurchillCanada GuarantyCanadian Association of Gift

Planners Manitoba ChaperSister Josephine ChudzikS. K. ClarkMelissa ColquhounGlynis CorkalKaren CouchMrs. Jean CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona

CunninghamD. CymbalistShannon DarbyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisThompson Dorfman Sweatman LLPMrs. Wilma DehlsMrs. Michele Del RizzoL. N. DelisleMs. Shawna DempseyChristine DewarM. Jane DickMrs. Ethel DilMonica DinneySusan Docker in memory of

Barbara FilukPaul DueckMr. Spencer DuncansonMs. Margaret Elaine EllisVera & Peter FastRoss FeldmanDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetBonny FraserJoycelyn and Bryan GawrylukMr. David P. GiesbrechtHeather F. GrahamMs. Gail GrangerMrs. Inga GranovskayaVictoria GretchenMs. Marion GuinnRaul GutierrezMichael & Elaine ShnierHelen & Peter HaywardPaul HenteleffMs. Shirley HicksMrs. Margaret HillArlene Hintsa in Memory of

MarilynMrs. Cathy Hobday

Walter & Victoria HrablukStella HryniukMrs. Mary-Ann HudjikMs. Barbara HunnieMr. & Mrs. Peter &

Rosalind HusbandIshbel IsaacsDavid & Heather JenkinsSusan JohnsonMrs. Karen KaplenCathy & Robert KaptianMr. Gordon C. KeatchUrsula & Sandor KelemenKatie KirkpatrickDorothy Knowles in honour of

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

Janis PregnallMr. James & Christine PrendergastMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottMs. Margaret ProvenMs. Joanne PrygrockiJoanne PrygrockiValerie RaberW Rannie & Elaine WalkerKaren Rassmussen-OkeMrs. Marieann ReevesM. RegulyMs. Susan RenardBeverley RiddMs. Heather RobbinsEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMrs. Susan E. Roe-FinlayGisela RogerSandra RosenMrs. V. RosolowichMargot A. RossJohn & Shirley RussellBrittany RycroftMr. & Mrs. James SankeyEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyJessie SawiczNicola SchaeferKay SchalmeIvor & Lorna SchledewitzCharlene & Harry SchwartzSharna SearleIzzy ShoreGail & Murray SingerEvelyn R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Robert SmithMs. Kaye SnatenchukDarby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtGerry & Jasmin St. LaurentMarianne StaubDiane StewartArchie & Shirley StoneMrs. Marilyn StothersMuriel SutherlandDianne SzelagFrank TalbotGladys TaralaCharles TaxSherri TowaijMs. Josette ToyeCathy TymmMrs. Nancy VincentDenis VincentIrv & Toby VinskyMiss A. H. WagstaffeDr. Jackie WalkerPatricia & Lorne WallaceMr. & Mrs. Paul A. WaltonPhyllis M WatersMr. Glen Angus WebsterMorgan WegeMr. James WernhamGrace M. WiebeAnnemarie WiebeEmily WilcoshPeter WilkMrs. Lilli WilliamsAnne YankiwskiGarden City CollegiateMs. Ruth ZahodnikMr. & Mrs. Edward &

Susan Zwingerman27 Anonymous

Festival donors help to furtherthe musical artistry of the WSO’sNew Music Festival. Thank you!

Mrs. France AdamsJean AltemeyerJanet Ash & Associates Ltd.Aubrey & Dr. Linda AsperGail & Domenic AuritiNeil Bardal Funeral CentreMs. Trudy BlightDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical

CorporationJackie BrignallStephen BrodovskyKevin BurnsDr. David CamorianoPat & Mary Jo CarrabreMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia CoronaCushman & WakefieldDr. Peter CzaplinskiMs. Shawna DempseySandra & Robert DeweyDr. R. Dookeran Medical CorporationAndrea DyheRobert EnrightKathleen & David EsteyRandy EwanikaMs. Susan FeldmanWayne ForbesDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshBaked Expectations - Beth Grubert

& FamilyMrs. Elba HaidDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallMichael & Elaine ShnierMrs. Lisa HastingsMarilyn & Helios HernandezPatti HolmMr. Peter JohnsonMarianne JohnsonRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiJ. Gartner & L. KampeasKevin & Els KavanaghPatricia KellendonkMs. Jose KoesRon LambertLisa & TedMs. Bergthora LaxdalBernie Léveillé & Moira SwintonSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigDrs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallChris Pearce & Ruth MagnusonJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonDrs. Joshua Manusow &

Kristen CreekFrank & Terry MartinBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringShana MenkisRon & Sandi MielitzMs. Sheila MillerHoward MillerConor MulhollandMichael NesbittBob and Cindy NewfieldDr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp

Dr. Rashmi NigamMikaela OldenkampLesia PeetRandy PitchDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth

Tippett-PopePhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganBeth M. ProvenDr. Clare RamseyKelly Regula Dental CorpPat and Bill ReidMichael RennieGuillermo Rocha Medical CorporationSteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleOlga & Bill RunnallsBarbara ScheunemanRobert Shaw & Chris KrawchenkoDr. Moti ShojaniaSOCAN FoundationJordan SodomskyMarlene SternSusan StobartDr. Kenneth ThorlaksonSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonMr. Ron TimlickUniversity of Manitoba Icelandic

DepartmentMs. Stephanie M. van NestBrad VannanVolvo WinnipegMeeka WalshDr. Marnie WatersMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron

WeinsteinMr. Neil WilcoxKarin WoodsDr. Jens J. WrogemannAnne Yankiwski2 Anonymous

Share the Music is a uniqueoutreach initiative of the WSOthat allows economicallydisadvantaged children andtheir families to attend WSOperformances. Thank you forhelping to Share the Music!

Ms. Margaret BarbourLucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi

van den BergMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardHuynh Van HoVolvo WinnipegPat & Murray MacraeMr. Gordon MitchellDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoDaryl & Sheila ReidMargot A. RossBarbara ScheunemanBrenda SklarRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorMr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan Tennant2 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school program offered atno cost to participants thatenriches the lives of children andyoung people with the fewestresources and the greatest need. The WSO gratefullyacknowledges the followingpatrons whose support makes adifference in the everyday lives ofthese children. Thank you!

Honourary ChairDaniel Scholz, Principal Viola

Maestoso

The Bertram Austin Goodman,Mary Easton McLaren Goodmanand Dorothy Jean GoodmanFoundation

RBC FoundationRichardson FoundationWinnipeg Jets True North Foundation

Vivace

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

Con Brio

Bridgeport Office SolutionsDr. Ken FowlerSouchay Gossen Family FoundationThe Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro

Family Fund

Allegro

Mr. R.D. BellAndy BurgessD'Addario FoundationJudith & Peter Flynn in honour of

Arlene Young's BirthdayJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of

Diena YoungJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of

Andrew Wihelm-BoylesMark & Jocelyn GabbertMargaret & Peter HughesDr. David LyttleMiss Heather MenziesJonathan E. MitchellYvonne MorierJohn MorrissMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundMr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan TennantE. ToewsFaye Warren1 Anonymous

Conmoto

Jonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerBetty & Ted AshMs. Susan BairdIn Memory of Robert CoatesNeovation Learning SolutionsIsaak & Tina BergenMs. Diane BewellMr. William Richard Bloxom

Carole BoilySheila & David BrodovskyKathy BurchillMs. Judi L. BurlingMr. Bryan ByhreStanley Byskal, Ardelle & Denis

Jacques, and Cathy Carter inhonour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Lorraine and Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey CampbellCanada GuarantyCanadian Maple Wings Association -

Winnipeg ChapterMelina ChowDave Christianson & Vera SteinbergerD.J. CowanGreg CoxThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyTracey CullenBetty Curnew in honour of Ben &

Nadia Hanuschak's 65thWedding Anniversary

Shannon DarbySilvia V. de SousaMrs. Michele Del RizzoL. N. DelisleMarc DesjardinsMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckMonica DinneyJennifer DobsonHarry & Mary Duckworth in honour

of Arlene Young's birthdayDr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth

in Memory of Diena YoungR. DuddekGloria DyckJohn and Marilyn EkinsAudrey EppMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen & David EsteyRick & Julie FastMichael FeldRoss FeldmanMs. Catherine FlowerJudith & Peter FlynnFoundation for Choral Music in ManitobaBonny FraserJoycelyn and Bryan GawrylukDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardPenny GilbertMs. Barbara GrahamMs. Gail GrangerSuzanne GrayRussel & Mary Grenkow in honour of

Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65thWedding Anniversary

Raul GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakAudrey A. Hawkins in memory of her

mother, Mrs. Janice HawkinsRuediger & Lydia HedrichCarl & Vi HultinShaun HumphriesWilliam J. HuttonP. IlavskyInvestors GroupSusan JohnsonVictoria Johnston in honour of Ben &


Cathy & Robert KaptianKevin & Els KavanaghMarilynne Keil, in Memory of

David H. Skinner



Marion & Bill KinnearEd & Helen KolomayaDr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester

KomlodiMr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie KuhnKim LentowitschAlbert & Helen LitzGail LoewenZeeba LoxleyDrs. Christie J. MacDonald &

Philip St. JohnAngela MacDonaldDrs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallLydia MacKenzieAllan & Anita MalbranckMr. & Mrs. Al & Pat Mackling in

honour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Joseph and Judith Malko Family FundJames ManishenJackie MarkstromMarian Martin in memory of Eleanor

AnnandaleMargaret (Bouskill) MawEmily MayoralgoKelly McGonigalMrs. Maureen McIntoshDr. Ian McIntyreMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of

Merrily PetersQuinton & Maureen McNaught in

Memory of Barry AndersonMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisIn Honour of Donn Yuen's

RetirementMrs. Jocelyn MillardCarolyn and Nathan MitchellGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Francine MorinMorna-June MorrowMargaret MorseKim MortonMrs. Sheila MymrykMs. Bonnie NeilIn Memory of Diena YoungIn honour of Arlene Young's birthdayOscar Pantaleon Jr.Garth & Diane PantingJudy PatemanDonald Pearen in honour of Arlene

Young's Special BirthdayLesia PeetMr. Julian PellicanoRobert PetersonGrant & Gail PiercePatricia Pollard in Memory of Gary

PollardDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-

PopeMrs. Edna PoulterMs. Lois PowneMr. James & Christine PrendergastElizabett PrenterMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottAdeline Pressey in honour of Ben &


Beth M. ProvenValerie RaberErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly RaffertyDarcia Ratuski in honour of Ben &


Mrs. Marieann ReevesMs. Teresa ReillySheilas Music StudioMrs. Shirley RichardsonTannis RichardsonEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMr. Chris RuddMs. Miriam RudolphJoan SabourinMrs. Claudia SarbitNicola SchaeferBarbara ScheunemanPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer

FoundationEd & Susan SchmidtTrudy Schroeder & Norman DyckHarald & Vicky SchulzMs. Beverley J. ScottDebra ScottOlga & Myron ShatulskyMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykJim Skinner & Judy NicholJoan Smith in honour of Ben & Nadia

Hanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Darby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtSt. Mary's Road United ChurchMarianne Wojtas Staub in honour of

Eileen Zaluski Dola and BeverlyKaran Pope's 60th Birthday

Mrs. Pat StefanchukMs. Suzanne StevensonDiane StewartArt Turner & Lyn StienstraRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTEC Video Security IncMary and Robert ThomasThe Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken

and Lorna Thorlakson AnnualGiving Fund, in memory of AlanAdams

Julian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonToad Hall Toys Inc.Edith A. ToewsCarol & Neil TrembathChristine Tymchak & Les Cels in

honour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Cathy Tymm in Honour of MegSpecht's Birthday

Strang/van Ineveld FamilyMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte WalktyMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersThuraya WeedonNoah & Myrna WeisznerDiane WeselakeWestminster United ChurchWhoDunit? Mystery BookstoreEdith WildePeter WilkLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyTyler YipArlene Young and Robert O'KellDon & Betty Young20 Anonymous

GENERAL WSOThe WSO gratefully acknowledges thefollowing patrons whose foresighthelps to ensure long-term financialsupport for the WSO. Thank you!

Judy & Jay AndersonDr. Siana AttwellShibashis BalSheila & David BrodovskyLorraine and Gerry CairnsKatherine Cobor & Gordon SteindelMs. Barbara CookGlynis CorkalD.J. CowanMr. Raymond DavisHelene DyckRuth & Ernest EppMs. Ursula ErhardtDr. LeeAnn FishbackMs. Catherine FlowerMrs. Gitta FrickeMarilyn & Helios HernandezMs. Marilyn KapitanyMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David

H. SkinnerMargaret Kellermann McCulloch &

Paul McCullochT.G. KuceraAaron LewisNick Logan & Christine SkeneBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonJudith MeunierMargaret MorozGabriela PopescuPat and Bill ReidLevi & Tena ReimerMs. Iris ReimerMr. Louis RicciutoHenriette Ricou & Jure ManfredaRoss & Allana RobinsonOlga & Bill RunnallsIvor & Lorna SchledewitzMarie SchoffnerPietra ShirleyMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarMs. Karen SwainDr. & Mrs. David SwatekFrank TalbotJames & Joanne TeitsmaMr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan TennantThe Winnipeg FoundationSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonIn Memory of Ronald George

SpencerGarnet WardJames & Claudia WeselakeRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-

WiensRaymond & Shirley WiestEdith WildeDavid C. WilsonKarin WoodsMr. John YaremaBlumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment

FundWSO Women's Committee in

memory of Leila Alvare 4 Anonymous

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATEENDOWMENT FUND Shelley Chochinov in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateBarbara & Brian Crow in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateIn honour of Robert Dalgliesh and

Daniel FriedmanBruno Gossen in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateRichard & Carol JonesLydia MacKenzie in Honour of

Alexander Mickelthwate, inLoving Memory of Donn

Lawrie & Fran PollardBarbara ScheunemanLynn & Bill SheadJim Skinner & Judy Nichol in

Honour of AlexanderMickelthwate

Hien Tran

ENDOWMENT FUNDSistema Winnipeg gratefullyacknowledges those who havestarted their own named funds at The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Sistema Endowment Fund

The Tannis M. RichardsonSistema Endowment Fund

The Michael Nozick Family Sistema Endowment FundMr. John A. BaileyVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterAudrey BelyeaMr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene BergnerShirley BookFrances BoothSally BouldingJoan BraunMs. Shirley BrownMr. E. BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokHelle CosbyD.J. CowanThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisSiegfried EnnsJohn J. EnnsS & G FastDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetMr. David P. GiesbrechtKatie & DeLloyd GuthMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMs. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian

WildsmithTeresa A. HayMs. Shirley HicksDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van

VlaenderenMs. Susan HildebrandtBob & Biddy HiltonArlene Hintsa in Memory of MarilynWalter & Victoria HrablukCarl & Vi HultinWilliam J. HuttonMargaret JeffriesUrsula & Sandor Kelemen

John Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMrs. Vera KostyshynAnne La TourEdith Landy, in Memory of David

LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeFrances LemieuxMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiDr. Sabine MaiMr. Allan MapesElaine & Neil MargolisCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMargaret & Fred MooibroekKim MortonCharlotte MurrellMr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena

BuksakMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerWayne & Linda PaquinMrs. Liz PatzerMs. Bettina PfeifferMs. Pat PhilpottCarolynne PresserBarb & Gerry PriceMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterW Rannie & Elaine WalkerM. Reguly

Levi & Tena ReimerMrs. Barbara RempelMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikHenriette Ricou & Jure ManfredaMrs. Patricia RomeynSandra RosenEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyKay SchalmeMs. Debbie SpracklinMs. Helena StelsovskyMrs. Elizabeth SziromThe Winnipeg Foundation – The

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

OTHER DONATIONSLucienne Blouw in memory of

Louise NebbsLucienne Blouw in Memory of

Alexander Mickelthwate'sFather

Lucienne Blouw in Honour ofMarlene Crielaard and AlanSchmitt's Wedding

Lucienne Blouw in Memory ofNancy Lambert

Hilary DruxmanNessie & David Greenberg in

Memory of Mayer RabkinBarry & Susan Greenberg in

Memory of Mayer RabkinSaul & Lolly Guttman in memory of

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

of Dr. Stephen SziromHarvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam,

Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, Bev &Bruce in Memory of MerrilyPeters

Richard and Carol Jones in honourof Barbara Filuk

Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory ofJacqueline Desmarais

Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memoryof Mayer Rabkin

Linda Litwack in memory of MayerRabkin

Sharon Love in Memory ofJeannine McCallum

Brian Muirhead in memory ofMayer Rabkin

In memory of Katherine (Kay) LeeBill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope

in honour of Bill & ShirleyLoewen's 60th Anniversary

Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour ofBert & Lee Friesen's 50thAnniversary

Charlene & Harry Schwartz inMemory of Mayer Rabkin

Robert Shindleman and Family inmemory of Mayer Rabkin

Evelyn R. Smith in Memory ofMayer Rabkin

Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory ofEdith Sagi

In memory of Mayer RabkinIrv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of

Mayer RabkinMr. Aaron Witzke in memory of

his grandfather, Mayer RabkinMargaret Wollner, in Memory of

Dr. Stephen SziromWanda Young in memory of

Edwin YeeMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan

Zwingerman in Memory ofMayer Rabkin

Listing as of Oct. 11, 2018


Dr. Selena FriesenMargaret HarvieMicah HeilbrunnRobin HildebrandJackie HuntMargaret Kellermann

McCullochDr. Maureen KilgourSilvester KomlodiSotirios Kotoulas Marlene SternRichard TurnerTrudy Schroeder, Executive

DirectorDaniel Raiskin, Music Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORSTerry Sargeant,

PresidentCurt Vossen,

Vice PresidentRob Kowalchuk,

TreasurerMichael Kay,

Corporate SecretarySandra AltnerLucienne BlouwEmily Burt, MBA, CFAJames CohenArlene DahlMarten DuhouxSteven DyerDaniel Friedman

Trudy Schroeder, Executive DirectorLori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC Daniel Raiskin, Music DirectorAlexander Mickelthwate, Director EmeritusBramwell Tovey, Conductor LaureateJulian Pellicano, Resident ConductorHarry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence and

Festival Director, Winnipeg New Music Festival

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

Community EngagementJames Manishen, Artistic Operations AssociateLaura Lindeblom, Production ManagerTatiana Carnevale, Operations CoordinatorSheena Sanderson, Stage ManagerStuart Bremner, Stage SupervisorGreg Hay, Orchestra Personnel ManagerGreg Hamilton, Principal LibrarianLaura MacDougall, Assistant LibrarianBrent Johnson, Education &

Community Engagement Manager

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

MARKETINGBrent Phillips, VP Marketing & CommunicationsDiana Chabai, Communications AssistantS. Thompson Designs Inc.

DEVELOPMENTBeth Proven, VP DevelopmentCarol Cassels, Development ManagerRenate Rossol, Development CoordinatorChelsey Hiebert, Sistema & Special Events CoordinatorKae Normandeau, Development Communications

Coordinator

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICESRyan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience ServicesJen Skelly, Sales & Audience Services Manager Rachel Himelblau, Box Office Coordinator Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Patron Services Representatives (P/T):

Meg Dolovich Paul Longtin Sandesh Fernandez Emma Milner Laura Gow Kelsey RosentreterJason Hayes Stephanie Van Nest

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONSHer Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M.

Lieutenant Governor of ManitobaThe Honourable Brian Pallister,

Premier of ManitobaHis Worship Brian Bowman,

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

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVEMargaret Harvie, PresidentEva Lavallee, Vice-PresidentSherratt Moffatt, Past PresidentSusan Cooke, SecretaryNancy Weedon, Treasurer

CONTACT US: BOX OFFICE: 204-949-3999 [email protected] OFFICE: 204-949-3950 [email protected] wso.ca

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