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ARTISTIC & LEADERSHIP TEAM(Eddins, Petrov, Uchida, Waldin)

EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2014/2015

IT TAKES TWO (BANDS)The ESO wrote the book on collaborations between rock bands and symphony orchestras. Today, it’s writing new chapters

AIR CANADA PRESENTSCIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE (FEBRUARY 14 & 15)

Lucas Waldin, conductorCirque de la Symphonie, special guests

AN AGE OF INNOCENCE: A ’60s JUKEBOX (FEBRUARY 18)

Robert Bernhardt, conductorJeans ‘n’ Classics, special guests

FEELIN’ GROOVY: THE MUSIC OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL (FEBRUARY 19)

Robert Bernhardt, conductorJim Witter, vocals/guitar/piano

LIVE AND LET DIE: A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF PAUL MCCARTNEY (FEBRUARY 20)

Robert Bernhardt, conductorTony Kishman, Jim Owen, Chris Camilleri, John Merjave, special guests

LANDMARK HOMES MASTERSBEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY (FEBRUARY 28)

José Luis Gomez, conductorAndrew Wan, violin

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For three consecutive nights, the Edmonton Symphony turns the calendar back to the 1960s as orchestra meets Flower Power. Robert Bernhardt conducts all three performances, which range from the nostalgia-filled Age of Innocence (Feb. 18, see page 14), to the music of Simon & Garfunkel (Feb. 19, see page 17), to a symphonic tribute to Paul McCartney (Feb. 20, see page 19). Cover: Tony Kishman as Paul McCartney in Live and Let Die.

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From China to CanadaHolverson, Fung, and Gershwin. Superb violinist Yue Deng, artist in residence at the U of A.Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Convocation Hall

The Music of Michael Colgrass: Urban RequiemSymphonic Wind Ensemble celebrates Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass.Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.Winspear Centre

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ESO / Winspear Centre Vision: Providing outstanding music experiences for individuals, families and the community and a place where those experiences evoke the height of personal emotion, adventure and excitement.

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AT ONE OF THE AMAZING CONCERTS IN THIS ISSUE OF SIGNATURE (see page 11), I will spend my evening conducting your fabulous orchestra

while acrobats twirl over my head, and strongmen perform feats of balance. You know, a typical night at the symphony.That’s only partly a facetious comment. The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has

been at the vanguard of orchestras that are not only willing, but happy, to find new and unique collaborative opportunities of all kinds (see page 8). Not only are such collaborations fun, but they showcase the outstanding musicians of this orchestra to audiences beyond those that come for Saint-Saëns and Beethoven (we’ve got that too – see page 22). Many of the concerts in this issue, in fact, are pretty far outside the usual symphonic fare. So if one of these shows has brought you to an ESO concert for the first time, welcome! We’re glad we can be part of your world, and we hope you get a better understanding of ours.And if you’re a regular ESO attendee, you know that twirling acrobats, rock and

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From China to CanadaHolverson, Fung, and Gershwin. Superb violinist Yue Deng, artist in residence at the U of A.Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Convocation Hall

The Music of Michael Colgrass: Urban RequiemSymphonic Wind Ensemble celebrates Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass.Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.Winspear Centre

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demonstrates tremendous and infectious passion and enthusiasm, as well as an adventurous musical curiosity that propels the orchestra to new and exciting achievements. His commitment to the entire spectrum of the ESO audience brings him to the podium for performances in every subscription series, as well as for a wide variety of galas and specials.

A distinguished and versatile pianist, Mr. Eddins caught the conducting bug while in his sophomore year at the Eastman School of Music. In 1989, he began conducting studies at the University of Southern California with Daniel Lewis, and assistant conductorships with both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony (the latter under the leadership of Daniel Barenboim) followed.

Mr. Eddins has many non-musical hobbies including cooking, eating, discussing food and planning dinner parties. He is also quite fond of biking, tennis, reading and pinball. Based in Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife

Jen (a clarinetist) and their sons Raef and Riley, the Eddins home comes complete with a state-of-the-art recording studio, built by Mr. Eddins himself.

While conducting is his principal pursuit, he continues to perform as pianist, organist and harpsichordist. He has conducted the ESO from the keyboard on many occasions. An important aspect of every performance in the Masters series over the last few seasons (including 2014/15) is the inclusion in every program of a work that the orchestra has never performed. In 2008, he conducted Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for Opéra Lyon, leading to repeat performances in Lyon, London and at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2010. Other international highlights include a 2009 tour of South Africa, where Mr. Eddins conducted three gala concerts with soprano Renée Fleming and the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra. On May 8, 2012, Mr. Eddins made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the ESO at a memorable concert featuring four Canadian soloists, and music by three Canadian composers alongside Martinů’s rarely performed Symphony No. 1.

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An advocate of new music, Uchida has worked with many composers including John Corigliano and Richard Danielpour, and has given premieres of works by Tim Brady, John Frantzen, Augusta Read-Thomas, Scott Wollschleger, and recorded the premiere of the Sonata for Solo Violin by Andrew Violette for Innova Records. He has held teaching positions at Acadia University, the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College, and the National Arts Centre’s Young Artist Program. He is Artistic Director of the Acadia Summer Strings Festival in Wolfville and is frequently invited to give master classes at schools across the country. Mr. Uchida performs on a Lorenzo Ventapane violin made in Naples, Italy in 1820, bows by Peccatte and Sartory, and a baroque bow by Max Kasper. He plays Vision Solo Titanium violin strings by Thomastik-Infeld Vienna. He currently lives in Edmonton with his wife Laura and their two children.

ow in his second season as ESO Concertmaster, ROBERT UCHIDA is hailed for his “ravishing sound,

eloquence and hypnotic intensity” (Strings Magazine). He enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster and educator. His performances across North America and Europe receive great critical acclaim. Mr. Uchida previously served as Concertmaster of Symphony Nova Scotia and Associate Concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and has acted as Guest Concertmaster for the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He works as concertmaster with many of the world’s top conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart and Pinchas Zukerman.

In recent years he has been a featured soloist with several of Canada’s orchestras including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Ottawa Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia and Symphony New Brunswick. His recital and chamber music performances have included prestigious venues including Lincoln Center (New York),

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ANNEMARIE PETROV, Executive Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) and Francis

Winspear Centre for Music, brings more than 26 years of experience to a role that oversees one of Alberta’s flagship performing ensembles and one of the world’s premier concert halls.

With a combined annual budget of over $12 million, Ms. Petrov supervises day-to-day operations, long-term planning, government relations and community support of both organizations.

A native of Montréal, Ms. Petrov is a graduate of McGill University where she majored in French horn performance. Following several years in Europe, she returned to Canada and stepped into the role of General

Manager of Symphony New Brunswick. She followed her position at the National Arts Centre Orchestra with work at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, where she also oversaw the popular Winnipeg New Music Festival. She joined the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Winspear Centre in 2007.

Ms. Petrov is guided by her profound love of the arts in a career focused on every aspect of the concert experience – from international orchestral tours to concerts in curling rinks in Canada’s North. She is fuelled by the belief that participation in live music is essential to our well-being and is driven to make it accessible to everyone. She is a frequent guest speaker at arts industry conferences and has served on the board of Orchestras Canada.

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[ VIOLIN I ]Robert Uchida, ConcertmasterThe John & Barbara Poole Family Concertmaster ChairEric Buchmann, 5 Associate ConcertmasterVirginie Gagné, Assistant ConcertmasterLaura VeezeBroderyck OlsonRichard CaldwellJoanna Ciapka-SangsterAlison StewartAnna KozakAiyana Anderson-HowattNeda Yamach

[ VIOLIN II ]Dianne New 1

Susan Flook 2

Heather BergenPauline BronsteinRobert HryciwZoë SellersMurray VaasjoTatiana Warszynski

[ VIOLA ]Stefan Jungkind 1

Charles Pilon 2

Clayton LeungRhonda HenshawMikiko KohjitaniAndrew Bacon

[ CELLO ]Colin Ryan 1, 5 The Stuart & Winona Davis Principal Cello ChairSheila Laughton 3

Derek Gomez 4

Ronda MetsziesGillian CaldwellVictor Pipkin

[ BASS ]Jan Urke 1

John Taylor 2

Janice QuinnRhonda TaftRob Aldridge

[ FLUTE ]Elizabeth Koch 1

Shelley Younge 2

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[ CLARINET ]Charles Hudelson, Principal EmeritusJulianne Scott 1

David Quinn 2

[ BASSOON ]William Harrison 1

Matthew Howatt 3

Edith Stacey 2

[ HORN ]Allene Hackleman 1

Megan Evans 2

Gerald Onciul 2

Donald Plumb 2

[ TRUMPET ]Alvin Lowrey, Principal EmeritusRobin Doyon 1

Frédéric Payant 2

[ TROMBONE ]John McPherson 1

Kathryn Macintosh 2

[ BASS TROMBONE ]Christopher Taylor 1

[ TUBA ]Scott Whetham 1

[ TIMPANI ]Barry Nemish 1

[ PERCUSSION ]Brian Jones 1

[ HARP ]Nora Bumanis 1

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ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Eric Filpula, Orchestra Personnel ManagerAaron Christopher Hawn, Orchestra Librarian

The following musicians may appear at performances in this issue:Julie Amundsen CelloAaron Au ViolinRay Baril SaxophoneJim Cockell ViolinPetar Dundjerski FluteElizabeth Faulkner FluteMary Fearon HornJoel Gray TrumpetMichael Massey KeyboardsJohn McCormick PercussionRaj Nigam PercussionPJ Perry SaxophoneJean-François Picard SaxophoneBrian Sand TrumpetYukari Sasada BassRob Spady ClarinetJeremy Spurgeon KeyboardsKate Svrcek ViolinRobin Taylor SaxophoneBrian Thurgood PercussionDan Waldron OboeIan Woodman CelloChristine Yu ViolinJoanne Yu Cello

F or the 2014/15 season, LUCAS WALDIN

continues to wear with distinction the mantle of Enbridge Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador, as well as that of YONA-Sistema Artistic Director. In these capacities, he continues to establish strong ties with our community through inventive outreach initiatives, assist in programming and presenting the ESO’s education and family

concerts, and applying his artistic leadership to the YONA-Sistema program. During his time with the ESO (which began with his appointment as Conductor in Residence in 2009), Mr. Waldin has collaborated with some of North America’s finest musicians including Jens Lindemann, Angela Cheng and Sergei Babayan. An experienced conductor of pops and crossover, he has worked with a range of artists such as Ben Folds, Chantal Kreviazuk and the Canadian Tenors. His acclaimed work with the Barenaked Ladies led the iconic Canadian pop group to select Mr. Waldin as their conductor of choice for their performances with the Toronto Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall.

Strongly dedicated to Canadian composers, Lucas Waldin has performed over 25 Canadian compositions including six world premieres. In recognition of his valuable contribution to the artistic life in Canada, he was awarded the 2012 Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting by the Canada Council for the Arts. He studied conducting and flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music and has conducted in master classes with Helmuth Rilling, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Colin Metters, and Bernard Haitink. In 2012, he was invited to conduct the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa) in a conductor workshop, and as a participant of the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney, Lucas conducted both the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony. Prior to his appointment with the Edmonton Symphony, Mr. Waldin was a Discovery Series Conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival, and Assistant Conductor of Cleveland’s contemporary orchestra {RED}. He has performed with orchestras across Europe, including the Jugendsinfonieorchester Kassel, Bachakademie Stuttgart, and Staatstheater Cottbus.

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In addition to our own concerts, the ESO provides orchestral

accompaniment for performances by Edmonton Opera and Alberta Ballet.

The ESO works in proud partnership with the AF of M (American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada) Local 390.

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GE T T ING THE BAND BACK TOGE THER : Procol Harum joined the ESO for a reunion concert in 2010, celebrating 40 years since the release of their monumental live record.

UCAS WALDIN HAS ONLY BEEN WITH THE EDMONTON Symphony Orchestra since 2009/10. Currently Enbridge Artist in

Residence and Community Ambassador, the relative newcomer nevertheless speaks with the appreciative perspective of someone who’s been around for pretty much all the orchestra’s many collaborations with rock bands and pop artists. The first and most famous pairing, he says, took place on November 18, 1971, when the UK rock band Procol Harum took to the stage of the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. That concert would become Procol Harum: Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Procol Ha-rum’s sixth album and first live release – a gold-certified album that ascended to number five on the Billboard Top 200. “It was quite special because it was pretty much the first collaboration between a rock band and an orchestra,” Waldin says. “It resulted in a fad – bands like AC/DC and Aerosmith started going out to find symphony orchestras and make recordings with them. Symphony orchestras were thought of as being conservative, stuck in a

certain repertoire.” As he describes some of his collaborations – Waldin says he dressed in a monkey suit for a Frank Zappa-themed show – it’s clear that reputation can be laid to rest.

“The ESO has always had a ‘Sure, why not?’ attitude, from the day our former Assistant General Manager Bob Hunka said it to Procol Harum in 1971,” says D.T. Baker, Associate Director of Educational Outreach with the ESO and Winspear Centre. The record that came out of that performance is still Procol Harum’s best-selling album, and it marked the ESO as a world-class orchestra ready and willing to collaborate with world-class musicians of any genre, garnering awards for such landmark shows as k.d. lang and Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. More recently, Waldin has conducted ESO collaborations with iconic Canadian artists such as Chantal Kreviazuk and Barenaked Ladies, and even cirque performers Cirque de la Symphonie (see page 11). He’s also worked with the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, where the orchestra performed

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To hear Procol Harum and the ESO perform “Conquistador,” visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW2KN7Tz89s

There’s an element of risk for the orchestra as well. When Ben Folds first performed with the ESO, there was no set list until the day of the rehearsal; he came in with 35 arrangements and simply picked the songs from the stage. Usually, Waldin says, orchestras have their set lists at least a year in advance. But these collaborations are also opportunities to show the collaborators the mechanics of a symphony orchestra, and the artists gain an appreciation for the huge effort and machinery that it takes for 60 people to get on stage and do the same thing at the same time, and execute it well.

“We realize that the people who come to hear us play the music of Paul McCartney aren’t suddenly going to become Bruckner fanatics,” says Baker. “But if they better understand who we are and what we do, that we’re happy to let our hair down and do shows like this. That makes a lot of our musicians glad that we’re part of this community.”

IT TAKES TWO (BANDS) “The ESO has always had a ‘Sure, why not?’ attitude, from the day our former assistant general manager

Bob Hunka said it to Procol Harum in 1971,”– D.T. Baker

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for a group of aboriginal breakdancers and a pianist rode an upright piano with wheels while performing the music of Erik Satie. Waldin says that conducting the Barenaked Ladies fan favourite “If I Had a Million Dollars” was a career highlight, and he cites the indie darling Regina Spektor and the Austrian comedy-troupe-cum-brass-septet Mnozil Brass as dream collaborators.

But collaboration isn’t all monkey suits and contortionists. “What audi-ences don’t realize is that when we play the music of Zappa or Sinatra, for ex-ample, we have to more or less write the music because the arrangements that you hear on the records aren’t accessible to the orchestra,” Waldin says. “It either doesn’t exist or it was created for one day and recorded and then thrown out, or it’s under heavy lock and key at a recording studio.” It takes detective work, and if there’s no sheet music available, the collaboration doesn’t happen. Artists such as Ben Folds have had this epiphany and hired arrangers to expand the music into an orchestral form. And these collaborations can be a gamble – as opposed to subscription series, they target the general public, who have a flock of entertainment options on the average Friday night.

There’s an enduring quality to collaborations between rock bands and symphony orchestras that means we won’t see the rock-orchestra trend lose its appeal anytime soon, however. “The symphony is the most flexible and adaptable musical ensemble that has ever existed,” Waldin says. “It’s indicative that the orchestra makeup itself hasn’t changed in hundreds of years – the symphony Beethoven used is still used today, and we can use it to play ‘Thriller.’ It’s the ultimate musical vehicle, and that’s why we’re able to pull off some of these exciting and out-of-the-box collaborations.” But the ESO is so adept because it has the experience – it wrote the origin story on these kinds of collaborations.

“The ESO has been working on these unconventional partnerships since the time of Procol Harum,” says Waldin. “If you haven’t come around until quite late, it’s hard to learn. It takes special skills to accompany a rock band. It takes a flexibility that the orchestra doesn’t always need.” The Frank Zappa show during the 2010/11 season, for example, was uncharted territory, says Waldin. “There had been two or three arrangements of Zappa tunes that a few orchestras put on the program to be adventurous. But as far as I know, to program an all-Zappa show for a symphony orchestra audience was pretty adventurous.” He sees these collaborations as a commitment to the ESO’s audience. “The ESO is quite rare among orchestras in that we provide a truly varied set of series. It has trained its audience to expect new original productions.”

Baker agrees with Waldin, saying, “There’s a responsibility in serving our community. We are responsive to that community, playing as diverse an array of music as our audiences want.” And this spirit is evident in the ESO’s music education programs like YONA-Sistema, which Waldin says is simply another chapter in the ESO’s history of collaboration.



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GE T T ING THE BAND BACK TOGE THER : Procol Harum joined the ESO for a reunion concert in 2010, celebrating 40 years since the release of their monumental live record.

UCAS WALDIN HAS ONLY BEEN WITH THE EDMONTON Symphony Orchestra since 2009/10. Currently Enbridge Artist in

Residence and Community Ambassador, the relative newcomer nevertheless speaks with the appreciative perspective of someone who’s been around for pretty much all the orchestra’s many collaborations with rock bands and pop artists. The first and most famous pairing, he says, took place on November 18, 1971, when the UK rock band Procol Harum took to the stage of the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. That concert would become Procol Harum: Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Procol Ha-rum’s sixth album and first live release – a gold-certified album that ascended to number five on the Billboard Top 200. “It was quite special because it was pretty much the first collaboration between a rock band and an orchestra,” Waldin says. “It resulted in a fad – bands like AC/DC and Aerosmith started going out to find symphony orchestras and make recordings with them. Symphony orchestras were thought of as being conservative, stuck in a

certain repertoire.” As he describes some of his collaborations – Waldin says he dressed in a monkey suit for a Frank Zappa-themed show – it’s clear that reputation can be laid to rest.

“The ESO has always had a ‘Sure, why not?’ attitude, from the day our former Assistant General Manager Bob Hunka said it to Procol Harum in 1971,” says D.T. Baker, Associate Director of Educational Outreach with the ESO and Winspear Centre. The record that came out of that performance is still Procol Harum’s best-selling album, and it marked the ESO as a world-class orchestra ready and willing to collaborate with world-class musicians of any genre, garnering awards for such landmark shows as k.d. lang and Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. More recently, Waldin has conducted ESO collaborations with iconic Canadian artists such as Chantal Kreviazuk and Barenaked Ladies, and even cirque performers Cirque de la Symphonie (see page 11). He’s also worked with the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, where the orchestra performed

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IRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE is an exciting production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the concert hall. It is an elegant adaptation of

some of the most amazing cirque acts performed on a stage shared with the full symphony orchestra, showcasing many of the best artists in the world. Aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers and strongmen – these accomplished veterans include world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians, and some of the most original talent ever seen. Adding a stunning visual element to the concert experience, these aerialists and acrobats provide a three-dimensional entertainment extravagan-za. Fusing the power and majesty of the live orchestra with the best of cirque artistry, Cirque de la Symphonie is the only cirque company in the world that performs exclusively with symphony orchestras. Over 100 orchestras worldwide have featured Cirque de la Symphonie in sold-out venues, adding energy and ex-citement to the concert experience. Join us on Facebook and explore our website for images, video, schedule, reviews and more: cirquedelasymphonie.com

Cirque de la Symphonie last appeared with the ESO in October 2010.

he mind-boggling strength and agility of Jarek and Darek’s “Duo Design” provides

one of the most powerful acts included in Cirque de la Symphonie’s captivating program. This dynamic and exciting balancing act consists of JAROSLAW MARCINIAK and DARIUSZ WRONSKI, former Polish national hand balancing champions. They have competed and performed throughout Europe and the United States, winning championships in Evian (France) and Sarasota (Florida). Over the past few years,

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Disney’s The Lion King Orchestral Song SuiteJohn/Rice/Zimmer (arr. B. Kelley/T. Ricketts)

Lezghinka from GayaneKhachaturian

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.90 – 3rd movementBrahms

Music from Disney’s FrozenLopez (arr. Krogstad)

Overture to CandideBernsteinBy arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner

Danzón No. 2Márquez

INTERMISSION (20 minutes)

Clair de luneDebussy (arr. Luck)

Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered BrideSmetana

Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow MaidenRimsky-Korsakov

Devil’s Dance from The Witches of EastwickWilliams

Lucas Waldin, conductorCirque de la Symphonie Marco Balestracci, acrobat/cube Autumn Crockett, aerial skills/contortion Aloysia Gavre, aerial hoop/tango Andriy Moraru, tango/hand balancing/acrobat Timber Brown, German wheel Jarek & Darek, strongmen Rex Camphius, stage managerwith: Jeremy Spurgeon, organ

Danse macabre, Op.40Saint-Saëns

Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op.324J. Strauss II

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565J.S. Bach

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these prolific performers have thrilled audiences at several NBA halftimes, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Circus, Busch Gardens and the national tour of Cirque Ingenieux. Their Cirque de la Symphonie performances have left audiences stunned and amazed.

LOYSIA GAVRE is an incredible aerial performer from the prestigious École

National de Cirque, Montréal, with early training from Master Lu-Yi and the Pickle Family Circus School. Her aerial acrobatics and graceful maneu-vers on the aerial hoop, suspended high above the stage, add three-dimensional excitement. Aloysia was the Special Prize Winner at the Internation-al Circus Festival in Monte Carlo. A veteran of stage and theater performances worldwide, Aloysia is best known as a veteran of Cirque du

Soleil’s Quidam and O. Her five years with Quidam established her as one of the best aerial artists in the world, and today she shares that experience with others as choreographer for Cirque Mechanics and Troupe Vertigo and as director of Cirque School in Los Angeles. Aloysia’s regular performances with Cirque de la Symphonie and live orchestras take aerial acrobatics to a new level.

NDREY MORARU is a native of Kyiv, Ukraine, and a graduate of the prestigious Kyiv Circus School where he studied hand balancing

under the legendary Vitold Kuvshinov. Upon graduating with an act fused with both balance and dance, Andrey joined the cast of Le Reve, directed by Franco Dragone in Las Vegas as a hand balancing specialist. After many years with Le Reve, Andrey pursued a solo career, which brought oppor-tunities in Europe for numerous cabarets, variety shows, and circuses, including “Flic Flac” from Germany. He was recently a finalist on America’s Got Talent. Los Angeles has become his new home where he has performed with Symbiotic, Quixotic and Troupe Vertigo. When not per-forming, Andrey teaches master hand balancing classes at Cirque School. Andrey’s trademark hand balancing and acrobatic skills are now a standard part of Cirque de la Symphonie, which includes a mesmerizing acrobatic “adagio” act with his partner.

IMBER BROWN is an acrobatic artist based in Las Vegas who specializes in

Chinese pole and aerial acrobatics. He began his professional career in 2006 in “Cirque de la Mer” at SeaWorld San Diego and has since performed all over the globe on television and in both public theatrical shows and private corporate events. Notable credits include featured acts in Peepshow in Las Vegas, a semifinalist on America’s Got Talent Season 8, Le Meilleur Artiste in Paris, which features the best acts from around the world, and countless other well-received performances.

Timber loves to design and build unique and innovative acrobatic apparatus and create new acts to showcase his skills. He is the founder of the charity Timber’s Kids, which he created to enable children that come from broken homes to overcome, grow and thrive as they pursue their own dreams.

ARCELLO “MARCO“ ANTONIO BALESTRACCI is an acro-gymnast, dancer, actor and singer. He spent 10 years in com-

petitive gymnastics and has received several first place medals at state and regional competitions. As a dancer, Marco has worked with choreographers such as Adrienne Dellas-Thornton (Kirov), Rudolf Kharatian (Washington Ballet) and Sandra Balestracci (his mother). He performed in The Nutcracker as a soloist with the American Youth Ballet Company, a production broad-cast to school systems across the land. He has performed with the Music Theater of Williamsburg with Tom Netherton and with Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. Regional theater musicals have included; The King and I, Godspell, and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As an acrobat, Marco made his Broadway debut in the lead role of Cirque’s Jungle Fantasy, followed by a national tour in 2008. He has also starred in other Cirque productions, such as Imaginique and Christmas Dreams. He cur-rently resides in Los Angeles where he has performed with Le Ombre Shadow Acrobatics & Dance and Torque Method. When not touring with Cirque de la Symphonie, Marco teaches at Cirque School, Los Angeles, as the Head Acrobatics Instructor.

UTUMN CROCKETT began training in dance and ac-

robatics at the age of three at DC Dance Factory in her native state of Tennessee. Her exceptional talents soon led to television performances with LeAnn Rimes, Billy Gilman, and CeCe Winans. Autumn’s unique combination of contortion, dance, and acrobatics was soon recognized by The Edge Performing Arts Center, an elite company in Los Angeles that provided her with a full scholarship. She continued her movement training with Cirque School LA’s professional program. Her career took off soon afterwards, including appearances with Rihanna in the MTV Video Music

Awards, the movie I Kissed a Vampire, America’s Got Talent, and numerous commercials. She has performed in live stage shows such as Odyssey Dance Theater, Troupe Vertigo, Le Ombre, La Mirada Theater production of Cats and for the Academy of TV, Arts and Sciences.

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these prolific performers have thrilled audiences at several NBA halftimes, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Circus, Busch Gardens and the national tour of Cirque Ingenieux. Their Cirque de la Symphonie performances have left audiences stunned and amazed.

LOYSIA GAVRE is an incredible aerial performer from the prestigious École

National de Cirque, Montréal, with early training from Master Lu-Yi and the Pickle Family Circus School. Her aerial acrobatics and graceful maneu-vers on the aerial hoop, suspended high above the stage, add three-dimensional excitement. Aloysia was the Special Prize Winner at the Internation-al Circus Festival in Monte Carlo. A veteran of stage and theater performances worldwide, Aloysia is best known as a veteran of Cirque du

Soleil’s Quidam and O. Her five years with Quidam established her as one of the best aerial artists in the world, and today she shares that experience with others as choreographer for Cirque Mechanics and Troupe Vertigo and as director of Cirque School in Los Angeles. Aloysia’s regular performances with Cirque de la Symphonie and live orchestras take aerial acrobatics to a new level.

NDREY MORARU is a native of Kyiv, Ukraine, and a graduate of the prestigious Kyiv Circus School where he studied hand balancing

under the legendary Vitold Kuvshinov. Upon graduating with an act fused with both balance and dance, Andrey joined the cast of Le Reve, directed by Franco Dragone in Las Vegas as a hand balancing specialist. After many years with Le Reve, Andrey pursued a solo career, which brought oppor-tunities in Europe for numerous cabarets, variety shows, and circuses, including “Flic Flac” from Germany. He was recently a finalist on America’s Got Talent. Los Angeles has become his new home where he has performed with Symbiotic, Quixotic and Troupe Vertigo. When not per-forming, Andrey teaches master hand balancing classes at Cirque School. Andrey’s trademark hand balancing and acrobatic skills are now a standard part of Cirque de la Symphonie, which includes a mesmerizing acrobatic “adagio” act with his partner.

IMBER BROWN is an acrobatic artist based in Las Vegas who specializes in

Chinese pole and aerial acrobatics. He began his professional career in 2006 in “Cirque de la Mer” at SeaWorld San Diego and has since performed all over the globe on television and in both public theatrical shows and private corporate events. Notable credits include featured acts in Peepshow in Las Vegas, a semifinalist on America’s Got Talent Season 8, Le Meilleur Artiste in Paris, which features the best acts from around the world, and countless other well-received performances.

Timber loves to design and build unique and innovative acrobatic apparatus and create new acts to showcase his skills. He is the founder of the charity Timber’s Kids, which he created to enable children that come from broken homes to overcome, grow and thrive as they pursue their own dreams.

ARCELLO “MARCO“ ANTONIO BALESTRACCI is an acro-gymnast, dancer, actor and singer. He spent 10 years in com-

petitive gymnastics and has received several first place medals at state and regional competitions. As a dancer, Marco has worked with choreographers such as Adrienne Dellas-Thornton (Kirov), Rudolf Kharatian (Washington Ballet) and Sandra Balestracci (his mother). He performed in The Nutcracker as a soloist with the American Youth Ballet Company, a production broad-cast to school systems across the land. He has performed with the Music Theater of Williamsburg with Tom Netherton and with Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. Regional theater musicals have included; The King and I, Godspell, and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As an acrobat, Marco made his Broadway debut in the lead role of Cirque’s Jungle Fantasy, followed by a national tour in 2008. He has also starred in other Cirque productions, such as Imaginique and Christmas Dreams. He cur-rently resides in Los Angeles where he has performed with Le Ombre Shadow Acrobatics & Dance and Torque Method. When not touring with Cirque de la Symphonie, Marco teaches at Cirque School, Los Angeles, as the Head Acrobatics Instructor.

UTUMN CROCKETT began training in dance and ac-

robatics at the age of three at DC Dance Factory in her native state of Tennessee. Her exceptional talents soon led to television performances with LeAnn Rimes, Billy Gilman, and CeCe Winans. Autumn’s unique combination of contortion, dance, and acrobatics was soon recognized by The Edge Performing Arts Center, an elite company in Los Angeles that provided her with a full scholarship. She continued her movement training with Cirque School LA’s professional program. Her career took off soon afterwards, including appearances with Rihanna in the MTV Video Music

Awards, the movie I Kissed a Vampire, America’s Got Talent, and numerous commercials. She has performed in live stage shows such as Odyssey Dance Theater, Troupe Vertigo, Le Ombre, La Mirada Theater production of Cats and for the Academy of TV, Arts and Sciences.

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“Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”Crewe/Gaudio

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ARTIST BIOS

OB BERNHARDT brings a unique perspective and ability

each time he is on the podium, and in every genre. He is currently Principal Pops Conductor with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (where he was Music Director for 19 seasons) and is in his 18th season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra (and in his 33rd consecutive season there). For-merly, he was Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic, Music Director and Conductor of

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the Tucson Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera, Music Director and Conductor of the Amarillo Symphony and Artistic Director of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta.

The 2012/13 season marked Mr. Bernhardt’s 20th anniversary with the Boston Pops, which he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. He has also been a frequent guest conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Seattle Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Tucson Symphony, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony. He has been a guest conductor with many others as well. A lover of opera, he conducted productions with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons, and for 19 seasons with his own company in Chattanooga, as well as many guest conducting engagements with the Nashville Opera. He received his master’s degree with honours from the University of Southern California’s School of Music, studying primarily with Daniel Lewis. He received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Union College in Schenectady, NY, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Summa cum laude, and an Academic All-American baseball player. He and his wife, Nora, both dog lovers, live in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, with their rescued cat, Shoogie.

Since making his ESO debut in May 2006, Bob Bernhardt has become a favourite with the orchestra and its audiences. Last fall marked his ninth consecutive season leading the ESO at its outdoor fes-tivals, and he frequently conducts performances in ESO subscription series concerts and specials.

or almost 20 years, PETER BRENNAN’S Jeans ’n Classics has been combining world-class rock musicians and symphonies in

a game changer for orchestras. Jeans ’n Classics is a group of musicians who understand orchestra culture and are committed to help build younger, loyal audiences for symphony orchestras across North America. Visit jeansnclassics.com

AVID BLAMIRES was born in Yorkshire, England but grew up

in London, Ontario. He got his start in music as a very busy session vocalist in Toronto, singing on thousands of jingles, album recordings and soundtracks. As a member of the U.S.-based Pat Metheny Group from 1986-1997, he appeared on three Grammy Award-winning albums and performed for multitudes of fans all over the world. During this time he also recorded and released his own self-titled contemporary jazz album, The David Blamires Group, throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 1997, he and his family moved from Toronto to Chicago, where he began working as a staff composer for a very successful music and audio production company. Mr. Blamires writes and records music for TV and radio commercials, for clients such as American Airlines, Coors, Proctor & Gamble, McDonald’s, Kraft, and many more.

AVIN HOPE has had diverse experiences through song, stage, film

and TV. After being the youngest member in Calgary Opera Chorus history, he’s been a member of Alberta pop group The EarthTones, sang with Michael Bolton, and eventually became a member of Canadian pop a cappella institution, The Nylons. Four albums, constant touring, and a Juno Nomination later, he ventured into theatre, where his highlights include Rent and playing the role of Simba in

the original Canadian company of The Lion King. Some other selected credits include The Tempest and As You Like It with Canstage. Mr. Hope also had the pleasure of performing with Stage West Calgary’s Smokey Joe’s Café. He recorded his debut album Anything Like Mine in 1998, gaining favourable chart positions on Canadian airwaves with nine singles, including “Can I Get Close” which garnered him another Juno nomination for best R&B recording.

NDREA KOZIOL is a Toronto-based singer and composer, who is active

on the folk and jazz festival circuit. She has five solo CDs to her name, includ-ing her most recent Half Way Sweet, which is the result of her ongoing fascination with juxtaposing the ukulele against larger ensemble pop music arrangements. Her voice can be heard on countless Canadian albums, and her music can be heard in films such as The R Word, The Baby Formula, and Elemental. An active co-writer, she has penned award-winning songs for jazz prodigy Mi-chael Kaeshammer, and Canadian pop sensation Tianda. She is a devoted member of the all-girl vocal ensemble Lushus, and has collaborated with the guitar great Kevin Breit, the Toronto Tabla Ensemble, and countless birds in her backyard. Visit Andrea at: andreakoziol.com

ARON MACDONALD has enjoyed many appearances with Orchestra

London over the past few years. His versa-tility as a saxophonist and vocalist, along with his dynamic stage presence, has given him opportunities within the Pops series and as a Jeans ‘n Classics guest artist. Aaron was featured in the Brian Wilson tribute Endless Summer and in Music for Lovers and Other Strangers. He also recently shared the stage with musical icon Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp. Aaron plays regularly with the high-energy group The Jitterbugs and looks forward to becoming a father in the New Year.

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“Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”Crewe/Gaudio

“It’s My Party”Gold/Gluck/Weiner

“To Sir, With Love”Black/London

“Dance, Dance, Dance”B. Wilson/C. Wilson/Love

“Ooh Baby Baby”Robinson/Moore

“Downtown”Hatch

“You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”Donaggoi/Pallavicini/Wickham/Napier-Bell

“Sherry”Gaudio

“Kokomo”Love/McKenzie/Melcher/Phillips


Procol FantasyBrooker (arr. Gilliland)

“Valleri”Boyce/Hart

“Sail On, Sailor”Wilson/Kennedy/Rieley/Parks

“Be My Baby”Spector/Barry/Greenwich

“Wichita Lineman”Webb

“On Broadway”Mann/Weil

“One Less Bell to Answer”Bacharach/David

“For Once in My Life”Miller/Murden

“My Girl”Robinson/White

“Darlin’”Wilson/Love


Four Strong WindsTyson (arr. Lapalme)

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An Age of Innocence: A 60s JukeboxATB PRESENTS

ARTIST BIOS

OB BERNHARDT brings a unique perspective and ability

each time he is on the podium, and in every genre. He is currently Principal Pops Conductor with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (where he was Music Director for 19 seasons) and is in his 18th season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra (and in his 33rd consecutive season there). For-merly, he was Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic, Music Director and Conductor of

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orn in Toronto, singer LEAH SALOMAA has been a core artist with Jeans ’n Classics for seven years. Leah is trained in classical voice and

violin. Her career began early as a child actor/singer/dancer for film, televi-sion and theatre. As a teen, she traveled to Scotland and started to focus on Celtic folk music.

Ms. Salomaa has blended her classical and Celtic music backgrounds to specialize in an ethereal sound that has often been captured in film and TV soundtracks, and music that calls for haunting, ageless qualities. Her voice can be heard featured on numerous soundtracks including the popular CTV/CBC TV series Flashpoint (Gemini-nominated score). Other soundtracks include: Relic Hunter (TV regular feature vocalist), Jane and the Dragon (animation) and The Marsh (feature film). She is also a composer. Her own CDs blend her original pop compositions and ethe-real Celtic vocal leanings. She has released three recordings for families called I Like to Rise, Father Sun, Mother Moon, and Under a Winter Star. Visit her and find her music at leahsalomaa.com

s a singer-songwriter, “Canada’s original bombshell” KATHRYN

ROSE is known for her artful, cerebral brand of sexy/sad/funny cinematic pop. Her latest release, Something I Can Use (2010), is a compilation of favourites from her three previous solo albums, with new, live and reworked tracks, available at her website and on iTunes. Ms. Rose’s reputation also precedes her as one of the country’s top go-to voices, having sung on more than 60 albums of other artists. Some of her live and studio appearances include work with Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Breit, Oliver Schroer, Patti Labelle, Sir Tom Jones, Stephan Moc-cio, Ron Sexsmith, Anne Murray, Martin Fry (ABC), The Spoons, Susan Aglukark, Esthero, Sarah MacLachlan, and many more. Ms. Rose was also a successful actress in film, TV and stage until she left that world for music in her mid-twenties. Currently, this longtime core artist with Jeans ’n Classics is balancing her solo music career, sitting on the Board of CIRAA (Canadian Independent Recording Artists’ Association), finding time to play prestigious events in her trio side project with jazz star Emilie-Claire Barlow and Juno winner Melanie Doane, and laughing everyday at the antics of her young daughter and son. kathrynrose.com

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Robert Bernhardt, conductorJim Witter, vocals/guitar/pianoWith: Ian Tanner, vocals/bass guitarTony Lind, guitar/electric guitarDarryl McWaters, vocals/drums

All songs by Paul Simon, unless otherwise indicated

“Mrs. Robinson”

“Hazy Shade of Winter”

“Scarborough Fair/Canticle”trad./Simon

“I Am a Rock”

For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her

59th Street Bridge Song (“Feelin’ Groovy”)

El Condór Pasa (“If I Could”)Robles/Simon

“The Boxer”


“Bye Bye Love”F. Bryant/B. Bryant

“Wake Up Little Susie”B. Bryant

“America”

“The Sound of Silence”

“Homeward Bound”

“Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover”

“Slip Slidin’ Away”

“Bridge Over Troubled Water”

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hether it be his country music, contemporary Christian, or the music

of Billy Joel and Elton John, JIM WITTER’S versatility as an artist has allowed him the opportunity to reach out and share his music and his infectious personality with audiences of all ages across Canada and the United States. It all started at a very early age, as he began performing in his own living room. His mother would play piano, and he would belt out the hits – not bad for a four year old! He paid his dues, playing in the clubs and bars around Southern Ontario for years. Finally in 1990, one of his demos came to the attention of a Sony Music Canada executive, which really got his recording career rolling. A record deal with a smaller independent label in Canada soon gave way to a multi-record deal with Curb Records of Nashville. From his first self-titled record, to All My Life and Forgiveness, he has had 10 top-10 radio hits in Canada, seven hit videos on CMT, and impressive chart action in the U.S. on Billboard and R&R.

Mr. Witter’s music and songwriting have been recognized on both sides of the border, earning him multiple awards and nominations from the Canadian Country Music Association, the Juno Awards, and most recently the Dove Awards in Nashville, where his album Forgiveness was nominated for Inspirational Album of the year. He still lives in Southern Ontario with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children, James, Roslyn, Ryan, and Luke. A devoted family man, he is also very active in his community, supporting numerous charities and organizations, especially those that benefit children and their families. “All I’ve ever wanted from this business is to be able to support my family and to make people feel a little better when they hear my music. To help them forget about their troubles for a while and enjoy the moment,” he concludes. “If I can continue doing this five, 10, 15 years down the road, I’ll be perfectly happy.”

Mr. Witter last appeared with the ESO at Symphony Under the Sky 2010.

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orn in Toronto, singer LEAH SALOMAA has been a core artist with Jeans ’n Classics for seven years. Leah is trained in classical voice and

violin. Her career began early as a child actor/singer/dancer for film, televi-sion and theatre. As a teen, she traveled to Scotland and started to focus on Celtic folk music.

Ms. Salomaa has blended her classical and Celtic music backgrounds to specialize in an ethereal sound that has often been captured in film and TV soundtracks, and music that calls for haunting, ageless qualities. Her voice can be heard featured on numerous soundtracks including the popular CTV/CBC TV series Flashpoint (Gemini-nominated score). Other soundtracks include: Relic Hunter (TV regular feature vocalist), Jane and the Dragon (animation) and The Marsh (feature film). She is also a composer. Her own CDs blend her original pop compositions and ethe-real Celtic vocal leanings. She has released three recordings for families called I Like to Rise, Father Sun, Mother Moon, and Under a Winter Star. Visit her and find her music at leahsalomaa.com

s a singer-songwriter, “Canada’s original bombshell” KATHRYN

ROSE is known for her artful, cerebral brand of sexy/sad/funny cinematic pop. Her latest release, Something I Can Use (2010), is a compilation of favourites from her three previous solo albums, with new, live and reworked tracks, available at her website and on iTunes. Ms. Rose’s reputation also precedes her as one of the country’s top go-to voices, having sung on more than 60 albums of other artists. Some of her live and studio appearances include work with Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Breit, Oliver Schroer, Patti Labelle, Sir Tom Jones, Stephan Moc-cio, Ron Sexsmith, Anne Murray, Martin Fry (ABC), The Spoons, Susan Aglukark, Esthero, Sarah MacLachlan, and many more. Ms. Rose was also a successful actress in film, TV and stage until she left that world for music in her mid-twenties. Currently, this longtime core artist with Jeans ’n Classics is balancing her solo music career, sitting on the Board of CIRAA (Canadian Independent Recording Artists’ Association), finding time to play prestigious events in her trio side project with jazz star Emilie-Claire Barlow and Juno winner Melanie Doane, and laughing everyday at the antics of her young daughter and son. kathrynrose.com

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We are a parent-run non-denominationalWe are a parent-run non-denominationalprivate school nestled in the communityof Glenora, offering programs for ages 3to Grade 12, all in classes under twentystudents.

Progressive Academy ranks in the top 5% of Albertaschools for student achievement testing, parental

involvement, student citizenship, educational quality,broad program of studies, and student respect.

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Conductor: Michael Massey

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso | Camille Saint-SaensSoloist, Rafael Piesiur

Suite Algerienne | Camille Saint-Saens

Symphony no 2 in E minor | Sergei Rachmaninov


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All songs by Lennon/McCartney unless otherwise indicatedOrchestrations by Martin Herman

“Band on the Run”McCartney

“Hello, Goodbye”

“Listen to What the Man Said”McCartney

“When I’m Sixty-Four”

“Silly Love Songs”McCartney

“Penny Lane”

“Here Comes the Sun”Harrison

“Eleanor Rigby”

“Uncle Albert”P. McCartney/L. McCartney

“The Long and Winding Road”

“Live and Let Die”McCartney


“Jet”P. McCartney/L. McCartney

“I Saw Her Standing There”

“No More Lonely Nights”McCartney

Robert Bernhardt, conductorTony Kishman, vocals/bass/guitar/pianoJim Owen, vocals/keyboards/guitar/bassChris Camilleri, vocals/drumsJohn Merjave, guitar

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“Bluebird”P. McCartney/L. McCartney

“Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da”

“Get Back”

“Yesterday”

“I Am the Walrus”

“Maybe I’m Amazed”/“My Love”/“Let ‘Em In” (medley)P. McCartney/L. McCartney

“Let It Be”

“Golden Slumbers”


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A ctor, singer, and recording artist TONY KISHMAN is the creator and band leader

of Live and Let Die. He starred for six years in both the national and international tours of Broad-way’s smash hit, Beatlemania. While appearing in Beatlemania, (Beatles producer) George Martin attended a performance and afterwards, backstage suggested Tony sounded so much like Paul, “I would never be able to record you because I already record with McCartney.”

“Tony Kishman is the quintessential Paul McCartney,” said the Long Island Advance of the gifted young musician’s uncanny resemblance, both visually and vocally, to the beloved Beatle. He is regarded by “Beatlemaniacs” as the world’s best McCartney look-alike/sound-alike. He has performed his award-winning tribute for more than a decade, bringing the music and the magic of the Beatles to new generations all over the world. He performs in the internationally renowned symphonic Beatles tribute, Classical Mystery Tour, as well as with Twist and Shout, the definitive Beatles Tribute. Tony has performed for the last 13 years in the European hit show All You Need Is Love, a musical biography of the Beatles.

Mr. Kishman last appeared with the ESO in June 2012.


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Conductor: Michael Massey

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso | Camille Saint-SaensSoloist, Rafael Piesiur

Suite Algerienne | Camille Saint-Saens

Symphony no 2 in E minor | Sergei Rachmaninov


inger, arranger, musician, JIM OWEN was just 16 when he made his first profes-

sional appearance in a Beatles tribute band. By the time he was 18, he was touring internation-ally with various productions of Beatlemania, visiting Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Mexico and South America, and performing his Beatles tribute in concert halls, stadiums and theatres around the world.

In addition to his featured role in Live and Let Die, he stars in the sym-phonic Beatles tribute, Classical Mystery Tour, and in Twist and Shout. The success of these projects has given him notoriety in his own right as a producer and band leader, and represents the fulfillment of his dream to share with the public live performances of some of the greatest music ever written and recorded. He was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. He began studying piano at six and won honours in various

piano performance competitions through his teenage years. He was eight years old when he first heard The Beatles and promptly decided to take up the study of the guitar.

Mr. Owen last appeared with the ESO in June 2012.

orn and raised on Long Island, New York, CHRIS CAMILLERI had a con-

venient drum teacher: his dad. He started listening to Beatles records at a young age, and for many years played drums and sang along to the recordings.

Gradually he gravitated to progressive rock bands, but retained an obsessive interest in The Beatles and eventually formed the internationally renowned Beatles cover band, Liverpool, which still reunites to perform at the Fests for Beatles Fans (formerly Beatlefest).

Chris has played drums for a variety of touring artists, including Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame), Badfinger, Micky Dolenz, Joe Walsh, and other Beatles-era bands. He became a good friend and musical associate to Harry Nilsson (who was a contemporary and close friend to all the individual Beatles). In addition to The Beatles, his musical influences include Jethro Tull, Genesis, ELP, and David Bowie. He currently plays drums in Live and Let Die, Classical Mystery Tour and Twist and Shout. When not playing music, Chris has an active commercial and voice-over career.

Mr. Camilleri last appeared with the ESO in June 2012.

OHN MERJAVE has been singing and playing instruments since the age

of four. He started playing drums “seriously” when he was six years old but, by high school, he began playing guitar and hasn’t looked back. Although mostly a self-taught guitarist, he studied jazz theory at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music with guitarist Carl Thompson and pianist Enos

Payne. But the driving force in his musical aspirations has always been the music of The Beatles.

In early 2001, Merjave auditioned for the lead guitar position with the Beatles’ tribute band, Liverpool. Liverpool is the official house band of The Fest for Beatle Fans, a convention that, since 1974, has occurred annually in New York City and Chicago. Since joining the band, he and Liver-pool have backed up such diverse Beatle-related artists as Donovan, Billy Preston, Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees), Spencer Davis, Peter & Gordon, Ronnie Spector, Alan Parsons, Billy J. Kramer, Earl Slick (David Bowie), Joey Molland (Badfinger), Mark Hudson and Neil Innes (Monty Python), among others. In addition to playing in Live and Let Die, he also plays with Lennon and McCartney.

This is Mr. Merjave’s debut with the ESO.

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inger, arranger, musician, JIM OWEN was just 16 when he made his first profes-

sional appearance in a Beatles tribute band. By the time he was 18, he was touring internation-ally with various productions of Beatlemania, visiting Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Mexico and South America, and performing his Beatles tribute in concert halls, stadiums and theatres around the world.

In addition to his featured role in Live and Let Die, he stars in the sym-phonic Beatles tribute, Classical Mystery Tour, and in Twist and Shout. The success of these projects has given him notoriety in his own right as a producer and band leader, and represents the fulfillment of his dream to share with the public live performances of some of the greatest music ever written and recorded. He was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. He began studying piano at six and won honours in various

piano performance competitions through his teenage years. He was eight years old when he first heard The Beatles and promptly decided to take up the study of the guitar.

Mr. Owen last appeared with the ESO in June 2012.

orn and raised on Long Island, New York, CHRIS CAMILLERI had a con-

venient drum teacher: his dad. He started listening to Beatles records at a young age, and for many years played drums and sang along to the recordings.

Gradually he gravitated to progressive rock bands, but retained an obsessive interest in The Beatles and eventually formed the internationally renowned Beatles cover band, Liverpool, which still reunites to perform at the Fests for Beatles Fans (formerly Beatlefest).

Chris has played drums for a variety of touring artists, including Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame), Badfinger, Micky Dolenz, Joe Walsh, and other Beatles-era bands. He became a good friend and musical associate to Harry Nilsson (who was a contemporary and close friend to all the individual Beatles). In addition to The Beatles, his musical influences include Jethro Tull, Genesis, ELP, and David Bowie. He currently plays drums in Live and Let Die, Classical Mystery Tour and Twist and Shout. When not playing music, Chris has an active commercial and voice-over career.

Mr. Camilleri last appeared with the ESO in June 2012.

OHN MERJAVE has been singing and playing instruments since the age

of four. He started playing drums “seriously” when he was six years old but, by high school, he began playing guitar and hasn’t looked back. Although mostly a self-taught guitarist, he studied jazz theory at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music with guitarist Carl Thompson and pianist Enos

Payne. But the driving force in his musical aspirations has always been the music of The Beatles.

In early 2001, Merjave auditioned for the lead guitar position with the Beatles’ tribute band, Liverpool. Liverpool is the official house band of The Fest for Beatle Fans, a convention that, since 1974, has occurred annually in New York City and Chicago. Since joining the band, he and Liver-pool have backed up such diverse Beatle-related artists as Donovan, Billy Preston, Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees), Spencer Davis, Peter & Gordon, Ronnie Spector, Alan Parsons, Billy J. Kramer, Earl Slick (David Bowie), Joey Molland (Badfinger), Mark Hudson and Neil Innes (Monty Python), among others. In addition to playing in Live and Let Die, he also plays with Lennon and McCartney.

This is Mr. Merjave’s debut with the ESO.

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JOSÉ LUIS GOMEZ was catapulted to international at-tention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010 after just six months of studying conducting, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury. Gomez’s electrifying energy, talent and creativity earned him immedi-ate acclaim from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed to the position of Assistant Conductor, a post created especially for him by Paavo Järvi and the orchestra directly upon the conclusion of the competition. Since then he has worked with the RTVE National Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, Houston Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), Hamburg Symphony, Basel Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Sinfonica do Porto, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Grand Rapids Symphony, Macao Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Colorado, Vancouver, Elgin, Pasadena, and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestras.

Opera highlights include a full run of La Bohème at Frankfurt Opera and a new production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Stuttgart Opera. More recently, Mr. Gomez has made debuts with Stuttgart Radio, Weimar Staatskapelle, Alabama, Winnipeg and Tucson Symphony Orchestras, and he closed last season with a spectacular production of Cavalleria rusticana in Como. Future highlights include a European tour of a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni directed by Graham Vick with Teatro Sociale di Como; his debut at the New National Theatre (Tokyo) in a revival of a La Forza del destino; orchestral debuts with Tucson Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras; and at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. José Luis Gomez is the Principal Conductor of the orchestral season of the Teatro Sociale di Como.

Mr. Gomez last appeared with the ESO in April 2013.

Symphony Prelude, 7:15 pm, Upper Circle (Third Level) Lobby with D.T. Baker

RIVALWhirlwind (2012 ESO commission) (8’)*

BEETHOVENRomance No. 1 in G Major, Op.40 (8’)*

SAINT-SAËNSViolin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op.61 (28’)* Allegro non troppo Andantino quasi allegretto Molto moderato e maestoso – Allegro non troppo


BEETHOVENSymphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92 (35’)* Poco sostenuto – Vivace Allegretto Presto – Assai meno presto Allegro con brio

Program subject to change*indicates approximate performance duration

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NDREW WAN is equally at home as a soloist,

chamber musician, and con-certmaster. In August of 2008, he was named Concertmaster of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), making him one of the youngest leaders of a major symphony. As a soloist, he has appeared in the United States, China, New Zealand, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland, and Canada under conductors such as Casadesus, Vengerov, Oundjian, Lacombe, Petrenko, DePreist, Piollet, and Michael Stern. In May 2012, he closed the MSO’s inaugural season in the Maison Symphonique with Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto, conducted by music director Kent Nagano, and on their tour of South America in April of 2013, he performed as soloist and concertmaster in Ravel’s Tzigane and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. In November 2014 he recorded all three violin concertos of Saint-Saëns with the MSO and Nagano for a fall 2015 release on the Analekta label.

Mr. Wan has concertized extensively, appearing in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Salle Gaveau with artists such as the Juilliard Quartet, Repin, Ax, Shaham, Hamelin, Pressler, and Cho-Liang Lin. His discography includes Grammy and Juno award-nominated releases on the Onyx, Bridge, and Naxos labels with James Ehnes and the Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Metropolis Ensemble, and the Opus-award winning New Orford Quartet. From Edmonton, Mr. Wan received his bachelor of music, master of music, and prestigious artist diploma from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki and Ron Copes. He is currently on violin faculty at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University as well as the Orford Music Festival. Andrew Wan performs on a 1744 Michel’Angelo Bergonzi violin, and gratefully acknowledges its loan from the David Sela Collection.

Mr. Wan last appeared with the ESO in June 2014.

Whirlwind (2012 ESO commission)ROBERT RIVAL(b. Calgary, 1975)

First performed: September 23, 2012 in EdmontonLast ESO performance: Symphony Under the Sky 2013

Program note by the composer:

URING MY FIRST WINTER IN EDMONTON I WITNESSED A remarkable natural phenomenon right outside my front door: a large

flock of Bohemian Waxwings – hundreds – swirling rapidly in the sky above. Henceforth, whenever I heard the distinct whirring produced by their collective chirping, I eagerly looked up to admire the cloud of birds making razor-sharp turns in near-perfect synchronicity.

This avian aerial dance inspired my work’s opening gesture, a whirling effect built on a progression of chords animated by rapid scales that, like the birds’ flight patterns, abruptly change directions. Two contrasting themes follow: one lively, exuberant and syncopated, constructed on fragments and variations of itself, the other lyrical and expansive.

The three themes are continually recycled, varied each time – trans-posed, rhythmically altered, reharmonized, reorchestrated, fragmented, or some combination – creating an impression of cycling repeatedly through familiar material. It is like observing changes in the scenery while riding a merry-go-round: that man with the straw hat stroking his goatee is now gone; in his place a toddler throws a tantrum. The work’s title alludes to the work’s spiraling structure, its almost unrelentingly fast tempo, and to the tremendous sweep of the waxwings in flight (the first theme).

As I worked out variations on my themes, there was one in particular that stood out. By “flattening” the rhythm of the chipper tune into even quarter-notes while retaining pitch order, it suddenly came to strikingly resemble the closing number of Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. So I had a choice to make: drop it (damn, it’s been taken!) or play it up. I chose the latter by borrowing some of Stravinsky’s own orchestration. I don’t think the Russian master, who said that “a good composer does not imitate, he steals,” would have minded one bit.

Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op.40LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN(b. Bonn, 1770 / d. Vienna, 1827)

First performance: Thought to be a draft for a slow movement of an abandoned violin concerto, there is no evidence the Romance was performed during Beethoven’s lifetime, although he did publish it.Last ESO performance: January 2007

T IS WIDELY THOUGHT THAT THE TWO ROMANCES FOR VIOLIN Beethoven composed were “working out” pieces, early attempts at

concerto movements that were part of the process that led eventually to his one and only completed Violin Concerto, composed in 1806. The two were written in the opposite order of when they were published; the work we know as Romance No. 1 was written in 1800, a year and a half after Romance No. 2. Beethoven dated neither manuscript, which didn’t help.

The G Major Romance is closer in form to a concerto movement than the other. It begins with double-stopped solo violin, answered by warm orchestral colours. The main material is stately, though tender. The writing for the soloist is not virtuosic, but an expressive dialogue with the richer, more formal orchestral passages.

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JOSÉ LUIS GOMEZ was catapulted to international at-tention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010 after just six months of studying conducting, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury. Gomez’s electrifying energy, talent and creativity earned him immedi-ate acclaim from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed to the position of Assistant Conductor, a post created especially for him by Paavo Järvi and the orchestra directly upon the conclusion of the competition. Since then he has worked with the RTVE National Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, Houston Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), Hamburg Symphony, Basel Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Sinfonica do Porto, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Grand Rapids Symphony, Macao Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Colorado, Vancouver, Elgin, Pasadena, and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestras.

Opera highlights include a full run of La Bohème at Frankfurt Opera and a new production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Stuttgart Opera. More recently, Mr. Gomez has made debuts with Stuttgart Radio, Weimar Staatskapelle, Alabama, Winnipeg and Tucson Symphony Orchestras, and he closed last season with a spectacular production of Cavalleria rusticana in Como. Future highlights include a European tour of a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni directed by Graham Vick with Teatro Sociale di Como; his debut at the New National Theatre (Tokyo) in a revival of a La Forza del destino; orchestral debuts with Tucson Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras; and at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. José Luis Gomez is the Principal Conductor of the orchestral season of the Teatro Sociale di Como.

Mr. Gomez last appeared with the ESO in April 2013.

Symphony Prelude, 7:15 pm, Upper Circle (Third Level) Lobby with D.T. Baker

RIVALWhirlwind (2012 ESO commission) (8’)*

BEETHOVENRomance No. 1 in G Major, Op.40 (8’)*

SAINT-SAËNSViolin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op.61 (28’)* Allegro non troppo Andantino quasi allegretto Molto moderato e maestoso – Allegro non troppo


BEETHOVENSymphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92 (35’)* Poco sostenuto – Vivace Allegretto Presto – Assai meno presto Allegro con brio

Program subject to change*indicates approximate performance duration

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Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92BEETHOVEN(see above)

First performed: December 8, 1813 in ViennaLast ESO performance: September 2011

EETHOVEN’S SKETCHBOOKS TELL US THAT HE BEGAN formulating ideas for what would become his Seventh Symphony even

before the fifth and sixth, but he did not gather them into their final form until 1813. After the titanic architecture of the fifth and the personal salute to nature in the sixth, the A Major Symphony might be thought as almost impersonal – but that does it very little justice.

The two paramount features of this symphony are rhythm, and the rela-tionship between the keys of A Major, F Major and C Major. The long, slow introduction establishes this tonal relationship, touching on all these keys. And when the A Major Vivace finally emerges, the underpinning rhythmic drive is irresistible. As with all the other movements, there is a steady, rhythmic ostinato prominently beating under this movement, interrupted only with the introduction of a beautiful, pastoral theme first presented by a solo flute. But as it is taken up by the orchestra, its pace quickens, and it also becomes part of the dance. These two melodic ideas dominate the rest of the movement.

The famous second movement, in the tonic minor, is so stately, ceremoni-al, and beautiful, it often accompanies such occasions as funerals. But it is marked Allegretto, so it is often slowed to a pace to which Beethoven might have viewed as overly slow. After a solemn chord, this movement’s obligato is introduced, a long-short-short-long-long pulse that is presented several times, soon complemented by a beautiful and deceptively straightforward theme in the violas and cellos. The passion builds, though the rhythm remains constant, until the opening obligato pulse is loudly proclaimed by the entire orchestra. The mood softens again, and the movement concludes quietly.

The third movement is a Scherzo and Trio in the key of F Major – recalling the key relationship from the symphony’s introduction. The Scherzo theme (again, listen for the rhythmic pattern over which the theme is played) is first heard in the oboe, for all the world sounding like it’s laughing. The Trio, cast in D Major, is in a slower tempo, a syncopated three-note figure over held notes in the upper strings. The Trio repeats twice, and sounds as if it will return again, only to be interrupted rudely (and with rough good humour) by the Scherzo, which hastens the move-ment to its end.

The finale should, by all the “rules,” be in A Major – and it will be. But it doesn’t start there – we’re actually in C Major (completing the reference back to the introduction) and it is in high spirits and a lot of musical busy-ness that, with great propulsive energy, we eventually arrive at a thunderous theme in A Major, played first on the horns with strings underneath, then immediately after by the strings with the horns providing the pulse. This theme becomes the main one, though other ideas are presented briefly. So important is rhythm to this work that Wagner famously dubbed this symphony “the apotheosis of the dance.”

Program Notes © 2015 by D.T. Baker, except as noted

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op.61CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS(b. Paris, 1835 / d. Algiers, 1921)

First performed: October 1880 in ParisLast ESO performance: January 1998

NIQUE AMONG HIS FRENCH CONTEMPORARIES, CAMILLE Saint-Saëns regularly and consistently wrote works for solo instru-

ments and orchestra. Co-founder of a society dedicated to establishing an all-encompassing French musical art that would rival the traditions of other musical centres, it was important to Saint-Saëns that this Ars gallica include more than opera – the form which dominated the French musical landscape. Like other solo violin works by Saint-Saëns, his third (and last) violin concerto was written for the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), likely the greatest violinist of his age. Twenty years separated this concerto from its predecessor, but that work, too, was for Sarasate. Spanish by birth and musical heritage, Sarasate was a student (starting at age 10) of the Paris Conservatoire. Throughout his illustrious career, many leading composers wrote works for Sarasate.

In the decades between the two concertos, Saint-Saëns had written an enormous amount of other music, and had honed and modernized his craft, which shows in the Third Concerto’s more dramatic and bold colours and structure. Over a hushed orchestral opening, the violin sings out its first main song, followed by a dialogue with the orchestra that expands that material into a broader outline that enables Saint-Saëns to shift the second main theme into a wholly unexpected key (from the work’s home in B minor to E Major). This more tender subject plays to many of Sarasate’s strengths: “…a tone of unsurpassed sweetness and purity…his intonation was flawless, especially in high positions,” writes Boris Schwarz in the New Grove. The Development section reprises the first subject in an altogether more amiable atmosphere than first heard, the violin and orchestra now in mischievous collaboration. The lyrical side also returns, leading to a Recapitulation which once again ratchets up the mood to the stormy beginning – as ever with Saint-Saëns, the work is balanced, graceful, never outlasting its welcome. With a final flourish (but without a cadenza), the movement ends.

The following Andantino is set to a gentle, barcarolle-like rhythm, again transported far away from the work’s home key – a completely different sound palette, pastoral and serene. Woodwinds dominate the orchestral landscape here, forming an effective contrast to the violin. The overall mood of tenderness is interrupted once by a passage of slightly more sobriety and cloudiness, but it is only a thunderhead on the horizon which is soon dissipated by the easy languor of earlier. The final movement is the work’s longest, jumping back into a minor tonality, and again jolting us from one aural landscape to another. A smoldering violin intro is heard, almost an operatic recitative before an aria, which itself is announced by pulses in the brass. The violin’s dashing, Spanish-flavoured melody is well-known, but is actually one of several important ones in this lavishly scored finale. Its light-stepping march is succeeded by a more noble and heroic idea which will form an important part of the coda. There is also a mood-changing third main melodic passage of lovely and surprising insouciance announced first by the orchestral violins, taken up by the soloist. This succession of important themes takes nothing away from the virtuosic hurdles the solo violin must leap throughout this thrilling showcase; it all goes to show just how deftly Saint-Saëns was able to weave a thoroughly satisfying bravura vehicle for a gifted soloist into a work in which the orchestra is a vital partner.

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SUSTAINING PLEDGES: A NEW WAY OF GIVINGDonors who have made a Sustaining Pledge to the ESO and/or Winspear Centre (My Winspear) are recognized with an * symbol. A Sustaining Pledge is a commitment to the continued success of the ESO, and the sustainability of Edmonton’s performing arts culture. Last year, we had 202 of our donors pledge approximately $120,000 annually for five years – thank you! We encourage you to consider joining this passionate group and sign up for a Sustaining Pledge to support the ESO or Winspear Centre by:1. Pledging an annual gift each year for at least five years, OR 2. Pledging an ongoing monthly gift

A Sustaining Pledge:• Provides immeasurable support to the ESO and Winspear Centre as we continue to grow our community accessibility• Provides fiscal stability to the ESO and Winspear Centre, ensuring the continuity of our programs and allowing us to plan

wisely for the future of the organization• Ensures the ESO and Winspear Centre remain beacons for the performing arts in our community for our grandchildren

and their children

Help us build a long-term future for the ESO and Winspear Centre! Please consider making the commitment to a Sustaining Pledge by contacting Erin Mulcair at 780-401-2539 or [email protected].

ORCHESTRA CIRCLE

Collectively, this generous group of donors provides annual support totalling nearly half a million dollars. To join the Orchestra Circle, please contact Margo Pardely at 780.401.2552.+Orchestra Circle gifts completely or partially endowed in perpetuity

HONORARY MEMBERSRaymond J. NelsonJohn & Barbara Poole +Bill & Mary Jo RobbinsHarriet Snowball Winspear

DIAMOND ($25,000+)Rae & Carol Allen *Dr. Lorraine Bray & Jim CarterLa Bruyere FundColin & Lila EicherSteven & Day LePoole *Arliss MillerElisabeth &

Reinhard MuhlenfeldJo-Anne & Jack Watt

PLATINUM ($10,000 TO $24,999)

Anonymous (2)Larry & Janet Anderson *Rhonda BakerDr. Bruce Dancik &

Brenda Laishley *Day LePooleBev Martin *Judy MiltonEsther OndrackArnold & Grace RumboldEric & Elexis SchlossAngus & Heather WattSusan Wylie & Bruce Hagstrom *

GOLD ($5,000 TO $9,999)Anonymous (1)

David & Carol Cass *Ronald CavellMaria David-Evans *Dr. Chris Eagle &

Dr. Oksana SuchowerskySandy FitchJan & Bill GraceMark & Nancy Heule *Glen & Brenda Kemp *Darcy & Barbara KoshmanDarrel & Edith MartinBob & Bev McNally *Jean & Stewart MontgomeryTim & Nancy MuzykaAl & Fran Olson *Kathleen E. Camp PearsonSheila & Tony RichGeorg Schmolzer &

Megan O’Reilly *Michael Veitch *Barry & Valerie Walker

SILVER ($2,500 TO $4,999)Anonymous (3)Madam Justice Darlene ActonThe Honourable John A. Agrios

& Mrs. Ruth AgriosDrs. Dick & Heather-Jane Au *Diana M. BaconHarold & Linda BanisterDrs. Barb & Jim BeckJean Bell *David & Janet BentleyRichard & Barbara BergstromBob & Lynda Binnendyk *Bob & Sheryl BowhayMarion & John Boyd *Marianne Brown *Ursula BullerCarolyn & Stephen Campbell *Phyllis ClarkElaine M. CoachmanDavid & Gina CoscoDoug & Wendy DaveyGrant Dunlop & Erika NorheimCatherine Field & Kevin LewisLois A. Field *Peggy Garritty

Margaret A HarrisGeorge & Ann HammondAlice HarrisonGus & Alexandra HildebrandtJohn & Susan HokansonStanton & Shirley Hooper *Travis Huckell *Ken & Janet JohnstoneDr. Donald & Christina JollySharon & Allan Kerr *Bohdan KorbutiakBob & Cathy LegateDrs. Gary &

Catharine LopaschukHilliard & Nancy MacbethRobert MarkowskiHugh McPhail &

Yolanda van WachemLorna H McPherson *Glen A. Mead, CIMAPaul Melancon *Karen & Wally Might *Shauna Miller &

James Gillespie *John & Maggie Mitchell KHG

Family FundPatricia & Norbert MorgensternMary-Anne & David MorrisonMary PerssonAnnemarie & Paul PetrovJohn & Martha SchielRon & Dorothy ScottHarvey SheydwasserAndrew Sims & Simone ChartersAllen & Myrna SnartEira SpanerMr. & Mrs. G. TertzakianHon. Allan & Bette WachowichPaddy WebbDr. P.J. White & Patty WhitingJohn & Carol WodakC.J. Woods, F.C.A.Linda Youell *Ralph & Gay Young

BRONZE ($1,500 TO $2,499)Anonymous (3)Michael & Debbie Anderson *

Dr. Gail Andrew *Barbara BatoniDonna BezansonKaren BidniakLeone & Ken BiggsDr. Len & Mrs. Barb Bistritz *Beverley Boren *Dr. Elmer & Marion BrookerDavid & Marlene BurnettButler Family FoundationMarguerite &

Zbigniew ChrzanowskiAllan & Jane deCaenMonique & Douglas DuvalDennis & Doreen ErkerJoan FargeyMr. & Mrs. Heinz FeldbergDavid & Rachel Ferro *Geoffrey & Kathryn Frisby *Jaima, Sheldon &

Jacqueline GellerPaul & Winifred Greenwood *Cynthia Hansen & Joe ConciniChristopher HeadMr. Aloys & Mrs. Agnes Hendriks *Cecil & Anne HoffmanDr. Karen & Pam Hofmann *John & Leni HonsakerKaron & Jotham HuisingDr. Andrew J. JaremaDr. Kaori Kabata *Ralph & Debbie KleinDonna KrucikC. A. KushlykRobert & Lesley LambertDoug McConnell &

Claire DesrochersJohn R. & Irene McDougallMuriel J. McIntoshMichael & Mary-Lynn MelleKatherine & David Middleton *Catherine Miller & Len DolgoyReg & Marcie Milley *Stephen & Lynne MurgatroydLewis & Lindsay NakatsuiOle & Marilyn NielsenSherry & Jim Noyes *K. PatriquinIvan & Mary A. Radostits *Leonard RatzlaffJim & Vivian Redmond

Bryan & Linda Reed *Helen Resta *David & Rachel RossAlan RuslerMr. & Mrs. H.G. SabourinMichel & Sylvie SauveElizabeth M. Schwab M.D.Marianne & Allan ScottJerry & Midge SmolykBrian & Jo-Anne SomervilleCurtis StrobeckElaine & Dylan TaylorChristine & Terry ThompsonMary Totman *John Vrolijk *Maryann Walker in memory of

Dr. David Cook *Elaine Warick & Jim O’Neill *Neil & Jean Wilkinson *Robert A. WilsonBill & Betty YoungMichael & Carol Zukiwsky

FRIENDS OF MUSIC ADVOCATE ($1,000 TO $1,499)Anonymous (3)T. Ed AdamsSharon, Neil, Amanda, &

Ben AlstadCatherine AndrewRichard Baird *Karen & Craig BanksTommy & Ida BanksJon & Marilyn Been *Dr. Douglas K. Bingham &

Sheila Janki-BinghamJulia BobergDonna Bonk *Alex & Christine Brown *Neil Burkard & Diana de Sousa *Rita & Charles BurnsFrank CalderIrene CameronEvelyn CarsonChristine Chung *Matthew CorriganPeter & Victoria CuffElly De JonghJohn and Ann DeaAnne Marie DecoreLouis & Marcelle DesrochersDieleman-Bradley FamilyRon Gardner *Lorie GarrittyCatherine Garvey *Bryan Gutteridge *Margaret HarrisZenia HawryshRonald HolgateMargaret Lair *Ivor and Mieke LammerinkMalcolm & Oryssia LennieC. B. LomowWard Mabbutt *Dr. Jean MacIntyreSue MarxheimerSheelagh McCourtA. Anne McLellanBruce & Cindy McPhersonCatherine MelnychukKen & Gerda MillerDr. Elisa Mori-TorresLucie Moussu *

Sean Robitaille *Tulane RollingherDavid & Carin RoutledgeDwayne & Salwa SamyciaWayne & Tabea SchieweTom Solyom & Teresa HaykowskyDr. Stauffer & Dr. TodorukRuth Wolfe & Ken Gordon *

CONTRIBUTOR ($500 TO $999)Anonymous (15)Eileen AbramsDarcie Acton & Nelson Lutz *Gail Allford in memory of

Jack AllfordWilliam Almdal *Mrs. Karen &

Mr. Lourne Anderson *David & Grace AplinRob & Danielle ArrandJames AshAndree AstonDonna Babichuk *Edward BaherLucie & Armand BarilBill & Carole BartonW. Alan & Alice J. BellJoan BenstedRon & Marcia Bercov *Glen & Susan Binnington *Barbara BlackleyDon & Renee BlissDr. Robert BomanVlad & Cathryn BreckaPatricia Brine *Ron BrownMr. & Mrs. J. P. BrumlikAlan Burant *Joan S. Clark *Mr. & Mrs. Terry Cockrall *Rob and Kathie ColemanSuzanne ColterAlbert & Nancy CookDavid CoxHarold & Glenys Cuts *Dan Dean & Patricia MacdonaldOwen & Linda De BatheMartin & Diana DeHaan *John & Christine DejongColleen DibdenMargot Diehl *Dr. Alison DinwoodieKaren DoyleGreg & Gail DrechslerMarian L. DuchnijGary & Lee Anne Dyck *Anelia EnstromEric Fath-KolmesBarbara & David FinlaySean & Joyce FlanaganBruce & Joyce FlesherShirley Forbes *Michael & Darlene GaianSylvia J. Galbraith *Barb GanskeDon & Barbara GardnerIsidor & Grace GlienerDr. Helen Sachs &

Chris GrahamDr. Ian GravesPeter & Astrid GriepDr. & Mrs. Roger &

Luisita HackettEd & Mavis Hahn

We wish to express our gratitude to the following patrons who continuously support the ESO and Winspear Centre and allow us to bring music to life in our community. Thank you!

THANK YOU ESO AND WINSPEAR CENTRE DONORS!


FEBRUARY 2015

Joseph and Denise Selann

Al & Pat McGeachyJohn & Doris McIvorDavid McNeilPeter & Carole MichalyshynCatherine & Milo MihajlovichMacLean Family *Rebecca Nagel &

Andrew MacMillanIngrid NeitschNelson & Anne NickleStacey & Sean Nykolyshyn *Debra Pozega Osburn &

Chaz OsburnFred & Helen OttoVital & Colleen Ouellette *Fred & Mary ParanchychEdward & Barbara PardelyCarol & John Pawlenchuk *Marlene & Ray PeetsBarbara & Randy PenneyMarion Perrin *Michael PhairGerry PiroPaul & Doreen PrevilleLawrence & Mary Anne PshykDon & Brenda QuarkJanet RestaBruce & Wendy RieckDr. Martine Roy *Glenna RussellDenise Ryan *Mark Schimanke *Malcolm Scott *

Andrew Searle *Lorraine I. Seguin *Barbara SempovichSharon ShermanKayla ShoctorGerry & Barbara SinnW. SlemkoLise SmithCarla SobolewskiDale Somerville, CADoris & David StevensCarol SuddardsBrian & Heather Summers *Leonard & Ruby Swanson

Roberta & Norman HansonMichael & Denise HarmonNorma Harper *Timothy & Patricia HartnagelMarilyn V. HassardGlen & Judy HeximerLeroy & Barb HillerLois HingleyMrs. Muriel HoleDouglas & Dorothy HollandsJohn & Kathleen HolmesMr. & Mrs. Emil HryciwR. Barry & Marcia C. Hunt *Elizabeth & George JakewayHarlan JamesCatherine JankeMr. & Mrs. T. N. JohnstonDavid Phillip Jones, Q. C. *Donna Kanewischer *Philip KarplukTimothy KinniburghStan & Olga KolomyjecLarry KrushelnitzkyBert Lang *Peter & Jean Langford-JonesLionel & Shannon LarcombeSteven & Kathy LaverySigmund LeeDr. Maurice &

Mrs. Mary Ann LegrisPhil & Jayne LinDr. David LinklaterMary Lister *

Joachim & R. LohJean & Neil LundD. M. LunnMervyn & Teresita LynchKelly MacFarlane &

Christopher S. MackayPeggy MarkoJoan MarshallBrian Match *Alan Mather &

Helgard Proft-MatherSandy McClellan &

Kirby O’Connor *C. Bruce McGavin *

Paul TerrioThe Tiger Family Fund *Kathleen TomynSir Francis C. Price &

the Hon. Marguerite TrusslerRobert UchidaHenriette van Hees *Fiona VanceStanley & Connie VarnhagenJoyce & Dennis VassGerald & Elaine VervilleDoug WarrenDouglas & Jane Wilson *Ernest & Lily YorkRonald & Shirley Young

SUPPORTER ($250 TO $499)Anonymous (45)Joann & Paul AllardConnie & Bill AltonAl & Barbara Anderson *Susan Andrew & Michael CohenDavid Arsenault & Marie-Josée

Dupuis-Arsenault *Craig AumannJoan & Monty Baker *Todd & Sian Barraclough *Ian & Janice BartonVera BayrakD. E. BeckwithAllen & Ruth BenbowGabriella Bergsten *Keith & Joyce Berriman

Miriam M. Bertsch-MannMandi BexsonShelley BindonAnne BlatzTerry & Kathleen BocockElisabeth BodnerBarry & Angela BreadnerLori BristowKeith BrownLaura & Patrick Cameron *T. CastellJoe ChapmanHeidi Christoph &

James Archibald

Joyce M. ClarkRon ClarkMarian ClarkeDouglas & Marietta ClementWalter & Judith CookRalph & Isabelle CorbettDr. David R. CornishDiane CoxKathleen H. DaintithE. DaleLouise DavisBob & Cathy de FreceMark Demers & Marcia McLean *Jean & Ann DeschenesEva DezseUrsula Duke *Alice DumaineFrancis & Muriel DunniganCasey T. Edmunds *Jerrold Eilander *George ElaschukPhoebe Elliot *Dr. Kerry & Mrs. Natalya EngerJake & Marilyn EnsTerry EppW. Grant FairleyJim & Joan FargeyMurray & Kathleen FarisBetty & Bill Faulder *Eleanor Finger & G. Rauscher *Ian & Pat Fisher *Robert T. Fleming *Christine Ford *Bruce & Margaret Foy *Vincent & Ruth FriesenFred & Connie Gainer *Mr. & Mrs. D. GaylardPeter Gerbeth & Anna Gablenz *Don & Diane Gibson *Shirley GiffordDarrell & Barbara GotaasRae & Pat GrahamBetty GravettMargaret GreenhillNorman & Marsha GrimesKen & Bev Hadlington *M. E. Haggerty *Ray Hannley & Jean Lee

Ruth HarleDavid & Germaine HarveyBill & Sandy HaunChristina Hayashi *Gerhard & Emily HenkemansConnie HighsmithLeigh & Maureen HillPatsy HoAudrey HodgsonRay & Barbara HowardTrish Howatt *Margaret HusbandBonnie HutchinsonCarol Jackson & Larry BailerColleen & Douglas Jahns *Sam Jenkins *Elizabeth & Brian JollyLaura & Tim JosephRoger & Patricia Juniper *Janice KentLisa KercherIan & Louise KiddHelen & Gordon KirschLoretta KlarenbachKobie & Miensie Kloppers *Reg & Crispin Kontz *Terrence KulasaDr. Sabrina KwonGordon E. LangfordMarcel & Louise LavalleeMr. & Mrs. H.G. LawrenceMarilyn LemayAube & Diana LevineDyann Lewis *Ross LindskoogBob LosieIlda LubaneMr. & Mrs. R. Lucas *Lorri Luchka *Larry LynchJanet & Bill LywoodBrenda MacDonaldDr. & Mrs. G. F. MacDonaldBeth & Muriel MacIntosh &

Ken StokesEd & Lu MacMillanLynn & Arnold MakiPeter Malcolm

Berniece Malone *Allyson Mandrusiak *Estelle I. MarshallLisa & Petr McAllisterMr. & Mrs. R.E. McCallum *Lloyd McDonaldPiano Studio of Rhonda McEachenChris & Charissa McKay *Ruth McKinley *David McLeod *Marla MillerCatharine Millson *Daniel J. Mol *Doris MoonieRod & June MorganMarilyn G. Mucha *Pamela S. Muirhead *Gerald Murnane *Peter & Sharon MurphyDr. Julianna NagyJohn Neilson & Susan CribbsRobin & Melonia NicolDavid Nixon & Lois LeVesconte *Anne NothofLouise OlshewskiLouis OlsonDennis & Linda Olson *Chelsea O’Neill & Laynee BeckerJim & Bev OrieuxDonna & Daniel OrobkoAaron & Jean OshryTim PaetkauDr. & Mrs. Edward PappBrian ParkerDr. Edward &

Mrs. Anne ParkinsonLois Pawl *David & Tikker PercyIris PerryFordyce & Patricia PierChristopher Piggott *Margaret & Hil ReineAllan & Karen RobertsonBarbara RomanowskiDavid RoseIngrid & Steve Rose *Roger & Janet RussellTed Salter

Karen and Wally Might







SIGNATURE 27



SUSTAINING PLEDGES: A NEW WAY OF GIVINGDonors who have made a Sustaining Pledge to the ESO and/or Winspear Centre (My Winspear) are recognized with an * symbol. A Sustaining Pledge is a commitment to the continued success of the ESO, and the sustainability of Edmonton’s performing arts culture. Last year, we had 202 of our donors pledge approximately $120,000 annually for five years – thank you! We encourage you to consider joining this passionate group and sign up for a Sustaining Pledge to support the ESO or Winspear Centre by:1. Pledging an annual gift each year for at least five years, OR 2. Pledging an ongoing monthly gift

A Sustaining Pledge:• Provides immeasurable support to the ESO and Winspear Centre as we continue to grow our community accessibility• Provides fiscal stability to the ESO and Winspear Centre, ensuring the continuity of our programs and allowing us to plan

wisely for the future of the organization• Ensures the ESO and Winspear Centre remain beacons for the performing arts in our community for our grandchildren

and their children

Help us build a long-term future for the ESO and Winspear Centre! Please consider making the commitment to a Sustaining Pledge by contacting Erin Mulcair at 780-401-2539 or [email protected].

ORCHESTRA CIRCLE

Collectively, this generous group of donors provides annual support totalling nearly half a million dollars. To join the Orchestra Circle, please contact Margo Pardely at 780.401.2552.+Orchestra Circle gifts completely or partially endowed in perpetuity

HONORARY MEMBERSRaymond J. NelsonJohn & Barbara Poole +Bill & Mary Jo RobbinsHarriet Snowball Winspear

DIAMOND ($25,000+)Rae & Carol Allen *Dr. Lorraine Bray & Jim CarterLa Bruyere FundColin & Lila EicherSteven & Day LePoole *Arliss MillerElisabeth &

Reinhard MuhlenfeldJo-Anne & Jack Watt

PLATINUM ($10,000 TO $24,999)

Anonymous (2)Larry & Janet Anderson *Rhonda BakerDr. Bruce Dancik &

Brenda Laishley *Day LePooleBev Martin *Judy MiltonEsther OndrackArnold & Grace RumboldEric & Elexis SchlossAngus & Heather WattSusan Wylie & Bruce Hagstrom *

GOLD ($5,000 TO $9,999)Anonymous (1)

David & Carol Cass *Ronald CavellMaria David-Evans *Dr. Chris Eagle &

Dr. Oksana SuchowerskySandy FitchJan & Bill GraceMark & Nancy Heule *Glen & Brenda Kemp *Darcy & Barbara KoshmanDarrel & Edith MartinBob & Bev McNally *Jean & Stewart MontgomeryTim & Nancy MuzykaAl & Fran Olson *Kathleen E. Camp PearsonSheila & Tony RichGeorg Schmolzer &

Megan O’Reilly *Michael Veitch *Barry & Valerie Walker

SILVER ($2,500 TO $4,999)Anonymous (3)Madam Justice Darlene ActonThe Honourable John A. Agrios

& Mrs. Ruth AgriosDrs. Dick & Heather-Jane Au *Diana M. BaconHarold & Linda BanisterDrs. Barb & Jim BeckJean Bell *David & Janet BentleyRichard & Barbara BergstromBob & Lynda Binnendyk *Bob & Sheryl BowhayMarion & John Boyd *Marianne Brown *Ursula BullerCarolyn & Stephen Campbell *Phyllis ClarkElaine M. CoachmanDavid & Gina CoscoDoug & Wendy DaveyGrant Dunlop & Erika NorheimCatherine Field & Kevin LewisLois A. Field *Peggy Garritty

Margaret A HarrisGeorge & Ann HammondAlice HarrisonGus & Alexandra HildebrandtJohn & Susan HokansonStanton & Shirley Hooper *Travis Huckell *Ken & Janet JohnstoneDr. Donald & Christina JollySharon & Allan Kerr *Bohdan KorbutiakBob & Cathy LegateDrs. Gary &

Catharine LopaschukHilliard & Nancy MacbethRobert MarkowskiHugh McPhail &

Yolanda van WachemLorna H McPherson *Glen A. Mead, CIMAPaul Melancon *Karen & Wally Might *Shauna Miller &

James Gillespie *John & Maggie Mitchell KHG

Family FundPatricia & Norbert MorgensternMary-Anne & David MorrisonMary PerssonAnnemarie & Paul PetrovJohn & Martha SchielRon & Dorothy ScottHarvey SheydwasserAndrew Sims & Simone ChartersAllen & Myrna SnartEira SpanerMr. & Mrs. G. TertzakianHon. Allan & Bette WachowichPaddy WebbDr. P.J. White & Patty WhitingJohn & Carol WodakC.J. Woods, F.C.A.Linda Youell *Ralph & Gay Young

BRONZE ($1,500 TO $2,499)Anonymous (3)Michael & Debbie Anderson *

Dr. Gail Andrew *Barbara BatoniDonna BezansonKaren BidniakLeone & Ken BiggsDr. Len & Mrs. Barb Bistritz *Beverley Boren *Dr. Elmer & Marion BrookerDavid & Marlene BurnettButler Family FoundationMarguerite &

Zbigniew ChrzanowskiAllan & Jane deCaenMonique & Douglas DuvalDennis & Doreen ErkerJoan FargeyMr. & Mrs. Heinz FeldbergDavid & Rachel Ferro *Geoffrey & Kathryn Frisby *Jaima, Sheldon &

Jacqueline GellerPaul & Winifred Greenwood *Cynthia Hansen & Joe ConciniChristopher HeadMr. Aloys & Mrs. Agnes Hendriks *Cecil & Anne HoffmanDr. Karen & Pam Hofmann *John & Leni HonsakerKaron & Jotham HuisingDr. Andrew J. JaremaDr. Kaori Kabata *Ralph & Debbie KleinDonna KrucikC. A. KushlykRobert & Lesley LambertDoug McConnell &

Claire DesrochersJohn R. & Irene McDougallMuriel J. McIntoshMichael & Mary-Lynn MelleKatherine & David Middleton *Catherine Miller & Len DolgoyReg & Marcie Milley *Stephen & Lynne MurgatroydLewis & Lindsay NakatsuiOle & Marilyn NielsenSherry & Jim Noyes *K. PatriquinIvan & Mary A. Radostits *Leonard RatzlaffJim & Vivian Redmond

Bryan & Linda Reed *Helen Resta *David & Rachel RossAlan RuslerMr. & Mrs. H.G. SabourinMichel & Sylvie SauveElizabeth M. Schwab M.D.Marianne & Allan ScottJerry & Midge SmolykBrian & Jo-Anne SomervilleCurtis StrobeckElaine & Dylan TaylorChristine & Terry ThompsonMary Totman *John Vrolijk *Maryann Walker in memory of

Dr. David Cook *Elaine Warick & Jim O’Neill *Neil & Jean Wilkinson *Robert A. WilsonBill & Betty YoungMichael & Carol Zukiwsky

FRIENDS OF MUSIC ADVOCATE ($1,000 TO $1,499)Anonymous (3)T. Ed AdamsSharon, Neil, Amanda, &

Ben AlstadCatherine AndrewRichard Baird *Karen & Craig BanksTommy & Ida BanksJon & Marilyn Been *Dr. Douglas K. Bingham &

Sheila Janki-BinghamJulia BobergDonna Bonk *Alex & Christine Brown *Neil Burkard & Diana de Sousa *Rita & Charles BurnsFrank CalderIrene CameronEvelyn CarsonChristine Chung *Matthew CorriganPeter & Victoria CuffElly De JonghJohn and Ann DeaAnne Marie DecoreLouis & Marcelle DesrochersDieleman-Bradley FamilyRon Gardner *Lorie GarrittyCatherine Garvey *Bryan Gutteridge *Margaret HarrisZenia HawryshRonald HolgateMargaret Lair *Ivor and Mieke LammerinkMalcolm & Oryssia LennieC. B. LomowWard Mabbutt *Dr. Jean MacIntyreSue MarxheimerSheelagh McCourtA. Anne McLellanBruce & Cindy McPhersonCatherine MelnychukKen & Gerda MillerDr. Elisa Mori-TorresLucie Moussu *







We wish to express our gratitude to the following patrons who continuously support the ESO and Winspear Centre and allow us to bring music to life in our community. Thank you!

THANK YOU ESO AND WINSPEAR CENTRE DONORS!



David & Sandra CrossPatrick & Luxie CroweIngrid Crowther & James BoltonMary Cummins &

Gunther TrageserBrenda DaleMarilyn DarwishJean-Anne DaveyErik & Mila De RegtMr. & Mrs. Arthur & Betty Deane *Sheila DechantCinde DehaanThomas & Karen deJongKen & Mary DemedashLisa DenesiukDavid & Grace Denholm *Randy Diamond & D. ThomsonGordon & Verle DickauDarcy Doble *Bill & Sharon DonnellyTB & Les Dowhaluk *Sharon DownsRobin DoyonMike DreanyJoseph & Marilyn Cote-DupuisPaul DusseaultJames & Carmen DykesLowell & Irma EckertTim EckertShirley EdgarDavid Edwards *L.E. Edwards *Marshall & Ardis EliasonJim EllisRuthanna ElsonRob & Corinne EmersonMartin & Patricia EnoksonMegan EvansChelsea Evans-RymesJane & Laurier FagnanElizabeth Fair & Lyle TryttenDawn Fargey *Marilyn FedunIvan & Ksenia FedynaWerner FenskeDoug & Fran FerrierKaren FingasSarah FinnerConnie & Calvin FirthDixie FischerEsther FluevogLois FowlerDiane R. Gagnon *Calvin GardnerGail GatesDouglas GaudinDavid GeakeKatherine GibsonNeil & Twyla GibsonKevin & Alice GleesonGerda GoetzLaura & Keith GrahamRichard GrahamCharles & Ann GrantLilian GreenMarion GreenSusan GreenSheila GreenbergJune & Ken GrimesMyrna GrimmBob & Judy GroseJacqueline GrossE. GuilfoyleMr & Mrs. Luther Haave

Sari Salmon SchiffMiriam Schnellert *John & Frances ScotvoldMargaret & Glenn SharplesGabe & Connie ShelleyDr. R. W. SherbaniukEllie Shuster *Judy Sills *Sidney Simpson &

Lou Lesperance *D. SkaretEdward & Eluned SmithMichael & Nance SmithMichael & Barbara Smith *Sharon & Rick Smith *Trevor Snaychuk *Paul & Linda SorensonJames & Linda Spurr *Charlotte St. GermainBen Staley

Peter & Jane Staveley *Marion StroudDavid & Donna TamPeter & Linda TaschukR. & S. TeplyDr. & Mrs. Timothy TerryCharles & Myrna ThompsonEllen E. ThomsonGordon TidswellNikki & Steffen ToxopeusLorene TurnerRon & Gail UnrauMeghan Unterschultz *Bill VandersteltJerry and Vi VasilashEvan Verchomin *Christina & Tracy Verheire *Dr. D. VickMr. & Mrs. A. C. VismanBruce & Lori WalkerDoug WattKristopher WellsDonald WhiteNancy & Walder WhiteOrest & Gail WindjackBruce & Nora WisselinkDean & Mary Wood

Don Wright *Luella & Mike YakymyshynEleanor & Gerry Young *M. Yun *George & Gloria Zaharia

FRIEND ($100 TO $249)Anonymous (99)Dr. & Mrs. Stephen AaronGail AdamsonDr. Bernie & Miriam AdlerZoe AfaganisKaren Albarda *Dorothy & Ted AllanShirley AllderBert & Olga AlmonDavid & Jean AndersonVi AndersonMilton & Elnora AndreAnnette Austin *

Cassie & Khalid Aziz *Bill & Olli BagshawHendrik & Thea BakkerStephen BalogRoderick E. BanksValerie BarlottDeborah BarnesRoy & Annette BarrettRay & Joan Barth *David & Kirsteen BassAnnette & Maurice BastideGloria BauerDr. Cecelia BaxterLaurie BaydaStella & Walter BaydalaJudy Beattie *Alec & Marianne BenningDonna BereskaHeather BergenLouis & Lorna BerlinguetteCalvin BinnemaFran BittmanJoan BlackburnLarrie & Eleanor BoddyJeanne BoerMichael BognerAmy Borkent

Y. BortnickE. Ross BradleyJacqueline BreaultWilma & Fred BreeuwsmaBev & John BrennanBrian BrodaMrs. Annabel BrophyGarth & Mary Jane Brown *Linda BrownDavid & Betty Jean BuchananKathryn BuchananCharles & Joan BuckleyBarb Bulat *Nora BumanisAubrey & Evelyne BurrowesAdolf & Kathleen BuseCarl G. &

Ellen Calabrese-AmrheinBob & Darlene CaldwellMrs. K.K. Campbell

Pat Campbell *Ken & Verna CarlsonMr. & Mrs. James CarlsonJeanne CaronJohn & Marilyn CarrPeter & Barbara Carstensen *Alma CarterGerlinde CegielnyAnita ChalmersMatthew & Laura Chapman *Ms Darlene ChapmanMonica ChesneyAlissa CheungChrystia Chomiak &

John-Paul HimkaNorma ChristiansenAlice & Nestor ChumerEarl Clements *Linda & Frank Clish *Roger & Carol CohenMegan Collins *Nancy ColpittsArlene Connolly *Edwin & Lucille Cossins *John CottonMarilyn CreeAndrea & Lyndon Crosley

Lea HalinenPeter HallDrs. Bohdan & Elaine HarasymiwAnne HarderLois Harder & Curtis ClarkeTom HardinWendy HarrisonPeter & Deborah HarropLorne & Faye HatchMargaret HauckElizabeth HawrylukGina HenklemanGeorge HennigMarion HensleyCathryn Heslep *Charles & Ferne HickmanDamien Hildebrandt *Cheryl & Selwyn HilnerD. HodginsDeborah Hoekstra *John Hoekstra *Brandy HoltJill Horbay *Agnes HovelandBeth HowsonMartha HowsonMiroslav HruskaJoan HubeDr. Sheila HughesBeatrice HunterJohn HunterLinda HutRichard & Laurel InnesJanis IrwinGeorge & Barbara IwaniukStuart & Kathy Jackson *Erik JacobsenJohn & Linda JamiesonD. JenkinsDr. S. B. JoeCathy JohnsonDon H. JohnsonMaryGrace JohnstoneJustice Lionel &

Mrs. Sharon JonesBeata Kaczmarczyk *Lyndi Karbonik *Bernard & Dorothy KeelerJoanne KennyJune & Bob KerrisonIrene King *Borden & Vivien KisilevichMaxine KlakSallie KleinDorothy KnowlerKen & Kathy KnowlesElla KolmJill KonkinDavid KoskiPeter KossowanJoe KostlerAnna KozakMs Iris KozmakIrvin KrezanoskiMickey & Sylvia KrikunWilma KrischBrian & Seaneen KropfWendy Lam & Lonnie HaineCarol & Bob LamontDoug LangevinRoger & Catherine LangevinLorne & Joan Langman *Bin Lau *Mike Lau

Claire-Ann Lauder & Georgina Hodgson *

Douglas LawlorAllan & Diana LeeAngela LeeIvy & Thomas LeeHugo & Lucie LehmannSusan LentJames LewisSusan & Murray LiebermanJoanne LindenElizabeth Lint *Lorraine LoewenJane & Ross LoganDoug & Joan LongleyK. LouieVictoria LukSusan LynchDeborah Lyzun *Ian & Susan MacDonald *Janice MacDonald &

Randy WilliamsJohn & Marilyn MacDonaldWilliam MacDonald *Baunita MacKayRod & Elaine MacLeodJack & Cora MacMillan *Madeline MacPhersonAgnes MacRaeRosemary Marks *Dawn MarshMaureen MaslenMary Masson *Sharon MatthiasMrs. Patricia Mattson *Linda MaulGwen MazurekKaren MazurekWilliam & Anne McAtheyAlec McClayKathy McClellanIan & Janice McCrumRonald N. McElhaneyKen & Phyllis McFaddenJoyce E. McGilvrayCatherine & Norman McLeodGordon & Kathleen McLeod *Nancy McLeodEleanor & Jack McMahonCaroline McManusJan and Jim McMillanMargaret McMullenDr. Tim McNamaraBrigida Meza-Diaz *Ronald & Carole MiddletonJohn & Judy MillerCecily MillsJ. T. MitchellBarbara & Vincent MorbanChantal MoreauElizabeth Mowat &

Ian KupchenkoAllan & Margaret MuirErin Mulcair *Ronald & Betty MullenPamela MurphyElizabeth MylesOrest & Sonja MyroonDale & Laurie NagelThe Naik FamilyRon NewJim NewmanDawn NewtonLaurel Nikolai

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Connie NissenG. Douglas OakleyDavid OberholtzerColin & Sarah OddoyeBill & Joan OheAndy & Connie OhlmannNorma Jean Olivier *Norman & Margaret Olson *Emily & Daniel OngMolly OrtliebBill & Linda PaddonMargo PardelySheila & Allan ParrGary & Tara PaterokJoan Paton *Amanda PatrickFrederic PayantJohn E. PedersenLeanne Persad *Don & Margaret PetersonLillian PheaseyLarry & Shirley PhillipsThe Pick Family *Walter Pinto & Pat Mulholland *Victor PipkinDennis & Virginia PohranychnyDr. Wade &

Mrs. Stephanie Poitras *Mr. Michael PrendergastCharles & Edith PrimmerR K RamseyJeanne & Eugene RatsoyDorian RauschningAl Reed *

Nora ReidDiana Remmer *Pierrette Requier *Sheila RingroseMichael & Lucille RintoulGlenn RipleyJames & Margaret RobertsonLinda RobertsonLynn RobertsonSusan RobertsonDebra & Don RobichaudG. W. Rocholl

Mary-Lou RoseMrs. Joan RossallKenneth RoyAnthony S. RussellJames SaboJeannine SabourinMaryann SabourinGerald & Betty SaelhofMelanie Samaroden *Barbara & Gregory SargentVirginia SauveFrances SavageB & T Sawyer *Julia L. SaxFrank & Gertrude SchoblocherMagda SchoutenGail SchullerBarbara SchwegerDorothy Stoutjesdyk *Dr. Perry & Sandra SegalJoseph & Denise SelannGerry SemlerYakov & Larisa ShapiroDale ShewardDoug & Lynne SiglerJohn SimpkinNorman & Mary Jane Skretting *E. J. SloaneJason SmithPaula SnyderSteven Snyder & Connie SilvaJohn & Judy SoarsElaine SolezBrian & Marnie Sproule

Robert Squair *Norman & Kathie St. ArnaudJoe & Linda Staszko and FamilySheila Steinhauer-MozejkoDr. Margaret StevensonA. StrackKen StrattonMartin StribrnyJulius & Jean SultMerna SummersDr. & Mrs. Guy SwinnertonElizabeth Szynkowski

John & Marvel TaekemaRhonda Taft *Dr. Amy Tan & FamilyBill Taylor & Marie LosierMerle & Neil Taylor *Robin TaylorLinda Telgarsky *Dave TerriffMr. & Mrs. H. ThiessenAdele ThurstonMrs. TinaTodd TougasElinor & Ernie TownendAndrew &

Mary Ann TrachimowichEdward & Jean TredgetLarry & Noreen TrekofskiLouis TrempeAdam & Aleksandra Trzebski *Barbara & Ernest TurnbullKathy TurnbullDavid & Carol TurnerElizabeth C. Tweddle *Lydia Van Aller *Bonnie Van Dalfsen *Dennis & Jean VanceLloyd & Sheila VasicekMichele & Terry VeemanTrudy VelichkaAubrey VillettIrene WalkerCindy WandioWilliam WandioDale Warick *

Lyn WatamaniukScott WatsonViolet WatsonCash Webster &

Robyne Walters *Eva and Mahlon WeirRonald A. WeirDr. Sam & Eva WeiszWilliam WellsRich & Grace WhitehouseKim & Matthew WiensWilliam & Sharla Wiesener

Karen Wilke *Max & Mary Wilke *Ed & Marliene WillsonRon & Diane WilsonAlvin & Sue WinestockDavid WinfieldD.Wladyka *Morley & Pat WorkunDoris Wrench-EislerJoan WynnykLiyuan XingChristiana YeongCaroline YoungFred ZieglerK. Zielinski

IN MEMORIAM

We thank our supporters who have chosen to honour the memory of a loved one through a gift to the ESO. These gifts have been given in memoryof the following individuals.Dr. P.B.R. AllenJack AllfordSonia Allore Leroy AnholtBill AstleDorothy AstleLen AstonDerin Dogu AtaogluBarney BakerMargo BalogPeter BatoniAlan BelcherHelen S. Petersen BentleyEiner Boberg *Harvey BodnerAlma Boehm-KabushBob CallingAgnes W. (Nan) CameronKathleen CarterPatricia Anne CavellDr. Grace ChanMary ClarkAvis CoburnJ. R. (Bob) ConnellDr. David CookShirley CoveyRichard Lee CowlesJames DanielsMartin DavisCharles DobiasEdward DobkoMs DoderaiJoan DostalerDr. John P. Ferri *Ken Gillett *Hilda & Richard GolickMary HansonJack HarstoneGordon HeskeDorothy “Dode” HeuleMarguerite Elizabeth HighamDoreen HillAnnie HutchingsJames C. HunterVern HunterMrs. Kun-Shih HuangBob and Muriel KennyPeggy KingIlse KoernerWilly KohnGerhard (Garry) Krisch

Gerald William KrucikCol. H. Gregory Leitek PPCLICoralie LundbergJohn David LunnAlmeda LysneJohn MarchakIn Honour of MaryDorothea MacDonnellAllison McConnellDr. Sherburne McCurdyFlo McGavinBlair McPhersonRudy MelnychukDonald A. MiddletonBruce MillerGeorge MiltonDilys MitchellRoderick & Blanche Moses x”1Matthew William MilesFrances T. OlsonTom PearsonCharles PeiAlberta Rose PellandJim PietrzykowskiLou PunkoRonalda ReichweinCatherine C. RogersDaphne RogersGeorgette RoyDr. Anna RudovicsDr. David SchiffVern SchwabAndre SchwabenbauerKrista Michelle SimsJohn Sinclair *Kay SlemkoHarcourt D. SmithV W M SmithJean SprouleMarsha StantonMonte StoutRobert Stoutjesdyk *Lydia TakatsRiet van Esch *Josephine WelchLenora WilsonAlta & Bernard WoodDr. John E YoungSara E. ZalikMetro “Mac” Zelisko

IN HONOUR OF

The following individuals have been honoured by their friends and families in recognition of birthdays, life milestones or significant anniversariesCarol AllenTommy Banks -

Happy 75th BirthdayMike and Annette BoormanMarg Bowen & Russell WellsDesmond ChowBette Anne &

Jim Edwards’ MarriageMaria David-Evans *Lilian Green’s 90th BirthdayPhyllis and Walter HarrisEvelyn & Eugene HendersonIbon Antiques &

Collectibles Inc.Bill KellyLanna KellySteven LePoole

Logan LiboironBrielle MelleRonda MetsziesMary OhleNorman and Margaret Olson’s

50th wedding anniversaryJon SharekTeresa SomervilleHugh and Anne-Marie StaceyThe Stacey FamilyBarrie StinsonThe Swanson FamilyLorene TurnerToscha TurnerLucas & Sophie Waldin’s

MarriageJohn & Leslie Wilson

CORPORATE SUPPORT OF THE ESO

Orchestra Circle: Platinum ($10,000 to $24,999)ATB Financial

Orchestra Circle: Gold ($5,000 to $9,999)Rotary Club of

Edmonton Strathcona

Orchestra Circle: Silver ($2,500 to $4,999)Driving Force IncEdmonton Opera AssociationFath Group / O’Hanlon PavingFidelity InvestmentsMelcor Developments Ltd.Telus Corporation

Orchestra Circle: Bronze ($1,500 to $2,499)Audio Ark *Canuck Industrial Sales

(1982) Ltd.Rotary District 5370Wawanesa Mutual Insurance

Company

Advocate ($1,000 to $1,499)Airco Aircraft Charters Ltd.Cenovus EnergyMark V Investments Alta Ltd. *Oddball ProductionsSardan Holdings - Bistro PrahaSinclair Supply

Contributor ($500 to $999)The Dinner Optimist Club of

EdmontonID Productions IncNorthern Bluegrass Circle

Music SocietyRotary Club of Edmonton West

Supporter ($250 to $499)Alberta Registered Music

Teachers’ AssociationFriend ($100 to $249)Anonymous (3)Ryland Engineering Ltd.University of Alberta Graduate

Music Student Association


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Sari Salmon SchiffMiriam Schnellert *John & Frances ScotvoldMargaret & Glenn SharplesGabe & Connie ShelleyDr. R. W. SherbaniukEllie Shuster *Judy Sills *Sidney Simpson &

Lou Lesperance *D. SkaretEdward & Eluned SmithMichael & Nance SmithMichael & Barbara Smith *Sharon & Rick Smith *Trevor Snaychuk *Paul & Linda SorensonJames & Linda Spurr *Charlotte St. GermainBen Staley

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Cassie & Khalid Aziz *Bill & Olli BagshawHendrik & Thea BakkerStephen BalogRoderick E. BanksValerie BarlottDeborah BarnesRoy & Annette BarrettRay & Joan Barth *David & Kirsteen BassAnnette & Maurice BastideGloria BauerDr. Cecelia BaxterLaurie BaydaStella & Walter BaydalaJudy Beattie *Alec & Marianne BenningDonna BereskaHeather BergenLouis & Lorna BerlinguetteCalvin BinnemaFran BittmanJoan BlackburnLarrie & Eleanor BoddyJeanne BoerMichael BognerAmy Borkent

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Ellen Calabrese-AmrheinBob & Darlene CaldwellMrs. K.K. Campbell

Pat Campbell *Ken & Verna CarlsonMr. & Mrs. James CarlsonJeanne CaronJohn & Marilyn CarrPeter & Barbara Carstensen *Alma CarterGerlinde CegielnyAnita ChalmersMatthew & Laura Chapman *Ms Darlene ChapmanMonica ChesneyAlissa CheungChrystia Chomiak &

John-Paul HimkaNorma ChristiansenAlice & Nestor ChumerEarl Clements *Linda & Frank Clish *Roger & Carol CohenMegan Collins *Nancy ColpittsArlene Connolly *Edwin & Lucille Cossins *John CottonMarilyn CreeAndrea & Lyndon Crosley

Lea HalinenPeter HallDrs. Bohdan & Elaine HarasymiwAnne HarderLois Harder & Curtis ClarkeTom HardinWendy HarrisonPeter & Deborah HarropLorne & Faye HatchMargaret HauckElizabeth HawrylukGina HenklemanGeorge HennigMarion HensleyCathryn Heslep *Charles & Ferne HickmanDamien Hildebrandt *Cheryl & Selwyn HilnerD. HodginsDeborah Hoekstra *John Hoekstra *Brandy HoltJill Horbay *Agnes HovelandBeth HowsonMartha HowsonMiroslav HruskaJoan HubeDr. Sheila HughesBeatrice HunterJohn HunterLinda HutRichard & Laurel InnesJanis IrwinGeorge & Barbara IwaniukStuart & Kathy Jackson *Erik JacobsenJohn & Linda JamiesonD. JenkinsDr. S. B. JoeCathy JohnsonDon H. JohnsonMaryGrace JohnstoneJustice Lionel &

Mrs. Sharon JonesBeata Kaczmarczyk *Lyndi Karbonik *Bernard & Dorothy KeelerJoanne KennyJune & Bob KerrisonIrene King *Borden & Vivien KisilevichMaxine KlakSallie KleinDorothy KnowlerKen & Kathy KnowlesElla KolmJill KonkinDavid KoskiPeter KossowanJoe KostlerAnna KozakMs Iris KozmakIrvin KrezanoskiMickey & Sylvia KrikunWilma KrischBrian & Seaneen KropfWendy Lam & Lonnie HaineCarol & Bob LamontDoug LangevinRoger & Catherine LangevinLorne & Joan Langman *Bin Lau *Mike Lau





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BOARD & STAFFTHE EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

EDMONTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY/ FRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE FOR MUSIC

EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / WINSPEAR CENTRE

EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC LEADERSHIPAnnemarie Petrov William EddinsExecutive Director Music Director

Rob McAlear, Director of Artistic OperationsMichael Schurek, Director of Community RelationsAlison Kenny-Gardhouse, Director of Educational OutreachAlly Mandrusiak, Director of Events ManagementBrian Alguire, Director of Finance & OperationsElaine Warick, Director of Patron DevelopmentMolly Staley, Executive Coordinator/Board Liaison

WWW.EDMONTONSYMPHONY.COM

LIST OF PAST BOARD CHAIRSMrs. Marion Mills 1952-53 Dr. H.V. Rice 1953-54Mr. John D. Dower 1954-56Mr. Gerry M. Wilmot 1956-57Dr. A.O. Minsos 1957-58Mr. E.M. Blanchard 1958-59Mr. A.G. Culver 1959-60Mr. D.D. Campbell 1960-61Mr. D.M. Ramsay 1961-62Mr. Merrill E. Wolfe 1962-63Mr. Ken R. Higham 1963-65Mr. George M. Peacock, Q.C. 1965-66Mr. Robert L. Horley 1966-67The Honourable David C. McDonald 1967-68Mrs. Madeline Williams 1968-69The Honourable Tevie H. Miller 1969-70Mr. Jack W. Kennedy 1970-71The Honourable Roger P. Kerans 1971-72Mr. Richard W. Palmer 1972-73Dr. John R. Huckell 1973-76Dr. John L. Schlosser 1976-77Mr. J.R. Singleton 1977-79Mr. D.A. Cox 1979-80Mr. Ron Ritch 1980-82Mrs. Margaret Clarke 1982-84Mr. Brian Hetherington 1984-86Mr. Charles T. Austin 1986-88Mr. Neil Wilkinson 1988-90Mr. Robert Binnendyk 1990-93Mr. Ron Pearson 1993-95Ms. Audrey Luft 1995-97Mr. Andrew Hladyshevsky, Q.C. 1997-00Mr. Douglas Noble 2000-01Mr. D. Mark Gunderson, Q.C. 2001-03Mr. W.D. (Bill) Grace, F.C.A. 2003-04Mrs. Phyllis Clark 2004-07Mr. Steven LePoole 2007-11

THE ESO AND WINSPEAR CENTRE WORK IN PROUD PARTNERSHIP WITH IATSE LOCAL 210Warren Bertholet, Head Lighting TechnicianJonas Duffy, Head Audio Technician Alan Marks, Head of Stage ManagementMike Patton, Assistant Head of Stage Management

EDMONTON SYMPHONY & CONCERT HALL FOUNDATIONPhyllis Clark, ChairJohn BrennanJim CarterBob Kamp Ron NewGary Smith

BOARD OF DIRECTORSReginald Milley, ChairCarolyn Campbell, Vice ChairJim E. Carter, P.Eng., Past ChairCarol Ann Kushlyk, C.M.A., C.F.E., TreasurerLeanne Krawchuk, Secretary/Legal CounselSheryl BowhayJoanna Ciapka-SangsterMaria David-EvansMegan EvansSusan FlookPeggy GarrityCynthia Hansen, C.A.Travis HuckellSam JenkinsKathy KnowlesMary Persson




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EDMONTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY/ FRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE FOR MUSIC


EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC LEADERSHIPAnnemarie Petrov William EddinsExecutive Director Music Director

Rob McAlear, Director of Artistic OperationsMichael Schurek, Director of Community RelationsAlison Kenny-Gardhouse, Director of Educational OutreachAlly Mandrusiak, Director of Events ManagementBrian Alguire, Director of Finance & OperationsElaine Warick, Director of Patron DevelopmentMolly Staley, Executive Coordinator/Board Liaison

WWW.EDMONTONSYMPHONY.COM

LIST OF PAST BOARD CHAIRSMrs. Marion Mills 1952-53 Dr. H.V. Rice 1953-54Mr. John D. Dower 1954-56Mr. Gerry M. Wilmot 1956-57Dr. A.O. Minsos 1957-58Mr. E.M. Blanchard 1958-59Mr. A.G. Culver 1959-60Mr. D.D. Campbell 1960-61Mr. D.M. Ramsay 1961-62Mr. Merrill E. Wolfe 1962-63Mr. Ken R. Higham 1963-65Mr. George M. Peacock, Q.C. 1965-66Mr. Robert L. Horley 1966-67The Honourable David C. McDonald 1967-68Mrs. Madeline Williams 1968-69The Honourable Tevie H. Miller 1969-70Mr. Jack W. Kennedy 1970-71The Honourable Roger P. Kerans 1971-72Mr. Richard W. Palmer 1972-73Dr. John R. Huckell 1973-76Dr. John L. Schlosser 1976-77Mr. J.R. Singleton 1977-79Mr. D.A. Cox 1979-80Mr. Ron Ritch 1980-82Mrs. Margaret Clarke 1982-84Mr. Brian Hetherington 1984-86Mr. Charles T. Austin 1986-88Mr. Neil Wilkinson 1988-90Mr. Robert Binnendyk 1990-93Mr. Ron Pearson 1993-95Ms. Audrey Luft 1995-97Mr. Andrew Hladyshevsky, Q.C. 1997-00Mr. Douglas Noble 2000-01Mr. D. Mark Gunderson, Q.C. 2001-03Mr. W.D. (Bill) Grace, F.C.A. 2003-04Mrs. Phyllis Clark 2004-07Mr. Steven LePoole 2007-11

THE ESO AND WINSPEAR CENTRE WORK IN PROUD PARTNERSHIP WITH IATSE LOCAL 210Warren Bertholet, Head Lighting TechnicianJonas Duffy, Head Audio Technician Alan Marks, Head of Stage ManagementMike Patton, Assistant Head of Stage Management

EDMONTON SYMPHONY & CONCERT HALL FOUNDATIONPhyllis Clark, ChairJohn BrennanJim CarterBob Kamp Ron NewGary Smith

BOARD OF DIRECTORSReginald Milley, ChairCarolyn Campbell, Vice ChairJim E. Carter, P.Eng., Past ChairCarol Ann Kushlyk, C.M.A., C.F.E., TreasurerLeanne Krawchuk, Secretary/Legal CounselSheryl BowhayJoanna Ciapka-SangsterMaria David-EvansMegan EvansSusan FlookPeggy GarrityCynthia Hansen, C.A.Travis HuckellSam JenkinsKathy KnowlesMary Persson


THANK YOU Community Support of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra & Winspear Centre

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is a registered charitable organization, incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta on November 22, 1952. As Canada’s fourth-largest professional orchestra, the ESO is financed by ticket sales, grants from government agencies, and by contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals.T

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THANK YOU Community Support of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra & Winspear Centre

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is a registered charitable organization, incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta on November 22, 1952. As Canada’s fourth-largest professional orchestra, the ESO is financed by ticket sales, grants from government agencies, and by contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals.T

Sponsor Introductory Series Offer The Rozsa Innovation Award

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Our Program Sponsors

Series Sponsors:

Title Sponsor Landmark Classic Homes Masters

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Title Sponsor Sounds of the ‘60s

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Title SponsorAir Canada Presents

Sponsor Symphony for Kids

Title Sponsor Friday Masters

Title Sponsor Symphony in the City

Title Sponsor Late Night with Bill Eddins

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ROCKIN’ OUT WITH THE ESOThe 1970s to Now

Know Your Winspear

For many, the phrase, “symphony orchestra”, conjures an image of men in tuxedos and women in long black gowns, performing great works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert. Although the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra often performs concerts that �t this stereotype, they are also well-known for their many boundary-pushing collaborations with mainstream artists that lure even the most resolute non-symphony goers into the concert hall. The ESO’s 1972 album, Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, was a turning point for the orchestra. Following a successful collaboration with the Canadian band, Lighthouse, ESO Assistant General Manager, Bob Hunka, went looking for another challenge and managed to entice the British rock group, Procol Harum, to Edmonton to perform with the orchestra. Following a sold-out concert at the Jubilee Auditorium in 1971, the live album reached #5 on the Billboard album chart (a �rst for the rock group) and made orchestral history as the

�rst album with an orchestra to sell “gold” and, eventually, “platinum.” Following this success, the ESO’s career as a “back-up” orchestra took o�. Their 1989 album with Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, The Symphony Sessions, once again went “platinum” and, in 1992, a televised ESO performance with k.d. lang received a Gemini Award for the Best Television Variety Performance. But these collaborations were only the tip of the iceberg. Beginning in 1975, the ESO went undercover as the ITV Concert Orchestra, creating a series of televised performances that brought the ESO to an international audience, alongside musicians such as Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roberta Flack, Henry Mancini, Neil Sedaka, Anne Murray, and Ray Charles. The ESO continues to this day to seek out exciting collaborators, with recent guest artists including the Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, and Chantal Kreviazuk. Better keep your eyes peeled - your favourite band or artist might be next!

by Julia Dolman & Graeme Haunholter

k.d. lang - 1992 Tom Cochrane - March 1989Ray Charles - January 1981

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Procol Harum reunion show w/ the ESO - 1991 Ben Folds - May 2014

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For many, the phrase “symphony orchestra” conjures an image of men in tuxedos and women in long black gowns, performing great works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. Although the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra often performs concerts that fit this stereotype, they are also well-known for their boundary-pushing collaborations with mainstream artists that lure even the most resolute non-symphony-goers into the concert hall.

The ESO’s 1972 album, Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, was a turning point for the orchestra. Following a successful collaboration with the Canadian band, Lighthouse, ESO Assistant General Manager Bob Hunka went looking for another challenge and managed to entice the British rock group Procol Harum to Edmonton to perform with the orchestra. Following a sold-out concert at the Jubilee Auditorium in 1971, the live album reached number five on the Billboard album chart (a first for the rock group) and made orchestral

history as the first album with an orchestra to sell “gold” and, eventually, “platinum.”

Following this success, the ESO’s career as a “backup” orchestra took off. Their 1989 album with Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, The Symphony Sessions, once again went “platinum” and, in 1992, a televised ESO performance with k.d. lang received a Gemini Award for the Best Television Variety Performance. But these collaborations were only the tip of the iceberg. Beginning in 1975, the orchestra went undercover as the ITV Concert Orchestra, creating a series of televised performances that brought the ESO to an international audience, alongside musicians such as Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roberta Flack, Henry Mancini, Neil Sedaka, Anne Murray, and Ray Charles. The ESO continues to this day to seek out exciting collaborators, with recent guest artists including the Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, and Chantal Kreviazuk. Better keep your eyes peeled – your favourite band or artist might be next!








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For many, the phrase “symphony orchestra” conjures an image of men in tuxedos and women in long black gowns, performing great works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. Although the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra often performs concerts that fit this stereotype, they are also well-known for their boundary-pushing collaborations with mainstream artists that lure even the most resolute non-symphony-goers into the concert hall.

The ESO’s 1972 album, Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, was a turning point for the orchestra. Following a successful collaboration with the Canadian band, Lighthouse, ESO Assistant General Manager Bob Hunka went looking for another challenge and managed to entice the British rock group Procol Harum to Edmonton to perform with the orchestra. Following a sold-out concert at the Jubilee Auditorium in 1971, the live album reached number five on the Billboard album chart (a first for the rock group) and made orchestral

history as the first album with an orchestra to sell “gold” and, eventually, “platinum.”

Following this success, the ESO’s career as a “backup” orchestra took off. Their 1989 album with Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, The Symphony Sessions, once again went “platinum” and, in 1992, a televised ESO performance with k.d. lang received a Gemini Award for the Best Television Variety Performance. But these collaborations were only the tip of the iceberg. Beginning in 1975, the orchestra went undercover as the ITV Concert Orchestra, creating a series of televised performances that brought the ESO to an international audience, alongside musicians such as Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roberta Flack, Henry Mancini, Neil Sedaka, Anne Murray, and Ray Charles. The ESO continues to this day to seek out exciting collaborators, with recent guest artists including the Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, and Chantal Kreviazuk. Better keep your eyes peeled – your favourite band or artist might be next!


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