talcott mountain music festival

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The programs of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are funded in part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

About the Hartford Symphony Orchestra | 7Carolyn Kuan, music director | 8The Musicians | 9Administrative Staff | 11Board of Directors | 12From the Town of Simsbury | 16Letter from Director of Artistic Operations & Administration | 17Mambo Kings | 18Celebrate America! | 2120 Seasons in Simsbury | 26Classical Night Fever | 32The Music Of Queen | 35HSO Contributors | 39Patron Information | 54

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H A R T F O R D S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A

About the Symphony

Marking its 72nd Season in 2015–2016, The Hartford Symphony

Orchestra is Connecticut’s premier musical organization. The Hartford Symphony is the second largest orchestra in New England and is widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. We believe passionately in the performance of live symphonic music and its value in the community. To that end, the mission of the HSO is to perform live orchestral music of the highest quality for everexpanding audiences, and to increase through its educational programs the understanding and enjoyment of that music by residents in Connecticut.

The HSO presents more than 100 concerts annually, including the Masterworks Series, POPS! Series, Sunday Serenades, Jazz & Strings, Lincoln Financial Discovery Concerts, Symphony in the Schools, Musical Dialogues, and more. In addition, the HSO celebrates the 19th year of its tremendously popular summer series, the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, this summer in Simsbury.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra named Carolyn Kuan as its tenth music director in January 2011. Since beginning her tenure in 2011, she has led the HSO to new artistic heights with community-minded concerts and innovative programming.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 and formally established as the Symphony Society of Greater Hartford in 1936. Angelo Coniglione, Jacques Gordon,

Leon Barzin, Moshe Paranov, and George Heck were the Orchestra’s first music directors. With the appointment of Fritz Mahler in 1953, the HSO began its Young People’s Concerts and made several highly acclaimed recordings for Vanguard. In 1964, Arthur Winograd became music director and the Orchestra grew in artistic stature, performing at Carnegie Hall and other New York locations to highly favorable reviews. Under the artistic leadership of Michael Lankester from 1985–2000, the HSO received national recognition for its programming innovations, in cluding the popular Classical Conversations and Family Matinees, as well as

a series of landmark theatrical productions. From 2001–2011, Edward Cumming led the HSO to new levels of artistic excellence and innovative programming.

Each season, the HSO plays to audiences numbering more than 90,000 statewide. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s extensive array of Education and Community Activities serves more than 63,000 individuals in Hartford and surrounding communities annually. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is supported by nearly 4,500 subscribers and over 2,000 donors. The organization has been greatly strengthened by an extensive level of communication and involvement with its musicians that has become a national model for orchestral governance. Now representing 15% of the Board of Directors and one-third of its Executive Committee, musicians also serve on all major Board committees.

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Music Director

With her appointment as the 10th Music Director of the

Hartford Symphony Orchestra beginning in 11/12, Carolyn Kuan is a skilled interpreter and impressive podium presence recognizable on a national level. Recognized as a conductor of extraordinary versatility, Ms. Kuan has enjoyed successful associations with top-tier orchestras, opera companies, ballet companies, and festivals worldwide. Her commitment to contemporary music has defined her approach to programming, and established her as an international resource for new music and world premieres.

Ms. Kuan’s recent North American engagements have included performances with the symphonies of Baltimore, Detroit, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Seattle; the Florida and Louisville orchestras; the New York City Ballet; Colorado Music Festival; the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Washington National Opera. Recent international engagements have included concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony of Taiwan, Residentie Orkest, Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan, Royal Danish Ballet, West Australian Symphony, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Combining her expertise and love of contemporary and Asian music, Ms. Kuan began the 2014/2015 Season in a summer-long debut with the Santa Fe Opera. She worked closely with composer Huang Ruo and director James Robinson, and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen premiered to great critical acclaim with a mixed cast of east and west singers and instrumentalists. In addition to her weeks with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, other highlights included her debut with the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas, directed by Francesca Zambello; her return to the Seattle Symphony to lead works by Tan Dun, Yugo Kanno (U.S. Premiere), and Unsuk Chin; her return to Brazil to work with Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo in a program of Britten, Turnage, and Bernstein; and her debut with the Glimmerglass Festival in a new production of The Magic Flute in summer 2015.

While maintaining a solid connection with traditional repertoire, Ms. Kuan has cultivated a unique expertise in Asian music and contemporary works. From 2007 to 2012, Ms. Kuan directed the annual San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year concert. For the Seattle Symphony, Ms. Kuan helped launch the

hugely successful Celebrate Asia! program with community leaders representing eight Asian cultures, and led sold-out performances for three consecutive years. She led would premiers for Music from Japan, and conducted multimedia productions of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto and A Monkey’s Tale as part of Detroit Symphony’s World Music Series.

From 2003 to 2012, Ms. Kuan worked closely with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and visiting composers. Some of her finest successes have bridged the gap between cultural and social issues, as in her work raising awareness of conservation and the environment through her performances around the globe of the multimedia project

Life: A Journey Through Time. Developed by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and music director Marin Alsop, the project features music by Philip Glass and images by famed National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting. Ms. Kuan’s notable performances of Life include a presentation at the Ninth World Wilderness Congress with Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan; at the eight-day June festival, CHANGE IS POWERFUL, with the Detroit Symphony; and at CERN’s historical Large Hadron Collider Inauguration, with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande attended by Swiss President Pascal Couchpin, French Prime Minister François Fillon, more than 20 other European heads of state, and dozens of Nobel laureates.

Ms. Kuan’s past associations include Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at the New York City Ballet, and Assistant Conductor for the Baltimore Opera Company. In her 2012 debut album for the Naxos label, Ms. Kuan conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in various works by Chinese composers.

The recipient of numerous awards, Ms. Kuan holds the distinction of being the first female to be awarded the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship by the Herbert von Karajan Centrum and American Austrian Foundation in 2003, resulting in her residency at the 2004 Salzburg Festival. Winner of the first Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has received additional awards from the Women’s Philharmonic, Conductors Guild, and Susan W. Rose Fund for Music. Ms. Kuan graduated cum laude from Smith College, received a Master of Music from the University of Illinois, and a Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory.

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The Musicians

For chair naming opportunities, please contact Ruth Sovronsky, Director of Development, at 860-760-7321

FIRST VIOLINLeonid Sigal,

concertmasterLisa Rautenberg,

associate concertmasterKarin Fagerburg,

assistant concertmasterMichael PollardLinda BeersPerry ElliotKrzysztof GadawskiYuri Kharenko-GolduberRomina KostareFrank KuligMillie PiekosMickey ReismanCyrus StevensDeborah TylerKatalin Viragh

SECOND VIOLINAnhared Wiest Stowe,

principalJaroslaw Lis,

assistant principalMartha KayserLu Sun FriedmanDiane FredericksonVirginia KramerCandace LammersYaira MatyakubovaAlicia Rattin

VIOLAMichael Wheeler,

principalSharon Dennison,

assistant principalPatricia Daly VanceAnn DrinanJames GustafsonMartha KnieriemArthur Masi

CELLOJeffrey Krieger,

principalEric Dahlin,

assistant principalCarole Olefsky

Chair Sponsored by Tom & Suzy Reich

Laura KaneFran BardJennifer CombsTom HudsonPeter Zay

BASSEdward R. Rozie, Jr.,

principal Chair Sponsored by Brook & Charlotte Jason

Robert Groff, assistant principal

James CarrollAnthony Connaway, Jr.Joseph MessinaMark Zechel

FLUTEGreig Shearer,

principal The Claire & Millard Pryor Orchestra Committee Chair

Barbara Hopkins, assistant principal

PICCOLOJeanne Wilson

OBOEHeather Taylor,

principalStephen Wade,

assistant principal

ENGLISH HORNMarilyn Krentzman

CLARINETCurt Blood,

principalRonald Krentzman,

assistant principal

BASS CLARINETLeopold E. Olbrych, Jr.

BASSOONYeh Chi Wang,

principalLouis Lazzerini,

assistant principal

CONTRABASSOONRebecca Noreen

HORNBarbara Hill,

principal Chair Sponsored by James S. & Nancy Taggart Remis

John Michael Adair, assistant principal

Hilary LedebuhrNick RubensteinJoshua Michal

TRUMPETScott McIntosh,

principalJay Lichtmann,

assistant principalJerry Bryant

TROMBONEBrian L. Diehl,

principalGeorge Sanders,

assistant principal

BASS TROMBONEPatrick Herb

TUBAStephen B. Perry,

principal

TIMPANIEugene Bozzi,

principal

PERCUSSIONRobert McEwan,

principalMartin Elster

HARPJulie Spring,

principal Chair Sponsored by The Verney Family

PIANOMargreet Francis

ROAD MANAGERJeremy Philbin, I.A.T.S.E.


Administrative Staff

David Fay, President & CEO

ARTISTIC OPERATIONSStephen Collins, Director of Artistic Operations & Administration, 2014 Elizabeth L. Mahaffey Arts Administration FellowJonathan Curns, Festival Production ManagerDr. Colette Hall, Artistic CoordinatorRonald Krentzman, LibrarianJaroslaw Lis, Personnel ManagerJonathan Rush, Operations Intern

DEVELOPMENTRuth Sovronsky, Director of DevelopmentJoyce Hodgson, Corporation and Foundation Relations ManagerJillian Baker, Annual Fund ManagerKatherine Scabia, Development Intern

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTBenjamin Hosig, Manager of Education and Community Engagement

MARKETINGAmanda Savio, Marketing and Public Relations ManagerDornenburg Kallenbach Advertising, Marketing & Press

TICKET SERVICESJennifer Berman, Ticket Services Representative

To contact the HSO Administrative Staff, please email [email protected].

CELEBRATING 86 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY

Thank you Hartford Symphony Orchestra for 20 years of Providing Laughter,

Good Times and Music

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Board of Directors

James S. RemisChairmanMark MandellVice ChairJeff VerneyVice ChairD. Weston BoydChair – DevelopmentGerald L. HessChair – FinanceBernard Clark, M.D. Chair – GovernanceJohn H. Beers, Esq.Chair – Administration & Human Resources; SecretaryMatthew H. LynchChair – InvestmentEdwin ShirleyChair – AuditBruce Barth, Esq.John H. Beers, Esq.D. Weston BoydAlfred R. CasellaBernard Clark, M.D.Luis Diez-Morales, M.D.Rosemary GaidosAngela GriffinRobert GroffLawrence S. HarrisStephen HarrisMark HayesGerald L. HessBarbara HopkinsKenneth A. Jacobson, Esq. Mathew P. Jasinski, Esq.Brook R. Jason Martha KayserHarvey KellyFrank KuligRebecca LoreePamela LucasMatthew H. LynchMark Mandell

Arthur MasiCarole OlefskyDonald OsborneAgnes PeellePaul PendergastMichael PollardEsther A. PryorThomas E. ReichJames S. RemisKelly A. RomanoDavid M. RothNeil RothfarbEdward “Rick” RozieAndrew L. Salner, M.D.Greig ShearerEdwin S. ShirleyKaren SproutSharon VasquezJeff VerneyStephen WadeDiane WhitneyMichael Yaffe

DIRECTORS EMERITUSColeman H. Casey, Esq.Hermine J. DreznerMuriel FleischmannRobinson A. Grover*Pierre GuertinMorton E. HandelJohn K. Jepson, Esq.Dwight A. Johnson, Esq.Christopher LarsenCharles B. Milliken, Esq.Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.Mary SargentMargery SteinbergStephen J. Raffay*H. Alex Vance, Jr.Robert J. von DohlenThomas R. Wildman, Esq.

*deceased

EX OFFICIO DIRECTORSMary GlassmanWalter HarrisonKristina Newman-ScottMayor Pedro Segarra

CONDUCTOR LAUREATEArthur Winograd

PAST BOARD PRESIDENTS1937–41 Francis Goodwin II1941–51 Willard B. Rogers1951–53 John E. Ellsworth1951–55 Henry P. Bakewell1955–56 Albert E. Holland1956–58 Edward N. Allen1958–60 Charles A. Spoerl1960–62 Francis Goodwin II1962–64 Charles B. Milliken1964–65 Henry S. Beers1965–68 Charles E. Lord1968–71 Gordon N. Farquhar1971–73 Paul A. Benke1973–75 Christopher Larsen1975–78 Henry S. Robinson, Jr.1978–79 Harold C. Kraus1978–81 Robert J. von Dohlen1981–83 John C. Parish1983–85 Robert J. Birnbaum1985–87 Coleman H. Casey1987–89 Morton E. Handel1989–91 Arthur L. Handman1991–93 Peter S. Burgess1993–94 Arthur L. Handman1994–96 Dwight Johnson1996–99 Margery S. Steinberg1999–02 Millard H. Pryor2002–04 Thomas R. Wildman, Esq.2004–07 David M. Roth2007–09 Kenneth A. Jacobson, Esq.2009–10 Pierre H. Guertin2010–11 David M. Roth

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Volunteers

Since its inception, volunteers have been at the heart of the Hartford Symphony’s Talcott Mountain Music Festival. They are the men and women who help you park,

who set up and take down the tables, who take your tickets and hand you your program. They serve as the emergency first response team. They staff our boutique.

The hundreds of volunteers are vital to there being a Talcott Mountain Music Festival. Many of these volunteers are celebrating their twentieth year of making the Sounds of

Summer happen. All of us at the Hartford Symphony Orchestra thank them.

2015 TALCOTT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

HARTFORD SYMPHONY VOLUNTEERS

ADVISORY BOARDFrank BevilacquaMark HoloweskoKenneth JacobsonJohn K. JepsonJanet KeoughMark KeoughCarole Olefsky

VOLUNTEERSMary AndersenJane ArcieroCeledonio AsuncionAndrew AustinRose Anne AustinJames BagnallRita BagnallChristina BaileyNancy BallMichael BeauchampSandra BerknerAnne BoucartHarriet Bowers

Richard BowersJeannine BrinkerhoffPeter BrinkerhoffBarbara BurnsShirley BussoliniMarcia CarignanLeslie CarlsonSue CarlsonKimberly Caruso-PoleySandra ChassePatricia ChinPaulette ClarkBarbara ClickDouglas ClickJonathan CoeLeah CoeOlivia CoePatricia CongelosiAudrey CorcocanHolly CorcocanJohn P. CorcoranGerald CraneJaneene CraneLee CrossJoseph DianiMarjorie Dixon

Ruth DormanChristopher DoskosGabriela DoskosOrlanda DoskosRon DudleyJanet EdmondsonWilliam EmmonsElaine Terry EnoHarolyn EricksonJoanne FennAdolph FuscoRosemary FuscoBetsy GaudianDorothy GavalisJames GavalisAllan GeetterBeverly GilmanBrenda GoffTerry GoffCarolyn GoreckiMarshall GreenbergKaren HandvilleKeith HartmanBarbara HeinrichMatthew HeinrichSofy Henschke

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Volunteers

Gail HutchinsonRobin JaffeRobert KatzMarianne LabergeriePam LanderDavid LandryLexi LandryJames LevandowskiEunice LevyJudith LevyStan LevyStuart LevyJanet LindenSusan LlodraSusan LofgrenMary Ellen LongJoanne MarriottKirstin MayJeanne McDermottDeborah MehlmanPeter MehlmanSusan MeislerThomas MierzejewskiShirley MinnierCarolyn MullaneJames MullaneJoel NeuwirthNorman NovakJames O’HerronLinda Oseychik

Robert OseychikMorty PearVivi PinhasiTerrence PoleyRobert PoutasseCathy RoweBeth SakonchickDonald SakonchickPaul SalvatoreCarolann SchwartzCarol ScovilleKaren SidelBarbara-Jane SidlikMary SimonChristina SkeelsMary SmoolcaJeffrey St. GelaisLori StethersCarol StilesCarol StockLucy TemperilliJoyce TullockEdward ViplerRuby ViplerLinda WalterBobbie WernerMarianne WilcoxRaymond WilcoxChristina WilsonLinda Zabor

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT SIMSBURY MEADOWS VOLUNTEERS

LEADERSHIPMark KeoughRoger StevensonBG Zietz

VOLUNTEERSChristine AprusezeDiane ArsenaultAdrian BludeauTeresa BludeauSharon ByronJohn ChinRebecca DantaMarge DixonRita GilbertMarshall GreenbergKaren HandvilleMarilyn HellwigSteven JanikEllen LescherMark LescherNancy MosesEllie NortonKetil “Oz” OslandCynthia QuinnGeorge QuinnMichael SchaferSusan SchaferLori StethersDrew TrombleyKaren TrombleyAndrew WalterJean WeidlichChris Wilde

As of **6/10/15

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Dear Visitor,

Welcome to the Town of Simsbury and please join us as we celebrate the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s 20th year of performances in our town! This year’s Talcott Mountain Music Festival – with everything from Mambo Kings to Celebrate America to 20 Seasons in Simsbury (under the baton of Michael Lankester, who conducted the HSO’s first concert here 20 years ago!) – has something for everybody. We congratulate the Symphony on its reappointment of Carolyn Kuan as Music Director and look forward to many more seasons of music under the stars! We invite you to relax, enjoy a beautiful evening and allow yourself to be transported by the wonderful musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

Take advantage of your time here in Simsbury! We are a vibrant community with unique historic charm, a quaint downtown, terrific places to shop and lots of quality restaurants. Simsbury was designated as the state’s first Bicycle Friendly Community by the American League of Cyclists and with more than thirty percent of its geographical area designated as open space, Simsbury has miles of multi-use trails for walking and biking. Simsbury is known for its quality schools, services and recreational opportunities including three golf courses, an international ice skating center, horseback riding, kayaking, canoeing, fishing and more. In addition to its status as a federally designated Preserve America community, Simsbury was selected as the first and only town in Connecticut to make the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list of Dozen Distinctive Destinations on the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Thanks to amenities such as the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, Simsbury is regularly ranked as one of the best places to live in the nation, most recently by CNN Money Magazine in 2013. In March, 2015 Simsbury was identified as one of the Top Ten Towns in Connecticut for Young Families by NerdWallet.

Under the management of Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center, Inc., our Performing Arts Center has a strong and growing reputation as a destination for arts and entertainment in the region. We thank SMPAC, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, their respective boards, staff and the many, many volunteers who work so hard to make these concerts a success.

We are sure that you will enjoy tonight’s concert and we invite you to take the time to explore Simsbury and all that it has to offer.

Sincerely,

Lisa L. Heavner


From the Town of Simsbury

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Dear Friends,

On behalf of the entire Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Carolyn Kuan, I am thrilled to welcome you to the 20th Anniversary Season of the Talcott Mountain Music Festival! It is an incredible honor to present this summer’s concerts for the 20th consecutive year in Simsbury, and to partner with the wonderful people at the Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows. This summer’s festival may be the best yet, with a great variety of music, performers, and special guests. Burning Latin jazz, a patriotic celebration of Independence Day, a 20-year retrospective led by founding Music Director Michael Lankester, grooving dance music of the 70s, and

Queen’s iconic rock anthems – it’s all here in Simsbury this summer.

Reflecting on the festival’s humble beginnings in an empty field, the thousands of volunteers who have poured their hearts and souls into creating magical evenings of music and community, and the generous sponsors who have made the music possible – we salute you. Thanks to all of you, we gather with family and friends for the Sounds of Summer once again and continue a great American tradition. Please join me in thanking our Festival Sponsor, the Richard P. Garmany Fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as well as the many other sponsors who generously support this festival. Additionally, we extend our deepest thanks to the Town of Simsbury for welcoming us to this bucolic location, and to our many Annual Fund donors who make it possible for us to offer lawn tickets at $20 or less. Simply put, without all of you there would be no Talcott Mountain Music Festival and certainly no 20th Anniversary Season. Bravo!

Finally, I invite you to explore our 2015-16 season of concerts at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Masterworks, Pops!, Discovery Series children’s concerts and more feature the full creative force of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra performing a range of inspiring music. The season tagline is “Be Transformed” – transformed by the power of music to touch our lives in a completely unique and powerful way.

Thank you for joining us this evening, and for the last 20 seasons in Simsbury. I invite you to share your Talcott experiences with us through our Facebook page (facebook.com/hartfordsymphony) and Twitter account (@HSOTweets) and be sure tag us in your Instagram photos and follow our new Instagram account (instagram.com/hartfordsymphony). Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the Sounds of Summer!

Sincerely,

Steve Collins Hartford Symphony Orchestra Director of Artistic Operations & Administration


Letter from Director of Artistic Operations & Administration

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BOB BERNHARDT, conductorMAMBO KINGS

RICHARD DELANEY, musical director and pianoJOHN VIAVATTINE, saxophone and woodwinds

HECTOR DÍAZ, bassTONY PADILLA, conguero

FREDDY COLÓN, percussion

Friday, June 26, 20157:30 p.m. | The Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows | Simsbury, CT

The 2015 Talcott Mountain Music Festival Series is presented by

MANUEL DE FALLA Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo

RICHARD DELANEY Melodia: Son Guajira

DAVE BRUBECK Blue Mambo à la Turk Arr. Richard Delaney

MAMBO KINGS Selection to be announced from the stage

GUILLERMO Tres Lindas Cubanas CASTILLO Arr. Richard Delaney

RAFAEL HERNANDEZ El Cumbanchero Arr. Richard Delaney

RICHARD P. GARMANY FUND

MAMBO KINGS

TALCOTT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVALHARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Carolyn Kuan, Music Director

The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.

As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council,

the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the

National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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–INTERMISSION–

JOHN LENNON & Day Tripper PAUL MCCARTNEY Arr. Richard Delaney

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Milonga Del Angel Arr. Richard Delaney

RICHARD DELANEY Marinera

RICHARD DELANEY Danzón à la Antigua

MAMBO KINGS Selection to be announced from the stage

ERNESTO ANTONIO Oye Como Va “TITO” PUENTE Arr. Richard Delaney


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The 2014-15 Season is presented by

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With 31 years experience as a Music Director, 35 years as a conductor of

Pops, and 33 years in the opera pit, BoB Bernhardt brings a unique perspective and ability each time he is on the podium, and in every genre.

In 2015, Bob Bernhardt was named Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony and is currently in his 18th season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra (and in his 33rd consecutive season there), and in his 3rd season as Music Director Emeritus and Principal Pops Conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (where he was Music Director for 19 seasons). He has also been Artist-in-Residence at Lee University since 2012.

Formerly, he was Principal Conductor/Artistic Director of the Rochester Philharmonic, Music Director and Conductor of 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.

This season marks his 22nd as a frequent guest of the Boston Pops, which he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. Along with Boston, he has been a frequent guest conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (approaching his 10th season as conductor of their Symphony Under the Sky Festival), the Baltimore Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Pacific Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and the Santa Barbara Symphony. He has been a guest with the St. Louis Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and many others.

In the world of pops, he was worked with scores of stars from Broadway, Rock & Roll, and the American Songbook, from Brian Stokes Mitchell and

Kelli O’Hara, to the Beach Boys and Wynonna, to Jason Alexander and Ann Hampton Callaway. Also 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 Masters degree with Honors from the University of Southern California’s School of Music, studying primarily with Daniel Lewis. He received his BA-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 lives with his wife, Nora, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

MamBo Kings, together since 1995, are enjoying great success as America’s

foremost Latin Jazz Ensemble, and have rapidly earned a national reputation for their explosive blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz improvisation. Since their orchestral debut, Mambo Kings have appeared in Pops concerts throughout the country, performing original compositions and arrangements by pianist Richard DeLaney. Recent/Upcoming appearances with The Florida Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony,

Dallas Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonics.

Mambo Kings Hot Latin Nights! takes the audience on a fascinating journey through the music of Latin America and the U.S. From the sultry melancholy of Astor Piazzolla and the burning Afro Cuban jazz of Tito Puente, to the rhythmic playfulness of jazz great Dave Brubeck and the pop strains of The Beatles, Mambo Kings will be your guide on a Latin jazz tour of the Pan American experience, featuring original orchestral arrangements and compositions of music from the U.S., Perú, Argentina, Cuba and Puerto Rico.


About the Artists

BOB BERNHARDTconductor

MAMBO KINGSguest artists

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ERIC DUDLEY, conductorASYLUM HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR

STEVE MITCHELL, directorJAROSLAW LIS, narrator

Friday, July 3, 20157:30 p.m. | The Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows | Simsbury, CT

Presentation of the Colors

JOHN SMITH The Star Spangled Banner (1750-1836) Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir Arr. Walter Damrosch

ROBERT LOWDEN Armed Forces Salute (1920-1998) (The Official Songs of the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Forces and Navy) Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir

EDWARD ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma Variations” (1857-1934) IX. “Nimrod” Jaroslaw Lis, narrator

FERDE GROFÉ Mississippi Suite (1892-1972) I. Father of the Waters IV. Mardi Gras

CELEBRATE AMERICA!


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This concert is sponsored by


As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic

and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.


RICHARD P. GARMANY FUNDat the

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COLE PORTER “Begin the Beguine” from Jubilee (1891-1964) Arr. Calvin Custer

JAY UNGAR Ashokan Farewell (b. 1946) Arr. Robert Cerulli

ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzon No. 2 (b. 1950)

–INTERMISSION–

MORTON GOULD American Salute (1913-1996)

RICHARD RODGERS The Sound of Music, A Symphonic Picture (1902-1979) Arr. Robert Russell Bennett

RICHARD Total Praise (High and Lifted Up) SMALLWOOD Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir (b. 1948)

JOHN JOHNSON Lift Every Voice and Sing (1873-1954) Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir Arr. Roland Carter

IRVING BERLIN God Bless America (1888-1989) Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir Arr. Bruce Healy

PIOTR ILYICH 1812, Overture Solennelle, Op. 49 TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever (1854-1932)

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Eric dudley leads a diverse musical career as a conductor, singer, pianist

and composer. Following a distinguished tenure as Assistant Conductor to Paavo Järvi at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, his recent conducting engagements include New York’s International Contemporary Ensemble, Tenet Vocal Ensemble and Ensemble Signal, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Adelphi Chamber Orchestra in New Jersey, and the Melbourne Arts Festival and Bendigo Festival in Australia. He also serves on the conducting faculty of Mannes College/The New School for Music in New York, where he directs the Mannes Prep Philharmonic and The New School Chorus.

In 2009, Eric became a founding member of the vocal octet Roomful of Teeth, whose debut album earned a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. By commissioning new works that explore an ever-widening range of vocal techniques and world singing styles, the group has built a busy touring schedule at home and abroad. As a full-time member of the Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street in New York, Eric has served in the capacity of chorusmaster, assistant and guest conductor for several of the Trinity Choir and Baroque Orchestra’s concert programs and appeared as a tenor soloist at both Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He has been a guest pianist and chamber musician with members of the Cincinnati, Princeton and Albany symphony orchestras, and his compositions have been premiered and recorded by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Quey Percussion Duo, and Roomful of Teeth. He studied composition, piano and voice at the Eastman School of Music, and trained as a conductor at the Brevard and Aspen music festivals and as a recipient of his Master’s and Doctorate degrees from Yale.

Jaroslaw lis is an Assistant Principal second violin and a Personnel Manager of the

Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He is also a member of the faculty of the Hartt School Community Division and Greater Hartford Academy for Performing Arts. Mr. Lis received his M.A. summa cum laude from the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland and was a recipient of the prestigious Polish Ministry of Culture scholarship. As one of the youngest members of the Sinfonia Varsovia, he has worked with Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Emannuel Krivine, as well as recorded for Denon and Aperto labels. He received an Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. He has studied with Jan Jakuc, Wojciech Malinski, Zofia Kuberska, Julia Jakimowicz, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Syoko Aki, and the Tokyo String Quartet, and was a scholarship student of Nathan Milstein (Zurich, Switzerland). He has been a member of the Assai and Essex Quartets, receiving Second Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with the Assai Quartet. He

recorded on Roesch Records with Assai Quartet and Ahmad Jamal. He has been on the faculty of the Madeline Island Music Camp, the Palisade Arts Festival, and the Friends of Music Camp in South Korea. Currently, he is a co-director of the Music Adventure Camp at Tenuta di Spannocchia in Tuscany where he devotes himself to coaching chamber music and enjoyment of “slow food.” He lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife Malgosia and three children, Suzanne, Kuba, and Maya.


About the Artists

ERIC DUDLEYconductor

JAROSLAW LISnarrator

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A graduate of the University of Miami and veteran public school music

teacher, steve mitchell is recognized as a distinguished choral conductor, choreographer, and soloist. He was co-founder of the Cutler Ridge Middle School Ridge ARTS Program, recognized by The Executive Educator magazine and The School Board Journal as “…one of the 25 most effective instructional programs in North America.” In addition to public school, Mr. Mitchell has conducted The Miami Boy Choir, University of Miami Summer Choral Camp, University of Wisconsin Music Clinics, CT Northern Regional Middle School and High School Choirs, the Berkshire League Music Festival, the NCC Festival Choir, the Hartford Symphony and numerous temple and church choirs. As a clinician, Mr. Mitchell has worked with CT Region 1 & Region 7 music teachers and is a regular adjudicator with Fantastic Festivals. He continues to work with area schools and choral organizations as a clinician and workshop leader focusing on choral tone, vocal health, repertoire, and style development.

Mr. Mitchell came to Connecticut in 2000 to serve as Minister of Music & Arts at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford where his responsibilities include direction of the Sanctuary Choir, worship development, children’s music programming, adult studies in art, drama and music, book reviews, lectures and the Asylum Hill Concert Series. In 2012, he founded the John & Edie Murphy Music for Humanity Concerts – an endowed concert fund that uniquely marries live concert performances with community outreach.

In addition, Mr. Mitchell is a sought after soloist. His solo credits include: The Miami Bach Society, the Florida Grand Opera, Connecticut Concert Opera, CONCORA, VOCE, Café Eiko @Japanalia, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and The New World Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas.

Mr. Mitchell serves as Technical Director and Co-Founder of Nightfall: a free, live, outdoor arts

experience celebrating the changing season. This annual event features the creative genius of artist & puppeteer Anne Cubberly and performing artists from the Greater Hartford region. He lives in Hartford with his incredibly understanding wife. They have two outgoing and accomplished adult children.

The Sanctuary Choir of asylum hill congregational church (ahcc) is comprised

of 67 singer/musicians who, through their talent and their spirits, provide musical leadership for Sunday worship services and community events. With 8 professional section

leaders and some of the community’s best soloists and instrumentalists, the AHCC Music Ministry is capable of extraordinary musical diversity and quality. Under the leadership of Music Director, Steve Mitchell, the choir has presented such major works as the Fauré Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and the Solemn Vespers, Vivaldi’s Gloria, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, a “Gospel” Christmas, the Hartford premier of René Clausen’s A New Creation. The Choir has also partnered with other area churches and arts organizations to present major works such as Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, and the Duruflé Requiem with CONCORA and the New Haven Symphony. Recently, the choir performed with the Hartford Symphony as part of the 2012 Holiday Concerts and the 2013 Celebrate America concert at the Talcott Mountain Music Festival. In 2014, the Choir was invited to perform on the President’s Concert for the CT Conference of the American Choral Director’s Association – the only church choir to be recognized. The AHCC Sanctuary Choir also leads the annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. Now in its 48th year, this musical and dramatic celebration of Epiphany attracts more than 4800 people to five sold-out performances each January.

The choir’s latest triumphs include the Help NEPAL! Benefit concert with musicians of the HSO, as well as a presentation of “The Best of the Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts” with a full stage band, tap dancer, soloists and singers from three historically black churches in the City of Hartford – Faith Congregational, Metropolitan AME Zion, and Union Baptist. We are honored to have singers from these Sister Churches joining us for todays concert.


About the Artists

STEVE MITCHELLdirector

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MICHAEL LANKESTER, conductorBARBARA HILL, horn


DMITRI Festive Overture, Op. 96 SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 11, TrV 117 (1864-1949) I. Allegro Barbara Hill, horn

EDWARD ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39, March No. 1 (1857-1934)

PIOTR ILYICH Romeo and Juliet, TH 42 TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

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JOHN WILLIAMS “Flight to Neverland” from Hook (b. 1932)

GEORGE COHAN George M. Cohan Salute (1878-1942)

LEROY ANDERSON Bugler’s Holiday (1908-1975)

PERCY GRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry (1882-1961)

BEN BERNIE & Sweet Georgia Brown MACEO PINKARD (1891-1943)-(1897-1962) Arr. James Stephenson

KURT WEILL Mack the Knife (1900-1950)

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA The Washington Post (1854-1932)

JOHN WILLIAMS “Flying Theme” from E.T. (b. 1932)


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Michael lanKester enjoys an eminent, international career as

composer, arranger and commentator for special projects in opera, theater and broadcasting.

For fifteen years, he served as Music Director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Hartford Chamber Orchestra. Since leaving the HSO, Mr. Lankester has appeared as guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, and the orchestras of Seattle, Syracuse, Indianapolis, S W Florida, Edmonton, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Lankester made his American debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. During an eight-year association with that orchestra - first as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor and finally as Conductor-in-Residence – he led subscription, education and tour concerts and directed its contemporary music series. He has returned in subsequent seasons as a guest conductor. Elsewhere, he has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, South Dakota, Syracuse, Toronto, Edmonton, Montréal and Ottawa, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, Mexico’s Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM and New York City Ballet.

In England, he has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. He has also led the Orchestra Communale di Firenze, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and at the Festival La Gesse in Toulouse, France. In Asia, Mr. Lankester has led the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra.

As Music Director of the National Theater of Great

Britain, Michael Lankester worked with many distinguished directors. He also served as conductor for the inaugural production of Tom Stoppard’s play Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (music by André Previn), with subsequent performances in the U.S.A. in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, and Minneapolis.

Michael Lankester studied at the Royal College of Music with Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Malcolm Sargent. He served on the faculty of the Royal College of Music as Professor of Conducting and Head of Opera. For twelve years, he conducted Contrapuncti, his own chamber orchestra, giving numerous performances throughout Great Britain and Europe.


About the Artists

MICHAEL LANKESTERconductor

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BarBara hill has been Principal Horn with the Hartford Symphony since

2008, having joined the orchestra in 2006 as Fifth Horn. In March 2011 Barbara was proud to be featured in the Inaugural Debut Concert of the HSO’s new Music Director, Carolyn Kuan, performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto, K. 495. She has also been a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Canada) as both Acting Principal and Second Horn, and has performed with numerous Canadian orchestras, including the Calgary Philharmonic and Orchestra London Canada. While in Vancouver Barbara was featured in a performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for winds, and had a recital of horn music broadcast on CBC Radio for the program WestCoast Performance. As a freelance artist, Barbara has performed with numerous groups in Houston, Vancouver, New York, and Hartford, and her horn playing has been featured on CBS during broadcasts of The Tour de France. She has studied with Julie Landsman (former Principal

Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Derek Conrod, and Nancy Goodearl, and has also been a member of both The National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and the National Academy of Music in Hamilton, Ontario.

Originally from Guelph, Ontario she obtained her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in New York where she studied with Jerome Ashby and was a recipient of the James Chambers Scholarship. She holds her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of

Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and also holds an ARCT in Piano Performance. Barbara has been teaching horn for nearly 20 years, and has served as Horn Instructor at The Hotchkiss School and Vancouver Academy of Music. She is currently on Faculty at The Hartt School Community Division, and Central Connecticut State University. She and her husband, Jason, have 4 children – all very active in the Hartt Community Division – and reside in Western Connecticut.


About the Artists

BARBARA HILLhorn

Did You Know?Young people who participate in the arts for

at least three hours on three days each week

through at least one full year are:

• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

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CAROLYN KUAN, conductorCLASSICAL NIGHT FEVER

SUPERFLY, guitar & vocalsSPANISH FLY, guitar & vocals

SIR RUMPUS FUNKBERRY, bass & vocalsCYCLONE LINK SKYWALKER JR., drums & vocals


CLASSICAL NIGHT FEVER









Selections to be announced from the stage.There will be a 20 minute intermission.

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Classical night Fever, the popular 70’s disco Symphony Pops tribute show has been touring nationally and receiving

rave reviews since its inception in 2013. It’s a feel-good musical extravaganza you won’t soon forget! Just take a look at what’s being said by audience members and industry professionals alike:

“What a wonderful show! One show that I will never forget… The talent you guys possess is magical! …Wonderful, simply wonderful! Thanks for the fantastic night out!” – Audience Member

“Classical Night Fever was a “Funktabulous” success. The audience exploded at each show.” – Lonnie Klein, Music Director/Conductor, Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra

“This was some of the best fun (and music!) we’ve had at a concert, both onstage and off!” – Alice Kornhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications Portland Symphony Orchestra

This world-class show features four powerhouses from the Planet Funktar:

Superfly on guitar and vocals, Sir Rumpus Funkberry on bass guitar and vocals, Spanishfly on guitar and vocals and Cyclone Link Skywalker Jr. on drums and vocals. Each are highly skilled musicians and performers, but more than that, they’re on a mission – A mission to “funkitize” the masses by marrying the lavish sounds of the orchestra with brilliantly arranged disco hits by the likes of Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, Barry White, The Village People and more. They take the stage with stylin’ afros, head-turning retro costume changes and some of the coolest platform shoes this side of the Milky Way Galaxy!

Much of the 70’s disco music featured full orchestration and Classical Night Fever has carefully selected popular disco-era hits that highlight the majesty of the symphony orchestra. The show even incorporates some orchestra-only pieces, showcasing your orchestra with 70’s TV and movie theme medleys.

You’ll leave this show with a big smile on your face and a new appreciation for this great era of popular music, where dance music and the symphony collide to create something special. So get up off or your seat and bask in the lush disco sounds of your orchestra and Classical Night Fever!


About the Artist

CLASSICAL NIGHT FEVER

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MARTIN HERMAN, conductorBRODY DOLYNIUK, vocalist

DAN CLEMENS, bassPOWELL RANDOLPH, drums and percussion

GEORGE CINTRON, guitarBART KUEBLER, keyboards


THE MUSIC OF QUEEN


Selections to be announced from the stage.There will be a 20 minute intermission.








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Martin herman has appeared as guest conductor with

symphony orchestras in North America, Europe, Australia, and Canada. His most recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra with Windborne’s “Music of the Rolling Stones” and “Music of the Eagles.” He recently guest-conducted Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal and continues as music director and arranger for “Classical Mystery Tour” in recent performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Florida Orchestra. Martin also served as music director and conductor with Downtown Opera in Long Beach, California, conducting premieres of new operas in the U.S. and the Czech Republic. In the fall of 2009, he was conductor and music

director at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City where he led performances of his one-act opera, The Doctor, based on Chekhov short stories. He has served as assistant conductor with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and conductor of the Berkeley Young Musicians Program Orchestra and U.C. Berkeley Summer Orchestra. Additionally Mr. Herman has conducted several orchestra crossover projects in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Mr. Herman studied conducting and composition at

Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley and spent two years in Paris, France on a Fulbright Grant and U.C. Berkeley Ladd Prix de Paris where he worked as conductor and composer with the “New American Music in Europe” and “American Music Week” festivals. He has received recognition for his work in the promotion of international cultural exchange from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York City.


About the Artists

MARTIN HERMANconductor

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Brody dolyniuK remembers mimicking voices even as a child, listening to old

records and tapes. He is a gifted, self-taught musician, capable of playing several instruments, with a particular knack for capturing the voices and mannerisms of classic characters from music, TV, and movies.

His first professional gigs were at piano bars in several U.S. cities, where he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical repertoire. With a longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, Brody assembled Yellow Brick Road, unquestionably Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band. Since 1997, YBR has been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by bringing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms

previously reserved for Top-40-style lounge acts. Along the way, Brody has made numerous radio and TV appearances, and earned a spot in the finals of two national singing competitions, and even self-produced several large rock production-style shows utilizing multimedia, lasers, comedy and special effects.

In 2007, Brody lent his vocal talents by singing several tracks on the mega-hit video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and has already done several more for the new Konami game Rock Revolution.

As a devout classic rock/Queen fan, Brody’s enthusiasm, vocal ability and on-stage energy were the perfect fit for The Music of Queen show.


About the Artists

BRODY DOLYNIUKvocalist

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2015 TALCOTT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVALSeason SponsorTravelers

Festival SponsorRichard P. Garmany Fund at

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Concert SponsorsClassic Hotels of ConnecticutHartford HealthCare

Festival Patrons:Falcetti MusicPaine’s Recycling &

Rubbish RemovalSeabury At Home & SeaburyUBS Realty Investors, LLCWebster Bank

Festival BenefactorsEnsign-Bickford IndustriesHB LiveRenbrook SchoolShow LightingSimscroft-Echo Farms/

Girard Brothers CorporationTravelersViking Fuel Oil Co.

Festival FriendsBarnes GroupBig YDornenburg Kallenbach AdvertisingEversourceFitzgerald’s FoodsJ.P. Morgan ChaseMotley Rice, LLCMurphy, Laudatti, Kiel,

Buttler & RattiganRobinson & ColeRobert Hensley & Associates, LLCSimsbury BankStanley Black & DeckerTD BankThe HartfordThe Ethel Walker SchoolUnitedHealthCare

Education Tent SponsorRenbrook School

Fireworks SponsorThe Master’s School


Concert and Project Sponsors

2014-2015 SEASONSeason Sponsor

MASTERWORKS SERIES

Metlife FoundationThe Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts

FoundationConcert BenefactorsThe Cly-Del Manufacturing CompanyConcert SponsorsRichard P. Garmany Fund at Hartford

Foundation for Public GivingEndowed Memorial ConcertsKoski Memorial ConcertTina Mahar McNally &

Alexander Campbell McNally Memorial Concert

Pre-Concert Talk SponsorNew England Public RadioCorporate FundThe CLY-DEL Manufacturing

CompanyMetLife Foundation

PERFORMANCE AT HEARTBEAT PARKCorporate FundThe Hartford

POPS! SERIESSeries Sponsor

Corporate FundPrudential FinancialThe Hartford

Concert SponsorsPrudential Retirement

Musical Dialogues Series Sponsor

DISCOVERY SERIES Presenting Sponsor

SUNDAY SERENADESGrant FundHelen M. Saunders Foundation

Music Endowment

NORDSTROM QUARTETIndividual Concert SponsorHarvey Kelly

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra extends its

appreciation and special thanks to the following donors for their support of concerts and special

projects during the 2014-2015 season and the

2015 Talcott Mountain Music Festival.

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The Maestra's Society

Francis Goodwin Circle($25,000 and above)The Beatrice Fox

Auerbach Foundation at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Koopman share)**

The Katharine K. McLane and Henry R. McLane Charitable Trust

The Edgemer Foundation*Merrill & Mark MandellMrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.,

Ms. Esther A. Pryor & The Pryor Foundation**

Tom & Suzy ReichDavid & Linda Roth*

President’s Circle($10,000–$24,999)Elizabeth Schiro &

Stephen Bayer**Barbara O. David*Mr. Jan Winkler &

Ms. Hermine Drezner & the Drezner/ Winkler Fund at the Hartford Foundation

Carol & Jackson EnoBob & Frankie Goldfarb*Nancy & Robinson

Grover**MaryEllen M. & Pierre

H. Guertin**Mr. Karl J. KrapekMr. & Mrs. Christopher

Larsen**Mr. Matthew H. Lynch &

Ms. Susan M. Banks*Mr. Charles B. Milliken**James S. & Nancy

Taggart Remis**Kelly & Joseph RomanoMary T. Sargent**J. Frank Travis &

The Travis FoundationAlex & Patricia Vance**Mr. & Mrs. Robert J.

von Dohlen**Mr. Jan Winkler &

Ms. Hermine Drezner & the Drezner/ Winkler Fund at the Hartford Foundation**

The Zachs Family**

Platinum Circle($7,500–$9,999)The William H. &

Rosanna T. Andrulat Charitable Foundation

The Alexander M. & Catherine Maus Wright Charitable Trust

John & Susan Beers**Jerry & Barbara Hess*Brook & Charlotte Jason**Jeff and Pam Verney

Gold Circle($5,000–$7,499)Wes & Joann BoydColeman H. &

Jo Champlin Casey**The Rhoda and

David Chase Family Foundation, Inc.**

The Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation, Inc.**

Donna & Geraud DarnisJohn & Susan Franzis**The Beatrice Fox Auerbach

Foundation at HFPG, Recommended by Linda & David Glickstein

In honor of our distinguished past and present Maestras, The Maestra’s Society recognizes current leadership gifts to the Annual Fund. These gifts, given between 9/1/2013 - 5/14/2015, represent the major portion of the HSO’s total income from individual contributors. These donors are truly the leaders of the Annual Fund, and we thank them for their remarkable generosity.

** 10+ years of consecutive giving** 20+ years of consecutive giving

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The Maestra's Society

The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation

Carrie & Jonathan Hammond

Mort & Irma Handel**Steve & Ellen HarrisLawrence & Roberta

Harris**Chloe & Wesley Horton**Sylvia & Harvey Kelly*Rebecca & James LoreeAgnes & Bill PeelleMichael & Genevieve

Pfaff*Mrs. Stephen J. Raffay**Gary & Diane Ransom**Dr. & Mrs. Allan Reiskin**Elizabeth S. Russell**Patricia & Andrew Salner**Anonymous

Maestra’s Society($2,500–$4,999)Mill River Foundation*Bruce Barth &

Pamela Yeomans BarthSusan BlockKenneth & Judith

Boudreau*Anona BroadmanDr. & Mrs. Bernie Clark*Ron & Nancy Compton**Carol & Tim Covello*Dr. Michael E. Cucka*Ruth Ann & Joel Davis**

Dr. & Mrs. Arthur C. DeGraff, Jr.**

Rev. Hope Eakins & Rev. William Eakins

Stanley & Susan Fellman*Mr. Lawrence R. Fish*Susan & Robert Fisher**Muriel & Karl

Fleischmann**Rosemary A. GaidosMr. & Mrs. Bob

Garthwait, Jr.*Ruth Ann Woodley &

Peter GourleyMark & Marianne HayesRichard & Christiane

HeathSusan & Bob Izard*Jacqueline W. JacobsKen & Ruth Jacobson**Mathew & Valerie JasinskiAnne & George KanMrs. Bernhard L.

Kohn, Sr.*Bernard & Gale Kosto**Irene Loretto**Henry & Wei Low**Mr. John Nealon &

Ms. Pamela LucasArthur R. Masi*Janet U. Murphy**Mrs. John C. OwenRobert & Margaret

Patricelli Family Foundation

Paul & Linda Pendergast

Lucia & James ReesAndrew Ricci, Jr., M.D.

& Ms. Jacqueline Ann Muschiano**

Dr. Mary Beth Janicki & Mr. Neil Rothfarb

The Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc.

Philip G. Samponaro**J. Schermerhorn*Patricia & Edwin ShirleyMr. & Mrs. James B.

Slimmon, Jr.**Karen & Howard Sprout*The Sorenson-Pearson

Family FoundationJ & K Thomas Foundation*Dr. & Mrs. Dean F.

Uphoff*Sharon L. Vasquez &

David J. ParkmanJane & Frank

von Holzhausen*Stacy R. Nerenstone,

M.D. & Mr. Morton Weinstein

Gary & Diane Whitney*Thomas & Patricia

Wildman**Liz & Tom WoolfGail & Michael Yaffe*Jessica & Eric Zachs*Bernard J. ZahrenMr. & Mrs. Ronald W.

ZdrojeskiAnonymous

** 10+ years of consecutive giving** 20+ years of consecutive giving

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The Concertmaster’s Club

The Concertmaster’s Club recognizes current leadership gifts to the Annual Fund. These gifts, given between 9/1/2013 - 5/14/2015, represent a significant portion of the HSO’s total income from individual contributors. Members of the Concertmaster’s Club are able to attend open rehearsals and receptions and receive exclusive email updates with information before it is released to the general public. We thank them for their generosity and support.

Concertmaster’s Club ($1,000–$2,499)Normand F. AllenMichael Allen &

Jane WootenPeter L. AndersonCheryl & Carl AndersonJ. Kemler AppellJane & Daniel ArnoldSam & Janet BaileyMaxwell & Sally Belding*Nancy P. BernsteinJim & Joan Betts**Dr. & Mrs. Jack BlechnerDr. Sybille Brewer**Joyce & Harold

Buckingham**Eleanor N. Caplan**Karen Saunders &

David CassJared ChaseBlair ChildsFrancine & Stephan

ChristiansenDr. Diane B & Sanford

Cloud, Jr., Esq.Stephen & Frances CobbRobert H. Connell &

Michelle DuffyMary H. Crary**William & Ilona

Crosswhite**Ronald & Linda DischingerMrs. John E. EllsworthDavid R. FayAnita & Tony Ferrante*Dan & Joni FineEve & Edward FishmanPaul & Mary FoxAlan & Margreet Francis*

Sally Williams & William Fuller

Dr. & Mrs. Prabhash C. Ganguli

Aaron & Sandy GerstenPeter & Connie GilliesDr. Sid & Joy GlassmanDr. Marbelia GonzalezAngela D. GriffinGerda & Marshall GrossackPeter Grzybala &

Diane KorntheuerBart HalloranNeale & Carol Hauss**Alyce & David Hild*Herbert & Ilana HirschNorma HorvitzThe David & Francie Horvitz

Family FoundationAlbert & Jacqueline IlgBonny & Dwight Johnson**Mr. Robert JonesMs. Karen A. KelleherJohn & Sharon KellyWilliam KennedyBarbara & Paul KieferDr. Jeffrey & Virginia KlugerSimon & Doris KonoverCarol & Yves KrausLisa Kugelman, M.D. &

Roy WisemanJacob LemieuxElaine Title Lowengard**Anita & William MancollMrs. Leta MarksBarri Marks*Robert & Clare McKeagneyJoshua MonteiroBob & Ami Montstream**Katherine & John Morgan

Lois Muraro and Carl Elsishans*

Mr. and Mrs. Bob MurrayGiuliana Musilli &

Scott SchooleyAnthony MyersArthur & Reba NassauArlene & Daniel NeiditzPaul & Arlene NormanSara Cree NorrisDiane L. Northrop**April M. PaternoMr. & Mrs. Raymond J.

Payne**Kristen Phillips &

Matt SchreckAlvin B. ReinerMr. & Mrs. John H. Riege**Douglas H. Robins*John & Laura RocheBuck Rogers & Jack KellyDr. James C. RoumanHon. Howard Scheinblum

& Ms. Susan R. Fierberg*Max and Ginny SchellerJeanne & Erling SchmidtPeggy & Ruben ShapiroHenry “Skip” Steiner*Bill & Judy ThompsonMerle & David TragerEdith & Jim TresnerMartin & Karen WandElizabeth WhiteHelen & Alfred G. WilkeHeide & Jeffrey WilliamsMike & Deborah

ZimmermanKate Steinway & Paul ZolanAnonymous

* 10+ years of consecutive giving** 20+ years of consecutive giving

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Corporate and Foundation Donors

FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENT & OTHER SUPPORT$100,000 and AboveGreater Hartford Arts CouncilHartford Foundation for

Public Giving

$25,000-$99,999Department of Economic &

Community DevelopmentThe Edward C. and Ann T.

Roberts FoundationJ. Walton Bissell Foundation

$10,000-$24,999SBM Charitable FoundationWilliam and Alice Mortensen

FoundationThe Ensworth Charitable

FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsCompass Youth Collaborative, Inc.The Barnes Foundation

$1,000-$9,999Ahearn Family FoundationAnn and Gordon Getty

FoundationMr. & Mrs. William Foulds

Family FoundationAsylum Hill Congregational

ChurchHelen M. Saunders Foundation

Music EndowmentThe Burton and Phyllis Hoffman

FoundationFisher Foundation, Inc.The Harry E. Goldfarb

Family FoundationWells Fargo FoundationClassics for Kids Foundation, Inc.The Davenport-Hatch

Foundation, Inc.

Joseph S. Stackpole Charitable Trust

iQuilt Partnership, Inc.The Charles Nelson Robinson

FoundationThe George A. & Grace L. Long

FoundationNewAlliance Foundation, Inc.Elizabeth Carse FoundationPrice Chopper’s Golub FoundationAcorn Alcinda Foundation, Inc.Enterprise Holdings Foundation

$250-$999John & Kelly Hartman FoundationThe Benevity Community

Impact Fund

BUSINESS SUPPORT$50,000 and aboveThe HartfordTravelersUnited Technologies Corporation

$25,000-$49,999Accenture, Inc.Hartford HealthCareLincoln Financial Foundation, Inc.MetLife FoundationSaint Francis CareThe Edgemer Foundation, Inc.Webster Bank

$10,000-$24,999Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.EversourcePaine’s Recycling and

Rubbish Removal, Inc.Prudential FinancialRenbrook SchoolSeabury Retirement CommunityStanley Black & Decker, Inc.TD Bank

The CLY-DEL Manufacturing Company

UBS Realty Investors, LLCViking Fuel Oil Company, Inc.

$5,000-$9,999Berkshire BankBig YCignaForethought Life Insurance

CompanyGA Financial CompanyJP Morgan ChaseLegrand North AmericaMotley Rice LLCMurphy, Laudati, Kiel,

Buttler & Rattigan, LLCNordstrom, Inc.Robert Hensley &

Associates, LLCRobinson & Cole LLPSimsbury BankThe Ethel Walker SchoolUBS Financial Services

$1,000-$4,999Barnes Group FoundationBemis Associates, LLCBNY MellonBradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc.Community Health Network

of CT, Inc.Dornenburg | Kallenbach

AdvertisingFederman, Lally & Remis LLCFitzgerald’s Food StoresHartford Steam Boiler Inspection

and Insurance CompanyHoffman Auto GroupLoomis Chaffee SchoolThe Pryor FoundationUnited HealthcareVirtus Investment PartnersXL Group

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra thanks the institutional donors – businesses, corporations, foundations, government agencies and others – who contributed to the

Hartford Symphony Orchestra between 9/1/2013 - 5/14/2015.

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Encore Society

Mr. Sheldon AgdensIvan BackerSusan BlockG. P. BodozianColeman H. &

Jo Champlin CaseyJoseph Cohn

Ruth Ann & Joel DavisMuriel FleischmannIrma & Mort HandelJerry & Barbara HessMr. and Mrs. Christopher

Larsen

Ellis & Marjorie LevensonCarole OlefskyDavid & Christa PannorfiAndrew Ricci, Jr., M.D.

& Ms. Jacqueline Ann Muschiano

Planned gifts are the resources that help preserve and ensure the successful future for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. We acknowledge our friends who make a planned gift to

us through our Encore Society. We thank the following Encore Society Members:

Contributors as of May 14, 2015TA

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Community Engagement and Education

ENGAGE, EDUCATE, ENLIVEN & ENRICHEDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMSThe Hartford Symphony Orchestra Education and Community Engagement programs have proudly served more than 10,000 young people and lifelong learners this year.

HSO’s Lincoln Financial Discovery Series concerts are innovative school day concerts that illuminate orchestral music and academic areas such as Language Arts, History and Cultural Studies. This year alone, The Lincoln Financial Discovery Series will reach over 60 schools and over 6,000 students and teachers. Our April 29 concert was a joyful collaboration with Carnegie Hall called Link Up: The Orchestra Sings. Link Up, a music education program created by Carnegie Hall, united the classroom with the concert hall, giving students the opportunity to explore music through a yearlong curriculum of classroom activities and a culminating concert in which 2,400 Hartford Public Schools students in grades 3-5 performed with the HSO.

Our popular Instrument Petting Zoo allows students of all ages to try their hand at playing a variety of different orchestra instruments. This year, the Zoo is undergoing a major transformation to make it more engaging and help play an important role in exposing future musicians to instruments for the first time.

HSO’s Symphony in School Ensemble program uses small chamber ensembles to engage the community with interactive, educational, and collaborative performances. Performances in 2015 have taken place in over 30 schools and throughout the community, and has served over 3,500 students and adults in Unionville, Farmington, Vernon, Windham, Manchester, Hartford, Windsor, Bristol, Colchester, Newington, Barkhamsted and Avon.

Musical Dialogues, sponsored by Travelers, brings live, instrumental music to new segments of the Greater Hartford community and beyond through free performances featuring an array of diverse musicians and conversations with the artists. Performance venues from recent seasons have included Hartford Public Library, CT Historical Society, CT Science Center, Billings Forge, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartt, and New Britain Museum of American Art.

The Musicians Care Project is a community engagement program which provides live, interactive musical experiences to people whose healthcare needs prevent them from taking part in a traditional manner. By presenting small chamber music performances on site at healthcare facilities, patient-participants and their caregivers are given the opportunity to shift their focus from diagnoses and health concerns to the beauty of music by engaging with musicians and the music they perform.

For more information on these and other educational and communityengagement programs offered by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, please visitour website www.hartfordsymphony.org/education

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Accenture, Inc.Acorn Alcinda Foundation, Inc.David ArchillaMr. & Mrs. Alfred F. AshAsylum Hill Congregational

ChurchBank of AmericaDawn & Frank BauerElizabeth Schiro &

Stephen Bayer**Berkshire BankNancy P. BernsteinDr. & Mrs. Jack BlechnerWes & Joann BoydLuke & Sara BroninKay Miller Browne &

Don HammerbergJoyce & Harold Buckingham**Ms. Inga BuhrmannNatale & Ellen CalamisMark & Linda CaplanChristopher & Carrie CascianiJo Champlin CaseyDr. & Mrs. Bernie Clark*Peter & Jen ClarkeClassics for Kids

Foundation, Inc.Connecticut Public

Broadcasting, IncMr. & Mrs. Brian ClemowAdrienne CochraneJamie & Isaac CohenNaomi & Michael CohenDonna A. CollinsCommunity Health Network

of CT, Inc.Compass Youth

Collaborative, Inc.Ron & Nancy Compton**William & Ilona Crosswhite**Edward CummingJohn & Sheila D’AgostinoLaura Dambier

Barbara O. David*Chris & Clare DowdLinda & Dennis DuffJill Merriam &

Robert DulitskyRev. Hope Eakins &

Rev. William EakinsPatrick & Christine EganElizabeth Carse FoundationEnterprise Holdings FoundationMr. & Mrs. Steven L. ErieEversourceWoody ExleyWilliam Fairchild &

Adele KidderDavid R. FayFederman, Lally & Remis LLCLiz & Sean FeeleyStanley & Susan Fellman*Mr. Lawrence R. Fish*Fisher Foundation, Inc.Dean and Mrs. Aaron FlaggLori & Jeff FlaksMs. Kathy FlemingDr. Alexandra Flowers, M.D.Dennis & Trudy FoxNathan Frank &

Krystian von SpeidelJerry & Ida FranklinJohn & Susan Franzis**Kenneth & JoAnn FreemanRosemary GaidosScott & Florence GalbraithKatherine & Martin GavinChristopher & Diane GentMichael & Karen GingoldJanalynne & Mark GiusJennifer E. GoldsteinJ. GottfriedStephanie & Michael GrecoConnie GreenOz GriebelAngela D. Griffin

Julie & Glynn GriggsDr. Margaret L. GrunnetMaryEllen M. &

Pierre H. Guertin**Carrie & Jonathan HammondMort & Irma Handel**Lawrence & Roberta Harris**Hartford Business JournalHartford Foundation for

Public GivingHartford HealthCareHartford Steam Boiler

Inspection and Insurance Company

Harvard Alumni GroupHoffman Auto GroupMark & Marianne HayesRichard & Christiane HeathJerry & Barbara Hess*Bradley & Kathy HoffmanJeffrey S. & Nancy P. HoffmanChloe & Wesley Horton**Ann & Joseph HowardAlbert C. HurwitSusan & Bob Izard*Ken & Ruth Jacobson**Mathew & Valerie JasinskiBrook & Charlotte Jason**Martha & Michael JohnsonMr. Robert JonesJoseph S. Stackpole

Charitable TrustBrooks & Carol Lee JoslinAnne & George KanDinesh & Rosy KapurLouise KaufmanMartin & Jennifer KearnsMs. Linda J. KellySylvia & Harvey Kelly*John & Sharon KellyDavid & Ilene KohlunBernard & Gale Kosto**KPMG, LLP

For more information on how you can help support music education in your community, please contact the HSO Development Department at 860-760-7321.

HSO EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED GENEROUSLY BY:

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Maestra Carolyn KuanAjay & Fran KumarRebecca Corbin LoreeMargaret & Roger LawsonLegrand North AmericaCourtland & Barbara LewisLincoln Financial

Foundation, Inc.Irene Loretto**Henry & Wei Low**Bonnie & Edward MalleyDannel & Catherine MalloyMerrill & Mark MandellBill Manning &

Kyran QuackenbushBarri Marks*Tom & Donna MayShannon & David McHaleRobert & Patricia McLaughlinYvette MelendezNancy Meyer & Melissa MacriWolfried & Anita Mielert**Ms. Wendy MillerB. Charles & Toby MilnerPeg MortonRobert & Marnie MuellerNational Endowment

for the ArtsNewAlliance Foundation, Inc.Nordstrom, Inc.New England Public RadioHarry & Joan NormanCarolyn & James NorrisKC & Robert O’BrienAndrea B. OddiBrenda & Christopher OpieMrs. John C. OwenApril M. PaternoAgnes & Bill PeelleDavid and Mardelle PeñaMr. and Mrs. Brewster PerkinsMariella G. PernaPfizerKristen Phillips &

Matt Schreck

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Bill PierzPrice Chopper’s

Golub FoundationPrudential RetirementMrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.,

Ms. Esther A. Pryor & The Pryor Foundation**

Pullman & Comley Attorneys at Law

Gary & Diane Ransom**Elizabeth B. RayLucia & James ReesTom & Suzy ReichJames S. & Nancy Taggart

Remis**Renbrook SchoolMarc & Hilary RespassGary RhuleMrs. Irving S. RibicoffMichael & Ellen RizzoDante & Katy RoccaseccaJune Miller RosenblattLynn B. RossiniDavid & Linda Roth*Dr. Mary Beth Janicki &

Mr. Neil RothfarbSusan & Joel RottnerDr. James C. RoumanSaint Francis CarePatricia & Andrew Salner**Mary T. Sargent**SBM Charitable FoundationSeabury Retirement CommunityMr. & Mrs. Edwin S. ShirleyEmma SimonCatherine SmithKaren & Howard Sprout*Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Margery & Lewis Steinberg**Mr. & Mrs. John E. SundeTD BankThe Auerbach Schiro

Foundation

The Barnes FoundationThe Charles Nelson Robinson

FoundationThe Davenport-Hatch

Foundation, Inc.The Edgemer Foundation, Inc.The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb

Memorial Charitable TrustThe Ensworth Charitable

FoundationThe George A. & Grace L.

Long FoundationThe HartfordThe Musical Club of HartfordDouglas & Diane ThomasJim & Nancy ThompsonMerle & David TragerTravelersJ. Frank Travis &

The Travis FoundationKelly & Suzy TremaineDarko Tresnjak &

Joshua PearsonUBS Financial ServicesUnited Technologies

CorporationAlex & Patricia Vance**Sharon L. Vasquez &

David J. ParkmanJeff and Pam VerneyVirtus Investment PartnersMr. & Mrs. Robert J.

von Dohlen**Mr. & Mrs. David WareKatherine M. WarrenWebster BankWells Fargo FoundationStephen & Sharon WhiteDiane W. WhitneyBill & Bonnie WittmanXL GroupBernard J. ZahrenAnonymous

Contributors as of May 14, 2015

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Principal’s Club($500–$999)Edward D. AbdelnourSusan R. AdlerGaetano Albani &

Jayne Dean AlbaniMr. & Mrs. Bryant AndrewsDuffield Ashmead, IV, M.D.

& Eric D. OrtJulie A. BernardEric & Lisa BesmanDr. & Mrs. Jack BlechnerMrs. Arthur BlumbergAnne & Kenneth Brock Fund

of the Cape Cod FoundationKay Miller Browne &

Don HammerbergMrs. Miriam B. ButterworthMr. & Mrs. Peter G. CareyAlfred & Karen CasellaMr. & Mrs. R. K. ChasePatricia J. Checko &

Edward CaffreyNaomi & Michael CohenMr. & Mrs. Robert CollinsMary J. ConverseElizabeth H. CooperHenry & Ramona CosentinoMr. & Mrs. Timothy CurryKate & Jon DixonAnthony Drapelick &

Pat EstillMrs. Nathan DubinDonna & Kevin EdwardsWilliam & Elaine EllisGilda S. Brock &

Robert M. FechtorMike & Kathy FoleyMr. & Mrs. J. G. FromerLinda R. GabianelliMr. L. Sidney GarvaisJoan & David GeetterMr. and Mrs. John Gilligan

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. GreenDiane & Larry GreenfieldOz GriebelJeffrey B. & Janna S. GrossMr. & Mrs. Martin D. GuyerAndrew R. Hahn &

Cathy J. HitchcockRobert HarrisMs. Laura R. HarrisMerle & David HarrisMr. & Mrs. Joseph HewesMarcia D. & Samuel T.

HinckleyShepherd M. Holcombe, Jr.James & Mary HourdequinOswald & Martha IngleseMr. & Mrs. S. Edward JeterMr. & Dr. Richard JohnstonDavid & Carol JordanJoseloff-Kaufman FamilySusan KaehrleKevin & Cathy KeatingLinda L. KennedyMark & Janet KeoughMrs. Walter O. R. KorderJohn KosterWalter & Elizabeth KressAlice KugelmanFrank M. KuligFrederick & Janet Leonberger*Ms. Helen LewtanPeter & Mary Fran LibassiMs. Ivy R. Marsh &

Dr. Frank StollTom Martin & Susan SpiggleChristine MartynSteven & Pamela MaynardEdward & Nancy McEwanJohn & Joyce McNabneyMr. and Mrs. Alan MendelsonLibbie & George MerrowCharles J. Meyer, Jr.Nick & Gisele Miller

Dr. M. Stephen & Miriam Miller

The Reverends Barry & Nancy Miller

Richard NorgaardJohn & Moraith O’TooleBill & Barbara PattisonMr. and Mrs. Brewster PerkinsDr. Daniel E. PetashnickMr. & Mrs. George PeterssonUsha & Stephen WadeJudith PinneyBruce & Marlene PowellMs. Felicia PrattoDr. Wayne Rawlins &

Janet FlaggLinda & Stephen RevisThe Edward C. and Ann T.

Roberts FoundationThe Ruth and Robert Satter

Charitable TrustLynn & Ralph SchunkCeleste & John SenechalMs. Susan SeveroShulansky Foundation, Inc.Mr. Jonathan SillsStuart & Arline Small Sadaka

Foundation, Inc.Marion G. SpearAnne F. & Gordon StaggJean StebingerKeith & Catherine StevensonChristopher & Carol SzulcKathryn TabachnickJohn & Mary TaylorMrs. Beverly ThomasBrad A. & Susan Knapp

ThomasElizabeth C. ValentineDouglas H. & Priscilla B. VietsMark & Dawn von MayrhauserEdward & Barbara VoskowskyUsha and Stephen Wade

ANNUAL FUND INDIVIDUAL DONORSWe thank the following individuals who contributed to the

HSO’s Annual Fund between 9/1/2013 - 5/14/2015.


2014 -2015 Annual Fund Donors

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Lyn Walker & Tyler SmithDr. & Mrs. Dudley T.

WatkinsMr. & Mrs. David N.

WaxmanGreg & Kay WerkEleanor J. WightRoyden WilkinsonBetsy WoodardMr. John WoolleyDr. Harold T. Yamase, M.D.Eleanor E. ZajacAnonymous

Player’s Club($250–$499)Mr. and Mrs. William

AckermanChris & Gay AdamsMr. & Mrs. Manuel AguiarElizabeth AllenMs. Anne AlvordTom & Paula BairdJane M. BartlettSandra & Loftus BeckerJoanne E. Beers &

Earl C. Cree, IIMr. & Mrs. David Booth

BeersMr. & Mrs. Edward H.

BengelsdorfJames & Dana BennettDr. & Mrs. Robert BerlandDr. & Mrs. Abraham BernsteinDoris B. Johnson &

Charles BillmyerPhillip & Ellen BlumbergTimothy C. BoardmanMr. & Mrs. Bruce BockstaelDr. and Mrs. Nelson A.

Bondhus, M.D.Mr. Stephen BosworthNicholas and Wendy BowenMaureen & Jerrod BowmanNancy Boynton &

Robert LangeJoseph & Melissa Brady

Mr. John Brancato & Mr. Thomas Richardson

Michael J. BraytonThe Breinan FamilySteve & Nancy BrightNeil & Sandi BrooksJohn & Arlene BuckeyMr. James E. BullockMr. & Mrs. Edward B.

BunnellMrs. Teresa BurgerDr. & Mrs. Robert BushMr. Joseph R. CarlsonDr. Richard Celio &

Dr. Anne JellisonPolly U. ChampBill ChaseAdriana & Gerry ChichesterJohn Clark & Judith StoughtonDon & Nancy ClarkMr. Ledge ClaytonMs. Thomasina ClemonsSusan & Brian ClemowDeborah J. CliffordJohn & Joanne CoghillDonna A. CollinsKenneth & Donna CollitonJoseph CorayAlan & Marcia CornellThe Cosker FamilyFrank F. Coulom, Jr.David & Margaret CrombieCarol CrossetPaul & Alice CruikshankMr. & Mrs. Edwin M.

Dahill, Jr.Donald & Carol DavidsonDick & Carol DavisMr. Donald DeitchNancy W. DenehyC.K. DesrochersMr. & Mrs. Barry J. DicksteinMs. Cynthia DiGeronimoDan Dolan & Mari MuriBetty DomerThe Classen FamilyRobert & Gretchen Droesch

Joan E. DurhamMr. Warren DutkiewiczMr. & Mrs. David R. EdwardsInge-Marie EigstiMr. and Mrs. Brian EllisDr. Geoffrey EmerickEllen ErwayAnonymousLinda & John FiskeMr. & Mrs. Lawrence FlemingDr. & Mrs. Robert FlescherTom & Bernadette FoleyRichard Friedman & Heidi

Deschler-FriedmanHoward & Sandy FromsonMr. & Mrs. Victor F. FumiattiMr. and Mrs. John J. GaffneyFrancis GagliardiSuzanne GatesRona & Barry GelberDr. John A. GettierOscar Peyser FoundationSarah & Jim GobesJean CadoganPaul and Betty Ann GradyCate & John Grady-BensonDelores P. GrahamDonald C. & Carolyn D. GrayArnold & Beverly GreenbergLillian & Welles GuilmartinDr. & Mrs. Robert S. HallMs. Joyce HallMs. Carol P. HalsteadGail & Kenneth HamblettElsie & Elwyn HarpLouise HealeyDr. & Mrs. Victor HersonMarcia & John HincksDenis & Patricia HorganRobert N. Horrocks, Ed.D.Mr. & Mrs. Robert HowardDon & Joanne HuelsmanJonathan Hufstader &

Janis FranklinRichard & Beverly HughesDon & Helen HughlettMelissa Jane Inrig



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Stephen & Jacqueline JacobyBrooks & Carol Lee JoslinR.J. & Bridget KeadyMr. Chris KehoeDavid & Barbara KelleyBob & Candy KillianMr. & Mrs. William

KirkwoodRalph & Lin KlumbLois & Charles KoteenHannie O. KowalNancy A. KramerDavid & Ruth KrugmanTheodore & Diane LabedzkiAlison & David LeedsAlicia & Bruce LevyW. Peter LindIn Memory of Cheryl LindquistMary & Dick LoyerDr. & Mrs. V. Everett Lyons, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. LyonsDr. William A. MacDonnellSandra MacGregorJim & Beth MalleyDonna Manocchio &

David LewisBeverly & Richard

ManwaringGerald & Janet MarcumBrenda Mathewson &

Carl StaffordWalter & Anne MayoMr. & Mrs. John McGuireAnnette & James McNeelyH. David MegawEdward MeigsRichard & Maria MeyerCharles J. Meyer, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. MeyerWolfried & Anita Mielert**B. Charles & Toby MilnerDr & Mrs. Benson

MonasterskyFrances MoultonRobert & Marnie MuellerShih Nam Sak

Mrs. Sarmite F. NielsenDon & Brad NoelAnnemarie OrangeFlorence & Warren PackardKatherine PapathanasisMr. & Mrs. David ParmeleeMr. Francis T. PascualChris & Melissa PattaciniMr. & Mrs. Samuel N. PaulRobert Bausmith &

Jill Peters-GeeArthur O. Phinney, Jr., M.D.Mr. & Mrs. David E. PolkConstance & Robert PorterScott & Beth PowellJames & JoAnn PriceMr. Mark R. PrisloePeter ProwdaDougla Pyrke & Jack FairchildFrank & Marie QuinnMr. and Mrs. Brentley

RadeloffJohn & Rebecca RaffertyMr. Edward RaymondJoanne ReevesGeorge & Carol ReiderBob & Carol RentzCelia Ann RobertsJoan Rice RobinsonJose & Aida RodriguezMarshall & Sandra RulnickIris SalvinMichael & Susan SamesDoug & Liz SansomValerie & Lawrence SantilliJudith & David SatlofMr. Richard ScheuchTerry & Judy SchmittDr. & Mrs. J. David SchnatzTerry & Andrea SchnureMr. & Mrs. Jon SchoenhornEarl & Cynthia SchulzPaul SerenbetzSonia & Mark ShipmanSara L. Bernstein &

Joseph M. ShortallMr. John D. Silliman

Stephen M. & Amy Lynn Silverman

Daniel SiopaMr. & Mrs. Nelson A. SlyWinthrop & Anne SmithElinor F. SmithCatherine SmithElizabeth SnowPatricia B. SnyderAndrew & Feather SpearmanMark D. & Linda L. SperryDr. Robert SpillaneAlan Stalb & Suzanne JacquesJudith StearnsMr. Michael P. SteinbergKatharine H. SteinwedellMr. & Mrs. James C. StemmChris & Beth StrappEleanor A. SulstonJack SummersLinda & John SwedoTeresa SweeneySally & Allan TaylorMr. & Mrs. James A.

ThompsonAlan & Theresa TracyDougie & Tom TrumbleMr. Stephen UtzMariana P. WagonerCynthia & David WardMr. & Mrs. John Wasicki*Elizabeth S. WatsonJudith & Joel WeismanDr. Steven Wernick, D.D.S.Curtis & Joyce WeybrightJon & Nan WheelerMr. & Mrs. Edward B.

WhittemoreRichard C. & Carla S. WildeMr. & Mrs. Eliot WilliamsDavid & Phyllis WinerRaymond & Sarah WinterJill & Jack WoodillaWilliam WulftangeDr. & Mrs. Fred M. H.

Ziter, Jr.Anonymous



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Tributes

IN HONOR OFD. Weston BoydSusan R. Adler

Carol Burkle’s Four Decades of Service at HSOThe Viola SectionSharon DennisonAnn DrinanJim GustafsonMarty KnieriemArthur MasiKathy PeetPat Daly VanceMichael WheelerBarbara WigginAnd friendsFrank KuligCarole OlefskyStephen B. Perry

Coleman Casey’s RetirementMs. Kathy Derench

Mrs. Carol CrossetMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Welch

Burt and Carol Cunin’s Special Anniversary

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Blechner

Happy Birthday to Cecelia DeschlerRichard Friedman &

Heidi Deschler-Friedman

Pierre H. GuertinThe Edward C. and Ann T.

Roberts Foundation

Carrie Hammond’s 50th BirthdayJohn & Kelly Hartman

FoundationApril M. Paterno

Dr. Wei-Kuang Huang, Mrs. Yaching Huang and their daughter SirenaDavid & Kim Newell

Brook & Charlotte JasonCarole Olefsky

Carolyn KuanTom & Suzy ReichPeggy and Alan Mendelson

Samantha McAllisterMrs. Joan Hurwitz

Carole OlefskyTom & Suzy ReichAttorney & Mrs. Sheldon

Schwartz

Belle K. RibicoffThe Zachs Family

Foundation, Inc.

David Roth’s BirthdayDavid and Francie Horvitz

Family Foundation, Inc.Norma Horvitz

Karen Sprout’s BirthdayPeter & Katharine Hufstader

Masuko UshiodaMichael & Ruriko Wheeler

Elizabeth WhiteMichael OakleafChristopher White

IN MEMORY OFEdward N. & Mildred P. AllenNormand F. Allen

Jim AndersenAnn Drinan & Algis Kaupas

James L. BeleySuisman, Shapiro, Wool,

Brennan, Gray & Greenberg, P.C.

Ronald A. CampanarioChristopher & Gioia Zack

James ChrisoulisAnonymous

Christopher ClaytonAnonymous

W. Edward FosterDavid & Martha Yutzey

Edward FosterCarol Henry Bennett

Richard and Joanne GatesSuzanne Gates

Robinson A. GroverMary H. CraryMuriel & Karl FleischmannMary T. SargentRuth SovronskyMargery and Lewis Steinberg

Judith Rosenblum HaleviMuriel & Karl FleischmannNancy R. Savin and

David L. Savin

Bruce HallAnonymous

We thank the following individuals who contributed to the HSO’s Annual Fund between 9/1/2013 - 5/14/2015.

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Tributes

Bruce & Susie HaydenLynn & John Wadhams

Rabbi Nathan HershfieldLotte Hershfield & Family

Louise B. HerringThe Family of Louise Herring

Ivor T. Hugh and Peter HarveyHeather L. SchweigerMs. Deborah SzajnbergHelen Ann RawlinsonMs. Elvia Strom

Rabbi Nathan Hershfield Lotte Hershfield & Family

Maxim JanowskyNaomi & Michael CohenDonna & Michael MarderMr. Joseph Seeley

Attorney & Mrs. Hugh M. JoseloffJoseloff-Kaufman Family

Julianna M. KuligFrank M. Kulig

Margie MacDonnellDr. William A. MacDonnell

Maybelle McCormickAnna & Benjamin CosenzaAndrew & Feather SpearmanWindham Regional

Arts CouncilKathryn James-StebbinsWillington Seniors, Inc.Ms. Dorothy L. DaleyDavid & Carol JordanJ. L. Sanders, Jr.Alice CassellsAntonio RomanoMary ThatcherMary & David SnyderM. Elinor LowellKristina StetsonGabriel & Tove Rosado

Giselle MillerMuriel & Karl Fleischmann

Joseph PanitchMuriel & Karl Fleischmann

Jim PetersonMs. Leslie E. Poulos

Paula PolivyMuriel & Karl Fleischmann

Joseph SargentShelagh O’Neill

Robert SatterThe Ruth and Robert Satter

Charitable Trust

Helen SteinbergMerle & David Harris

Catherine Ameer WadeAndrew & Feather Spearman

Dr. Steven WernickCarole OlefskyChloe & Wesley HortonMuriel & Karl FleischmannJudith PinneyDr. & Mrs. Allan Reiskin

Louise WilsonJohn D. Carpenter

Thank You to our Sponsors

FIREWORKS SPONSOR

FESTIVAL SPONSOR

RICHARD P. GARMANY FUNDat

CONCERT SPONSORS

FESTIVAL PATRONS

SEASON SPONSOR

Thank You to our Sponsors

FESTIVAL FRIENDS

MEDIA PARTNERS

FESTIVAL BENEFACTORS

GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

The official Hotel Company of the Talcott Mountain Music Festival

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Patron Information

WEATHER: In the case of severe weather, rain dates for all concerts will be held the Saturday night after the schedule concert at the same time. Postponement announcements will be made on WFCR (88.5 FM), WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio (90.5 FM), WRCH (100.5 FM) and WTIC (1080 AM). Call 860-244-2999 or visit www.talcottmountain.org for weather bulletins.

FIRST AID: First Aid services are available in the northwest corner of the site, near the gate. Trained First Responder personnel also are stationed throughout the grounds.

CHILDREN: Children must be accompanied by an adult. Should a child get lost, please locate any of the festival staff, volunteers, or police for immediate assistance. Children will be brought to the First Aid service tent located at the northwest corner of the festival grounds (at the back, Near Iron Horse Blvd.)

FAMILY ACTIVITIES: Join us at the Family Activity tent before each concert where there will be numerous activities for families to do and hear together, such as music-themed games and crafts, and the Instrument Zoo. The activities start at 6 p.m. and end at 7:15 p.m. All ages are welcome.

FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL: Among many other benefits, as a Friends of the Festival member you and your family will be granted early access to the site to select and set up your spot on the lawn. For more information, please contact HSO Ticket Services.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Pack your favorite picnic fare, or choose from a large selection of food at the concessions tent. Patrons may also bring wine and beer. Wine and beer will be sold at the concerts. Hard liquor is not permitted on the grounds of the Talcott Mountain Music Festival.

Metro Bis Catering: As an added convenience, for those seated at tables, catering will be available from Metro Bis. Call 860-651-7417 for menu and ordering information.

Clean Up: Please help by bagging your trash and depositing it in the available containers.

STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON FESTIVAL GROUNDS:Smoking, hard liquor, beer, drugs, ball playing or other sports equipment within 15 feet of other seated patrons, pets, fireworks, sparklers, firearms or any other incendiary device, radios, boom-boxes or other stereo equipment, solicitation or unauthorized concessions or handouts, tents, tarps and large tables, lewdness, drunkenness or other inappropriate behavior. Audio and video recording and flash photography are prohibited during the performance.

LOST & FOUND is located in the Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows office housed in the small barn adjacent to parking lot A and the playground.

RESTROOMS: Portable toilets are located on site.

HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY: Handicapped parking and accessible restrooms are designated at the concert site. To access handicapped parking you will need a state handicapped permit on your vehicle. The handicapped entrance is located at the southeast corner of the festival grounds. Handicapped-accessible shuttle service is also available from our remote parking site.

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