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Friday Evening, December 19, 2014, at 8:00
in association with the Bard Center
presents
The Long Christmas DinnerLeon Botstein, Conductor
The Long Christmas DinnerOne-act play by Thornton Wilder
Intermission
The Long Christmas DinnerOne-act opera by Paul HindemithLibretto by Thornton Wilder
Director: Jonathan RosenbergScenic Designer: Zane PihlstromCostume Designer: Olivera GajicLighting Designer: Peter West
Producer: Thurmond Smithgall
Video and audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.
This evening’s event will run approximately two hours including one 20-minute intermission.
This project is made possible with the support of The Lanie & Ethel Foundation and TheWilder Family.
Alice Tully Hall Please make certain your cellular phone,pager, or watch alarm is switched off.
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Leon Botstein
Hannah Mitchell
Libby MatthewsRyan-James Hatanaka
Arielle GoldmanLars Berge
Claire Moodey Michael Salinas
Scott MurphreeCatherine MartinKathryn GuthrieGlenn Seven Allen
Camille ZamoraJosh QuinnJarrett OttSara Murphy
Leon Botstein photo by Ric Kallaher; Arielle Goldman, Ryan-James Hatanaka, and Libby Matthews photosby Deborah Lopez; Hannah Mitchell photo by Michael Medeiros; Claire Moodey photo by CommontigerPhotography; Michael Salinas photo by Evan Smith; Kathryn Guthrie photo by Claire McAdams; CatherineMartin photo by Kristen Hoebermann; Jarrett Ott photo by Steve Riskind; Josh Quinn photo by KateLemmon Photography; Camille Zamora photo by Liron Amsellem.
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The CastsCast of the play (in order of appearance)
Lucia/Lucia 2...............................................................................................Hannah MitchellRoderick/Samuel .................................................................................................Lars BergeMother Bayard/Cousin Ermengarde/Nurse ...................................................Claire MoodeyCousin Brandon/Roderick 2...............................................................Ryan-James HatanakaCharles.........................................................................................................Michael SalinasGenevieve ...................................................................................................Arielle GoldmanLeonora Banning.........................................................................................Libby Matthews
Cast of the opera (in order of appearance)
Lucia/Lucia II .................................................................................Camille Zamora, sopranoMother Bayard/Ermengarde...................................................Sara Murphy, mezzo-sopranoRoderick/Sam........................................................................................Jarrett Ott, baritoneBrandon.......................................................................................Josh Quinn, bass-baritoneCharles..........................................................................................Glenn Seven Allen, tenorGenevieve........................................................................Catherine Martin, mezzo-sopranoLeonora.........................................................................................Kathryn Guthrie, sopranoRoderick II .........................................................................................Scott Murphree, tenorwith the American Symphony Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor
Setting90 years in the dining room of the Bayard house
Meet the Artists
Leon Botstein (Conductor)Twenty-third year as music director andprincipal conductor of American SymphonyOrchestra. Co-artistic director of BardSummerScape and Bard Music Festival.President of Bard College since 1975.Conductor laureate of Jerusalem SymphonyOrchestra (music director 2003–11). Upcom -ing: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra andRussian National Orchestra. Recently:Taipei Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic,and Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas (Venezuelaand Japan). Recordings: Royal PhilharmonicOrchestra (upcoming), London Symphony,London Philharmonic, NDR-Hamburg, Jeru -salem Symphony Orchestra, and American
Symphony Orchestra. Awards: AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters; CentennialAward (Harvard); Cross of Honor, FirstClass (Austria); Caroline P. and Charles W.Ireland Prize (University of Alabama); JulioKilenyi Medal of Honor (Bruckner Society);Leonard Bernstein Award for the Elevationof Music in Society; and Academic Lea -dership Award (Carnegie Foundation).
Glenn Seven Allen (Charles, opera)Recent: Roméo et Juliette (IntermountainOpera), A Little Night Music (Indiana Rep),H.M.S. Pinafore (Opera Saratoga), and DerVampyr (ASO, Carnegie Hall debut).Highlights: La fille du Régiment (CTConcert Opera), Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (AmericanOpera Center), The Turn of the Screw(Opera Moderne), The Long Walk and
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Opera in Eden project (American LyricTheatre), The Chocolate Soldier (BardSummerScape), and A View from theBridge. Concert: Avery Fisher Hall, theKennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Houston’sWortham Center, Wharton Center/LansingSymphony, Detroit’s Music Hall, New YorkHistorical Society, Joe’s Pub, the BrooklynMuseum, the Morgan Library, and theQueens Symphony. Recordings: The Lightin the Piazza (Nonesuch), A Fine andPrivate Place (Jay Records), and PoeticLicense (GPR).
Lars Berge (Roderick/Samuel, play)Norway: Invasion! and Cardamom Town.The Juilliard School: Middleton, BuriedChild, Smash, Hamlet, and Twelfth Night.
Arielle Goldman (Genevieve, play)Recent: Becket (Gene Frankel Theatre),The Seagull (NYU), The Romeo and JulietProject (Chautauqua), In The Next Room orThe Vibrator Play (NYU), and To Life,L’Chaim! (writer, director, and performer).Ms. Goldman is very excited to be a part ofsuch an amazing evening of theater here inAlice Tully Hall!
Kathryn Guthrie (Leonora, opera)City Opera: Prima Donna, VOX 2012, andAlice in Wonderland. American Lyric Theater:The Turing Project and Arrangement.Upcoming: The Tempest (ShakespeareConcerts). Recordings: The Fair Opheliaand Orpheus with his Lute (Navona).Awards: Astral Artists’ 2012 NationalAuditions, Metropolitan Opera NationalCouncil, Glimmerglass Opera’s YoungAmerican Artists Program, and RaviniaFestival’s Steans Institute Program forSingers. Ms. Guthrie is an Astral artist.
Ryan-James Hatanaka (CousinBrandon/Roderick 2, play)University of Toronto, National TheatreSchool of Canada, and NYU’s Tisch Graduate
Acting Program (M.F.A.). NYU: Summerand Smoke, The Seagull, Taming of theShrew, and Richard III. Highlights: KingLear (Shakespeare in the Park), Edith(Berkshire Theatre Festival), The CompleteWorks of Shakespeare: Abridged, and ASword in the Stone (Theatre NewBrunswick East Coast tour). Television: Mr.D (CBC) and Eye Candy (MTV). He teachesacting, singing, and choreography tochildren at Childsplay NY. Mr. Hatanakawould like to thank director JonathanRosenberg for this opportunity and isexcited to be sharing the stage with a fewof his NYU classmates once again.
Catherine Martin (Genevieve, opera)Recent: Aida and Das Rheingold (HoustonGrand Opera); Ariadne auf Naxos (Glimmer -glass); The Lion, the Unicorn and Me (Wash -ington National Opera); Der Rosenkavalier(National Symphony Orchestra); MirjamsSiegesgesang (San Antonio Symphony);and Bastianello and Lucrezia (UrbanArias).Upcoming: Dead Man Walking (DaytonOpera), Die Walküre (Houston Grand Opera),Rigoletto (Opera Santa Barbara), Aïda (OperaColorado), Dresden Staatskapelle, andWashington National Opera. Highlights:Così fan tutte, Madama Butterfly, MariaStuarda, La traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia,and Ariadne auf Naxos (Houston GrandOpera Studio). Awards: National OperaAssociation, Metropolitan Opera NationalCouncil Auditions, Richard F. Gold CareerGrant, and Eleanor McCollum Competition.
Libby Matthews (Leonora Banning,play)NYU: The Seagull, Richard III, Blithe Spirit,Footfalls, The Eggs, As You Like It,Summer and Smoke, and Mean Time.Regional: God’s Ear, RoboPop!, and A Curefor Pain (Washington Ensemble Theatre).Film: Pacific Aggression, What Light, andNight Stand. She is a recipient of the SylviaDeutscher Kushner Memorial Scholarship
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and recent graduate of NYU’s GraduateActing Program at Tisch, class of 2014.
Hannah Mitchell (Lucia/Lucia 2, play)Studied theater and performance at BardCollege. Recent: Everything by my Side(Crossing the Line), Love in the Wars (BardSummerScape), 3sis.MOV (DowntownArt), and The Last Days of Folly (MadisonSquare Park Conservancy).
Claire Moodey (Mother Bayard/Cousin Ermengarde/Nurse, play)Bard College: Pains of Youth. LincolnCenter: Out of Doors Festival (Bread andPuppet Theater). Highlights: devised per-formance with TRAGEDY, The ServiceRoad, a (micro) history of world economicsdanced, The Escape Artist, Ghetto Horsd’Oeuvres, Spectral Findings, and Go Out ifYour Friends Are and Have Fun. Playwright,director, and co-author of devised piecesthat have been supported, presented, orproduced by BAX, Bushwick Open Studios,the Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, under-groundzero festival, Coil, Puppets andPoets, Voice & Vision, Food for Thought atDanspace Project, the New York InternationalFringe Festival, the New Orleans FringeFestival, and the Dream Up Festival. She isa fellow of the Target Margin TheaterInstitute for Collaborative Theater Making.
Scott Murphree (Roderick II, opera)Recent: Violet Fire (National Theater,Belgrade; BAM), Die Zauberflöte (Opera -Delaware, Utah Opera), Don Giovanni(Opera Delaware), Bach Cantatas (OrpheusChamber Orchestra), Die Schöpfung (SacredMusic in a Sacred Space), and Messiah(Oratorio Society of NY, Carnegie Hall;Princeton Pro Musica; National Chorale).Featured soloist: Saul (Sacred Music in aSacred Space, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola).Concert: Eos Orchestra, Newberry Consort,Friends and Enemies of New Music, Mirror
Vision Ensemble, Symphony of SoutheastTexas, Broadway Bach Ensemble, HolyTrinity Bach Foundation, Bachworks. AliceTully Hall, 92nd Street Y, and Town Hall withNed Rorem. World premieres: Mary Shelley(Society for Ethical Culture), Cymbeline, andBilly and Zelda (OperaDelaware).
Sara Murphy (Mother Bayard/Ermengarde, opera)Upcoming: Messiah and Verdi’s Requiem(Oratorio Society of NY) and CincinnatiMay Festival (recital). Recent: Mahler’sSymphony No. 8, Beethoven’s SymphonyNo. 9, and Tchaikovsky’s Ode to Joy(Cincinnati’s May Festival with the CincinnatiSymphony Orchestra); Verdi’s Requiem(Bard College); Dream of Gerontius (BerkshireChoral Festival); Phaedra, Dover Beach,Aida (Ravinia Festival with the ChicagoSymphony Orchestra); and winner, 2013Oratorio Society of NY Solo Vocal Com -petition. Highlights: Die Walküre, Il trova-tore, Aida, Mozart’s Requiem and SolemnVespers, Bach’s Magnificat, Szymanowski'sStabat Mater, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis,Duruflé’s Requiem, the RachmaninoffVespers, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle,and Dvorák's Stabat Mater.
Jarrett Ott (Roderick/Sam, opera)Curtis Institute of Music Opera Theatre: LaCenerentola, Dialogues des Carmélites,Rinaldo, Dido and Aeneas, Elegy for YoungLovers, Faust, The Cunning Little Vixen,and Les mamelles de Tiresias. ChautauquaInstitution: Le nozze di Figaro, L’elisird’amore, The Crucible, and Gianni Schicchi.Opera Philadelphia: Cold Mountain. Concert:Marlboro Music, NY Choral Society, BucksCounty Choral Society, and Philadelphia’sLyric Fest. Competitions: George LondonFoundation (finalist), McCammon VoiceCompetition (semi-finalist), and GerdaLissner Foundation Competition (thirdprize). He advanced to the Regional
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Metropolitan Opera National CouncilAuditions in Washington, D.C., after win-ning the Philadelphia district.
Josh Quinn (Brandon, opera)Currently a graduate diploma candidate atNew England Conservatory. Highlights:The Merry Widow (Janiec Opera); TheConsul, La clemenza di Tito, Die Fledermaus,Die Zauberflöte, L’incoronazione di Poppea(New England Conservatory); and Dialoguesof the Carmelites and 27 (Opera Theatre ofSt. Louis). Concert: Carmina Burana (NorwayPond Festival Singers) and Ein deutschesRequiem (New Haven Symphony). Upcom -ing: Dialogues of the Carmelites and Cosìfan tutte (New England Conservatory).Competitions: Mildred Miller InternationalVoice Competition (third place), New EnglandRegion of the Metropolitan Opera NationalCouncil Auditions (regional finalist), GeorgeLondon Foundation Competition (honorablemention), and Opera Index Competition(honorable mention).
Michael Salinas (Charles, play)New York: Outside Sitka, (Samuel FrenchOff Off Broadway Short Play Festival), WetGlitter (IRT), and Three Sisters (GowanusArt). Play development: The BrooklynGenerator and Irish Repertory Theatre.Chicago’s Steep Theatre: ensemble member,Festen, In Arabia We’d All be Kings, Luther,and Pornography. Chicago and regional:Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Silk RoadRising, the Goodman, Steppenwolf, SouthernRep, and Denver Center. Film: FreshmanOrientation. Television: Blue Bloods. He isquite grateful for this experience.
Camille Zamora (Lucia/Lucia II, opera)Recent: Scott Gendel’s “At Last” (worldpremiere recording with Yo-Yo Ma), TwinSpirits: Robert and Clara Schumann (withSting and Joshua Bell at Lincoln Center),Die Verschworenen (American SymphonyOrchestra), La Voix Humaine (Auckland
Opera, Bay Chamber Festival, PhoeniciaInternational Festival), Idomeneo (BostonLyric Opera), Don Giovanni (AnchorageOpera), Così fan tutte (GlimmerglassOpera, Virginia Opera), and L’incoronazionedi Poppea (Houston Grand Opera). Highlights:Dialogues des Carmélites, The Turn of theScrew, Le nozze di Figaro, and AnnaBolena. A champion of zarzuela, she hasbeen cited as a leading interpreter of clas-sical Spanish vocal repertoire.
American Symphony OrchestraFounded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski.Series: Vanguard Series (Carnegie Hall);Classics Declassified (Peter Norton Sym -phony Space); and subscription series,SummerScape Festival, and Bard MusicFestival (Richard B. Fisher Center for thePerforming Arts at Bard College). Severaltours of Asia and Europe. Countless benefitsfor organizations including the JerusalemFoundation and PBS. Past soloists: Yo-YoMa, Deborah Voigt, Sarah Chang, andmany more. Recordings: several on theTelarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, andVanguard labels; many performances avail-able for digital download.
Jonathan Rosenberg (Director)Highlights: Walker Art Center (Minneapolis),Dance Theater Workshop, Berkshire TheaterFestival, A Contemporary Theater (Seattle),the German Theater Abroad and NewWork Now festivals (The Public Theater),Institut International de la Marionnette(Charleville-Mezieres), Bedlam Theatre(Edinburgh), and Wits Theatre (Johannes -burg). Recent: Master Harold and theboys, Williams in Transit—short plays byTennessee Williams, 1940–1970, Fen, MyChildren! My Africa! (Juilliard); Moby Dick—Rehearsed, Eccentricities of a Night ingale(Bard College); and A Winter’s Tale, ThePhilanderer (NYU’s Graduate ActingProgram). Upcoming: Project/Project (NYU’sGraduate Acting Program). Awards: NEA
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and Fox Foundation. He is artist-in-residencein the theater and performance program atBard College.
Zane Pihlstrom (Scenic Designer)International: Uncle Vanya (Uppsala stad-steater, Sweden); The King Stag (ShanghaiTheater Academy); You, We, Us, All(Hamburg, Antwerp); and Our Class (NationalTheater of Lithuania). Work with directorYana Ross: scenery and costumes forEurydice (Finish National Theater, Helsinki),scenery and costumes for Macbeth(Volksbühne Am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz,Berlin), costumes for Bambiland (NationalTheater of Lithuania, Oskaras KorsunovasTheater), and scenery and costumes forSleeping Beauty (Seoul Performing ArtsFestival, South Korea). New York City workwith Beth Morrison Projects: sceneryand/or costumes for Sumeida’s Song(HERE); Song of the Uproar and Binibon (TheKitchen); and Kocho (Galapagos). Residentdesigner for Company XIV dance companysince 2008, collaborating with visual directorand choreographer Austin McCormick, withwhom he won the 2012 Opera AmericaDirector/Designer Competition.
Olivera Gajic (Costume Designer)Highlights: Jedermann (Salzburg Festival);God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre); Americans,The Greeks (Juilliard, drama); A MidsummerNight’s Dream and Le Comte Ory (Juilliard,opera); Terrible Things (P.S.122); RedFly/Blue Bottle (HERE); This Was the End(The Chocolate Factory); Chekhov Lizardbrain,Twelfth Night (Pig Iron); Ivanov, Uncle
Vanja, Platonov, and Seagull (Lake Lucille);The Necklace, New Island Arhipelago, andThe Peripherals (The Talking Band);Wonderland (The Flying Machine); MissJulie (Rattlestick); and One Million Butterflies(Primary Stages). Designs extensively forBerkshire Theatre Festival, Trinity RepertoryCompany, and The Juilliard School. Regional:Arden Theatre Company, Long WharfTheatre, Two River, Riverside Theatre,Playmakers Repertory Company, CaliforniaShakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare SantaCruz, Theatre Works, and American Stage.Awards: NEA/TCG Career DevelopmentProgram for Designers, IT Award (Out -standing Costume Design), TDF/IreneSharaff Young Master Award, BarrymoreAward (Outstanding Costume Design), andBessie Award (Outstanding Visual Design).
Peter West (Lighting Designer)Recent: Torch Song Trilogy and Belleville(Studio Theater); The Mystery of Irma Vep(Red Bull Theater); The Importance of BeingEarnest (Shakespeare Theatre); Zero CostHouse (Pig Iron Theater); It is a Pleasure toPresent… (Fordham); “Master Harold” andthe Boys, Middletown, and Iphigenia andOther Daughters (Juilliard); and Hamlet (CalShakes, Shakespeare Santa Cruz). Highlights:The Public Theater, Shake speare Theatre,Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage,Huntington, Barbican, UK, Spoleto, Rattle -stick, New York Theatre Workshop, Man -hattan School of Music, American OperaProjects, Cleveland Playhouse, Juilliard,and Playmakers Rep. He is a longtimeassociate of Red Bull Theater Company.
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American Symphony OrchestraLeon Botstein, Conductor
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, ChairThurmond Smithgall, Vice Chair
Miriam R. BergerMichael DorfRachel KalnickiJack KligerShirley A. Mueller, Esq.
Debra R. PemsteinEileen RhulenFelicitas S. Thorne
HONORARY MEMBERSJoel I. Berson, Esq.L. Stan Stokowski
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Lynne Meloccaro, Executive DirectorOliver Inteeworn, General ManagerBrian J. Heck, Director of MarketingNicole M. de Jesús, Director of DevelopmentSebastian Danila, Library ManagerMarielle Métivier, Operations ManagerCarley Gooley, Marketing AssistantMarc Cerri, Orchestra LibrarianAnn Yarbrough Guttman, Orchestra PersonnelManager
Ben Oatmen, Production AssistantLeszek M. Wojcik, Recording EngineerEmily Cuk, Stage Manager
James Bagwell, Principal Guest ConductorZachary Schwartzman, Assistant ConductorRichard Wilson, Composer-In-ResidenceJames Bagwell, Artistic Consultant
ASO Administration
The play The Long Christmas Dinner is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
The opera The Long Christmas Dinner is presented by arrangement with European American MusicDistribution Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, publisher and copy-right owner.
The producers wish to thank the TDF Costume Collection for its assistance in this production.
VIOLINErica Kiesewetter,Concertmaster
Richard RoodSuzanne GilmanYukie HandaElizabeth NielsenAshley Horne
VIOLAMarka Gustavsson,Principal
Sally ShumwayJohn DexterDebra Shufelt-Dine
CELLOEugene Moye, PrincipalRoberta CooperAnnabelle HoffmanMaureen Hynes
BASSJohn Beal, PrincipalJordan FrazierJack Wenger
FLUTELaura Conwesser,Principal
Rie Schmidt
OBOEAlexandra Knoll,Principal
CLARINETLaura Flax, PrincipalLino Gomez, BassClarinet
BASSOONThomas Sefcovic,Principal
Maureen StrengeGilbert Dejean,Contrabassoon
HORNZohar Schondorf,Principal
TRUMPETCarl Albach, PrincipalJohn Dent
TROMBONERichard Clark, PrincipalChristopher Olness
TUBAKyle Turner, Principal
PERCUSSIONKory Grossman, Principal
HARPSICHORDChristopher Oldfather,Principal
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Ann Yarbrough Guttman
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Zachary Schwartzman
ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN
Marc Cerri
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MAESTRO’S CIRCLE Michael DorfJeanne Donovan FisherThe Frank & LydiaBergen Foundation
Rachel and ShalomKalnicki
The Lanie & EthelFoundation
National Endowmentfor the Arts (NEA)
New York CityDepartment ofCultural Affairs (DCA)
New York State Councilon the Arts (NYSCA)
Open SocietyFoundations
Dimitri B. and RaniaPapadimitriou
Thurmond SmithgallFelicitas S. ThorneThe Winston Foundation
STOKOWSKI CIRCLE AnonymousThe Ann & GordonGetty Foundation
Mary F. and Sam MillerThe Thomas P. andCynthia D. SculcoFoundation
The Spektor FamilyFoundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.Wilson
BENEFACTORSAnonymousThe Amphion FoundationCatharine Wilder GuilesMrs. James P. WarburgTappan WilderThe Wilder Family
PATRONSAnonymous (2)Joel I. and Ann BersonThe David & SylviaTeitelbaum Fund, Inc.
Karen FinkbeinerPeter L. Kennard
Michael and AnneMarie Kishbauch
Gara LaMarche andLisa J. Mueller
Ross LipmanDr. Pamela F. Mazur andDr. Michael J. Miller
Mark Ptashne and Lucy Gordon
SUSTAINERSAnonymous (2)The Bialkin FamilyFoundation
Thomas and Carolyn P.Cassilly
Ellen Chesler andMatthew J. Mallow
Veronica FrankensteinGary M. GiardinaIrwin and Maya B.Hoffman
Erica Kiesewetter Patricia Kiley andEdward Faber
Jack Kliger and Amy Griggs
Jay L. Kriegel andKathryn McAuliffe, inhonor of Leon Botstein
Arthur S. LeonardWilliam McCracken andCynthia Leghorn
Susan and GrahamMcDonald
Marcia H. MoorJoanne and RichardMrstik
Shirley A. MuellerTatsuji NambaJames and Andrea NelkinDavid E. Schwab II andRuth Schwartz Schwab
Janet Zimmerman SegalJoseph and Jean SullivanTart-Wald Foundation
CONTRIBUTORSAnonymousGary ArthurDr. Miriam Roskin BergerBette R. Collom andAnthony Menninger
Nicole M. de Jesús andBrian P. Walker
Max and Eliane HahnAshley HorneSteve LeventisPeter A. Q. LockerAlan MallachJeanne MalterStephen J. Mc AteerCharles McCracken, inmemory of Jane Taylor
Sally McCrackenJames H. and Louise V.North
Peter Lars Sandbergand Nancy Whitaker
Martha and DavidSchwartz
Alan StenzlerRobert F. WeisWilliam C. Zifchak
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Stephen M. BrownMarjorie BurnsMoshe BursteinIsabelle A. CazeauxRichard C. CellerRoger ChatfieldPaul CobuzziAlice and Theodore CohnLaura ConwesserPaul EhrlichRichard Farris
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Ticket sales cover only a small percentage of the expenses for our full-size orchestral concerts.The American Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees, staff, and artists gratefully acknowledgethe following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies who help us tofulfill Leopold Stokowski’s avowed intention of making orchestral music accessible and afford-able for everyone. While space permits us only to list gifts made at the Friends level and above,we value the generosity of all donors.
This project is made possible with the support of The Lanie & Ethel Foundation and The Wilder Family.
American Symphony Orchestra Patrons
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Roger and Lorelle PhillipsDavid R. Pozorski andAnna M. Romanski
Anthony RichterBonita RochePhyllis and LeonardRosen
Jack RosenthalMichael T. RyanHenry SaltzmanSari Scheer and Samuel Kopel
Gerald and GloriaScorse
Georgi ShimanovskyBruce Smith and Paul Castellano
Gertrude SteinbergHazel C. and BernardStrauss
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New York State Council on the Artswith the support of Governor Andrew Cuomoand the New York State Legislature
The City of New YorkThe Honorable Bill De Blasio, Mayor
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnershipwith the New York City Council
Music plays a special part in the lives of many New York residents. The American SymphonyOrchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of the following government agencies thathave made a difference in the culture of New York: