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ASO | IN TUNE
DEAR FRIENDS,
This season, we have reached new milestones in growing our impact on our community. With the opening of the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families, we are serving thousands more young people and families with concerts and field trips. In addition, in Symphony Hall, we added a new holiday offering, Sounds of the Season, which will be back next season by popular demand. Out in the community, we played to a record audience at our free Piedmont Park Concert. It’s been a year of expansion and growth.
We are preparing for an active Summer, starting with an encore performance of our America @ 250 series, with performances at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre and here at Symphony Hall (JUNE 13 and 17). You can find us at the FIFA Culture House in the former CNN building for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In June, we welcome 200 young string players on campus for our third annual Vivo Summer String Institute, and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra tours Spain for their first tour in nearly 20 years.
There are still many exciting things to come as we head toward the close of the season, including Nathalie Stutzmann leading an all-Tchaikovsky concert (MAY 28/29/30) with superstar violinist Daniel Lozakovich, whose fanbase extends from classical to K-pop and beyond. Our season comes to a close with Nathalie summoning a gargantuan orchestra, the ASO Chorus and acclaimed soloists to answer Mahler’s query of the meaning of life, his Resurrection Symphony (JUN 4/6/7). Mahler under Nathalie’s baton is an epic way to end an epic season.
Thank you for joining us for this Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performance and for your support this season.
With gratitude,
Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director
TODD HALL
ASO | NATHALIE STUTZMANN
Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She has renewed her collaboration with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a further three years, extending her tenure through the 2028–29 season. Starting from the 2026–27 season, she will also be the Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Nathalie was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021–2024.
Nathalie’s 2025-26 season includes major debuts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She also returns to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Oslo Philharmonic.
Named Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards, she earned acclaim for Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023 and 2024, with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praising her as “a genius who makes music irresistible.” In 2026, she returns for the festival’s 150th anniversary with a new production of Rienzi, and debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper conducting Faust. She also opens the 2025–26 season at Dutch National Opera with Tosca.
An exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics/Erato, Nathalie’s first symphonic release with the Atlanta Symphony—Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite—earned her cover recognition from Gramophone magazine. The album was highlighted by The New York Times and received OPUS Klassik nominations for Best Conductor and Best Symphonic Recording of the Year. This followed her 2023 OPUS Klassik win for Concerto Recording of The Year, for her album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and the WDR Sinfonieorchester. In 2022, she released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, which Gramophone hailed as “a brilliant collaboration”.
Nathalie started her studies at a young age in piano, bassoon, and cello, and studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula. As one of the world’s most celebrated contraltos, she has made over 80 recordings and received numerous international accolades. Named “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” and “Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government, she is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CORNER
Recently, Stutzmann made her conducting debut at Concertgebouw Orchestra with Brahms' Fourth Symphony. Stutzmann announced that she will debut at the Opéra de Paris next season, conducting a new production of Massenet's Werther.
Catherine Lynn acting principal / assistant principal
Paul Murphy
associate principal
The Mary & Lawrence
Gellerstedt Chair
Marian Kent
Yang-Yoon Kim
Yiyin Li
Lachlan McBane
Patrick Miller
Jessica Oudin
Madeline Sharp
Nathalie Stutzmann
music director
The Robert Reid Topping Chair
CELLO
Daniel Laufer
acting / associate principal
The Miriam & John Conant Chair
Karen Freer acting associate / assistant principal
The Livingston Foundation Chair
Thomas Carpenter
Joel Dallow
The UPS Foundation Chair
Ray Kim
Isabel Kwon
Nathan Mo
Brad Ritchie
Charles Zandieh
BASS
Joseph McFadden principal
The Marcia & John Donnell Chair
Gloria Jones Allgood
associate principal
The Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Chair
Karl Fenner
Michael Kurth
The Jane Little Chair
Jungsu Lee
Nicholas Scholefield
Daniel Tosky
FLUTE
Christina Smith principal
The Jill Hertz Chair
The Mabel Dorn Reeder
Honorary Chair
Robert Cronin
associate principal
C. Todd Skitch
second flute
Gina Hughes
piccolo / flute
William R. Langley
resident conductor & atlanta symphony youth orchestra music director The Zeist Foundation Chair
OBOE
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione principal
The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair
Zachary Boeding
associate principal The Kendeda Fund Chair
William Dunlop second oboe
Emily Brebach english horn / oboe
CLARINET
Jesse McCandless
principal
The Robert Shaw Chair
Iván Valbuena second clarinet
Alcides Rodriguez acting associate principal / e - flat
BASSOON
Cameron Bonner principal
The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair
Anthony Georgeson associate principal
Laura Najarian second bassoon
Juan de Gomar contrabassoon / bassoon
Norman Mackenzie director of choruses
The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair
Finan Jones
assistant conductor
HORN
Ryan Little principal
The Betty Sands Fuller Chair
Andrew Burhans
associate principal
Kimberly Gilman second horn
Reese Farnell
third horn
Scott Sanders fourth horn
TRUMPET
Michael Tiscione
acting / associate principal
The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair
Mark Maliniak
acting associate principal
William Cooper second trumpet
TROMBONE
Nathan Zgonc
acting / associate principal
The Terence L. Neal Chair, Honoring his dedication & service to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Home Depot Veterans Chair
Jason Patrick Robins second trombone
TUBA
Michael Moore
principal
The Delta Air Lines Chair
Players in rotating sections are listed alphabetically.
TIMPANI
Jake Darnell
principal
The Walter H. Bunzl Chair
Michael Stubbart
assistant principal timpani / section percussion
PERCUSSION
Joseph Petrasek
principal
The Julie & Arthur
Montgomery Chair
Michael Jarrett
assistant principal
The William A. Schwartz Chair
Michael Stubbart
The Connie & Merrell Calhoun Chair
HARP
Elisabeth Remy Johnson
principal
The Sally & Carl Gable Chair
KEYBOARD
The Hugh & Jessie Hodgson
Memorial Chair
Sharon Berenson †
LIBRARY
Emma Luty
principal
The Marianna & Solon
Patterson Chair
Sara Baguyos
associate principal
James Nelson
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Neil and Sue Williams Chair
ASO | LEADERSHIP | 2025/26 Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Angela Evans chair
Patrick Viguerie immediate past chair
Joia Johnson treasurer
Galen Oelkers secretary
DIRECTORS
Phyllis Abramson
Cathy Callaway Adams
Keith Adams
Juliet M. Allan
Susan Antinori
Rona Gomel Ashe
Carol Attridge
Andrew Bailey
Jennifer Barlament*
Keith Barnett
Paul Blackney
Janine Brown
Betsy Camp
Lisa Chang
Susan Clare
Russell Currey
Sheila Lee Davies
Carlos del Rio, M.D. FIDSA
Lisa DiFrancesco, M.D.
Lynn Eden
Yelena Epova
Angela Evans
Craig Frankel
Sally Bogle Gable
Anne Game
Rod Garcia-Escudero
Sally Frost George
Robert Glustrom
Julie Goosman
Bonnie B. Harris
Charles Harrison
Tad Hutcheson, Jr.
Roya Irvani
Joia M. Johnson
Raymond Kotwicki, M.D., M.P.H.
Carrie Kurlander
Scott Lampert
James H. Landon
Janine Brown vice chair
Lynn Eden vice chair
Daniel Laufer*
Donna Lee
Grace Lee, M.D.
Sukai Liu
Kevin Lyman
Deborah Marlowe
Arthur Mills IV
Molly Minnear
Hala Moddelmog*
Caroline Moïse
Anne Morgan
Terence L. Neal
Galen Lee Oelkers
Dr. John Paddock
Margie Painter
Cathleen Quigley
Doug Reid
James Rubright
Ravi Saligram
BOARD OF COUNSELORS
Neil Berman
Benjamin Q. Brunt
John W. Cooledge, M.D.
John R. Donnell, Jr.
Jere A. Drummond
Carla Fackler
Charles B. Ginden
John T. Glover
Dona Humphreys
Aaron J. Johnson, Jr.
James F. Kelley
Patricia Leake
Karole F. Lloyd
Meghan H. Magruder
Shelley McGehee
Penelope McPhee
LIFE DIRECTORS
Howell E. Adams, Jr.
John B. White, Jr.
* Ex-Officio Board Member
^ On Sabbatical
William Schultz
June Scott
V Scott
Charles Sharbaugh
Gayle Sheppard
Fahim Siddiqui
W. Ross Singletary, II
John Sparrow
Elliott Tapp
Yannik Thomas
Maria Todorova
Ben Touchette
Benny Varzi
S. Patrick Viguerie
Kathy Waller
Chris Webber
Richard S. White, Jr.
Mack Wilbourn
Kevin E. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.
Howard D. Palefsky
Patricia H. Reid
Joyce Schwob
John A Sibley, III
H. Hamilton Smith
G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.
Valerie Thadhani, M.D.
Connie Calhoun Azira G. Hill
Michael W. Trapp
Ray Uttenhove
Chilton Varner
Adair M. White
Sue Sigmon Williams
Ben F. Johnson, III
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Advisory Council is a group of passionate and engaged individuals who act as both ambassadors & resources for the ASO Board and staff. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to the members listed on this page.
2025/26 CHAIRS
Jane Morrison
advisory council chair
Justin Im
internal connections task force co-chair
Robert Lewis, Jr.
internal connections task force co-chair
Kristi Stathopolous
internal connections task force co-chair
Jane Blount
patron experience task force co-chair
Frances A. Root
patron experience task force co-chair
Tiffany Rosetti
community connections & education task force co-chair
Otis Threatt
community connections & education task force co-chair
MEMBERS
Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes
Phyllis Abramson
Krystal Ahn
Kristi & Aadu Allpere
Logan Anderson & Ian Morey
Evelyn Babey
Asad & Sakina Bashey
Meredith W. Bell
John Blatz
Jane Blount
Carol Brantley & David Webster
Johanna Brookner
Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D
Tracey Chu
Bruce Cohen
Kate Cook
DePorres & Barbara Cormier
Daniel P. Debonis
Donald & Barbara Defoe
Paul & Susan Dimmick
Bernadette Drankoski
Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett
John & Catherine Fare Dyer
Jerry H. Evans
Mary Ann Flinn
Bruce & Avery Flower
Karen Foster
Annie Frazer
John D. Fuller
Alex Garcias
Dr. Paul Gilreath
Nadeen Green
Greg Heathcock & Cesar Moreno
Elizabeth Hendrick
Mia Frieder Hilley
Caroline Hofland
Desmond L. Hollingsworth
Justin Im
Dr. Lillian Ivansco
Frank &
Janice Johnston
Lana Jordan
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
Rosthema Kastin
Andrea Kauffman
Alfred D. Kennedy & Bill Kenny
Brian & Ann Kimsey
Jason & Michelle Kroh
Jeff & Pam Kuester
Van & Elizabeth Lear
Dr. Fulton Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney
Robert Lewis, Jr.
Jonathan Lively
Eunice Luke
Catherine & Bill Lundstrom
Thomas Mabry
Erin Marshall
Alfredo Martin
Belinda Massafra
Catherine Massey
Doug & Kathrin Mattox
Ed & Linda McGinn
Suneel Mendiratta
Keyeriah Miles
Berthe & Shapour Mobasser
Bert Mobley
Maria & Chris Moffett
Jamal Mohammad & Marcus Dean
Sue Morgan
Bill Morrison & Beth Clark-Morrison
Jane Morrison
Gary Noble
Regina Olchowski
Bethani Oppenheimer
Joseph Owen, Jr.
Ralph & Suzanne Paulk
Ann & Fay Pearce
Jonathan & Lori Peterson
Stephen Polley
Dr. John B. Pugh
Eliza Quigley
Joseph Rapanotti
Leonard Reed
Dr. Jay & Kimberley Rhee
Vicki Riedel
Felicia Rives
Angela Robinson
Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer
David Rock
Frances A. Root
Maurice & Tricia Rosenbaum
Tiffany & Rich Rosetti
Noelle Ross
Thomas & Lynne Saylor
Beverly & Milton Shlapak
Suzanne Shull
Baker Smith
Cindy Smith
Janice Smith
Victoria Smith
Peter & Kristi Stathopoulos
Tom & Ani Steele
Deann Stevens
Beth & Edward Sugarman
Stephen & Sonia Swartz
Sadie Talmadge
George & Amy Taylor
Bob & Dede Thompson
Otis Threatt Jr.
Cathy Toren
Roxanne Varzi
Robert & Amy Vassey
Juliana Vincenzino
Emily C. Ward
James Washburn
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
Kiki Wilson
Dr. Jiong Yan &
Baxter Jones
Camille Yow
Peter Zimmerman
For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Beth Freeman at beth.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.
Coming Full Circle Back to Symphony Hall
The ASYO offered a path to the ASO for nine current members
By Jon Ross
As a junior in high school, Jake Darnell doesn’t remember especially wanting to play the timpani. But in his second concert with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, he found himself on stage in Symphony Hall, sticks in hand, anchoring the ensemble in Ernest Bloch's “Schelomo: Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.” To say it was a new experience is putting it mildly.
“I don’t know why they were letting the new kid play timpani,” he remembered of that early concert. “It was my first time playing on professional instruments, I was playing a German setup and I had a bunch of tuning changes.”
He continued, “I actually do remember this being a very different and difficult experience for me. It was really pushing me to the next level.”
Darnell is now finishing his first season as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Timpani.
Since its founding in 1974, around 2,600 high school musicians have participated in the ASYO across 52 seasons. In addition to Darnell, eight of these former ASYO musicians perform in the ASO. Christopher Pulgram, Sou-Chun Su, Julia Su, Ray Kim, Nicholas Scholefield, William Cooper, Michael Jarrett, and Michael Stubbart all found their way to the big Atlanta ensemble after their time with the junior orchestra.
While the ASO doesn’t track which youth orchestra alumni end up in professional orchestras, there are a substantial amount of ASYO graduates performing in major ensembles today (not to mention the alumni who have become music teachers and are involved in the music world in other ways).
Many ASO players serve as coaches and mentors for budding musicians, but it’s really the overall environment that helps push musicians toward a classical career: a schedule of demanding rehearsals, performing for large crowds in Symphony Hall and being exposed to the musician life at an early age.
“On a very direct level, it was being around these people week after week and being inspired by them,” said Darnell, who grew up outside the perimeter and rarely came into Atlanta before he joined the ASYO.
Violinist Julia Su grew up in the ASO orbit. Her parents both perform in the orchestra—her father is an ASYO alumn— so it seemed a bit like destiny when she auditioned for the ASYO during her freshman year in high school. She stayed in the ensemble throughout high school, serving as Concertmaster for her junior and senior years.
She described the ASYO as “a bunch of teenagers all bonding over one shared passion.” Like Darnell, she noted that the environment was truly inspiring.
“It was really the camaraderie and the friendships formed that really tied the whole experience together,” she said. “I felt really supported and understood by all my peers.”
Nicholas Scholefield had played in orchestras off and on since middle school, but didn’t start zeroing in on his love of the bass until his first year at Allatoona High School in Acworth. Like Darnell, who also lived far away from Symphony Hall, Scholefield didn’t join the ASYO until later in his high
school career at the prompting of former ASO bassist Doug Sommer.
“I definitely saw ASYO as a way to get closer to the Atlanta Symphony, basically being around professionals, getting coachings, and going to a lot of concerts,” he said, adding that he soon started going to as many shows as he could, courtesy of the free tickets that came as a perk of ensemble membership. “It kind of turned into an every week kind of thing; being able to see the orchestra all the time was huge for me.”
Scholefield said being surrounded by high-level musicians helped elevate his own playing. He remembered performing in the orchestra with his teacher’s son, Andrew Sommer, who now performs with the Chicago Symphony. Another standout, bassist Xavier Foley, had already been through the bass section before Scholefield arrived.
The ASYO also helped prepare Scholefield for the next step in his career by introducing him to true orchestral music.
“Playing real repertoire is also another thing that I had not really done before that,” he said. “It's like, the first thing I played at ASYO was the ‘Firebird,’ and I was sitting principal.”
Most of all, Scholefield credits the organization and conductor Jere Flint for creating something authentic.
“He really made it feel like it was a serious thing that needed to be taken seriously. This wasn't just for sort of goofing around and not showing up or showing up unprepared,” Scholefield said. “It felt like a taste of a professional experience.”
For nine current ASO musicians and a host of other professional performers around the world, that taste of a professional experience formed the base for a successful career in music.
We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.
The 4,211th, 4,212th and 4,213th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8pm
Friday, May 29, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, May 30, 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
NATHALIE STUTZMANN, CONDUCTOR
DANIEL LOZAKOVICH, VIOLIN
The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 (1878) 36 MINS
I. Allegro moderato
II. Canzonetta: Andante —
III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
Daniel Lozakovich, violin
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
(“Pathétique”) (1893) 47 MINS
I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro con grazia
III. Allegro molto vivace
IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso
Daniel Lozakovich's appearance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is made possible by the JEAN BRUMLEY GUEST ARTIST FUND, established through a generous gift from
Thursday’s concert is dedicated to PAM & ROBERT GLUSTROM in honor of their generous support of the 2024/25 Annual Fund.
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
Notes to Know
• The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto has a ferociously difficult violin part. According to Lozakovich, it underscores the fact that Tchaikovsky was a pianist, not a violinist. Yet any awkward fingering is forgivable, he said, as “it’s entirely in the service of the music.”
• Initially, critics panned Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and his Sixth Symphony. Today, they are among the most popular works in orchestral music.
• The second movement of the "Pathétique" Symphony sounds like a waltz, in the vein of Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers,” except this piece is in 5/4 (count 1-2-3 1-2).
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
“Iwent one evening to my future wife and told her frankly that I could not love her, but that I would be a devoted and grateful friend.” Thus, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky got engaged. At the time, he believed his bride, Antonina Milyukova, could make his life “peaceful and happy.” She didn’t.
Just six months before, he had been in love with Josef Kotek, a violin student at the Moscow Conservatory. “My only need,” wrote Tchaikovsky, “is for him to know that I love him endlessly.”
Although there has been enormous speculation about Tchaikovsky’s motives for marrying, the only thing we know for sure is that it was not for love. While Antonina claimed to have loved him from afar, they barely knew each other. They married on July 18, 1877, before a handful of witnesses, including his (likely) former lover, Josef Kotek. By August 8, Tchaikovsky desperately needed to get away from her.
First ASO performance: January 25, 1948
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Robert Harrison, violin
Most recent ASO performance: December 3, 2022
Elim Chan, conductor
“I leave in an hour’s time,” he wrote. “A few days longer, and I swear I should have gone mad.” And he wasn’t exaggerating. In less than three weeks, he had descended into a deep depression and found himself utterly unable to work. After spending the rest of the summer with his sister, he returned to his bride for just two weeks in the fall
Hilary Hahn, violin
before declaring the marriage unworkable. At the same time, he developed an intense bond with another woman.
The violinist Josef Kotek had been working for a wealthy, rather reclusive widow named Nadezhda von Meck. She shared Kotek’s interest in Tchaikovsky’s music. Before long, she and the composer became pen pals. Taking special care to avoid meeting face-to-face, the two developed a deeply personal and gratifying friendship. She became his muse and benefactress (and a great source of letters for future music historians).
In 1878, still reeling from his failed marriage, Tchaikovsky took an extended trip to Europe with his brother. Gradually, he started writing music again, and his mood brightened. In Clarens, Switzerland, they enjoyed the use of Meck’s villa and called on Josef Kotek to join them there. Perched on the shores of Lake Geneva, Kotek and Tchaikovsky shared musical evenings, with Tchaikovsky at the piano. A reading of Eduard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole lit the fire for a new violin concerto.
Sketching the piece in just 11 days, Tchaikovsky worked through the solo passages with the help of Kotek and dedicated the concerto to the famous Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer, who refused to play it. Two years passed before the Russian violinist Adolph Brodsky took up the concerto in Vienna and gave its world premiere, which promoted a scathing review from Eduard Hanslick.
“Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear,” he wrote. And the fragile Tchaikovsky hung on every word of it, committing the entire review to memory.
As the years went by, it seems Leopold Auer grew to regret his early judgment of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Stumbling over various explanations, he finally said in 1912, “The concerto has made its way in the world. And that is the most important thing.”
Indeed. Today, Auer is best remembered, not for his playing, but for the violinists he taught, including Nathan Milstein, Efram Zimbalist, Mischa Ehlman and Jascha Heifetz—all famous champions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
On November 6, 1893, Pyotr Tchaikovsky died, succumbing to cholera only nine days after conducting the first performance of his Symphony No. 6. The public’s response to the new piece had been tepid. Who knew, only days later, tens of thousands of mourners would flood the streets of St. Petersburg?
News of the composer’s passing hit Russia like a thunderclap. Within a week, Muscovites scheduled a second performance of the Sixth Symphony. Black drapery and a copy of his death mask adorned the hall, and concertgoers marveled at the symphony called “pathetic.”
Today, we associate that word with inadequacy or cause for derision. But the other, less common definition applies to this piece: marked by sorrow or melancholy and having the capacity to move one to compassionate pity.
In a letter to his nephew Vladimir “Bob” Davidov, to whom the Symphony is dedicated, Tchaikovsky confessed the piece was personal:
“The idea of another symphony visited me, this time programmatic, but with the program [story] that will remain a riddle for everybody—let them guess it who can….Of all my programs, this is the one most imbued with subjectivity. During my journey, while composing it in my mind, I frequently wept.”
In 1893, the 53-year-old composer was a major celebrity. He toured and drew crowds at train stations. He wrote the symphony between February and June. That same June, he received an honorary doctorate at Cambridge University.
It was the shock and suddenness of his passing that kicked up a flurry of speculation, fueled, in part, by the deathlike finality of his last musical statement (low strings hold a B minor chord until it seems to sink into the abyss, marked pppp). Given the work’s somber conclusion, some wondered: did he anticipate his own death?
Indeed, as recently as the 1980s, a scholar advanced the
First ASO performance: April 25, 1948
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Most recent ASO performance: January 30, 2022
David Danzmayr, conductor
theory that Tchaikovsky had been ordered by a tribunal to commit suicide over a homosexual liaison, but this theory does not stand up to scrutiny. For one thing, the Russian elite broadly overlooked homosexuality. Exhaustive examination of Tchaikovsky’s death yields little more than a glass of unboiled water, and a man’s stubborn refusal to see a doctor.
Without question, Tchaikovsky had a delicate spirit. The Sixth Symphony puts his frequent shifts between joy and melancholy on full display. Yet, for all the crushing despair expressed in its closing bars, the composer found it deeply gratifying:
“To me it would be typical and unsurprising if this symphony were torn to pieces or little appreciated, for it wouldn’t be for the first time that had happened. But I absolutely consider it to be the best, and in particular, the most sincere of all my creations. I love it as I have never loved any of my other musical offspring.”
It seems Tchaikovsky did contemplate death in his mysterious program. He even quoted the Orthodox Mass for the Dead in the first movement. But days after the premiere, he also affirmed life: “[Death] will not come to snatch us off just yet,” he said. “I feel I shall live a long time.”
Daniel Lozakovich, whose music-making leaves both critics and audiences spellbound, has become one of today’s most sought-after violinists.
The 2025/26 season will mark a series of major debuts and high-profile engagements. He will appear with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on tour in Korea, followed by performances with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, and Orquesta de Castilla y León. He will tour Europe with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and close collaborator Tarmo Peltokoski and
will reunite with Nathalie Stutzmann at Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In 2026, he begins a residency with São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. A highlight of the season was in March 2026, when Lozakovich was the dedicatee and creator of Pascal Dusapin’s Second Violin Concerto, premiering at Fondation Vuitton with Ensemble Utopia conducted by Teodor Currentzis.
As a highly sought-after recitalist, he has made appearances in historical venues such as Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Tonhalle Zürich, Victoria Hall Geneva, Conservatorio G. Verdi Milan, The Mariinsky Theatre, and more. On tour, he has regularly appeared in esteemed concert halls such as Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Konzerthaus Wien. Lozakovich is a regular at international music festivals, including Verbier Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Sommets musicaux de Gstaad, Festival de Pâques – Aix-en-Provence, Tanglewood Music Festival, Blossom Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, among many others.
Daniel Lozakovich has already achieved considerable acclaim on record, having been signed by Deutsche Grammophon at just 15 years old. Born in Stockholm in 2001, he began playing the violin at the age of seven. He made his solo debut two years later with Vladimir Spivakov. Daniel Lozakovich plays the “ex-Sancy” 1713 Stradivari generously loaned by LVMH / MOËT HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON.
The 4,214th, 4,215th and 4,216th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, June 6, 2026, 8pm
Sunday, June 7, 2026, 3pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor
TALISE TREVIGNE, soprano
RIHAB CHAIEB, mezzo-soprano
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
NORMAN MACKENZIE, Director of Choruses
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Resurrection”) (1888-1894)
81 MINS
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante moderato
III. Scherzo: In ruhig fließender Bewegung —
IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht —
V. Finale: Im Tempo des Scherzo
Talise Travigne, soprano
Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
ASO Chorus
The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.
This weekend's concerts were made possible in part by a grant from the BARNEY M. FRANKLIN & HUGH W. BURKE CHARITABLE FUND.
This weekend’s concerts are dedicated to ANN MARIE & JOHN B. WHITE, JR. in honor of their generous support of the 2024/25 Annual Fund.
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
Notes to Know
• Like a tone poem, the “Resurrection” Symphony conveys specific ideas. But unlike most tone poems, Mahler’s narrative gives the entire cosmos. He includes conflicting thoughts, tangents, interruptions, and reflections on the spiritual and the profane.
• Gustav Mahler was Jewish but converted to Catholicism in 1897 to work in Vienna. Not quite adhering to the JudeoChristian tradition, Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony delivers all sinners from death to a cataclysmic last judgment to eternal life.
• Two of Mahler’s song settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magic Horn) found their way into the Second Symphony. People often describe Des Knaben Wunderhorn as a collection of folk poems. In truth, these vivid depictions of love, heartbreak, nature, spirituality, etc., were composed and compiled by 19th-century poets who sought to capture the German folk ethos.
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
“Mahler was one of the greatest conductors that ever lived,” said Leonard Bernstein. As early as 1886, 26-year-old Gustav Mahler conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Prague. Like Wagner and others before him, Mahler was an affectionate critic of Beethoven’s monumental work; he cited “flaws” in the orchestration and later wrote out his own version of a new-and-improved edition.
Needless to say, today’s maestros prefer Beethoven unsullied. But young Mahler was the product of early modernism. As he saw it, the symphony, as a form, was an historic development in orchestral music. And, in 1886, he had no intention of writing one.
First ASO performance: April 6, 1966
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Irene Callaway, soprano
Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano
Most recent ASO performance: September 19, 2015
Robert Spano, conductor
Laura Tatulescu, soprano
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano
When Mahler conducted the 1888 premiere of the piece we know as his First Symphony, he called it a “Symphonic Poem in Two Parts.” But a year later, Richard Strauss made a splash with Don Juan. Unlike Mahler’s hulking and far-flung essay, Strauss’ tone poem was a compact
sucker-punch. Over the years, Mahler revised his own work several times, adding flowery titles and taking them away, and didn’t publish the piece as his First Symphony until 1899—11 years later.
As a young composer, Mahler chafed at the constraints of the classical symphonic form because he heard music as something experiential, philosophical even. He yearned for the flexibility of a symphonic poem; that is, until he came to a new understanding of what a symphony could be. While tromping through this intellectual thicket, Mahler wrote a hefty follow-up movement to the first symphony called “Totenfeier.” Waffling between a tone poem and a symphony, he acknowledged that the music bore the hero of his first symphony to the grave. In this way, he forever linked the two works, but hit a wall while sketching the next movement.
Five years passed. Meanwhile, Mahler moved up in the conducting world, lording over opera houses in Budapest and Hamburg. As a composer, he fell in love with the poetry from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and set twelve of them to music. Keeping “Totenfeier” on low heat, he asked conductor Hans von Bülow to take a listen. Mahler played it for him at the piano, but Bülow, unimpressed, covered his ears.
As fate would have it, the aging maestro made an outsized contribution—by dying. Over the summer of 1893, Mahler vacationed in the Alps and composed the second and third movements of the "Resurrection" Symphony. He continued to struggle with the ending. How could he possibly balance the volcanic force of his first movement?
The answer came to him in 1894 at Hans von Bülow’s memorial service. Mahler sat contemplating the loss of his friend when the hushed voices of the choir filled the space with Friedrich Klopstock’s hymn The Resurrection. In a flash, the Second Symphony’s finale manifested, from earthquakes and cataclysm to radiant bliss. Combining a bit of Klopstock’s hymn with his own verses, Mahler completed his path to resurrection.
I. Allegro maestoso
In his own program notes, Mahler wrote, “We are standing near the grave of a well-loved man. His whole life, his struggles, his sufferings, and his accomplishments on earth pass before us.”
Originally titled “Totenfeier” (“Funeral Rites”), Mahler composed this movement as a funeral march. But beyond the burial imagery, he shared his doubts: “What is life and what is death? Will we live on eternally? Is it all an empty dream, or do our life and death have a meaning?” Midway through, Mahler interrupts the funeral train with a radiant reprieve, foreshadowing the fourth and fifth movements. When the march returns, Mahler reveals his source for “Totenfeier”—the plainchant Dies irae (“Day of Wrath”).
II. Andante moderato
Mahler called this “A blissful moment in the dear departed’s life and a sad recollection of his youth and lost innocence.” Here, Mahler wrote a ländler, a rustic, Austrian country dance akin to the waltz. The music is so lithe and gentle, he later felt he’d erred in writing such a followup to “Totenfeier.” As a quick fix, he added an instruction to conductors to wait five minutes before starting the second movement.
III. Scherzo
In this sardonic, waltz-like scherzo, Mahler reflects on the futility of life. “He despairs both of himself and of God,” wrote the composer. “The world and life begin to seem unreal. Utter disgust for every form of existence and evolution seizes him in an iron grasp [and] torments him.” The music is a reboot of Mahler’s Wunderhorn song “Saint Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish.” According to the text, the fish listen attentively to Anthony before heading off, unmoved.
IV. Urlicht
Like a bridge to the finale, Mahler inserted his Wunderhorn song “Ulricht” as a fourth movement, saying, “The stirring words of simple faith sound in his ears: “I come from God and I will return to God!”
V. Finale
Recalling music from the first movement, Mahler declares, “the last judgment is at hand and the horror of the day of days has come upon us. The earth trembles, the graves burst open, the dead arise and march forth in endless procession.” But then comes Mahler’s pantheistic transformation. “A wondrous light strikes us to the heart. All is quiet and blissful. Lo and behold: there is no judgment, no sinners, no just men, no great and no small; there is no punishment and no reward. A feeling of overwhelming love fills us with blissful knowledge and illuminates our existence.”
INSIDE THE SCORE
Mahler calls for an enormous orchestra in his Second Symphony, which he wields for its muscle, but also as an ever-changing kaleidoscope of intimate music making. As a virtuosic conductor, he left little to chance. The margins of his score are thick with instructions. The wind players must switch between different instruments, including piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, and contrabassoon. He calls for ten trumpets (ASO uses the customary eight) and ten horns; two sets of timpani, two tam-tams, two harps, and organ, not to mention the chorus and soloists. He also requires choreography, asking players to move on and offstage to conjure distant sounds. Mahler insists that some of the double basses have a low C string (or tune down to the C). This, he specifies in multiple places, lest someone be tempted to play up an octave.
In the second movement, Mahler asks for a style of string playing that has largely fallen by the wayside: The musicians must slide between notes, especially between wider intervals. For string players, it’s tricky to achieve a warmth and sweetness of sound while playing quietly (between pp and p). The same challenge applies to the singers in the finale, who enter on a ppp after a long period of vocal rest.
Der liebe Gott wird mir ein Lichtchen geben, Wird leuchten mir bis in das ewig selig Leben!
—DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN
Movement V.
Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du,
Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh!
Unsterblich Leben
Wird der dich rief dir geben.
Wieder aufzublüh’n wirst du gesät!
O little red rose!
Man lies in greatest need!
Man lies in greatest suffering! How much rather would I be in Heaven!
I came upon a broad road.
There came an angel and wanted to block my way.
Ah no! I did not let myself be turned away!
I am of God, and to God I shall return.
Dear God will grant me a small light,
Will light my way to eternal, blissful life!
—DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN
Arise, yes, you will arise from the dead,
My dust, after a short rest! Eternal life!
Will be given you by Him who called you.
To bloom again are you sown.
Der Herr der Ernte geht
Und sammelt Garben
Uns ein, die starben.
—FRIEDRICH KLOPSTOCK
O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube: Es geht dir nichts verloren!
Dein ist, was du gesehnt!
Dein, was du geliebt, Was du gestritten!
O glaube:
Du wardst nicht umsonst geboren!
Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten!
Was entstanden ist, das muß vergehen!
Was vergangen, auferstehen!
Hör' auf zu beben!
Bereite dich zu leben!
O Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer!
Dir bin ich entrungen!
O Tod! Du Allbezwinger!
Nun bist du bezwungen!
Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, In heißem Liebesstreben, Werd' ich entschweben
Zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug' gedrungen!
Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben!
The lord of the harvest goes And gathers the sheaves, Us who have died.
—FRIEDRICH KLOPSTOCK
O believe, my heart, oh believe, Nothing will be lost to you!
Everything is yours that you have desired, Yours, what you have loved, what you have struggled for.
O believe,
You were not born in vain, Have not lived in vain, suffered in vain!
What was created must perish, What has perished must rise again.
Tremble no more!
Prepare yourself to live!
O Sorrow, all-penetrating!
I have been wrested away from you!
O Death, all-conquering!
Now you are conquered!
With wings that I won
In the passionate strivings of love
I shall mount
To the light to which no sight has penetrated.
I shall die, so as to live!
Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst
du,
Mein Herz, in einem Nu!
Was du geschlagen,
Zu Gott wird es dich tragen!
—GUSTAV MAHLER
Arise, yes, you will arise from the dead,
My heart, in an instant!
What you have conquered
Will bear you to God.
—GUSTAV MAHLER
TALISE TREVIGNE, soprano
Talise Trevigne’s recent and future engagements include a program of Bach Cantatas with New York Philharmonic, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in Atlanta, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with Bournemouth Symphony in the UK, and the principal role of Naimara in Cincinnati Opera’s new production, Lalovavi.
Highlights include the role of Violetta in La Traviata at Calgary Opera and at Opera de Montreal, and her debut as Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at Calgary Opera. She joined Cincinnati Opera for La bohème while establishing the role of Patience in their world premiere, of Castor and Patience, which The New York Times wrote that it was the best opera of 2022. With Nathalie Stutzmann in her inaugural performances as Music Director at Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Trevigne sang Ah! Perfido and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. She also joined the Munich Philharmonic for Mahler’s Second Symphony and sang Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with the Grand Rapids Symphony.
RIHAB CHAIEB, mezzo-soprano
Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb is capturing international attention with her compelling stage presence and vocal versatility.
The 25/26 season sees Chaieb make a series of house debuts, including Nefertiti in Glass’ Akhnaten, for the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the title role in Bizet’s Carmen for Montreal Opera and Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther for the Teatro Cervantes de Málaga. Elsewhere Chaieb returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Maddalena in a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto and to the Atlanta Opera for Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Chaieb will debut Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona, Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Intermusica represents Rihab Chaieb worldwide. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
NORMAN MACKENZIE, Director of Choruses
Norman Mackenzie’s abilities as musical collaborator, conductor, and concert organist have brought him international recognition. As Director of Chorus for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000, he was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw. During his tenure, the Chorus has made numerous tours and garnered several Grammy® awards, including Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance.
At the ASO, he prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, works closely with Nathalie Stutzmann on the commissioning and realization of new choral-orchestral works and conducts holiday concerts. In his 14-year association with Mr. Shaw, he was keyboardist for the ASO, principal accompanist for the ASO Choruses and ultimately assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the United States and the famed Shaw/Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops.
He prepared the ASO Chorus for its acclaimed 2003 debut and successive 2008 and 2009 performances in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic, in Britten’s War Requiem, Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, respectively.
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, founded in 1970 by former Music Director Robert Shaw is an all volunteer, auditioned ensemble that performs on a regular basis with the Orchestra and is featured on many of its recordings. Led by Director of Choruses, Norman Mackenzie, the chorus is known for its precision and expressive singing quality. Its recordings have garnered 14 GRAMMY® Awards (nine for “Best Choral Performance”; four for “Best Classical Recording” and one for “Best Opera Recording”). In addition, the Chorus has been involved in the creation and shaping of numerous world-premiere commissioned works.
ASO CHORUS ROSTER
Norman Mackenzie director of choruses
The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair
SOPRANO 1
Juliana Bolaño
Hanan Davis
Khadijah Davis
Liz Dean *
Anna Floyd
Laura Foster +
Erin Harris
Erin Jones *
Arietha Lockhart **
Mindy Margolis +*
Rachel Paul
Mary Martha Penner
Susan Ray
Samaria Rodriguez
Emily Salmond
Kristian Samuel
Lydia Sharp
Alexandra Slusarenko
Stacey Tanner +
Chelsea Toledo
Brianne Turgeon +*
Rebecca Van Rooyen
Wanda Yang Temko +*
SOPRANO 2
Meghann Ashey
Debbie Ashton
Sloan Atwood +*
Jessica Barber +
Saskia de Boon
Haley Brown
Barbara Brown +
Mary Claire Buchanan
Martha Craft +
Gina Deaton
Mary Goodwin +
Corrina Guadalupe
Heidi Hayward
Amy Lea
Megan Littlepage
Melissa Mack
Chantae Pittman +
Tramaine Quarterman
Kate Roberts
Kelli Roberts
Marianna Schuck
Elizabeth Shaver
Anne-Marie Spalinger +*
Emily Tallant +
Cheryl Thrash **
Caroline Todd
Tommie Storer
Lacy Wilder
Marcia Chandler
chorus administrator
ALTO 1
Pamela Amy-Cupp
Alison Autry
Emily Campbell
Jessica Crowe
Patti Dinkins Matthews +*
Alexandra Dolgashev
Katherine Fisher
Beth Freeman *
Bridgette Gifford
Unita Harris
Beverly Hueter *
Janet Johnson **
Kathleen Kelly George *
Virginia Little +*
Alina Luke
Sara McKlin +
Linda Morgan **
Lillian Thompson Nittler
Kathleen Poe Ross *
Elizabeth Qian
Anna Ree
Noelle Ross +
Rachel Schiffer
Rachel Stewart **
Nancy York +*
ALTO 2
Nancy Adams +*
Ana Baida +
Angelica Blackman Keim
Elizabeth Borland
Emily Boyer
Marcia Chandler *
Carol Comstock
Meaghan Curry +
Michèle Diament *
Cynthia Goeltz DeBold **
Emily Halbert
Luanne Harms
Joia Johnson
Sally Kann *
Nicole Khoury +*
Katherine MacKenzie +
Lalla McGee
Rachel Meyer
Tiffany Peoples
Laura Rappold *
Caroline Roberts
Duhi Park Schneider
Sharon Simons *
Virginia Thompson +*
Kimberly Waters
Kiki Wilson **
Diane Woodard **
Dock Anderson accompanist
TENOR 1
David Blalock **
Jack Caldwell +*
Daniel Cameron +*
Daniel Compton
Justin Cornelius +
Clifford Edge **
Steven Farrow **
Matthew Gavilanez
Leif Gilbert Hansen *
James Jarrell *
Keith Langston *
John Henry Monti
David Moore
Christopher Patton *
TENOR 2
Jacob Arnett
Sutton Bacon *
Brian Bishop
Matthew Borkowski
Steve Brailsford
Jonathan Clarke
Darrell Curren
Steven Dykes
Stephen Eick
Joseph Few +*
Sean Fletcher
Thomas Foust
John Harr
Marcellus Holt
David Ingham
David Kinrade +
Tyler Lane
Michael Parker +
Timothy Parrott
Matthew Sellers
Thomas Slusher
Zachary Temin
BASS 1
Dock Anderson +
Daniel Buckley
Joshua Clark +
Trey Clegg *
Michael Cranford +
Thomas Elston
Noah Horton
Nick Jones ∞
Rodney S. Jones
Keenan Kade
Ryan Kingsley
Leo Liu
Peter MacKenzie +
Jason Maynard +
Hal Richards
Christopher Briggs
Rodriguez
Will Stephens
Thomas Stow
Joel Terning
John Terry
Edgie Wallace Jr. +*
BASS 2
Philip Barreca + Clarence Bell II
Jacob Blevins
William Borland
John King Carter
Terrence Connors
Joel Craft **
Paul Fletcher +
Timothy Gunter +*
Brooks Hanrahan
David Hansen **
Dylan Johnson
Philip Jones +
Wayne Jones
Daniel Lane
Wesley Lanter
Jason Manley
Colin Mathews
Brandon Mozingo
Philip Rogers
John Ruff +*
John Smith
Jonathan Smith * George Sustman
Benjamin Temko +*
Gregory Whitmire +*
Keith Wyatt +*
∞= 50-year/Charter
Member
** = 40-year member
+* = 30-year member
* = 20-year member
+ = 10-year member
JOIN THE GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
Performing large-scaled symphonic/choral works under the direction of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann and ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie, all singers volunteer their services and are selected by audition. Requisites for auditioning include previous choral experience, music reading ability and availability to meet the schedule.
AUDITION DATES: AUG 23-24, 2026
Learn more at aso.org/chorus-auditions
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The ASO’s History with Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
By James L. Paulk
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, also called the Resurrection Symphony, has long been one of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s signature works, performed for some of the orchestra’s most momentous occasions.
The ASO’s founding Music Director, Henry Sopkin, chose the Resurrection Symphony for his 1966 farewell after a 21-year tenure. The epic work, with its gigantic orchestra and chorus, was a major undertaking for the ASO at the time and was Sopkin’s way of demonstrating how, in his tenure, the orchestra had grown and evolved from its humble origins as a youth orchestra.
Robert Shaw succeeded Sopkin and built the orchestra into a nationally and internationally recognized ensemble. The renowned ASO Chorus, which he created in 1970, made the ASO a premier choice for vocal-heavy works like the Resurrection Symphony 1972, James Levine led performances of the Resurrection Symphony as guest conductor. Shaw only conducted the Symphony No. 2 for one concert series, in 1980. His favorite Mahler work was the Symphony No. 8 (the Symphony of a Thousand) which he recorded here with Telarc in 1991. Then, in 1995, he took the ASO Chorus to Carnegie Hall to perform the Eighth Symphony with a total of 688 musicians, including the Cleveland Orchestra and several other choruses.
Yoel Levi, who became Music Director in 1988 and built the ASO into “an extraordinary instrument,” according to critics, regularly programmed Mahler’s symphonies and worked with Telarc to produce acclaimed recordings of six of them. Of these, the Resurrection Symphony recording is perhaps the most celebrated. The CD version has never gone out of print
and it’s now available on streaming platforms. Levi led performances of the Second Symphony in 1991, in 1996 (as part of the closing week of the Atlanta Olympics), and in 2000, as one of his valedictory concerts as Music Director. The latter was the basis for the recording, released in 2002.
In 2000, Robert Spano became Music Director and was joined by Donald Runnicles, who was appointed as Principal Guest Conductor. Spano first conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in 2005, when he chose it to open the season. Runnicles, one of the world’s preeminent interpreters of Mahler, conducted the Second Symphony in 2012. Then, in 2015, Spano chose the Second, with its theme of resurrection and rebirth, to open the ASO’s 71st season, after the 70th season had been delayed and shortened due to a painful labor dispute. For that performance, the orchestra “sounded whole, with strong, cohesive, often subtle playing,” according to James Oestreich of the The New York Times, who praised the 200-voice all-volunteer chorus as a “gem… from its first hushed utterances to its final rousing shouts.”
Nathalie Stutzmann, who chose the “Mahler 2” to conclude her third season as Music Director, has made Mahler a cornerstone of ASO’s programming, having already led the orchestra in performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Earlier, in her career as a contralto, she was a soloist on a notable recording of the Resurrection Symphony with Seiji Ozawa. Stutzmann is celebrated for her intense, energetic approach to Mahler, along with the optimism which underpins her interpretation.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
America @ 250 Encore
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
DEANNA THAM, conductor
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Overture to Candide (1955-1956) 5 MINS
SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)
Overture to The School for Scandal (1931-1933) 8 MINS
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Suite from Appalachian Spring (1943-1944) 25 MINS
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) 3 MINS
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo (1942) 4 MINS
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957) 23 MINS
I. Prologue
II. “Somewhere”
III. Scherzo
IV. Mambo
V. Cha Cha
VI. Meeting Scene
VII. “Cool” Fugue
VIII. Rumble
IX. Finale
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
DEANNA THAM, conductor
Powerfully compelling, American conductor Deanna Tham is known for her captivating and tenacious spirit on and off the podium. She is currently the Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony and Music Director of the Union Symphony Orchestra. Previously, Tham was the Assistant Conductor of the Omaha Symphony, following her tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony and Principal Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras.
In 2024, she appeared in the prestigious La Maestra Conducting Competition in Paris, France, where she was a semi-finalist.
Deanna Tham has performed at the Proms in Royal Albert Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Seiji Ozawa Hall at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Recent highlights include leading the all-women Broadway Sinfonietta in the world-premiere of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse live with symphonic score, Jacksonville Symphony’s Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert, and the Union Symphony’s first city-community Pops on the Plaza. She served as Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA and NYO2) and Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Sinfonietta. Tham is a cover conductor for the San Francisco Symphony.
Campaign for the
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has begun an ambitious campaign to generate new endowment and stability funding. Our Campaign for the Next Era will allow the ASO to achieve its vision while maintaining its financial health and ensuring long-term sustainability.
This Campaign will create sustainable funding to:
• Enable the ASO to continue to attract and retain the finest musicians in the world
• Maintain and expand our community-wide education programs
• Fully fund our nationally-recognized Talent Development Program
Investments in the Campaign for the Next Era will help the ASO continue to enrich our beloved community with brilliant performances and music education for decades to come.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is grateful to the following donors and volunteers who have supported our Campaign for the Next Era Endowment Campaign.
CAMPAIGN CHAIRS
Kathy Waller
John B. White, Jr.
CAMPAIGN CABINET
Bert Mills
Anne Morgan
Jim Rubright
For more information about the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Campaign for the Next Era, please contact Grace Sipusic, Vice President of Development, at grace.sipusic@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.5061.
Ross Singletary
Ray Uttenhove
Patrick Viguerie
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (4)
Mr. Eric Bressner
The Family of Ann Grovenstein Campbell
Ms. Margie Painter
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$500,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
The Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins
$250,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Mary & Jim Rubright
Patrick & Susie Viguerie
$100,000+
Balloun Foundation
Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney
Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp
Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow
Marcia & John Donnell
Ms. Angela L. Evans
Dick & Anne Game
June & John Scott
Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim
Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.
$50,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
The Antinori Foundation
Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD
Bonnie Harris
James H. Landon
Ms. Molly Minnear
Bert & Carmen Mills
John R. Paddock, Ph.D. &
Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Patty & Doug Reid
Ross & Sally Singletary
Slumgullion Charitable Fund
John & Ray Uttenhove
Up to $50,000
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D.
Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward
Juliet & John Allan
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey
Wright* & Alison Caughman
Ms. Lisa V. Chang
Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia
The Gable Foundation
Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan
Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero
Sally & Walter George
Georgia Power Company
Pam & Robert Glustrom
Elizabeth & Sheffield Hale
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison
Tad & Janin Hutcheson
Brian & Carrie Kurlander
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence
Massey Charitable Trust
Carla & Arthur Mills IV
Galen Oelkers
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Dr. Kenneth Sass & Mr. Daniel Lazarus
Bill & Rachel Schultz
Joyce & Henry Schwob
Charlie & Donna Sharbaugh
Elliott & Elaine Tapp
ASO | SUPPORT
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper thanks to the support of our generous patrons. The list below recognizes the donors who have made contributions since June 1, 2024. Their extraordinary generosity provides the foundation for this worldclass institution.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
$100,000+
Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies
Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund
$50,000+
The Antinori Foundation
Connie & Merrell** Calhoun
Paulette Eastman & Becky Pryor Anderson**
Ms. Lynn Eden
Ms. Angela L. Evans ∞
John D. Fuller
The Gable Foundation
Ms. Margaret Painter ∞
Mr. Robert L. Setzer
SFH Giving Fund
Gayle Sheppard
Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr. ° ∞
$35,000+
Ms. Krystal Ahn
Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney
Sally & Walter George
John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞
Patty & Doug Reid
Mary & Jim Rubright
June & John Scott ∞
Slumgullion Charitable Fund
Patrick & Susie Viguerie
Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins
Mr. Mack Wilbourn
$25,000+
John & Juliet Allan
Mr. Neil Ashe &
Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe
Carol C. Attridge, in memory of Phil Attridge
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey
Mr. Keith Barnett
Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.
John W. Cooledge
Sally** & Larry Davis
Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow
Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes ∞
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Duffey, Jr.
Pam & Robert Glustrom
Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD ∞
Bonnie Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison
Ms. Joia M. Johnson
Sarah & Jim Kennedy
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
Massey Charitable Trust
John & Linda Matthews ∞
Martha M. Pentecost
Tyler Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Saligram
Bill & Rachel Schultz °
Katherine Scott
Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim
Mrs. Edus H. Warren
$17,500+
Jennifer Barlament & Kenneth Potsic ∞
Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp
Russell Currey & Amy Durrell
Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero
Dick & Anne Game
Dr. V. Alexander Garcias
Mr. & Mrs. David Goosman
Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert
Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence
Ms. Molly Minnear
Caroline & Phil Moïse
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Terence L. & Jeanne Perrine Neal °
Galen Oelkers
Ralph Paulk & Suzanne Redmon Paulk
Ms. Cathleen Quigley
Dr. Kenneth Sass &
Mr. Daniel Lazarus
Ross & Sally Singletary
Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor & Ms. Triska Drake
Dr. Ravi & Dr. Valerie Thadhani
John & Ray Uttenhove
Roxanne & Benny Varzi
Mrs. Sue S. Williams
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
$15,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D.
Madeline** & Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward °
Aadu & Kristi Allpere °
Mr. David Boatwright
Wright** & Alison Caughman
Ms. Lisa V. Chang
Mr.** & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia
Dr. John Dyer & Mrs. Catherine Faré Dyer
Eleanor & Charles Edmondson
Ms. Yelena Epova & Mr. Neil Chambers
Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan
Roya & Bahman Irvani
Stephen & Carolyn Knight
Dr. Raymond Kotwicki
Brian & Carrie Kurlander ∞
James H. Landon
Drs. Joon & Grace Lee
Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger Chen
John F.** & Marilyn M. McMullan
Mr. & Mrs. Suneel Mendiratta ∞°
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV
Bert & Carmen Mills
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Mr. Edward Potter & Ms. Regina Olchowski °
Mr. Joseph Rapanotti
Vicki & Joe Riedel
David F. & Maxine A.** Rock
V Scott
Mr. John A. Sibley, III
Tom & Ani Steele
Elliott & Elaine Tapp °
Judith & Mark K. Taylor
Mr. Yannik Thomas
Carolyn C. Thorsen
Ms. Maria Todorova
Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Mr. Ben Touchette
Ruthie Watts
Adair & Dick White
Hank Wilkinson
Drs. Kevin & Kalinda Woods
$10,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Allen
Jack & Helga Beam ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin
Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Brown
Karen & Rod Bunn
Lisa & Russ Butner ∞
John Champion & Penelope Malone
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III
Janet & John Costello
Mr. & Mrs. Warren L. Culpepper
Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle & Ms. Karen Freer
Donald & Barbara Defoe °
Peter & Vivian** de Kok
Marcia & John Donnell
Ms. Diane Durgin
Cheryl Etheridge in memory of David Etheridge
Dr. & Mrs. Leroy Fass
Mr. Nigel Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn
Dr. Paul Gilreath
Mr. James N. Grace
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
Richard & Linda Hubert
Clay & Jane Jackson ∞
Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III °
Cecile M. Jones
Jennifer & Bill Kahnweiler
James Kieffer
Ann & Brian Kimsey ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuester
Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & S. Neal Rhoney
Dr. Allen Lipis & Mrs. Judy Lipis
Meghan & Clarke Magruder
Ms. Erin M. Marshall ∞
Belinda & Gino Massafra
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox
Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock
Jane Morrison ∞
Margaret H. Petersen
Mr. Allen Phinney
Mr. Ron Raitz
Leonard Reed
Ms. Frances A. Root
Thomas & Lynne Saylor
Ms. Barbara S. Schlefman
Michelle & Steve Shlansky
Beverly & Milton Shlapak
John & Yee-Wan Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr.
George & Amy Taylor ∞
Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.
Kiki Wilson
Mr. David J. Worley & Ms. Bernadette Drankoski
Camille W. Yow
$7,500+
Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes
Carol Brantley & David Webster
Judith D. Bullock**
Patricia & William Buss ∞
Mark Coan & Family
Ned Cone & Nadeen Green
Sally W. Hawkins
Grace Taylor Ihrig**
Jason & Michelle Kroh
Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. & G. Wesley Holt
Elvira & Jay Mannelly
Ed & Linda McGinn
Berthe & Shapour Mobasser
Sue Morgan ∞
Ms. Eliza Quigley ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves
Tiffany & Rich Rosetti
Stephen & Sonia Swartz
Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino
Alan & Marcia Watt
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Louis J. Alrutz
Mr. Logan Anderson
The Hisham & Nawal Araim
Family Foundation
Azalea City Chapter of Links
Dr. Evelyn R. Babey
Lisa & Joe** Bankoff
Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks
Asad & Sakina Bashey
Meredith Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Mr. John Blatz
Rita & Herschel Bloom
Jane & Greg Blount
Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal
Mrs. Robert C. Boozer
Margo Brinton & Eldon Park
Ms. Jane F. Boynton
Ms. Johanna Brookner
Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr.
CBH International, Inc
Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D
Helena & Phillip Choi
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba
Ms. Tracey Chu
Bruce Cohen
Malcolm & Ann Cole
William & Patricia Cook
Matt & Kate Cook
Mary Carole Cooney & Henry R. Bauer, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. DePorres Cormier
Carol Comstock & Jim Davis
Kelly Goldston DeBonis & Daniel P. DeBonis
Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick ∞
Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett
Robert S. Elster Foundation
Jerry H. Evans & Stephen T. Bajjaly
Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
Bruce W. & Avery C. Flower ∞
Mr. David L. Forbes
Dr. Karen A. Foster
Annie Frazer & Jen Horvath
Gaby Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hauser
John** & Martha Head
The Reverend Elizabeth H. Hendrick
Hilley & Frieder
Mrs. Nicole L. House
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Huesken
Tad & Janin Hutcheson
Mr. Justin Im & Dr. Nakyoung Nam
Lillian Kim Ivansco & Joey Ivansco
Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston
Lana M. Jordan ∞
Paul** & Rosthema Kastin
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman
Mona & Gilbert Kelly °
Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. William R. Kenny
Mr. Charles R. Kowal
Pat & Nolan Leake
Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Lear
Jonathan Lively
Mr. William A. Lundstrom & Mrs. Catherine L. Lundstrom
Ms. Eunice Luke
Thomas & Marianne Mabry
Ms. Ellen B. Macht
In Memoriam: Betty (B.J.) Malone
Beau & Alfredo Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin
Catherine Massey
Ms. Darla B. McBurney
Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber
Fred & Sue McGehee Family
Charitable Fund
Mr. Dale Metz & Ms. Lisa Williams
Key Miles
Mr. Bert Mobley ∞
Maria & Chris Moffett
Mr. Jamal Mohammad & Mr. Marcus Dean
Mr. William Morrison & Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison
Agnes V. Nelson
Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer
Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund F. Pearce, Jr. °
Jonathan & Lori Peterson
In Memory of
Dr. Frank S. Pittman III
Stephen Polley
Dr. & Mrs. John P. Pooler
Dr. John B. Pugh
John H. Rains
Mrs. Susan H. Reinach
Dr. Jay Rhee & Mrs. Kimberley Rhee ∞
Ms. Felicia Rives ∞
Angela Robinson
Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer
Ms. Noelle Ross & Mr. Tim Dorr
John T. Ruff
Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral
Dr. Robert D. Schreiner & Dr. Patricia M. Simone
Suzanne Shull ∞
Gerald & Nancy Silverboard
Baker & Debby Smith
Ms. Cynthia Smith
Janice B. Smith
Ms. Victoria Smith
Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos
In memory of Elizabeth B.
Stephens by Powell, Preston & Sally ∞
Ms. Deann Stevens
Beth & Edward Sugarman
Sadie Talmadge
Dede & Bob Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Toren
Trapp Family
Dr. Brenda G. Turner
Chilton & Morgan** Varner
Amy & Robert Vassey
Emily C. Ward
Emily & James Washburn
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webber
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
David & Martha West
John F. Wieland, Jr.
Suzanne B. Wilner
Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood
Kaya Yamashita in memory of her parents, Hiroko & Tomohiro Yamashita
Danielle & Peter Zimmerman
$3,500+
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Sam & Linda Boyte
Liz & Charlie Cohn °
Jean & Jerry Cooper
Mr. David S. Dimling
Gregory & Debra Durden
Sandra & John Glover
Mr. Jeff Harms & Mr. Peter MacLean
Ms. Susan V. Heerin
Barbara M. Hund
Cameron H. Jackson
Ms. Rebecca Jarvis
Sally C. Jobe
Mrs. Gail Johnson**
Wolfgang** & Mariana Laufer
Deborah & William Liss
Martha & Reynolds McClatchey
Ms. Kathy Powell
S.A. Robinson
Ms. Donna Schwartz
Ms. Martha Solano
Kay R. Summers
Mrs. Dale L. Thompson
Russell F. Winch &
Mark B. Elberfeld
Judy Zaban-Miller & Lester Miller**
$2,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (6)
Paul & Melody Aldo
Mr. James L. Anderson
Atlanta Symphony Associates
Herschel Beazley
Dr. Bruce & Linda** Beeber
Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson
Susan & Jack Bertram
Mr. & Mrs. Xavier Bignon
Leon & Joy Borchers
Martha S. Brewer
Harriet Evans Brock
Benjamin Q. Brunt
Laurel & Gordon Buchmiller
Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush
Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe
Betty Fuller Case
Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England
Mr. Michael J. Clifford & Ms. Sandra L. Murray
Mr. James Cobb
Coenen-Johnson Foundation
Susan S. Cofer
Nicky Cohen & Simon Dibley
Ralph** & Rita Connell
Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke
Mrs. Nancy Cooke
Mr. William R. Cranshaw
R. Carter & Marjorie A. Crittenden Foundation
Claire & Alex Crumbley
Kaitlin & Sheila Crumrine
Dr. & Mrs.** F. Thomas Daly, Jr.
Vicente del Rio
Ms. Suzanne Denton
Jerome J. Dobson
Mr. & Mrs. Graham Dorian
Mr. Christopher Drew
Mr. Trey Duskin &
Ms. Noelle Albano °
Mrs. Eve F. Eckardt
Tom & Kim Eckhardt
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Edgar
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
William Eiselstein & Andrew Greene
Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham
Dr. Donald & Janet Filip
Tom & Cecilia Fraschillo
Dr. Elizabeth C. French
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gaid
Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier ∞
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Garrett
Dr. Robert W. Gilbert
Marty & John Gillin °
Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein
Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein
Mr. Robert Golomb
Mrs. Beverly Green
Richard & Debbie Griffiths
Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen
Mr. & Mrs. Juanmarco Gutierrez
Deedee Hamburger
Ms. Ayonna Hammond
Phil & Lisa Hartley
Mr. & Mrs. John Hellriegel ∞
Bill & Babette Henagan
Ann J. Herrera & Mary M. Goodwin
Kenneth & Colleen Hey
Dr. Thomas High
Azira G. Hill
Sarah & Harvey Hill, Jr. °
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Hill
Mrs. Leslie H. Hill & Mr. Jacob C. Hill
Mr. Larry B. Hooks & Mrs. Carole W. Hooks
Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins
James & Bridget Horgan °
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Huband
Dona & Bill Humphreys
Mr. Christopher Hurst
Ms. Olga Inozemtseva
Aaron & Joyce Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Eike Jordan
Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D
Ms. Alice Kwan
Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land, Jr.
Lillian Balentine Law
Mr. Andrew Liakopoulos & Mr. Mark Hawkins
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey
Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie
Dr. Marcus Marr
Marx & Marx LLC
Ben Mathis & Mary Anne Mathis
In Memory of Pam McAllister
Gray McCalley
Cody & Missy McClatchey
Mr. & Mrs. James McClatchey
Mr. & Mrs. John G. McColskey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McDuffie
Birgit & David McQueen
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany
Anna & Hays Mershon
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr.
Pat Mitchell & Scott Seydel
Ms. Helen Motamen & Mr. Deepak Shenoy
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Muniz
Melanie & Allan Nelkin
Mr. & Mrs. Denis Ng
Gary R. Noble, MD & Joanne Heckman
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Ogburn
Mr. & Mrs. James Pack
Mr. Albert Palombo & Mrs. Linda E. Berggren
Erica L. Parsons & J. Mark Stewart
Martha & Al Pearson
Mr. Doug F. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.
Ms. Francene Riley
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts
Betsy & Lee Robinson
Dr. Judith C. Rohrer
Stuart Romm
Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray
Dr. Marianne Scharbo-DeHaan
Drs. Lawrence & Rachel Schonberger
Dick Schweitzer
Mallie Sharafat
Angela Allen Sherzer
Mr. David C. Shih
Alan & Marion Shoenig
Helga Hazelrig Siegel
Diana Silverman
Caryl & Kendrick Smith
Hamilton & Mason Smith
Anne-Marie Sparrow
Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel
James & Shari Steinberg
Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel °
Ms. Lizanne E. Stephenson & Mr. Alan Kendall
Ms. Sandra Stine & Mr. Greg Burel
Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans
Lauren, RJ, & Mia Stuart
Ms. Linda F. Terry
Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin
Mr. & Ms. Nathaniel Thomas
Herb & Elke Timmerman
Duane P. Truex III
Mr. Jerry Stacy Tucker
Bill & Judy Vogel
Mrs. Joyce Vroon
Dr. James L. Waits
Mr. Charles D. Wattles & Ms. Rosemary C. Willey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Welch
Mrs. Lynne M. Winship
Sandra L. Wong
Mr. Will Young
Zaban Foundation, Inc.
Herbert** & Grace Zwerner
** = deceased
° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.
∞ = Leadership Council
We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more.
Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee
We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donor-volunteers for their commitment to each year’s annual support initiatives:
Linda Matthews chair
Kristi Allpere
Helga Beam
Bill Buss
Pat Buss
Kristen Fowks
Deedee Hamburger
Judy Hellriegel
Belinda Massafra
Sally Parsonson
June Scott
Milt Shlapak
Lara Smith-Sitton
Kay Summers
Jonne Walter
Marcia Watt
CORPORATE PARTNERS
$1,000,000+
Delta Air Lines
$100,000+
AAA Parking
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Power Company
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.∞
The Home Depot Foundation
Piedmont Realty Trust
$75,000+
Alston & Bird LLP
The Norfolk Southern Corporation
$50,000+
Accenture LLP
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Google
PwC
Regions Bank
The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University
$25,000+
AFFAIRS to REMEMBER
Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
BlueLinx Corporation
Huntington Bank
$25,000+ CONTINUED
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy∞
Dennis Dean Catering
Deloitte
Eversheds Sutherland
Grady Health System
King & Spalding LLP
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
Porsche Cars North America Inc.
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
The QUIKRETE® Companies
Truist Bank
$15,000+
Atlanta Parent
BlackRock
Cisco
EY
FleishmanHillard
Georgia-Pacific
Tony Brewer and Company
Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits
SouthState Bank
WABE 90.1 FM
Warner Bros. Media
$10,000+
Buckhead Village
Costco Wholesale
Davis Broadcasting’s WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
$250,000+
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Goizueta Foundation
$100,000+
Amy W. Norman
Charitable Foundation
Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
The Halle Foundation
The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$50,000+
Georgia Department of Public Health
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Robert & Polly Dunn Foundation, Inc.
$35,000+
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
Georgia Council for the Arts
The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation
$25,000+
The Graves Foundation
The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation
Fulton County Arts & Culture
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.∞
Massey Charitable Trust
$15,000+
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
$10,000+ CONTINUED
Greenberg Traurig
Jazz 91.9 WCLK
La Fête du Rosé
Merrill
Music Matters
WVEE-FM | V-103.3 FM
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Chef Craig Richards
Drummond Woodsum
FayTak Designs | Farideh Takaloo
Marietta Neonatology
Parker Poe
Perkins&Will
The St. Regis Atlanta
Ticketmaster
Yellow Bird Project Management
$2,000+
Allen Organ Studios
The Backline Company
Big Dome Promotions, LLC
EventWorks
Morehouse School of Medicine
Legendary Events
Phoenix Senior Living
The Piedmont National Family Foundation
Premier Events / Chastain Concessions
Prime Pharmaceuticals & Compounding Pharmacy
$10,000+
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
In Memory of Betty Sands Fuller
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
The Breman Foundation, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
$2,000+
2492 Fund
Paul and Marian Anderson Fund
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
Georgia Humanities
The Parham Fund
HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE
Named for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s founding Music Director, the HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE celebrates cherished individuals and families who have made a planned gift to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These special donors preserve the Orchestra’s foundation and ensure success for future generations.
Camille McClain director of marketing & communications
Matt Dykeman director of digital content
Adam Fenton director of multimedia technology
Delle Beganie content & production manager
Mia Jones-Walker marketing manager
Whitney Hendrix creative services manager, aso
Amy Godwin communications manager
Sean David video editor
SALES & REVENUE MANAGEMENT
Russell Wheeler vice president, sales & revenue management
Nancy James front of house manager
Erin Jones senior director of sales & audience development
Jesse Pace senior manager of ticketing & patron experience
Dennis Quinlan manager, business insights & analytics
Robin Smith guest services coordinator
Jake Van Valkenburg group sales & audience development supervisor
Brandon Eggert audience development associate
ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL LIVE
Nicole Panunti vice president, atlanta symphony hall live
Will Strawn director of marketing
Christine Lawrence director of ticketing & parking
Lisa Eng creative services manager
Dan Nesspor senior ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live
Liza Palmer senior event manager
Nicole Jurovics booking & contract manager
Meredith Chapple associate marketing manager, live
Maria Austin marketing coordinator, live
RaSheed Lemon event coordinator, live
Steven Thompson event coordinator, live
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Susan Ambo executive vice president & cfo
Kimberly Hielsberg vice president of finance
April Satterfield controller
Brandi Reed staff accountant
Melissa Nabb orchestra hr & finance partner
DEVELOPMENT
Grace Sipusic vice president of development
William Keene senior director of development
James Paulk senior annual giving officer
Renee Contreras director of development, institutional giving
Beth Freeman senior manager of major gifts
Sharveace Cameron senior development associate
Rachel Bender manager of individual giving
Jenny Ricke manager, grants and development communications
Matthew Enfinger manager, corporate relations
AJ McCurry development associate
Gregory Freeman development associate
ASO | CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE
Thank you to the Woodruff Arts Center’s dedicated Annual Fund donors whose gifts support the arts and education work at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • A Friend of the High Museum of Art
Lauren Amos • Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.* • Mr. & Mrs.* Shouky A. Shaheen
$500,000 - $999,999
Anonymous
Art Bridges Foundation
$250,000 - $499,999
Accenture
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda and Dan Cathy
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
Google
Reverend Ruth T. Healy*
$100,000 - $249,999
AAA Parking
Alston & Bird
Atlantic Station
Sandra and Dan Baldwin
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Cadence Bank
The Chestnut Family Foundation
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W.
Burke Charitable Fund
Mr. James E. Gay*
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
Zeist Foundation
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
E. Mcburney Trust
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Novelis, Inc.
The Rich’s Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Smurfit Westrock
Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust
Truist Trusteed Foundations:
Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust,
The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
UPS
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Georgia-Pacific
Estate of Burton M. Gold
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Hazel Hale Trust
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Foundation
King & Spalding, Partners & Employees
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation
Northside Hospital
Piedmont Realty Trust
PNC
Garnet and Dan Reardon
Patty and Doug Reid
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
Southern Company Gas
Carol and Ramon
Tomé Family Fund
Warner Bros. Discovery
Mrs. Harriet Warren
Rod and Kelly Westmoreland
The Woodruff Arts Center’s Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff campaign succeeded in modernizing the campus and expanding arts education. We extend our deepest gratitude to the generous donors whose commitment brought this milestone to life.
$1,000,000+
Anonymous
The Coca-Cola Foundation
James M. Cox Foundation
The Delta Air Lines Foundation
The Goizueta Foundation
Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation*
The Home Depot Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
Acuity Inc.
Anonymous
$250,000 - $499,999
Bank of America
Chick-fil-A, Inc. |
Rhonda and Dan T. Cathy
The Fraser-Parker Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center
Liz and Frank Blake*
Stephanie Blank*
Aimee and Tom Chubb
Ann and Jeff Cramer*
$10,000 - $99,999
Ann A. Adams
Anonymous
Yum and Ross Arnold
Ed Bastian
Ken Bernhardt and Cynthia Currence*
Tony Conway, Legendary Events
Johnson and Margaret Cook
Cousins Properties
Lee and Warren Culpepper
Mike and Nancy Doss
Mike and Mindy Egan
Vicki Escarra
Georgia Council for the Arts
Patrick Gunning and Elizabeth Pelypenko
Rand and Seth Hagen*
Joan Stanescu and Terrence Hahn
Philip Harrison and Susan Stainback
S. Jack and Michal Hart Hillman
The Imlay Foundation*
Sarah and Jim Kennedy*
The Marcus Foundation
Norfolk Southern
PNC Bank
Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation*
Cisco Systems
Georgia Power Foundation
The Fay S. and W. Barrett Howell
Family Foundation
Phil and Jenny Jacobs
Margaret and Bob Reiser*
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Harland Charitable Foundation
The Hearst Foundations
Joia M. Johnson
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
Julia Houston
Robin and Hilton Howell
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
Jim and Lori Kilberg*
KPMG LLP
The Dennis Lockhart and Mary Rose
Taylor Memorial Fund
Beau and Alfredo Martin
Jean Ann and Barry C. McCarthy*
John F. McMullan**
Richard and Wimberly McPhail
Kavita and Ashish Mistry
Pat Mitchell Seydel and Scott O. Seydel
Hala and Steve Moddelmog*
Kent and Talena Moegerle
Ken and Val Neighbors
Galen Oelkers
Chuck and Kathie Palmer
The Pighini Family
Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
The Carol and Ramon
Tomé Family Fund
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Zeist Foundation
Kelin Foundation
Truist Trusteed Foundations: Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, The Florence C. and Harry L. English
Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
The Selig, Lewis, Shoulberg Families*
Truist Charitable Fund
Kathy Waller and Kenneth Goggins*
The Rockdale Foundation
Lauren and Andrew Schlossberg
Lauren and Tim Schrager
June and John Scott
Southface Institute
Candace Steele Flippin
Dave Stockert and Cammie Ives
The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation, Inc.
Tull Charitable Foundation
The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.
Susie and Patrick Viguerie
Sally and Mel Westmoreland
John Wieland
D. Richard Williams and Janet Lavine
David, Helen, and Marian
Woodward Fund
John and Ellen Yates
*Denotes additional support for the Alliance Theatre’s Imagine Campaign ** In memoriam
