PUBLISHER Brantley Manderson brantley@encoremagazine.com
SENIOR ACCOUNT DIRECTOR NASHVILLE Kelli Dill kelli@encoremagazine.com
SENIOR ACCOUNT DIRECTOR CHARLOTTE Hila Johnson hila@encoremagazine.com
EDITOR IN CHIEF Robert Viagas robert@encoremagazine.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Tamara Hooks tamara@encoremagazine.com
DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Jennifer Nelson jennifer@encoremagazine.com
PROGRAM PRODUCER Mashaun D. Simon Mashaun.Simon@alliancetheatre.org
Thank you for joining us this evening at Symphony Hall. With each performance, we hope you’ll find what you are looking for—be it solace, relaxation, joy, learning, or more—in the experience of hearing great music performed by the tremendously gifted musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Whatever it is that brought you here tonight, we hope you are able to find it—and lose yourself—in the music.
In late January we marked a milestone at the Woodruff Arts Center when we officially opened the brand new Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families. Designed with young people in mind and built to be flexible enough to accommodate many types of events, we and our friends at the Alliance Theatre have already presented many events for kids. Together, we are taking advantage of this shared space to expand our programming for young audiences by an order of magnitude, bringing the magic of live performances to thousands more young people in our community.
The ASO also kicked off our new Chamber Music Series, featuring members of the ASO and guest artists in an intimate setting. The next concert in the series, on March 8th, has the intriguing title The Wild Harpsichord with Baroque specialist Chloé Sévère, who will also join the orchestra for Bach’s B minor Mass the following week. The final program in the series is America @ 250 on April 26th, featuring ASO musicians performing works connected to our country’s history—including a brand-new work by our own Associate Principal flutist Rob Cronin.
I hope you’ll join us for these upcoming performances to enjoy the music in this intimate setting.
With gratitude,
Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director
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 Le gion 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.
Recently, Stutzmann was guest conductor at the Oslofilharmonien and Bayerische Staatsoper, conducting Faust, Grieg and Wagner. This season, Stutzmann has also led the Dutch National Opera in a production of Tosca and was recently appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
David Coucheron concertmaster
The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair
Justin Bruns* associate concertmaster
The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair
Lauren Roth-Gómez acting associate / assistant concertmaster
Jun-Ching Lin* assistant concertmaster
Ruoying Pan assistant concertmaster
Kevin Chen
Carolyn Toll Hancock
The Wells Fargo Chair
Juan R. Ramírez Hernández
Kelly Kanai
John Meisner
Christopher Pulgram
Olga Shpitko
Kenn Wagner
Lisa Wiedman Yancich
Jin Wook Suk
Sissi Yuqing Zhang
SECTION VIOLIN ‡
Judith Cox
Raymond Leung
The Carolyn McClatchey Chair
Anastasia Agapova principal
The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair
Sou-Chun Su associate principal
The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair
Jay Christy
assistant principal
Rachel Ostler*
Robert Anemone
Noriko Konno Clift
Paolo Dara
David Dillard
Paul Halberstadt
Eun Young Jung
Eleanor Kosek
Julia Su
Yaxin Tan
Zhenwei Shi* principal
The Edus H. & Harriet H. Warren Chair
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
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
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
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. Bunzi Chair
Michael Stubbart
assistant principal timpani / section 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
Neil and Sue Williams Chair
Angela Evans chair
Patrick Viguerie immediate past chair
Joia Johnson treasurer
Galen Oelkers secretary
Phyllis Abramson
Keith Adams
Juliet M. Allan
Susan Antinori
Rona Gomel Ashe
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
Neil Berman
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
Daniel Laufer*
Donna Lee
Janine Brown vice chair
Lynn Eden vice chair
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
William Schultz
June Scott
Dona Humphreys
Benjamin Q. Brunt
John W. Cooledge, M.D.
John R. Donnell, Jr.
Jere A. Drummond
Carla Fackler
Charles B. Ginden
John T. Glover
Aaron J. Johnson, Jr.
James F. Kelley
Patricia Leake
Karole F. Lloyd
Meghan H. Magruder
Shelley McGehee
Penelope McPhee
Howell E. Adams, Jr.
John B. White, Jr.
* Ex-Officio Board Member
^ On Sabbatical
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
Kate Cook
DePorres & Barbara Cormier
Daniel P. Debonis
Donald & Barbara Defoe
Paul & Susan Dimmick
Bernadette Drankoski
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
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
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
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
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
Kiki Wilson
Baxter Jones
Camille Yow
For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Beth Freeman at beth.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.
DONOR PROFILE
By James L. Paulk
Beginning in 2016, Becky Anderson, a pianist from Fitzgerald, GA, and her best friend Paulette Eastman, both big music fans, would drive to Atlanta every few weeks during our season to attend ASO concerts, a 3 hour drive each way. They would stay overnight, then return the next morning, always coming on Thursdays as Becky needed to get back to play for choir practice and church services. They became Leadership Donors 7 years ago and have generously supported the Orchestra since that time.
Years earlier, the two had discovered Nathalie Stutzmann’s vocal recordings with Orfeo 55, which they revered and collected. Then, when Nathalie became Music Director, they were amazed and elated. Unfortunately, Becky had been battling cancer and was never able to travel to hear Nathalie conduct in person, though she greatly enjoyed the ASO’s “Behind the Curtain” videos.
A church pianist and beloved piano teacher, Becky had a music degree from FSU. She was fluent in German, having worked in Germany and then for the German Consulate in Atlanta before returning to her hometown. She had a special passion for Mahler and the German Romantic repertoire. Becky died in 2022. Starting in 2023, Paulette has sponsored a Concert Dedication each year in her memory, inviting Becky’s family and friends.
“I believe that love, laughter, and music are gifts from God. Music can be joyful, it can be invigorating, and it can be a solace,” said Paulette. “The ASO is such an incredible experience! It’s a privilege to support the Orchestra.”
To support the ASO Annual Fund:
• Give online by going to aso.org/give.
• Give by phone: call 404-733-4416 and speak to a member of the ASO Development Team.
By Jon Ross
Flutist Robert Cronin will soon return to the spotlight.
After more than 35 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Cronin is a familiar presence during performances at Symphony Hall, nestled comfortably in the woodwind section.
In April, the focus will be on Cronin, when he’s featured in the inaugural ASO Chamber Music Series in the brand new Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families with the world premiere of his “Serenade for Flute and String Trio.” He’ll be performing alongside ASO colleagues, violinists Kevin Chen, Lauren Roth-Gómez, Olga Shpitko and Yaxin Tan, violists Yang-Yoon Kim and Yiyin Li, cellist Ray Kim and piccolo/ flutist Gina Hughes.
Soloing, and playing in a small trio, is a different experience than orchestral playing, for sure. Last fall, he left his customary spot with the orchestra for a solo turn during a special episode of “ASO Behind the Curtain.”
“If you’re sitting in the back of a section, you can blend in. But when you’re up front, everyone’s looking at you. You have to be ready for that,” he said in advance of last fall’s video recording.
His preparations for that recording didn’t stray from what he usually does to get ready for a concert.
“Preparation just means being in good shape,” he said. “It’s about being mentally ready and physically in shape – working out, staying healthy, breathing exercises. At this point in my career, it’s less about the flute and more about me being able to execute what I already know.”
The three-concert ASO Chamber Music series began January 30 with a chamber concert of works by Mozart, Wagner, Rossini, Bartók and Janáček. For the closing concert, on April 26, Cronin’s work is presented alongside compositions by composers who wrote chamber music in and about the Americas—Samuel Barber, José Elizondo and Anton Dvořák.
In between ASO chamber concerts, harpsichordist Chloé Sévère will present “The Wild Harpsichord,” a show that promises to present the instrument “in a completely new light with an unexpected, funny, and poetic approach.” At first glance, that all seems a little out of step with the rest of the series. But as with the chamber ensembles composed of ASO musicians, it’s about showcasing familiar artists in a slightly different package. Sévère will join the orchestra on March 12-15 for Bach’s Mass in B Minor, so her March 8 appearance on the
Goizueta Stage gives audiences a chance to see her in a different light.
“The harpsichord show signals our intention to create opportunities for our guest artists to shine in the more intimate, chamber music setting of the Goizueta Stage while they are in town," said Gaetan Le Divelec, the ASO's Vice President of Artistic Planning. "In this instance, it will also be an opportunity to put a spotlight on the harpsichord, an instrument which typically takes an unassuming role in the context of our orchestra performances."
Formerly the Rich Theater, the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families is a completely renovated, intimate performance space. In a recent showcase of how the new venue will be used, 100 school children packed into the first few rows of seats as a string quartet of ASO musicians launched into familiar classics. For an acoustically dead space, the musicians sounded rich and bright, a rounded depth in the low register reaching listeners in the back rows. The sublime listening experience has a little to do with the venue’s Constellation sound system, which uses an array of microphones positioned around the hall to modify and redistribute live sound. When the system is off, sound rises from the instruments and quickly dies away. Turn it on? Suddenly, the music reverberates. It’s a subtle but welcome shift. While the system that day was geared for the string quartet, it can be tuned to achieve an array of acoustic landscapes, making the space feel much bigger and more sonically rich.
Violist Yang-Yoon Kim, who has been a member of the ASO since 2009, will also perform alongside Cronin in that final concert. Though she is by now a veteran of the orchestra, she originally was gearing up for a solo career. But after taking a deep-dive into symphonic music to get in the right headspace for her ASO audition nearly two decades ago, she decided that the ensemble was for her.
“The colors, the way the lines intertwine between instruments—that was so intriguing to me,” she said. “That’s when I knew I wanted to be a part of it.”
Over the years, both musicians have played in numerous configurations with ASO musicians, so stepping onto the new stage shouldn’t feel any different. Another thing that won’t change? Cronin’s tendency to leave it all on the stage.
“I’m probably not good for much right after a performance—wouldn’t want to operate heavy machinery or anything,” he says. “You’re emotionally and physically spent.”
We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.
The 4,192nd and 4,193rd concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor
LEIF OVE ANDSNES, piano
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.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1800) 36 MINS
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo: Allegro Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106 (1879-1881) 54 MINS
I. Maestoso
II. Adagio; Sehr feierlich
III. Scherzo: Ruhig bewegt (etwas gemessen)
IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
This weekend’s concerts are dedicated to SHEILA LEE DAVIES & JON DAVIES in honor of their generous support of the 2024/25 Annual Fund.
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
• Out of 27 numbered piano concertos, Mozart wrote only two in a minor key. Beethoven wrote only one. His stormy Piano Concerto No. 3 matches Mozart’s Concerto No. 24 in key and style, and shows Beethoven’s deference to the older composer.
• Ludwig van Beethoven began his career as a pianist in Vienna. He wrote piano concertos to show off his own virtuosity.
• In his Sixth Symphony, Anton Bruckner often uses a 3+2 or 2+3 scheme, now called the “Bruckner rhythm.”
In 1787, the Emperor’s brother agreed to sponsor sixteen-year-old Beethoven on a major excursion: the boy would go to Vienna to study with the celebrated composer Mozart. In March, the teenager climbed into a coach and set out on the nearly three-week journey to the Austrian capital. It’s possible he met Mozart, but a message followed him there: his mother lay dying.
Beethoven hurried home, making it back in time to say goodbye. He remained in Bonn for another five years until he received a grant to travel to Vienna. By that time, Mozart had died, and Haydn was to be his teacher — not a particularly good fit. The two composers had a series of strained meetings, but the taste of success turned Beethoven’s head away from lessons.
First ASO performance: January 18, 1951
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Hugh Hodgson, piano
Most recent ASO performance: June 18, 2023
Almost immediately, he found work teaching and performing in palaces around the city. The noble houses gleefully opened their doors to this thundering and tempestuous young pianist. He built a reputation and wrote piles of piano music to show off his skills. In 1800, he offered the Viennese a rarity: a public performance. Billed as a concert “for his own benefit,” Beethoven premiered his First Symphony, conducted music by Haydn and Mozart, and played an original piano concerto. He had intended to premiere his Third Piano Concerto that night, but the piece wasn’t ready (and wouldn’t be for another three years).
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano
In early 1803, Emanuel Schikaneder appointed Beethoven as a composer at the new Theater an der Wien and gave him an apartment on the property. Living rent-free, Beethoven invited his brother Carl to move in with him and continued to write music. In early 1803, he produced the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives and the famous Kreutzer Sonata.
In the spring, Beethoven hosted another benefit concert, assembling a ragtag orchestra and chorus. Starting at 8:00 AM, Beethoven drilled the musicians for a grueling ten-hour rehearsal that ended just before the doors opened. That night, he presented his Symphony No. 1, plus three world premieres: the Symphony No. 2, the new oratorio, and the Third Piano Concerto. Beethoven himself played the solo piano part during the concerto. His page-turner, one Ignaz von Seyfried, gave an eyewitness account.
“I saw almost nothing but empty leaves,” wrote Seyfried, “At the most, on one page or another, a few Egyptian hieroglyphs, wholly unintelligible to me, were scribbled down to serve as clues for him; for he played nearly all of the solo part from memory since, as was so often the case, he had not had time to set it all down on paper. He gave me a secret glance whenever he was at the end of one of the invisible passages, and my scarcely concealable anxiety not to miss the decisive moment amused him greatly. And he laughed heartily during the jovial supper which we ate afterward.”
First and Most Recent ASO performance: March 18, 1989
Franz Wesler-Möst, conductor
Anton Bruckner grew up among monks in rural Austria. Living at a monastery and choir school, God and music were the center of his life, and he became a staggering organ virtuoso. Par for the course, he wrote church music. But he aspired to be a symphonist and took a unique path to get there: he became a career student. Anchored to church jobs in Upper Austria, he found excellent teachers via correspondence and studied. He wrote his first numbered symphony at age 41. When his teacher at the Vienna Conservatory died in 1868, Bruckner took his job and presented himself to the world as a symphonist.
To make sense of Bruckner’s slow walk into symphonic history, it helps to think of him in league with creative people who
invent fictional universes, like The Lord of the Rings or Dungeons & Dragons. If you go looking for that kind of gestation, that depth and imagination, you’ll find it in Bruckner. And, as we shall see, you’ll also find that kind of fandom.
The renowned musicologist Deryck Cooke wrote: “Despite its general debt to Beethoven and Wagner, the ‘Bruckner Symphony’ is a unique conception, not only because of the individuality of its spirit and its materials, but even more because of the absolute originality of its formal processes.”
In one example, Sir Donald Tovey describes the end of the first movement of the Sixth Symphony, calling attention to the central theme being played alongside its inverted form (a mirror image).
“The whole coda is one of the greatest passages Bruckner ever wrote,” said Tovey. “The first theme [and mirror image] mounts slowly . . . passing from key to key beneath a tumultuous surface sparkling like the Homeric seas. The trumpets join in a long-drawn cantabile, swelling and diminishing; until at last the rhythmic figure of the opening is heard, and the theme comes together in a fanfare.”
Tovey’s allusion to “Homeric seas” works especially well, as the symphony feels like an epic saga.
Bruckner made a bumpy entry into Vienna. He was an eccentric and rural figure in a bustling, cosmopolitan world. But he soon attracted a cadre of devoted students and fans who saw the genius beneath the rumpled clothes and odd mannerisms. They didn’t always understand him, but they did provide a buffer to Bruckner’s “enemies” (his word).
The Vienna Philharmonic made a habit of issuing stinging and humiliating rebukes. The premiere of the Third Symphony was calamitous. Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony is unique in that it avoided the second-guessing and obsessive revising that plagued the other symphonies, owing to the fact that he never heard it performed. In fact, he wrote the first movement of the Sixth Symphony at the same time he rewrote the finale of the Fourth.
In 1883, the Vienna Philharmonic performed the inner movements of the Sixth Symphony. In 1899, after Bruckner’s death, Gustav Mahler heavily edited the piece and conducted the first complete performance. Fans had to wait until 1901 to hear the piece as Bruckner intended it.
The New York Times calls Leif Ove Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight,” and The Wall Street Journal names him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, performing recitals and concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, besides being an active recording artist. Andsnes’s discography comprises more than 50 titles. Spanning repertoire from the Baroque to the present day, these have been recognized with eleven Grammy nominations, seven Gramophone Awards, and numerous other international honors. Leif Ove Andsnes: The Complete Warner Classics Edition 1990-2010, a 36-CD retrospective of his EMI and Virgin recordings, was released to acclaim in 2023.
An avid chamber musician, Andsnes is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, was co-artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades, and served as music director of California’s 2012 Ojai Music Festival. He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received honorary doctorates from New York’s Juilliard School and Norway’s University of Bergen. As first Artistic Partner of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Andsnes led the ensemble from the keyboard in two major, multi-season projects—“The Beethoven Journey” and “Mozart Momentum 1785/86”—both of which resulted in award-winning Sony Classical sets.
The recipient of both the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award and the Gilmore Artist Award, Andsnes has also received Norway’s Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the prestigious Peer
Gynt Prize. He has curated Carnegie Hall’s “Perspectives” series, been the subject of the London Symphony Orchestra’s “Artist Portrait Series,” and undertaken seasonlong artistic residencies with the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Sweden’s Gothenburg Symphony. Andsnes studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory under Jirí Hlinka, also receiving invaluable advice from Jacques de Tiège. Today he lives with his wife and their three children in Bergen, where he is an Artistic Adviser at the city’s Prof. Jirí Hlinka Piano Academy.
Mr. Andsnes appears by arrangement with Enticott Music Management in association with IMG Artists
Mr. Andsnes records exclusively for SONY Classical
The 4,194th, 4,195th and 4, 196th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 8:00pm
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 8:00pm
Sunday, March 15, 2026, 3:00pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor
CAMILLA TILLING, soprano
FLEUR BARRON, mezzo-soprano
LUNGA ERIC HALLAM, tenor
KREŠIMIR STRAŽANAC, bass-baritone
CHLOÉ SÉVÈRE, continuo keyboard
ALICE COQUART, continuo cello
ASO CHORUS
NORMAN MACKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
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.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (1747-1749) 114 MINS
I. KYRIE
1. Kyrie eleison
2. Christe eleison
3. Kyrie eleison
II. GLORIA
4. Gloria in excelsis
5. Et in terra pax
6. Laudamus te
7. Gratias agimus tibi
8. Domine Deus
9. Qui tollis peccata mundi
10. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
III. CREDO
13. Credo in unum Deum
14. Patrem omnipotentem
15. Et in unum Dominum
16. Et incarnatus est
17. Crucifixus
18. Et resurrexit
19. Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum
20. Confiteor
21. Et exspecto resurrectionem
22. SANCTUS OSANNA, BENEDICTUS, AGNUS DEI ET DONA NOBIS PACEM
23. Osanna in excelsis
24. Benedictus
25. Osanna in excelsis (repetatur)
26. Agnus Dei
27. Dona nobis pacem
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Lunga Eric Hallam, tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, bass-baritone
ASO CHORUS
This weekend’s concerts are in tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach in gratitude for his life, and the endless legacy and inheritance he has given us. The quintessence of this, the greatest composer, is reflected in his "two natures, divine and human" and in granting us peace.
This weekend's concerts were made possible in part by a grant from the BARNEY M. FRANKLIN & HUGH W. BURKE CHARITABLE FUND.
Presented with generous support by by Noel Morris Program Annotator
• Bach’s Mass is composed of 27 movements. Note the many groupings of three, which point to the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
• The prevailing key is actually D major, but early publishers chose B minor based on the key of the opening Kyrie.
• The B minor Mass is a “tough sing” for the chorus, which performs 18 of the 27 movements. Singers must possess enormous vocal stamina and agility, strong mental discipline, and excellent breath control.
“I have this to say about Bach’s works: listen, play, love, revere — and keep your trap shut.”
—Albert Einstein
In 1818, the Swiss publisher Hans Georg Nägeli got his hands on a manuscript of Bach’s Mass in B minor and declared, “It is the greatest music work of art of all ages and of all people.” Of course, it’s nearly pointless to rank musical works. And yet, 200 years later, nothing has come along to eclipse or even lessen humanity’s regard for the piece. People keep quoting Nägeli. And while other composers have written
First ASO performance: December 21, 1969
Robert Shaw, conductor
Lorna Haywood, soprano
Naomi Haag, soprano
Barbara Dean, mezzo-soprano
Florence Kopleff, contralto Jon Humphrey, tenor
Paul Wiens, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
Herman Ramsey, bass
ASO Chamber Chorus
Most recent ASO performance: March 1, 2013
Robert Spano, conductor
Celena Shafer, soprano
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano
James Laing, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone
ASO Chamber Chorus
masses in B minor, there’s only one that’s universally identified as “the B minor Mass.” So let’s just assume for a moment that we think this piece transcends all others. How does one find the words to justify making such a claim?
Bach scholar Christoph Wolff stated that, “It is not merely Bach’s remarkable command of compositional technique, his sophisticated polyphonic style, and the wide range of expression in his musical language, it is also his sense of history, his deep knowledge of repertoires and styles.” Additionally, the B minor Mass stands as an earnest declaration of faith by a genius without peer, who had an encyclopedic knowledge of the Bible.
There were many reasons why Bach might have chosen not to write such a piece. First of all, he was a Protestant—the standard-bearer for Lutheran church music in the German language. The B minor Mass is a Latin Roman Catholic Mass. Second, Bach was a worker bee. From the age of eighteen, he wrote music as required to honor a nobleman’s name day or for a Sunday service. Because Lutheranism was the state religion, he reported to a combination of clergy and government officials. To our knowledge, they gave him no such reason to write a 2-hour Catholic Mass.
This brings us to another reason he might have chosen not to write it: the B minor Mass is too big for church. In Bach’s day, church officials demanded less music to make time for longer sermons. What’s more, they forbade the performance of sacred texts in theaters. So, Bach had no reason to think his mass would be performed anywhere in the world. One can only guess that he wrote the work for posterity. Protestant or not, the Catholic Mass is a hallowed musical form. Perhaps he knew he had it in him to write one for the ages.
As it happened, the Protestant Bach blew up the Catholic mass; he took his time with each line, drawing out its meaning through layers of word painting, symbolism, and numerology. For instance, the Kyrie, which consists of just six Greek words, takes about eighteen minutes to perform.
Bach spent half his life in Leipzig, where he served as Kapellmeister at four churches. He wrote a new cantata — a musical sermon — each week, and for fun, ran a weekly concert series out of local coffee shops. By 1733, he felt put upon by his managers and saw an opportunity to shift the balance of power. Going over their heads, he appealed to the Catholic court at Dresden.
“For some years,” he wrote, “I...have innocently had to suffer one injury or another, and on occasion also a diminution of the fees accruing to me in this office; but these injuries would disappear altogether if Your Royal Highness would grant me the favor of conferring upon me a title of Your Highness’s Court Capelle.”
Bach honored the “Royal Highness” with a Latin Mass. After three years, the Elector granted Bach’s wish. (Note: the Elector in Saxony had converted to Catholicism in 1697 to be crowned King of Poland.)
Given that churches wanted less music, Bach’s 1733 mass consists only of the Kyrie and Gloria, which conformed to both Lutheran and Catholic standards. In the 1740s — his last decade — he repurposed them for the B minor Mass.
At this point, you might be thinking, “Full stop. He used recycled material for the B minor Mass?”
Yes. In fact, much of it is a pastiche of Bach’s earlier works. The B minor Mass is more than a genius making a grand statement at the end of his life; it is the summation of his life It shows his finely hewn mastery of a kaleidoscope of musical styles. And here, we get into the nuts and bolts of the piece.
Kyrie
The three-movement Kyrie sandwiches a duet between two choruses. Notice the relationship between the Christe eleison and later duets in the Gloria and the Credo. In the B minor Mass, all the duets refer to the Son of God.
Gloria
Music for the movement “Gratias agimus tibi” comes from Bach’s Cantata No. 29. Both the new and the old setting express gratitude. The Quoniam demands excellent horn playing, pointing to the renowned players at the Dresden court.
The Credo is a setting of the Nicene Creed, codifying Christian tenets in 325 AD. Given the prayer’s long history, Bach layered the opening with music from different ages. Using medieval chant as its basis, he scored the chorus in Renaissance style with a contemporary accompaniment.
He initially laid out the Symbolum Nicenum in eight movements, but later pulled out the line “Et in carnatus est” to create a nine-movement scheme, placing the life of Christ at its center: birth, crucifixion, and resurrection. (Scholars believe the “Et incarnatus est” is the last music Bach wrote.)
The Crucifixion forms the focal point of the Credo. Notice how the ever-descending baseline sinks beneath the horizontal vocal lines to make the shape of the cross.
Bach wrote the Sanctus for Christmas Day in 1724. The text comes from a passage in Isaiah describing a six-winged seraphim. Bach represents the figure with a six-part chorus. The “hosts” are God’s armies. Notice lots of threes (as in the Trinity) — three oboes, three trumpets, triplets, and triple meter.
In the final chorus, Bach reprises the Gloria’s music of gratitude over the words, “Grant us peace.” But this time the melody sounds atop a tune that concluded all church services in Leipzig, “Thanks be to God.”
CAMILLA TILLING, soprano
As one of the world’s most sought-after performers, Camilla Tilling’s recent performances include Mahler Symphony No. 4 under Gustavo Dudamel with both Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Schoenberg Gurrelieder with London Philharmonia Orchestra, Beethoven Symphony No.9 with Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra and Dutilleux Correspondances with Orchestre national de France. Tilling’s artistic journey was profoundly shaped by the late Sir Bernard Haitink. Testament to their enduring collaboration and mutual admiration, she was chosen as Strauss soloist for his historic final concerts with Radio Filharmonish Orkest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw in 2019.
In the 2025/2026 season, Tilling joins Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Teatro Carlo Felice, among others. In North America, she joins Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and she debuts with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Tilling is an accomplished recitalist and has toured widely with her acclaimed “Swedish Nightingale” program Jenny Lind: Love and Lieder
FLEUR BARRON, mezzo-soprano
Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, Singaporean-British mezzo Fleur Barron won a 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera Recording, in which she sang the title role in Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater with the San Francisco Symphony. A passionate interpreter of opera, symphonic works and chamber music ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary, Fleur is mentored by Barbara Hannigan.
Fleur opened the 25/26 season with a debut at the Salzburg Festival for One Morning Turns into an Eternity, a staged creation featuring Mahler’s “Abschied” from Das Lied von der Erde. Fleur returns to the title role in Adriana Mater for her debut at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. She also makes a house and role debut as Cornelia in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Maggio Musicale in Florence; performs a staged version of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at The Barbican, among others.
South African tenor Lunga Eric Hallam is a graduate of the prestigious Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and was previously in the Young Artist Programme at Cape Town Opera. This season, Lunga debuts with the Hamburgische Staatsoper as Ein Jungling (Paradies und Peri), at Theatre des Champs Elysees for Pedrillo (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail), and returns to Count Almaviva at Opera San Antonio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). Equally in demand on the concert stage, Lunga will perform Mozart’s Requiem with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Last season saw Lunga make several major orchestral debuts, performing Handel’s Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra and singing a Baroque program with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lunga also performed with the São Paulo Symphony and at the Kennedy Center in Washington for Vocal Arts DC.
Krešimir Stražanac is one of the most significant Croatian artists achieving international success. Stražanac made his 2023 debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, featuring concerts in Berlin, Madrid, and Barcelona, and his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2025.
Stražanac has a particular affinity for rarely performed operas, and in recent years he has sung the title roles in the premieres of Telemann’s Orpheus in Amsterdam and Caccini’s Liberation of Ruggiero from the island of Alcina in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, where he also portrayed the Devil in Weinberger’s Schwanda, the Bagpiper.
As a concert soloist, Stražanac performs throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, singing major vocalinstrumental works. He has performed with orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, among others.
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 (ASO) 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.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, founded in 1970 by former Music Director, Robert Shaw, is an allvolunteer, 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.
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
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
Dock Anderson accompanist
Kiki Wilson **
Diane Woodard **
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
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
The 4,197th and 4,198th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 8pm
KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, conductor
ISABELLE FAUST, 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.
dedicate Thursday’s performance to the extraordinary musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882-1967)
Dances of Galánta (1933)
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra (1937-1938)
I. Allegro non troppo
16 MINS
36 MINS
II. Theme and Variations: Andante tranquillo
III. Rondo: Allegro molto Isabelle Faust, violin
INTERMISSION
(1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874, arr. 1922)
20 MINS
34 MINS Promenade
I. Gnomus / The Gnome Promenade
II. Il vecchio castello / The Old Castle Promenade
III. Tuileries (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) / Tuileries (Children Quarrelling After Play)
IV. Bydlo/Ox Cart Promenade
V. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques / Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
VII. Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle)/ Limoges. The Market Place (The Great News)
VIII. Catacombae (Sepculcrum romanum) / Catacombs (A Roman Sepulchre)
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua / With the Dead in a Dead Language
IX. La cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga) / The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
X. La grande porte de Kiev / The Great Gate of Kiev
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
• The two friends, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kódaly collected and catalogued thousands of folk songs from rural Eastern European musicians.
• Modest Mussorgsky was an amateur musician. He served in the military and later took a job at the Forestry Department.
• After his mother died in 1939, Béla Bartók emigrated to the United States and never again set foot in his beloved Hungary. Many musicians consider the folk-inspired Violin Concerto No. 2 his musical farewell.
KODÁLY
Starting in 1905, Zoltán Kodály carted Thomas Edison’s wax cylinder phonograph into remote areas of Hungary. There, he and his close friend Béla Bartók began a lifelong project to record, notate, and preserve traditional music.
Kodály wrote his Dances of Galánta in 1933, and supplied the following program note:
“Galánta is a small Hungarian market town known to travelers from Vienna to Budapest, where the composer passed seven years of his childhood. There existed at that time a famous gypsy band that has since disappeared. Their music was the first “orchestral sonority” that came to the ear of the child. Around the year 1800, some books of Hungarian dances were published in Vienna, one of which contained music “after several gypsies from Galánta.” They have preserved the old Hungarian traditions. To continue it, the composer has taken his principal subjects from these old editions.”
First ASO performance: May 4, 1985
Yoel Levi, conductor Most recent ASO performance: March 9, 2019
Henrik Nánási, conductor
Dances of Galánta is based on the verbunkos. This popular dance was once used by military recruiters (the German word “Werbung” means “recruiting”) to lure fresh-faced boys into the service of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 18th century, officials engaged local musicians to play at recruitment rallies. The Roma bands took on this role, adding dizzying improvisations over the Hungarian tunes.
First ASO performance: March 10, 1965
Robert Mann, conductor
Edith Peinemann, violin
Most recent ASO performance: November 16, 2013
Robert Spano, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
As one might say in the South, Béla Bartók “had a mouth on him.” When a questionnaire about Aryan lineage landed in his mailbox in 1938, he mocked it: “Where and when [was I] wounded?”
His answer: “On the 11th, 12th, and 13th of March 1938, in Vienna!” (When Hitler annexed Austria.)
Indeed, just across the border, government agents were assaulting and shooting dissenters. But Bartók doubled down, “What is most appalling is the imminent danger that Hungary too will surrender to this system of robbers and murderers…Hungary, where unfortunately the ‘educated’ Christian people are almost exclusively devoted to the Nazi system. I am really ashamed that I come from this class.”
As a performer, Bartók already boycotted Germany. In 1938, he sent works to the U.K. via Switzerland to disassociate from his Viennese publisher. Despite his dangerous opposition to the rising tide of fascism, he stayed in Hungary to care for his mother, who refused to leave. Against this backdrop, Bartók wrote one of the most beloved violin concertos of the 20th century.
He wrote his 1938 Violin Concerto No. 2 in the style of a verbunkos, which traditionally starts with a slow dotted rhythm and moves into fast rhapsodic music, often featuring the violin. Listen for an undergirding rhythm of “boom-chick boom-chick.”
Bartók’s many encounters with rural fiddlers gave him a broader perspective on violin playing. Notice the bending of pitches and quarter tones at the start of the cadenza. He also included a technique that now bears his name: “the Bartók snap” or “Bartók pizz,” which involves plucking the strings with enough force to make them snap against the fingerboard.
The first movement contains a secondary tune made up of all twelve notes. According to Yehudi Menuhin, Bartók told him he “wanted to show Schoenberg that one can use all twelve tones and still remain tonal.” The middle movement is a set of six variations, while the finale plays like a single, extended variation on the tune that opened the concerto.
In the spring of 1874, Modest Mussorgsky lumbered into an art show to view the life’s work of a close friend. Victor Hartmann, an architect, designer, and painter, had died suddenly at 39; Mussorgsky was heartbroken. As the composer strolled through the exhibition, a flood of piano music came to him.
“I can hardly manage to scribble it down on paper,” he wrote. Capturing the scene in music, he composed ten Hartmann-inspired tableaux with an additional tune (“Promenade”) representing himself, strolling, thinking, and reflecting as he passed from picture to picture.
Sadly, at 35, Mussorgsky faced his own demise. His alcohol abuse cost him his job, his home, and his life. The composer’s friends went to great lengths to preserve his legacy. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov edited and completed a number of Mussorgsky’s works, including the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition.
First ASO performance: March 10, 1953
Henry Sopkin, conductor Most recent ASO performance: February 11, 2023
Han-Na Chang, conductor
In 1922, conductor Serge Koussevitzky hired master orchestrator Maurice Ravel to create a “colorized” version of Pictures, recasting the piano pieces as a mighty orchestral suite.
Victor Hartmann produced most of these works during travels abroad. The 1874 exhibition displayed paintings and fanciful designs, including ideas for costumes and architecture. Mussorgsky recreated the pictures in music.
I. “Gnomus” is a Christmas ornament carved in the shape of a nutcracker—a gnome—whose twisted legs suggest a life of pain and torment.
II. “The Old Castle” is based on two pictures (now lost) of French castles and uses a troubadour’s song suggesting a scene from the distant past.
III. “Tuileries” depicts children playing and bickering in the famous Parisian park.
IV. “Bydlo,” the Polish word for “cattle,” comes from Hartmann’s time in Poland. The picture shows two oxen pulling a heavy wooden cart.
V. “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” is an egg-shaped costume design for child dancers.
VI. “Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle” comes from two portraits painted at the Jewish ghetto in Sandomierz, Poland, in which an overbearing man wearing a furtrimmed yarmulke lords over a beggar.
VII. “Limoges” is a scene from the village marketplace where bustling townfolk chatter and gossip.
VIII. “Catacombs” shows two gentlemen (Hartmann and a friend) in underground Paris. A lantern bathes the cave in a hazy, orange glow to reveal a wall of skulls.
IX. “The Hut on Chicken’s Legs” is a design for a clock (resembling a cuckoo clock) based on the home of the witch Baba Yaga. Here, Mussorgsky focused less on the timepiece than on the flight of the terrifying crone of Slavic lore.
X. “The Great Gate of Kyiv” is a large arch flanked by two smaller arches and a bell tower. Hartmann entered this design in a contest sponsored by Tsar Alexander II. The Tsar never built the gate.
KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, conductor
German conductor Kevin John Edusei is sought after worldwide. He is praised repeatedly for the drama and tension in his music-making and the sense of architecture, warmth and stylistic insight that he brings to his performances.
In the 2025/26 season, Edusei is Conductor-inResidence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which includes three specially curated programs at London’s iconic Cadogan Hall. He continues to be in high demand in North America where he debuts with the Atlanta and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras and returns to the Kansas City, Colorado, Indianapolis and Seattle Symphony orchestras. Other engagements this season include returns to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as well as his debut with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
Highlights of Edusei’s guest conducting in recent years have included his critically acclaimed debut with the New York Philharmonic, concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic and with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. In 2024 he conducted the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra in the Opus Klassik Awards ceremony and recently made his debut with the Taiwan Philharmonic.
Edusei studied orchestral conducting at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Royal Conservatory The Hague. In 2004, he was awarded a conducting fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, in 2007, he was a prize-winner at the Lucerne Festival conducting competition, and in 2008, he won the first prize of the Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition in Athens. Edusei is an alumnus of the Deutsche Bank Akademie Musiktheater heute and the Dirigentenforum of the German Music Council. He is the former Chief Conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Bern Opera House.
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Internationally renowned violinist Isabelle Faust captivates her audiences with “deep and complex” interpretations of works spanning the baroque to the contemporary. (Minnesota Star Tribune). With “clarity, gutsy depth, and technical brilliance,” she performs as soloist with the world’s leading orchestras and in recital at the premiere concert halls (San Francisco Classical Voice).
The breadth of Ms. Faust’s artistry encompasses the solo to symphonic with a heavy investment in chamber music as well. Notable collaborations include a coproduction of Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” with the Salzburg Marionette Theater and the Salzburg Festival and recitals with pianist Alexander Melnikov and harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout. In May 2026 she will premiere a new work for violin and orchestra by the Slovenian composer Vito Žuraj.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include appearances in North America with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In Europe, Ms. Faust performs with the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Netherlands Philharmonic, among others.
This season, she is Artist in Residence with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam.
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.
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
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
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
Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies
Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow
Marcia & John Donnell
Ms. Angela L. Evans
Dick & Anne Game
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
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
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
Paulette Eastman & Becky Pryor Anderson**
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
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
Massey Charitable Trust
John & Linda Matthews ∞
Martha M. Pentecost
Tyler Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Saligram
Bill & Rachel Schultz °
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
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
$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
Sarah & Jim Kennedy
Stephen & Carolyn Knight
Dr. Raymond Kotwicki
Brian & Carrie Kurlander ∞
James H. Landon
Drs. Joon & Grace Lee
Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger J. 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
Katherine Scott
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
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
$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. V. Alexander Garcias
Dr. Paul Gilreath
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
Richard & Linda Hubert
Clay & Jane Jackson ∞
Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III °
Cecile M. Jones
James Kieffer
Ann & Brian Kimsey ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuester
Meghan & Clarke Magruder
Ms. Erin M. Marshall ∞
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox
Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock
Jane Morrison ∞
Margaret H. Petersen
Mr. Allen Phinney
Mr. Ron Raitz
Leonard Reed
David F. & Maxine A.** Rock
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
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
Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & S. Neal Rhoney
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
Stephen & Sonia Swartz
Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino
Alan & Marcia Watt
Mr. David J. Worley & Ms. Bernadette Drankoski
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Louis J. Alrutz
Mr. Logan Anderson
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
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. James N. Grace
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 ∞
Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler & Dr. William M. Kahnweiler
Paul** & Rosthema Kastin
For information about giving to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Annual Fund, please contact William Keene at 404.733.4839 or william.keene@ atlantasymphony.org.
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
In Memoriam: Betty (B.J.) Malone
Beau & Alfredo Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin
Belinda & Gino Massafra
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 ∞
Mr. Jamal Mohammad &
Mr. Marcus Dean
Mr. William Morrison & Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison
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 ∞
Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer
Tiffany & Rich Rosetti ∞
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
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
$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
Ms. Ellen B. Macht
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
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
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Edgar
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
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
Deborah & William Liss
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
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
Agnes V. Nelson
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
Mr. & Mrs. Al Pearson
Mr. Doug F. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.
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 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
$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
The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University
$25,000+
AFFAIRS to REMEMBER
Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
BlueLinx Corporation
Cadence Bank
$25,000+ CONTINUED
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy∞
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
Regions Bank
Truist Bank
$15,000+
Atlanta Parent
BlackRock
Cisco
EY
FleishmanHillard
Georgia-Pacific
Tony Brewer and Company
SouthState Bank
WABE 90.1 FM
Warner Bros. Media
$10,000+
Buckhead Village
Costco Wholesale
Davis Broadcasting’s WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100
Dennis Dean Catering
$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 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
FayTak Designs | Farideh Takaloo
Marietta Neonatology
Parker Poe
Perkins&Will
The St. Regis Atlanta
Yellow Bird Project Management
$2,000+
Allen Organ Studios
The Backline Company
Big Dome Promotions, LLC
EventWorks
Morehouse School of Medicine
Phoenix Senior Living
The Piedmont National Family Foundation
Prime Pharmaceuticals & Compounding Pharmacy
Ticketmaster
$10,000+
The Graves Foundation
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
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.
A Friend of the Symphony (22)
Madeline* &
Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr.* & Mrs.* John E. Aderhold
Paul & Melody Aldo
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori
Elizabeth Ann Bair*
Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer
Helga Beam
Mr. Charles D. Belcher*
Neil H. Berman
Susan & Jack Bertram
Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins
The Estate of Donald S. & Joyce Bickers
Ms. Page Bishop*
Mr.* & Mrs.* Sol Blaine
John Blatz
Rita & Herschel Bloom
The Estate of Mrs. Gilbert H. Boggs, Jr.
W. Moses Bond
Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer
Elinor A. Breman*
Carol J. Brown
James C. Buggs*
Hugh W. Burke*
Mr. & Mrs. William Buss
Wilber W. Caldwell*
Mr.* & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun
Cynthia & Donald Carson
Mrs. Jane Celler*
Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England
Lenore Cicchese*
Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr.
Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan
Robert Boston Colgin
Mrs. Mary Frances
Evans Comstock*
Miriam* & John A.* Conant
Dr. John W. Cooledge
Dr. Janie Cowan
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel
Bob* & Verdery* Cunningham
Vivian & Peter de Kok
Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes
John R. Donnell
Dixon W. Driggs*
Pamela Johnson Drummond
Mrs. Kathryn E. Duggleby*
Catherine Warren Dukehart*
Ms. Diane Durgin
Arnold & Sylvia Eaves
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Geoffrey G. Eichholz*
Elizabeth Etoll
Mr. Doyle Faler*
Brien P. Faucett
Dr. Emile T. Fisher*
Moniqua N Fladger
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower
A. D. Frazier, Jr.*
Nola Frink*
Betty* & Drew* Fuller
Sally & Carl Gable
William & Carolyn Gaik
Dr. John W. Gamwell*
Mr.* & Mrs.* L.L. Gellerstedt, Jr.
Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn
Max Gilstrap*
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover
Mrs. David Goldwasser*
Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund
Billie & Sig Guthman*
Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas
Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*
Sally & Paul* Hawkins
John* & Martha Head
Ms. Jeannie Hearn*
Barbara & John Henigbaum*
Ms. Elizabeth Hendrick
Jill* & Jennings* Hertz
Mr.* & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr.
Mr.* & Mrs.* Fred A. Hoyt, Jr.
Jim* & Barbara Hund
Clayton F. Jackson
Mary B. James
Nancy Janet
Mr. Calvert Johnson & Mr. Kenneth Dutter
Joia M. Johnson
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
Deforest F. Jurkiewicz*
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Bob Kinsey
James W.* & Mary Ellen*
Kitchell
Miss Florence Kopleff*
Mr. Robert Lamy
James H. Landon
Ouida Hayes Lanier
Lucy Russell Lee* & Gary Lee, Jr.
Ione & John Lee
Mr. Larry M. LeMaster
Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Lester
Liz & Jay* Levine
Robert M. Lewis, Jr.
Carroll & Ruth Liller*
Ms. Joanne Lincoln*
Jane Little*
Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.*
K Maier
John W. Markham*
Mrs. Ann B. Martin
Linda & John Matthews
Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr.
Dr. Michael S. McGarry
Richard & Shirley McGinnis*
John & Clodagh Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills, IV
Ms. Vera Milner
Mrs. Gene Morse*
Hal Matthew Mueller* & Constance Lombardo
Ms. Janice Murphy*
Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin
Mrs. Amy W. Norman*
Galen Oelkers
Roger B. Orloff
Barbara D. Orloff
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Joseph Owen Jr.
Dr. Bernard* & Sandra Palay
Sally & Pete Parsonson
James L. Paulk
Ralph & Kay* Paulk
Dan R. Payne
Bill Perkins
Mrs. Lela May Perry*
Mr.* & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr.
Janet M. Pierce*
Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.
Dr. John B. Pugh
William L.* &
Lucia Fairlie* Pulgram
Ms. Judy L. Reed*
Carl J. Reith*
Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel
Helen & John Rieser
Dr. Shirley E. Rivers*
David F. & Maxine A.* Rock
Glen Rogerson*
Tiffany & Richard Rosetti
Mr.* & Mrs.* Martin H. Sauser
Bob & Mary Martha Scarr
Mr. Paul S. Scharff &
Ms. Polly G. Fraser
Dr. Barbara S. Schlefman
Bill & Rachel Schultz
Mrs. Joan C. Schweitzer*
June & John Scott
Edward G. Scruggs*
Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions
Mr. W. G. Shaefer, Jr.
Charles H. Siegel*
Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith
Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall*
Ms. Margo Sommers
Elliott Sopkin
Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel
Mr. Daniel D. Stanley*
Gail & Loren Starr
Peter James Stelling*
Ms. Barbara Stewart*
Beth & Edward Sugarman
C. Mack* & Mary Rose* Taylor
Isabel Thomson*
Jennings Thompson IV
Margaret* & Randolph* Thrower
Kenneth & Kathleen Tice
Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr.*
Mr. Steven R. Tunnell
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Uttenhove
Mrs. Anise C. Wallace*
Diane Woodard & Bruce Wardrep
Mr. Robert Wardle, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr.
Adair & Dick White
Mr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr.*
Sue & Neil* Williams
Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr.
Mrs. Elin M. Winn
Ms. Joni Winston
George & Camille Wright
Mr.* & Mrs.* Charles R. Yates
* deceased
Jennifer Barlament
executive director
Lizzy Clements
executive assistant, senior management
Alvinetta Cooksey executive & finance assistant
Gaetan Le Divelec vice president, artistic planning
RaSheed Lemon artistic coordinator
Sarah Grant vice president of education & community engagement
Ryan Walks
atlanta symphony youth orchestra & teen programs manager
Elena Gagon Dunn family programs & community engagement manager
Michael Kralik manager of school engagement
Kamyron Williams talent development program manager
Jadonna Brewton
interim talent development program manager OPERATIONS
Emily Liao Master vice president & general manager
Hannah Pearson
assistant general manager
Justin Richardson senior manager of operations
Marcia Chandler
chorus administrator
Emma Luty
principal librarian
Sara Baguyos
associate principal librarian
James Nelson
assistant librarian
David Lesser director of orchestra personnel
Meagan Rwambaisire
assistant orchestra personnel manager
Paul Barrett director of production
Dasha Allen
stage manager
Jeremy Tusz
audio recording engineer & producer
Hunter Moore live sound engineer
Harold Abbott head flyman/carpenter
Jacob Scott
lighting designer & stage electrician
Ashley Mirakian vice president, marketing & communications
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
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
Anna Caldwell guest services associate
Nicole Panunti
vice president, atlanta symphony hall live
Will Strawn director of marketing
Christine Lawrence director of ticketing & parking
Lisa Eng creative services manager
Caitlin Buckers marketing manager
Dan Nesspor ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live
Liza Palmer event manager
Nicole Jurovics booking & contract manager
Meredith Chapple marketing coordinator, live
Maria Austin
marketing coordinator, live
Steven Thompson event coordinator, live
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
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
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
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
