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125 YEARS

OF MAGIC

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From the President and CEO

Dear Friends:

I’m incredibly excited for The Philadelphia Orchestra’s newly announced 2026–27 season. Our next 125 years begins by reflecting so much of the musical journey we have been on together over the past several years—the repertoire we’ve been exploring, the kinds of projects we’ve been building toward, and the artistic questions that inspire us.

Yannick and the Orchestra will continue their exploration of Mahler’s symphonies, with the First, Third, Fifth, and Seventh. The Third Symphony also connects to another important thread of the season: choral music. We will present a number of monumental choral works, including Carmina burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in its first complete Orchestra performances—a major highlight.

Perhaps the most ambitious undertaking will be Wagner’s complete opera Lohengrin, led by Yannick. In June 2025 we had the extraordinary experience of presenting Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde with the Orchestra on stage, allowing audiences to hear all of the musical nuances front and center. To bring that same approach to Lohengrin, one of Wagner’s great masterpieces, promises to be a defining moment and an event that will draw audiences from near and far.

We will also perform staples of the repertoire by Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff— music for which this Orchestra is celebrated. There will be a number of premieres, including Composer-in-Residence Joe Hisaishi’s Piano Concerto, the first Philadelphia performances of John Williams’s new Piano Concerto, and Reena Esmail’s Concerto for Orchestra. There will also be a world premiere, led by Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop, of a fascinating project, a stopmotion animated film by American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte set to a score by Austin Fisher. I am especially excited that Yannick and the Orchestra will give the world premiere of Symphonic Rituals from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. In collaboration with the Bernstein family, we’ve created a new orchestral suite of music from MASS, which is such an immense piece, it doesn’t get heard often. This new suite offers a wonderful opportunity to showcase that amazing music.

That project reflects the Orchestra’s commitment to amplifying voices and works that deserve greater attention. There will be more William Grant Still alongside pieces by Samuel ColeridgeTaylor, Josephine Amann-Weinlich, and Florence Price. We continue to have the best artists on our stages, including some of the world’s greatest pianists. And Simon Rattle will join us for the first time in 10 years.

You can read more about the 2026–27 season on page 12 of this Playbill And looking ahead, we will announce Ensemble Arts’s Broadway Series on March 16, with the Family and Jazz Series to follow later in the spring. There’s so much to look forward to.

Ryan Fleur President and CEO

The Philadelphia Orchestra

2025–2026 Season

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Music and Artistic

Director

Walter and Leonore

Annenberg Chair

Marin Alsop

Principal Guest Conductor

Ralph and Beth Johnston

Muller Chair

Joe Hisaishi

Composer-in-Residence

Naomi Woo Assistant Conductor

Joseph Conyers

Education and Community Ambassador

Mark and Tobey Dichter Chair

Charlotte Blake Alston

Storyteller, Narrator, and Host

Osagie and Losenge

Imasogie Chair

First Violins

David Kim, Concertmaster

James and Agnes Kim Foundation Chair

Juliette Kang, First Associate Concertmaster

Joseph and Marie Field Chair

Christine Lim, Associate Concertmaster

Marc Rovetti, Assistant Concertmaster

Dr. James F. Dougherty Chair

Barbara Govatos

Robert E. Mortensen Chair

Jonathan Beiler

Hirono Oka

Richard Amoroso

Robert and Lynne Pollack Chair

Yayoi Numazawa

Jason DePue

Larry A. Grika Chair

Jennifer Haas

Miyo Curnow

Elina Kalendarova

Daniel Han

Julia Li

William Polk

Mei Ching Huang

Second Violins

Kimberly Fisher, Principal

Peter A. Benoliel Chair

Paul Roby, Associate Principal

Sandra and David

Marshall Chair

Dara Morales, Assistant Principal

Anne M. Buxton Chair

Philip Kates

Peter A. Benoliel Chair

Davyd Booth

Paul Arnold

Joseph Brodo Chair, given by Peter A.Benoliel

Amy Oshiro-Morales

Volunteer Committees Chair

Yu-Ting Chen

Jeoung-Yin Kim

Willa Finck

John Bian

MuChen Hsieh

Eliot Heaton

Violas

Choong-Jin Chang, Principal

Ruth and A. Morris Williams, Jr., Chair

Kirsten Johnson, Associate Principal

Kerri Ryan, Assistant Principal

Burchard Tang

Renard Edwards

Anna Marie Ahn

Petersen*

Piasecki Family Chair

David Nicastro

Che-Hung Chen

Rachel Ku

Marvin Moon

Meng Wang

Hsiang-Hsin Ching

Cellos

Hai-Ye Ni, Principal

Priscilla Lee, Associate Principal

Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal

Elaine Woo Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr., Chair

Richard Harlow

Kathryn Picht Read

John Koen

Derek Barnes

Alex Veltman

Jiayin He

Michael Katz

Eugene Lin

Basses

Joseph Conyers, Principal

Carole and Emilio

Gravagno Chair

Gabriel Polinsky, Associate Principal

Tobias Vigneau, Assistant Principal

David Fay

Duane Rosengard

Nathaniel West

Michael Franz

Christian Gray

Some members of the string sections voluntarily rotate seating on a periodic basis.

Flutes

Jeffrey Khaner, Principal

Paul and Barbara Henkels Chair

Patrick Williams, Associate Principal

Rachelle and Ronald Kaiserman Chair

Olivia Staton

Erica Peel, Piccolo

Oboes

Philippe Tondre, Principal

Samuel S. Fels Chair

Peter Smith, Associate Principal

Jonathan Blumenfeld

Edwin Tuttle Chair

Elizabeth Starr

Masoudnia, English Horn

Joanne T. Greenspun Chair

Clarinets

Ricardo Morales, Principal

Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Chair

Samuel Caviezel, Associate Principal

Sarah and Frank Coulson Chair

Socrates Villegas

Paul R. Demers, Bass Clarinet

Peter M. Joseph and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph Chair

Bassoons

Daniel Matsukawa, Principal

Richard M. Klein Chair

Mark Gigliotti, Co-Principal

Angela Anderson Smith

Holly Blake, Contrabassoon

Horns

Jennifer Montone, Principal

Gray Charitable Trust Chair

Jeffrey Lang, Associate Principal

Hannah L. and J. Welles

Henderson Chair

Victoria Knudtson, Assistant Principal

Christopher Dwyer

Chelsea McFarland

Ernesto Tovar Torres

Trumpets (position vacant) Principal

Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest Chair

Anthony Prisk

Sam Huss

Trombones

Nitzan Haroz, Principal

Neubauer Family Foundation Chair

Matthew Vaughn, Co-Principal

Jack Grimm

Blair Bollinger, Bass

Trombone

Drs. Bong and Mi Wha

Lee Chair

Tuba

Carol Jantsch, Principal

Lyn and George M. Ross Chair

Timpani

Don S. Liuzzi, Principal

Don S. Liuzzi Chair, given by Linda and David Glickstein

Angela Zator Nelson, Associate Principal

Percussion

Christopher Deviney, Principal

Charlie Rosmarin, Associate Principal

Angela Zator Nelson

Keyboards

Davyd Booth

Harp

Elizabeth Hainen, Principal

Librarians

Nicole Jordan, Principal

Holly Matthews

Stage Personnel

Dennis Moore, Jr., Manager

Francis “Chip” O’Shea III

Aaron Wilson

*On leave

Music and Artistic Director

Canadian-born conductor and pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin is currently in his 14th season with The Philadelphia Orchestra, serving as music and artistic director. An inspired leader, Yannick is both an evolutionary and a revolutionary, developing the mighty “Philadelphia Sound” in new ways. His collaborative style, deeply rooted musical curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm have been heralded by critics and audiences alike. The Philadelphia Inquirer has said that under his baton the Orchestra is “at the top of its considerable form”; the Associated Press has called it “a premier orchestra at its peak”; and the New York Times wrote, “the ensemble, famous for its glowing strings and homogenous richness, has never sounded better.”

Yannick has established himself as a musical leader of the highest caliber and one of the most thrilling and sought-after talents of his generation. He became the third music director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2018. In addition, he has been artistic director and principal conductor of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000. In 2017 he became the third-ever honorary member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He served as music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic from 2008 to 2018 (he is now honorary conductor) and was principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic from 2008 to 2014. He has made wildly successful appearances with the world’s most revered ensembles and at many of the leading opera houses.

Yannick has shown a deep commitment to expanding the repertoire by embracing an evergrowing and diverse group of today’s composers and by performing and recording the music of underappreciated composers of the past, including Florence Price, Clara Schumann, William Dawson, Lili Boulanger, Louise Farrenc, and William Grant Still. In 2018 he signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Under his leadership The Philadelphia Orchestra returned to recording with 15 releases on that label, including Florence Price Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, which won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Orchestral Performance in 2022.

A native of Montreal, Yannick studied piano, conducting, composition, and chamber music at Montreal’s Conservatory of Music and continued his studies with renowned conductors, most notably Carlo Maria Giulini; he also studied choral conducting with Joseph Flummerfelt at Westminster Choir College. Among Yannick’s honors are an appointment as Companion of the Order of Canada; Companion to the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec; an Officer of the Order of Quebec; an Officer of the Order of Montreal; an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; Musical America’s 2016 Artist of the Year; ECHO KLASSIK’s 2014 Conductor of the Year; a Royal Philharmonic Society Award; Canada’s National Arts Centre Award; the Prix Denise-Pelletier; the Oskar Morawetz Award; and honorary doctorates from the University of Quebec, the Curtis Institute of Music, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, McGill University, the University of Montreal, the University of Pennsylvania, Laval University, and Drexel University.

To read Yannick’s full bio, please visit philorch.org/conductor.

Marian Anderson Hall

On June 8, 2024, Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts was officially rededicated as Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the legendary Black contralto, civil rights icon, and Philadelphian. The first major concert venue in the world to honor Marian Anderson—85 years after she was barred from performing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., because of her race—the hall is a permanent monument to its namesake’s artistry and achievements, a reflection of the inclusive future she helped to engender, and an active testament to the intersection of music, art, and positive social impact. We look forward to honoring Marian Anderson in perpetuity with a venue that reflects the ideals by which she lived her life: equity, justice, freedom, and the belief that the arts are for everyone.

Marian Anderson Hall was named in her honor by a visionary $25-million philanthropic gift from Richard Worley and Leslie Miller. Worley has been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Board of Trustees since 1997 and served as board chair from 2009 to 2019. Miller is a former Kimmel Center trustee and previous acting president of the Kimmel Center. They are among the largest donors in Philadelphia Orchestra history. Additional generous support for Marian Anderson Hall was given by Sidney and Caroline Kimmel.

Philadelphia at the Forefront

The Philadelphia Orchestra introduces its 127th season

By Paul J. Horsley

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2026–27 season is full of epic musical events, bold artistic experiences, and new musical journeys. It strikes a balance between the innovative and the beloved, the bold and the affirming, and includes world premieres from five of today’s most dynamic composers, eight pieces by women, over a dozen works being performed by the Philadelphians for the first time, large-scale symphonic masterpieces including four Mahler symphonies, guest appearances by internationally renowned artists, and a thrilling concert performance of Wagner’s Lohengrin

The Orchestra’s long history of commissioning new works continues this season with Symphonic Rituals from MASS, an ingenious distillation of one of Leonard Bernstein’s greatest and most talked-about masterpieces. Composer and arranger Garth Edwin Sunderland, who is vice president for creative projects at the Leonard Bernstein Office in New York, has created an all-orchestral symphonic suite that reflects the full beauty and power of this music.

“MASS contains some of Bernstein’s absolutely best melodies and most imaginative writing,” said Jeremy Rothman, chief programming officer of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts. “And it is almost never heard because the forces required to mount it are so massive.” He presented the idea of a suite to Bernstein’s heirs “and they loved it,” he added. Sunderland has arranged several of Bernstein’s

Music and Artistic Director

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra

works in the past, including the opera A Quiet Place and the ballet Fancy Free Symphonic Rituals from MASS is a 45-minute instrumental arrangement in the tradition of the composer’s own Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

In the second half of the season the Orchestra will introduce The Party, an inventive collaboration between the Venezuelan-American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte and composer Austin Fisher. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Da Corte is a celebrated animation artist, and he has created a visually stunning stop-motion film “to which the Orchestra and an all-Latinx cast of singers will perform in sync with the animated scenes projected on a screen above the stage,” Rothman said. The Party appears on a program led by Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop with Arthur Honegger’s Pacific 231, which also includes the film created especially to be performed with the piece by Jean Mitry as a tribute to the steam locomotive.

In March the Orchestra presents the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Joe Hisaishi’s Piano Concerto, on a program devoted entirely to the music of this Philadelphia favorite, whose initial fame grew from his compelling scores for Studio Ghibli films. “The musicians love playing his music, which is full of complexity, detail, and is masterfully created. And audiences are incredibly drawn to it, too,” Rothman said. “We are fortunate to be building this relationship with a truly historic artist.”

Former Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Leopold Stokowski with Nancy Shear at the Academy of Music in the 1960s

Marisol Escobar’s The Party (1965), the sculptural installation reimagined by artist Alex Da Corte and composer Austin Fisher into a multidisciplinary operatic event led by Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop in February 2027

Reena Esmail, whose RE/Member made a very strong impression at Philadelphia Orchestra performances in 2023, has been commissioned to write a work to be performed in the spring. “The Concerto for Orchestra is a large-scale orchestral piece that has long been in her imagination and will now come to life on stage,” Rothman said. And the final program of the season features Florence Price’s “Rainbow Waltz,” originally for solo piano, in a world-premiere orchestration by composer Valerie Coleman.

The season also includes over a dozen Philadelphia Orchestra premieres, including new arrangements and hidden gems, among them the “Sirens Songs” Polka-Mazurka of Josephine Weinlich, proof that there were highly accomplished women composers in the Austria of Johann Strauss, Jr. The 2026–27 season also includes works that The Philadelphia Orchestra introduced to the world—such as Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind and the revised version of Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1. “The highlighting of world and United States premieres is a reminder of the incredible achievements and history of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and of its broader impact on the history of music,” Rothman said.

The Symphony No. 3 (“The Sunday Symphony”) by William Grant Still—perhaps the most significant Black composer of the 20th century—will also be receiving its first Philadelphia Orchestra outing, after very successful performances of his Second and Fourth symphonies over the past few seasons. Among other local premieres are Anna Meredith’s Nautilus, Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara, Unsuk Chin’s Subito con forza, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Aditus, Christopher Rouse’s Rapture, John Williams’s Piano Concerto, Julia Wolfe’s Liberty Bell, and Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory A recent and hugely popular album of Gabriela Ortiz’s works garnered three GRAMMY Awards. “She creates a sound world that is relatable and immersive,” Rothman said. “You can hear a range of influences from her cultural background—and an imaginative use of the orchestra that audiences connect with immediately.”

In addition to works by women composers, the line-up of prominent conductors includes Marin Alsop, Dalia Stasevska, and Jane Glover and soloists such as J’nai Bridges, Yuja Wang, Alice Sara Ott, and Karen Cargill. There is no shortage of large-scale orchestral masterworks on the season, beginning with Mahler’s gigantic Third Symphony and including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9; Carl Orff’s Carmina burana; Harmonielehre by the American composer John Adams, led by guest conductor Simon Rattle who is returning for the first time in a decade; and Gustav Holst’s The Planets, led by Yannick for the first time here. The Rattle performances are among his rare United States appearances. “Simon loves The Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first commercial recording, Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5

Orchestra,” Rothman said. “And any time he is coming to guest conduct in America, he always prioritizes collaborating with our amazing orchestra.”

During the holiday season the Orchestra presents, for the first time in its history, Bach’s complete Christmas Oratorio—“in addition to, not instead of, Handel’s Messiah,” Rothman said. Indeed, Messiah will still hold a prominent place in the season, in performances featuring guest conductor and Baroque music specialist Bernard Labadie. Also featured is the holiday favorite The Glorious Sound of Christmas and the New Year’s Eve Celebration.

Opera in concert has become a staple of the Orchestra’s recent seasons, and in the wake of the success of Wagner’s epic Tristan and Isolde last spring, Yannick and the Orchestra will corral forces for a semi-staged version of that composer’s Lohengrin These firstever complete Philadelphia Orchestra performances of Wagner’s masterpiece, first presented in Weimar in 1850, follow the Metropolitan Opera’s magnificent new production in 2022–23, which Yannick also led. The Teutonic legend tells the tale of a mysterious knight who arrives on a swandrawn boat and declares to his beloved Elsa that they can indeed be together—but only if she never asks who he is or where he’s from. Curiosity gets the better of her, and he reluctantly reveals he is Lohengrin, the son of King Parzival; thus the surly knight departs on the same boat, leaving a devastated Elsa. And let’s not forget that memorable single from this opera, the famous “Bridal Chorus.”

These concert operas generate an aural and dramatic spectacle that can hardly be experienced in the opera house. “You hear these amazing scores in every vivid detail, because the Orchestra is on stage and not in an opera pit,” Rothman said. “What The Philadelphia Orchestra is able to do with this music creates a concert experience like no other—there is a clarity and a color that you have never heard before.” The

renowned soloists for these performances include tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lohengrin), soprano Elza van den Heever (Elsa), soprano Rebecca Nash (Ortrud), baritone Brian Mulligan (Telramund), bass Soloman Howard (King Heinrich), and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.

The regular-season programming also includes, among others, favorites of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Prokofiev, Sibelius, Respighi, Ravel, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky. And the Orchestra’s popular film series features Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Stars Wars: A New Hope in its 50th anniversary year. The Brodsky Star Spotlight Series continues, giving audiences the opportunity to hear the world’s greatest artists in recital. Next season’s offerings include Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax (The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2026–27 artist of distinction), Yuja Wang, and Itzhak Perlman and Friends (Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Juilliard String Quartet).

In the 2026–27 season, the Orchestra explores music across borders and generations, weaving together rare works, daring artistic conversations, and moments of discovery—an extraordinary celebration of music performed by one of the world’s finest ensembles.

Paul J. Horsley is performing arts editor of The Independent in Kansas City. Previously he was music and dance critic for The Kansas City Star and program annotator and musicologist for The Philadelphia Orchestra. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Cornell University and has contributed to The New York Times, Symphony, Dance Magazine, Chamber Music, and many other publications.

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first commercial recording, Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5

Musicians Behind the Scenes

Paul Demers Bass Clarinet

Where were you born?

I was born in Portland, Maine.

What piece of music could you play over and over again? Any Mahler symphony.

What is your most treasured possession? The people I love and the home we create.

What’s your favorite food?

Italian food, with meatballs at the top of the list!

Tell us about your instrument.

I recently began performing on a Backun bass clarinet. Made in Canada by Morrie Backun, the instrument makes my job much easier, and I feel inspired every time I play it.

What’s in your instrument case?

Lots of reeds, a humidifier, a spare mouthpiece, screwdrivers, cork grease, mints.

What is the most challenging piece you have ever played? Osiris by Matthias Pintscher, for its demanding bass clarinet writing and extended virtuosic solos on contrabass clarinet.

When did you join the Orchestra? In 2006.

Do you play any other instruments?

In the orchestra, I play all members of the clarinet family (B-flat, A, C, E-flat, basset horn, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet). In my earlier training, I also played saxophone, and I played mellophone with the the Boston Crusaders Drum Corps.

What’s your favorite Philadelphia restaurant? Double Knot.

What do you love most about Philadelphia?

I love the food scene and the charm of Philadelphia’s diverse neighborhoods.

What’s your go-to karaoke song? Nope.

Other than Marian Anderson Hall, where is your favorite place to perform? Carnegie Hall, for its rich history and amazing acoustics

What is your favorite memory with the Orchestra?

My first day playing with the Orchestra. The same morning I left my position with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, I drove to Philadelphia and rehearsed for an Asian tour with the Orchestra and Wolfgang Sawallisch. I was excited, nervous, and in awe of the musicians around me!

2025–2026 | 126th Season

Marian Anderson Hall

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Thursday, February 26, at 7:30

Friday, February 27, at 2:00

Saturday, February 28, at 8:00

Xian Zhang Conductor

Hai-Ye Ni Cello

Britten Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34

Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, H. VIIb:2

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio

III. Allegro

Intermission

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

I. Andante sostenuto—Moderato con anima

II. Andantino in modo di canzona—Più mosso—Tempo I

III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato (Allegro—Meno mosso—Tempo I)

IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco—Andante—Tempo I

This program runs approximately 2 hours.

These concerts are part of the Ellenberg Philadelphia Orchestra Soloist Spotlight Series. designates a work that was given its world or United States premiere by The Philadelphia Orchestra, part of the Orchestra’s 125th anniversary celebration.

Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM and are repeated on Monday evenings at 7 PM on WRTI HD 2. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details.

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra strives to share the transformative power of music with the widest possible audience, and to create joy, connection, and excitement through music in the Philadelphia region, across the country, and around the world. Through innovative programming, robust education initiatives, a commitment to its diverse communities, and the embrace of digital outreach, the ensemble is creating an expansive and inclusive future for classical music. In June 2021 the Orchestra and its home, the Kimmel Center, united. Today, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts brings the greatest performances and most impactful education and community programs to audiences in Philadelphia and beyond.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is now in his 14th season with The Philadelphia Orchestra, serving as music and artistic director. His connection to the ensemble’s musicians has been praised by both concertgoers and critics, and he is esteemed by the musicians of the Orchestra, audiences, and the community. In addition to expanding the repertoire by embracing an ever-growing and diverse group of today’s composers, Yannick and the Orchestra are committed to performing and recording the works of previously overlooked composers.

Your Philadelphia Orchestra takes great pride in its hometown, performing for the people of Philadelphia year-round, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, throughout the community, over the airwaves, and online. The Kimmel Center has been the ensemble’s home since 2001, and in 2024 Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center was officially rededicated as

Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the legendary contralto, civil rights icon, and Philadelphian. The Orchestra’s award-winning education and community programs connect, uplift, and celebrate nearly 40,000 Philadelphians and 250 schools from diverse communities annually, through inclusive arts education and vibrant engagement that reflect our city’s voices and expand access to creative opportunities. Students, families, and other community members can enjoy free and discounted experiences with The Philadelphia Orchestra through programs such as the Jane H. Kesson School Concerts, Family Concerts, Open Rehearsals, PlayINs, and Our City, Your Orchestra community concerts.

Through concerts, tours, residencies, and recordings, the Orchestra is a global ambassador and one of our nation’s greatest exports. It performs annually at Carnegie Hall, the Mann Center, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival. The Orchestra also has a rich touring history, having first performed outside Philadelphia in its earliest days. In 1973 it became the first American orchestra to perform in the People’s Republic of China, launching a now-five-decade commitment of people-to-people exchange through music.

Under Yannick’s leadership, the Orchestra returned to recording with 15 celebrated releases on the Deutsche Grammophon label, including the GRAMMY® Award–winning Florence Price Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3. The Orchestra also reaches thousands of radio listeners with weekly broadcasts on WRTI-FM and SiriusXM. For more information, please visit www.philorch.org.

Conductor

GRAMMY and Emmy Award–winning conductor

Xian Zhang is in her 10th season as music director of the New Jersey Symphony, where, under her artistic leadership, the ensemble won two awards at the mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards in 2022 for their concert films, including EMERGE. With the 2025–26 season, she became music director of the Seattle Symphony, with which she has been a long-term collaborator since her debut in 2008. She is also principal guest conductor of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Beijing and conductor emeritus of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, where she held the position of music director from 2009 to 2016. As a guest conductor, she appears regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra, with which she made her debut in 2012 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and her subscription debut in 2022. Her Deutsche Grammophon recording with the Philadelphians— Letters for the Future with the ensemble Time for Three, released in 2022— won GRAMMY awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition (for Puts’s Contact ) and Best Classical Instrumental Solo.

In addition to these current performances, other highlights of Ms. Zhang’s 2025–26 season include returns to the New York Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. In Europe she returns to the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic with a performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and makes her debut at Finnish National Opera conducting Puccini’s Tosca . This follows her huge successes at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she recently conducted Puccini’s Madame Butterfly (2023–24) and Tosca (2024–25). Other recent highlights include subscription programs with the Boston, London, Houston, San Francisco, Montreal, Baltimore, and National symphonies; the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo; the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (including Brahms’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall); and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

Ms. Zhang previously served as principal guest conductor of the Melbourne Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, the first female conductor to hold a titled role with a BBC orchestra. In 2002 she won first prize in the Maazel-Vilar Conductor’s Competition. She was appointed the New York Philharmonic’s assistant conductor in 2002, subsequently becoming the ensemble’s associate conductor and the first holder of the Arturo Toscanini Chair.

Soloist

Hai-Ye Ni joined The Philadelphia Orchestra as principal cello at the beginning of the 2006–07 season after having served as associate principal cello of the New York Philharmonic since 1999. She first came into prominence after her critically praised New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1991, a result of her winning First Prize at the Naumburg International Cello Competition. Other awards include First Prize in the 1996 International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland, Second Prize in the 1997 Rostropovich Competition in Paris, and a 2001 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

In the summer of 2025, Ms. Ni performed at the Kingston Chamber Music Festival and the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland. She also played Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Saratoga Springs. She made her solo debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010 in Saint-Saëns First Concerto and has also been featured in Tan Dun’s The Map, Concerto for Cello, Video, and Orchestra; Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1; Brahms’s “Double” Concerto; and Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto. Among the other ensembles with which Ms. Ni has appeared as soloist are the Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, Shanghai, Singapore, and Finnish Radio symphonies; the New York, Hong Kong, and China philharmonics; the Orchestre National de Paris; and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Her recital credits include the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institute, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the Wallace Collection in London. She has performed at festivals such as Ravinia, Marlboro, La Jolla SummerFest, Sarasota, Chamber Music Dolomiti (Italy), Kuhmo  (Finland), Spoleto (Italy), and Aspen.

Ms. Ni’s recent performances include The Lonely Camel Calf, a new cello concerto by Yu Mengshi, at Bard College and Jazz of Lincoln Center, and a trio concert at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Highlights of past performances include an all-Baroque concertos program with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra as soloist and conductor. She  has been featured in  Strad  magazine,  Strings  magazine, and on NPR. Her 1998 debut solo CD on the Naxos label was named CD of the week by Classic FM London, and her CD  Spirit of Chimes  (Delos) featured music by Zhou Long. Ms. Ni served on the jury of Finland’s V International Paulo Cello Competition in 2013 and has given master classes at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Mannes College of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the Shanghai Conservatory, the Central Conservatory in Beijing, and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore. In summer 2026 she will be teaching again at the National Orchestra Institute at the University of Maryland. Born in Shanghai, she began cello studies with her mother and at the Shanghai Conservatory. She continued her musical education with Irene Sharp at the San Francisco Conservatory, Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School, and William Pleeth in London.

Framing the Program

Parallel Events

1783

Haydn

Cello Concerto No. 2

1877

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4

Music

Mozart

Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)

Literature

Schiller

Fiesco

Art

David

Grief of Andromache

History

First untethered hot-air balloon flight

Music Brahms

Symphony No. 2

Literature

Ibsen

The Pillars of Society

Art

Rodin

The Age of Bronze

History

First public telephones (US)

1945

Britten

Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

Music

Kodály

Missa brevis

Literature

Orwell

Animal Farm

Art

Moore

Family Group

History

World War II ends

The marvelous piece by Benjamin Britten that opens the concert today has two incarnations: In this performance, it is Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, one of the great orchestral variation sets of the last century. It is also known as The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra , a narrated introduction to the instruments of the orchestra for listeners of all ages. In either guise, this masterful tour de force offers the instrumentalists of The Philadelphia Orchestra a chance to shine.

Cellists are grateful to Joseph Haydn for composing two wonderful concertos for their instrument long before the later famous ones by Schumann, Dvořák, and Elgar. The first of Haydn’s cello concertos was lost until the 1960s, and there were some doubts about the authenticity of the second, which we hear today. Any controversy was resolved with the discovery of the composer’s original manuscript, which had long been lost.

Tchaikovsky composed his Fourth Symphony at a low point in his personal life, after going through with an ill-advised marriage. As the composer admitted, the Symphony deals with issues of fate, symbolized by a forceful fanfare motive that opens the Symphony and that returns in the final movement. Tchaikovsky acknowledged Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony as an inspiring model but further remarked: “there is not a single measure in this Fourth Symphony of mine that I have not truly felt and which is not an echo of my most intimate spiritual life.”

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The Music

Variations and

Benjamin Britten

Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

Born in Lowestoft, England, November 22, 1913

Died in Aldeburgh, December 4, 1976

There could hardly be a more ideal medium for a set of variations than the symphony orchestra. Where else do we find so many opportunities for richness of texture and for variety of color—qualities that are, after all, the very essence of “variation”? For more than two centuries, composers have delighted in exploiting this. Already in 1792 Haydn was showcasing various sections of the expanded London orchestra he relished at his disposal in the famous “Surprise” movement of his Symphony No. 94, which is a set of variations. A decade later Beethoven created one of his most original orchestral pieces as the last movement of the “Eroica” Symphony, which is a set of variations on an original theme that he also used in his ballet The Creatures of Prometheus and for a set of keyboard variations Brahms perhaps had his eye on Beethoven’s example when he crafted the finale of his Fourth Symphony, a magnificent set of variations on the ground bass of a Bach chorale. He also pioneered the idea of free-standing variations for orchestra in his richly hued “Haydn” Variations, highly influential for 20th-century composers.

Orchestral Variations in the 20th Century Among the first to take up Brahms’s example in the next century was Arnold Schoenberg, whose densely serial Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31, was only one of a number of pieces he based on variation techniques. Other composers took up the procedure as well, including Ralph Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis), Max Reger (who wrote a series of elaborate variations sets on themes by Mozart, Beethoven, and Johann Adam Hiller), Anton Webern (Passacaglia, Op. 1), Luigi Dallapiccola (Variations), Paul Hindemith ( The Four Temperaments, for piano and orchestra), and Igor Stravinsky (Octet for Winds, Variations in Memoriam Aldous Huxley, and other compositions).

But perhaps the most playfully colorful set from the 20th century is Benjamin Britten’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, best known under the title The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This is an unusual piece serving dual purposes in the orchestral repertory: With the formal title it joins the illustrious tradition of symphonic variations, while as the Young Person’s Guide, which includes narration, it serves as a marvelous introduction for listeners of all ages to the instruments of the orchestra.

This was not Britten’s first or only excursion into the idea of variations for orchestra—in fact it was something of a fascination for him, as attested by the Variations on a Theme of

Frank Bridge, the Passacaglia from his opera Peter Grimes, and the Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra. But none of these is as extravagant in its use of the orchestra as the Purcell Variations, the piece that one writer has characterized as being “at once a tour of the forces and a tour de force. ”

A Closer Look The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra began as a commission from the British Ministry of Education, which asked Britten in 1945 to compose music for Instruments of the Orchestra, a film designed to acquaint young people with the various “choirs” of the modern orchestra. Using a theme from Henry Purcell’s incidental music to a 1695 play called Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge, Britten wrote an instructional “excursion” of the orchestra that also functioned as an independent piece. In the original version, the piece included the spoken text provided by the poet Eric Crozier (who later served as librettist for several of Britten’s operas), and in this guise the work received its concert premiere in October 1946 in Liverpool, several weeks before the film appeared in London.

Before the variations even begin, Purcell’s theme is presented as a sort of orchestral showcase of its own, given first to full orchestra, then winds, brass, strings, and finally the percussion section. Thirteen variations follow, which show not only a great variety of instrumental color but of tempo and mood as well. First the flutes and piccolos are highlighted, then oboes, clarinets, bassoons, violins, violas, cellos, double basses, harp, horns, trumpets, trombones, and tuba, and finally the listener is treated to a display of percussion. The xylophone leads into the brilliant concluding fugue, in which the orchestra is “reassembled” instrument by instrument, until the final bars—in which Purcell’s theme (heard in the brass) joins the fugue (in the strings and woodwinds) for a rich and extroverted tutti.

—Paul J. Horsley

Paul J. Horsley is performing arts editor for  The Independent  in Kansas City. Previously he was program annotator and musicologist for The Philadelphia Orchestra and music and dance critic for The Kansas City Star

Britten composed the Purcell Variations in 1945.

On December 13, 1947, The Philadelphia Orchestra presented the United States premiere of the work, in the version without narration, on a Children’s Concert with Eugene Ormandy conducting. The Orchestra’s first performance with a narrator occurred in November 1952, on a Student Concert with Ormandy and Harl McDonald. The work’s most recent appearance on subscription concerts was with Bramwell Tovey in December 2018, in which he also spoke the narration.

The Orchestra recorded the work twice, both times in its version without narration: in 1957 with Ormandy for CBS and in 1974 with Ormandy for RCA.

The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, castanets, Chinese blocks, cymbals, gong, side drum, tambourine, triangle, whip, xylophone), harp, strings, and optional narrator.

Performance time is approximately 17 minutes.

The Music

Cello Concerto No. 2

Joseph Haydn

Born in Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31, 1732

Died in Vienna, May 31, 1809

Given the glorious Romantic cello concertos written by composers such as Schumann, Dvořák, and Elgar, it is difficult to muster much sympathy for cellists who despair for lack of great works to perform with orchestra. Yet a certain amount of piano (or violin) envy is perhaps understandable. Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms did not compose solo cello concertos, as they did for piano and for violin, and the cello repertory is indeed quite limited until the later 19th century. All of which makes cellists especially grateful to Joseph Haydn for contributing two wonderful pieces to the repertory.

Both of Haydn’s concertos have intriguing backstories that complicate their performance history. The relatively young composer wrote his Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major in the early 1760s as he was beginning many years of service to the Esterházy family. Although the C-major Concerto was long known to exist because Haydn entered it in a catalogue of his compositions, it disappeared without a trace until a set of parts was discovered in Prague in 1961. Cellists rejoiced.

Rediscoveries and Reassessments Twenty years after that first essay, Haydn composed the Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, which we hear today. It was published near the end of his life and became increasingly well-known over the course of the second half of the 19th century, albeit in corrupt editions that took considerable liberties with the score. That may have been in part because Haydn’s original manuscript was thought lost and there were some nagging questions concerning the work’s authorship going back as far as the 1830s.

The standard story goes that Haydn wrote it for Anton Kraft, the excellent cellist for the Esterházy court in the 1780s, who had studied on occasion with him. Some commentators went further, asserting that Kraft actually wrote the Concerto himself. (This tale seems to have been promoted by Kraft’s son, Nikolaus.) Archival discoveries once again came to the rescue when Haydn’s original manuscript, dated 1783, was discovered in 1951 and proved that he was the composer.

But in another turn of the screw, scholars Thomas Tolley and Simon McVeigh recently discovered that Haydn did not compose this concerto for Kraft, but rather for James Cervetto. In March 1784, newspapers in London announced that a “new” cello concerto by Haydn would be performed by Cervetto at the concert venue on Hanover Square.

Cervetto was one of the city’s foremost cellists and the principal of the Italian Opera. He seems to have triumphed in the performance, with reviews praising how the work suited his particular talents.

There are no documented performances of the Concerto between that premiere in London and the 1850s, despite its publication during Haydn’s life, followed by various reissues. In the 20th century famous cellists began to champion the work, including Pablo Casals and Emanuel Feuermann, and there are now well more than 100 recordings. Its sparkling final movement was used in the 1946 Hollywood film Deception, starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid.

A Closer Look The genre of the cello concerto was relatively new in Haydn’s time and the D-major Concerto provides an unusually early showcase for the cello as a virtuoso instrument. The soloist is called upon to employ a variety of extended techniques such as harmonics, double stops, a wide range, and fearsome leaps. While some of Haydn’s music can be quite intense, notably during his so-called Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) period, this work is sunny, pursuing the pleasure principle of the Classical era.

The extended opening movement ( Allegro moderato ) begins with the orchestra stating an elegant and leisurely theme that is taken up more ornamentally when the cello enters. This theme generates others in the movement leading to a cadenza near the end. As Haydn did not provide cadenzas, the ones heard here are by Maurice Gendron.

The second movement is marked Adagio , slower than Haydn’s more usual Andante, and provides a calm interlude before a brief finale ( Allegro ). This movement unfolds as a rondo, with the recurring theme framing sections of virtuoso display and even a short detour to a darker passage in a minor key. The cheerful mood of the work is restored by the end.

—Christopher H. Gibbs

Christopher H. Gibbs is James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music at Bard College and has been the program annotator for The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2000. He is the author of several books on Schubert and Liszt, and the co-author, with Richard Taruskin, of The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition.

Haydn composed his D-major Cello Concerto in 1783.

Michel Penha was cellist in the first Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Haydn’s D-major Concerto, on October 26, 1921, with Leopold Stokowski at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently on subscription concerts, Sheku Kanneh-Mason played it in December 2022 with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting.

The piece is scored for solo cello, two oboes, two horns, and strings.

Performance time is approximately 25 minutes.

The Music

Symphony No. 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, May 7, 1840

Died in St. Petersburg, November 6, 1893

The year 1877 proved a fateful one for Tchaikovsky. He was at the peak of his powers as a composer: In this single year, he completed virtually all of his opera Eugene Onegin and wrote most of his masterful Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Nikolai Rubinstein conducted the premiere of the Symphony on February 22, 1878, for the Russian Music Society in Moscow. The work was moderately well received, but a performance conducted by Eduard Nápravník the following November in St. Petersburg was wildly acclaimed. One critic lauded the Symphony as “the pure creation of an artful master.”

Two Relationships: One Disastrous, the Other Extraordinary The success of the Fourth Symphony is all the more remarkable if viewed against the chaos of the composer’s private life. Partly to please his father and partly to quiet gossip about his homosexuality, Tchaikovsky made the disastrous decision to marry Antonina Ivanova Milyukova, an unstable young woman who was one of his students at the Moscow Conservatory. Predictably, the marriage was a fiasco. Tchaikovsky is reputed to have made a half-hearted “suicide attempt” by wading up to his knees in the cold waters of the Moskva River. Using his disordered mental state as a pretext, he fled to St. Petersburg, where he found obliging doctors who ordered him never to see his wife again.

Earlier that year, however, Tchaikovsky had begun a platonic epistolary relationship with the fantastically wealthy Nadezhda von Meck, an accomplished amateur pianist who became his patron. She detested his wife, writing to him, “I am glad … that you have made that decisive step, which was necessary and which is the only correct one in this situation.”

Von Meck supported Tchaikovsky morally and financially in his decision to spend a lengthy period recuperating in Italy and Switzerland. In return he dedicated the Symphony to “My Best Friend,” Madame von Meck.

On March 1, 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote to von Meck in response to her question about whether or not there was a program or explicit narrative imbedded in the Fourth Symphony: “In our symphony there is a program (that is, the possibility of explaining in words what it seeks to express), and to you and you alone I can and wish to indicate the meaning of both the work as a whole, and of its individual parts.”

A Closer Look Tchaikovsky identified the imperious opening fanfare played by French

horns and bassoons ( Andante sostenuto ) as “the kernel of the whole symphony,” declaring “This is Fate.” This Fate motive is used throughout the work, rather like the “idée fixe” in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. With this programmatic description, Tchaikovsky neatly lays out the basic elements of the exposition of a taut adaptation of sonata form: a descending main theme, a contrasting waltz-like melody as the second subject, and a codetta. The development section ( Moderato con anima ) begins with a restatement of the Fate motive, and the recapitulation is announced by the same dark fanfare. The harrowing coda contains a second development section similar to the end of the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

The second movement, described by Tchaikovsky as an Andantino “in modo di canzona” (in the manner of a song) has a three-part form: The opening folk-like melody is played by the oboe and returns after a contrasting central section. The Scherzo (Allegro) is a brilliant tour-de-force in which the strings play pizzicato throughout; the trio is scored for woodwind and brass instruments with interjections from the piccolo. About the fourth movement ( Allegro con fuoco ), Tchaikovsky wrote to von Meck, “If you can find no impulse for joy within yourself, look to others. Go among the people. See how well they know how to be happy.” The finale uses a structure that Tchaikovsky borrowed from Kamarinskaya (1848), an orchestral scherzo by his revered predecessor Mikhail Glinka (1804–57). As in Glinka’s score, Tchaikovsky introduces two contrasting melodies that are varied through changes in orchestration and harmony, and that always recur in the order of their first appearance. The first theme features rushing strings and exuberant rhythms, while the more subdued second melody is the Russian folksong “In the Field Stood a Birch Tree.” At the climax of this vertiginous movement, the Fate motive returns ominously, but the darkness is banished by the spirited coda in which the two main themes hurtle toward an exhilarating close.

—Byron Adams

Byron Adams is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Riverside. Both composer and musicologist, he specializes in French and British music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Among his publications are two edited volumes,  Edward Elgar and His World (2007) and Vaughan Williams and His World (2023), which he co-edited with Daniel M. Grimley.

Tchaikovsky composed his Symphony No. 4 in 1877.

The Fourth Symphony has been a staple of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s repertoire since Fritz Scheel conducted the first Orchestra performances of the work in November 1905. Most recently on subscription, the Philadelphians played the piece in November 2022, with Tugan Sokhiev. Some of the conductors who have led the work with the Orchestra include Leopold Stokowski, Artur Rodzinski, Pierre Monteux, Eugene Ormandy, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Slatkin, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph Eschenbach, Stéphane Denève, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The Orchestra has recorded the work six times: in 1928 with Stokowski for RCA; in 1953 and 1963 with Ormandy for CBS; in 1973 with Ormandy for RCA; in 1990 with Muti for EMI; and in 2006 with Eschenbach for Ondine.

Tchaikovsky’s score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle), and strings.

The Fourth Symphony runs approximately 45 minutes in performance.

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Musical Terms

Cadenza: A passage or section in a style of brilliant improvisation, usually inserted near the end of a movement or composition

Chorale: A hymn tune of the German Protestant Church, or one similar in style. Chorale settings are vocal, instrumental, or both.

Chord: The simultaneous sounding of three or more tones

Chromatic: Relating to tones foreign to a given key (scale) or chord

Coda: A concluding section or passage added in order to confirm the impression of finality

Double stop: In string playing, to stop two strings together, thus obtaining two-part harmony

Fugue: A piece of music in which a short melody is stated by one voice and then imitated by the other voices in succession

Ground bass: A continually repeated bass phrase of four or eight measures

H.: Abbreviation for Hoboken, the chronological list of all the works of Haydn made by Anthony van Hoboken

Harmonic: One of the series of tones (the so-called partial tones) that usually accompany, more or less faintly, the prime tone produced by a string, organ-pipe, human voice, etc. The partial tone is produced by the vibration of fractional parts of the string or air-column.

Harmony: The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions

Idée fixe: A term coined by Berlioz to denote a musical idea used obsessively

Op.: Abbreviation for opus, a term used to indicate the chronological position of a composition within a composer’s output

Ostinato: A steady bass accompaniment, repeated over and over

Passacaglia: An instrumental musical composition consisting of variations usually on a ground bass in moderately slow triple time

Pizzicato: Plucked

Rondo: A form frequently used in symphonies and concertos for the final movement. It consists of a main section that alternates with a variety of contrasting sections (A-B-A-C-A etc.).

Scale: The series of tones which form (a) any major or minor key or (b) the chromatic scale of successive semi-tonic steps

Scherzo: Literally “a joke.” Usually the third movement of symphonies and quartets that was introduced by Beethoven to replace the minuet. The scherzo is followed by a gentler section called a trio, after which the scherzo is repeated. Its characteristics are a rapid tempo, vigorous rhythm, and humorous contrasts. Also an instrumental piece of a light, piquant, humorous character.

Serialism: Music constructed according to the principle pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg in the early 1920s, whereby the 12 notes of the scale are arranged in a particular order, forming a series of pitches that serve as the basis of the composition and a source from which the musical material is derived

Sonata form: The form in which the first movements (and sometimes others) of symphonies are usually cast. The sections are exposition, development, and recapitulation, the last sometimes followed by a coda. The exposition is the introduction of the musical ideas, which are then “developed.” In the recapitulation, the exposition is repeated with modifications.

Tonic: The keynote of a scale

Tutti: All; full orchestra

THE SPEED OF MUSIC (Tempo)

Adagio: Leisurely, slow

Allegro: Bright, fast

Andante: Walking speed

Andantino: Slightly quicker than walking speed

Con anima: With feeling

Con fuoco: With fire, passionately, excited

In modo di canzona: In the style of a song

Meno mosso: Less moved (slower)

Moderato: A moderate tempo, neither fast nor slow

Mosso: Moved

Sostenuto: Sustained

TEMPO MODIFIERS

Più: More

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THEN: The Philadelphia Orchestra with Stokowski, 1936

MAKE A GIFT MAKE HISTORY

CELEBRATE 125 YEARS OF MUSIC

NOW: The Philadelphia Orchestra with Nézet-Séguin, 2024

Since 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has relied on support from patrons like you to create a legacy of exceptional music. The generosity of our donors makes it possible to present hundreds of performances each season, including free community and education events for audiences of all ages. Make a gift and be a part of the next 125 years of music history.

In appreciation, donors receive a variety of benefits, including:

• Access to Open Rehearsals and other members-only events

• Advance purchase opportunities for the best seats in the house

• Discounts on concessions, Curtain Call Cafe and Lounge, and Leo Restaurant and Bar

• And more exclusive opportunities that bring you closer to the art you love

Explore our membership levels, benefits, and flexible payment options at philorch.org/membership.

Annual Fund

Philanthropic support inspires and sustains Your Philadelphia Orchestra’s work on stage, in our local communities, and around the world. We are proud to recognize our generous Annual Fund donors by name on this and subsequent pages. We extend our deepest gratitude to every donor, including those listed anonymously and at levels not included in this program.

For more information about donating to the Annual Fund at any level, please contact us at 215.893.3151 or development@ philorch.org, or visit philorch.org/donate.

Contributions listed were received between March 1, 2024, and December 17, 2025. Please contact us if your name has been omitted in error or if you would like to update your recognition name.

Artistic Council

$500,000 and above

Estate of M.J. Fischer

Estate of Robert T. Foley

Otto Haas Charitable Trust

Innisfree Foundation

James and Agnes Kim Foundation

Neal Krouse and Karl Fong

Leslie A. Miller and Richard B. Worley

Elizabeth Wiegers

Constance and Sankey Williams

Anonymous (3)

Artistic Council

$125,000 to $499,999

Lois and Julian Brodsky

Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr.

The CHG Charitable Trust

Dr. Alan R. Cohen and Michele Langer

Constance and Michael Cone

Sarah Miller Coulson

Tobey and Mark Dichter

Dr. James F. Dougherty

Susan and Jonas Ellenberg

Robert Heim and Eileen Kennedy

Osagie and Losenge Imasogie

Gretchen and M. Roy Jackson

Bennett Keiser and Joy Wilf Keiser

Dr. Richard M. Klein

Estate of Winifred Mayes

John H. McFadden and Lisa D. Kabnick

Ralph and Beth Johnston Muller

Estate of Dr. Betty T. Richards

Caroline B. Rogers

Peter and Mari Shaw

Dr. Cecilia Segawa Seigle Tannenbaum*

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Townsend

Waterman Trust

Estates of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Williams

Presenters Circle

$75,000 to $124,999

Estate of Sherrin H. Baky-Nessler

Estate of Dr. Barbara Comins

Jerome L. and Thao Dodson

Joseph and Marie Field

Mrs. Penelope P. Harris

Sandy and David G. Marshall

Joe Neubauer and Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Carol Tyler

Presenters Circle

$50,000 to $74,999

Dean S. Adler and Susanna Lachs Adler

Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Corrato

Christos Coutifaris and Deborah Driscoll

Estate of Thomas and Floramae Force

Linda and David Glickstein

Juliet J. Goodfriend and Marc R. Moreau

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Keith

Marguerite and Gerry* Lenfest

Joseph M. Manko, i n loving memory of Lynn Manko

Estate of Ron North

Mr. Charles Ryan

Salkind Family Foundation

Diane Schneider

Mr. Oscar Tang and Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang

Anonymous

Presenters Circle

$25,000 to $49,999

Vijay and Susan Aggarwal

Dr. James R. Anderson

Donald E. Barb, Esq., and the Rev. Bruce H. Davidson

Peter A. Benoliel* and Willo Carey

James and Micaela Brandau

Judith Broudy

Karen Dougherty Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Chandor

Mr. and Mrs. John Fry

Irina and Patrick Gage

Barbara and Jerome Glickman

Amy Gutmann and Michael O’Doyle

Julia A. Haller, M.D.

Nancy S. Halpern

Ed and Ellen Hanway

Ann S. and Steven B. Hutton

Patricia and John Imbesi

Rachelle and Ronald Kaiserman

Gay and Donald Kimelman

In honor of Katherine O. Leone

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Leto

Chris and Jeffrey Libson

Mrs. Catharine Maxey

Susan and Frank Mechura

Dr. and Mrs. John L. Neigh

Estates of Adolf and Geraldine Paier

Ameline Pappas*

Claudio Pasquinelli and Kyong-Mi Chang

Robert and Lynne Pollack

Robert L. Pratter

Red Moose Charitable Trust

Jon and Karen Richter

Beth L. Rogers

Lyn Ross

Vincent N. and Lila Russo

Allan Schimmel and Reid Reames*

Kate Groark Shields

Constance Smukler, Trustee, Smukler-Lasch Family Trust

Mr. Wayne Titerence and Ms. Vicki Mechner

Michael and Renee Vennera

Thomas and Patricia Vernon

Jennifer and Ralph Watts

Zisman Family Foundation

Anonymous

Presenters Circle

$15,000 to $24,999

M. Therese and Barry Bentley

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bickford

Estate of Mark J. Bojanowski

Carol W. Buettger

Drew Camarda

Alice Chen-Plotkin and Joshua Plotkin

Joslyn G. Ewart

Mr. and Mrs. Moses Feldman

Claudia and Richard Fischer

Ryan Fleur and Laura Banchero

Drs. Peter and Pamela Freyd

Ken and Sue Greathouse

Peter Grove and Nancy Greene

Joseph and Bette Hirsch

Terry and Ann Marie Horner

Toba and Lawrence Kerson

Mr. Kevin King and Mrs. Susan West King

Drs. Joan and Brook Lau

Lurie Family Foundation

Tom and Linda McCarthy

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McKittrick

Miriam Ort and Lawrence Hirsch

Jane G. Pepper

The Estate of Miss E. Irene Reymann

Dianne and Jeffrey Rotwitt

Joan N. Stern

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Lee Thompson

Dr. Bettyruth Walter

Steve and Mary Beth Young

Anonymous (7)

Presenters Circle

$10,000 to $14,999

John R. Alchin and Hal Marryatt

Mr. and Mrs. James Allison

Charles Arnao and Rosemary Watt

Barbara B. and Theodore R. Aronson

Jim and Janet Averill

Drs. Robert and Jean Belasco

Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz

Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Brennan

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Broder

Judy and Mark Brodsky

James and Doris Brogan

Dr. Eugenio* and Giuliana Calabi

Dr. Rosemary Cook

John Cornell

Joyce Creamer

Richard and Patricia Cummines

Mr.* and Mrs. Edward C. Dearden

Edith R. Dixon

Alex J. Ettl Foundation

Eph and Pat Fithian

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Friedman

Donald Goldsmith

In memory of Rena and Morton C. Grad and John de Lancie

Vivian and Mark Greenberg

Gni Grossman and Christopher Murray

Leon and Miriam Hamui

Fred and Michelle Harde

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris

Hannah L. Henderson

Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation

Ms. Lisa R. Jacobs

Andrew Jacobson and Carol Overvold

Erika James

Lyn Kratz and Pamela French

Dr. Peter Langmuir and Dr. Colette Desrochers

Nestor Llorente and Don Jones

Sally and Tod MacKenzie

Nicholas Maiale*

Dr. Ann Elizabeth Mayer

Paul H. McKelvie

Estate of Mary and David Meese

Dr. Jill Mortensen

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Pierre Tourville

Mrs. Sarah Peterson

Mrs. Vivian W. Piasecki*

Dr. and Mrs. Joel and Bobbie Porter

Susan and David Rattner

Marney Roia

Dr. Marta Rozans and Prof. Ilan Peleg

Xiaomei Shao

Lee F. Shlifer

Edward and Shelley Sigman

Kathleen and Roger Smith

Richard and Amanda Smoot

Samuel and Rosanne Spear

Mary Ann Stehr

Mr. and Mrs. William Stone

Walter and Alice Strine, Esqs.

Charles and Suzanne Valutas

The Vert Charitable Trust

Penelope and Thomas Watkins

Mary E. Webb

Carol A. Westfall

Martin Zeldin and Bill Brinkman

James W. and Debora C. Zug

Anonymous (5)

Ambassadors Circle

$5,000 to $9,999

Erika Aaron and Marc Fliegelman

Mrs. Neysa Adams

Peter J. Allen

Larry and Dr. Marcia Arem

Drs. Janine and Barry Arkles

Lynn Axelroth and Cricket Handsaker

Richard and Jane Baron

William And Sylvia Barone

Carol Beam

John D. Benson, Esq.

Isabelle Benton and Aileen White

Ms. Donna Brennan and Dr. James Bergey

Andrea Biondo and Kenneth Hartzell

Allen D. Black and R. Randolph Apgar

Jeff Benoliel and Amy Branch

Ms. Linda Bross

Alfred Anthony Brown and Hai-Ye Ni

Dr. and Mrs. I. Stephen Brown

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III

Estate of James Buttenwieser

Malcolm and Carla Cain

Jennifer and David Cardy

Robert Carmichael

Kathleen and Nicholas Chimicles

Kristine Christensen

Celia Mendes Chumaceiro

Georgette P. Ciukurescu

Earl* and Margaret Clime

Mrs. Marlynne Clothier

Dr. Robert Cody

Stephen Cohen and John McNett

Ruth M. and Tristram* C. Colket, Jr.

Peggy Cooke

Jeffrey Cooper and Nancy Klaus

Kenneth and Nancy Davis

Stephen and Rhoda Davis

Evelyn S.* and Rodney D. Day III

Mr.* and Mrs. Willem K. Dikland

Dr. and Ms. James Doghramji

Cynthia Tehan and Ed Dougherty

Ellason Downs

Perpetual Charitable Trust

MaryAnn Edwards

Ms. Carol S. Eicher

Dr. Bruce Eisenstein, in memory of Dr. Toby Eisenstein

Audrey Escoll

Andrew E. Faust and Ann Russavage-Faust

Mary Felley

Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman

John R. and Karen S. Fulton III

John and Beth Gamel

The Gant Family Foundation

Patsy and Ed Garno

Jim and Kay Gately

Ms. Phyllis S. Gitlin

Howard and Norah Goldfine

$5,000 to $9,999 cont.

Mary L. Goldman

David and Bonnie Goldmann

Charles and Alison Graham

Lyn and Harry Groome

Diana and Robert Harding

Katherine Hatton and Richard Bilotti

Hope and Stephen Heaney

Martin and Cynthia Heckscher

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Henkels, in memory of Paul M. Henkels

Ms. Rhoda K. Herrold, in memory of Deenie and Yale Evelev

Maria Hoek-Smit

Eric and Lenora Hume

Stockton Illoway and Mac K. Griswold

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jacovini

Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Jenkins

Susan E. Kane

Arthur M. Kaplan and R. Duane Perry

Leroy E. Kean

Estate of Robert Michael Kelly

Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andrew Kirk

Ms. Gabrielle Kissling

Dr. and Mrs. Anton J. Kleiner

Dr. Mel Kohn

William Lake Leonard

Jeff Lewis and Mary Ann Rossi

Mr. James P. MacElderry* and Ms. Marilyn S. Fishman

Drs. Leon and Elsa Malmud

Mary L.C. McAdoo

Susan and Graham McDonald

Mr. and Mrs. James M. McGrath

Robert and Claire McLear

Missy and Bob McQuiston

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meacham

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Meyer

Madelyn Mignatti

Mr. Mladen Milic and Dr. Barbara Wolf

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Miller

Mr. and Mrs. H. Laddie Montague, Jr.

Virginia Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. Rodman W. Moorhead III

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Morgan

Mrs. Robert Morris

Ms. Susan Mucciarone and Mr. David Moore

Dr. Robert and Carla Myerson

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson

Dick and Mimi Nenno

Arthur E. Newbold IV

Alexander Nikas and Dr. Marianne Ruhl Nikas

Marie O’Donnell and Bruce Satalof

Norman Olson

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palmer

Lili Perski

Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund

Susan C. Porcino and Peter R. Porcino

Dr. Carol A. Raviola

Nancy J. Remy

Maria and Eric Rieders

Mr.* and Mrs. Richard Rizzo

Sevgi B. Rodan, Ph.D.

Mrs. Debbie Rodgers

Mrs. Willa Rosenbloom

Dr. Louis and Mrs. Val Rossman

Linda S. Rothermel

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schelke

Mrs. Carole L. Schultz

Valerie and Will Schwartz

Fredda L. Segal

Dr. and Mrs. Hass Shafia

Christine J. Shamborsky

Elizabeth Stokes and Lynne Brown

Ms. Nancy L. Tindall

Rebecca Wells and John Tobias

Nancy and Bruce Urbschat

Mr. and Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren

Richard and Carolyn Veith

Maria Parisi Vickers

Nina Robinson Vitow

Laurie Wagman

Dr. R.J. Wallner

Alan and Leni Windle

Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Yoh III

Stephen Zeller

Anonymous (11)

Ambassadors Circle

$3,500 to $4,999

Amaranth Foundation, Joan M. Moran, Trustee

Gary and Mary Ammon

Dr. Ronald and Mrs. Catherine Anderson

Mary Jo Ashenfelter and Thomas S. Heckman

Myrna and Howard* Asher

Theodore H. Ashford

Sarah Batchelor and Kirk Schneider

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Beier

Narinder and Tracy Bhalla

Jan R. Birsch

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bleyer

Samuel A. Bobrow and Maxine Blum

The Bohan and Fox Family

Ira Brind and Stacey Spector

Nancy Carey and DeWitt Brown

The Clarke Family Fund

Barbara R. Cobb for the Hamilton Family Foundation

Ms. Eileen Courtney

Ana V. Diez Roux and Jose Tapia

Ray Dombroski and Colleen DeMorat

Henry and Katherine Donner

Mr. Jay M. Donner

Dr. Andrew F. Drake

Stacy Maria Dutton and Charles McMahon

Barbara Eberlein and Jerry Wind

Dr. Pamela Edmonds and Mr. David Chianese

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Ervin, Jr.

Helen and Phillip Escaravage

Nina Maria Fite

Debbie and Bob Fleischman

Ms. Jane Foster and Mr. Arthur Willson

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Fox, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fridkis

Dr. Deborah Gaspar and Mr. Mark Gaspar

Robert Gelsher

Anna Marie and Michael Gewirtz

Eduardo Glandt and George Ritchie

Susan Kohn Gleeksman

Joseph and Jane Goldblum

Robert Graff

Rekha and Jon Hagen

Mrs. Jane M. Hastings

Mr. Charles Head, Jr., and Mr. John Faggotti

Archibald C. Hewes

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Jeffrey Pasek

Lois Horgan

Dr. and Mrs. Leonid Hrebien

Ralph Johanson

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jones

Clare Kahn

Donald and Dorothy Kardon

Dr. Maureen Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kline

Kenneth Klothen and Eve Biskind Klothen

Timothy E. Koehler

Mrs. Beth Ann Wahl Kolpen and Mr. Jack Kolpen

Shira Kramer and Leon Josowitz

Sanford and Carol Levy

Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd

William A. Loeb

Robert Logemann

Drs. W.B. and Sarah S. Long

Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Love

Robert and Lynn V.D. Luft

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lukens

Joseph Manko, Jr., and Jennifer Porges

Dr. Bernard A. Mason and Jane R. Mason

Denise McCleary and Paul von Behren

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. McLaughlin, Jr.

Russell L. McTague

Michael and Anna Minkovich

Margarita Montanaro

Mr. Edward A. Montgomery, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. A.H. Nishikawa

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Ockman

Ellen J. Odoner and Edward W. Kerson

Mr. Frederick Oster and Ms. Catherine Jacobs

Linda and David Paskin

Barbara L. Phillips

Mrs. Vivian W. Piasecki*

Dr. Leo Podolsky and Ms. Debra Ross

Anonymous in memory of Jan Popper

Allan Rayfield

David Rhody

David Richman and Janet Perry

Dr. Elizabeth and Mr. Hershel Richman

Gretchen and Jay Riley

Pamela and Gresham Riley

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Rubenstein

John Salveson

Marilyn C. Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie

William and Klare Scarborough

David Seidman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Seminack

Dr. M. Lana Sheer, in memory of Dr. J. Peter Jesson

Janet A. Simon and Georg U. Simon

Joseph Sinkus and Christopher Labonte

Drs. Kobie A. Smith and Vincent H. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Stevens

Stacy Stone and Stephen McMillan

John and Sandra Stouffer

Mr. Brian A. Stumm

Dr. Norman L. Sykes and Mrs. Gabriella Sykes

Jack and Ramona Vosbikian

Peggy Wachs

Daniel V. Walls

Julie D. Williams

Ursule Phaeton Yates

Walter Zanchuk

James W. and Debora C. Zug

John Zurlo and Margaret Kreher

Anonymous (5)

Friends Circle

$2,500 to $3,499

Dr. Janice Asher

Ellen W. Baxter and Robert W. Kavash

Joel D. Beaver

Cathy and Saul Behar

Drs. Bruce and Carole Bogdanoff

Richard A. Brand

Ms. Marilyn A. Brown

Mrs. Linda Burke

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Butler

Mark and Cindy Butler

Selden Cooper and Paige Edwards

Alice B. Cullen

Karen and John Cunningham

Dr. H.T. Dombrowski

Dr. and Mrs. William L. Elkins

Robert N. and Doris D. Fanelli

Paul and Judith Farber

Ellen W. Freeman

Charles and Judith Freyer

Michael Gealt and Maryjanet McNamara

Marybeth Henry

Mark and Sally Hurwitz

Eva R. Jackson

Richard and Gail Johnson

Lori Julian

Denise and Robert Keyser

David and Jane Kim

Mrs. Sylvia Kreithen

Dr. Leona Laskin

Sylvia and Norman Lieberman

Jay Lippincott

Lawrence and Nancy Ludgus

Elizabeth M. Mahoney

Dwight and Christina McCawley

Elizabeth McLean

Dr. Margaret Motl

Charles and Etta Nissman

Dr. and Mrs. R. Barrett Noone

Kay and Jerry* O’Grady

Mr. and Mrs. Lanny R. Patten

Jonathan Pearce

Judy and Jim Pohlman

Ms. Nancy Pontone

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rauch, Jr.

John and Claire Rodgers

David and Rowena Rosenbaum

Ms. Ann Rosewater and Mr. Robert Kronley

Joyce Seewald Sando

Catherine and Stephan Schifter

Henry and Yumi* Scott

Howard J. Sedran and Martha Levine

Irene Shabel

Paul and Susan Shaman

Ms. Katharine Sokoloff and William B. McLaughlin III

Dr. Christina A. Stasiuk and Mr. George M. Farion

Dr. Mary K. Stom and Ms. Dru E. Hammell

Dr. Alan E. Tasoff and Jacalyn Shelley-Tasoff

Mr. and Mrs. Luciano Virgili

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W. Wanck

Mr. and Mrs.* David R. Wilmerding, Jr.

Barbara Duby Wilson

Earl and Jackie Wolf

Anne Jeffrey Wright

Sherley Young

Ms. Margaret G. Zehner

Benjamin E. Zuckerman and Marian Robinson

Anonymous (2)

We are proud to recognize the following musicians, retired musicians, and staff who have generously contributed to the Annual Fund.

Davyd Booth and Carlos Perez*

Joseph H. Conyers

Helen and Phillip Escaravage

Ryan Fleur and Laura Banchero

Mr. and Ms. Randy Gardner

Andrea Gartner and Lee Clements

Anna Marie and Michael Gewirtz

Barbara S. Govatos

Ms. Jennifer Pratt Johnson and Dr. Fred Johnson

Ruth Kasow

Thomas Kerrigan

David and Jane Kim

Marjorie and Nolan* Miller

Kathleen Moran and Nicholas Smith

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Pierre Tourville

Hai-Ye Ni and Alfred Anthony Brown

Samantha Noll

April and Brendan O’Brien

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Orlando

Ms. Catherine A. Pappas

Doris Parent

William B. and Anna Marie Ahn

Petersen

Harold Hall Robinson

Joseph Sinkus and Christopher Labonte

Drs. Kobie A. Smith and Vincent H. Harris

Tubas for Good, Inc.,

Carol Jantsch, President and Founder

Anonymous

*Deceased

Institutional Support

Generous support from corporations, foundations, and government agencies sustains

The Philadelphia Orchestra with vital funding for performances, education programs, and a variety of innovative projects. We are proud to acknowledge our current institutional donors.

For more information about institutional support for The Philadelphia Orchestra, please contact Ruth Auslander, managing director of institutional giving at 215.790.5829 or rauslander@ ensembleartsphilly.org.

Contributions listed were received between June 1, 2024, and November 30, 2025. Please contact us if your name has been omitted in error or if you would like to update your recognition name.

$500,000 and above

City of Philadelphia

Ford Foundation

The Hess Foundation

The Knight Foundation

William Penn Foundation

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

The Presser Foundation

$100,000 to $499,999

Bank of China

Bells Grocery Stores

Casamigos Tequila

CHG Charitable Trust

China National Tourist Office, New York

Jessie Ball duPont Fund

The Hearst Foundation

The History Channel

Independence Blue Cross

Merck & Co. Incorporated

MKM Foundation

PECO

The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage

PNC Arts Alive

TD Bank

U.S. Department of State

Wyncote Foundation

$50,000 to $99,999

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Chubb

KeyBank

Kind Insurance

KPK Development Co. LP

US-China Cultural Institute

Vault Communications

TN Ward Company Builders

Anonymous

$25,000 to $49,999

Abington Neurological Associates

Action Karate

Brotherston Homecare, Inc.

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia

China Center for International Communication Development

John Ciccone Playhouse

Comcast NBCUniversal

Drexel University

Eagles Autism Foundation

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Amy P. Goldman Foundation

Gray Charitable Trust

Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

The Christian Humann Foundation

Katznelson Associates LP

Ollin, LLC

PHLCVB

Raynier Institute & Foundation

Rhubarb Hospitality Collection

Sun Cruiser

$15,000 to $24,999

Julius and Ray Charlestein Foundation in memory of Malvina and Morton Charlestein

The Connelly Foundation

Cozen O’Connor

Duane Morris LLP

Essential Utilities

The Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter III

Family Foundation

The Hassel Foundation

Independence Foundation

The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

Law Office of Ana Ferriera

Lyft

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Philadelphia International Airport

Mrs. Ressler’s Food Products

SpotHero

Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Universal Health Services, Inc.

$10,000 to $14,999

Always Best Care Senior Services

Ardmore Toyota

Elliot’s Vending Company

Elliott-Lewis Corporation

HUB International

JKG Florida Business Corp.

Laudenbach Periodontics and Dental Implants

The Lincoln Financial Group Foundation

The McLean Contributionship

One Source Reps

Origlio Beverage

Power Marketing Group

Qlik

The H. Glenn Sample, Jr., M.D., Memorial Fund through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee

MJ Settelen Construction, LLC

Subbio Center for Plastic Surgery

Team Clean

Truist

White and Williams

$5,000 to $9,999

Corinne R. and Henry Bower

Memorial Trust

The Capital Grille

Dorothy V. Cassard Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center

The Gitlin Family Foundation

Grant Thornton, LLP

Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation

M&T Charitable Foundation

M3 Printing

The McCausland Foundation

Leo Niessen, Jr., Charitable Trust

Ninja Transfers, LLC

Rush Order Tees

Rutgers University—Camden

Sarah West Real Estate PC

WSFS Bank

Wyatt Elevator Company

The Volunteer Committees for The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Volunteer Committees for The Philadelphia Orchestra are dedicated to supporting the Orchestra through audience development, educational programs, fundraising, community relations, and special events. The Committees were first formed in 1904 and have the distinction of being the oldest auxiliary volunteer organization associated with an orchestra in the United States. We are profoundly grateful for the Volunteers’ leadership and support throughout the years.

For more information about the Volunteer Committees for The Philadelphia Orchestra, please contact Samantha Noll, assistant director of development events and volunteer relations, at 215.893.1956 or snoll@philorch.org.

List complete as of December 17, 2025

Executive Committee Officers

Richelle Rabenou, President

Sara Cerato, Immediate Past President

Deborah Ledley, Vice President

Mrs. Diane Larzelere, Treasurer

Sheila Cox, Secretary

Governing Board Chairs

Central: Jean Park

Main Line: Jill Acker

New Jersey: Mrs. Diane Larzelere

Rittenhouse Square: Marlena Kleit and Fran Schwartz

Starlight Circle: Mrs. Anna Minkovich

Standing Committee Chairs

Annual Giving: Nancy Galloway

Education: Deborah Ledley*

Marketing: Kelsey Larzelere

Special Functions: Jennifer Porges

Volunteer Archives: Elizabeth A. Crowell

Volunteer Committee Members

Dennis Adams

Dr. Susan C. Aldridge

Pam Alles

Barbara A. Alleva

Rosana Anchondo-Issak

Mrs. Betsy Anderson

Dr. Marilyn H. Appel

Mrs. Daniel G. Bancroft

Mrs. Mercer B. Barrows

Mrs. Thomas E. Beach

Mrs. H. Binney Beale

Ms. Sandra Blumberg Beatty

Mrs. Nancy Belber

Isabelle Benton

Susan Segal Berrigan

Charlotte H. Biddle

Mrs. Thomas H. Bliss

Ann Young Bloom

Mrs. Peter Bodenheimer

Mrs. Eugene T. Borish, Jr.

Lois Boyce

Judith Bradley

Sibby Brasler

Anna Breyman

Leo Breyman

Mrs. Leanore Brookman

Judith Broudy

Ms. Carol Melman Brown

Mrs. Roland K. Bullard II

Mrs. Howard Butcher IV

Mrs. John P. Butler III

Mrs. Donald F. Cafiero

Mrs. Alfred M. Campbell III

Beverly Caplan-Freeman

Lorin Carlson-Healy

Nicole A. Cashman

Mrs. Thomas A.V. Cassel

Mrs. Kristine Christensen

DeAnn P. Clancy

Rebecca Clement

Marsha Cohen

Frances Connolly

Peggy Cooke

Sarah Miller Coulson

Mrs. James E. Crutchfield

Alice B. Cullen

Karen Cunningham

Chris D’Ascenzo

Mrs. J. David Davis

James F. Davis*

Mrs. Gerard de Lisser

Colleen DeMorat

Mimi Dimeling

Denise Dolan

Katherine Donner

Mrs. Virginia Dowd

Mrs. John G. Drosdick

Duc Duclos

Lynn Duclos

Roberta Epstein*

Mrs. William H. Eyre, Jr.

Mrs. Charles B. Fancher

Mrs. C. Richard Farmer

Kathleen Fitzgerald

Mrs. Timothy E. Foster

Mrs. Richard Freed

Katherine Garber

Ms. Janine Gardner

Judi Garst

Nancy J. Gellman

Robert Gelsher

Mrs. Kimberly Gerson

Mrs. Micki Ginsberg

Mrs. Jean Givey

Judy Glick

Paula Goldstein

Dr. Janice Taylor Gordon

Dr. Thelma B. Gosfield

Mrs. Richard B. Gould

Carole H. Gravagno

Grete Greenacre

Ms. Nancy V. Gulick

Kate Hall

Noel Butcher Hanley

Fred Harde

Michelle Harde*

Mrs. John S.C. Harvey III

Mrs. Jane M. Hastings

Mrs. Patricia Heidler

Marybeth Henry

Mrs. Frances Herr

Eileen Higgins

Mrs. Robert B. Hobbs, Jr.

Joan R. Holmes

Mrs. Stephen R. Holstad

Eric Hume

Lenora Hume

Ms. Adrienne Jacoby

Yardly R. Jenkins

Karen Jones

Mrs. Mary Anne Dutt Justice

Mrs. Wilma C. Katz

Ms. Phyllis Kauffman

Marie Kenkelen

Kris Kent

Gina Kernicky

John Kernicky

Liz Knudsen*

Ms. Ellen G. Kopeland

Mrs. Bernice J. Koplin

Laura Bender Koropey

Mrs. Anthony Lame

Mrs. MaryAnn Landmesser

Molly Lawrence

Matthew Ledley*

Sheila Leith

Mrs. Dana Thompson Lerch

Mrs. Roy Lerman

Anita Leto

Mrs. Bruce Leto

Mrs. Stephen Levin

Sofia Leybin

Liddy Lindsay

Ric Lipman

Mrs. Rosemary Livingston

Miss Phoebe Loh

Carol Love, M.D.

Mrs. Robert S. Lovett II

Robin Lowey

Rochelle Magarick

Elizabeth Mahoney

Joseph Manko, Sr.

Sandy Marshall

Linda Massey

Mary MacGregor Mather

Mrs. James McAdam

Susan McChesney

Mrs. Stella McSparran

Ms. Peg Mertz

Mrs. Barbara G. Miller

Mrs. Keiko Miller

Leslie A. Miller

Mrs. Philippus Miller, Jr.

Michael Minkovich

Mrs. Robert F. Morris, Jr.

Ingrid Morsman

Ms. Cathy Moss*

Joanne Muhr

Linda Mui

Mrs. J. Brien Murphy

Mrs. Albert B. Murphy III

Chuck Nagele

Patricia Nagele

Lana Nania

Carol Neiman*

Mrs. John J. Nesbitt III

Mrs. Patricia Ann Nogar

Mrs. R. Barrett Noone

Terry Norton-Wright

Mrs. Wilber W. Oaks, Jr.

Kay O’Grady

Diane Oliva

Mrs. Mimi O’Malley

Mrs. Eleanor Oxman*

Alice Pakman*

Mrs. Regina H. Pakradooni

Mrs. Sandra Pfaff

Mrs. John W. Piasecki

Linda Pizzi*

Elizabeth Pontillo

Mrs. Malcolm D. Pryor

Michelle Fella Przybylowski*

Mr. Kameron Rabenou

Mrs. Ellen Ragone

Jill Raich*

Mrs. Alfred Rauch, Jr.

Kate Brady Rauscher

Josephine Rees

Mrs. A. Gerald Renthal

Caroline B. Rogers

Mrs. Randy S. Ronning

Dr. Lucy B. Rorke-Adams

Miriam Rosenwasser

Mrs. Dianne Rotwitt

Mrs. John E. Royer, Jr.

Lynn Salvo

Joyce Seewald Sando

Mrs. Harold F. Scattergood, Jr.

Jason Schupback

Mrs. Michael P. Schwartz

Faye Senneca

Linda A. Serotta

Marla Share

Carol C. Sherman

Ms. Irina Sipe

Theresa Slater

Mrs. Carol Smith

Cyndee Solomon

Ann Sorgenti

Carol Spinelli

Joyce Stein

Robin Bender Stevens

Lois Stick*

Danielle Stoler

Mrs. Kathleen Stone

Stacy Stone

Dr. Judith Sills Swartz

Roberta R. Tanenbaum

Ms. Faith Tarangelo

Ms. Mary Tattersfield

Barbara Taylor

Ling Tran

Kathryn E. Tusler*

Mrs. Hope Ulrich

Mrs. Annegret Voparil

Mrs. Ramona Vosbikian

Mrs. Jeffrey Warzel

Mrs. Nancy Weiss

Janine Weller

Mrs. Henry Wendt

Dr. Erlis Wickersham

Mrs. Brooke N. Williams

Julie D. Williams

Mr. Alan Windle

Ms. Marian Wissman

Lisa Yakulis

Selina Yang

Bonnie Young

Mrs. Gilbert G. Young

Anonymous (5)

*Denotes current members of the Philadelphia Orchestra Docent Program

The Volunteer Committees for The Philadelphia Orchestra gratefully acknowledge the following benefactors for their generous support of the Main Line Committee’s 2025 Notable Kitchen Tour:

Bluebell Fine Cabinetry & Design

Devon Tile & Design Studio

Ferguson Home

High Swartz Attorneys at Law

Kountry Kraft

Main Line Kitchen Design

Period Architecture

Pinemar

The Hope and Tim Ulrich Fund

Lisa Yakulis Properties

Endowment

We proudly recognize our generous donors to The Philadelphia Orchestra’s endowment. Their leadership gifts support the Orchestra and its programs in perpetuity, helping to ensure the legacy of the ensemble for the next generation.

To learn how you and your family can be permanently associated with The Philadelphia Orchestra through an endowment gift, please contact Helen Escaravage, managing director of philanthropic engagement, at 215.893.1819 or hesca@philorch.org.

List complete as of December 17, 2025

Transformational Gifts

The Annenberg Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$10,000,000

Leslie A. Miller and Richard B. Worley

The Neubauer Family Foundation

$1,000,000 to $9,999,999

The Acadia Fund

Peter A. Benoliel* and Willo Carey

Mr.* and Mrs.* J. Mahlon Buck, Jr.

Estate of Anne M. Buxton

Elaine Woo Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr.

Sarah and Frank* Coulson

Mark S. and Tobey Dichter

Dr. James F. Dougherty

Estate of Dwight V. Dowley

Samuel S. Fels Fund

Joseph and Marie Field

Linda and David Glickstein

Carole and Emilio* Gravagno

Joanne T. Greenspun*

Otto Haas Charitable Trust

Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust

“A” as recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno

Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust “B”

Robert Heim and Eileen Kennedy

Hannah L. and J. Welles* Henderson

Mr. Paul M.* and Mrs. Barbara B.* Henkels

Hess Foundation

Osagie and Losenge Imasogie

The Kaiserman Family

The James and Agnes Kim Foundation

Dr. Richard M. Klein

Drs. Bong and Mi-Wha* Lee

The Lenfest Foundation

Sandra and David Marshall

Robert E. Mortensen*

Ralph and Beth Johnston Muller

Caroline B. Rogers

Estate of Mary R. Romig-DeYoung

Constance and Joseph* Smukler

Estate of Edwin E. Tuttle

Raymond H.* and Joanne T. Welsh

Constance H. and Sankey Williams

Ruth W.* and A. Morris Williams, Jr.

Richard B. Worley Tribute Fund

Zisman Family Foundation

Anonymous (3)

$500,000 to $999,999

Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Foundation

J. Alexis* and Patricia M.* Burland

T. Norwood* and Doreene* Collins

Evelyn S.* and Rodney D. Day III

Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.*

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Gray Charitable Trust

The Hamilton Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Imbesi

Orton P.* and Noël* Jackson

Billy Joel Fund for Music Education

Peter M. Joseph* and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph*

Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation

Estate of Katharine S. Matthews

Vivian W. Piasecki*

Lyn and George* Ross

Gary and Ruthanne Schlarbaum

Scott and Cynthia Schumacker

Charlotte and Bob Watts

Anonymous (3)

$250,000 to $499,999

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III

Peter Buttenwieser* and Terry Marek

Ruth M. and Tristram C.* Colket, Jr.

Michael and Constance Cone

Kenneth Conners*

L. Patrick Gage

Toni and Bob Garrison

Ed and Ellen Hanway

Mrs. Winnifred Howard*

Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Korman

William A. Loeb*

Mr.* and Mrs. A. Bruce Mainwaring

Winifred Mayes*

Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle

Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran*

Mitchell and Hilarie Morgan

Wendy and Derek Pew Foundation

Robert and Lynne Pollack

Lorraine* and David* Popowich

Mrs. Eleanor K. Read*

Ronald* and Marcia Rubin

Peter and Mari Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Slattery, Jr.

Ann and Harold* Sorgenti

Mr.* and Mrs. Bernard Spain

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson H. Taylor

The Wahl Endowment Fund for Music Education, established by Beth Ann Wahl Kolpen

Donors to the Allison Vulgamore Legacy Endowment Fund

Anonymous (4)

$100,000 to $249,999

Mr. and Mrs.* Leonard Abramson

Lorraine and Ben* Alexander

Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass

Donna and Jon Boscia

Mr. Theodore A. Burtis*

Donald R. Caldwell

William B.* and Elizabeth* Chamberlin

Catherine R. and Anthony A. Clifton

Marie* and Peter* Dooner

Michael and Joan Emmi

Peter and Catherine Ernster

The Moses Feldman Family Foundation

Dr. Betty Gottlieb*

The Frederick and Colette B. Heldring Charitable Fund

Hirschberg-Goodfriend Fund established by Juliet J. Goodfriend

Lynn and Tony* Hitschler

David and Gale Hoffman

Estate of Howard Hornstein

The Hovey Foundation

Joseph and Ann Jacovini

Estate of Jane Kesson

Joseph K.* and Bernice J. Koplin

Neal W. Krouse

Elena and Frederick Kyle

Joanna M. Lewis

Lomax Family Foundation

Trust of Helen T. Madeira

Joseph and Lynn* Manko

Donors to the Lynn K. Manko Volunteer Endowment Fund

Gene and Linda Massey

The McCausland Foundation

Stephanie and Michael Naidoff

Jeffrey P. Orleans

Estates of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ormandy

Francis H. Rasmus

Harold* and Frances* Rosenbluth

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Frank Joseph Saul and Joseph Donald O’Keefe Endowment

Christa and Calvin Schmidt

Mr.* and Mrs.* John J.F. Sherrerd

Richard and Amanda Smoot

John and Sandra Stouffer

Sunoco

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sylk

Robbi and Bruce Toll

Mrs. Joseph B. Townsend*

Mr. and Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren

James W. and Debora C. Zug

Anonymous (4)

$50,000 to $99,999

Estate of Phyllis H. Bernstein

Mr. Frank Boni and Mrs. Julia Ann Gehman*

Richard P. Brown, Jr.*

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck

Mr. and Mrs. Roland K. Bullard II

John* and Helen* Christy

D. Walter Cohen* and Family

Stacy Maria Dutton

Deborah E. Glass

Mrs. William Gerstley II*

Martin A. and Cynthia P. Heckscher

Richard B. Kent, M.D.

Ken and Molly Lawrence

Doris and Joseph Levine

Mrs. Elsie H. Lisovitch*

The Malmud-Kravitz Foundation/ The Henrietta Varbalow Kravitz Fund

John H. McFadden and Lisa D. Kabnick

Frances C. Middleton*

The Helen Sewall Minton Memorial Fund

Janneke Seton Neilson*

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah O’Grady

Louise and Alan* Reed

Mr.* and Mrs. Norman P. Robinson

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Schumann

Carol C. Sherman

Mr. Oliver I. Shoemaker*

The Sidewater Family Foundation

Mr.* and Mrs.* Lewis S. Somers III

Joseph and Joyce Stein— The Philibosian Foundation

Karen and Shel Thompson

James and Wendy Undercofler

Mrs. Francis L. Van Dusen*

Jack and Ramona Vosbikian

Anonymous (2)

$25,000 to $49,999

The Reba Bacharach Trust

Helen and Jack* Bershad

Stephen Breman

David E. Brinson*

Estate of Harold W. Brown

In memory of Richard P. Brown

Kathleen “Kit” Cafaro

Mr. Joseph L. Castle*

Cordelia E. Clement

Don* and Viki Denny

Charley* and Rogie Dickey

In memory of David P. Eastburn

Mr. David B. Ford

Joanne B. and Arthur Frank

Charles* and Beatriz Furr

The Eugene Garfield Foundation

Peter G. Gould and Robin M. Potter

Mr. and Mrs.* J. Barton Harrison

Joseph Kluger and Susan Lewis

In memory of John B. Leake

William Lake Leonard

Mrs. Anna Hayward Lisle*

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Loeb, Jr.

Dr.* and Mrs.* Francis R. Manlove

Charles and Etta Nissman

R. Steward Rauch*

Mr.* and Mrs. Richard Ravenscroft

Lois and Gerald Renthal

Dr. and Mrs. Yale Richmond

Robert and Caro Rock

The Rubenstein Foundation

Mr.* and Mrs. Samuel J. Savitz

Mr. Nathan Snader*

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Stevens

Harue and Gaisi Takeuti Memorial Fund

Bradford Wm. Voigt

Allison Vulgamore

Mary E. Webb

Elizabeth C. Wiegers

Richard C. Woodhams and Kiyoko Takeuti

Anonymous (5)

*Deceased

Academy of Music Restoration & Preservation Fund

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, foundations, and corporations for their generous support of the Academy of Music Restoration Fund. We extend our gratitude to all supporters of the Academy of Music, including those not listed below and event sponsors.

For more information about making a gift to the Academy Restoration Fund, please contact the Annual Fund office at 215.893.3151 or AcademyofMusic@philorch.org.

Gifts received between between September 1, 2024, and December 1, 2025.

Proscenium Circle

$25,000 and above

Joanna McNeil Lewis

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

Caroline B. Rogers

Mrs. Adele K. Schaeffer

Twenty Fifth Century Foundation

Anonymous

Directors Circle

$10,000 to $24,999

Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edward Hill III

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Leto

Ms. Jacqueline Badger Mars

Sandra and David Marshall

Presidents Circle

$5,000 to $9,999

Lois and Julian Brodsky

Gay and Donald Kimelman

Robert and Betsy Legnini

The Philadelphia Contributionship

Mr.* and Mrs. Bernard Spain

Penelope and Thomas Watkins

Benefactors and Patrons

$1,500 to $4,999

Barb and Clarke Blynn

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III

Barbara R. Cobb

Ian and Marci Comisky

Penelope P. Harris

Robert and Margo Keith

The McCausland Foundation

Susan and Frank Mechura

John and Tammy Murabito

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson

Harold A.* and Ann R. Sorgenti

Mr. and Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren

Janice and Jeff Yass

Friends

$1,000 to $1,499

Frank and Sandra Baldino

Sibby Brasler

Bob and Cheryl Carfagno

Dr. Joe and Yolanda Costabile

Ryan Fleur and Laura Banchero

Peter G. Gould and Robin M. Potter

Gail Howard

Ms. Rita W. Ingersoll

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Jones

Maxine de S. Lewis

William A. Loeb*

Ms. Stefanie W. Lucas and Mr. Christopher Thompson

Asuka and Karen Nakahara

Mrs. Bonnie Rocap, in memory of Richard S. Rocap

Catherine A. Worrall

*Deceased

The Frances Anne Wister Society

Individuals who have included The Philadelphia Orchestra in their estate plans are recognized through membership in the Frances Anne Wister Society. Miss Wister made a long-lasting mark on the Orchestra through decades of volunteerism and by leaving a major portion of her estate in support of its continued excellence. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity and foresight of those who have joined the Wister Society, and we welcome others to follow their example and make the Orchestra the beneficiary of a bequest or other form of planned gift.

If you would like more information about how to make a planned gift to the Orchestra, please contact Helen Escaravage, managing director of philanthropic engagement, at 215.893.1819 or hesca@philorch.org.

List complete as of December 17, 2025

Hon. Lynne Abraham

Joseph and Julia Anisko

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Balter

Dr. F. Joshua Barnett* and Dr. Heidi Kolberg

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Baumbach, Jr.

Joel D. Beaver

Peter A. Benoliel* and Willo Carey

Ms. Jane Berryman

Jan R. Birsch

Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz

Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden

Mrs. Frances Brenner

Beth* and Edward B. Brunswick

Dr. Robert A. Bubeck

Carol W. Buettger

Mrs. Laura T. Bullitt

Mrs. Carolyn S. Burger

Peter L. Buttenwieser* and Terry A. Marek

Ms. Kathleen Cafaro

Mr. Donald R. Caldwell

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Campbell III

Beverly Caplan-Freeman

Lawrence Chanen

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Clifton

Dr. Alan R. Cohen

Gianne Conard

Mrs. M. Todd Cooke

Joyce J. Creamer

Ann Csink

Malcolm and Seta Demurjian

Tobey and Mark Dichter

Lisa and Peter DiLullo

Norman E. Donoghue, Esq.

Mrs. Anne Dooley

Dr. James F. Dougherty

MaryAnn Edwards

Dr. David J. Eschelman

Dr. and Mrs. John Farmer

Gilbert Feinberg and Nadeen Van Tuyle

Anne S. Foote

George and Joan Forde

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Fox, Jr.

Joanne B. and Arthur Frank

Mr. Charles* and Mrs. Beatriz Furr

Rosalie K. Gerson

Dr. Alfred E. and Adele* Goldman

Betty and Gary Grunder

Nancy S. Halpern

Donna K. Hammaker, Esq., and Dr. Thomas M. Knadig

Nimmi Harisinghani

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hauptfuhrer

Martin A. Heckscher, Esq.

Robert Heim and Eileen Kennedy

Mrs. Rhoda Hershman

Dr. Archibald C. Hewes

Kris and Dick Hughey

Linda R. Jacobs

Jerome Kaplan, Esq.

Dr. Richard B. Kent

Robert E. Keppler

Carolyn Kidder

William E. Kindley

Dr. Richard M. Klein

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kline

Dr. Charles L. Knecht III

Dr. Deborah Komins

Bernice J. Koplin and Joseph K. Koplin*

Ms. Deborah Krauss

Drs. Bong and Mi-Wha* Lee

Dr. Sherman Leis

William L. Leonard, Esq.

Doris and Joseph Levine

Denis Lohman and Ellen Feldman Lohman

Mrs. Robert S. Lovett II

Mr.* and Mrs. A. Bruce Mainwaring

Mr. Donald Malpass, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Meckelnburg

Carol R. Meister

Mrs. Philippus Miller, Jr.

Arlene Notoro Morgan

Stephanie and Michael Naidoff

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Nash

Dr. and Mrs. John L. Neigh

Charles and Etta Nissman

Hon. Joseph D. O’Keefe

Mrs. Frank J. O’Malley

Mrs. Peter B. Pakradooni

John N. Park, Jr.

Claudio Pasquinelli and Kyong-Mi Chang

B.J. Phillips and Kath Howarth

Barbara L. Phillips

Robert and Lynne Pollack

Nancy D. Pontone

Roger T. Prichard and Astrid M. Caruso

Janet T. and Frank P.* Reiche

Mr. David Rhody

Dr. and Mrs. Yale Richmond

James. M. Roland

Mr. Edward Rorer

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Lyn and George* Ross

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rothermel

Harold and Marianne* Sacks

Jeffrey and Kendell Saunders

Catherine and Steve Schifter

Allan Schimmel

Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Schlarbaum

Dr. and Mrs. William Schwartz

Robert and Joan Shaffer

Mr. Richard J. Shaginaw

Edward and Shelley Sigman

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Smoot

Yara Snylyk and Christina Snylyk

Dr. Norman Solomon and Dr. Merwin Geffen

Mr. and Mrs. Harold* A. Sorgenti

Marilyn and Dean R. Staats

Alyce and Howard F. Stick

John and Sandra Stouffer

Dr. Norman L. Sykes

Leonard and Barbara Sylk

Andrew J. Szabo

Peter H. and Elizabeth V. Talbot, in memory of Peter H. Talbot, Jr., and Frank A. Talbot

Dr. Cecilia Segawa Seigle Tannenbaum

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon L. Thompson

John and Gina Torzolini

Mrs. Herman B. Wagner

Nicholas A. Walls

Ruth W.* and A. Morris Williams, Jr.

Jackie and Earl L. Wolf

Dr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Yuhas

Walter Zanchuk

Ms. Margaret G. Zehner

Benjamin Zuckerman, Esq., and Marian Robinson

Anonymous (9)

*Deceased

MAKE A PLANNED GIFT to The Philadelphia Orchestra

Ensure your legacy, benefit your loved ones, and support The Philadelphia Orchestra—today and for years to come—with a planned gift.

Planned giving can include a variety of deferred donations, such as bequests, IRA rollovers, and charitable gift annuities. Consider including The Philadelphia Orchestra in your estate plans.

To learn more about planned giving, or if you’ve already arranged for a legacy gift, visit philorchlegacy.org or contact:

Helen Escaravage

Managing Director of Philanthropic Engagement hesca@philorch.org 215.893.1819

I included The Philadelphia Orchestra in my estate plans because it is the cultural gem of Philadelphia, and I want to assure that future generations enjoy what I have been privileged to enjoy.”

— Joel Beaver, Wister Society member

Administrative Staff

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Ryan Fleur, President and Chief Executive Officer

Crystal Brewe, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Doris Parent, Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Strategies (IDEAS) Officer

Kristen Chun, Manager, Civic Affairs

Colleen Coffey-Snyder, Manager, Office of the President and Chief Executive Officer

Sophia Konopelsky, Administrative Manager, Governance

Christine Lauer, Administrative Coordinator

ARTISTIC

PLANNING

Jeremy Rothman, Chief Programming Officer

Shannon Walsh, Master Scheduler

Education and Community

Eliza Bailey, Director, Theater and Dance

Maya Jacobs, Director, Instrumental Music

Joshua Lawrence, Manager, Jazz Education Programs

Adrian Rosas, Manager, Orchestral Music Programs

Mark Wong, Manager, Theater and Dance Education Programs

Nadine Choucri, Coordinator Orchestral Programming

Makiko Freeman, Artistic Administrator

Andrew Mellor, Audio Producer and Engineer

Stephen Alston, Assistant to the Music and Artistic Director and Artist Liaison

Christa Bean, Manager, Artist Services

Carolyn Hupalowsky, Manager, Artistic Administration

Theatrical Programming and Presentations

Frances Egler, Vice President

Napoleon Gladney, Director

Tyler Daddario, Manager

Stacey Ferraro, Programming Operations and Events Manager

Laura McClatchy, Programming Artist Relations Manager

Annika Jorgensen, Coordinator

ARTISTIC PRODUCTION

Tanya Derksen, Chief Artistic Production Officer

Joanna Scorese, Administrative Manager

Orchestra Production

Kimberly Barna, Director

Ashley Stonebraker, Director, Orchestra Personnel

Michelle Zwi, Director, Orchestra Operations and Touring

Joseph Scriva, Manager, Orchestra Personnel

Ashley Vogler, Administrative Coordinator, Orchestra Operations and Touring

Production

Andre Barette, Director

King Rogers, Senior Production Manager, Academy of Music

Eric Hagenbarth, Production Manager, Miller Theater

Eileen Harris, Production Manager, Marian Anderson Hall and Special Projects

Chris Nelson, Production Manager, Ancillary Spaces

Travis Roberts, Performance Manager

Adam Steinbauer, Production Manager, Perelman Theater and Education

Alison McLeod, Associate Production Manager

Augusta Zuerker, Administrative Assistant Academy of Music

Kevin McEntee, Head Props

Paul Myers, Head Electrician

Beverly Nolan, Head Wardrobe

William Ringland, Head Carpenter

Greg Canzanese, Flyman

Jim McPeak, Assistant Head

Carpenter

Scott Smith, Assistant Head Electrician

Michael Troncone, Assistant Head Props

Steve Weber, Assistant Head Utility

Kimmel Center

Suzan Cerceo, Head Wardrobe

Christopher Hanes, Head Carpenter

Ryan Morris, Head Electrician

Kenneth Nash, Head Audio

Walter Bass, Assistant Head Audio

Walter Brown, Sr., Assistant Head Audio

Michael Cobb-Durkin, Assistant Head Electrician

Amber Faulhaber, Assistant Head Electrician

Kristen Klumpp, Assistant Head Carpenter

Miller Theater

Bridget Brennan, Head Wardrobe

Christine Gaydos, Head Props

Jay Madara, Head Electrician

Pete Mohan, Head Carpenter

Joseph Schramm, Head Audio

Dave Cushing, Flyman

Kyle Hanahan, Assistant Head Utility

Stephen Hungerford, Assistant Head Carpenter

Joey Narducci, Assistant Head Electrician

AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE / SERVICES

Matt Cooper, Vice President, Audience Services

Lindsay Berckman, Director, Audience Experience

Meg Hackney, Director, Ticketing and Audience Services

Conner Lucas, Director, Food and Beverage Business

Kyleigh Taylor, Associate Director, Audience Services

Katie Masterson, Senior Manager, Events Services

Julie Bernard, Manager, Operations Support

Delaney Burke, Manager, Guest Services

Keith Donaghue, House Manager

Rose Farrell, House Manager

Emily Grove, Training Manager

Korey Jones, Venue Manager, Kimmel Center

Thomas J. Kerrigan, House Manager

Todd Kunze, Venue Manager, Academy of Music and Miller Theater

Erin Lunsford, Administrative Manager

Catherine Pappas, Subscription Project Manager

Devin Randall, Manager, Guest Services

Tyshawn Burrell, Operations Support

Joshua Goldstein, Operations Support

Andrew Hight, Operations Support

Zapheir Johnson, Operations Support

Chrisla Dor, Priority Services Coordinator, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Chris Eklund, Priority Services Coordinator, Ensemble Arts Philly

Matthew Enters, Quality Assurance Coordinator

Elijah Doss, Group Sales Representative

Rob Lawlor, Group Sales Representative

Nicola Scicchitano, Lead Audience Services Representative

Danielle Woolis, Lead Audience Services Representative

Damarise Johnson, Audience Services Representative

Andy Svarczkopf, Audience Services Representative

Tristan Berrien, Audience Services Associate

Alicia Katz, Ticketing Operations Associate

Evan Mulhern, Audience Services Associate

Benji Childs, Tickets Operations Coordinator

Box Office

Dan Ahearn, Jr., Manager

Michelle Messa, Assistant Manager

Tad Dynakowski, Assistant Treasurer

Marie McCarthy, Assistant Treasurer

William Qualls, Assistant Treasurer

Thomas Sharkey, Assistant Treasurer

Mike Walsh, Assistant Treasurer

DEVELOPMENT

Kobie Smith, Chief Philanthropy Officer

Anna Marie Gewirtz, Vice President, Philanthropy

Liz Saccardi, Vice President, Philanthropy

Rachel Messeck, Director, Development Communications

Megan Gow, Administrative Assistant

Annual Fund

Anne Henry, Senior Director

Jennifer Pratt Johnson, Director

April O’Brien, Director

Kathleen Moran, Membership Manager

Juan Carlos Mata, Development Coordinator

Development Services

Andrea Gartner, Managing Director

Lisalotte Crampton, Manager

Emiline Homan, Manager, Donor Research and Strategy

Wesley Hershner, Data and Research Analyst

Donor Relations and Stewardship

Jennifer Monahan, Director, Development Events

Joseph Sinkus, Director, Donor Relations

Samantha Noll, Assistant Director, Development Events and Volunteer Relations

Institutional Giving

Ruth Auslander, Managing Director

Rob Ruzanic, Senior Grants Manager

Rachel Holder, Manager

Gabrielle Lantieri, Grants Manager

Philanthropic Engagement

Helen Escaravage, Managing Director

Jen Beatty, Senior Officer

Neva Kelly, Senior Officer

Natalie Sandstrom, Officer

Olivia Schultz, Manager

FACILITIES

James Pecora, Vice President

Jennifer Stark, Director, Capital Projects

Scott Derkacz, Assistant Director

Kevin Quinn, Chief Engineer

Derrick Johnson, Lead Maintenance Mechanic

Jonathan McCarthy, Maintenance Mechanic

Gary Stanford, Maintenance Mechanic

Kevin Hamilton, Dockmaster

Trondell Hill, Project Manager, Housekeeping

Evani Outerbridge, Business Manager, Housekeeping

Angela Schiavo, Painter

Donna Cloman, Administrative Assistant

Brea Kelley, Administrative Assistant

Office Services

Kathie Cronk, Senior Manager, Office and Volunteer Services

Nahema Rivers, Administrative Services Manager

Safety and Security

John Gallagher, Director

Euronn McCloud-Armstrong, Assistant Director, Security

Matthew Lally, Security Manager

Henri Byrd, Security Supervisor

Mia Lowry, Security Supervisor

Anthony Williams, Security Supervisor

Roland Carbonetta, Jr., Security Officer

Clifford Cook, Security Officer

Clarence Cottman, Security Officer

Kenneth L. Gilliard, Security Officer

Taebreya Lewis, Security Officer

Sara Mahan, Security Officer

Mian Mason, Security Officer

Gregory Meek, Security Officer

Leon Middleton, Security Officer

Randall Monte, Security Officer

Thomas Pierce, Security Officer

Kenneth Reaves, Security Officer

Timothy Ryan, Security Officer

David Sisco, Security Officer

FACILITY SALES

Carrie Reynolds, Director

Shawn Cotugno, Senior Manager

Audrey Gildea, Senior Sales Manager

FINANCE

Mario Mestichelli, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Ruth Kasow, Vice President and Director

Kevin Pearce, Controller

Kathleen Curtis, Director, Budget and Planning

Ashley Willcox, Senior Accounting Manager

Laura DiGiambattista, Accounting Manager

Jennifer Walker, Payroll Manager

Kristoffer Domingo, Senior Accountant

Jonelle Kelly, Senior Accountant, Payroll and Benefits

Bridget Morgan, Senior Accountant

Jennifer Munster, Senior Accountant

Lauren Tighe, Senior Accountant

Jessica Kerler, Staff Accountant, Budget

Mona Song, Staff Accountant

Matthew Demetrides, Accounts Payable Accountant

Jamie Zorrilla-Gray, Staff Accountant/Accounts Payable

Julrena Outen, Payroll Coordinator

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Jamie Shover, Vice President

John Callinan, Director, Technology Infrastructure

Pari Dasmuth, Director, Business Applications and Project Management

Tristian Gay, Director

John Jardel, Senior Network Engineer

Mohammed Djaballah, Manager, Business Intelligence

Khalil Et Tkhyly, Business Intelligence Developer

Mark Macalanda, Quality Assurance/ Testing Analyst

Leo Konkel, IT Support Engineer

Mpho Reed, IT Support Engineer

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Elizabeth Hess, Vice President, Marketing

Leslie Patterson-Tyler, Vice President, Program Communications and Partnerships

Geoff Cohen, Associate Vice President, Marketing, Philadelphia Orchestra

Karina Kacala, Senior Director, Marketing

Ashley Ryan, Senior Director, Marketing, Ensemble Arts Presentations

Darrin T. Britting, Director, Publications and Content Development

Lauren Hall, Director, Program Public Relations, Ensemble Arts Presentations

Victoria McCabe, Director, Marketing, Philadelphia Orchestra

Travis Wurges, Video Producer

Roberta Gorin-Paracka, Associate Director, Digital Asset Management

Carrie Williams, Associate Director, Marketing, Ensemble Arts Presentations

Erica Barry, Manager, Marketing, Philadelphia Orchestra

Kacy Hofstetter, Manager, Marketing

Taylor Martin, Manager, Marketing

Manisha Modi-Davis, Manager, Audience Development, Ensemble Arts Presentations

Alec Newell, Manager, Audience Development, Philadelphia Orchestra

Matthew Nicolosi, Senior Data Analyst

Zoe King, Data Analyst

Doménica Castro, Marketing Content Associate

Alison Hopkins, Marketing Associate

Emma Noel, Marketing Associate

Erin Witman, Marketing Associate

Rachel Bennett, Graphic Designer

Remy Perez, Graphic Designer

Jake Rogan, Coordinator, Communications

Digital Marketing

Daniel Christiansen, Senior Director, Digital Marketing Strategy and Web

Shakerra Grays, Director, Digital Marketing—Web

Sarah Biddle, Manager

Brooke Grant, Manager, Web Content and UX Manager

Rachael Micucci, Marketing Manager, Customer Journey

Lindsay Goldschmidt, Digital Marketing Associate

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Jessica Rivera, Director, Compensation and Benefits

Christopher Shaw, Director, Talent and Culture

Indonesia Young, Talent Management Specialist

Ashley Colston, Coordinator

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

300 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: 215.893.1900 www: philorch.org