Beethoven - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven 

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

March – June 2013 

ISSUE 6 

“Beethoven embraced 

the universe with the 

power of his spirit.” 

– Frédéric Chopin

Beethoven 


March – June 2013 

ISSUE 6 

“Beethoven embraced 

the universe with the 

power of his spirit.” 

– Frédéric Chopin

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March – June 2013 I OVERTURE 1

2 OVERTURE I March – June 2013

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Trudy Schroeder 

There are truly many wonderful ways to celebrate the presence and 

impact of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in our community. 

One of the ways that we recognize important milestones in the WSO 

is through our special events. Each year the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra celebrates the life of the orchestra and the community 

with a WSO Sprin g Achievemen t Awards Din n er. This year, the 

event will be held on April 25th at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, 

and please join us as we recognize the Richardson Foundation and 

Steve Bell with Golden Baton Awards. For tickets, please contact 

Sarah at 204-949-3987 or slund@wso.mb.ca. 

The Richardson Foundation through strategic and directed support has transformed the 

WSO’s connection with high school students in Winnipeg, young students in rural Manitoba, 

and has been working with us in planning for a more dynamic future presence in Winnipeg’s 

downtown. The WSO’s current fiscal stability and programming renewal would not have 

been possible without their positive and dynamic support. 

Juno Award-winning Winnipeg singer -songwriter Steve Bell will receive an award for artistic 

achievement. Steve took a musically interesting and entrepreneurial approach to developing 

musical products and performances with the WSO. The resulting CD Symphony Sessions has 

proven popular with his loyal audience base and WSO audiences. Steve has generously 

helped the WSO with fundraising events, and continues to be an active and much appreciated 

partner for the WSO. 

2013 Steve Bell, Singer Songwriter 

Richardson Foundation, Transformational Support 

2012 Tracy Dahl, soprano 

Carol Bellringer, WSO Past Chair 

2011 James Ehnes, violinist 

2010 Irmgard and William Baerg 

1999 Manitoba Telecom Services Tom Stefanson 

1998 William H. Loewen William H. Loewen 

1997 Canada Council for the Arts Donna Scott, Chair 

1996 The Winnipeg Foundation William Parish, President 

1995 Investors Group Sanford Riley, President and CEO 

1994 Great-West Life Raymond McFeeters, President & CEO 

1993 du Maurier Arts Ltd. Don Brown, President & CEO, Imperial Tobacco Limited 

1992 James Richardson & Sons George T. Richardson, President & CEO 

1991 Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Charles Bronfman, President & CEO 

1990 Harold Buchwald, Q.C. Harold Buchwald, Q.C., Past WSO President 

We look for ward to seeing you at th e Sp ring Ach ievem en t Award s Dinn er! 


WSO Executive Director 


CONDUCTORS 

Photographer: Keith Levit 

Photographer: Keith Levit 

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 

German conductor, Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, 

richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly), “fearless” approach and “first-rate 

technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary 

command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, 

profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in 

Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011). 

Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta 

Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate 

Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka 

Salonen. Now in his seventh season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 

Alexander has sign ificantly developed the orch estra’s profile through active commun ity 

engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the 

Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring for Music Festival in 

New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the 

orchestra is the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to 

the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander lead the orchestra’s first out of province 

tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting 

master-classes, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic 

overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. 

Always lookin g for a fresh approach and creative ways of crossin g musical gen res, Alexander has 

collaborated with Iceland’s Bedroom Community, Wayne Shorter, Mark O’Connor, Belle and 

Sebastian, Jason Alexander, DJ P-Love, Canadian bands Waking Eyes, Liptonians and Dukhs. 

Alexander has con ducted for the Queen of En gland, for former Presiden t Jimmy Carter, and was 

awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. 

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor 

From the time his mother sat him down at a toy piano when he was three years 

old, Richard Lee has spent his life immersed in music. He graduated to a real 

piano at the age of five and took up the violin at age seven. At age seventeen, he 

passed – with honours – the grade X piano and violin exams at the Royal 

Conservatory of Music in Toronto. 

After a brief and ill-advised stin t as a ph ysics major, Rich ard came to his sen ses 

and pursued a degree in Music Performance at the University of Toronto as 

both a violinist and violist. After teaching middle school music for five years, Richard returned to 

the U of T where, as the Victor Feldbrill Fellow in orchestral conducting, he obtained a Master’s 

degree under the tutelage of Raffi Armenian. 

Richard is the Music Director of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra (based in Tyler) and the 

Korean Canadian Symph on y Orch estra (Toron to) . He is also the Residen t Con ductor of the 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. 

Guest engagements this season include the Kingston Symphony Orchestra as well as a tour of 

Mexico with I Musici de Montréal. Musician, news junkie and connoisseur of fine ales, whiskies and 

cigars, Richard maintains residences in both Winnipeg and Toronto. He roots for the Toronto FC 

and the Toronto Raptors basketball club. 


WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012-2013 SEASON 

MUSIC DIRECTOR 

Alexander Mickelthwate 

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR 

Richard Lee 

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE 

Vincent Ho 

FIRST VIOLINS 

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster 

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- 

Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed 

by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation 

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster 

Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster 

Chris Anstey 

Raymond Chrunyk 

Mona Coarda 

Hong Tian Jia 

Simon MacDonald 

Rachel Moody 

† Jane Radomski 

Julie Savard 

Jun Shao 

SECOND VIOLINS 

Darryl Strain, Principal 

Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal 

Karen Bauch 

Rodica Jeffrey 

**Takayo Noguchi 

Boyd MacKenzie 

Meredith McCallum 

Susan McCallum 

Claudine St-Arnauld 

Phoebe Tsang 

VIOLAS 

Daniel Scholz, Principal 

Anne Elise Lavallée, 

Assistant Principal 

Laszlo Baroczi 

Richard Bauch 

Greg Hay 

Suzanne McKegney 

Merrily Peters 

Mike Scholz 

CELLOS 

Yuri Hooker, Principal 

**Cristian Markos, Assistant Principal 

Alex Adaman 

Margaret Askeland 

Arlene Dahl 

Carolyn Nagelberg 

Emma Quackenbush 

BASSES 

Meredith Johnson, Principal 

**Viorel Alexandru, Assistant Principal 

Paul Nagelberg 

Bruce Okrainec 

Zdzislaw Prochownik 

Patrick Staples 

FLUTES 

Jan Kocman, Principal 

Martha Durkin 

PICCOLO 

Martha Durkin 

OBOES 

Bede Hanley, Principal 

Robin MacMillan 

ENGLISH HORN 

Robin MacMillan 

CLARINETS 

Micah Heilbrunn, Principal 

Michelle Goddard 

BASSOONS 

Alex Eastley, Principal 

Meryl Summers 

HORNS 

Patricia Evans, Principal 

Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal 

James Robertson 

The Hilda Schelberger Memorial 

Chair 

Caroline Oberheu 

Michiko Singh 

TRUMPETS 

Brian Sykora, Principal 

Paul Jeffrey 

Isaac Pulford 

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair 

TROMBONES 

Steven Dyer, Principal 

John Helmer 

BASS TROMBONE 

Julia McIntyre, Principal 

TUBA 

Chris Lee, Principal 

TIMPANI 

Jeremy Epp, Principal 

PERCUSSION 

Frederick Liessens, Principal 

HARP 

Richard Turner, Principal 

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen 

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL 

MANAGER 

Chris Lee 

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN 

Raymond Chrunyk 

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 

Laura MacDougall 

Fred Redekop is the official Piano 

Tuner and Technician of the WSO 

*On Leave 

**Temporary Position 

† Dual Section Position 

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string 

players are listed alphabetically 

and are seated according to a 

rotational system. 


MASTERWORKS 

SATURDAY, MARCH 30 8:00 P.M. 

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL 

Mozart Requiem 

Jane Glover, conductor 

Allison An gelo, soprano 

Concert Sponsor: 

Marcia Whitehead, mezzo-soprano 

Christopher Mayell, tenor 

Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone 

Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg, William Baerg & Janet Brenneman, co-directors 

PROGRAM 

Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 Wolfgan g Am ad eu s Mozart ( 1756-1791) 

Allegro moderato 

An dante 

Menuetto e Trio 

Allegro con spirito 

- INTERMISSION - 

Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Requiem: Adagio – 

Kyrie: Allegro 

Dies irae: Allegro assai 

Tuba mirum: Andante 

Rex tremendae: Grave 

Recordare 

Confutatis: Andante 

Lacrymosa 

Domine Jesu: Andante con moto 

Hostias: Andante 

Sanctus: Adagio – 

Osanna: Allegro 

Benedictus: Andante – 

Osanna: Allegro 

Agn us Dei – 

Lux aeterna: Adagio – 

Cum sanctis: Allegro 

Extra Musician: 

Cary Denby, organ 

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile 

begins 45 minutes prior to the concert. 


PROGRAM NOTES 

by James Manishen 

Symphony No. 29 

Wo lf gang Amade us Mo zart 

b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 

d. Vienna / December 5, 1791 

Composed: 1774 

Last WSO performance: 2006; 

Maximiano Valdes, conductor 

Leopold Mozart much 

wan ted a musical 

position for his son in 

1773. On hearing the 

news that Vienna’s 

court music director 

was resignin g due to illn ess, Leopold 

and son Wolfgang went to Vienna that 

July to explore the opportunity. Though 

Empress Maria Theresa had known the 

precocious Wolfgang as a child, she felt 

he wasn’t suitable for the job. After a 

few weeks in Vienna, father and son 

departed. 

But the stay was hardly a wasted effort, 

for 17-year-old Mozart absorbed 

influences like a sponge and Vienna was 

the world’s greatest musical city, 

supplying the young composer with the 

sounds of the most eminent musicians 

of the time: Haydn, Gluck, Salieri and 

more. When Mozart returned to 

Salzburg in September, his expressive 

palette was much expanded when he 

undertook his Symphony No. 29 over the 

following months. 

This was a time of Mozart pushing the 

envelope in invention and ambition. In 

No. 29, textures are fuller, expression 

intensifies, and the special 

individualized stamp of a compelling 

personality underpins the obvious 

constructive skill. 

Who but Mozart could explore the 

expressive possibilities of an octave the 

way h e does in th e open in g movemen t? 

Here, exquisite harmonic underpinning 

gives way to imitative violin conversation 

and new themes within a beautifully 

integrated narrative. 

The elegant second movement recalls 

the gentle rococo influence Mozart 

absorbed from his earlier London study 

8 OVERTURE I March – June 2013 

with J.C. Bach. O n e feels H aydn ’s 

influence in the dotted rhythms of 

the vigorous Minuet, as also in the 

Finale’s cheeky use of silence in its 

theme and confident development. 

Requiem 

Wo lf gang Amade us Mo zart 



Maximiano Valdes, conductor 

“An unknown grey stranger’’ Mozart 

called the mysterious individual that 

delivered a letter from an unnamed 

patron to commission a new 

Requiem Mass in early July 1791. 

Mozart was in the thick of 

composing The Magic Fluteand 

getting ready to take on an 

important commission for another 

opera, La Clemenza di Tito, to 

celebrate the September coronation 

in Prague of Emperor Leopold. 

Mozart would be well paid for the 

Requiem but he was not to know the 

identity of the patron. In serious 

financial condition, he accepted the 

commission. 

Mozart’s wife Constanze had been in 

an almost continuous state of 

pregnancy since they married in 

1782 and had been in the spa town 

of Baden for a month to try to 

regain some semblance of health. 

Mozart went to bring her home later 

that July. The “stranger’’ appeared in 

Baden, asking about the Requiem’s 

progress. Mozart assured him all was 

on track. On the 25th, Constanze 

gave birth to Franz Xavier Wolfgang. 

From mid-August Mozart, his pupil 

Franz Süssmayr and Constanze were 

in Prague for the premiere of Tito 

on September 6th. Magic Flute wasn ’t 

quite complete for its scheduled 

premiere September 30th. By 

October, the overworked and 

overburdened composer’s health 

began a steep decline. 

Headaches, fever and pain plagued 

Mozart. On November 17th he 

became bedridden, receiving 

treatments of cold compresses and 

bloodletting from Dr. Closset, one of 

Vien n a’s best ph ysician s. Mozart 

obsessed over the Requiem, the 

image of the stranger and an 

increasingly potent thought that 

the work would be “my funeral 

song, which I must not leave 

incomplete.’’ 

But Mozart could only complete 

parts of the piece - the Requiem 

and Kyrie sections plus sketches 

for the voice parts and the bass 

along with scoring instructions 

for the Dies irae through the 

Hostias. On December 4th with 

his last remaining strength, he 

scrawled a few bars of the 

Lacrymosa and asked three 

friends in the room to sing it 

back. Trying to sing the alto part 

himself, Mozart collapsed. At 

midnight Mozart said goodbye to 

his family. Fifty-five minutes later, 

he died. 

As sh e sorely needed the 

commission money, Constanze 

asked her husband’s composerfriend 

Joseph Eybler to complete 

the score. He did his best with 

the orchestration but had to turn 

the project over to Süssmayr who 

had received more detailed 

instructions from Mozart earlier 

on. Süssmayr revised Eybler’s 

work, completed th e last th ree 

movements and recopied the 

score to show it as coming from 

Mozart alone. The stranger came 

for the music and paid the fee. 

Mozart never knew for whom he 

was writin g th e Requiem. We now 

know it was Count Franz von 

Walsegg, wh o h ad been 

anonymously commissioning 

composers to supply music he 

could pass off as his own, in this 

case for his wife Anna who had 

died in February 1791. 

In its depths of expression and 

poignancy of its journey, Mozart’s 

Requiem is a wondrous 

summation of an unworldly life 

and gift, whose circumstances 

only add to its sublime impact. 

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We dn e sday Jun e 26, 2013 

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Saturday June 22, 2013 

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SOUNDBYTES 

SATURDAY, APRIL 20 8:00 P.M. 


Chaplin: The Gold Rush 

Richard Lee, conductor 

CAST 

Charles Chaplin.............................. Producer 

Charles Chaplin.............................. Director 

Charles Chaplin.............................. Screenplay 

Rollie Totheroh .............................. Photography 

Jack Wilson, Mark Marlatt ................ Cameramen 

Charles D Hall .............................. Art Director 

Charles Chaplin.............................. Original Music 

Timothy Brock .............................. Musical Adaptation & Revision 

Kevin Brownlow, David Gill .............. Film Restoration 

Charles Chaplin.............................. The Lone Prospector 

Georgia Hale ................................ Georgia 

Mack Swain .................................. Big Jim 

Tom Murray .................................. Black Larson 

Henry Bergman.............................. Hank Curtis 

Malcolm Waite .............................. Jack 

Betty Morrissey .............................. Georgia’s friend 

Joan Lowell .................................. Georgia’s friend 

John Rand .................................... Prospector 

Heinie Conklin .............................. Prospector 

Albert Austin.................................. Prospector 

Allan Garcia .................................. Prospector 

Tom Wood .................................... Prospector 

Stanley J Sandford .......................... Barman 

Production started December 1923 

Production completed 21st May 1925 

Première 26th June 1925, Grauman’s Egyptian theatre, Hollywood 

Length 8555 feet 

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING 

Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile 

begins 45 minutes prior to concert. 

Beautiful Savior Lutheran School Band 

Extra Musicians: 

Donna Laube, keyboard 

Tony Cyre, percussion 

Sharon Atkinson, clarinet 

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PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES 1:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, APRIL 21 2:00 P.M. 


Music, Noise & Silence 


Magic Circle Mime Company 

PROGRAM 

Poet and Peasant Overture Franz von Suppé 

Dance of the Clowns Felix Mendelssohn 

Fugue in G minor (Little Fugue) Johann Sebastian Bach 

Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II 

On the Beautiful Blue Danube Johann Strauss II 

Country Band March Charles Ives 

Wed d ing March Felix Men d elssoh n 

Cloudburst Ferde Grofé 



Allen Harrin gton , alto sax & bassoon 


Tracy Wright, oboe 

Concerts for Kids Series Sponsor: 

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 8:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 2:00 P.M. 


Cirque M usica 


Cirque Musica 

PROGRAM 

Entry of the Gladiators Julius Fučik 

Flight of the Bumblebee – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 

Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-can – Jacques Offenbach 

Star Wars: Imperial Death March John Williams 

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Paul Dukas 

Night on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) 

Star Wars: Theme/ Superman: Theme John Williams 

The Planets: Mars Gustav Holst 


1812 Overture Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

Rodeo: Hoe Down – Aaron Copland 

William Tell: Overture Gioachino Rossini 

Love is All You Need arr. Bruce Healey 

Violin Con certo in D major Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 


Laura MacDougall, flute 

Bronwen Garand-Sheridan, oboe 


Allen Harrin gton , bassoon 

Pops Series Sponsor: Presenting Media Sponsor: 

Richard Gillis, trumpet 


Victoria Sparks, percussion 


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MASTERWORKS 

FRIDAY, MAY 10 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, MAY 11 8:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, MAY 12 2:00 P.M. 


Beethoven 9 

Alexander Mickelthwate, con ductor 

Yu r i H o o k e r, c e llo 

Lara Ciekiewicz, soprano 

Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo-soprano 

Edgar Ernesto Ramirez, tenor 

Justin Welsh, baritone 

Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Yuri Klaz, artistic director 

Flin Flon Community Choir, Crystal Kolt, artistic director 

PROGRAM 

Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) 

for Cello and Orchestra 


Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral’’ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 

Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 

Molto vivace – Presto – Molto vivace 

Adagio molto e cantabile 

Finale: Presto – Allegro ma non troppo – Vivace – 

Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Allegro assai 


Liz Dyer, violin 

Laurel Ridd, flute 

Bronwen Garand-Sheridan, oboe 


Jim Ewen, bassoon 


An n Germani, harp 


Matt Abraham, percussion 

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile 

begins 45 minutes prior to the concert. 

DINNER & A SYMPHONY 

SUNDAY, MAY 12 

Brunch starts at 

11:30 a.m. 

Concert at 2:00 p.m. 

Centennial Concert Hall 

Mother’s Day 

Brunch Buffet 

Catered by: 


PROGRAM NOTES 

by James Manishen 

Schelomo 

Ernest Bloch 

b. Geneva / July 24, 1880 

d. Portland, OR / July 15, 1959 


First performance: May 3, 1917 

(New York), conducted by Artur Bodansky 

with Hans Kindler as soloist 

Last WSO performance: 1988; Bryan 

Epperson, cello; Kazuhiro Koizumi, 

conductor 

Swiss composer Ernest 

Bloch described his Jewish 

soul as “the better part of 

me – the complex, glowing, 

agitated soul I feel vibrating 

throughout the Bible.’’ 

In 1915 Bloch had been assembling 

sketches for the Book of Ecclesiastes he 

wan ted to set to music, but foun d th at 

his rhythmic patterns could not be 

realized by the French, German or 

English languages. Soon after, Bloch 

met cellist Alexander Barjansky and his 

artist-wife, both of whom impressed 

Bloch deeply. They became fast friends 

and at once Bloch realized that 

Barjansky’s “marvellous’’ playing could 

transcend language issues, speaking 

more deeply than words could 

communicate. 

Without a program or plan, Bloch 

began to set The Ecclesiastes as a 

rhapsody for cello and orchestra. As 

Mrs. Barjansky had been working on a 

Kin g Solomon -in spired sculpture for 

Bloch in appreciation, he named the 

rhapsody Schelomo [Solomon]. 

In 1916 Bloch found himself stranded 

in America due to a conducting 

engagement for a dance group that 

wen t broke. Still, h is work didn ’t go 

unnoticed and after performances of 

his music by the famed Flonzaley 

Quartet and the Boston Symphony, 

Bloch’s star began to rise. An all-Bloch 

concert took place May 3, 1917 in 

Carnegie Hall featuring the premiere 

of Schelomo. Its success brought him 

international recognition and an 

eventual move to the United States. 


Schelomo covers a vast range of 

dramatic states from Solomon’s 

lamentations of broken idealism 

through an ardent prayer for 

brotherhood and peace. “One may 

imagine the solo cello as King 

‘Schelomo’ Bloch said. ``The 

complex voice of the orchestra is the 

voice of h is age..his world..his 

experience.’’ 

Symphony No. 9 

Ludwig van Beethoven 

b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 

d. Vienna / March 26, 1827 

Composed: 1822-1824 

First performance: 1824 (Vienna). 


Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor 

Beethoven had loved 

Schiller’s Ode to Joy ever 

since first encountering 

it in 1793. At 23, the 

youn g composer was so 

inspired by the poem’s 

message of brotherhood and universal 

love, he became a Freemason, vowing 

that there must be a way to be able to 

make a musical setting to infuse even 

greater emotional weight to Schiller’s 

text for all to feel and be inspired by. 

It took Beethoven quite some time – 

three decades, in fact, plus hundreds 

of revisions, stops and starts and an 

obvious internal focus of staggering 

proportions. The majestic Ninth 

Symphony was th e result, for man y, th e 

penultimate timeless happening in all 

art. 

Beethoven had completed the Seventh 

and Eighth Symphonies by 1812 and 

immediately decided on his next 

symphony, the first idea being the 

selection of the key of D minor. The 

Ninth’s original material began in 1815 

with sketches for th e Scherzo secon d 

movement. In 1818 he considered 

adding a choral movement, but only as 

a song within the slow movement. Ill 

health and the immense Missa 

Solemnis came Beethoven’s way, so the 

Ninth was only sporadically touched on 

for the next four years. In 1822 Missa 

was fin ish ed an d its in fluen ce was to 

pervade the Ninth’s dramatic and 

psychological narrative, though the 

Ninth was to be more a 

celebration of Schiller’s strivings 

than religious declamation. 

Beethoven then received a 

commission from the London 

Philharmonic Society for the new 

symphony but continued to 

wrestle with h ow h e would in clude 

Schiller’s text. All but the finale 

was completed. Wh at to do to cap 

off the work? 

“I have it! I have it!’’ he shouted. 

A recitative was to be the device, 

recalling fragments of what comes 

before in the symphony and 

bridging the gap to the famous 

theme introduced unadorned by 

the cellos to be forever lodged in 

the subconscious of all who would 

hear the work then, now and 

forever. 

The premiere on May 7, 1824 was 

a triumph. The totally deaf 

Beethoven had conducted but 

didn’t know when the applause 

had begun. Police had to 

maintain order in the erupted 

house. Beethoven was so 

overwhelmed he slept in the same 

clothes he wore that evening. 

One can look at the Ninth from 

innumerable perspectives, clearly 

its musical revelations, the finale’s 

ultimate anthem of freedom or 

the Ninth’s overall influence 

toward Romantic expressionism. 

But it’s the immediacy of this 

masterpiece that registers most 

strongly - the ongoing asks to look 

inward at one’s feelings and 

outward to how they should 

impact all else. An invitation to, as 

Chopin said about Beethoven 

“embrace the universe with the 

power of his [our] spirit.’’ 

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and we proudly support charities and programs that 

help improve the quality of life in Manitoba. 

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January March – February – June 2013 2011 I IOVERTURE OVERTURE 19 5

Winnipeg, MB March 2013 -- Music for Young 

Children ® students from across Canada continue to 

collect money for the Firefighters’ Burn Fund Inc. 

The Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Music 

for Young Children teachers are the most successful 

in Canada with their annual Musical Kids Helping 

Kids wh ich is n ow in its n in th year. MYC ® students 

and teachers raised $2,364.76 last year; this year’s 

total is not yet in. A grand total of $28,719.32 has 

been collected for this worthy cause. 

Students ask their family and friends to support 

them by paying for every minute of practicing 

done over a period of four to six weeks. This 

money is collected and then donated to the 

Firefighters’ Burn Fund in Manitoba which is 

spent on burn-related equipment at the hospital, 

innovative programs for burn survivors as well as 

a summer camp for children for patients in their 

burn unit. 

To firefighters, there is no greater measure of courage 

than burn patients struggling to survive devastating 

injuries. The heroism of burn survivors inspires the 

men and women of Manitoba’s Fire Service to 

volunteer their time and effort in raising funds to 

support exceptional burn care, treatment, 

rehabilitation and research. Please go to 

www.firefightersburn fun d.mb.ca for more 

information on how you can donate. 


St u d en t s 

cont ribut e t o 

Burn Fund 

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will be 

presenting “Music, Noise & Silence” on Sunday, 

April 21st at 2:00 p.m. As the Concerts for Kids 

Pre-Concert Activities Partner, MYC teachers along 

with th e WSO h ost various music activities 

beginning at 1:00 p.m. As well, Manitoba/ NW 

Ontario Coordinator Marilyn Unrau will be 

presenting the Pennies for Practice cheque to 

Barbara-Anne Hodge, a Board Member of the 

Burn Fund and chair of the Mamingwey Burn 

Survivor Committee. 

Music for Young Children in its 33rd year is 

taught annually to 24,000 students in Canada, 

the United States, New Zealand, Korea, 

Vietn am, Sin gapore an d Malaysia. For more 

information, visit MYC’s website www.myc.com 

or call Manitoba/ NW Ontario Coordinator 

Marilyn Unrau at 204-488-8488.

GREAT- WEST LIFE CONCERTS FOR KIDS 

PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES 1:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, JUNE 23 2:00 P.M. 


Symphony Ta les 


Michael Boudewyns and Sara Valentine, performers 

Kimberly Sch roeder, soprano 

PROGRAM 

Green Eggs and Ham Robert Kapilow/ Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 

Peter and the Wolf Serge Prokofiev 


Tracy Wright, oboe 


Donna Laube, piano 

Concerts for Kids Series Sponsor: 

Pre-Concert Activities Partner: 

Presenting Radio Partner: 


WSO MUSICIAN PROFILES Photographer: Chronic Creative 

Meredith Johnson 

Instrument: Double Bass 

Joined WSO: 2004 

Hometown: Tuscaloosa, AL, USA 

If you could have dinner with 

one historical figure, who would 

that be? Tough one. Maybe 

St. Francis of Assisi or Ghandi. 

What do you enjoy most about 

being part of the WSO? 

The genuine sense of 

community that is shared 

amongst the members of the 

organization. Very few 

orchestras are like that. 

Bruce Okrainec 



Hometown: Edmonton, AB 

What is one of your most 

memorable live performances? 

My participation in a 

performance of Michael 

Praetorius’s Christmas Mass. 

If you weren’t a musician, 

what would you be? 

Science has always been a 

strong interest of mine. 


Viorel Alexandru 



Hometown: Braila, Romania 

What is your f avourite piece 

to play? Enescu Sonata 

If you could have dinner with 

one historical figure, who would 

that be? Rossini because he 

was a good cook. 

Zdzislaw Prochownik 



Hometown: Bielsko-Biala, Poland 

When did you start playing your 

instrument? Age 14. Music in 

high school had only one 

opening for bass. 

What is one of your most 

memorable live performances? 

Mahler 9th Symphony with 

An drey Boreyko in 2006, Brahms 

Requiem with Robert Sh aw. 

Paul Nagelberg 



Hometown: New York area 

and Toronto, ON 

What is your f avourite restaurant 

to go to after a WSO concert? 

Kum Koon Garden for the 

Mu Shu Pork. 

What do you enjoy most about 

being part of the WSO? 

The variety (classics, opera, 

ballet, Pops). 

Patrick Staples 



Hometown: Calgary, AB 

Who was your idol growing up? 

Gary Karr 

What is your f avourite piece 

to play? 

An ythin g by Bach .

Al Alexandruk 

Mal Anderson 

Carol Bellringer 

Marilyn Billinkoff 

Doneta Brotchie 

John and Bonnie Buhler 

Edmund Dawe 

Greg Doyle 

Julia De Fehr 

Susan Feldman 

Jamie Dolynchuk 

Barbara Filuk 

Wally Fox-Decent 

Jack Fraser 

Elba Haid 

Helen Hayles 

Kaaren Hawkins 

Sherrill Hershberg 

Ian Kay 

Roger King 

Bill Knight 

Michel Lagacé 

PRESIDENT’S 

ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Zina Lazareck 

Gail Leach 

Dr. Hermann Lee 

Naomi Levine 

Bill Loewen 

Dr. Brendan MacDougall 

Don MacKenzie 

Bill Marr 

Michael Nozick 

Harvey Pollock 

Dr. William Pope 

John Rademaker 

Kathleen Richardson 

George & Tannis 

Richardson 

Ed Richmond 

Lorne Sharfe 

William Shead 

Graeme Sifton 

Joanne Sigurdson 

Bonnie Staples-Lyon 

Brenlee Carrington Trepel 

Dennis Wallace 

1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien 

1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair 

1953-55 Mr. Digby Wheeler 

1955-57 Mr. W. D. Hurst 

1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson 

1958-61 Mr. E. W. H. Brown 

1961-62 Mr. David Slater 

1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin 

1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander 

1965-67 Mr. R. W. Richards 

1967-69 Mr. W. R. Palmer 

1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith 

1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce 

1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith 

1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt 

1976-78 Mr. Julian D. T. Benson 

1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth 

1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon 

1980-81 Mr. John F. Fraser 

1981-82 Mr. William W. Draper 

1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz 

PRESIDENTS OF THE 


1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C. 

1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. 

1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé 

1988-90 Mr. William H. Loewen 

1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr 

1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg 

1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles 

1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes 

1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles 

1998-99 Mr. William Norrie 

Feb 1999-May 1999 Mr. William Loewen 

Jun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack 

2000-Feb 03 Mr. Roger King 

Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Ms. Patti Sullivan 

Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Mr. Wally Fox-Decent 

Jan 2005-Jul 2006 Ms. Carol Bellringer 

Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President) 

Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Mr. Brendan MacDougall 

2007-2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie 

2012-present Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA 



ARTIST BIOS 

MASTERWORKS 

Mozart Requiem 

MARCH 30 

Jane Glover, conductor 

Music Director of Chicago’s 

Music of the Baroque since 

2002 and Artistic Director of 

Opera at London’s Royal 

Academy of Music, Jane Glover 

made her professional debut at 

the Wexford Festival in 1975, conducting her 

own edition of Cavalli’s L’Eritrea. She joined 

Glyndebourne in 1979 and was Music Director 

of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 

to 1985; and she was Artistic Director of the 

London Mozart Players from 1984 to 1991. 

In continual demand on the international opera 

stage, Ms. Glover has appeared with numerous 

companies including the Royal Opera House, 

Covent Garden, English National Opera, 

Glyndebourne, Berlin Staatsoper, Royal Danish 

Opera, Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, 

Opéra National de Bordeaux, Glimmerglass 

Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia, 

Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Teatro La 

Fenice in Venice. 

Allison Angelo, soprano 

Hailed as “a fabulous discovery” 

by the Toronto Star’s John 

Terauds, Canadian soprano 

Allison Angelo is emerging as a 

talented and versatile young 

singer who is rapidly gaining 

recognition on the operatic and concert stage. 

Ms. Angelo has recently been named Musician 

in Residence with the St. Cecilia Concert Series 

in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the 2011-2012 

season, and returns to the Mountain View 

Concert Series in the summer or 2012. In early 

2010, she made her debut with the Toronto 

Symphony conducted by Peter Oundjian during 

the Mozart 254 Festival. Last season, she 

appeared in Mozart’s Requiem for Symphony 

Nova Scotia and Messiah with the Edmonton 

Symphony and Vancouver Bach Choir and was 

Frasquite in Carmen for the Brott Music Festival 

Hamilton, Ontario. 

Marcia Whitehead, mezzo-soprano 

“Stunning low notes and 

impressive sound…” (Paula Citron 

96.3fm Toronto). Mezzo soprano 

Marcia Whitehead’s dark, elegant 

voice, paired with her stellar 

comedic timing has established 

herself as a strong, singing actress as seen in her 

portrayals of: Carmen (Carmen), Dorabella (Cosi 

fan tutte), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), 3rd Lady 

(Magic Flute), Flora (La Traviata), La Marquise 

(La Fille du Regiment), Alisa (Lucia di 

Lammermoore), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), 

L’Enfant (L’Enfant et les Sortileges), Jeanne D’Arc 

(Electric Flesh), Cixous (Trudeau: Long 

March/Shining Path), and as The Page in Salome. 

This Manitoba native, well known for her 

versatility, has enjoyed concert & symphonic 

engagements ranging from: Handel to 

Mendelssohn, one woman cabarets, and pops 

symphony concerts. Marcia is thrilled to return to 

her hometown stage for the WSO’s Masterworks 

series. www.marciawhitehead.com 

Christopher Mayell, tenor 

Praised in Opera Canada 

magazine for his wholesome tenor 

voice, Christopher Mayell is 

quickly making his mark on the 

opera stages and concert halls of 

Canada. 

He is an alumnus of the Calgary Opera Emerging 

Artist Ensemble program, through which he 

performed the roles of Borsa in Rigoletto, Samuel 

in the Canadian premiere of The Ballad of Baby 

Doe, and Brighella in Strauss’ Araiadne auf Naxos 

(featured on CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at 

the Opera). While in Calgary, he was also featured 

by the Spritus Chamber Choir in a national CBC 

Radio broadcast performance of Respighi’s 

Laudate per la Nativita del Signore. 

Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone 

A graduate of the Atelier lyrique 

de l’Opéra de Montréal, Stephen 

Hegedus made his Opéra de 

Montréal debut as Silvano (Un 

ballo in maschera) and appeared 

with the company as Sprecher (Die 

Zauberflöte), Angelotti (Tosca), Grégorio (Roméo et 



ARTIST BIOS 

Stephen Hegedus (Cont’d): Since the mid-nineteen sixties, he has 

Ju liette), Fiorello (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Il 

Commissario (Madama Butterfly) and Sicario 

(Macbeth). With the Atelier lyrique, he sang Don 

Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) and Don Inigo Gomez 

(L’Heure Espagnole). 

Mr. Hegedus’ 2012 summer festival season included 

Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at Festival Lanaudière and 

Dvorak’s Spectre’s Bride for the Grant Park Festival 

in Chicago conducted by Carlos Kalmar. The 

2012-2013 season is an ideal mix of opera and 

concert engagements including Colline in La 

bohème (Vancouver Opera), The Captain in 

Eugene Onegin, Mozart’s Requiem (Winnipeg 

Symphony), Bach’s Mass in B minor (Elmer Iseler 

Singers) and his Four Shorter Masses (Les Violons 

du Roy). 

Mennonite Festival Chorus, 

Rudy Schellenberg, William Baerg 

& Janet Brenneman, co-directors 

The Mennonite Festival Chorus made its debut in 

1985 under the distinguished leadership of Robert 

Shaw, together with the WSO in Brahms’ Ein 

Deutsches Requiem. Following that auspicious 

beginning, it twice appeared at the International 

Choral Festival in Toronto with the TSO: in 1989 

with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Robert Shaw) 

and in 1993 with Britten’s War Requiem (Bramwell 

Tovey). Together with the WSO, the choir has 

performed works by Mahler, Handel, Bach, 

Dvofiák, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg, 

Orff and Arvo Pärt. 

MFC is a highly select core of choristers from 

Winnipeg and surrounding communities, many of 

whom are regular members of other choirs, 

including those of Canadian Mennonite University. 

Janet Brenneman is rehearsal conductor for this 

evening's performance of the Mozart Requiem. 

William Baerg 

Co-director, Mennonite Festival Chorus 

No stranger to the Winnipeg 

choral scene, William Baerg, 

Professor Emeritus of Canadian 

Mennonite University, has 

conducted choirs here and across 

Canada for over four decades. 

collaborated with the WSO in performances 

spanning the entire repertoire from Scheutz to 

Stravinsky, as well as taken great delight in 

bringing the finest international choral 

conductors to Winnipeg such as Robert Shaw 

and Helmuth Rilling. Dr. Baerg was recently 

honoured by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

with the Golden Baton Award for his 

distinguished contribution to the Canadian 

choral scene. He is married to pianist Irmgard 

Baerg. 

Rudy Schellenberg 

Co-director, Mennonite Festival Chorus 

Rudy Schellenberg is Associate 

Professor of Music at Canadian 

Mennonite University, teaching 

in the areas of choral music, 

conducting and church music. 

He conducts the CMU 

Chamber Choir and Men's Chorus, which, 

together with other CMU choirs have a busy 

performance schedule, including regular 

engagements at the WSO's New Music Festival. 

GREAT-WEST LIFE CO N CERTS FO R KIDS 

Music, Noise & Silence 

APRIL 21 

Magic Circle Mime Company 

Magic Circle Mime 

Co. is regarded as one 

of today’s premier 

family attractions. 

Their highly acclaimed 

performances, which 

unite the concert 

orchestra with visual theatre, are consistently 

praised for imaginative and innovative content. 

Magic Circle Mime Co. performs with virtually 

every major orchestra in North America and has 

performed on numerous occasions with the 

Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta, Detroit, 

Chicago, Montreal, Saint Louis, Seattle and 

Toronto; Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota 

Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra; and on 

more than half a dozen occasions at The 

Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts with 

the National Symphony Orchestra. 



ARTIST BIOS 

Magic Circle Mime Company (Cont’d): WSO and MCO have met with critical and audience 

Magic Circle Mime Co. also has a growing 

reputation outside North America. In the 

Pacific Rim and Far East they have performed 

at festivals and with major orchestras in 

Australia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, 

Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and 

Taiwan. 

AIR CANADA POPS 

Cirque M usica 

APRIL 26-28 

Cirque Musica 

Cirque Musica takes audiences 

on a musical journey to a land 

of dazzling beauty, mystery and 

suspense. The show blends the 

grace and thrills of the world’s 

greatest circus performers with 

stunning symphonic music from 

classical, POPS and popular 

repertoire. Audiences are treated to a full sensory 

experience that will have them on the edge of 

their seats and in awe of the beauty, thrills, and 

majesty that is…Cirque Musica. 

Cirque Musica features top circus performers 

from around the world and veterans of Ringling 

Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and Cirque du Soleil. 

The music includes all time favorites from the 

classical repertoire including excerpts from Flight 

of the Bumblebee, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, 

Holst the Planets, and more. From the POPS 

world, the show features pieces by John Williams 

and a musical salute to the Beatles. Cirque 

Musica also features original music composed by 

Emmy and Academy Award nominated 

composer, Marcelo Zarvos. 

MASTERWORKS 

Beethoven 9 

MAY 10-12 

Yuri Ho o ke r, ce llo 

Yuri Hooker is Principal cellist 

with the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra and is a core member 

of The Winnipeg Chamber 

Music Society. His frequent 

concerto appearances with the 

acclaim, and his most recent performances include the 

world premiere of John Tavener's new work for cello 

and orchestra Popule Meus and the North American 

premiere of the orchestral version of Michael Oesterle's 

Agate Rosary and the North American premiere of 

Tavener's Requiem. He was also honoured to present the 

Western Canadian premiere of Henri Dutilleux's cello 

concerto Tout un monde lointain in 2009 with the 

WSO conducted by Michelle Mourre. A strong 

advocate of new music, he appears regularly with 

GroundSwell, and recently made the premiere of Ørjan 

Sandred's Amanzule Voices for cello and live electronics 

(Navona Records). 

Lara Ciekiewicz, soprano 

Whether being hailed as 

“mesmerizing” (Classical Voice of 

North Carolina), “thrilling” (The New 

Classical 96.3 FM), or “a clear 

standout” (San Francisco Classical 

Voice), versatile soprano Lara 

Ciekiewicz is quickly making her mark as a 

compelling, intelligent, and accomplished singingactress. 

A graduate of l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de 

Montréal, she has distinguished herself at some of the 

continent’s most prestigious training programs 

including San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program, the 

Banff Centre for the Arts’s Opera as Theatre 

program, the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard 

Music Center, and Opera Nuova. Her combination of 

flair, humour, presence, vocal beauty, and style, all 

backed by a solid technique, is already gaining 

attention. 

Credits include: Micaëla (Carmen); Musetta (La 

Bohéme); Sylva (The Gypsy Princess); Maritza 

(Countess Maritza); Lyudmila (Ruslan I Lyudmila); 

Fiordiligi (Così Fan Tutte); Pamina and Papagena 

(Die Zauberflöte); and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). 

Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo-soprano 

Canadian Michèle Bogdanowicz is 

poised to take a commanding place 

among the young sopranos of her 

generation. A 2007 Fellow at Ravinia’s 

Steans Institute for Young Artists, she 

was chosen to present the world 

premiere of a set of songs by acclaimed American 

composer Jake Heggie and as a member of the 


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ARTIST BIOS 

Michèle Bogdanowicz (Cont’d): Justin Welsh, baritone 

prestigious Merola Program of the San 

Francisco Opera, she had a resounding success 

as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. A young 

Mozartean of note, Ms. Bogdanowicz also 

appeared in several recent productions of Don 

Giovanni as Zerlina (Opera Ontario, Opera 

Lyra Ottawa, Pacific Opera Victoria and 

Orchestra London) and sang Papagena in The 

Magic Flutein Andrew Porter’s staging for the 

Canadian Opera Company Ensemble. As a 

member of the COC’s Ensemble Studio, she 

appeared in mainstage productions of Carmen 

as Mercédès, Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Taleas 

New Ofglen and Albert Herring as Nancy. 

Edgar Ernesto Ramirez, tenor 

Mexican-American tenor 

Edgar Ernesto Ramírez is 

garnering rave reviews for his 

distinctive Italianate sound, his 

youthful exuberance, and for 

his expressive musicality. 

Recent and upcoming engagements include 

Ramiro in La Cenerentola by Rossini in the 

Wildbad Belcanto Opera Festival, Nemorino 

in l’Eisir D’amore with Opéra de Angers- 

Nantes, Javier in Luisa Fernanda with Toronto 

Operetta Theatre, Leicester in Maria Stuarda 

with Pacific Opera Victoria, Il Conte 

d'Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Opera 

Hamilton and Raoul de Nanguis in 

Meyerberr's Les Huguenots for Toronto's 

Opera in Concert, Messiah with The Brott 

Festival in Hamilton, An Opera Gala with 

Opera de Quebec. 

Born in Guadalajara, México, Edgar Ernesto 

Ramírez was accepted at the early age of 

fifteen to the University of Guadalajara, where 

he studied the clarinet. An accomplished 

musician, Ramírez played solo clarinet with the 

Philharmonic Orchestra of Jalisco, and 

appeared as a guest of the Opera Orchestra of 

Teatro Bellas Artes, the Symphonic Orchestra 

of Pachuca, and toured with the Naval 

Symphonic Band and Orchestra. Additionally, 

he is a member of the International 

Association of Clarinetists of México. 

From British Columbia, baritone 

Justin Welsh is a former member of 

the Canadian Opera Company 

Ensemble Studio. He was featured 

as Ari in the world premiere of the 

Ensemble production of Swoon and 

took the role of Fiorello in the mainstage production 

of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, conducted by 

Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Previously he has been seen 

as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte in the Andrew Porter 

production for the COC Ensemble and covered the 

roles of Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte, Count 

Almaviva in Le Nozze Di Figaro and Wagner in 

Gounod’s Faust. A Fellow at Tanglewood’s Summer 

Institute, he recently appeared with Tapestry New 

Opera Works and in Messiah with the Regina 

Symphony. During the winter and spring of 2011, 

he was in Brooklyn with the COC’s Nightingale 

production and toured with Jeunesses Musicales du 

Canada as Belcore in L’ Elisir d’Amore. 

Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, 

Yuri Klaz, artistic dire cto r 

Now in its 91st 

season, the 

Winnipeg 

Philharmonic 

Choir has a wellearned 

reputation 

for excellence. A choral trademark for the City of 

Winnipeg, the Phil’s repertoire covers a broad range 

of music focusing on major choral with orchestral 

accompaniment including oratorios, masses and 

choral symphonies. Priding itself on premiering 

original music, the Phil has commissioned works by 

composers from both Manitoba and across Canada. 

The choir has captivated audiences in Toronto, 

Vancouver and New York’s Carnegie Hall. 

Under Maestro Yuri Klaz, the Phil provides music 

lovers of all ages a subscription series of three Sunday 

afternoon concerts, bringing new life to some of the 

world’s finest choral works that are dramatic, 

profoundly moving and always entertainingly full of 

heart. www.thephil.ca 


"Sistema has 

changed my life. I’ve 

been ge ting be ter 

on my instrument 

and I feel like I have 

a place to belong." 

- Viola student in 

Sistema Winnipeg 

In partnership with: 


A Program of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

Changing our W orld 

through Music: Play Your Part 

Sistema Winnipeg is a free, ensemble- based orchestra 

program to inspire underserved children and youth to reach 

their full potential and have a positive impact on their lives 

and society. Students learn to play an orchestral instrument, 

participate in orchestra and other music classes, and share 

their talents through numerous performance opportunities. 

From 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., five days a week, more than 

80 students participate in this program that uses the power 

of the musical ensemble to dramatically change the life 

trajectory of children’s lives. Inspired by Venezuela’s 

El Sistema, Sistema Winnipeg focuses on the values of 

musical excellence, teamwork and community partnerships. 

www.sistema winnipeg.ca 

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ARTIST BIOS 

Flin Flon Community Choir, 

Crystal Kolt, artistic director 

Started in 1996 soon 

after the arrival of Mark 

and Crystal Kolt, the 

Flin Flon Community 

Choir has been a driving 

force in the development 

of professional quality 

musical production in 

Northern Manitoba. 

Built upon a strong local musical tradition fostered by 

the dedicated and talented Flin Flon Glee Club which 

flourished in the postwar period, ‘the Choir’ alternates 

between Musical Theatre Productions and Classical 

Masterworks seasons. The FFCC, which ranges in size 

from 60 – 100 individuals, has had the opportunity to 

perform with The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 

The Saskatoon Symphony, Heather Bishop, Paris to 

Kiev, Maria Luz Alvarez and Jeff Dimitriou. In 2002, 

twenty five members joined The CAMMAC 

Anniversary Chorus in the New York Premiere of 

Scott MacMillan’s Celtic Mass for the Sea in Carnegie 

Hall. 

GREAT-WEST LIFE CO N CERTS FO R KIDS 

Symphony Ta les 

JUNE 23 

Michael Boudewyns, performer 

Michael is excited to make his 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

debut. He regularly performs family 

concerts with orchestras around 

North America. Since 2004 he has 

been a frequent guest with The 

Philadelphia Orchestra’s Family Concerts. Other 

orchestra performances include: Saint Louis, Illinois, 

Richmond, Princeton, Texarkana, Des Moines, 

Milwaukee, Charlotte, Annapolis, Lincoln, New 

Haven, Harrisburg, and Kennett; the Westchester 

Philharmonic; the Tulane University Orchestra; and 

James Madison University’s Montpelier Wind 

Quintet. Upcoming debuts include: National 

Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, 

Richardson Symphony Orchestra, and the Victoria 

Symphony of British Columbia. He is a graduate of 

the University of Northern Iowa and the University 

of Delaware. 

Sara Valentine, performer 

Sara is thrilled to make her 

Canadian debut with the 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. 

She has performed with the 

orchestras of Philadelphia, 

Charlotte, Richmond, New 

Haven, Harrisburg, Annapolis, Princeton, and 

Camden’s Symphony in C. This season she 

appeared with the Saint Louis and Texarkana 

symphonies; the Tulane University Orchestra; 

and James Madison University. She is currently 

a Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice and 

Speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, 

and is co-founder and creative director of 

ReallyInventiveStuff.com. She is a graduate of 

Ithaca College in New York and the University 

of Delaware. Sara grew up in New England. 

Kimberly Schroeder, soprano 

Kimberly Schroeder is delighted 

to be making her Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra debut. In 

2010 she made her orchestral 

debut with the Annapolis 

Symphony Orchestra in Robert 

Kapilow’s Green Eggs and Ham, and continues 

performing family concerts throughout North 

America. She has performed with the 

Milwaukee, Richmond, Charlotte, Annapolis, 

and Lincoln symphonies, and this season 

appeared with the Saint Louis, Illinois, 

Harrisburg, and Kennett symphonies. Next 

season she debuts with the symphonies of 

Kansas City, Texarkana, and Victoria, British 

Columbia. She is currently a member of the 

dance faculty at the University of Delaware, 

and a graduate of the Universities of Nebraska- 

Lincoln and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 


WSO SUPPORTERS 

The WSO gratefully acknowledges 

the following companies whose 

generous support helps to ensure 

musical enrichment within our 

community. Thank you! 

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Bison Transport 

Dormond Industries 

Industrial Alliance Insurance & 

Financial Services Inc. 

Long & McQuade Musical 

Instruments 

Payworks Inc. 

Peerless Garments LP 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd./ 

Robinson Bath Centre 

Silpit Industries Co. Ltd. 

Music Stand 

$500 - $999 

Coghlan's Limited 

Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. 

Florence & Sheldon Berney 

Number Ten Architectural Group 

InterGroup Consultants Ltd. 

Piston Ring Service 

Pollard Banknote Limited 

Price Industries Limited 

Red River Co-Operative Ltd. 

Robinson Lighting Ltd. 

Strata Benefits Consulting Inc. 

True Value Hardware & 

V. & S. De p t . St o r e s 

Riser 

Under $500 

A. Akman & Son Ltd. 

Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. 

M. Morris W. Dorosh 

Mid West Packaging Limited 

Patill/ St. James Insurance 


Foundations 

The Noreen & Robert Allen 

Charitable Trust 

Aqueduct Foun dation - In ga and 

An n a Storgaard Fun d 

Brandon Area Community 

Foundation 

Francofonds Inc. 

Marjory Alexander Graham 

& Family Fund 

Gerald M. Hechter & Agnes 

Hechter Fund in Honour of 

Max & Ethel Hechter & 

Elizabeth Fleischmann 

Houston Family of Bradwardine 

Fund, the Winnipeg 

Foundation 

George Warren Keates Memorial 

Fund 

C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc. 

W.H . & S.E. Loewen Fou n d ation 

Inc. 

Lutz Family Foundation 

The Mauro Family Foundation 

Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund 

John and Carolynne McLure Fund 

Morden Area Foundation 

Private Giving Foundation 

Richardson Foundation 

Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer 

Foundation 

Leslie John Taylor Fund, the 

Winnipeg Foundation 

The Tallman Foundation 

James Thompson Memorial 

Fund in Trust of WSO 

Terracon Development Ltd. 

The Winnipeg Foundation 

The Legacy Circle exists to 

recognize the following patrons 

whose foresight ensures that the 

WSO plays on f or all Manitobans 

for generations to come. The WSO 

gratefully acknowledges Legacy 

Circle members for their planned 

future gift to the WSO. 

Lucienne Blouw 

Lorraine & Gerry Cairns 

Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer 

Ethel & Joe Karr 

Michel D. Lagacé 

G. E. Loewen 

S. E. Loewen 

W. H . Loewen 


Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell 

Lesia Peet 

George and Tannis Richardson 


June Slobodian 

Muriel Smith 

Robin Wiens & Émilie 

Lagacé -Wiens 

Donn K. Yuen 

2 Anonymous 

Major Gifts 

Dr. David Lyttle, In Support 

of Education 

Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser, 

In Support of Music 

Connections 

The Maestro’s Circle exists 

to recognize special patrons 

whose significant philanthropy 

furthers the musical artistry 

of the WSO. Thank you! 

Honourary Chair 

Alexander Mickelthwate, 

Music Director 

Platinum Baton 

$25,000 + 

Bill & Shirley Loewen* 

Gold Baton 

$10,000 - $24,999 


Silver Baton 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Greg Doyle and 

Carol Bellringer 

Dr. Terry Klassen & 

Ms. Grace Dueck 

Muriel Smith 

Concertmaster's Bow 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Gail Asper & Michael Paterson 

Bill & Margaret Fast 

Timothy & Barbara Burt 

James Gibbs 

Mr. Frank Fred Gladky 

Kevin & Els Kavanagh * 

Drs. Eleanor & Grant 

MacDougall 

John Mansfield & 

Pam Simmons* 

Michael Nozick & 

Cheryl Ashley 

Frank & Jeanne Plett 

Lawrie & Fran Pollard 

George & Tannis Richardson* 

Hartley & Heather 

Richardson 

In Memory of Mr. John 

Thistlethwaite 

Ian R. Thomson & 

Leah R. Janzen 

Professor A.M.C. Waterman 

Black Tie 

$1,500 - $2,499 

Aubrey & Dr. Lin da Asper 

Mr. Jim Barrett 

Dr. & Mrs. John & 

Leah Bracken 

Brenlee Carrington Trepel & 

Brent Trepel 

Morley & Marjorie 

Blankstein C.M., O.M. 

Mrs. Lucienne Blouw 

Harry & Doneta Brotchie 

Bonnie & John Buhler 

Herb & Erna Buller 

James Carr 

Ms. Patricia Chaychuk 

Jan & Kevin Coates 

James Cohen & Linda 

McGarva-Cohen 

Art & Leon a DeFeh r 

Dorothy Dobbie 

Douglas C. Everett, 

Chairman, 

Domo Gasoline 

Corporation Limited 

Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens 

Ms. Barbara Filuk* 

Mr. Alan Freeman 

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Frieman 

Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen 

Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg 

Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta 

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins 

Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard 

Joanne Gudmundson & 

Brian Oleson 

Richard & Carol Jones 

Michael & Glenna Kay 

Mr. Richard J. Lee 

Paul Leinburd 

Ted & Wan da Lismer 

Dr. Judith Littleford 

Ms. Ann Loewen 

Charles Loewen 

Ms. Gail E. Loewen 

Suzanne & Graham Lount 

Jackie Lowe 

Dr. David Lyttle 

David Mann 

Elaine & Neil Margolis 

Ron & Sandi Mielitz 

Judy and Ken Murray 

Wayn e & Lin da Paquin 

Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish 

Diane Payment & 

Roxroy West 

Lesia Peet 

Dr. Blair Peters Dental 

Corporate & Dr. Beryl 

Peters 

Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. 

Dr. Bill Pope & 

Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* 

Mr. & Mrs. G. V. Price 

John & Violet Rademaker 

Dr. Diane Ramsey 

Dr. Donald S. Reimer & 

Mrs. Anne Reimer 

Jim & Leney Richardson* 

Mrs. Shirley Richardson 

Mr. Rick Riess & 

Mrs. Jean Carter 

Sandy & Debbie Riley 

Mr. Terry Sargeant 

Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe 

Jimmy & Morse Silden 

Jack & Elaine Sine

Karl & Steph anie Stobbe 

Stuart Olson Dominion 

Construction 

Dudley & Eleanor Thompson 

Arn i Th orstein son & 

Susan Glass 


Ewa Tarsia 

Mr. Richard Turner 

Edward & Irene Warkentin 

Don & Florence Whitmore 

Klaus & Elsa Wolf 

Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann 

Ivy & Norval Young 

*Founding Members 

Friends of the WSO help 

support the WSO’s artistic 

programs each season. 

Members enjoy special 

benefits that bring Friends 

closer to the music, guest 

artists and WSO musicians. 

Honourary Chair 

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster 

Symphony 

$600 + 

All Ch arities Campaign 

Len & Mary Bateman 

David & Gillian Bird 

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns 

Pierce Cairns 

Pamela & Andrew Cooke 

John & Gay Docherty 

Carrie Ferguson 

Delores Gembey 

Robert & Linda Gold 

Marjory Alexander Graham & 

Family Fund 

Dr. & Mrs. W.L. Gordon 

Gwen Hodgson 

Michael & Hélène Hoffer 

Mr. Donald K. Johnson 

June & Lawrence Jones 

Millie & Wally Kroeker 

M.L. Kuntzemueller 

W.K. Labies 

Kyle McLean 

Gord & Sherratt Moffatt 

Valer ie Mo lliso n 

In Memory of Jean Mooney 

Terry & Vi Moore 

Lesia Peet 

Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle 

Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl 

Jim & Pat Richtik 

Ms. Charlotte Robbins 

Frank Stewart & Elaine Parent 

Jim & Jan Tennant 

Mr. Peter van Dijken & 

Dr. Lorelie Mitchell 

Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers 

Jesse Vorst 

Raymond & Shirley Wiest 

Joan Wright 

1 Anonymous 

Concerto 

$300 - $599 

Judy & Jay Anderson 

Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory 

Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood 

Ms. Margaret Barbour 

Cheryl & Earl Barish 

Monty & Mary-Claire Bell 

Mark & Zita Bernstein Family 

Foundation 

Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts 

Helga & Gerhard Bock 

Mr. Jim Bracken 

Sheila & David Brodovsky 

Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster 

Gail Carruthers 

Bruno Gossen & Solange 

Chabannes 

Ms. Nancy G. Cipryk 

Ms. Julie Collings 

Dr. & Mrs. David Connor 

Barbara Cook 

Dennis & Ruth Cook 

John Corp & Mary Elizabeth 

McKenzie 

Gary & Fiona Crow 

Ted & Margaret Cuddy 

Sally R. Dowler 

Dr. Joseph N.H. Du 

Marten & Joanne Duhoux 

Elfrieda Dupuis 

Kathleen & David Estey 

Peerless Garments LP 

Ms. Jo-Ann Finney 

Marcia Fleisher 

Penny Gilbert 

Mrs. C Gordon 

Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon 

Patricia Guy 

Mary & Gregg Hanson 

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie 

Mr. Daniel Heindl 

Jack & Elsie Hignell 

Sonia & Harvey Hosfield 

Robert Jaskiewicz 

Mr. Leroy M. Johnson 

Marianne Johnson 

David & Diane Johnston 

Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones 

Penny & Gerald Kalef 

Koren & Leon ard Kamin ski 

J. Gartner & L. Kampeas 

Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy 

Maureen Kilgour & 

Richard Goulet 

Dr. I. Kinizsi 

Susan & Keith Knox 

T.G. Kucera 

Ms. F Lesage 

Ye t t a a n d Ja c k L e vi t 

James & Pat Ludwig 

An drew Lutz 

Douglas MacEwan 

Pat & Murray Macrae 

Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Melanie 

Maksymyk 

Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie 

Mayba 

Mrs. Maureen McIntosh 

Mrs. E. L. McLandress 

Robert Mondy 

Ve r a Mo r o z 

Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould 

Bonnie & Richard Olfert 

Shelley Parham & David Smith 

Capt. Kevin & Karen Peters 

Mr. David Pike 

Mr. Richard Pinchin 

Vic & Gwen Pin chin 

Donna & Ian Plant 

Ms. Danuta Podkomorska 

Carolynne Presser 

Rosemary Prior 

Fred & Carolyn Redekop 

Ms. Iris Reimer 

Levi & Tena Reimer 

Donald & Karen Ross 

Judge & Mrs. Charles & 

Naida Rubin 

F.E. San d erson 

Hans & Gabriele Schneider 

Dr. & Mrs. A. N. Schroeder 

Merrill & Shayna Shulman 

Winnifred Sim 

Mr. David H. Skinner 

E. Stamp 

Harold & Brenda Standing 

Curtis & Lorane Steiman 

Gary & Gwen Steiman 

Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart 

Dr. Lea Stogdale 

Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman 

L. & P. Talbot 

Susan & Kerr Twaddle 

Pat & Peter Walker 

Ms. Donna Webb 

Mr. & Mrs. R. John 

& Diane Weselake 

Harry & Evelyn Wray 

4 Anonymous 

Serenade 

$150 - $299 

Ross & Doreen Adamson 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael & 

Susan Allen 

Trish Allison-Simms 

Mr. Stuart Attwood and 

Michele Dupuis 

George & Eleanore Balacko 

Dick & Minnie Bell 

R.C. Bellan 

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bethune 

Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Brady 

Mr. Kurt Braun 

Paul & Doreen Bromley 

Sel & Chris Burrows 

Carol A. Cassels 

Ron Clement 

Ms. Julie Collings 

Mrs. Joyce Cooper 

Ms. Helle Cosby 

M. & G. Crielaard 

Ms. Linda Daniels 

Mrs. Maureen Danzinger 

Bob & Alison Darling 

Hy & Esther Dashevsky 

Ms. Rhonda Diamond 

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman 

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda 

Donald 

Helene Dyck 

Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton 

George B. Elias 

Mrs. Nobu Ellis 

John & Martha Enns 

Miss Tina Enns 

John B. & Katie Epp 

Margaret E. Faber 

Margaret & Bob Ferguson 

Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason 

Doug & Phyllis Flint 

Reg Friend 

Arn old & Ch rista Froese 

Harold & Alice Funk 

Eileen George 

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori 

Dr. Lisa Gould 

Mrs. Harold W. Grant 

Larry & Sue Greer 

Dr. Hilary Grocott & 

Ms. Shivaun Berg 

Ms. Joyce Grose 

Dr. Don and Jerri Hall 

Mr. James Hanley 

Mr. & Mrs. Allan & 

Audrey Harburn 

Larry & Evelyn Hecht 

Bob & Biddy Hilton 

Mr. Derek B. Holke 

Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland 

N.J. & L.J. Holliday 

Helmut & Dorothy Huebert 

Mrs. Joan M. Hunter 

Rudy & Gail Isaak 

Henry & Dena Katz 

Ms. Heather Kirkham 

Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kirkland 

Mrs. M. E. Kittle 

Mrs. Marion Korn 

Ms. Janet Kuchma 

Ms. Teena Laird 

Ms. Elaine Lamonica 

Ms. Phyllis Law 

Mr. Don Lawrence 

Mr. Norman Leathers 

Mr. & Mrs. Don Leech 

Mrs. Donna Leech 

Mr. & Mrs. H.F. Leggett 

Mrs. Myrna H. Levin 

Rose & Dick Lim 

Wen d ell & Elean or Lind 

Emily Lyons 

Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris 

Barbara Main 

Ruth May 

D. McKay 

Mr. & Mrs. Jim & 

Terri McKerch ar 

Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod 

Glen Mead 

Sylvia Mitchell 

Armelle & Louis Molin 


Margaret & Fred Mooibroek 

Margaret Moroz 

Mrs. J.E. Morris 

Valin d a Mo r r is 

Margaret Morse 

Bill & Hilda Muir 

Mrs. E. J. Nebbs 

Terri & Trevor Nordman 

George & Gladys Oelkers 

Carole & Cam Osler 

Mrs. B. Ozog 

Margaret & Peter Peters 

Tim Preston & Dave Ling 

Mary Redekopp 

Reynold Redekopp 

J. Reichert 

Levi & Tena Reimer 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie 

Eleanor Riach 

Olga & Bill Runnalls 

Alixe Ryles 

Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & 

Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad 

F.E. San d erson 

Dr. & Mrs. A. N. Schroeder 

Dr. Robert J. Schroth 

Mr. Gunter Schupke 

Ms. Barb Shipley 

Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak 

David & Lorraine Smith 

Lindi & John Smith 

Ms. Brenda Snider 

Gordon & Darby Spafford 

Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear 

Mr. & Mrs. Starodub 

Mr. Herbert Stewart 

Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman 

& Lionel Steiman 

Margaret & Hartley Stinson 

Dr. V. Marie Storrie 

Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek 

In Memory of Mrs. Virgina Tate 

Lori & Tom Thomas 

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Thompson 

Ms. Marilyn Thompson 

C. & R. Thomsen 

Lee Treilhard 

Ms. Rosemarie van Der Hooft 

Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago 

Douglas & Janet Watson 

Mr. Paul Wiebe 

Herbert & Shirley Wildeman 

Ron & Shirley Williams 

Elma & Charles Wilson 

Dianne Wilt & Keith Millan 

In Momory of Cyril Woolf 

Melanie Wood 

Karin Woods 

14 Anonymous 

Prelude 

$75 - $149 

P. Achtem ichu k 

Patricia Allen 

Doug Arrell & Dick Smith 

Mr. Philip Ashdown 

Jack Atchison 

Ray & Barb Bailey 

Allan & Roch elle Baker 

Ms. Margaret Barbour 


Rosemary & David Barney 

Robert Barton 

Audrey Belyea 

Eric Bergen 

Donald & Edith Besant 

Lorne & Marilyn Billinkoff 

William & Heather Birtles 

Frances Booth 

Ted Bock & Lian e Ch almers 

Marnie Bolland 

Mr. & Mrs. A. K. Bolton 

Norma Bortoluzzi 

Mrs. Jean M. Bradley 

Mrs. Ruth Bredin 

Lorne & Rosada Bride 

Mr. Robert Briercliffe 

Miss Dorothy Broomhall 

Mr. & Mrs. E. & M. Mavis Brown 

Gloria Brown 

Mr. Ross Brownlee 

Ms. Carol Budnick 

Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok 

Ruth Calvert 

Mrs. Mary C. Campbell 

Ms. Donna Carruthers 

Dr. Jong Chang 

Robert Charbonneau 

Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch 

Mrs. Leona Christiansen 

Alex & Peggy Colon ello 

Ms. Marcella Copp 

Joyce & Lawrence Cormack 

Irene & Robert Corne 

Mrs. E. Craig 

Ms. Maxine Cristall 

Mrs. Isabel J. Crowson 

Kathleen Crowston 

Rev. & Mrs. W. A. Cross 

Margaret Cumming 

Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander 

Alon zo & Lise Daley 

Mrs. Sheila M. Davis 

Jack & Mary Davison 

Miss Anne Defehr 

F. De Grazia 

Marilyn Derksen 

& Merle Neufeld 

Mary Dixon 

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda 

Donald 

F.P. Doyle 

Herb & Norma Driver 

John & Ada Ducas 

Ms. Joan Duerksen 

Kobus & Corn e Du Preez 

Mrs. Dorothy Easton 

Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins 

Mrs. M.L. Elliott 

John & Ruth Ens 

Ken & Con n ie Epp 

Don & Martha Epstein 

Greg & Linda Fearn 

Ms. Nelma Fetterman 

Doug & Joanne Flynn 

Margaret Follett 

Mrs. Marguerite Fredette 

Mr. Lloyd Friedman 

Mrs. Margaret Funk 

Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Evelyn 

Gardner 

M. & Mme. Andre Gautron 

Jim & Betty Gaynor 

Deborah L. Ginther 

Joyce & Bob Gladding 

D. Gooch 

Mr. Donald Graham 

Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham 

Mrs. Noreen Greenberg 

Marj Grevstad 

Greg Edmond & Irene 

Groot-Koerkamp 

Ms. Christina W. Grose 

Mr. Kenneth W. Grower 

Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman 

Maxine M. Gurvey 

Katie & DeLloyd Guth 

Mr. Patrick Hackett 

Miss Marilyn Hall 

Mr. Roy Halstead 

Ian & Gerry Hamilton 

Marie Harnois 

Ms. Dawn Harris 

Beth & Raymond Harris 

Nora Harvey 

Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin 

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie 

Teresa A. Hay 

Mrs. Elisabeth Hellmuth 

Millie Hemmelgarn 

Mrs. Betty Henderson 

L.G. Herd 

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez 

Mrs. Marilyn Hido 

Ms. Susan Hildebrandt 

Dr. L. Hurst 

William J. Hutton 

P. Ilavsky 

Mr. Lindsay Ingram 

Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki 

Terry & Sh irley James 

Wilfred & Dorothy James 

Alan Janzen & Leon a Sookram 

Father Stan A. Jaworski 

Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac 

Ms. Bev Kawchuk 

Ms. Marilyn Kapitany 

Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Kinnear 

Erwin W. Kitsch 

John & Martha Klassen 

Ms. Mary Klassen 

Dr. Birte Klug 

Alfon z & Susan Kon can 

Mr. Ernie Krahn 

D. Kristjanson 

Patricia Kuchma 

M.L. Kuntzemueller 

Robert Kusmack 

Alan Lain g 

Jesse Lang 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Levit 

Edith Landy 

Mrs. Helen La Rue 

Rod & Ann Ledwich 

David & Suzanna Libby 

K. Le Madec 

Mr. R. Leroeye 

Mrs. Myrna H. Levin 

R. & J. Lewis 

Sheila & Elvin Linder 

Mr. Gordon P. Linney 

Donald & Barbara Little 

Albert & Helen Litz 

Mrs. Mary Lloyd 

Lorron Agencies Ltd. 

Roger Lowe 

G. & G. Lowry 

Ms. Lorraine MacLeod 

Mr. John Macrae 

Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae 

Harold S. Mawhinney & 

Judy Moon 

Mr. Alan Maxwell 

Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba 

Mr. & Mrs. R. McDougall 

C. & J. McIntyre 

Violet McKen zie 

Mr. James A. McKinley 

Mrs. Jean H. McLennan 

Sandra McMillan 

Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier 

Rita & Don Menzies 

In Memory of Henry Crosby 

Mrs. Mona Mills 

Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell 

Ms. Akemi Miyahara 

Mr. Peter Morgan 

Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz 

D. Munro 

Charlotte Murrell 

Ron & Ollie Nelson 

Glenn Nicholls 

B. & J. Nielsen 

Edgar Oddleifson 

Mr. & Mrs. Kiem Oen 

J.T. & Karen Ogden 

Truus Oliver 

Theda Olson 

Mrs. B. Ozog 

Shirley Graham Padgett 

Mr. & Dr. Grant W. Pastuck 

In Memory of Mary Patterson 

Pat Patterson 

Mrs. Betty Peddie 

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & 

Joy Peirson 

Holly Penner 

Mrs. June Perron 

Ms. Pat Philpott 

Mrs. Helene Picton 

Sylvia & Earl Pitch 

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky 

Blumie Portnoy 

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Potter 

Don & Carol Poulin 

Donna & Gordon Price 

R. Publow 

Eric & Erna Pullam 

Bryan & Diana Purdy 

Mrs. Carol Pyper 

Mrs. Evelyn Ramsay 

Juta Rathke

Ms. Marjorie Reed 

George & Lois Reenders 

Mrs. Esther Remis 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie 

Waltraut Riedel-Baun 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert & 

Ve r a Rip le y 

Ms. Barbara Robertson 

Donald & Karen Ross 

Frances E. Rowlin 

John S. Russell 

John & Wendy Russell 

Bill Sands 

Dr. Brent Schacter 

A. Sch roeder 

R. Schroeder 

Shirley Schroeder 

Walter & Doroth ea Schultz 

Mr. John Schwandt 

Mr. Ken Schykulski 

Charlene Scouten 

Ms. Jan Seaman 

Dr. L. Sekla 

Mrs. Doreen Shanks 

Shirley E. Sherwood 

Garth Simonson 

Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson 

Ian & Arlene Smith 

Geri & Peter Spencer 

Coralie & John Standing 

Nicola Lindley Starin 

Dan & Elsie Stasiuk 

Ms. Helena Stelsovsky 

Elva G. Stevens 

Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & 

Lorna Stevens 

Arch ie & Sh irley Ston e 

Ms. Linda Sturgeon 

Ron Surcon 

Juris & Aija Svenne 

Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman 

Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom 

Walter & Margaret Swayze 

Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor 

Ms. Anne Thiessen 

June & Lorne Thompson 

Lorna & Dr. Ken Thorlakson 

Robert & Barb Tisdale 

Edith A. Toews 

Dr. Helen A. Toews 

Carol & Neil Trembath 

Mrs. Yoko Tsuyuki 

Mrs. C.M. Valentine 

Dr. & Mea. Jose & Ruth 

Vasco n ce lo s 

Hugo & Anny Veldhuis 

Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar 

Mr. Robert Vineberg 

Bill & Brenda Voort 

Miss A. H. Wagstaffe 

Elizabeth M. Wall 

Jim & Joan Warbeck 

Ken & Mary Warmbrod 

Jack & Bernice Watts 

Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh 

Mrs. Evelyn Wener 

J. Whyte 

Dorcas & Kirk Windsor 

Patrick Wright 

Mr. John Yarema 

Mr. Edwin Yee 

Vicky Youn g 

Mr. Donn K. Yuen, in Honour 

of Margaret Kuntzemueller's 

90th Birthday 

26 Anonymous 

Sonatina 

Under $75 

Joyce Aitken 

Jacqueline Anderson 

Mr. M. Richard Arcand 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian & 

Janice Bailey 

Mr. Cliff Barrett 

Ve r o n iq u e Bar th e t 

Ms. D. Beaven 

Gertie and Asher Begleiter 

Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse 

Mrs. Eva Berard 

Balram & Carole Bhakar 

Dr. Eric R. Bohm 

Barbara Bohune 

Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher 

Norma Bortoluzzi 

Edythe M. Brown 

Dr. Jeff & Madeline Brown 

Narendra Budhia 

Mr. Alfred Buelow 

Lydia Bulat 

Ms. Sheila Burland 

Mr. & Mrs. Cantor 

Mrs. Audrey Cassels 

Betty & Bruce Catchpole 

Robert Charbonneau 

Mrs. Ella Chenkie 

Mrs. Patti Cherney 

Ms. Claudia Chernitsky 

Ms. Aileen Gail Chmeliuk 

Melina Chow 

S.K. Clark 

Ross M. Cleeve 

Ms. Katherine Cobor 

Ms. Patricia A. Coleman 

Ms. Doreen Conlin 

Glynis Corkal 

Mr. Alfred Cornies 

Mr. James Cory 

Stephen Crane 

Barrie & Sally Cranston 

Ms. Judy Crawford 

Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Crawley 


J. & B. Croxford 

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond 

Cunningham 

Mr. Bradley J. Curran 

Ms. Jean Curtis 

June Curtis 

D. Cymbalist 

Margaret Redekop 

D & E De Graff 

Mr. Rowland Del Bigio 

Beth Derraugh 

Ms. M. Jane Dick 

Marlene & Fred Dickson 

Sylvia Dixon 

Mrs. Enid Dorward 

Mr. Dennis J. Doyle 

Mrs. Norma Drosdowech 

Ms. Wanda Drury 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch 

Cheryl Elias 

Margaret Ellis 

Dr. & Mrs. Willie R. Falk 

Ve r a & Pe te r Fast 

David & Ruth Ferguson 

Laurel Fife 

Cal & Lois Finch 

Mrs. Sheryl Fowler 

Ms. Margaret Franz 

Glen & Florence Fraser 

Mrs. Gitta Fricke 

Ms. Anne Friesen 

Mr. & Mrs. George & 

Carol Gamby 

Mrs. Marietta L. Garry 

Mr. Daymond Gauthier 

Jim & Betty Gaynor 

Mrs. Cathy Gervais 

Ms. Barbara Gessner 

Marilyn Gilbert 

Marybet & Jim Gilroy 

Mr. Laurent Gimenez 

Les & Doreen Girling 

Linda Graham 

Mrs. Inga Granovskaya 

John & Louise Greenaway 

Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood 

Mr. George Grenier 

Donna Grescoe Dojack 

Ms. Victoria Gretchen 

Jim & Lorraine Griffiths 

Ms. Marianne Gruber 

Ms. Marion Guinn 

Dr. Dina Guth 

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Debbie Hall 

Irene Hamerton 

Gertrude Hamilton 

Ms. Heather Hartry 

Nora Harvey 

Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick 

Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth 

Jane Hayakawa 

Olga Hembroff 

Max & Eleanor Herst 

Ms. Shirley Hicks 

Jean Highmoor 

Mrs. Kathy Hildebrand 

Ms. Susan Hildebrandt 

Robyn Hoeppner 

Ms. Catherine Holmes 

Elly Hoogterp-Herst & 

Lorne Herst 

Mr. Martin Horseman 

Ken Howard 

Mrs. Carole Hreno 

Roberta & Larry Hurtig 

Ms. Ishbell Isaacs 

Jacqueline Iwasienko 

Bob & Vi Jacob 

Neoma Jantz 

Pat Jarrett 

David Jenkins 

Mr. Bruno Jessop 

Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac 

Dr. & Mrs. Arnold & 

Doreen Kapitz 

Mr. Gordon C. Keatch 

Mr. Brian Kells 

Mrs. Shirley Kilburn 

Mr. Ray Kohanik 

Mr. Eugene S. Kovach 

Mr. & Mrs. Hy Kraitberg 

Ms. Betty Laing 

Elizabeth Lansard 

Mr. and Ms. Leblanc 

Wayn e & H elen LeBlan c 

Mrs. Ingrid Lee 

Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle 

Mr. & Mrs. David Levene 

Ms. Hildy Leverton 

Mr. Paul Lindsay 

Barry & Patricia Lloyd 

Mr. Brian Gordon Lundmark 

Mr. Al Mackling 

Mr. Allan Mapes 

Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon & 

Rita Margolis 

Darrell Marleau 

Mrs. Irene Marriott 

Ms. Mary Massey 

Keith R. Mayoh 

Ms. Kimberley McCallum 

Ms. Susan McCarthy 

Mr. & Ms. Jim & Christina 

McDermid 

Ms. Mary-Jane McIntyre 

Ardythe McMaster 

Sandra McMillan 

Mr. Lyle W. McNichol 

Mr. Gordon R. Meads 

In Honour of Donn Yuen's 

Retirement 

Mrs. Jocelyn Millard 

Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich 

Ms. Sheila Miller 

Mr. Howard Mitchell 

M. Mohr 

Mrs. Joan Ann Morton 

Mr. Robert Nix 

Miss Jenny Olynyk 

Shirley & Graham Padgett 

Sonjia Pasiechnik 

Mrs. Evelyn Pearlman 

Vale r ie Pe ar so n 

Mrs. Denise Penley 

Louise Penner 

Ms. Heather Penno 

Mrs. June Perron 

Ms. Beverley Phillips 

Ken & Geri Porath 

Mr. David Procner 

Mrs. Glennys Propp 

Ms. Joanne Prygrocki 

R. Publow 

Mrs. Virginia Radcliffe 

Ms. Pat Repa 

Beverley Ridd, in Memory of 

Robert Turner 

Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay 

Mr. & Mrs. D Rosenbaum 

Ms. Susan Rosner 

Mrs. V. Rosolowich 

Rory Runnells 

John & Shirley Russell 


Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler 

Leonore Saunders O.M. & 

Hans-Herman Roeder 

Kay Sch alme 

William Scheidt 

Ms. Velma Schmidt 

Mrs. Edna Schneider 

Mrs. Marion Schroeder 

Mrs. Marian Schroeder 

Viola J. Schultz 

Adolph & Diane Sch urek 

B.J.N. Scott 

Jessie & Laura Shea 

Mr. & Mrs. Phil & Nancy Shead 

Izzy Shore 

Mrs. Rita Shreiber 

Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler 

Mrs. Elaine Silverberg 

Ms. Barb Simeonidis 

In Memory of Henry Crosby 

Mr. Michael Spakowski 

Ms. Nata L. Spigelman 

Clara Steinberg 

Josephine Stemerowicz 

William Stewart 

Muriel Sutherland 

Marguerite Szymesko 

Bonnie Talbot 

Linda Tallin 

Mary Lou Talmage 

Gladys Tarala 

Ewa & Ludwick Tarsia 

Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor 

Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh 

Henry & Elizabeth Toews 

Mr. Alan Tring 

Ms. Suzanne Ullyot 

Ms. Eleanor Urquhart 

Mrs. Roseline Usiskin 

Henri & Jane van Dam 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerry S. Varnes 

Sophia Venter 

Denis Vincent 

Jesse Vorst 

Jesse Vorst, in Honour of 

Concert Hall Paramedic 

Vo lu n te e r s 

In Memory of Betty Vouriot 

Miss A. H. Wagstaffe 

Robin & Joanne Walker 

Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace 

E. Sylvia Warrington 

Mrs. Hilda Weber 

Mr. Glen Angus Webster 

Ms. Louise Welsh 

Mr. Warren Whittaker 

Ms. Lois A. Whyte 

Ms. Lorraine Willms 

Ms. Audrey Wilson 

Mrs. Barbara Wolch 

Terrie Woodward 

Phillip S. Young 

27 Anonymous 


Based on Venezuela’s 

revolutionary El Sistema 

social change model, Sistema 

Winnipeg is a free daily afterschool 

orchestra program that 

enriches the lives of children and 

young people with the fewest 

resources and the greatest need. 

Maestoso 

$25,000 + 

C.P. Loewen Family Foundation 

Vivace 

$10,000 - $24,999 

BMO Financial Group 

Boeing 

Gail Loewen in Memory of Her 

Mother Sue Lemmerick 

Con Brio 

$5,000 - $9,999 

The Manitoba Teachers’ 

Society 

The Tallman Foundation 

Allegro 

$1,000 - $4,999 

Ron & Sandi Mielitz 

Manitoba Association of School 

Superintendents 

Faye Warren 

Conmoto 

Under $1,000 

Lynne Axworthy 

Mr. John A. Bailey 

Ms. Carmen R. Barchet 

Ms. Janet D. Beach 

Marcel Bonneau, in Honour of 

His 90th Birthday 

Doneta & Harry Brotchie 

Ms. Coralie Bryant 

Ms. Maureen Collison 

Roger Dennis 

Joy Cooper & Martin Reed 

Ms. Gillian P. Cotton 

Croft Music 

Bob & Alison Darling 

Mary Dixon 

Ruth & Charles Dowse 

Mr. Spencer Duncanson 

Judge Judith Elliott 

Ms. Heather Emberley 


Ms. Fruma Farago 

Rick & Julie Fast 

Ms. Judith Flynn 

Mr. Verland Force 

Dr. & Mrs. Colin Foster 

Future Leaders of Manitoba 

Council Inc 

F George 

Mr. & Mrs. J Gibson 

Ms. Valerie Gilroy 

Bobbi-Lynn Haegeman 

Ms. Irene Hamilton 

Mr. Rudy Hedrich 

Mr. Donald Henry 

Ms. Ellen Henry 

Ms. Gail Henry 

Mr. & Mrs. Terry & Phyllis 

Hidichuk 

Katherin e Himelblau 

Ms. Lisa Houtkooper 

P. Ilavsky 

Ms. Sue Irving 

Graham Isaak 

Mrs. Marion Jagger 

Mr. & Mrs. Reg & Nancy Johnson 

Ms. Barbara L. Jones 

Ms. Diane Jones 

In Memory of Paul Kettner 

Ms. Margruite Krahn 

Mrs. Judy Lamont 

Ms. Veronica L. Larmour 

Mr. Frederick Lee 

Dr. Peter Letkemann 

Dr. David Lyttle 

Ms. Leona MacDonald 

Ms. Shannon MacFarlane 

Mrs. Carol Macoomb 

Mr. Dave Madson 

Art Mauro & Naomi Levin e 

Ms. Lynne McCarthy 

Pat McCarthy-Briggs 

Iona McPhee 

Rita & Don Menzies 

Walter A. Mildren 

Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell 

Addie Pen n er 

Mr. & Mrs. Rollin & Katherine 

Penner 

Donna Plant 

Ms. Margaret Podolsky 

Lawrie & Fran Pollard 

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott 

Dr. David Punter 

Mr. Douglas Riske 

Ms. Lavonne Ross 

Nicola Schaefer 

Mr. M. Schnitzer 

Ms. Janet Schubert 

Ms. Carol Sharp 

Clarice Shell 

Mr. Jon Sigurdson 

Wilma Sotas 

Deidre Sozansky 

Ms. Barbara Sparling 

William Stewart 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Lorraine 

Stone 

Mr. Tim Swanson & 

Ms. Anne Longston 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mary 

Thomas 

Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson 

Carol & Neil Trembath 

Mrs. Audrey Vandewater 

Mrs. Nancy Vincent 

Stephen & Linda Vincent 

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Carrie 

Walker-Jon es 

The Children and Grandchildren 

of Colin and Frances Walley 

P. & B. Walsh 

Ms. Stephanie Whitehouse 

In Memory of Susan Wieser 

Edith Wilde 

Nicole & Graham Worden 

4 Anonymous 

Leave a legacy by making a 

donation to the WSO’s 

Endowment Fund. Managed 

by The Winnipeg Foundation 

since 1959, the fund has 

grown in value to just over 

$4M. Gifts to the fund ensure 

long term financial support 

for the orchestra. Thank you! 

Ms. Lisa Abram 

Judy & Jay Anderson 


John Bacon 

John & Janet Bailey 

Doris & Burton Bass 

Greg Doyle and Carol 

Bellringer 

Eric Bergen 

In Memory of Jessica 

Bernardin 

Mark & Zita Bernstein Family 

Foundation 

Edwin & Susan Bethune 

Ms. Joanne Biggs 

David & Gillian Bird 

Morley & Marjorie Blankstein 

C.M., O.M. 

Blumie & Iser Portnoy 

Endowment Fund 

Helga & Gerhard Bock 

Mr. Boychuk 

Kurt Braun 

Ms. Meira Buchszreiber 

Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster 

Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk 

Timothy & Barbara Burt 

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns 

Sandra Caplan 

T & J Carter 

Mr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia Cassie 

Chavurad Tefilah; in 

Appreciation of Clara Belkin 

Chavurad Tefilah; in 

Appreciation of Karin Klassen 

Lawrie Cherniack 

Ms. E.R Chochinov 

Audrey Clifford 

Mrs. Joyce Cooper 

Ms. Helle Cosby 

Mr. & Mrs. Roger & Cathy 

Coss 

D.J. Cowan 


Gary & Fiona Crow 

D. Cymbalist 

Esther and Hy Dashevsky 

Kathleen Davis

Mr. Ray Davis 

Dept of Otolaryngology, Head 

& Neck Surgery 

Tanya & Cameron Derksen 

Mrs. Christine Dewar 

Mr. Isaac Ben Diamond 

Ms. Janice Dietch 

Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis 

Beverley & Fred Dyck 

Helene Dyck 

Ms. Alexandra Eastley 

John & Martha Enns 

Ms. Ursula Erhardt 

Sharon Erickson-Nesmith 


Irwin & Gail Fine 

Ms. Jo-Ann Finney 

Julien Fradette 

Mrs. Gitta Fricke 

Eileen George 

Mr. Randy Gesell 

Roger Giesbrecht 

Jeremy & Maureen Gordon 

Heather Graham 

Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham 

Mr. Ralph B. Guppy 

Mr. James Hanley 

In Memory of Emily Hasinoff 

Teresa A. Hay 

Dr. Wolfgang Heidenreich 

Mr. Daniel Heindl 


Katherin e Himelblau 

Rachel Himelblau 

Dorothy L. Hodgson 

Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard 

William J. Hutton 

Terry & Sh irley James 


Ms. Marilyn Kapitany 

A Special Th ank You to Jackie 

Godard 

Kevin & Els Kavanagh 

Miss Esme Keith 

Mr. Ken Kinsley 

Brad and Cheryl Klassen 

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan D. Klein 

In Memory of Donald 

Kluch n ik 

T.G. Kucera 

Mr. Roland Lanoie 

Mr. Don Lawrence 

Amanda Le Rougetel & 

Val Paap e 

Lisa Lewis 

Fraser & Joan Linklater 

An drew Lutz 

K.J. Lyon s & C.E. Simcoe 

Mr. Simon MacDonald 

Bonnie Makodanski 

Dr. Peter & Jane Markesteyn 

In Memory of Grant Marshall 

Robert McDowall 

Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri 

McKerchar 

Mrs. Jean H. McLennan 

Ardythe McMaster 

Glen Mead 

Stephen & Marianne Meush 

Margaret & Fred Mooibroek 

Linda Moore 

Margaret Moroz, in Memory 

of Donald Kluchnik 


Ve r a Mo r o z 

Ron & Ollie Nelson 

Mr. Sveto Nikic 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ormonde 

In Memory of Fern Papushka 

Ms. Joan S. Papushka 

Mr. & Dr. Grant W. Pastuck 

In Memory of Mary Patterson 

Lesia Peet 

In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. M.M. 

Pierce 

Dr. & Mrs. Werner Pieterse 

Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike 

Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan 

Ms. Lois Powne 

Eric & Erna Pullam 

J. Reichert 

Ms. Iris Reimer 

Mrs. Shirley Richardson 

Ms. Charlotte Robbins 

James Robertson 

Gisela Roger 

Mr. Kevin Rollason 

Olga & Bill Runnalls 

Ms. Tracy Sachvie 

Grant & Janet Saunders 

William Scheidt 

A. Sch roeder 

Marilyn & Jon Seguire 

Dr. L. Sekla 

David Shefford 

Shirley E. Sherwood 

Michael Silicz & Alison 

Hamilton 

Winnifred Sim 

Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak 

Jack & Elaine Sine 

In Memory of David H. 

Skinner 

Mrs. Carolyn E. Smith 

Mr. Jean P. Sourisseau 

Ms. Patricia Steele 

Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart 

Margaret & Hartley Stinson 

Lea Stogdale 

L. & P. Talbot 

James & Joanne Teitsma 

Ms. Marilyn Thompson 

Heather A. Thornton 

Edith A. Toews 

Dr. Helen A. Toews 

Louise Waldman & David 

Loftson 

Pat & Peter Walker 

Professor A.M.C. Waterman 

Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia 

Weselake 

Mr. Paul Wiebe 

Robin Wiens and Emilie 

Lagacé-Wiens 

Raymond and Shirley Wiest 

Dianne Wilt & Keith Millan 

Lisa Abram 

Wom en 's Com m ittee of th e 

Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra 

Theresa Huscroft 

Terence & An gela Wu 

Phillip S. Young 

6 Anonymous 

Share the Music is a unique 

outreach initiative of the WSO 

that allows economically 

disadvantaged children and 

their families to attend WSO 

performances. Thank you for 

helping to Share the Music! 

His Worship Mayor Sam Katz 

Ms. E.R Chochinov 

Shelley Chochinov 

Barbara Cook 

EJ Day 

Addie Pen n er 

In Memory of Dr. & 

Mrs. M.M. Pierce 

Ms. Linda Sander 

Kay Sch alme 

Heida & Skuli Sigfusson 

Ms. Brenda Sklar 

Geri & Peter Spencer 

G.W. & Jean Swift 

Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour 

of Her Birthday 

Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor 

Allyson Watts 

2 Anonymous 

Festival donors help to 

ensure the artistic excellence 

of the WSO’s New Music 

Festival. Thank you! 


Ms. Ruth Asper 

Baked Expectations 

Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre 

Warren Carth er 

Mr. Ernest P. Cholakis 

Dr. & Mrs. David Connor 

Aris Econ omou 

Elvira Finnigan 

For Eyes 

Mr. Georgios Giannelis 

Paul & Nel Henteleff 


Richard & Karen Howell 

Humphry Inn & Suites 


Koren & Leon ard Kamin ski 

Kozub/ H alldorson Family 

Mrs. Caroline Ksiazek 

T.G. Kucera 

Ron Lambert 

Rolf & Alana Langelotz 

Mr. Gordon P. Linney 


Mr. Frank Martin 

Mr. Pat Meagher 

Ms. Nancy Mercury 

Ms. Sheila Miller 

Mrs. Brenda Morlock 


Robert & Cindy Neufield 

Lesia Peet 

Ms. Dominique Rey 

Mr. Doug Shewfelt 

Mr. Michael Shnier 

Muriel Smith 

Iian Smythe 

Juris & Aija Svenne 

Karin Woods 

Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 

Ms. Sylvia Yaeger 

3 Anonymous 

Listing as of Feb. 2, 2013 


WSO BOARD & STAFF 2012-2013 SEASON 

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS 

His Honour the Honourable 

Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M. 

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 

The Honourable Greg Selinger, 

Premier of Manitoba 

His Worship Sam Katz, 

Mayor of the City of Winnipeg 

Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, 

WSO Directors Emeritus 

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 

Shirley Loewen, President 

Sylvia Cassie, Vice President 

Lesia Peet, Past President 

Margaret Harvie, Treasurer 

Evelyn Davidson, Secretary 

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant 

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 

John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration 

Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator 

Mihye Shin, Accounting & Administrative Assistant 

DEVELOPMENT 

Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development 

Carol Cassels, Development Manager 

Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator 

Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects 

Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles 

Karen Deda & Chelse McKee, Development Assistants 

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES 

Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services 

Jason Hayes, Patron Services Coordinator 

Heather Thornton, Group Events Representative 

Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative 

Patron Services Representatives (p/t): 

Theresa Huscroft Melissa Ungrin 

Clare Neil Stephanie Van Nest 

Crystal Schwartz 

NEW 

WSO ADMINISTRATION OFFICE: 

Richardson Building 

Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3 

Phone: 204.949.3950 

Fax: 204.956.4271 

www.wso.ca 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Timothy E. Burt, CFA, 

President & Chair 

Richard Turner, 

Vice President 

Muriel Smith, Secretary 

Rob Kowalchuk, 

Treasurer 

Dorothy Dobbie, Past 

President 

James Carr 

Sylvia Cassie 

Michael Cox 

Arlene Dahl 

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

ARTISTIC 

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate 

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor 

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence 

Alan Freeman 

Dr. Daya Gupta 

Gregory Hay 

Michael D. Kay 

Maureen Kilgour 

Caroline Ksiazek 

Jackie Lowe 

Terry Sargeant 

Karl Stobbe 

Trudy Schroeder, 

Ex officio 

Alexander Mickelthwate, 

Ex officio 

OFFICIAL AUDITORS 

Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants 

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS 

Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations 

James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate 

Andrea de Haan, Production Manager 

Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager 

Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian 

Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian 

Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor 

EDUCATION & OUTREACH 

Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach 

Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator 

Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator 

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 

Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications 

Sarah Panas, Intern 

Cheryl Waldner, Communications (p/t) 

S. Thompson Designs Inc. 

WIN N IPEG SYMPH O N Y O RCH ESTRA TICKET IN FO RMATIO N 


WSO BOX OFFICE: 


555 Main Street 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 

Phone: 204.949.3999 

www.wso.ca 

TICKETMASTER: 

Phone: 1-855-985-ARTS 

Ticketmaster.ca 

GROUP EVENTS: 

Phone: 204-949-3995 

groupevents@wso.mb.ca 

The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.

20132014 SEASON GUIDE 

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor 

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence 

WSO Season 

at-a-Glance 

SEASON OPENER: 

LAPLANTE PLAYS RACHMANINOFF 

Friday, September 20 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, September 21 I 8:00 pm 

SCI-FI SPECTACULAR 

Friday, September 27 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, September 28 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, September 29 I 2:00 pm 

BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1 

Friday, October 4 I 10:30 am 

JAMES EHNES 

Friday, October 4 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, October 5 I 8:00 pm 

WALL TO WALL PERCUSSION 

Sunday, October 6 I 2:00 pm 

TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL 

Friday, October 25 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, October 26 I 8:00 pm 

TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 6 

(PATHÉTIQUE) 

Friday, November 1 I 10:30 am 

TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL FINALE 

Friday, November 1 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, November 2 I 8:00 pm 

THE HOCKEY SWEATER 

Sunday, November 3 I 2:00 pm 

LE OMBRÉ 



Sunday, November 10 I 2:00 pm 

UMI PLAYS CHOPIN 



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or visit www.wso.ca 

WSO Administration Office: 

Richardson Building 

Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place 

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R3B 0X3 

A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 


STEVE BELL 

Sunday, December 1 I 8:00 pm 

MESSIAH 

Friday, December 6 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, December 7 I 8:00 pm 

THE SNOWMAN 


NATALIE MACMASTER 

Friday, December 13 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, December 14 I 8:00 pm 


SYMPHONY IDOL 

Friday, January 10 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, January 11 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, January 12 I 2:00 pm 

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 

(EROICA) 

Friday, January 17 I 10:30 am 

FOUR HORNS & BEETHOVEN 



HILLIARD 


RICHTER & SILVESTROV 


LINDI ORTEGA WITH THE WSO 

Friday, February 7 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, February 8 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, February 9 I 2:00 pm 

BRUCKNER 8 

Friday, February 21 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, February 22 I 8:00 pm 

WSO Box Office: 


555 Main Street 

Winnipeg, Manitoba 

R3B 1C3 

MANNY TUBA’S MUSICAL 

TREASURE HUNT 

Sunday, February 23 I 2:00 pm 

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 

– BEYOND THE SCORE ® 

Saturday, March 1 I 7:30 pm 

WINNIPEG PHILHARMONIC CHOIR 

Sunday, March 2 I 3:00 pm 

BOND & BEYOND: 

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF 007 

Friday, March 7 I 8:00 pm 



MENDELSSOHN & MAHLER 



MANITOBA ROCKS! 




FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS 

Saturday, April 12 I 7:30 pm 

THE FIREBIRD 

Sunday, April 13 I 2:00 pm 

VERDI REQUIEM 


PEKING ACROBATS ENCORE! 

Friday, April 25 I 8:00 pm 


Sunday, April 27 I 2:00 pm 

R. MURRAY SCHAFER: 

SYMPHONY NO. 1 

Friday, May 2 I 10:30 am 

CARNEGIE HALL! 

Friday, May 2 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, May 3 I 8:00 pm 

CELLO FESTIVAL 

Sunday, June 22 I 8:00 pm 

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