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Table of Contents | March 2011 

2010-2011 75th Anniversary Celebration! 

BPO Board of Trustees 11 

BPO Musician Roster 13 

Aikin Sings Strauss 17 

M&T Bank Classics Series 

March 4 & 5 

The Music of Michael Jackson 23 

March 12 

Side by Side with the GBYO 25 

March 15 

Shostakovich’s First 27 

M&T Bank Classics Series 

March 19 & 20 

Cherish the Ladies 33 

BlueCross BlueShield of WNY Pops Series 

March 26 

Symphony Sing-a-long 37 

BPO Family Series supported by Bank of America 

March 27 

Spotlight on Sponsors 40 

Annual Fund Donors 42 

Patron Information 51 

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Message from Board Chair 

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 

Welcome to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s 

75th Anniversary Season. 

Last month, I had the extreme honor of making a major 

announcement on behalf of the Buffalo Philharmonic—the 

BPO has secured a new contract with Music Director JoAnn 

Falletta, securing her leadership of our orchestra through 

the 2015-2016 season! Furthermore, the BPO has been 

invited to perform once again in Carnegie Hall in 2013, 

nine years after the Orchestra’s last appearance in the great 

hub of classical music in New York City. 

On top of all of this, we announced our 2011-2012 

M&T Bank Classics and BlueCross BlueShield of WNY 

Pops seasons, lineups that include stars from virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell to Broadway 

sensation Idina Menzel as well as some greatest hits from both the classical and pops 

genres, and more. 

In short, it has been a busy, productive, exciting time for the BPO! But the best part is, 

part of what keeps us busy is a full schedule of education and outreach programs. In 

addition to the full schedule of weekend performances your BPO play, our musicians 

and staff put on a score of concerts for students by day. (Imagine, every seat around you 

filled with fourth graders!) 

Among our many educational performances is the West Side Connection, a concert for 

students from schools right around Kleinhans Music Hall featuring 13-year-old Randall 

Goosby, winner of the national Sphinx Competition. This unique partnership between the 

BPO and the Buffalo Public Schools is made possible in part by Harter, Secrest & Emery 

LLP, and includes in-school visits by Goosby and others the week of the concert. 

Other highlights include the return of the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra to play Side by 

Side with our BPO musicians in a free concert on March 15 at 7:30 p.m., an annual 

tradition providing memorable experiences for local emerging artists—please join us for 

this special event! 

Through all of this, we are thrilled to continue meeting our mission of inspiring, educating 

and entertaining concertgoers in Western New York and beyond. We are thrilled to be 

so busy, and to have you here with us today. Enjoy the performance! 

Sincerely, 

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Cindy Abbott Letro 

Chair 

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Board of Trustees


Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. 

Board of Trustees 

OFFICERS 

Cindy Abbott Letro, Chair 

Louis Ciminelli, Vice Chair/Chair Elect 

Donald Ogilvie, Vice Chair 

Randall Odza, Secretary 

Dr. Angelo M. Fatta, Treasurer 

Cheryl Howe, Immediate Past Chair 

Board of Trustees 

Martin Anderson 

Karen Arrison 

Dennis Black 

Donald Boswell 

Anthony Cassetta 

Janz Castelo 

Paul B. Cronin 

JoAnn Falletta*, 

Music Director 

Gretchen Fierle 

Lynne Marie Finn 

John Fleischman*, 

Erie County Music 

Educators Association 

LIFE MEMBERS 

Ida Christie 

Anthony J. Colucci, Jr. 

G. Wayne Hawk 

Marion Jones 

Daniel Hart*, 

Executive Director 

Robbie Hausmann 

Monte Hoffman 

Kate Holzemer 

John Horn 

John J. Hurley 

Luke Jacobs, 

BPO Foundation Chair 

Dinesh Joseph 

Carol Kociela 

Doreen Rao*, 

Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus 

Music Director 

Wilfred Larson 

Edwin Polokoff 

John N. Walsh, III 

Robert G. Weber 

Gary Schober 

Brett Shurtliffe 

Robert Skerker 

Stephen Swift 

Nicole Tzetzo 

Joseph Voelkl 

Michal Wadsworth 

Jeffrey Wellington 

Stephen Wydysh 

*ex-officio 

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History of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 

The Grammy Award Winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 75th 

Anniversary Season in 2010-2011. Since 1940, the Orchestra’s permanent home has 

been Kleinhans Music Hall, a National Historic Site with an international reputation as 

one of the finest concert halls in the United States. 

As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the BPO has toured widely across the United States 

and Canada including the recently completed Florida Friends Tour with JoAnn Falletta 

in March 2010, the first multi-city tour since the 1988 European tour and the first 

outside of the WNY area since Maestro Falletta led the ensemble at Carnegie Hall 

in 2004. Other concerts include appearances in the Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, 

Boston’s Symphony Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Hall, Montreal’s Place des Arts, and 22 

appearances at Carnegie Hall. 

Currently, the Orchestra presents more than 120 Classics, Pops and Youth Concerts each 

year and the award winning BPO Education programs reach over 35,000 students per 

year (K-12) from all eight counties of Western New York. 

Over the decades, the BPO has matured in stature under the batons of some of the 

leading stars of the podium. William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson 

Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel are among the luminaries 

who have served as music directors of the Buffalo Philharmonic. 

During the tenure of current music director JoAnn Falletta, the BPO has rekindled its 

distinguished history of NPR broadcasts and recordings, including the release of eleven 

new CDs of a highly diverse repertoire on the NAXOS and Beau Fleuve labels. The 

Philharmonic’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: 

Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” featuring soprano Hila Plitmann, won Grammys in two 

categories of the three for which it was nominated: Classical Vocal Performance and 

Classical Contemporary Composition. 

History of Kleinhans Music Hall 

Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision of Edward and Mary 

Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of their charitable dreams by the Community 

Foundation for Greater Buffalo. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates 

of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans who made their fortune from the clothing store that bore their 

name and who died within three months of each other in 1934. Their intent for the funds 

was specific: to build a music hall that would benefit the people of Buffalo. The year 

2010 celebrates the 70th birthday of Kleinhans Music Hall. 

To help realize the Kleinhans’ vision, the Foundation went to work doing what it does best— 

mobilizing the community in support of the project, and collaborating with civic leaders to 

maximize the impact of the gift. The Foundation held an international design competition and 

selected Eliel and Eero Saarinen as the architects for the project. It also convened a Citizens 

Committee to select the site and secured supplementary funding from the Federal Emergency 

Administration of Public Works (PWA) to complete the fullest expression of the Kleinhans’ 

vision by bringing to fruition the world class facility we all enjoy today. 

Though the Kleinhans called Buffalo home for a short 36 years, their love for music and 

for their adopted home town lives on -- and the Community Foundation is proud to have 

played a role in the fulfillment of their legacy.



JoAnn Falletta, music director - Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Endowed Chair 

Matthew Kraemer, associate conductor 

FIRST VIOLIN Nancy Anderson CONTRABASSOON 

Michael Ludwig 

Monte Hoffman 1 

Martha Malkiewicz 

concertmaster 

Robert Hausmann 

Clement & Karen Arrison David Schmude 

FRENCH HORN 

Endowed Chair 

Amelie Fradette 

Jacek Muzyk 

Amy Glidden 

principal 

assoc. concertmaster 

BASS 

Kay Koessler 

Louis P. Ciminelli Family Daniel Pendley 

Endowed Chair 

Foundation Chair 

principal 

Daniel Kerdelewicz 

Ansgarius Aylward 

Garman Family Foundation assoc. principal 

asst. concertmaster Endowed Chair Daniel Sweeley 

Marylouise Nanna Brett Shurtliffe 

Jay Matthews 

Douglas Cone 

assoc. principal Duane Saetveit 

Frances Kaye 

William Burns 

Karen Soffer 

Michael Nigrin 

TRUMPET 

Deborah Greitzer 

John Haas 

Alex Jokipii 

Diana Sachs 

Makoto Michii 

principal 

Alan Ross 

Edmond Gnekow 

Geoffrey Hardcastle 

Melanie Haas 

Philip Christner 

Andrea Blanchard-Cone 

Loren Silvertrust 

SECOND VIOLIN 

Antoine Lefebvre 

principal 

Jacqueline Galluzzo 

assoc. principal 

Richard Kay 

Jeffrey Jones 

Frances Morgante 

Donald McCrorey 

Robert Prokes 

Amy Licata 

Dmitry Gerikh 

Diane Melillo 

Shieh-Jian Tsai 

VIOLA 

Valerie Heywood 

principal 

Natalie Piskorsky 


Matthew Phillips 

Kate Holzemer 

Janz Castelo 

NingNing Jin 

CELLO 

Roman Mekinulov 

principal 

Jane D. Baird 

Endowed Chair 

Feng Hew 


FLUTE 

Christine Lynn Bailey 

principal 

Betsy Reeds 

Natalie Debikey Scanio 

PICCOLO 

Natalie Debikey Scanio 

OBOE 

Pierre Roy 

principal 

Catherine Estes 

Anna Mattix 

ENGLISH HORN 

Anna Mattix 

CLARINET 

John Fullam 

principal 

Patti Dilutis 

Salvatore Andolina 

E-FLAT CLARINET 

Patti Dilutis 

BASS CLARINET 

& SAXOPHONE 

Salvatore Andolina 

BASSOON 

Glenn Einschlag 

principal 

Ron Daniels 

Martha Malkiewicz 

TROMBONE 

Jonathan Lombardo 2 

principal 

Timothy Smith 

BASS TROMBONE 

Jeffrey Dee 

TUBA 

Don Harry 

principal 

TIMPANI 

Matthew Bassett 

principal 

Dinesh Joseph 

asst. principal 

PERCUSSION 

Mark Hodges 

principal 

Dinesh Joseph 

HARP 

Suzanne Thomas 

principal 

Cover Conductor 

Scott Bean 

1 

Chair dedicated to the memory 

of Mauer Bunis 

2 

Chair dedicated to the memory 

of Scott Parkinson 

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JoAnn Falletta, Music Director 


Few artists are as important to the fabric of their 

communities as JoAnn Falletta. An effervescent and 

exuberant figure on the podium, she has been praised by 

The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control 

over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner 

voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled 

frenzy worthy of Bernstein.” Both on and off the podium, 

she is a vibrant ambassador for music and an inspiring 

artistic leader. Acclaimed by The New York Times as 

“one of the finest conductors of her generation,” she 

serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic 

Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. 

Ms. Falletta is the recipient of many of the most prestigious 

conducting awards, including the Seaver/National 

Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award for exceptionally gifted American 

conductors, the coveted Stokowski Competition, and the Toscanini, Ditson and 

Bruno Walter Awards for conducting, as well as the American Symphony Orchestra 

League’s prestigious John S. Edwards Award. Hailing her as a “leading force for 

the music of our time,” the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 

honored JoAnn Falletta with her 10th ASCAP award in 2008. Ms. Falletta serves as 

a Member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

Since stepping up to the podium as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic 

Orchestra in the fall of 1999, Maestro Falletta has been credited with bringing the 

Philharmonic to a new level of national and international prominence. In 2009, 

for the first time in its 74-year history, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra won two 

Grammy awards for Best Classical Performance and Best Classical Composition 

for its John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan; Three 

Hallucinations CD. The orchestra was also nominated for a third Grammy in the Best 

Engineered Album, Classical category for its Respighi: Church Windows recording. 

Highlights for the 2009–10 season included the BPO’s first tour in many years with 

concerts throughout Florida. 

Under her leadership, the BPO has made an unprecedented number of highly 

acclaimed recordings, and has entered into a multi-disc contract with Naxos and is 

one of the leading orchestras for the label and one of the most frequently recorded 

orchestras in America. Falletta, who has established a reputation for conducting 

artistically important, but seldom-heard works, is embarking on a multi-year recording 

project of the lost works of Marcel Tyberg, the brilliant Austrian composer and 

Holocaust victim. The Orchestra has simultaneously established its own recording 

label, releasing seven CDs with marketing partnerships with the Albright Knox Art 

Gallery and Burchfield Penney Art Center and Darwin Martin House in Buffalo. 

Ms. Falletta received her undergraduate degree from the Mannes School of Music 

in New York, her master’s and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School, and in 

addition has been awarded eleven honorary doctorates including degrees from 

Canisius College, D’Youville College and Niagara University. 

For more information on Ms. Falletta, visit her website at www.joannfalletta.com.

Matthew Kraemer, Associate Conductor 


Recognized for his “musical sensitivity” and “energized 

sense of interpretation” conductor Matthew Kraemer enters 

his second season as associate conductor of the Buffalo 

Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2010. In this role 

he appears regularly on each of the orchestra’s major 

series, including subscription weeks, Pops, Family, and 

summer concerts. He plays a vital role in the BPO’s awardwinning 

education and community engagement programs, 

in addition to assisting Music Director JoAnn Falletta 

during recording sessions and on tour. Upcoming season 

highlights include performances of Miguel del Aguila’s 

The Fall of Cuzco, a fully-staged production of Prokofiev’s 

Romeo and Juliet, performances with violinist Jennifer Koh 

and tour performances in Atlanta, Long Island, Miami, and 

West Palm Beach with Idina Menzel. Kraemer additionally 

appears this season as guest conductor with the Atlanta Symphony, Jacksonville 

Symphony and Virginia Symphony orchestras. 

Recipient of the distinguished Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship and the Bruno 

Walter Career Development Grant, Mr. Kraemer served a residency with the Vienna 

Philharmonic at the Salzburg Music Festival during the summer of 2006. His conducting 

engagements include appearances with the symphony orchestras of Akron, Asheville, 

Baltimore, Canton, Jacksonville, and Richmond (IN), the Reno Chamber Orchestra, and 

in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Equally at home 

in the ballet pit, he has led fully-staged productions with Virginia Ballet Theatre, Ohio 

Ballet, Neglia Ballet Artists, and Todd Rosenlieb Dance. Mr. Kraemer has collaborated 

with many leading artists, including Awadagin Pratt, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, 

Philippe Quint, Ben Folds, Chris Botti, Idina Menzel, and Richard Stolzman, among 

many others. 

Prior to his appointment in Buffalo, Mr. Kraemer completed a highly successful, threeyear 

tenure as associate conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Increasingly 

recognized for his committed advocacy of music education and his devotion to audience 

development, he has created numerous arts education programs and continues his 

work with young musicians as conductor, clinician and lecturer at many music festivals 

and in public schools. He has held positions with the Akron Symphony and the Akron 

Youth Symphony orchestras, leading the AYS into its 50th anniversary season with a 

performance in Carnegie Hall. 

An Indiana native, Mr. Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas 

Conde and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting 

at Aspen. He has additionally participated in the National Arts Center Conductor’s 

Program in Ottawa, Canada. His conducting teachers include David Zinman, Robert 

Spano, Stanley DeRusha, and Jorma Panula. Mr. Kraemer is a graduate of Butler 

University and the University of Nevada, Reno, where he assisted former Cincinnati 

Symphony concertmaster Phillip Ruder. An accomplished violinist in his own right, he 

was a member of the Nightingale String Quartet. Fluent in German and French, his 

principal violin teachers include Phillip Ruder, Herbert Greenberg, and Larry Shapiro. 

When he is not performing, Mr. Kraemer enjoys cooking, running, and reading. He and 

his wife Megan reside in Buffalo, NY. 

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Friday, March 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM 

Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM 

AIKIN SINGS STRAUSS 

JoAnn Falletta, conductor 

Laura Aikin, soprano 

RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20 

Intermission 

Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) 

Frühling (Spring) 

September (September) 

Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep) 

Im Abendrot (At Sunset) 


ALBAN BERG 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 

Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs) 

Nacht 

Schilflied 

Die Nachtigall 

Traumgekrönt 

Im Zimmer 

Liebesode 

Sommertge 


La mer (The Sea) 

From Dawn to Noon on the Sea 

Play of the Waves 

Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea 

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The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 

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Laura Aikin 

World renowned American Soprano Laura Aikin is 

considered a leader amongst dynamic Sopranos performing 

today. Possessing a range of over three octaves and an 

arresting stage presence, her repertoire embraces works 

from the Baroque to the contemporary on both the concert 

and operatic stages. In great demand in both Europe 

and America, she began her career as a member of the 

ensemble at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. At the Deutsche 

Staatsoper Berlin, Laura Aikin performed more than 300 

times in such major roles as Lulu (Lulu), Queen of the 

Night (Die Zauberflöte), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), 

Amenaide (Tancredi), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Adele 

(Die Fledermaus), and Zaide (Zaide). 

Her critically acclaimed recordings and DVD’s include Beethoven’s Christus am Ölberg 

with Daniel Barenboim on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Centenial Edition 

Recording, Songs and Cycles by Ned Rorem for Orfeo with pianist Donald Sulzen, 

Schoenberg’s Die Jakobsleiter with the Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra, Respighi’s La 

Campana Sommersa with the Orchestre National de Montpellier, and DVDs of Lulu from 

Opernhaus Zürich, Henze’s L’Upupa, Die Entführung aus dem Serail from the Salzburger 

Festspielen and Les Dialogues des Carmelites from La Scala with Ricardo Muti, and 

Henze’s Boulvarde Solitude from the Gran Teatro del Liceo Barcelona. Soon to be 

released a CD of Strauss songs with Pianist Donald Sulzen. 

Miss Aikin began her studies in her hometown of Buffalo, New York and Indiana 

University, where she studied with Margaret Harshaw. On receiving a two-year grant 

from the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD), she travelled to Europe to study 

at the Hochschule for Musik in Munich with Kammersängerin Reri Grist. Since 1998 a 

student of Kammersängerin Brigitte Eisenfeld, she lives with her family in Basiglio, Italy, 

a small village south of Milan. 

For more information please visit www.lauraaikin.com. 

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Program Notes 

Richard Strauss 

German composer 

Born June 11, 1864, Munich 

Died September 8, 1949, Garmisch- 

Partenkirchen 

Don Juan, Op.20 

First Classics performance: December 

2, 1936, conducted by Lajos Shuk; 

most recent performance: September 

17, 2005, conducted by JoAnn Falletta; 

duration 17 miunutes 

Don Juan was the earliest of Strauss’ great 

orchestral tone poems, scored in 1888 

when the composer was just 24 years of 

age. The Spanish legend on which it is 

based has a long chronology in literature 

and the arts in general, with a lot of 

attention from serious composers, including 

even a celebrated opus from Mozart - his 

inimitable opera Don Giovanni. 

With regard to its origins, the lure and lore 

of the Don Juan fantasy began in 1630 

with a stage drama titled The Mocker of 

Seville and the Statue by the Spanish monk 

Gabriel Tellez (Tirso de Molina, c.1571- 

1648). Since that debut the legend has 

inspired many extrapolations. The Don 

is sometimes portrayed as nothing more


than a playboy, a libertine with a simple 

goal - to seduce every woman in sight. 

Other versions place him in a role mostly 

foolish, more like a silly romancer than a 

crafty paramour, as in the case of the Don 

Juan by by Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850), 

the Austrian poet whose work provided 

the character model for Strauss. 

In fact, the Lenau variation is a tale of 

Don Juan’s relentless search for the perfect 

woman - one who is at once spiritually and 

sensually ideal. But the frenzy of the quest 

obscures and eclipses the dream. After a 

lifetime of manic pursuit the Don becomes 

disillusioned, dispassionate and tired of 

the world, its women - and ultimately - 

himself. Near the close he welcomes 

the challenge of a duel with Don Pedro 

who swears to redeem the honor of his 

sister, who of course had fallen to the 

wiles of our amorous conquistador. In 

self-retribution, Don Juan allows himself to 

be killed. 

Strauss’ music, though youthfully 

conceived, reveals a composer already 

at home in his métier of grandiloquent 

orchestration. The motifs - macho and 

brash and tender all at once - are 

splendidly cast over harmonies which 

convey the quixotic, double pursuit of 

soul and sensuality. Without following 

a literal course, Strauss tone-paints a 

series of episodes in the life of Don Juan 

by representing the spirit of the chase in 

florid tonalities. Indeed, the work is a 

symphonic tour de force, in turns brazen 

or tender, replete with noble melodies 

and emotive harmonies. 

The score also contains some of the 

dreamiest moments in music via enamored 

solos in the violin and oboe. Stand by as 

well for the principal theme heard several 

times strutting through the lusty choir 

of horns. But just as we might sense a 

developing apotheosis, the skies darken 

with ominous tones - the knell and toll of 

the avenging stroke of Don Pedro. Alas, 

the curtain closes on the sad career of 

Don Juan. 

Vier letzte Lieder - Four Last Songs 

Frühling Spring 

September September 

Beim Schlafengehen Going to Sleep 

Im Abendrot At Sunset 

First Classics performance: December 1, 

1942, with soprano Lotte Lehmann, 

conducted by Franco Autori; most recent 

performance: September 21, 2002, with 

soprano Renee Fleming, conducted by 

JoAnn Falletta; duration 25 minutes 

German Lieder (art songs) comprised 

a genre unto its own until roughly the 

beginning of the Romantic era. It was 

about that time when the venerable form 

began to respond to influences from the less 

structured but intimate ballads from England 

and the Continent at large. However, as 

the Lied became more flexible, the genre 

was once again dominated by exquisite 

examples from great Viennese and 

German masters such as Franz Schubert, 

Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Gustav 

Mahler and, of course, Richard Strauss. 

It is often noted that the latter’s true 

calling was revealed through his scores 

for the human voice. Strauss’ output is 

ravishing: among sixteen operas are 

Der Rosenkavalier, Salomé, Elektra and 

Ariadne auf Naxos and a body of over 

200 published songs for a variety of 

voices, several of which were orchestrated 

by the composer himself. However, almost 

all of his songs were scored prior to 1900. 

Except for about twelve Lieder written after 

World War I, Strauss did not seriously 

return to the form until the last months of his 

life. The Four Last Songs were completed 

just days before the composer’s death. The 

poetry Strauss selected for the settings is 

often considered as a memoir of his life 

and career. 

But even as Strauss was an octegenarian 

when he conceived the Four Last Songs, 

we are charmed by the poignant allure of 

the works. Completed in 1949, just days 

before the composer’s death, the song 

cycle is revered as an exquisite adieu to 

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the Romantic Age. We may be certain that 

Strauss also intended to serve as a parting 

valentine as well to his wife of fifty-five 

years, Pauline, who had had her own fine 

career as a soprano soloist. 

The Four Last Songs are a luxuriant trove 

of melody and probing harmonies - all in 

service to the evocative poetry of the solo 

voice, which lingers like soft sunlight over 

a mystic forest of orchestral tone. 

Alban Berg 

Austrian composer 

Born February 9, 1885, Vienna 

Died December 24, 1935, Vienna 

Sieben frühe Lieder - 

Seven Early Songs 

Nacht 

Schilflied 

Die Nachtigall 

Traumgekrönt 

Im Zimmer 

Liebesode 

Sommertge 

These are the first performances of this work 

on the Classics series; duration 17 minutes 

Though he was immensely gifted, Alban Berg 

is known to the music world for just a handful 

of titles. These include his operas Wozzek 

and Lulu (unfinished in full score), the Violin 

Concerto and Lyric Suite for orchestra, and 

just a few chamber pieces and song cycles, 

including his Seven Early Songs. 

Berg was the third of four children in an 

upper-class family in which cultural values 

were keen. Like his siblings, he received 

instruction from a governess, including 

lessons on the piano for which he revealed 

exceptional aptitude. He was also 

passionately drawn to literature, especially 

the verse of the German Late-Romantics. 

By his early teens Berg began to mix 

metaphors by setting his favorite verses to 

music. Without his knowledge, his family 

managed to get copies of a few of Berg’s 

songs (he had already composed about 

80) to the celebrated Arnold Schönberg 

who agreed at once to accept Berg as a 

composition student without a fee. 

For the young and idealistic Alban Berg, 

under Schönberg’s influence the world of 

music became vast domain of possibilities, 

i.e. where every note carried a harmonic 

universe unto its own. The ultimate result 

was that Wagner’s ‘music of the future’ had 

opened the door to ‘atonality’ - i.e. music 

without a key center. No more D major, no 

more B minor. In musician’s terms, no more 

tonic, nor dominant, no more leading 

tones nor modulation. Indeed, a revolution 

that seemed almost frightening to those 

who loved Bach, Tchaikovsky or Mahler. 

But there is a delightful catch to all this. 

‘Atonal’ - without a key center, does not 

mean ‘atunal’ - without a melody. In Berg, 

as in Schönberg and others of the era, 

there are themes and wonderful melodic 

lines everywhere - it is only the harmonies 

that are ‘atonal.’ However, we are a bit 

ahead of ourselves. 

Berg’s Seven Early Songs were composed 

between 1905 and 1908, revealing a 

composer who was indeed en route ‘to 

the future.’ Orchestrated in 1928, the 

songs are replete with a wonderful lyrical 

sense, based on melodies and harmonies 

which reach to the chromatic cosmos, but 

remain ‘terra firma’ in tonal construction. 

But his imminent progression into the realm 

of atonality was surely hinted and glinted 

in the songs. 

We should also note the composer’s 

choice to ‘word-paint’ (a term from 

Renaissance art songs) with timbres and 

tempos, embellishing the songs with 

evocative orchestrations as savvy as any 

in all of music. While the same can be 

said for Strauss’ Four Last Songs, what is 

striking here is the reach of Berg’s abstract 

mix of lyrics and voice with a select 

palette of symphonic color, very closely 

allied to the meaning and rhythm of the 

original poetry. One might say the artistry 

of each setting belies the science behind 

their conception, in particular for a twentysomething 

composer in the first decade of


the 20th century. Moreover, Berg was a 

son of Vienna, where new science and 

new art were revered from every quarter, 

even as the soul of the city was nurtured by 

Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and 

Johann Strauss, Jr. By the way, they are all 

interred there, in the ‘city built to music,’ as 

are Schönberg and Alban Berg. 

Claude Debussy 

French composer 

Born 1862, Staint-Germain-en-Laye 

Died 1918, Paris 

La mer (The Sea) 

From Dawn to Noon on the Sea 

Play of the Waves 

Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea 

First Classics performance: December 2, 

1936, conducted by Lajos Shuk; most 

recent performance: September 17, 2005, 

conducted by JoAnn Falletta; duration 

17 minutes 

Throughout his life French composer 

Claude Debussy was fascinated with the 

sea - its ancient symbolism and capricious 

grandeur, its contrast of horrific storms 

and serene peacefulness. Debussy’s idea 

to compose an orchestral seascape was 

likewise influenced by his admiration for 

the work of his compatriot, the painter 

Claude Monet, as well as the evocative 

oils of the English artist J.M.W. Turner. 

Often noted is that Debussy himself 

became a tone painter with La mer of 

1905, creating for the concert hall a 

sonic canvas of stunning veracity. 

With regard to style, Debussy once 

remarked that the music of late German 

Romanticism, and in particular that of 

Wagner, was really not a beginning but 

rather a glorious sunset. The new light 

which followed was not less than the 

dawn of Impressionism, with its aesthetic 

appropriation of soft allusions and misty 

chromatic light. However, because the 

Impressionst style in music seems to be such 

a world apart from the traditional elements 

of harmony and form, in his time Debussy 

was considered to be a kinder, more 

gentle example of a ‘modern’ composer 

- far apart from Wagner’s ‘music of the 

future.’ But of course, Debussy’s music 

received praises from very high places. 

Bela Bartok wrote: 

“Debussy’s great service to music 

was to rewaken among all musicians 

an awareness of harmony and all its 

possibilities. In that, he was just as 

important as Beethoven, who revealed 

to us the meaning of the progressive 

form, and as Bach, who showed us the 

transcendent significance of counterpoint. 

Now, what I am always asking 

myself is this: is it possible to make a 

synthesis of these three great masters, 

a living synthesis that will be valid for 

our time?” 

With regard to La Mer, the best clues 

to the content of each musical canvas 

are provided by Debussy in the form of 

descriptive movement titles. Also, the music 

is altogether vivid: for example, listeners 

can usually spot the irresistible calls of 

mythical Sirens who enchant through the 

wind-blown mist of the last movement. 

About the latter Debussy was not 

kidding. In letters to his Parisian publisher 

he wrote: 

“The sea has been very good to me. 

She has shown me all her moods... 

it is always endless and beautiful. It 

is really the one thing in nature which 

keeps us in our place. But we do not 

respect it nearly enough. In the sea 

one should find sirens...from within the 

waters which rage then flood across 

the shore - a sea which tears at the 

rocky cliffs in tantrums.” 

There is a rapture on the lonely shore, 

There is society, where none intrudes, 

By the deep sea, and music in its roar; 

I love not man the less, but Nature more. 

Childe Harold, Lord Byron 

Program Notes by Edward Yadzinski 

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The Music of Michael Jackson 

Brent Havens, conductor 

James Delisco, vocals 

Program Will Be Announced From Stage 



Brent Havens, conductor 

Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has 

written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually 

every kind of television. His TV work includes movies for 

networks such as ABC, CBS and ABC Family Channel 

Network, commercials, sports music for networks such 

as ESPN and even cartoons. Havens is Arranger/Guest 

Conductor for six symphonic rock programs – the Music 

of Led Zeppelin, the Music of the Doors, the Music of Pink 

Floyd, the Music of the Eagles, the Music of Queen and 

most recently the Music of Michael Jackson! 

James Delisco, vocals 

Crowned “The Entertainer” by Wayne Newton on the E! 

Network’s reality TV series, Delisco has proved he is more 

than worthy of that title. After completing his $1 million 

contract at the Las Vegas Hilton, where his show opened to 

rave reviews, Delisco continues to obtain critical acclaim 

in every market and venue on his recent world-wide tour. 

An iconoclastic showroom performer, he emanates old 

school charm with contemporary charisma. He creates a 

connection between artist and audience while ushering in 

his unique new sound through his original music. He has 

crafted his own style of music he calls RaGaBaR, which is 

a synthesis of the elements of twentieth-century music such as rhythm and blues, gospel, 

rock, and ragtime. 

For more information visit www.delisco.com. 

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 7:30 PM 

Free Admission 

Matthew Kraemer, BPO associate conductor 

Gerard Floriano, GBYO artistic director and conductor 

Hamburg High School Choir 

Norman Zogaib, director 

Holst 

The Planets (selections) 

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune 

Gerard Floriano, GBYO director 

Hamburg High School Choir 

Norman Zogaib, director 

Intermission 

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 

Mvts 1, 2, and 3 

Matthew Kraemer, conductor 

Pre-concert performance by the Greater Buffalo String Orchestra 

in the Mary Seaton Room at 6:30pm. 



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Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM 

Shostakovich’s First 

Antoni Wit, conductor 

Jacek Muzyk, french horn 

Tchaikovsky 

Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture 

Mozart Horn Concerto No.4 in E-flat major, K.495 

Allegro moderato 

Romanza: Andante 

Rondo: Allegro vivace 

Intermission 

Kilar 

Orawa for String Orchestra 

Shostakovich 

Symphony No.1 in F minor, op.10 

Allegretto 

Allegro 

Lento 

Allegro 



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Antoni Wit 

Born in Krakow in 1944, Antoni Wit is one of the 

most highly regarded Polish conductors, a champion 

of Polish music and since January 2002 he has been 

Director General and Artistic Director of the National 

Philharmonic in Warsaw. 

After studying conducting with Henryk Czyz, composition 

with Krzysztof Penderecki and later with Nadia 

Boulanger in Paris, Six time Grammy award nominated 

Antoni Wit became Top Prize Winner at the Herbert von 

Karajan International Conducting Competition 1971 in 

Berlin which proved a pivotal moment in his career. Two 

years later he assisted Herbert von Karajan at the Easter 

Festival in Salzburg and during this time he was a regular conductor at the Poznan 

Philharmonic from1970 until 1972. Antoni Wit was given the post of Artistic Director 

for the first time in 1974 with The Pomeranian Philharmonic. Three years later, he 

assumed the post of Artistic Director and First Conductor of the Orchestra and Choir 

of the Polish Radio and Television in Krakow. For four years Antoni Wit worked with 

Orquestra Filharmonica de Gran Canaria in Las Palmas, first as Music Director and 

then as Visiting Conductor and from 1983 until 2000 held the position of Director of 

the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra before taking up his current position 

at the Warsaw Philharmonic. 

Jacek Muzyk 

Jacek Muzyk was born and raised in Poland. He 

began to study the french horn at the age of 18. After 

graduation from the Academy of Music in Krakow, Mr. 

Muzyk completed another master’s degree at the Mannes 

College of Music in New York studying with David Jolley. 

He received further education at the Julliard School 

of Music with William Purvis and then he continued 

studying at Rice University in Houston (TX) with William 

VerMeulen. Following his studies Mr. Muzyk returned to 

Poland, working full time with the best Polish orchestras, 

including Sinfonia Varsovia, the National Philharmonic 

of Warsaw, Polish Radio Orchestra and the Krakow 

Philharmonic among others. In 1999 he was chosen as 

the Principal Horn for Krystian Zimerman’s Polish Festival Orchestra, a select group 

of Poland’s finest musicians that toured Europe and the United States playing over 

40 performances of Chopin’s concertos while winning a Grammy Award. In 2002, 

Mr.Muzyk moved to the United States where he played with the Houston Grand Opera 

and the Dallas Symphony before being appointed as the Principal Horn with the 

Buffalo Philharmonic. He has made guest appearances with the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and other orchestras in the 

USA, Japan, Europe, South America and appeared as guest soloist as well. Mr. 

Muzyk has given numerous master classes and recitals throughout all continents 

and has made solo recordings under the Polish Radio label. Recently he recorded 

2 solo CDs featuring all Mozart’s concertos and Bach Cello Suites no.1, 2 and 3. 

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For more information www.jacekmuzyk.com.


Program Notes 

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky 

Russian composer 

Born April 25, 1840, Votkinsk 

Died October 25, 1893, St. Petersburg 

Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture 

First Classics performance: March 5, 

1936, conducted by Lajos Shuk; most 

recent performance: April 1, 2007, 

conducted by Gerard Schwarz; duration 

19 minutes 

Composed in 1869 and revised in 1880, 

Tchaikovsky’s setting of Shakespeare’s star 

crossed lovers is a tone poem of graphic 

detail, replete with provocative themes, 

seductive harmonies and a scintillating 

orchestration. From the great Bard’s 

original drama of 1595, the composer 

tone-painted the scenes which both 

summarized the drama and conveyed the 

emotive power of the young lovers in the 

face of cruel reality. 

Portrayed from the very opening measures 

of the score is the character of Friar 

Laurence, represented by dark, chantlike 

chords which resonate from the low 

woodwinds and horns. With breathless 

solemnity, poignant strings and harp 

confirm that something ominous is at 

hand, already encoded with heartache. 

In measured steps the symbolism proceeds 

with ever increasing tension, as the strife 

and bitter rivalry between the Montagues 

and Capulets fills the troubled air of Verona. 

The scene is replete with malevolence and 

vengeance, where stilettos and swords 

hold court before reason. 

But then, via the subtlety and nuance of 

Tchaikovsky’s pen, the music becomes 

quiescent, even hopeful. Through the 

timbres of the morning mist before dawn 

we are aware of the presence of Juliet in 

her chamber with her beloved Romeo. The 

young lovers have been secretly married 

by Friar Laurence. Tchaikovsky represents 

their nuptial night with a radiant melody 

and harmony that could not be more 

rapturous. For a brief moment our innocent 

lovers visit the paradise of their dreams. 

But their devotion does not spare them from 

the madness of their feuding families. In 

just a few strokes of the baton the hopeless 

vendettas recapture the scene with ferrocious 

veracity. Although a momentary flashback 

or two returns us to the love scene, clearly 

the fateful denouement is at hand. The 

score then terrifies the stark horizon with 

a raven-toned chill, signaled by a deep 

power stroke from the timpani. Romeo and 

Juliet now lie lifeless in a crypt of cold stone, 

as the curtain closes with an elegiac coda, 

mirroring the religious chant heard at the 

opening. Imperious chords from the brass 

over rolling percussion provide the closing 

quotes to the saga of forbidden young love 

redeemed only in eternity. 

Romeo and Juliet; 

Act III, Scene V, Juliet’s chamber 

Juliet: Thou must leave? it is not yet 

near day: 

It was the nightingale, and not the lark, 

That pierced the fearful hollow of 

thine ear; 

Nightly she sings on yon 

pomegranate tree: 

Believe me, love, it was the nightingale. 

Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of 

the morn, 

No nightingale: look, love, what 

envious streaks 

Do lace the severing clouds in 

yonder east: 

Night’s candles are burnt out, and 

jocund day 

Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; 

I must be gone and live, or stay and die. 

Juliet: It is, it is, hie hence, be gone, 

away; 

It is the lark that sings so out of tune 

Straining harsh discords, and 

unpleasing sharps. 

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Some say, the lark makes sweet 

division; 

This doth not so, for she divideth us: 

O, now be gone; more light and 

light it grows. 

Romeo: More light and light! -- 

– more dark and dark our woes! 

William Shakespeare 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Austrian composer, pianist and violinist 

Born January 27, 1756, Salzburg 

Died December 5, 1791, Vienna 

Horn Concerto No.4 in E-flat 

major, K.495 

Allegro moderato 

Romanza: Andante 

Rondo: Allegro vivace 

First Classics performance: February 6, 

1972, with hornist Roy Waas, conducted 

by Michael Tilson Thomas; most recent 

performance: January 29, 2006, with 

hornist Jacek Muzcyk, conducted by 

Roberto Minczuk; duration 15 minutes 

Among the wonderful concertos for 

winds and brass is a veritable wealth 

for the French horn, highlighted by the 

Brandenburg Concerto No.1 by J.S. 

Bach, two concertos by Franz Joseph 

Haydn, not less than four by Wolfgang 

Amadeus Mozart and a much later pair 

by Richard Strauss. Nor can we overlook 

treasures like the concerto by Glier and 

the stunning Serenade for Tenor, Horn and 

Strings by Benjamin Britten. And when we 

add in all of the great horn solos in the 

orchestral and opera repertoire it appears 

there is a trove in the Hornist’s Nest (there 

is even a publisher by that name). 

Mozart scored his horn concertos for one 

of his Salzburg friends, a dilettante horn 

player named Joseph Leutgeb (who later 

distinguished himself as cheese merchant 

in Vienna). Wolfgang Amadeus had 

plenty of levity in his pen as well. Several 

pages of the horn manuscripts contain 

scripted comments in Mozart’s hand * 

“Careful!” * “Special for you, Monsieur 

Donkey!” * “Thank God this is the end!” 

* all in teasing admiration for his friend, 

who curdled notes no less efficiently 

than cream. No matter. We owe a lot to 

Leutgeb for inspiring one of the greatest 

pens in the history of anything to add such 

class and charm to the horn repertoire. 

The Horn Concerto No.4 was scored in 

1786, an interval when Mozart turned 

out masterworks by the yard - astonishing 

- including piano concertos Nos. 23, 24 

and 25 as well as the exquisite Symphony 

No.38, the “Prague.” 

K.495 opens with a light introduction which 

loses no time highlighting the melodies 

to come. But this is Mozart, which also 

means by the time the solo horn makes 

its demure entrance the theme is already 

in variation. The solo line then weaves 

and spins its way, finding a minor key 

retreat at the mid-point, then coyly turning 

back, with a brief cadenza, to retake the 

opening tonality and mood. Set in B-flat 

major, the Romanza presents a poetic daydream, 

gentle and pleading. Here, as in 

most of the second movements of Mozart’s 

concertos, the music is carried by lyrical 

poise, tuneful grace and time in repose. 

We are back in E-flat major for the third 

movement, for which the principal tune is 

a characteristic ‘hunting horn’ motif. In turn 

follows a wonderful serve-and-volley set 

of rondo variations, with deft articulation 

required from the soloist on the wing. 

But as it so often seems, Mozart has yet 

another poetic enchantment or two up his 

sleeve before a recap of the theme closes 

the curtain with a sprightly coda. 

Wojciech Kilar 

Polish composer 

Born July 17, 1932, L’viv, Ukraine 

Orawa for String Orchestra 

These are the first performances of this work 

on the Classics series; duration 10 minutes


Born in the former Polish city of Lwów, 

Wojciech Kilar received his formative 

training at the Katowice Academy, 

followed by advanced studies at the 

State Higher School of Music in Kraków. 

Immersed in the powerful pull of the 

avant-garde in the 1950s, Kilar was 

the first Polish composer to participate in 

the festivals at Darmstadt, a renowned 

center for the avant-garde. However, he 

remained faithful to his traditional instincts 

and moved to Paris where he studied 

composition with Nadia Boulanger. 

Although his catalog of original 

compositions includes music in diverse 

genres, Kilar’s work is highlighted by an 

abundance of film scores, including the 

sound tracks for The Pianist and Francis 

Ford Coppola’s Dracula. 

Kilar remains vigilant about the heritage 

of Polish music, and has worked tirelessly 

to highlight music from his native soil. For 

example, he was among the founders 

of the Karol Szymanowski Society, and 

for many years directed the Katowice 

Association of Polish Composers. He 

also served on the repertoire board for 

the prestigious Warsaw Autumn Festival 

of Contemporary Music. 

From the Classical era through the modern 

age, mountain motifs have provided 

a trove of inspiration for composers. 

Examples include Beethoven’s Symphony 

No.6 “Pastoral”, Richard Strauss’ Alpine 

Symphony, Ruggles’ Men and Mountains 

and Hovahness’ Mysterious Mountain. 

While we are at it, the lighter side of 

the orchestral repertoire holds showcase 

pieces like Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald 

Mountain and Grieg’s In the Hall of the 

Mountain King, among others. 

Composed in 1986, Orawa is cast 

as a tone poem for strings, offering an 

evocation of the Carpathian Mountains 

from the heart of Eastern Europe. 

The expanse stretches from Serbia to 

Czechoslovakia, and crosses parts of 

Hungary, the Ukraine, Romania, Poland 

and Slovakia. Located at the border 

between Poland and Slovakia, the 

Orawa region is only about 20 miles 

in length, yet retains its rustic, postcardperfect 

charm. 

A repeating rhythmic fragment in F-sharp 

minor (really a Baroque-styled ostinato) 

opens the work with nine iterations, 

followed by another nine, then seven, 

then five, and so on. The idea is borrowed 

from the ‘minimalist style’ (where very 

small musical fragments are repeated 

over and over with slight changes and 

additions every so often along the way). 

A middle section of ratcheted accents 

stands in as a trail marker - back and forth 

between the upper and lower voices. In 

turn, the texture becomes briefly quiescent 

before a brash folk-dance anticipates an 

evocative tune with gypsy-like intonations 

- as if borrowed from Bartók. 

The energy overall takes on a martial 

mode, as the rhythmic patterns strut 

straight ahead in duple meter. But 

suddenly the brick-and-mortar rhythms 

segue to an impromptu exit into F major 

- replied by a punctual D. A full-voice 

stinger provides the final tag - doubtless 

the end of a journey. (A ‘stinger’ is the 

term for an exclamation point at the end 

of a concert march.) 

Dmitry Shostakovich 

Russian composer 

Born September 25, 1906, St. 

Petersburg; died: 9 August 1975, 

Moscow 

Symphony No.1 in F minor, op.10 

Allegretto 

Allegro 

Lento 

Allegro 

First and only Classics performances: 

November 29, December 1, 1959, 

conducted by Josef Krips; duration: 

31 minutes 

Updates on the life and times of Dimitry 

Shostakovich reveal the composer was 

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a self-styled double agent: one for 

public view as a token of obedience to 

the Soviet regime; another for his own 

artistic expression. At the time - a very 

risky gambit. 

Political problems for young Dimitry 

began in 1936 when a performance of 

his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk 

District was heard by not-less (i.e., notworse) 

than Joseph Stalin. The opera 

and the composer received such severe 

official condemnation that the work had 

to be withdrawn. The very next major 

effort of Shostakovich was his now wellknown 

Symphony No.5, listed by the 

composer as “A Soviet artist’s reply to 

just criticism”. Clearly, the ruse was on, 

and for the rest of his life Shostakovich 

was able to keep the political dragons 

at bay. 

By the end of his career, the composer’s 

catalog included additional operas, 

ballets, many film scores, various 

concertos and diverse pieces for 

orchestra, many vocal settings, fifteen 

symphonies and fifteen string quartets in 

addition to volumes of other work. In a 

word: prolific. And as Wordsworth once 

noted “The child is father of the man” - 

indeed, the composer’s full output reveals 

the creative signature that resonates 

throughout Symphony No.1. 

It all began when, as a precocious 

youngster of just thirteen, Dimitry was 

admitted into the Petrograd Conservatory 

of Music. He became so proficient as a 

pianist that he won ‘honorable mention’ 

in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. 

But his true calling was composition, 

and as a graduation piece submitted his 

Symphony No.1 in 1926. He was all of 

nineteen years old. Good news travels 

like lightning in the music world - within 

two years the symphony was heard in 

Berlin under Bruno Walter and in the 

United States under Leopold Stokowski. 

Although it required decades of clever 

maneuvers to dodge the censors, 

Shostakovich ultimately prevailed. 

Symphony No.1 begins as if a 

variation were already in progress. 

The actual theme is assembled in the 

listener’s intuition, well after the fact - 

clever mischief. Here and throughout 

the work, distinct solo lines carry the 

principal roles - clarinet, flute, violin, 

etc. Although a lyrical dialog develops 

throughout the movement, the tuneful 

expanse is cast over sections which 

sound as though a military band is in 

the waiting backstage. 

At the opening of the second movement 

the clarinet tosses out the first pitch - 

a scherzo in disguise - with a piano 

added to the mix for some extra zing. A 

plaintive middle section is tone-painted 

by anxious low strings with enigmatic 

brush strokes on the snare drum. A 

sporting bassoon gets things back to 

the scherzo on the wing, ending with 

stentorian brass as an escort to flashing 

strikes from the piano. 

A lyrical oboe over lush strings opens the 

third movement, marked Lento. Listeners 

might note a touch of Wagnerian 

chromaticism just before the an 

orchestral sunrise. But trumpets seem to 

echo from within, calling sadly from a 

much different venue - a tragic souvenir 

which haunts all of the later scores of 

Shostakovich. 

Then suddenly - a rolling crescendo from 

the snare signals the last movement. 

Stand by for every manner of contrast 

- breathless lyricism, biting harmonies, 

tenderness and a hail storm of sonic color, 

including a cryptic episode midway for 

solo timpani, followed by strings and 

woodwinds as if in memoriam. Not to 

worry - a bright apotheosis in full voice 

closes the curtain in uplifting F major. 

Program Notes by Edward Yadzinski



Cherish the Ladies 

Matthew Kraemer, conductor 


Joanie Madden flute, whistle and vocals 

Mary Coogan guitar 

Mirella Murray accordion 

Grainne Murphy fiddle 

Kathleen Boyle piano and vocals 

Deidre Connolly vocals, bodhran and whistle 

Amy Licata, violin 

Brett Shurtliffe, double bass 

ANDERSON 

“The Irish Washerwoman” from Irish Suite 

TRADITIONAL/ 

Amy Licata 

The Rose in the Heather 

Rose in the Heather 

High Hill 

Road to Lisdoonavarna 

Amy Licata, violin 

Brett Shurtliffe, double bass 

LEROY ANDERSON 

“The Rakes of Mallow” from Irish Suite 

HARDIMAN/MOORE Music from Lord of the Dance 

GERARD FAHY/ 

Pat Hollenbeck 

Meagh Seola 

Joanie Madden 

ANDERSON 

“The Girl I Left Behind Me” from Irish Suite 

Intermission 

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Amy Licata 

Brett Shurtliffe 


Traditional: Fir and Far Medley 

Keane: The Homesteaders (from the Way 

West) (arr Keane & Wallace) 

Yeats: The Ballad of the Foxhunter 

Traditional: Dan Stacey 

O’Carolan: Loftus Jones 

Madden: The Cat’s Meow 

Traditional: High Germany 

Traditional: Hornpipe Dance 

Madden: Bonkers in Yonkers 

Traditional: The Castle of Dromore 

The Highway to Kilkenny Medley 

Amy Licata (nee Kinney) was born in the border region 

of Washington and Idaho. When she was four years old 

her Grandad gave her a fiddle to help preserve Westernstyle 

fiddlin’. At age eight, when she finished third to Mark 

O’Connor in the National Junior-Junior Old-Time fiddling 

competition, she figured fiddling was in capable hands 

with Mark. Amy devoted her studies to classical violin 

and studied with Jascha Brodsky and Aaron Rosand at 

the Curtis Institute of Music. Fiddling has remained part of 

Amy’s musical interest and heritage, with Irish-style a recent 

variation on the theme. Amy lives in the Elmwood Village of 

Buffalo with her husband and their four children. 

Double bassist Brett Shurtliffe received his Bachelor in Music 

from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with 

James VanDemark and his Master in Music from Duquesne 

University, where he studied with Jeffrey Turner. Apart from 

performing, Mr. Shurtliffe has commissioned new works for 

the double bass, as well as creating numerous transcriptions 

of his own including Monte’s Czardas, Kabalevsky’s 1st 

Cello Concerto, and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen. Along 

with his current private studio, he serves as Adjunct Professor 

of Double Bass at Canisius and Houghton Colleges. He 

currently resides in Boston NY with his wife Andrea and 

their two daughters Madelyn and Ashlyn.



JOANIE MADDEN is the Grammy Award winning whistle 

and flute player who has been the leader of Cherish the 

Ladies since its inception. Born in New York of Irish parents, 

she is the second oldest of seven children raised in a musical 

household; her mother hails from Miltown Malbay, County 

Clare and her father Joe, an All-Ireland Champion on the 

accordion, comes from Portumna in East Galway. Joanie won 

five gold medals at the All-Ireland World Championships, 

and made history becoming the first American to win the 

coveted Senior All-Ireland Championship on the whistle. In 

addition to her larger than life persona, she is also a gifted 

composer and many of her compositions are basic session 

tunes known around the globe and have been recorded by 

some of Ireland’s leading musicians. She has in constant demand in the studio and has 

recorded on over 75 albums running the gamut from Pete Seeger to Sinead O’Connor. 

She has many awards and citations including; the youngest member inducted into both 

the Irish-American Musicians Hall of Fame and the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Traditional Music 

Hall of fame, recipient of the Wild Geese Award, chosen twice as one of the Top 100 

Irish-Americans in the country and also voted Traditional Musician of the Year all for 

her contributions to promoting and preserving Irish culture in America. Her extremely 

successful solo whistle recordings entitled “Song of the Irish Whistle” have sold more than 

500,000 albums worldwide, making her the most successful whistle player in history. All 

these accolades and more are why Dr. Mick Moloney, noted folklorist and scholar, has 

proclaimed Joanie “The First Lady of Irish Music.” 

MARY COOGAN was born in New York and also raised in a musical household. Along 

with Joanie, she is one of the founding members of Cherish the Ladies and has been 

with the band for over twenty-five years. Her mother comes from County Roscommon and 

her father Jim was a first generation Irish-American accordion player. Her father bought 

her a guitar for Christmas when she was four years old and Mary began the process 

of teaching herself how to play. She began listening to various types of acoustic music 

and along the way learned the mandolin, banjo and bouzouki. She has a number of 

projects that she has been involved in; her duet album she recorded with her father 

Jim entitled “Passing Time” featuring renditions of tunes both old and new and her first 

solo recording, “Christmas” have received rave reviews across the board. Mary also 

holds her masters degree in education, and is named in Who’s Who among American 

Teachers. This close tie to children pushed her to make a wonderful collection of music 

for our young fans entitled “The Big Ship Sails. She continues to teach music to children 

in New York and is a highly sought-after accompanist. Acoustic Guitar Magazine named 

Mary one of the top four Celtic guitarists in Celtic music. 

MIRELLA MURRAY grew up in Claddaghduff, near Clifden, on the coast of Connemara 

in County Galway. Her father John Joe, a notable sean nós dancer, comes from Inishark 

Island and had a deep understanding and love for traditional music. Mirella studied the 

piano accordion from Mary Finn and during that time, she met up with local fiddler Liz 

Kane. They began to tour and play together as a duet and went on to win the All-Ireland 

championship duet title, the same year, Mirella won the solo All-Ireland title on the piano 

accordion. Mirella recorded a duet album with famed fiddler Tola Custy called “Three 

Sunsets” which was voted one of the top five albums of 2002 by The Irish Times. They 

were one of the nominee’s as ‘Best Newcomers’ by the Irish Music Magazine in 2003. 

Outside the realm of performing, Mirella has an incredible flair for teaching, and it 

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is a credit to her musicianship that her pupils have garnished twenty-two All-Ireland 

Championship titles. She has accumulated a vast store of tunes from her travels, and 

musicians such as Sharon Shannon, Lunasa and the Bumblebees credit her as a source 

for many uncommon melodies. Mirella has been a member of Cherish for the past 

eight years. 

GRAINNE MURPHY was born in Boston, where she began playing Irish music from an 

early age. Her parents brought her in a baby basket to sessions and céilís as an infant, 

and they traveled with her to her first All-Ireland Fleadh in Listowel, County Kerry when 

she was just seven months old. Having received a fiddle at age four, she later began 

taking weekly lessons with Séamus Connolly, the renowned ten-time All-Ireland champion 

fiddler from County Clare. Her lessons with Séamus continued for several years, and she 

went on to win All-Ireland honors of her own. After extensive performing in her teenage 

years, Gráinne became more focused on academics, earning a bachelor’s and master’s 

degree in literature and a juris doctor from Duke University. She then worked as a lawyer 

at a prominent law firm for two years before packing her bags and moving to New 

York City, where she welcomed by New York’s Irish music community. Along with her 

brothers Daniel and Patrick Murphy, pianist Peter Barnes and Séamus Connolly, Gráinne 

recorded her first group album when she was fifteen years old. She and her brothers 

then began performing across the U.S. at festivals and events, including the Lowell Folk 

Festival, the Gaelic Roots Festival at Boston College, and St. Patrick’s Day at the Clinton 

White House. This past year, Grainne released her first solo project entitled, “Short 

Stories” which has been warmly received from fans and critics alike. 

KATHLEEN BOYLE from Glasgow, Scotland comes from a family steeped in the traditional 

music of Donegal. She is a talented pianist in addition to her prowess on the accordion 

and has garnished All-Scotland and All-Britain titles on both instruments. In 1999, she 

made history as the first graduate of traditional music in Scotland, receiving her degree 

from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance where she now lectures. Kathleen 

is also in demand as a tutor, regularly teaching workshops and adjudicating at Irish music 

competitions. Kathleen is very much in demand and in addition to her work with Cherish 

the Ladies, she also can be found touring with Dochas, Tirconnail and St Roch’s Ceili 

band. Kathleen has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows in the UK, 

America and Canada. She has extensively toured the UK, America and Canada having 

performed at Festivals in Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Austria and 

Czech Republic. She has recorded two albums in the past year, a solo project entitled 

“An Cailin Rua” and a wonderful recording with her father Hughie called “Back to 

Donegal.” Kathleen has been performing with Cherish the Ladies for the past 6 years. 

DEIRDRE CONNOLLY was born and raised in Queens, New York of Irish parents. Her 

mother Bridget hails from Connemara in County Galway and her father Mattie is a 

wonderful singer and All-Ireland champion Uilleann piper from County Monaghan. 

When Deirdre was five years old, her parents began her involvement in Irish culture by 

simultaneously sending her to study Irish step dancing with teacher Donny Golden and 

tin whistle lessons with the famed music instructor Maureen Glynn. Over the course of the 

next twelve years, Deirdre rose to championship level in both her music and her dancing. 

In addition to her singing talents, she is also a gifted flute and bodhran player. Her first 

solo album, “A Song in Turn” was launched to rave reviews and she recently followed 

that up with a duet album with her father titled, “The Kylemore Pass”. When Deirdre is not 

performing, she teaches singing and whistle in New York while holding down a career 

as a registered nurse. 

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Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM 

Symphony Sing-a-long 

Paul Ferington, conductor 

Buffalo Academy of the Performing Arts Choir 

Grand Island High School Choir 

Niagara Falls High School Choir 

Joseph Mohan, piano 

Kabalevsky “Galop” from The Comedians, Opus 26 

Chopin 

Bass 

Lovland/Graham/ 

Fettke 

Arr. Shaw 

Arr. Shaw 

Arr. Lowden 

Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and 

Orchestra, Opus 11 

III. Rondo 

Joesph Mohan, Piano 

Southwestern Suite 

You Raise Me Up 

Itsy Bitsy Spider 

Wheels on the Bus 

It’s A Small World 

Sherman/Healy/ 

“Medley from Disney’s Mary Poppins” 

Whitcomb 

“Medley from Disney’s Mary Poppins” Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman 

and Robert B. Sherman. Arranged by Bruce Healey & Ken Whitcomb 

Copyright 1963 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI) 

Prior to most Family Concerts, children and adults of all ages can come play an instrument, 

watch demonstrations, and enjoy a hands-on experience making music! McClellan’s Music 

House and Buffalo Suzuki Strings generously provide instruments and expertise for this event. 

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Paul Ferington 

Paul Ferington, hailed as a “distinguished local Guest 

Conductor” by the Buffalo News, is in his 26th year 

as a member of the Conducting staff of the Buffalo 

Philharmonic Orchestra. During this time, he has 

conducted the Philharmonic in over 400 concerts at 

many and varied locations around Western New 

York, Northern Pennsylvania, Southern Ontario, and at 

Kleinhans Music Hall. 

A graduate in Orchestral Conducting from the College- 

Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, 

he was a conducting student of Max Rudolph, Robert 

Shaw, and Thomas Schippers. He has been a guest 

conductor and recital accompanist nationally and internationally, and has served 

as coach/accompanist for opera legends as Kathleen Battle, Barbara Daniels, 

and Tom Fox, as well as pianist for conductors Yehudi Menuhin, Erich Kunzel, 

Robert Shaw, James Levine, and Cincinnati May Festival Chorus. In 2002 he 

served as Conductor for the Orchestra Musicians’ Concert of Commemoration in 

tribute to the victims of September 11, with the concert hailed by the Buffalo News 

as one of the Top 10 Classical performances of the year in Western New York. 

Maestro Ferington was the recipient of a Rotary International Foundation Group 

Study Exchange to Israel, and the Beaux Arts Award for Contributions to the Arts 

given by the Niagara Council of the Arts. Over the years Maestro Ferington has led 

the Philharmonic’s major Educational and Family outreach programs, and he and 

the Orchestra were honored by St. Mary’s School for the Deaf for the Orchestra’s 

annually donated Holiday Concert presented at the School. He has served as 

Interim Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and he continues to serve as 

a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Maestro Ferington was awarded Professor Emeritus status from the Niagara 

campus of the State University of New York, and in May 2005 received not only 

the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 

but also the OperaBuffs of Western New York Educator of the Year Award. For the 

2005-2006 Orchestra season Maestro Ferington inaugurated the Philharmonic’s 

highly successful SYM 101-102 Series of Music Appreciation lectures for adults, 

now known as BPOvation Lectures. In addition to his BPO conducting and lecturing 

responsibilities, Maestro Ferington joined the Music Department Faculty of Buffalo 

State College in September 2009 teaching his on-line course Music & Political 

Action, as well as serving as Conductor/Music Director for the new college/ 

community Buffalo State Philharmonia Orchestra. Maestro Ferington also serves as 

a presenter & facilitator for the Druminar - Team Building Experience headed by the 

BPO’s principal percussionist Mark Hodges. 

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JOE MOHAN 


Dubbed a “rising star” by the Columbia Free Times, Joe 

Mohan aims to use his music to connect past, present, and 

future generations. Most recently, he was selected as a finalist 

in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition 

and in April 2010 he won “BPO Idol with Marvin Hamlisch.” 

This upcoming year, Joe will perform twice with the Buffalo 

Philharmonic Orchestra as a part of their 2010 season and 

with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra. 

As a solo artist, Joe has performed throughout North America. In 

addition, he has performed piano concertos with the Pittsburgh 

Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the South Carolina 

Philharmonic, and the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra. His 

solo recitals include a guest performance at the Thousand Islands International Chopin Piano 

Competition for Young People, a special concert entitled “Music and a Message” for the 

Niagara Lutheran Health Foundation, a recital as a part of the Ocean City Tabernacle’s 

annual summer concert schedule, and a pre-concert performance for the Amherst Symphony 

Orchestra. Joe has won numerous piano competitions as well as achieving two Awards of 

Excellence from Clarence High School and the Eastman Community Music School Director’s 

Award. He was one of six students featured on the PBS Documentary, PIANO FORTE. 

In addition to his piano studies, Joe plans to continue his interest in arranging, composing, 

and conducting. He is presently pursuing a Bachelors degree at The Juilliard School studying 

Classical Piano with Seymour Lipkin. 

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March Spotlight on Sponsors 


For the lawyers and staff of Harter Secrest & Emery, a full-service law firm located in downtown 

Buffalo, supporting the needs of our region’s exceptional not-for-profit organizations is woven 

into the fabric of our law firm culture. From raising funds for international relief initiatives to 

tutoring and mentoring children in local urban school to advising start-up companies on the 

West Side through the Westminster Economic Development Initiative, we are privileged to 

share our skills and resources for the benefit of the communities in which we live and work. 

Harter Secrest & Emery supports a wide variety of organizations through volunteer service, 

fundraising, pro bono legal work and ongoing legal representation. In addition to these 

efforts, a number of our attorneys serve as directors for many area not-for-profit organizations, 

including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. We are honored to partner with the BPO again 

this season in the orchestra’s mission of making beautiful music in Western New York and 

sharing its abundant talent -- through select recordings and out-of-town concerts -- with the 

world. Whether by enriching the lives of our region’s young people through meaningful music 

education programs such as the West Side Connection or by delivering one outstanding 

performance after another, our beloved BPO reflects the very best qualities of our community. 

For that, we salute, support and thank them. 

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Annual Fund 


The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges contributions, grants and sponsorships received 

from the following individuals, corporations and foundations who gave $500 and above. While the thousands 

upon thousands of donors whose gifts ranged from $1 to $499 are too numerous to list here, we gratefully 

acknowledge those additional individuals, groups, companies and foundations who give to us so generously. 

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Millonzi Society 

$150,000+ 

The Cameron and Jane Baird 

Foundation 

BlueCross BlueShield 

of Western New York, Inc. 

Louis P. Ciminelli Family 

Foundation 

Carol & Angelo Fatta 

First Niagara Bank 

M&T Bank 

The John R. Oishei Foundation 

$100,000-$149,999 

Clement & Karen Arrison 

Peter & Elizabeth Tower 

$50,000-$99,999 

The Baird Foundation 

Community Foundation for 

Greater Buffalo 

HSBC Bank USA N.A. 

Jaeckle Fleischmann & 

Mugel, LLP 

Corinne & Victor Rice 

$25,000-49,999 

Brent D. Baird 

Mr. Bruce C. Baird and 

Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird 

Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle 

Foundation 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Flickinger 

Grigg Lewis Foundation 

National Grid 

J. Warren Perry & Charles 

Donald Perry Memorial 

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. 

Maestro’s Circle 

$10,000-$24,999 

Anonymous 

Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro and 

Mr. Francis M. Letro 

Elizabeth & John Angelbeck 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Baird 

Mr. Charles Balbach 

Bank of America 

Paul & Catherine Beltz 

Anthony J. & Barbara Cassetta 

The Robert and Patricia Colby 

Foundation 

Anthony J. & Carmela M. Colucci 

Dr. Timothy G. DeZastro 

Members, Erie County Music 

Educators Association 

Ms. JoAnn Falletta 

& Mr. Robert Alemany 

Dick & Pat Garman 

Daniel & Barbara Hart 

Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert 

Hodgson Russ LLP 

John & Cheryl Howe 

Independent Health 

Roberta & Michael Joseph 

Seymour H. Knox Foundation 

Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. 

LPCiminelli Employees 

“Creative for a Cause” 

Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Montante 

Moog, Inc. 

Mulroy Family Foundation 

The Vincent and Harriet Palisano 

Foundation 

Perry’s Ice Cream Co., Inc. 

The Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce 

Family Fund 

Salvatore’s Italian Gardens 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker 

Harriet B. Stewart 

Superior Group 

Time Warner Cable 

Uniland Development Company 

Joyce L. Wilson 

Mr. & Mrs. John Y. Yurtchuk 

Leslie & Howard Zemsky 

Concertmaster Circle 

$5,000-$9,999 

Joan and Peter Andrews 

Family Foundation 

Anonymous 

Dr. & Mrs. Friedrich J. Albrecht 

Allentown Village Society, Inc. 

The Rev. & Mrs. Peter Bridgford 

Buffalo Pharmacies Inc. 

Mr.* & Mrs. William Christie 

Mrs. George A. Cohn 

Donald & Sarah Dussing 

Ecology & Environment, Inc. 

Ellicott Development Company 

Eric Mower & Associates 

Neil & Doris Farmelo 

Ms. Lynne M. Finn 

Fisher-Price, Inc. 

Foundation for Jewish 

Philanthropies 

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Frederick 

Friends of the BPO 

General Mills Foundation 

George & Bodil Gellman 

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation 

The Gioia Fund 

Gordon & Gretchen Gross 

Charles J. Hahn & Joy Rogers 

Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP 

Carlos and Elizabeth Heath 

Foundation 

Barbara W. Henderson 

The Hicks Fund 

Monte Hoffman & Niscah Koessler 

Kosciuszko Foundation 

Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. 

Nick & Bonnie Hopkins 

Ms. Nancy Julian & 

Mr. Kenneth Schmieder 

Dwight E. King & Leslie Duggelby 

Carl Klingenschmitt & Sue Fay Allen 

Mrs. Mary M. Koessler 

Mr. John W. Koessler, III 

Linton Foundation 

Sandra & Dennis McCarthy 

Merchants Insurance Group 

Carolyn & Bob Montgomery 

Mr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Newman, II 

Daniel C. Oliverio 

Pinegrove Estate 

Robitaille Real Estate and Relocation 

Ms. Catherine F. Schweitzer 

Vaspian 

Carolyn & Joe Voelkl 

Dorothy Westhafer 

Encore Circle 

$2,500-$4,999 

Anonymous 

Andy T. Anselmo 

Anthony Baldi & Associates 

Axa Network, LLC 

Nancy S. Barrett 

James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson 

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Brost 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. DePaolo 

Alan Dozoretz & Judith Clarke 

Computer Task Group


Bob & Doris Drago 

E3 Communications, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Emblidge 

Mrs. Rosemary G. Esty 

Marion S. Fay 

Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation 

Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr. 

Ms. Constance A. Greco 

Dr. Elisabeth Zausmer & 

Dr. Angel A. Gutierrez 

Mrs. Halim A. Habib 

The Hahn Family Fund 

Mr. Thomas J. Hanifin 

Edwin P. Hart 

Mr. & Mrs. G. Wayne Hawk 

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Horn 

John J. & Maureen O. Hurley 

Dr. Robert & Hana Jacobi 

Kenneth A. & Gretchen P. Krackow 

Reverend* & Mrs. Warren W. Lane* 

Lawley Service Insurance 

Ms. Marie A. Marshall 

Mrs. Frances L. Morrison 

Carol & Emmett Murphy 

Dr. & Mrs. George H. Nancollas 

Donald F. & Barbara L. Newman 

Mr. & Mrs. James D. Newman 

Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Nice 

Dr. Patricia & Burt Notarius 

Jane & Don Ogilvie 

Karen & Richard Penfold 

The Ralph F. Peo Foundation, Inc. 

Polish Cultural Institute 

The Reid Group 

Miss Frances M. Rew 

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rogers 

Ms. Anne Schneider & 

Mr. Ronald L. Frank 

Arnold Shykofsky 

Joan & Roger Simon 

Drs. Stephen & Monica Spaulding 

UBS 

Michal & Jim Wadsworth 

Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Wiedenhaupt 

Xerox Corporation – Buffalo 

C. Richard & Joyce T. Zobel 

Principal’s Circle 

$1,750-$2,499 

Anonymous 

Ansie Baird 

R. Irene Dwigans 

Susan Graham & Jon Kucera 

Michele O. Heffernan & John J. Cordes 

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hinds, III 

Drs. Clement and Margot M. Ip 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Irwin 

Joy Family Foundation 

C.F. and A.F. Kurtz 

Norma Jean Lamb 

W. & J. Larson Family Foundation 

Dr. & Mrs. William D. Lawrence 

Mrs. Judith Parkinson 

Richard and Karen Penfold 

The Ralph F. Peo Foundation, Inc. 

Ms. Elaine Ragusa 

Ms. Georgeann W. Redman 

Drs. Robert and Maxine Seller 

Lowell and Ellen Shaw 

Lionel Shub* 

Frank & Deetta Silvestro 

James and Karen Stephenson 

Superior Staff Resources, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Ted W. Wetherbee 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wetter 

Mrs. Mary W. Wickett 

Paul B. Zuydhoek & Tamar P. Halpern 

Bravo Circle 

$1,000-$1,749 

Anonymous (3) 

Morton and Natalie Abramson 

Charlotte C. Acer 

Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Ackerman 

Vanda Albera 

Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Anderson 

Ronald E. and Mary L. Banks 

Mr. Steve Earnhart & 

Mrs. Jennifer Barbee 

Dr. Kevin J. Barlog & 

Dr. Elizabeth A. Barlog 

David & Wendy Barth 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Biondolillo 

Dennis and Leilani Black 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Boswell 

John & Joan Bozer 

Elaine & Mel Brothman 

Mrs. Dorothy J. Brown 

Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation 

Buffalo Dental Group 

Richard and Barbara Byron 

C.S. Behler, Inc. 

Rudolph and Ann Casarsa 

Barbara & Jerry Castiglia 

Mrs. John Churchill 

Ciminelli Development Company 

Elizabeth G. Clark 

Debby and Gary Cohen 

Dr. Elizabeth Conant & 

Ms. Camille Cox 

Ellen Todd Cooper 

Andrea and Donald Copley 

Mrs. Betty Cornelius 

Marilyn R. Cornelius 

Arthur & Elaine Cryer 

Roger and Roberta Dayer 

Joan M. Doerr 

Juan & Silvia B. De Rosas 

Lois and Tim DiCarlo 

Alan Dozoretz & Judith Clarke 

George T. Driscoll, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Eagan 

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. Easton 

Jeanne C. Eaton 

Paul Erisman 

Ms. Gretchen Fierle 

Peter & Ilene Fleischmann 

Mrs. Burt P. Flickinger, Jr. 

Frey Electric Construction Co., Inc. 

Reed E. Garver 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Giambra 

Ms. Sarah C. Goodyear 

Goya Foods Great Lakes 

Saxon P. Graham Jr. 

Susan Graham & Jon Kucera 

Dr. James O. Grunebaum & 

Dr. Penelope Prentice 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Harrington 

Dr. & Mrs. David F. Hayes 

Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick, Jr. 

Lynn & Richard Hirsch 

Hiscock & Barclay 

Duncan C. Hollinger 

Dr. & Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Honsberger 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic K. Houston 

Mrs. Jayne T. Hubbell 

Mr. & Mrs.* Philip H. Hubbell 

Laurie Menzies, Esq. & 

David James. MD 

William & Genevieve James 

Bruce and Gail Johnstone 

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn 

Kavinoky & Cook 

Kathleen Keenan-Takagi 

Ms. Kathie A. Keller 

Milton Kicklighter 

Mr. Douglas G. and 

Mrs. Nancy M. Kirkpatrick 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kociela 

Ms. Ellen Koessler 

Bob & Liz Kolken 

Robert and Mary Ann Kresse 

Rise & Kevin Kulick 

Paul & Claudine Kurtz 

Lamparelli Construction Company 

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lazar 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard V. Lee 

Mrs. Blossom Levy 

Gerald S. Lippes Esq. 

Howard and Lorna Lippes 

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lippes 

Judy & Edward Marine 

Jim and Kathy Marshall 

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mathias II 

Ray and Louise McGrath 

Elsie P. & Lucius B. McCowan Private 

Charitable Foundation 

Julian R. McQuiston 

Enrico & Marisa Mihich 

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Mitchell 

Mr. & Mrs. Randall M. Odza 

Dr. & Mrs. James P. Nolan 

Oliver’s Restaurant 

Dr. Joseph A. Paris 

Patricia* & Robert Patterson 

Richard and Karen Penfold 

Dr. & Mrs. John H. Peterson 

Rev. Diane & Diane Phinney 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Porter 

J. Forrest Posey 

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Pyrak 

Dr. Doreen Rao 

Russo Family Charitable Foundation 

Anne Saldanha M.D. 

Saldanha Family Foundation 

W. Scott & Kristin Saperston 

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Schmidt 

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Schober 

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Sealing Devices, Inc. 

Joseph & Carole Sedita 

Drs. Robert and Maxine Seller 

Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Sherwood 

Shuman Family Foundation, Inc. 

Robert and Dixie Siegel 

Mrs. Maurice C. Smith 

Rosemarie C. Steeb 

James and Karen Stephenson 

Supermarket Management Inc. 

Joseph R. Takats Foundation 

Mr. James J. Tanous 

Tapecon Inc. 

Nancy & Donald B.* Thomas 

Hon. and Mrs. Paul A. Tokasz 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Travers Jr. 

Tzetzo Brothers, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Varga 

Persis & Robert Vehar 

Vogt Family Foundation 

The VIYU Foundation 

Nancy S. Warner 

Jeffrey and Susan Wellington 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wetter 

Janet & Wayne Wisbaum 

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Wood 

Mr. Paul M. Wos 

Paul Zarembka 

Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Zionts 

Patron Circle 

$750-$999 

Anonymous (2) 

Dr. David B. Bender 

Barbara & Alan Blackburn 

The Reverend Sarah J. Buxton-Smith 

James and Mary Frances Derby 

Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius F. Donovan 

Nitza & Avery Ellis 

Mrs. George H. Forman 

Arnold* and Sue Gardner 

Robert* & Roberta Grimm 

Mr. Gary B. Greenfield 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Guenther 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Henderson II 

Mr. Theodore Herman & 

Ms. Judith Ann Cohen 

Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon E. Merritt 

Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Miller 

Mr. Henry Murak 

Mary G. Peterson 

Darwin and Ruth Schmitt 

William Kenneth Schmitt Fund 

Dr. Gary & Patricia Smith & Family 

U-C Coatings Corporation 

Dr. Michael F. Wilson 

Crescendo 

$500-$740 

Anonymous 

Morton and Natalie Abramson 

Mr. David Alexander & 

Ms. Margaret McDonnell 

Burtram W. & Ellen Anderson 


Monica Angle & 

Samuel D. Magavern III 

Architectural Resources 

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Arena 

Astronics Corporation 

Bradford H. Banks 

Mrs. Rudolf L. Bauer 

Natalee Benstock 

Ms. Brenda B. Benzin 

Dr. & Mrs. Theodore S. Bistany 

Barbara & Alan Blackburn 

Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Bossler 

Mrs. Janet A. Boyce 

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Brown 

Bernice M. Brown 

Drs. Douglas R. & Barbara B. Bunker 

Mr. William D. Burns 

Tim and Belle Butler 

Mrs. Robert E. Buyer 

The Buyer Family 

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Buzzard 

Grace E. Caines 

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Campbell 

Joseph and Susan Cardamone 

Mrs. Janet M. Casagrande 

Jackie Castle 

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cecchini 

Miss Victoria A. Christopher 

Dr. Sebastian & Marilyn Ciancio 

Nan & Will Clarkson 

Mrs. Ruth Cohan 

Joan & Michael Cohen 

Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Collins 

Commercial Pipe & Supply 

Conax Technologies LLC 

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Dautch 

Beverly J. Davies 

Dr. & Mrs. David C. Dean 

Dental Health Products 

Mr. & Mrs.* Roger V. DesForges 

Mr. & Mrs*. David A. Di Carlo 

Elvira A. Diaz 

Don Davis Auto World 

Richard and Cornelia Dopkins 

David and Martha Dunkelman 

Ms. Marianne G. Dunn 

Dr. Philip Dvoretsky & 

Dr. Linda B. Ludwig 

E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company 

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Eardley 

Stephen Edge & Cynthia Swain 

Peter & Maria Eliopoulos 

Erie and Niagara Insurance 

Association 

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Evans 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Falkner 

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Fanning 

Paul & Karen Ferington 

Ms. Joyce E. Fink 

Mr. George Fisher 

Thomas and Grace Flanagan 

Dr. & Mrs. William A. Fleming 

Laurence & Eileen Franz 

Dr. Ellen S. Friedland & 

Dr. Thomas A. Hays 

Mr. Richard L. Friend 

Mr. & Mrs. Philemon R. Galanis 

Arnold* and Sue Gardner 

Bill and Marjorie Gardner 

Mrs. Billie Jean Gates 

Mr. & Mrs. E. Joseph B. Giroux 

Dr. & Mrs. Louis J. Goldberg 

Mr. Mark Goldman 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Greene 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Guenther 

Thomas & Barbara Guttuso 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth I. Hardcastle 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Hassett Jr. 

Dr. & Mrs. Reid R. Heffner, Jr. 

Ms. Ana M. Hurd 

Mr. & Mrs. Clinton F. Ivins, Jr. 

Craig & Deborah Johnston 

Ms. Marilyn Jones 

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Jones 

Joy Family Foundation 

Marie L. Keller 

Mrs. Irvine J. Kittinger, Jr. 

Ms. Juliet E. Kline 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Klocke 

The Herbert & Ella Knight Family 

Charitable Fund 

Mr. & Mrs. John T. Kociela 

James & Mona Kontos 

Mr. & Mrs. James Kramer 

Ms. Joan Kuhn 

Mr. & Mrs. Erick J. Laine 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lazarus 

Mrs. Kalista S. Lehrer 

Fern & Joel Levin 

Dr. George R. Levine 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lindenfeld 

Howard and Lorna Lippes 

Rita and Richard Lipsitz 

Anne and Alan Lockwood 

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Lombardo Jr. 

Mr. James L. Magavern 

Mr. Edward G. McClive 

Dr. G. Allen McFarren 

McLain Foundation 

The Mentholatum Company 

Mrs. Anita Kaye Militello 

Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Miller 

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh I. Miller, Sr. 

Mr. John E. Milner 

Dr. Michael C. Moore 

Ms. Sandra G. Morrison 

Mr. & Mrs. Leo W. Nalbach 

Philip and Linda* Nicolai 

Mr. & Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel 

Mr. Robert J. North, Jr. 

Ms. Susan Nusbaum and 

Mr. Ronald G. Van Blargan 

Osmose, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Peck Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Peterson 

Mr. Gregory Photiadis and 

Ms. Sandra Chelnov 

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Porter 

John & Betty Preble 

Mr. Joseph Priselac, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Privitera 

Mr. Dennis P. Quinn 

Mr. Paul D. Reid and Family 

Mr. & Mrs. John Reinhold

Rigidized Metals Corporation 

Dianne & Irving Rubin 

Elizabeth S. Rundle 

Maureen W. & Dr. Richard J. Saab 

Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Schaefer 

Mr. & Mrs. William L. Scheider 

Mr. Daniel J. Schmauss 

Mr. David Schopp 

Joseph & Carole Sedita 

Caren & Stuart Shapiro 

Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton 

Dr. Peter Siedlecki & 

Ms. Lynnette N. Mende 

Mr. Carlton M. Smith 

Edwin and Virginia Sprague 

Ruth & Ted Steegmann 


Mr. Eric Stenclik 

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin F. Stohrer, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. David G. Strachan 

Jonathan S. Sullivan & Laura Devine 

Marilyn & Irving Sultz 

The Pierce Family Charitable 

Foundation 

Mr. Robert Tell & Ms. Rebecca Landy 

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Thomas 

Freddie M. Thompson 

Dr. & Mrs. D.J. Triggle 

Mrs. Sheila Trossman 

Rev. William R. Tuyn 

Ron and Susan Uba 

Ms. Francine Valvo 

Raymond & Sheila Vaughan 

Mr. William Vosteen 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Walsh 

Dr. Maryjane Petruzzi & 

Dr. Wayne R. Waz 

Ms. Marlene A. Werner 

Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Weiser 

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Wiesen 

WILLCARE 

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Wood 

Dr. & Mrs. Douglas F. Wright 

Arden and Julie Wrisley 

Stephen & Maureen Wydysh 

Gregory and Donna Yungbluth 

Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak 

Amy M. Zeckhauser 

*deceased 

Government 

Erie County 

State of New York 

Major support for the BPO is provided 

by Erie County, County Executive Chris 

Collins, the Erie County Legislature 

and the Erie County Cultural Review 

Advisory Board. 

National 

Endowment 

for the Arts 

Gift-In-Kind Partners 

New York State 

Council on the Arts 

New York State Office of Parks, 

Recreation & Historic Preservation 

Western New York 

Delegation 

Senator George Maziarz 

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer 

Senator Timothy M. Kennedy 

Senator Patrick Gallivan 

Senator Catharine M. Young 

Senator Mark J. Grisanti 

Assemblyman Daniel Burling 

Assemblymember Jane L. Corwin 

Assemblyman John Ceretto 

Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak 

Assemblyman James Hayes 

Assemblyman Sam Hoyt 

Assemblyman Andrew Goodell 

Assemblymember Crystal O. Peoples-Stokes 

Assemblyman Kevin S. Smardz 

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger 

Assemblyman Mark J. Schroeder 

Avenue Art & Frame 

Balloon Masters 

Bennett Direct, Inc. 

Bloom Floristry 

Brian Parisi Copiers Systems, Inc. 

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library 

Buffalo Limousine 

Buffalo News 

Buffalo Spree Publishing, Inc. 

Ronald W. Daniels 

Downtown Buffalo 

Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp. 

Enterprise Car Rental 


Gates Circle Liquors 

Hyatt Regency Buffalo 

Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP 

Maureen’s Wholesale Flower Market 

McCullagh Coffee 

Ray and Louise McGrath 

Nickel City Studio Photography 

Oliver’s Restaurant 

Rich Products 

Vaspian 

Zenger Group 

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Tribute Registry 

Music is timeless & lives on, as do memories of good deeds & special friends. Gifts made in honor or 

memory are lasting tributes that perpetuate those memories while ensuring the music lives on. Donors’ 

names are listed below the names of those in whose honor or memory the gifts were made. These gifts 

were received between November 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011. 

In Honor Of: 

Doug and Andrea Cone 

C. J. Irwin Company, Inc. 

JoAnn Falletta 

Victoria A. Christopher 


Patricia L. Evans 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Pullano 

Marcie and Marvin Frankel 

50th Wedding Anniversary 

Edwin* & Susan Levy 

BPO string quartet lead by 

Amy Glidden 

Sue S. Gardner 

Dan Hart 

Robert Savage & Donna Fernandes 

Joan Kayes Lazarus 

Your Birthday 

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Gaglione 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lazarus 

Cindy Abbott Letro 

In Honor of your Birthday 

Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Anderson 

Monica Angle & 

Samuel D. Magavern III 

Richard C. & Rita Argen Auerbach 

John & Amy Bair 

Patrick & Dianne Baker 

Mrs. Gretchen Baldauf 

Mrs. Erasmia R. Bechakas 

Mr. & Mrs. Max Becker, Jr. 

Ms. Catherine Beltz-Foley & 

Mr. Stephen R. Foley 

Dr. & Mrs. Howard W. Benatovich 

Dennis & Leilani Black 

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Brost 

Mrs. Audre Bunis 

Sister Margaret Carney 

Anthony J. & Barbara Cassetta 

Mr. & Mrs. William Collins 

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Coppola 

Clotilde & Trey Dedecker 

Dessert Deli 

Ms. Linda Dobmeier 

Ms. Brigid Doherty 

Mrs. Cynthia Doolittle 

Richard & Cornelia Dopkins 

Mrs. Whitworth Ferguson 

Mr. Dennis Wilson & 

Mrs. Gretchen Fierle 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Finn 


Mrs. Burt P. Flickinger, Jr. 

Ms. Catherine Beltz-Foley & 

Mr. Stephen F. Foley 

Mrs. Arnold Gardner 

Dr. Stanley J. & 

Mrs. Karen Gaughan Scott, Esq. 

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony H. Gioia 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Gioia 

Dr. & Mrs. Louis J. Goldberg 

Dr. Scott Goldman & 

Ms. Nancy Brock 

Ms. Sarah C. Goodyear 

Dianne Bennett & William Graebner 

Ms. Ellen Grant 

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Greene 

Mrs. William R. Greiner 

Richard F. & Jane F. Griffin 

Mr. & Mrs. William Gurney 

The Honorable Carol E. Heckman 

Michele O. Heffernan & 

John J. Cordes 

John & Cheryl Howe 

Mr. Stanton Hudson 

Thomas R. & Martha M. Hyde 

Bruce & Gail Johnstone 

Dr. Peter S. Gold & Dr. Athalie D. Joy 

Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Katz 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Keller 

Ms. Casey Kelly 

Mr. & Ms. William H. Kelly 

Mr. Ross B. Kenzie 

Mr. & Mrs. John T. Kociela 

Mr. & Mrs. Erick J. Laine 

Lori & Don Leone 

Mr. John N. Lipsitz 

Ms. Karen Massarotti 

Dr. & Mrs. Phillip McCarthy 

Ms. Brenda L. McGee 

Ms. Claire M. McGowan 

Mr. Jerry McGuire & 

Ms. Fay Northrop 

Mr. & Mrs. Warde Manuel 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Meisner 

Dr. Nanci M. Monaco & 

Dr. Mark Schachter 

The Honorable Jeremiah J. Moriarty & 

Ms. Maria A. Litzinger 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Morris 

Drs. Robert Moskowitz & 

Mary McGorray 

Mr. Paul Michaels 

James and Victoria Newman 

Mr. Robert Nichols 

Mr. & Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel 

Mr. & Mrs. Randall M. Odza 

Don & Jane Ogilvie 

Mr. & Mrs. Nils Olsen 

Alphonso & Marcia O’Neil-White 

Greg and Elaine Pauley 

Richard & Karen Penfold 

Mr. Dennis Penman 

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Phillips Jr. 

Mrs. Wendy Pierce 

Ms. Linda D. Pollack 

Premier Group 

Mrs. M. Virginia Procter 

Mr. & Mrs. David S. Quackenbush 

Mr. Calvin Rand 

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Reschke 

Ms. Mary Ann Rogers 

Maureen W. & Dr. Richard J. Saab 

Anne Saldanha M.D. 

Drs. Mark & Nanci Schacter 

Mr. & Mrs. William Schapiro 

Ms. Catherine Schweitzer 

Ms. Maria Scrivani & Mr. John Lipsitz 

The Honorable & 

Mrs. Joseph J. Sedita 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Sedita 

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Seymour 

Dr. & Mrs. & Stanley J. Scott 

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Siegel 

Joan & Roger Simon 

Wayne & Judi Spear 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Starks 

Mrs. Ann Swan 

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Swift 

Mrs. Mary Taylor 

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Tzetzo 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Voelkl 

Mr. Peter Vukelic 

Jim & Michal Wadsworth 

Connie & Jack Walsh 

Mr. & Mrs. Earl Wells, III 


Stephen & Maureen Wydysh 

Ms. Elizabeth Yates 

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Yurtchuk 

Mr. & Mrs. Victor Zast 

Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak 

Leslie & Howard Zemsky 

Faye and Stewart Levy 

Diana G. Becker 

Marie A. Marshall 

Miss Bernice M. Quigley 

At Christmas 

Frank and Charlene Daniels 

Musicians of AFM Local 92 

Mr. & Mrs. E. Joseph B. Giroux 

Elton and Fran Palmerton 

Jill Feasley & Kurt Lawson 

Robert Prokes 

Anne Reagan Perricelli 

Harriet B. Stewart 

Miss Bernice M. Quigley 

At Christmas 

Frank and Charlene Daniels 


50th Wedding Anniversary 

Edwin* & Susan Levy 

Wayne Wisbaum 


Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Glick 

Dr. & Mrs. Howard L. Wolfsohn


In Memory of: 

Katherine C. Bassett 

Mr. & Mrs. Jordan A. Levy 

Curtis L. Clark 

Dr. & Mrs. John Clark 

Freda Cohen 

Mr. & Mrs. Jordan A. Levy 

Daniel F. Curtin, M.D. 

Mrs. Elaine B. Curtin 

Arnold B. Gardner 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Baird 

Eva Kokolus 

My wife 

Dr. William J. Kokolus 

Rev. Warren & Virginia Lane 

Dr. Bonnie Flickinger 

Judith H. Levy 

Maurice A. Levy 

Richard Moomaw 

Ellen & David Moomaw 

Scott Parkinson 

Mr. Edward N. Giannino 

Mrs. Judith Parkinson 

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Peixotto 

Keith B. Ritter & Brenda L. Heaster 

Patricia M. Patterson 

Robert Patterson 

Renee Y. Perez 

Martha Buyer 

Edgar Skillinton Priebe 

Mrs. Martha Buyer 

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Celniker 

Ms. Sandra Cryst 

Mr. Edward Dee and 

Ms. Nancy Biernat 

Dr. Bonnie Flickinger 

Ms. Cynthia A. Fox 

Carole Grenauer 

Kevin & Joanna Ransom 

Ms. Paula M. Wagner 

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wescott 

Dr. Lynn Widger & 

Mr. Robert A. Widger 

His love of classical music 

Thomas R. Alcamo 

My Husband and his belief in the 

power of classical music in human life 

Susan F. Priebe 

Donald Scribner 

Linda Scribner 

Daniel M. Sherlock 

Margaret C. Callanan 

Shannon Toole 

My daughter 

Dr. Dorinne Toole 

John A. Villafranca 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Spinley 

Norman Warren 

Patricia Foote 

For his love of music and the BPO 

Mary Caruana 

Harriet Warren 

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Planned Giving 

Musical Heritage Society 

We are pleased to list the current members herein because they have realized the importance 

of “the gift that keeps giving.” Each of these individuals or couples have made provisions for a 

contribution to the BPO in their estate plans and while there are many different methods, the most 

common is by adding the BPO as a beneficiary in one’s will. 

Charlotte C. Acer 

Elizabeth & John Angelbeck 

Anonymous 

Carol & Charles Balbach 

The Rev. & Mrs. Peter Bridgford 

Anthony J. Cassetta 

Barbara & Jerry Castiglia 

Mrs. Ida Christie 

Louis & Ann Louise Ciminelli 

Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark 

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Clarkson 

Miss Mary E. Clemesha 

Ruth Cohan 

Mrs. George Cohn 

Dr. Elizabeth Conant 

Marilyn R. Cornelius 

Beverly Davies 

Mrs. Roberta Dayer 

Charles* & Nancy Dowdell 

Sarah & Donald Dussing 

Mr. Neil R. Farmelo 

Angelo & Carol Fatta 

Mrs. Marion Fay 

Bequests 

Judith & John* Fisher 

Mr. & Mrs. Byron R. Goldman 

Gordon & Gretchen Gross 

Margaret W. Henry 

Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert 

Monte & Cheryl* Hoffman 

Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. 

Bruce and Gail Johnstone 

Kathleen Keenan-Takagi 

The Herbert & Ella Knight 

Family Charitable Fund 

Norma Jean Lamb 

Mrs. Virginia Lane* 

Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred J. Larson 

Francie D. & Joel N. Lippman 

Marie Marshall 

Mr.* & Mrs. J. A. Mattern 

Donna & Leo Nalbach 

Drs. Howard & Karen Noonan 

Robert & Marion North Fund 

Dr. J. Warren Perry* 

Mrs. Frederick S. Pierce 

Dr. Julia C. Piquette 

Edwin Polokoff 

Dennis Quinn 

Virginia Ann Quinn 

Evelyn Joyce Ramsdell 

Nancy E. Ryther 

Catherine F. Schweitzer 

Roger & Joan Simon 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker 

Dennis M. Smolarek 

Jane Snowden 

Harriet Stewart 

David D. Stout & 

Janet E. Popp Stout 

Gerald R. Strauss 

Sue W. Strauss 

Jim and Michal Wadsworth, 

as trustees of the Mulroy, 

Heath and Colby Foundations 

Mrs. Robert Warner 

Mrs. Marjorie W. Watson 

Wayne & Janet Wisbaum 

Betty Ann Withrow 

Mr.* & Mrs. J. Milton Zeckhauser 

* deceased 

Charles Dowdell Dorothy F. Goldman Donald I. MacDavid Richard F. Miller 

Trusts 

Anonymous 

Cameron Baird Fund 

Virgil A. and Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund 

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund 

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Inc. 

Endowment Fund 

Grace Neff Daniels Memorial 

Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund 

The Herbert & Ella Knight Family Charitable Fund 

Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund 

Albert H. Laub Bequets 

Marie A. Marshall Fund 

MPZ Endowment Fund 

Benjamin and Lila Obletz Endowment Fund 

Susan Harvey Prentis Fund 

Natalie Kubera Roth Fund 

William Kenneth Schmitt Fund 

Franz & Katherine Stone Trust 

Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund 

Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund 

Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust 

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra endorses the LEAVE A LEGACY® WESTERN NEW YORK 

program, an initiative of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium and a public awareness campaign 

of the National Committee on Planned Giving. 

Make a Difference in the Lives that Follow 

www.leavealegacyWNY.org 

To ensure your wishes are carried on for generations to come, 

you may call (716) 879-0944 for more information. 

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Sponsor a Musician 

Michael Ludwig, concertmaster 

Sponsored by Clem & Karen Arrison 


Nancy Anderson, cello 

Sponsored by Michael Gillis 

Ansgarius Aylward, assistant concertmaster 

Sponsored Anonymously 

Marylouise Nanna, first violin 

Sponsored by Dr. J. Warren Perry* 

Douglas Cone, first violin 

Sponsored by Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. 

Diana Sachs, first violin 

Sponsored by Kathryn Lee Warner 

In loving memory of Eve & Harold Warner 

Alan Ross, first violin 

Sponsored by Anthony J. & Carmela A. Colucci 

Antoine Lefebvre, principal second violin 

Sponsored by Harriet B. Stewart & 

Marie A. Marshall 

Melanie Haas, first violin 

Sponsored by Catherine Schweitzer 

Richard Kay, second violin 

Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson 

Jeffrey Jones, second violin 

Sponsored by George & Jory Herbert 

Diane Melillo, second violin 

Sponsored by Jack & Ellen Koessler 

Shieh-Jian Tsai, second violin 

Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson 

Monte Hoffman, cello 

Sponsored by Bob & Sara Skerker 

Robert Hausmann, cello 

Sponsored by Sarah & Donald Dussing 

Amelie Fradette, cello 

Sponsored by Cindy Abbott Letro 

& Francis Letro 

David Schmude, cello 

Sponsored by Jim & Michal Wadsworth 

Brett Shurtliffe, associate principal bass 

Sponsored by Mr. Bruce C. Baird 

& Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird 

Makoto Michii, bass 

Sponsored by The Hicks Fund 

Christine Bailey Davis, principal flute 

Sponsored by Michael & Roberta Joseph 

John Fullam, principal clarinet 

Sponsored by Michael & Roberta Joseph 

Salvatore Andolina, clarinet/saxophone 

Sponsored by Charles* & Nancy Dowdell 

Catherine Estes, oboe 

Sponsored by Bill* & Ida Christie 

Martha Malkiewicz, bassoon/contrabassoon 

Sponsored by Richard* & Frances Morrison 

Valerie Heywood, principal viola 

Sponsored by Paul B. Zuydhoek 

& Tamar P. Halpern 

Kate Holzemer, viola 

Sponsored by Cindy Abbott Letro 

& Francis Letro 

Matthew Phillips, viola 

Sponsored by George & Jory Herbert 

Feng Hew, associate principal cello 

Sponsored by Nancy Julian and 

Kenneth Schmieder 

Duane Saetveit, french horn 

Sponsored by Cheryl & John Howe 

Jay Matthews, french horn 

Sponsored by Tony & Barbara Cassetta 

Alex Jokipii, principal trumpet 

Sponsored by Charles* & Nancy Dowdell 

Jonathan Lombardo, principal trombone 

Sponsored by Carol & Angelo Fatta 

Daniel Sweeley, french horn 

Sponsored by John & Elizabeth Angelbeck 

*deceased 

We are truly fortunate to have some of the world’s finest players among our ranks. Sponsor a Musician offers you the 

unique ability to forge a special bond with the musician of your choice. You are qualified with a gift of $5,000 or 

more. Call (716) 885-0331 to learn more about how you can become an even closer part of the BPO family. 

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BPO Administrative Staff 

Administration 

Daniel Hart 

Executive Director 

Diana Martinusek 

Executive Assistant 

Development 

Jennifer Barbee 

Director of Development 

Kelly Campbell 

Annual Fund Coordinator 

Wendy Diina 

Event and Project Coordinator 

Barbara McCulloch 

Manager of Information Resources 

Kim Moretta 

Donor Records Coordinator 

Robert Pape 

Corporate and Foundation Relations Specialist 

Education 

Robin Parkinson 

Director of Education 

Patrick O’Herron 

Youth Concert Coordinator 

Finance 

Kevin James 

Finance Director 

Nicole Bzibziak 

Financial Accountant 

Jacqueline Henry 

Receptionist/Finance Assistant 

Susan Hill 

Payroll and Accounts Payable Associate 

Randy Steinfeldt 

IT Specialist 

Marketing 

Michael Giambra 

Interim Director of Marketing 

Lindsay Adornetto 

Marketing Associate 

Heather Lazickas 

Graphic Designer 

Jennifer L. Smith 

Media & Community Relations Manager 

Ed Yadzinski 

Program Annotator & BPO Historian 

Operations 

Lisa J. Gallo 

Director, Orchestra and Artistic Operations 

Maggie Shea 

Operations Assistant 

Jennifer N. Comisso 

Personnel Manager 

Becky Davidson 

Assistant to JoAnn Falletta 

Richard George 

Master Property Person, IATSE local 10 

Charles Gill 

Assistant Property Person, IATSE local 10 

Travis Hendra 

Assistant Librarian 

Patricia Kimball 

Principal Librarian 

Elaine Riek 

Audience Services Manager 

Sales and Patron Services 

Michael Giambra 

Director of Sales and Patron Services 

Joshua Fehskens 

Sales Manager 

Adam Cady 

Patron & Ticket Services Manager 

Ticket Services: Abbott Nixon, 

Anika Lindquist, Patrick O’Herron and 

Scott Scheible 

Subscription Sales: Deborah Camizzi, 

Regina M. Ernst, Samantha Garner, 

Zachary Himmelsbach, Sarah Mayer, 

John VanHannaghan, Henry Zomerfeld 

Kleinhans Music Hall Staff 

Chuck Avery 

Master Electrician, IATSE local 10 

Danny Gill 

Sound Engineer, IATSE local 10 

Charlie McDonald 

Chief Engineer 

Tom Murphy 

Concessions Manager


Patron Information 

Backstage Access 

Access to backstage after a performance 

is strictly controlled. If you wish to see one 

of the performers please present yourself 

at the Stage Door (on the left as you face 

the stage) at the end of the performance. 

After a 10-minute waiting period the House 

Manager will be notified when and if 

access is available. 

Cameras, Recording Devices 

Filming and/or recording a performance is 

strictly prohibited. If you have a camera or 

recording device when you arrive, please 

ask an usher to arrange for safekeeping of 

the item until after the performance. 

Food and Beverages 

Food and beverages are not allowed in the 

main hall. 

Handicapped Seating/Assistance 

Patrons requiring special assistance are 

urged to contact the Box Office prior 

to attending the concert for special 

handicapped seating arrangements. 

Handicapped seating is located on the 

main floor on the extreme outside aisles 

from rows A-CC. Hearing Assistance 

Devices are available at the coat check. 

Late Arrivals 

Patrons arriving after the performance has 

started will be seated at the discretion of the 

House Manager. Seating will not be until 

the first suitable break or at intermission. 

Note that late seating may not be in the 

purchased location. 

Lost and Found 

You may present items to any usher. All items 

found in the hall will be held at the coat 

check area during the performance and 

at the Kleinhans Music Hall Administrative 

Office for 90 days. 883-3560 x7. 

Medical/Security 

Security staff is available at all times. Please 

notify an usher if there is a security need. 

Medical assistance is available when 

required; again please notify an usher or 

any BPO staff member. 

Missed Performances 

If you cannot attend a performance, we 

urge you to give your tickets to a friend or 

business associate. You may also donate 

your tickets to the Box Office for resale. 

Subscribers may exchange their tickets for 

future performances. 

Parking Options for the 

2010-2011 Season 

Kleinhans Music Hall Lot - 

3 Symphony Circle Buffalo (14201). Parking 

available for all concerts for $5 per vehicle. 

Price Rite North Street Lot - FREE 

Parking is available for all Saturday 

and Sunday concerts in the Price Rite lot 

located at 253 North Street (14213) at 

College Street. This lot accommodates 

approximately 200 vehicles and is within 

a comfortable walking distance of the 

music hall. 

D’Youville College Lot - FREE parking is 

also available for select performances at 

430 West Ave (14213) lot of D’Youville 

College. This lot can accommodate 

approximately 250 vehicles. A shuttle 

service from the D’Youville lot is available 

for $2 per person. Join our email list at 

bpo.org for notification of when this lot 

is available. 

Symphony Shuttles – On Saturday 

Concert nights you can get round trip ride 

from one of the following restaurants for only 

$10 round trip. Call 1-800-318-9430 for 

shuttle reservations beginning Mondays 

before each concert weekend. 

Salvatore’s Italian Gardens 

Restaurant in Depew. 

Shuttle departs at 7 PM. 

Roycroft Inn in East Aurora at 6:30 PM and 

stop at Ilio DiPaolo’s in Blasdell at 7 PM 

Sonoma Grille in Amherst at 7 PM and 

stop at Prime 490 in Buffalo at 7:20 PM 

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