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WSO Annual Report – 2008/2009 Season 

W I N N I P E G S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A 

A l e x a n d e r M i c k e l t h w a t e , M u s i c D i r e c t o r 

YOUR CITY. YOUR SOUND. YOUR SYMPHONY. 

2 0 0 8 . 0 9 S E A S O N 

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS 

July 15, 2009 4:00 pm | The Manitoba Centennial Centre Corporation | Piano Nobile level | 555 Main Street | Winnipeg Manitoba 

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A l e x a n d e r M i c k e l t h w a t e , M u s i c D i r e c t o r 

Mission 

To provide exceptional musical experiences for Manitobans. 

2020 Vision 

• The WSO will be an internationally recognized model of artistic 

excellence and community relevance. 

• Structural pillars that include: 

� excellent musicians 

� innovative programs 

� strong leadership 

� diversified revenue streams 

� solid financial foundation 

Strategies: for 2008 - 2013 

• To build the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s governance, artistic, and 

operational capacity. 

• To build the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s community (artists and 

audience) through education and outreach 

• To identify and deliver expanded opportunities to bring music into 

people’s lives. 

• To enhance the ability of musicians to live and thrive in the community. 

Values 

� Artistic Excellence � Community Leadership � Organizational Strength 

� Innovation � Stewardship � Inclusion 

� Entrepreneurship � Respect � Collaboration


MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 

�� Dorothy Dobbie 

I am happy to report that this has been another wonderful 

year and that we are very pleased that our team – the 

orchestra, the administration and the board – has been able 

to pull together and produce a number of firsts again this 

year. 

The highlight, and there were several, was the first Annual 

Indigenous Festival in April. Our curator, Andrew Balfour in 

collaboration with Eagle and Hawk and Maestro Alexander 

Mickelthwate, did a wonderful job in producing what was truly 

a magical week – the first event of its kind where our two 

cultures came together to create something new and exciting. We are thrilled 

with its success and Alexander and folks from the Aboriginal community are 

already hard at work, planning an even bigger event next year. I’d like to thank 

the minister, the Hon. Eric Robinson, for his support and encouragement. And I 

hear Vince Fontaine has a new career, planning gigs with other orchestras now 

that he has the orchestration for his music! Way to go, Vince. 

I would also like to congratulate composer in residence, Vincent Ho, on a 

successful and innovative New Music Festival last season and winning CBC’s 

People’s Choice award for his composition, Nature Whispers. 

Another highlight was the launch last September of our very own radio show, 

Musically Speaking, courtesy of CJOB. It is hosted by Maestro Alexander 

Mickelthwate and Trudy Schroeder, our hardworking executive director and 

together they have created a growing audience. I’d like to thank Trudy and 

Alexander who do this for us on a volunteer basis and I’d especially like to thank 

CJOB Manager Garth Buchko and news director Vic Grant for their faith in us 

and for giving us this opportunity. I believe that this is the first orchestra in North 

America to host such a weekly show. 

A third highlight was the world premiere of the “I Believe” concert to mark the 

Holocaust, produced in conjunction with Zane Zalis and the Jewish community of 

Winnipeg. I’d especially like to mention the support of Arnold Freeman of 

Advance Electronics, who worked so tirelessly to make the event a huge 

success. We send our best wishes for success to Zane as he markets the 

concert around the world. 

The annual conductor’s symposium was another hit this year. It helped us to 

choose a new resident conductor, Richard Lee, who you will meet this fall. 

Richard Lee, who is a Canadian from the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, will 

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replace the popular Rei Hotoda, who completed her term with us this spring and 

who has gone to work with the Dallas Symphony. 

In addition to these special highlights, we had several sold-out concerts in 

Winnipeg this year. Our audience in Brandon is once again growing. I am happy 

to report that, over all, our seat sales are up 10% over last year, so everyone is 

clearly doing something right. 

I would like to acknowledge and thank our funders, the Canada Council, 

Canadian Heritage, the Province of Manitoba, the City of Winnipeg, Arts 

Stabilization Manitoba Inc., the Winnipeg Foundation and our many private 

sector donors, including IMRIS, the Scotia Bank and the Richardson Foundation. 

The Women’s committee, under the able leadership of President Lesia Peet, has 

made a huge contribution as always and it is much appreciated. Thank you as 

well to all our volunteers. 

Of all the good news about this year, the best is that we produced an operating 

surplus of $18,000 in spite of the difficult economy. This is a credit to our hard 

working and dedicated team including our musicians, our board and our 

administration. The musicians and the maestro receive credit for their always 

excellent musical presentations; the Board for both its direction and its 

fundraising efforts; and our administration, led by Trudy Schroeder, for being the 

glue that holds everything together and makes good decisions about managing 

the operation. 

Finally, I would like to congratulate Bill and Shirley Loewen for their appointment 

as our directors emeriti. I would also like to announce the formation of the 

President’s Advisory Committee and to congratulate those who have been 

appointed to this body. This committee will be made up of members who have 

been of service to the WSO over the years and will recognize the wisdom and 

experience they have still to contribute. 

Thank you all for your continued support and confidence in the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra. 

Dorothy Dobbie 

President & Chair, Board of Directors 

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

�� Trudy Schroeder 

As I try to consider the past year in an overall picture, I 

have a sense of a remarkable kaleidoscope of people, 

programs, music, opportunities, triumphs and challenges. 

The overarching impression I am left with is of an 

organization of remarkable versatility. The WSO very 

clearly has a desire to serve its community in new and 

innovative ways while also firmly being connected to and 

committed to the traditions and artistic richness of past 

generations of symphonic musical creation. 

From the planning, preparations and learning process of the 2008 summer 

season to the intensity and unrelenting pace of the fall and winter season, the 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra has become a remarkable shape shifting 

organization that reconfigures and deploys with astounding versatility. The 

musicians and administrative staff with the direction, support and oversight of the 

board of directors change focus and move from one program to other forms 

many times over the course of the year. 

From 20 th anniversary concerts at the Forks through a fully engaged series of 

education programs to film presentations ranging from Joan of Arc through to 

The Bear. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival in itself 

provides more concerts and more variation of program than many music 

organizations are able to deliver in one full year of programming. The Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra delivers incredible value to its community through 

commitment to youth and education, to outreach and inclusion, and to 

maintaining a strong symphonic presence in Manitoba’s rural communities. 

The most important measure of our success as an organization is our ability to 

return value to the community that supports and provides a home for this 

institution. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra provides this value to the 

community in multiple and measurable forms. The WSO welcomed hundreds of 

excited young people to full participation in an extraordinary performance of 

Carmina Burana in our Rising Stars concert program in February and performed 

in dozens of schools and hospitals and day care centres. 

Throughout the year there have been a whole series of firsts for the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra, and I believe that is a measure of the full intention to take 

every step necessary to be fully relevant and engaged in its community. 

Noteworthy first ventures include the first Indigenous Festival, the Rising Stars 

program, the I Believe project, the Musically Speaking radio program on CJOB, 

the baroque series in conjunction with Virtuosi Concerts and the summer series. 

Continuing commitment to innovation exists in our 18 th New Music Festival, the 

2 nd International Conducting Symposium, the second annual spring gala, and the 

series of house concerts that were held during the year. 

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Overall, the sheer volume and intensity of the WSO’s year is somewhat 

astonishing. In this, my first season on the staff of the WSO, I have been so 

thankful for the hard work and competence of a dedicated administrative staff, 

the support and guidance of the board of directors, the generosity and 

commitment of the volunteers, sponsors, donors, funders and patrons of the 

WSO, and the truly wonderful opportunity to work with the charming and talented 

Alexander Mickelthwate and talented musicians of the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra. 

At the close of this 61 st season of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra we can 

proudly say that we have served our community well, advanced the art form, and 

truly been connected in the most important ways with an ongoing tradition of 

great music and musicians in Manitoba. 

Trudy Schroeder 

Executive Director 

MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR 

It is with true pride and gratitude toward the entire 

organization of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra that I 

submit my report of a highly successful 08/09 season. 

As the artistic mind behind the entire orchestra it is of 

utmost importance for me to find an exciting balance 

between repertoire that stretches the imagination and skill 

set of the orchestra and the audience and music that has 

proven itself part of everyday knowledge and admiration of 

us here in the 21 st century. And, in trying to find a healthy 

balance between traditional ways of presenting concerts 

and new ways in connecting with different parts of the 

�� Alexander Mickelthwate community and making a real impact in the 'every day 

lives' of people. 

In my opinion music (classical, jazz, pops, you name it) has true, tangible, almost 

magical power to take the listener and touch him or her in a very personal way 

that catapults him out of his life into something that goes way beyond our 

physical senses. To me this gives tremendous satisfaction and it is something 

that always will draw an audience. And it is something that our fast-paced popculture 

will never be able to compete with because of it's lack of depth. So we all 

here are in the real business of touching and changing lives! 

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Last season brought several masterworks to Winnipeg that hadn't been 

performed before in Manitoba. I'm thinking of beautifully and heartfelt readings of 

our orchestra of Sibelius' Lemminkainen, Messiaens' Turangalila Symphony and 

Mahler's Symphony No. 6. Together with several classical blockbusters like 

Beethoven's symphonies no. 7, 8 and 9 and pieces like Holst The Planets and 

Mussorgskies Pictures at an Exhibition, it created a season that helped draw 

more audiences. 

It was through imaginative programming in the New Music Festival with our 

movie night, the breathtaking percussion ensemble Scrap Arts Music and a 

concert of newly invented instruments that for the first time ever the festival 

financially broke even. Vincent Ho, our composer in residence and co-curator 

was doing absolutely heroic work. Thanks for all your ideas and follow-through. 

It is testimony to a healthy and courageous organization to look for new ways of 

artistic expression and to become more meaningful to its community. 

Last season we started 2 new endeavors that became the water-cooler talk of 

the city. First we started a new annual concert called Rising Stars, where we 

drew over 300 choristers of many different schools plus the entire Winnipeg 

Youth Orchestra performing Carmina Burana with the WSO to a sold out 

Centennial Concert Hall. The musicians of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

truly became the heroes of a whole new generation of young music lovers. 

Secondly we saw the inaugural concerts of our new annual Indigenous Festival. 

We presented 4 nights of music and film rooted in the Indigenous history of 

Manitoba, Canada and our world. Judging by the feedback, this was a historic 

event in Canada and judging by the audience it was also a first. Thanks to 

composer and co-curator Andrew Balfour whose music transformed all of us at 

Thunderbird House and who was a perfect link between the different cultures. 

For our final concert of the Festival we had an audience cheering for Eagle and 

Hawk AND the WSO. 

To me personally the organization grew last year to a highly flexible and creative 

organism that could become the model of symphonic organizations of the 21 st 

century. I want to comment on the honest team spirit in all decision making from 

the programming committees of the orchestra, to the curators of the festivals, 

and to all the staff. 

At the core of it all stands of course the outstanding music making of our 

orchestra. I want to thank those 65 musicians who played many memorable 

performances. To me the orchestra's playing of Strauss' Also Sprach 

Zarathustra, Messiaens Turangalila and Tchaikovsky's and Mahlers 6 

symphonies stand out and I want to commend everybody for their dedication and 

beautiful playing. 

I would like to specifically mention Doug Bairstow (principal oboe) who finished 

his career with the orchestra after 44 years of very dedicated music making. We 

will see several new faces next season: a new principal oboe, assistant principal 

cello, assistant principal second violin and a new assistant conductor. I am 

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personally very excited that we were able to attract such a high caliber of 

musicians. 

Our international conducting master-class continued to attract lots of applications 

for the 12 active spots and with master teacher Larry Rachlef and acting coach 

Debbie Divine we were able to give back by teaching and giving advice for the 

next generation of music directors. 

My highlight every year is of course Up close and Orchestral, where we connect 

with several fantastic high schools throughout Winnipeg. To me this is just the 

beginning. The amazing thing about creativity is that it is exactly that – creative 

and that means it is endless and full of fun and joy and beauty, and that is exactly 

what is touching lives. 

At the end I want to thank our outgoing assistant conductor Rei Hotoda for 3 

years of dedication and beautiful music making. 

I am truly honored in being the music director of this organization and I'm looking 

with absolute excitement and joy to the future. 

Alexander Mickelthwate 

Music Director 

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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT 


The Organization had a very successful year on many levels as described in 

above reports. Financially it was also a success ending with an operating 

surplus for the 2008/09 fiscal year of $18K. During the year the WSO also 

received the first installment from the Arts Stabilization Manitoba of $100K. The 

combination of both reduced our Fund Balances deficit from $(337K) in 2007/08 

to $(218K) in 2008/09. 

The operation of a professional symphony orchestra is fragile at the best of times 

but currently the WSO looks well placed to build on the foundation laid down over 

the past two years. This foundation is built on the innovation evidenced by the 

new projects started in the past year that will continue into the future; the 

Summer Season, the Indigenous Festival, the Conductors Symposium, and the 

focus on Education and Outreach. 

For the coming season the WSO has again budgeted for a small surplus. This is 

expected to be attained through a more marketable program in our Pops series 

increasing ticket sales plus rebuilding the fund raising program spearheaded by 

our new Director of Development. 

There will always be challenges but currently the organization is strong largely 

due to a strong cooperative spirit between the stakeholders of the organization 

including among others the Musicians, Staff and Board. 

I would like to express the appreciation of the Board, musicians and staff to 

BCCA LLP the auditors of the WSO for the past 6 years, especially Ryan 

Peterson the manager of our annual audit. As a cost saving exercise the WSO 

put out a tender for the annual audit of the WSO in February this year. Five 

quotes were received. The successful bid was from the firm of Runchey 

Miyazawa Abbot. 

Respectively submitted, 

Muriel Smith 

2 nd Vice-President & 

Chair, Finance & Audit Committee 

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GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE’S REPORT 

Retiring Directors 

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors has received the 

resignations of the following Directors: 

1. Wally Fox-Decent 

2. Sherrill Hershberg 

3. Bill Knight 

4. Dr. Hermann Lee 

On behalf of the Board, musicians and staff, I would like to express our sincere 

gratitude and appreciation to each of these Directors for their efforts on behalf of 

the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra during their respective terms of office. 

New Nominations 

New nominations are being proposed for election to the WSO Board of Directors 

as follows: 

1. Irene Merie 

2. Greg Doyle 

3. William (Bill) Shead 


Dr. Brendan MacDougall 

Past President & 

Chair, Governance & Nominating Committee 

DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE REPORT 

We would like to thank all of our corporate and private donors, sponsors and 

government funders for their support. Over 150 businesses in Manitoba 

demonstrated once again how important the WSO is to our city and our province 

through their donations to our Corporate Campaign and through gifts-in kind. We 

thank them for their commitment to the WSO. A very special thanks to our 

Sponsors for their leadership support last year and this coming season. 

On behalf of the board, musicians and staff of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

I would like to salute the Women’s Committee who work tirelessly throughout the 

season in support of the organization. Thank you for your dedication. 


Ed Martens 

1 st Vice-President & 

Chair, Development & Fundraising Committee 

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Endowment Fund 

Dr. & Mrs. Jaroslaw Barwinsky 

Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund, 

through the Jewish Foundation 

Ms. Marion Bruno 

3 Anonymous 

Mr. Ray Davis 

Miss Helene Dyck 

Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond 

Marilyn & Helios Hernandez 

In Memory of Bente Cunnings 

Corporate Partners 

Resident Artist 

between 10000.00 and 24999.00 

Corus Entertainment Inc. 

Principal Chair 

between 5000.00 and 9999.00 

Johnston Group Inc. 

National Leasing 

Qualico 

Assistant Principal Chair 

between 2500.00 and 4999.00 

J.K. Investments Ltd. 

Orchestra Chair 

between 1000.00 and 2499.00 

Cambrian Credit Union 

Dormond Industries 

New Music Festival Club 

Aubrey & Linda Asper 

Mrs. Anne England 

Anonymous 

Paul & Nel Henteleff 


Richard & Karen Howell 

Dr. Keith Davies Jones & Dr. Gwyneth Jones 

Share the Music 

Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory 

Richard Arcand 

Assiniboine Credit Union 

Andrew Horatio Budyk 

In Memory of Raymond Crossman 

Barbara Cook 

WSO Annual Report – 2007/2008 Season 

In Memory of Madeleine Suzanne Gauvin 

In Memory of Jessica Bernardin 

R. & J. Lewis 

Kathleen Lovelace 

Robin MacMillan 

Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae Barbara Main 

James Manishen 

Ms. Lori Marks 

Mrs. Jean H. McLennan 

In Memory of Edward "Bud" Harlow 

Gendis Inc. 

Peerless Garments LP 

Premier Printing Ltd. 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

Music Stand 

between 500.00 and 999.00 

Belton Financial Services Ltd. 

Florence & Sheldon Berney 

Birchwood Automotive Group 

Coghlan's Limited 

Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. 

Deloitte Foundation 

E.H. Price Limited 

InterGroup Consultants Ltd. 

Lawton Partners 

Long & McQuade Musical Instruments 

Manitoba's Credit Unions 

Mrs. Koren Kaminski 

Kozub/Halldorson Family 

T.G. Kucera 

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lambert 

Ms. Kathleen Leathers 


Douglas MacEwan 

Ms. Teresa Martin 

Mr. Adam Geras 

M. & G. Crielaard 

In Honour of Liz Kristjanson 

Catherine Harrison 

In Memory of Peter D. Curry 

Investors Group 

Fred & Karen Nicholson 

Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish 

Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart 

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Stothers 

Mrs. C.M. Valentine 

In Memory of Graham Dixon 

In Memory of Evelyn Turner 

In Memory of Diane Bairstow 

Women's Committee of the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra 

Number Ten Architectural Group 

Piston Ring Service 

Pitblado LLP 

Pollard Banknote Limited 

Red River Co-Operative Ltd. 

Silpit Industries Co. Ltd 

The Smith Agency Ltd. 

Riser 

between 250.00 and 499.00 

The Manitoba Teachers' Society 

Patill/St. James Insurance 

Donor 

between 0.01 and 249.99 

Ancast Industries Ltd. 

Donald M. Ross, Fraser & Partners 

Gunn's Bakery 

Ron & Sandi Mielitz 

Ms. Sheila Miller 

Mrs. Brenda Morlock 

Margaret Moroz 

Lesia Peet 

Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope 

Mr. Doug Shewfelt 

Karin Woods 

Peter Miller 

Corinne Platonov 

Carolynne Presser 

In Memory of Agnes Travis 

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Taylor 

Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor 

Mr. Robert Vineberg 

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Maestro’s Circle 

Platinum Baton 

$25,000 + 

Bill & Shirley Loewen 

Gold Baton 

$10,000 - $24,999 


Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope 

Silver Baton 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Carol Bellringer & Greg Doyle 

Morley & Marjorie Blankstein Fund, through 

the Jewish Foundation 

Muriel Smith 

Concertmaster's Bow 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Babs Asper 

Joyce & Margaret Beggs 

Bill & Margaret Fast 

Gail Asper & Michael Paterson 

Mr. Frank Fred Gladky 

Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard 

Kevin & Els Kavanagh 

Leonard & Susan Asper 

Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall 

Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley 

Frank & Jeanne Plett 

Lawrie & Fran Pollard 

George & Tannis Richardson 

Jimmy & Morse Silden 

Mr. John Thistlethwaite 

Black Tie 

$1,500 - $2,499 

Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper 

Mr. Jim Barrett 

Birks Inc. 

Mrs. Lucienne Blouw 

Friends 

Symphony 

$600.00 - $1499 

William & Irmgard Baerg 

Len & Mary Bateman 

Reesor & Norma Bingeman 

David & Jillian Bird 

Mrs. Dorothy Black 

Gerry & Lorraine Cairns 

Bruno Gossen & Solange Chabannes 

Ms. Patricia Chaychuk 

Dr. & Mrs. V. Chernick 

Jan & Kevin Coates 

Dr. & Mrs. C. Dawes 

John & Gay Docherty 


Dr. John & Mrs. Leah Bracken 

Doneta & Harry Brotchie 

Herb & Erna Buller 

Kori & Cynthia Buhler 

Timothy & Barbara Burt 

Mr. Jim Carr 

Mr. Robert Chipman 

Mr. & Mrs. Albert & Irena Cohen 

James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen 

Art & Leona DeFehr 

Faye Dixon 

Dorothy Dobbie 

Dr. Glen Drobot 

Harold & Judith Dueck 

Marten & Joanne Duhoux 

Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline 

Corporation Limited 

Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens 

Judy Fields 

Ms. Barbara Filuk 

Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen 

David & Evelyn Friesen 

Mrs. Minnie Friesen 

Rudy & Edith Friesen 

Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg 

Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon 

Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta 

Ray & Lynne-Anne McFeetors 

Mrs. Elba Haid 

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins 

Dane & Sherrill Hershberg 

Richard & Carol Jones 

Mr. Daren Jorgenson 

Ian A. Kay 

Michael & Glenna Kay 

Peter Kroeker & Alvina Block 

Hon. Otto Lang & Madame Justice Deborah 

McCawley 

Jack & Zina Lazareck 

Dr. Hermann K. Lee 

Paul Leinburd 

Mr. Abdo A. El Tassi 

Carrie Ferguson 

Delores Gembey 

Robert & Linda Gold 

Gwen Hodgson 

Michael & Hélène Hoffer 

June & Lawrence Jones 

Millie & Wally Kroeker 

W.K. Labies 

Fraser & Joan Linklater 

Terry & Vi Moore 

Bonnie & Richard Olfert 

Blair & Kari Parker 

Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish 

Ted & Wanda Lismer 

Dr. Judith Littleford 

John Loewen 

Suzanne & Graham Lount 

Dr. David Lyttle 

Ed & Pat Martens 

Ron & Sandi Mielitz 

Ken & Judy Murray 

Ted & Mary Paetkau 

Wayne & Linda Paquin 

Gerald D. Parkinson 

Harvey & Sylvia Pollock 

Mr. & Mrs. G.V. Price 

John & Violet Rademaker 

Dr. Diane Ramsey 

Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer 

Hartley & Heather Richardson 

Jim & Leney Richardson 

Mrs. Shirley Richardson 

Edward Richmond 

Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter 

Mr. & Mrs. H. Sanford Riley 

In Memory of Geraldine L. Robinson 

Tamara & Garry Roehr 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard & Helga Roehr 

Trudy Schroeder & Norman Dyck 

Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe 

Jack & Elaine Sine 

Dudley & Eleanor Thompson 

Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen 

Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass 

Mr. Richard Turner, in Memory of Graham 

Dixon 

Edward & Irene Warkentin 

Professor A.M.C. Waterman 

Don & Florence Whitmore 

Klaus & Elsa Wolf 

Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann 

Ivy & Norval Young 

Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle 

Dr. & Mrs. Phil Poon 

Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl 

Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Rabson 

Mr. & Mrs. N.W. Reilander 

Jim & Pat Richtik 

Justice & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin 

Olga & Bill Runnalls 

Bill & Winnifred Sim 

Ms. Inga Storgaard 

Miss Inga Storgaard 

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

Raymond & Shirley Wiest 

2 Anonymous 

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Friends (cont.) 

Concerto $300.00 - $599.00 

Margaret M. Adams 

Judy & Jay Anderson 

Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory 

Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood 

Ms. Margaret Barbour 

Cheryl & Earl Barish 

Monty & Marie-Claire Bell 

Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts 

Reesor & Norma Bingeman 

Mrs. Dorothy Black 

Mr. Jim Bracken 

Sheila & David Brodovsky 

Dee & Harold Buchwald, C.M., Q.C. 

Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster 

Elizabeth Buggey 

Gerry & Lorraine Cairns 

Laura Campbell 

Gail Carruthers 

Dr. & Mrs. V. Chernick 

Dr. & Mrs. David Connor 

Barbara Cook 

Arthur Cramer & Darlene Stewart 

Mr. Ray Crossman 

Ted & Margaret Cuddy 

Cameron & Tanya Derksen 

Timothy Dewart & Denise Marks 

Kevin & Pam Friesen 

Adrian Frost 

Penny Gilbert 

Marj & Gil Goodman 

Marjory Graham 

Mrs. Harold W. Grant 

Patricia Guy 

Julie Hancher 

Mary & Gregg Hanson 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. J. Harvey 

Mr. Daniel Heindl 

Elsie Hignell 

Sonia & Harvey Hosfield 

Helmut & Dorothy Huebert 

Robert Jaskiewicz 

Mr. Leroy M. Johnson 

Marianne Johnson 

David & Diane Johnston 

Penny & Gerald Kalef 

Koren & Leonard Kaminski 

Mr. & Mrs. Burton J Kennedy 

Dr. I Kinizsi 

Ms. Heather Kirkham 

Susan & Keith Knox 

T.G. Kucera 

M.L. Kuntzemueller 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Levit 

James & Pat Ludwig 

In the Memory of Lisa Lugtig 

Robert Mondy 

Mrs. Sharon Mooney 

Margaret Moroz 

Mrs. J.E. Morris 

Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould 


George & Gladys Oelkers 

Carol Paradine 

Shelley Parham & David Smith 

Blanche Parsons 

Mrs. G.T. Pearson 

Mrs. Betty Peddie 

Mr. & Mrs. Marcel Pelletier 

Vic & Gwen Pinchin 

Donna & Ian Plant 

Mr. Douglas A. Pollard 

Douglas A. Pollard 

Mrs. Delia Power 

Carolynne Presser 

Rosemary Prior 

Michelle Redekopp & Kenneth Kulchyski 

J E Louanne Reid 

Jim & Pat Richtik 

The Hon. & Mrs. Duff Roblin 

Bruce Roe & Margo Lane 

Donald & Karen Ross 

Merrill & Shayna Shulman 

E. Stamp 

Harold & Brenda Standing 

Curtis & Lorane Steiman 

Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart 

Walter & Margaret Swayze 

Lee Treilhard 

Susan & Kerr Twaddle 

Mr. Peter van Dijken 

Robert & Shawna Visch 

Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Heather Williams 

Harry & Evelyn Wray 

6 Anonymous 

Serenade $150.00 - $299.00 

Ross & Doreen Adamson 

Trish Allison-Simms 

Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong 

S. Attwood & M. Dupuis 

Mr. Murray & Mrs. Isabel Auld 

Ray & Barb Bailey 

George & Eleanore Balacko 

Dr. & Mrs. Jaroslaw Barwinsky 

Dick & Minnie Bell 

Ruth Bellan, through the Jewish Foundation 

Archie & Teresa Benoit 

Mr. & Mrs. Benson 

Audrey & Barry Bermack 

Mark & Zita Bernstein Family Foundation 

Helga & Gerhard Bock 

Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Bolton 

Frances Booth 

Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles 

Mrs. Jean M. Bradley 

Ms. Marion Bruno 

Mrs. Kimberley Burfoot 

Sel & Chris Burrows 

John & Lois Cameron 

Mrs. Mary C. Campbell 

Ron Clement 

Con-Pro Industries 

Mrs. Joyce Cooper 

Irene Crofts 

Gary & Fiona Crow 

Ted & Margaret Cuddy 

Ms. Linda Daniels 

Bob & Alison Darling 

W.C. Davies 

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman 

Sally R. Dowler 

John & Ada Ducas 

Miss Helene Dyck 

Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton 

Clifford & Kathleen Edwards 

George B. Elias 

Miss Tina Enns 

Ken & Connie Epp 

Margaret E. Faber 

Mrs. B.B. Fast 

Margaret & Bob Ferguson 

Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset 

Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald 

Doug & Phyllis Flint 

Mrs. Evelyn Forget 

Reg Friend 

Arnold & Christa Froese 

Harold & Alice Funk 

Eileen George 

Harry & Mary Giesbrecht 

Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham 

George & Marilyn Grant 

Larry & Sue Greer 

Lucien Guenette, C.A. 

Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Audrey Harburn 

Harry & Sylvia Haywood-Monk 

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2008- 2009 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 


Alexander’s third full season as music director continued to build on his desire for a 

balanced musical season to both excite WSO audiences and stimulate new ones. A 

broad sampling of the core symphonic literature in the Masterworks series included 

Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 

(Pathétique) and Holst’s celebrated orchestral classic The Planets. First WSO 

performances of Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 

added exciting new vistas to our classics series and the WSO rose to the occasion 

in truly inspired performances. The orchestra closed its Beethoven Symphony cycle 

with performances of the Seventh led by eminent guest conductor Matthias Bamert, 

the Eighth and a sold-out Ninth. A fine collection of soloists appeared throughout the 

Masterworks series with especially notable performances from bass Nikita Storojev 

in highlights from Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov, pianist Sergei Saratovsky, 

violinist James Ehnes and concertmaster Gwen Hoebig. 

Our choral series continued in strong fashion with excellent attendances. As well as 

the choral portions of Boris Godunov and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 

Mennonite Festival Chorus again showed why Manitoba is the nation’s choral 

capital, with a wonderful account of Handel’s Messiah. We look forward to next 

season’s presentations of Haydn’s The Creation and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, 

both hallmarks of the literature. 

Our hosted Musically Speaking series offered a stimulating product mix with newly 

designed scripts by the WSO’s artistic team, visual elements, actors and fascinating 

archival material, all focusing on the universal genius of Leonardo da Vinci and its 

musical equivalents. 

Our Pops season offered a wide mix of music and styles for all to enjoy. Notable 

were the dazzling virtuosity of Time for Three, the ever popular Bravo Broadway 

team of singers, the return of Five By Design and comedian Rainer Hersch’s all new 

show Last Night of the Proms…Ever! We especially thank our departing assistant 

conductor Rei Hotoda for her valued contributions conducting three of our seven 

programs. 

Our outreach department was especially busy in the 2008-09 Season. In 

September, Alexander and the orchestra visited seven high schools throughout the 

city in the aptly titled Up Close and Orchestral series, promoting the season and 

filling the various gyms and auditoriums with great music. Similarly, our Adventures 

in Music series in March and April brought approximately 15,000 elementary school 

students to the concert hall for a highly successful concert that featured, among 

much else, an aerial dancer! 

Our Great-West Life, Great Explorations Sundays with the Family series again 

proved highly successful with concerts averaging well over 1000 in attendance. The 

live-music-to-film of composer Howard Blake’s score to the movie The Bear proved 

a special hit. There was much for the eyes throughout the series, including the 

brilliant puppets in Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstock and Carnival of the 

Animals. Entertainer Al Simmons brought his special brand of fun to the series. 

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The WSO’s second international conducting symposium took place in January. Over 

70 applicants from around the world competed for the 12 spots, where budding 

conductors got the chance to work with the orchestra over a weekend. A 

distinguished faculty included the eminent conducting teacher Larry Rachleff, with 

Alexander, Carl Topilow and other fine conducting teachers offering insight and 

enlightenment to the students. 

Once again, Winnipeg new music-lovers’ hearts and souls were warmed in the 

middle of our cold winter by the 2009 Imris New Music Festival. Curated by 

Alexander and our engaging composer-in-residence Vincent Ho, the festival’s 

highlights included more live-music-to-film in a concert featuring the classic Carl 

Dreyer film The Passion of Joan of Arc with music by Richard Einhorn. Other 

highlights were the appearance of the exciting percussion group Scrap Arts Music. 

As has been the case since the festival began in 1992, we were graced by the 

attendance of distinguished composers: this year Denis Gougeon and Linda 

Bouchard, among others. Many local soloists rounded out a most successful festival. 

The orchestra’s first Indigenous Festival featured a well-received closing concert 

with the band Eagle and Hawk in worldpremiere 

arrangements by Charles Cozens. 

Curated by Andrew Balfour, the festival drew 

much interest and we are excited about 

building its audiences and content going 

forward. 

The orchestra continued to forge artistic 

connections with the community in several 

notable partnerships. November saw two well 

attended performances at Kildonan East Collegiate in cooperation with the River 

East Transcona School Division. Local students and teachers partnered with the 

WSO in this program. 

ARTISTIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 

February saw the debut of our Rising Stars concert, in partnership with the Winnipeg 

Youth Symphony Orchestra and high school ``honour’’ soloists from around the city. 

An extraordinary performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana received thunderous 

applause (and similar YouTube comments the next day when a rather grainy video 

appeared!). 

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The year’s singular community partnership highlight took place in May with the world 

premiere of Zane Zalis’s I Believe. This much anticipated event drew a sold-out 

audience plus numerous visiting dignitaries from outside the country. A recording 

was made that will be issued shortly. 

EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

The WSO’s exciting and innovative education programs were presented to more 

than 30,000 students during the 2008-2009 season. Reaching students from across 

Manitoba, these programs introduce orchestral music and instruments in an 

engaging and educational way. 

The season kicked off with the Up Close and Orchestral program. Led by our 

talented and vibrant conductors, this program visited seven high schools across 

Winnipeg in one week. More than 3500 students received a rare opportunity to 

meet the WSO and experience an “up close and personal” orchestra performance in 

their school. 

Continuing with the success of last season’s opening night, the WSO invited all high 

school students to attend the performance of Holst’s “The Planets” as part of the 

Musically Speaking series. Thanks to the support of the Richardson Foundation, 

these tickets were offered free of charge. More than 800 students attended to take 

in the wonder of this spectacular work. 

In response to teacher requests, an Open Dress Rehearsal program was launched 

this season called Musically Speaking for Young People. More than 1000 students 

attended two rehearsals to observe the WSO’s final preparations before a concert. 

Music Director, Alexander Mickelthwate hosted the rehearsals. 

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As part of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) Western Canada Tour, the 

WSO partnered with the NACO Education Department and the University of 

Winnipeg to present the Music Connections – Winnipeg program. This 10-week 

program involved 80 students in grades 3 to 6 from two inner city schools – Mulvey 

School and Dufferin School – who made and learned to play the Native flute. After 

weeks of preparing and learning 

from various teaching artists, the 

program culminated with a 

performance with eight NACO 

brass musicians at Westminster 

Church. The students performed 

“One People” and “Largo” from 

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, as well 

as their own creative response to 

the music of Vivaldi. 

Music Connections Program: Students from Mulvey 

School and Dufferin School performing with WSO brass 

musicians at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 

Groundbreaking Ceremony on December 19, 2008. 

The Bach to School program had ensemble groups – string, woodwind, brass and 

percussion - of the WSO visit more than 60 schools in Winnipeg, performing for 

students in their own gymnasium. In 

order to reach more students across 

our province, there were a number of 

new initiatives. A Woodwind Group 

created a program to specifically visit 

junior high schools in Winnipeg. To 

expand across the province, a String 

Group visited five different schools 

outside Winnipeg. We were very 

excited to announce that a newly 

formed Percussion Group visited 

schools with a presentation to 

showcase the many instruments in the 

percussion family. 

The Nursery Notes is an innovative program designed to reach pre-school aged 

children. An ensemble group from the WSO shared presentations in eleven different 

nursery schools across Winnipeg. The children connected with the music and 

instruments through interactive activities and a puppet named Symphony Sam. 

The WSO launched the Rising Stars program this year to a full house of excited 

parents, friends and community members. Featuring the Winnipeg Youth 

Symphony Orchestra and a combined choir of more than 300 students from 20 

schools across the province, these students performed Orff’s Carmina Burana with 

the WSO. The concert also featured a young vocalist, Sage Robinson, and two 

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young instrumentalists, Joshua Peters on violin and Ariel Carrabre on cello, 

performing with the WSO. 

Rising Stars Program: WSO Music Director Alexander Rising Stars Program: Massed High School Choir singing 

Mickelthwate visits Steinbach Regional Secondary School Carmina Burana with the WSO and the Winnipeg Youth 

to rehearse with choir students who sold the most tickets to Symphony Orchestra. 

the Rising Stars Concert on February 19, 2009. 

The WSO’s largest education program 

Adventures in Music presented seven 

concerts in March and April. More than 

13,000 elementary school students 

attended this program during the season. 

This year the “Classical Elements” series 

explored the Four Elements of fire, water, 

earth and air. Led by Assistant Conductor, 

Rei Hotoda, these concerts included more 

than 1500 students performing in choirs, 

recorder groups, strings groups, and 

composition groups on stage with the 

orchestra. WSO Assistant Conductor Rei Hotoda with choir students 

from Hanover and Sunrise School Divisions. 

Thanks to the Richardson Foundation, the WSO was able to return to Brandon for 

two sold-out concerts. In addition, the Adventures in Music program visited Portage 

la Prairie to perform for more than 400 students. 

Prior to each Sundays with the Family concert, the WSO presents an hour of preconcert 

activities for children ages 4-9. In partnership with Music for Young 

Children, these activities can include a craft station, rhythm ensembles, an 

instrument petting zoo and a conducting station. Manny Tuba attended each 

concert inviting children to learn about music, pose for pictures and bring their 

friends. The WSO hosted six birthday parties during the season, which included a 

special performance of “Happy Birthday” by the WSO for each birthday child. 

In partnership with the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Music, the WSO presented 

a Mentorship Program that provides opportunity for young university orchestra 

students to be mentored by professional orchestra musicians. The WSO musicians 

participated in the rehearsals to offer technical expertise, suggestions for rehearsing 

excerpts and demonstrate leadership skills. 

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For adult students, the WSO co-presents a series of Music Appreciation Courses 

with the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts and Creative Retirement. Led by 

instructor Don Anderson, these courses offer a wealth of information about classical 

music including themes from the WSO’s current season. 

OUTREACH PROGRAMS 

The WSO is committed to being an integral part of our community and bringing 

orchestral music to new audiences. 

Due to the success of the past three years, the WSO and the River East 

Transcona School Division presented two special community concerts at Kildonan 

East Collegiate in November. Building on the success of previous years, these 

concerts showcased more than 600 students and soloists from the division who 

performed with the WSO. 

In partnership with Manitoba Artists in Healthcare, the Artists in the Hospital 

program offers musical presentations by a WSO string quartet and Principal Harpist, 

Mr. Richard Turner at various healthcare centres across Winnipeg. Using live 

music, this program promotes the health and healing of hospital patients, visitors 

and staff in the community. 

Share the Music is a unique partnership with community organizations that enables 

economically disadvantaged children, their families and adults to attend WSO 

performances. Because of the generous donations by corporations and individuals, 

more than 3000 tickets were provided across the province this season. The 

organizations distribute tickets free of charge to people who want to hear our 

orchestra. 

Through the Musicians in the Making program, the WSO provides performance 

opportunities for young musicians in our community. This season, numerous school 

groups and students performed in the Piano Nobile Level prior to each Pops and 

Musically Speaking concerts throughout the season. During the 2008-2009 season, 

the WSO hosted students from as young as age 5 performing under the University 

of Manitoba, Division of Preparatory Studies Suzuki Program. 

The WSO continued a unique partnership with Sisler High School during the 2008- 

2009 season. As part of their Visual Arts program, approximately 30 students 

painted images inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. These paintings 

were on display during regular WSO concerts in February and March for our patrons 

to enjoy. 

Education and Outreach sponsors & partners: 

• In memory of Peter D. Curry 

• Richardson Foundation 

• Great-West Life Assurance Company 

• Investors Group 

• TD Financial Group 

• River East Transcona School Division 

• Manitoba Artists in Healthcare 

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BEYOND THE PERIMETER – TOUR REPORT 

The WSO regularly packs up instruments and musicians and heads out on the open 

road to take the full orchestra to communities throughout the province and beyond. 

Our regular concert series in Brandon presented a wide range of musical offerings, 

as we have done, five times per season, ensuring that music lovers in the Western 

regions of Manitoba can experience the wonder of live symphonic music. A Brandon 

season-highlight was the appearance of James Ehnes with the orchestra. 

December was especially busy, as the orchestra embarked on its Power Smart 

Holiday Express Tour with family-focused holiday concerts in Winkler, Russell, 

Portage la Prairie, Steinbach and Virden, with Sarah Halmarson as soloist. The 

orchestra’s Adventures in Music series saw early May performances in Brandon and 

Portage la Prairie. 

As always, the WSO continues to explore touring opportunities in Manitoba to 

ensure that all Manitobans may regard the orchestra as their own. 

NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Extase Extase Extase Extase - Passion and ecstasy are perfect words to describe our 2009 New 

Music Festival. As our theme suggests (EXTASE), our goal in our programming was 

to explore all forms of ecstasy though sight and sound. For seven nights, we 

presented a wide variety of events that featured new music in many exciting forms. 

The opening night concert set the tone for the festival, with Turangalila-symphonie 

by Olivier Messiaen. The symphony also featured soloist Jean Laurendeau on 

ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument, whose eerie and wavering sound 

has been used in such recent film scores as Amélie and There Will Be Blood. 

With our 2009 program, we maintained our position of being at the vanguard of the 

new music scene. For example, three important premieres took place. Canadian 

composers Orjan Sandred (from Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Greg Kozak (from 

Vancouver, B.C.) were commissioned to compose works specifically for our 

orchestra and a newly-invented instrument of their choice: an electronic wind 

controller (Dr. Sandred’s Yamaha WX5) and the Chariot of Choir (a 32-foot stainless 

steel percussion/string instrument built by Mr. Kozak, which was unveiled at our 

Festival). These works embodied historical and musicological significance and 

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marked a new era of concert classical music, where cutting edge technology and 

modern engineering met musical ingenuity and new music performance. 

Our third world premiere for the Festival was Vincent Ho’s Sonata for Violin and 

Piano, performed by Gwen Hoebig and David Moroz. This piece has been 

commissioned specially for our event by Harvard University’s Fromm Music 

Foundation. Their generous support had allowed us to present this new and exciting 

work by Canada’s fastest rising star. 

After the success of last year’s presentation of Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon the Brain, 

we were proud to present another 

motion picture event: Carl Dreyer’s film 

classic, The Passion of Joan of Arc 

(1928; for choir, soloists, orchestra 

and film), with a recent score by 

Richard Einhorn. This performance 

featured our own Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra, Prairie Voices Choir, and 

five local soloists. This evening drew 

many new listeners from the film 

community and general public. The 

response to this event was 

overwhelmingly enthusiastic. 

In addition to this element of “innovation,” we were proud to present Vancouver-based 

percussion group Scrap Arts Music as this year’s 

distinguished guest ensemble 

(www.scrapartsmusic.com). Performing on a 

battery of newly-invented instruments built out of 

scrap metal and industrial equipment, the group 

presented newly composed works specifically 

created for their musical inventions. The 

response to this concert was unanimously 

positive: a standing ovation with a 5-star review 

from the Winnipeg Free Press. 

Scrap Arts Music 

We had also incorporated a number of special events targeted to a younger 

audience (ages 16-25). These included the presentation of The Canadian Music 

Centre’s Emerging Composer Prize (for best orchestral work), an on-stage panel 

discussion for our “And You Call This Music?” evening (featuring guest artists and 

literary personalities), and our wind ensemble concert (featuring The Winnipeg 

Winds and the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble). These events generated 

high interest amongst a younger demographic audience, the academically-oriented, 

and members of the wind ensemble community. As well, our guest artists’ 

involvement with the local schools and colleges provided an educational component 

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to our Festival, giving a new generation of listeners the invaluable opportunity to 

discover what goes on in the concert classical world. 

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra has maintained its reputation as one of the 

premiere new music champions in the world. By providing such high-calibre 

performances and innovative programming, we delivered an important musical event 

of the highest artistic standards. The WSO New Music Festival will continue to be 

culturally relevant to the community by playing an integral role to the development of 

its musical culture. 

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2008 - 2009 

Orchestra Members 

First Violins Basses Trombones 

Gwen Hoebig ,Concertmaster Meredith Johnson, Principal John Helmer, Principal 

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Stanley Label, Assistant Principal Steven Dyer 

Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Paul Nagelberg 

Chris Anstey Bruce Okrainec Bass Trombone 

Raymond Chrunyk 

Hong Tian Jia 

Zdzislaw Prochownik Julia McIntyre, Principal 

Trevor Kirczenow Flutes Tuba 

Simon MacDonald Jan Kocman, Principal Chris Lee, Principal 

Rachel Moody Martha Durkin 

Julie Savard Timpani 

Jun Shao Piccolo Jauvon Gilliam, Principal 

**Jane Radomski Martha Durkin 

Percussion 

Second Violins Oboes Frederick Liessens, Principal 

Darryl Strain, Principal Doug Bairstow, Principal 

**Mona Coarda, Assistant Principal Robin MacMillan Harp 

Karen Bauch Richard Turner, Principal 

Laura Chenail English Horn 

Barbara Gilroy Robin MacMillan, Principal Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Narumi Higuchi Anne Elise Lavallee 

Boyd Mackenzie Clarinets 

Susan McCallum Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Principal Librarian 

Kathryn Sigsworth 

Claudine St- Arnauld 

Richard Klassen Raymond Chrunyk 

Bassoons Assistant Librarian 

Viola Alex Eastley, Principal Laura MacDougall 

Daniel Scholz, Principal 

Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal 

James Ewen 

Laszlo Baroczi Contrabassoon 

Richard Bauch 

Greg Hay 

James Ewen 

Suzanne McKegney Horns 

Merrily Peters Patricia Evans, Principal 

Mike Scholz Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal 

Shannon Linklater 

Cellos Caroline Oberheu 

Yuri Hooker, Principal 

**Emma Quackenbush, Assistant Principal 

Kenneth Strahl 

Alex Adaman Trumpets 

Margaret Askeland Brian Sykora, Principal 

Arlene Dahl Paul Jeffrey 

Carolyn Nagelberg 

Tom Watrous 

Steven van Gulik 

**One year term 

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SON 

WSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WOMENS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND STAFF 

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS 

His Honor the Honourable John Harvard P.C., O.M. 

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 

The Honourable Gary Doer, 

Premier of Manitoba 

His Worship Sam Katz, 

Mayor of the City of Winnipeg 

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

WSO Directors Emeritus 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Dorothy Dobbie, President & Chair 

Ed Martens, 1 st Vice-President 

Muriel Smith, 2 nd Vice-President 

Dr. Brendan MacDougall, Past President 

Michael Cox 

Arlene Dahl 

Wally Fox-Decent 

Dr. Daya Gupta 

Elba Haid 

Sherrill Hershberg 

Dr. Ian Kay 

Bill Knight 

Dr. Hermann Lee 

Lesia Peet 

Harvey Pollock, Q.C. 

Dr. William (Bill) Pope 

John Rademaker 

Ed Richmond 

Lorne Sharfe 

Joanne Sigurdson 

Karl Stobbe 

Richard Turner 

The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization 

governed by a voluntary Board of Directors. 

WOMEN’S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 

Lesia Peet, President 

Shirley Loewen, Vice-President 

Olga Runnalls, Past-President 

Koren Kaminski, Treasurer 

Evelyn Davidson, Secretary 

Louise Jones, Secretary 

ADMINISTRATION 

Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director 

Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant 

ARTISTIC 

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate 

Rei Hotoda, Assistant Conductor 

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence 

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS 

Jean Francois, Directors of Artistic Operations 

James Manishen, Artistic & Operations Associate 

Sue Stone, Production Manager 

Anne Elise Lavalee, Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Jacob Gurevich, Personnel Manager Emeritus 

Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor 

Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian 

Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian 

EDUCATION & OUTREACH 

Tanya Derksen, Education & Outreach Manager 

Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Assistant 

FINANCE 

John Bacon, CMA, Director of Finance & Administration 

Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator 

Terri O’Neill, Accounting & Administrative Assistant 

DEVELOPMENT 

Carol Cassels, Development Manager 

Irene Sas, Development Coordinator 

MARKETING & SALES 

Ryan Diduck, Director of Marketing & Public Relations 

Lindsay MacKenzie, Marketing & Communications 

Manager 

Sheena Stemler, Marketing & Communications 

Coordinator 

Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer 

PATRON SERVICES/BOX OFFICE 

Tara Forshaw, Patron Services Coordinator 

Jillian Yorke, Patron Services Representative 

Jason Hayes, Patron Services Representative 

Gerry McDougal, Patron Services Representative 

Janessa Nayler, Patron Services Representative 

Melissa Ungrin, Patron Services Representative 

Jordan Zalis, Patron Services Representative 

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W I N N I P E G S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A 

MAILING ADDRESS 

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 

1020-555 Main Street 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 

www.wso.mb.ca 

WSO PATRON SERVICES 

555 Main Street 

(Centennial Concert Hall) 

Phone: 204-949-3999 

Fax: 204-956-4271 

Email: boxoffice@wso.mb.ca 

WSO IN BRANDON 

205 - 20th Street 

(WestMan Centennial Auditorium) 

Brandon, MB R7B 1L6 

Brandon Patron Services: 204-728-9510 

Toll free to Winnipeg: 204-725-1165 

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