Ann Chang Plays Mozart

ANN CHANG
PLAYS MOZART
STREAMED CONCERT
February 26 | 7:30 PM
Delta David Gier, guest conductor
Ann Chang, piano

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ANN CHANG PLAYS MOZART.............10-13
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EDWARD POLOCHICK, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Edward Polochick, Music Director of Lincoln's
Symphony Orchestra since 1998, has expanded
LSO’s music series through innovative classical
music programs, family concerts, pops concerts,
and July 4th events like the Uncle Sam Jam.
For 31 years, he served as Artistic Director of
Concert Artists of Baltimore, an all-professional
chamber orchestra and vocal ensemble of eighty
musicians which he founded in 1987. Maestro
Polochick served on the faculty of the Peabody
Conservatory of Music in Baltimore from 1979
to 2020 in a multitude of conducting positions
including Associate Conductor of Orchestras,
Director of Choral Ensembles, and Opera
Conductor. Not only is he widely recognized as
a conductor, but is an award-winning pianist
and harpsichordist and regularly conducts from
the keyboard with Concert Artists, the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra, and Lincoln’s Symphony
Orchestra. He has also appeared as piano soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra under the direction of
Sir Neville Marriner.
Since winning the first Leopold Stokowski
Conducting Award in 1978 and, as a result,
conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, he
continues to attract world-wide attention as
an orchestral, choral, and operatic conductor.
In addition to conducting the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, his guest
appearances include the Houston Symphony,
Chautauqua Symphony, the Opera Company
of Philadelphia, Omaha Symphony, Jacksonville
Symphony, Charleston (SC) Symphony
Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony (Denmark),
Daejeon Philharmonic (South Korea), St.
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From 1979-1999, Mr. Polochick was on the
conducting staff of the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra as Director of the Symphony Chorus,
founder and director of the Baltimore Symphony
Chorus Chamber Singers, and frequent guest
conductor. During his tenure with the BSO, he
established annual Holiday Pops and Messiah
performances which have remained Baltimore
holiday traditions for nearly three decades. In the
summer of 1987, Mr. Polochick was conductor
of the Musicisti Americani Summer Festival
in Sulmona, Italy. In the autumn of that same
year, he conducted the Peabody Symphony
Orchestra in Moscow, the first appearance of
an American student orchestra in the Soviet
Union. In recognition of the Moscow tour,
Mr. Polochick received an ASCAP Award for
Adventurous Programming of American Music.
In 2000, Mr. Polochick received the Peggy and
Yale Gordon Achievement Award and was made
an honorary member of the Baltimore Music Club.
Two years later, he was awarded the coveted
Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumnus
Award. In 2004, he was named Baldwin Scholar at
the University of Notre Dame of Maryland where
he held lectures, demonstrations, and panels on
the creative act of music. He was awarded the
‘Keys to the City’ by Lincoln’s Mayor Coleen Seng
in 2007, and in 2010 received a commission
from Nebraska Governor David Heineman as an
Admiral in the Nebraska Navy. In 2011, he was
the only American to serve as an adjudicator for
the Rosa Ponselle International Vocal Competition
in Caiazzo, Italy.
Mr. Polochick is frequently asked to share his
knowledge and love of music at various lecture
series, adjudications, and radio broadcasts. Each
year renowned broadcaster, Marc Steiner, invites
him to co-host his radio program in Baltimore,
celebrating music of the holiday season. He is
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ANN CHANG PLAYS MOZART CLASSICAL
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021, 7:30PM
STREAMED CONCERT
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DELTA DAVID GIER, GUEST CONDUCTOR
ANN CHANG, PIANO
W. A. MOZART Serenade, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik 16’
(1756-1791) I. Allegro
II. Romanze
III. Menuetto
IV. Rondo
RICHARD STRAUSS Serenade for Winds, op. 7 10’
(1864-1949)
W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 30’
(1756-1791) I. Allegro
II. Romanza
III. Rondo
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DELTA DAVID GIER, GUEST CONDUCTOR
Delta David Gier has been called a dynamic
voice on the American music scene, recognized
widely forhis penetrating interpretations
of the standard symphonic repertoire,
passionate commitment to new music,
and significant community engagement.
Orchestras Mr. Gier has conducted include
the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia
Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony,
and the Minnesota Orchestra. In Europe, past
engagements include the Bergen Philharmonic
(Norway), the Polish National Radio Symphony
(with which he has several recordings), and the
Bucharest Philharmonic, along with many other
orchestras in Italy, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia and Turkey. In the Americas, he has had
a long relationship with the National Symphony
Orchestra of Costa Rica and has conducted
several orchestras in Mexico, including the
Orquesta de Camera de Bellas Artes. In
Asia, Mr. Gier’s engagements have included
the Singapore Symphony and the Thailand
Philharmonic, where he will return three
times this season. Last season he conducted
the American Composers Orchestra in the
inaugural concert of the China-U.S Composers
Project in Washington, D.C. Traveling to
China the summer of 2016 he conducted
the symphony orchestras of Qingdao and
Hebei in programs featuring American music.
Since 2004, Mr. Gier has been music director of
the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. During
that period the orchestra has been lauded
for its programming (including seven ASCAP
awards). His series based on the Pulitzer Prize
was called “an unprecedented programming
innovation” by the Wall Street Journal and has
included residencies with composers Jennifer
Higdon, Steven Stucky, Zhou Long, and Paul
Moravec. Under his direction, the SDSO has
expanded its offerings with a cycle of Mahler
symphonies and an annual semi-staged opera.
The Lakota Music Project was developed under
Gier’s direction to address racial tensions
between Native Americans and whites in the
region the SDSO serves. Now in its sixth year,
the LMP is a side-by-side program with the
SDSO and Lakota musicians which explores
the role music plays in their respective cultures,
seeking to engender understanding and
healing between estranged peoples. Other
engagement projects with the SDSO have
included Arab (with Simon Shaheen), Chinese
(with composers Chen Yi and Zhou Long) and
Sudanese/Somali refugees (with the Bernard
Woma Ensemble).
For 15 seasons, Delta David Gier served
as an assistant conductor of the New York
Philharmonic. He studied at the University
of Michigan under the renowned conducting
teacher Gustav Meier, along with studies at the
Tanglewood Music Center and Aspen Music
Festival. He was a Fulbright scholar in eastern
Europe from 1988-90. Also in demand as an
educator, Mr. Gier has served as guest faculty
at the Curtis Institute, Yale School of Music, San
Francisco Conservatory, and SUNY Stony
Brook. He has chaired the music jury of the
Pulitzer Prize and is a frequent panelist for the
League of American Orchestras.
ANN CHANG, PIANO
Pianist Ann Chang’s curiosity and wideranging
professional interests have taken
her in many directions, allowing her to
forge a unique career and establish a
distinguished reputation. She is the
Executive Director of Salt Creek Ballet in
Chicago. She is also the Founder of Act3
Arts Consulting and until recently, was the
Artistic Director of the Lied Center for
Performing Arts in Lincoln, (cont. pg 12)
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Nebraska- an executive role she has served
for 12 years. Dr. Chang is a Fulbright
Scholar, specializing in Classic-
Performance-Practice. She has held the
positions of Associate Professor of Practice
for over 24 years and Director of Career
Development-Music Entrepreneurship
program at the University of Nebraska
Glenn Korff School of Music. Ann was the
Founder and Director of the award-winning
Meadowlark Music Festival, and a former
TEDx and TEDwomen Speaker. Dr. Chang
is a recipient of a Doctor of Music degree
from Indiana University-Jacob School of
Music. She is a mother of three wonderful
young adults Sarah, Hannah and Peter,
and one adorable dog, Indiana Jones.
MOZART: EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
This effervescent serenade for strings is
one of Mozart’s most popular works. Mozart
(1756-1791) wrote Eine kleine Nachtmusik in
1787, the same year as his masterful opera,
Don Giovanni, two string quartets, and the
marvelous A major Violin Sonata (K. 526).
This was also the year that Mozart’s father,
Leopold, passed away, and though Wolfgang
wrote relatively little during the following
months, these works are some of his most
profound and memorable.
Serenades originated as evening songs
for courtship, but by Mozart’s lifetime, had
evolved into multi-movement chamber
works to accompany outdoor social events.
Eine kleine Nachtmusik was undoubtedly
written for such an event, and judging by its
charming character, the event must have been
exuberant and festive.
Though the work originally comprised five
movements, the first minuet has been lost,
so the extant four-movement structure
recalls a small symphony of the time. The
first movement opens with a dazzling
fanfare and features a cheerful dialogue
between high and low strings, highlighting
the facility and intricacy of the ensemble with
broadly contrasting dynamics and graceful
ornamentations. The gentle Romanze harkens
back to the serenade’s origin as a courtship
song, with a briefly suspenseful interlude.
After a dashing minuet, which conjures
images of dancing in courtyard gardens, the
work closes with a vivacious rondo whose
melody comes from a popular Viennese song
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of the time.
Louis Biancolli called the work “compact and
faultlessly balanced … with beautiful melodies
woven into a highly polished fabric.” Indeed, it
is easy to tell why this delightful work has
stood the test of time. Simultaneously
effortless and sophisticated, it conveys an
outpouring of joy with the fluent simplicity that
defines Mozart’s work.
STRAUSS: SERENADE FOR 13 WINDS
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) grew up in
a musical household. His father, Franz,
served for nearly 50 years as principal horn
of the Bavarian Court Opera, where he
premiered the colossal operas of Richard
Wagner’s Ring Cycle and other iconic works
of the late German Romantics. Critics and
colleagues of the time praised Franz Strauss’
virtuosity as a horn player, and one can
easily imagine his prowess considering the
brilliant and demanding horn solos Wagner
included throughout his works. Perhaps more
surprising, therefore, is that Wagner and
Franz Strauss disagreed bitterly on everything
and enjoyed a mutually cold professional
relationship. Franz disliked Wagner as a
person and disliked his music even more,
preferring the simple classical style of Mozart,
Haydn, and early Beethoven.
Throughout his life, influences of Mozart as
well as Wagner are plain in Richard Strauss’
work, which eventually developed into an
unambiguously modern style. Best known for
his program music, Strauss had a particular
ability to evoke imagery through the orchestra,
each instrument’s voice contributing to a vivid
palette of colors.
The classical influence that his father admired
shines through in Richard Strauss’ Serenade
for 13 Winds. Written at the age of seventeen,
the simplicity of this single-movement work
recalls the peaceful andantes of Mozart or
Mendelssohn, and yet a lushness and warmth
infuses it with unmistakable romanticism.
Beginning with a sweet oboe melody and
ending with a gently-rising flute gesture, it
isn’t difficult to identify this composer as the
same person who would produce the tender
expressiveness of Der Rosenkavalier or his
late Four Last Songs. The richly-woven colors
of his wind writing, as well as strident calls
from the horn section, foreshadow the

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distinctive texture and heroic lyricism of the
tone poems and operas that would define
Strauss’ career.
MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 20 IN D MINOR
Mozart composed fifteen piano concertos
between 1782 and 1786 while living in
Vienna. His Concerto No. 20, the D minor (K.
466), was completed in 1785 and premiered
the very next day with the composer as
soloist. Mozart was wildly popular in Vienna
at this time; audiences raved over his works,
especially when he performed them himself,
but this concerto remained popular well after
Mozart’s lifetime. It endured through the
early decades of the Romantic era thanks
partly to frequent performances by Ludwig
van Beethoven. In fact, to this day, it is often
published and performed with Beethoven’s
own cadenzas.
This work stands out in the Mozart catalogue
because it is one of only two piano concertos
in a minor key. Perhaps its brooding tension
and anxious turbulence helped endear this
piece to romantics, as well as set it apart
from Mozart’s dozens of delightfully sunny
concertos. Mozart also produced this piece
at a time when he began to develop as a
composer, incorporating more wind lines and
complex musical character. He would soon
produce the “Prague” symphony and The
Marriage of Figaro, some of his most mature
and well-admired works. The K. 466 concerto
displays the same newfound maturity in
its integration of the solo instrument and
orchestra, character contrast in all three
movements, and lingering tragic undertone.
The work opens with churning violins and
agitated low strings. The first movement
follows the double-exposition pattern common
to concertos of Mozart’s time, with phrases
announced by the orchestra in D minor
and then F major, followed by elaborate
restatements by the solo piano. Throughout
the movement, orchestra and soloist battle,
coming to a close with no clear winner.
The B-flat major second movement, marked
Romanze, begins as the title suggests—with
poetic themes introduced by the piano.
However, a G-minor outburst interrupts the
movement and gives way to virtuosic scale
patterns by the soloist which would normally
only be expected in fast movements of a
concerto. The finale storms in with boldness
and force. Its relentless menace calls to mind
Mozart’s most impassioned works, such as
Don Giovanni or his minor-key symphonies.
Like Don Giovanni, this concerto’s finale
concludes with an abrupt shift to D major, a
stunning burst of light at the end of unceasing
conflict.
A NOTE FROM ANN CHANG ON THE
CADENZAS BY MALCOLM BILSON:
A cadenza is a virtuoso solo passage inserted
into a movement in a concerto, typically
near the end. Some composers wrote their
own for performance, while others (like this
concerto) lack Mozart's own composition.
Several famous composers have written
cadenzas for this piece, including Beethoven,
Brahms, and Hummel. While they are
wonderful and widely performed (especially
Beethoven's), I have chosen to perform the
stylistically authentic cadenzas written by a
prominent American pianist and musicologist
specializing in 18th- and 19th-century music,
Malcolm Bilson (b. 1935).
His celebrated recording of the Complete
Piano Concertos of Mozart, in collaboration
with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English
Baroque Soloists (Archiv) features only
original Mozart cadenzas where available. For
the Concertos lacking a cadenza by Mozart,
Mr. Bilson composed his own. By choosing the
perspective of keeping with the composer's
style instead of "modernizing" to one's own
period or style, Mr. Bilson's cadenzas are truly
"Mozartian" and delightful.
In 2005, I became fascinated by the Classicperformance-practice
of master composers of
the period like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
through teachings and performances by Mr.
Bilson. The instrument of the period is known
as a fortepiano. Its wooden frame is in stark
contrast to the modern piano we know today,
which has an iron frame to which the strings
are strung. The resulting quicker decay of
sound produces clarity of phrasing and affect,
not organically possible on the larger, longerresonating
modern instrument.
I was fortunate to hear the sounds produced
by the fortepiano, or as Mr. Bilson calls it, "a
native speaker," by studying the rare Mozartreplica
fortepiano which exists today in the
Glenn Korff School of Music. My goal tonight is
to translate this language through the modern
Steinway and to express my gratitude for the
brilliance of Malcolm Bilson. I owe you
everything.
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MEET THE MUSICIANS
LINDSAY WILEY, OBOE
What advice do you have for someone who
wants to learn your instrument?
Make sure to get private lessons! Oboe
is tough but really rewarding if you have
someone to guide you from the beginning.
Also, reed-making is something you will likely
experience if you play it through high school
and definitely beyond!
Tell us about your pre-concert routine.
I LOVE to go eat pho, which is a Vietnamese
noodle soup, a few hours before a concert.
Gets the brain functioning and centers me for
optimum focus. I also like to seclude myself
from others and run the music through my
head instead of practicing with the oboe.
What orchestral work have you never
performed live, but have always wanted to?
I would absolutely love to perform Mahler’s
Das Lied von der Erde. It has beautiful
woodwind lines, especially for oboe and
English horn.
What is your favorite popular artist, band, or
genre?
Radiohead has to be one of if not my favorite
non-classical artist out there. So many it’s
hard to choose, and I love lots of artists from
lots of genres, so not sure I can pick one
genre—but old-school hip hop is definitely up
there!
Tell us about your favorite memory from
working with LSO.
I had the opportunity to perform Respighi’s
Pines of Rome on English horn, which has a
super cool solo in the final movement I got to
perform with my LSO family a few years ago.
It was magic!!!
KIMBERLY BEASLEY, HORN
What advice do you have for someone who
wants to learn your instrument?
Music should be fun. Horn should be fun. Treat
the horn as an extension of yourself and
sing through it in whatever fashion speaks
to you. It can be hard work too, but each
breakthrough in skills opens a new world of
musical experiences.
Tell us about your pre-concert routine.
My pre-concert routine is easy: 1. Put the horn
together. 2. Blow a couple notes through the
little end to be sure sound comes out the big
end. 3. Head for the stage, but don’t forget the
music in your case.
What orchestral work have you never
performed live, but have always wanted to?
Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony. Fun horn
parts, fun everything parts … it just makes me
happy.
Tell us about your favorite memory from
working with LSO.
I absolutely love this orchestra, so almost
every opportunity to play with LSO becomes
a favorite memory. I'll pick two instead. One
was a concert at St. Paul's. The program
featured a bunch of beautiful solo/melody
lines doubled between principal cello and
3rd horn (thank you composers!), and I got to
soloistically blend with the cello sound much
of the evening—very satisfying. The other
was a Halloween concert several years ago.
I got to dress up in my mother's wedding
dress and "process" every time I entered or
left stage as if walking down the aisle. Making
Ed Polochick crack up and almost lose it as
he looked back and realized he was cueing a
bride was worth the effort. Seeing my dad's
reaction to his daughter wearing his wife's
wedding dress on stage was priceless too.
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MEET THE MUSICIANS
ELIZABETH GRUNIN, CELLO
What advice do you have for someone who
wants to learn your instrument?
Get a good teacher, someone who will do a very
thorough job with posture and arm placement.
Tell us about your pre-concert routine.
Before the concert I check my clock about five
thousand times to make sure I am on time, and
panic about maybe getting the time wrong, and
worry about a time change. I call my stand partner
to check the call time, and other times, she calls me.
I eat a light snack, usually a banana.
If you could play any other instrument in the
orchestra, what would it be and why?
I would play the harp. It is such a magical
instrument.
What orchestral work have you never performed
live, but have always wanted to?
I would like to play Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana or
Verdi’s Aida.
When you’re not practicing, what do you do in
your spare time?
I teach music at my studio, give online lectures, knit
shawls, swim, and take my dogs and cat on walks.
.
LINDA CALVERT, VIOLIN
How long have you played your instrument?
I started playing the violin in 5th grade and
joined the LSO in 12th grade. This is my 49th
year with the LSO.
If you could play any other instrument in the
orchestra, what would it be and why?
When I was very young, I wanted to play
percussion (like my big brother) or flute.
My mother wanted me to play violin for 2
reasons: 1) they will need more violinists than
percussionists or flutes, and 2) she insisted
it be a small instrument because she was
tired of helping load and unload my brother’s
drums.
When you’re not practicing, what do you do
in your spare time?
My background includes human resources,
real estate, and property management. I
spend a great amount of time restoring and
landscaping my 1940 home.
CHUNYANG WANG, BASS
How long have you played your instrument?
22 years. Fun fact, I’m the third generation to play
the bass in my family.
When you’re not practicing, what do you do in
your spare time?
I enjoy cooking a lot, and spending time with my
wife, Anne, and daughter, Zoe.
What advice do you have for someone who
wants to learn your instrument?
Have a big car and be OK with random people
asking you if you had wished to play the piccolo!
What is your favorite popular artist, band, or
genre?
I love going back to my favorite bands from high
school—Green Day and Linkin Park—and I also
really enjoy artists like Imogen Heap and Halsey.
Tell us about your favorite memory from working
with LSO.
I would have to say last year’s Russian Dances. I
love Shostakovich, so getting to play the Chamber
Symphony for the first time WITH added dancers
was awesome!
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MEMORIAL & TRIBUTE CONTRIBUTIONS
IN MEMORY OF Carla & John Watson Jim & Margaret Michael J. Nolan
Juan Alonso
Michael & Amy
Griesen
Howard & Phyllis
Del & Linda Smith Zeleny
Ostrofsky
Nancy Dobler Judith Peterson
Bruce Anderson Morris Collier
Lisa Arter
Edward Polochick
Dorothy Anderson
Karen Becker* Jim & Jamie Dobler Sharon Radovich
Summer Brackhan* Larry & Amy
Deon & Susan Bahr
Robert Rauch
Donna Carnes*
Feerhusen
June Blatt
Jill Riaz
Aleta Collier
Jim & Margaret
Dick & Sue Boswell
Marleen & Bryan
Dorothy Chung*
Griesen
Bob & Candy
Kent & Jan Eakins
Rickertsen
Sen. John McCollister
Campbell
Meghan Ferris
Linda K. Roberts
James McMullen
Jack & Sally
Mark & Heidi
Patricia Sim
Christy Pearson
Campbell
Gouthro
Lloyd Stuhr
B. Strain
John & Linda
Debbie Greenblatt*
Mariclare Thomas
Donaldson
Jim & Margaret
DeEtta & Dale Vrana
Ann Finkner
Griesen
Elizabeth Carrol Gail & Greg Watman
Vicki Harris
Eveland
Rebecca & Ryan
Connie Fouts
Charlotte Heermann Her son Don & his Wells
Linda & Reg Gartner Charles & Mel Krutz wife Carolyn Lisa R. Westergaard
Sandy & John
Dottie Ladman*
Eveland
Marcia & Herman
Graham
Cynthia & Gary Love
Jim & Margaret Michael & Kelly
Mike Fardella
Wiebers
Griesen
Madcharo
Lauren Anderson Marjorie Wyant
Ward & Melisa Rex & Pamela Martin Robt & Mary Ann Barbara Zach Lee
Haessler
Anton Miller*
Karen Barnhard Carol & James
Judy & Doug Harman Connie Moon* Vance Birkman
Zalewski
Brad Harse
Pat Morrow*
Eric & Deborah Jeannie Zwiebel
Lisa Myers*
Bookstrom
Nancy Haugner Rhonda Neely* Vicki & Mike
Joann Bolton Forbes
John & Susan Hoppe Lisa Nielsen*
Bousquet
Vernon Fobes
Charitable
Kristin Pfabe*
Foundation
Genevieve Brandorff
James Wehrman
Tanner Pfeiffer* Don & Lynette
Timothy Jacobs
Dr. William (Bill) T.
Edward Polochick Byrnes
Brenda Keith
Julie Ralston*
Griffin
Timothy & Luella Cox
Roger Kruse
Jane Ray
Mary Arth
Linda S. David
Judy & Bill Lewis John Reinert*
Pat & Ellen Beans
Kay Roundey
Jayne von Forell James Berglund
Pamela Mattson
Tracy Sands*
Debus
Anthony & Kara
Heidi & Chris
Kim Salistean* Ben Eakes
Burwell
McInerny
Carla Schoenbaum Donald J. Ediger Jim & Sue Carraher
Daisy & Minnick Denise & Ross Gennaro Fardella Sally & John
Jim, Julie & Jed
Scholz
Mary Faylor
Desmond
Morton
Timothy Stentz Robert & Idonna Kent & Dorothy
Bill & Joyce Norris Mike Swartz
Florell
Endacott
Willa Penney
Diane S. Temme Jan Fremarek
Jill Everett
Carol Phillips-Cole
Roland & Hiroko Susan Goodrich Michael Faust
Temme
Brett & Linda
Jim & Margaret Nora Ford
Shalla Young
Ratcliffe
Griesen
Jim & Margaret
Barbara Zach Lee
Cathy & Bob Rauch
Paul Haith
*musicians who
Griesen
Don Ham
Brett & Audrey
performed at the
Catcher Griffin
Richert
R. Brad Harse
funeral
Phil & Barbara
Marilyn Rohla
Phil & Barbara
Heckman
John Sampson Doris Cook
Heckman
Gracia Henkle
Jane & Cheryl
Constance Cook
Fred & Julie Hoppe Jon Hinrichs & Donna
Scheffert
Glen & James Glen
John & Susan Hoppe Woods
Cathy & Dave
Jim & Margaret
Kenneth Hunter John Hoppe
Sellmyer
Griesen
Merle Jansen
Rich Jones & Willa
Stevens & Smith Gretta Heaney
Dianne & John Kalita Foster Jones
Construction Gerald Olson
Carolyn & Jay Kent Con & Barbara
Susie & Gale Sup Kay Sloan
Stacy & Jared Kvapil Keating
Shauna Labbee Sue Kuta
Pat & Leroy Svec Barbara Day
Pat Linder
John & Carol Miyoshi
Deborah Svec- Josephine Stewart Lewis P. Linkugel Doug & Joanne
Carstens
Sue & Derek Lochner Pillard
Heath, Jen &
John "Jerry"
James Luers
Svendsen Family
Edward Polochick
Desmond
Heidi Macy
Rhonda Seacrest
Richard & Karen
Vierk
Chuck & Marita Robert & Jean Carol Beth & Clay Smith
Burmeister
Murphy
Josephine Stewart
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MEMORIAL & TRIBUTE CONTRIBUTIONS
Craig & Liz
Wanamaker
Barbara Zach Lee
William & Sheila
Griffin
William Griffin, Jr.
Phil Heckman
Kathy Friedman
Josephine Stewart
Vicki Train Harris
Dr. William G.
Leavitt
Don & Carolyn
Eveland
Del Lienemann
Robert & Renee
Barbe
William J. and Kelley
A. Barnes
Neil & JoAnne
Bateman
Richard R. & Barbara
A. Bishop
John & Bev Braasch
Anne Bradford
Jim & Sue Carraher
Susan E. Carstenson
Dennis L. & Carol R.
Dahmke
Keith A. & Diane K.
Dietze
Timothy Gay
Jim & Margaret
Griesen
Bob & Diane
Grundman
David L. & Pamela J.
Iaquinta
Harland H. & Donna
J. Krambeck
Randy & Marlene
Knight
Reva M. Knightly
Gene & Suzanne
Kohmetscher
Richard & Janet
Labenz
Lorene Larsen
Doug & Mary
Lienemann
Gene Lienemann
Peggy & Chuck
McCann
Mike & Carol McKee
James Nissen
Linda A. Oliver
Thomas L. & Marry F.
Perrigo
Edward Polochick
Reprographic
Services
Association
Michael K. &
Margaret E. Ross
Pat Sass
Denise & Ross
Scholz
Neal & Katherine
Seibold
Shop Employees of
Midwest Steel
Charles S. & Debra J.
Tomek
Philip F. & Mary B.
White
Shalla Young
Barbara Zach Lee
Del & Charlotte
Lienemann
Denise & Ross
Scholz
Beverly Lightner
Joan Allen
Richard & Gayle
Allen
Diane Butherus
Gregory & Doris
Buttell
Donald & Helen
Carnes
Cirksena, Knight,
Jacobsen, Sieps &
Kresse LLC
William & Mary
Dougherty
Susan & Stanley
Fortkamp
Suzanne Jouvenat
Angela Jurgens
Robert Hagadorn
Connie Lightner
Cynthia & Gary Love
Peggy & Church
McCann
Tom & Kim Miriovsky
Michael & Erin
Reeder
Jane Rohman
Carrie Solomon
Schultz
Susan Scott
Michael & Lori Shaal
Strings Alliance in
Lincoln
Carol L. Miller
Eric and Erin Miller
Tom Miskimen
Brian, Lillian &
Melissa Bornstein
& Christie Emler
H. Donald Osborne
Kristin Pfabe
Edward Polochick
Clark & Jan Potter
Barbara Zach Lee
Virginia “Ginny”
Parker
Christine Brennan
John Carter
Amy Duxbury
Juliann French
Charlotte Heermann
Kim & John Salistean
Ruth Stephenson
Josephine Stewart
Clare Sward
Linda Thayer
Gus & Marcia
Wiebers
Shalla Young
Ann Rawley
Josephine Stewart
Ky Rohman
Sally & John
Desmond
Lynne Rustad
Jim & Margaret
Griesen
Carolyn Knaub-Ryba
Edward Polochick
Barbara Zach Lee
James "Jim"
Seacrest
Jim & Margaret
Griesen
Edward Polochick
Shalla Young
Barbara Zach Lee
Sister Ruth
Schirtzinger
& Mr. Phillip
Schirtzinger
Jim & Margaret
Griesen
Stuart & Marcia
Parsons
Dennis Schneider
Deborah T. Bouffard
Tom & Angie Kelly
Michael Thompson
Dennis Schneider
Deborah T. Bouffard
Tom & Angie Kelly
Michael Thompson
Josephine Sheffield
Loris L. Purtzer
William Stibor
Judy Stibor
John D. Turner
Elizabeth Sterns
Emanuel Wishnow
Gail Wishnow
Michael Zach
Caleb Bailey & Dr.
Sara Baker Bailey
IN HONOR OF
Doug & Mary
Campbell
Bill Etmund
Jessica Dussault
Patrick & Candace
Dussault
Marynelle Greene
Thomas & Sue Guild
Roger Reinhardt &
Sharon Mohatt
Verjean Vanier
Joyce & Lyle Vannier
Kenneth & Peggy
Volker
MarySue Harris
Mary-Ann Clinton
Edward Polochick
Carol Cook
Susan Harwood
Jane Rohman
Barbara & Robert
Bartle
David von Kampen
Bob & Diane
Grundman
ENCORE CLUB
MEMBERS
Rich Bailey
Anabeth Cox
Barbara G. Dinsdale
Florence &
Joseph Dubas
Family Trust
Larry Frederick
Doug & Pam Ganz
Jim & Margaret
Griesen
Dorothy & Francis
Haskins
Robert Hinrichs
Reg Kuhn
Dave & Marilyn
Moore
Bob & Jean Carol
Murphy
Robert & Phyllis
Narveson
Jeff & Kelli Nelson
Edward Polochick
Rich & Susan
Rodenburg
David & Catherine
Sellmyer
Rosemary & Mel
Thornton
Barbara Zach Lee
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Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Foundation, which exists
to manage endowment gifts. Proceeds are directly used
to benefit LSO, and account for 12% of LSO’s operating
budget. The LSO Foundation has assets of $3 million,
and LSO receives earnings each year based on the
current market value of the assets. Consider making a
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Listen to LNK Today with Jack and Friends to hear from LSO Director Ed Polochick and special guests
as Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra prepares for their next performance. LNK Today,
hosted by Jack Mitchell, airs weekdays from 6-9 a.m. on KLIN 1400 AM.
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS
Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous
support of the 2020-2021 season. This list includes donations received after January 1, 2020
and before January 29, 2021. Donations are still being accepted for the 2020-2021 season.
MAESTRO CLUB $15,000+
Anabeth Cox
MarySue Harris
Rhonda Seacrest
VIRTUOSO CLUB $10,000+
Marilyn & David Moore
J. Richard Shoemaker &
Becky Van de Bogart
PLATINUM ORCHESTRA
CLUB $5,000+
Jim Barone
Don & Carolyn Eveland
Anthony & Kimberly Goins
Jessica Freeman &
Christopher Marks
Angie & Dan Muhleisen
GOLD ORCHESTRA CLUB
$2,500+
Jim & Margaret Griesen
Edward Polochick
Dennis & Nancy Stara
Josephine Stewart
Rob & C. J. Thoma
SILVER ORCHESTRA CLUB
$1,000+
Tam & Kathleen Allan
Kimberly & David Beasley
Doug & Mary Campbell
Geoff & Kristen Cline
Christine & Rob Denicola
Nancy Finken Ernst &
Thomas Ernst
Herbert & Kathy Friedman
Jon & Melanie Gross
Kenneth Hassler
Jim Hejduk
Robert Hinrichs
Tom & Linda Hoegemeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Hove
Dan & Mary Howell
Kenneth & Meg Kester
Dr. Max & Patricia Linder
Ken & Linda Livingston
Mrs. Larry H. Lusk
Joan & John Michelsen
James & Gail O'Hanlon
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Roger & Carol Riefler
Louise Schleich
Ken & Gidge Schmidt
Ross & Denise Scholz
Duane & Debra Smith
Pamela Starr
Rosemary & Melvin Thornton
Craig & Joyce Urbauer
Gus & Marcia Wiebers
Barbara Zach Lee
BRONZE ORCHESTRA
CLUB $500+
Rich Bailey
Charon & Zach Becker
Don & Sylvia Crilly
Molly Burns & Tom Klein
Robert & Cecelia Cather
Dr. Arthur Diaz &
Dr. Kaylene Beal
Craig Eckhardt
Jeffrey Haas
Phil & Barbara Heckman
Thomas Hyde
Susan Kuck
Richard & Janet Labenz
Max & Lillie Larsen
Anton Miller & Rita Porfiris
Susan Larsen & Rich
Rodenburg
David & Karen Morgan
James & Mary Owens
Edmund Peeks
John & Sigrun Pfister
Tim & Shelley Pratt
Neva Pruess
Barbara & Benjamin Rader
Frank & Ann Sidles
Marian Statton
Bill & Betsy Strain
Richard & Eileen Vautravers
David & Shirley Wilcox
Mary Zilly
Arthur Zygielbaum
FRIENDS CIRCLE
SUPPORTER $250+
Sandra Ashley & Jean Dorsey
James Bare
Andy Barry & Jennifer Carter
Barbara Bartle
Neil & Jo Bateman
Gary Biskup
Robert & Rebecca Bockrath
Loel Brooks & Patty Pansing
Brooks
Laura Burton Franz
Lynette & Don Byrnes
Marilyn Calhoon
Lois & Richard Dam
Frank & Ceri Daniels
Larry & Janee Dlugosh
Kent & Jan Eakins
Doug & Pam Ganz
Tom & Nancy Graul
Karen Griffin
Beth Griffing
DeLynn & Esther Hay
Richard & Lanelle Herink
Barbara Jacobson
Duane & Janet Jaecks
Karen & John Janovy
Reg Kuhn
Grace Larson
Damon Thomas Lee
Roger & Wanda Mandigo
Jeff & Jacqueline McCullough
Carol Myers
Lance Nielsen & Victor
Salgado Romero
Phyllis Pauley
Kirby & Dana Reardon
David & Catherine Sellmyer
Fred & Kristi Scheele
Ingrid Sepahpur
James & Michele Steckelberg
Dane & Cheryl Terhune
Tom Trenney & Brent Shaw
James Van Etten
Michael & Elizabeth Voorhies
Jake & Marjorie Wyant
Michael & Ruth Ann Wylie
Ray & Carolyn Zeisset
FRIENDS CIRCLE
CONTRIBUTOR $100+
Sigma Alpha Iota Alumni
Karen Amen
Craig Ames
Ernie Arrigo

THE CRESCENDO CLUB
SUPPORTING LSO’S GROWTH
LSO is thrilled to invite you to join our new support organization,
The Crescendo Club!
For $100/person ($200/couple), you can help support the work
that LSO does onstage and in the community.
Sign up today, and the perk of membership is that you’re invited to select
one home party to attend during the year. Each of the parties is an afterwork
gathering of friends, hosted by LSO supporters. Enjoy wine, snacks,
and the company of others who love LSO. Maestro Polochick and one of our
musicians will give a short musical performance, and LSO Executive Director
Barbara Zach Lee will distribute LSO’s annual report and give a brief update
on the activities of the orchestra.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO SIGN UP:
LINCOLNSYMPHONY.COM/CRESCENDOCLUB
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Boyd & Masako Bacon
John & Vi Baker
Diane Bartels
Mary Barton
Lorraine Beadell
Karen Becker
Charles Bethea
Lora Black
Talea Bloch
Nancy Bond
Roxann & Leroy
Brennfoerder
Alan Brodbeck
Jo Brown
Don & Trudy Burge
Marita Burmeister
Dori Bush
Thomas Carr Jr
Dorene Casey
Ray & Marcia Cederdahl
Mary-Ann Clinton
Jack & Shirley Cole
Aleta Collier
Foster Collins
Glynnis Collins
Joan Creger
Jerolyn & Jay Crosier
Gail Cross
Barbara & John Cutler
John & Susan Dahm
Jennifer Davidson
Richard Dienstbier
Harriett Dokken
Keith Dubas
Todd Duncan
Steve Dworsky
Meredith Edwards
Dr. Marijane England
Robert Epps
Lynn & Daysey Erbe
Elizabeth Esseks
Bill Etmund
Susan Ferdon
Donald Fick
Kindra Forster
Willa Foster Jones &
Rich Jones
Allen Freye
Brenda Friedman Ingraham
Colby Gauff
Tim & Chris Gay
Ann Geary
Noreen Goebel
Allison Goering
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Kathryn Govaerts
Marynelle Greene &
Ned Sharp
Penny Greer
Arlene Greever
Jane Griffin
Robert & Patricia Grimit
Robert Haberman
Lucas Hadenfeldt
Robert Haller
Elaine Hammer
Lily Hans
James & Suzanne Harder
Tim & Jan Hardesty
Byron Harrison &
Brian Klinksiek
Dorothy & Francis Haskins
Dee Hatten
Thomas Heany
Eola Hedges
Charlotte Heermann
Beth Hemmer
Kent Heidtbrink
Carla Hiatt
Kathy Hill
Mary Hilton
Nora Hinrichs
Jon Hinrichs
Gunter Hofman
James & Linda Hoke
Bobbi & Kent Holm
Philip Holtzen
Harry Hopson
Darrel Huenergardt
Donna & Jeffrey Hunt
Gerald & Linda John
Cheryl Johnson
Tom Kelly
Dianne Kennedy
Rich Kern
Virginia Knoll
Richard Knudsen
Mike & Amber Kutayli
Lou Lau
Victoria Lee
Lucy Lien
Janet Lingren
Anita Loeck
Edward & Loretta Love
Marvin Maurer
Peggy McCann
Donna McClain
Melissa McCoy
Jack McKimmy
Paula & Matt Metcalf
V.T. & Joyce Miller
Mike Moellering
David Moshman
Bob & Jean Carol Murphy
Margaret Nelson
Bethany Nelson
Carolyn Nickel
Lee Obermeyer
Kathryn Olson
Connie Osborne
Mary Alice Park
RJ Pasco
Aaron Peregrine
Marilyn & Thomas Petro
Jerrald & Esther Pfabe
Kristin Pfabe
Mu Phi Epsilon Alumni
Rachelle Pratt
Loris Purtzer
Ann Quinlan
Julie Reno
Juanita Rice
Bryan Rettig
Charles Riedesel
Reuben & Loretta Rieke
Bill & JoAnn Roehrs
Fran Rouzee
John & Kim Salistean
Ted Schultz
Becky & Sharad Seth
Jesica Shiers
David Skoug
Delbert & Linda Smith
Beth Smith
Wendy & Eric Smith
Marjorie Snodgrass
Sara Stephenson
Elizabeth Sterns
April Stevenson
Jeremy Sydik
Chris Thomas
Loretta Tiemann
Leslie Tien
Delmar & Alice Timm
Jean Travers
De Troxel
Jennifer Uher
Eric & Laverne Umland
Jerald Varner
Anne Vidaver
Stephanie Davis Wallace
Marilyn Wallin
Susan Weber

ANNUAL FUND DONORS
David Wedin and Nancy
Engen-Wedin
Connie Weir
Matthew & Hilary
Westenburg
Nancy Whitman
Dwight Wigg
Robert & Patricia Wikel
Dorthy Williams
Andrew Willis
Sky Wills
Judy Wood
Birgit Young
Michael Zeece
FRIENDS CIRCLE
MEMBER
UNDER $100
Andrea Ahrens
Richard & Esther Albers
John & Joan Anderson
Gary Alexander
Douglas Alford
Barry Arndt
Lori Aschoff
Meghan Bailey
Kelley & Christena Baker
Robert & JoAnn Barry
Elizabeth Bartell
Bruce Bartels
Lindsay & Jake Bartlett
Ken & Cindy Bazata
Stephen Behrendt
Kristine Behrens
Kirill Belashchenko
Carolyn Benson
Charles Berry
Jennifer Blank
Robert & Lynette Boyce
Anita Breckbill
Drew & Kelli Brown
Robert Bryant
Lori Brydl Anderson &
Darlene Brydl
Karen Buchfinck
Diane Butherus
Steven Carpenter
Elizabeth Chalenburg
Alicia Chapelle
Trudy Clark
Katharine Cloran
Nikki Colgrove
Doris Craig
Chase Crispin
Lauren Damm
Lisa Davis
Judith DeGraff
Burnita Den Hartog
Michelle DeRusha
Barbara Dinsdale
Jeneane Dodson
Julia Doerr
Lyle Dokulil
Janet Domeier
Carolyn Dow
Drew & Nick Duncan
Trevor Duncan
Anita Ducey
Jessica Dussault
Earl Dyer
Jennifer Dyson
Gwyndylynn Evans
Sandra Fabry
Bailey Feit
Mark Felker
James Finders
Miranda Finn
Martin Fischer
Mary Fischer
Carol Flaute
Matthew Foreman
Andy Frederick
Jodi Fuson
Patti Fusselman
Janet Gauger
Don & Diane Giebelhaus
Joyce Glaesemann
Elizabeth Glynn
Beth Goble
Helen Greer
John & Roxanne Gustafson
Nancy & Andrew
Hadenfeldt
Jennifer Hammond
Pat Hammond
Arlene Harris
Pinke Harrison
Jason Hayes
Don & Dorothy
Heidemann-Nelson
Jean Henderson
Alex Heraty
Christopher Herman
Susan Hild
Kristina Hill
Thomas Hinshaw
Mike & Pam Hoefs
Ed Holbrook
Matthew Holman
Mary Holtmeier
Susan Hoover
Sue Howe
Kelly Hunter
Karen Hupp
Judy Irvin
Dorothea Jacobsen
Ethan & Sara Jensen
Mark Jeter
James Ralph Johnson
Barbara Johnson
Wendy Jordan
Kimberly Ann Jorgensen
Nan Kaye-Skinner
Johnathan Kelly
Scott Kempkes
Laura Kilmer
Christine King
Doris Klausen
Michael Kohel
Leopold J Kovar
Laurie Thomas Lee
Miranda Leif
Marty Lesiak
Barbara Lewandowski
Cynthia Love
Richard Ludwig
Janet Malone
Cindy Maly
Katherine Mansouri
Charlene Marie
Nathaniel Mars
Uriah Mata
Peter Mayeux
Mary McBride
Robert McClean
Jordan McClintock
Natalie McCormick
Cindy McGill
Julie McManamey
Joseph Meduna
Thomas Michalek
James Miller
Emily Moore
Tonya Morrison
Maxine & Francis Moul
Mike Murphy
Clayton Naff
Lynda Nordyke
Lana Novak
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ANNUAL FUND
Mark Onwiler
Jess Osborn
Phyllis Owen
Tanya Parmele
Larry Pelter
Susan Petersen
Nora Peterson
Jerry Petr
Vicki Phillips
Kim Philson
Clark & Janet Potter
Jill Primak
Don Rabbe
Diana Ramos
Alicia Ramos Gordin
Brett Charles Ratcliffe
Louis Reith
Jo Riecker-Karl
Mary Alice Riley
Jill Riley
Sharron Riordan
Alan Robb
Lee Rockwell
David Rosenbaum
Mark Ruhl
Cecilia Ruley
Kurt & Carly Runestad
Diana Sanderson
Tracy & David Sands
Luke Santos
Andrew Sarafian
Audrey Sayer
Audrey Schneider
Peter Schroeder
Shereen Schwaninger
Apryl Schwarz
Coralee Scritsmier
Allen Shambrook
Leslie Shaver
Richard Sherburne
Phyllis Smallfoot
Hannah Smith
Chris Smith
Jane Sonneland
Tess Sousek
Richard & Susan Spencer
John Sprude
Jan Staley
Kayle Stastny
Heather StClair
William Stephan
Ruth Stephenson
Robert Stock
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Daniel Stratman
Joseph Streufert
James & Susan
Stuart
Rosemary
Swanson
Jeane Synhorst
Katie Taddeucci
Mary Taylor
Janelle Taylor
Rachel Thomas
Randolph
Tichota
Michele Tilley
Mike Tinius
Susan
Townsend
Dennis Tyser
Laura Uridil
Dr. Juliette van
der Meer
Mindy Van Wart
Sally Van Zandt
Mary Vershuur
Jessica Walsh
Diana Warner
Allen Wellman
Christopher
Wentworth
Diane West
Roger & Sylvia
Wiegand
Gerald Wilkins
Robert Williams
Jane Williams
Adrienne Wilson
Sam Wilson
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the following
businesses
that provided
a match to
employee
contributions:
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Educational
Services
Nelnet, Inc.
UBS Financial
Services, Inc.
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All contributions to the foundation become a part of the Endowment Fund, established to ensure
the future of the orchestra. The principal is held permanently, while the interest earned each
year supports the orchestra. The following gifts have been received through December 1, 2020.
LSO Foundation
Contributors
Over $500,000
Ethel S. Abbott Charitable
Foundation
$100,000 to $499,999
Ruth Amen
Dorothea Gore
Margaret Klinker
Lienemann Charitable
Foundation
$50,000 to $99,999
Halcyon Allsman
Pauline Armstrong
Barbara and Howard
Dinsdale
Dr. and Mrs. William Nye
Joan M. & Wesley J. Reist
$20,000 to $49,999
Mr. and Mrs. Al Adams
Doris Dovel Trust
Erck Charitable Foundation
Ordella I. Geisler Estate
Richard Hay Estate
Oliver and Margaret Joy
Estates
Bonnie Kaltenborn Estate
Lincoln Symphony Guild
Marjorie Menshol
$5,000 to $19,999
Alice Abel
Martha and Ken Clark
Cliff's Notes
Mr. and Mrs. James Ebel &
Memorials
Folsom Memorial
Constance and Jack Geist
Burket Graf
Phoebe and Don Hamann
Keith Heckman
Leo Hill, Estate &
Memorials
Andrew Hove
Arlene and Buford Jones
Leo Kopp Memorial
Lienemann Charitable
Memorials
H. Don and Connie J.
Osborne
Priscilla Parson
Pat and Richard Smith
Sterns Charitable
Foundation
Susan and James Stuart
Loretta Tiemann
Paula and Woody Varner
Wells Fargo Bank
Connie and Richard White
Dr. David & Catherine
Sellmyer
Memorials In
Remembrance
$1,000 to $4,999
Ethel S. Abbott Memorials
Louis & Mary L. Babst
Memorial
Senator LaVon Crosby
Jane D. Dudgeon
Louise Foreman Memorial
Charlotte Lienemann
Memorial
Del Lienemann 90th
Birthday Celebration
Lincoln Symphony Guild
Memorials
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson
Suzanne Owen Memorial
Denise & Ross Scholz
Sidles Memorial
Fred Stiner
Nancy Vandervoort
Memorials
Wishnow Memorial
$500 to $999
Roxann & Leroy
Brennfoerder
FirsTier Bank
Leo Hill Birthday
Celebration
Dagmar Hoiberg
Marilyn & Dave Moore
James Nissen
Pansing Memorial
Peirson Memorial
Loris L. Purtzer
J. Richard Shoemaker &
Becky Van de Bogart
Lawrence Tyler Memorial
Janet & Richard Labenz
Westbrook Memorial
Up to $499
Jojen Batten
Nanci Burchess
Willard Cook Memorial
Angela Dawy
Robert & Christine
Denicola
Kathleen and Thomas
Conroy
Sally Desmond
Amy Duxbury
John Duxbury
Mary Ann & Chuck
Erickson
Bets & Larry Frederick
Mari Lane & John Gewecke
Dorothy & Francis Haskins
Hal Hasselbach
Barbara & Philip Heckman
Robert Hinrichs
Donna Woods & Jon
Hinrichs
Mrs. Walker Kennedy
Virginia Knoll
Reginald Kuhn
Jacqueline & Jeff
McCullough
Paula & Matt Metcalf
Ed Miller Memorial
Phyllis Narveson
Virgil Parker Memorial
Ginny Parker
Charles Piper
Edward Polochick
Shelley & Timothy Pratt
Lillian Slaughter
Susan Thompson
Diana Warner
Shalla Young
Barbara Zach Lee
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GALA CONTRIBUTIONS
Thank you to the following individuals and businesses who supported LSO's 2020 Gala
by donating items or experiences, donating their table or ticket reservation, or purchasing
items from our Virtual Silent Auction.
ITEMS DONATED BY:
A Novel Idea
Abendmusik
John Bailey
Kelley & Christena Baker
Diane Barger
Kaylene Beal
Kim Beasley
Karen Becker
The Capital Cigar Lounge
(Kimberly & Tony Goins)
Cornhusker Marriott
Francie & Finch Bookshop
From Nebraska Gift Shop
Goldenrod Pastries
Jim & Margaret Griesen
Jilly’s Socks
Lincoln Community
Playhouse
Lincoln Friends of Chamber
Music
The Mill Coffee & Tea
Nebraska Chamber Players
Nebraska Repertory Theatre
Jamie Steckelberg Scott
Stem Gallery
Mike Swartz
Becky Van de Bogart
Table Co-Hosts:
Ameritas
Mary & Doug Campbell
The Capital Cigar Lounge
(Kimberly & Tony Goins)
Cline Williams Wright
Johnson & Oldfather
Anabeth Cox
Dietze Music
Eye Surgical Associates
First National Bank
Margaret & James Griesen
Hinrichs, Sullivan, Odame &
Smith
Hixson-Lied College of Fine
& Performing Arts
Marilyn & Dave Moore
Nelnet
Pinnacle Bank
Kim & John Salistean
Rhonda Seacrest
Beth & Clay Smith and Ingrid
& Nader Sepahpur
Union Bank & Trust Co.
Becky Van de Bogart & Dick
Shoemaker
West Gate Bank
Barbara Zach Lee & Edward
Polochick
Auction Item Purchases:
Rich Bailey
Cindy Bassett
Hannah Bell
Doralee & Daryl Bell
Eric Berger
Beth Ann Brooks
Yupin Chao
Carol Cook
Anabeth Cox
Christopher Marks & Jessica
Freeman
Heidi Garvin
Marynelle Greene
Byron Harrison
Susan Harwood
Jim Hejduk
Karen Janovy
Barbara Johnson
Ken Kester
Carol Knolle-Faulkner
Karen Lay
Jeff & Jacqueline McCullough
Myra Meints
Joan & John Michelsen
Marilyn & Dave Moore
Susan Petersen
Dona Pracht
Mary Reiman
Sergio Ruiz
Karen Sandene
Dan & Tamara
Bill & Betsy Strain
Dick & Eileen Vautravers
Natalie Wertz
Jane Williams
Todd & Jennifer Wiltgen
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