STORM & DRIVE - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

STORM & DRIVEFriday, May 7, 2021 at 11:15 am

Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 7:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

JOHANN WENZEL ANTON STAMITZ Symphony in E-flat major, Opus 11, No. 3 I. Allegro assai III. Minuetto IV. Prestissimo

FRANZ XAVER RICHTER Sinfonia in C minor (No. 13) I. Spiritoso II. Andante e piano III. Tempo de Menuet

WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH Sinfonia in D minor, BR-WEB C7/Fk 65 Adagio – Allegro e forte

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH Sinfonia III in F major, Wq 183, No. 3 I. Allegro di molto II. Larghetto III. Presto [played without pause]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 20 in D major, K. 133 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Menuetto IV. [Allegro]

This weekend’s performances are sponsored by JoAnne and Don Krause. This weekend’s concerts are supported in part by the Schoenleber Foundation, Inc. The Reimagined Season is sponsored by the United Performing Arts Fund. The Classics Series is sponsored by Rockwell Automation.

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1

The symphonic form as we know it today has its roots firmly planted in the mid-18th century. From the sons of J.S. Bach and their contemporaries to the teenaged Mozart, we’ll explore the unstoppable force that was the early symphony.

Johann StamitzBorn 19 June 1717; Havlíčkův, BohemiaDied 27 March 1757; Mannheim, Germany

Symphony in E-flat major, Opus 11, No. 3Composed: c1754-55First performance: UnknownInstrumentation: 2 oboes; 2 horns; strings

In telling the story of the early symphony, we must begin with Johann Stamitz. A virtuoso violinist, a first-rate orchestral trainer, and a prolific composer, he penned over 50 symphonies, ten orchestral trios, numerous chamber works, a few sacred choral pieces, and over 25 concertos – including 14 for violin and 11 for flute. As director of music at the Mannheim court of Elector Carl Theodor, he assembled a group of composers that came to be known as the Mannheim School. Under his leadership, the Mannheim orchestra became the most renowned ensemble of the time throughout Europe.

The orchestra developed a new range of effects, which the Mannheim composers were all too eager to exploit. Particularly famous was their crescendo, as were the “Mannheim rocket” (an ascending triad) and the “Mannheim sigh” (a two-note appoggiatura figure). As we’ll see, the Mannheim School influenced Mozart and other composers, making important contributions to the development of the orchestra and the history of the symphony.

Stamitz’s Opus 11, No. 3 dates from c1754-55, placing the E-flat major symphony among the last he composed. It was issued posthumously in 1758, by the Parisian publisher Venier, in a collection of symphonies by various composers. The sprightly Allegro assai is built on two contrasting themes. Stamitz makes good use of his modest orchestral forces, giving important melodic material to the oboes. Horns and oboes add color to the brisk Menuetto, whose trio is set in the relative minor key. The brief but robust Prestissimo, in 3/8 meter, is rife with forward-driving momentum and stirring crescendi.

STORM AND DRIVEProgram Notes by J. Mark Baker

2 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Franz Xaver RichterBorn 1 September 1709; Holešov, MoraviaDied 12 September 1789; Strasbourg, France

Sinfonia in C minor (No. 13)Composed: c1744 First performance: Unknown Instrumentation: harpsichord; strings

The German composer Franz Xaver Richter was in his early 30s when he was appointed vice-Kapellmeister to the Prince-Abbot in Kempten, Allgäu in 1740. By 1747, he had moved to the Mannheim court, where he first was employed as a bass singer. He later became one of the foremost composers there, penning many symphonies, concertos, chamber music (including string quartets), and vocal works (mostly sacred). His music stands apart from the Mannheim style; it is often contrapuntal, showing the Viennese influence. In 1769, he became Kapellmeister at Strasbourg Cathedral, where both his performing and composing activities turned increasingly to sacred music. In addition to his ecclesiastical work, he was a respected teacher and wrote a treatise on composition.

The Sinfonia in C minor was penned several years before he joined the Mannheim court, published in Paris in 1744. “Nevertheless,” writes editor and scholar Allan Badley, “in many respects, [it is] not dissimilar to Johann Stamitz’s early works and doubtless played [its] part in the evolution of the Mannheim style.” In his book, Music in the Classical Period, Reinhard G. Pauly notes, “Richter’s symphonies are in three movements; occasionally a minuet serves as last movement, as it also does in some symphonies by Austrian contemporaries. Yet cantabile themes and orchestral texture represent the Mannheim style.” That is the case here.

From its opening measures, the Spiritoso’s contrapuntal nature is apparent, as ascending chord tones and melodic fragments are echoed among the instruments. Textures, dynamics, and articulations turn on a dime. The gentle second movement, Andante e piano, is set in the relative key of E-flat major. Once again, upward arpeggios provide much of the melodic material. An august Menuet in C minor, with a trio in C major, brings the work to a stately close.


Wilhelm Friedemann BachBorn 22 November 1710; Weimar, GermanyDied 1 July 1784; Berlin, Germany

Sinfonia in D minor, BR-WEB C7/Fk 65Composed: 1733-46First performance: Date unknown; Dresden, Germany Instrumentation: 2 flutes; harpsichord; strings

Wilhelm Friedemann was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach. He was born in Weimar, during his father’s tenure there in the Duke’s “Capelle und Kammermusik.” Said to have been his father’s favorite and most gifted scion, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (1722) was written with the 12-year-old Friedemann in mind; but Sebastian did not permit too much concentration on only the keyboard: In 1726 he was sent to Merseburg to study the violin with J.G. Graun for almost a year.

Widely regarded as the best organist in Germany, Friedemann was a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. Sadly, though, his career was little more than a series of wasted opportunities. (We can only imagine the psychological toll his mother’s death – he was nine years old – and his father’s subsequent marriage to Anna Magdalena, must have taken on him.) At age 23, he was appointed organist of St. Sophia’s Church at Dresden, and in 1746 became organist of the Liebfrauenkirche at Halle; his father’s influence was enough to secure him the latter position without the usual trial performance.

When Johann Sebastian died in 1750, the stabilizing influence in Friedemann’s life seems to have evaporated. He lived an unhappy life in Halle, from which he frequently traveled to seek other employment. In 1762, he was offered the post of Kapellmeister to the court of Darmstadt, but for unknown reasons he turned it down. Two years later, in 1764, he walked off the job in Halle, ending his employment there and indeed his formal employment anywhere. For the next two decades, his was a peripatetic life. He died in great poverty, aged 73.

The Sinfonia in D minor dates from his Friedemann’s Dresden years. Scored for two flutes and strings and set in two movements, it is an unusually serious and compactly worked-out piece. There is speculation that it might have been served as an instrumental gradual during mass at Dresden’s Catholic Church, the Frauenkirchen. The opening Adagio features the two flutes, and the upper strings are muted. One has to wonder if Mozart knew this work when, 32 bars into the piece, the music calls to mind the “Recordare” movement of his Requiem in D minor. The Fugue that follows confirms Friedemann’s reputation as a contrapuntalist. The subject is first stated by the cellos and double basses, then works its way upward through the texture. Episodes that feature all six voices alternate with thinner textures as, all the while, the bass line propels the music forward.


Carl Philipp Emanuel BachBorn 8 March 1714; Weimar, GermanyDied 14 December 1788; Hamburg, Germany

Symphony in F major, Wq 183, No. 3Composed: 1775-76First performance: Unknown Instrumentation: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; bassoon; 2 horns; harpsichord; strings

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Emanuel to his friends – was the most prolific and most famous of the sons of Johann Sebastian. He was nine years old when his father became Kantor of the Leipzig Thomasschule. Both he and his older brother Friedemann were among the “Scholaren” that Sebastian had to oversee. He never had any music teacher besides his father and never seriously studied any instrument except the keyboard. Reputedly, by age 11, he could sight-read even the most difficult of his father’s keyboard pieces.

C.P.E. Bach spent over 25 years in the employ of Frederick the Great, as keyboardist in the royal chamber music, with the particular task of accompanying the king’s flute solos. His keyboard sonatas are the most significant compositions of this period, and he also wrote his Essay on the True Art of Keyboard Playing (1753-62), a well-received publication that established him as the leading keyboard teacher and theorist of his day. Discontented with his poor salary and narrow scope of duties, he eventually left Berlin for Hamburg in 1768, where he succeeded G.P. Telemann as Kantor and music director.

After his move to Hamburg, Bach composed two sets of symphonies on commission: six for string orchestra, Wq 182 (1773) for Baron Gottfried van Swieten, and the four Orchester-Sinfonien mit zwölf obligaten Stimmen (Orchestral Symphonies with Twelve Obbligato Parts), Wq 183 (1775-76) for an unidentified patron. The Symphony in F major is the third work in the latter set. In contrast to the string symphonies he wrote in Berlin, later adding horn and woodwind parts to many, in Wq 183 Bach was thinking of a larger orchestra from the outset. His scoring shows him to be fully conversant with the richer orchestral textures of the 1770s.

Like all his symphonies, Wq 183, No.3 displays a three-movement design, fast–slow–fast. [“Wq” refers to Alfred Wotquenne, a Belgian musicologist who, in the early 20th century, wrote a biography of C.P.E. Bach and catalogued his works.] The opening Allegro di molto is a study in contrasts: vigorous forte passages alternate with quieter lyrical phrases. In the D minor Larghetto, violas and cellos state the opening theme, and are answered by the treble instruments; this dialogue continues throughout the movement. In the sprightly Presto, Bach takes full advantage of the instruments at his disposal, offering colorful contrasts in dynamics, textures, and tone colors. It’s all quite delightful.


Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBorn 27 January 1756; Salzburg, AustriaDied 5 December 1791; Vienna, Austria

Symphony No. 20 in D major, K. 133Composed: 1772First performance: 1772; Salzburg, Austria Instrumentation: flute; 2 oboes; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; strings

Mozart’s Symphony No. 20 is the sixth of seven symphonies he composed in 1772, and the second of two symphonies he set down in July of that year. Having spent much of the previous year in Italy – he had barely five months at home in 1771 – the first ten months of 1772 were spent back in Salzburg. This was a prolific time for the 16-year-old Mozart: In addition to the symphonies, he composed four divertimentos, a substantial sacred work (Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K. 125 for soloists, chorus, and orchestra) and a serenata, Il sogno di Scipione, as part of the celebrations surrounding the enthronement of Salzburg’s new prince-archbishop, Hieronymus Colleredo.

We don’t know the circumstances of K. 133’s first performance, but given its more extravagant scoring – which, unlike his other symphonies from 1772, includes two trumpets – and the traditionally celebratory key of D major (e.g., Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus), we might surmise that it was written for a particularly festive occasion. Its layout is the four movements that typify so many of Haydn’s symphonies.

The opening Allegro is cast in sonata form, but Mozart plays a sly joke by beginning the recapitulation with the movement’s second theme, then subsequently unveiling the main theme. He takes advantage of the presence of both horns and trumpets, writing several fanfare exchanges between them. The Andante is set in the dominant key of A major. It is a serenade, with the solo flute largely doubling the muted first violin part an octave higher. Pizzicato notes in the bass evoke the sound of the serenader’s strumming guitar.

Back in the home key of D major, the self-assured Menuetto features an acadian trio in G major, scored for oboes and strings. The audacious, jig-like final movement is set in 12/8 meter. Here, Mozart deploys all the instruments at his disposal to create delightful changes in dynamics and tone colors, alternating between strings only (soft) and tutti forces (loud). Whatever the occasion of its premiere, Mozart’s joie de vivre surely pleased its provincial Salzburg audience.



MilwaukeeSymphony Orchestra2020.21 SEASON

KEN-DAVID MASURMusic DirectorPolly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair

EDO DE WAARTMusic Director Laureate

YANIV DINURResident Conductor

CHERYL FRAZES HILLChorus DirectorMargaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair

TIMOTHY BENSONAssistant Chorus Director

FIRST VIOLINSIlana Setapen, Acting Concertmaster Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster ChairJeanyi Kim, Acting Associate Concertmaster (2nd Chair)Chi Li, Acting Assistant ConcertmasterAlexander AyersMichael GiacobassiYuka KadotaDylana LeungMichael McCarthy**Lijia PhangMargot Schwartz

SECOND VIOLINSJennifer Startt, Principal Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin ChairTimothy Klabunde, Assistant PrincipalGlenn AschJohn BianLisa Johnson FullerPaul HauerKiju Joh**Hyewon KimShengnan LiLaurie ShawgerMary Terranova

VIOLASRobert Levine, Principal Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola ChairSamantha Rodriguez, Acting Assistant Principal Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola ChairElizabeth BreslinAlejandro DuqueNathan HackettErin H. PipalHelen Reich

CELLOSSusan Babini, Principal Dorothea C. Mayer Cello ChairNicholas Mariscal, Assistant PrincipalScott Tisdel, Associate Principal EmeritusKathleen CollissonMadeleine KabatGregory MathewsPeter SzczepanekPeter J. ThomasAdrien Zitoun

BASSESJon McCullough-Benner, Principal Donald B. Abert Bass ChairAndrew Raciti, Associate PrincipalScott KregerCatherine McGinnRip Prétat

HARPJulia Coronelli, Principal Walter Schroeder Harp Chair

FLUTESSonora Slocum, Principal Margaret and Roy Butter Flute ChairHeather Zinninger Yarmel, Assistant PrincipalJennifer Bouton Schaub

PICCOLOJennifer Bouton Schaub

OBOESKatherine Young Steele, Principal Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe ChairKevin Pearl, Assistant PrincipalMargaret Butler

ENGLISH HORNMargaret Butler Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin

CLARINETSTodd Levy, Principal Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair

Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet ChairWilliam Helmers

E FLAT CLARINETBenjamin Adler

BASS CLARINETWilliam Helmers

BASSOONSCatherine Chen, Principal Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon ChairRudi Heinrich, Assistant PrincipalBeth W. Giacobassi

CONTRABASSOONBeth W. Giacobassi

HORNSMatthew Annin, Principal Krause Family French Horn ChairKrystof Pipal, Associate PrincipalDietrich Hemann Andy Nunemaker French Horn ChairDarcy Hamlin

TRUMPETSMatthew Ernst, Principal Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet ChairDavid Cohen, Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal Trumpet ChairAlan Campbell, Fred Fuller Trumpet Chair

TROMBONESMegumi Kanda, Principal Marjorie Tiefenthaler Trombone ChairKirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONEJohn Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair

TUBARobert Black, Principal

TIMPANIDean Borghesani, PrincipalChris Riggs, Assistant Principal

PERCUSSIONRobert Klieger, PrincipalChris Riggs

PIANOMelitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair

** Acting member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2020.21 Season.

$10,000,000 and aboveThe Lynde and Harry Bradley FoundationDavid and Julia Uihlein

$5,000,000 and aboveThe Marcus CorporationThe Marcus Corporation FoundationKeith Mardak and Mary VandenbergMichael and Jeanne SchmitzThe Estate of Barbara Abert Tooman

$2,000,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorBobbi and Jim CarawayBud and Sue SeligWe Energies Foundation

$1,000,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorDonna and Donald BaumgartnerMurph and John Burke National Center for Housing ManagementMr. and Mrs. Franklyn EsenbergHerzfeld FoundationDonald and JoAnne KrauseBillie KublyArthur and Nancy LaskinSheldon and Marianne Lubar Drs. Brent J. and Susan H. MartinIn memory of Victoria MayerNorthwestern MutualRite Hite Foundation

$500,000 and aboveChris AbeleJane Bradley Pettit FoundationSandy and Bill HaackEvan & Marion Helfaer FoundationTed and Mary KellnerRichard and Sarah KimballMary Ann and Charles P. LaBahnLadish Co. FoundationAnnette MarraWilliam and Marian NasgovitzAndy NunemakerUnited Performing Arts FundBarbara and Ted Wiley

$250,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorBader Philanthropies, Inc.Donald and Judy ChristlC.D. Smith ConstructionDoug and Jane HagermanHauske Family FoundationAngela G. JohnstonCharles A. KrauseElaine and Gerry MainmanLois and Richard Pauls

Lynde B. Uihlein

$150,000 and aboveTwo Anonymous DonorsDr. and Mrs. John B. AlbertiIsabel BaderMrs. Elaine BurkePatrick & Rachel English Fund A Donor Advised Fund of the Bradley Impact FundMargot and Paul GrangaardJudith A. KeyesJohn and Linda MellowesAlice E. ReadSara and Jay SchwisterAllison M. and Dale R. SmithStackner Family FoundationThora M. VervorenMr. and Mrs. Willard Walker

$100,000 and aboveANON Charitable TrustA.O. Smith Foundation, Inc.Laura and Mike ArnowClair and Mary BaumTimothy Bowers and Mary TheisenAnthony and Vicki CecalupoCharles T. Urban and Joan M. CoufalSigrid Dynek and Barry AxelroodGreater Milwaukee Foundation Ernst and Eleanore Conrad Fund Gerda A. Debelak Fund Ivan P. Steingart FundJudith and David HeckerKaren Hung and Bob ColettiLeon and Betsy JanssenDr. and Mrs. Leander JenningsKahler SlaterMr. and Mrs. George C. KaiserMrs. Alyce Coyne KatayamaCharles and Barbara LundMr. Peter L. MahlerChristian and Kate MitchellPat and Allen RieselbachGayle G. Rosemann and Paul E. McElweeJan Serr and John Shannon Guardian Fine Art ServicesNancy and Greg SmithOlive I. And Eunice J. Toussaint FoundationJoan and James Urdan FamilyCynthia and Gary VasquesThe Wilhelms Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Donald S. WilsonHerbert Zien and Elizabeth Levins

$50,000 and aboveTwo Anonymous DonorsDrs. Helmut and Sandra Ammon

Astor Street FoundationPriscilla and Anthony BeadellMary and Terry BriscoeCheri and Tom BriscoeDori L. BrownAra and Valerie CherchianDoolittle Charitable TrustMrs. Mary Lou M. FindleyLee and Barbara JacobiMary E. LacyMyron LaskinDonna and Stephen LiljegrenPeter and Kathleen LillegrenMrs. Alice H. NelsonBruce and Candy PindyckThe Puelicher Foundation, Inc.Rotary Club of MilwaukeeJohn Stewig and Richard Bradley

$25,000 and above Three Anonymous DonorsSue and Louie AndrewEd and Janet BeckerRichard and Joan BeightolCathy G. BenjaminBruce and Melissa BlockWilliam and Barbara BolesSuzy and John BrennanChris and Katie Callen William ChesterCroen FoundationJoanne Doehler In memory of Ed and Mary DoehlerBeth and Ted DurantMr. William E. EasthamRobert and Kristen FewelAnne and Dean FitzgeraldEllen and Jim FleschGeorge E. Forish, Jr.David L. HarrisonMargarete and David HarveyDrs. Carla and Robert HayMr. and Mrs. Bernard C. HlavacFrieda and William Hunt Memorial TrustRichard G. Jacobus Family FoundationJudy and Gary JorgensenMegumi Kanda Hemann and Dietrich HemannKohler Co.Mark and Cynthia LevyElizabeth Meyer and Sam HopeBrian and Maura PackhamChristine Radiske and Herbert QuigleyBill Davidson and Randy ReddemannJohn and Mary RickmeierDebra and Howard SaltzmanDr. and Mrs. Neville Sender

A Grand Future Campaign


Christine A. Symchych and James P. McNultySusi and Dick StollHaruki Toyama and Amy BlairAnn and Joe WenzlerNora and Jude Werra

$15,000 and aboveFred and Kay AustermannDr. Rita Bakalars In memory of Earl BakalarsLois BernardRichard and Kay BiblerBoelter Family Foundation Fund A Donor Advised Fund of the Bradley Impact FundMarilyn and John BreidsterJean BrittMrs. John H. BurlingameLynda and Tom CurlBarbara and Harry L. DrakeJudith J. GoetzNatalia and Patrick GorisLeila and Joe HansonMegan Holbrook and Eric VogelPauline and Thomas JeffersMs. Chung J. Kim and Mr. Marshall PerlmanChristine KruegerE.J. and Meloney KubickAnn MacIverDr. Joseph MaierDrs. Robert Taylor and Janice McFarland-TaylorChristel U. MildenbergPatrick and Mary MurphyJamshed and Deborah PatelJulie and Steven PeayPlunkett Family FoundationJulie and Mason RossDian Gabriel and Jack SimpsonThomas and Michele Tiffany Mr. Kenneth TreisDon Petersen and Corinthia Van OrsdolAnne H. and Frederick Vogel, IIIBill and Gwen WernerDiana J. Wood

$10,000 and aboveFour Anonymous DonorsMary Beth Pieprzyca BerkesMarlene and Bert BilskyDr. Philip and the spirit of Beatrice BlankMr. and Mrs. Richard J. CecilMr. and Mrs. Stephen L. ChernofMary and James ConnellyIn honor of HamsterAnne and Theodore Crandall

Douglas and Eleanor Seaman Charitable Foundation In honor of David V. Uihlein, JrSteven and Buffy DubackRobert Gardenier and Lori MorseElizabeth and William GennéCarolie GoniuAlison Graf and Richard SchreinerGreater Milwaukee Foundation Dresselhuys Family Fund Donna and Tony Meyer FundRich Grunke and Bill GraschDale and Sara HarmelinkMr. and Mrs. Eric E. HobbsCharles and Jean HolmburgPeg and Mark HumphreyImpact Foundation In honor of Patrick McGinn and Linda UnkeferMs. Deborah A. JacobusMr. Ronald JacquartJewish Community Foundation Richman Family Donor Advised FundMatthew and Kathryn KammDennis and Sandy King In memory of Wayne A. KingGale Klappa of WEC Energy GroupRobert Kohl & Clark Pellett In honor of Peter MahlerJuililly KohlerDr. and Mrs. Anthony KrausenDr. Michael KrcoNorm and Judy LascaLarry and Mary LeBlancDale and Barbara LenzRichard and Roberta LondonLoretta LorenzenWayne and Kris LuedersKatharine and Sandy MallinMichael and Maureen McCabeGeorge and Sallie MeyerMrs. Rosemary D. MonroeJustin and Susanna MortaraMs. Florence ParneggStuart Parsons and Julia CourtrightJudy Perkins and David KeenElaine N. Peterson Richard and Suzanne PieperDr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pierce-RuhlandLinda and Blaine RiekePat and David RiersonRoger Ritzow In memory of Nancy RitzowTwo SistersLinda Gale Sampson In memory of BJ and Carol Sampson

Ms. Marsha Sehler In honor of David UihleinCarlton StansburyDrs. Steven and Denise TrinklCarolyn and Donald G. TylerAlice WeissBob and Barbara Whealon

$5,000 and aboveTwo Anonymous DonorsGeorge R. AffeldtMr. and Mrs. James B. AnelloRichard and Sara AsterRobert BaldersonDavid A. Benner and Diane Benjamin BennerArt BlairMichael and Marianna BruchErnest Brusubardis and Margaret CrowleyDiane and David BuckMr. Tom ButhodGillian and Steven ChamberlinNancy CockingDennis Conta and Deborah GardnerKristin and Curtis Crain, Jr. In honor of Curtis and Nell CrainLarry and Eileen DeanJane Dicus In memory of Bill DicusJack Douthitt and Michelle ZimmerThe Duffy WomenElizabeth and Herodotos EllinasPatricia and Daniel FetterleyMr. and Mrs. A. William FinkeStephen M. and Nancy H. FisherMs. Julie A. GiacobassiGreater Milwaukee Foundation Haag Family Foundation Fund Leesley B and Joan J. Hardy FundDaryl and Norman GrierCharmaine and Kurt GundersonJean Gurney and Earl M. LemonKarleen HaberichterMargaret Hader In memory of Wayne K. HaderMs. Mary E. HenkeRoxy HeyseDrs. Stephen Hinkle and Margie BoylesKonrad K. Kuchenbach In memory of John E. HollandSusan and Howard HopwoodMr. and Mrs. Ted HuttonGeorge and Angela JacobiJewish Community Foundation Bill & Idy Goodman Family Donor Advised Fund



Mr. and Mrs. David L. JohnsonMary F. JohnsonSusan and Raymond KehmMr. and Mrs. F. Michael KluiberJonathan H. Koenig and Melissa E. Love KoenigKolaga Family Charitable TrustKathy Donius and Paul KosidowskiMr. and Mrs. Jay LauckRobert and Emily LevineMr. and Mrs. David LindbergJacob MagnussonSusan Martin of WEC Energy GroupDonna Martynski In memory of Jerry MartynskiMark and Michele MeierDrs. Daryl Melzer and Rita HansonDr. Mary Ellen MitchanisErik and Carol MoeserDr. and Mrs. Squat BotleyPaul Nausieda and Evonne WinstonNorth Wells CapitalBarbara and Layton OlsenCharles D. Ortgiesen FoundationSusan M. OttoDr. Thomas and Elaine PagedasShane and Christina ReddemannEmily and Mike Robertson In memory of William F. Kachel, JrRoger B. Ruggeri and Andrea K. WagonerMichael and Eileen SchmalzMr. Rand Schmidt and Mr. Steven SandersDrs. Ronald and Camille SchulgitWilliam and MacKay SchultzIn memory of Hans and Irene SchwarkMicaela Levine and Thomas St. JohnMr. Richard SeeselMs. Carol SkornickaThe Startt Family In memory of Steven C. HaasMs. Bonnie SteindorfAnne SzcygielAnn TerwilligerLois TetzlaffGile and Linda TojekBetsy TrimbleMr. and Mrs. Lynn F. UnkeferUrban InnovationsMr. and Mrs. Francis WasielewskiMr. and Mrs. Brian WickertMs. Janet WilgusMrs. Richard P. Zauner

$3,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorMrs. David Beckwith

Dr. Andrew Catanzaro and Susan FriebertThe Gardner FoundationSusan KurtzJoan McCrackenDavid MiyamaRusti and Steve MofficDr. Donna Recht and Dr. Robert NewbyMs. Ruth RenzelmannDr. and Mrs. Ronald SantilliPatricia SheehanDonna and Tom ShrinerSteinway Piano Gallery of MilwaukeeThe Stratton Foundation Winifred and Arthur ThrallSandra and Ross Workman

$1,500 and aboveFour Anonymous DonorsDonald and Barbara Abert FundMark and Laura BarnardOrren and Marilyn BradleyDeanna B. BraegerMartin BrutvanNapa Chayaworakul and Don HanlonThomas and Joyce ChristieRhonda and Richard CohenColes Family FoundationMrs. Sarah CookPhillip and Patricia CrumpSteven Cupery and Lorna YoungMark and Jennie EhrmannBarbara Meyer Elsner FoundationDr. Jaleh H. EsmailiC. Frederick Geilfuss II and Anne HamiltonGreater Milwaukee Foundation Michael Hack FundPat and Charles HarperLisa and Mick HatchMrs. Barbara Himes In memory of Joseph Himes, M.D.Daniel Hoan FoundationJeanne and Conrad HollingRalph and Margaret HollmonJulia A. IhlenfeldtDeane and Vicky JaegerPhilip and Jane JohnsJayne J. JordanMark and Ginny KannenbergSteven P KelleyCharles and Sandra KincaidDolores KnoernschildMary S. KnudtenBarbara and Raymond KruegerProf. and Mrs. James M. KuistWilliam LassowJohn and Janice Liebenstein

Mr. and Mrs. A. Bela MarotiMike and Patty McCauleyGregory and Susan MillevilleMs. Melodi MuehlbauerRev. and Mrs. William E. MuellerRichard and Isabel MuirheadErik NelsonGeorge and Monica OessFor Texet and the Original MindKathryn Koenen PotosSarah J. Pratt, M.D.Martha PrinceJim and Fran ProulxMary Hauser and Jerome RandallMarcia J.S. Richards and Donald R. WhitakerTimothy and Syma RicherRichard and Colleen SchumakerPaul and Fran SeifertDebra and Daniel ShannonDr. and Mrs. C. John SnyderLeonard Sobczak and David PionkeBonnie and Bill StaffordDean and Katherine ThomeKathleen and Frank ThometzTrinidad TorresDr. and Mrs. David R. TschoppJohn and Joanne WagnerJim WardBarbara Wendt Karen WestonPrati and Norm WojtalJim and Sandy Wrangell

$1,000 and aboveFour Anonymous DonorsMark and Lynn AlanBrian and Denise AlbertiTom and Sally BastingJohn L. and Janet T. Beck In honor of Michael J. SchmitzDavid and Sherry BlumbergScott Bolens and Elizabeth FormanJoyce BroanTimothy Bult and Xin HuangTerry Burko and David TaggartDrs. William and Edith BurnsTeri CarpenterTim and Kathleen CarrSachin Chheda and Angela McManamanMr. and Mrs. J.T. ChristoffersonJacquelyn ChrisienDavid and Eugenia CogginBarbara B. CollingsSarah Stevenson Cook In memory of Jeanne CookBarbara K. Costanzo





Heidi and Todd CoxWilliam DeLindArt and Rhonda DowneyDr. Eric Alan DurantLinda and Eli Frank Pam GarveyJim and Judy GehlRosalie I. GellmanAnne and Franklyn GimbelBrad and Kristi GlockeDr. Andrew and Marjorie GreeneThomas HammKristin Hansen and Darrel JohnsonAnna HenningPastor Timothy HenningKathryn HoffmannCheryl Frazes Hill and Gary HillKathryn HoffmannMr. Jerome HoldenBarbara HuntemanTina ItsonKaren and Peter JanssonMr. and Mrs. James A. KaschMyrtle KastnerMary E. KellyLaurie KinzingerBruce LaningMrs. Alexandra F. Lerch-GagglSally Lewis and Kathleen RiveraMr. and Mrs. James MathieSusan McCombDebra MillerJosephine and Kathleen MisiewiczElizabeth O’NeillDavid Pauly and Renee CoutureRoland A. PerschonJessica and Paul PihartDaniel J. PetryChristopher and Kristen PiotrowskiTherese QuirkConnie Gavin and Bob Rothacker In honor of Doug and Jane HagermanJames A. Rydlewicz, MDBarry and Kathleen SammonsMs. Keri L. Sarajian and Mr. Frederick P. Stratton IIIRobin and John SasmanMr. Darren SchachtNina SarenacEmily Wacker and Steve SchultzPhil Schumacher and Pauline BeckCary and Susan SilversteinAnne and Randy SprecherJeff and Jody SterenMaggie and David StoeffelRoland and Judith Strampe

Ms. Lola TegederJoan ThompsonScott Tisdel and Stefanie JacobJoan TourdotLaura VuchetichTracy S. Wang, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Jerome T. WelzJan WhittowInge and Frank WintersbergerDr. Donald and Marian YoderKathleen Yuille In memory of David L. Yuille MDThe Zabinski Family In memory of Nicolas Sluss-Rodionov

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra truly values the music lovers in the concert hall and we thank our contributors to the Annual Fund for investing their time and support to this treasure. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions to the Annual Fund as of April 27, 2021.

Conductor’s CircleHarry John Brown Society$100,000 and aboveIsabel BaderMarty KrebsNancy LaskinSheldon and Marianne Lubar Charitable Fund of the Lubar Family FoundationMichael and Jeanne SchmitzJulia and David Uihlein

Kenneth Schermerhorn Society$50,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorAnthony and Vicki CecalupoDonald and JoAnne KrauseLorry Uihlein Charitable Lead Unitrust

Edo De Waart Society$35,000 and aboveThomas E. CaesteckerRobert and Gail KorbAndrea and Woodrow Leung

Andreas Delfs Society$25,000 and above One Anonymous DonorElaine BurkeBobbi and Jim Caraway Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn EsenbergGreater Milwaukee Foundation William R. and Charlotte S. Johnson FundDoug and Jane HagermanJudy and Gary JorgensenMr. and Mrs. George C. KaiserPat and Allen Rieselbach

Maestro’s Society$15,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorLaura and Mike ArnowDr. Philip and the spirit of Beatrice BlankMarilyn and John BreidsterMary and Terry BriscoeMs. Dorothy DiggsJewish Community Foundation Eileen & Howard Dubner Donor Advised Fund

Dr. Brent and Susan MartinWilliam and Marian NasgovitzJane and Keith NosbuschLois and Richard PaulsJulie and Steven PeayAllison M. and Dale R. SmithHaruki Toyama and Amy BlairAlice Weiss

Music Director$10,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorRichard and JoAnn BeightolMarcia P. Brooks and Edward J. HammondDr. Deborah and Jeff CostakosJames CoyleBruce T. Faure M.D.Mr. Mary Lou M. FindleyGeorge E. Forish, Jr.Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bernard J. and Marie E. Weiss FundJudith J. GoetzKatherine HauserMr. and Mrs. Eric E. HobbsKaren Hung and Bob ColettiMrs. Alyce Coyne KatayamaJudith A. KeyesMs. Geraldine Lash and Mr. William Borghesani, Jr.Charles and Barbara LundMr. Peter L. MahlerKeith Mardak and Mary VandenbergMr. and Mrs. George MeyerChristian and Kate MitchellPatrick and Mary MurphyAndy NunemakerBrian and Maura Packham Leslie PlamannJulia CourtrightDrs. Alan and Carol PohlAlice E. ReadSara and Jay Schwister Susi and Dick StollMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. TiffanyHerbert Zien and Elizabeth Levins

Concertmaster$5,000 and aboveThree Anonymous DonorsSue and Louie AndrewThomas Bagwell and Michelle HiebertDr. Rita BakalarsAlton BathrickDonna and Donald BaumgartnerMrs. David BeckwithLois BernardWilliam and Barbara BolesSuzy and John BrennanJean BrittLinda G. BuchsbaumRoger ByhardtWilliam and Nancy Carpenter

Ara and Valerie CherchianDonald and Judy ChristlMary and James ConnellySandra and Russell DagonKaren Dobbs and Chris DeNardisJohn and Sue EsserRobert and Kristin FewelLee FitzsimondsPaul and Connie FlaggFred and Debby GanawayElizabeth and William GenneRichard and Ellen GlaisnerRoberta GordonDrs. Carla and Robert HayJames and Crystal HeggeMs. Mary E. HenkeCory HenschelMr. and Mrs. Bernard C. HlavacDr. and Mrs. Samuel HokeHoward and Suan HopwoodJames and Karen Hyde Leon and Betsy JanssenJayne J. JordanMr. and Mrs. Yoshimasa KadotaChristine KruegerSusan KurtzJane and Tom LacyPeter and Kathleen LillegrenGerald and Elaine MainmanJohn and Linda MellowesWilliam J. MurgasMark Niehaus Barbara and Layton OlsenDr. Thomas and Elaine PagedasMr. and Mrs. James R. PetrieDr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pierce-RuhlandAgnes and Heinz ProellJim and Fran ProulxSteve and Fran RichmanDr. Thomas and Mary RobertsMerlin and Gladys Rostad Arts FundKay SchankeDr. and Mrs. R. Nikolaus SchmidtJan Serr and John ShannonMr. and Mrs. Gregory A. SmithSherman and Donna SwansonJohn and Karen TomashekLinda and Gile TojekJoan R. UrdanMrs. George WalcottTracy S. Wang, MDNora and Jude WerraMr. and Mrs. Donald S. WilsonJessica R. WirthRobert and Jessie Whitmore Charitable TrustDiana J. Wood

Principal$3,000 and aboveOne Anonymous DonorFred and Kay Austermann

Annual Fund


Dr. J. Mark Baker and Susan LorisMark and Laura BarnardRichard and Kay BiblerMarlene and Bert BilskyChris and Katie CallenDr. Bruce and Marsha CamittaJane and Stephen ChernofPaul and Gretchen ConnollyAmy and Frederick CroenCynthia and Brian DearingJoanne DoehlerBeth and Ted DurantElizabeth and Herodotos EllinasDr. Donald Feinsilver and Jo Ann CorraoStan and Janet FoxIrving D. GainesGinny HallJean and Thomas Harbeck Family Foundation Margarete and David HarveyJudith and David HeckerDrs. Stephen Hinkle and Margie BoylesMegan Holbrook and Eric VogelCharles and Jean HolmburgBarbara HuntLee and Barbara JacobiDavid and Mel JohnsonMatthew and Kathryn KammDr. Jack and Myrna KaufmanDr. and Mrs. KimMary S. KnudtenBenedict and Lee KordusCalvin and Lynn KozlowskiStanley KritzikNorm and Judy LascaEugene and Gwen LavinDr. Joseph and Amy LeungMicaela Levine and Thomas St. JohnFrank Loo and Sally LongMichael and Maureen McCabeDr. Ann McDonaldJudith Fitzgerald Miller, PhD, RN, FAANDr. Mary Ellen MitchanisRusti and Steve MofficRobert and Ruth O’TooleTheodore and Kelsey Perlick MolinariDavid PetersonChristine Radiske and Herbert QuigleyMarcia J.S. Richards and Donald R. WhitakerPat and David RiersonRoger RitzowRichard Eli SchoenJames Schultz and Donna MenzerLt. Cmdr. Ronald D. and Carol R. ScottMary and Jim ScottMrs. George R. SlaterRoger and Judy SmithSue and Boo SmithNita SorefJames and Catherine StarttLoretto and Dick Steinmetz

James and Cynthia StollKathleen and Frank ThometzCorinthia Van OrsdolThora VervorenJim WardMr. Charles M. WebsterAnn and Joe WenzlerFloyd WoldtMr. Wilfred WollnerCarol and Richard WythesSandra Zingler and Barbara Johnson

Artist$1,500 and aboveSix Anonymous Donors Frances and Lowell AdamsJantina and Donald AdrianoRichard and Sara AsterMrs. Marilyn M. AuerPriscilla and Anthony BeadellJacqlynn BehnkeRichard and Gloria BergmanGreg BlackOrren and Marilyn BradleyCheri and Tom BriscoeMrs. John H. BurlingameMr. David E. CadleKaren and Harry CarlsonDrs. Thomas and Gisela ChelimskyEdith ChristianLynda and Tom CurlJesse DeGroatMr. Miguel de JesusPaul DekkerMary Ann DudeSigrid Dynek and Barry AxelroodDr. and Mrs. Harry A. EasomMr. Donald ElliottJoseph and Joan FallAnne and Dean FitzgeraldJo Ann and Dale FredericksonJane K. GertlerWilliam and Colette GoldammerRuth Goldmann and Harry WallaceDr. Burton E. Goodman and Harriet BocksenbaumAlison Graf and Richard SchreinerGreater Milwaukee Foundation Luty Fund John and Shirley Jeffrey Fund Donna and Tony Meyer FundDavid L. HarrisonRobert HeyRobert S. JakubiakAnn JanikowskyKaren and Peter JanssonJewish Community Foundation Dorothy & Merton Rotter Donor Advised FundMarilyn W. JohnMr. William Josephson

Maja Jurisic and Don FrakerCorey KallasLynn and Tom KassoufDr. Bruce and Anna KaufmanMr. and Mrs. F. Michael KluiberJulilly KohlerKolaga Family Charitable TrustMilton and Carol KuyersMary E. LacyDrs. Kaye and Prakash LaudDr. Douglas, Berna, and Todd LevyKathleen LovelaceDr. and Mrs. Debesh MazumdarDr. Daniel and Constance McCartyMs. Jean L. MilehamGregory and Susan MillevilleRev. and Mrs. William E. MuellerMr. and Ms. Bruce MyersJames NassDrs. Donna Recht and Robert NewbyJean A. NovyGerald and Diana OgrenLynn and Lawrence OlsenSusan M. OttoJoseph PabstDr. David ParisRichard PattRaymond and Janice PerryDr. David and Louise PeteringGerald T. and Carol K. PetersenMr. Douglas E. PetersonJessica and Paul PihartKathyrn Koenen PotosDr. Francis RandallRoberta and David RemstadCarmen Rigau and David BeachEmily and Mike RobertsonDr. Ann Rosenthal and Dr. Benson MasseyDottie RotterKeri Sarajian and Frederick Stratton IIIJudy and Tom SchmidRev. Doug and Marilyn SchoenPaul and Frances SeifertDr. and Mrs. Kevin R. SiebenlistPaul and Diane SingerMargles Singleton & Clay YoungKathy and Salvatore SpicuzzaCarlton StansburyRichard E. Stephenson FundJohn and Anne ThomasJoan ThompsonR. James and Jean TobinSara J. ToenesMr. and Mrs. Lynn F. UnkeferLauren VollrathMichael Walton and Mary SchuellerMr. and Mrs. Francis WasielewskiRobert WelchRon and Alice WinklerJohn Winter

Annual Fund


Lee and Carol WolcottLeo Zoeller

Orchestra Circle$1,000 and aboveSix Anonymous Donors James and Nora BarryClair and Mary BaumMr. and Mrs. Ronald BeckmanKaren and Geoffrey BildaMr. and Mrs. Darold BorreeArt and Jacinda BoutonWalter and Virginia BoyerMr. James BrownDr. and Mrs. James D. BuckBarbara and Dr. Henry BurkoMs. Trish CalvyB. Lauren and Margaret CharousMr. Dominique DelugeauMary Jane and Robert DentonMadison DohmenBret DorhoutJack Douthitt and Michelle ZimmerDon and Nora DreskeMrs. Jacquelyn A. DrummerBeulah Romer EricksonEdward and Joanne FilmanowiczMr. and Mrs. A. William FinkeBill and Kari FooteMark Franke and Mason SherwoodMs. Barbara FritschelRobert GardenierMs. Kimberly GerberMartha GiacobassiSteven GrallMr. and Mrs. James GramentineRalph and Cherie GorensteinCharmaine and Kurt GundersonGreater Milwaukee Foundation Dresselhuys Family Fund Jay Kay Foundation Fund Stephen and Judy Maersch FundJim and Sandra HanusPat and Charles HarperMr. Charles W. HelscherMr. Al HentzenLinda IvarsonCharles and Mary KampsMegumi Kanda Hemann and Dietrich HemannJames and Peggy KarpowiczChristine and J. Patrick KeyesHeidi and Tommy KnudsenMichael KossMary KrallDr. and Mrs. Anthony KrausenDr. Michael J. KrcoJudith LasteGinger LazovikLarry and Mary LeBlancJohn and Janice Liebenstein

Bruce and Elizabeth LoderRichard and Roberta LondonMr. Peter LorisWayne and Kris LuedersJoseph MaierMr. Peter MamerowMr. Michael McbrideJoni and Joe McDevittMerle and Sandra McDonaldMr. and Mrs. Dean MehlbergRobert E. Meldman and Lila F. SilverbergChristel MildenbergEmily and Christopher MillerMs. Carol MoerkeMoya Mowbray and Roland SchroederPaul Nausieda and Evonne WinstonDavid and Gail NelsonMr. T. Michael ParkerJamshed and Deborah Patel Jo PerlsonCathy ProctonBeatrice PronleyDr. Francis J. RandallMr. James G. RascheDr. and Mrs. John S. RheePhilip ReifenbergDrs. Walter and Lisa RichDavid and Elizabeth RickabySusan RiedelMrs. Inger RileyMr. and Mrs. Dan RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Roger Schaus, Jr.Lawrence and Katherine SchnuckBob and Sally SchwarzMr. Brian M. SchwellingerRed and Ruth SchwertfegerDonna SmithDr. and Mrs. C. John SnyderJoan SpectorBarbara Ann SteinJeff and Jody SterenMr. and Mrs. Robert E. TengesKent and Marna Tess-MattnerRebecca ThomasMr. Stephen ThompsonMr. and Mrs. James S. TideyDrs. Steven and Denise TrinklMs. Lynde B. UihleinMike and Peg UihleinJacquelyn U’RenMr. and Mrs. A. James WhiteRobert and Lana WieseMr. and Mrs. James WigdaleLinda and Dan WilhelmsPrati and Norm WojtalJim and Sandy Wrangell

Symphony Friends Sustainer$500 and aboveEleven Anonymous DonorsDr. and Mrs. Albert H. Adams, M.D.

David and Tracy AlexanianMr. and Mrs. Larry L. AndersonDr. Joan ArvedsonLaura M. BaackeMr. Stephen BablitchBruce A. and Margaret M. BarrCarline BarrowMatthew J. BartelDr. Patricia BarwigRoberta BassThomas Bauldry and Thomas CzisnyMr. and Mrs. Jean M. BeaudoinMargery BeckerMr. Patrick J. BehlingCatherine BenjaminMr. and Mrs. John C. BergmanElliot and Karen BermanKristine BestCarolee and Arthur BeutlerRoger BialcikDavid and Mary BlackwelderCarole and Donald BockNaomi and Sid BodineJohn and Sandra BolgerRobert Borch and Linda WickstromDanielle BoykeMs. Elizabeth B. BrasureCraig and Anne BryantLois and Robert BraznerArthur and Anne BrooksThomas BrownValerie BrumderKathleen Burchby, MDMike and Ericka BurzynskiThomas Bush and Rosalie NeufeldMr. Tom ButhodDavid and Oksana CarlsonCarol CarpenterMr. John ChainMs. Katie L. CizelDennis and Deborah ContaNicole and Jack CookSarah Stevenson CookWayne and Marlene CookBarbara K. CostanzoMr. Russell Darrow Jr. Mr. Jeffery DebbinkMs. Kristine L. DemskiMr. Thomas DillKendall and Kevin DiVitoLinda DohmenKenneth and Barbara DonnerSusan and John DragisicElizabeth and Robert DraperGary DrescherDr. and Mrs. Peter DrescherDavid DrewDonald and Kathleen DrumMargot and John DunnMichael and Patricia Dunn

Annual Fund


Dr. Eric Alan DurantTom Durkin and Joan RobothamDebra EderRosemarie EiermanGerald and Signe EmmerichSheila EngferLynn EngelFrancis and Sharon FeiderDr. Eric and Anne FisherHoward FrankenthalGordon and Christine FreeseMr. and Mrs. Gerald FreitagDavid FrenchRobert and Sally GabrielMark and Virginia GennisBrad and Kristi GlockeGreg and Debra GoeksPearl Mary GoetschEmil GohrStephen and Bernadine GraffGreater Milwaukee Foundation Paloucek Family Fund Bill and Gwen Werner FundMrs. David GruberMrs. Janine GrunaJean Gurney and Earl LemonLeila and Joe HansonKathleen M. HartMr. Paul and Dr. Kathy HartkeCheryl and Roy HauswirthMs. Barbara HaydenMr. Michael L. HeidreichDr. Bob and Katy HenschelDr. Sidney and Suzanne HerszensonSusan and Eric HillstromJerrold and Elizabeth HiltonBarbara HimesDr. Peter HinowDavid HoevelerMr. Jerome HoldenJeanne and Conrad HollingLaura and James HoltzRichard and Jeanne HryniewickiJanet IsbisterJerome and Alice JacobsonPauline and Thomas JeffersRobert and Carlotta JohnsonOlof Jonsdottir and Thorsteinn SkulasonJewish Community Foundation Margery H. & Irvin M. Beck Donor Advised Fund Alice and Jerome Jacobson Donor Advised Fund Diana & Kenneth Stein Donor Advised FundRose and Dale KaserKaye and Mark KassRobert and Sandra KattmanEileen Kehoe and Bud ReinholdBrian and Mary Lou Kennedy

Mr. and Mrs. Kenan J. KerstenJohn and Karen KiseJohn and Debra KissingerCarol and Donald KlockowJoseph KmochJonathan and Willette KnoppDana M. KrejcarekBruce and Shirley KrenzkeDoris KresheckE.J. and Meloney KubickMichael and Doris KuhnThomas and Evelyn LajinessAvrum and Dannette LankJeffrey A. LasselleLarry and Esther LauwasserChris and Emilia LaydenMr. Helen LeggeriBridget LenzDale and Barbara LenzSandra LofteFrances LuebkeAnn MacIverJeanne and David MantschAnn MargolisDr. and Mrs. Francisco MartinezKen-David MasurRita McDonaldMr. Gregory J. McCarthyGuy and Mary Jo McDonaldDiane Griewank McGinn and Thomas McGinnDrs. Daryl Melzer and Rita HansonMs. Mary Kaye MerwinAnne and Tom MetcalfeMrs. Debra L. MetzDr. and Mrs. Nicholas MeyerMark and Carol MitchellSamantha MorrisPatricia and George MuellerMr. Michael MuellerMr. and Mrs. Frank J. MuenchThad NationErik NelsonDr. and Mrs. Joseph NovakGeorgiana OrthausScott Paegelow and Charles KlocknerJon Pagenkopf, DDSDr. and Mrs. James T. PaloucekMichael and Nancy PfauEdna PfeifferJames PhillipsFrank and Angela PintarWilliam Prost and Cynthia Krueger-ProstJohn PustejovskyDavid and Carol RaaschMs. Harvian Raasch-HootenWilliam RadonskiBarbara and Duane RaetzRobert RafelNorman and Virginia RamboJanice and Jordan Reese

Lysbeth and James ReiskytlWerner and Carol RichheimerAnthony RobertsJohn RoloffDolores RuetzMargaret RuscettaDr. Thomas J. RussellDrs. Larry and Polly RyanMrs. Cheral SadlerJennifer and Kyle SamuelsonRobin and John SasmanMrs. Wilbert SchauerDaniel SchickerDon and Judy SchultzBeverly and Gary SchulzePhil Schumacher and Pauline BeckMr. and Mrs. Mark W. SchwallieFred and Ruth SchwertfegerRonald and Judith ShapiroDonna and Tom ShrinerMr. and Mrs. Charles D. SiemersRichard and Sheryl SmithJeanne and Richard SomersMr. and Mrs. Reginald SprecherMr. David StanoszDiana and Ken SteinSue Martin-Steiner and Anthony SteinerFred and Linda SteinleinMs. Lola TegederMr. and Mrs. Gerard TempestaMarilyn and Bob TeperAnn TerwilligerJoan ThompsonJoan and David TottenPeter Turner and Nancy NortheyRoy and Sandra UelnerJames Van EssJohn Viste and Elaine StriteMs. Suzy WeismanHenry J. WellnerLynn and Richard WesolekDeborah and Gerald WetterSammis and Jean WhitePaul and Margaret WickesbergGerald and Judith WilleAlderman Terry L. WitkowskiMrs. Melinda D. WolfMr. Daryl and Mrs. Bonnie WunrowSusan and Benjamin Zarwell Marilyn and Doug Zwissler

Annual Fund


The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra truly values the generosity of music-loving patrons in the concert hall and throughout the community. We especially thank our Corporate and Foundation contributors for investing their time and support to this treasure. We gratefully acknowledge contributions from:

$1,000,000 and aboveKrause Family FoundationUnited Performing Arts Fund

$250,000 and aboveArgosy FoundationThe Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

$100,000 and aboveHerzfeld FoundationRockwell AutomationState of Wisconsin – Department of AdministrationWEC Energy Group

$50,000 and aboveGreater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra FundJohnson ControlsKahler SlaterMilwaukee County Arts Fund (CAMPAC) Melitta S. Pick Charitable Trust

$25,000 and aboveAnonymousBader Philanthropies, Inc.Chase Family FoundationFirst Midwest BankGodfrey & KahnGreater Milwaukee Foundation Gertrude Elser and John Edward Schroeder Fund Helen and Jeanette Oberndorfer Fund Norman and Lucy Cohn Family FundKomatsu Mining Corp. FoundationOgletree DeakinsR.D. & Linda Peters FoundationSchoenleber Foundation, Inc.U.S. Bank

$15,000 and aboveA.O. Smith Foundation, Inc.Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable TrustGladys E. Gores Charitable FoundationROS FoundationThe League of American OrchestrasWisconsin Arts Board

$10,000 and aboveBMO Harris BankCD Smith Construction ServicesCharles D. Ortgiesen FoundationDavid C. Scott FoundationEllsworth CorporationJane Bradley Pettit FoundationMarietta Investment PartnersNorthwestern MutualRalph Evinrude FoundationRite Hite Holding CompanyWilliam and Janice Godfrey Family Foundation Yabuki Family Foundation

$5,000 and aboveAnon Charitable TrustArts MidwestBurke PropertiesCamille A. Lonstorf TrustCommon Links Construction, LLCCornerStone OneFrieda & William Hunt Memorial TrustErnst & Young, LLCGRAEFGreater Milwaukee Foundation ELM II Fund William A. and Mary M. Bonfield, Jr. FundMGIC Investment CorporationMilwaukee Arts BoardNorthern TrustRoxy and Bud Heyse Fund

$2,500 and aboveCommerce State BankGreater Milwaukee Foundation Margaret Heminway Wells FundJapan FoundationJoan and Fred Brengel Family Foundation, Inc.Richard G. Jacobus Family FoundationTheodore W. Batterman Family Foundation

$1,000 and aboveAnthony Petullo Foundation, Inc.Clare M. Peters Charitable TrustEllis Family Charitable FundFoley & Lardner LLPGlendale Woman’s ClubGreater Milwaukee Foundation Cottrell Balding Fund Del Chambers Fund Eleanor N. Wilson Fund Drs. George and Christine Sosnovsky Fund Henry C., Eva M., Robert H. and Jack J. Gillo Charitable Fund Irene Edelstein Memorial FundMildred L. Roehr & Herbert W. Roehr FundMilwaukee BucksPerlick CorporationTownsend Foundation

$500 and aboveAlbert J. & Flora H. Ellinger Foundation, Inc.Colliers InternationalGreater Milwaukee Foundation Carrie Taylor & Nettie Taylor Robinson Memorial Fund Donald and Barbara Abert Fund Robert C. Archer Designated FundUsinger Foundation

Corporate and Foundation Support


In memory of Sue ArmstrongClair and Mary BaumMary and James ConnellyClaudia GarberMerry GerschkeBrett GordonTodd GordonJulie LoganJohn MitchellChristine and James O’BrienRod ReillyMary ReinhartTracy RothmanAlexandra Sullivan

In memory of Edward BealeRichard Bautch

In memory of William D. FaudeJudith and Donald Christl

In honor of Helen FlannerFran Halas

In memory of Martin GlucksteinAndrew HarrisHeidi Huber

In loving memory of Judith Harrison from the MSO League Past PresidentsJudy ChristlMary ConnellyMarta HaasRoxybelle HeyseJean HolmburgJoAnne KrauseEloise PingryLinda TojekCarol Wiensch

In memory of Judith HarrisonFred and Kay AustermannElizabeth BlankDonald and Judy ChristlMary and James ConnellyElizabeth Ryan-DouglasHoward and Eileen DubnerSigrid Dynek and Barry AxelroodGFWC Shorewood Woman’s Club, Inc.Marta P. and Doyne M. HaasVincent and Marcia HenryRoxy HeyseJean and Charles HolmburgBarbara HuntLucy HustingConstance JaegerBenedict and Lee KordusJoAnne and Donald KrauseDeborah Ann Lancello

D’Ann MalloyChristel MildenbergPatricia and George MuellerEloise R. PingryRobert PingryRobert E. RoenitzElizabeth Ryan-DouglasLinda and Gile TojekJoan, Jennifer, Jon, Jeff and the Spirit of Jim UrdanCarol and James WienschHenry Vincent

In honor of Dr. Carla HayColleagues in the Department of History at Marquette University

In memory of Roxy HeyseDonald and Judy ChristlMary and James ConnellyMarta P. and Doyne M. HaasKathryn HarrisonJean and Charles HolmburgJennifer HuffstetlerBarbara HuntLee and Benedict KordusJoAnne and Donald KrauseDeborah QuirkLinda and Gile TojekCarol and James Wiensch

In memory of IdaMaury Berger

In memory of Chris InloesMichael SchelbleVector Surgical, LLC

In honor of Philip and Jane JohnsTimothy Johns

In honor of Alyce KatayamaSteven and Buffy Duback

In memory of John KirchgeorgMs. Patricia Martin

In memory of Alice KrebsRosemary BellJohn BerthelsenJean BrittMary Ann ChirichignoDonald and Judy ChristlAlan EadesAnne and Richard EganHenry ElsesserBeth FredricksonBevery FrieseSusan Gallion

Lee and Barbara JacobiJudy and Gary JorgensenReverend and Mrs. James KaestnerHarold KirbyBill LittleEdward MagliettaGenie and David MeissnerGeorge L.N. Meyer Family FoundationJames MurrayJennifer and Dennis NajoomD.T. OfferdahlLynn PaullMargaret RathmannPat and Allen RieselbachMichael SchmitzJeanne TomaroJoan R. UrdanArthur WetzelJeremy Wilson

In honor of John and Gerry KrobothAna and Scott ConantRick Kroboth

In memory of Arthur LaskinMargery BeckerDr. Philip and the spirit of Beatrice BlankTerry Burko and David TaggartSue ChristensenAnne and Dean FitzgeraldElizabeth S. KeayNorm and Judy LascaChristel U. MildenbergJames PhillipsPat and Allen RieselbachMichael SchmitzMary StanleyJoan, Jennifer, Jon, Jeff and the Spirit of Jim Urdan

In memory of Todd Levy’s MotherBarbara Himes

In honor of Patt Mumm-LovelyJames and Barbara Dittl

In memory of W. Stuart ParsonsRichard AbdooTerry Burko and David TaggartBuffy and Steve DubackRaquel LauritzenPatty and Mike McCauleyGenie and David MeissnerMichael SchmitzJohn SpencerAnn and George WhyteKathrine Wolf

Tributes


In honor of Christine Radiske’s BirthdayKay and Fred Austermann

In honor of Dave RasmussenCaroline Coward

In memory of Hans SchwarkChrista BlaschkeElizabeth FeithSiegfried HagedornKarla HeuerSuzanne KelleyElizabeth KorosecBarbara and Layton OlsenMary ReinhartVicki SchaalKrista Vonder Ehe

In memory of L. Paul SingerJohn Jacobsen

In memory of Eileen M. SukawatyEric Miller

In honor of Peter ThomasSusi and Dick Stoll

In honor of Emily Wacker SchultzKathy and Russ Schultz

In honor of Barbara Weigner in celebration of her 84th Birthday. And our 70 years of friendship, initially nurtured by our mutual participation in high school orchestraMarjorie Sutton

In memory of Mary Lee WinnieMs. Rebecca R. Winnie

Tributes


EXECUTIVEMark Niehaus, President & Executive Director, Michael and Jeanne Schmitz ChairSusan Loris, Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Charles A. Krause ChairBret Dorhout, Vice President of Artistic PlanningJohn Roloff, Vice President of Orchestra and Facilities OperationsRobin Sasman, Vice President & Chief Financial OfficerHeidi Gempeler, Chief of StaffCynthia Moore, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Manager

ADVANCEMENTTina Itson, Director of Institutional GivingMichael Rossetto, Director of Individual GivingCeleste Baldassare, Campaign ManagerNate Groonwald, Advancement OfficerElliott King, Grants & Research ManagerOrin Larson, Individual Giving ManagerWilliam Loder, Annual Fund ManagerTracy Migon, Development Systems ManagerDaniel Petry, Campaign Gift Officer Emily Santeler, Advancement Associate

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTRebecca Whitney, Director of EducationMichelle Pehler, ACE and Education ManagerHannah Esch, Concerts for Schools and Education Manager

FINANCETeresa Griggs, Senior AccountantJennifer Hausch, ControllerJenny Beier, Accountant

MARKETINGJennifer Samuelson, Senior Director of Patron Experience & Front of House OperationsAna Cook, Director of Events and PartnershipsErin Kogler, Director of CommunicationsKathryn Reinardy, Director of Marketing & Strategic EngagementLuther Gray, Associate Director of Patron ServicesAl Bartosik, Box Office ManagerAdam Cohen, Patron Systems ManagerMarie Holtyn, Box Office SupervisorMarcella Morrow, Marketing ManagerKerry Ryan, Communications and Content CoordinatorPatrick Schley, Interim House Manager

OPERATIONSFrançoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra PersonnelRick Snow, Director of FacilitiesFrank Almond, Artistic AdvisorPaul Beck, Associate LibrarianPatrick McGinn, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian ChairTerrell Pierce, Operations ManagerRip Prétat, Assistant Orchestra Personnel ManagerEmily Wacker Schultz, Artist Duty AssistantJeremy Tusz, Audio & Video ProducerChristina Williams, Chorus Manager

MSO 2020.21 Administration


DONATE TODAY AND SUPPORT OURMEMBER GROUPS ATUPAF.ORG/DONATEMYSO, Progressions, Photo by Ron Oshima.Skylight Music Theatre, Andrew Varela, Photo by Mark Frohna.


YOUR LOCAL BANK.PROUD SUPPORTEROF THE ARTS.

First Midwest Bank is honored to support the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

We are your local southeast Wisconsin bank.Connect with us for:

• Personal Banking• Small Business Banking

• Commercial Banking• Wealth Management

www.FirstMidwest.com

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

214995-1 MSO ad 6x9.pdf 1 1/25/2021 3:30:58 PM


Together, we are expanding human possibility in our communities- helping nurture the next generation of builders, makers, and innovators.

imagination + technology =

possibility


Documents

STORM & DRIVE - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra