Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season January-February 2018

ORCHESTRA ROSTER 2017–2018 SEASON MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR, HARVEY M. AND LYN P. MEYERHOFF CHAIR Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Hersh, Associate Conductor and Artistic Director of BSYO FIRST VIOLINS Jonathan Carney ∫ Concertmaster, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Chair Wyatt Underhill † Acting Associate Concertmaster, Wilhelmina Hahn Waidner Chair Boram Kang Acting Assistant Concertmaster Kenneth Goldstein Wonju Kim Gregory Kuperstein Gregory Mulligan Rebecca Nichols* E. Craig Richmond Kevin Smith Ellen Pendleton Troyer Andrew Wasyluszko Jina Lee** Tian Zhao** SECOND VIOLINS Qing Li Principal, E. Kirkbride and Ann H. Miller Chair Ivan Stefanovic † Associate Principal Angela Lee ∫ Assistant Principal Audrey Wright Leonid Berkovich Leonid Briskin Holly Jenkins Julie Parcells Sunjoo Park Christina Scroggins* James Umber Charles Underwood VIOLAS ∫ Lisa Steltenpohl Principal, Peg gy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Chair Noah Chaves Associate Principal Karin Brown Assistant Principal Jacob Shack Peter Minkler Sharon Pineo Myer Delmar Stewart Jeffrey Stewart Mary Woehr Jenni Seo** CELLOS Dariusz Skoraczewski † ∫ Principal, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Chair Chang Woo Lee Associate Principal Lachezar Kostov Assistant Principal Bo Li ∫ Seth Low Esther Mellon Kristin Ostling Se-Doo Park Lukasz Szyrner BASSES Robert Barney Principal, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair David Sheets Associate Principal Timothy Dilenschneider Mark Huang Jonathan Jensen Eric Stahl Drew Banzhaf** FLUTES Emily Skala Principal, Dr. Clyde Alvin Clapp Chair Marcia Kämper Lauren Sileo** PICCOLO Marcia Kämper Acting Piccolo OBOES Katherine Needleman Principal, Robert H. and Ryda H. Levi Chair Melissa Hooper Assistant Principal Michael Lisicky ENGLISH HORN Jane Marvine Kenneth S. Battye and Legg Mason Chair CLARINETS YaoGuang Zhai Principal Lin Ma Assistant Principal William Jenken E-FLAT CLARINET Lin Ma BASSOONS Fei Xie* Principal Harrison Miller Acting Principal Bassoon Julie Green Gregorian Assistant Principal Schuyler Jackson CONTRABASSOON David P. Coombs HORNS Philip Munds Principal, USF&G Foundation Chair Gabrielle Finck Associate Principal Lisa Bergman Austin Larson Joy Branagan** TRUMPETS Andrew Balio Principal, Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair René Hernandez Assistant Principal Nathaniel Hepler Matthew Barker TROMBONES Aaron LaVere Principal, Alex Brown & Sons Chair John Vance BASS TROMBONE Randall S. Campora TIMPANI James Wyman Principal Christopher Williams Assistant Principal HARP Sarah Fuller** Acting Principal KEYBOARD Lura Johnson** Sidney M. and Miriam Friedberg Chair ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Jinny Kim Director of Orchestra Personnel Matthew Urquhart Assistant Personnel Manager LIBRARIANS Michael Ferraguto Principal, Constance A. and Ramon F. Getzov Chair Raymond Kreuger Associate STAGE PERSONNEL Ennis Seibert Stage Manager Todd Price Assistant Stage Manager Charles Lamar Audio Engineer Mario Serruto Electrician * On leave ** Guest musician Performing with an instrument (†) or a bow (∫) on loan to the BSO from the private collection of the family of Marin Alsop. The musicians who perform for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra do so under the terms of an agreement between the BSO and the Local 40-543, AFM. PERCUSSION Christopher Williams Principal, Lucille Schwilck Chair John Locke Brian Prechtl Ford Musician Awardee Yuri Temirkanov, Music Director Emeritus Gonzalo Farias, BSO - Peabody Conducting Fellow MUSIC DIRECTOR Marin Alsop Marin Alsop is an inspiring and powerful voice in the international music scene who passionately believes that “music has the power to change lives.” She is recognized across the world for her innovative programming and for her deep commitment to education and the development of audiences of all ages. Her success as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has been recognized by the extension of her tenure until 2021. After her appointment in 2007, Alsop launched OrchKids, which provides music education and instruments to Baltimore’s underserved youth. She became Music Director of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in 2012 and made history in 2013 as the first female conductor of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms, which she returned to conduct in 2015. Alsop conducts the world’s major orchestras including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. As a student of Leonard Bernstein, Alsop is central to his 100 th -anniversary celebrations, conducting Bernstein’s Mass at the Ravinia Festival, where she serves as Musical Curator for 2018 and 2019. She recently concluded a 25-year tenure as Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California. Alsop is the only conductor to receive the MacArthur Fellowship and was recently appointed Director of Graduate Conducting at the Peabody Institute. She attended the Juilliard School and Yale University, which awarded her an Honorary Doctorate in 2017. JA N – F E B 2018 / OV E R T U R E 7

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