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Program

JOHN STAFFORD SMITH
Star Spangled Banner

BEDŘICH SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, Overture

AARON COPLAND
Variations on a Shaker Melody

WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”
III. Animato

LEROY ANDERSON
Blue Tango

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story, Overture

BOB LOWDEN
Armed Forces Salute

INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS
Summon The Heroes

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Presidential Polonaise

JIMMY VAN HEUSEN/MIKE LEWIS
Swinging on a Star

CALVIN CUSTER
Salute to the Big Bands

KOJI KONDO
Legend of Zelda

JOHN WILLIAMS
Harry’s Wonderous World

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Featured Artists

THOMAS HONG | conductor

Hailed by Kurt Masur as “One of the most talented young conductors of his generations,” THOMAS HONG enjoys the privilege of being one of many successful protégés of the great Maestro. Having won titled positions with the Dallas, Pittsburgh and Seattle Symphony Orchestras as well as Orchestre ...

Hailed by Kurt Masur as “One of the most talented young conductors of his generations,” THOMAS HONG enjoys the privilege of being one of many successful protégés of the great Maestro. Having won titled positions with the Dallas, Pittsburgh and Seattle Symphony Orchestras as well as Orchestre National de France, Hong has conducted countless concerts with those orchestras, ranging from classical, community, education and pops concerts.

Presently, he is the artistic director and conductor of the University of Pennsylvania Orchestras. Recent activities include being principal conductor for the inaugural season of the DSO on the GO series with the Dallas Symphony, performing in neighboring venues of the North Texas area, and a re-engagement with the Utah Symphony, where he was the conductor for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City.

Orchestras that Hong has conducted in the past include the Utah, Fort Worth, Virginia, Richmond, Spokane and Winnepeg Symphonies as well as the Seoul, Buffalo and Lutosławski Philharmonics. More recent invitations include the Berlin Symphony, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Siciliana and Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Among his operatic and vocal performances are Copland’s The Tenderland, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress and Donizetti’s L’exisir d’Amore at the Wortham Opera Theatre in Houston. Awards that Hong has received include the Leopold Stokowski Fellowship, the Whitaker Opera Prize and a residency award by the Brahms society of Baden-Baden. His latest recording was from the show “From the Top” with pianist/host Christopher O’Riley and the DSO at the Meyerson Symphony Center.

Hong was born in Incheon, Korea and immigrated to the United States with his family. He began his musical training as a pianist with Dr. Samuel Hsu at Cairn University. Later, he went on to earn a masters degree in choral conducting at Temple University and an artist diploma in orchestral conducting from The Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Maestros Alan Harler and Otto Werner Mueller, respectively. He concluded his artistic training with Maestro Larry Rachleff at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Currently, Hong lives in Philadelphia with his wife Rachel Ku and their daughter Esther.

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The Orchestra

VIOLIN I
Peter Rovit, Concertmaster
Supported by Robert & Vicki Lieberman
Sonya Stith Williams, Associate Concertmaster
Supported by Virginia Parker, in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
Edgar Tumajyan, Assistant Concertmaster
Supported by David A. A. Ridings
Noemi Miloradovic
Liviu Dobrota
Asher Wulfman
Laura Smith
Yoojin Lee
Bin Gui

VIOLIN II
Amy Christian, Principal
Anita Gustafson, Assistant Principal
Yurie Mitsuhashi
Sara Silva
Linda Carmona
Minjoo Moon
Adam Jeffreys

VIOLA
Heejung Yang, Principal
Supported by an Anonymous Friend
Carol Sasson
Arvilla Wendland
William Ford-Smith

CELLO
Heidi Hoffman, Principal
Lindsay Groves, Assistant Principal
Gregory Wood, Assistant Principal
Walden Bass
George Macero
Supported by William & Nancy Byrne

BASS
Spencer Phillips, Principal
Supported by Lou & Kathy Lemos
Michael Fittipaldi, Assistant Principal
Supported by Barbara Davis, in memory of Leslie Davis
Joshua Kerr
Marshall Henry

FLUTE
Xue Su, Principal*
Supported by Dr. Paul E. Phillips & Sharon P. Sullivan, in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
Leanna Ginsburg, Principal^
Kelly Covert

PICCOLO
Kelly Covert

OBOE
Eduardo Sepúlveda, Principal
The Philip R. MacArthur Chair
Patricia Sharpe

CLARINET
Allan Kolsky, Principal
John Friedrichs, Assistant First Chair

BASS CLARINET
John Friedrichs

BASSOON
Rachel Koeth, Principal
Jessica Wooldridge King

CONTRABASSOON
Jessica Wooldridge King

HORN
Jon Garland, Principal
Nancy & David Ridings Chair
Jonathan Dozois
Supported by Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth
Julie Bridge, Associate Principal
Tyler Ogilvie

TRUMPET
John Raschella, Principal
Robert C. Soderberg Chair
Roy Smith

TROMBONE
Benjamin Dettelback, Principal
David Seder
Gabriel Ramos
Bass Trombone supported by an Anonymous Friend

TUBA
John Caughman

TIMPANI
Patrick Shrieves
Supported by Mary Ann Tyszko

PERCUSSION
Michael W. Bull, Principal
Supported by Alice & Michael Kendrick
Ernest Muzquiz
Laurance Luttinger

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Arvilla Wendland

LIBRARIAN
Ben Dettelback

*On Leave
^One-Year

Board of Directors

Mary Ann Tyszko, President
President & CEO, SRCTec (retired)

Anna Putintseva, Secretary
Partner, Bousquet Holstein

Caragh Fahy, Treasurer
Owner & President, Madison Financial Planning Group

Violet Bundi
Attorney, Interfaith Works

Amy Christian
Symphoria Musician (Violin)

Kelly Covert
Symphoria Musician (Flute/Piccolo) & Corporate Giving & Annual Fund Manager

Vicki Feldman
Community volunteer and expert volunteer fundraiser

Kimberly Flomerfelt-Puc
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

Jon Garland
Symphoria Musician (Horn) & Director of Operations

George Kilpatrick
Host, Inspiration for the Nation

Allan Kolsky
Symphoria Musician (clarinet)

Robert Lieberman
Managing Partner, RAV Properties

Frank Messere
Dean Emeritus, School of Communication, Media and the Arts, SUNY Oswego

Shelly Thompson-Liedka
Vice President & Commercial Banking Manager, M&T Bank

Wale Oguntola
Nephrologist, St. Joseph’s Health Hospital & Crouse Hospital

Jackie Penfield
Senior HR Consultant, OneGroup

Mike Ratner
Surgeon, Upstate Medical Center, retired

Martha Sutter
Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Teaching Professor of Voice, Syracuse University

Gwen Sykes
Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, SRC, Inc.

Marcus Webb
Program Manager, Entrepreneurship at Columbia Technology Ventures

Gregory Wood
Symphoria Musician (Cello)

Symphoria Staff

Pamela Murchison ✉
Executive Director

Jon Garland ✉
Director of Operations

Ergo Blydenburgh ✉
Orchestra Manager

Nicky Radford ✉
Education & Youth Orchestra Manager

Arvilla Wendland ✉
Personnel Manager

Ben Dettelback ✉
Librarian

Lara Mosby ✉
Senior Manager for Advancement and Community Engagement

Kelly Covert ✉
Corporate Giving and Annual Fund Manager

Andrew Teller ✉
Stage Manager

Brian Pope ✉
Marketing and Data Manager

Paul McShee ✉
Youth Orchestra Music Director

Jessica Tumajyan
Youth Strings Conductor