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April 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater 421 Montgomery St. Syracuse , NY 13202
Program
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville Overture
GUISSEPE VERDI
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
GIACOMO PUCCINI
“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
RICHARD WAGNER
Die Meistersinger, WWV 96: Overture
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
“Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni
Laurel Semerdjian, mezzo-soprano & Jarrett Ott, baritone
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
“Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville
Jarrett Ott
GUISSEPE VERDI
“Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto
Jasmine Habersham, Laurel Semerdjian, Miles Mykkanen & Jarrett Ott
INTERMISSION
GUISSEPE VERDI
Triumphal March from Aida
Syracuse University Oratorio Society
GAETANO DONIZETTI
“Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore
Miles Mykkanen
GUISSEPE VERDI
“Va, pensiero” from Nabucco
Syracuse University Oratorio Society
GUISSEPE VERDI
“Caro nome che il mio cor” from Rigoletto
Jasmine Habersham
JULES MASSANET
“Choisir et pourquoi” from Manon
Jarrett Ott
GEORGES BIZET
Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Boheme
GEORGES BIZET
“Habanera” from Carmen
Laurel Semerdjian
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Fledermaus: Overture
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Featured Artists
American soprano Jasmine Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well controlled, silvery tone [with] an alluring presence” by Opera Today. Last season, she returned to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performed ...
American soprano Jasmine Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well controlled, silvery tone [with] an alluring presence” by Opera Today. Last season, she returned to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, and sang Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Mercer-Macon Symphony, débuted as Sophie in Werther with Houston Grand Opera, brought her celebrated Gilda in Rigoletto to Utah Opera, made her role début as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Madison Opera, and returned to The Glimmerglass Festival as Almirena in Rinaldo. Habersham embarks on an exciting 2023-2024 season making her role début as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Opera San Jose. She then reprises her Gilda in Rigoletto in her return to Atlanta Opera, sings Frasquita in Carmen in her début with the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, takes her Pamina in Die Zauberflöte to Nashville Opera, and joins Central City Opera as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. Additionally, she is in concert with multiple orchestras: the Fresno Philharmonic for Mahler’s 4th Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony for Carmina burana, and Symphoria for a concert of operatic excerpts.
Recent seasons have included many exciting company and role débuts for Ms. Habersham. She returned to Atlanta Opera for her role début as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, made her company début with Opera North (UK) as Gilda in Rigoletto, appeared as The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, returned to Madison Opera for her role début Euridice in Orpheus in the Underworld, and joined The Glimmerglass Festival as Mimi in Tenor Overboard and Mary in Holy Ground.
Additionally, she has performed in Opera in the Park Online with Madison Opera, performed as a Company Player with The Atlanta Opera as The Girl in Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Micaëla in Threepenny Carmen, made her début with Seattle Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and sang Nannetta in Falstaff with Berkshire Opera.
Other notable engagements include Pip in Moby Dick with Opera San Jose and Utah Opera, Katie Jackson in the world premiere of Joel Puckett’s The Fix with Minnesota Opera, Clara in Porgy and Bess with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Pamina in The Magic Flute with Opera Theatre of St. Louis: Opera on the Go, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Cincinnati Opera, Yum-Yum in the The Mikado with Kentucky Opera, Esther in Intimate Apparel with Cincinnati Opera Fusion, and Clara in Porgy and Bess with Utah Festival Opera. She has also performed the roles of Papagena in The Magic Flute and an Apparition in Macbeth at The Glimmerglass Festival.
Ms. Habersham has performed as a featured soloist in numerous concert productions including Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, Schubert’s Mass in G, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah, and Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music. A finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, Jasmine is well-versed as a crossover artist in opera and musical theatre. She has performed the roles Edith in The Pirates of Penzance with The Atlanta Opera, Susannah in The Musical: Tintypes with Janiec Opera Company, and Pearl in Morning Star with Cincinnati Opera Fusion. She has won numerous awards including 2nd Place in the 2018 Southeast Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, The Strauss Award in the National Orpheus Competition, the John Alexander Memorial Award from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the Young Artist Guild Award from Central City Opera.
Ms. Habersham has participated in several esteemed young artists programs including with The
Glimmerglass Festival, Central City Opera, Kentucky Opera, and the Brevard Music Center. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Shorter College and her Master of Music and Artist Diploma from the University
Laurel Semerdjian, an American mezzo-soprano of Armenian descent, has recently been hailed as “a dramatic and musical tour de force” (Pittsburgh Tribune) for her portrayal of Asakir in Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Mohammed Fairouz’s Sumeida’s Song. Her voice has been praised for its “guttural low notes” (...
Laurel Semerdjian, an American mezzo-soprano of Armenian descent, has recently been hailed as “a dramatic and musical tour de force” (Pittsburgh Tribune) for her portrayal of Asakir in Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Mohammed Fairouz’s Sumeida’s Song. Her voice has been praised for its “guttural low notes” (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) and “appealing weight, intensity and flexibility”.
In January 2020, Ms. Semerdjian returned to Pittsburgh Opera, singing the role of Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina and in the spring of 2020, Ms. Semerdjian made a company debut with Florentine Opera, singing the title role in Le Tragédie de Carmen, and was slated to return to Resonance Works to debut the role of Maddalena in Rigoletto and Symphony Tacoma for their Mozart Requiem (COVID19). During the 20-21 season, Ms. Semerdjian was slated to make a role debut with Young Victorian Theater Company as Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, a return to Opera Southwest as Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande and was to join the Cape Symphony as the mezzo soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (COVID19- postponed to 2022). In the spring of 2021, Ms. Semerdjian returned to Sarasota Opera in the role of Marianna in their production of Il Signor Bruschino and this summer, she will make her Missouri Symphony debut in their Opera Gala. In the fall of 2021, Ms. Semerdjian will be featured in a filmed project entitled Heroes which is co-produced by Resonance Works and Decameron Opera Coalition and will also join Symphony Tacoma as the mezzo soloist in Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem, Opera Southwest for their NYE gala, and will make her Madison Opera debut as Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld.
During the 2018–2019 season, Ms. Semerdjian returned to Pittsburgh Opera as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, sang the title role of Benazir Bhutto in a workshop of Mohammed Fairouz’s Bhutto with Pittsburgh Opera / Beth Morrison Projects, joined Symphony Tacoma as the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah, rejoined Tacoma Opera for her debut in the title role of The Rape of Lucretia, and performed with Syracuse’s Symphoria as mezzo soloist in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In the summer of 2019, Ms. Semerdjian made company debuts as Flora in La traviata with Summer Garden Opera and Dorabella in Così fan tutte with Inland Northwest Opera. In the fall of 2019, Ms. Semerdjian returned to Pittsburgh Symphony in the Bruckner Te Deum and made her Opera Southwest debut in Bottesini’s rarely performed Alì Babà.
During the 2017–2018 season, Ms. Semerdjian returned to both Sarasota Opera, as Flora in La traviata, and Syracuse Opera, as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She made company debuts with St. Petersburg Opera (Florida) as Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, with Pittsburgh’s Resonance Works as Ježibaba in Rusalka, and with Washington Concert Opera debut as guest soloist in their Opera’s Greatest Heroines gala concert. She also performed both Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with Washington DC’s Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral.
Ms. Semerdjian made several significant role debuts throughout the 2016–2017 season. In her return to Bellevue City Opera she performed her first Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and in October 2016 she made her Syracuse Opera debut as Tisbe in La Cenerentola. In early 2017, Ms. Semerdjian returned to Sarasota Opera for her initial performances of the role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She also made her Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra debut with her first performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Ms. Semerdjian also fulfilled two seasons as a Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera (2014–2016). Her responsibilities included performances of the roles of Mother Goose in The Rake’s Progress, Meg in Little Women, Gertrude Stein in Ricky Ian Gordon’s opera 27, Fenena in Nabucco, Emilia in Otello, Eduige in Rodelinda, Asakir in Sumeida’s Song, and covering the title role of Carmen. In the summer of 2015 she performed the role of Cherubino in Bellevue City Opera’s inaugural production of Le nozze di Figaro, and in the summer of 2014 she performed the role of Mercédès in Carmen as a Vocal Fellow at Music Academy of the West, under the guidance of legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. As an Apprentice Artist with Sarasota Opera, she covered the role of Inez in the company’s 2014 production of Il trovatore.
During the 2012–2013 season Ms. Semerdjian was an Emerging Artist with the Dallas Opera. She performed the role of Veronica in Bizet’s Dr. Miracle in outreach performances in local schools as well as at the Winspear Opera House with the Dallas Opera Orchestra. She also covered the role of Sonia in the Dallas Opera’s production of Argento’s The Aspern Papers.
Ms. Semerdjian holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas and a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts with a minor in Music Industry from the University of Southern California.
A winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Miles Mykkanen garners recognition and praise on the world’s concert and operatic stages for his “focused, full-voiced tenor” (New York Times). Of his performance in the title role of Albert Herring, Opera ...
A winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Miles Mykkanen garners recognition and praise on the world’s concert and operatic stages for his “focused, full-voiced tenor” (New York Times). Of his performance in the title role of Albert Herring, Opera News reported, “Miles Mykkanen displayed a lovely lyric voice with an appealing honeyed sweetness in the timbre, which he employed with intelligence and humor.”
Miles Mykkanen’s 2023-24 season includes a debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Steuermann in Der Fliegende Holländer in a production by Tim Albery led by Henrik Nánási, a role debut as Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Opera Omaha under the baton of Gary Thor Wedow, as well as a San Francisco Opera debut in the North American premiere of the gripping one-act drama of Kaija Saariaho and Sofi Oksanen, Innocence, directed by Simon Stone and conducted by Saariaho specialist Clément Mao-Takacs. Other performances of the season include Carmina Burana with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Krzysztof Urbański, Mozart’s Requiem with the Oregon Symphony and Music Director David Danzmayr, and Handel’s Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra led by Norman Mackenzie and with the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Aram Demirjian.
Last season, Miles Mykkanen gave three prominent role debuts: Steuermann in Der fliegende Holländer in a return engagement with the Canadian Opera Company, the title role of Albert Herring in his debut at Chicago Opera Theater, and his first Fenton in Falstaff for a company debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg. Other operatic engagements included the tenor’s return to the Metropolitan Opera to cover Tamino in the company’s new production by Simon McBurney of Die Zauberflöte and the title role of Candide in performances with the Opéra de Lausanne. Concert engagements were anchored by multiple performances of Handel’s Messiah at University Musical Society, Ann Arbor and with the Atlanta and New Jersey Symphonies.
Highlights of recent seasons include Metropolitan Opera productions of Boris Godunov conducted by Sebastian Weigle, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg led by Sir Antonio Pappano, Ariadne auf Naxos with Marek Janowski, and Wozzeck with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a debut at the Festival d’Aix en Provence in L’incoronazione di Poppea in a new production by Ted Huffman conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón, his Minnesota Opera debut in the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opera Philadelphia in Robert Carsen’s production conducted by Corrado Rovaris, and Ariadne auf Naxos with Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra. One of his signature roles, Candide has been performed at Arizona Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and at the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals in concert with The Knights.
The tenor’s vibrant concert schedule has included performances of Bruckner’s Te Deum with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony, the world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz’ Another Time with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Mozart Requiem with David Danzmayr and the San Antonio Symphony, a
New York Philharmonic debut with excerpts from West Side Story conducted by Leonard Slatkin, and Handel’s Messiahwith the symphonies of Atlanta, Indianapolis, and New Jersey, with the National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center, and at the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium under the auspices of the University Musical Society.
Miles Mykkanen has spent numerous summers at the Marlboro Music Festival where his performances have spanned from art songs of Brahms and Britten to chamber music of Brett Dean with distinguished guest artists Mitsuko Uchida, Malcolm Martineau, Roger Vignoles, and many others. He frequently appears with Steven Blier, Michael Barrett, and the New York Festival of Song and also has collaborated with Juilliard415, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, New World Symphony, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
The tenor is a 2019 Sara Tucker Study Grant winner, youngARTS Gold winner and the recipient of prizes from the Sullivan Foundation, Toulmin Foundation, Novick Career Advancement Grant, and Juilliard’s Joseph W. Polisi Award. Miles Mykkanen is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and earned his Artist Diploma in Opera Studies, along with his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, from The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Cynthia Hoffmann.
American baritone Jarrett Ott, one of Opera News’ twenty-five “Rising Stars,” and called “a man who is seemingly incapable of an unmusical phrase,” is enjoying an international career at the age of 36. In the 23/24 season, Mr. Ott will sing the title role in a world-premiere work with ...
American baritone Jarrett Ott, one of Opera News’ twenty-five “Rising Stars,” and called “a man who is seemingly incapable of an unmusical phrase,” is enjoying an international career at the age of 36. In the 23/24 season, Mr. Ott will sing the title role in a world-premiere work with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the title role in Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld with Opéra Comique, Colonel Álvaro Gómez in a new production by Calixto Bieito’s of The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Adès with Opéra national de Paris, and Don Pedro de Alvarado in Purcell’s The Indian Queen with Teodor Currentzis and the Salzburg Festival. In concert, Jarrett joins the Colorado Symphony and Oregon Bach Festival for Vaughan-Williams’ A Sea Symphony, the US Naval Academy in Annapolis for Messiah and Symphoria in Syracuse, NY for an evening of opera favorites.
In the 2022-23 season, Jarrett Ott made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Lescaut in Manon, the Opéra Comique as Jan Nyman in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves, Dandini in La Cenerentola with Staatstheater Stuttgart, the prisoner in David Lang’s prisoner of the state with Malmö Opera and Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, and Maximilian in Candide with the Hamburg Symphoniker at the Lausitz Festival. In the US, he performed Conte in Le nozze di Figaro with Pittsburgh Opera, reprised the role of John Seward for a performance and recording of The Lord of Cries with Odyssey Opera, and joined colleagues for the inaugural Sag Harbor Song Festival on Long Island.
In the 2021-22 season, Mr. Ott made debuted at Opéra national de Paris as Oreste in Iphigenie en Tauride, the Bayerische Staatsoper for a debut as Dandini in La Cenerentola, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas with The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, conducted by Emmauelle Haïm, and performed Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Faust in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust with Staatstheater Stuttgart. He was also a featured soloist with Emmauelle Haïm and Le Concert d’Astrée for a gala event at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, which was
later released on Warner Classics/Erato.
On the operatic stage, recent work has included W.P. Inman in the East Coast premiere of Cold Mountain as well as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Philadelphia, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Maximilian in Candide and Masetto in Don Giovanni with The Santa Fe Opera, Figaro with Lyric Opera Kansas City and Dayton Opera, Jupiter in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld with New Orleans Opera, Curly in Oklahoma! with Glimmerglass Festival, Zurga in The Pearl Fishers with North Carolina Opera, and Charlie in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers with Opera Memphis. He made his European operatic debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing the role of the Angel in Andrea Scartazzini’s world premiere work Edward II, directed by Christof Loy. Other role debuts included The Count in Strauss’ Capriccio, a co-production with Opera Philadelphia and Curtis Opera Theatre and Kenneth Fuchs’ Falling Man at Symphony Space and the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. A former member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart Ensemble, he has performed Conte, Marcello in La bohème, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dandini, Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride and Chou En-lai in Nixon in China.
On the concert stage, Jarrett Ott has performed the title role in David Lang’s world-premiere prisoner of the state with Jaap van Zweden and the New York Philharmonic, Stephano with Susanna Mälkki in Sibelius’ The Tempest and in Weimar Nightfall: The Seven Deadly Sins, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, both at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has performed Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Seattle Symphony and Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Brahms’ Requiem with the Columbus Symphony and a holiday concert with the Lexington Philharmonic. A favorite of the New York Choral Society, he has appeared as soloist in Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, both at Carnegie Hall, and The Hyland Mass, a world-premiere at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He made his European concert debut with the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris, performing pieces by Vito Zuraj and Bach, conducted by Matthias Pintscher and also embarked on a European tour with Perm Opera, Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna as Don Pedro de Alvorado in concerts of Purcell’s Indian Queen, with stops in Geneva, Köln, Bremen and Dortmund.
A native of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, Jarrett Ott is based in New York and received his master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music.
A versatile performer, Steven Stull has lived and performed in Ithaca since 1986 and appears regularly in the area with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Society for New Music, Arts at Grace, and Triphammer Arts. He has been a soloist in sixty performances with Symphoria and Syracuse Symphony including nine ...
A versatile performer, Steven Stull has lived and performed in Ithaca since 1986 and appears regularly in the area with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Society for New Music, Arts at Grace, and Triphammer Arts. He has been a soloist in sixty performances with Symphoria and Syracuse Symphony including nine productions with the Syracuse Opera. A frequent performer with the Rochester Philharmonic, he performed with RPO as Sherlock Holmes in 2019 and in seven concerts in 2018, narrating and singing a variety of pieces including Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait, and the Dr. Seuss stories, The Sneetches and Gerald McBoing Boing. Mr. Stull has been a soloist in nearly eighty performances with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and can be heard in their recordings Home for the Holidays and Tales from the West Virginia Hills. His other recordings include Boyz in the Wood with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, The Pulse of an Irishman, Opera Cowpokes, and Christmas from the Heart of New York. Steven has appeared with Glimmerglass Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Artpark, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kyrgyz State Opera, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Oswego Opera, Anchorage Festival of Music, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Ithaca, Erie Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and Fredonia Bach and Beyond Festival. Recent and upcoming performances include soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bonhoeffer in Hugh McElyea’s Tenebrae: The Passion of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, and Frank Baum in the new opera Pushed Aside by Persis Vehar. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Oberlin College Conservatory, Steven is also an actor, producer, director, composer, painter and photographer. Since 1990 Steven and choreographer Jeanne Goddard have presented an eclectic series of music and dance performances on the CRS Growers organic vegetable farm overlooking Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY. His numerous recordings are available from operacowpokes.com
Founded in 1975, the Syracuse University Oratorio Society is a large chorus comprised of Syracuse University students and community members that regularly performs choral-orchestral masterworks with the Syracuse Orchestra. The Oratorio Society has been directed by John Warren, professor of music and director of choral activities, since 2011.
Founded in 1975, the Syracuse University Oratorio Society is a large chorus comprised of Syracuse University students and community members that regularly performs choral-orchestral masterworks with the Syracuse Orchestra. The Oratorio Society has been directed by John Warren, professor of music and director of choral activities, since 2011.
Described as bringing an “artisan storyteller’s sensitivity… shaping passages with clarity and power via beautifully sculpted dynamics… revealing orchestral character not seen or heard before” (Arts Knoxville) Lawrence Loh enjoys a dynamic career as a conductor of orchestras all over the world.
After an extensive two ...
Described as bringing an “artisan storyteller’s sensitivity… shaping passages with clarity and power via beautifully sculpted dynamics… revealing orchestral character not seen or heard before” (Arts Knoxville) Lawrence Loh enjoys a dynamic career as a conductor of orchestras all over the world.
After an extensive two year search, Lawrence Loh was recently named Music Director of the Waco Symphony Orchestra beginning in the Spring of 2024. Since 2015, he has served as Music Director of The Syracuse Orchestra (formerly called Symphoria), the successor to the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. “The connection between the organization and its audience is one of the qualities that’s come to define Syracuse’s symphony as it wraps up its 10th season, a milestone that might have seemed impossible at the beginning,” (Syracuse.com) The Syracuse Orchestra and Lawrence Loh show that it is possible to create a “new, more sustainable artistic institution from the ground up.”
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2005, Mr Loh was quickly promoted to Associate and Resident Conductor within the first three years of working with the PSO. Always a favorite among Pittsburgh audiences, Loh returns frequently to his adopted city to conduct the PSO in a variety of concerts. Mr. Loh previously served as Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Mr. Loh’s recent guest conducting engagements include the San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony (D.C.), Utah Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Symphony and the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral. His summer appearances include the festivals of Grant Park, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Tanglewood with the Boston Pops, Chautauqua, Sun Valley, Shippensburg, Bravo Vail Valley, the Kinhaven Music School and the Performing Arts Institute (PA).
As a self-described “Star Wars geek” and film music enthusiast, Loh has conducted numerous sold-out John Williams and film music tribute concerts. Part of his appeal is his ability to serve as both host and conductor. “It is his enthusiasm for Williams’ music and the films for which it was written that is Loh’s great strength in this program. A fan’s enthusiasm drives his performances in broad strokes and details and fills his speaking to the audience with irresistible appeal. He used no cue cards. One felt he could speak at filibuster length on Williams’ music.” (Pittsburgh Tribune)
Mr Loh has assisted John Williams on multiple occasions and has worked with a wide range of pops artists from Chris Botti and Ann Hampton Callaway to Jason Alexander and Idina Menzel. As one of the most requested conductors for conducting Films in Concert, Loh has led Black Panther, Star Wars (Episodes 4-6), Jaws, Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain, among other film productions.
Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester. Lawrence Loh was born in southern California of Korean parentage and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Hilary. Follow him on instagram @conductorlarryloh or Facebook at @lawrencelohconductor or visit his website, www.lawrenceloh.com
Program Notes
If you’re already an opera fan, you won’t need an introduction to the music on tonight’s concert. The sixteen selections, taken from twelve canonical operas written during the “long nineteenth century” (that is, roughly from the French Revolution to the First World War), are all familiar chestnuts. And even if you think of yourself as a total newcomer to the world of opera, chances are you’ll know most of the tunes, which have saturated our sonic landscape in cartoons, commercials, movie soundtracks, whatever. Still, tonight’s program is more than a collection of great musical ...
If you’re already an opera fan, you won’t need an introduction to the music on tonight’s concert. The sixteen selections, taken from twelve canonical operas written during the “long nineteenth century” (that is, roughly from the French Revolution to the First World War), are all familiar chestnuts. And even if you think of yourself as a total newcomer to the world of opera, chances are you’ll know most of the tunes, which have saturated our sonic landscape in cartoons, commercials, movie soundtracks, whatever. Still, tonight’s program is more than a collection of great musical moments (although it is that). It will, we hope, also serve as an introduction to—or reminder of—what makes opera tick. We hope that those of you who are not already converted with find yourselves caught up in the art form.
Let’s prepare for the evening by taking on some key myths about opera:
Myth No. 1: Opera is elitist. When I was a youngster, the old Metropolitan Opera House had a separate entrance around the corner for people in cheaper seats, so that we wouldn’t pollute the main part of the hall (which, not coincidentally, had a strict dress code). How could anyone experience that socially inequitable architecture without believing that opera was an elitist art form? But the elitism of opera was not in the art form itself: it existed because opera, which had long been popular art, had been hijacked to function as a special preserve for the wealthy. In other words, opera itself is not arcane, effete, or aimed at the few. On the contrary, it’s immediate and powerful; and no special training is needed to experience its impact. (Nor, for that matter, is special dress: nowadays, you can get into the new Met wearing jeans and a T-shirt, entering the same space as everyone else.)
Thus, even without any musical instruction, you’re sure to be roused by the Triumphal March from Aida (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). Subtler, but even more striking, is the chorus “Va pensiero” (“Fly, my thoughts, on Golden Wings”). This secretive hymn of faith and love of homeland is sung by the Hebrew slaves in Verdi’s biblical opera Nabucco (1842)—and it has taken on a life outside the work, having even been proposed as Italy’s national anthem. Nor should we minimize the acrobatic virtuosity that often adds an extra kick to operatic performances: As tenor Miles Mykkanen says, “Part of the fun of opera is doing these insane heavy-lifting pieces that are very difficult and could fall off the wire at any given moment. We hope it doesn’t—but that’s the thrill.”
Myth No. 2: Operas are tear-jerkers. Opera has roots in Greek tragedy, so it’s no surprise that many operas end in death. But far from all of them: nearly half of the operas represented tonight are comedies. If you’re looking for lighthearted uplift, not much can beat “Largo al factotum” (“Make Way for the Factotum”) from Il barbiere de Siviglia(The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868), which introduces the hyperkinetic trickster Figaro. “He’s so good at everything,” says baritone Jarrett Ott, “yet the master of none. Whenever someone hears this piece, from those first 4 measures, a smile arises. Even if a person’s dead asleep in the audience, you know they’re going to come right to life and be content at heart when that music starts.”
Myth No. 3: Opera is misogynist. In 1979, Catherine Clément wrote book called Opera, or the Undoing of Women, which argued that opera demeans women by consistently putting them in positions where “they suffer, they cry, they die.” It was extremely influential—largely because it highlighted the undeniable sorrows of many of opera’s women. But is that misogyny specific to opera? Let’s put it in context: well beyond opera, the long nineteenth century was, in general, unsympathetic to women—and we see many of the same sufferings in the novels, plays, paintings, and politics of the period, too. And while it would be hard to do a statistical comparison, it’s worth remembering that even though the most famous opera composers of the period were men (something not true in the world of literature), operas are filled with stirring examples of women’s strength, too. In Beethoven’s Fidelio, Leonora rescues her husband from prison; Puccini’s Tosca kills the head of the secret police; Brünnhilde, in Wagner’s Ring, lights the fire that brings down the gods. The title character of Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet (1838–1875 shares that power. “Carmen is my absolute favorite role to sing ,” says mezzo-soprano Laurel Semerdjian. “She’s such a strong woman, and she’s so sure of herself. She demands attention, drawing you in the way other women would never do.” Carmen’s “Habanera” is her entrance aria—and like Figaro’s, it gives a striking picture of her personality. “Whether or not everything she does is, technically, morally right, you have to admire her for the way she lives her life freely. As she says, ‘I was born free, and I’ll die free. That’s what it is, and you can take it or leave it.’”
Myth No. 4: Opera is unrealistic. Opera is often dismissed for its outrageous, unrealistic stories. And if you consider the plot of something like Verdi’s Il Trovatore—with its combination of coincidence and mistaken identity that leads to accidental filicide and fratricide—the criticism seems valid, especially when you compare it to the plots of the great novels of the period, when realism was at its peak.
And yet: when it comes to realism, plot is not everything. Character is central, too. One of the major contributions of the realist novel was the development of techniques for revealing the minds of characters—indeed, for revealing things about their thoughts, anxieties, passions that they didn’t know themselves. In contrast, drama of the time—especially with the elimination of soliloquies because they were deemed too unrealistic—tended to stick to more external aspects of character. In this respect, nineteenth-century opera was actually closer to the novel than to drama. Not only did characters sing their thoughts directly; more important, the music elaborated on those psychological mechanisms in often remarkably subtle ways.
Take, as one example, the aria “Una furtiva lagrima” (“A Furtive Tear”) from L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797– 1848). Nemorino is a poor peasant in love with the rich landowner Adina. He’s hoodwinked into buying a fake love-potion—and after a series of comic-opera misadventures, he sees a tear in her eye that he interprets as a sign that she really loves him. Miles describes it as follows: “Nemorino is incredibly shy, and he’s living at a time where education didn’t exist for a guy like him. So he’s a simple thinker, and he hides a lot of emotions. So much of the opera is about him actually coming out of himself. This aria, with its incredibly beautiful melody, is our moment to see into him.” Yet it’s remarkably complex. Donizetti could easily have written an upbeat, joyful number—but he doesn’t. “The music is in minor and sounds sad. What does that mean? And how does that inform my performance?” There’s no way to sing it without probing Nemorino’s character. “It’s an aria I’ve sung for over 15 years, and every time I pick it up I ask, ‘What does this mean today? How is it changed since the last time I picked it up?’”
Opera is especially good at conveying moments of indecision and moments of change—as exemplified by Zerlina’s contribution to the duet “La ci darem la mano” (“There We’ll Give Each Other Our Hands”) from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791).
As Laurel describes it, Zerlina, having just been married to the slightly coarse Masetto, notices a wedding crasher: “This beautiful man [none other than Don Giovanni/Don Juan] walks in with all this experience. He’s so charming, and even though she just got married.… I think she’s young and impressionable. From the get-go, she says, ‘I want to, but I cannot.’” An innocent who teeters, she’s nearly the polar opposite of the decisive and experienced Carmen.
As demonstrated by this duet—which contrasts Don Giovanni’s suave, seductive upper crust power with Zerlina’s inexperienced confusion—opera is also especially good at expressing the simultaneous conflicting reactions of multiple characters to a situation, something that novels of the time were hard pressed to do. An even more vivid example is represented the Quartet from Rigoletto (1851) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). More on this excerpt later.
Myth No. 5: Opera deals in stereotypes. True, if you watch enough operas, you’ll find yourself facing similar characters and. But the best operas uncover the uniqueness of those elements, not their commonalities.
Tonight, soprano Jasmine Habersham offers two arias: Lauretta’s “O mio babbino caro” (“O My Dear Papa”) from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini [1858–1924]) and Gilda’s “Caro nome” (“Sweet Name”) from Rigoletto. Both of them, as she puts it, represent “young girls in love who would do anything to be with their partners.” Given that much information, you might legitimately expect a certain redundancy. As things work out musically, however, the characters show themselves to be entirely different.
Lauretta is singing to her father, asking for his support as she tries to marry Rinuccio—against the wishes of the families on both sides. In part, she’s describing her love—but in part, with the skill possessed by so many teenagers, she’s twisting her father around her little finger. One challenge for the singer is to work out the precise balance.
Gilda’s situation is far different. Unlike Lauretta, who knows herself, Gilda is still trying to find out who she is; and unlike Lauretta—who not only knows herself but also knows her boyfriend well—Gilda has fallen for the unscrupulous Duke, a man she doesn’t know and definitely shouldn’t trust, a man who courts her in disguise. As Jasmine says, we’ve learned that Gilda has an “undying wish to be like her mother, who loved her father despite his physical deformities and was always present for him”; and later, in the Quartet, despite her “aching cry” when she sees the Duke’s perfidy and “can’t believe what she is experiencing,” she nonetheless sacrifices herself for him, even though he has betrayed her. A lot of complexity here: “It’s a character,” says Jasmine, “that I’ve lived with. But I’m still discovering layers every single time I’ve done the role.”
Similarly, Jarrett plays two characters who seem, on the surface, fairly similar: Don Giovanni in the eponymous opera by Mozart, and Manon’s swaggering brother Lescaut in Massenet’s Manon. In both of the excerpts that we’re offering tonight, we see them as wolves looking for prey. But psychologically, they differ significantly—as the music makes clear, and as the singer has to convey in performance. Don Giovanni is a seducer who, Jarrett says, “always has to prove himself,” to “explain that he’s going to be faithful and give all the love he has.” (In fact, he’s got some reason for apprehension: despite his frequent boasting, he fails in every seduction attempt in the course of the opera.) Lescaut, in contrast, isn’t even pretending sincerity. He’s overtly negotiating; as he offers to give jewels to the various women in the crowd in exchange for kisses, he doesn’t expect anyone to believe that his interest is other than carnal. These two characters are not only different from each other—they’re both different, as well, from the womanizing and vicious Duke in Rigoletto, who, in his self-satisfied, snarky “La donna e mobile” (“Women are Fickle”), shows himself, in Miles’s words, to be the ultimate “alpha male.”
Myth No. 6: In opera, the orchestra is secondary. Mozart was as devoted to symphonic writing as he was to opera; the same is true for Prokofiev and Philip Glass. In the nineteenth century, there was more specialization. Beethoven completed a single opera, as did Liszt and Schumann; Brahms and Mahler didn’t write any. And you won’t find significant symphonic output from Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, or Puccini. Add to this the existence of recitals where Luciano Pavarotti sings opera arias with piano accompaniment—not to mention the regularity of opera productions with reduced orchestrations—and it’s easy to conclude that the orchestra is a kind of supplement to opera performance, something that’s nice to have, but not really necessary. Tonight’s concert, in part, is intended to remind us all that many of the great opera composers were great orchestrators, too—as is especially clear in the five purely orchestral numbers that fill out the program, showing the radically different orchestral voices of Rossini, Richard Wagner (1813–1883), Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Bizet, and Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945).
Peter J. Rabinowitz
Have any comments or questions? Please write to me at prabinowitz@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Leaving a Musical Legacy: Evelyn Brenzel
Music was central to Evelyn Brenzel’s life. A longtime math teacher at HW Smith High School and devoted caretaker for her beloved Doberman Pinschers, Evelyn was a committed member of the Symphoria Family.
Evelyn’s friend shares how much music meant to Evelyn: “When Maestro Loh spoke the words “Beethoven’s Seventh” at the 2020 Symphoria reveal party, Evelyn turned to me with a look of such joy on her face that it still gives me goosebumps. We continued to attend live concerts with her until the very night before the state shut it all down in March.
We were worried about how she would cope, but technology saved the day. After Symphoria’s very moving streamed performance of the Seventh last fall, she emailed me to say ‘I’m in heaven.’”
Not only did Evelyn attend as many performances as possible as an audience member, but she was also a musician. As a college student, Evelyn had the opportunity to sing the Brahms Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra on a live broadcast as the nation mourned the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963. Sadly, Evelyn passed away in December 2020.
We were honored to learn that she generously included Symphoria in her will, making sure that future audiences will have access to the beautiful music she loved so much.
Your legacy gift can keep Symphoria playing beautiful music. If you would like to learn more about how you can create your own musical legacy in Central New York, or if Symphoria is already in your plans, please contact Pamela Murchison in the Symphoria Office at (315) 299-5598.
Text & Translation
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto
La donna è mobile Qual piuma al vento, Muta d’accento — e di pensier. Sempre un amabile, Leggiadro viso, In pianto o in riso, — è menzognero. È sempre misero Chi a lei s’affida, Chi le confida — mal cauto il cuore! Pur mai non sentesi Felice appieno Chi su quel seno — non liba amore! La donna è mobile Qual piuma al vento, Muta d’accento — e di pensier, E di pensier, E di pensier! |
Woman is fickle Like a feather in the wind, She changes her voice — and her mind. Always sweet, Pretty face, In tears or in laughter, — she is always lying. Always miserable Is he who trusts her, He who confides in her — his unwary heart! Yet one never feels Fully happy Who on that bosom — does not drink love! Woman is fickle Like a feather in the wind, She changes her voice — and her mind, And her mind, And her mind! |
“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
O mio babbino caro Mi piace, è bello, bello Vo’ andare in Porta Rossa A comperar l’anello! Sì, sì, ci voglio andare! E se l’amassi indarno, Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio, Ma per buttarmi in Arno! Mi struggo e mi tormento! O Dio, vorrei morir! Babbo, pietà, pietà! Babbo, pietà, pietà! |
Oh my dear papa I like him, he is so handsome. I want to go to Porta Rossa To buy the ring! Yes, yes, I want to go there! And if my love were in vain, I would go to the Ponte Vecchio And throw myself in the Arno! I am pining, I am tormented! Oh God, I would want to die! Father, have pity, have pity! Father, have pity, have pity! |
“La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni
Là ci darem la mano, Là mi dirai di sì: Vedi, non è lontano, Partiam, ben mio, da qui.Vorrei e non vorrei, Mi trema un poco il cor, Felice, è ver, sarei, Ma può burlarmi ancor!Vieni, mio bel diletto!Mi fa pietà Masetto.Io cangierò tua sorte.Presto… non son più forte.Andiam!Andiam!Andiam, andiam, mio bene, a ristorar le pene D’un innocente amor. |
There we will hold hands, There you will say yes to me: You see, it’s not far, Let’s go, my dear, from here.I would like to and I would not like to, My heart trembles a little, It’s true that I would be happy, But he can mock me still!Come, my lovely delight!Masetto takes pity on me.I will change your fate.Quickly… I cannot resist any longer.Let’s go!Let’s go!Let’s go, let’s go, my love, To redeem the sufferings Of an innocent love. |
“Largo al factotum” from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Largo al factotum della città. Presto a bottega che l’alba è già. Ah, che bel vivere, che bel piacere per un barbiere di qualità! di qualità! Ah, bravo Figaro! Bravo, bravissimo! Fortunatissimo per verità! Pronto a far tutto, la notte e il giorno sempre d’intorno in giro sta. Miglior cuccagna per un barbiere, vita più nobile, no, non si da. Rasoi e pettini lancette e forbici, al mio comando tutto qui sta. V’è la risorsa, poi, del mestiere colla donnetta… col cavaliere… Tutti mi chiedono, tutti mi vogliono, donne, ragazzi, vecchi, fanciulle: Qua la parrucca… Presto la barba… Qua la sanguigna… Presto il biglietto… Qua la parrucca, presto la barba, Presto il biglietto, ehi! Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!, ecc. Ahimè, che furia! Ahimè, che folla! Uno alla volta, per carità! Ehi, Figaro! Son qua. Figaro qua, Figaro là, Figaro su, Figaro giù,Pronto prontissimo son come il fulmine: sono il factotum della città. Ah, bravo Figaro! Bravo, bravissimo; a te fortuna non mancherà. |
Make way for the handyman of the city. Hurrying to his shop now that it is already dawn. Ah, what a fine life, what a fine pleasure For a barber of quality! Of quality! Ah, well done Figaro! Well done, very good! Very fortunate indeed! Ready to do everything, Night and day He is always on the move A more plentiful fate for a barber, A more noble life, no, it cannot be had. Razors and combs Lancets and scissors, At my command Everything is here. There are the tools, Then, of the trade With the ladies… with the gentlemen… Everyone asks for me, everyone wants me, Ladies, children, elders, young girls; Here is the wig… The beard is ready… Here is the blood… The ticket is ready… Here is the wig, the beard is ready, The ticket is ready, hey! Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!, etc. Alas, what a fury! Alas, what a crowd! One at a time, please! Hey, Figaro! I am here. Figaro here, Figaro there, Figaro up, Figaro down,Quicker and quicker I am like lightning: I am the handyman of the city. Ah, well done Figaro! Well done, very good; You will never lack for luck! |
Quartet: “Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto
DUCA Bella figlia dell’amore, Schiavo son dei vezzi tuoi; Con un detto sol tu puoi Le mie pene consolar. Vieni e senti del mio core Il frequente palpitar.MADDALENA Ah! ah! rido ben di core, Che tai baie costan poco Quanto valga il vostro gioco, Mel credete, so apprezzar. Son avvezza, bel signore, Ad un simile scherzar.GILDA Ah, così parlar d’amore A me pur intame ho udito! Infelice cor tradito, Per angoscia non scoppiar.RIGOLETTO a Gilda Taci, il piangere non vale… Ch’ei mentiva sei sicura. Taci, e mia sarà la cura La vendetta d’affrettar. Sì, pronta fia, sarà fatale, Io saprollo fulminar.M’odi! ritorna a casa. Oro prendi, un destriero Una veste viril che t’apprestai, E per Verona parti. Sarovvi io pur doman.GILDA Or venite… RIGOLETTO GILDA RIGOLETTO |
DUKE Fairest daughter of love, I am a slave to your charms; with but a single word you could relieve my every pain. Come, touch my breast and feel how my heart is racing.MADDALENA Ah! Ah! That really makes me laugh; talk like that is cheap enough. Believe me, I know exactly what such play?acting is worth! I, my fine sir, am quite accustomed to foolish jokes like this.GILDA Ah, these are the loving words the scoundrel spoke once to me! O wretched heart betrayed do not break for sorrow.RIGOLETTO to Gilda Hush weeping can do no good… You are now convinced he was lying. Hush, and leave it up to me to hasten our revenge. It will be quick, it will be deadly, I know how to deal with him.Listen to me, go home. Take some money and a horse, Put on the men’s clothes I provided, then leave at once for Verona. I shall meet you there tomorrow.GILDA Come with me now. RIGOLETTO GILDA RIGOLETTO |
Triumphal March from Aida
POPOLO Gloria all’Egitto e ad Iside Che il sacro suol protegge; Al Re che il Delta regge Inni festosi alziam! Vieni, o guerriero vindice, Vieni a gioir con noi; Sul passo degli eroi I lauri e i fior versiam!DONNE S’intrecci il loto al lauro Sul crin dei vincitori Nembo gentil di fiori Stenda sull’armi un vel. Danziam, fanciulle egizie, Le mistiche carole, Come d’intorno al sole Danzano gli astri in ciel!SACERDOTESSE Della vittoria gli arbitri Supremi il guardo ergete; Grazie agli Dei rendete Nel fortunato dì. |
PEOPLE Glory to Isis and the land By her firm arm protected! To Egypt’s King elected, Raise we our festive songs! Hither advance, oh glorious band, Mingle your joy with ours, Green bays and fragrant flowers Scatter their path along.WOMEN The laurel with the lotus bound The victors’ brows enwreathing, Let flowers, sweet perfume breathing, Veil their grim arms from sight. Dance, sons of Egypt, circling round, And sing your mystic praises, As round the sun in mazes Dance the bright stars of night.PRIESTS Unto the powers war’s issue dread Deciding, our glances raise we Thank we our gods, and praise we On this triumphant day. |
“Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore
Una furtiva lagrima negli occhi suoi spuntò: Quelle festose giovani invidiar sembrò. Che più cercando io vo? Che più cercando io vo? M’ama! Sì, m’ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo. Un solo instante i palpiti del suo bel cor sentir! I miei sospir, confondere per poco a’ suoi sospir! I palpiti, i palpiti sentir, confondere i miei coi suoi sospir… Cielo! Si può morir! Di più non chiedo, non chiedo. Ah, cielo! Si può! Si, può morir! Di più non chiedo, non chiedo. Si può morire! Si può morir d’amor. |
A single secret tear from her eye did spring: as if she envied all the youths that laughingly passed her by. What more searching need I do? What more searching need I do? She loves me! Yes, she loves me, I see it. I see it. For just an instant the beating of her beautiful heart I could feel! As if my sighs were hers, and her sighs were mine! The beating, the beating of her heart I could feel, to merge my sighs with hers… Heavens! Yes, I could die! I could ask for nothing more, nothing more. Oh, heavens! Yes, I could, I could die! I could ask for nothing more, nothing more. Yes, I could die! Yes, I could die of love. |
“Va pensiero” from Nabucco
Va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli, ove olezzano tepide e molli l’aure dolci del suolo natal! Del Giordano le rive saluta, di Sionne le torri atterrate… Oh mia Patria sì bella e perduta! O membranza sì cara e fatal! Arpa d’or dei fatidici vati, perché muta dal salice pendi? Le memorie nel petto raccendi, ci favella del tempo che fu! O simile di Solima ai fati, traggi un suono di crudo lamento; o t’ispiri il Signore un concento che ne infonda al patire virtù! |
Go, thoughts, on golden wings; Go, settle upon the slopes and hills, where warm and soft and fragrant are the breezes of our sweet native land! Greet the banks of the Jordan, the towers of Zion … Oh my country so beautiful and lost! Or so dear yet unhappy! Or harp of the prophetic seers, why do you hang silent from the willows? Rekindle the memories within our hearts, tell us about the time that have gone by Or similar to the fate of Solomon, give a sound of lament; or let the Lord inspire a concert That may give to endure our suffering. |
“Caro nome che il mio cor” from Rigoletto
Caro nome che il mio cor festi primo palpitar, le delizie dell’amor mi dêi sempre rammentar! Col pensiero il mio desir a te ognora volerà, e pur l’ ultimo sospir, caro nome, tuo sarà. |
Sweet name, you who made my heart throb for the first time, you must always remind me the pleasures of love! My desire will fly to you on the wings of thought and my last breath will be yours, my beloved. |
“Choisir et pourquoi” from Manon
LESCAUT Choisir! Et pourquoi? Donnez, donnez, donnez! donnez encor! Ce soir j’achète tout! C’est pour la beauté que j’adore, je m’en rapporte à votre goût !LES VENDEURS Tenez, Monsieur! tenez! prenez!LESCAUT À quoi bon l’économie quand on a trois dés en main, et que l’on sait le chemin de l’hôtel de Transylvanie! À quoi bon! à quoi bon l’économie!LES VENDEURS Tenez! Monsieur! tenez! prenez! tenez! prenez! |
LESCAUT Choose! And why? Give me this, and that and still more! Tonight I’ll buy you out! For the beauty I adore, I’ll depend on your taste!VENDORS Here’s something for you, Monsieur! Here, take it!LESCAUT What good is it being economical when you have three dice in your hand, and you know the path to the hotel Transylvania! What good is it being economical!VENDORS Here’s something for you, Monsieur! Here, take it! Take it! |
“Habanera” from Carmen
L’amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser, et c’est bien en vain qu’on l’appelle, s’il lui convient de refuser.Rien n’y fait, menace ou prière.l’un parle bien, l’autre se tait:Et c’est l’autre que je préfère, Il n’a rien dit mais il me plaît.L’amour! L’amour! L’amour! L’amour!L’amour est enfant de Bohème, il n’a jamais, jamais connu de loi; si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime: si je t’aime, prends garde à toi!L’oiseau que tu croyais surprendre battit de l’aile et s’envola … l’amour est loin, tu peux l’attendre; tu ne l’attends plus, il est là!Tout autour de toi, vite, vite, il vient, s’en va, puis il revient … tu crois le tenir, il t’évite, tu crois l’éviter, il te tient.L’amour! L’amour! L’amour! L’amour! L’amour est enfant de Bohême, |
Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and you call him quite in vain if it suits him not to come.Nothing helps, neither threat nor prayer. One man talks well, the other’s mum;it’s the other one that I prefer. He’s silent but I like his looks.Love! Love! Love! Love!Love is a gypsy’s child, it has never, ever, known a law; love me not, then I love you; if I love you, you’d best beware! etc.The bird you thought you had caught beat its wings and flew away … love stays away, you wait and wait; when least expected, there it is!All around you, swift, so swift, it comes, it goes, and then returns … you think you hold it fast, it flees you think you’re free, it holds you fast.Love! Love! Love! Love!Love is a gypsy’s child, it has never, ever, known a law; love me not, then I love you; if I love you, you’d best beware! |
The Orchestra & Chorus
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
Syracuse University Oratorio Society
John Warren, director
Leeya Abraham
Marie-Elise Ambroise
Bridget Backer
Dylan Badillo
Joshua Bartolotta
Rachel Bass
Gerard F. Beritela
Edie Berndt
Joan Christy
Nancy Christy
Andrew Corrigan
Liz Corrigan
CC Cosenza
Katherine Craig
Gina Damico
Martha Kalnin Diede
Paul Doody
Tracy Wait Dowd
Virginia Drake
John Dwyer
Betty Feng
Theresa Frackelton
Susan Gifford
Beth Goldberg
Irwin Goldberg
Beverly Halderman
Katryn Hansen
Sagan Harris
Sky Harris
Alice Dickerson Hatt
Norman Hatt
Cynthia Hoxie
Elise Jutzeler
Paul Jutzeler
John King
Maren King
Stephanie Ladd
Todd Laffer
Jason Law
Michaela LeBlond
Kathy Lemos
Arthur Lewis
Jennifer Loh
Micayla MacDougall
Stephen Mack
David Malecki
Hannah Marcote
Alison Jo McCauley
Abigail Meade Young
David Mitchell
Alanna Moonan
Beth Oddy
Justin Oei
Nancy Pease
Ken Pease
D.J. Pickell
Shannon Proctor
Nicky Radford
Melissa Rashford
Fred Ringwald
Connor Ritchie
Ellen Robb
Linda Saul
Rob Sawyer
Olivia Scanzera
Rebecca Shell
Noah Sherman
Darcy Smith
Lauren Smith
Colleen Snow
Julianne Stein
Campbelle Stencel
Anita Sterns
Joan Stevens
Gary Stewart
Cynthia Stogsdill
Timothy M. Stogsdill
Susan E. Stred
Jason Suris
Lisa Uzdilla
Kimberly Ventura
Connie Walters
Hannah Warren
Jennifer Warren
Emily Wolff
Margaret Wood
Kate Woodle
David Yaw
Kathryn Zubal-Storrings
Donor List
We are grateful to the following donors for their generous gifts received between January 1, 2023 and February 12, 2024. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy in the listing below, but if you find a discrepancy please contact Kelly Covert at kcovert@experiencesymphoria.org or (315) 434-5645.
Onward, Symphoria Donors
Gifts received as part of this major gift campaign. Donors making campaign gifts of
$20,000+ receive recognition for underwriting a musician’s chair or sponsoring ...
We are grateful to the following donors for their generous gifts received between January 1, 2023 and February 12, 2024. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy in the listing below, but if you find a discrepancy please contact Kelly Covert at kcovert@experiencesymphoria.org or (315) 434-5645.
Onward, Symphoria Donors
Gifts received as part of this major gift campaign. Donors making campaign gifts of
$20,000+ receive recognition for underwriting a musician’s chair or sponsoring a concert for 3 years.
Anonymous: Principal Viola Chair
Anonymous: Bass Trombone Chair
David & Cheryl Abrams: One Masterworks Concert each year
Estates of Evelyn Brenzel & Ann Marie Cronin: Choral Concerts
Robert & Vicki Lieberman: Concertmaster Chair
Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth: Second Horn Chair
William & Nancy Byrne: Fifth Cello Chair
Barbara Davis: Assistant Principal Bass Chair in memory of Leslie Davis
Michael & Alice Kendrick: Principal Percussion Chair
Lou & Kathy Lemos: Principal Bass Chair
Dr. Paul E. Phillips & Sharon P. Sullivan: Principal Flute Chair in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
David A. A. Ridings: Assistant Concertmaster Chair
Estate of Mary Ellen Trimble
Mary Ann Tyszko: Timpani Chair
Donors Contributing to the Frederick B. Parker, M.D. Memorial Gala: Conductor’s Podium in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
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Annual Fund Donors
Gifts received annually from individuals to support Symphoria’s mission to engage and inspire all community members throughout Central New York with outstanding orchestral and ensemble performances, and innovative education and outreach initiatives
$20,000+
Anonymous
The Feng Family
Alice & Michael Kendrick
Robert & Vicki Lieberman
David A.A. Ridings
Peter & Elsa Soderberg
Slutzker Family Foundation
$10,000 – $19,999
Anonymous
Robert & Alice Andrews
Craig & Kathy Byrum
Barbara Davis
Paul & Maureen Drescher
Christine Gross-Loh
Lou & Kathy Lemos
Paul E. Phillips & Sharon P. Sullivan
Peter & Nancy Rabinowitz
James & Marilyn Seago
Margaret Shields
Peter & Cherry Thun
Mary Ann Tyszko
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
David Halleran
Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith
David & Cheryl Abrams
George Bain
Estate of Ruth Bradner
Roger & Naomi Demuth
Lewis & Elaine Dubroff
Robert & Vicki Feldman
Harold Husovsky & Susan E. Stred
Susan R. Klenk
Young & Kelly Lee
Charles Lutz
Edwina Norton
Estate of Fritz & Virginia Parker
Joel Potash & Sandra Hurd
Sharye Skinner
Mark & Beth Steigerwald
$2,500 – $4,999
Kathleen Bice
Jonathan & Kathy Bowen
Paul G. Brown & Susan Loevenguth
Bill & Nancy Byrne
Jonathan & Michele Chai
Mark Costaldi
Willson Cummer & Michelle Breidenbach
Daniel & Karen Fuleihan
Lawrence & Dorothy Gordon
Bruce Irvine
Robin & Diane Jones
Norma Kelley
Lawrence & Jennifer Loh
Zahi & Marion Makhuli
John & Candace Marsellus
Walter & Elizabeth Merriam
Paul Mosbo
David Rankert
Irving G. & Ava Raphael
Michael & Rissa Ratner
Ron Ferguson & Helen H. Reed
Craig Simmons & Richard Ernst
Ed & Louise Stevens
William & Margaret Thickstun
Shaila Wood & Ramesh Gaonkar
$1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous (2)
Neville Sachs & Carol Adamec
Thomas & Pamela Antonini
Richard & Lynne Bennett
William & Sandra Bennett
Dr. & Mrs. William P. Berkery
Carolyn Bernstein
Thomas Bersani & Joan Christy
Renate BeVard
Donald C. Blair & Nancy L. Dock
William & Audrey Boyd
David Brittain
Cecelia Broton
Carol & Craig Buckhout
Joseph Cerroni & Linda Tassa
Brian & Judith Chanatry
Amelia & Rob Christian
Greg & Lynn Clarke
Linda & Bill Cohen
Bob & Bobbie Constable
Michael & Wendy Cynamon
Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger
Patricia DeAngelis
Patricia Callahan & David Dee
Mantosh & Anita Dewan
Michael Lee & Deborah Donahue
David Driesen
John & Janet Dwyer
Bill & Betsy Elkins
Elizabeth Etoll
Jim & Shari Freyer
Chris C. Gagas
Jon Garland
Thomas & Cindy Giffin
Gary & Bonnie Grossman
Tim Guhl & Carol Sasson
Barbara Haas
Burt & Sue Harbison
Daniel & Julia Harris
Donald & Donna Henry
Joyce Homan
Steven & Elaine Jacobs
Richard Jaeger
Carolyn Kanaley
G. Roberts & Lauralyn Kolb
David & Gloria Kreh
Charles & Stephanie Ladd
John A. Lang
Bob & Pat Lebel
Charles & Hwasun Loh
John MacAllister & Laurel Moranz
James MacKillop
Rocco & Roberta Mangano
Suzanne & Kevin McAuliffe
Tom & Mary Lou Mees
Fritz Messere & Nola Heidlebaugh
David Mirabito
David & Beth Mitchell
Eric & Judy Mower
Ed & Alice Nanno
Robert & Elizabeth Oddy
David & Janice Panasci
John & Sheila Parker
Amy M. Parker & Paul S. Stein
John Przepiora & Carolyn Stark
Mihael & Kimberly Puc
Jonathan Richman
Paula Rosenbaum & Jacques Lewalle
Neil & Sandy Rosenfeld
David Ross & Martha Sutter
Arnold & Libby Rubenstein
Kelly & Steven Scheinman
Margery Rose & Henry Schoeneck
Gracia Sears
Patricia Sharpe
Frank Smith
Norma Tippett
Larry & Linda Vicks
Howard & Anita Weinberger
Miriam Weiner
John & Claudette Wells
Jeremy Winston & Tina Maxian
Katherine Woodle
David & Emily Wormuth
$500 – $999
Anonymous
Charles & Marie Albee
Lorraine Barry
Ronald & Susan Berger
Marion & Elizabeth Bickford
William Billingham
Joseph & Mary Browne
Frank Byrne & Mary McCune
Andrea Calarco
Stella Castro
Shiu-Kai Chin
Robert & Marsha Chopko
Richard & Marjorie Cohen
Lawrence & Mary Frances Comfort
Toby Cosgrove
Kelly & Kelly Covert
Barbara Czarnecki
Bonnie L. DeBoer
Katheryn Doran
Guy & Nancy Easter
William Eberhardt
Earleen Foulk
Richard & Sarah Furlow
Adam Gagas
Jack & Yana Graver
Estelle M. Hahn
Lamont & Joan Hahn
Joan M. Hanlin
Margaret Hermann
Steven & Amy Heyman
Carol Watson Hickes
Michael & Victoria Hoffman
Kiyoshi & Yasuko Kimura
Christopher & Deborah Knight
Ronald & Cynthia Kowalski
Henry & Nancy Lambright
Lawrence J. Lardy
Andrea Latchem
Richard Levy
Janet Little
Michael & Jean Loftus
Doug Lyon
Donald J. & Patricia MacLaughlin
Janet Mallan
Susan E. Martineau
Lowell McBurney & Carrie Penner
Thomas McKay & Dianne Apter
Robert & Susanna McVaugh
George Mehallow
Lois Meyer
Mark & Debbie Miller
Donna Miller
Richard Molitor
Susan Moran
Roger J. Morton
Pamela & Matthew Murchison
Barbara Nevaldine
Fran & Sally Lou Nichols
Dr. & Mrs. Anis I. Obeid
Drs Wale & Bimpe Oguntola
Sally O’Herin
Mary Pat Oliker
Patricia Peach
Karen & Bill Roche
Carl Rubino & Barbara Gold
Ilonka Salisbury
Toni Salisbury
David & Anne Schmitz
Edward & Lois Schroeder
Steven & Marilynn Schroeder
Larry & Connie Semel
William Smith & Barbara Ford
Elizabeth Spence
H. Paul Steiner
Susan Stowell
Nan & Carter Strickland
Thomas E. Talbot
Lawrence Tanner & Linda LeMura
Robert Turner & Elizabeth Jensen
Joseph & Carole Valesky
Sally Webster
Jenna Weitzel
David & Jayne Wilson
Estate of Robert W. Daly, M.D.
Charles Woods &
Gail Azeredo-Woods
$100 – $499
Anonymous (8)
David Allen
Douglas & Elizabeth Anderson
Robert & Jeanne Anderson
Manuel Ares
Peggy Ogden & Tim Atseff
Dave & Marge Babcock
Mark Hoffmann & Jo Anne Bakeman
W. Gary & Jean Baker
Dennis & Gail Baldwin
William & Evelyn Baldwin
Gerald Barker
Kirsten & Jonathan Basch
Rachel Bass
Walden & Emily Bass
Todd & Sophia Battaglia
Helen Beale
Jean Beers
Barbara Bell
Thomas & Susan Bergemann
Janine Bernard
Edward & Angela Bernat
Michael Birnkrant
Diana Biro & Eric Rogers
Nicolina Bisson
Marilyn Bittner
Patricia Blochowiak
Susan Boettger
Craig & Marina Boise
James & Siubhan Bongiovanni
Alice Borning
Michael & Melanie Bowser
Richard & Barbara Bratt
Bernard & Ona Bregman
James & Joyce Bresnahan
Carroll Brown & Ann Young
Ted Brown & Anne Munly
Bryant Buchanan & Sharon Wise
Charles A. Buckley
Borys & Lida Buniak
Alfred Kelly & Sharon Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Calo
Lawrence & Fran Campbell
Nancy Caple
Ronald Capone
Leon Carapetyan
Catherine L Cardelus
Patricia Carey
Edward & Sarah Castilano
Anthony Catsimatides
Elaine Ceresko
Val & Steve Churchill
Bart & Jean Clapsaddle
Thomas & Joan Clark
John & Christine Clark
Joe & Nancy Clayton
Sam & Carolyn Clemence
Richard J. Clemons
Kenneth & Lynn Cline
George & Deborah Coble
Paul & Linda Cohen
Santo & Patricia Colabufo
Carol Colvin
Kristin & Sidney Cominsky
Suzanne Congel
Joan Conine
Mary Ann Connor
Joyce Cook
Charles & Barbara Coon
Robert & Lorrie Cooney
Grant & Margaret Cooper
R. Patrick & Margaret Corbett
James Cosenza
Theodore Cox & Colleen Snow
Diana Cramer
Raymond Cummings, Jr.
Patricia Curtin
Arthur & Mary D’Addario
Daniel D’Agostino
Michael & Elizabeth Daly
Mary Darminio-Rinaldi
George Davenport
Rev. Christine J. Day
Darrin Dayton
Virginia DeBenedictis
William & Terry Delavan
Margrit Diehl
Mr. & Mrs. Manfried Diflo
David & Dana DiGennaro
James & Donna Dispenza
Becky Dodd
Alan & Linda Dolmatch
Hannah & Christopher Douglass
Joseph Downing
Rebecca Downing
Corinne Driscoll
David & Robin Drucker
Elizabeth Dugan
Dorothy Dunham
The Dunn Family
Ed & Karen Eagan
Robert Eaton
Jean Edminster
Cantor Kari Eglash & Joel Eglash
Barbara Egtvedt
John M. & Margaret Elliott
Richard & Jill Ertinger
Michele & Jack Estabrook
Stephen & Suzanne Evans
Jennifer Fais, Noel Sylvester & Marilyn Fais
Janet L. Fechner
Mark Feldman & Christine Riley
R. Paul Ferenchak
John & Barbara Fero
Barbara Ferro
John Fields
Robert & Terry Flower
Judith A. Fox
Michael & Susan Fox
Nancy Freeborough & Swiat Kaczmar
Kenneth & Kathleen Freer
Lanny Freshman
John & Annette Friedrichs
Karen Fruehan
Barbara Genton
Sharon & David Gerber
Christine Geyer
Laurie & Jonathan Gibralter
Thomas & Louise Gilhooley
Sandra Gingold
Victor & Carol Ginsky
Heidi Gitzen
Edward & Laurel Golash
Irwin & Beth Goldberg
Jacki & Michael Goldberg
William J. Goodwin
Michael & Wendy Gordon
Jeremy Gosbee
Charles & Sandra Gowing
Robert & Linda Graves
Stephen L. & Julia Graziano
Winifred Greenberg
Cynthia Dowd Greene & Mark Greene
Edmund C. & Nancy Gremli
Jonathan & Elisabeth Groat
Robert & Martha Group
Sudhir & Swarajya Guthikonda
Gary Quirk & Charlotte Haas
Mary Elizabeth Haas
Christine Hafner
Patrick Hahn & Susan Drummond
Steve & Theresa Haigney
Dana & Susan Hall
Rich Hall
John Hallihan & Ethelwyn Soper
Daniel & Diane Halsey
Ruth Pass Hancock
Bryce & Judith Hand
Katryn Hansen
Richard & Ann Harris
Laurence & Ann Harris
Douglas & Nancy Hatch
Karen & William Havens
Richard & Susan Hawks
Avery & Elizabeth Head
Ronald & Irene Hebert
Suzanne Heiligman
Samuel Hester
Rev. Kenneth Heuermann
Martin Hewitt
Thomas D. Higgins
Joseph Himmelsbach & Paula Trief
Thomas Hirasuna & Jean Hunter
Charles & Carol Hladun
Geoffrey Holm
Alyse Holstein
Anthony Hornfeck
Ruth Hotaling
Mary E. Hough
Jane Hudson
Peter & Mary Huntington
Patricia Infantine
Nicki & Brian Inman
Mike & Mary Kate Intaglietta
Wanda Irish
Janet Jaffe
Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison
Daniel & Rhea Jezer
Todd & Taryn Jirousek
Edward Johnson
Lewis & Julie Johnson
Anthony & Kathy Joseph
John & Gwenn Judge
Paul & Wendy Jutzeler
Philip & Judy Kaplan
Nancy Karapin
Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher
Amy Kemp
David Kennedy
Richard Killmer
George & Gloria Kilpatrick
Robin Kinnel
Sandy Kinsella
Jeffrey Kirshner
Linda Trapkin & Ed Klein
Faye Kline
John & Jane Klucsik
Pamela Knapp
Barry R. & Kathryn Kogut
Allan Kolsky & Ellen Somers
Dean R. Kolts
Richard & Roxanne Kopecky
Donna L. Korol
Rick & Barb Crompton
Peter & Marlene Koshgarian
Thomas Krahe
Barbara E. Krenzer & John Stone
Roger Krieger
Thomas & Juliet Kubiniec
Lilly Kuwashima
Ursula Kwasnicka
Barbara Kwasnik
Stephen Lackey
Robert & Lauren Lalley
Lisa Lamson
Linda Land
Marie Lange
The Lardieri Family
Carolyn & Dennis Lardy
John Leggat & Shannon Magari
James Leiter
Fred Goldberg & Dorothy Lennon
Marilyn Lerman
Beverly Lewis
Gelene T. Lewis
Terry & Frances Lewis
Robert & Shelly Liedka
The August & Louise
Liermann Family
The Lightbody Family
Edward & Carol Lipson
Linda LoBello
Linda Loomis
Carol Louise
Nicholas & Cathy Lozoponi
Patricia Luke-Perless
Paul J. MacArthur
Christopher J. Mack & Catherine Diviney
Guy & Dawn Mackenzie
Ellen MacKnight
William Magnarelli
Nektarios Mantalios & Theone Kalkinis
Frederick & Virginia Marty
Karen Mason
Gerard & Lori McCrohan
Barbara Beckos & Art McDonald
Wallace & Gayenne McDonald
Darlene McFadden
Phyllis McKaig
Mary Helen McNeal
Diane N. McRae
Eckart & Mary Meisterfeld
Marcia & Dave Mele
Clifford & Marjorie Mellor
Walter & Lauren Melnikow
Charles Merulla & Jeanne Jonientz Merulla
Anne Messenger
Michael & Glenna Meyer
David S. Michel & Margaret Liuzzi
Neena Mitchell
James & Susan Mone
Jeffrey & Elizabeth Morey
Russel & Carol Morison
Janice & Michael Mueller
David & Janet Muir
Lawrence & Michele Mullett
Ernest Muzquiz
Maureen Natali
Ned & Linda Merrell
Kimberly Neff-Barrett
James Nighan
Martin & Ellen Nodzo
Barbara Nostrand
Michael & Edie Nupuf
Paul Oakley
John & Danielle O’Loughlin
Jane S. Ondich
Judith Dehn Oplinger
Edward & Judith O’Rourke
Jill Ozinsky
Thomas & Joyce Packard
Richard & Margaret Padula
Joan Page
Cathy Palm
Rita Paniagua
Robert Papworth
Robert & Teresa Parke
Tom & Diane Parker
Lynne Della Pelle Pascale
Nanette & Tom Pasquarello
Brian Pavlovitz
Harvey & Dorothy Pearl
David J. Peckham
Steven Pekich
Colleen Pellman
Deborah Pellow
Jackie & Chuck Penfield
Tom & Meredith Perreault
Andrew Perry
Dave Perry & Jan Masur-Perry
Kevin & Becky Peterman
Matthew Petty & Amy Moon
Mark & Mary Cay Phelps
Stephen & Marsha Phillips
Mary & Barry Pickard
Aaron & Colleen Pierce
Richard & Neva Pilgrim
Mary Jean Piraino
Anita Pisano
Joshua W. & Rebecca Podkaminer
Howard & Ann Port
Doreen Powers
Pemala & Suhas V. Pradhan
Mary Purcell
Anna & Oleksandr Putintseva
Stephen & Kathryn Pynn
Robert R. Quinn
Selma J. Radin
Ann Ray
Cleota Reed
Margaret Reid
Ross & Melanie Brunet Relyea
Beth Richards, Gregory Owens, Gail Morrow & Claire Affleck
Frances Toni Richardson
Donnaline Richman
Gerald & Shu Ha Richmond
Don & Loraine Ridall
Michael & Annette Riposo
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Roberts
Mary Roberts-Bailey
Keith & Jacalyn Robisch
Michael & Kelley Romano
Philip Rose & Beth Broadway
Phil Eisenman & Gayle Ross
Philip & Nancy Rothschild
Beverly Roy
Elaine Rubenstein
Richard & Virginia Russo
Robert & Linda Ryan
June Rybak
John & Judy Sabene
Seth & Penny Sanders
Joseph & Jean Sanger
Dorothy Sarvay
Ronald & Janice Saunders
Ernest & Anne Scalzetti
Anthony Scalzo
Richard & Margaret Scheffler
Judy Schmid & Stewart Koenig
Mr. & Mrs. William Schu
Molly Schutrumpf
Anne Scuderi
Cheryl Patrice Scullion
Suzanne Shapero
Steven & Susan Shaw
Alexandra & Jeff Shaw
David Shmoys & Eva Tardos
Alberta L. Shouldice
James Shults
Merril Silverstein & Kathleen Roland-Silverstein
Nancy Slavens
Richard & Linda Smernoff
Judith B. Smith
Nancy & Daniel Smothergill
John Sodva
Carol & Dirk Sonneborn
Rita Southwick
Michael J. Spencer
Rosalie G. Spitzer
Terrance & Mary Frances Squires
George & Helene Starr
Lou & Mary Steigerwald
Karl Crossman & John Steinburg
Stephen Stewart
Franklin & Kathleen Stith
Richard & Kathleen Stoeckel
Conrad Strozik & Janice Farrelly
David Svendsen
Leonard & Mary Alice Swanson
Amy Kauffman Sweeney
Harvey Teres
David Thomas & Mary Kuhn
Mary B. Thompson
Nancy Tiedemann
James & Deborah Tifft
Suzanne Todero
Cynthia G. Tracy
Marguerite Conan & James Traver
George & Ronna Treier
Amy Tucker
Eugene Turner
David & Ruth Tyler
David & Patricia Urban
Matt & Jennifer Vacanti
Patrick VanBeveren
Robert & Anita Wagner
Jeanne Walewski
Daniel & Annette Wallace
JoAnn Wallace
Connie Walters
Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman
Virginia Watson
Stephen & Margaret Webb
Laurence & Linda Webster
Leonard Weiner & Kathryn Kelly
Ruth S. Weinstock
George & Joyce Welitschinsky
Glen Wells
Shirley J. Wells
Robert & Susan Westlake
Lynda Wheat
Fred & Karen Whitney
Anne Whyte
Christopher & Renee Wiles
Jesse & Eleanor Williams
Marlene J. Williams
Virginia Winters
Gregory & Rita Wood
William & Mary Wormuth
Qing Qu & Qinru Qiu
Weidong Yao & Hannah Dai
Robert Yerka
Samuel & Robin Young
Joyce Zadzilka
MaryAnn Zeppetello
Brent & Laurie Zerkle
Edmund Zielinski
Michelle Zurn
$1 – $99
Anonymous (3)
Cecily Albach
Nicholas & Linda Albicelli
Ira Ames
Zachary S. Anderson
Michael Anzalone
Charis Asante-Agyei
David & Michelle Auerbach
Dale Avers
Barbara Barnell
Elizabeth Bates
Jackson Bayuk
Jacklyn Beck
Karyn & Ken Belanger
Mary Lou Bender
Robert J. Berger
Steven & Laurie Berkowitz
Sally Berry
Cathy Thielke
Richard & Louise Blafield
Carlton & Barbara Blanchard
Michael Kerker & Mary Bochino
Deborah Bogan
Anita Bombard
Jon & Patricia Booth
Susan Borker
Stephen & Doreen Bosch
William & Julie Bourke
Debra Bowers
William & Virginia Brandt
Jay & Larissa Brenner
Donna Briscoe
Michele Bristol
Rena & David Brower
Jane Brown
Jody Brown & David Fatta
H. Allen & Louise Brown-Smith
William J. Brunken
Jo Anne Bakeman & Sandra Blouin
Dr. & Mrs. William Buckley
Michael & Karen Burns
Elisabeth Burton
Ellen Butler
Jessica Calhoun
Lia Call
Nicole Capriotti
Melissa Cardone
Joe & Mary Carello
Judith A. Carr
Patricia Carroll
Mark Carter
Antonio & Henriette Carvalho
Diane Case
William & Hilary Casey
Christina Castle
Lawrence & Linda Chambers
Erin Champion
Kevin Chandler
Nicole Charron
Kay Lyn Chase
Sihai Chen & Xiuyan Huo
Wei Chen
Robert & Kim Cherry
Kelly Christensen
Wendy Cobrda
Lou Anne Colaneri
Gary & Michele Combs
Mailene Bacha
Pam Constantine
Celita Converse
Jeffrey Cooper & Peggy Daub
Kate Cooper
Peter & Elizabeth Costello
Robert & Barbara Covert
Judith Cowden
Beth A. Crane
Barb Crisafi
Anne Cronlund
Josh Cronlund
Kevin Crowston & Marie Williams
Tanya Cumber
Walter & Therese Dancks
Melissa Daniels
Scott Dauenhauer
Jennifer Dean
Carol Decker
Mary Lynn Dekold
Patricia DeMatteo
James & Debra DeSocio
Carla Dias
Camille Dillard
Daniel Dingel
Andrew & Martha Dollekamp
Carol Dumka
Deborah A. Dunn
Siobhan Dunn
Leslie Durant
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Mark Farrington
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Daniel & Fran Ferguson
Mark & Susan Field
Laura Filip
Maryann Finn
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Stephen Fleury
Gerard & Vanessa Flynn
Ellen Ford
Jeffrey & Nancy Fortais
Stacey Frank & Kimberly Palmiter
Linda Frank
Pam Freeman
Howard & Janelle Freshman
David Freund
Emma Gage
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Ellenrose Galgano
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Brian Gorman
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Cyrus Grant
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Cianne Hall
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Mary Hutchins Harris
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Liddy Hintz
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Martin & Elizabeth Jensvold
Michael Jones
The Jorgensen Family
Sandra Kalbach
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Barbara Kenney
Kerryanna Elhage
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Duc Le
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Burton Luther
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Polly Messenger
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Patrice Murphy
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Martin & Millie Newshan
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Jerome O’Callaghan
Lance Olin
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Brandan Ray
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Nancy Rein
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Daniel & Shelley Riley
Thomas Rinefierd & Mary Beckelhimer
Susan Rizzo
Richard & Ellen Robb
Marilyn Robert
Susan Rockdashil
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Anonymous
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Cheryl Patrice Scullion
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Alyse Holstein
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Ruth Pass Hancock
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Lynda Wheat
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Anne Whyte
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Edmund Zielinski
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