Dear Friends,
As you read through this edition of Overture, you might notice a striking number of women featured in our pages: violinist Leila Josefowicz, cellist Alisa
Weilerstein, pianist Katherine Jacobson, composer Jennifer Higdon, guest conductor Rei Hotoda and of course, Marin
Alsop. In this issue, we pay tribute to women who are making a difference in the performing arts world—as conductors, musicians, soloists, composers, and even fundraisers. After generations of being a largely male-dominated industry, today’s symphony orchestras now feature women in large numbers on the podium, in the board room, as executives, and on stage as musicians. Maestra Alsop’s mentorship of rising young female conductors like Rei Hotoda, the 2006 Taki Concordia Fellow, breaks new ground for the next generation of musicians.
By now surely all of Baltimore has heard the buzz about the exciting programs our incoming music director Marin Alsop has in store for her inaugural season, beginning in September. The BSO will perform the complete Beethoven symphony cycle for the first time in a single season, paired with works by 11 of today’s most acclaimed composers, each of whom will discuss the creative process in a new series entitled Composers in Conversation. As of the beginning of April, new and existing donors have generously risen to the Meyerhoff Family Challenge and we have already reached halfway to our goal of $1 million. And thanks to the generosity of PNC, all subscription seats for the entire 2007-2008 season have been reduced to $25. This unprecedented offer coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, making this a season you will not want to miss. We hope you will take advantage of this remarkable offer and join us for the BSO’s landmark season.
Paul Meecham
President and CEO, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Challenge has two main objectives designed to help the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra achieve its programmatic initiatives: 1) motivate new donors to join the BSO family and 2) increase the number of donors at the $5,000 level and above.
You can help the Symphony push the limits:
Make a first time gift of at least $5,000 to the BSO
Increase your annual giving by at least $5,000
Double your gift if you are a donor between $2,500 and $5,000
Mail your contributions to:
BSO Membership Office
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
1212 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5545
Or for more information, contact:
Joanne Rosenthal
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
410.783.8010
jrosenthal@baltimoresymphony.org
overture
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2006-2007 Season
Marin Alsop Colleen McKenna Music Director Designate Director of Sales
Michael G. Bronfein Jill Rothstein Chairman Sales Supervisor
Paul Meecham Cary Pierson President and CEO New Business Development
Beth Mealey Maggie Moseley-Farley Vice President of Marketing Senior Account Executive
Eileen Andrews Jackson Karen Bark
Vice President Lauren Buerger
of Public Relations Marcie Jeffers
and Community Affairs Nancy Surosky
Sharon Scholze
Sue DePasquale Account Executives
Editor
Neva Hurley
Jason Quick Advertising Designer
Art Director
Design and
Erin Clare Advertising Sales
Graphic Designer Alter Custom Publishing
1040 Park Ave., Suite 200
Chris Zang Baltimore, MD 21201
Copy Editor
Claire Fletcher
Emily Eaves Cover Illustrator Publications Coordinator
Janet E. Bedell
Program Annotator
BSO Board of Directors 2006-2007 Season
Edward J. Kelly III
Catherine H. McClelland Governing
Members Chair David O. Modell Margery Pozefsky
Ann L. Rosenberg Bruce E. Rosenblum
M. Sigmund Shapiro Stephen D. Shawe, Esq. Solomon H. Snyder, M.D. S. Tien Wong
LIFE DIRECTORS
Peter G. Angelos, Esq. Willard Hackerman
H. Thomas Howell, Esq. Mrs. Robert H. Levi Yo-Yo Ma
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Decatur H. Miller, Esq. Patricia B. Modell Linda Hambleton Panitz The Honorable William
Donald Schaefer Dorothy Mc Ilvain Scott
DIRECTORS EMERITI Margaret D. Armstrong Barry D. Berman, Esq. L. Patrick Deering Samuel G. Gorn
CHAIRMAN LAUREATE Calman J. Zamoiski, Jr.
OFFICERS
Michael G. Bronfein
Chairman
A.G. W. Biddle III
Vice Chair
Ambassador Susan G.
Esserman
Vice Chair
Lainy LeBow-Sachs
Vice Chair
John A. MacColl
Vice Chair
Andrew A. Stern
Vice Chair
Kathleen A. Chagnon, Esq.
Vice Chair & Secretary
Charles O. Monk II, Esq.
Vice Chair & Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
Robert L. Bogomolny
Anthony S. Brandon
Ellyn L. Brown, Esq.
Ralph A. Brunn
Andrew A. Buerger
Dr. Evart F. Cornell
President, Baltimore
Symphony Associates
Robert B. Coutts
Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr.
Alan S. Edelman
Jan K. Guben
John P. Hollerbach
Beth J. Kaplan
Murray M.
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