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SSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF
Officers                       Staff
Margaret Elrod, President      Lois Robinson, Executive Director
Charlton (Havard) Lyons, IV,   lrobinson@shreveportsymphony.com
  Vice President
Robert Crawford, Treasurer     *Debbie Graham, Director of Finance
Laura McLemore, Secretary      dgraham@shreveportsymphony.com
Margaret Shehee,
  Member at Large              Alison Krepak, Director of Patron Advancement
                               akrepak@shreveportsymphony.com
Board Members
                               *Elizabeth Miller, Development Associate
Eugene Bryson                  emiller@shreveportsymphony.com
Leigh Anne Chambers
Anil Chhabra                   *Crozet Duplantier, Librarian
Jennifer Elliott               cduplantier@shreveportsymphony.com
Ginger Flournoy
Knox Goodman                   *Brett Andrews, Artistic Operations Manager
Rozelle Hahn                   bandrews@shreveportsymphony.com
Brian Hebert
                               *Denotes part-time employee
Paul Jordan
Jazmin Jernigan
Erica Ledet
Jerard Martin
Sharon McGivney
Sherry Pendley
Rebecca Radford
Joe Rice
Wendell Riley
Holly Roca
William Sale
Libby Siskron
Anne Wilson

Ex-Officio
Theresa Bridges
Michael Butterman
Alyce Labanics
Lois Robinson
Rick Rowell
Lester Wilson

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SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 2020-21 WILLIS -KNIGHTON MASTERWORKS SERIES MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
To say that 2020 and this symphony season have
been something we’ve not experienced before
would be the greatest of understatements.

The year 2020 has been an extraordinarily
frightening, exhausting, uncertain, and sad year
for all of us. I applaud the musicians, the maestro,
and symphony management and my board peers
for stepping up to the plate and adapting to the
pandemic and its effects in creative and meaningful
ways. From parking lot productions to virtual concerts
both streamed and televised, they have truly lived
up to the mantra of “the show must go on.” I think the pandemic, as tragic as it
has been, has caused us to think outside the box and do things that we might not
have considered in more normal times.

As vaccines become more widely distributed, we hope to be able, before too long
after this writing, to present live concerts while adhering to the capacity, social
distancing, and masking guidelines that are a vital part of mitigation measures.

We look forward to being with you physically in the future, but in the meantime,
we will continue to be with you virtually. We appreciate your support during these
tenuous times. You have shown your faith and confidence in us as well as how
much you appreciate the symphony’s value to our community.

We cannot thank you enough for that.

Warmly,
WELCOME FROM MICHAEL BUTTERMAN
In this year like no other, the importance of music
has never been clearer. It is a sacred oasis from
the mundane and chaotic, as well as a way to
express that which is otherwise inexpressible. It
connects us, spiritually, to a higher plane, and
connects us, emotionally, to one another by
reminding us of our shared human experience.

The challenges to live music presented by the
pandemic are significant, but so, too, is society’s                     Photo: Rene Palmer
need for the benefits it provides. Fortunately, with
every crisis comes opportunity—a chance to adapt
and reinvent—and we are “leaning in” to the current moment with our re-imagined
programming tailored to these unprecedented times. From televised Independence
Day and Holiday programs to our re-imagined Willis-Knighton Masterworks
Series, we are working to keep the music playing for our community.

We are grateful, once again, to have First Baptist Church as our temporary
home. Its video capabilities allow us to take you “inside” the performance like
never before, whether you are attending in person or streaming the concert from
home. Programming that makes use of more intimate ensembles provides us the
opportunity to bring you gems like the brilliant original scoring of Copland’s
Appalachian Spring and the splendor of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in a fascinating
chamber reduction.

Your SSO is here for you in times of celebration, as well as times of struggle. Great
music sustains and uplift us, nourishingour souls and strengthening our resolve.
Together, we will ‘keep the music playing’ and look forward to brighter days in the
near future.

Yours,

Michael Butterman

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MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Making his mark as a model for today’s             Mr. Butterman gained international attention
conductors, Michael Butterman is recognized        as a diploma laureate in the Prokofiev
for his commitment to creative artistry,           International Conducting Competition and
innovative programming, and to audience            as a finalist in the prestigious Besançon
and community engagement. In addition              International Conducting Competition. As
to his artistic leadership of the Shreveport       the recipient of the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship,
Symphony, he serves as Music Director for          he studied at Tanglewood with Robert Spano,
the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, whom           Jorma Panula, and Maestro Ozawa, and
he has led to national prominence, resulting       shared the podium with Ozawa to lead the
in an invitation to open the Kennedy Center’s      season’s opening concert. Earlier, Mr. Butterman
inaugural SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras    was sponsored by UNESCO to lead the
in 2017. He is also the Music Director of          National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova in
the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, an orchestra        a concert of music by great American masters.
uniquely focused on music education. He
has recently completed a 19-year association       For six seasons, Mr. Butterman served as
with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as       Music Director of Opera Southwest in
their Principal Conductor for Education and        Albuquerque, NM. During much of that time,
Community Engagement, and a 15-year                he was also Director of Orchestral Studies at
tenure with the Jacksonville Symphony, first as    the LSU School of Music and was Principal
Associate, and then as Resident Conductor.         Conductor of the LSU Opera Theater.
                                                   Previously, he held the post of Associate
As a guest conductor, Mr. Butterman has led        Conductor of the Columbus Pro Musica
many of the country’s preeminent ensembles,        Orchestra, and served as Music Director of
including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia    the Chamber Opera, Studio Opera, and
Orchestra, National Symphony, Detroit              Opera Workshop at the Indiana University
Symphony and Houston Symphony. In the              School of Music. As its Associate Music Director,
2019-20 season, he returns to the National         he led the Ohio Light Opera through two
Symphony on several occasions for                  festivals, conducting over 35 performances
performances at the Kennedy Center, and leads      each summer.
the North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony
in a program featuring a new work by               At Indiana University, Mr. Butterman conducted
Grammy-nominated composer Chris Brubeck.           a highly acclaimed production of Leonard
                                                   Bernstein’s little-known 1600 Pennsylvania
Other recent appearances include                   Avenue in a series of performances at the
performances with the Colorado Symphony,           Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, receiving
Oregon Symphony, Phoenix Symphony,                 unanimous praise from such publications
Kansas City Symphony, Charleston Symphony,         as The New York Times, Washington Post,
Hartford Symphony, San Antonio Symphony,           Variety, and USA Today. He was subsequently
Syracuse Symphony, New Mexico Symphony,            invited to New York at the request of the
Santa Fe Symphony, California Symphony,            Bernstein estate to prepare a performance of
Louisiana Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony,          a revised version of the work.
El Paso Symphony, Mobile Symphony,
Winston-Salem Symphony, Pensacola Opera,           Michael Butterman’s work has been featured
Asheville Lyric Opera and Victoria Symphony        in six nationwide broadcasts on American
(British Columbia). Summer appearances             Public Media’s Performance Today. He can be
include Tanglewood, the Bravo! Vail Valley         heard on two CDs recorded for the Newport
Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, and       Classics label and on a new disc in which he
the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia.        conducts the Rochester Philharmonic and
                                                   collaborates with actor John Lithgow.
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KERMIT POLING, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Winner of the 2019 Silver Medal from the
Global Music Awards, Kermit Poling is an
inspiring and passionate voice in American
music. The classical music magazine
Fanfare wrote, “the Romantic spirit lives,
breathes and flourishes in Kermit Poling,”
remarking on his “quite natural musicianship”
and a “Schubertian gift for melody.” Indeed,
Kermit’s talents encompass conducting and
composition along with years of virtuoso         including Snow White, (originally composed
violin performances.                             for Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet), Peter
                                                 Pan, Prince Charming, and Beauty and the
After 24 seasons as Music Director of the
                                                 Beast. The Pennsylvania Ballet debuted Fairy
South Arkansas Symphony, 34 seasons as
                                                 Rhymes last season and Ballet Des Moines
the Shreveport Symphony’s Associate
                                                 premiered The Beautiful Mermaid. His work,
Conductor, 27 years as SSO Concertmaster,
                                                 No Sound of Trumpet nor Roll of Drum, was
and his many seasons as music director
                                                 premiered in was featured in Symphony
of the Marshall Symphony Orchestra and
                                                 Magazine. His score to the silent film Tarzan
the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet, few
                                                 of the Apes and for the documentary
audiences in the Ark-La-Tex are unaware of
                                                 Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle won
his many talents.
                                                 accolades across the country.
Kermit conducts worldwide, with his
                                                 Poling received the Outstanding Artist in Music
compositions also performed throughout the
                                                 Fellowship in 2000 from the State of Louisiana
world. In January 2017 he conducted his
                                                 and twice received a Music Fellowship from
debut recording with the London Symphony
                                                 the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Maestro
Orchestra for an album of his compositions
                                                 Poling studied at the Boston Conservatory of
for the Centaur label. Fanfare described
                                                 Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the
the release as “a fabulous disc, splendidly
                                                 Tanglewood Music Center, where he studied
recorded and executed.” He has been
                                                 with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Gustav
featured with the Orchestra Filarmonia
                                                 Meier and Seiji Ozawa. In 2012, he was
Veneta, the Orchestra of the Province of
                                                 awarded a career advancement award from
Lecco in Italy, the Symphony Orchestra of
                                                 the State of Louisiana.
the State of Mexico, the Guanajuato Symphony
Orchestra, the Shenzhen Symphony of              Kermit Poling has been a featured conductor
China, and many other orchestras across          on Performance Today, the Arkansas
the world and in the United States.              Educational Television Network, the Red River
                                                 Radio Network, WGBH Boston and has
Poling’s compositions have excited audiences
                                                 appeared as violinist on Louisiana Public
everywhere. His Symphony No. 1 “Shreveport
                                                 Television and PBS in addition to numerous
Symphony” was premiered by the SSO and
                                                 television and radio stations throughout the
Michael Butterman in 2016. His string
                                                 country. He has served on the faculty of
quartet, Within the Orb of Glories Wearing,
                                                 Centenary College, Texarkana Community
received its international television debut
                                                 College, the Boston Conservatory and the
in February 2017 on the EWTN cable
                                                 Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Away
network. Ballet companies throughout the
                                                 from the concert stage, he is choirmaster and
United States such as Ballet Des Moines, the
                                                 organist at St. George’s Episcopal Church in
University of Hartford, Ballet Oklahoma and
                                                 Bossier City, LA, and is the General Manager
The Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia have
                                                 and well-known classical music voice of Red
commissioned and performed his works,
                                                 River Radio (KDAQ Public Radio).

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SSO ORCHESTRA ROSTER
Violin                       Clarinet                   Piano
Kirsten Yon, Concertmaster   Jake Hale, Principal       Robert Cruz
Elizabeth O’Bannon,          Sandra Clark               Gay Grosz
   Resident Concertmaster
                             Bassoon                    Harp
Rachel Bundy                 Ann Shoemaker, Principal   Janel Hector
Henry Edwards                Jonathan Castillo
                                                        Musicians are represented by
Christopher Reed             Jorge Cruz                 Local 116, AFM, AFL-CIO
Daniel Santelices
Janis Adams Teague           Saxophone
Kristin Campbell             Trevor Culp                ___________________
Jennifer Carsillo            Paul Forsyth
Laura Crawford               Horn                       Technician Staff
Kermit Poling                Thomas Hundemer,
  (Asst. Conductor)                                     Master Audio Engineer
                               Principal
                                                        Rob Whited
                             Adam Black
Viola                        Kristine Coreil            Master Carpenter
Borys Smolaga, Principal     James Boldin               Syd Hydro
Adrienne Gabriel
                             Trumpet                    Master Electrician
Michael Drobycki
                             Rick Rowell, Principal     Matt Dickerson
Michele Gunn
                             Mike Scarlato              Master Flyman
Cello                                                   Steve Pyatt
Courtenay Vandiver           Trombone
   Pereira, Principal        Michael Davidson,          Property Master/
David Jankowski               Principal                 Technical Director
Brett Andrews                Adam Johnson               Debbie Graham
Ruth Drummond                Bass Trombone              Stage Employees are represented by
Eliot Haas                   J. Mark Thompson,          Local 298, IATSE, AFL-CIO

Bass                            Principal
Justin Kujawski, Principal   Tuba
Kirby Nunez                  Steven Curtis, Principal
Lois Robinson
                             Timpani
Flute                        Chandler Teague,
Leslie Daniel Newman          Principal
Sally Horak
                             Percussion
Oboe                         Chandler Teague,
Theresa Zale Bridges,         Principal
  Principal                  Anthony Robinson
Abigail Hawthorne
Kristin Perry

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SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS
Platinum Baton—                Mr. Paul DeTello             Col. Shirley Kelley-Heim &
$10,000 (+)                    Mr. & Mrs. William Flanagan     Mr. Jesse Heim, III
Anonymous                      Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller      Mr. and Mrs. Glenn V. Kinsey
Anonymous                      Hollisann and Sidney Kent    Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Labanics
The Alta & John Franks         Dr. & Mrs. Charles Moffet    Carole & William Lacefield
  Foundation                   Cynthia A. Murray            Dr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lafargue
Access Health Inc.             Lois Robinson and Crozet     Dr. Jerard R. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J.             Duplantier                 Dr. & Mrs. Bill McColgan, Jr.
  Crawford III                 Dr. & Mrs. Phillip A. RozemanMr. and Mrs. Bart T. McDonald
Mrs. Ike Muslow                Shane Shehee                 Paul and Betty McDonald
                               Margaret Stagg Sour             Foundation
Gold Baton—                    Marion Weiss                 Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. McInnis, Jr.
$7,500-$9,999                                               Laura Lyons McLemore
David and Margarett Shehee Conductor Circle—                Deborah Monarch
  Cole                           $1,000-$2,499              Linda Nall, M.D.
Mrs. Pearla T. Despot            Mr. Joe M. Badt            Mr. and Mrs. George D.
The Jack Webster Grigsby         Dr. Grace Bareikis            Nelson, Jr.
  Foundation                     Dr. & Mrs. Shane Barton    Stephen and Constance Pajeski
                                 Dr. & Mrs. Jack Berg       Mr. & Mrs. Carl Pendley
Silver Baton—                    Drs. Ernest and LaWanda    Joe & Stella Rice
$5,000-$7,499                      Blakeney                 Ms. Dorothy Rivette
Anonymous                        Barbara (Bobbie) Brasher   Holly Roca
John E. & Lindsay Atkins         Sandra Breithaupt          Doug Schaumburg
Mr. & Mrs. George A.             Frank & Suzzanne Bright    Mandel Selber, Jr.
  Baldwin, Jr.                   The Honorable and Mrs.     Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert R.
Carl & Shirley Bernofsky           Eugene W. Bryson, Jr.       Shanley Jr.
The Community Foundation - Jane & John D. Caruthers, Jr. Nell Shehee
  Ann V. and Robert C. Leitz III Mrs. Lo B. Cassidy and     The Nelson Foundation
  Donor Advised Fund               Beverly Cassidy Brooke   Gay and Al Vekovius
The Crow Foundation              The Community Foundation - Dr. Holly Wall
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Elrod        Smith Family Donor       Drs. Robert & Lisa Walter
Knox M. Goodman                    Advised Fund             Dr. & Mrs. Richard Wigle
Sandra K. Hand                   The Community Foundation - Mrs. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr.
Nellie G. and Charlton             Walter-Poljak Donor      Wright Family Trust
  Havard Lyons IV                  Advised Fund
The Magale Foundation            Drs. Neera & Anil Chhabra  Concertmaster
Ken & Sharon McGivney            The Cat Doctor             Circle—$500-$999
Mrs. J. Frederick Patten         Dr. Megan Conway & Mr.     Anonymous
The J.B. Atkins Foundation         Calvin Head              Mary & Dick Bremer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Weir, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stanton Dossett   Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Chance, Jr.
                                 Marletta Eddy              Ms. Ann Spikes
Bronze Baton—                    Dr. & Mrs. John Epling     Arthur & Margaret Thompson
$2,500-$4,999                    Glenn & Ginger Flournoy    Linda Dowling
Anonymous                        Ivy and Archer Frierson    Debbie Graham
Anonymous                        Gladys & Ed Hurley         Reverend Pike Thomas
Dr. Dale Bauman and                Foundation               Dennis and Susan Webb
  Ms. Paula Leonard              Dayne and Kathy Hassell    Eileen and Mike Adkins
Camellia Trading Company         Brian A. Hebert            Tookie & Baker Barr
The Community Foundation - John Hussey                      Carolyn W. and Charles T.
  Flournoy-Courtney Family Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Jordan           Beaird Family Foundation
  Donor Advised Fund
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SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS (continued)
Sharon Bennett                  Rick and Laurie Boswell          The Community Foundation -
Will Blanchard                  Kitty and Charles Boyd             Katherine S. Tyrrell Fund
Drs. Bernadette & Carter Boyd   Judith K. Causey                 Johnette Waterman
Colonel & Mrs. Hugh G.          Dr. & Mrs. David Cavanaugh       Dr. and Mrs. Steven Whited
   Butterfield                  Drs. David & Carol Clemons       Mrs. Louise Pons Williams
The Community Foundation -      U. L. Coleman Companies          Suzanne Williams
   Hardtner Donor Advised       Doctors Paul and Danielle        Susan Wood
   Fund                            Cooper                        Craig S. Woodring
Lisa and Alvin Childs, Jr.      Brian and Stacey Crawford        Jack and Audrey Zahm
Jennifer and Dwayne Elliott     Jordan & Callie Dean
Jaf and Shelly Fielder          Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Debo           Associate—
Charles Gerard                  Mr. and Mrs Paul Derousse        $100-$199
Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gomelsky   Marilyn M. Deupree               Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Adams
Mrs. James S. Harrold           Dr. Jerry & Ruth Drummond        Anonymous
Dick and Clara Hemmings         Richard Eglin                    Anonymous
Chris and Connie Holoman        Sue Ford                         Mrs. June Applewhite
Sarah Kirkpatrick and Grant     Mrs. Sally Gardner               Ms. Susan Bairnsfather
   Summers                      Jeanette and David Garrett       Dr. Brian Basinger
Scott & Ginger Lowe             Greg & Peggy Gavin               Mr. & Mrs. Eric Bates
Dr. & Mrs. James E. Lusk        Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Glorioso       Kathryn M. Beaird
Geoff and Martha Mangin         Dr. & Mrs. Warren D. Grafton     Kelly Beaty
Jerry & Allison Montgomery      Annette and Mike Hall            Dr. George Belchic, Jr.
Ms. Patricia A. O’Brien         Mike and Whittney Harper         Gretchen Bell
Margaret Leary Oden             Mrs. Sam Bailey Hicks III        Dr. & Mrs. James R. Bergeron
Dee and Carol Peterson          Gene and Ellen Huggs             Amy Bokenfohr
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Michael J.      Phil & Virginia Israel           Sarah Boswell
   Petrosh Jr.                  Mr. Glenn I. Jackson             Jeff Brainard
Janie Richardson                Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Johnson       Dr. Gale W. Bridger
Dr. and Mrs. Rick Rowell        Patricia Jones                   Allyson Brooks
Craig & Judy Storer             Mrs. Jane Law                    Lara & David Bryan
Martha Storer                   Kurt & Patti Ley                 Kenneth Caldwell
Col. & Mrs. David Thomson       Mrs. Charlton H. Lyons, Jr.      Max and Magan Causey
Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Van Hoose       Andy and Dianne Mapp             Dr. & Mrs. Judd H. Chidlow
Dr. & Mrs. Seborn Woods         Mrs. Ann C. May                  Sylvia Clayton
                                Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McElroy, Jr.   Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cochran
Principal Circle—               Mrs. Lottie M. McGuire           Maria Colon
$200-$499                       Michael and Susan Muse           Dr. & Mrs. David Cooksey
Ability Air Conditioning, INC   Mr. & Mrs. Robert Neff Jr.       Jean Cooper
Dr. Glen Adkins                 D. Keith & Cynthia Payne         Veronica Czarzasty
Anonymous                       Alex and Rebecca Radford         John H. Doak
Anonymous                       Ashok and Sudha Rao              Jeanne Street
Anonymous                       John and Joy Ratcliff            Dr. & Mrs. Richard Drummond
Anonymous                       Retail Merchants Association     Carolyn S. Fleming
Judy Austin                     Herschel and Doris Rice          Charles Fowler
BancorpSouth                    Dr. Sandra C. Roerig             George Fritze
Helen L. Bates                  Ms. Elizabeth Scalf              Peggy Geddes and Sharon
Mrs. Oscar Lee Berry, Jr.       Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Semon      Geddes
Mrs. Harold R. Bicknell         Dr. and Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron   John Goddard
Drs. Steven & Diana Bienvenu    Elizabeth Stephens               Ann and Dave Graham
Joseph A. Bocchini Jr. MD       Gary A. and Susan Taylor         Barbara Gramling
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SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS (continued)
Laura Gregorio                       Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mitchell
Dicky & Sally Grieder                Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Randee Monceaux
Deborah G. Griffith                  Mrs. Marianne Mosteller
Dr. Tobin H. Grisgby                 Dr. Anil and Laura Nanda
David and Susan Gross                Jane and Dale Olsan
Michael & Deborah Hale               Mr. & Mrs. O. Michael Owens
Minette Haynes                       Mitzi Perry
Dr. and Mrs. Sanders F. Hearne       Patricia Pinckard
Mr. David Henington                  Dr. & Mrs. Donald Posner
Mrs. E. R. Hensley                   Joan H. Potter
Ms. Blanche Hirsch                   Amy Quinn and Bill McGill
Virginia R. Houston                  Tommy and Kay Rabon
Lisa Hunter                          Wendell Riley
Dorothy Jarzabek                     Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Sayres, Jr.
Jeanette M. and David L. Lay         Tommy Seabaugh
Merrilee Streun Leatherman           Barbara Semon
Charles and Diane Libro              George Sewell
James Lu                             Beejal Shah
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Debby Macy                           Dr. John Todd
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mathew           Sam Medica and Andrew Twyman
Mr. and Mrs. Truly W. McDaniel       Terry and Kathryn Willis
James and Velma McLelland            Mrs. James W. Wood
Beverly Miller                       Donna Wyatt
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SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY AGENCY
ENDOWMENT FUND
Held by the Community                       Founding Donors to Meet the
Foundation Of North                         Carolyn Q. Nelson
Louisiana                                   Endowment Challenge
In calendar 2016, the Shreveport
                                            Maestri
Symphony was challenged by the
                                            Anonymous
Community Foundation of North
Louisiana via the Carolyn Q. Nelson         Soloists
Endowment Challenge to raise                Mrs. D. R. James
$100,000 to establish a new agency          Peggy and Charlton Lyons
endowment fund. The terms of the
                                            Principals
challenge called for a matching
                                            Charles, Michael, and Stephen McCord
$100,000 donation to be made by
                                              and the Rick McCord Family
the Community Foundation if the new
                                            David and Margaret Shehee Cole
fund had a total of $100,000 or more
                                            Dr. Rozelle Hahn
deposited by December 31, 2016.
                                            Mrs. Sybil J. Patten
We are thrilled to announce that we         Ken and Sharon McGivney
met the terms and raised the $100,000
                                            Assistant Principals
with the extremely generous support of
                                            Nellie and Havard Lyons
the following Founding Donors:
                                            Berte and Ike Muslow
Matching Donor                              George and Jean Baldwin
The Community Foundation of North           Dr. Anil and Laura Nanda
Louisiana                                   Mickel and Emily Husted
                                            Carl and Sherry Pendley
                                            Mrs. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr.

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MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS
Memorials                                      Mr. & Mrs. Quintin T. Hardtner, III
(1/1/20-1/20/21)                               Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller
                                               Dr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lafargue
In Memory of William T. Adams                  Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leitz
Eleanor R. Sockrider                           Don & Maurice Wilkins
In Memory of Luci Bond                         In Memory of Alicia Pineda
The Doctors Lucienne and Joe Simon             Larry and Olivia Hiller
In Memory of Ray Boswell                       In Memory of Larry Pledger
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III              Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr.
Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith
                                               In Memory of Jo Ann Pugh
In Memory of Joe Cage                          Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III
Wayne Buckley
                                               In Memory of Billy Jean Reasor
In Memory of William Carsillo                  Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert R. Shanley Jr.
Jean Banfield
Louise W. Epstein                              In Memory of Peyton Shehee and
Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III               Virginia Shehee
                                               Michael and Judilyn Wise
In Memory of Sheila Chumley
Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr.               In Memory of Virginia Shehee
                                               The Doctors Lucienne and Joe Simon
In Memory of Winburn Curlin
Stan Hancock                                   In Memory of Bitsy Smith
                                               Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III
In Memory of O. Delton Harrison
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leitz                        In Memory of Martha Smith
Mrs. Tom Stagg                                 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr.
                                               Mr. & Mrs. O. Michael Owens
In Memory of Dr. James S. Harrold, Jr.         Barbara Stinson
Mrs. Sandra Harrold
                                               In Memory of Sam W. Smith
In Memory of Bruce Henderson                   Community Foundation – Smith Family
Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III               Donor Advised Fund
In Loving Memory of Sarah Holland              In Memory of Dr. William Teague
Harold T. Holland                              Tookie & Baker Barr
In Memory of Mary McCord                       Drs. Ernest and LaWanda Blakeney
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III              Lisa and Alvin Childs, Jr.
                                               Kathleen Ellis
In Memory of Carolyn Murov                     Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith
Anonymous                                      Linda Luck Insurance Agency
James and Martha Cirilli                       Janie Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III              Dr. & Mrs. Rick Rowell
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller                        John M. Shuey, Jr.
Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith
Madeline Holder                                In Memory of Dr. William and Lucille
Jean Y. Laster                                 Teague
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr.             Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Labanics
Janie Richardson                               In Memory of Donald Zadeck
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Weir, Jr.                 Mrs. Tom Stagg
In Memory of Dr. Ike Muslow                    In Memory of Carol Zaffater
Ms. Elizabeth B. Beck                          Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr.
Dr. George Belchic, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III
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WILLIS-KNIGHTON
MASTERWORKS SERIES

The Four Seasons,
Recomposed
Saturday, January 30, 2021
7:30 PM
Virtual Event
Livestreamed from First Baptist
Church of Shreveport
Michael Butterman, conductor
Francisco Fullana

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS               The Lark Ascending
Arranged for string orchestra
by Adam Johnson
                                  Mr. Fullana

MAX RICHTER    Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Recomposed
			               Spring I, II, III
			 Summer I, II, III
			 Autumn I, II, III
			 Winter I, II, III
            Mr. Fullana

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
About Francisco Fullana                          Kravis Center, as well as two tours of
                                                 eastern China and Japan.
Spanish-born violinist Francisco Fullana,
winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career           Francisco was recently named artist
Grant, has been hailed as a “rising star”        in residence of the Balearic Islands
(BBC Music Magazine), an “amazing                Symphony Orchestra for the 2021-24
talent” (conductor Gustavo Dudamel) and          seasons, being in charge of curating
“frighteningly awesome” (Buffalo News).          and leading conductorless programs
                                                 and the new festival ‘Lincoln Center in
A native of Mallorca in the Balearic             Mallorca,’ a weeklong series of annual
Islands of Spain, Francisco is making a          performances with artists from Lincoln
name for himself as both a performer             Center’s Chamber Music Society. The
and a leader of innovative educational           first edition will take place this June,
institutions. As an orchestral soloist he has    culminating with a performance of
performed the Mendelssohn Violin                 Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under
Concerto with the Bayerische Philharmonie        Pablo Mielgo alongside Chamber
led by the late Sir Colin Davis, the             Music Society of Lincoln Center’s directors
Sibelius Concerto with the Münchner              David Finckel and Wu Han to celebrate
Rundfunkorchester, and the Brahms                Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary.
Violin Concerto with Venezuela’s Teresa
Carreño Orchestra under the baton of             Orchid Classics recently released
Gustavo Dudamel. He has also soloed              Francisco’s recording “Through the
with the City of Birmingham, Vancouver,          Lens of Time,” which includes Max
Pacific, Alabama and Madrid Symphonies           Richter’s 2012 composition The Four
as well as the Saint Paul Chamber                Seasons Recomposed performed with
Orchestra and the Spanish Radio                  the City of Birmingham Symphony
Television Orchestra.                            Orchestra conducted by Carlos Izcaray.
                                                 This ambitious project, recently named
Active as a chamber musician, Francisco          Forbes’ CD of the Week and featured
has participated in the Marlboro Music           as the #1 Classical Track on Apple
Festival and is a member of the Chamber          Music, carries forward from its modern
Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers         reconsideration of Vivaldi’s beloved
Program. His musical collaborators               classic with a series of contemporary solo
have included Midori, Viviane Hagner,            works for violin that also shine a new light
Nobuko Imai, Charles Neidich, Mitsuko            on the Baroque musical tradition.
Uchida, and members of the Guarneri,
Juilliard, Takács and Cleveland quartets.        Francisco received bachelor’s and master’s
                                                 degrees from The Juilliard School following
Highlights of Francisco’s recent and             studies with Donald Weilerstein and
upcoming orchestral engagements include          Masao Kawasaki, and holds an Artist
debuts with the Buffalo Philharmonic             Diploma from the USC Thornton School
Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of                  of Music. He currently performs on the
Philadelphia, Tucson, Miami and                  1735 “Mary Portman” ex-Kreisler Guarneri
Springfield Symphony Orchestras, and             del Gesù violin, kindly on loan from
Argentina’s National Orchestra. Recital          Clement and Karen Arrison through the
debuts this season also include the              Stradivari Society of Chicago.
Phillips Collection and Palm Beach’s             franciscofullana.com
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THE FOUR SEASONS, RECOMPOSED PROGRAM
Both compositions on tonight’s program           portrays a soaring bird in flight. The solo
were inspired by poems about nature, and         violin has trills and wide-sweeping
they reveal the close connection between         melodies, suggesting birdlike sounds and
music and the other arts, as well as sights      movements. Truly remarkable, though, are
and sounds of the external world.                the free-flowing rhythms in the numerous
                                                 violin cadenzas, and this sense of unfettered
RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)                movement pervades the entire composition.
The Lark Ascending		                             Interspersed throughout the piece are
Arranged for string orchestra by                 contrasting episodes of new melodies
Adam Johnson                                     supplied by the woodwinds. The work closes
                                                 with an unaccompanied violin cadenza that
Vaughn Williams was born into a prominent        reaches two octaves above the treble staff
English family that included well-known          before dropping down a third lower. The
figures like Charles Darwin and Josiah           overall effect is one of tranquility and grace.
Wedgewood. As a child, he took lessons in
piano, violin, and organ. After receiving        The Lark Ascending was written on the
degrees from the Royal College of Music          eve of World War I, leading some critics
and Trinity College, Cambridge, he               today to suggest the music seems imbued
studied composition with Max Bruch in            with nostalgia, perhaps even a tinge of
Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris.               sadness. Although this may be true, we
                                                 should also recognize that the unusual
But Vaughn Williams’s interests extended         musical qualities―rhythmic freedom,
beyond writing music. He worked as a             which was revolutionary at that time, and
conductor, served as a church organist,          beautiful modal melodies―blend perfectly
taught school for a while, and collected         with nature and poetry. The result is a
and edited hundreds of English folksongs.        composition that occupies a truly unique
He was also fond of literature, especially       niche in violin/orchestral literature.
poetry, and as a native of the Cotswolds,
he loved the English countryside.                © Program note by Dr. La Wanda J. Blakeney

While seeking to forge his own compositional
                                                 MAX RICHTER (1966- )
identity, Vaughn Williams consciously
                                                 Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Recomposed
rejected imitation of European models
and returned to his English roots. All of        Composer Max Richter is part of Deutsche
his interests come together in The Lark          Grammophon’s acclaimed Recomposed
Ascending, a short, one-movement work            series, in which contemporary artists are
originally written in 1914 for violin and        invited to re-work a traditional piece of music.
piano. He later recast the work for solo
violin and orchestra, scoring it for             The idea of recomposing and re-processing
woodwinds, strings, two horns, and               musical works was common practice in
triangle (the only percussion instrument),       Vivaldi’s time and the project presents an
and this version is better known than the        exciting opportunity to make favorite classics
original. In 2013, British conductor and         relevant to a wider audience. However,
pianist Adam Johnson made an                     Richter’s approach differs fundamentally
arrangement for solo violin, string              from the preceding releases: in contrast
orchestra and triangle, and this is the          to previous participants who reworked
version we hear tonight.                         recordings from the extensive Deutsche
                                                 Grammophon catalogue, Richter actually
Inspired by George Meredith’s poem of the        ‘recomposed’ Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four
same name, Vaughn Williams musically             Seasons. He is the first in the series to
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THE FOUR SEASONS, RECOMPOSED PROGRAM (continued)
employ an existing score, ‘inscribe’ his         our musical language today.” Other
new composition into Vivaldi’s and record        resonances are no less unexpected:
a ‘new’ version of a familiar work, thus         Richter describes part of the first movement
creating a new hybrid work.                      of his Summer as “heavy music for the
                                                 orchestra. It’s relentless pulsed music,
Like many composers Richter was always           which is a quality that contemporary
fascinated by Vivaldi’s 1725 composition         dance music has; and perhaps I was also
because “The Four Seasons is an omni-            thinking about John Bonham’s drumming.
present piece of music and like no other         Then, in the second movement of Autumn
part of our musical landscape.” But he was       I asked the harpsichordist Raphael
also aware that for many, including himself,     Alpermann to play in what is a rather
it had long ago ceased to be something           old-fashioned way, very regularly, rather
of beauty and had instead become an ever         like a ticking clock. That was partly
present piece of muzak “You hear it in the       because I didn’t want the harpsichord
supermarket regularly, you’re confronted         part to be attention-seeking, but also
with it in adverts or hear it as muzak when      because that style connects to various
on hold. Slowly you begin to blank it out.”      pop records from the 1970s where the
Richter yearned to reconnect with the piece      harpsichord or Clavinet was featured,
and to re-start the conversation on Vivaldi’s    including various Beach Boys albums and
work, and he sought to do so in an               the Beatles’ Abbey Road.”
accessible style that mirrored Vivaldi’s
intentions with the piece, rather than to        Clearly, Richter has brought his own
place a 20th-century Modernist imprint on        frame of reference to the project. As he
it. “I wanted to open up the score on a          says, “Vivaldi’s music is made of regular
note-by-note level, and working with an          patterns, and that connects with post-
existing recording was like digging a mine       minimalism, which is one strand in the
shaft through an incredibly rich seam,           music that I write. That felt like a natural
discovering diamonds and not being able to       link, but even so it was surprisingly
pull them out. That became frustrating.          difficult to navigate my way through it. At
I wanted to get inside the score at the          every point I had to work out how much
level of the notes and in essence re-write       is Vivaldi and how much is me. It was
it, re-composing it in a literal way.”           difficult but also rewarding because the
In order to do this Richter wrote an             raw material is so fascinating.” Just as
entirely new score and recorded it with          Richter’s Seasons plays tricks with the way
Daniel Hope and The Konzerthaus                  we hear Vivaldi’s original, so it also asks
Kammerorchester in Berlin.                       questions of the soloist. “Violinists have
                                                 Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons hardwired in
Richter calculates that, in the process, he      their brain. [A soloist] is likely to play the
has discarded around three-quarters of           original I don’t know how many times in
Vivaldi’s original. He opens with what he        a year, and for him to have my parallel
describes as “a dubby cloud which I’ve           text going on in another part of his brain
called Spring 0. It functions as a sort of       is a challenge.”
prelude, setting up an electronic, ambient
space for the first Spring movement to           Adapted from the booklet text for the
step into. I’ve used electronics in several      Recomposed release, written by Nick
movements, subtle, almost inaudible              Kimberley.
things to do with the bass, but I wanted
certain moments to connect to the whole
electronic universe that is so much part of

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SCHUBERT’S DEATH AND THE                          BEETHOVEN’S SEPTET
MAIDEN & MORE                                     Sun., May 2, 3 PM
Sun., March 21, 3 PM                              First Baptist Shreveport
First Baptist Shreveport                          Elizabeth O’Bannon, violin; Adrienne
The Emerald String Quartet—Kiril                  Gabriel, viola; David Jankowski, cello;
Laskarov & Diana Norwood, violins; Borys          Justin Kujawski, bass; Jake Hale, clarinet;
Smolaga, viola; Brett Andrews, cello              Ann Shoemaker, bassoon; Adam Black, horn

SCHUBERT String Quartet, No. 14 in                BEETHOVEN Septet, Op. 20
D minor, “Death and the Maiden”                   The Beethoven Anniversary comes to
BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 59,                 a close with another celebration. The
No. 3 in C Major                                  septet calls for a mixed string and wind
                                                  ensemble, calling for great precision
Featuring an actual Stradivarius violin,
                                                  from the performers. Be sure to catch
the Emerald Quartet will perform
                                                  the violin part—it’s a whopper and will
one of chamber music’s most famous
                                                  be played by Elizabeth O’Bannon,
works, “Death and the Maiden” by                  Associate Concertmaster of the SSO.
Franz Schubert.
                                                  PROKOFIEV AND BRAHMS
I-49 BRASS                                        Sun., May 16, 3 PM
Fri., April 23, 3 PM                              First Baptist Shreveport
First Baptist Shreveport                          Yevgeny Yontov, piano; Jake Hale,
Rick Rowell and Mike Scarlato, trumpets;          clarinet; Jennifer Carsillo and Rachel
Thomas Hundemer, horn; Michael                    Bundy, violins; Borys Smolaga, viola;
Davidson, trombone; J. Mark Thompson,             John-Henry Crawford, cello
bass trombone
The I-49 Brass will present a diverse             PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew
program drawn from five centuries of              Themes, Op. 34
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to Bach to a new commission, “Commute”
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