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Friday, October 23, 7:30 PM EDT THE TREASURES OF FIDDLERS MARK AND MAGGIE O’CONNOR Moss Arts Center HomeStage Series
THE TREASURES OF FIDDLERS
MARK AND MAGGIE O’CONNOR
Moderated by Margaret Lawrence, director of programming,
Moss Arts Center; and Dylan Locke, owner, Floyd Country Store
and County Sales Music, and director, Handmade Music School
in Floyd, Virginia
Songs to be announced during the performance
Presented in partnership with the Crooked Road
Biographies MARK O’CONNOR “One of the most spectacular journeys in recent American music.” —The New York Times “One of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music—any music—today.” —The Los Angeles Times “Brilliantly original.” —The Seattle Times “The audience was on its feet . . . They were moved by Mr. O’Connor’s journey without maps, cheering for the only musician today who can reach so deeply first into the refined, then the vernacular, giving his listeners a complex, sophisticated piece of early-21st-century classical music and then knocking them dead with the brown-dirt whine of a Texas fiddle.” —The New York Times Mark O’Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 59, O’Connor has melded these influences into a new American classical music and is perpetuating his vision of an American school of string playing. O’Connor has won three Grammys and seven CMA awards, as well as several national fiddle, guitar, and mandolin champion titles. His distinguished career includes representing the United States Information Agency in cultural diplomacy to six continents and performing in front of several U.S. presidents, including in the White House at the invitation of President Ronald Reagan as a teen. After recording a series of albums for Rounder and Warner Bros., including his multiple Grammy-winning New Nashville Cats, his recordings for Sony Classical with Yo-Yo Ma, Appalachia Waltz and Appalachian Journey, sold a million CDs and gained O’Connor worldwide recognition as a leading proponent of a new American musical idiom. O’Connor’s The Fiddle Concerto, released on Warner Bros., has become the most-performed violin concerto composed in the last 50 years. On his own OMAC Records label, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra recorded his sweeping Americana Symphony, while his groundbreaking ninth concerto, The Improvised Violin Concerto, was recorded in Boston Symphony Hall. His new touring group, the Mark O’Connor Band, consisting of family members (wife, son, and daughter-in-law) debuted at number one on Billboard Magazine’s bluegrass album chart and their first
Biographies (continued) MARK O’CONNOR, continued album, Coming Home, won a Grammy in 2017. O’Connor released his 47th feature album on June 7, 2017, Mark O’Connor Band Live! O’Connor has authored a series of educational books called the O’Connor Method. Now the fastest-growing violin method in the country, tens of thousands can credit the O’Connor books for learning how to play stringed instruments. The O’Connor Method features American music styles, creativity, cultural diversity, and western classical technical training. O’Connor is currently artist-in-residence with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, tours nationally with the Mark O’Connor Band, and resides in North Carolina with his wife, fellow bandmate, and duo partner, Maggie O’Connor. For more information, please visit markoconnor.com, oconnormethod.com, and markoconnorband.com. Mark O’Connor performed at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg in 2012, presented by the Center for the Arts, the precursor to the Moss Arts Center. MAGGIE O’CONNOR Violinist and American fiddler Maggie O’Connor performs a variety of musical styles throughout the U.S. and beyond, most recently as a member of the Grammy Award-winning Mark O’Connor Band. Frequently performing with her husband, violinist and composer Mark O’Connor, together they have appeared as guest soloists with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Walla Walla Symphony, the Nashville Symphony with the O’Connor Band, and many other symphony orchestras, performing his compositions, ranging from his Strings and Threads Suite to his Double Violin Concerto and Johnny Appleseed Suite. The couple has also performed violin duos around the world, including the Leopold Auer Music Academy in Hungary and the Berlin Konzerthaus, celebrating the centennial birthday of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Maggie tours with the O’Connor Band, whose debut album, Coming Home, won a Grammy Award for “Best Bluegrass Album of the Year” in 2017. Along with the O’Connor Band, Maggie has also frequently performed in her husband’s ensembles, ranging from Hot Swing and American Classics to An Appalachian Christmas, a hit concert tour taking place each holiday season. Along with performing, Maggie continues to work as co-director with Mark at O’Connor Method String Camps, featuring the lesson book series that is rising in popularity each year. Maggie makes unique violin
Biographies (continued) MAGGIE O’CONNOR, continued peg necklaces to raise funds for scholarships at these camps. She is also featured on her and her husband’s album, Duo, in which David McGee of Deep Roots Magazine claims, “As a technician and as an expressive player, she is formidable, has it all. What I find so special about her, apart from the sheer soulfulness abundant in the music she makes, is her uncanny sense of playing off of and with Mark, knowing when to assert herself and when to be empathetic and supportive.” Growing up in a musical family in the suburbs of Atlanta, Maggie started playing the violin at age seven in a family band. Concurrently, she took classical violin lessons with Larisa Morgulis, a distinguished graduate of the Odessa Conservatory in Ukraine. Playing music with her family band is where Maggie began to develop an ear for arranging, recording, group playing, and improvisation; skills she has embraced throughout her musical life. In her early years, she was a member of numerous bluegrass and rock bands while also being a member and soloist with Atlanta’s top three youth orchestras. After growing up playing American and classical music styles, Maggie continued her professional training at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with violinist Herbert Greenberg earning bachelor’s and master of music degrees in violin performance. She was also a finalist in the Marbury Prize Competition for Undergraduate Violinists while finishing up her bachelor’s degree with distinction and had the honor of being accepted into the Five Year Advanced Degree Program and was awarded the Career Development Grant while at Peabody. She was the recipient of full tuition scholarships while studying at the Aspen Music Festival and School for three years. Maggie currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and plays a beautifully handcrafted 1996 violin made by Lukas Wronski. DYLAN LOCKE, co-moderator Dylan Locke has been producing music, performing arts, and educational outreach programs for the last 30 years. Locke’s work over the years has focused on presenting culturally diverse arts programs to Western Virginia communities. He has worked in close collaboration with community groups and artists to facilitate grassroots cultural aspirations. Locke is also a musician, performing and recording with a large variety of music ensembles over the past 30 years, and his work as an arts presenter has been prolific, presenting literally thousands of shows and community events over his career in Southwest Virginia.
Biographies (continued) DYLAN LOCKE, continued Locke is currently the co-owner of the Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia, along with his wife, Heather Krantz. Together they both work tirelessly to promote and celebrate the traditional music, dance, and lifestyle of the Blue Ridge Plateau region of Virginia. In addition, Locke serves as executive director of Floyd Creative Studios, a non- profit organization that operates the Handmade Music School, a school dedicated to teaching traditional music, dance, and singing of the region, as well as the Music Loft, an innovative experiential learning program that invites teenagers to explore their creativity. Locke is also the owner of County Sales, the world’s largest selection of old time and bluegrass music in the world, a business that has served a large community of music lovers since 1965. Both the Floyd Country Store and County Sales are major venues on Virginia’s Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail. Locke was the artistic director at Jefferson Center in Roanoke for 13 years before landing at the Floyd Country Store. He did all of the programming in Roanoke and was a big part of Roanoke renaissance back in the early 2000s. He was responsible for the Music Lab moving to Jefferson Center in 2009 and created a unique model of music education that attracted many teaching artists, musicians, and creative collaborators. Locke has produced many projects that have received high acclaim regionally and nationally, including the North American Festival of Traditional Arts, a tour of artists from Quebec, the U.S., and Vera Cruz that toured the east coast; Silk Road to Roanoke, a collaboration with Palestinian oud player Simon Shaheen and the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra; The Blind Leading, a project that explored blindness and creativity; and Another Reason to Celebrate, a celebration of Roanoke’s own jazz piano hero, Don Pullen. In 2013 Locke produced Snarky Puppy’s Family Dinner Project, which received a Grammy Award for “Best R&B Performance.” Since leaving Jefferson Center in 2015, Locke and Krantz are bringing all of their experiences as performers, performing arts administrators, and community-building advocates to the small town of Floyd, where they are building on the incredible foundation that existed at the Floyd Country Store, a place that has been the center of a small community for over 100 years and still provides a warm, inviting space to enjoy the better things in life.
Engagement Events Thursday, October 22, 2020 VIRTUAL MASTER CLASS AND WORKSHOP Two Virginia Tech music students performed for and received coaching from Mark O’Connor, followed by an open workshop for campus and community members in the O’Connor Method of string playing. Special thanks to John Irrera, Dylan Locke, and Alan Weinstein Go Deeper Mark O’Connor has acknowledged the influence that Southwest Virginia fiddler Buddy Pendleton had on his music. Read more about Pendleton’s life and accomplishments here.In the interview portion of The Treasures of Fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor, how does O’Connor specifically describe Pendleton’s impact on his life?
In the Galleries We’re so pleased to welcome you back for another season of exciting and evocative exhibitions in the Moss Arts Center galleries! JASON MIDDLEBROOK: ANOTHER WORLD Through Sat., Nov. 21 Ruth C. Horton Gallery American visual artist Jason Middlebrook envisions, creates, and then digitally renders a new 17-by-25 1/2-foot site-specific commissioned work of art inspired by the architecture of the Moss Arts Center. This panoramic work invites viewers into another place—a place of inspiration, visual complexity, and delight. ART AND SOCIAL CONSCIENCE Calling attention to sociopolitical issues and the need for change FOUR FREEDOMS: HANK WILLIS THOMAS AND EMILY SHUR IN COLLABORATION WITH ERIC GOTTESMAN AND WYATT GALLERY OF FOR FREEDOM Through Sat., Nov. 21 Francis T. Eck Exhibition Corridor In this photographic installation, Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur redress the absence of multiple peoples and cultural narratives in Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings representing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, while opening up, exploring, and encouraging deeper discussion of what freedom in the 21st century is and can be. 22 STEPS Through Sat., Nov. 21 Grand Lobby Staircase Rendered in text on the Moss Arts Center’s stairs is a pertinent statement by Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis (1940- 2020) paying attention to and reflecting our country’s ongoing struggle for social justice. For the most up to date gallery hours, please visit our website.
Online Resources Join us for a special series of events featuring notable artists live from their homes and studios. Not another livestream or pre-recorded performance that’s widely available to everyone, our HomeStage series is exclusive to the Moss Arts Center and designed specifically to be presented online. For a full list of our online events and resources, please click here. Reopening Updates The health and wellness of our community is our top priority, and you can be assured that we are doing everything we can to keep you and our staff safe and healthy. Find more information about our re-opening plans here. Box Office Hours Wednesday-Friday, 10 AM-5 PM Saturday, 10 AM-4 PM For more information, please call the box office at 540-231-5300 during these hours, or email us anytime at mossartscenter@vt.edu. Land Acknowledgement The Moss Center acknowledges the Tutelo and Monacan people, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognizes their continuing connection to the land, water, and air that Virginia Tech consumes. We pay respect to the Tutelo and Monacan Nations, and to their elders past, present, and emerging. We also acknowledge the university’s historical ties to the indentured and enslaved whose labors built this institution. We pay respect to these people for their contributions to Virginia Tech. As you engage with one another and the arts we present, we invite you to reflect on the history of this space and its possibilities for reconciliation, truth, and humanity. In the spirit of Ut Prosim, let this acknowledgment be but a single step in the Moss Arts Center’s commitment to these values.
The Moss Arts Center presents HOMESTAGE An exclusive series of online performances and conversations—live in the comfort of your own home. Thurs., Oct. 29, 7:30 PM EDT Behind the Scenes with Choreographer Ephrat Asherie Fri., Nov. 6, 7 PM EST Javaad Alipoor The Believers Are But Brothers
Friday, December 11, 8 PM EST Sunday, December 13, 4 PM EST Exclusive free behind the scenes event: Thursday, December 10, 12 PM EST MANUAL CINEMA’S CHRISTMAS CAROL $15 Free for VT Students
Moss Arts Center Staff
Office of the Executive Director
Ruth Waalkes, executive director, Moss Arts Susan Bland, associate director of
Center, and associate provost for the arts communication
David Ehrlich, outreach fellow for the fine arts Jonathan Boulter, associate director of
Molly Parker, executive assistant patron services
Avery Eliades, content manager
Development Tracie Hughes, marketing manager
Rachael Carberry, associate director of Kacy McAllister, box office and student
advancement engagement manager
JP Paul, leadership gift officer
Production
Finance and Administration Doug Witney, director of production
Liz Scharman, director of administration Gustavo Araoz, lighting supervisor
Kevin Ayoub, facilities and rentals manager Nick Corrigan, senior technician
Toni Cartee, business manager Robert Gainer, audio supervisor
Austin Elliot, assistant facility manager Laine Goerner, production coordinator
Matt Hudson, IT specialist Ryan Hasler, stage and rigging supervisor
Jamie McReynolds, fiscal, HR, and Joe Ingram, staff technician
grants technician
Shirley Rose, housekeeping worker Programming
Margaret Lawrence, director of programming
Marketing and Communications Jon Catherwood-Ginn, associate director of
Katie Gehrt, director of marketing and programming
communication Margo Crutchfield, curator at large
Reneé Alarid, associate director of Meggin Hicklin, exhibitions program manager
creative services Sarah M. Johnson, program manager
Bernadette Bascom, house manager Sage Wayrynen, artist services assistant
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and
Technology Staff
Benjamin Knapp, executive director George Hardebeck, facility and studio
Tom Martin, deputy executive director manager, Creativity + Innovation District
Lisa McNair, director of Center for Educational Chelsea Lyles, postdoctoral research
Networks and Impacts associate for evaluation and assessment
Doug Bowman, director of Center for Human- Phyllis Newbill, outreach and engagement
Computer Interaction coordinator
Ico Bukvic, director of the Creativity + Dylan Parker, web developer
Innovation Community Tanner Upthegrove, immersive audio specialist
Aki Ishida, director of Intelligent Infrastructure Holly Williams, assistant director for
for Human Centered Communities administrative operations
Melissa Wyers, administrative assistant and
fiscal coordinatorMoss Arts Partners The Moss Arts Partners (MAP) are ambassadors, advocates, and donors serving to advance a guide the mission of the Moss Arts Center. Thanks to our 2020-2021 MAP members for their leadership: Mr. Earving L. Blythe Ms. Candi M. Kelly, co-chair Ms. Lindsey Bowman Mr. Jeffrey K. Mitchell Ms. Stacy G. Brown Mrs. Allison B. Mitchell Mr. Clem Carter Dr. Anne H. Moore Constance Cedras Mrs. Nancy Beville Prichard Mrs. Sally Schweitzer Cox Ms. Sherwood P. Quillen Mrs. Betty N. Davenport Mr. G. Robert Quisenberry, co-chair Mrs. Carole C. Davis Mr. David E. Reemsnyder II Dr. Charles Y. Davis Mrs. Judith H. Reemsnyder Mr. Donald Drapeau Dr. James M. Shuler Ms. Libby Drapeau Mrs. Margaret F. Shuler Ms. Connie L. Froggatt Mrs. Melinda P. Talley Ms. Rebecca Ghezzi Ms. Mary Ann Walker Ms. Susan M. Hansen Ms. Kelli Whitfield Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology Advisory Board The ICAT Advisory Board provides insight and an external perspective that guides the mission and strategic priorities for the institute. Thanks to our ICAT Advisory Board for their leadership: Patty Bartlett, Smithsonian Institution Ben Congleton, Olark Scott Davidoff, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Domhnaill Hernon, Nokia Bell Labs Andrew Kim, Steelcase, Inc. Asta Roseway, Microsoft Research Shathab Wahid, Bloomberg LP
Special Thanks
We are grateful for the generosity of our patrons and donors who sustain the Moss Arts
Center with their annual gifts. The impact of all contributions, no matter the amount, is
significant in helping us transform lives through exploration and engagement with the arts
and the creative process. We are honored to have received cash donations during the
period of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, from the following:
Ambassador Mr. Andrew Beach
Mrs. Sally Schweitzer Cox and Mr. John W. Cox Mr. Mark Belleville and Ms. Laura Belleville
Mr. Scott M. Freund and Ms. Emily Freund Mr. Allan W. Beres and Mrs. Amy Beres
Dr. Mark and Connie Froggatt Dr. Rosemary Blieszner and Mr. Stephen P. Gerus
Mr. Howard C. Huang and Mrs. Laura Huang
Jo and Bud Brown
Dr. J. Michael Kelly and Mrs. Candi M. Kelly
Ms. Deborah L. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Lewis
Ms. Elizabeth C. Calvera*
Mr. Michael Moses
Dr. James M. Shuler and Ms. Margaret F. Shuler Clem and Georgia Carter
Mr. Perry Stancato Mrs. Rosina M. Carter
Steelcase, Inc. (ICAT) Mrs. Sandra E. Chase and Mr. Peter A. Chase
Mr. Edwin H. Talley III and Mrs. Melinda P. Talley Virginia H. Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Davenport, Jr.
Producer Mr. Albert J. Davis and Ms. Linda M. Davis
Erv and Betsy Blythe Dr. Glen I. Earthman and Mrs. Julie G. Earthman
Larry and Lindsey Bowman Norman and Nancy Eiss
Ms. Stacy G. Brown Mr. Carl J. Eng and Mrs. Jane Kornegay Eng
Mr. Ralph M. Byers Dr. Bill Epstein and Vickie Epstein
Elizabeth A. Obenshain and Dr. E. Fred Carlisle Mr. James A. Everett III and Mrs. Karen B. Everett
Constance Cedras Dr. William J. Floyd and Dr. Leslie D. Kay
Dr. Charles Y. Davis and Mrs. Carole C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. W. Heywood Fralin
Don and Libby Drapeau Dr. Lance Franklin and Dr. Anita Franklin
Ms. Ann M. Goette Mr. Whiteford D. Grimes
Ms. Susan M. Hansen Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Ms. A. Patricia Merryman Mr. John T. Hasselmann and Mr. Keith R. Stemple
Mr. Floyd W. Merryman, III Paul and Ann Hlusko
Mrs. Frances T. Merryman Mrs. Tamara N. Hodsden
Dr. Anne H. Moore Patricia Hyer
Mr. G. Robert Quisenberry and Steve Jacobs
Mrs. Susan G. Quisenberry Randy and Suzie Leslie
Mr. David E. Reemsnyder II and Mrs. Janice B. Litschert
Mrs. Judith H. Reemsynder Ms. Jeanne S. Lutze
Mr. G. Davis Saunders, Jr. Ronnie and Faye Marcum
Mrs. Mary Ann Walker and Dr. Kenneth J. Walker Markel Corporation
Mrs. Barbara E. Mayo and Dr. William F. Mayo, Sr.
Associate Mr. Michael D. McCarthy and Dr. Nancy E. Meck
Mr. Thomas L. Ackiss and Mrs. Ann L. Ackiss Dr. Anne McNabb and Dr. Richard M. Burian
Dr. Gregory T. Adel and Ms. Kimberly S. Adel Mr. Jeffrey K. Mitchell and Allison B. Mitchell
Mrs. Rhonda K. Arsenault and Mr. Thomas E. Olson and Mrs. Martha A. Olson
Dr. Lance E. Arsenault Dr. Carl J. Pfeiffer and Mrs. Linda J. Pfeiffer
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Associate (continued) Mr. Randall S. Billingsley and
Leo and Ellen Piilonen Dr. Bonnie S. Billingsley
Linda and Ray Plaut Mr. Gary T. Blakely and Mrs. Mary E. Blakely
Bruce and Nancy Beville Prichard Ms. Susan L. Bland
Ms. Felice N. Proctor Mr. Richard N. Bohlin and Mrs. Bette A. Bohlin
Mr. Minnis E. Ridenour and Mrs. Louise Ridenour Ms. Patricia L. Bolton
Mary and Ron Rordam Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (ICAT)
Don and Carolyn Rude Charles W. and Frieda F. Bostian
Salesforce Dr. Theodore G. Brna, Jr.
Malinda Sayers and Staley Hester In Honor of Catherine K. Breske
Dr. Richard D. Shepherd and Mr. John L. Bush and Ms. Elizabeth A. Bush
Mrs. Laurie W. Shepherd Alexis N. Butt
In Honor of Ron and Mary Rordam Mr. Michael Capocelli and
Colonel Howard G. Sholl, Jr. USAF (Ret) and Ms. Caroline D. Capocelli
Mrs. Marcia M. Sholl Rachael E. Carberry
Dr. Edward F. D. Spencer Mr. Vincent W. Cilimberg and Mrs. Lee Cilimberg
Connie and Richard Swanson Dr. Cyril R. Clarke and Dr. Jean Clarke
Dr. Lou C. Talbutt Ms. Rommelyn C. Coffren and
Ms. Ruth M. Waalkes and Mr. Jeffrey C. Cole Mr. Zachary B. Coffren
Mr. Roger L. West and Mrs. Debbie West Zai A. Cook
Dr. Lee and Anne Wheeler Mr. Anthony J. Coppa IV and
Ms. Beverly A. Williges and Ms. Alaina M. Coppa
Dr. Robert C. Williges* Mr. Thimothy G. Corvin and Mrs. Nancy R. Corvin
Larry and Patti Cowley
Friend James D. Crawford
Anonymous (4) Mr. William C. Davis and Mrs. Sandra C. Davis
Preeya F. Achari The DeWitt Family
Ms. Reneé A. Alarid and Mr. Jason Price In Memory of Joseph L. DeWitt (‘16)
Paula and Tom Alston Dr. Jody M. Dodd and Mr. Steven L. Dodd
Ms. Ashleigh E. Anderson and Dr. Elizabeth H. Domico
Mr. Matthew Glowacki Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Quinn Anderson Bill and Winnie Drummond
Mr. David A. Andrukonis and Mr. and Mrs. David Ehrlich
Mrs. Barbara C. Andrukonis Dr. Sharon Eifried and Colonel Gary Eifried
Dr. Jeffrey E. Arbogast Ernst & Young Foundation
Mrs. Kimberly A. Ayoub and Mr. Kevin S. Ayoub Mr. Juan P. Espinoza and Mrs. Kara Espinoza
Andrew R. Azir Mr. Jon H. Fagan and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Fagan
Devon M. Barbour Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Farrell
Mr. Gary L. Barger and Mrs. Rosa P. Barger Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pierce Felch III
Dr. Liesl M. Baum Walker Dr. Jack W. Finney and Mrs. Kathy P Finney
Michidmaa Bayarjargal Mr. Terry K. Nicholson and Ms. Terri L. Fisher
Mrs. Mary Jo Baylor and Mr. Robert P. Baylor III Beverly B. Fleming
Mrs. Betty S. Bell Mr. Nathan Folta
Mr. Timothy L. Beres and Mrs. Jill Beres Ms. Lisa D. Forcke
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson M. Betts, Jr.
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Friend (continued) Mr. and Mrs. W. Tucker Lemon
Mr. Jerry R. Ford, Jr. and Ms. Audrey W. Lipps
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lohman Mr. Lorance D. and Ms. Lora H. Lisle
Emma Fralin Ms. Hing-Har L. Liu and Mr. Y. A. Liu
Dr. Ray A. Gaskins Dr. Timothy E. Long and Ms. Victoria K. Long
Brian and Katie Gehrt Mr. Paul V. Louie
Ms. Rebecca M. Ghezzi and Mr. Roberto Ghezzi Dr. Ted S. Lundy and Ms. Shirley Lundy
The Honorable Colin R. Gibb and Ms. Janice Gibb Ms. Susan Lyon and Dr. and Leonard Lyon
Matthew T. Godin Julia M. Mahon Kuzin
Dr. Terry and Mrs. Paula Golden Tarana Malhotra
Mrs. Sallyann Gowen and Dr. Michael P. Gowen Dr. Mary Marchant and Mr. James Marchant
Dr. Philip Grubbs and Robin Price Grubbs Ms. Karina L. Martin
Mrs. Jean R. Hahn Ms. Mary Constance Maxfield
Ms. Phyllis Hain* Ms. Christine I. McCann
Jim and Ursula Halferty Dr. Harry E. McCoy III and
Dr. A. L. Hammett, III and Elizabeth R. Hammett Dr. Catherine W. McCoy
Ms. Susan Hammock-Cabell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McDonald
Mr. Bobby Harris Dr. Michael A. McMahon and
Dr. Laura J. Hefta and Dr. Stanley A. Hefta Ms. Drema K. McMahon
Dr. William G. Herbert and Mr. James McReynolds and Ms. Pamela Philips
Ms. Joy Ackerman-Herbert Ms. Carolyn G. Meier
Dr. Richard B. Hiller and Dr. Janine S. Hiller Paulo Merlin and JP Paul (Moss Arts Center and
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Hincker ICAT)
Dr. Klaus H. Hinkelmann Dr. and Mrs. Scott F. Midkiff
Debby Hix and Bob Schulman Connor J. Miko
Mr. Sinan Huang Ms. Elva W. Miller
Mr. Samuel R. Hunley Dr. David P. Minichan, Jr.
Mrs. Phyllis Hutton Mr. Vincent F. Miranda and Mrs. Shaila R. Miranda
Dr. Kylie H. Johnson and Mr. William C. Johnson Mr. Kenneth E. Mooney
In Honor of Christopher R. Wollenberg Matija Muhar
Joshua M. Jones Mr. Christopher Munk and Mrs. Michelle M. Munk
Rajni D. Kapaniq (Moss Arts Center and ICAT)
Mr. and Mrs. Chris N. Kappas Dr. Ragheda Nassereddine
Mr. Theodore E. King, Jr. Dr. Amanda J. Nelson
Mr. Scott D. Klopfer and Dr. Michelle D. Klopfer Mr. James C. Overacre and
Dr. R. Benjamin and Betsy Knapp (ICAT) Mrs. Bonnie W. Overacre
Mr. Karl H. Kroemer and Ms. Hiltrud J. Kroemer Mr. Donovan E. Owens and
Mr. Andrew H. Kwon Mrs. Whitney L. Owens
Mr. David L. Lanham and Mrs. Carol C. Lanham Ms. Rosanne Palacios
Allison M. Larrick Molly G. Parker
Ms. Patricia S. Lavender and Mr. Charles A. Stott Dr. Kathleen R. Parrott and
Mr. Edward J. Lawrence Mr. David V. Wechtaluk
Ms. Margaret A. Lawrence Sammy D. Pearce
Mr. Mark S. Lawrence and Cynthia D. Lawrence James D. Penny and Pamela J. Penny
Ms. Margaret E. Layne Emily and Ted Petrovic Li
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Dr. Joseph C. Pitt and Ms. Donna S. Pitt Dr. Alan W. Steiss and Ms. Patricia Steiss
Ms. Brenda C. Powell Frances Carter and Nicholas C. Stephens
Mrs. Marybeth E. Protzman and Dr. and Ms. Max O. Stephenson Jr.
Mr. Charles W. Protzman Mrs. Lynda S. Stuart
Ms. Sherwood P. Quillen Mr. William Symonds
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Rakes Dr. James M. Tanko and Ms. Linda Tanko
Raytheon Technologies Mr. Duane S. Taylor and Ms. Debra A. Taylor
Dr. Barbara J. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Pyrros A. Telionis
Ms. Julaine A. Ricard and Ms. Susan E. Terwilliger
Mr. Christopher L. Ricard Mr. John W. Torget and Mrs. Sandra G. Torget
Taylor and Michele Richardson Mr. Henry T. Trochlil
Mr. Richard L. Ridder and Ms. Elizabeth Ridder Dr. and Mrs. S. Richard Turner
Tamara and Jim Ridenour Mr. Rob Van Trees
Rebecca Riley Ms. Allison H. Vetter
Janet F. Ringley and Mr. Ricky L. Ringley Ms. Nicole L. Wagner
Keith W. and Susan S. Roberts Ms. Ashley N. White
Mark and Marcia Rodda Mr. Steven L. White
Ms. Elizabeth H. Rogers Jay and Traci Whitlow
Ms. Shirley R. Rogers Mr. Claude L. Wimmer and Mrs. Carol M. Wimmer
Nancie Roop Kennedy Ms. Lesley A. Yorke
Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg Ms. Mary Jane Zody
Mr. Samuel D. Rothrock Mrs. Kathleen A. Zweifel
In Honor of Julia McBride
Mr. George E. Russell and
Mrs. Frances M. Hutcheson-Russell * deceased
Ms. Susan Bull Ryan and Dr. J. Thomas Ryan
Dr. Todd Schenk and Mrs. Radka Schenk Kretinska
Ms. Ashley Schutrum
Sensel, Inc. (ICAT)
Doug and Kathie Sewall
Mr. Peter M. Sforza
Mrs. Hale V. Sheikerz Brickhouse and
Mr. Robert A. Brickhouse
Mr. Lester A. Smeal and Mr. Arthur Krieck
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan K. Smith
Arthur and Judy Snoke
Ms. Ann Sorenson
Mr. Gregory M. Spencer
Ms. Brenda Springer and
Mr. Matthew Nottingham
Ms. Susan M. Stadsklev
Mr. Chris A. Stafford and
Mrs. Kimberly Z. Stafford
Ms. Stephanie C. Stallings
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Endowment Acknowledgement Joe and Linda Hopkins Arts Enrichment Fund
Timothy and Michelle Bendel Center for the Arts Charles and Dorothy Lambert Endowment for
Excellence Fund the Arts
Larry and Lindsey Bowman Center for the Arts Dave and Judie Reemsnyder Center for the Arts
Excellence Fund G. Davis Saunders, Jr. Fund for Excellence
Deborah L. Brown Center for the Arts Excellence James M. and Margaret F. Shuler Fund for
Fund Excellence
Keith and Constance Cedras Center for the Arts Elizabeth McIntosh Mitchell Trauger Excellence
Excellence Fund Fund
Refund Acknowledgement
Thank you to our patrons who declined their ticket refunds for the performances that were
cancelled last Spring due to COVID-19.
Anonymous (2) George J. Flick, Jr. and Charlene R. Flick
Dr. Gregory T. Adel and Ms. Kimberly S. Adel Ms. Laura R. Freeman and Dr. Jeremy H. Freeman
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Armstrong Dr. Mark and Connie Froggatt
Ms. Barbara K. Avery Dr. Terry and Mrs. Paula Golden
Bob and Lynda Bailey Dr. John M. Gregg and Mrs. Leslie Roberts Gregg
Bill and Susan Baker Ms. Elizabeth Hahn and Mr. Douglas Chancey
Robert E. and Jean L. Benoit Dr. Jeannie Hamilton and Dr. David Hamilton
Dr. Jacqueline E. Bixler Dr. A. L. Hammett, III and Elizabeth R. Hammett
Dr. Rosemary Blieszner and Mr. Stephen P. Gerus Jan and Jack Hencke
Dr. Charles and Mrs. Frieda Bostian Dr. William G. Herbert and
Ms. Deborah L. Brown Ms. Joy Ackerman-Herbert
Jo and Bud Brown Anthony Wright and Phillip Hernandez
Dr. Paul R. Carlier and Ms. Deborah W. Carlier Mr. John S. Hildreth
Rick A. and Linda C. Caudill John and Sharen Hillison
Constance Cedras Dr. Klaus H. Hinkelmann
Dr. Patricia E. Ceperley Dr. Joan B. Hirt
Brenda McDaniel and Rupert Cutler Paul and Ann Hlusko
Ms. Kathryn M. Debnar Mr. Joseph T. Ivers, Jr. and
Dr. Karen P. DePauw Ms. Constance Cummings
Ms. Nancy M. Dodd Posey D. and Karen S. Jones
Don and Libby Drapeau Dr. J. Michael Kelly and Mrs. Candi M. Kelly
Holli Gardner Drewry Dr. Marion R. Reynolds, Jr. and
Kevin and Marilyn Edgar Dr. Noreen M. Klein
Michael S. and Vicki B. Eggleston Ms. Julia A. Kriss
Dr. Michael R. Evans Dr. Andrew M. Kulak
Mrs. Georgia Anne Snyder-Falkinham and Ms. Patricia S. Lavender and Mr. Charles A. Stott
Dr. Joseph O. Falkinham III Ms. Margaret E. Layne
Mrs. Karen S. Finch Dr. Lisa M. Lee and Dr. Frances A. McCarty
Beverly B. Fleming Mrs. Janice B. Litschert
continued...Donors (continued) Ms. Roberta Littlefield Ms. Angela Vikesland Dr. Chelsea H. Lyles Mr. Clayland H. Waite Dr. Susan G. Magliaro and Dr. Terry M. Wildman Mrs. Mary Ann Walker and Dr. Kenneth J. Walker Mrs. Carol A. Marchal Dr. Charles O. Warren, Jr. and Ronnie and Faye Marcum Mrs. Nancy N. Warren Janne and Stan Mathes Ms. Sheila G. Winett and Dr. Richard A. Winett Janice McBee and Benjamin Johnson Dr. Tim and Jamie Worley Mr. Robert H. Leonard and Ms. Mary J. Zody Ms. Deborah McClintock Dr. Anne McNabb and Dr. Richard M. Burian Brian M. Britt and Jessica Meltsner Paul D. and Nancy A. Metz Jeffrey B. and Sandra M. Miller Ms. Anna B. Mitchell Mr. Mark B. Mondry Saied and Patty Mostaghimi Donald E. and Kathleen J. Mullins Mr. Thomas E. Olson and Mrs. Martha A. Olson Mr. Timothy L. Pickering Dr. Ellen W. Plummer Travis and Marge Poole Ms. Felice N. Proctor Ms. Sherwood P. Quillen Ms. Margaret Ray Mr. David E. Reemsnyder II and Mrs. Judith H. Reemsnyder Mary and Ron Rordam Don and Carolyn Rude Dr. George E. Russell and Mrs. Frances M. Hutcheson-Russell Dr. Roberta S. Russell Dr. Todd Schenk and Mrs. Radka Schenk Kretinska Elena L. Serrano Doug and Kathie Sewall Dr. Richard D. Shepherd and Mrs. Laurie W. Shepherd Mr. Neil L. Shumsky and Ms. Marcia S. Shumsky Arthur and Judy Snoke Dr. Alan W. Steiss and Ms. Patricia Steiss Dr. M. Jill Stewart Lee and Patti Talbot Mr. Edwin H. Talley III and Mrs. Melinda P. Talley Mr. Steven E. Tatum Mr. Charles L. Taylor and Mrs. Mary Taylor Ms. Susan E. Terwilliger Ms. Morgan M. Thompson
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