presents Wednesday Evening, June 8 at 7:00 pm Waterline Square Park

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1 presents Wednesday Evening, June 8 at 7:00 pm Waterline Square Park

2 PERFORMERS T A R I Q A L - S A B I R TENOR S H E R E E N P I M E N T E L SOPRANO T E D S P E R L I N G CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and featuring THE MASTERVOICES CHORUS with ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE S $2,000,000,000 Company valuation This program is being presented FREE and OPEN to the public, with generous assistance in part from Waterline Square, the Doris Duke (as of Charitable Q1 2025) Foundation, Thomas Tabern and Jennifer Collins (in memory of Beverly Collins Tabern), as well as: W i t h S o n g s f o r a S u m m e r N i g h t, M a s t e r V o i c e s i s a p r o u d p a r t i c i p a n t i n t h e F e s t i v a l o f N e w Y o r k a c i t y - w i d e c e l e b r a t i o n o f a l l t h e t h i n g s t h a t m a k e u s N e w Y o r k e r s # F E S T I VA L O F NY

3 PROGRAM Excerpts from A Midsummer Night s Dream, Op. 61 Scherzo Lied mit Chor Shereen Pimentel and Tara Lynn Smith, soloists Felix Mendelssohn Song of a Summer Night (From The Most Happy Fella) Tariq Al-Sabir, soloist Frank Loesser Blame It on the Summer Night (from Rags) Shereen Pimentel, soloist Charles Strouse/Stephen Schwartz El Grillo Josquin des Prez Excerpts from Les nuits d été Op. 7 Villanelle Shereen Pimentel, soloist Le spectre de la rose Tariq Al-Sabir, soloist Hector Berlioz Summers Are Growing Longer (World Premiere) time don t freeze in the heat like it used to Charlotte summers are growing longer Shereen Pimentel and Tariq Al-Sabir, soloists Tariq Al-Sabir Night Waltzes from A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim, arr. Ted Sperling Shereen Pimentel and Tariq Al-Sabir, soloists Nicole Sweet, Becca Hare Moomjian, Jill Melanie Wirth, women's trio Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 Shereen Pimentel, soloist Samuel Barber/James Agee New Moon Summer Joy Shereen Pimentel and Tariq Al-Sabir, soloists Ricky Ian Gordon Ricky Ian Gordon Ricky Ian Gordon

4 TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS A Midsummer's Night Dream: Lied mit Chor (August Wilhelm Schlegel, after William Shakespeare) (FIRST FAIRY) You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs be not seen; Newts and blindworms do no wrong; Come not near our Fairy Queen. Hence away. (Chorus) Philomel with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So goodnight, with lullaby. (FIRST FAIRY) Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legged spinners, hence; Beetles black, approach not near; Worm nor snail do no offence. Hence away. (Chorus) Philomel with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So goodnight, with lullaby. (SECOND FAIRY) Hence, away. Now all is well. One aloof stand sentinel. El Grillo (The Cricket) (Josquin des Prez) The cricket is a good singer He can sing very long He sings all the time. But he isn't like the other birds. If they've sung a little bit They go somewhere else The cricket remains where he is When the heat is very fierce Then he sings only for love

5 TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS Villanelle (Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gauthier, translation 2015 by Emily Ezust) When the new season arrives, When the cold is gone, Together we will go, my lovely, To gather lilies of the valley in the woods; Strewing beneath our feet the pearls We see trembling each morning, We shall go to listen to the blackbirds Singing! Spring has come, my lovely; This is the month [most] blessed by lovers; And the bird, preening its wings until they are like satin, Recites [some] lines at the edge of its nest. Oh! Come then onto [the] mossy bank To speak of our beautiful loves, And tell me in your voice so soft: Forever! Far, so far away, we stray from our path, Setting to flight the hiding rabbit And the buck admiring in the mirror of the water Its great lowered antlers; Then homeward we shall go, [joyous] and at ease, Entwining our fingers together like baskets; And we shall return home carrying Wild strawberries! The Ghost of the Rose (Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gauthier, translation 2015 by Emily Ezust) Open your closed eyelid Which is gently brushed by a virginal dream! I am the ghost of the rose That you wore last night at the ball. You took me when I was still sprinkled with pearls Of silvery tears from the watering-can, And, among the sparkling festivities, You carried me the entire night. O you, who caused my death: Without the power to chase it away, You will be visited every night by my ghost, Which will dance at your bedside. But fear nothing; I demand Neither Mass nor De Profundis; This mild perfume is my soul, And I've come from Paradise. My destiny is worthy of envy; And to have a fate so fine, More than one would give his life For on your breast I have my tomb, And on the alabaster where I rest, A poet with a kiss Wrote: "Here lies a rose, Of which all kings may be jealous."

6 TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (James Agee) It has become that time of evening when people sit on their porches, rocking gently and talking gently and watching the street and the standing up into their sphere of possession of the trees, of birds' hung havens, hangars. People go by; things go by. A horse, drawing a buggy, breaking his hollow iron music on the asphalt; a loud auto; a quiet auto; people in pairs, not in a hurry, scuffling, switching their weight of aestival body, talking casually, the taste hovering over them of vanilla, strawberry, pasteboard and starched milk, the image upon them of lovers and horsemen, squared with clowns in hueless amber A streetcar raising its iron moan; stopping, belling and starting; stertorous; rousing and raising again its iron increasing moan and swimming its gold windows and straw seats on past and past and past, the bleak spark crackling and cursing above it like a small malignant spirit set to dog its tracks; the iron whine rises on rising speed; still risen, faints; halts; the faint stinging bell; rises again, still fainter, fainting, lifting, lifts, faints foregone: forgotten. Now is the night one blue dew Now is the night one blue dew, my father has drained, he has coiled the hose Low on the length of lawns, a frailing of fire who breathes... Parents on porches: rock and rock. From damp strings morning glories hang their ancient faces The dry and exalted noise of the locusts from all the air at once enchants my eardrums On the rough wet grass of the back yard my father and mother have spread quilts. We all lie there, my mother, my father, my uncle, my aunt, and I too am lying there...they are not talking much, and the talk is quiet, of nothing in particular, of nothing at all. The stars are wide and alive, they seem each like a smile of great sweetness, and they seem very near. All my people are larger bodies than mine,...with voices gentle and meaningless like the voices of sleeping birds. One is an artist, he is living at home. One is a musician, she is living at home. One is my mother who is good to me. One is my father who is good to me. By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts, on the grass, in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. May God bless my people, my uncle, my aunt, my mother, my good father, oh, remember them kindly in their time of trouble; and in the hour of their taking away After a little I am taken in and put to bed. Sleep, soft smiling, draws me unto her: and those receive me, who quietly treat me, as one familiar and well-beloved in that home: but will not, oh, will not, not now, not ever; but will not ever tell me who I am

7 TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS New Moon (Langston Hughes) There s a new young moon Riding the hills tonight. There s a sprightly young moon Exploring the clouds. There s a half-shy young moon Veiling her face like a virgin Waiting for a lover Summer (Ricky Ian Gordon) Summer, will you be there to meet me, When I am in my white dress, And I am picking flowers? Summer, the sun beats at the window. A lady comes here calling, And we can talk for hours. Summer, a child spilling soda, And slamming shut the screen door, While mother dries the china. Summer, the heat is like a curtain, That willows in the lamplight, Between the Carolinas. Summer, the baby s always sticky, And daddy s always singing, But mama forgot how. I wish it were summer now. Summer, the nakedness, the linen, You touched me and I shivered. The night became an echo. Summer, a change in the upholstery, The fireflies, the crickets, The neighbor with the hose, And watching father dose, My hair up off my neck, The wicker on the deck. Oh summer, remember at the seashore, The sunlight s blinding shimmer, And later when we parted? Summer, I hold you in my pillow. Summer, the dawn begins to glimmer, And I m open hearted. December is forgotten. The August breezes sizzle. No trouble on my brow. Ah, I wish it were Summer now Summer the sand and salty ocean, Become a sort of potion, But seasons take their bow. I wish it were Summer now. Joy (Langston Hughes) I went to look for Joy, Slim, dancing Joy, Gay, laughing joy. Bright-eyed Joy And I found her Driving the butcher s cart In the arms of the butcher boy! Such company, such company, As keeps this young nymph, Joy!

8 MEET THE ARTISTS TED SPERLING, Conductor One of today s leading musical artists, Tony Award-winning Maestro Ted Sperling has enjoyed a multifaceted career that includes the concert hall, opera house and the Broadway stage. He has led MasterVoices since 2013 in performances of rarely heard gems as both director and conductor. These include Sondheim s Anyone Can Whistle, Kurt Weill s Lady in the Dark and the Gershwin s Let em Eat Cake. On Broadway, he has been music director for the recent acclaimed revivals of My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I and South Pacific. He has directed the premieres of four new musicals off-broadway, including See What I Wanna See at the Public Theater. Maestro Sperling has conducted symphony orchestras around the world, including multiple performances with the NY Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and San Diego Symphony. He is currently a professor at New York University, where he teaches orchestral performance and conducting. For more information, visit tedsperling.net. TARIQ AL-SABIR, Tenor Commissioned Composer Composer, Vocalist, Producer and Music Director Tariq Al-Sabir has performed and premiered commissioned works at The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, National Sawdust, MoMA and Columbia university s Wallach Art Gallery. He nationally and internationally premiered the roles of Richard Moss and Travis Douglass in Octavia E. Butler s Parable of the Sower, an opera by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon. Al-Sabir s multimedia song cycle #UNWANTED, conceived during the 2018 SUITE/Space residency with the Mabou Mines Theater Company, premiered to the world at The Shed in Al-Sabir made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut in the new production of Meredith Monk s ATLAS directed by Yuval Sharon and is collaborating with Monk on her new evening-length performance with the working title Indra's Net. In 2021 he served as music director for Rainbird, a new opera by Mallory Catlett and Aaron Siegel, at Experiments in Opera in Brooklyn. He is writing a three-act opera for Harlem Stage as a part of its 2022 WaterWorks Emerging Artists program. SHEREEN PIMENTEL, Soprano Shereen Pimentel was last seen in the 2020 Broadway revival of "West Side Story" as Maria. This promising young soprano was recognized for her outstanding performance as an Outer Critics Circle honoree for Best Actress in a Musical. Ms. Pimentel started performing professionally at the very young age of nine, when she debuted on Broadway as Young Nala in The Lion King. She has most recently been seen in the production of Into the Woods for Encores at New York City Center. She has recently performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Naples Philharmonic. Her screen credits include John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch on Netflix. Ms. Pimentel is a 2020 graduate from the Juilliard School with a bachelor s degree in vocal performance.

9 MEET THE ARTISTS MasterVoices MasterVoices (formerly The Collegiate Chorale) was founded in 1941 by legendary American choral conductor Robert Shaw. Under the artistic direction of Tony Award winner Ted Sperling since 2013, the group is known for its versatility and a repertoire that ranges from choral masterpieces and operas in concert to operettas and musical theater. Season concerts feature a volunteer chorus of 100+ members from all walks of life, alongside a diverse roster of world-class soloists from across the musical spectrum, including Julia Bullock, Dove Cameron, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Renée Fleming, John Holiday, Jennifer Holliday, Norm Lewis, Victoria Clark, and Kelli O Hara. Under Sperling s direction the group has created cross disciplinary collaborations with such diverse creative minds as Vogue Editor-at-Large Hamish Bowles, fashion designer Zac Posen, Silk Road visual artist Kevork Mourad, illustrator Manik Choksi, stage designer Doug Fitch, and choreographers Doug Varone and Andrew Palermo. Roger Rees was the group s Artistic Associate from , and in 2021 the group received a Drama League Award nomination for its multi-genre digital concert production, Myths and Hymns. Known for its presentation of lesser-known artistic treasures such as Scott Joplin s Treemonisha, and Tchaikovsky s Maid of Orleans, the group has received recent accolades for productions of rarely-heard works such as the season s Lady in the Dark by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, Victor Herbert s Babes in Toyland, and the Gershwins Let Em Eat Cake. They also commission and premiere new works; recent examples include choral works by Ricky Ian Gordon, Marisa Michelson, Tariq Al-Sabir, and Randall Eng. As one of the country s first interracial and interfaith choruses, MasterVoices (as The Collegiate Chorale) performed at the opening of the United Nations and has sung and recorded under the batons of esteemed conductors including Serge Koussevitzky, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein, among others. It has been engaged by top-tier orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic, and has appeared at the Verbier and Salzburg Festivals. MASTERVOICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Juliana Chen, Co-Chair Deborah F. Stiles, Co-Chair Ellen F. Marcus, Vice-Chair Susan Shine, Vice-Chair Elizabeth Tunick, Secretary Bruce Patrick, Treasurer Martina Arroyo Susan L. Baker Jan Constantine Kenneth H. Hannan, Jr. Matthew D. Hoffman Deborah Innes Robert Jurgrau Richard J. Miller Ellen B. Nenner Lisa Rubin Adèle K. Talty Lauren Tucker Directors Emeriti Nancy Dale Becker Robert Becker, In Memoriam Anna de Peyster George J. Grumbach Jr. William H. Mann, In Memoriam

10 MASTERVOICES ADVISORY COUNCIL Norman S. Benzaquen, André Bishop, Sammi Cannold, Christopher Clark, Victoria Clark, Josh Cogswell, Amber Efé, Rick Elice, Martin Engstroem, Judith Messina Fleischer, Nathan Gunn, Steve Novick, Kelli O Hara, Alan Pierson, Bruce Pomahac, Matthew Principe, Bartlett Sher, Ira Siff, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon, Daisy Soros, Bernard Telsey, Deborah Voigt, Kim Wiley-Schwartz, Judy Francis Zankel SINGERS COUNCIL Susan Shine, President Ronny Viggiani, Vice President Gerilyn Brewer, Secretary Marsilia Boyle Jan Constantine Al Daniel Mary Fan Jodi Greenspan Miriam Levy Luisa Lyons Ron Meyers Judith Oringer Sybil Pollet Deb Poppel Vivianne Potter Eileen Richter Lisa Rubin Lauren Tucker John Van Antwerp Stephen Weber MASTERVOICES ADMINISTRATION Ted Sperling, Artistic Director Jennifer Collins, Executive Director Julie Morgan, Associate Conductor & General Manager Christopher Judd, Development Manager & Artistic Associate Geneva Lyman, Marketing & Engagement Coordinator Victoria Velazquez, Artistic & Operations Assistant Rachel Colbert, Development Consultant Pascal Nadon, Publicist James Bonkovsky, Institutional Giving Manager

11 MASTERVOICES CHORUS Sopranos Kit Smyth Basquin* Nancy Batterman Valerie Blechar Colleen D. Brown* Nicole Eve Goldstein Elise Simon Goodman***** Jillian Goodman Joan B. Harris* Nina Hennessey Maria Lopez+ Sandy MacDonald* Angela Milner *** Becca Hare Moomjian Naima Navarro+ Shelly Nelson*** Judith Oringer** Kristal Pacific Deb Poppel Tara Lynn Smith Nicole Sweet Jill Melanie Wirth Emy Zener Altos Joanne Barton Jackie Berliant Arlene H. Berrol** Emily Bogdan Angela Wynn Bowe Marsilia Boyle*** Jan Constantine Mary Fan Nancy Good Jodi Greenspan Tammilyn Kim+ Miriam Levy * Hannah Livant Luisa Lyons Krasimira Petkova Chloe Pitkoff Sybil H. Pollet*** Vivianne Potter Abbigail Ramnarine+ Joan Reisman-Brill*** Ellen Resnick Eileen Richter Lauren Alloyce Tucker** Carey Blaine White Tenors Demitrio Acot Cooper D Agostino Mark Filatov Cathy Friedman*** Thomas S. Hom**** Bruce C. Johnson** Timothy Marek Lisa Rubin*** John Patrick Sabatos Christopher Smeall Stephen Weber* Basses Mark Ahramjian* William Butron++ Stephen Eisdorfer*** Michael Fairbairn Ned Fitch Ron Lee Meyers* Gerald W. Richman***** Jim Roumeles Mark Sullivan Dane Twining John Van Antwerp * 10+ years with MasterVoices ** 20+ years with MasterVoices *** 30+ years with MasterVoices **** 40+ years with MasterVoices ***** 50+ years with MasterVoices + Side-By-Side student member ++ Side-By-Side alumni member

12 ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S Bernard Labadie, Principal Conductor James Roe, President & Executive Director Violins Viola Alexander Fortes Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles Concertmaster Chair Mitsuru Tsubota, Principal 2nd Violin Conrad Harris Karl Kawahara Elizabeth Lim-Dutton Elizabeth Miller Edson Scheid de Andrade Chala Yancy Mialtin Zhezha Kaya Bryla, Principal Louise Schulman Liuh-Wen Ting Double Bass John Feeney Cello Oboe Myron Lutzke Janet Prindle Seidler Principal Cello Chair Daire FitzGerald Charles and Carol Grossman Family Second Cello Chair Melanie Feld David Bury and Marianne C. Lockwood Principal Oboe Chair Alexandra Knoll Flute Keith Bonner Janet Axelrod Bassoon Marc Goldberg Patricia Wang Horn R.J. Kelley Kevin Newton Trombone Michael Powell Timpani Maya Gunji Harp Grace Paradise Percussion John Ostrowski Keyboard Paul Staroba Clarinet Nuno Antunes Emme and Jonathan Deland Family Principal Clarinet Chair Chad Smith OSL Operations Staff Valerie Broderick, Vice President & General Manager Angela DeGregoria, Senior Director of Operations Jules Lai, Library Manager

13 DONORS TO MASTERVOICES MasterVoices would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their generous support this season. To make a donation visit MasterVoices.org/support or call MAESTRO'S CIRCLE LEADER ($50,000 and above) Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Roxanne Brandt Lois Conway* Rick Elice Howard Gilman Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Bruce Patrick Anonymous (1) CONDUCTOR ($25,000 - $49,999) Jan Constantine Donald R. Crawshaw and Matthew D. Hoffman Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Kenneth H. and Yvonne S. Hannan Robert Jurgrau and Marc Gollub Ellen F. Marcus Morton Williams Supermarkets Ellen B. Nenner Judith and Morton Sloan Adèle K. and John Talty Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach BENEFACTOR ($10,000 - $24,999) Nancy Dale Becker Juliana Chen Con Edison Zita Ezpeleta and Kewsong Lee Cathy J. Friedman and Thomas R. Feyer Perry and Marty Granoff Antonia and George Grumbach Victor Herbert Foundation Himan Brown Charitable Trust Kelly and Andre Hunter in honor of Adèle K. Talty Deborah L. Innes Lawrence Madison in honor of Julie Morgan and Jennifer Collins NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Dr. Robert Reichstein Lisa Rubin and Dr. Carl Mankowitz Christie C. Salomon Susan Shine Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Deborah F. Stiles Thomas L. Tabern in memory of Beverly Collins Tabern Elizabeth S. Tunick CIRCLE MEMBER ($5,000 - $9,999) Elsie Aidinoff Kit Smyth Basquin Gerilyn Brewer and Henry Mueller Jennie and Richard DeScherer Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Jephson Educational Trusts Paolo M Martino and Frank A Riti in memory of Ms Lillian M Vernon Richard and Carol Miller The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Deb Poppel Ted Snowdon & Duffy Violante Anonymous (2)

14 MASTERVOICES PATRON PROGRAM PATRON ($2,500 - $4,999) Rima Ayas and Ronald Moore Gini and Randy Barbato Marsilia Boyle Colgate-Palmolive ICE Fund Jennifer Collins Judy and Anthony Evnin Ann Fabian and Christopher Smeall Elayne and Howard Friedman Fund Molly K. Heines & Thomas J. Moloney Bruce Horten in honor of Ellen Marcus Bruce C. Johnson Nancy Karch in honor of Lois Conway Lorraine Lahuta Dayna K Langfan and Lawrence Heller Elaine Kessel Miriam Levy in memory of Janet Pascal Cara Lown and Mark Gertler Judy Messina Susan J. Miller and Daryl Rosenblatt John Kenneth Moore Marta and Fernando Nottebohm Susan and Peter Restler Gerald W. Richman Jerome Robbins Foundation Susan and Elihu Rose Donna and Ben Rosen Nancy and Ernst Rothe Douglas Schimmel and Erin Morrissey Steve and Wendy Shalen Dane Twining and Stephen Scanniello Susan and Richard Ulevitch Kara Unterberg Ronald Viggiani Svetlana and Herbert Wachtell Foundation Elaine and Alan Weiler Earl D Weiner and Suzanne Davidson Frederick Wertheim and Angelo Chan Kenneth and Rosemary Willman The Zankel Scala Family Foundation in honor of Ellen Nenner ASSOCIATE ($1,000 - $2,499) Lorraine and Curt Anastasio in honor of Lisa Rubin Page Ashley Henry and Karin Barkhorn Arlene Berrol Beatrice and Douglas Broadwater Harold Brody Susan and David Brownwood Alexia Brue and Ethan Klemperer Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Gwen and Dave Chen Al J. Daniel, Jr. Susan Dramm Mona Dukess in honor of Ellen Nenner Stephen Eisdorfer Anna May and Timothy Feige First Republic Bank Nomi Ghez and Michael Siegal in honor of Susan Baker Andrew J. Goffe and Jeff Levin Lynda Gould in memory of Lois Conway Jodi Greenspan Fern K. Hurst Sandra and David Joys Andrew Kaplan & Kate Winship Kaplan Enid and Robert Kay Mary and Howard Kelberg Karen and Kevin Kennedy in honor of Susan Baker Lydia Kontos in honor of Deborah Stiles

15 MASTERVOICES PATRON PROGRAM ASSOCIATE ($1,000 - $2,499) cont. Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust Ilene Leff Helen and William Little Jeanette W. Loeb Susan MacEachron Elizabeth Mapes Paul and Shelly Nelson Stephen A. Novick Sybil Pollet Michael Read & Neil Pirie Ellen Resnick Cathy Schoen and Larry Zacharias Petra B. Schmidt Fund in honor of Adèle and John Talty Lawrence Sherman Helen Shin Ihsuk and Grace Shin Dr. Mark Spergel Betsey Steeger Marcy Lynn Strong Laurie and Paul Sturz The Angie Torres Fund David Ulevitch Sandra and George Weiksner Sue Ann Weinberg Judy Francis Zankel in honor of Ellen B. Nenner Mark and Susan Zankel Anonymous (1) FRIENDS OF MASTERVOICES MEMBER ($250 - $999) Demetrio Acot The Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts Betsy Barbanell Edward Barnes in memory of Beverly Tabern Miranda Bass in memory of Bob Bass Evelyn Lorentzen Bell Jamie Bernstein James and Ellen Best in honor of Ricki Nenner Allison M. Blinken Dr. Harold Brody Daniel Brown Donna B. Case Michael D. Clifford, Ph.D. Elizabeth and Robert Clymer Josh Cogswell and Justin Daniel Ida Cole Jennifer Daure Jonathan F. Dzik Katherine Eberenz Randi Fain in honor of Lisa Rubin Mary Fan John and Margaret Flory Christine and Herbert Foster in honor of Adèle Talty Rondi and David Frieder in honor of Dr. Max Frieder and Lisa Rubin Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland Francoise Girard and David Knott Nancy Goldberg John Goldsborough and Julia Stein Heather Goodchild Elise Goodman in memory of William Shine Marshall Grant Erica Gruen Michèle Halpern Joan B. Harris Louise Hartwell

16 FRIENDS OF MASTERVOICES MEMBER ($250 - $999) cont. Jeremy Henderson and Catherine Samuels Nina Hennessey Matthew and Cela Hobbs Margaret Holda in honor of Adèle K. Talty Beth Holland Thomas S. Hom and Pamela Miller Linda LeRoy Janklow Sue-Ellen Johnson The Joyce Charitable Fund Jeffrey Kilmer Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman Deborah Klugman and Tom Trimble in memory of Lois Conway Julie Kopel in honor of Ricki Nenner Eileen R. Kleiman and Peter Lurye in honor of Lisa Rubin Kaarel T Laev Barbara Landau Gina Leonetti Carolyn Lewis Michael Lonergan Timothy Marek Ron Meyers Angela Milner Edward Mohlenhoff Julie K. Morgan in honor of all MV Singing Members Kenneth and Cookie Neil Melinda Nix Nancy and Neil Humphreys Judith Oringer Pfizer Foundation Dorothy and Robert P. Rainier Joan Reisman-Brill Bradford P. Reszel Eileen Richter William L. and Pamela S. Richter in honor of Emma Gaudio Laurie Rios John Forest Roemer Sheryl Romanoff in honor of Judy Sloan Paulette and Joseph Rose in honor of Judy Sloan Jeffrey and Marjorie Rosen in honor of Dane Twining Susan and Henry Salzhauer in honor of Judy Sloan Dorothy J. Samuels Beth Samuelson Marie and Ray Scanlan in honor of Adèle Talty Marilyn Schotz Robert Schwartz Ira Siff Jonathan Slawson in honor of Susan Shine Dr. Eva Sperling Virginia Stowe Christopher Strasburg In honor of Deborah Innes Jo and Henry M. Strouss Susan and Mark Stumer in honor of Ted Sperling and Julie Morgan Debi Sule in honor of Jennifer Collins Susan Porter Tall Victoria Traube Catherine and Alex Traykovski Lauren Tucker Sally Turner Katharine and Leo Ullman in honor of Judith and Morton Sloan John Van Antwerp Pilar Vargas and Stend Vermund Susan and Andrew Walter Stephen Weber Jacqueline M. West in honor of Rick Elice Erin Winchester Jill Melanie Wirth Diann Witt Midge Woolsey & Jerry Stolt Edward Yim and Erick Neher Jaime and Christine Yordán Emy Zener Joseph Zimmerman and Bonnie Rosenberg

17 THE ROGER REES FUND FOR MUSICAL THEATER Roger Rees was MasterVoices' beloved artistic associate from He championed the rare and the witty, the elegant and the inventive, and above all, the theatrical. This Fund (established in April 2017) will ensure our musical theater programming keeps reaching for the stars where we hope, it will find him. Support this initiative today at MasterVoices.org/ReesFund Jan Constantine, Rick Elice & Deborah Innes, Co-Chairs DONORS TO THE REES FUND Curtis V. and Lorraine N. Anastasio Ruth Appelhof & Gary Adamek Susan L. Baker and Michael R. Lynch Gini and Randy Barbato Edward Barnes Christopher Barry Kit Smyth Basquin Nancy Dale Becker Allison M. Blinken Luann and David Blowers William Bodenlos Marsilia A. Boyle Gerilyn Brewer & Henry Mueller Marshall and Nina Brickman Beatrice and Douglas Broadwater Alexia Brue and Ethan Klemperer Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire Ken Cerniglia and Adrien Lanusse Juliana Chen Jesse Cohen Joan and Jerry Cohen Ida Cole Jennifer Collins Jan Constantine Lois Conway Alberto Cribiore Michael Cuttita Al J. Daniel Jr. Mary and Palmer Davis Jennie and Richard DeScherer Susan Dramm Stephen Eisdorfer Rick Elice Faustina Corporation Anna May and Timothy Feige Judith Ferber Eileen Fitzgerald and Paul Rosenblum David and Karen Fleiss Priscilla Florindi Ms. Sylvia Floyd Christine and Herbert Foster Frances Freedman Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland Cathy Friedman and Tom Feyer Cantor Rebecca Garfein Janie Giacomini Nancy Gibbs Andrew J. Goffe and Jeff Levin Charles and Jane Goldman Margaret Goodman Lynda Gould Barton Greenberg Marilyn Grosswirth Antonia and George J. Grumbach Jr. Elaine Haber Michèle Halpern Yvonne and Kenneth Hannan Jr. Joan Harris Louise Hartwell Molly Heines and Tom Moloney Matthew Hoffman and Donald Crawshaw Margaret Holda Beth Holland Thomas S Hom & Pamela Miller Deborah L. Innes Ms. Dana Ivey Bruce C. Johnson Robert Jurgrau and Marc Gollub John Kander Andrew and Katy Kaplan

18 THE ROGER REES FUND FOR MUSICAL THEATER DONORS TO THE REES FUND cont. Priscilla Kauff Elaine Kessel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kessler Arie and Corinne Kopelman David Kotick Jeffrey Kurnit Ann Ledley Sahra T. Lese Arthur Levy Karen Lewis Ms. Chips Lindenmeyr Jeanette Loeb Vincent Machacek Ellen Marcus Deborah McManus Gregory Medeiros Richard and Carol Miller Angela and Carl Milner Michael J. Moran Paul & Shelly Nelson Ellen B. Nenner Marta and Fernando Nottebohm Bruce D. Patrick Liliane Peck Ann Peterson Elaine Petschek Stephanie Pierson Sybil and Michael Pollet Deb Poppel Amy and Jason Reed Robert and Michele Reichstein Ms. Joan Reisman-Brill Ellen Resnick Mr. and Mrs. Peter Restler Gerald Richman Bill and Pam Richter Eileen Richter Laurie P. Rios Prof. Elihu and Susan Rose Jeffrey and Marjorie Rosen Nancy Rosen Nancy and Ernst Rothe RoundTable Cultural Seminars Lisa Rubin and Carl Mankowitz Christie C Salomon Seth Samuels Beth Samuelson Stephen Scanniello & Dane Twining Douglas E. Schimmel and Erin Morrissey Marilyn Schotz David Shengold Susan and Bill Shine Arthur and Beverly Shorin Ira Siff Barbara Simon Judy and Morton Sloan Kimberly Spachman Dr. Mark Spergel Dr Eva Sperling Barry Stewart and Stephanie Elliott Deborah Stiles Virginia K Stowe Susan and Mark Stumer Laura and Paul Sturz Adèle and John Talty The Hargrove Pierce Foundation The Walt Disney Company Foundation Michael Thomas Elizabeth S. Tunick Susan and Richard Ulevitch Ronald Viggiani Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Joan Weiner Earl Weiner and Suzanne Davidson Jacqueline M. West Kenneth and Rosemary Willman Marshall M Wise Eddy Wydra Emy and Max Zener * in memoriam List as of Please accept our apologies if we have made an error in your listing. Please call or us with any corrections you might have at or info@mastervoices.org. Thank You for your support! Artwork created by Asia Pietrzyk Program Design by Geneva Lyman

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