DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR
JADER BIGNAMINI, Music Director
Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate
FIRST VIOLIN Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy
ACTING CONCERTMASTER Katherine Tuck Chair
Hai-Xin Wu
ACTING ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Schwartz Shapero Family Chair
Jennifer Wey Fang
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair
Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*
SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski
ACTING PRINCIPAL The Devereaux Family Chair
Will Haapaniemi*
David and Valerie McCammon Chair
Hae Jeong Heidi Han*
David and Valerie McCammon Chair
Sheryl Hwangbo Yu* Sujin Lim* Hong-Yi Mo* Alexandros Sakarellos*
Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair
Marian Tanau* Alexander Volkov* Jing Zhang*
VIOLA Eric Nowlin
PRINCIPAL Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair
James VanValkenburg ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Caroline Coade Glenn Mellow Hang Su Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Mike Chen
JEFF TYZIK
Principal Pops Conductor
TERENCE BLANCHARD
NEEME JÄRVI
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
Music Director Emeritus
ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh
BASS TROMBONE Ilan Morgenstern#
CLARINET Ralph Skiano
TUBA Dennis Nulty
Robert Bergman* Jeremy Crosmer*
Jack Walters
David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey*
Laurence Liberson
PERCUSSION Joseph Becker PRINCIPAL
CELLO Wei Yu
PRINCIPAL James C. Gordon Chair
Abraham Feder
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair
Victor and Gale Girolami Chair
Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Chair
Haden McKay* Úna O’Riordan*
Mary Ann and Robert Gorlin Chair
Cole Randolph*
African American Orchestra Fellow
BASS Kevin Brown PRINCIPAL
Van Dusen Family Chair
Stephen Molina
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Linton Bodwin Christopher Hamlen Brandon Mason Nicholas Myers
HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher PRINCIPAL Winifred E. Polk Chair
FLUTE Hannah Hammel
PRINCIPAL Women’s Association for the DSO Chair
Amanda Blaikie
Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair
Shari and Craig Morgan Chair
PRINCIPAL Robert B. Semple Chair
PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
ACTING BASS TROMBONE
PRINCIPAL
Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson
James Ritchie
BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme
TIMPANI Jeremy Epp PRINCIPAL
BASSOON Michael Ke Ma
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Victoria King Marcus Schoon Jaquain Sloan
African American Orchestra Fellow
CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon HORN Karl Pituch PRINCIPAL
Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong David Everson
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
William Cody Knicely Chair
Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair
James Ritchie
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles PRINCIPAL
Ethan Allen
PERSONNEL MANAGERS Heather Hart Rochon
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Hannah Wetherholt
ASSISTANT MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
STAGE PERSONNEL Dennis Rottell STAGE MANAGER
Ryan DeMarco
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Mark Abbott
Noel Keesee
Steven Kemp
Jeffery Zook
TRUMPET Hunter Eberly PRINCIPAL
PICCOLO Jeffery Zook
Kevin Good Stephen Anderson
Michael Sarkissian
OBOE Alexander Kinmonth
William Lucas
Sharon Sparrow
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair
PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair
Sarah Lewis
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Monica Fosnaugh Open
Maggie Miller Chair
presented by J U D Y & S TA N L E Y F R A N K E L and ANN & JIM NICHOLSON
Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair
Shannon Orme
Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair
S U N D A Y , J U N E 2 7, 2 0 2 1
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Lee and Floy Barthel Chair
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Matthew Pons
DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
TROMBONE Kenneth Thompkins PRINCIPAL
David Binder
LEGEND * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis ~ Extended leave ^ On sabbatical # Substittue musician
Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Orchestra Hall RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, vocalist ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ, conductor
PROFILES ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ
E
nrico Lopez-Yañez is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Nashville Symphony where he leads the Symphony’s Pops Series and Family Series. Lopez-Yañez is quickly establishing himself as one of the nation’s leading conductors of popular music and becoming known for his unique style of audience engagement. Since working with the Nashville Symphony, Lopez-Yañez has conducted concerts with a broad spectrum of artists including: Patti LaBelle, Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Jennifer Nettles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and more. Also an active arranger, Lopez-Yañez has been commissioned to write for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and the Houston Symphony, and has had his works performed by orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and Omaha Symphony. As Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Symphonica Productions, LLC, Lopez-Yañez curates and leads programs designed to cultivate new audiences. An enthusiastic proponent of innovating the concert experience, his exciting education, classical, and pops concerts are performed by orchestras across the United States. Lopez-Yañez previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the Nashville Symphony and Omaha Symphony. He holds a Masters in Music from the University of Maryland and received a Masters in Music and his Baccalaureate from UCLA, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Award-nominated performance opposite Frances McDormand in the play Good People, and the original Broadway version of The Color Purple. She made her Broadway debut as Nala in The Lion King and her performance as Mimi in Broadway’s closing cast of Rent was immortalized in film. Off-Broadway, Goldsberry’s performance as Sylvia in the Public Theater’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona for their Shakespeare in the Park series garnered her rave reviews across the board.
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Jader Bignamini, Music Director Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Laureate Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor
PROGRAM Summer Soirée Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Orchestra Hall RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, vocalist ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ, conductor JORDAN PETERS, guitar and music director KENNETH SALTERS, drums JEFF HANLEY, bass ADDISON FREI, piano and keys KRISTINA NICOLE MILLER, background vocals ANASTASIA TALLEY, background vocals CRYSTAL MONEE HALL, background vocals
RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY
R
enée Elise Goldsberry is a multi-hyphenate actress and singer who has delivered award-winning performances both on Broadway and the screen. Goldsberry is best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler in the musical phenomenon Hamilton, which has become a cultural touchstone for the ages. Her performance earned her a Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award, and Lucille Lortel Award. Currently, Goldsberry can be seen starring in Tina Fey’s new series for Peacock, Girls5eva. Previously, Goldsberry starred in the A24’s critical darling, Waves, opposite Sterling K. Brown and in the hit Netflix series Altered Carbon. She was also seen on NBC’s musical sensation, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, in addition to lending her voice to bring characters to life on the Netflix animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers and Centaurworld. Other highlights from her film and television career include her work on Documentary Now!’s cult favorite “Original Cast Album: Co-Op”, The Good Wife, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Following, The Get Down, All About You, Evil, and her creation of the beloved character, Evangeline Williamson, on ABC’S One Life to Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations. Goldsberry’s appearances on stage include her Outer Critics Circle
Program to be announced from the stage.
HONORARY PATRONS
Judy & Stanley Frankel
Ann & Jim Nicholson
HONORARY CHAIRS
Pamela Applebaum & Gaal Karp Penny & Harold Blumenstein Karen & Matt Cullen Lynette & Jeff Dowler Marjorie Dunn & Mark Davidoff
Bonnie Larson Cathy & Wright Lassiter Faye & Al Nelson Christine & David Provost Bernadine & David Wu