INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO SYMPHONIC MUSIC - THE MAGAZINE OF THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

THE MAGAZINE OF THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

 INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO SYMPHONIC MUSIC

JAXSYMPHONY.ORG

 Dec 2016 - Jan 2017

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WELCOME!
 As we say goodbye to 2016 and herald in 2017, I’m thrilled to welcome you to the
 Jacksonville Symphony as we make this transition to the New Year with a number of exciting,
 Insight
 entertaining and family-friendly performances. This issue focuses on a subject that is very
 personal to me—introducing children to classical music. You have likely seen me in the hall
 One hour prior to each Florida Blue
 accompanied by my eleven year-old daughter who has been attending symphony concerts
 Masterworks Series concert, join Music
 for most of her life. With an orchestra manager father and violist mother, she really didn’t
 Director Courtney Lewis and other
 have a choice.
 Masterworks guest conductors in Robert
 E. Jacoby Symphony Hall to hear their
 Over the years, it’s been a joy to see her
 insight on the program. An open, low-key
 appreciation deepen. At first, she liked only loud
 15 to 25 minute presentation including
 and fast pieces, and anything by Franz Joseph
 question and answer time will provide
 Haydn. We would always get aisle seats so we
 the opportunity to learn more about
 could make a quick get away if she became
 the fantastic works performed by the
 restless. With each year, concert and season her
 Jacksonville Symphony.
 patience and palette became more sophisticated.
 She knows that she won’t like everything
 Guest artists often join the conductor
 performed equally, but she has an understanding
 to give their vision of the works to be
 that not everyone has the same tastes. We have
 presented. Insight is a new angle on the
 this same conversation about food. She may favor
 concert experience. You’ll never listen to
 macaroni and cheese over spinach, but she also
 the music the same way after hearing
 knows that one cannot go through life on cheesy
 Insight. So come early, grab a seat and
 carbs alone.
 hear what the experts have to say.

 When my family moved from Washington, DC, to Iowa, I was amazed by how deeply college
 INSIGHT football was embedded into the culture of that community. I’d see social media posts with
 is sponsored by cute babies wearing Hawkeye onesies, little girls wearing cheerleading uniforms and boys
 wearing the jerseys of their favorite players. In the United States, our communities unite
 around sports teams (Go Jags!) and from an early age, children develop a bond with a team
 through their parents, grandparents and other family members.

 Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could develop the same culture for the arts as we do for
 sports? The Jacksonville Symphony is committed to making the ability for parents and
 grandparents to pass their love of symphonic music to their children and grandchildren as
 easy as possible. For young children, we offer one-hour Family concerts. For older children,
 we offer a free ticket to Masterworks and Pops concerts with the purchase of an adult
 ticket. We’ve created new programs such as Symphonic Night at the Movies which features
 popular films performed to a live soundtrack. With titles ranging from last season’s E.T. The
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 Extra-Terrestrial to this spring’s Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, many of these are perfect
 Contributions: 904.354.1473 for families. We expanded our Sunday matinee offerings for both Masterworks and Pops
 Administration: 904.354.5479 concerts to provide an accessible afternoon time for those who don’t like to drive at night,
 have to travel a great distance or simply can’t stay up that late.
 Encore! Production
 Publisher – Robert Massey Now is the perfect time to introduce your loved ones to the music you have already
 Editor – Amy Rankin discovered. Opera returns with the fairy tale classic, Hansel and Gretel, which features a
 Graphic Designer – Kenneth Shade full cast of singers, the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, costumes, sets and larger-than-life-
 Advertising Sales – Caroline Jones size puppets. Seasonal favorites Holiday Pops, The Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah also
 Photography – Tiffany Manning, Renee Parenteau make a return. Our Masterworks series continues with music by Mozart, Beethoven and
 To Advertise in Encore - Call Caroline Jones at Brahms. For our older family members, don’t miss Pops concerts featuring Steven Reineke
 904.356.0426 or email cjones@jaxsymphony.org. and the music of Frank Sinatra on New Years Eve, plus Principal Pops Conductor Michael
 Krajewski’s return with the music of Journey, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and more.
 © 2016 Jacksonville Symphony Association
 300 Water Street, Suite 200 • Jacksonville, FL 32202 As always, our performances are only possible thanks to your support. To our patrons,
 members and sponsors, I thank you, and while this is the “Season of You,” it is also the
 season of giving, so please share the gift of music with those in your life that you love.
 follow us You’ll be passing on a wonderful gift that will last a lifetime.
 /jaxsymphony . @jaxsymphony . #jaxsymphony

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 Robert Massey
 President and CEO
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 EVENTS
 17 HANSEL AND GRETEL
 FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES
 December 2, 3, 4

 25 JSYO HOLIDAY CONCERT
 PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS CHARITIES JSYO SERIES
 December 5

 17 31
 31 HOLIDAY POPS
 FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES
 COFFEE SERIES
 December 8, 9, 10, 11

 37 HANDEL’S MESSIAH
 JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENT
 December 17, 18

 43 NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH STEVEN REINEKE
 47 43 FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES
 December 31

 47 MOZART AND MCGILL
 bestbet SYMPHONY IN 60 SERIES
 COFFEE SERIES
 FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES
 January 5, 6, 7

 53 JOURNEY, THE EAGLES, FLEETWOOD MAC & MORE
 FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES
 January 13, 14
 53 69

DEPARTMENTS 57 BRAHMS AND BEYOND
 FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES
4 Welcome January 20, 21, 22
7 Music Director
8 Symphony Association Board 67 CIVIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT
11 About the Symphony JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENT
9, 23, 62-64 Thank You, Supporters January 27

12-13 Jacksonville Symphony Musicians
61 The Cadenza Society 69 VIOLINS OF HOPE
73 Sound Investment Program JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENT
76-77 Volunteer Activities and Events January 28

82 Jacksonville Symphony Administration
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MUSIC DIRECTOR

 Courtney Lewis
 Music Director, Haskell Endowed Chair
 With clear artistic vision, subtle musicality, and innovative programming, Courtney Lewis
 has established himself as one of his generation’s most talented conductors. The 2016/17
 season marks his second as Music Director of the Jacksonville Symphony. Previous
 appointments have included Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, where
 he returns on subscription in the 2016/17 season, Associate Conductor of the Minnesota
 Orchestra, where he made his subscription debut in the 2011/12 season, and Dudamel
 Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he debuted in 2011. From 2008 to 2014,
 Courtney Lewis was the music director of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble,
 a chamber orchestra dedicated not only to giving concerts of contemporary and established
 repertoire at the highest level of musical and technical excellence, but also bringing live music
 into the least privileged parts of Boston with workshops in local schools.

 In the 2016/17 season he will make his debut with the Dallas Symphony and the Royal
 Philharmonic Orchestra, and return to the Colorado Symphony. Highlights of 2015/16
 included debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Royal Flemish
 Philharmonic, and Colorado Symphony, as well as assisting Thomas Adès at the Salzburg
 Festival for the world première of Adès’s opera The Exterminating Angel.

 Lewis made his major American orchestral debut in November 2008 with the Saint Louis
 Symphony Orchestra, and has since appeared with the Atlanta Symphony, Washington
 National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony,
 Vancouver Symphony, Houston Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, RTÉ National Symphony
 Orchestra of Ireland, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and Ulster Orchestra, among others.
RENEE PARENTEAU

 Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lewis read music at the University of Cambridge during
 which time he studied composition with Robin Holloway and clarinet with Dame Thea King.
 After completing a master’s degree with a focus on the late music of György Ligeti,
 he attended the Royal Northern College of Music, where his teachers included Sir Mark
 Elder and Clark Rundell.

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SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 Officers
 Past Board Chairs
 Matthew S. McAfee, Chair Olin E. Watts, Founding President
 David Strickland, Vice Chair & Development Committee Chair Wellington W. Cummer
 Rick Moyer, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair Hugh R. Dowling
 Elizabeth Lovett Colledge, Ph.D., Secretary Giles J. Patterson
 Robert Massey, President and Chief Executive Officer Carl S. Swisher
 Gert H. W. Schmidt
 Executive Committee Robert R. Bowen
 Gilchrist Berg, Member at Large Roger L. Main
 R. Chris Doerr, Member at Large Charles L. Hoffman
 Margaret Gomez, Foundation Board Chair Hugh Abernethy
 Gurmeet Keaveny, Marketing Committee Chair Archie J. Freels
 Harold K. Smith
 Randall C. Tinnin, DMA, Programming Committee Chair
 Jacob F. Bryan, III
 Terry West, Member at Large
 Ira M. Koger
 Gwendolyn “Gwen” Yates, Governance Committee Chair
 J. Shepard Bryan, Jr.
 Randall C. Berg
 Board of Directors Honorary Directors
 W. E. Grissett, Jr.
 Don Baldwin Ruth Conley
 B. Cecil West
 Martha Barrett David W. Foerster James C. Blanton
 Karen Bower Preston H. Haskell David C. Hastings
 J.F. Bryan, IV Robert E. Jacoby Alford C. Sinclair
 Tim Cost Frances Bartlett Kinne, Ph. D. Constance S. Green
 Tyler Dann Arthur W. Milam Arthur W. Milam
 Barbara Darby, Ed.D. Mary Carr Patton John H. McCallum
 Jack Dickison, ex officio Mary Ellen Smith Preston H. Haskell
 Sylvia F. “Tibby” Sinclair
 Anne H. Hopkins, Ph.D. Jay Stein
 J. F. Bryan, IV
 Michael Imbriani, ex officio James Van Vleck
 David W. Foerster
 Wesley Jennison James H. Winston
 E. William Nash, Jr.
 Charles Joseph James H. Winston
 Randolph R. Johnson Robert T. Shircliff
 Susan Jones Robert O. Purcifull
 Kiki Karpen Carl N. Cannon
 Allison Keller Phillip E. Wright
 Ross Krueger, M.D. Foundation Board Jay Stein
 Anne Lufrano, Ph.D. Margaret Gomez, Chair Mary Ellen Smith
 Gilchrist Berg R. Travis Storey
 John Malone
 John S. Peyton
 Pat Manko, ex officio R. Chris Doerr
 A. R. “Pete” Carpenter
 Elizabeth McAlhany Peter Karpen
 Steven T. Halverson
 W. Ross Singletary, II Gerald J. Pollack
 John Surface James Van Vleck
 Clay B. “Chip” Tousey, Jr. R. Chris Doerr
 Lowell Weiner, Ph.D. Richard H. Pierpont
 Douglas Worth Martin F. Connor, III

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The Jacksonville Symphony gratefully acknowledges
 some of our most important music makers.

 J. Wayne &
 Delores Barr Ruth
 Conley
 Weaver

 Robert D. and Isabelle T. Davis State of Florida, Department of State,
 Endowment Fund Division of Cultural Affairs and the
 Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

 The Roger L. and The Jessie Ball
 Rochelle S. Main duPont Fund
 Charitable Trust

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 From corporate to concert, making events
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 Biscottis • G. Howard Bryan Fund • Brooks Rehabilitation • Cummer Family Foundation • Drummond Press
 Jess & Brewster J. Durkee Foundation • FIS • Fleet Landing • David and Ann Hicks • The Kirbo Charitable Trust • Martin Coffee Co.
 Publix Super Markets Charities • Rice Family Foundation • David and Linda Stein • Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation
 Carl S. Swisher Foundation • Edna Sproull Williams Foundation • St. Vincent’s HealthCare • Stein Mart • SunTrust
 Vanguard Charitable-Kessler Fund • Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts

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 Holland and Knight • JAX Chamber • JAX Chamber - Downtown Council • Brady S. Johnson Charitable Trust
 The Main Street America Group • Mayse-Turner Fund • Parsley’s Piano • Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
 Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation • Rowe Charitable Foundation • Sawcross, Inc. • Scott-McRae Group, Inc.
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 Media Partners: WJCT Public Broadcasting • Florida Times-Union

 Community Partners:

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FIRST JACKSONVILLE
 PERFORMANCE!
 Jacksonville Symphony’s 2017 Gala
 DEFINED BY PERFORMANCE featuring
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 Anniversary of Jacoby Symphony Hall
 we continue to evolve the worlds of banking, lending and
 investing for our clients, we never forget that it’s their
 success by which our own is defined. Friday, February 17
 Reception: 6:00 pm
 A Broad Range of Personal & Business Client Solutions Concert: 7:30 pm
 • High-yield deposit accounts Dinner: 9:00 pm
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 We place tremendous value on giving back to the
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 youth, housing & economic development, and financial
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ABOUT THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

Fresh from the first complete season for both Music Director The Symphony is also the community’s leader in music education
Courtney Lewis and President and CEO Robert Massey, for children, serving four county school districts. Besides offering
the Jacksonville Symphony is ready to break new ground and free tickets to children under the age of 18 for selected concerts
new records for 2016-2017. and other special youth pricing, there are several programs to foster
 music education. The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras,
The 2015-2016 season saw an increase in ticket sales of 9% under the direction of Music Director and Principal Conductor
over the previous year as well as an increase in contributed Scott Gregg, has a membership of more than 300 and a regular
income of 6%. The Symphony performed for more than 201,000 concert schedule.
individuals up from the previous season record of 180,000. New
music such as Adés Asyla and new events including bestbet Over the years the Jacksonville Symphony has hosted some of the
Symphony in 60 and Symphonic Night at the Movies were most renowned artists of the music world including Isaac Stern,
introduced to the community. A new marketing branding including Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti,
revised logo, updated website and video program notes emphasize Itzhak Perlman, Kathleen Battle, Mstislav Rostopovich and Audra
the new direction. McDonald. This year the Symphony will host Lang Lang at a February
 17 Gala.
The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Northeast Florida’s most
important cultural institutions. Founded in 1949, the Symphony is As a not-for-profit organization, the Symphony relies on the
ranked among the nation’s top regional orchestras. The Symphony’s generosity of its donors, patrons and volunteers. For more
home, Robert E. Jacoby Hall, is considered to be an acoustic gem. information about the Jacksonville Symphony, please visit www.
Each year thousands enjoy the Symphony’s performances both at Facebook.com/JaxSymphony, follow us on Twitter @JaxSymphony,
Jacoby Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and and on Instagram at JaxSymphony.
at venues located throughout Northeast Florida.

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THE ORCHESTRA

 Anthony Anurca Melissa Barrett Patrick Bilanchone Aaron Brask Andrew Bruck Katherine Caliendo
 SECOND BASSOON ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER BASS THIRD HORN VIOLIN SECOND HORN
 CONTRABASSOON

 Rhonda Cassano Kevin Casseday Laurie Casseday Christopher Chappell Tristan Clarke Merryn Ledbetter Corsat
Dr. Hugh A Carithers Endowed Chair CELLO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
 BASS PRINCIPAL VIOLA
 SECOND FLUTE SECOND VIOLIN

 Clinton Dewing Aurelia Duca Patrice Evans Kenneth Every Betsy Federman Ileana Fernandez
 VIOLIN PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN VIOLIN PRINCIPAL TIMPANI CELLO PRINCIPAL KEYBOARD

 Kevin Garry Anna Genest Lois Elfenbein Gosa Derek Hawkes Deborah Heller Max Huls
 SECOND PERCUSSION VIOLIN VIOLIN SECOND TROMBONE THIRD FLUTE – PICCOLO VIOLIN

 Vernon Humbert Kayo Ishimaru James Jenkins Cynthia Kempf Colin Kiely Ilana Kimel
 CELLO PRINCIPAL HARP PRINCIPAL TUBA VIOLA VIOLA VIOLIN

 Mark Knowles Jonathan Kuo Lela LaBarbera Dana Landis Jason Lindsay Stephanie Lindsay
 FOURTH HORN VIOLIN VIOLIN BASS TROMBONE BASS VIOLIN

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Shannon Lockwood Todd Lockwood Charlotte Mabrey Brian Magnus Jeanne Majors Steve Merrill
 CELLO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BASS PERCUSSION CELLO VIOLIN PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION

 Claudia Minch Linda Minke Annie Morris Glynda Newton Ellen Caruso Olson Eric Olson
 The George V. Grune Endowed Chair VIOLIN VIOLA PRINCIPAL OBOE
 SECOND OBOE CELLO
 VIOLIN
 ENGLISH HORN

 Brian Osborne Philip Pan Joel Panian Susan Pardue Jeffrey Peterson Lisa Ponton
 THIRD TRUMPET Isabelle Davis Endowed Chair THIRD PERCUSSION VIOLA PRINCIPAL TROMBONE VIOLA
 CONCERTMASTER

Jorge A. Peña Portillo Kevin Reid Marguerite Richardson Les Roettges Alexei Romanenko Sunshine Simmons
 VIOLA PRINCIPAL HORN VIOLIN PRINCIPAL FLUTE PRINCIPAL CELLO SECOND CLARINET

 Forrest Sonntag Paul Strasshofer Piotr Szewczyk Naira Underwood Carol Whitman John Wieland
 SECOND TRUMPET BASS VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLIN PRINCIPAL BASS

 The Musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony are proudly
 represented by the American Federation of Musicians,
 Local 444.

 Backstage Employees are proudly represented by the International
 Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Local 115, Saul Lucio,
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INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
 by Richard A. Salkin
Many expectant parents wonder, If I listen to classical music before and after the baby is born, will my child grow up to be smarter?
Others take a more activist view: If I provide music lessons early, could my child grow up to be the next Mozart?

While more ubiquitous kinds of music like pop need no introduction, the broadly varied music we call “classical” is so complex that we often
make a deliberate effort to introduce it to kids. The famous 1959 Bugs Bunny cartoon, “What’s Opera, Doc” (the one with “Kill the wabbit”)
was an early attempt. So were Leonard Bernstein’s more literal Young People’s Concerts, broadcast live on national TV throughout the
1960s. In some ways, so was Disney’s 1940 masterpiece, Fantasia.

It wasn’t always thus. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms all came from musical families and found music on their own; even Gershwin,
a scrappy New York street kid, plunked out tunes on a piano purchased originally for his brother Ira. But today, with so many alternative
genres to choose from, children might not develop an awareness of classical music, much less a love for it, without an assist; otherwise it
gets lost in the shuffle. And that would be a shame. Every person deserves a chance to experience it.

So parents play a key role in introducing kids to classical music. The process involves two separate but related propositions: appreciating
music as a listener and creating music with an instrument.

Music Appreciation “There’s tons of research about it,” said Kathryn Rudolph,
 Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Symphony.
In 1993, an article in Nature described a study showing that college “You can start early on with age-appropriate goals that are appealing
students scored better at performing a mindless task while listening to children.” Like so many developmental milestones, your child will
to classical music (a Mozart piano sonata). The finding produced a cue you.
cottage industry built on “The Mozart Effect.” Soon, mothers were
routinely listening to Mozart’s music before and after childbirth as a As a toddler, Rudolph’s own niece spontaneously started singing
way to boost their children’s intelligence. Many still do. The states random melodies and clapping out rhythms she had heard on TV.
of both Florida and Georgia even mandated the playing of classical “She had a mini-piano that she chose to play with over her other
music by mothers and at daycare centers. toys. That was a clue. Also at only 4 years old, she came to a Young
 People’s Concert at the Symphony and sang the melodies for days.”
The idea that you can kick your baby’s brain up a notch by listening
to Mozart remains an appealing concept that has avid proponents Rudolph is tasked with revamping, focusing and integrating the
and detractors; the author of the original study, Frances Rauscher, Jacksonville Symphony’s outreach programs. “There are lots of
even debunked any cause-and-effect relationship between Mozart ways to expose young people to symphonic music,” she explained,
and intelligence. “I would simply say that there is no compelling “There are a variety of entry points in addition to taking them to
evidence that children who listen to classical music are going to Masterworks concerts.”
have any improvement in cognitive abilities,” she said in 2007.
 For younger children, the season is peppered with family and
Still, one certainty remains: Mozart can’t hurt, in-utero or in childhood. pops concerts that provide a perfect first experience. Among
You’re doing your child a huge favor, with potentially lifelong benefits, them this season: Holiday Pops (December 8 through 11);
by exposing him or her to classical music at the right time. So when First Coast Nutcracker (December 16 through 18); Handel’s
and how to start? Messiah (December 17-18); Stravinsky’s The Firebird (Feb. 19)
 and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II—inspired by the aforementioned
 “Kill the wabbit” cartoon (April 1-2).
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Some children and families may enjoy the bestbet Symphony and participation under the musical leadership of Scott Gregg.
in 60 concerts, the first of which is January 5. These 60 minute Many of the Symphony’s own musicians participate as instructors.
performances that begin at 6:30pm on Thursday nights, feature In his 20 years leading the program, Maestro Gregg estimates
explanations from Conductor Courtney Lewis and video displays more than 2,000 students have participated.
of the orchestra performing. Children can meet with musicians on
stage after the performance and even take selfies on the podium. Children ages 7 through 21 are eligible to participate. There is an
 audition process to determine which performance level is appropriate
The Symphony also brings music to Duval County Public School for their experience. FSCJ’s South campus will be hosting rehearsals
students in the second and fourth grade through its Preludes and for all six performance levels and all instruments. This year, JSYO has
Young People’s Concerts. These are special 45-minute Youth added an additional rehearsal site, the Wehner School of the Arts,
Concerts every Spring and Fall, geared for elementary school in Middleburg. This site will be for Clay County area children who
students and including educator classroom guides to help play string instruments and are eligible for the Foundation I and II
teachers add relevance in their classrooms. levels of performance. Through a partnership with Communities
 in Schools, these two levels of JSYO are also offered in three
While many parents start introducing kids to the classics early, neighborhood schools: Reynolds Lane, Pickett and Woodland
there’s no expiration date on learning to enjoy it. Older kids and even Acres Elementary Schools.
young adults derive benefits. The Symphony has a program that
brings middle-school students and families to Jacoby Hall an hour JSYO maintains its own schedule of performances at Jacoby Hall
before a scheduled concert for an interactive pre-concert workshop. including a Holiday Concert (December 5), the Young Artists
 Competition Finals, Festival of Strings (March 6), the Major/Minor
Rudolph said these and other programs are part of a strategic and Concert (March 11) where they perform with musicians of the
coordinated outreach effort called the Sound Investment Program. Jacksonville Symphony and the Spring Concert (May 14).
“I believe that symphonic music has the powerful ability to transform
lives,” she said, “especially for children.” Components include in- Cori Roberts, house manager at the Jacksonville Symphony,
school music programs, special performances and free or discounted seized the chance to enroll her 16-year-old daughter, Oona, in JSYO
tickets—reaching more than 200,000 people in Northeast Florida. when the family moved here from Tallahassee. “Classical music has
 always been important to our family,” she said. “We always knew
 we wanted Oona to play an instrument. By age 8, she was already
Beyond listening: Making music playing the fiddle and wanted to move into classical violin.”

While listening to great music is its own reward and can provide a Once the family did move here, Oona, now a creative writing
lifetime of joy, actually playing it offers a whole separate system of student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, auditioned for and
benefits. In addition to the technical requirements, participating with earned a position with the JSYO. Last year, she took a step up—from
any ensemble of musicians, whether it’s a duet or a full orchestra, first-chair in the JSYO Repertory Orchestra to second-chair in the
helps young people develop important life skills—like teamwork, more advanced Philharmonic.
patience, collaboration, interdependence – which are different skills
gained from solely taking private lessons. “She learned it takes a lot of people to make this beautiful sound,”
 Cori said. From a more long-term perspective, “Her life will be forever
Nothing brings these concepts to life better than participation in impacted by these experiences. My hope for her is that playing music
the celebrated Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras. It’s a two will always be a part of her life, and I hope it will stick with her even if
decades-old program that keeps growing in size, sophistication she’s busy with other interests.”

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MASTERWORKS SERIES
 world at large by a single work. Now,
 Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3, 2016 l 8 pm
 that is undoubtedly a better situation for
 Sunday, December 4, 2016 l 3 pm
 a composer than not being known by
 “Insight” one hour prior to each Masterworks concert anything, but it is certainly frustrating, and
 Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Humperdinck spent most of his life trying
 to recapture his early success. His early
 HANSEL AND GRETEL musical training took the form of piano
 lessons, but he was captivated by the
 Courtney Lewis, conductor musical theater when, at the age of 14,
 Haskell Endowed Chair
 he saw a performance of Lortzing’s romantic
 Jennifer Baldwin Peden, Gretel Undine, and he immediately began to
 Bergen Baker, Hansel compose similar works. (Undine was a
 Karin Wolverton, mother Singspiel, with spoken dialogue connecting
 Jeffrey Madison, father the fairly elaborate musical numbers, and
 Vicki Fingalson, witch this was the approach that Humperdinck
 Quinn Shadko, Sleep Fairy/Dew Fairy took at first.)
 Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
 Robert Neu, producer/stage director
 At the age of 18, Humperdinck entered
 Engelbert Hansel and Gretel, A Fairytale Opera in Three Acts 58:00 the conservatory at Cologne and quickly
 HUMPERDINCK Overture won major prizes given by the top German
 conservatories of the day. In 1877, at 23,
 Act I: At Home
 he moved to Munich, which was a hotbed of
 Act II: In The Forest
 Wagnerianism, and there the ultra-modern
 ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 music of Wagner began to impinge on
 the Schumannesque style he had learned
 Act III: The Gingerbread House 40:00
 from his more conservative teachers.
 During a tour of Italy on a scholarship from
 This program is dedicated in memory of Doina Gradina Farkas. the conservatory he had the opportunity
 to meet Wagner in person, and Wagner
 A Gift of Music in honor of her three years as president of the Guild was presented to quickly invited the talented and enthusiastic
 Allene Groote by the Jacksonville Symphony Guild.
 young man to come visit him in Bayreuth
 Jo Carol Hutchins presented A Gift of Music in memory of William E. Adair, her grandfather. to help with the first production of Parsifal.
 These donations have been used to assist with the cost of the music for Hansel and Gretel. The Bayreuth stay was essential to
 Humperdinck’s future, but it took a decade
 Sunday’s concert is sponsored by:
 before the results revealed themselves in
 Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.
 his work. In the meantime he became a
 Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. teacher and critic in Cologne and later in
 Frankfurt. Attempts to write an opera fell
 through owing to the overwhelming weight of
 HANSEL AND GRETEL Wagner’s example, which looked to become
 By Steven Ledbetter a permanent inhibition to his creativity.

Engelbert Humperdinck (baritone), Sandman (soprano), Dew Fairy The block was broken, happily, when the
 (soprano), and Witch (mezzo-soprano), plus composer’s sister, Adelheid Wette, asked
Hansel and Gretel
 a chorus comprising 14 angels and children. him in 1890 to set some folksongs for
 The orchestral score calls for two flutes a small private production of the familiar
Engelbert Humperdinck was born in
 and piccolo, two each of oboes, clarinets, Grimm’s fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Siegburg, Germany, on September 1, 1854,
 and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, The music required was so simple that
and died in Neustrelitz on September 27,
 three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, there could be no question of Wagnerian
1921. He composed his most famous
 tambourine, cymbals, and strings. influence, and Humperdinck happily
opera Hansel and Gretel in several stages
 complied. They decided to expand the
(described below) between 1890 and
 Engelbert Humperdinck (no relation to work from a play with a few folksongs to a
1893. When Richard Strauss conducted
 the pop singer Arnold George Dorsey, Singspiel, with more elaborate music, but
the premiere in Weimar on December 23,
 whose manager renamed him Engelbert still with spoken dialogue. And finally they
1893, the work was an instant success.
 Humperdinck, having come across this decided to turn it into a full-fledged opera.
Vocal soloists include Gretel (soprano),
 unusual name in a music dictionary, because In doing so, Humperdinck retained the
Hansel (mezzo-soprano),Gertrud, their
 he thought it would attract attention) is folk-like simplicity of the basic songs, but
mother (mezzo-soprano), Peter, their father
 one of those composers known to the
 NOTE (continued on page 19)

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NOTE (continued from page 17) “twelve days of Christmas,” specifically had previously caught. The most Wagnerian
set them in the framework of a Wagnerian for family opera-going. Humperdinck tried passage in the score is the music of the
orchestra, with elaborated Leitmotifs and rich repeatedly, in many ways, to clone this witch’s wild ride, which could hardly have
scoring. He had qualms about his decision success, but only one of his nine works been conceived without the example of
to combine the simplest sort of music with for the stage attained even an estimable Wagner’s Valkyries. For the rest, the tunes
the most complex style of the day, yet from success afterwards; that was Königskinder are redolent of German folksong (in the
the opening night the opera was a signal (“The King’s Children”), premiered at the songs and dances for Hansel and Gretel)
success. (Within the first year it had been Metropolitan Opera in 1910. and of the church chorale (in the famous
performed in 72 theaters!) prayer that the children sing before going
 The story of Hansel and Gretel closely to sleep in the dark forest, appealing to
From the beginning the work frequently follows the tale as told by the Brothers fourteen angels to watch over them and
became a holiday specialty. Even the world Grimm, with the two children lost in the bring them safely through the night).
premiere took place just before Christmas, woods and happening upon a gingerbread
and it is still very common in German- house inhabited by a wicked witch. Happily © Steven Ledbetter
speaking countries to mount a matinee the children not only save themselves
performance on January 6, Dreikönigstag from this creature, but also release from
(“Three Kings’ Day”), the last of the enchantment many other children that she

About the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus Opera Chorus

The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus has been providing children of all ethnic, religious Zoe Balanag
and economic backgrounds with music education and choral performance programs, Reyna Beckwith
while advancing a model of artistic excellence and diversity that enriches the community Meagan Black
since 1995. Nalanie Bramer
 Aniela Cabrera
Millicent “Penny” Sylvester, Jacksonville Children’s Chorus Opera Choir Chorus Master Niki Clay
A native of Chicago, Sylvester graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education Emma Conway
from the University of Illinois and a Masters of Music Education (choral) from Florida Sydney Copeland
State University. As a music educator she has taught elementary, middle and high school Laura Cumper
chorus and general music. She brings a unique combination of education and performance Hannah Daily
experience. Her performance background includes solo and ensemble work with the Chicago Jacob Dern
Symphony Chorus and Symphony singers, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Alhambra Theater, Heaven Doles
Jacksonville Symphony and Florida Opera Theater. She has been an adjudicator for Florida Alahna Ellis
Elementary All-State Chorus and is Orff certified. Abigail Fringer
 Adriana Garrison
 Jacquelyn Gates
 Ava Geiger
 Aubri Giron
 Caroline Guiler
 Morgan Harrell
 Ella Henderson
 Mariah Hernandez
 Faith Keister
 Elizabeth Lobetti
 Anabel Macchi
 Zoe Mathews
 Rachel Mechling
 Jorja Moore
 Katy Morris
 Morgan Mundy
 Silas O’Steen
 Samantha Pacanins
 Jaylen Richie
 Reahna Robinson
 Mariajose Rodriquez-Bazan
 Alyssa Stark
 Sarah Thomas
 Leonorah Watson
 Trinity Webster-Bass
 Alexander White

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Jennifer Baldwin Peden, Gretel
 Masterworks guest artists sponsored by Ruth Conley

 Jennifer Baldwin Peden is a singer and actor who has engaged audiences both on stage and in
 the concert setting. Trained initially as a classical vocalist, Peden began to develop a passion for
 experiences which integrate music, movement, and drama through a decade-long collaboration
 with the internationally acclaimed, Tony award-winning company, Theatre de la Jeune Lune.

 Equally comfortable on the concert stage, Peden has performed roles with Minnesota
 Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, and Astoria Music Festival. She has performed memorable
 theatrical and operatic roles with companies such as the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Opera,
 the Moving Company, Nautilus Music-Theater, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts,
 Skylark Opera, History Theater, and nationally with American Repertory Theatre, and Berkeley
 Repertory Theatre.

 She has been a featured guest on A Prairie Home Companion, has appeared in a motion
 picture (an opera-singing contestant in Drop Dead Gorgeous), and has extensive voice work
 in commercials and award-winning short films.

 As an educator, she has collaborated for over 10 years with her sister, mezzo-soprano Christina
 Baldwin, to bring opera to thousands of public school children throughout Minnesota through a
 piece they wrote.

 Bergen Baker, Hansel
 Hailed by the Star Tribune as having a “fetching blend of grace, warmth and humor on
 stage,” Bergen Baker has been a featured performer with companies such as Minnesota
 Opera, The Minnesota Orchestra, Skylark Opera and Florentine Opera. Her concert and
 oratorio experience includes performances of Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Mass in C minor,
 Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces, as well as many
 programs of art song.

 In addition to performance on the operatic and concert stage, Baker served as Teaching
 Artist for Minnesota Opera from 2012-2014. During her tenure, she organized community
 residencies and performances that served nearly 15,000 opera lovers across the state of
 Minnesota. She currently manages opera and music theater programs for students through the
 University of Minnesota and Musica nelle Marche LLC in Urbino, Italy.

 Bergen Baker holds Bachelor and Master degrees in vocal performance from DePaul University
 and the University of Minnesota, respectively. More info at bergenbaker.com

 Karin Wolverton, Mother
 A love of new music and ability to perform in a wide range of roles has led Opera News to
 describe Karin Wolverton as “a young soprano to watch” having “a lovely warm tone, easy agility
 and winning musicality.”

 Wolverton’s love of new music brought her together with the Minnesota Opera where she was
 featured in the leading female role, Anna Sörensen, in Kevin Puts’ award-winning opera Silent
 Night. Wolverton hopes to spread her passion for new music onto the next generation through a
 mission to encourage young composers and to get contemporary music in front of audiences.

 Rounding out her repertoire, Wolverton has appeared in the Minnesota Opera’s hugely popular
 parks concert Opera Under the Stars. She has also held parts in popular works such as
 Carmen, Don Giovanni and The Rake’s Progress.

 While being hugely successful on an opera stage, Wolverton has also made quite an impact on
 the concert stage. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in Nielson’s
 Symphony No. 3.

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Jeffrey Madison, Father
Hailed for his dramatic diversity, baritone and stage director, Jeffrey Madison has performed
and directed a varied repertoire from grand opera and operetta to musical comedy.

Madison’s national performing credits include an appearance at Carnegie Hall with the
Minnesota Orchestra, performances in the roles of Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier and the Father
in Hansel and Gretel, also with the Minnesota Orchestra, Marcello in La Bohème with West
Virginia Symphony, Germont in La Traviata with Western Plains Opera, Shaunard in La Bohème
with Minnesota Opera, Silvio in I Pagliaci with Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Bottom in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream with Seattle Opera Young Artists, Albert in Werther with Chautauqua Opera,
Figaro in The Barber of Seville with the Lyric Opera of the North, and Malatesta in Don
Pasquale with Skylark Opera among others.

Madison lives in Duluth, Minnesota with his wife, soprano, Vicki Fingalson.

Vicki Fingalson, Witch
With over 50 roles and nearly 70 productions to her credit from grand opera to musical theater,
Vicki Fingalson has been acclaimed for her “luscious sound and comedic sensibility,” as well as her
“soaring soprano” and “powerful voice.” She has performed with companies and orchestras across
the U.S. singing such favorite roles as Musetta (La Bohème), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Hanna Glawari
(The Merry Widow), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), and Anna
Maurrant (Street Scene). Recent engagements include Minnesota Orchestra (Der Rosenkavalier,
Die Zauberflöte, Hansel & Gretel); Western Plains Opera (I Pagliacci, Gianni Schicchi); The Minnesota
Opera (Casanova’s Homecoming, The Adventures of Pinocchio); Colorado Symphony (Hansel &
Gretel); and West Virginia Symphony (La Bohème). For more, including upcoming performances,
visit: www.vickifingalson.com

Quinn Shadko, Sleep Fairy/Dew Fairy
Quinn Shadko, a Minneapolis, MN native, has appeared with various operatic and music
theatre companies, including Houston’s Mercury Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Skylark
Opera, Nautilus Music-Theater, Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Minneapolis
Pops Orchestra, Angels & Demons Entertainment, Park Square Theatre and Guthrie Theater.
Favorite roles include Despina in Così fan tutte, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Barbarina
in The Marriage of Figaro, and Luisa in The Fantasticks. She holds a bachelor’s degree in
music and linguistics from Rice University and master’s degree in vocal performance from
New York University.

Robert Neu, producer/stage director
Robert Neu, known for his highly theatrical and musically sensitive work, has directed over 80
productions of operas, musicals and plays throughout the country. Neu’s recent productions
include Bernstein’s Mass, Peer Gynt (also adaptation), La Traviata, The Magic Flute and
Carousel for the Minnesota Orchestra; Hansel and Gretel with both the Minnesota Orchestra
and Colorado Symphony; Tosca and The Music Man for Colorado Symphony; St. Matthew
Passion for Central City Opera/Boulder Philharmonic; Don Pasquale, Carmen and The Barber
of Seville for Lyric Opera of the North; Art and Death of a Salesman for Bloomington Civic
Theater; The Marriage of Figaro for Bellevue Opera; Ayn Rand in Love for Chameleon Theater;
The Laramie Project, Godspell and Blithe Spirit for Lyric Arts Theater; Florencia en el Amazonas
for Emerald City Opera, and On the Town, The Fantasticks, Candide and Putting It Together for
Skylark Opera Theatre.

Neu teaches masterclasses in audition techniques for the University of Minnesota’s opera
department, and he is a Resident Director at Lyric Arts Theater. He is a graduate of The Juilliard
School and is the co-founder of Angels & Demons Entertainment, a production and arts consultancy
organization. He has recently been appointed Artistic Director of Skylark Opera Theatre.

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Darren Dailey,
 Artistic & Executive Director,
 Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
 Darren Dailey is celebrating his tenth season
 in Jacksonville, where he has been shaping
 the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus into a
 world-class organization. Under his artistic
 leadership the Chorus has grown to serve
 over 500 First Coast children annually
 with five core performance choirs, multiple
 satellite rehearsal locations and outreach
 throughout the region.

 A nationally-recognized clinician and
 conductor, Mr. Dailey has served as guest
 conductor in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln
 Center and at the ACDA Honor Choir in
 Seattle. He has presented workshops for the
 National Association of Pastoral Musicians,
 Organization of Kodály Educators, American
 Choral Directors Association, Music
 Educator’s National Conference, and many
 universities. He is the 2014 recipient of the
 Reinhold Foundation Outstanding Executive
 Director Award.

 Dailey received a Bachelor of Music
 Education degree with a concentration
 in Voice from Westminster Choir College
 and a Master of Music Education in Choral
 Conducting from Appalachian State
 University’s Hayes School of Music. He is
 also trained in Kindermusik.

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 Gifts to the Annual Fund between July 1, 2015 and October 20, 2016
 ∆ Designates a gift in-kind * Designates deceased

 PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL
 $100,000+
 BRASS
 Ruth Conley in memory of Paul Conley
 Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville/City of Jacksonville
 Fidelity National Financial
 Florida Blue
 Florida State College of Jacksonville ∆
 Jessie Ball duPont Fund
 Mrs. Josephine Flaherty
 Monica and Bob Jacoby

 $50,000 - $99,000
 Anonymous gift in honor of the City Rescue Mission Staff
 bestbet / bestbet Poker, Simulcast & Racing
 State of Florida, Department of State
 Florida Times-Union ∆
 Mayo Clinic
 Mrs. C. Herman Terry

 $25,000 - $49,999
 Bob and Lynn Alligood
 Amy and Gilchrist B. Berg
 AVL Productions ∆
 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bryan, IV
 Robert D. and Isabelle T. Davis Endowment Fund
 Deutsche Bank
 Chris and Stephanie Doerr
 Lory and Harold Doolittle
 DuBow Family Foundation
 EverBank
 Haskell
 Jacksonville Symphony Guild
 Valdemar Joost Kroier Endowment Fund
 Anne and Robert Lufrano
 Magnolia Foundation
 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. McAfee
 Donald C. McGraw Foundation
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Newton Jr.
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 About the Jacksonville
 Sunday, December 5, 2016 l 7 pm
 Symphony Youth Orchestras
 Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
 The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras

 JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH (JSYO) are Northeast Florida’s premiere
 developmental orchestral ensembles.
 ORCHESTRAS HOLIDAY CONCERT The JSYO serves more than 300 young
 musicians ages 7-21, who are admitted
 through competitive auditions. Through the
Foundation Strings II Rocco DiGeorgio, conducting in-depth study of classical repertoire, each
V. Horton (ad. D. Wagner) Jazzy Old Saint Nick orchestra improves its musical skills and
 understanding at the both individual student
B.R. HANBY (arr. S. Wieloszynski) Up on the House Top
 level and the ensemble level. In all, there are
J. HOPKINS (arr. D.B. Monday) We Three Kings Rock! six ensembles which rehearse and perform
 under the direction of Music Director Scott
 Gregg and his team of music educators.
Encore Strings Rocco DiGeorgio, conducting These professional conductors, along with
A. MISTAK Skiing Holiday Jacksonville Symphony musicians, nationally
W.A. MOZART (arr. D.E. Wagner) The Sleigh Ride, From Three German Dances recognized soloists, and other professional
 educators in the community, enable the
Traditional (arr. S. Dackow) Auld Lang Syne
 JSYO to serve the needs of each young
 musician with individualized, ability-level
 specific instruction.
Premiere Strings Judith Steinmeyer, conducting
J. STYNE The Christmas Waltz JSYO members are afforded unique musical
R. ALLEN (arr. Clark) Home for the Holidays experiences, in addition to the exposure to
G.F. HANDEL (arr. Isaac) Pastorale from Messiah and performance of orchestral masterworks.
 For example, JSYO ensembles perform in the
J. HERMAN (arr. Ricketts) We Need A Little Christmas (from Mame) Symphony’s Jacoby Hall during the season
 as well as the annual Major/Minor concert.
 At this concert, finalists in the annual Young
Repertory Orchestra Scott C. Gregg, conducting
 Artists Concerto Competition showcase
P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. S. Dackow) Nutcracker: Trepak their exceptional talents by performing
H. MARTIN (arr. Cerulli) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas acclaimed solo works with their orchestra’s
 accompaniment. The Jacksonville Symphony
J. ROLLINS (arr. Moss) Frosty the Snowman
 and the JSYO also perform free community
Traditional (arr. Wagner) Fetival of Carols engagement concerts, both in Jacoby
 Symphony Hall and at various First Coast
 ~ Intermission ~ locations.

Philharmonic Scott C. Gregg, conducting The JSYO ensembles are as follows:
 Foundation Strings I –
V. HERBERT (arr. Langley) Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys
 beginner string students
E. HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel: Song of the Sandman Foundation Strings II –
 and Dream Pantomime advancing beginner string students
L. HENDERSON (arr. Custer) Canadian Brass Christmas Encore Strings –
 intermediate string students
M. TORME (arr. Lowden) The Christmas Song Premiere Strings –
L. ANDERSON Sleigh Ride advancing intermediate string students
L. ANERSON Christmas Festival Repertory Orchestra –
 intermediate to advancing full orchestra
 Philharmonic –
 advanced/pre-conservatory full orchestra
 Concert sponsored by
 Above all, the JSYO is committed to
 enriching the Jacksonville community
 is a sponsor of JSYO.
 through music education. Need-based
 Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. scholarships are available for qualified young
 Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony.
 musicians in all six JSYO ensembles.

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Scott C. Gregg, Youth Orchestras Music Director and Principal Conductor,
 Winston Family Endowed Chair
 Scott Gregg will be in his 22nd year holding the Winston Family Endowed Chair with the
 Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO). He has guided the organization’s growth
 from a 60-member group to an artistically robust arts education program with more than 300
 participants this season. Previously, Gregg served as Music Director for Education of the
 Jacksonville Symphony; Music Director for the Youth at the Beaches Arts Guild productions;
 and Music Director for the Summer Musical Theater Experience at Florida State College at
 Jacksonville. In 2016, Maestro Gregg was named Music Director and Principal Conductor
 of the St. Augustine Orchestra.

 In 2006, Gregg helped found the First Coast Community Music School which assists
 hundreds of Jacksonville music students access top-notch music education. In 2014,
 he became that school’s Artistic and Executive Director.

 Once in a youth orchestra himself, Gregg served as concertmaster of the Greater Dallas
 Youth Orchestra, and made his solo debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the
 age of 17. Gregg received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University with a
 concentration in music theory and composition and minor concentration in astrophysics.
 He studied conducting at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he earned a
 master’s degree and was awarded the Christopher Percy Prize in Conducting. Concurrently,
 Gregg was appointed to the conducting staff of the Peabody Conservatory Symphony
 and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as Associate Conductor of the Johns Hopkins
 Symphony Orchestra.

 He is married to Camille Clement Gregg and the two are the proud parents of their
 golden retriever, Midas.

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