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ARTPARK & MODERN DISPOSAL SERVICES PRESENT:

                     POWER OF NIAGARA
                A celebration of arts, nature and a sustainable future
On this special day, Artpark &Company and Modern Corporation are announcing a joint
commitment toward making Artpark a more sustainable place for nature, art and performance. Join
us in celebrating the energy savings achieved through sustainable lighting replacements! With an
understanding of the impacts of our decisions on the environment, we endeavor to transform our
practices to be the best partners along with artists and park visitors to pass on a thriving and
sustainable Artpark to the next generation!
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Featuring:
                    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta
                                        Jon Lehrer Dance Company
                    “Branché” by Cirque Barcode & Acting for Climate Montreal
                                           Buffalo String Works

                                            August 21, 2021

                                        “BRANCHÉ”
           by CIRQUE BARCODE & ACTING FOR CLIMATE
                            MONTREAL
                 Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 5:30 PM
                       Artpark Emerald Grove

ACTING FOR CLIMATE MONTREAL
Acting for Climate Montréal is a company created in 2019 whose mission is to work towards a more
sustainable future by combining performing arts and environmentalism.

To achieve this, the group reimagines the way their art is practiced to find concrete solutions to
environmental challenges.

Through performances in nature the artists reconnect with their local environment and encourage
spectators to see the nature that surrounds them in new light, to appreciate it, and therefore to protect it.

By advocating mutual aid and the strength of community, they aim to inspire their audiences to act for a
more sustainable future.

https://www.actingforclimate.com/copy-of-about-us
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CIRQUE BARCODE
Cirque Barcode was founded with a vision of unifying high- caliber circus with a new style of theatrical
storytelling, as well as with a goal of sustainable touring.

After performing for numerous companies, television shows and live performances around the world and
winning multiple awards for their acts, in 2019 they made their first show Sweat & Ink, followed soon
after by Branché.

Besides continuing to redefine how circus can be performed, they continue to examine how the circus
community can contribute to the sustainability movement, working to raise awareness of the climate crisis
through their art.

https://www.barcodecircuscompany.com

Creative Team
      Outside eye: Emilie Emiroglou, Maxim Laurin

      Music: Olivier Landry-Gagnon

      Acrobatic coaching: Jerome Lebeau

      Costume Design: Geneviève Delage

      Performers: Eric Bates, Tristan Nielsen, Nathan Biggs-Penton, Eric Brown, Anna Soltys
      Morse, Sorrell Nielsen, Shena Tschofen, Heidi Blais

                  “THE POWER OF NIAGARA”
                  by JON LEHRER DANCE COMPANY
                       Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM
                       Artpark “Niagara 1979” Painted Lot

“The Power of Niagara”
A world premiere tribute to the power, beauty, and awe-inspiring glory of Niagara!
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CREDITS
Choreography - Jon Lehrer

Dancers - Cristiana Cavallo, Gabrielle DiNizo, Kristen Hedberg, Myles Mungo,
          Mamiko Nakatsugawa, Patrick Piras, Nathan Rommel, Richard Sayama

Music - (in order)
 - Away Game, Abundance of Rain, Seems, 15 Minutes Part III, Angelstyle, Storms of Early Summer
    by CORDIS
 - Through The Storm an original, world premiere, music composition by Zeno Pittarelli

Costumes - Laura Vanner

Set Design - Dyan Burlingame

BIOS

Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Jon Lehrer started his company in 2007 in Buffalo, NY and has received critical acclaim nationally and
internationally. Under his artistic direction, the company showcases Jon's unique choreography and
embodies his definitive style. His extensive background in both the modern and jazz dance idioms fosters
choreography that is organic, artistic, accessible and often humorous, reflecting life experience and the
human condition.

The company’s expressive style is based on three main elements of movement - Circularity, 3-
Dimensionality, and Momentum - which combine to create a form that is best described as “Organically
Athletic”. With creativity, athleticism, and the ability to make new and innovative modern and jazz dance
accessible to all audiences, the company has made quite a name for themselves in the dance world.
Striking the elusive balance between art and entertainment, Jon Lehrer Dance Company showcases
unique choreography and a fun, distinctive style which fuses jazz and modern dance, creating a true
spectacle onstage which can be enjoyed by dance experts and novices alike.

Based in NYC since 2019, JLDC continues to tour extensively, bringing their trademark artistic, athletic,
and accessible style to audiences worldwide. Dance Magazine praised “the company took the house not
so much by storm as by quantum physics,” and Galerie Ortenau in Offenburg, Germany declares,
“Dynamic, Powerful, Elegant – brings an absolute passion for the dance.”
www.jonlehrerdance.com

Jon Lehrer
Jon Lehrer is from Queens, NY and took his very first dance class on a dare at age 19 at the University at
Buffalo, where he ultimately received his BFA in Dance. As a professional, Jon had an illustrious and
eclectic career dancing with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Paul Sanasardo, John Passafiume
Dancers, in Merv Griffin's "Funderful" and the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. In 1997, Jon
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began dancing with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, and after only three years was promoted to Rehearsal
Director and then given the position of Associate Director two years later. During his ten years with
Giordano, Jon also became the resident choreographer, creating seven original works on the company that
received rave reviews all around the world.

Jon has choreographed for several professional dance companies and universities all over the country. He
teaches master classes throughout the U.S. and around the world, having been on faculty at Dance
Masters of America,
Jazz Dance World Congress, Dance Teacher Summer Conference, Chicago National Association of Dance
Masters (CNADM), Chautauqua Institution, Florida Dance Educators Organization, and Florida Dance
Masters to name a few. Jon has received many awards and honors, including the University at Buffalo
Zodiaque Dance Company Distinguished Alumni Award, CNADM’s Artistic Achievement Award,
University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, and the “Rising Star”
SPARK Award for being an integral part of Buffalo’s thriving arts and cultural community.

Dancers:

Cristiana Cavallo (Rehearsal Director) is from Utica, NY and began dancing at the age of 3. She
received her training from local and guest artists at the Dancenter and at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts
Institute School of Dance. Cristiana graduated in 2014 from the University at Buffalo with a BFA in
Dance and a BA in Sociology. As a UB student, she was a member of the Zodiaque Dance Company for
three years and performed in several musicals. She has choreographed for many student productions and
was the Director of Dancer’s Workshop. She attended numerous summer programs, including NYSSSA ,
Thodos Dance Chicago Intensive, and Steps Summer Study. During her senior year, Cristiana was chosen
for the Jon Lehrer Dance Observership, allowing her to train with the company and gain valuable insight
into the professional world of dance. Most recently, Cristiana was invited to choreograph as part of the
Barn Dance Project at the Theater at Woodshill, curated by Caitlyn Schrader. Cristiana has been with
JLDC for 7 years, becoming an integral part of the company's success both on and off the stage.

Gabrielle DiNizo is originally from Dayton, OH, where she began her dance training at Dayton Dance
Conservatory. She danced for their pre-professional company (Dayton Dance Conservatory Company) for
two years before moving to New York City for college. In May 2021, Gabrielle graduated summa cum
laude from Fordham University/The Ailey School with a BFA in Dance and English. She has had the
honor of performing works by Robert Battle, Brice Mousset (Oui Danse), Adam Baruch, Earl Mosley, and
Manuel Vignouelle. Gabrielle spent her recent summers training at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and
Dance Italia, where she cultivated her love for contemporary and modern dance.

Kristen Hedberg was born and raised in Richmond, VA. She earned her BFA in Contemporary Dance
from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she was dual-enrolled with The Martha
Graham School during her senior year. Kristen was a member of the RIOULT Repertory Program under
the direction of Pascal Rioult, Joyce Herring and Charis Haines. She has also danced with Salvatore
LaRussa Dance Theatre, Joanna A. Maur, and Curet Performance Project, among others.

Myles Mungo is a Willingboro, New Jersey native and attended Stockton University, where he received a
BA in Dance with a concentration in Performance. While at Stockton, Myles achieved multiple awards
and worked with many talented artists including Meredith Rainey, Julie B. Johnson, and Germaul Barnes.
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As a professional, Myles has danced for Rain Ross Dance, Andrea Mychael Dance Project, and Roger
Lee Dance Company.

Mamiko Nakatsugawa is originally from Miyagi, Japan where she started dancing at 9 years old.
Mamiko moved to New York in 2015 to attend SUNY Fredonia, where she earned her degree in 2019.
During this time, she spent her summers at many prestigious training programs in NYC including
Broadway Dance Center Professional Summer Semester, Paul Taylor Dance Company Summer Intensive,
Gibney Dance Company Summer Intensive, Gaga New York Winter Intensive, and Module 19. As a
professional, Mamiko has worked with Matthew Westerby Dance Company as an apprentice, performing
“ReNew 3” with the company.. She has performed in many musical theatre productions in Japan and
United States, including Anne of Green Gables (Japan tour ensemble), Cabaret (Kit Kat Girls), and South
Pacific (Liat).

Patrick Piras is from Udine, Italy and began his dance training at the age of 6 focusing on professional
ballroom dancing for three years until a sudden injury 3 years later made him stop. At age 14, Patrick
started dancing again thanks to Arianna Zanello, who invited him to attend her school, Filodanza, and
later became his mentor. He then focused his study in ballet, modern, jazz, and contemporary dance and
received scholarships to several summer intensives in Italy. Patrick came NYC to attend The Ailey School
in 2013 where he graduated as a Scholarship Student. He has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Matthew
Rushing, Ronnie Favors, Tracy Inman, Martin Lofsnes, Amy Hall, Darshan Bhuller, Nathan Trice,
Nicholas Villenueve, Nai Ni Chen, Sheena Annalise and Christopher Rudd. He has performed “Memoria”
with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at New York City Center in December 2014 and
“Concurrence” representing the Ailey School in the Ailey Spirit Gala at David H. Koch Theatre in June
2016. Patrick performed with 360° Dance Company, as a guest artist with Nai Ni Chen, Arch
Contemporary Ballet, and is a faculty member at The Ailey School.

Nathan Rommel is from Kansas City, MO and attended Hope College where he received his degree in
Dance Performance, Upon graduation, Nathan moved to Chicago, where he performed with GIordano II
having the pleasure of working with choreographers Ray Mercer and Peter Chu. Most recently, Nathnan
performed with Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah and as a soloist in Chicago Repertory
Ballet's production of Macbeth, choreographed by Wade Schaaf.

Richard Sayama is originally from Honolulu, Hawai’i. He attended Marymount Manhattan College
where he double majored, earning his BFA in Modern Dance and his BA in Business Arts &
Management. As a professional, Richard has worked with Alison Cook Beatty Dance, H.T Chen &
Dancers, and Rock Dance Collective. He has had the pleasure of performing works by Paul Taylor, José
Limón, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, Alison Cook Beatty, Elisabeth Motley, H.T. Chen, and Maria Torres.
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
                   Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 8:00 PM
                         Artpark Amphitheater

JoAnn Falletta, conductor

         CHRISTOPHER ROGERSON                          Among Mountains

                            GRIEG           Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46
                                                 I. Morning Mood
                                                 II. Ase's Death
                                                 III. Anitra's Dance
                                                    IV. In the Hall of the Mountain
                                                               King

                                                       INTERMISSION

                     BEETHOVEN              Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68,
                                            "Pastoral"
                                                I. Allegro ma non troppo
                                                II. Andante molto moto
                                                II. Allegro
                                                IV. Allegro
                                                V. Allegretto

                     Patrons are asked to turn off all electronic devices.
               The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited.

                         Program and performers subject to change.
HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under
Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth concerts
each year.
After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the
Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its
permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was
initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau.
Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William
Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and
Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern,
Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma.
During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled
its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 51 new CDs.
The BPO’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob
Dylan,” won two Grammys. Our recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide.

JoAnn Falletta, Music Director
 Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra, and the Connie and Marc Jacobson Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony
Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center and Artistic Adviser to the Hawaii
Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. She is hailed for her work as a
conductor, recording artist, audience builder, and champion of American composers.
Her recent and upcoming North American guest conducting includes the National Symphony, Detroit
Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Milwaukee Symphony; and further north,
the Toronto Symphony and Orchestre metropolitain. Internationally, she has conducted many of the most
prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, and South America.

As Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major
American ensemble. Celebrating her 20th anniversary with the Buffalo Philharmonic this past season, she
is credited with bringing the orchestra to a new level of national and international prominence.

With a discography of almost 120 titles, Falletta is a leading recording artist for Naxos. At the 63rd Annual
Grammy® Awards in March 2021, Falletta won her fourth Grammy® as conductor of Richard
Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua in the category of Best Choral Performance. In 2019, she won her
first individual Grammy® Award as conductor of the London Symphony in the Best Classical
Compendium category for Spiritualist, her fifth world premiere recording of the music of Kenneth Fuchs.
Her Naxos recording of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan with the
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra received two Grammys in 2008.

Falletta is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served by presidential
appointment as a Member of the National Council on the Arts during the Bush and Obama
administrations, and is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards. She has
introduced over 500 works by American composers, including well over 100 world premieres. In March
2019, JoAnn was named Performance Today’sClassical Woman of the Year.
She received her undergraduate degree from the Mannes School of Music, and her master’s and doctorate
degrees from The Juilliard School. When not on the podium, JoAnn enjoys playing classical guitar,
writing, cycling, yoga, and is an avid reader.

Program notes

Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer and pianist
born: December 17, 1770, Bonn; died: March 26, 1827, Vienna

       Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
            Allegro ma non troppo - Cheerful Impressions upon
                                           Arrival in the Country
               Andante molto moto - Scene by the Brook
                            Allegro - Merry Gathering of Countryfolk
                            Allegro - Thunderstorm
                          Allegretto - Shepherd’s Song of Glad and Happy
                                           Feelings after the Storm

    Often considered as a bridge between the Classical and Romantic periods of music, Beethoven’s
Pastoral Symphony was completed as a true ‘Tale from the Vienna Woods’ in 1808. The work received its
premiere in Vienna on December 22 of that same year, sharing the bill with the first performance of the
composer’s epic fifth symphony. (Quite a day in the history of music!)
   While Symphony No. 6 is constructed on a formal, traditional basis, the work is otherwise a
symphonic tone poem, complete with individual tableaus to which Beethoven added descriptive titles.
Perhaps the subjective nature of the score was best summarized by another composer who likewise could
write with a painter’s instinct - the French master Hector Berlioz:
    “In the first movement, the composer wishes to characterize the tranquility and peace of shepherd
country life. The herdsmen appear nonchalantly in the fields, their pipes heard near and afar. Ravishing
phrases caress one’s ears deliciously, like perfumed morning breezes. Flocks of clamoring birds are
overhead, and the sky seems turgid with vaporous clouds which flit across the beaming sun, only to
disappear again allowing its light to flood the terrain with torrents of dazzling splendor.
    “The Scene by the Brook is devoted to contemplation. Beethoven doubtless composed this admirable
setting while lying back on the grass, his eyes uplifted, ears intent, fascinated by the myriad hues of light
and sound, at the same time in view of a brook accompanied by its own scintillating sounds of waves
breaking over the pebbles near the shore. How delicious this music is!
    “In the Merry Gathering the poet leads us to a joyous peasant reunion. We are aware that they dance
and laugh at first with moderation...then become animated, noisy and frenetic. Mountaineers arrive with
their wood-heavy clogs and the music becomes still more lively. The dance becomes a medley, a rush -
the women’s hair begins to fall over their shoulders. There is clapping, shouting and the peasants run and
rush about with mad gaiety...then sudden fright ensues when distant thunder is heard in the middle of the
dancing...Consternation and surprise seize the celebrants who seek their safety in flight from the ominous
din.
   “In the fourth movement Thunderstorm listen to those gusts of wind, laden with rain; those sepulchral
moanings of the basses; those shrill whistles of the piccolo, announcing the fearful tempest about to burst.
The hurricane approaches, swells; an immense chromatic streak burrows from the highest notes to the
lowest depths, seizes the basses and writhes like a whirlwind, leveling everything in its way. Then the
trombones burst forth and the thunderous timpani redoubles its fury into a frightful cataclysm, the
universal deluge, the end of the world.
   “The Pastoral Symphony ends with the Shepherd’s song, a hymn of gratitude. Everything smiles. The
shepherds reappear; they answer each other on the mountain, regathering their scattered flocks. The sky is
now serene; the torrents cease to flow; calmness returns, and with it the rustic songs, whose gentle
melodies bring repose to the soul after the consternation of the magnificent horror just passed.”
   To add a bit of French esprit to his enthusiasm for this work, the irrepressible Berlioz also wrote: “The
sixth symphony is an astonishing landscape - painted by Michelangelo.”

-Program note by Edward Yadzinski

Christopher Rogerson (American, b. 1988-)

               Among Mountains (2016)

From the composer:

My childhood summers were spent in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. We traveled all over
Oregon, to Black Butte Ranch, Bend, Crater Lake. We fished the Metolius River, hiked between alpine
lakes, visited the Columbia River Gorge. Among Mountains is a short ode to the simplicity of that time
and the majesty and beauty of the Cascade Range.

Edvard Grieg (Norwegian; 1843-1907)

               Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op.46 (1875)

   Edvard Grieg was the most significant Scandinavian composer during the years leading up to the
beginning of the twentieth century. He was a prolific composer of songs and music for the piano, small
lyric compositions being his obvious forte. In addition to his songs, he wrote a large number of choral
works, many for unaccompanied male voices, and some of them remain evergreen favorites. While he did
compose in other genres, achieving notable success with his only piano concerto and his string quartet,
the latter were exceptional. He was educated at the Leipzig conservatory, where his early models were
Schubert and Schumann, and he spent much time in Copenhagen. Like all of his fellow countrymen of
that generation, he was oriented to Denmark, the Danish language, and Danish culture in general. Later, in
his early twenties, under the influence of the great Norwegian violinist, Ole Bull, he developed an affinity
for Norwegian peasant culture. That effected a major change in his musical outlook, and for the rest of his
life he plumbed the depths of Norwegian folk music and literature. It became a major part of his musical
style and placed him firmly in the ranks of the nationalist composers so characteristic of the latter half of
the nineteenth century. Even when not directly quoting folk materials, the harmonies, rhythms, and
melodic nuances of that tradition deeply inform his musical style.
In 1874 Grieg was asked to write incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 play, Peer Gynt.
Initially, Grieg thought that it would be a short and easily completed project, but it stretched into some
twenty-six separate pieces, which he completed by July 1875. Later, the composer extracted eight of
these movements to comprise two, four-movement suites. The play and the music premiered in 1976, but
the play, a rather strange and almost bizarre affair, has not garnered the success of Grieg’s music. While
the average listener probably conjures up visions of Nordic vistas and quaint, folkish sagas, that is not
what the picaresque play and Grieg’s atmospheric music is about, at all. Rather, it tracks an improbable
and less-than-sympathetic rogue in a variety of adventures in places like Egypt and Morocco. The
ubiquitous “morning” scene takes place in the Arabian desert, where our hero awakens after having been
robbed by the seductress, Anitra. Anitra’s dance is that of the daughter of an Arabian chieftain, whom
Gynt attempts unsuccessfully to seduce; Grieg weaves a wonderfully oriental atmosphere for her
tantalizing charms. “Solveig’s Song” is from the last act of the play, where Gynt’s beloved sings of her
steadfast faithfulness during his absence, even to her old age, not knowing whether he is alive or not.
Originally, it was sung in the play, but here is played by the solo violin. The “Hall of the Mountain King”
is a depiction of a really ridiculous scene that takes place after Gynt has gotten smashing drunk with three
dairymaids who were waiting to be courted by trolls. In the ensuing hangover he knocks himself out
accidentally and dreams that he is challenged by the troll king over a paternity question. The music
cleverly depicts Gynt’s escape after having witnessed the dance of the pig-faced trolls, and his subsequent
insult to the troll king’s daughter. Grieg’s “incidental music” for the play is evocative of his mastery of the
short character piece, and one can understand why it has met the test of time far better than Ibsen’s wild
morality tale.

-Program note ©William E. Runyan

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS                   Allison Appoloney                     Jeffrey Williams
The Artpark & Company                Dena Armstrong                        Max Willig
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comprised of community               Thomas B. Burrows                     Earl W. Brydges, Jr., Esq.
leaders, tourism officials and         John Camp                             Ruth Sass
other esteemed Western New           Joseph Certo                          Advisory Council
York businesspeople. These           Paulette M. Crooke                    Steve Broderick
individuals are imperative in        Francine DelMonte                     Thomas Brydges, Esq.
Artpark's planning process,          Michael J. Dowd, Esq.                 Daniel E. Cantara III
budget development,                  Michael Hickey                        Terry Collesano
sponsorship obtainment and           Omar Khan                             Thomas J. Fatta
event organization.                  Skip Mazenauer                        Brian Geary
                                     Michael McInerney                     Pamela Jacobs-Vogt
2020-2021 Board of Directors         Mark Mistretta                        Seymour H. Knox IV
                                     Daniel Montante                       Alison Lytle
Joanne Bauer - Chairperson
                                     Marcy Newman                          Angelo J. Morinello
Christopher Leardini - Vice
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Chair
                                     Joseph Philippone                     Sophia Smith
Stephen Turner - Treasurer
                                     Pamela Priest                         Richard Soluri
Vincent Agnello - Secretary
                                     Allison Sagraves                      Lorie L. Washuta
Directors
                                     Duncan Smith                          Anne Welch
                                     Michael Vitch                         Rebecca Wydysh
Thanks to the Artpark staff:

 Sofya (Sonia) Clark                            President

 Francine Delmonte                              Volunteer Coordinator
 Sarah Dolan                                    Patron Services Assistant
 David Hobba                                    Facilities Operations Manager

 Katie Miller                                   Business Manager

 Nancy Osborne                                  Director of Patron Services
 Cynthia Pegado                                 Director of Artpark Bridges
 Michael Riccio                                 Development Associate
 Susan Stimson                                  Production Manager

 Anjuli Vecchies                                Ticketing Operations Manager

 Dave Wedekindt                                 Vice President of Concerts & Marketing

 Tanis Winslow                                  Director of Family Programs

 David B. Seide                                 Curatorial Projects Manager

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