The Manchester Symphony Society and

Manchester College welcome you to the 68th Season

of the Manchester Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Magic
Sunday, December 3, 2006
3:00 pm
Cordier Auditorium, North Manchester, Indiana

Program
Christmas Suite .......................................................................................François Joseph Gossec
I. Adagio – Siciliana (1734-1829)
II. Le Chant
III. Accurrite gentes

“Adoration of the Magi” from Trittico Botticelliano .................................. Ottorino Respighi

(1879-1936)

Kol Nidreia.....................................................................................................................Max Bruch

(1838-1920)
Brook Bennett, cello

intermission

“Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”

“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations .........................................................Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)
Stuart Jones, narrator

Christmas Music for Orchestra .............................................................................. John Cacavas

(b.1930)
Manchester College Chamber Singers

Sleigh Ride ............................................................................................................Leroy Anderson

(1908-1975)
Holiday Sing-a-Long

Please join us in the Cordier lobby for a post-concert reception

courtesy of Chartwell’s Food Service.

The lobby is decorated by the students of

Ejenobo Oke, Instructor of Art at Manchester College.

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 Orchestra Personnel
Violin I Flute Bass Trombone
Dessie Arnold** Sara Kauffman+ Scott Hippensteel
Ross Bercot Sarah Curry+
Linda Kummernuss Jena Eichenlaub+ Tuba
Ilona Orban Robert Lynn
Ervin Orban Piccolo
Jena Eichenlaub+ Percussion
Violin II Dave Robbins*
Joyce Dubach* Oboe Andrew Klein
Martha Barker George Donner* Michael Holler+
Janice Eplett Nyssa Gore+
Casey Lambert+ Deana Strantz+ Harp
Megan Stout
Viola Bassoon
Naida McDermid* Erich Zummack* Keyboard
Julie Sadler Amy Cox Alan Chambers
Margaret Sklenar Michael Good
Caleb McMillan Clarinet
Nick Kwolek Lila D. Hammer* ** Denotes concertmaster
Mark W. Huntington * Denotes principal
Cello player
Brook Bennett* Horn + Denotes Manchester
Tim Spahr John Morse* College Student
Tony Spahr Katie Daniels+ ++ Denotes student
Sara Thomas Brittany Cook++ librarian
Jason Ney Tammy Sprunger

Bass Trumpet Rehearsal refreshments

Darrel Fiene* Steve Hammer* for the Manchester
Sam Gnagey Jason Lucker Symphony Orchestra
Brad Kuhns musicians are generously
Trombone donated by Nordmann’s
Jon Hartman* Nook, North Manchester.
Larry Dockter

Past Conductors
W. David Koile 1939-42 James A Carlson 1970-73
Samuel L. Flueckiger 1942-53 Jack C. Laumer 1973-77
Vernon Stinebaugh 1953-65 James Baldwin 1977-79
Jack Harriman 1965-67 Robert Jones 1979-2004
David C. McCormick 1967-70
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 Suzanne Gindin, Conductor

Dear Patron,

What better way to celebrate the season than through music? The sixty-eighth season is
off to a great start, including our opening concert in October and our exhilarating “pops”
debut with Amy Grant at the Honeywell Center in November.

We decided to focus this year on the talent of our own players entitling the season,
“Meet the MSO”. Today, MSO principal cellist Brook Bennett, will bring to life the poignant
melodies of Kol Nidrei. The March concert highlights our “regular” players, those who are
here every Monday night for rehearsal. We have programmed three chamber works to be
performed with dancers in a unique staging of music and movement at the Ford Theatre in
Wabash. In our final concert of the season, our harpist Megan Stout will perform Rodrigo’s
Guitar Concerto, transcribed for harp. Guest soprano Alison Buchanan will enchant you
with Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915.

A new feature this year is a “talk-back” after the concert for Manchester Symphony
Society members to get a closer look at the music and the process behind bringing it to
life. This will include the conductor, the soloists, and any other artists who feel inclined.
We encourage you to join the Manchester Symphony Society and take advantage of this
new benefit. Enjoy a special Chartwell’s menu as you listen and experience closure to the
afternoon.

Our educational programming this year will include school visits by the MSO musicians
introducing students to the exciting world of Western music from Baroque to modern. It’s
a great year to take a closer look at the people behind the music who brighten our lives and
bring such wonderful sounds to this community on a regular basis. We welcome you to our
campus, our auditorium, and our hearts as we enjoy sharing with you the gift of music. As
always, we thank you for your continued support and hope that our music-making brings
you a measure of joy this holiday season.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Gindin
Conductor, Manchester Symphony Orchestra

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Brook Bennett, Guest Soloist
Brook Bennett, from Chandler, Arizona, began playing
the cello at age ten and later studied with Jan Simiz,
associate principal cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. He
received a bachelor of music degree from the Cleveland
Institute of Music, where he studied cello with Alan Harris
and Merry Peckham, and chamber music with Peter Salaff.
As a student of Julia Lichten, Brook received a master of
music degree from the Purchase College Conservatory of
Music, State University of New York. During the summer of
2003 and 2004, Brook served as cello faculty member and
ensemble coach for the CREDO Chamber Music Festival’s
“Opus 1” program. As cellist for the Alaska Quartet, he has
Brook Bennett, cello toured throughout Alaska, performing public concerts as
well as ministry outreach for incarcerated men and women. Brook studied Suzuki cello
pedagogy with Catherine Walker at the Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute, and
with Barbara Wampner at the Suzuki Institute of Chicago. He was appointed Suzuki
cello teacher at the Community School of the Arts at Goshen College in 2004.

Suzanne Gindin, Conductor

Maestra Suzanne Gindin is in her third year on the faculty at Manchester College
as Conductor of the MSO and the Symphonic Band. In addition, she heads the music
education program, teaching conducting, methods courses, and horn. After earning
undergraduate degrees in music education and English literature from Northwestern
University, she taught school music for five years, then pursued a Master’s degree in
Conducting at the University of Oregon in the studio of Robert Ponto. She returned to
Northwestern to complete her doctorate under the guidance of Victor Yampolsky. Dr.
Gindin participated in the Oregon Bach Festival for two summers where she worked
with Helmut Rilling. She is a member of the American Conductor’s Guild, Music
Educator’s National Conference, and the College Music Society. She enjoys traveling
and reading fiction by modern American women writers.

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 Program Notes
by James R.C. Adams
Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
(1908-1975)
Leroy Anderson was Born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1908, and died in Woodbury,
Conn., in 1975. He is best known for his attractive melodies and jaunty rhythms in
such pieces as The Syncopated Clock, and Sleigh Ride. He was also notable for his use
of unconventional instruments, as in The Typewriter, and The Sandpaper Ballet (yes, a
typewriter and sandpaper were both used as instruments).

Anderson studied composition at Harvard with Georges Enesco and Walter Piston.
He was a linguist, specializing in German and Scandinavian languages, and served
with U.S. Intelligence in Iceland and the U.S. during the Second World War. .

Christmas Music for Orchestra John Cacavas

(1930- )
(Orchestrated)
John Cacavas is one of those composers whose music you have almost certainly
heard many times without knowing it. He is an American composer, born in
Aberdeen, South Dakota. At the age of thirteen, he started a dance band at his school.
You probably don’t remember that. Later, he composed an oratorio, The Conversion
of Paul, for NBC radio. You probably don’t remember that, either. But I suspect you
do remember the television series, Kojak, starring Telly Savalas, and the fi lms Airport
1975, Airport’77, the TV programs The Executioner’s Song and Margaret Bourke White.
Perhaps you remember the fi lm Horror Express, (starring Telly Savalas, Christopher
Lee, and Peter Cushing). All right, you don’t remember that one either.

John Cacavas is a successful journeyman composer of incidental music. He is

the kind of composer we need even if we don’t notice him. In fact, some people do
notice him, and those who don’t would miss him if they had to watch those fi lms and
TV programs without his music. To my knowledge, he has not written a large-scale
work in which his concept of musical form would be put to the test. Background
music rarely lends itself to such notions as “grand design,” serving, as it must, the
demands of plot. His orchestration is clever, and the orchestral color inventive. He
uses electronic devices imaginatively, but not overpoweringly. He has arranged a
great deal of other people’s music, including a suite called Star Spangled Spectacular
with music by George M. Cohan, and of course today’s Christmas Music for Orchestra.
He has conducted orchestras world-wide, and has lectured on writing music for fi lms.
He won a Grammy Award for the background score for Senator Everett Dirksen’s
spoken word, Gallant Men.
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Christmas Suite François-Joseph Gossec
(1734-1829)
It’s amazing that we don’t hear more of the music of Gossec. He was very prolific,
and made great contributions to French music. He appears to have had an influence
on the young Mozart. Although born in Belgium, Gossec spent most of his life in
France, and is considered a French composer. He had a fine voice, and was a featured
singer from a young age, having begun formal musical study at the age of six. He
wrote in many genres, and was particularly fond of the “sinfonia concertante,” a
specifically French form. He was as important to French music as Haydn was to the
Germanic countries. Although very French in many ways, he was strongly influenced
by the Mannheim school

Among his works are twelve string quartets, seven sextets, and ten symphonies
(some sources count fift y), and a number of operas.

“Adoration of the Magi”

from Trittico Botticelliano Ottorino Respighi
(1879-1936)
The Trittico was inspired by three paintings by the Renaissance painter Sandro
Botticelli. They were “Spring,” “The Adoration of the Magi,” and “The Birth of Venus.”
The central “panel” is appropriate for our season. Respighi (pronounced “ress PEEG
ee”) studied with Max Bruch, and Rimsky-Korsakov, and his brilliant orchestration
owes much to the latter.

Often referred to as an “Impressionist,” because of his tone-painting in such works

as The Pines of Rome, and The Fountains of Rome, he was really quite eclectic. He
wrote music with a Brazilian flavor, as well as music that could be mistaken for that
of an earlier century (Ancient Airs and Dances). In fact, in his later years he became
almost obsessed with early ecclesiastical music, using themes from Gregorian chant,
and writing in the old church modes. Certainly a hint of that can be found in the
Adoration of the Magi.

The piece begins with a polyphonic rendering by woodwinds, quickly moving to

a suggestion of medieval church music, as we hear variations on O Come, O Come,
Emmanuel. References to the Three Kings can be heard in the use of the piano, the
celeste, and the harp.

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Kol Nidrei Max Bruch
(1838-1920)
Bruch was a child prodigy, writing chamber music at the age of eleven, and a
symphony at the age of fourteen. His work was melodious, and well-crafted, but he
was overshadowed by the “new music” of the Second Viennese School. Maligned by
the critics for being old-fashioned , he was nevertheless popular among the people,
because his music was accessible to them. Some critics believe that his strength lay
in his choral writing.

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”

Narrated to the music of “Nimrod,” from The Enigma Variations
Stuart Jones, Narrator Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Of all the music written by Elgar, The Enigma Variations are certainly the most
famous, particularly outside Britain. Elgar is a late Romantic composer, some would
say in the Germanic manner. Actually, Elgar was virtually self-taught. He studied
under no great masters, but absorbed all he heard. He was very familiar with
Continental music, but was uncomfortable theorizing publicly. Except among his
closest friends, he didn’t like to “talk shop.”

Elgar wrote in almost every genre except opera. But he did write striking oratorios,
among the most successful: The Dream of Gerontius. Of course college graduates are
familiar with his Pomp and Circumstance marches.

Elgar’s Enigma Variations (which he had named “Variations on an Original

Theme”) was an unusual work for him, being made up of a series of short pieces.
Each one of the fourteen variations was written to express the character of a group
of friends, his wife, and himself. He wasn’t interested in our knowing to whom they
referred, preferring to offer them simply as “a piece of music.” The truth eventually
emerged, and all the references are now known. Nimrod, the ninth variation, refers
to Elgar’s friend from the publishing house of Novello, Arthur Jaeger. It’s character
goes well with the narration of that famous letter written by Francis P. Church, first
published in The New York Sun in 1897, to a little girl named Virginia O’Hanlon, who
had written the newspaper to find out the truth about Santa Claus.

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 The Manchester Symphony Society
Mission:
The Manchester Symphony Society, in cooperation with Manchester College, sponsors
a community-oriented symphony orchestra to enhance and enrich the musical
understanding and appreciation of the audience, members of the orchestra, and the
community.
About the Manchester Symphony Society
The Manchester Symphony Society is a non-profit organization supported by the
community through memberships, grants, endowments and Manchester College.
Manchester College supports this effort through the free use of its facilities and through
the resources supplied by its exceptionally talented Music Department. The success
of this partnership demonstrates the strong bond between college and community
making our symphony possible.
Under the direction of an all volunteer 14-member board of directors, the MSS funds
four major concerts per year plus two concerts during the summer. The MSS also
offers music workshops and scholarships for young musicians.
Educational Programs
The MSS role provides workshops and educational programs for student musicians.
Over the past several years Tales and Scales have performed in our local elementary
schools and have delighted students as well as introducing them to the various types of
musical instruments and sounds. In addition the MSS has offered workshops from jazz
guitar to percussion instruments.
The MSS also provides a scholarship program for young students (high school and
college) for the purpose of continuing their education in the field of music. Scholarships
are awarded from the Keister Trust.
Student Competition Award Winners:
Every year the MSS hosts a competition for young musicians. The winners are
highlighted and perform with the MSO at the March concert.

Manchester Symphony Society Board of Directors

President – Brad Nadborne Diane Baker
Vice-President – Jim Streator Kathie Grandstaff
Secretary – Mark Huntington Patty Grant
Treasurer – Dan Naragon Art Hunn
Conductor – Suzanne Gindin Margaret Sklenar
MC Music Dept. Chair – Debora DeWitt Beth Sweitzer-Riley
Orchestra Representative – Lila D. Hammer Jeanine Wine
MCS Representative – vacant
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Manchester Symphony Society Members
Where would the orchestra be without the generous support
of the membership? With deep gratitude, The Symphony Society
recognizes and expresses appreciation to our members
and contributors who make each concert possible.
LIFE MEMBERS Al & Ruth Ann Schlitt
Lloyd M. Hoff (deceased) - 1963 Viv Simmons
Vernon H. Stinebaugh - 1989 Virginia G. Spencer
Janice Walrod (deceased) - 1989 Howard & Mary Kathryn Uhrig
Rosemary Manifold - 1993
Robert Bohn - 1999 CHAMBER (Up to $249)
James R.C. Adams - 2004 Stephen A. Batzka
Robert G. Jones - 2004 Charles & Dagny Boebel
Ed & Joann Butterbaugh
CORPORATE GOLD CIRCLE ($1,000+) Debbie & James Chinworth
Fox Products Corporation Rowan Keim Daggett
Steve & Lisa Ford
CORPORATE DIRECTOR ($250 – $499) Ken & Kathie Grandstaff
Frances Slocum Bank Richard & Jane Harshbarger
Lance’s New Market A. Blair Helman
Pam Higgins / Steve Naragon
CONDUCTOR’S PODIUM ($2,500+) Tim & Roberta Hoffman
David and Jane Grandstaff Bruce & Bonnie Ingraham
Charles & Susie Klingler
SYMPHONY (Up to $2,499) Wilson & Mary Lutz
Richard E. Ford JoAnn Martin
Rosemary Manifold
CONCERTO (Up to $999) Hubert & Alice Newcomer
Donald Strauss Dr. & Mrs. Emerson Niswander
The Fine Arts Club of North Manchester One World Handcrafts
Philip & Mary Orpurt
OVERTURE (Up to $499) Ronald d. & Beverly Petry
Mary L. Chrastil Kathy & Roger Presl
Dan & Marsha Croner Jo Reinoehl
David & Ruth Eiler David & Shirley Rogers
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Garner Jo Ann Schall
Art & Ellen Gilbert Conrad Snavely & Bertha Custer
Dr. Mark W. Huntington James & Carol Streator
Ed & Martha Miller Robert Tulley
Dan & Weebe Naragon Becky & David Waas
Dr. James D. Riley & Dr. Beth E. Sweitzer-Riley Helga Walsh
Ingrid & Kendall Rogers Gilbert & Dorothy Weldy

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SOLO (Up to $99) Eldon & Avonne Lee Knecht
Anonymous John & Marjorie Knecht
Cass & Bob Amiss Laurale & John Kreps
Kay L. Batdorf Carolyn Leffel
Wayne & Linda Barkey Virginia McSpadden
Robert Beery Karl & Bonnie Dee Merritt
Mary Louise Briner-Reist Doris H. Miller
John & Mary Ellen Clark Louise R. Miller
Sam † & Carol Davis Olden D. Mitchell
Shethar Davis JoAnne L. Mock
Allen C. & Joan G. Deeter North Manchester Business & Professional
Pauline Delk Women’s Club
Lois Dickinson Maria & Jeff Osborne
Charles L. Dwyer Charles † & Loretta Owens
Bill & Eloise Eberly Dorothy A. Parsons
Dean & Carolyn Eppley Leslie Pettit
Bob & Alice Frantz Carl Pence
Kenneth Frantz Margie & Kaydo Petry
James R. & Kay E. Gaier PSI IOTA XI, GAMMA PHI CHAPTER
Beate Gilliar The Planer-Traxler Family
Robert Greiner Wilodean Rakestraw
Graham & Lana Groombridge Fred & Lois Roop
Arthur & Maxine Haist Jean Scales
Violet R. Hartsough Celia Shankster
Phyllis Hoover Lorraine Slifer
Art & Phyllis Hunn Helene Blough Snider
Luke & Darlene Hunt Darrell Snyder
Kathryn Huntington Ruth E. Tully
Hazel Keller † Ella Mae Weaver
Grace Kester June H. Wolfe
Lucile & Evan Kinsley
Frances L. Kipp † deceased

The Concertmaster’s Chair

The Symphony Society also gratefully acknowledges the generosity of David
and Jane Grandstaff who have provided financial support for the Orchestra’s
Concertmaster this season. The Concertmaster is the lead violinist, leads
the orchestra in its tuning prior to the concert, and customarily plays all of
the violin solos within pieces. Additionally, the Concertmaster marks all of
the violinists’ parts with the appropriate bowings in order that the players
are moving their bows in unison. The Manchester Symphony Society thanks
David and Jane for underwriting this very important position.

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 Gifts that perform forever….
Gifts to the Manchester Symphony Society’s Endowment perform forever. Endowment
contributions are invested to provide a steady stream of income for operating expenses
to meet the needs of the Symphony far into the future.
We are pleased to be supported by an endowment created by our loyal patrons and
administered by the Community Foundation of Wabash County. The Foundation
manages over 140 endowments totaling over $15 million. Endowment gifts can be made
in honor or in memory of a loved one. They can be large or small, current or deferred,
and should be made directly to the Community Foundation of Wabash County.
For more information about giving to the Society, or creating an endowment fund, or
providing for the symphony into the future, please phone Brad Nadborne at 982-5040.

Endowment Gifts
Given By: In Memory of:
Bob & Martha Bohn The Mulligan Family
Bob & Martha Bohn The Bohn Family
Mary Louise Briner-Reist Linn L. Reist, Jr.
Mary L. Chrastil Jerald Schall
Mr & Mrs. Wendell Dilling Jerald Schall
Lois Geible Merrell D. Geible
Peggy Gilbert Marjorie Cook
Patty & David Grant Billie Jane Strauss
Dr. Mark W. Huntington Dr. John T. Huntington
Bob & Stephanie Jones Jerry Schall
Bob & Stephanie Jones Jeremy Dawkins
Rosemary Manifold Orrin Manifold
Karl & Bonnie Dee Merritt Liegh B. & Florence T. Freed
Ed & Martha Miller Jerald Schall
Wilodean Rakestraw Frederick Rakestraw
Drs. James Riley & Beth E. Sweitzer-Riley Jerald Schall
Viv Simmons Jerald Schall
Lorraine Slifer Jerald Schall
Eugene & Catherine Snyder Micheal Snyder
Strauss Family Partnership Billie Jane Strauss
Dave & Jo Switzer Jerald Schall
Paul & Charlotte Trenary Jerald Schall

Given By: In Honor of:

Raymon Eller The Manchester Symphony Orchestra
Wanda Miller Pat and Blair Helman
Phyllis M. States The Manchester Symphony Orchestra

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 For the enjoyment
of everyone…
Please hold applause until
the entire composition is completed.

Please turn off cell phones and pagers.

Photography is not permitted.
Law prohibits recording the performance.

Music lovers of all ages are welcome at concerts.

Children may be most comfortable in a seating location
that provides easy and unobtrusive
exit and re-entry.

If you must leave early, please exit through

rear doors of the auditorium during a program break.

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