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1 06-7 Season Garrick Ohlsson PIANO Mark Russell Sith MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Heidi Melton SOPRANO Supported by Mark Russell Sith, Music Director And Conductor QCSO (776)

table of contents WELCOME MASTERWORKS SERIES SIGNATURE

ORDER FORM SINGLE TICKETS & VENUE MAPS -5 6 7 8 9-0 for

Perforances Pops Concerts QCSYEs Concerts Faily Concert

counity tickets Cover only one third of the cost 5,6

Classroos 59 Mebers of Youth Ensebles 89 Students Take

with Pro Musicians 5 Instruents for Kids Beneficiaries

2 table of contents WELCOME MASTERWORKS SERIES SIGNATURE SERIES POPS & FAMILY CONCERT SUBSCRIBER PRIVILEGES ORDER FORM SINGLE TICKETS & VENUE MAPS for perforances Masterworks Perforances 5 Signature Series Perforances Pops Concerts QCSYEs Concerts Faily Concert Side-by-Side Concert Counity Wide Side-by-Side for the counity tickets Cover only one third of the cost 5,6 Students at Syphony Day,566 Students Reached in Classroos 59 Mebers of Youth Ensebles 89 Students Take Private Lessons fro Pro Musicians 76 Students Perfor with Pro Musicians 5 Instruents for Kids Beneficiaries $,600 in Youth Music Scholarships Awarded $,000 in Youth Financial Aid

Mark Russell Sith Music Director and Conductor When you attend a syphony perforance you escape the noise of daily life. You rejoice and thrill to beautiful sounds. You live a personal experience.

3 Mark Russell Sith Music Director and Conductor When you attend a syphony perforance you escape the noise of daily life. You rejoice and thrill to beautiful sounds. You live a personal experience. You support the arts. You build an appreciation of usic and open new worlds for the young in our counity. You support a usician, connect with friends and loved ones, and enjoy a cherished bit of delight in your life. Your attendance eans all those things and so uch ore. We welcoe and appreciate your attendance and know that your ticket will take you where you want to go. See you this season.

asterworks A River Journey can be sweeping, draatic, bold, and thoroughly unexpected.

the Mississippi, the evocative tuba concerto by Iowan Michael Daugherty, featuring Minnesota Orchestra s Steve Capbell.

STRAUSS Don Juan MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Reflections on the Mississippi BEETHOVEN Syphony # Eroica Steve Capbell TUBA MASTERWORKS II River Roance NOVEMBER 06 SATURDAY 5 8:00

tuneful, and poetic Moldau continue our journey through the world s waterways.

The highlight of the progra will be the heroic Quad Cities return of one of Aerica s greatest pianists, Garrick Ohlsson, in Brahs Piano Concerto #, arguably the ost

4 asterworks A River Journey can be sweeping, draatic, bold, and thoroughly unexpected. In our 0nd year - in a counity defined by a river - the Quad City Syphony Orchestra will ebark on a watery foray exploring rivers around the world through their expressive usical depictions. MARK RUSSELL SMITH MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR MASTERWORKS I Heroic Mississippi OCTOBER 06 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY :00 Our river adventure begins right at hoe in Reflections on the Mississippi, the evocative tuba concerto by Iowan Michael Daugherty, featuring Minnesota Orchestra s Steve Capbell. We ll also perfor audience favorite Richard Strauss swashbuckling Don Juan and conclude with Beethoven s Syphony #, Eroica. STRAUSS Don Juan MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Reflections on the Mississippi BEETHOVEN Syphony # Eroica Steve Capbell TUBA MASTERWORKS II River Roance NOVEMBER 06 SATURDAY 5 8:00 SUNDAY 6 :00 The gorgeous and peaceful nostalgia of Aerican coposer Tobias Picker s Old and Lost Rivers and the ost faous and popular of all river pieces, Setana s colorful, tuneful, and poetic Moldau continue our journey through the world s waterways. Rounding out the first half is the best of Mendelssohn s agical Incidental Music to A Midsuer Night s Drea including the faous Wedding March. The highlight of the progra will be the heroic Quad Cities return of one of Aerica s greatest pianists, Garrick Ohlsson, in Brahs Piano Concerto #, arguably the ost challenging piano concerto ever written. TOBIAS PICKER Old and Lost Rivers SMETANA Moldau MENDELSSOHN Scherzo, Nocture, and Wedding March fro A Midsuer Night s Drea BRAHMS Piano Concerto #, Bb Major Garrick Ohlsson PIANO MASTERWORKS III Water Music DECEMBER 06 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY :00 We first explore English and Geran rivers through Handel s Water Music. Next, our beloved principal cellist Hannah Holan is spotlighted in Elgar s lushly eotional Cello Concerto. The progra cliaxes with Schuann s epic and swirling Rhine River tribute, Syphony #. HANDEL Water Music Suite ELGAR Cello Concerto SCHUMANN Syphony #, Rhenish Hannah Holan CELLO Supported by:

asterworks MASTERWORKS IV Joined by a River FEBRUARY 07 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY 5 :00 We open with the elodic Dawn on the Moscow River by Mussorgsky, colorfully orchestrated by Risky-Korsakov.

The progra closes with Mozart s ajestic Prague Syphony and Johann Strauss, Jr. s evergreen Blue Danube Waltz.

V River of Life MARCH 07 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY 5 :00 Soprano Heidi Melton returns fro triuphant appearances in Carnegie Hall with the Vienna Philharonic to grace our stages in Richard Strauss

5 asterworks MASTERWORKS IV Joined by a River FEBRUARY 07 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY 5 :00 We open with the elodic Dawn on the Moscow River by Mussorgsky, colorfully orchestrated by Risky-Korsakov. Then, we present a World Preiere by Michael Abels inspired by our river journey. Concertaster Naha Greenholtz will thrill in Mozart s playful Violin Concerto #5. The progra closes with Mozart s ajestic Prague Syphony and Johann Strauss, Jr. s evergreen Blue Danube Waltz. MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY Dawn on the Moscow River MOZART Violin Concerto #5 in A Major MICHAEL ABELS World Preiere MOZART Syphony #8, The Prague STRAUSS Blue Danube Waltz Naha Greenholtz VIOLIN MASTERWORKS V River of Life MARCH 07 SATURDAY 8:00 SUNDAY 5 :00 Soprano Heidi Melton returns fro triuphant appearances in Carnegie Hall with the Vienna Philharonic to grace our stages in Richard Strauss retrospective and loving Four Last Songs. Wagner s Dawn and Siegfried s Rhine Journey transports us on a river voyage at the tie of the twilight of the Gods while Prelude and Liebestod will feature not only our largest orchestra all season, but will also bring Melton back to the stage in the hallark of Geran opera arias. Ravel s throbbing love story Daphnis and Chloe Suite # will leave you ecstatically juping fro your seats. WAGNER Dawn and Siegfried s Rhine Journey fro Götterdäerung (Rheinfahrt) STRAUSS Four Last Songs WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod fro Tristan und Isolde RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe Suite # Heidi Melton SOPRANO MASTERWORKS VI St. Matthew Passion APRIL 07 SATURDAY 8 8:00 SUNDAY 9 :00 In our Season Finale, we disebark fro the river thee in one of Bach s greatest asterpieces, St. Matthew Passion, a work of depth and draa that expresses the power of sacrifice, etaphorically life s journey. Two orchestras and two choirs evoke a dialog in the eotionally charged interactions of Jesus and the Evangelist. Six vocal soloists, two organs, the Quad City Syphony Orchestra, the Augustana College Choir and Quad City Choral Arts will aass on our concert stages. To enhance the enjoyent and inspiration of all, St. Matthew Passion will be perfored in English. You will float fro our season awestruck. BACH St. Matthew Passion, Matthauspassion BMW AUGUSTANA COLLEGE CHOIR AND QUAD CITY CHORAL ARTS Jon Hurty DIRECTOR Supported by: 5

6 SIGNATURE SERIES signature series IMANI WINDS OCTOBER 06 SUNDAY 6 :00 This Gray-noinated woodwind quintet has carved out a distinct presence in the usical world with its dynaic perforances and culturally poignant prograing and interpretations. The QCSO presents Iani Winds in partnership with Quad City Arts Visiting Artists. Valerie Colean FLUTE Toyin Spellan-Diaz OBOE Mark Dover CLARINET Jeff Scott HORN Monica Ellis BASSOON NAHA GREENHOLTZ IN CONCERT JANUARY 07 SUNDAY 9 :00 QCSO Concertaster Naha Greenholtz brings special leadership to the QCSO and is adept at creating connections that atter usically. You will see why she is beloved by usicians and audiences alike through her beautiful and passionate usic aking. She will be accopanied by QCSO Executive Director Benjain Loeb. Naha Greenholtz VIOLIN Benjain Loeb PIANO HORN FOURTUNE: THE QCSO HORN SECTION FEBRUARY 07 SUNDAY 6 :00 Sitting far, far away at the back of the orchestra for ost Masterworks perforances is the stand-out QCSO horn section! Playing this instruent with a broad range of colors, fro ajestic, to tender to ysterious, these four exceptional usicians have assebled a progra of beauty and power that will inspire. Marc Zyla HORN Peter Kortenkap HORN Joshua Johnson HORN Allison Tutton HORN MADISON STRING TRIO MARCH 07 SUNDAY 9 :00 Fresh fro a war reception on Wisconsin Public Radio coes an intiate afternoon of fine usic fro three accoplished usicians. Led by our extraordinary Concertaster Naha Greenholtz, this radiant enseble will offer a concert of both failiar and unusual works. Naha Greenholtz VIOLIN Vicki Powell VIOLA Madeleine Kabat CELLO PRO ARTE STRING QUARTET MAY 07 SATURDAY 7:0 The QCSO will feature a special perforance by the Quartet-in-Residence of the University of Wisconsin Madison at the grande dae of Quad Cities establishents, The Outing Club. You will thrill to the atched sounds and deeply penetrating usic aking of one of Aerica s esteeed chaber groups. Join us for an optional dinner preceding the perforance! David Perry VIOLIN Suzanne Bela VIOLIN Sally Chishol VIOLA Parry Karp VIOLINCELLO 6 Supported by: WVIK/QCSO Signature Series perforances are held at Wallenberg Hall, Augustana College, with the exception of the May event to be held at Davenport s The Outing Club.

This concert is packed with classic Eagles favorites including Take it to the Liit, Desperado, and Hotel California.

7 QUAD CITY BANK & TRUST RIVERFRONT POPS: THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS! SEPTEMBER 06 SATURDAY 0 6:0 Enjoy a day in the sun and an evening under the stars! Bring your picnic to this year s Quad City Bank & Trust Riverfront Pops and rock out to The Eagles Greatest Hits. It s a spectacular, live syphonic rock hybrid like none other! This concert is packed with classic Eagles favorites including Take it to the Liit, Desperado, and Hotel California. The progra will cliax with our traditional, rousing renditions of both Tchaikovsky s 8 Overture and Sousa s Stars and Stripes Forever set to a brilliant fireworks display! QCSO HOLIDAY POPS: COMMUNITIES IN CONCERT! NOVEMBER 06 SATURDAY 9 :00 SATURDAY 9 8:00 Ushering in the season and all-new this year is a fresh, high-energy interpretation of the Quad City Syphony Orchestra Holiday Pops tradition featuring a festive usical celebration of the holidays! Showcased will be a fun Audience-Choice Nutcracker fro Ballet Quad Cities, a resounding Hallelujah Chorus sing-along, bells of Christas, and oodles of the joyous holiday usic you know and love. Featuring the First Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir and Quad City Choral Arts. We also have a few special surprises in store! Holiday Pops: Counities in Concert is sure to continue as a beloved Quad Cities holiday tradition ringing in the Christas Season. It s a delight that everyone in the faily will enjoy. QCSO FAMILY CONCERT: DR. SEUSS! APRIL 07 SATURDAY 9 :0 Dr. Seuss classics Green Eggs and Ha and The Sneetches - featuring soe of the best-loved stories and characters of all tie - coe usically to life! Fantastical tales set to the full syphonic sounds of the QCSO are aniated by on stage actors, video, and narration. There s plenty of errient to capture the iagination of kids of all ages at this season s Faily Concert. Gather a group and join us for this whisical journey! 7

8 subscriber privileges enrich & ease your experience GUARANTEED SUPER SAVINGS Save 5% on Full and 5% on Trio subscriptions as copared to single ticket prices. And be sure to add your favorite Pops events! PRIORITY SEATING Choose the best seats in the house before single-ticket purchasers get a chance to buy the. Then keep your seats fro year to year through subscription renewal! INSIDE THE MUSIC Join QCSO Music Director Mark Russell Sith in an exploration of the Masterworks progras on the Thursday evening preceding each Masterworks weekend. Doors open at 5:00 p., cash bar. Open to all. Free. Hosted by the Hotel Blackhawk PRIORITY TICKET ACCESS Get early access to season upgrades such as special guest artists (e.g. Yo-Yo Ma), Pops, Signature Series and Faily Concert before they go on sale to the public. FREE TICKET EXCHANGE You can always exchange tickets between Masterworks progras the sae weekend if you are a subscriber and ake an online request or stop in our offices by the Thursday preceding the perforance. A $.00 fee per order is assessed after Thursday or onsite. FREE SEAT UPGRADE FOR FULL SUBSCRIBERS Once each season upgrade your seats one full zone (Zones -). A great way to enhance your experience! Upgrade requests ay be ade online or in our offices by the Thursday preceding the perforance. No upgrades after Thursday. FREE TICKET REPLACEMENT Should you isplace your original tickets, we ll replace the free of charge. CONCERT CONVERSATIONS Concertgoers are invited to attend inforal pre-concert conversations to hear about the works being presented that evening. One hour prior to each Masterworks concert in the hall. Hosted by Kai Swanson. Free. Sponsored by Chris Connolly, Wells Fargo Advisors AFTERGLOW Float out of the Adler and into the lobby of the Hotel Blackhawk where you can eet and ingle with your peers, Maestro Mark Russell Sith, guest artists and ebers of the QCSO. Cash bar. Hotel Blackhawk Lobby. Free. Hosted by the Hotel Blackhawk STUDENTS@SYMPHONY Students are invited to attend QCSO rehearsals on the Friday before each Masterworks perforance. During a break, Maestro, guest artists and any usicians are available for conversations, advice and encourageent for students. Free to all students. BRING-A-FRIEND FOR FREE FOR FULL SUBSCRIBERS Full season subscribers receive one coplientary ticket voucher per subscription each season to invite a friend to a Masterworks perforance of their choice. WAIVED PROCESSING FEES WHEN BOOKING ONLINE Subscribers who book ONLINE and receive tickets by this season will have all subscription processing ($6.00) and ailing ($.00) fees waived. Siply book online by June 0 and print-your-own tickets received by eail. for new subscribers SHUTTLE BUSES Convenient park-and-ride shuttle service is available for all Masterworks perforances. Visit qcso.org for pick-up ties and locations. A $.00 return ticket fee is charged. LARGE-PRINT AND BRAILLE PROGRAMS To facilitate usic appreciation by the sight ipaired, large-print and braille progras are available for each Masterworks concert at the QCSO table in the lobby. Sponsored by Davenport Eye Group, P.C. GUARANTEE TO LOVE Are you worried that you ay not love the QCSO Masterworks concerts? If this is your concern and if this is your first subscription with the QCSO, we will guarantee that you will. So for all NEW subscribers, if you re not copletely satisfied, just cancel your subscription after Masterworks I and before Masterworks II to get a full refund. 8

9 order for You ay subscribe or renew online with NO processing fees through June 0 at QCSO.org. If you would like to subscribe or renew with this for, please continue down the page and to the other side. i would like to (check one): Renew y present seat location. (Please proceed to Step.) Change y current seat location or order a new subscription. (Please proceed to Step.) Start a new subscription. (Please proceed to Step.) please describe your seating request Subscribers whose requests cannot be accoodated will retain their current seats. select seats- FULL Includes ALL 6 Masterworks, TRIO includes Pick- Masterworks Loge Preier Loge Zone Zone Zone Zone # of Seats Total $ SAT. FULL Adult $79 $0 $ $7 $6 $60 $ Student $9 $0 $ $86 $6 $0 $ SAT. TRIO* Adult $58 $0 $8 $97 $7 $6 $ Student $79 $70 $6 $8 $6 $8 $ SUN. FULL Adult X X $7 $6 $8 $5 $ Student X X $86 $6 $ $7 $ SUN. TRIO* Adult X X $97 $7 $6 $0 $ Student X X $8 $6 $ $5 $ Students are any individuals under age 8 and/or students with current college ID. New Masterworks subtotal $ * Choose three () Masterworks for your TRIO: MW MW MW MW MW5 MW6 choose additional concerts: QUAD CITY BANK & TRUST RIVERFRONT POPS: THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS! SATURDAY SEPTEMBER :0 P.M. # of Seats Total $ Adult $8 ($ at gate) Child (-) $ Riverfront Pops subtotal: $ HOLIDAY POPS: COMMUNITIES IN CONCERT! Loge Preier Loge Zone Zone Zone Zone # of Seats Total $ Select Perforance Adult $5 $8 $ $8 $8 $8 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 06 :00 P.M. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 06 Student $8 $ $8 $ $ $ 8:00 P.M. Holiday Pops subtotal: $ FAMILY CONCERT: DR. SEUSS! SATURDAY APRIL 9 06 :0 P.M. Loge Preier Loge Zone Zone Zone Zone # of Seats Total $ Adult $0 $8 $5 $ $0 $8 Student $5 $ $0 $7 $5 $ Faily Concert subtotal: $ 9

10 choose additional concerts: CONTINUED wvik/qcso signature series General Adission Adult $5 # General Adission Student $0 # Total $ OCTOBER 6 P.M. WALLENBERG HALL IMANI WINDS JANUARY 9 P.M. WALLENBERG HALL NAHA GREENHOLTZ IN CONCERT FEBRURAY 6 P.M. WALLENBERG HALL HORN FOURTUNE: QCSO HORN SECTION MARCH 9 P.M. WALLENBERG HALL MADISON STRING TRIO MAY 7:0 P.M. THE OUTING CLUB PRO ARTE STRING QUARTET FULL SUBSCRIPTION (Five concerts for the price of four!) General Adission General Adission Adult $00 Student $0 WVIK/QCSO SIGNATURE SERIES SUBTOTAL: $ 5 coplete the suary table: Season Ticket Subtotal fro page 9: $ Riverfront Pops subtotal: $ Holiday Pops subtotal: $ Faily Concert subtotal: $ WVIK/QCSO Signature Series subtotal: $ Donations to the Annual Fund help us bridge the gap between ticket sales and expenses. I would like to ake a donation to the 06-7 Annual Fund of: Processing fee: Mailing fee $.00: Eail y tickets: TOTAL: $ $ 6.00 $ $ FREE $ 6 custoer info: Nae: Address: City: State: Zip: Eail: Hoe # Cell# 7 payent ethod: Check enclosed (payable to QCSO) Mastercard Visa Aerican Express Discover Credit Card #: Exp. Date: / CVV Code: Nae on card: Billing Zip Code: Signature: QCSO, 7 Brady St, Davenport, IA 580. For QCSO use only: PM: Check #/Date Check #/Date Charge Date/Init. 0

11 single tickets & venue aps The QCSO has special progras to accoodate groups, visitors and students. Purchase 5 or ore tickets to get great group rates and special seating. CORPORATE ENTERTAINING Create strong custoer loyalty and eployee relationships with a eorable evening out. FUNDRAISERS Tickets are an affordable way to greatly enhance the perceived value of your gala, silent auction or event. TOUR GROUPS Build your tour around the syphony or enhance your offerings with a atinee or evening perforance. STUDENTS We offer special pricing for students and youth groups. We welcoe usic lovers who ay only have the opportunity to attend a couple or even one perforance. Visit us online at qcso.org or call 56--QCSO (776), stop by or write to the QCSO Box Office at 7 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 580. THE ADLER THEATRE CENTENNIAL HALL Stage Orchestra LOGE LOGE ZONE ZONE PREMIER ZONE ZONE LP L ADLER THEATRE 6 E. rd Street Davenport, Iowa L Stage Balcony L LP CENTENNIAL HALL Augustana College 70 7th Avenue Rock Island, Illinois LECLAIRE PARK 00 Biederbecke Drive Davenport, Iowa Stage WALLENBERG HALL Denkann Meorial Building Augustana College 50 7th Avenue Rock Island, Illinois

12 Have you also learned that secret fro the river; that there is no such thing as tie? - Herann Hesse Rivers winding through the landscape like strips of glossy ribbon. Life is like a river, soeties it sweeps you gently along and soeties the rapids coe out of nowhere. - J.K. Rowling - Ea Sith

Mark Russell Smith, Music Director And Conductor Annual Report

Mark Russell Smith, Music Director And Conductor 2014-15 Annual Report Dear Friends, Who must we thank for a blockbuster year? You - and everyone reading this report. Our combined efforts this year produced