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As the Music Director and Conductor of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2020-21 season! Music (and life) is about the people we get to experience it with. I understand my role as the Music Director of our beautiful orchestra as one of a collaborator and communicator in our community. As another year passes, you will hopefully see our musicians and me out in the community, building and nurturing strong relationships, and bringing people of different backgrounds and from all walks of life together, all through the uniting powers of music.

I am convinced that through our art and music, we can make this world more peaceful and harmonious—one note at a time. This belief stands at the core of everything I do. The musicians and I take our responsibilities within our community very serious. We hope that our music will bring you joy, happiness, entertainment, solace, comfort, peace; but we will also ask the big questions—sometimes uncomfortable ones—and hope to provoke thoughts, discussions, and dialogue.

As we look forward to our 2020-21 season, I’m most excited to see our

community come together to connect through music. Our season concerts allow our musicians to shine and our guest artists bring new highlights to our stage. We hope to go deeper with pre-concert talks and post-concert receptions, so you can get to know both the music and the people who create it.

But our connections won’t end in the concert hall. Our chamber series will allow more intimate gatherings to appreciate the incredible pieces our principal musicians have to offer. For a completely different experience, you can join us at Fox Cities Stadium for our free, family concert, and enjoy music and fireworks under the stars. Our small group quartets will work with our youngest students in local schools and seniors in area assisted living communities.

Music is a gift to be shared with all, and it is our commitment that we will do our best to break down barriers and bring people together.

WELCOME TO OUR2020/21 SEASON!

Dr. Kevin F. E. Sütterlin, — Music Director

Jamie LaFreniere— Executive Director

“I believe that an arts organization should be a mirror of its community; in a community as beautifully diverse and engaging as ours this means that the music we play should be equally diverse.”

— Kevin Sütterlin

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Born in Franconia, Maximilian Krummen had early musical experience as a clarinetist.

From 2013 to 2015 he was a member of the International Opera Studio at the Berlin State Opera and a scholarship holder of the Liz Mohn Cultural Foundation.

Guest engagements have taken him again to the Berlin State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Aachen Theater, the Salzburg State Theater, the Bonn Opera, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Immling Festival and the Bregenz Festival.

He has been a member of the ensemble of the Braunschweig State Theater since the 2017/2018 season.

The young baritone was heard in recitals and concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Tonhalle Zurich and at European festivals in Wiltz, Schiermonnigkoog and the Heidelberg Spring. He sang with the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Sinfonieorchester Aachen, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra.

He was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation and winner of the Dr. Stüsser Foundation.

Hailed by The Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” Filipino-American pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion has appeared in concert halls in Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey and the USA, as a recitalist and concerto soloist. He played his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra, and his New York recital debut in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 1999.

He is featured in the award-winning recording “Songs My Father Taught Me” with Lynn Harrell, produced by Louise Frank and WFMT-Chicago. Mr. Asuncion is the Founder and Artistic Board Director of FilAm Music Foundation, a non-profit foundation that is dedicated to promoting Filipino classical musicians through scholarship and performance.

He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in 2007 from the University of Maryland at College Park under the tutelage of Rita Sloan. Victor Santiago Asuncion is a Steinway artist.

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October 24, 2020 • 7:30 PM

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November 21, 2020 • 7:30 PM

Victor Santiago Asuncion

• EVAN WILLIAMS: Titan (commission, world premiere)

• F. SCHUBERT: Ihr Bild, b minor (orchestration: Anton Webern)

• F. SCHUBERT: Ständchen, c minor (orchestration: Jacques Offenbach)

• F. SCHUBERT: Erlkönig, f minor (orchestration: Franz Liszt)

• G. MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

• G. MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

• SCOTT L. HINES: Star Fire (commission, world premiere)

• LOUISE FARRENC: Overture No. 1, Op. 23 in E minor

• P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, TH 55, in B-flat minor

• FLORENCE PRICE: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

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Watch in awe as talented local dancers tell this classic holiday tale, accompanied with live music by the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Lawrence Academy Girl Choir.

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December 19, 2020 • 7:30 PM

December 20, 2020 • 1:00 PM

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Dr. Lily Afshar• STELLA SUNG: Loco-Motion • JOAQUIN RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35

Dr. Lily Afshar has grounded her career on a strong foundation of excellent formal education, upon which she has built an exceptional record of innovative achievements. With a bachelor’s degree from The Boston Conservatory, she earned her Master of Music at The New England Conservatory and went on to study at Florida State University, where she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Music in guitar performance.

She conducts master classes worldwide and has released many instructional DVDs for students. She was chosen as an “Artistic Ambassador” to Africa for the United States Information Agency.

A true citizen of the world, Afshar’s concert touring has taken her to solo, chamber music, and orchestral performances in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. From Wigmore Hall in London to the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, she has played before a wide range of audiences and learned to bridge gaps of culture and distance through her music.

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Before joining the Fox Valley Symphony in 2014, Marty Erickson was principal/solo tubist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., where he served for twenty-six years. He has been the principal Eb Tubist with the Brass Band of Battle Creek for the past twenty-five years and is a founding member of Millennium Brass Quintet, The Symphonia tuba-euphonium ensemble, and the Tuba-Percussion duo Balance with percussionist Alison Shaw.

Having served on the faculties of Penn State University and Eastern Michigan University, Mr. Erickson is in his 18th year as Instructor of Tuba, Euphonium and Chamber music at the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University.

He has been a featured jazz and classical performer at seven International Tuba-Euphonium Conventions. In May 2015, Marty traveled to Switzerland and Germany to perform as guest soloist with brass bands and as a recitalist.

Mr. Erickson is a Past-President of the International Tuba-Euphonium Association. He is the Adjudicating Chairman for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival.

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Join us at Riverview Gardens for our Chamber Series, showcasing our musicians performing music they love including complex chamber pieces. You will enjoy a warm, relaxed setting where we can all get closer to the music.

Our 2020-21 Chamber Series schedule will be released this summer. Look for details on our website at foxvalleysymphony.com.

IN HARMONY brings music to individuals with special needs BIG ARTS IN THE LITTLE APPLE empowers students to explore music with visual arts SENIOR SERIES breaks down barriers in senior communities with free public concerts EDUCATION CONCERT introduces Link Up symphonic music to elementary students FVSO ON THE TOWN brings the power of symphonic music to our community FVSO IN THE SCHOOLS enhances school music education programs with FVSO musicians

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Marty Erickson• JOSE ELIZONDO: Ferial • L. V. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 • ARILD PLAU: Concerto for Tuba and Strings • A. BORODIN: Symphony No. 2

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Cirque de la Symphonie is an elegant fusion of cirque and orchestra, adapting the stunning performances of cirque artists with the majesty of the full Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra.

Veterans of cirque programs throughout the world will come together to fill the theatre in a brand-new way as aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers and more. These are some of the most accomplished veterans of cirque programs and include world record holders, gold-medal winners, and Olympians.

One music director exclaimed, “It’s like one plus one equals three - the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” Featuring live music from the orchestra, see how music can inspire even the most unique forms of movement.

April 17, 2021 • 7:30 PM

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Brats, Beer & Beethoven is a FREE, family-friendly, community event featuring a concert by the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, the MacDowell Male Chorus and the Fox Valleyaires. The evening closes with a huge fireworks celebration at Fox Cities Stadium. Mark your calendars for Friday, July 10, 2020 .

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OPENING NIGHT October 24, 2020 7:30 p.m.

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WINTER February 6, 2021 7:30 p.m.

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FALL November 21, 2020 7:30 p.m.

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