An Evening with Christopher Jackson

Keith Lockhart is the second longest-tenured conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra since its founding in 1885. He took over as conductor in 1995, following John Williams’s 13-year tenure from 1980 to 1993; Mr. Williams succeeded the legendary Arthur Fiedler, who was at the helm of the orchestra for nearly 50 years. Keith Lockhart, who occupies the Julian and Eunice Cohen Boston Pops Conductor chair, has conducted more than 2,000 Boston Pops concerts and annual Boston Pops appearances at Tanglewood, as well as 45 national tours and 4 international tours to Japan and Korea. The annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular conducted by Mr. Lockhart draws a live audience of over half a million to the Charles River Esplanade and millions more who view it on television or live webcast. He has led eight albums on RCA Victor/BMG Classics; recent releases on Boston Pops Recordings include A Boston Pops Christmas–Live from Symphony Hall, The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, and Lights, Camera…Music! Six Decades of John Williams. The list of nearly 300 guest artists with whom Keith Lockhart has collaborated represents performers from virtually every corner of the entertainment world. Having recently completed an 8-year tenure as principal conductor, he is now chief guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London; he is also artistic director of the Brevard Music Center summer institute and festival in North Carolina. Prior to his BBC appointment, he spent 11 years as music director of the Utah Symphony. He has appeared as a guest conductor with virtually every major symphonic ensemble in North America and many in Asia and Europe. Before coming to Boston, he was the associate conductor of both the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops orchestras, as well as music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

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For more than 135 years, the Boston Pops has entertained audiences in Boston and beyond, with Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leading the orchestra since 1995. It all began in 1885, thanks to the vision of Civil War veteran Henry Lee Higginson. Four years earlier, in 1881, he founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra, calling its establishment "the dream of my life." From the start he intended to present, in the warmer months, concerts of light classics and the popular music of the day. From a practical perspective, Higginson realized that these "lighter" performances would provide year-round employment for his musicians. The "Promenade Concerts," as they were originally called, were soon informally known as "Popular Concerts," which eventually became shortened to "Pops," the name officially adopted in 1900. The following year the orchestra performed for the first time in its new home, Symphony Hall. Not only is this performance space acoustically outstanding, it was also designed, at Higginson's insistence, so that the rows of seats for Boston Symphony concerts could be replaced by tables and chairs for Pops concerts. To this day, patrons sitting at the cabaret-style tables can enjoy food and drink along with the kind of musical entertainment only the Boston Pops can provide.

There were 17 Pops conductors, beginning with the German Adolf Neuendorff, that preceded Arthur Fiedler, the first American-born musician to lead the orchestra. In Fiedler’s nearly 50-year tenure as Pops Conductor (1930-1979), he established the Boston Pops as a national icon. When John Williams (1980-1993) succeeded Arthur Fiedler, he was the most highly acclaimed composer in Hollywood, and today, with 52 Academy Award nominations, he is the most-nominated living person in Academy history. Mr. Williams continued the Boston Pops Orchestra's prolific recording tradition with a series of best-selling recordings for the Philips and Sony Classical labels, broadened and updated the Pops repertoire, and entertained audiences with live orchestral accompaniment to clips of memorable movie scenes, many featuring iconic music from his own film scores.

Having led over 2,000 Boston Pops concerts in his tenure to date, Keith Lockhart (1995-present) has created programs that reach out to a broader and younger audience by presenting artists—both established performers and rising stars—from virtually every corner of the entertainment world, all the while maintaining the Pops' core appeal. He has made 83 television shows, led 45 national and four overseas tours with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, led the Pops at several high-profile sports events, and recorded 14 albums. Mr. Lockhart's tenure has been marked by a dramatic increase in touring, the orchestra's first Grammy nominations, the first major network national broadcast of the July 4 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from the Esplanade, and the release of the Boston Pops' first self-produced and self-distributed recordings.

James (Jim) Norman Gwin, drummer of the Boston Pops Orchestra, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at 64 years old.

Statement from Keith Lockhart

At the Boston Pops, we pride ourselves on playing all sorts of music…classical, of course, but also jazz, rock, pop, world music, and beyond. For much of that repertoire, the steady heartbeat that allows an orchestra to play with spectacular clarity and tight ensemble is provided, not by the conductor on the podium, but by the drummer.

Playing the drumset for a large symphony orchestra is an extraordinarily difficult task. Knowledge of styles of play…being able to sound like Ringo Starr, or Gene Krupa, or Charlie Watts…is a must. So is an ability to read a conductor’s intentions, to hear how the orchestra is responding, and to justify those two things into a rock-solid, but flexible, foundation.

I have never worked with a better orchestral drummer than Jim Gwin. He was a superb drummer, but even more a superb musician. He was also one of the nicest…self-effacing, generous, and very funny…people I have ever shared a stage with. When he was suddenly taken ill in December this year, he wrote me an apologetic note, in which he reminded me that these concerts were the first he had missed since he became the regular Pops drummer in 2004. That means I must have done at least 1500 concerts with him. Every one of them was better because he was backing the band.

I will miss Jim as a friend and as a colleague, and as someone who just made every musical situation, and the players around him, better. My recurring image of him, which I have been unable to get out of my mind since hearing of his passing, is of running into him in the halls under the Symphony Hall stage. He has his head bent to the side, because he was extremely tall and the basement ceilings extremely low, and he was one of those tall folk who always looked like they were trying to be shorter. And he passes, with a grin, and says “Hey, Chief!”

The great thing about being in the performing arts is getting to know really talented, extraordinary people extremely well. The awful thing is having to say goodbye.

Steve Colby, Sound Designer | Pamela Smith, Lighting Designer

The Boston Pops Orchestra may be heard on Boston Pops Recordings, RCA Victor, Sony Classical, and Philips Records.

Concertmaster Tamara Smirnova performs on a 1754 J.B. Guadagnini violin, the “ex-Zazofsky,” and James Cooke performs on a 1778 Nicolò Gagliano violin, both generously donated to the orchestra by Michael L. Nieland, M.D., in loving memory of Mischa Nieland, a member of the cello section from 1943 to 1988.

Steinway & Sons Pianos, selected exclusively for Symphony Hall.

The BSO’s Steinway & Sons pianos were purchased through a generous gift from Gabriella and Leo Beranek.

Special thanks to American Airlines and Fairmont Copley Plaza.

New arrangements and works for the Boston Pops are generously supported by the Cecile Higginson Murphy Pops Programming Fund.

Broadcasts of the Boston Pops are heard on 99.5 WCRB.

Programs and artists subject to change.

The BSO’s 2021-22 season is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Board of Trustees | Board of Advisors | Staff and Administration

BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
Keith Lockhart conducting

SEASON SPONSORED BY FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

Harlem
Ellington-Henderson/Mauceri

Presenting
WINNERS OF THE FIDELITY INVESTMENTS 2022 YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION

Valse-scherzo for violin and orchestra
Tchaikovsky
FEI YANG-SADY, violin

Lin’an Yihen (The Sorrow of Lin’an)
He
ADALIA WEN, guzheng

Astonishing, from Little Women
Howland/Dickstein-Scharnberg
LEAH STEINMAN, vocalist

Concerto in D minor for cello and orchestra, third movement (Allegro vivace)
Lalo
ANDREW KIM, cello

INTERMISSION

Presenting
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON

Felton Offard, guitar and music director
Timothy Fullerton, bass | Dartagnon Gunn, drums | Alvin White, piano

Selections to be announced from the stage

BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
Keith Lockhart conducting

SEASON SPONSORED BY FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

Bayberry Financial Services is proud to support the Boston Pops as a BSO Business Partner

Harlem
Ellington-Henderson/Mauceri

In Celebration of the 69th Annual Armenian Night at Pops

Hayr Mer (“Our Father”)
Yekmalian/Gregorian

Violin Concerto in E minor
Mendelssohn
DIANA ADAMYAN, violin

INTERMISSION

Presenting
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON

Scotty Johnson, guitar | Timothy Fullerton, bass | Dartagnon Gunn, drums | Alvin White, piano

Selections to be announced from the stage

The Boston Pops welcomes the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, Fox Hill Village, Charlotte Country Day Middle School, Harvard Outings and Innings, and Tri-County College.

Andrew Kim is a 15-year-old freshman at Weston High School. Andrew began playing the cello at age 6, quickly developing a passion for music. Andrew has won top prizes in numerous competitions, including the American Protégé International Concerto Competition (first prize) leading to a solo performance at Carnegie Hall, the American Classical Young Musician International Competition (third prize), and the Brockton Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition leading to a solo performance in the fall of 2022. As first prize winner or by invitation, Andrew has soloed with the Lexington Symphony, Metrowest Symphony, Rivers Conservatory Symphony, and Rivers Youth Orchestras. Andrew recently had the honor of being selected as one of 60 cellists from 14 countries to compete in the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 2022.

Andrew also enjoys playing in ensembles, having served as principal cellist of the Boston Youth Symphony senior orchestra as well as the MMEA Junior District, Rivers Conservatory, and Weston High School orchestras. Andrew has been invited to play in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Lluis Claret, Peter Stumpf, Owen Young, and Nathan Cole.

Andrew enjoys giving back to his community, organizing fundraising concerts for important causes, and performing at senior living communities and local hospitals. In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing tennis and spending time with family and friends. Andrew currently studies with Ronald Lowry and Lluis Claret.

Fei Yang-Sady is a 14-year-old freshman at Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, MA. Fei is a student of Jin-Kyung Joen. Fei was a winner of the 2021 Rivers Concerto Competition, Richter Competition, and New England Conservatory Prep Solo Strings Competition, a runner up of the 2020 Ehlers Young Artist Concerto Competition, and a past prizewinner of the SONE International Competition, Grumiaux International Violin Competition (Brussels), New England Conservatory Prep Concerto Competition, and Roman Totenberg Competition, among others. She has been a soloist with the Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto, and with several youth orchestras. Fei has appeared twice at Carnegie Hall and in 2019 she was awarded the Nally Award by the Greater Boston Food Bank for organizing recitals that raised thousands of dollars and increased hunger awareness. In addition to her solo work, she was the youngest musician ever admitted to NEC's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, with which she toured Central Europe, and is a scholarship member of the ChamberMusicLab. She participated in summer programs at Greenwood and the Heifetz Program for the Exceptionally Gifted and has performed recitals for retirement homes and schools. She has also performed at masterclasses with Ani Kavafian, Nathan Cole, Miriam Fried, Alexander Velinzon, Benjamin Zander, and Natalie Lin Douglas. Besides playing the violin, Fei is a recipient of prizes in French and a competitive field hockey player and team captain. She enjoys weightlifting, baking, and spending time with her friends, and she recently completed a through-hike of the Inca trail in Peru. Fei is playing a violin made by Domenico Busan in Venice, circa 1780, through the generosity of Reuning & Son Violins, Brookline.

Leah Steinman is thrilled to be singing with the Boston Pops this evening! Leah is a 17-year-old junior at Natick High School. She has been singing and performing musical theater for 8 years, both in school and with local productions at the Wellesley Theater Project. A few productions include All Shook Up (Sylvia), Big Fish (Witch), Urinetown
(Pennywise), and Spring Awakening (ensemble). Leah is a member of West Street Singers, the Natick High competitive show choir, and the Retrograde acapella group. Leah wants to thank her friends, family, and teachers for their immense support and for coming to the show tonight! Special thanks to voice coach Elizabeth Canterbury, choir teacher Kate Burns, and acting coach Christine Macinally for all their teaching and inspiration. And a big thank you to Pamela Wolfe for helping prepare tonight’s performance. There are not enough thank yous in the world for everyone who made this dream into a reality. Thank you and much love to Mom and Dad, Alan, Matthew, Ryan for being my biggest fans!

Adalia Wen is a freshman at the Rivers School in Weston, MA. She has been studying the guzheng for 4 years under Hui Weng, who is part of the faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music. Adalia is very excited for this performance because it is her guzheng debut with a large audience. She also has been studying the piano for 10 years and has won many prizes for it, notable ones being the 2018 Cremona International Piano Competition, the 2019 NEC Concerto Competition, the 2020 Paderewski International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT, the 2021-22 MTNA State Round, and the 2022 RSC Concerto Competition. Adalia finds inspiration in all of her mentors and teachers, but also in her fellow musician peers, her fellow non-musician peers, her siblings, and, most of all, her parents.

Christopher Jackson is a Tony Award-nominated actor as well as a Grammy and Emmy award-winning songwriter/composer best known for starring as George Washington in the critically acclaimed, award-winning musical Hamilton on Broadway and Disney+. Disney+ saw a 72 percent surge in U.S. downloads during the premiere weekend. Christopher can currently be seen starring in the hit CBS drama Bull and the HBO Max reboot of Sex and the City, And Just Like That….

In early 2020, Christopher closed a limited run of Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, which has been adapted into the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, directed by Thomas Kail, now streaming on Hulu. After a successful run, Chris will returned as a guest performer in FLS which opened this past fall on Broadway. He also starred in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix mini-series, When They See Us, with Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga, and John Leguizamo.

In December 2018, “One Last Time (44 Remix)” was released as a part of the Hamildrop series, which featured Christopher alongside President Obama and BeBe Winans.

His Broadway credits include Holler If Ya Hear Me, After Midnight, The Bronx Bombers (Derek Jeter), In The Heights (Benny), Memphis (Delray Farrell), and The Lion King (Simba).  Among his Off Broadway credits are Bronx Bombers (at Primary Stages), The Jammer (at Atlantic Theater Co.), Lonely, I’m Not (at Second Stage), In the Heights (at 37 Arts), and Cotton Club Parade (ENCORES at City Center). 

His television and film credits include Freestyle Love Supreme (Pivot Network), Person of Interest, A Gifted Man, Fringe, Gossip Girl, Tracers, Afterlife, and In the Heights.

Christopher has recorded an original song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Disney film Moana and was also the composer/songwriter for Sesame Street (6 Emmy nominations and 1 win) and co-music supervisor and writer for The Electric Company (PBS).

Jackson won an Emmy Award for his song with will.i.am, “What I Am.” In 2010 he released his first solo album, In the Name of Love, on the Yellow Sound Lab Records; he is currently working on his second album. Christopher has performed sold-out concerts all over the U.S., including at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Diana Adamyan is quickly gaining an international reputation as one of her generation’s most outstanding violinists. After winning first prize at the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition, the world’s most prestigious prize for young violinists, she went on to receive first prize in the 2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition.

In summer 2022 Ms. Adamyan makes her debut at the Aspen Festival performing Dvořák with Lionel Bringuier and her debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra performing Mendelssohn with Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall. Next season she returns to the Göttinger Symphonieorchester to perform Beethoven and to the Niederbayerische Philharmonie for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. She will also make her debuts with the Staatsorchester Darmstadt and with the Bruckner Orchester Linz in Munich’s Prinzregententheater, and will return once more to the Göttinger Symphonie. Recent and upcoming engagements include recitals in Tokyo and France and her debut with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester at the Philharmonie in Berlin.

Since winning first prize at the Menuhin Competition, Ms. Adamyan has been invited to perform around the world, from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London to the Seiji Ozawa Academy in Switzerland and the Matsumoto International Music Festival in Japan. Following an invitation from Maestro Pinchas Zukerman to participate under his guidance in summer masterclasses of the Ottawa National Arts Center, Ms. Adamyan appeared as a soloist in the NAC’s gala concert alongside Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Jessica Linnebach, and other renowned musicians. Later, she also appeared alongside Mr. Zukerman playing the Bach Double Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Born in 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia, into a family of musicians, Ms. Adamyan currently studies at the Munich University of Performing Arts with world-renowned teacher Ana Chumachenco, whose distinguished students have included Lisa Batiashvili, Julia Fischer, and Veronika Eberle. Previously, she studied at the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Yerevan with Petros Haykazyan and at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory with Eduard Tadevosyan.

Ms. Adamyan is the recipient of a scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and is under the patronage of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and "YerazArt" organization in Boston. She performed on a violin crafted by Urs Mächler for the Menuhin Competition, and now performs on an instrument made by Nicolò Gagliano in 1760, generously on loan from the Henri Moerel Foundation.

In the building of his new symphony for Boston, the BSO’s founder and first benefactor, Henry Lee Higginson, knew that ticket revenues could never fully cover the costs of running a great orchestra. From 1881 to 1918, Higginson covered the orchestra’s annual deficits with personal contributions that exceeded $1 million. The Boston Symphony Orchestra now honors each of the following generous donors whose cumulative giving to the BSO is $1 million or more with the designation of Great Benefactor. 

List reflects giving as of April 12, 2022 
‡ indicates a deceased donor 

TEN MILLION AND ABOVE
Julian Cohen ‡
Fidelity Investments
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Linde Family Foundation
Maria and Ray Stata
Anonymous (3)

SEVEN AND ONE HALF MILLION
Bank of America
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Behrakis
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser
John F. Cogan, Jr. ‡ and Mary L. Cornille
Cynthia and Oliver Curme / The Lost & Foundation, Inc.
EMC Corporation
The O'Block Family

FIVE MILLION
Eleanor L. ‡ and Levin H. Campbell
Alan J. ‡ and Suzanne W. Dworsky
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Germeshausen Foundation
Ted and Debbie Kelly
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cecile Higginson Murphy ‡
William and Lia Poorvu
NEC Corporation
Carol ‡ and Joe Reich
UBS
Stephen and Dorothy Weber
Samantha and John Williams

TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION
Arbella Insurance Foundation and Arbella Insurance Group
American Airlines
Mary ‡ and J.P. Barger
Gabriella and Leo ‡ Beranek
Roberta and George Berry ‡
Bloomberg
Peter and Anne Brooke ‡
Chiles Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Congleton ‡
Mara E. Dole ‡
Eaton Vance Corporation
Thomas and Winifred Faust
Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick ‡
Nathan and Marilyn Hayward
Susan Morse Hilles ‡
Charlie and Dorothy Jenkins / The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation
Stephen B. Kay and Lisbeth L. Tarlow / The Aquidneck Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Lizbeth and George Krupp
Liberty Mutual Foundation, Inc.
Nancy and Richard Lubin
Carmine A. and Beth V. Martignetti
Kate and Al Merck ‡
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
National Endowment for the Arts
Mrs. Mischa Nieland ‡ and Dr. Michael L. Nieland
Plimpton-Shattuck Fund
Cynthia and John S. Reed
Kristin and Roger Servison
Miriam Shaw Fund
State Street Corporation and State Street Foundation
Thomas G. Stemberg ‡
Miriam and Sidney Stoneman ‡
Elizabeth B. Storer ‡
Caroline and James Taylor
Anonymous (3)

ONE MILLION
Alli and Bill Achtmeyer
Helaine B. Allen ‡
Lois and Harlan Anderson ‡
The Harlan and Lois Anderson Family Foundation
Mariann Berg (Hundahl) Appley
Dorothy and David B. Arnold, Jr. ‡
AT&T
Liliana and Hillel Bachrach
Caroline Dwight Bain ‡
William I. Bernell ‡
Estate of Marion Bianchi
BNY Mellon
The Boston Foundation
Lorraine D. and Alan S. ‡ Bressler
Jan Brett and Joseph Hearne
Gregory E. Bulger Foundation / Gregory Bulger & Richard Dix
Ronald G. and Ronni J. ‡ Casty
Citizens Bank
James and Tina Collias ‡
Commonwealth Worldwide Executive Transportation
William F. Connell ‡ and Family
Dick and Ann Marie Connolly
Country Curtains
Diddy and John Cullinane
Edith L. and Lewis S. ‡ Dabney
Elisabeth K. and Stanton W. Davis ‡
Mary Deland R. de Beaumont ‡
Delta Air Lines
Bob and Happy Doran
Hermine Drezner and Jan ‡ Winkler
Alan and Lisa Dynner and Akiko ‡ Dynner
Deborah and Philip Edmundson
William ‡ and Deborah Elfers
Elizabeth B. Ely ‡
Nancy S. and John P. Eustis II ‡
Shirley and Richard ‡ Fennell
Anna E. Finnerty ‡
John and Cyndy Fish
Fromm Music Foundation
The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Marie L. Gillet ‡
Sophia and Bernard Gordon
Elizabeth and Phill Gross
Mrs. Francis W. Hatch
Mrs. Donald C. Heath ‡
The Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural and Environmental Foundation
Francis Lee Higginson ‡
John Hitchcock ‡
Edith C. Howie ‡
John Hancock Financial
Muriel E. and Richard L. Kaye ‡
Nancy D. and George H. ‡ Kidder
Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation
Audrey Noreen Koller ‡
Farla and Harvey Chet Krentzman ‡
Barbara and Bill Leith ‡
Elizabeth W. and John M. Loder
Josh and Jessica Lutzker
Vera M. and John D. MacDonald ‡
Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation
Jane B. and Robert J. Mayer, M.D.
The McGrath Family
Joseph C. McNay, The New England Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Messinger Family
Henrietta N. Meyer ‡
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Miller ‡
Richard P. and Claire W. Morse Foundation
William Inglis Morse Trust
Mary S. Newman ‡
Mr. ‡ and Mrs. Norio Ohga
P&G Gillette
Peter Palandjian and Eliza Dushku-Palandjian/ Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
Perles Family Foundation
Polly and Dan ‡ Pierce
Claudio and Penny Pincus
The Pryor Family
Mary G. and Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. ‡
Susan and Dan Rothenberg ‡
Carole and Edward I. ‡ Rudman
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Wilhelmina C. (Hannaford) Sandwen ‡
Hannah H. and Dr. Raymond Schneider ‡
Carl Schoenhof Family
The Schwedel Family
Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro ‡
Marian Skinner ‡
Solange Skinner
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation/Richard A. and Susan F. Smith ‡
Carol and Irv Smokler
Sony Corporation of America
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Dr. Nathan B. and Anne P. Talbot ‡
Dorothy and John L. Thorndike ‡
Diana O. Tottenham
The Wallace Foundation
Edwin S. Webster Foundation
Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner
Drs. Christoph and Sylvia Westphal
The Helen F. Whitaker Fund
Robert ‡ and Roberta Winters
Helen and Josef Zimbler ‡
Brooks and Linda Zug
Anonymous (11)

The Boston Pops salutes its friends, old and new, for their generosity. Fiedler Society members generously contribute annual gifts that fund Pops performances, education and outreach programs, and free Pops concerts throughout the community.

The BSO gratefully acknowledges the following Pops Annual Fund donors who, as of May 4, 2022, are current members at the following levels. For more information about becoming a Fiedler Society member, please contact the Friends Office at 617-638-9276 or friendsofthepops@bso.org.

‡ symbol denotes a deceased donor

FIEDLER ENCORE $25,000 AND ABOVE
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation
The O'Block Family
Mitch J. Pomerance
Mr. Nicholas Vantzelfde and Ms. Lauren Erb

FIEDLER CONDUCTOR $10,000 - $24,999
Boston Seed Capital, LLC, Nicole Maria Stata
Richard and Nancy Heath
The High Pointe Foundation
Kathleen and Ronald Jackson
Mr. Mark Legan
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr.
The McDonald Family in honor of Patricia McDonald
Joseph C. McNay, The New England Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. McKay
Stuart Miller, in memory of Rocco DiIorio
Paul & Joyce Mucci Family Foundation
Richard and Jolene O'Brien
Bob and Laura Reynolds
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan
Richard and Bonnie Sullivan
Jean C. Tempel
Scott and Catherine Webster
Sidney and Deanna Wolk

FIEDLER BACKSTAGE $5,000 - $9,999
Mr. Daniel Brownell and Ms. Kelley Laurel
James Bunt
Camille Carlstrom
The Cavanagh Family
Yumin and Amy Choi
Jim and Shirley Curvey
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis
Mary Dunbrack
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Emond
John W. Henry Family Foundation
Lisa Hillenbrand
Thomas F. Knight
Peter and Connie Lacaillade
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Linton
Mr. Patrick MeLampy and Rev. Priscilla Lawrence
Carmichael Roberts and Sandra Park
Carol Searle and Andrew Ley ‡
Peter and Barbara Sidel
Maggie and Jack Skenyon
Sandra A. Urie and Frank F. Herron
Tony and Martha Vorlicek
Howard and Karen Wilcox
Ed and Judi Zuker
Anonymous (2)

FIEDLER SOCIETY $3,000 - $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes III
Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Beal
Edward S. W. Boesel
John and Trish Brennan
Franklyn Caine
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cella
Mr. David S. Coffey
Mr. Mark Condon and Ms. Jean Hynes
Charles L. and Nancy T. Donahue
Catherine and Richard L. Evans
Loretta H. and Gregory J. Gailius
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Gillis
Kim and Jim Goldinger
Jonathan and Ruth Goode
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Grady
Margaret Lytle Griner
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Guarracino
Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Hendrix
Mary Hines
Miss Isabel B. Hooker
Peter Hornstra
Alan and Wendy Issokson
John and Nancy Kendall
John A. Lechner IV and Mary F. Higgins
Thomas Lewis and Ailene Robinson
Betty W. Locke
Keith and Emiley Lockhart
James F. Lynch
Emily and Malcolm MacNaught
Erin and Craig Majernik
Bernhard Metzger, in memory of Karen Zander
Jeffrey Moore
Jennifer and Brad Moyer
Slocumb H. and E. Lee Perry
Doug and Karen Pettingell
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Poler
Frederick J. and Bonnie M.‡ Rich
Margaret and Fred Richardson
Mr. Kevin Rollins
Dr. William D. and Laura Shea
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Walker
Susan Sprague Walters and Richard Walters
Dr. Mary Witkowski
Dr. Xuqiong Wu

The operating support from the following generous donors enables the Boston Symphony Orchestra to maintain an unparalleled level of artistic excellence, to keep ticket prices at accessible levels, and to support extensive education and community engagement programs throughout the greater Boston area and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The BSO gratefully acknowledges these contributors for their philanthropic support during fiscal year 2021 through major corporate sponsorships and events, BSO and Tanglewood Business Partners, and foundation and government grants.

$500,000 AND ABOVE
American Rescue Act - Shuttered Venue Operators Grant
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Eaton Vance
Fidelity Investments
Anonymous

$250,000 - $499,999
Arbella Insurance Foundation
Bank of America
Massachusetts Cultural Council

$100,000 - $249,999
Miriam Shaw Fund
The Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural and Environmental Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

$50,000 - $99,999
American Airlines
Bayberry Financial Services
Brightcove Inc.
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton
Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation
Sagner Family Foundation
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Foundation
WuXi AppTec

$25,000 - $49,999
The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Medical Center, Inc.
Charina Endowment Fund
Edwin S. Webster Foundation
Eisai Inc.
Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation
EMD Serono Inc.
Farley White Interests
Fromm Music Foundation
The Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation
Goodwin
Grew Family Charitable Foundation
Gurnet Point Capital
Hemenway & Barnes LLP
Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
LEK Consulting
Mill Town Capital
New Balance Foundation
Putnam Investments
The Richard and Ann J. Prouty Foundation
Roger and Myrna Landay Charitable Foundation
Margery and Lewis Steinberg
UniFirst Corporation
Anonymous (2)

$15,000 - $24,999
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
The Alice Ward Fund of The Rhode Island Foundation
Arthur J. Hurley Company, Inc.
Biogen Idec Foundation
Boston Duck Tours
Boston Seed Capital, LLC, Nicole Maria Stata
Citizens Bank
Connell Limited Partnership
Dick and Ann Marie Connolly
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Eagan
Steve and Betty Gannon
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
J.P. Marvel Investment Advisors
Darlene and Jerry Jordan
The Keel Foundation
The Kraft Group/New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
Liberty Mutual Insurance
The McGrath Family
Joseph C. McNay, The New England Foundation
Medical Information Technology, Inc.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Needham Bank
People's United Bank
Andrew and Suzanne Plump
Ruane Family Foundation
Saquish Foundation
Waters Corporation
Wave Life Sciences

$10,000 - $14,999
5AM Venture Management, LLC
Abrams Capital
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Anne Wojcicki Foundation
Billy Rose Foundation
CLA Accounting
Cabot Corporation
Cambridge Trust Company
Canyon Ranch in Lenox
Consigli
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Elliott Management Corporation
Eversource Energy
Goldman Sachs
Ironshore
John Hancock Financial
Locke Lord LLP
Lucia B. Morrill Charitable Foundation
Wilmington Trust, part of M&T Bank Family
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. McCree
The Miss Wallace M. Leonard Foundation
Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation
The Red Lion Inn
Maria and Ray Stata
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Wheatleigh Hotel & Restaurant

$5,000 - $9,999
Abbot and Dorothy H. Stevens Foundation
Accenture
Ms. Nancy Adams
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
Allegrone Companies
Amgen
The Amphion Foundation, Inc.
Amuleto Mexican Table
Apple Tree Inn
Aqueduct Technologies, Inc.
Barrington Associates Realty Trust
Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, a Guardian Company
Blantyre
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Browne
Canna Provisions, Inc.
CIBC Private Wealth Management
Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP
Commonwealth Worldwide Executive Transportation
Diddy and John Cullinane
Demoulas Foundation
Dresser-Hull Company
Edward A. Taft Trust
Foresite Capital Management, LLC
The Fuller Foundation
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.,
Gaston Dufresne Foundation
GBH
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Harris
Susan and Raymond Held
History of Toys Gallery
Holland & Knight LLP
Iredale Mineral Cosmetics, Ltd.
Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation
Jack Madden Ford
Michael Renzi Painting Co.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Myriad Productions
Prince Lobel Tye LLP
PwC
Riemer & Braunstein LLP
Roam: A Xtina Parks Gallery
Rubin & Ulrich, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sacks
Mr. Bill Sibold
Stetson Whitcher Fund
The Summer Fund
Jodi and Paul Tartell
Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo Family Fund
Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer LLC
Walsh Brothers, Inc.
WB Wood
WilmerHale
Wing Press Incorporated
Wyndhurst Manor & Club
Anonymous

$2,500 - $4,999
Alex. Brown, a Division of Raymond James
Alice Willard Dorr Foundation
Berkshire Hathaway Barnbrook Realty, Inc.
Berkshire Partners LLC
Bicon
Biener Audi
Big Y Supermarkets
Blue Spark Financial
Brookline Youth Concerts Fund
Burack Investments
Cambridge Community Foundation
Chubb
Clarke Living
Mrs. Mimi Cohen
Corvus Insurance Holdings
Ms. Catherine Curtin
Leslie and Richard Daspin
Elizabeth Grant Fund
Elizabeth Grant Trust
Fiduciary Trust Company
Fire Equipment, Inc.
Garden Gables Inn
Gateways Inn & Restaurant
Greylock Federal Credit Union
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haber
Health Professional Coaching
J. Mark Albertson, D.M.D., P.A.
J.H. Maxymillian, Inc.
Katharine L.W. and Winthrop M. Crane, 3D Charitable Foundation
Mr. John L. Klinck, Jr.
Linda Leffert J.D. ret.
Navigator Management
Norbella, Inc.
Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston
Oxford Fund
Peter D. Whitehead Builder, LLC
Pignatelli Electric
PureTech Health
Republic Services
Rockland Trust
Dr. Robert and Esther Rosenthal
Sametz Blackstone Associates
Security Self Storage
Stifel
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Thompson
True Tickets
Verrill
Welch & Forbes, LLC
Anonymous