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Welcome to the

Golden Age Gala

Event Program

7:00 PM | Opening Remarks

Welcome & Champagne Toast

Tad Snider | Executive Director and CEO, Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex

50 Years of BJCC Magic

BJCC Concert Hall & Theatre 50th Anniversary reflection video

Performance Introduction

Michael C. Keel | Chairman of the Board, Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Authority

7:20 PM | BJCC 50th Anniversary Concert

Alabama Symphony Orchestra with The Alabama Ballet

Daniel Cho | Conductor, Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384

Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Prelude

Alabama Symphony Orchestra with The Alabama Ballet

Choreography by Christopher Stuart

Staged by Jon Upleger

Music by Cristina Spinei

Performed by Audra Cockrell & Humberto Ramazzina

Second Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor (No. 17)

Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Music by Alexander Borodin

“Black Swan” Pas de Deux from Swan Lake

Alabama Symphony Orchestra with The Alabama Ballet

Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Staged by Jon Upleger

Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Performed by Patricia Lucky & Andres Castillo

7:50 PM | Closing Remarks

Tad Snider

Before you leave, please proceed to the lobby to enjoy a slice of cake provided by K&J’s Elegant Pastries. Don’t forget your complimentary gift bag as a token of our appreciation!

Alabama Symphony Orchestra Roster

Daniel Cho Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra Music Director and ASO Assistant Conductor

Mark Patrick President, Alabama Symphonic Assn., Inc.

Clay A. McCollum Director of Artistic Administration

Carlos Izcaray Music Director, The Elton B. Stephens Chair

FIRST VIOLIN

Daniel Szasz
CONCERTMASTER, THE BEVERLY HEAD AND HUGH KAUL CHAIR
Mayumi Masri
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Esther Roestan
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Viktor Dulguerov
Bram Margoles

SECOND VIOLIN

Sarah Nordlund Dennis
PRINCIPAL
Tara Mueller
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
William Ronning
Liuwenji Wang
Serghei Tanas

VIOLA

Tiantian Lan
PRINCIPAL
Zakaria Enikeev
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Lucina Horner Cosby
Rene Reder
Meredith Treaster

CELLO

Warren Samples
PRINCIPAL
Lauren Peacock
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Mary Del Gobbo
Xi Yang
Peter Garrett
Hellen Weberpal

BASS

Sam Rocklin
PRINCIPAL

FLUTE

Lisa Wienhold
PRINCIPAL, THE GLORIA N. MOODY CHAIR
Tessa Vermeulen
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

OBOE

James Sullivan
PRINCIPAL
Machiko Ogawa Schlaffer
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

CLARINET

Brad Whitfield
ACTING PRINCIPAL 24/25 SEASON

BASSOON

Tariq Masri
PRINCIPAL

HORN

Valerie Sly
PRINCIPAL, THE SYMPHONY VOLUNTEER COUNCIL CHAIR
Kevin Kozak
Adam Pandolfi
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Nina Tarpley

TRUMPET

Ryan Beach
PRINCIPAL
Nicholas Ciulla
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

TROMBONE

Jay Evans
PRINCIPAL
Masa Ohtake

TUBA

Andrew Miller
PRINCIPAL

TIMPANI

Jay Burnham
PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Mark Libby
PRINCIPAL
Bill Williams

HARP

Judy Sullivan Hicks
PRINCIPAL, THE MRS. R. HUGH DANIEL CHAIR

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS FOR THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE

Eric Anderson, bassoon
James Baker, horn
Kevin Barrett, percussion
Scott Best, bass
Evan Conroy, trombone
Grant Dalton, percussion
Katelyn Hoag, viola
Kerrig Kelly, horn
Honney Kim, first violin
Eion Lyons, bass
Sheri Peck, first violin
Julianne Steele, second violin
Ikuko Takahashi, first violin
Marissa Takaki, bassoon
Daniel Tancredi, bass
Kathy White, clarinet
Katie Woody, flute
Eric Yates, trumpet

ASO MUSICIANS ON ONE YEAR LEAVE

Pei Ju Wu, first violin
Richard Cassarino, Asst. Principal Bass
Kathleen Costello, Principal Clarinet

50 YEARS OF MEMORIES

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