*
>> THEY SHARE A COMMON BOND:
YOUNG PERFORMERS DRIVEN BY
PASSION, DEDICATION AND THE
FULFILLMENT OF A LIFELONG DREAM.
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN AND
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WELCOME THE FOUR FINALISTS TO
OVERTURE HALL.
NAOMI SUTHERLAND.
YAOYAO CHEN.
MICHAEL WU AND JULIAN RHEE.
IT'S WISCONSIN YOUNG ARTISTS
COMPETE, "THE FINAL FORTE."
>> MAJOR FUNDING PROVIDED BY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO "THE FINAL
FORTE," THE CULMINATION OF THE
2017 BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION.
I'M LORI SKELTON FROM WISCONSIN
PUBLIC RADIO'S AFTERNOON
CLASSICS.
>> AND I'M JIM FLEMING, HOST OF
CHAPTER A DAY.
2017 MARKS THE 11TH YEAR OF THIS
HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO AND
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION, A
PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO CAST A
SPOTLIGHT ON THE CAL LENGTHS ANDAND
-- TALENTS AND AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENTS OF WISCONSIN'S BEST
YOUNG PERFORMERS.
>> TONIGHT FROM OVERTURE HALL IN
MADISON, FOUR MUSICALLY GIFTED
TEENAGERS WILL BE COMPETING FOR
TOP HONORS.
THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S
COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE A 2,000
SCHOLASCHOLARSHIP.
>> SECOND PLACE WILL RECEIVE A
$2,000 SCHOLARSHIP ALONG WITH
STEENBOCK MUSIC AWARD.
TWO HONORABLE MENTION
SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 WILL BE
AWARDED AS WELL.
>> TONIGHT'S FINALISTS EMERGE
FROM 40 MUSI MUSICIANS, NAOMI
SUTHERLAND, YAOYAO CHEN, MICHAEL
WU AND JULIAN RHEE.
>> EACH WILL PERFORM HERE
TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF MAESTRO JOHN
DEMAIN.
>> LET'S MEET THE FIRST OF
TONIGHT'S FINALISTS, HARPIST
NAOMI SUTHERLAND.
>> MY NAME IS NAOMI SUTHERLAND
AND I'M A SENIOR AT INTERLOCHEN
ARTS ACADEMY.
EVER SINCE I SAW THE HARP, I WAS
JUST MESMERIZED BY IT, HOW
POWERFUL IT WAS AND HOW
THERAPEUTIC THE SOUND WAS.
AND· IT JUST GOT ME!
I LOVE HOW THE HARP CAN IMITATE
MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.
I LIKE HOW IT'S VERY
INTERACTIVE.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY ENGAGE YOUR
FULL BODY.
I FIRST WENT TO INTERLOCHEN FOR
SUMMER CAMP IN 2015.
AND JOAN HOLLAND, MY HARP
TEACHER, AND I, WE INSTANTLY HAD
THIS CONNECTION.
>> THESE ARE JUST FUN LITTLE
BRUSHES.
>> OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE
JUST BEEN REALLY WORKING WITH
THE TONE AND THE TECHNIQUE.
I LOVE HOW WHEN SHE TEACHES, SHE
TRIES TO REALLY ENGAGE YOU, AND
IT'S ALMOST AS IF SHE'S HAVING
YOU TEACH HER IN SOME WAY.
I ENVISION THE DEBUSSY AS A
RIVER.
IT'S SMOOTH AND JUST TRAVELLING
ON ITS PATH.
AND THEN IT WILL HIT SOME ROUGH
CORNERS AND THERE'LL BE SOME
ROCKS, AND THEN IT ALWAYS COMES
BACK TO A SMOOTH ENDING.
THERE'S SO MANY LAYERS TO IT AND
SO MANY DIFFERENT COLORS THAT
APPEAR.
EVERY TIME YOU PLAY IT, YOU
LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
I LOVE TO COOK.
EVERY MINUTE I HAVE FREE AWAY
FROM THE HARP, I SPEND IT IN THE
KITCHEN.
MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE BEEN WATCHING
MY DAD COOK, AND I WAS ALWAYS
ASKING, "DAD, CAN I CUT THAT FOR
YOU?, CAN I STIR IT?"
AND THEN, AS I GOT OLDER, I
STARTED TO EXPERIMENT MORE ON MY
OWN.
IT'S VERY REWARDING AS WELL AS
FUN BECAUSE DURING THE PROCESS
OF COOKING YOU CAN TAKE THE
SIMPLEST INGREDIENTS AND YOU CAN
MAKE MANY DIFFERENT DISHES.
OUR HOUSE IS ALWAYS FILLED WITH
MUSIC.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE REALLY
VALUE IN OUR FAMILY.
I THINK THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE
PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
PLAYING AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
THAT OTHERS WILL ENJOY IT AS
WELL.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW NAOMI SUTHERLAND IS
TAKING THE STAGE ALONG WITH
MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN.
>> MA NAOMI WILL BE PERFORMING
"DANSE SACREE ET DANCE PROFANE."
IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1904 ON A
COMMISSION FROM AN INSTRUMENT
BUILDER TO SHOWCASE A NEW MODEL
OF HARP.
*
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* * * *
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS 18-YEAR-OLD NAOMI
SUTHERLAND PERFORMING "DANSE
SACREE ET DANCE PROFANE."
NAOMI IS THE FIRST OF FOUR
COMPETITORS IN THIS FINAL ROUND
OF THE 2017 BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WE'D LIKE
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHO
WILL BE JUDGING TONIGHT'S
COMPETITION.
THE U EUGENE PURDUE IS A VISITING
PROFESSOR AT VIOLIN AT
UW-MADISON AND A TEACHER IN THE
MADISON AREA.
>> ERIN FREUND IS CURRENTLY A
FACULTY MEMBER AT AUGUSTANA
COLLEGE WHERE SHE TEACHES MUSIC
APPRECIATION AND HARP.
>> CR CHRISTOPHER RAMAEKERS IS
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR OF THE
CHICAGO COMPOSER'S ORCHESTRA.
>> THE JUDGES TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION QUALITY AND
CONSISTENCY OF TONE, BALANCE AND
BLEND WITH THE ORCHESTRA,
MATURITY OF SOUND, MUSICALITY
AND STAGE PRESENCE.
>> COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING
TO HEAR FROM OUR SECOND
FINALIST, VIOLIN IS YAOYAO CHEN.
*
>> MY NAME'S YAOYAO CHEN.
I AM 18 YEARS OLD.
I GO TO XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL.
I STARTED PLAYING THE VIOLIN
WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
I WAS BORN IN ZHANJIANG, CHINA.
IT WAS MY IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO GO TO SCHOOL IN THE U.S. FOR
HIGH SCHOOL.
MY PARENTS WERE PRETTY SHOCKED
IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT'S
DEFINITELY PRETTY HARD TO BE
OVERSEAS BY MYSELF, BUT THEY
SUPPORTED MY DECISION.
THE HARDEST PART WHEN I FIRST
CAME WAS DEFINITELY LANGUAGE.
I CRIED A LOT, BECAUSE I MISSED
MY FAMILY SO MUCH.
AFTER THAT I GOT BUSY WITH
SCHOOL WORK AND WITH VIOLIN
STUFF AND IT GOT BETTER.
I LIKE TO COOK IN MY FREE TIME.
I MISS FOOD FROM HOME, IN CHINA.
SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO
GET THE SAME KIND OF FOOD, SO I
LIKE TO COOK.
I AM A MEMBER OF HAWKSWING AT MY
HIGH SCHOOL.
HAWKSWING IS A SHOW CHOIR.
I LIKE TO SING BECAUSE IT REALLY
HELPS ME WITH MY VIOLIN PLAYING.
WHEN I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE, I
MET MY CURRENT TEACHER,
PROFESSOR WEN-LEI GU, IN CHINA.
FOR ME, SHE'S REALLY INSPIRING.
SHE USES A LOT OF IMAGERY,
COMPARING WHAT WE DO IN MUSIC TO
REAL LIFE, SO IT MADE IT A LOT
EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND TO
EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS.
*
>> WHY!
I FELT THAT POWER, THAT INNER
POWER.
>> I WILL BE PLAYING THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF SIBELIUS VIOLIN
CONCERTO IN D MINOR.
I CHOSE THAT PIECE BECAUSE OF
THE CONTRASTING ELEMENTS: IN
ADDITION TO COLDNESS, YOU CAN
ALSO SEE FIRE IN THE MUSIC.
IN THE FUTURE I REALLY WOULD
LIKE TO BE A TEACHER.
I WANT TO PASS ON WHAT I HAVE
LEARNED TO THE NEXT GENERATION
AND TEACH THEM WHAT MUSIC CAN DO
TO THEIR LIFE.
MUSIC IS A WAY TO REALLY EXPRESS
YOURSELF OTHER THAN LANGUAGE.
YOU CAN SHOW YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR
CHARACTERISTICS THROUGH MUSIC
WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> YAOYAO CHEN IS COMING ON
STAGE NOW TO PERFORM THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF JEAN SEBELIUS'S
CONCERTO IN D MINOR.
>> HE WAS A FINNISH COMPOSER IN
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD.
THIS IS HIS ONE AND ONLY
CONCERTO.
*
* *
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS 18-YEAR-OLD YAOYAO
CHEN PERFORMING THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF THE VIOLIN CONCERTO.
>> 2017 MARKS THE 91ST YEAR OF
THE YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION.
THE 11TH YEAR THE FINALS HAVE
BEEN BROADCAST TO A STATEWIDE
AUDIENCE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
RADIO, WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION AND MILWAUKEE PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
>> OUR NEXT COMPETITOR TONIGHT
IS PIANIST MICHAEL WU.
*
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL WU.
I'M IN NINTH GRADE, AND I GO TO
CARDINAL HEIGHTS UPPER MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN SUN PRAIRIE.
I STARTED PLAYING THE PIANO WHEN
I WAS SIX.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS MY FIRST
SO-CALLED TEACHER.
WE ALWAYS LISTENED TO THE CHURCH
BELLS OUTSIDE -- WE LIVED NEAR A
CHURCH -- AND THERE'S THIS
CLASSIC WESTMINSTER CHIMES THEME
THAT HE WROTE DOWN ON SHEET
MUSIC, BY EAR, AND HE JUST
TAUGHT ME NOTE-BY-NOTE.
MY TEACHER IS BILL LUTZ, I
STARTED WITH HIM IN 2014. I
DON'T THINK I'VE EVER MET A
TEACHER WITH SUCH GOOD JOKES.
>> I KNOW I'M OLD AND
EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST LIKE·
BEING ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING.
>> I GUESS I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR
HIM, TOO, BECAUSE HE'S
ENCOURAGED ME TO WORK ON SO MUCH
NEW REPERTOIRE, SO MANY NEW
CONCEPTS, INTRODUCED ME TO SO
MANY NEW THINGS.
I AM IN WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRAS.
I PLAY THE CLARINET IN THE
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA.
I CHOSE THE CLARINET BECAUSE IT
VERY MUCH INVOLVES FINGER WORK,
AS DOES THE PIANO.
AS I'VE DEVELOPED MY SOUND AND
MY TONE, AND MY TECHNIQUE,
ARTICULATION, ALL THOSE THINGS,
I'VE REALLY COME TO ENJOY, YOU
KNOW, THE SOUND OF THE CLARINET
MORE AND MORE, AND PLAYING
LITERATURE WRITTEN FOR THE
CLARINET.
I TEACH KIDS AROUND THE
COMMUNITY FOR FUN.
WE WORK ON SCALES.
WE WORK ON THEORY.
I FEEL IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR
THEM, IN WHICH THEY'RE LEARNING
NEW STUFF, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY
GOOD FOR ME, AS, YOU KNOW, A
MENTOR, BECAUSE I LEARN, TOO.
I'LL BE PLAYING THE SAINT-SAËNS
CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR, FIRST
MOVEMENT.
IT'S GOT SO MUCH STUFF JAMMED
INTO IT, AND IT'S SO FUN TO
PLAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S CADENZAS,
THERE'S OCTAVES, THERE'S FAST
PASSAGES, THERE'S SLOW PASSAGES,
THERE ARE LYRICAL PASSAGES.
IT'S AN ATMOSPHERE, THE
ATMOSPHERE THAT YOU HAVE TO
CREATE.
I'VE PERFORMED WITH MADISON
SYMPHONY BEFORE.
THERE'S ALWAYS A SENSE OF
ADRENALINE THAT COMES IN WHEN
YOU WALK ON STAGE AND YOU SHAKE
THE CONDUCTOR'S HAND AND
EVERYONE IS CLAPPING.
IT'S BEEN MY DREAM TO PERFORM AS
PART OF THIS COMPETITION, AND
NOW I'LL BE ABLE TO.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU'R OUR THIRD COMPETITOR, MIBLG
WU, IS COMING ON STAGE.
>> HE'S PERFORMING SAINT-SAENS'
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS MICHAEL WU PERFORM
PING THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF
SAINT-SAENS' PIANO CONCERTO.
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OFFERS A COMPETITION FOR YOUNGER
MUSICIANS AS WELL.
>> THE FALL YOUTH COMPETITION IS
OPENED TO MUSICIANS AGE EIGHT TO
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEY GO ON TO PERFORM WITH THE
MADISON SYM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
>> NEXT WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO JULIAN RHEE.
>> MY NAME'S JULIAN RHEE.
I'M SIXTEEN, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT
BROOKFIELD EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
>> EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LOVE
PRACTICING, I DO FIND IT
RELAXING SOMETIMES, JUST GETTING
AWAY FROM ALL THE STRESS AND
JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE
THIS PIECE MUSICAL.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE
ANTICIPATION OF A PERFORMANCE
KIND OF GETS YOU GOING, IT GETS
YOU EXCITED.
THE FIRST TIME I REALLY ENJOYED
PERFORMING WAS WHEN I WAS ABOUT
NINE YEARS OLD.
I PERFORMED WITH THE MILWAUKEE
YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT I
WANTED TO KEEP GOING WITH VIOLIN
AND PERFORM.
THE WISCONSIN INTERGENERATIONAL
ORCHESTRA IS A NEW ORCHESTRA
FORMED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
IT HAS MEMBERS FROM ALL
DIFFERENT AGES.
I'VE BEEN ASSISTING AND
MENTORING A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND TRYING
TO SHARE MY PASSION FOR MUSIC.
SO IT'S BEEN A FUN EXPERIENCE
MEETING ALL NEW TYPES OF PEOPLE
FROM ALL DIFFERENT AGES.
I'M PLAYING BASKETBALL RIGHT NOW
AT MY SCHOOL, NOT FOR THE SCHOOL
TEAM, BUT WE HAVE A LEAGUE
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
I'M PLAYING WITH SOME SCHOOL
FRIENDS.
IT'S NOT TOO STRESSFUL.
IT'S JUST YOU CAN COME WHENEVER
YOU NEED TO.
I'VE BEEN STUDYING AT THE MUSIC
INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW, FIRST WITH HYE-SUN
LEE, AND MORE RECENTLY WITH
ALMITA VAMOS.
>> I THINK I TOLD YOU, KEEP THE
"A" GOING, SO THERE'S NO STOP.
>> SHE'S SHOWED ME HOW TO SHAPE
THE MUSIC, HOW TO APPROACH THE
MUSIC, HOW TO PRACTICE MAKING IT
BETTER MYSELF.
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THE
TCHAIKOVSKY IS IT'S SO EXCITING,
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
CHARACTERS TO THE PIECE.
YOU HAVE LIKE SMOOTH AND
FLOATING, AND THEN YOU HAVE VERY
INTENSE, EXPRESSIVE PARTS, AND
THEN YOU HAVE TECHNICALLY, VERY
DIFFICULT PASSAGES, WHERE YOU
CAN SHOW OFF VIRTUOSITY.
IT'S GOT EVERYTHING IN IT.
WHENEVER I'M PLAYING IN FRONT OF
PEOPLE, IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND I
KIND OF FORGET ABOUT ALL THE
OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING AROUND
ME.
I'M JUST OUT THERE PLAYING,
BEING IN THE MOMENT, MAKING THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THAT I CAN
MAKE AND JUST HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN IS COMING
ON STAGE WITH VIOLINIST JULIAN
RHEE, WHO WILL PERFORM THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S VIOLIN
CONCERTO IN D MAJOR.
>> THIS CONCERTO WAS WRITTEN IN
1878 AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF
THE MOST TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT
WORKS TO PERFORM.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> MY GOODNESS.
>> THAT WAS OUR FINAL CONTESTANT
FOR THIS EVENING, JULIAN RHEE
FROM BROOKFIELD.
AND NOW HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND
OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL FOUR OF OUR
CONTESTANTS THIS EVENING?
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND AT THIS POINT, MAESTRO,
IF YOU WOULDN'T FIND JOINING US
OVER HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT.
WE'VE SPOKEN IN THE PAST ABOUT
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
IT IS FOR THESE YOUNG MUSICIANS
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PERFORM WITH AN ORCHESTRA IN
THIS SETTING, BUT I'M WONDERING
ABOUT OTHER YOUNG MUSICIANS,
PERHAPS THOSE WHO ARE IN THE
AUDIENCE TONIGHT OR WHO ARE
ENJOYING THE BROADCAST.
WHAT BENEFIT IS IT FOR THEM TO
BE WITNESSING THEIR PEERS ON
STAGE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TO SEE
THE WONDERFUL RESULTS OF
PRACTICING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I THINK
THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'RE
ENCOURAGING OUR KIDS TO FOLLOW
THEIR PASSION.
AND OF COURSE THESE YOUNGSTERS
HAVE REALLY FOLLOWED THEIR
PASSION.
AND THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE RESULTS.
AND I THINK THAT NOT EVERY YOUNG
MUSICIAN WHO'S GOING TO PLAY AN
INSTRUMENT IS GOING TO BECOME AN
INTERNATIONAL SOLOIST.
ONE OF THESE MIGHT.
WHO KNOWS?
BUT IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU DO GET
BETTER, AND YOU CAN GET REALLY
GOOD AT YOUR INSTRUMENT.
AND TOMORROW THE TWO WINNERS ARE
GOING TO PLAY FOR THE SPRING
HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH CONCERT
WITH THE SYMPHONY AND THEY'LL
GET TO SEE THEIR PEERS PLAY WITH
A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA.
IT'S GOT TO BE ABSOLUTELY
INSPIRING.
AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IF
YOU PRACTICE FOOTBALL A LOT,
YOU'LL BE BE A GREAT FOOTBALL
PLAYER.
YOU PRACTICE VIOLIN AND PIANO,
YOU'LL BE A GREAT MUSICIAN.
>> WHAT WILL THE ORCHESTRA BE
PERFORMING TO CLOSE OUT THE
CONCERT TONIGHT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE ROMAN
BE CARNIVAL OVERTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOHN DEMAIN AND THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
[APPLAUSE]
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> JOHN DEMAIN AND THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH A ROMAN
CARNIVAL OVERTURE OF HECTOR
BERLIOZ.
AND NOW THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL
BEEN WAITING FOR.
NO LA-LA LAND JOKES, PLEASE.
MAESTRO, IF YOU AND OUR FOUR
COMPETITORS WOULD PLEASE JOIN US
OUT ON STAGE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BEFORE WE PRESENT THE AWARDS,
BEFORE WE PRESENT THE AWARDS, WE
FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT
THAT ALL FOUR OF THESE
EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG ARTISTS ARE
TRULY WINNERS.
THEY EACH WON THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PERFORM HERE WITH THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SO STARTING WITH THE TWO
HONORABLE MENTIONS, WE HAVE
NAOMI SUTHERLAND AND YAOYAO
CHEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IS
MICHAEL WU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WHICH MEANS THAT, YES, JULIAN
RHEE HAS TAKEN THE FIRST PLACE
AWARD FOR THE 2017 BOLZ YOUNG
ARTIST COMPETITION.
[APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOUR
OF OUR FINALISTS, ALONG WITH
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN AND
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
>> AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
JOINING US FOR THIS INCREDIBLE
EVENING.
FROM OVERTURE HALL IN MADISON,
I'M LORI SKELTON.
>> AND I'M JIM FLEMING.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> GOOD NIGHT.
*
[APPLAUSE]
*
>> MAJOR FUNDING WAS PROVIDEDN
PART, BY: