Advocates of Change

Since its founding, the Symphony Orchestra Institute encouraged significantly increased engagement by all participants in North American symphony organizations in the overall affairs and destinies of their institutions. The Institute professed that dramatic organizational change was needed in many symphony organizations and that new approaches would take place only with a growing interest and commitment by many participants from the various constituencies within these organizations. The Institute also believed that efforts of participants in any one organization wouldl be enhanced and reinforced by parallel efforts in other organizations. 

To bring about more grassroots activation, personal energy, and impetus for organizational improvement, "Advocates of Change" was formed. Members of AoC embraced the following common beliefs:  

• As a supreme form of human creativity and achievement, music performed by symphony orchestras ennobles the spirit.

• Symphony orchestra organizations preserve symphonic music performance so that this art form may be passed from generation to generation.

• The environment for symphony organizations is rapidly changing.

• To flourish in this changing environment, symphony organizations must evolve into high-performance institutions universally valued in the communities they serve.

• Everyone concerned must take an active stake in how effectively our symphony organizations function, how organizational performance can be improved, and how all participants must work together toward these ends.                            

Membership in AoC was open to anyone who shared the common goal of achieving better symphony organizations and preserving and enhancing the musical arts they encompass. It was the Institutes goal to foster a community of all those people who held this common purpose.

The AoC was organized in mid-2000 with an initial group of 36 persons giving their commitment to this effort. Below is a listing of all persons and some institutions who became AoC members during the Institute's existence. Special thanks to all!

A
W. Randolph Adams, Saint Louis, MO
Francis Akos, Chicago, IL
Hogan Allen, Jackson, MS
Robert A. Allesee, Detroit, MI
Ellenor Alvarez, Annapolis, MD
Robert Anderson, Saint Paul, MN
Dessie Arnold, Fort Wayne, IN
Aspen Music Festival
Assoc. of California Symphony Orchestras

B
Robert and Edith Ballin, Chicago, IL
David Bartolowits, Indianapolis, IN
Henry Bass, Boston, MA
Victor J. Bauer, Newark, NJ
Karine Beesley, Pasadena, CA
Pat Beffel, Jr., Jackson, MI
Robert Bell, Toledo, OH
Stephen Belth, Chicago, IL
Peter Benoliel, Philadelphia, PA
Danny Berenberg, Jacksonville, FL
John and Millie Boaz, Chicago, IL
Mr. and Mrs. Abba Bogin, New York, NY
Martin Bookspan, New York, NY
Paul V. Boulian, New Haven, CT
Michael F. Brewer, Washington, DC
Alexandra Brookshire and Bert Green, Seattle, WA
Roger and Barbara Brown, Chicago, IL
Trish Bryan, Cincinnati, OH
Bradford D. Buckley, Saint Louis, MO
Les and Connie Buechele, Saint Louis, MO

C
Catherine M. Cahill, New York, NY
Maria P. Cantonis, Tampa, FL
Nicky B. Carpenter, Minneapolis, MN
Jessie Chang and Jahja Ling, Mayfield, OH
Charles and Roberta Cheyney, San Diego, CA
NancyBell Coe, Aspen, CO
James Copenhaver, Chandler, AZ
Bruce Coppock, Saint Paul, MN
Peter D. Cummings, Detroit, MI
CutTime Players, Detroit, MI

D
Myra Janco Daniels, Naples, FL
Andreas and Amy Delfs, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Allan Dennis, Highwood, IL
Arthur M. Devey III, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Richard Dorsey, Toronto, ON
Ann L. Drinan, Hartford, CT
Christopher T. Dunworth, Bushkill, PA
Michael Duschenes, Breslau, ON

E
Patricia Edwards, Annapolis, MD
Saul Eisen, Sebastopol, CA
Ruth L. Eliel, Los Angeles, CA
Adrian Ellis, New York, NY
Philip D. English, Baltimore, MD
Larry Epstein, San Francisco, CA
Peter G. Ernster, Philadelphia, PA
Lynne Exley, Wheeling, WV

F
JoAnn Falletta, Laurence Harbor, NJ
Marcia P. Farabee, Washington, DC
Cortlandt B. Fengler, San Mateo, CA
Sandy Ferencz, Charleston, SC
Mina Fisher, Minneapolis, MN
Ernest Fleischmann, Los Angeles, CA
John Fleming, Saint Petersburg, FL
Ryan Fleur, Memphis, TN
Henry Fogel, Chicago, IL
John Forsyte, Santa Ana, CA
William Foster, Washington, DC
Susan M. Franano, Tucson, AZ
Catherine French, Washington, DC
Soong Fu Yuan, New York, NY

G
Dileep Gangolli, Chicago, IL
Glenn Garlick, Washington, DC
David Gaylin, Fresno, CA
G. Michael Gehret, Chicago, IL
Michael R. Geller, New York, NY
John D. Gidwitz, Baltimore, MD
James R. Gillespie, Tampa, FL
David Gillis, Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph B. Glossberg, Chicago, IL
William A. Goldstein, Chicago, IL
Joseph Goodell, Buffalo, NY
Carole Haas Gravagno, Philadelphia, PA
Joan Greabeiel, Edmonton, AB
Valborg L. Gross, New Orleans, LA
Peter Guroff, Pittsburgh, PA

H
Kevin A. Hagen, Albuquerque, NM
John Hancock, Spokane, WA
Gary Hanson, Cleveland, OH
Mark C. Hanson, Knoxville, TN
Sara Harmelink, Milwaukee, WI
Joan W. Harris, Chicago, IL
Dan Hart, Columbus, OH
Edward R. Hearle, Jacksonville, FL
Shirley and Barnett Helzberg, Kansas City, MO
Arthur Henrie, Jackson, MI
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati, OH
Joan J. Horan, Kansas City, MO
James Houlik, Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Howard, Greenville, SC
William Hudson, McLean, VA
Marguerite B. Humphrey, Cleveland, OH

I
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ireland III, Cleveland, OH
Judith A. Istock, Chicago, IL

J
Simon Jacobs, Quebec City, QC
Bernard Jacobson, Philadelphia, PA
Mark Jamison, Toronto, ON
William R. Jentes, Chicago, IL
Dwight A. Johnson, Hartford, CT
Robert C. Jones, Tilghman, MD
Judy and Gary Jorgensen, Milwaukee, WI
Thomas and Tricia Jöstlein, Richmond, VA
Paul Judy, Chicago, IL
Marilou Judy-Moore, Fresno, CA

K
Greg Kandel, Cos Cob, CT
Emil Kang, Detroit, MI
Morris A. Kaplan, Chicago, IL
Richard B. Kapnick, Chicago, IL
Kaylor Management, Inc., New York, NY
Connie and Dennis Keller, Chicago, IL
George D. Kennedy, Chicago, IL
Bruce Kenney, Atlanta, GA
John Kimball, Andover, MA
Robert A. Kipp, Kansas City, MO
Charles Kirkland, Valparaiso, IN
Joseph H. Kluger, Philadelphia, PA
John F. Kofron, Tucson, AZ
W.R. Konneker, Saint Louis, MO
Mitchell Korn, Rhinebeck, NY
John A. Koten, Chicago, IL
Patrick Kulesa, Chicago, IL

L
Robert Langevin, New York, NY
Erin Lehman, Boston, MA
Debra Levin, Chicago, IL
Robert Levine, Milwaukee, WI
Sarah Lewis, Saint Paul, MN
Christina Littlejohn, Mobile, AL
Sharon Litwin, New Orleans, LA
Lynn D. Loacker, Portland, OR
David Loebel, Memphis, TN
Ottie Lockey, Toronto, ON
John Lofton, Phoenix, AZ
Michael Luxner, Decatur, IL

M
James and Kay Mabie, Chicago, IL
Hampton Mallory, Pittsburgh, PA
Joel Mandelbaum, New York, NY
Anne Manson, Washington, DC
Nina C. Masek, Tucson, AZ
Lou Mason, Dayton, OH
Michael McCollum, Fort Wayne, IN
Craig McNutt, Boston, MA
Katherine M. Mead, Columbus, OH
Zarin Mehta, New York, NY
Pat Middleton, Regina, SK
Phyllis J. Mills, New York, NY
William Moyer, Boston, MA
Paul Murphy, Atlanta, GA
Raymond F. Murphy, Jr., Providence, RI
Raymond Murray, Tampa, FL

N
Harold J. Newman, New York, NY
John D. Nichols, Chicago, IL
Norbert Nielubowski, Minneapolis, MN
Roger Nierenberg, New York, NY
Gerard Nussbaum, Chicago, IL

O
James Orleans, Boston, MA
Stephen and Melissa Osmond, Jackson, MI
Steven A. Ovitsky, Milwaukee, WI

P
James W. Palermo, Chicago, IL
Siu Yuin Pang, Chicago, IL
John R. Pfeffer, Naples, FL
Connie Pirtle, Bethesda, MD
Mary Plaine, Baltimore, MD
Gene Pokorny, Chicago, IL
Barbara Pollack, Denver, CO
Claire and Millard Pryor, Hartford, CT

Q
Ruth Ann Quinn, Chicago, IL

R
Camille Reed, Oakland, CA
Helen Reich, Milwaukee, WI
John M. Richman, Chicago, IL
Stephen E. Richman, Milwaukee, WI
Stacy A. Ridenour, Kalamazoo, MI
Allen N. Rieselbach, Milwaukee, WI
Joseph Robinson, New York, NY
Arthur Rosenbaum, Baltimore, MD
Laura Leigh Roelofs, Richmond, VA
Jesse Rosen, New York, NY
Achille L. Rossi, Indianapolis, IN
William A. Ryberg, Grand Rapids, MI

S
Robert Sansone, Indianapolis, IN
Cynthia Sargent, Chicago, IL
Charles E. Schlueter, Boston, MA
Michael J. Schmitz, Milwaukee, WI
Karen Schnackenberg, Dallas, TX
Ronald Schneider, Pittsburgh, PA
Marilyn and David Scholl, Chicago, IL
Eric G. Schultz, Trenton, NJ
A. Settari, Calgary, AB
Harry Shapiro, Boston, MA
Eileen F. Shaughnessy, Wilmette, IL
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr., Chicago, IL
Kris Sinclair, Sacramento, CA
Peter W. Smith, Elmira, NY
Ward and Gretchen Smith, Cleveland, OH
Zachary H. Smith, Pittsburgh, PA
John G. Soroka, Pittsburgh, PA
South Bend Symphony Orchestra, South Bend, IN
Robert Spich, Los Angeles, CA
Joan H. Squires, Phoenix, AZ
Christopher R. Stager, New York, NY
Stephen Stamas, New York, NY
Robert Stearns, Pittsburgh, PA
Connie Steensma, New York, NY
Margery S. Steinberg, Hartford, CT
John Steinmetz, Altadena, CA
Kathy Kahn Stept, Pittsburgh, PA
Carl W. Stern, Chicago, IL
Jeffrey Stewart, Baltimore, MD
Robert J. Stiles, New Orleans, LA
Stacey Street, San Francisco, CA
William H. Strong, Chicago, IL
Patricia C. Syak, Youngstown, OH
T
Richard L. Thomas, Chicago, IL
Rosemary Thomson, Calgary, AB
John L. Thorndike, Boston, MA
John Thorne, Houston, TX
Donald Thulean, Seattle, WA
Gideon Toeplitz, Pittsburgh, PA
Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee, Toronto, ON
Stephen Trott, Boise, ID

U
Charles Ullery, Saint Paul, MN

V
Roland Valliere, Kansas City, MO

W
Robert J. Wagner, Newark, NJ
WAMSO–Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association, Minneapolis, MN
Christine Ward, Saint Louis, MO
David Waters, Houston, TX
Craig Watjen, Seattle, WA
David M. Wax, Providence, RI
Christopher Weait, Worthington, OH
Albert K. Webster, New York, NY
Alice Kogan Weinreb, Washington, DC
Robert S. Weiss, Toronto, ON
James A. Wilkinson, Pittsburgh, PA
Lucinda Williams, Baltimore, MD
Neil Williams, Atlanta, GA (F)
John Wisotzkey, York, PA (F)
Thomas H. Witmer, Pittsburgh, PA
Anthony Woodcock, Minneapolis, MN

Z
Frederick Zenone, Washington, DC

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Special thanks are also extended to Richard B. (Brad) Kapnick who volunteered to lead the development of AoC. Brad is a trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, has been chairman of the board of the Civic Orchestra, the training orchestra within the CSO organization, and is a partner in a Chicago-based law firm.

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