HARRIET TUBMAN ORATORIO
presented by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the National Civil Rights Museum
Sunday, February 11, 2024 · 2:00pm ·
Cannon Center for Performing Arts
Program
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I. NARRATION: Genesis
II. CHORUS: CRY OF THE PEOPLE
III. CHORUS: THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
IV. CHORUS: THY FAITHFULNESS
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V. NARRATION: Holding to His Hand
VI. SOLO: TRUST HIM
VII. NARRATION: I Prayed to God
VIII. SOLO: SONG OF HARRIET
IX. NARRATION: Liberty or Death
X. CHORUS: THOU ART MY GOD
XI. NARRATION: The North Star
XII. CHORUS / DUET: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT
XIII. NARRATION: Crossed the Line
XIV. CHORUS: GLORIA
XV. NARRATION: He Leads Me
XVI. CHORUS: ‘TWAS THE LORD
XVII. NARRATION: “Mission”
XVIII. CHORUS: FEAR NOT
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XIX. NARRATION: “Sorrow of Sorrows”
XX. CHORUS: LET MY PEOPLE GO!
XXI. NARRATION: Abolition of Slavery
XXII. CHORUS: GREAT IS HIS NAME
On Stage
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Earnestine Rodgers Robinson is a renowned and history-making composer whose illustrious, God-inspired song-writing career began in 1972 when she was asked to assist in preparing an Easter program for her church. She opened her bible to read a scripture and instead sang it. And her first song, "For God So Loved The World," was born. Over a course of three decades, that moment blossomed into a prolific music career despite not having any formal musical training.
Robinson’s earliest works include her gospel album, "Sounds of A Miracle," which received a glowing review in Billboard Magazine featuring her unique style of composing music. Her first oratorio, “The Crucifixion” received the prestigious honor of being placed in the Library of Congress, and appears in public, academic, and special libraries across the country. This work received its world premiere at Carnegie Hall, January 20, 1997.
Robinson went on to compose “The Nativity” and “Exodus” oratorios that premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2001 and 2015 respectively. Her most recent work, “Harriet Tubman” oratorio is set for its world premiere performed by The Memphis Symphony Orchestra and The National Civil Rights Museum February 11, 2024.
Robinson has been the subject of several documentaries: A Woman and Her Music that debuted nationally on PBS in 1995; Sounds of a Miracle, which was screened at several film festivals, including the Palm Beach International Film Festival; and Hidden Treasure, which premiered at the prestigious Hoboken International Film Festival and screened at the LA Shorts Fest and the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
The composer and her work have been featured on CNN, BET, NPR, Glamour Magazine and countless local media outlets. She also co-authored with her son, Todd V. Robinson a biography, entitled Dark Before Daybreak.
Born in Memphis, Ms. Robinson is the fifth of 11 children to Elder James and Euber Rodgers. She was married to Charles E. Robinson for 43 years before his death in 2003, and she is the mother to five children. Robinson studied mathematics at Fisk University in Nashville, TN, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Memphis, and has done graduate studies in medical ethics. She resides in Memphis, TN and Chicago, IL.
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American conductor Kyle Dickson is quickly building a reputation as an inspiring and compelling presence on the podium. Recipient of the 2021 Grant Park Music Festival Advocate for Arts Award and the Concert Artists Guild's (CAG) Robert S. Weinart Award, Dickson is a Salonen Conducting Fellow with the San Francisco Symphony and the Colburn School under the guidance of Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Highlights of this season included debuts with San Francisco Symphony’s SoundBox and concerts with the Detroit, Oakland, Wichita and National Symphony Orchestras. In 2023-2024, he will appear as a Guest Conductor with the Louisville Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Pasadena, Portland (ME), and Marin Symphony Orchestras.
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Sinfonietta from 2021-2022, Dickson has served as Assistant/Cover Conductor for the Orchestre de Paris, NDR Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, New York Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, St. Louis, Minnesota, San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, and the National Symphony (Washington, DC). He has assisted Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fabio Biondi, Stéphane Denève, Andrew Manze, James Conlon, Carlos Prieto, Osmo Vänskä, Raphael Payare and Kevin John Edusei among others.
His passion for music education has led to many collaborations with youth ensembles around the country. Dickson has served as Conductor of the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra and the South Side Chicago Youth Symphony. He’s been Assistant Conductor for Carnegie Hall’s 2022 NYO USA/NYO2 Tour and the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles. Additionally, he was named 2017 Hyde Park Youth Symphony Artist-In-Residence and has worked with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, National Symphony Orchestra's 2021 Summer Music Institute, Ravinia’s El Sistema program, Colburn Academy Virtuosi and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Dickson was a Guest Conductor at 2023 Chicago Youth In Music Festival Orchestra and this season will conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition.
Dickson was selected as a Conducting Fellow at the 2021 National Orchestral Institute’s Conducting Academy directed by Marin Alsop and as a Paul Freeman Conducting Fellow under the mentorship of Mei-Ann Chen from 2019-2022. Dickson was also trained as a violinist and a prizewinner at the 2010 NANM National Concerto Competition. He’s held residencies at Indiana University-South Bend, the United World College of South East Asia, and served on the violin and chamber music faculty at the New Music School (Chicago). He has performed with the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, Quad City Symphony, and was Concertmaster of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Additionally, his playing can be heard on albums by recording artists such as John Legend, Chance the Rapper, and Jessie J as a member of the Matt Jones/Recollective Orchestra.
Dickson studied conducting at the Colburn School and Northwestern University. His principal conducting teachers include Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mei-Ann Chen, Kevin Noe, and Victor Yampolsky. He received degrees in violin performance and music education from DePaul University and Michigan State University studying with Walter Verdehr, Laura Roelofs, and Olga Kaler.
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Upcoming Opera Memphis roles: Juno in La Calisto, Mimi in La Bohème
Marquita Richardson is a soprano raised in Nashville and the Greater Philadelphia area. Having grown up in a musical family, Marquita learned to sing and appreciate a wide variety of musical styles at home, but she started studying voice officially after attending college (Oakwood University, B.S. in Biology). She fell in love with the unique world of opera under the tutelage of Dr. Lloyd Mallory at Delaware State University. She continued her studies with Dr. Everett McCorvey at the University of Kentucky in 2018.
Marquita has performed leading and supportive roles for the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, 2023), Kentucky Opera (Musetta in La Bohème, 2022), and the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre (Mimì in La Bohème, 2022; Abigail Williams in The Crucible, 2021; Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, 2019; and covering Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, 2018). She served as a chorus member with Chautauqua Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Kentucky Opera, and Nashville Symphony Orchestra (The Jonah People, 2023 world premiere) and as a featured soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. She also served as a 2022-2023 Barbara & Halsey Sandford Studio Artist with Kentucky Opera and a 2023 Apprentice Artist for Chautauqua Opera. Marquita maintains her love of performing a variety of music—opera, musical theater, pop, gospel, and spirituals—and enjoys every opportunity to connect with and inspire others through music. Marquita believes in creating a more empathetic world through art and great storytelling. marquitarichardson.com
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Soprano Tanisha Ward has been heard in a variety of venues in her native Memphis, Tennessee and beyond. A former Artist-in-Residence with Opera Memphis and the winner of an Emerging Artist Grant from Arts Memphis, Ms. Ward has been seen in supporting and featured roles with several Opera Memphis productions including Aida, Tremonisha, Porgy & Bess, and Turandot and covered the leading soprano role of Euridice in Gluck’s Orpheus. She was Gretel in Opera Memphis’s outreach tour of Hansel and Gretel and was featured in a one-woman show entitled Black Roots of Opera for the company in honor of Black History Month. Additional credits include the Church Soloist in Playhouse on the Square’s award-wining production of The Color Purple, featured soloist in Art for Life’s Sake, and international tours in recital for D&P Joubert Worldwide. She holds the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Memphis and the Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Mississippi. Ms. Ward has been a frequent prize winner in regional NATS competitions. She has appeared with symphonies, theatre, and opera companies including, but not limited to, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Wind Symphony, New York Lyric Opera (New York), Red Mountain Theatre (Birmingham,AL), Moon River Opera (Savannah, GA), St. Croix Falls Festival Theatre (St. Croix Falls, WI), Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra, and Hattiloo Theatre (Memphis, TN.). In the spring of 2024, Ms. Ward will make her company debut with Theatre Memphis, and Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Memphis, TN).
When Ms. Ward is not performing, she is working tirelessly with her nonprofit Classical Melodies, Incorporated. Its primary focus is sharing Classical Vocal music with underserved/ under represented communities, particularly school-aged, at risk children of color.
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Gavin Wigginson, tenor, is an accomplished musician and educator with a passion for providing transformative opportunities to young people. A Memphis native, Gavin attended Overton High School and went on to earn Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio. Next, Gavin attended The University of Kentucky to study with Dr. Everett McCorvey, resulting in significant stage experience and an appointment to the faculty of Kentucky State University. Some of his performance credits include Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Alfred in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, and Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw. His recital series, Spiritual Reflections, explores the paradigm of Negro Spirituals as a reflective tool to reimagine social justice efforts in the 21st Century.
In 2014, Gavin returned to Memphis to give back to his community by joining the faculties of Kirby High School and LeMoyne-Owen College, where he successfully challenged barriers to access and opportunities for students seeking pathways into music. He later joined the staff of Memphis Music Initiative, helping to expand opportunities for youth in 60+ public, charter, and parochial music programs.
Today, Gavin serves as the Executive Director of PRIZM Ensemble, where he continues to connect young people, aspiring professionals, and professional musicians with opportunities to develop and showcase their music skills through chamber music performance and mentorship.
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Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Marcus King graduated The University of Memphis with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education, and a master’s in vocal performance. In 2013, he made his European debut in Norfolk, England as Demetrius in the Yorke Trust Opera production of Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2014 he rejoined the company as Ubalde in Gluck’s Armide. In December of 2014, he traveled to Japan as a soloist for the New York based professional touring group The Glory Gospel Singers.
He has been a young artist for the Utah Festival Opera as well as The Charlottesville Opera, formerly known as Ash Lawn Opera. For the Utah Festival, he was engaged for the roles of Jake in Porgy and Bess and Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime. For Charlottesville Opera, he played the role Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto. For Opera Memphis, he has had many roles such as Mr. Gobineau in the Medium, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Vernon in Blue Viola, Samuel in Pirates of Penzance, Joe Harland in Later the Same Evening and Angelotti in Tosca. In 2018, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Lyric Opera singing the role of Zurga. In 2019, he was a part of an opera co-commissioned by Opera Memphis and The United States Department of Defense called The Falling and The Rising, playing the role of the Homecoming Soldier.
In 2021, he returned to Opera America’s Sorca Hall making his New York recital debut in the world premiere of Sohrab and Rustom. For 2022, he made his debut with Art Song Colorado as one of the Voices of the Diaspora, a concert featuring the works of Leslie Adams, George Walker and Andre Myers. He also made his debut with Lighthouse Opera of New York’s reading of Twice Upon a Birthday playing the character of Metamorphos.
This year he returned to Carnegie Hall in the reading of 9131: A Sing Sing Opera. He also made his debut with Opera Theatre of The Rockies, Colorado as Derrick Wheatt in Blind Injustice. His latest engagement was as a Lakes Area Music Festival Vocal Fellow in Brainerd, Minnesota. This Summer he will join Opera Maine as a resident artist. He is currently an adjunct voice professor for Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Janice Curtis Greene is an award-winning Author, Master Storyteller and Historical Reenactor, an American Griot, keeping the stories and history of the African Diaspora alive. She has been telling African, African American and Multicultural stories for over 30 years. She is Past President and Life Member of both the Griots' Circle of Maryland, Inc. and the National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc, (NABS). In 2017, Maryland Governor, Lawrence Hogan appointed Mrs. Greene to serve as a Commissioner on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, representing Baltimore County and on September 19, 2022 proclaimed Mrs. Greene the “Official Griot for the State of Maryland”.
Janice the Griot has delighted adult and student audiences at schools, colleges, libraries, hospitals, museums, churches, festivals and various gatherings nationally and internationally. Mrs. Greene mesmerizes her audiences with folktales, song, dance, audience participation, original stories and personal stories and Bible Stories set to syncopated Rap rhythms. The original healing stories and poems of her triumph over tragedy have been inspirational to many.
Mrs. Greene’s historical Underground Railroad tales and motivational Fly with Eagles are some of her most popular programs. Janice has narrated with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is also known for her portrayals of historical African American women such as Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks, Phillis Wheatley and more. Mrs. Greene is the resident Harriet Tubman for the Harriet Tubman Museum and Visitor’s Center in Cambridge, MD.
Mrs. Greene has recently joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Undergraduate Program in Theater Arts & Sciences as a Guest Artist.
Her Awards include, several Maryland Gubernatorial and Mayoral Citations and Proclamations, Harriet Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award, Zeta Phi Beta 2015 Women of the Year in the Cultural Arts, NABS’ Zora Neale Hurston Award, Continentals Service Award and many more.
Mrs. Greene lives in Windsor Mill, Maryland with her husband of 49 years.
Website: www.janicethegriot.com Email: janicethegriot@aol.com
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Michelle McKissack is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, supporter of the Arts and public servant who gives back to the Memphis community through her professional and personal pursuits.
Her role as narrator for the oratorio, Harriet Tubman by Earnestine Rodgers Robinson, is an especially rewarding endeavor. She is the daughter of the composer and has had the honor of performing as narrator for her mother’s compositions during concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and in Prague with the Czech National Symphony.
Michelle’s support of the arts and public advocacy in Memphis extends to exposing young people in the community through her second term as a Commissioner on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board, and as a trustee on the boards of Memphis River Parks, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the MSO Circle of Friends, among numerous other boards she has served on at the local, state and national levels.
Prior to her time in elected office, Michelle worked for years in Memphis, Chicago and Washington, D. C. as a news anchor and reporter, as well as working as the Editor of Memphis Parent magazine. Michelle also has credits in the entertainment industry with acting parts in the movies Castaway and The People vs Larry Flynt.
Born and raised in Memphis, Michelle graduated from White Station High School, then received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Michelle has been married 30 years to her college sweetheart, John P. McKissack. They have three young adult sons, Peter, James and John, and a daughter, Bliss who is performing in Harriet Tubman as a member of the University Middle School choir.
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Dr. Lawrence Edwards has been the Artistic Director of the Memphis Symphony Chorus since 1988 and he often conducts both the orchestra and the chorus. Dr. Edwards served as Coordinator of Choirs for the University of Memphis School of Music from 1987 to 2021.
During that time, he directed the University Singers and the group Sound Fuzion, and taught undergraduate choral conducting. He also served as advisor/teacher for graduate choral conducting students. During the summers he taught graduate conducting at Villanova University in Philadelphia, and is active as a choral clinician throughout the country, working with junior and senior high honor choirs.
Dr. Edwards received his undergraduate degree in music from Seattle Pacific University where he directed the Seattle Pacific Singers. He holds both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Music from the University of Illinois at Champaign where he studied orchestral conducting with the Romanian conductor, Mircia Cristescu. Prior to assuming his position at the University of Memphis, Dr. Edwards was Director of Choral Activities at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Violin I
Barrie Cooper, Concertmaster
The Joy Brown Wiener Chair
Marisa Polesky, Assistant Concertmaster
Diane Zelickman Cohen, Assistant Principal
Wen-Yih Yu, Assistant Principal
Jessica Munson
Janaina Fernandes*
The Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellow
Rebeca Rathlef*
The Judith and Sheldon Korones Memorial Fellow
John McKissack
Violin II
Gaylon McKay Patterson, Principal
The Dunbar and Constance Abston Chair
Erin Kaste, Assistant Principal
Lenore McIntyre, Assistant Principal
Yennifer Correia
Sam Spurbeck
Jamie Weaver
Janet Cooper
Viola
Jennifer Puckett, Principal
The Corinne Falls Murrah Chair
Michelle Pellay-Walker, Assistant Principal
Aaron Tubergen, Assistant Principal
Matthew Finley*
The Joyce McAnulty Blackmon Memorial Fellow
Michael Brennan
Katie Brown
Cello
Ruth Valente Burgess, Principal
The Vincent de Frank Chair
Iren Zombor, Assistant Principal
Jonathan Kirkscey, Assistant Principal
Jeffrey Jurciukonid
Hannah Schmidt
Lisandro Acosta
The Ellen Rolfes Legacy Fellow
Bass
Scott Best, Principal
Chris Butler, Assistant Principal
Sean O’Hara
Flute
Shantanique Moore, Principal
The Marion Dugdale McClure Chair
Delara Hashemi
Oboe
Lani Kelly, Acting Principal
The Paul and Linnea Bert Chair
Shelly Sublett, Assistant Principal
English Horn
Shelly Sublett, Principal
Clarinet
Andre Dyachenko, Principal
The Gayle S. Rose Chair
Rena Feller
Bassoon
Susanna Whitney, Principal
Horn
Caroline Kinsey, Principal
The Morrie A. Moss Chair
Robert Patterson, Assistant Principal
Vincent Morreale
Eric Sorensen
Trumpet
Scott Moore, Principal
The Smith & Nephew Chair
Susan Enger
J. Michael McKenzie
Trombone
Wes Lebo, Principal
Mark Vail
Bass Trombone
Mark Vail
Tuba
Charles Schulz, Principal
The Charles and Sharen Schulz Chair
Timpani
Ed Murray, Principal
Percussion
David Carlisle, Principal
Harp
Frances Cobb Kenney, Principal
The Ruth Marie Moore Cobb Chair
Keyboard
Adrienne Park, Principal
The Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Chair
*Circle of Friends Fellow
Memphis Symphony Chorus
Soprano
Olivia Ball
Emma Boehme
Katie Brown
Alicia Butler*
Janice T. Cate
Carly Cempre
Edith Christmas
Juyoun Chung
Tamara Clark
Jesscia Collins
Vonda Collins
Sarah Farkas
Mary Gaudet
Mary Claire Jackson
Sophia Marmion
Reagan Ramsey
Aimee Randolph
Aurora Russell
Andrea Sanchez
Emma Weaver
Ia Traci White
Cathy Wilhelm
Georgia Winkler
Rosemary Winters
Emily Wyonzek
Mary Ruth Young
Alto
Lily S. Axelrod
Cindy Burnette
Gretchen Carstens
Caroline Clements
Donavon Darienzo
Taylor Gibson
Pamela Gold *
Andrea Goughnour
Teresa Griffith
Gerre Harrell *
Christine Hughes *
Rosalyn Hurt
M. Ann Indingaro
Cora R. Jones
Anita I. Lotz
Lisa Lucks Mendel *
Kenya Nichols
Theresa Osbahr
Sila Ozkara
Terron K. Perk
Emily Rooker
Fedoria Rugless
Mary Seratt
Anna Shelton
Rita West
Alison Wetherald *
Cindy White*
Tenor
Elijah Bell-Clarke *
Art Cancienne
Julius Dabbs
Clint M. Early, Jr
Craig Gough
M. Dylan Hooper *
George Martin
Keith Parsons
H. Joseph Powell, Jr.*
John Sanborn *
Erich Shultz
David Spear
Bass
Matthew Babb
Charles Dove II
Bill Gaudet
Scott Hall
Jim Jaggers
Jacob Kerbaugh
James McClanahan*
David Patterson
Quinton Rayford
Barry White *
Al Whitney*
Liz Parsons, Accompanist
*Denote Chorus Board Member
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Chorus
Gerald Lee Ricks, M.Mus. | Minister of Music & Arts
Brock Julian Brown
Kenesha Connerm
Sharis Deberry
David Edwards
Darryl Hulon
Rosalyn Hurt
Lazandra Jones
David McNair
Junita Richardson
Fedoria Rugless
Sharon Smith
Larraine Smith
Dorothy Stewart
Karen Tate
Angela Tate-Richard
Alonzo Weaver
Willie Weddle
Dru Welch
Al Whitney
Glynis Williams
White Station High School Choir
Joseph Powell, Director of Choirs
David Eva Allen
Chitkala Alli
Tamia Anderson
Eva Bowen
Riley Bruce
Gabrielle Cain
Dylan Campbell
Ellie Carr
Kaitlyn Cooper
Robert Easterling
Gabrielle Goble
Jennifer Guerrero
Spence Herrington
Lauren Hunter
Kyla Johnson
Kameron Kearney
Jordan Kirby
Siri Larsen
Sophia Marmion
Allison Maury
Erin Maury
Abigail Mitchell
Morgan Mooney
Kendall Nickols
Simon Schoenberger
Kylie Scott
Audrey Wilkerson
Kamryn Wilks
Charles Winsett
Lucia Yang
Cordova High School Choir
Adrian L. Maclin, Director of Choirs
Josefat Aguilar
Javeon Allen
Angel Amezcua
William Anderson
Joel Anthony
Jameyla Arnold
Calvin Barnes
Jordan Bowen
Michael Bowen
Jayla Brooks
Chuyler Byars
Alyssa Carpenter
Natalya Crosby
Hayden Frazier
Taylor Hudson
Sean Hunt
Kai Jones
Dallas Miles
Tania Parson
Aniya Pittman
Jayeci Smith
Doniyah Toney
Tiana Thomas
Favour Turner
Ava Williams
Adriana Yates
University Middle School Choir
Clifton Jackson, Choral Director
Sophie Arendt
Zoey Armstrong
Lauren Blake
Mason Caldwell
Joshua Carroll
Daniela Dahman
Evan Diggs
Jordan Draper
Henry Erholtz
Amariah Fields
Grace Funez
Lilly Gregory
Annabelle Haag
Ariana Hadadzadeh
Tempestt Hampton
Clara Hedge
Taliyah Irving
Colbie James
Joy Jerrolds
Henry Kling-Wilson
Mary Little
Bliss McKissack
Macy Mister
Mary Morton
Asher Parish
Lydia Patrick
Lorin Phillips
Marissa Robinson
Celia Schaffzin
Trinity Sharkey
Oscar Simpson
Arin Singleton
Maurice Smith-Mcway
Cormac Stockwell
Jack Stroud
Izabella Stuart
Szymon Teodorowicz
Zoe Tucker
Madison Wakefield
DONORS
THANK YOU! Individuals, corporations, foundations, ArtsMemphis, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and others make annual contributions to support the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. The following community members have expressed their support for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for 2022 and 2023.
$25,000+
AutoZone, Inc.
Paul and Linnea Bert
City of Memphis
The Estate of Adrienne D. Davis
FedEx Corporation
First Horizon Foundation
Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer
Carolyn and Scott Heppel
Hyde Family Foundation
International Paper Foundation
Plough Foundation
The Estate of Mary Alice Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick W. Smith
J. Richard and Carole M. Briscoe
John and Marsha Evans
Masanori and Seiko Igarashi
Frank and Jeanne Jemison
Dorothy Kirsch
Ann L. Powell
$10,000+
John and Ashley Remmers
Shelby County Government
The Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams
Charitable Foundation
Nancy Walker
The Estate of Patricia Walker
Joy Wiener
Rebecca and Spence Wilson
$5,000+
Bert and Carol Barnett
Jack and Kathleen Blair
Maria and Michael Douglass
James and Susan Edelman
David and Susan Ellison
Pam and Steve Guinn
Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation
Korones Family Foundation
Edwin Koshland
Robert and Mary Nell Kuhlo
Nathaniel Landau
Eva Lang and Scott LeMay
Dinah and Gary Makowsky
Elisa and Ramon Marus
Amy and Tony Milam
Rick and Carey Moore
Henry and Snowden Morgan
Linda and Ron Sklar
Paul Thomas
$2,500+
Fran and Peter Addicott
Louise and Will Barden
Stanley and Dot Bilsky
Judith Bookman
Paul Brezina
Arthur and Michelle Buring
Elizabeth and Charles Carter, Jr.
Copland Foundation
Farrell Calhoun, Inc.
Juan Fuentes
Jere Gerard
Lowry and Laura Howell
Donna Jefcoat
Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean
Christopher Knott-Craig
Ann and Dudley Langston
Elizabeth and Jerry Marshall
Montgomery and Laura Martin
Alan and Zoe Nadel
Robert Patterson and Patricia Gray
Laretha R. Sargent
Nick Sarraf
Stephen and Deborah Schadt
Jane and Bruce Smedley
John and Cristina Speer
Richard Tanner
Deborah Dunklin Tipton Charitable Fund
Otis and Marilane Warr
Betty and Jules Weiss
Barry and Cynthia A. White
Evelyn Wofford
$1,000+
Stephen Agar
Kay and Keith Anderson
Henry and Janet Bartosch
Reed Baskin and Alice Nishiwaki
Joey and Neal Beckford
Fiona and Lance Binder
Betty Blaylock
Peggy Bodine
Robert and Sheryl Bowen
Ray Brandon
Rose Merry Brown
Mary Beth and Tom Bryce
Paul and Suzanne Burgar
Alice Rawlins and Phil Burnett
Canale Foundation
Carol Lee and Joe Royer
Daniel Case
Irvine and Gloria Cherry
Karen Clawson
Charles and Nancy Coe
Carol Cummings
Gay Daughdrill Boyd
Mike and Blanche Deaderick
Dr. Margaret Debon
Dillard Door
Jim Dorman
JT Elliott
Eyleen Farmer
Jim and Susan Fletcher
Fred and Mary Lawrence Flinn
David Forell
Susan Frazee
Katherine and Jimmy Gould
Jerrold and Martha Graber
Kathy Hammond
Carolyn Chism Hardy
Larry Hardy
Page Henrion
Marisa and Paul Hess
Honeybird Foundation
Walter and Nancy Howell
Joanna Hwang
J. R. and Barbara Hyde
Eric and Cynthia Johnson
Rose and Thomas Johnston
Edith Kelly-Green
Ellen Klyce
Bruce and Susanne Landau
Barbara Lapides
Lucy and Tom Lee
Lauriann Lines
Al and Janet Lyons
Barbara McConville
John and Michelle McKissack
Lisa & Maurice Mendel
Rodgers Menzies
Irma W. Merrill
Rozlyn Nichols
William and Barbara Nixon
Cecile and Frederick Nowak
Nancy Otto
Marianne Parrs
Rushton Patterson
John Pickens
Kenneth Prince
Eileen and Joel Prout
Linda Rhea
Neil and Judy Ringel
Betty Robinson
Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation
Gayle Rose
Diane Rudner
Beverly and Ken Sakauye
Craig and Andrea Sander
Dale Schaefer
Samuel and Leanne Scull
Mary Seratt
Patricia Seubert
Jerry Sharp
Cynthia Spangler and Charles Askew
Richard and Trish Spore
Mary Anne K. Sullivan
Irvin Tankersley
Lura and Steve Turner
Michael and Andie Uiberall
Susan Van Dyck and James Newcomb
Bill and Carmine Vaughan
Dr. Lee and Mary Linda Wardlaw
Graham and Megan Warr
Benton Wheeler and Aimee M. Christian
Alvin and Myra Whitney
Linda Wible
Camilla Wilson
Mary Wurtzburger
Susan Yount
Lyn and Gordon Yukon
Dennis Zolper
This list recognizes philanthropic contributors to the MSO made between July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 . While compiling this list every effort has been made to reflect the accuracy of our donors. If your name has been misspelled, omitted, or misrepresented please contact us at 901-537-2500 and will correct our records. We appreciate your generosity and understanding.
