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FALL 2013 | ISSUE thIrty-thrEE editorial | JEFFrEy SAyS

At a recent BDDS board meeting, one of the members said offhandedly, “What are you going to call the 23rd season? Something crazy like ‘23 Skiddoo’?” Stephanie and I looked at each other, grins spreading across our faces. Perfection, dropped conveniently in our laps. “23 Skiddoo,” if you’re not familiar with the expression, is American slang from the early 20th century. It refers to leaving quickly or taking advantage of an opportunity to leave. There are a lot of other great expressions having to do with leaving quickly, and Stephanie and I had fun finding musical connections for them—sometimes obvious, sometimes oblique—as we planned next season’s programs.

All that musical leave-taking led me to think about leave-takings in my own life, in particular my decision to skedaddle out of Madison in 1998. In the spirit of this year’s theme, here’s my story. Buried in these paragraphs you’ll find EVERY ONE of the concert titles for the upcoming season.

When I moved from Madison to San Francisco, it seemed like the right time to take a hike, to get out while the getting was good. Stephanie, though, was concerned it was a case of cut and run: I was working on my doctorate at UW-Madison, and she worried that I wouldn’t finish it if I hightailed it out of town. But I did in fact have an exit strategy. In Madison, I was involved with two wonderful musical endeavors, BDDS and Opera for the Young (OFY), but they weren’t quite enough for me financially or professionally. While maintaining those ties, in San Francisco I’d have access to a larger and more varied musical environment and more opportunities to choose gigs that were a good fit .

Happily, California has been a great place for me. I’ve worked with many incredible musicians, some of whom I’ve managed to get to BDDS a time or two. I started the San Francisco Piano Trio and developed connections with a number of other chamber music festivals. I’ve always enjoyed teaching, and after completing my doctorate, I quickly found teaching jobs at UC Berkeley and Cal State East Bay.

Still, BDDS and OFY continued to be the most satisfying projects of my career. Last December, after 17 rewarding years as music director OFY, I felt it was the

right time for me to getta move on and make room for some young ambitious musician to take my place.

As for BDDS, Stephanie and I truly feel that each festival is more thrilling than the last. Far from giving Madison the 23 Skiddoo, at the end of every season I say “Hasta pronto, baby,” happy that the “hasta” is just a few short months away.

C&N Photography Jeffrey Sykes, artistic director of BDDS.

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“Every concert is fresh, the musicians wonderful, and the

sense of being in someone’s living room watching a group

of friends play together is comfortable and perfect.”

—Jane Dymond

“They definitely live up to their slogan: What Bach

would be doing if he were more fun and less dead.

—Ellis Baumann

“[Hillside Theater]…brings the audience together and

enriches our community. We find it so beneficial that for

the past four years we’ve traveled 90 minutes each way

to attend a performance.

—David & Ellen Maley

“Thank you for turning me into an absolute fan and

advocate for BDDS.”

—Teri Venker

“What exceptional musicians! One thing is certain: we will

not wait several years to see BDDS again. Love their

playfulness.”

—Geri Grogg

FrEE ConCErtS At CApItoL LAkES And MIddLEton GLEn

FrEE FAMILy ConCErt: VArIAtIonS on A thEME

Dressed in “flaming cello” logo t-shirts and jeans, BDDS musicians presented an interactive program for families on Saturday afternoon, June 15th. Stephanie, Jeffrey, and their artist friends demonstrated how music can morph into a different tempo, tone, or mood. To help illustrate the idea of variations, two of BDDS’s youngest fans donned costumes and transformed themselves into different characters. Visuals also included cartoon images of J.S. Bach portrayed in different moods and with different backgrounds.

Grandchildren and grandparents alike got into the spirit of the event, and there was lots of interaction with the musicians throughout the concert.

A heartfelt thank-you to CUnA Mutual Group; Murphy desmond, SC, Lawyers; pat powers and tom Wolfe; the overture Foundation; Capitol Lakes; Middleton Glen; Madison Arts Commission; dane County Cultural Affairs Commission; the Evjue Foundation; and the Wisconsin Arts Board. Without these individuals and organizations, our free concerts would not be possible.

FrEE ConCErtSrAVES FroM oUr FAnS

Our annual tradition of free performances on the road continued at Capitol Lakes and Middleton Glen retirement communities. For over 20 years, BDDS has performed for gracious and attentive outreach audiences. All told there were more than 150 residents, friends, and family who attended our performances last summer. After the concert, residents and the performers mingled and chatted about all things musical. We will be back!

Photos: Dick Ainsworth

P.O. Box 2348Madison, WI 53701-2348

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Gifts and other support received from October 1, 2012 through October 1, 2013FrIEndS oF thE BACh dAnCInG & dynAMItE SoCIEty

SkyroCkEtS ($200 – $499)Alan Attie & Jean FeracaAnne BachnerJohn BeutelCaroline & Robert ButlerAlice D’Alessio & Laird MarshallRuth DahlkeJames Danky & Christine

SchelshornWilliam & Lynne Eich

Tom HaigFred JohnsonSally LeongPeter & Pat LiptonJoanne Michalski & Mike WeedaDan & Judy PetersonWilliam & Jeanne RayneBernard & Alice Reizner

Don & Toni RichardsJoel Rogers & Sarah SiskindRon Rosner & Ronnie HessWeldon & Carolyn ShelpMiriam SimmonsJohn & Carmen SkiltonJane & Michael VoichickFrances Weinstein

FIrECrACkErS ($100 – $199)Dan & Karen AtwoodJean Bae & Gregg KisselHelen BaldwinSue & Ellis BaumanLeonard BerkowitzPatricia Brady & Robert SmithRichard Brualdi & Mona WasowMegan ChristiansenNancy Ciezki & Diane KosteckeSusan R. ClappWendy & Frederick ColemanAlan & Celeste DinesAlexandra & William DoveJane EisnerTim & Renée FarleyWilliam & Mary Foltz

Casey GarhartCarl E. GulbrandsenJan & Maria HeideRosemary & Lee JonesMarna KingJim & Ruth KnutsonJack LadinskyTheodore LandonBeatrice & Leon LindbergSusan Jacobs LockhartGordon McChesneyDietrich & Renate MullerThomas & Carol NovakDaniel PannerKato PerlmanKaren Prager

Claire RiderKaren & Harry Roth, in honor

of Vicki & Gerald StewartJames SamsalPatricia Sanford & John StottSandra Shane-DuBowRobert & Suzanne SmithCarol StevensonAntony Stretton & Philippa ClaudeDon & Joanna ThompsonRussell & Karen TomarMary & Jerry TuckerPeter WeilHarvey & Bonnie WendelLedell Zellers & Simon Anderson

CorporAtE, FoUndAtIon & GoVErnMEnt SUpportAlliant Energy FoundationThe BaskervilleCUNA Mutual GroupCuster Financial ServicesDane County Cultural

Affairs Commission, with additional funds from Endres Manufacturing Co.

HAIRHeid MusicMadison Arts CommissionMGE FoundationMurphy Desmond S.C.,

LawyersPleasant T. Rowland

Foundation

Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Attorneys

Venture Investors, LLCWisconsin Arts Board

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

Wisconsin Bank and Trust

BoArd oF dIrECtorSLarry BechlerMichael BridgemanMartha CaseySusan Horwitz

Barbara JohnsonGeorge ReiznerCarol SchroederNorma Sober

Vicki StewartAnne WadsackDaphne WebbSuzanne Wilkinson

SpArkLErS ($1 – $99)Donald & Pia AitkenAn anonymous friendDaniel AtwoodInga BergDennis & Jan BlakesleeDon & Carola BreckbillEvonna CheethamCynthia ChinElizabeth ConklinMolly DayStephen DembskiGene & Bea DeweyLinda DonnellyRosemary DorneyTim DrexlerStephany EastNathan & Louise ElbaumDave & Judy EulbergSusan FischerFrances Fogerty & Deane MosherJames & Barbara FurstenbergJennifer Gray

Jane Grogan & Robert BlitzkeSheila HarrschSusan & Les HoffmanPaul & Margaret IrwinMonica JaehnigDave & Jean JohnsenJanice & LeRoy JohnsonJelaine JohnsonCharles & Susan KernatsMary KohlmanKathleen & Richard KuhnenWilliam LaneFern LawrenceSuzanne LeeJim & Kay LindbladeChristine LiuMaija Maki-LaurilaMichelle MartinPamela MatherTom & Nancy MohsJames O’BrienJane Piliavin

Carol PooreDiana PopowyczSandra & Christopher QueramDane RichesonJohn RinehartRichard & Ruth SchauerJudy SiegfriedDavid St. JulesDavid StaatsElaine StrassburgMichael Sweet & Leonard ZwillingRayla TeminSteve Tesmer & Jill KessinichMarcia TopelMark & Mary TrewarthaRuth TsotsisRoss & Bonnie WeigertJulie WeiskircherDavid WestringMary Jane WisemanMichael & Jeanine Zenge

FAn thE FLAMES ($2,000 And ABoVE)An anonymous friend (2)

Karen & Dan Baumann

Jane Blumenfeld & Willow Harth

Martha & Charles Casey

Linda & Keith Clifford

Ann Guhman, in loving memory of Bruce Koci

Susan Horwitz & Thomas Reps

Barbara Johnson

Harry Miles & Susan Earley

Beth & Dave Myers, in memory of Dan

Norma & Elliott Sober

The family of John Stoelting, in loving memory

Wiley & Virginia Sykes

Anne & Peter Wadsack

Daphne Webb

Anne & Sherman Wheeler

Ellen White

Tom Wolfe & Pat Powers

pyrotEChnICS ($1,000 – $1,999)Carla & Fernando AlvaradoLarry Bechler & Patty Struck Bill Kraus & Toni Sikes

Ed & Bobbie Krinsky Carla & Dick Love Joe & Margo MelliVicki & Gerald Stewart

Pat Takemoto & Robert Morse, in honor of Thomas Terry, for his support of the arts and his friends

Thomas Terry Paul Wilhite & Mio Suzuki

In-kInd SUpportDick AinsworthAudio for the ArtsCork & BottleDeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C.,

LawyersDriftless DepotEbert’s GreenhousesFarley’s House of PianosForward Theater CompanyHoly Wisdom MonasteryIndie Coffee

J. Charles CrystalworksBarbara JohnsonKnoche’s Old Fashion

Butcher ShopKris Knight/WellAware Life

Enhancement CenterMadison Symphony

OrchestraJosh McEachen & Anna WhiteMound Street YogaOrange Tree Imports

Overture Center FoundationSmart MotorsStarbucksTaliesin Preservation, Inc.Tandem PressThomas TerryVermont Valley

Community FarmWilly Street Co-opDaphne Webb

BddS ASSIStAntSErica BardenGalen Gibson-CornellAnna White

ArtIStIC dIrECtorSStephanie JuttJeffrey Sykes

EXECUtIVE dIrECtorSamantha Crownover

thE dynAMItE CLUB ($500 – $999)Carl de BoorMichael Bridgeman &

Jack Holzhueter Janice & Jean-Pierre GolayZorko Greblo & Linda Clauder

Terry HallerRosemary JohnsonKatherine Naherny &

Roger GanserGeorge Reizner

Carol & Dean SchroederSuzanne & Thomas Wilkinson

FAn thE FLAMES or BECoME A pyrotEChnIC!Fan the Flames with a gift of $2,000 or more and you can sponsor an artist in the

2014 festival. pyrotechnics can sponsor a piece of music by making a gift of $1,000

or more. Donors receive an invitation to a special rehearsal, festival tickets, a CD

of a performance, and our deepest gratitude. Call Samantha at (608) 255-9866.

If you made a donation to BDDS between October 1, 2012 and October 1, 2013

and your name does not appear, please call (608) 255-9866.

VoLUntEEr CorpS Kathy EspositoPat HensonMargaret IngrahamHarriet IrwinRosemary JohnsonSally LeongAnne Stoelting

JAMES F. CroW MEMorIAL FUndBDDS remembers with affection James F. Crow, champion of the viola and generous supporter of all things music.

William & Lynne EichJanice & Jean-Pierre Golay

FAnnIE tAyLor MEMorIAL FUndBDDS remembers with affection Fannie Taylor, a generous supporter and tireless arts advocate.

William & Lynne EichJames & Barbara

Furstenberg

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Caroline Hamblen, Taliesin Preservation Inc.

Carla LoveStoughton Opera House

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June 13 – 29, 2014

23 Skiddoo

Madison, Stoughton & Spring Green

InCoME & EXpEnSES

In-kInd donAtIonS

$153,395

$12,000+Artistic Directors 2

Guest Artists 15 Executive Director 1

Volunteers 21

6 Programs3 Free Concerts2 Benefit Concerts4 Cities

OUR MISSION

Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society brings

together world-class performing artists to create cutting-edge musical events that

present chamber music as serious fun

to traditional and new audiences in Madison

and south-central Wisconsin.

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17 composers writing music spanning 1785 to 2008

AnnUAL rEport

Administrative Salaries/Expenses

Festival Artists & Expenses

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37%GrantsTicket Revenue & Sales

Individual, Business & Foundation Donations

6%

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