Yale Symphony Orchestra
1) The large instrument crew. Left to Right: Chris Rude, Hazen Graves '78 [percussion], Benjy Karp '78 [principal cellist]
2) Loading the large instruments truck
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4) packing the large instrument truck
5) Wrestling one of the tympani crates down the Woolsey stage door stairs. clockwise from left to right: Benjy Karp '78 [principal cellist], unknown, Chris Rude, unknown, and Ben Lowenthal '80 [assistant manager]
6) Hazen Graves and (the orchestra's administrative assistant... unsure about this for certain)
7) Rob Kapilow at upper left, Chris McCormack '78 (viola), Fank Basile The YSO assembles, gradually at Woolsey stage door entrance, before boarding the buses to JFK
8) boarding the buses to JFK
9) British Airways 176 JFK-LHR
10) JFK waiting to check in
11) "We're famous already" JM At the gate at JFK --- Ben (last name unknown) the narrator for the Copland Lincoln Portrait.
12) On the 747 prior to departure: Left side seat block, from upper left: Reed Drews '80 [violin], Chris Rude, Warren (last name unknown... graduate school percussionist), Terry Phillips '80 [trombone], Jim McCreary '80 [bass trombone], (??), Stefan (not sure of last name) '80 [violin], Linda Marianiello '80 [flute]. Right-side seat block, from upper left: Grant Cooper [grad school trumpet... smiling and waving], Dave Saunders '82 [trumpet] and Neal Kracitz '79 [trombone]
13) On the 747 prior to departure: Left side seat block *Somebody not with the YSO, Randy Brion '78 (trombone), Sue Biniaz '80 (violin), Bill Bennett '78 (oboe - blonde hair and smiling), Hazen Graves (beard and leaning out. Right side seat block - Jeff Sterling '82 (viola)
14) Deplaning at London Heathrow. Steve Mohr '81 [percussion] - Anne Duff '80 [violin]
15) Heathrow baggage claim
16) Baggage claim at Heathrow. From right to left: Martha Toll '79 [viola], Jane Stewart '78 [concertmistress], Steve Trilling '80 [clarinet]
17) Coventry cathedral, old and new
18) The ruins of Coventry cathedral, bombed out by the Germans in 1940.
19) "The Charnock Richard TraveLodge, our first night crash pad. Most of us didn't care that it was no-frills... we were seriously sleep-deprived, and eager to be able to get some real sleep in real beds"
20) Trombone section. Jim McCreary, Teresa Katuska, Neal Kravitz and Randy Brion.
21) More English style buffet dinner at the TraveLodge. - Mike Stern '82 (horn), at right center. - Dave Barnett '78 (bassoon) far right in the back
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23) SCOTLAND - 1978 YSO Tour of Great Britain
24) SCOTLAND - 1978 YSO Tour of Great Britain
25) The sign outside the Glasgow Opera House announcing our upcoming concert there. - Reed Drews
26) Buffet lunch in Glasgow, after which we went in groups of 2-3 to host families homes
27) Buffet lunch in Glasgow. clockwise from lower left: Chris Rude, Jim McCreary, Chris McCormack, and Rob Kapilow
28) Buffet lunch in Glasgow. clockwise from upper right. Mike Stern, Tiana Wimmer '80 [violin], Ben Lowenthal, and Monica Gerard (principal violist)
29) Unloading the truck at the back of the Glasgow Opera House
30) Unusual faculty skills on display at the back of the Glasgow Opera House. - John Zorning [ engineering professor - piccolo ]
31) Larry Kohorn '79 (violin - center with the beard) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - "one of the most acoustically pleasing halls I've ever played in" JM
32) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House
33) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - Sarah Cogan '79 [harp] and John Zornig (helping out with a mechanical problem)
34) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - Ben Lowenthal on right
35) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - "it must be the Elgar, since the trombones are nowhere to be seen" JM
36) Scottish scenery on the way south to Carlisle and Manchester
37) on the way south to Carlisle and Manchester
38) Scottish scenery on the way south to Carlisle and Manchester
39) Scottish scenery
40) Scottish scenery on the way south to Carlisle and Manchester
41) "One of our bus drivers, Derek, learning to catch a frisbee (note the frisbee behind him and above his head)" JM
42) the other YSO bus driver and Bill Bennett smiling in the background
43) Exploring the Roman wall in northern England
44) Roman wall in northern England
45) YSO members and cows next to the roman wall. "the one in front of Ben Lowenthal is an immature bull, whose behavior bears watching-note that you don't see me down there - I ran a farm in high school, and I know better" JM
46) Hadas Siev (standing), Steve Mohr (crouching) and Jeff Soulen '80 (percussion - lying down)
47) The whole orchestra and crew on the Roman wall (except for Jim Sinclair, who took the picture)
48) Frisbee in the parking lot near the Roman wall
49) Near the Roman wall, advertising for Yale
50) Sue Biniaz and Tiana Wimmer
51) Linda Marianiello, Steve Trilling - (Ellen Kaner '80 is in the photo booth shots with Steve Trilling
52) Derek's bus. (see earlier picture of Derek learning frisbee from YSO members)
53) Derek's bus: Frank Heuser '80 MM tuba, is seated directly in front of the camera. Warren (last name?) 80'M.M. percussion, is on Frank's left wearing two sets of sunglasses
54) Jim McCreary (background) and Warren (last name?) 80'M.M. percussion
55) The other bus driver (not Derek)
56) Derek
57) Unloading at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. Nobody had keys to the ground level doors, so YSO members had to heave everything upstairs the old-fashioned way! From top left, identifiable porters include: Nina Gross '82 [viola], Steve Trilling and Jim McCreary (seated)
58) Poster at the Royal Northern College of Music
59) rehearsing at the Royal Northern College of Music
60) Ben Lowenthal at the Royal Northern College of Music
61) Arthur Post '82 at Royal Northern College of Music
62) Reed Drews at Royal Northern College of MusicReed Drews at Royal Northern College of Music
63) Sarah Cohan at Royal Northern College of Music
64) Tom Dickinson '78, piano YSO soloist rehearsing Barber Piano Concerto at Royal Northern College of Music
65) Rehearsal at the Royal Northern College of Music
66) Chris Rude at Royal Northern College of Music
67) En route from Manchester to Stratford-on-Avon. Frank Basile [YSO orchestra manager] and someone with very bad manners!
68) En route from Manchester to Stratford-on-Avon. Chris Rude and Derek
69) Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-on-Avon
70) Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-on-Avon. Sarah Cogan, Neal Kravitz and Hazen Graves
71) Derek's bus. Stratford-on-Avon.
72) Stratford-on-Avon.
73) Stratford-on-Avon.
74) en route from Stratford-on-Avon to Oxford. one of the buses broke down
75) en route from Stratford-on-Avon to Oxford, the rescue bus arrives!
76) checking into the TraveLodge in Oxford
77) ultimate frisbee at the TraveLodge in Oxford
78) ultimate frisbee at the TraveLodge in Oxford
79) The pool at the TraveLodge in Oxford. Derek has just emerged from the pool after somebody pushed him in. Warren and Terry Phillips appear to be laughing uncontrollably
80) The pool at the TraveLodge in Oxford. Seems Derek figures he may as well have some more fun since he's already wet.
81) Linda Marianiello and Derek go in together
82) The TraveLodge in Oxford. The other bus driver shows that he can, in fact play the bassoon!
83) breakfast in Oxford
84) A ruined castle between Oxford and Farnham
85) ruined castle between Oxford and Farnham
86) ruined castle between Oxford and Farnham
87) At the ruined castle between Oxford and Farnham. from top to bottom: Lee Toft, Dave Saunders, Grant Cooper and Don Regula
88) Farnham Maltings, a brewery that was converted into a concert hall.
89) Farnham Maltings
90) Farnham Maltings
91) Farnham Maltings
92) rehearsal at Farnham Maltings
93) rehearsal at Farnham Maltings
94) Arrival in London - "most of the orchestra got posted to individual homes, but the "leftovers" mostly back-row types, got posted to a boys' school in Richmond, a cool 50 minute trip outbound from the Royal College of Music north of Kensington Station - once we realized just how far out in the boonies we were and that we were going to enjoy the subtle pleasures of dorm living yet again, we put on appropriately appreciative expressions" JM - from left to right: unknown, Lee Toft, Don Regula, unknown, Jim McCreary, Warren (unsure last name), unknown, Steve Mohr, Mike Stern, Jeff Soulen, Arthur Post, Dieter Snell and unknown
95) London
96) London
97) London
98) London
99) Tom Dickinson rehearsing at the Royal College of Music
100) Tom Dickinson rehearsing at the Royal College of Music
101) rehearsing at the Royal College of Music
102) rehearsing at the Royal College of Music
103) rehearsing at the Royal College of Music. Rob Kapilon and Kingman Brewster, former President of Yale, and at the time US Ambassador to the Court of St. Jame. He also narrated for the YSO performance of the Copland Lincoln Portrait
104) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Rob Kapilow and Kingman Brewster
105) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Kingsman Brewster, Jane Stewart.
106) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Kingman Brewster
107) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Kingman Brewster
108) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Rob Kapilow, Kingman Brewster and Jane Stewart
109) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music
110) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Nina Gross '82 [viola] pictured center
111) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Kingman Brewster and Rob Kapilow
112) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music. Kingman Brewster and Rob Kapilow
113) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music with Kingman Brewster, Rob Kapilow, Jane Stewart and "assorted other YSO people - note the trombones (Randy Brion, Jim McCreary) and tuba (Frank Heuser) in the back row in their usual state of patient suffering while they wait for the stringers and squeakers and speakers to get their parts right, so that the piece finally can progress to the point at which the brass players have something to play..." JM
114) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. William Waite, founder of the Yale Symphony and the World's Nicest Living Person at the time (pointing heavenward) and Kingman Brewster
115) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London
116) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. - Hazen Graves, Kingman Brewster and Chris Rude. "Note the tall glasses that each of them is holding. After the blazingly hot, interminable concert at the Royal College of Music, and a long bus ride to the Ambassador's residence, we walked in to find formally-dressed ladies bustling around with trays full of tall glasses filled with clear liquid and ICE CUBES - BLESSED ICE CUBES, THE FIRST WE HAD SEEN SINCE LEAVING THE USA 2 WEEKS EARLIER.So of course each of us grabbed a glass and gulped down the contents, only to discover that the clear liquid was GIN AND TONIC. After the initial blast, most of us threw danger aside and went back for more, because the ice was so delicious. Watch people in the photos progress from standing to leaning to sitting to lying down, as the gin takes hold." JM
117) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. - Chris McCormack (standing center) others unknown
118) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. - man on left unknown with Bill Bennett and Arthur Post
119) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London
120) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Derek the bus driver (center) with the other bassoon playing bus driver (left, facing away from camera)
121) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Chris Rude, Kingman Brewster and Rob Kapilow
122) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Chris Rude, Kingman Brewster and Rob Kapilow
123) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Frank Heuser, Neal Kravitz, (orchestra administrative assistant... unsure of her name), Frank Basile
124) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Lee Toft, Warren (unsure of last name), and Grant Cooper
Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in Lond
125) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Chris Rude with Mrs. Kingman Brewster (?)
Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Dave Saunders, Sue Biniaz, Reed Drews. "note that everyone is sitting down - the gin is starting to show its effects."
126) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. The other bus driver (center)
127) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Alec Murphy '77, in a cameo appearance (he was in Europe on a Fulbright) with Hazen Graves
128) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Kingman Brewster, John Zornig and Sarah Cogan.
129) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Tom Dickinson (left) with "one of the nice gin and tonic ladies and Frank Heuser, showing the effects of a half-dozen gin and tonics" JM
130) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London
131) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Alec Murphy, Hazen Graves, Sarah Cogan and one of the ever more popular gin and tonic ladies
132) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Kingman Brewster, Rob Dembo, Chris McCormack, Terry Phillips, Jim McCreary, and Don Regula. "note that even the King's Labrador Retriever is showing the effects of the late hour and a lot of gin" JM
133) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. "Hazen Graves after the gin and tonics got the upper hand" JM
134) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. "Hazen Graves, in one of the bedroom suites in the Ambassador's residence showing the effects of 10 or so gin and tonics. Remember that most of the rest of the back-row types (meaning brass and percussion) had to stumble out the front door, onto a bus driven by Derek, for an hour long ride out to Richmond, where it took me 15 minutes to find my dorm room and get the key in the lock in the pitch black so that I could open the door and collapse into bed)" JM
135) London - YSO Tour 1978
136) London - YSO Tour 1978
137) London - YSO Tour 1978
138) London - YSO Tour 1978
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourd-010.jpg "11) "We're famous already" JM At the gate at JFK --- Ben (last name unknown) the narrator for the Copland Lincoln Portrait.")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourd-017.jpg "19) "The Charnock Richard TraveLodge, our first night crash pad. Most of us didn't care that it was no-frills... we were seriously sleep-deprived, and eager to be able to get some real sleep in real beds"")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourd-32.jpg "31) Larry Kohorn '79 (violin - center with the beard) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - "one of the most acoustically pleasing halls I've ever played in" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourd-36.jpg "35) Rehearsing in the Glasgow Opera House - "it must be the Elgar, since the trombones are nowhere to be seen" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_toure-009_0.jpg "41) "One of our bus drivers, Derek, learning to catch a frisbee (note the frisbee behind him and above his head)" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_toure-013.jpg "45) YSO members and cows next to the roman wall. "the one in front of Ben Lowenthal is an immature bull, whose behavior bears watching-note that you don't see me down there - I ran a farm in high school, and I know better" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourf-026.jpg "94) Arrival in London - "most of the orchestra got posted to individual homes, but the "leftovers" mostly back-row types, got posted to a boys' school in Richmond, a cool 50 minute trip outbound from the Royal College of Music north of Kensington Station - once we realized just how far out in the boonies we were and that we were going to enjoy the subtle pleasures of dorm living yet again, we put on appropriately appreciative expressions" JM - from left to right: unknown, Lee Toft, Don Regula, unknown, Jim McCreary, Warren (unsure last name), unknown, Steve Mohr, Mike Stern, Jeff Soulen, Arthur Post, Dieter Snell and unknown")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-012.jpg "113) Rehearsal at the Royal College of Music with Kingman Brewster, Rob Kapilow, Jane Stewart and "assorted other YSO people - note the trombones (Randy Brion, Jim McCreary) and tuba (Frank Heuser) in the back row in their usual state of patient suffering while they wait for the stringers and squeakers and speakers to get their parts right, so that the piece finally can progress to the point at which the brass players have something to play..." JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-016.jpg "116) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. - Hazen Graves, Kingman Brewster and Chris Rude. "Note the tall glasses that each of them is holding. After the blazingly hot, interminable concert at the Royal College of Music, and a long bus ride to the Ambassador's residence, we walked in to find formally-dressed ladies bustling around with trays full of tall glasses filled with clear liquid and ICE CUBES - BLESSED ICE CUBES, THE FIRST WE HAD SEEN SINCE LEAVING THE USA 2 WEEKS EARLIER.So of course each of us grabbed a glass and gulped down the contents, only to discover that the clear liquid was GIN AND TONIC. After the initial blast, most of us threw danger aside and went back for more, because the ice was so delicious. Watch people in the photos progress from standing to leaning to sitting to lying down, as the gin takes hold." JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-027.jpg "Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Dave Saunders, Sue Biniaz, Reed Drews. "note that everyone is sitting down - the gin is starting to show its effects."")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-032.jpg "129) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Tom Dickinson (left) with "one of the nice gin and tonic ladies and Frank Heuser, showing the effects of a half-dozen gin and tonics" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-035.jpg "132) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. Kingman Brewster, Rob Dembo, Chris McCormack, Terry Phillips, Jim McCreary, and Don Regula. "note that even the King's Labrador Retriever is showing the effects of the late hour and a lot of gin" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-036.jpg "133) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. "Hazen Graves after the gin and tonics got the upper hand" JM")
![](https://yso.yalecollege.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1978_yso_spring_tourg-037.jpg "134) Post-concert reception at the Ambassador's residence in London. "Hazen Graves, in one of the bedroom suites in the Ambassador's residence showing the effects of 10 or so gin and tonics. Remember that most of the rest of the back-row types (meaning brass and percussion) had to stumble out the front door, onto a bus driven by Derek, for an hour long ride out to Richmond, where it took me 15 minutes to find my dorm room and get the key in the lock in the pitch black so that I could open the door and collapse into bed)" JM")
