THUNDER SONG CURATED BY JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE

1 Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate on Thunder Song

“American Indians are beautiful, brilliant, and resilient. We have magnificent, intelligent, and creative minds. We are ancient and modern, traditional and adaptive. We are proud and we are the backbone and spirit of this country. We are supportive of each other’s communities and often express this through our art. And through art, we all come together as one people.”

2 Esa-Pekka Salonen SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has, through his many high-profile conducting roles and work as a leading composer, shaped a unique vision for the present and future of the contemporary symphony orchestra. Salonen is currently the Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and is Artist in Association at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. He is a member of the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he developed and directs the pre-professional Negaunee Conducting Program. Salonen is the Conductor Laureate for both the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009. Salonen co-founded— and from 2003 until 2018 served as the Artistic Director for—the annual Baltic Sea Festival.

3 The Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director SECOND VIOLINS , Music Director Laureate Dan Carlson, Principal Vacant, Principal Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor Laureate Dinner & Swig Families Chair Philip S. Boone Chair Daniel Stewart, Youth Helen Kim, Associate Principal Peter Wyrick, Associate Principal Orchestra Wattis Foundation Music Director Audrey Avis Aasen-Hull Chair Peter & Jacqueline Hoefer Chair Ragnar Bohlin, Chorus Director Jessie Fellows, Assistant Principal Amos Yang, Assistant Principal Vance George, Chorus Director Emeritus Vacant Vacant The Eucalyptus Foundation Second Century Chair Lyman & Carol Casey Second Century Chair FIRST VIOLINS Raushan Akhmedyarova Barbara Andres Alexander Barantschik, Concertmaster David Chernyavsky The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation Naoum Blinder Chair John Chisholm Second Century Chair Nadya Tichman, Associate Concertmaster Cathryn Down Barbara Bogatin San Francisco Symphony Foundation Chair Darlene Gray Phylis Blair Chair Wyatt Underhill, Assistant Concertmaster Stan & Lenora Davis Chair Jill Rachuy Brindel 75th Anniversary Chair Amy Hiraga Gary & Kathleen Heidenreich Second Century Chair Jeremy Constant, Assistant Concertmaster Kum Mo Kim Sébastien Gingras Mariko Smiley Kelly Leon-Pearce Penelope Clark Second Century Chair Paula & John Gambs Second Century Chair Eliot Lev* David Goldblatt Melissa Kleinbart Chair Christine & Pierre Lamond Second Century Chair Katharine Hanrahan Chair Chunming Mo Carolyn McIntosh Yun Chu Polina Sedukh Elizabeth C. Peters Cello Chair Naomi Kazama Hull Chen Zhao Anne Pinsker In Sun Jang Yukiko Kurakata VIOLAS BASSES Catherine A. Mueller Chair Jonathan Vinocour, Principal Scott Pingel, Principal Suzanne Leon Yun Jie Liu, Associate Principal Daniel G. Smith, Associate Principal Leor Maltinski Katie Kadarauch, Assistant Principal Stephen Tramontozzi, Assistant Principal Sarn Oliver Vacant Richard & Rhoda Goldman Chair Florin Parvulescu Joanne E. Harrington & Lorry I. Lokey S. Mark Wright Victor Romasevich Second Century Chair Lawrence Metcalf Second Century Chair Catherine Van Hoesen Gina Cooper Charles Chandler David Gaudry Chris Gilbert David Kim Brian Marcus Christina King Wayne Roden Nanci Severance Adam Smyla Matthew Young

4 FLUTES TRUMPETS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS Tim Day, Principal Mark Inouye, Principal Members of the American Guild of Musical Artists Caroline H. Hume Chair William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Chair Robin McKee, Associate Principal Aaron Schuman, Associate Principal SOPRANOS Catherine & Russell Clark Chair Peter Pastreich Chair Cheryl Cain, Michele Kennedy, Ellen Leslie, Linda Lukas Guy Piddington Jennifer Mitchell, Natalia Salemmo, Daphne Touchais, Alfred S. & Dede Wilsey Chair Ann L. & Charles B. Johnson Chair Cindy Wyvill, Angelique Zuluaga Catherine Payne, Piccolo Jeff Biancalana ALTOS The Rainbow Piccolo Chair Terry Alvord, Karen Carle, Silvie Jensen, TROMBONES Margaret (Peg) Lisi, Brielle Marina Neilson, OBOES Timothy Higgins, Principal Leandra Ramm, Dr. Meghan Spyker, Merilyn Telle Vaughn Eugene Izotov, Principal Robert L. Samter Chair Edo de Waart Chair Nick Platoff, Associate Principal TENORS James Button, Associate Principal Paul Welcomer Seth Brenzel, Michael Desnoyers, Elliott JG Encarnación, Pamela Smith Vacant, Bass Trombone Samuel Faustine, Kevin Gibbs, Michael Jankosky, Dr. William D. Clinite Chair Jimmy Kansau, David J. Xiques Russ deLuna, English Horn TUBA BASS Joseph & Pauline Scafidi Chair Jeffrey Anderson, Principal Adam Cole, Mitchell Jones, Clayton Moser, James Irvine Chair Matthew Peterson, Chung-Wai Soong, Michael Taylor, CLARINETS David Varnum, Nick Volkert Carey Bell, Principal HARP William R. & Gretchen B. Kimball Chair Douglas Rioth, Principal Vacant, Associate Principal & E-flat Clarinet Vacant TIMPANI Jerome Simas, Bass Clarinet Edward Stephan, Principal Marcia & John Goldman Chair BASSOONS Bryce Leafman, Assistant Principal * On leave Stephen Paulson, Principal † Acting member of the SFS Steven Dibner, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Vacant Jacob Nissly, Principal Steven Braunstein, Contrabassoon James Lee Wyatt III The San Francisco Symphony string section utilizes revolving seating Bryce Leafman on a systematic basis. Players listed in alphabetical order change seats periodically. HORNS Stan Muncy† Robert Ward, Principal Second Century Chairs are supported in part by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, ensuring the ongoing artistic excellence Mark Almond, Associate Principal LIBRARIANS of the San Francisco Symphony’s string sections. Bruce Roberts, Assistant Principal Margo Kieser, Principal Alexander Barantschik plays the 1742 Guarnerius del Gesù violin, on Jonathan Ring Nancy & Charles Geschke Chair loan from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Jessica Valeri John Campbell, Assistant Daniel Hawkins Matt Gray, Assistant Daniel Stewart’s appointment as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra is generously supported by the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Endowment Fund.

5 currents: thunder song

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate curator

JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE Talowa' Hiloha Edward Stephan timpani

ROCHELLE CHESTER Moon’s Lullaby Yun Chu · David Chernyavsky violins Wayne Roden viola Carolyn McIntosh cello Illustrations by Legend Berry

TRADITIONAL POMO (arr. Elder Thomas Leon Brown aka Machuchuk and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate) Hoy-Ya-A (Shake Head Coming Out Song) Elder Thomas Leon Brown aka Machuchuk vocalist and clapper stick Elder Ron Montez traditional Pomo drum Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate piano

LOUIS W. BALLARD from Katcina Dances Momo (Bees) Monwu (Owl) Tumas, Tunwup (Crow-Mother & Sons) Anne Pinsker cello Marc Shapiro piano

CURRENTS is sponsored by Chevron. CURRENTS is supported in part by Dolby Laboratories.

6 JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE Chokfi' Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate conductor Yun Chu · Catherine Van Hoesen · Helen Kim · Chen Zhao · David Chernyavsky violins Jonathan Vinocour · Matthew Young violas David Goldblatt · Jill Rachuy Brindel cellos S. Mark Wright double bass Jacob Nissly · James Lee Wyatt III percussion

Jennifer N. Brown director Kara Lancaster editor Luke Kritzeck lighting/set designer

7 Thank You to Our Concert Sponsors

CURRENTS IS SPONSORED BY

CURRENTS IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY

8 artists

JEROD from the American Composers Forum, a Chamber IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' Music America Classical Commissioning Program TATE is a classical composer, recipient, a Cleveland Institute of Music Alumni citizen of the Chickasaw Nation Achievement Award recipient, a governor-appointed in Oklahoma, and is dedicated Creativity Ambassador for the State of Oklahoma, and to the development of American an Emmy Award winner for his work on the Oklahoma Indian classical composition. Educational Television Authority documentary, The His recent commissions include Shell Shaker: A Science of Composing. Chickasaw Opera for the Mount Holyoke Symphony; In addition to his work based upon his Chickasaw Ghost of the White Deer, Concerto for Bassoon and culture, Mr. Tate has worked with the music and Orchestra for the Dallas Symphony; and his Chickasaw language of multiple tribes, such as Choctaw, Navajo, oratorio, Misha' Sipokni' (The Old Ground), for Cherokee, Ojibway, Creek, Pechanga, Comanche, Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Lakota, Hopi, Tlingit, Lenape, Tongva, Shawnee, His music was recently featured on the HBO series Caddo, Ute, Aleut, Shoshone, Cree, Paiute, and Salish/ Westworld. His commissioned works have been Kootenai. performed by the National Symphony, San Francisco Among available recorded works are Iholba' (The Symphony and Chorus, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Vision) for solo flute, orchestra, and chorus; and Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Tracing Mississippi, a concerto for flute and South Dakota Symphony, Colorado Ballet, Canterbury orchestra, recorded by the San Francisco Symphony Voices, Dale Warland Singers, Santa Fe Desert and Chorus, on Azica Records. Chorale, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Tate earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Mr. Tate has held composer-in-residence positions Performance from Northwestern University and his with Music Alive, a national residency program of the Master of Music in Piano Performance and Composition League of American Orchestras and New Music USA; from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His middle the Joyce Foundation/American Composers Forum; name, Impichchaachaaha', means “his high corncrib” Oklahoma City’s NewView Summer Academy; and is his inherited traditional Chickasaw house Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; and Grand name. A corncrib is a small hut used for the storage of Canyon Music Festival Native American Composer corn and other vegetables. In traditional Chickasaw Apprentice Project. He was the founding composition culture, the corncrib was built high off the ground on instructor for the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy stilts to keep its contents safe from foraging animals. and has taught composition to American Indian high school students in Minneapolis; the Hopi, Navajo, and Lummi reservations; and Native students in Toronto. Mr. Tate is a three-time commissioned recipient

9 ELDER THOMAS LEON our tribal families not only as a source for water but BROWN aka MACHUCHUK also for food such as freshwater clams, fish, tule roots, offers the following: and birds, in addition to being the best swimming “I am the Cultural Director of pool, bathtub, and laundromat all in one. But our the Elem Indian Colony Pomo rancheria was located next to a working quicksilver Tribe and the Cultural mine, which in time caused the land of our rancheria Specialist for the Lake County to become contaminated. Behavioral Health Department. I was named after the “After graduating from Lower Lake Union High last Medicine Man of the Elem Pomo Tribe—Thomas School in 1968, I attended Santa Rosa Junior College Leon or Machuchuk, which means ‘old leader’ in our and graduated with an AA degree in 1972. While there, language. Prior to the passing of my father, who was other Pomo students and I initiated ‘A Day Under the the last Blessing man who knew our traditional songs Oaks,’ a day of cultural celebration and traditional and language, he gave me his singing stick to carry on dancing from the varied Pomo tribes within three the songs and the language of our Tribe. I have been counties that continues still today. providing songs, language, prayers, and blessings “My mother and stepfather were very active in since 1982. I have been employed in the past as Native American Rights and I was involved with Executive Director of the Intertribal Friendship House preserving our Pomo culture through fighting for our in Oakland, CA, Coordinator of Elem Indian Child fishing rights and Tribal Land rights by occupation Welfare Act, and Executive Director of and living on ‘Rattlesnake Island,’ located in Clearlake Tribal TANF Partnership.” Oaks. I am one of the original occupiers of a former RON MONTEZ, Tribal Elder of US Government property now known as YA-KA-AMA the Big Valley Band of Pomo (Our Land), a Native American cultural center in Indians offers the following: Sebastopol, CA. I also took part in the 1969 “I am a Pomo Indian of 71 years occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, CA of age and was raised on two and danced our sacred Pomo Big Head Ceremony rancherias of the Big Valley Dance there during our occupation. I am now the Band of Pomo Indians in Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Big Valley Lakeport, CA and the Elem Indian Colony in Clearlake Band of Pomo Indians in Lakeport, CA.” Oaks, CA. My father is from the Wintun Tribe in Colusa, CA; my mother is Pomo Indian from the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians. “My mother and father divorced when I was three, and when I was in elementary school she married a Pomo man from the Elem Indian Colony. While living on the Elem Indian Colony we had no running water or electricity. This rancheria was located on the eastern shores of Clear Lake and its waters supplied

10 EDWARD STEPHAN joined DAVID CHERNYAVSKY joined the San Francisco Symphony as the San Francisco Symphony in Principal Timpani, occupying 2009. Born in , the Marcia & John Goldman , he began violin studies Chair, in 2016. Prior to joining at the age of six and at eleven the Orchestra, he served as gave his first solo recital. After principal timpani of the winning prizes in competitions Pittsburgh, Dallas, and the Fort Worth symphonies. in Russia and France, he entered the Saint Petersburg Mr. Stephan holds degrees from the University of Conservatory. In 1997, Mr. Chernyavsky came to the North Texas and New England Conservatory of Music. US to study at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Currently timpanist of the Grand Teton Music Festival Music and, later, at the . He has in Jackson Hole, WY, he also serves as chair of the recorded several CDs with the Saint Petersburg percussion department at Duquesne University and is Quartet and with the Joel Rubin Klezmer Music on the faculty of San Francisco Conservatory. He is Ensemble, and he has released a solo CD, Klezmer currently a coach for the San Francisco Symphony Violin. He also performs and teaches with the San Youth Orchestra. Francisco Academy Orchestra. YUN CHU joined the San WAYNE RODEN, a native of Francisco Symphony violin Alabama, attended the North section in 2002. He received his Carolina School of the Arts and early training at the Shanghai Northern Illinois University, Conservatory of Music and where he studied with Scott served as concertmaster on two Nickrenz. Following induction concert tours with the Asian into the military, he studied Youth Orchestra under Sergiu Commissiona, where he viola with Karen Tuttle and also played frequently at also performed as soloist with Yo-Yo Ma. While a the White House as a member of the Strolling Strings student at the University of Southern California of the US Army Band. Since joining the San Francisco (where he received the Jascha Heifetz scholarship), he Symphony in 1974, he has performed chamber music was selected to participate in the Schleswig-Holstein locally and nationally. With the San Francisco Festival in Germany, and he was subsequently Chamber Soloists, he performed with Janos Starker, appointed concertmaster of the Festival Orchestra. Jaime Laredo, Stephanie Chase, and Jerome Lowenthal.

11 CAROLYN MCINTOSH is a CATHERINE VAN HOESEN graduate of the University of joined the San Francisco Redlands and the State Symphony in 1980. She has University of New York at been heard as a soloist with the Binghamton. Prior to joining Baltimore Symphony, San the San Francisco Symphony in Francisco Symphony, Rochester 1981, she served as principal Philharmonic, Colorado cello of the San Jose Symphony and the Midsummer Philharmonic, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and the Mozart Festival Orchestra. She occupies the Elizabeth Lake Placid Sinfonietta. A native of Rochester, NY, she C. Peters Cello Chair. received degrees from the Juilliard School and the ANNE PINSKER joined the San Eastman School of Music and her teachers have Francisco Symphony in 1982. included Norma Auzin, Zvi Zeitlin, Eileen Malone (harp), She is a graduate of the Juilliard Vincent Lenti (piano), Ivan Galamian, Margaret Pardee, School of Music, where she William Lincer, and David Nadien. In addition to studied with Leonard Rose, and playing in the San Francisco Symphony, Ms. Van Hoesen she has served as a member of teaches at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. the Lyric Opera of Chicago HELEN KIM joined the San Orchestra and as a regular substitute in the Chicago Francisco Symphony as Symphony. Associate Principal Second MARC SHAPIRO is Principal Violin in 2016. She was Keyboard of the California previously a member of the Symphony. From 1984 to 2003 Saint Louis Symphony from he was San Francisco Symphony 2011 to 2016. She has spent Chorus accompanist. In 1998 he her summers teaching and performing at festivals accompanied the City of including Aspen, Yellow Barn, Luzerne, and the Birmingham Symphony Chorus Innsbrook Institute. Ms. Kim received a bachelor’s on tour in the US and Canada. Mr. Shapiro performs degree from the University of Southern California, frequently with Composers, Inc., Chamber Music where she was Presidential Scholar, and a master’s Sundaes, Sierra Chamber Music Society, Mainly degree from the Yale School of Music. Most recently, Mozart Festival (San Diego), and the Mohonk Festival. she collaborated as violin soloist with Post:ballet on He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and Playing Changes, available on SFSymphony+. is on the faculty at Mills College.

12 CHEN ZHAO joined the San MATTHEW YOUNG joined the Francisco Symphony in 2000. A San Francisco Symphony viola native of Shanghai, he studied section in 2012. He was a with his uncle and gave his first founding member of the public performance at the Verklärte Quartet, which won Shanghai Children’s Palace at grand prize in the 2003 Fischoff age six. He went on to study at National Chamber Music the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Crossroads Competition. He currently performs as a member School for Art and Sciences, Curtis Institute of Music, of Ensemble San Francisco. Winner of a 2007 San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the New McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians World Symphony, before joining the San Francisco and the Robert Vernon Prize for Viola Performance, Symphony. Mr. Zhao has appeared as a soloist with he attended the University of Kentucky, Yale School the Curtis Symphony, Oslo Chamber Orchestra, San of Music, and Cleveland Institute of Music. Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Youth DAVID GOLDBLATT, occupant Orchestra, and the Stanford Symphony. Currently a of the Christine & Pierre violin coach for the San Francisco Symphony Youth Lamond Second Century Chair, Orchestra, Chen Zhao is a violin professor at the San joined the San Francisco Francisco Conservatory of Music. Symphony cello section in 1978, JONATHAN VINOCOUR having previously played in the joined the San Francisco Pittsburgh Symphony. Mr. Symphony as Principal Viola in Goldblatt has also been a cellist with the Concerto 2009, having previously served Soloists of (now the Chamber Orchestra as principal viola of the Saint of Philadelphia) and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. Louis Symphony and guest He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music. He is principal viola of the Leipzig currently a coach for the San Francisco Symphony Gewandhaus Orchestra. A sought-after chamber Youth Orchestra. musician, he is a regular guest of festivals such as the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Marlboro, Bridgehampton, Salt Bay, and Cleveland Chamberfest. Mr. Vinocour graduated from Princeton University with a degree in chemistry and from the New England Conservatory where he studied with Kim Kashkashian. A dedicated teacher, he serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as well as the Aspen Music Festival and School. He plays on a 1784 Lorenzo Storioni viola on loan from the San Francisco Symphony.

13 JILL RACHUY BRINDEL, JACOB NISSLY was appointed occupant of the Gary & Principal Percussion of the San Kathleen Heidenreich Second Francisco Symphony in 2013. Century Cello Chair, joined Previously, he was principal the cello section of the San percussion of the Cleveland Francisco Symphony in 1980. Orchestra and the Detroit She has been a member of the Symphony. He also served as a Navarro Trio for more than twenty years. The trio is member of the New World Symphony. He is on the currently in residence at Sonoma State University percussion faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory where Ms. Brindel began teaching in 2015. She and is currently a coach for the San Francisco Symphony studied at Indiana University and Chicago Musical Youth Orchestra. He has also taught at the Eastman College and was formerly assistant principal cello of School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, principal cello Mr. Nissly holds a Bachelor of Music and Jazz Studies of the Mendocino Music Festival, and a member of from Northwestern University and a Master of Music the Houston Symphony. Ms. Brindel actively promotes degree from the Juilliard School. He began his the music of her late father, composer Bernard percussion studies with Woody Smith in Iowa. Brindel. She is a cello coach for the San Francisco JAMES LEE WYATT III joined Symphony Youth Orchestra. the San Francisco Symphony in S. MARK WRIGHT, a native of 2001 after serving as principal Emporia, KS, attended the percussionist of the Honolulu Interlochen Music Camp as a Symphony. A native of child and studied bass with Princeton, KY, he received his Larry Hurst at the University of bachelor’s degree from the Michigan. He played in the University of Michigan and his master’s degree from Detroit Symphony throughout Temple University. Mr. Wyatt has performed with the the summer of 1986, joining the San Francisco Santa Fe Opera, National Repertory Orchestra, Sun Symphony in September of that year. Valley Summer Symphony, and the Ojai, Tanglewood, Spoleto festivals.

14 JENNIFER N. BROWN is a LUKE KRITZECK has worked live television and event with artists from diverse director and producer. She disciplines and backgrounds in has more than twenty years theater, dance, music, circus, “conducting” behind the scenes, and opera, on stages around collaborating with creative the world as a lighting and teams and production crews, production designer. He is directing live events of all types, and delivering news, currently the resident lighting designer and technical entertainment, and information through a variety of advisor for the San Francisco Symphony and has been mediums. a member of the creative team for numerous multimedia Symphony productions in past seasons. Mr. Kritzeck served as the director of lighting at the KARA LANCASTER is a New World Symphony for seven years. With Cirque transgender multi-disciplined du Soleil, he worked on the touring production filmmaker based in Portland, TOTEM, on its resident show ZAiA in Macau, China, OR. She is also a rock climber, a and he also served as the lighting director for featured drummer, and an avid traveler. performances at the Venetian Macau. Selected design Having started her career in credits include Chautauqua Opera Company, Nashville, TN, she has done film Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Symphony, Cedar Fair and photo work in seventeen countries across four Entertainment, Opera Theatre and Music Festival of continents. With a background in editorial work and a Lucca, Lafayette Ballet Theatre, and the Saint Louis formal education in cinematography and photography, Symphony. her twelve years of freelance filmmaking have found her primarily operating as a shooter/director/producer on feature films and documentaries, commercial Photo credits: projects, and music videos. Her personal and Anastasia Chernyavsky, Stefan Cohen, Minna Hatinen, Kim Huynh, professional work has been highlighted on PBS, NPR, Kristen Loken, Terrence McCarthy, Brandon Patoc Paste and Billboard magazines, in theaters, and can be found streaming on Netflix and Amazon. In her work with the San Francisco Symphony, she brings a body of live, in-studio, and music video work with various musical acts around the world, combined with experience shooting, editing, and producing documentary content.

15 san francisco symphony

The San Francisco Symphony is widely considered to Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony be among the most artistically adventurous and introduce a groundbreaking artistic leadership model innovative arts institutions in the , anchored by eight Collaborative Partners from a celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative variety of cultural disciplines: Nicholas Britell, Julia performance concepts, active touring, award-winning Bullock, Claire Chase, Bryce Dessner, Pekka Kuusisto, recordings, and standard-setting education programs. Nico Muhly, Carol Reiley, and Esperanza Spalding. In the 2020–21 season, the San Francisco Symphony This group of visionary artists, thinkers, and doers welcomes conductor and composer Esa-Pekka joins with Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony Salonen as its twelfth Music Director and embarks on to chart a new course of experimentation by a new vision for the present and future of the collaborating on new ideas, breaking conventional orchestral landscape. This exciting artistic future rules, and creating unique and powerful experiences. builds on the remarkable 25-year tenure of Michael February 2021 saw the launch of SFSymphony+, the Tilson Thomas as the San Francisco Symphony’s San Francisco Symphony’s on-demand video Music Director. Tilson Thomas continues his rich streaming service. For more information on the San relationship with the Symphony as its first Music Francisco Symphony, visit sfsymphony.org. Director Laureate. In their inaugural season together,

16 Production Crew

Jennifer N. Brown, Director Kara Lancaster, Editor Jason O’Connell & Matt Carr, Audio Producers Jon Johannsen, Audio Engineer Luke Kritzeck, Lighting/Set Designer Bob Hines, Technical Director/Engineer Brian Shimetz, Engineer/Robotic Camera Operator Paul Peralta, Robotic Camera Operator Jim Koehler, Camera Shader Christopher Wood, Stage Manager Michael ‘Barney’ Barnard, Stage Technician Denise Woodward, Stage Audio Lead Nick Abreu, Stage Audio Rein Ratsep & Tim Wilson, Electricians Will Brodhead, Board Operator Patricia Hewett, Props

SPECIAL THANKS Legend Berry, Illustrations YA-KA-AMA, Indian Education and Development, Inc.

Filmed at Davies Symphony Hall, a venue of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, City and County of San Francisco, February 3–5, 2021; and YA-KA-AMA, Indian Education and Development, Inc., March 1, 2021.

©2021 San Francisco Symphony

17 Administration

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director FINANCE ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL & EDUCATION PLANNING Liz Pesch, Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Blum, Senior Director Priscilla B. Geeslin, President Finance & Accounting Education Programs/Youth Orchestra EXECUTIVE Gwendolyn Hasse, Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Ronald Gallman, Director Mark C. Hanson, Chief Executive Officer Christina Magee, Executive Assistant Anastasia Herold, Education Program Manager Kate Bassett, Special Assistant to the Judi Sanderlin, Controller Erin Kelly, Education Programs Associate CEO & Executive Office Salah Sibai, Financial Analyst Joseph Matthews, Education Coordinator Elizabeth Shribman, Chief of Staff Jason Pyszkowski, Associate Director, Information Technology Youth Orchestra Program ARTISTIC Aaron Bennett, Chief Information Officer Matthew Spivey, Chief Programming Officer David Berta, Applications Support Engineer Orchestra Personnel Shivani Chamakura, Manager, Data Engineering Andrew Tremblay, Orchestra Personnel Manager Artistic Planning & Analytics Daniel Zimardi, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Phillippa Cole, Director Aaron Levin, Technical Project Manager & Developer Manager Gregory Hix, Coordinator, Artist Services Shoko Kashiyama, Executive Assistant Human Resources COMMUNICATIONS to the Music Director Steve Leibman, Interim Director Robin Freeman, Senior Director Joseph Woodward, Coordinator Catherine Carter, Business Partner Lisa Zadek, Senior Manager Alexandria Daley, Benefits & Compensation Analyst Archives & Record Management Adrienne Storey, Associate Director Digital Innovation OPERATIONS Kristin Lipska, Digital & Media Archivist Oliver Theil, Head of Digital Innovation Andrew Dubowski, Senior Director Margaret Benedict, SFS Media Label Manager Michele Arnold, Production Manager Editorial Elizabeth Dreeson, Project Manager Tim Carless, Production Manager Steven Ziegler, Director Kim Huynh, Senior Video Producer Casey Daliyo, Production & Tours Coordinator Gayle Ginsburg, Project Manager Krysten Richardson, Post-Production Supervisor William Lewis, Parking Attendant Lauren MacNeil, Copywriter Zach Schimpf, Associate Producer Emma Logan, Manager Jeanette Yu, Director of Curation Melodie Myers, Media Asset Manager Public Relations Joyce Cron Wessling, Director Tatyana Filatova, Communications Manager Russell Young, Head Parking Attendant

18 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & Development Operations & Services Marketing & Sales VOLUNTEER SERVICES Chandra Asken, Director Evan Chapman, Digital Marketing Manager Marni Cook, Senior Director Mike Ehrenkranz, Data Integrity Coordinator Hillary Fowler, Marketing Coordinator Laura Bergmann, Associate Director, Advocacy & Kunwoo Hong, Reporting & Data Analytics Specialist Jason Koo, Senior Revenue Manager Community Engagement Maura Timmerman, Associate Director, Development Charles Pickford, Marketing Specialist Laura Knerler, Associate Director, Volunteer Services Operations & Services Jack Wong, Gift Administration Specialist Patron Services DEVELOPMENT Terry Breedlove, Director Dan Coleman, Senior Director Stewardship & Events Meredith Clark, Patron Services Representative Jason Tong, Administrative Assistant to the Irma Ramirez, Director Christina Coughlin, Assistant Box Office Manager Senior Director Megan Anderson, Donor Recognition Coordinator Lorri Ferguson, Patron Services Representative Sherga Kong, Associate Director, Stewardship Danielle Gold, Patron Services Representative Individual Giving Audra Loveland, Associate Director, Events Ruth Goldfine-Ney, Patron Services Representative Rachel Kirley, Director Martina Siniscalco, Events Manager Eddie Gonzalez, Patron Services Representative Julie Ambrose, Senior Major Gift Officer May Stearman, Events Specialist Austin Graziano, Patron Services Representative Liz Gerber, Annual Fund Program Officer Erika Wilson, Development Communications Officer Hilda Kissane, Box Office Manager Pamela Pretlow, Senior Major Gift Officer Sam Koritz, Community & Internal Ticket Coordinator Leslie Razana, Associate MARKETING & SALES Sam Kohl, Patron Services Representative Alexandra Llamas, Senior Director Bryan Martin, Patron Services Representative Institutional Giving Joy Smith, Executive Assistant to Marketing & Michael Matthew, Patron Services Representative Bryan Pangilinan, Director Communications Donald Patterson, Patron Services Representative Ashley Burdge, Coordinator Laurie Peck, Patron Services Representative Rosie Fraser, Associate Director, Corporate Creative Services Carol Sebelius, Benefactor Ticket Coordinator Giving & Sponsorships Larry Williams, Creative Director Ian Stewart, Patron Services Representative Michele Fromson, Associate Director, Lisa Bogle, Senior Project Manager Philip Toscano, Group Sales Specialist Foundation & Government Relations Chelsea Dowling, Digital Web Producer Nick Utterback, Patron Services Representative Jack Morrow, Senior Graphic Designer Tunisha Williams, Patron Services Representative Campaign Megan Guzman, Director, Planned Giving Front of House Chris Shields, Manager, Prospect Research & Jeff Coyne, House Manager Management Robert Johnston, Jr., Senior Store Manager Toby Kahn, Assistant Store Manager Jennifer Mar, Senior Assistant Store Manager

19