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OAKLAND SYMPHONY V VI OAKLAND SYMPHONY MESSAGE FROM THE MAESTRO ur January and February concerts are full Oof legendary figures. In January, ourNotes WHAT’S from the African Diaspora concert presents a wide range of accomplished composers of African descent, from Duke Ellington to more recently widely discovered Florence Price, INSIDE and all the way back to the most famous 18th JANUARY 25, 2019 century black composer, Joseph Bologne, the NOTES FROM THE Chevalier de St.-Georges. These are excellent AFRICAN DIASPORA | 3 and fascinating pieces, all of which should be OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 4 heard more frequently. GUEST ARTIST | 5 PROGRAM NOTES | 7 Then in February comes our second Playlist, MarcoSanchez.net Photo: this time featuring music that has meaning for one of the great civil rights FEBRUARY 22, 2019 icons, Dolores Huerta. From her work with Carlos Chavez and Robert F. DOLORES HUERTA’S PLAYLIST | 11 Kennedy to her current work, training activists through her foundation OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 13 now when they are so desperately needed, she has been a beacon of hope GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES | 14 to all that know her. It is an honor to share her Playlist with our audience. OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 18 Her selections, much like our community, are diverse and engaging. I hope you enjoy these two months of exploration. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019 OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ~Michael Morgan, Music Director ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT | 20 OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 21 GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES | 22 PROGRAM NOTES | 25 ARTISTIC STAFF BIOGRAPHIES | 27 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABOUT US | 30 elcome as we continue to celebrate the ANNUAL FUND DONORS | 31 Wdiversity of our community through music in 2019. TRIBUTE FUND | 35 ENDOWMENT FUND | 36 Through 85 years of symphonic music and 60 years of symphonic choral music CALVIN SIMMONS LEGACY SOCIETY | 36 in Oakland, the Symphony continues a CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS | 37 proud tradition of diversity. Oakland was IN-KIND DONORS | 38 home to the first African-American Music Director of a professional orchestra when it VOLUNTEERS | 39 appointed the late Calvin Simmons in 1979. BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF | 40 Today, Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony continue to amplify that which is uniquely Oakland. We celebrate Oakland’s rich black cultural heritage as the orchestra gives life to the voices of extraordinary composers of the African Diaspora – the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, AKA “the black Mozart;” Florence Price, the Cover Design by: Nick Francis first African-American woman symphonic composer; Duke Ellington, the African-American composer who embraced his compositions as simply ‘American Music’. We musically honor Dolores Huerta as a labor leader, civil rights activist, ADVERTISING Onstage Publications and role model who continues to inspire new generations because Advertising Department “sí, se puede.” Also in February, world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax teams 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 up with the Oakland Symphony in a week-long residency to champion e-mail: equal access to high quality musical experiences and education for [email protected] Oaklanders of all ages and backgrounds. www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association Meanwhile, the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra prepares to represent with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Oakland as ambassadors on an international tour to China. Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the These are only samples of the programs rooted in the spirit of Oakland this publisher. Onstage Publications is a division season that you inspire and make possible. This is your Oakland. This is of Just Business, Inc. Contents ©2019. your Oakland Symphony. Thank you for sharing this journey. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. ~Dr. Mieko Hatano, Executive Director

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Oakland Symphony presents NOTES FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES (1745–1799) Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 11 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro assai

ANTONIO CARLOS GOMES (1836-1896) C’era una volta un principe from Act II of Il Guarany I. Allegro non troppo II. Allegretto con moto III. Allegro non troppo; Un peu moins vite Shawnette Sulker, soprano

WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895-1978) Songs of Separation I. Idolatry II. Poéme III. Parted Shawnette Sulker, soprano Her appearance tonight is generously underwritten by an anonymous donor

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FLORENCE PRICE (1887-1953) Symphony No. 3 in C minor I. Andante II. Andante ma non troppo III. Juba: Allegro IV. Scherzo: Finale

EDWARD KENNEDY (DUKE) ELLINGTON Harlem

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OAKLAND SYMPHONY 3 OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor Bryan Nies, Associate Conductor FIRST VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Dawn Harms, Tiantian Lan, Alice Lenaghan, William Harvey, Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal Vivian Warkentin, Margaret Titchener, Rena Urso Leonard Ott Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Owen Miyoshi Kristina Anderson, Betsy London OBOE Chris Barnes Assoc. Concertmaster Patricia Whaley Robin May, Principal Carla Picchi Stephanie Railsback Denis Harper TROMBONE Deborah Spangler Katy Juneau Jesse Barrett Bruce Chrisp, Emanuela Nikiforova Linda Green Principal Stephanie Bibbo Alessandra Aquilanti CLARINET Tom Hornig Hrabba Attladottir Bill Kalinkos, Steve Trapani Matthew Vincent CELLO Principal Katherine Button Daniel Reiter, Diane Maltester TUBA Hande Erdem Principal Ginger Kroft Scott Choate, Joseph Hébert, Principal SECOND VIOLIN Asst. Principal BASSOON David Cheng, Michelle Kwon Deborah Kramer, PERCUSSION Principal Rebecca Roudman Principal Ward Spangler, Sharon Calonico, Michael Graham Jarratt Rossini Principal Asst. Principal Jeffrey Parish Jim Kassis Adrienne Duckworth Paul Rhodes ALTO SAXOPHONE Sergi Goldman-Hull Farley Pearce Bill Kalinkos DRUM SET Cecilia Huang Richard Mathias Artie Storch Robert Donehew BASS Alison Miller Patrick McCarthy, TENOR SAXOPHONE HARP Josepha Fath Principal Kevin Stewart Meredith Clark Sarah Usher Alden Cohen, Robert Farrington Asst. Principal PERSONNEL MANAGER Ben Tudor BARI SAXOPHONE Craig McAmis Carl Stanley Nick DiScala Tim Spears LIBRARIAN David Horn HORN Paul Rhodes Meredith Brown, Principal RECORDING ENGINEER Monica Warchol, Tom Johnson, Johnson Asst. Horn Digital Audio Alicia Telford Alex Camphouse Ross Gershenson

4 OAKLAND SYMPHONY GUEST ARTIST SHAWNETTE SULKER

cclaimed for her “heartbreaking poignancy” Aand “beautifully tuned soprano” by the San Francisco Chronicle and for her “enchanting vocal splendor” by the Leipziger Volkszeitung, soprano Shawnette Sulker is a much sought-after artist in the United States and abroad. A consummate performer, her recent operatic roles include singing “The Queen of the Night” (The Magic Flute) with Opera Fairbanks and Hamster in the contemporary opera Animal Tales (Brazelton) with the Garden State Philharmonic in New Jersey. Recent concert performances include singing as a soloist for Fremont Symphony’s Valentine’s Day Concert, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Santa Rosa and Peninsula Symphonies, and Orff’s Carmina Burana with Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra. Internationally, Sulker has sung Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Lauretta in Adele throughout the Netherlands and Belgium Gianni Schicchi. Some works on Sulker’s concert in a tour of Die Fledermaus, as well as a recital at repertoire list include Mozart’s Grand Mass in Red Door Studios in Amsterdam and an orchestra C minor, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, concert featuring Porgy and Bess highlights and Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate, and Scarlatti’s Su le Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 in Leipzig’s Gewandhaus sponde del Tebro. Upcoming engagements will and Prague’s Smetana Hall. feature her singing as the Soprano I soloist for Bach’s Mass in B minor with California Bach Sulker has also sung with San Francisco Opera, Society, performing Lucy in The Telephone with Mark Morris Dance Group, American Bach Opera Memphis, singing the soprano solos Soloists, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Eugene in Handel’s Messiah with Pacific Chamber Symphony, Union Avenue Opera, Opera Naples, Symphony, and a Holiday Recital as part of the Pacific Opera Project, West Edge Opera, and renowned Noontime Concerts at Old St. Mary’s the Natchez Opera Festival, to name a few. in San Francisco. Her roles include Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Cunegonde in Candide, Constanze in Abduction from the Seraglio, Musetta in La Bohème,

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 5 PRE-CONCERT PERFORMERS

OAKTOWN JAZZ YOUTH ENSEMBLE the next generation of musicians. Youths learn from professional master musicians and perform aktown Jazz Workshops’ Youth Performance for audiences throughout the Bay Area. Visit OEnsemble features young musicians ages oaktownjazz.org for more information. 12-18 who perform a variety of exciting and challenging jazz classics. Oaktown Jazz Ravi Abcarian - Executive Director Workshops is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Richard Howell - Instructor and its year-round after school program passes Mark Lee - Instructor on the musical language and traditions of jazz to

DESTINY JUNIOR COMPANY (DJC) he Destiny Junior Company (DJC) is a Trigorous training ground in dance, theater and performance for youth ages 9-12, modeled after the acclaimed Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, a teen dance/theater company that creates original performance art pieces, in collaboration with professional artists, that combine hip hop, modern, and aerial dance, theater, martial arts, rap and song. Both companies are a dynamic, creative forum for the young people to express their fears, hopes, and strategies for confronting challenging personal and social issues. The companies come out of Destiny Arts Center, an Oakland-based nonprofit violence prevention and arts education organization that has been serving youth for over 30 years through after-school, weekend and summer programs in dance, theater, martial arts, self-defense, performance, and youth leadership, both at the center and in up to 45 Bay Area public schools annually. Destiny Junior Company’s Artistic Director is Mika Lemoine, a Destiny alum and a current Destiny hip hop instructor and teaching artist mentor.

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Symphonie-concertantes. He also wrote six operas and a number of songs. His two symphonies were published as Op. 11 in 1779. Today, he is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

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Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 11 JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES GOMES (1745–1799)

e was called “the black Mozart.” Joseph C’era una volta un principe HBologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was from Act II of Il Guarany born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, the son of the plantation owner George Bologne ANTONIO CARLOS GOMES (1836-1896) de Saint-Georges and his African slave Nanon. The family settled in Paris around 1749, where orn in Campinas in the Empire of Brazil (then young Joseph was given fencing and riding Ba colony of Portugal), Gomes was a protégé lessons, as well as music instruction. He received of Emperor Dom Pedro II, who sent him to the the title of chevalier after becoming an “officer conservatory in Rio de Janeiro. After graduation, of the king’s bodyguard.” Gomes wrote two operas, which convinced the Emperor to send him to study in Italy. In 1769, François-Joseph Gossec hired him as a violinist in his Concert des Amateurs. According Interested in composing an opera on a Brazilian to one account, they performed “with great subject, Gomes chose the romance novel precision and delicate nuances [becoming] the O Guarani by the Brazilian writer José de best orchestra for symphonies in Paris, and Alencar. The libretto (in Italian) was written by perhaps in all of Europe.” When Gossec moved Antonio Scalvini and Carlo D’Ormeville and on to the Concert Spirituel in 1773, Saint- titled Il Guarany. Eugenio Terziani conducted Georges succeeded him as musical director of the world premiere at La Scala in Milan, on the Amateurs. When the Amateurs disbanded in March 19, 1870. The success was enormous. 1781, Saint-Georges founded the Concert de la Verdi called the work an expression of “true Loge Olympique, the same orchestra for whom musical genius.” Liszt said that “it displays Haydn composed his six “Paris” symphonies. It is dense technical maturity, full of harmonic and possible that Saint-Georges met Mozart in Paris. orchestral maturity.” It was the first Brazilian opera to gain acclaim outside Brazil. The first Between 1771 and 1779, Saint-Georges wrote Brazilian performance was given in Rio de eighteen string quartets, three violin sonatas, Janeiro on December 2, 1870, and achieved a sonata for harp and flute, six violin duos, the same success as Gomes had seen in Italy. a cello sonata, lost concertos for clarinet and bassoon, fourteen violin concertos, and eight

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Set in Rio de Janeiro around 1560, the plot American Symphony was the first symphony concerns the love of Pery, a Guarni Indian by a black American to be played by a major chief, and Cecilia, the daughter of a Portuguese orchestra (Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra). nobleman, all against a backdrop of both Songs of Separation is a cycle of five thematically Portuguese and Spanish adventurers. In the related songs set to texts by black poets. The first second act, Cecilia takes up her guitar and performance was given on January 23, 1946. The sings of the power of love in her ballata, C’era first three songs are “Idolatry,” by Arnaud (“Arna”) una volta un principe (“There was a prince in Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973), a member of olden times”). She then retires to dream of Pery, the Harlem Renaissance; “Poème,” by the Haitian just before the Spanish adventurer Gonzales poet Philippe Thoby-Marcelin; and “Parted,” by climbs through the window. Paul Laurence Dunbar from his Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905). PRICE

STILL

Songs of Separation WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 3 in C minor (1895-1978) FLORENCE PRICE (1887-1953) he Dean of Afro-American Composers,” Still “Twas born in Woodville, Mississippi. After orn in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price played her his father died, his mother moved the family to Bfirst piano recital at the age of four. Her first Little Rock, Arkansas, where he began studying composition was published when she was eleven. the violin. He later attended Wilberforce After graduation from high school, she enrolled College and the Oberlin Conservatory. After at the New England Conservatory, where her serving in the navy during World War I, he teachers included Frederick Converse and played with W.C. Handy’s band and studied George Chadwick. After graduation, she taught with George Whitefield Chadwick and Edgard music in Little Rock and Atlanta, then moved Varèse. He recorded with Fletcher Henderson’s to Chicago in 1927. There she studied at the Orchestra, and played in the pit orchestra for American Conservatory of Music, the University Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake’s musical, Shuffle of Chicago, and Chicago Musical College. At the Along. Still was the first African-American to latter, she studied orchestration with Carl Busch. conduct a major American orchestra (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra). He moved to Los Price composed more than 300 works including Angeles in the 1930s, where he arranged music symphonies, concertos, organ works, art songs, for films, includingPennies from Heaven (starring chamber works, and arrangements of spirituals. Bing Crosby) and Lost Horizon (starring Ronald She was the first black female composer to have Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe). His Afro- a symphony performed by a major American

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orchestra, when Frederick Stock and the Chicago See the Light, Mood Indigo, In a Sentimental Symphony Orchestra played the world premiere Mood, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, of her Symphony No. 1 in E minor, in 1933. Sophisticated Lady, I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good, Take the “A” Train, and Do Nothin’ Price’s Third Symphony was commissioned by Till You Hear from Me. Beginning in the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration’s Federal he began writing more extended works, such Music Project. It was first performed by as Creole Rhapsody; Diminuendo and Crescendo the Detroit Civic Orchestra, conducted by in Blue; Black, Brown and Beige, and others. Valter Poole, on November 6, 1940, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Most of the reviews Ellington and his band were returning from were positive. In the Detroit Free Press J. D. a European tour in 1950. Aboard the Ile de Callaghan said the composer “spoke in the France, he wrote Harlem, a work commissioned musical idiom of her own people, and spoke by Arturo Toscanini as part of a Portrait of with authority.” New York Suite. Toscanini was too ill to perform it, so in 1954, Ellington recorded it, and the Price wrote that her third Symphony “is following year Don Gillis conducted it with intended to be Negroid in character and the Symphony of the Air in Carnegie Hall. expression. In it no attempt, however, has been made to project Negro music solely in the purely In his memoirs, Music Is My Mistress, Ellington traditional manner. None of the themes are described Harlem as “a concerto grosso for our adaptations or derivations of folk songs. The band and the symphony, it provides me with intention behind the writing of this work was the opportunity to make some statements on a not too deliberate attempt to picture a cross- the subject of Harlem, the music and the section of present-day Negro life and thought, people…. We would like now to take you on with its heritage of that which is past, paralleled, a tour of this place called Harlem. It has or influenced by concepts of the present day.” always had more churches than cabarets. It is Sunday morning. We are strolling from 110th Street up Seventh Avenue, heading north through the Spanish and West Indian neighborhood toward the 125th Street business area. Everybody is nicely dressed, and on their way to or from church. Everybody is in a friendly mood. Greetings are polite and pleasant, and on the opposite side of the street, standing under a street lamp, is a real hip chick. She, too, is in a friendly mood. You may hear a parade go by, or a funeral, or you may recognize the passage of those who are making Civil Rights demands. (Hereabouts, in our performance, Cootie Williams pronounces the word on his trumpet—Harlem!)” ELLINGTON ~ Program notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2019.

Harlem EDWARD KENNEDY (DUKE) ELLINGTON (1899-1974)

orn in Washington, D.C., Ellington was a Bpianist, bandleader, and the composer of such standards as Caravan, I’m Beginning to

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 9 10 OAKLAND SYMPHONY Oakland Symphony presents DOLORES HUERTA’S PLAYLIST

CARLOS CHAVEZ (MANTECA/LATIN JAZZ) Cantos de Mexico Jazz Mafia Oakland Symphony

CHARLIE PARKER MEDLEY Now’s the Time/April in Paris Jazz Mafia

IGOR STRAVINSKY Firebird Omid Zoufonoun, conductor Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra

INTERMISSION

The 2018–2019 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the Oakland City Council and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 11 Oakland Symphony presents DOLORES HUERTA’S PLAYLIST

BILLIE HOLIDAY God Bless the Child Jazz Mafia Oakland Symphony

GEORGES BIZET Carmen Habanera Briseyda Zárate

JOHN LENNON Imagine Vocal, Jazz Mafia

GEORGE GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue Taylor Eigsti Oakland Symphony

HARRY DIXON LOES This Little Light of Mine Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer Jazz Mafia Audience Sing-along

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Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor Bryan Nies, Associate Conductor FIRST VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Dawn Harms, Tiantian Lan, Rena Urso, William Harvey, Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal Vivian Warkentin, Margaret Titchener, Amy Likar Leonard Ott Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Natasha Makhijani, Betsy London OBOE TROMBONE Assoc. Concertmaster Patricia Whaley Andrea Plesnarski, Bruce Chrisp, Kristina Anderson Stephanie Railsback Principal Principal Carla Picchi Kathryn Juneau Denis Harper Tom Hornig Ellen Gronningen Linda Green Steve Trapani Deborah Spangler CLARINET Emanuela Nikiforova CELLO Bill Kalinkos, TUBA Heeguen Song Daniel Reiter, Principal Scott Choate, Stephanie Bibbo Principal Diane Maltester Principal Rachel Noyes Joseph Hébert, Matthew Vincent Asst. Principal BASSOON TIMPANI Elizabeth Vandervennet Deborah Kramer, Kumiko Ito, SECOND VIOLIN Michael Graham Principal Principal David Cheng, Jeffrey Parish Jarratt Rossini Principal Farley Pearce PERCUSSION Candace Sanderson, Elizabeth Struble HORN Ward Spangler, Asst. Principal Julianne Feldman Meredith Brown, Principal Sharon Calonico Principal Allen Biggs Baker Peeples BASS Alicia Telford Adrienne Duckworth Patrick McCarthy, Alex Camphouse PERSONNEL MANAGER Sergi Goldman-Hull Principal Ross Gershenson Craig McAmis Robert Donehew Alden Cohen, Caitlin Smith, Jory Fankuchen Asst. Principal Asst. Horn LIBRARIAN Andy Butler Paul Rhodes David Arend Carl Stanley RECORDING ENGINEER Robert Ashley Tom Johnson, Johnson Digital Audio

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 13 GUEST ARTISTS DOLORES HUERTA

olores Huerta is a labor leader and community Dorganizer, and is president and founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Huerta has worked for civil rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers of America. She served as vice-president and played a critical role in many of the union’s accomplishments for four decades.

Huerta has received numerous awards, among them the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from President Clinton in l998. In 2002, she received the $100,000 Puffin/Nation prize for Creative Citizenship, which she used to establish the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF). DHF connects groundbreaking community-based In 2012, President Obama bestowed the Presidential organizing to state and national movements to Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in register and educate voters, advocate for education the United States, on Dolores Huerta. reform, bring about infrastructure improvements in low-income communities, advocate for greater equality for the LGBT community, and create strong leadership development.

14 OAKLAND SYMPHONY GUEST ARTISTS TAYLOR EIGSTI

ew York-based pianist and composer Taylor NEigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old, was quickly labeled a prodigy, and has since released 7 albums.

In 2006, Eigsti received two GRAMMY nominations for Best Jazz Solo and Best Instrumental Composition after releasing Lucky to Be Me (Concord Jazz). Since then, Eigsti has released two much-acclaimed albums, Let it Come to You (2008 Concord) and Daylight at Midnight (2010 Concord).

Over the years, Eigsti has performed, toured, or recorded with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Esperanza Spalding, Chris Botti, Sting, David Eigsti has also been featured numerous times Benoit, the Brubeck Brothers, and Frederica in various television specials, NPR appearances, Von Stade, among many others, and has even and composed the theme music to the motion completed a private performance for former picture Detachment, starring Oscar-winner President Bill Clinton. Adrien Brody, in addition to composing a song for Don Cheadle’s new Miles Davis biopic Eigsti has travelled internationally quite Miles Ahead. He was featured in the December, extensively with his trio and quartet, and also 2015, issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, photographed frequently tours with artists such as Julian Lage, by acclaimed photographer Mark Seliger. Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Sachal Vasandani, and Eric Harland. In addition to leading and performing with He has performed at many premier venues various small ensembles, Eigsti frequently has throughout the world, including the Hollywood had the opportunity to work with, compose for Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Salle Pleyel, Royal Festival and orchestrate music for various symphony Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, and many more. orchestras, and has written a growing repertoire of music for orchestra and jazz ensemble.

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 15 GUEST ARTISTS BRISEYDA ZÁRATE

riseyda Zárate is an inspired and skilled Bflamenco dancer, choreographer, singer and master teacher. Celebrated for her fiery intensity and her ability to convey the essence at the heart of flamenco, she is among the few in the top- most level of those practicing this art form in the United States.

In addition to being an accomplished dancer, Zárate is also a sought out singer. Her first songs were as a child, accompanied by her dad on the guitar. Since then, she has sung in numerous performances and accompanies flamenco dancers and performs solo regularly. She also combines flamenco song and dance seamlessly, making for a unique performance.

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JAZZ MAFIA DJ Qbert, Mixmaster Mike, Kid Koala, KRS One, Booker T, Eric Lindell, and The New ADAM THEIS Master Sounds, as well as contributing horns and strings on over a hundred recordings. creative force in the Bay Area music scene for A 16 years, the collective of jazz instrumentalists, Jazz Mafia’s current roster of projects includes: soul vocalists, hip-hop MCs and composer/ The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Realistic arrangers known as Jazz Mafia has anchored Orchestra, The Soiled Dove (Modern Circus itself as one of the most prolific musical w/ Vau De Vire), Adam Theis MOBtet, Cosa organizations on the West Coast. Led by multi- Nostra Strings, NOT a Brass Band, Jazz Mafia instrumentalist Adam Theis, Jazz Mafia has Plays Prince, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson. toured nationally, bringing a 40-piece hip-hop orchestra to some of the largest jazz festivals of North America. At the same time, the JAZZ MAFIA ROSTER collective has backed up and collaborated Tommy Occhiuto, sax with some of the most respected names in the Matt Wong, keys business including Lyrics Born, Ledesi, Adam Theis, bass Blackalicious, Thomas Dolby, Santana, Big Darian Gray, drums Freedia, Chali2na, Martin Luther McCoy,

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 17 OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Omid Zoufonoun, Principal Conductor FIRST VIOLIN SECOND VIOLIN CELLO CLARINET Janice Yang, Anais Clancy, Ethan Tai, Nicholas Ebbers Concertmaster Principal Principal Brian Kong Isabel Pulido, Gabe Poon, Blythe Davis, Vivien Li Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Asst. Principal Joseph Kim Jenny Lee Summer Snelling Eamon Riley Andrew Chan Matthew Seo Eric Cho BASSOON Kayla Phan Claude Schoepfer Olivia Lease CJ Reith Mingye Wang Soomin Kong Andrea Wang Vincent Ciresi Pearl Li Annika Seo Trinity Chang George Moseley Joshua Summerlin Milo Klise HORN Anna Ravid Takhmina Abdul Zealin Glick-Reiman Mimi Canter Mereth Niemoeller Rachel Snyder Ayo Walker Jackson Hahn-Smith Adrienne Chan Eli Jordan Ethan Shin Aidan Ngo Sarah Goosen Ervin Young Jonah Makkonen Jada Ramos Davina Co Emma Tam Greta Glueck Cole Lameyer Amy He Joanna Zhu Rosie Ward Zeke Wheeler Sina Kalkan Jewel Cha TRUMPET Kevin Ye Jessie Walker Cynthia Shen Olivia Ott Maame Dufie Awuah Kavi Amodt Emma Yin Eva Lozeau de Guzman Claire Ma Jolie Yick Kristie Phan TROMBONE Shyam Byrd Allison Rigler Sarah Chavarria BASS Ashni Mathuria, HARP VIOLA Principal Ashlyn Ng Aman Malhotra, Mia Albano, Principal Asst. Principal PERCUSSION Hannah Lam, Arielle Zakim Seth Miu Asst. Principal Nistha Panda Rami Wilson Arthur Thach Sarah Bruno FLUTE Shannon Liu Marielle Allen Madeleine Riskin-Kutz Nyah Santiago Vincent Garcia Lynnea Bao Alice Oh

OBOE Adrienne Burg Ani Lelalian Charles Gu

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Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra WINTER CONCERT

JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO Huapango

LOWELL LIEBERMANN Piccolo Concerto, Op. 50 I. Andante Comodo Arturo Rodriguez, piccolo

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Candide Suite (Arr. Charlie Harmon)

INTERMISSION

ALEX CONDE Commission Nayeli Cuiriz Galvan Youth Speaks Poet

JOSÉ LUIS DE LA PAZ Avalon Suite for Flamenco Guitar and Orchestra (Arr. Alex Conde) José Luis de la Paz, flamenco guitar

The 2018–2019 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019 agency; and the Oakland City Council and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program. AT 2 PM SAN LEANDRO HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Omid Zoufonoun, Principal Conductor FIRST VIOLIN SECOND VIOLIN CELLO OBOE Janice Yang, Anais Clancy, Ethan Tai, Adrienne Burg Concertmaster Principal Principal Ani Lelalian Isabel Pulido, Gabe Poon, Blythe Davis, Charles Gu Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Asst. Principal Jenny Lee Summer Snelling Eamon Riley CLARINET Andrew Chan Matthew Seo Eric Cho Nicholas Ebbers Kayla Phan Claude Schoepfer Olivia Lease Brian Kong Mingye Wang Soomin Kong Andrea Wang Vivien Li Pearl Li Annika Seo Trinity Chang Joseph Kim George Moseley Joshua Summerlin Milo Klise Anna Ravid Takhmina Abdul Zealin Glick-Reiman BASSOON Mereth Niemoeller Rachel Snyder Ayo Walker CJ Reith Adrienne Chan Eli Jordan Ethan Shin Vincent Ciresi Sarah Goosen Ervin Young Jonah Makkonen Davina Co Emma Tam Greta Glueck HORN Amy He Joanna Zhu Rosie Ward Mimi Canter Zeke Wheeler Sina Kalkan Jewel Cha Jackson Hahn-Smith Kevin Ye Jessie Walker Cynthia Shen Aidan Ngo Maame Dufie Awuah Kavi Amodt Jada Ramos Eva Lozeau de Guzman Claire Ma Cole Lameyer Jolie Yick Kristie Phan Shyam Byrd TRUMPET Sarah Chavarria BASS Olivia Ott Ashni Mathuria, Emma Yin VIOLA Principal Aman Malhotra, Mia Albano, TROMBONE Principal Asst. Principal Allison Rigler Hannah Lam, Arielle Zakim Asst. Principal Nistha Panda HARP Arthur Thach Ashlyn Ng Sarah Bruno FLUTE Shannon Liu Marielle Allen PERCUSSION Madeleine Riskin-Kutz Nyah Santiago Seth Miu Vincent Garcia Lynnea Bao Rami Wilson Alice Oh

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ALEX CONDE ARTURO RODRIQUEZ lex Conde is a vibrant and visionary jazz rturo Rodriguez is a flutist, composer, Aand flamenco pianist, composer, and music Arecording artist, and flute teacher based in educator living in San Francisco. He is a the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from graduate in classical music from the José Iturbi the Conservatory of Music at the University Conservatory of Music, and in jazz piano from of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Rodriguez has el Liceu de Barcelona. Conde has been in the performed in a variety of concert halls such US for the last ten years, and began his as the Fillmore, Paramount Theatre, and the stay here after winning a scholarship to attend Sydney Opera House. He has studied with the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Gail Edwards, Maria Tamburrino, and Mathew Boston. While pursuing this degree (2009) in Krejci, and has participated in master classes led jazz performance at Berklee, he received the by Jennifer Olson, Viviana Guzman, Monica Jazz Revelation Award. Anthony, Ray Furuta, and Valerie Coleman.

The son of legendary copla singer Alejandro He performs around the Bay Area with various Conde, Conde is a self-taught composer. He orchestras and a variety of musical ensembles. started playing classical music at the age of four His talents were included in various Undercover and continued his studies with Patricio Pizarro, Presents events and albums, including Tribute Sergio Sapena, and Wanda Walcewska at the to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Conservatorio Jose Iturbi de Valencia, and later Green Day’s Dookie. He has also performed with Ed Bedner at Berklee College of Music. He with artists such as The Dear Hunter, Diana has studied jazz with luminaries such as Chano Gameros, and Palette-Swap Ninja. Domínguez, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Danilo Pérez, Dave Santoro, Maria Schneider, His current projects include a 9-movement Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding. symphonic requiem called Requiem Sinfonica: a requiem without words, which is dedicated to the victims of the Ghost Ship fire and their families; a professional flute duo called the Etesian Duo with co-founder Alan Berquist; and premiering a Gay Men’s Wind Quintet in 2019. He currently serves as flute faculty with the Young Musicians Choral Orchestra in Berkeley and as a Flute Ambassador with the Awesöme Orchestra Collective led by David Möschler.

22 OAKLAND SYMPHONY GUEST ARTISTS JOSÉ LUIS DE LA PAZ

osé Luis de la Paz (b. 1967) is an award- Jwinning guitarist, recognized in all three disciplines of the Flamenco art. He is a composer, virtuoso, and performer whose original compositions range from the most traditional to the most experimental forms in Flamenco music. Following the oral traditions of the form, he became the prized pupil of the legendary Mario Escudero at the age of 15.

De la Paz was the musical director and composer for Ballet Cristina Hoyos for ten years, accompanying numerous famous Flamenco singers and dancers such as Jose Mercé, Arcángel, Argentina, Manolo Marin, Antonio Canales, Farruquito, Concha Buika, and Belen Maya, among others. In 2018, de la Paz premiered Toda Ciencia Trascendiendo, a concert in which he wrote In 1995, de la Paz appeared in Felix Grande’s music for poems written by Spanish mystics book Agenda Flamenca as one of the best like San Juan de la Cruz, Teresa de Jesús, and guitarists in Spain. Juan Ramón Jiménez. This concert, commissioned by Centro Cultural Español-Miami and Miami In 2015, de la Paz collaborated with the LA Dade Cultural Affairs, was part of an exhibition Philharmonic and Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, under the same title by Raimundo Travieso. In under the artistic direction of Siudy Garrido May of 2018, he presented his concert at the Company, in El Amor Brujo. That November, Fiestas de San Isidro in Madrid. he debuted his first symphonic work, Suite for Flamenco Guitar and Orchestra, in De la Paz is co-founder with Niurca Marquez collaboration with Alex Conde (arrangements) (choreographer/dancer) of Nu Flamenco and Berto Boyd (guitar transcriptions). Collaborative, an organization that aims to introduce U.S. audiences to the cultural De la Paz premiered the Concierto de Aranjuez heritage of flamenco and its emerging artistic with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra in expressions. He was nominated for a U.S. Artist November, 2017, and toured with the Florida Fellowship in 2016-17. Symphony Orchestra and Siudy Garrido in El Amor Brujo.

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 23 GUEST ARTISTS YOUTH SPEAKS

ince 1996, Youth Speaks has created safe Sspaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. As one of the world’s leading presenters of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs, Youth Speaks produces local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, and reading series, alongside a comprehensive slate of arts-in-education programs all across the Bay Area during the school day, in the after- school hours, and on weekends.

NAYELI CUIRIZ GALVAN, YOUTH SPEAKS POET

ayeli Cuiriz Galvan is a 17 year old from NRichmond, California, and currently a senior at Realm Charter High School. Being a first generation Latina inspires her to write and hold space for others around her. Galvan also plays violin and sings with her mariachi, named Mariachi Nueva Luz, on weekends. She started her writing journey while in fourth grade, as she represented the Bay Area in New York City for the National Poetry Slam, hosted by America SCORES. She is not afraid to use her voice to get her message across, and loves to dream big.

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MONCAYO LIEBERMANN Huapango Piccolo Concerto, Op. 50 JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO LOWELL LIEBERMANN (1912-1958) (b.1961)

orn in Guadalajara, Moncayo studied I. Andante Comodo composition with Carlos Chávez, played B iebermann began studying piano at the jazz piano in local cabarets, and eventually age of eight. His first published work was a became the conductor of the Mexican National L piano sonata, which he introduced at Carnegie Symphony Orchestra. He was one of the Recital Hall just months after his sixteenth “Group of Four” Mexican composers who birthday. Later he studied composition with were dedicated to promoting a national music. David Diamond and Vincent Persichetti at He and another member, Blas Galindo, once the Juilliard School. He has been composer-in- visited the town of Alvarado, in the state of residence with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Veracruz, to collect folk music. There they the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and encountered a dance called the huapango. the Pacific Music Festival. He joined the Depending on the source, “huapango” is a composition faculty of Mannes College in 2012, corruption of the word “fandango,” or a word and the following year was appointed head from the Náhuatl language meaning “the site of its composition department. He was the where the wood is placed,” namely, the wooden first recipient of the Virgil Thomson Award in planks for dancing. 2014, and lives in Weehawken, New Jersey. Moncayo used three of these huapangos in an Liebermann has written over one hundred thirty orchestral work first performed on August 15, works in all kinds of genres. He has written 1941, by the Mexico Symphony Orchestra, works for Paul Zukovsky, Paula Robison, conducted by Carlos Chávez. It has become Gerald Schwarz, Stephen Hough, Mstislav a second Mexican national anthem. A lyrical Rostropovich, and James Galway, among others, central section with solos for harp and winds as well as an opera based on Oscar Wilde’s The is flanked by more rhythmic parts. In the last Picture of Dorian Gray. His music was used at section, trumpet and trombone engage in a the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition. kind of musical duel. Liebermann has written concertos for cello, clarinet, flute, piano, trumpet, and violin. The Piccolo Concerto was commissioned by the National Flute Association and first performed

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on August 18th, 1996, at the National Flute Know, Paris Waltz, Bon Voyage, Drowning Music, Association Convention in New York City. The King’s Barcarolle, Ballad of El Dorado, I Am The soloist was Jan Gippo (to whom the work Easily Assimilated, The Best of All Possible Worlds, is dedicated); Glenn Cortese conducted the and the finale,Make Our Garden Grow. New Jersey Symphony. BERNSTEIN

DE LA PAZ

Candide Suite (Arr. Charlie Harmon) Avalon Suite for Flamenco Guitar LEONARD BERNSTEIN and Orchestra (Arr. Alex Conde) (1918-1990) JOSÉ LUIS DE LA PAZ

ernstein’s third Broadway musical, Candide, valon is based on compositions by flamenco Bopened at New York’s Beck Theater Aguitarist José Luis Rodriguez, who tells the story on December 1, 1956. It lasted only 73 of “a voyager who leaves his home in search of performances, but was revived in 1973 and Avalon, a place of fortune and happiness, only was voted the best musical of 1974 by the to discover that Avalon is no more than a place New York Drama Critics Circle. he has always carried within.”

Described as “a comic operetta based on ~ Program notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2019 Voltaire’s satire,” Candide was staged by Tyrone Guthrie, with book by Lillian Hellman, and lyrics by John Latouche and Dorothy Parker. After its original opening night, Walter Kerr wrote: “Three of the most talented people our theater possesses—Lillian Hellman, Leonard Bernstein, Tyrone Guthrie—have joined hands to transform Voltaire’s Candide into a really spectacular disaster.”

Charlie Harmon was Bernstein’s assistant for four years and music editor for the Bernstein estate for ten years. He edited numerous works for performance and publication, including the present suite from Candide, which was introduced by Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra on January 14, 1999. It contains the songs You Were Dead You

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MICHAEL MORGAN, LYNNE MORROW, MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR CHORUS DIRECTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS

ichael Morgan was born in Washington, DC, where r. Lynne Morrow became Director of the Oakland Mhe attended public schools and began conducting DSymphony Chorus in 2005. During her tenure at the age of 12. While a student at Oberlin College the scope of the Chorus has expanded to include Conservatory of Music, he spent a summer at the contemporary, international, and neglected works, Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, studying with along with traditional choral repertoire. She conducts Gunther Schuller and Seiji Ozawa. He first worked the Chorus’ workshop performances of major works; with Leonard Bernstein during that same summer. hosts summer choral outreach “Sing-ins;” and prepares the Chorus for work with Oakland Symphony as His operatic debut was in 1982 at the Vienna State well as regional community and youth orchestras Opera, conducting Mozart’s The Abduction from with which it collaborates, such as Oakland the Seraglio. In 1986, Sir Georg Solti chose him to Symphony Youth Orchestra, Young People’s become the Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and California Symphony. Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for seven years Dr. Morrow has collaborated with composer under both Solti and Daniel Barenboim. In 1986, he Michael Roberts to create a new commisioned work, was invited by Leonard Bernstein to make his debut Mass for Freedom, that will premiere in April 2019. with the New York Philharmonic. As guest conductor, Morgan has appeared with most of America’s major Dr. Morrow received a GRAMMY nomination for her orchestras, as well as the New York City Opera, St. work with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble (now Pacific Louis Opera Theater and Washington National Opera. Edge Voices), with whom she has also recorded two CDs of Dave Brubeck’s choral music. Since 2001, In addition to his duties with the Symphony since she has directed the Voice and Opera/Music Theatre 1991, Maestro Morgan serves as Artistic Director of the Programs at Sonoma State University. Dr. Morrow Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Music Director presents workshops on African American Spirituals, at Bear Valley Music Festival, and Music Director including a workshop on a cruise to Alaska from San of Gateways Music Festival. He is Music Director Francisco. Dr. Morrow has recently received The Emeritus of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Heritage Keepers Award from The Friends of Negro and is on the boards of Oaktown Jazz Workshops, the Spirituals. She has also given lectures on music for Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, and the major Bay Area organizations including Oakland Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Symphony. Dr. Morrow strives for a visceral connection to music, presenting works from every corner of This summer, he led a national youth orchestra of the musical arts in fresh ways, to reach the widest students from El Sistema programs organized by the possible audiences. Los Angeles Philharmonic, sharing the concert with Gustavo Dudamel. He makes many appearances in the nation’s schools each year.

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BRYAN NIES, OMID ZOUFONOUN, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

ryan Nies is the Associate Conductor of Oakland mid Zoufonoun is a conductor, guitarist, BSymphony; former Principal Conductor of Festival Oeducator, and award-winning composer. His Opera; and former Principal Conductor of Oakland concert commissions aim to blend his Persian Symphony Youth Orchestra, which he led on musical heritage, learned under the guidance of international tours, including to Australia and his father, Ostad Mahmoud Zoufonoun, with New Zealand during the orchestra’s 40th season. western practices of counterpoint, harmony, and orchestration. Recent commissions include a Cello With “superb musical direction,” Nies conducted Sonata for the duet Martha & Monica, a guitar sold-out performances of Puccini’s Turandot, Loesser’s octet for the Guitar Foundation of America, a The Most Happy Fella, and Bizet’s Carmen at Festival choral setting of four Rumi poems for Pacific Opera to rave reviews that stated, “Nies is undeniably Edge Voices, and a four-movement orchestral work a talent to watch.” In addition, he has been a cover for the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra. conductor for the St. Louis Symphony, conducted Zoufonoun conducted the premiere of this latter performances with Opera Idaho, the Diablo work at the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland, Symphony, and the Oakland Chamber Ensemble. and a professional première followed by Oakland With Eugene Onegin, he made his Opera San Jose Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Michael debut as Principal Conductor and continued with Morgan. As conductor, Zoufonoun’s recent notable performances of The Crucible, Werther, La recording of Bill Horvitz’ suite, A Long Walk, was Voix Humaine, Pagliacci, and the west coast premiere featured as an Editor’s Pick in Downbeat magazine. of Anna Karenina, becoming the second conductor to perform the work. Nies continues to conduct innovative operas including successful performances of As One with West Edge Opera and Erling Wold’s Fabrications. He regularly performs in recital and has debuted his first recording Amour“ sans ailes: Songs of Reynaldo Hahn” on the MSR Classics label in October of 2017.

Pursuing an avid interest in all musical genres, Nies has served as Associate Music Director with American Musical Theater of San Jose and Theatreworks in Palo Alto. He was a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently a lecturer at Stanford University.

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North Bay Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, Pocket Opera, Mission City Opera, the Crowden School, Oakland School for the Arts, and Dominican University, among others. Bailey has taught conducting at the University of California-Davis and Notre Dame de Namur University.

As a choral director, Bailey has served as Music Director of Voices of Musica Sacra, Chorus Master for Festival Opera of Walnut Creek and Opera San Jose, and has been Guest Conductor for the University of California-Berkeley Chamber Chorus, the University of California-Davis Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Alumni Chorus, and the Berkeley Broadway Singers.

Bailey is also a composer, and his works have been performed and commissioned in the Bay Area and abroad. In 2010, Carlos Santana and Oakland East Bay Symphony performed his arrangements. As a baritone, oboist, and pianist, Bailey has performed with the San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Oakland East Bay, Berkeley, JOHN KENDALL BAILEY, Redding, Napa, Sacramento, and Prometheus Symphonies, American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia PRE-CONCERT SPEAKER Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, the Midsummer OAKLAND SYMPHONY Mozart and West Marin music festivals, San Francisco Bach Choir, Coro Hispano de San Francisco, Pacific ohn Kendall Bailey currently serves as Music Mozart Ensemble, Sacred and Profane, Masterworks JDirector of the Mozart to Mendelssohn Orchestra, Chorale of San Mateo, the Mark Morris and Merce Music Director of Mesopotamia Symphony Orchestra, Cunningham dance companies, the Berkeley, Golden and Associate Conductor of San Francisco Composers Gate, and Oakland Lyric opera companies, and many Chamber Orchestra. In 1994, Bailey founded the more. He has recorded for the Harmonia Mundi, Berkeley Lyric Opera and served as its Music Director Koch International, Pro Musica, Wildboar, Centaur, and Conductor until 2001. Since then, he has been and Angelus Music labels. He currently serves as… Principal Conductor of Oakland Youth Orchestra and and has also been a pre-performance lecturer for the Guest Conductor with Oakland Symphony, American Oakland Symphony, San Francisco Opera, American Philharmonic-Sonoma County, Diablo Symphony Bach Soloists, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, Orchestra, Oakland Ballet, Magik*Magik Orchestra, Gold Coast Chamber Players, and more; a critic for San Francisco Civic Symphony, San Francisco the San Francisco Classical Voice; and a writer of real- Concerto Orchestra, and has conducted productions time commentary for the Concert Companion. for Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, West Bay Opera,

Artistic Staff Photos: MarcoSanchez.net

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 29 ABOUT US

lassical and symphonic music in Oakland In addition to presenting unconventional yet Chave a rich history, dating back 85 years approachable concerts, the Symphony invests to the original Oakland Symphony (1933- heavily in education and outreach, working 1986), and the subsequent formation of with schools and in the community to introduce Oakland Symphony Chorus and Oakland people of all backgrounds to the joys of playing Symphony Youth Orchestra 60 years ago. an instrument and experiencing classical Oakland Symphony grew from this tradition of performance. To date, our education programs, community commitment. Following the including the MUSE (Music for Excellence) closure of the original Oakland Symphony in program and Oakland Symphony Youth 1986, the Chorus and Youth Orchestra split Orchestra, have helped over 100,000 young into two independent organizations. In 2010, people discover a passion for music. The Youth the Symphony, the Youth Orchestra, and the Orchestra provides training to young musicians Chorus merged to establish one organization with a rigorous program of weekly rehearsals, that combines the history and accomplishments extensive coaching with leading Bay Area of all three ensembles and is able to better serve professionals, and performance opportunities our entire community. After 27 years under the throughout the region and the world. Through name of Oakland East Bay Symphony, we are our Access Scholarships, no young musician is once again known as the Oakland Symphony. ever excluded from the Youth Orchestra due to limited financial resources. Oakland Symphony is celebrated as one of the most distinct regional orchestras in the country, Along with our education programs, we foster serving a diverse population through its unique the future of classical music through partnerships convergence of artistic excellence, community with contemporary musicians and composers. service, and education programs. Oakland To ensure the future of symphonic music, the Symphony Youth Orchestra was founded in Symphony regularly commissions works from 1963 and has been providing world-class composers who have never composed for a full orchestral training to young musicians for over orchestra. New American works are frequently 50 years. Oakland Symphony Chorus is in its showcased in our programming and young 60th season of serving the community through artists are encouraged to create as well as vocal training and performance opportunities perform. Recent commissions have included for all who love to sing. four new pieces in styles ranging from gospel to world music. The Symphony, Youth Orchestra, and Chorus have the shared aim of making classical music Throughout the years, the Symphony has fostered accessible to all members of our community collaborations with local arts organizations, from by presenting unique programs and attracting children’s choruses to jazz ensembles. Oakland a wide-ranging, culturally diverse audience. Symphony Chorus collaborates with a number We strive to bring together people who might of regional performing arts groups including otherwise never have met, to sit side-by-side Berkeley Symphony, California Symphony, and and share a meaningful cultural experience. In the Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, as the 28 years since Maestro Michael Morgan well as regularly collaborating and performing took on the artistic leadership of the Symphony, with the Symphony and Oakland Symphony we have united the diverse Oakland and East Youth Orchestra. The Chorus serves as a Bay communities through music, and now reach premier resource for continuing education in over 60,000 people annually. the choral arts and holds open auditions throughout the year.

30 OAKLAND SYMPHONY ANNUAL FUND DONORS

e gratefully acknowledge our generous donors, whose annual support enables us to build community through the artistic and educational programs of Oakland Symphony, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Oakland WSymphony Chorus. The following list reflects gifts made to the annual fund or elevated events recorded between July 1, 2017 – December 5, 2018.

 Donating 5 or more years in a row  Donating 10 or more years in a row

LIFETIME MEMBERS $7,500 - 9,999 Karen Long  Mark Jacobs  Generous donors of Charles Crane and Andrea Plesnarski and Ann Johnson  $100,000 or more Wendy Breuer  Tom Nugent  Susan T. and Michael A. over their history with Joanne F. Casey  Mary Ann and Jordan  Oakland Symphony. Katherine and Lance Don Parachini Cristine Kelly Gyorfi  Linda and Ewan Purkiss  Carole Klein Karen Ivy and Marianne Robison  Nick and Leah Leach  Anonymous (4) James Ringland  Pamela and Jim Robson  David Leinbach  Bonnie and Jim Bell Karen and Steve Nicholls  Susan, Peter and Carl Lester Giles “Bud” Cropsey Jill and Wesley Smith  Natalie Scott  Ellen and Barry Levine  James Hasler Michèle Stone and Doug Love  Jack Klingelhofer $5,000 - 7,499 Harry Howe  Holly and Thomas Love  Cornell C. Maier Ruth and Jeff Bailey  Susan and Paul Sugarman  Peter Lundberg and Karl Mettinger Shirley and Patrick Patricia Chang and James Mowdy  Berniece and Pat Campbell Foundation  Charles Tai Geralyn and Eugene Susan Chan  Sharon Vonderau  Lynch  Patterson Gerald Vurek  Pamela Magnuson- Beryl and James Potter Peter and Jared Drake  Jennifer Duston and Enevia and Kline Peddle  Barbara and Joel Evan Mapoles  Wilson, Jr.  Karl Mettinger  Richmon Marianne and Bill Gagen Eugene J. Zahas  Alison Miller  Shirley and Philip Schild Patti Heimburger  Donald Monaco Robert A.D. and Debbra Carol Henri  $1,000 - 2,499 Charmaine Ferrera  Wood Schwartz Robbin and Fred Kroger  Anonymous  Ingrid Moore Erma and Owen Smith Susan and Moses Libitzky  Kristen Anderson Barbara Moran and  Susan and Paul Sugarman Rhonda and Jack Morris Carlene and Richard Charlie Haas  Michael Morgan  Nancy S. Sweetland Mary Olowin  Anderson Helen Berggruen  Mabel Morgan  Katherine van Hagen Richard K. Robbins  Margaret and Richard Camille and Wayne Mark, Lisa and Donna M. Williams Roisman  Brotze  Reuven Moss  Kay Ruhland  Gwendolyn Buchholz and Helen Nicholas and Monique Stevenson  David Durand  Robert Middleton  $20,000+ Nancy Sweetland  Paula and David Byrens  Elisabeth and Michael Anonymous  Margaret Warton and Beryl Crumpton and O’Malley  James and Bonnie Bell  Steve Benting James Potter  Eva and Aaron Paul  Robert Kidd and Joan Story Lisa and Tom Duryea Pamela Magnuson- Jack Klingelhofer  $2,500 - 4,999 Ian Epstein and Kym Zilk Peddle  Berniece and Pat Anonymous  Margery Eriksson and John Protopappas  Patterson  Diane Appel and James Nelson  Nancy Ragle and Norman and Janet Pease Daniel Cotton Charmaine Ferrera  Bret Andrews Barbara and Joel Cesestra E. and Teresa Eleanor and Paul Sonjia and Gregory Richmon  Butner  Gertmenian  Redmond  Martha Toppin  Patricia Chang and Michelle and Blake Brian Ripley Donna M. Williams Charles Tai Gilmore  Eric Ruhland Michael Colbruno  John and Kendall Glynn Melinda and Roy $10,000 - 19,999 Diane Appel and Dale Marie Golden and Samuelson  Anonymous  Daniel Cotton Hugh MacDonald  Helen and Peter Sheaff  Bette and Robert Epstein  Rena David  Mark Jacobs  Romer Stevenson  James A. Hasler  Elayne and Joseph Frank  Susan and Richard Marsha Sutherland  Amy and Eddie Orton  Melodie and David Hansen  Michelle Taplette and Jennifer and Paul Vetter  Graber  Connie and Jon Hartung  Marc Shaw Nicholas and Anne Whyte Katrine and Harry Gray Pamela and Howard Ama Torrance  Bonnie and Earl Hamlin  Hatayama  Cari Vaeth Stanley P. Hébert  Carolyn and Robert Loni Williams  Margaret Hegg  Heywood  M. Hope Young and Leslie and Conway Jones  Helen Holmlund Kevin Best  Marilyn Kecso Kathleen Hunter Mary-Jo Knight and Eman Isadiar Michael Parish Judit Jackovics 

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$500 - 999 Thomas Leibowitz  Terry Bowen Heather Erickson and Kenny and Marvell Allen  Kara Levine  Sandra Bressler  Paul Lilly Carla Moore and L. J. Likar  Helene Byrne and Joseph Litvin Ted Allen  Cristy and Tom Limon John Vallerga  Christopher Lundin Mary Ellen Navas and Linda Lipner  Lori Schweitzer and Amy Kyoko Reichenbach Robert Archibald  Kathie Long  Steven Caccamo and Todd Lynch Barbara M. Beery  Edward Love  Helen Cake  Jean Mangels  Carol and Claude Benedix  Joan and Roger Mann  John Calfas Helen M. Marcus  Cynthia and David Linda and John Manzeck Jenny Carless Leslie Fay and Blumgart  Doris Marx Susan Carter Evan Marks  Roberta Brokaw  Randall Matamoros and Thomas Cavanagh Robert Marshak and Kim Bronson  Nancy Wilkinson  Gail Coney  Judy Kelly  Evangeline and William Kristi Swope and David Conte  Alice McCain  Buell  Randall McEachern  Douglas and Rosemary Dorothy M. McIntosh  Rosemary Chang  Renuka and Debu Panda Corbin  Kathleen and Daniel Jessica Cao and Merrilee Mitchell  Michelle Cruz Peverley McKinney  Xiaoping Liang  Carla Moore and and Evan Peverley Catherine McLane  Lisa Caul and Ted Allen  Susan and Joseph Daly  Martha and Lester Miller  Robert Harrington  Mary Ellen Navas and Jerrica Gonzales and Barbara and Richard Patrice Cochran and Robert Archibald  Saumitra Das Miller  Leslie Rogers  Mary and Georgina Oram  Loris Davanzo  James Morris  Lillian and Donald Lidia Owens Karen De Valois  Janet Mulshine  Cunningham  Jim Payne  Patia and David Dial Norma Murphy  Kathryn, David, Gabrielle Margaret Pillsbury  Sara and Emerson Mary Yvonne Napoleon  and Sophia Danzeisen  Margaret Pinter  DuBois  Sharon Noteboom  Seth Ducey and Honorable Jean Quan and Heather Erickson and Donna and Robert Oliver  Mari de Almeida  Dr. Floyd Huen  Paul Lilly Elizabeth Orozco  Alecia DeCoudreaux Frances and John Raeside  Natalie Forrest and Glenn Otterman Christine and John Mary and David Ramos Douglas Sprague  Sylvia Parker  Diskon  Kennedy and Kathleen Susan Gallardo and Amy Likar and Carolyn Doelling  Richardson  Mark Freitas  Jack Paulus  Seth Ducey and Elizabeth Ruhland  Bonnie and Dick Gaither Wendy Pei and Mari de Almeida  Miyo Saiki  Susan Gallardo and Timothy Sandberg Sheila Dundon and Alan Sauer and Mark Freitas  Naomi and David Pockell  Dale Radcliff Donald Ramos  Beverly Galloway Christine Raasch Leila El-Wakil  Debbra Noah Schwartz and Caroline Girgis Wallace and Gayle Sarah Everett  Schwartz Foundation  Edward Gordon Ransom  Tom Schunn and Karen and Ross Scroggs  Dawn Graeff Ana Rauch and Anne Fay  Neal Shorstein Marian and Roger Gray  John Torpey  Ed and Camilla Forhan  Frances and John Raeside  Zachary, Peggy and Robert Reidy  Katherine Foulkes  Thomas Leibowitz  Grant Griffin  Ann and Mike Richter  Christiane and Lewis Miriam Steinbock and Patricia and Jerry Stuart Harrison and Frederickson  Dennis Rothhaar  Hamilton  David Ring Terry Gardner Kristi Swope and Melvin Harrison and Jonathan and Benjamin Paul Garrison  Randall McEachern  Barbara Hardacre Ring and Maya Rath  Judy and Sheldon Greene  Chris and Joe Trevino Laurie Harris Debbie and Martin Rokeach Bonnie Hampton Patricia Troxel  Stuart Harrison and Shirley and Richard Ross  Susan and Charles Frederica Von Stade  David Ring Lisa Ruhland  Hanson  Randall Matamoros and Rose and Fredric Mona Sabet Lisa Caul and Robert Nancy Wilkinson  Hoffman  Wendy Pei and Harrington  Rhonda and Nelson Cecilia Huang Timothy Sandberg Laurent Harrison  Williams Russ Irwin  Valda Sanders  Richard L. Hawkins  Nancy and Charles Wolfram Virginia and Odell Jeanine and Guy Maxine Heiliger  Johnson  Saperstein  Jim Henry  $250 - 499 Donald and Judith Jones  Barbara Schaaf and Wil and Carolyn Hobbs Kathleen Courts and Mary Kahn Robert Schock  Fumiko, Jin and William Abernathy  Anna Keim  Craig Schmid  Fumiko Hoshino Lyn Andersen  Robert Marshak and Mary and Thomas Sally Houston  Roger Anderson Judy Kelly  Schmitz  Carol Ann Hudson  Dion and David Aroner  Kathleen Kelly  Lori Schweitzer and H. Nona Hungate Karen Austin  Jeanne and Stuart Korn  Steven Caccamo Rosemary Chang  Leslie, Alice and Didi and Paul Kubicek  Joy and David Shussett Anne Bennett Jefferson  Ella Bacon  Beth Lamont Kris Sinclair  Jan Kang Justin Bank Joyce Lashof  Linda Skory  Katherine Kiehn and Norman Banks  Maureen and George Thomas and Susan Smegal Heinz Lankford  Erin Bydalek and Lenahan  Mary Strauss  Susan Lambert Patrick Bengtsson William Lester  Joanne Sung and Shelly Gin and Donald Roberta and Henry Berg  Amy Likar and Benson Lam and Josephine Lee Judith and Gary Blank  Jack Paulus 

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Jeanine and Guy Helene and Norman Patricia M. Gannon  Barbara Kennedy-Dalder Saperstein  Cavior  Lorraine and Ronald Patricia Kernighan and Ana Rauch and Jennifer Xie and Gazzano  Paul Gordon  John Torpey  Geoffrey Chan Jewelle and James Gibbs  Candis Cousins and Susan and George Troy  Marianne Chang  Kathleen Gilbert  Bruce Kerns  Diana Valle  Renee Charland  Alice and Ralph Gillibert  Ellen Kerrigan and Charles, Geraldine and May Chen and John Ren Kenneth Gobalet Baker A. Peeples Charles Waitman  Glenda Cheng and Zahra Mahloudji and Lucy Kinchen  Hillary and Donald Walker Alan Poon Michael Goldbach  Steve Berley Kathy and Steve Wallcave  Sherlyn Chew  Judy Gong  Sylvia Smith and Carol Wang and Amy Chung  Patricia Kernighan and Stanley Kowalski  Jamie Huang Elizabeth Clark  Paul Gordon  Annis and Nicholas Cecilia Huang Shirley and George Barbara and Robert Grant  Kukulan  Katherine and Jon Weiner  Coaston  Harvey Green Sarah Kulberg  Mary and Peter Weinstein  Patrice Cochran Elizabeth Greene Mary Lou Kurtz  Helen M. Marcus  Eva Cohen and Herbert and Leonore Louis Labat  Forrest Winslow  Steven Holtzman Griffin  Regina Lackner H. Leabah Winter  Illene T. Colby Michael Griffith Neuritsa Lancaster Carolyn Yale  Zipporah Collins  Gail Grigsby and Lynn and William Lazarus Eva Mae Youngberg  Gregg Cook and Alan Crockett Marguerite Barron and Victor Rosario  Harvey Green Glen Leggoe $100 - 249 Peter Cook  Rachel Hanson Alice Lenaghan and Mary Abinante  Carol Copeland  Penny and Steven Harris  Michael Stanish  Leorah Abouav- Candis Cousins and Beverly and Randy Hawks  Jean Levin  Zilberman  Bruce Kerns  Alana Zhou Household David Lichtenstein  Gloria Alexander  Patricia Couture  Patricia Hedl Patricia Mintz and Betsy London and Judith Cox  Tamra Hege  Greg Lieberknecht Giancarlo Aquilanti  Gabriela Crane Elizabeth Hendrickson Shirley and Donald Alessandra Aquilanti Gail Grigsby Dixie Hersh Lindley  Betsey Archer Ann O’Connor and Elizabeth Pauw and Louise Linford  Diane Fisk-Arney  Edward Cullen  David Hillman  Betsy and Karl Livengood  Sharon Ashby  Kathryn and Christopher Jim Taylor and Terry Hinton Maria Lloyd Eleanor Bade  Dann  Faye Hinze  Theresa Lo Margaret Bahan Rosemary Darden Cindy and Richard Betsy London and Amelia and Paul Bailey Virginia Darrow Holbrook  Giancarlo Aquilanti  Deborah and William Heidi Kaseff and Carolyn Holcroft Richard Lowe Baldwin  Lee Davisson Gayle Reynolds and Nancy Lowenthal  Natalie Balfour and Kathleen and Mario Keith Hollon  Shirley Lu and John Cove DiGiovanni  Eva Cohen and Charles Young Jessica Balik Joanne Drabek and Steven Holtzman Debrenia Madison and Dax`niel Bao Thor Start  Steven Horn  Reginald Smith  Marx`x`guerite Barron and Susan Driscoll LaMay  Jeff and Lucia Horner Zahra Mahloudji and Glen Leggoe Adrienne and Tom Mary Hovingh Michael Goldbach  Kathy Barrows  Duckworth  Joanne and Hadwen Mary Mallet  Maria Barsotti  Luann Duggan  Howard Margaret and John Steve Berley Merlin Edwards Patricia Jeanne Howze Maloney  David Besley Rachel A. Eidbo  William Hull  Tom Mangin Clifford and Gladys Block  Kathy Barrows  Nancy and Campbell Judith Margulis and Eileen Blood-Golden  Jane English and Hunter  Jeffrey Kessel  Marilyn Bookbinder Patrick Ferguson  Garry and Maryn Hurlbut Bennett Markel  Constance Boulware Rebecca and Frank Faiola Richard Hutson  Jan Schmuckler and Marion Brackett  Dorothy Finger Saralinda and Michael James Martin Arlene Branch Sheila Fischer Jackson  John Masko Samuel and Judith Broude  Harry and Sheilah Fish  Jonathan and Joy Jacobs  Jonathan Mates-Muchin Pat Brouillette Diane Arney  Melissa James Tommie Mayfield  Valerie Brown Sherri and Thomas Flynn  Katherine Jarrett  Eileen McAndrew June and Howard Browne  Karen Fox-Reynolds and LaDonna and Kenneth B. Joyce McCullum  Erika Bruce and Jerry Reynolds  Jensen  Mary and Joe McKenzie  Richard Mercouris  Catherine and John George John Brenda McKinley  Gaylord Burke  Francioch  Stephen Johnson  Karen McLennan Melody Burns  Aileen Frankel Elayne Jones  Larana and Jim McVay  Marsha Burt Mary Franklin Bernardino S. Juat, Jr.  Jerene Meissert and James Campbell  Wendy Franklin and William Kadner Michael Robey  Corinne Rydman and Calvin Wall  Heidi Kaseff and Howard Mel  Logan Campbell Dagmar Friedman Lee Davisson Joan Shepherd Mellows Harriet Caplan  Nancy Friedman and Stephen and Ruth Kass  and Oliver Mellows Michael Cating and Terry Hill  Irma Valencia and Hector and Linda Theresa Roeder  Norman Furuta  James Keith  Mendez 

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James Meredith  Mary Roberts  Fred Strauss Dana Meyer Jerene Meissert and Michael Robey  Margaret Strom  Ji Won Min James Robinson  Sandy and Jack Summerfield  Patricia Mintz and Nancy Ebbert and Adam Rochmes Jim Taylor and Terry Hinton Greg Lieberknecht Michael Cating and Theresa Roeder  Mike Tennant  Jackie Morgan  Agnes Rogacsi  Fern Tiger and Paul Thompson  Lynne Morrow  Miriam Rokeach Ben Thompson  Sally Mote-Yaffe and David Yaffe  Michael Roosevelt Sandra Threlfall M. Gwaltney Mountford  Gregg Cook and Victor Rosario  Fern Tiger and Paul Thompson  Sharmin and Farshid Moussavi  Fred Rosenblum  Sandra Tillin  Roderick Murray  Helen Rubardt Marta Tobey  Catherine and James Nemechek  Valerie Ruma James Toland Melissa O’Connor Charlotte Russell Elena and Christopher Toohey  Ann O’Connor and Edward Cullen  Kitty Russell-Banks  Alice and John Trinkl David Ojala Rich Russo Katherine and Jose Umali  Charlene Okamoto Corinne Rydman and Laurie Umeh  Viviana and Robin Oliva-Kraft Logan Campbell Linda Underwood  Maria and Joseph Orr  Ralph Samuel  Philip C. and Shantha N. Ursell  Charles Ostrofe  Virginia Sanders-Hinds Susan and C. Henry Veit  Wendy Polivka and Evan Painter  Linda Scaparotti Judy Velardi Ellen Larson Paisal  Christine Schaaf Marlene Vogelsang  Lorraine Parmer Shirley and Farrel Schell  Wendy Franklin and Calvin Wall  Mary Jane Pauley Nancy and Gregg Schluntz  Josephine Webb Elizabeth Pauw and David Hillman  Jan Schmuckler and James Martin Cynthia Webb-Beckford Arlene Pearl Kary Schulman Emily Weinstein Ellen Kerrigan and Baker A. Peeples Nancy Sheehan Richard West  Karol Pessin Joyce and Gerald Shefren George and Bay Westlake  Jacqueline Phillips  Joan Shepherd Mellows and Barbara and Christopher Westover Wendy Polivka and Evan Painter  Oliver Mellows Caelin White Glenda Cheng and Alan Poon Mary Shields  Elizabeth Wierzbianska  Marsico Poppas  Susan and Stephen Shub Maureen Wikander  Nora Privitera and Michael Banister  Robert Shuken  Judy Wilkinson  Lisa Quadrato  Janice Silverman  Timothy Williams  George Queeley  Alice and John Trinkl Patricia and Phil Williams  Patricia and Robert Raburn Margaret and Torger Skolmen Joye Wilson  Paula Rainey Keith Slibsager  Olly W. and Elouise Wilson Don Rath  Howard Smalheiser  Valerie Winemiller  Nancy Reier Sylvia Smith and Stanley Kowalski  Steve and Laura Wolff  May Chen and John Ren Deborah Smith Barbara and James Wolpman Sheri Stock and Harry Reppert  Debrenia Madison and Barbara Winslow Wong Gayle Reynolds and Keith Hollon  Reginald Smith  Jennifer Xie and Geoffrey Chan Karen Fox-Reynolds and Virginia Smyly  Sally Mote-Yaffe and David Yaffe  Jerry Reynolds  Jane Stallman  Jean Yang Marie Rhein  Alice Lenaghan and Michael Stanish  Shirley Lu and Charles Young M. Louise Rothman-Riemer and Joanne Drabek and Thor Start  Emily Zell  Davis Riemer  Mary Stevens  Alana Zhou Household Gail and James Rigelhaupt  Sheri Stock and Harry Reppert 

34 OAKLAND SYMPHONY TRIBUTE FUND

In memory of In honor of In honor of In memory of Phil Abinante Laili Gohartaj Molly Lloyd and John Stevenson Kathleen da Silva Sara Schnaitter Dan Reardon Michèle Stone and Maria Lloyd Harry Howe In memory of In honor of Lill Anderson Americo Ernest Gonsalves In memory of In memory of Kristen Anderson Christine Niccoli Mary Maehl Molly and Bill Stolmack Terry Bowen Eleanor Bade In honor of In memory of Norman Katz Karenlynne Bradley John B. Hancock V In honor of Marsha Burt Mark Jacobs Alison Miller In honor of Lester and Martha Miller Michèle Stone In honor of In honor of Gregg Cook and Delida Costin Jonas P. Harrison In honor of Victor Rosario Elayne Sara McBarnette Laurent Harrison Michael Morgan Jan Kang Gregg Cook and In honor of In honor of Victor Rosario the MUSE Teachers In honor of Jim Hasler Marianne and Bill Gagen Mary Kahn Dr. Charles Crane Harriet Caplan Elizabeth Hook Marilyn Bookbinder Mark Jacobs In honor of Alice and Fred Feller In memory of Sonja Maund Beth Vandervennet Jane Kadner James Meredith Jenny Carless In memory of William Kadner Donald Monaco Heather Erickson and Rochelle David Ross and Karen Scroggs Paul Lilly Anita Behn In honor of Enevia and Kline Wilson Andrea Plesnarski and Jane English and Cristine Kelly Tom Nugent Patrick Ferguson Corinne Rydman and In memory of Laurie Umeh Ann Gordon Logan Campbell Dr. Ron Olowin Karen Ivy and Michèle Stone and In memory of James Ringland In honor of Leo Harry Howe Ms. Delores Williams Shirley and Donald J.T. Mates-Muchin Marvell Allen Lindley In memory of Patricia Mintz and In memory of Fritzi Schoen In memory of Greg Lieberknecht Jay Levine Susan and Paul Sugarman Valena Williams Jr. Christine Raasch Kara Levine Aileen Frankel In memory of Jeanine and Guy Saperstein In memory of In honor of Marion Sherman Sally Driscoll Amy Likar Ellen Paisal In memory of Susan Driscoll Donna Johnke David J. Williamson Michelle Cruz Peverley In memory of Helen M. Marcus In memory of and Evan Peverley Melvin Silverman Andrew A. Fredericks Julia Stenzel Janice Silverman In memory of Margery Eriksson and Margaret “Tommie” James Nelson In memory of In honor of Winslow Mary F. Likar Keith Slibsager Barbara Winslow Wong In memory of Amy Likar and Norman Furuta Earl Fredericks Jack Paulus Illene T. Colby L. J. Likar In memory of Douglas G. Sprague Natalie Forrest

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 35 ENDOWMENT FUND

ndividuals who support the Endowment Fund help to ensure the long-term future of Oakland Symphony’s music, education and outreach programs. The donors listed below have made outright gifts, estate gifts, or irrevocable planned I gifts through a charitable remainder trust. For more information contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801. LIFETIME LEADERSHIP THE EDWIN AND NANCY MARY LOU USHER Andrew and Teresa CIRCLE RICHARD FUND HÉBERT MEMORIAL FUND Gunther Jim and Bonnie Bell In support of the Stanley P. Hébert The Estate of Anne Giles “Bud” Cropsey Symphony’s education Conway and Leslie Jones Macpherson and outreach programs The Estate of John E. THE PAULINE WILKINSON Paul and Susan Sugarman JAY T. LEVINE and Helen A. Manning MACAULAY MEMORIAL MEMORIAL FUND The Estate of Thomas FUND NATHAN RUBIN In support of MUSE M. Price In support of the MEMORIAL FUND (Music for Excellence) Eleanor Swent Symphony’s education Conway and Leslie Jones The Estate of Jay T. The Estate of John and and outreach programs Marilyn Langlois Levine Thelma Taylor Lon and Mary Israel Ralph Samuel The Estate of Doris B. Arthur Weil Holerman Ingeborg R. and DAVID PAUL STEVENSON The Estate of Herbert Reinald A. Wells MEMORIAL FUND Chittenden The Estate of Elvera B. Monique Stevenson David and Melodie Graber Wollitz Smith

CALVIN SIMMONS LEGACY SOCIETY

e are grateful to those who have remembered Oakland Symphony with bequests. These gifts will help establish and grow the Symphony’s endowment, providing support for future generations of students and music-lovers. For more Winformation contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801 Anonymous (3) Susie Elkind † Samuel R. Miller and Arthur Weil Toby C. Berger † James Hasler Maude H. Pervere Ingeborg R. and Marie Boss Harry Howe Irving and Muriel Schnayer Reinald A. Wells † Gregg Cook and Mark Jacobs Edgar J. Schoen and Donna M. Williams Victor Rosario Terry Kulka and Fritzi Schoen † Joye Wilson Giles “Bud” Cropsey Gary Semans Lyn Sonfield † Jean Cunningham † Regina Lackner B. Monique Stevenson † deceased Kathryn and Harold Lawrence † John B. Taylor † Christopher Dann John Lee Joan Thatcher † Arthur Dunlop † Edward Love Albert J. Vizinho

36 OAKLAND SYMPHONY CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS

hank you to our corporate and institutional donors who support Oakland Symphony in a variety of ways, including T through grants, sponsorship, and the underwriting of our programs and events. AAK The Clorox Company The Links, Incorporated - Rea Charitable Trust Airbnb D’Addario Foundation Eden Rose Chapter Republic Services Allied Propane Service, Inc. Delta Dental Macy’s West The Ross McKee Andersen Tax East Bay Community Marina Way Properties Foundation Ann and Gordon Foundation Matson Navigation Scott Valley Bank Getty Foundation The Friendship Fund MCE Clean Energy Sidney E. Frank Bay Area Black The Grubb Co. Mechanics Bank Foundation United Fund IBM International Microsoft Sims Metal Management Bay Crossings Foundation Mueller Nicholls Union Bank Bay Marine Boatworks John and Kendall Glynn Builders Varian Medical Systems Bell Investment Johnson & Johnson Music Performance The Wallace Foundation Advisors Inc. Kaiser Permanente Trust Fund Walter and Elise Haas Bernard E. and Alba The Kinder Morgan National Endowment Fund Witkin Charitable Foundation for the Arts Wareham Development Foundation Klein Financial National Gypsum Wells Fargo The Bernard Osher Corporation New West Communities The William and Flora Foundation Laconia Development Pacific East Mall Hewlett Foundation BNSF Railway Lawrence Livermore Pacific Harmony The William H. Donner Caldecott Properties National Laboratory Foundation Foundation Chemtrade Logistics LDK Ventures Pfizer Foundation Women’s Philharmonic Chevron League of American PG&E Advocacy City of Oakland Orchestras Pottery Land, LLC Zellerbach Family City of Richmond Levin Richmond Terminal Rafanelli & Nahas Foundation

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 37 IN-KIND DONORS

BUSINESSES Duende Restaurant & Philharmonia Baroque Jim Dennis 42nd Street Moon Bodega Orchestra & Chorale Sara Dobbins Active Reading Center East Bay Express Philz Coffee Poppea Dorsam Alma Acupuncture Edible Excursions Picán Peter Drake Albany Bowl Eye Physicians of the Picante Perry Dreiman American Conservatory East Bay Piedmont Piano Company Gail and Gerald Eiselman Theater Fairmont Hotels Claremont Raymond Vineyards Bette and Bob Epstein Ashkenaz Music & Dance Club and Spa Reuschelle’s Cheesecakes Greg Errico Community Center Farley’s East Reed Smith LLP David Fineman Asian Art Museum Fenton’s Creamery Renaissance Rialto Inc. – Foster Goldstrom Assemble Restaurant Flora Restaurant & Bar Allen Michaan Miles Graber Aurora Theatre Company Forrest’s Music Retzlaff Vineyards Katherine and Harry Gray Azzurro Travel Four Seasons Rancho Rialto Cinemas Cerrito Timothy Hall Bakesale Betty Encanto Santa Fe Rock Wall Wine Company Christine Harper BAMPFA Freight & Salvage Roland Feller Pamela & Howard Bar Cesar Galleria Scola Violin Makers Hatayama Batch Pastries Grand Lake Theater - Rosenblum Cellars Leslie and Jay Ifshin Bay Area Discovery Renaissance Rialto, Inc. San Francisco Opera Oscar Jackson Museum Greenway Golf Associates San Francisco Performances Leslie and Conway B. Bay Area Rainbow Higgins Jewelry Center San Francisco Symphony Jones, Jr. Symphony Hopscotch Second Line Vinyl Amy & Merle Kessler Beach Blanket Babylon Joan Story & Seghesio Family Vineyards Robert F. Kidd Bear Valley Music Festival Robert Kidd Semifreddi’s Bakery Congresswoman Bellanico J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines Sequoyah Country Club Barbara Lee Berkeley Ballet Theater J. Sahadi Jewelers SFJAZZ Brooke Levin Berkeley Bowl JP Seafood Co. Shiba Ramen Greg Liederknecht Berkeley Playhouse KBLX Shotgun Players Amy Likar and Jack Paulus Berkeley Repertory Theatre KDFC Classical Sidebar Restaurant Nancy Lowenthal Berkeley Symphony The Kleid Group Skyline Quartet Peter Lundberg Bette’s Oceanview Diner Knimble Spice Monkey Restaurant Carolyn Magrete Brushstrokes Studio Lagunitas Brewing St. George Spirits Jerry Martini Calavera Mexican Company Stagebridge Anthony McGill Kitchen & Agave Bar Landmark Theatres Steve Silver’s Beach Kathy & Craig Moody Cakes Made by M.E. Larceny Bourbon Blanket Babylon Maestro Michael Morgan Cal Performances La Mediterranée Sumbody Spa Dr. Lynne Morrow California Shakespeare La Note Restaurant Taro’s Origami Studio James Mowdy Theatre Lanesplitter Pizza Tesla Store Company Mark Moss California Academy of Lawrence Hall of Science TheatreWorks Susan Mrnak Sciences Layer Cake Wines Trabocco Kitchen and Destiny Muhammad California Great America Lindsay Wildlife Experience Cocktails Oakland Symphony Campovida Link Soul The UC Theatre Taube Board Members Capital Genealogy, Los Angeles Philharmonic Family Music Hall Jana Olson & Roger Carr Chris Patregnani Luka’s Taproom USS Hornet Museum Steve Parrish Captain Dan and Lounge USS Potomac Association Bruce Patrick Chef Ron’s Pastries Lungomare V. Sattui Winery Rachel Barton Pine C’era Una Volta Mariner Square The Vegetarian Gourmet Brian Ripley Chevron Athletic Club WineWise Lisa Rogovin Chez Panisse Restaurant Mockingbird WQXR Classical Radio Jeanine and Guy Saperstein and Café Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore YBCA The Honorable Libby Children’s Discovery Napa Valley Coffee Yoshi’s Oakland Schaaf, Mayor Museum of San Jose Roasting Company of Oakland Children’s Fairyland Natural Grocery Company INDIVIDUALS Tom Schunn and Ann Fay Chop Bar Oakland Athletics Janice Alley Susan and Peter Scott City Bloom, Inc. Community Fund Bobbie Altman Deborah and Ward City of Oakland Oakland Ballet Company Dan Ashley Spangler Classic Sails Oakland Hills Tennis Club Emanuel Ax Andrea and Paul Swenson Comal Restaurant Oakland Museum of Margaret Bahan James Taylor Concannon Vineyard California Justin Bank Alicia Telford Creative Framing Oakland Zoo Stan Barrett CMT Susan and George Troy and Gallery Oakocalyptic Mason Bates Hillary and Donald Walker Crogan’s Omni Hotels & Resorts Bonnie and Jim Bell D’Wayne & Michelle The Crucible One True Vine Nicolas Bearde Wiggins Dashe Cellars Winery Pacific Coast Brewery Bruce Beasley Donna M. Williams Delphi Trio Paramount Theatre Katharine Bierce Valena M. Williams, Jr. Diesel, A Bookstore Pavé Fine Jewelry Design Gary Bukovnik Eugene J. Zahas and DMA Organizing Penrose Restaurant Letitia and Craig Casebeer Wendy Howard Omid Zoufonoun

38 OAKLAND SYMPHONY VOLUNTEERS

any thanks to our dedicated volunteers who help make all the work of Oakland Symphony, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Oakland Symphony Chorus possible. Volunteers donate their time, talent, and energy in Mmany ways throughout the year, from education programs to concerts and beyond. If you would like to volunteer with us, please call (510) 444-0801 or email [email protected].

Angela Allen and Marielle Kathleen Ferris Helen Luo and Jamiel Jan Schmuckler Diane Appel, Mack and Barbara Flores Lawrence Lum Nanci Schneidinger Daniel Cotton Michelle Galecki Shakir Mackey Carrie Sealine Paula Arapacio Vincent Garcia Zahra Mahloudji Meg Sedlak Nina Arrocena Dana Garza Matthew Major Deepak Sohane Larisa Arroyo Valarie George Linda and John Manzeck Aneta Sperber Lynnea Bao Kevin Goldberg Rosemary Mark Gloria Stingily Joan Barnard Cynthia Guevara Kathy Marks Michèle Stone Jim Bell Ashley Hamilton Evan Marks Jasmine Strange Michelle Blackburn Lucy Harris Elliot McAuley Paul Sugarman Allison Bliss Laura Haworth Becky McFarland Kat Swift Mary Blume Margaret Hegg Katie McLane Lorenzo Taylor Terry Boggs-Moura Miguel Hernandez Barbara Miller and Audrey Walter Taylor Becki Bowers Ronnie Hersler Marvin Miller Joy Tejada Nicole Boyle Gene Ho Amelia Moore Carolyn Thaxton Carol Braves Valerie Hsieh Meriane Morselli Isabel Anne To Alma Broussard Mike Huensche Linda Mrnak Rose Mary Towns Susie Butler Caleb Hughes Aria Navab Lea Troeh Logan Campbell Karlean Inigo Steven Nicholls Freya Turchin Roshaun Campbell Bernadino Juat, Jr. Angel Njenga Cari Vaeth Helane Carpenter Carol Kane Lisa Parker Diana Valle Mylene Carpenter Genessa Kealoha Judith Pascoe Brandie Van Vliet Sybil Carpenter Regina Key Aaron Paul Angel Vargas Mayotis Cephas Amar Khalsa Janet Peterson Albert Vasquez Jeanette Chang and Joy Khoo Jacqueline Phillips Alondra Villasenor David Sadeli Saeyeon Kim Moriah Pierce Mont Vinaiphat Gregg Cook and Vera Kirichenko Chris Poston Sharon Vonderau Victor Rosario Kyle Ko Denise Poteat Ash Walker Maafi Cook Jessen Langley Cyara Randall Ayo and Jessie Walker Brittaney Creswell Susan Lambert Brenda Reeves Ife Tayo Walker Mari de Almeida Lynn and Bill Lazarus Julio Reyes Wei-Jing Wan Michelle Debord Stephanie Leveene Irene Rice Mark Wieder Brianna Deutsch Measue Liotta and Rachel Richardson Regina Williams Steve DeVetter Walter Harper Hanna Rifkin Felicia Wilson Alex Diaz Linda Lipner Logan Robertson Kline Wilson Jay Dicker Barry Levine Pam and Jim Robson Gia White Susan Diego Alejandra Llamas Helen Rodrigues and Phyliss White-Ayanruoh Susan Driscoll LaMay Claire Londgren Michael Maxson Rita Xavier Tariq El-Amin Juan Lopez Mary Rydman Alyssa Zhao Debbie Evenich Krystina Lui Allan Sagle

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF James Hasler, President ARTISTIC Delida Costin, Vice President Michael Morgan, Bette B. Epstein, Vice President Music Director & Conductor Lynne Morrow, Donna M. Williams, Treasurer Chorus Director Omid Zoufonoun, Monique Stevenson, Secretary Youth Orchestra Principal Conductor Bryan Nies, Associate Conductor Dan Ashley Arnold Lee, Chorus Assistant Conductor Charles Crane Kymry Esainko, Chorus Accompanist Christopher Dann Joseph Frank, Sr. ADMINISTRATION Katrine T. Gray Mieko Hatano, Executive Director Carol Henri Lori Davis, Interim Development Director Harry Howe Seth Ducey, Operations Director Conway B. Jones, Jr. Warren Williams, Education & Community Robert F. Kidd Engagement Director Michelle Kwon* Andrea Plesnarski* Caitlin Bryson, Marketing Manager Deborah Spangler* Micah Dubreuil, Social Media Coordinator Patrice Hidu, Administrative Assistant * Musicians’ representative Marshall Lamm, Public Relations Craig McAmis, Orchestra Personnel Manager EMERITUS SOCIETY Paul Rhodes, Librarian James F. Bell Elizabeth Vandervennet, Lead Teaching Artist, Kevin Best MUSE Mentor & Cellist Tanya Drlik Erik Eriksson Paul Garrison PARAMOUNT THEATRE FIRE NOTICE Ronald Gazzano There are sufficient exits in this building to Dian Harrison accommodate the entire audience. Margaret Hegg Robert Heywood The exit indicated by the lighted exit sign nearest your Karen E. Ivy seat is the shortest route to the street. Sue Jordan Linda Lipner In case of fire, please don’t run – walk through Edward Love the exit. Debrenia Madison Peter Myers Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre. Karen Nelson Steve Nicholls No cameras or tape recorders are permitted in Mary Oram the Paramount. Aaron Paul Genevieve Power For lost and found information, inquire at the main John Protopappas floor aisle 3, or call the box office at (510) 465-6400. Marlene Rogers Susan Sugarman John Torpey Don Walker Kline A. Wilson, Jr.

40 OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY VII VIII OAKLAND SYMPHONY Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are: • 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

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