2017 ANNUAL REPORT

SEATTLE

JAMES EHNES Artistic Director JAMES EHNES SOCIETY Artistic Director OUR MISSION

Seattle Chamber Music Society fosters the appreciation of chamber music in our region by presenting performances featuring world-class musicians in accessible and inviting formats, with an emphasis on developing a broad-based sustainable audience through education and community outreach. PRESIDENT’S LETTER //

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2017 chamber music festivals proved to be another stunning season. With astonishing performances by some of the best musicians playing today, our community and school-based programs, and the strong financial health of the organization, we are poised to build on our success as we look ahead to 2018 and beyond.

Every season is full of innumerable highlights that we experience together, and individually. I had many favorite performances, so it’s hard to single out one of them. For me the Summer Festival performance of the Saint- Saëns Sonata for Violin and by James Ehnes and Boris Giltburg combined artistry and pure athleticism that stayed with me long after the evening was over.

I am also particularly proud of SCMS’s Commissioning Club, which is in its 11th season. This year’s new work, Fictional Migrations, by the talented Lisa Bielawa, was a notable success. Lisa’s pre-concert discussion of the piece helped us all gain more understanding and joy from the flawlessly performed premiere.

Beyond the concert hall, SCMS offered a number of successful programs, including a brand new event that invited community musicians to perform Bach’s Brandenburg No. 3 side-by-side with our Festival musicians before the free Chamber Music in the Park concert at Volunteer Park. We saw a very positive 25% OF TICKET PURCHASERS response from students in our Chamber Music in the Classroom program, and the WERE NEW TO SCMS development of two extremely talented young musicians with the Monika Meyer Clowes Memorial Award.

Once again we finished on solid financial footing, thanks to the support of donors such as you and our prudent financial management. Our reserves equal a third of our operating budget and our endowment now exceeds $2 million. 30 NUMBER OF STATES 2017 We couldn’t have done any of this without you, our audience and patrons. James ATTENDEES CAME FROM, Ehnes, our musicians, Executive Director Connie Cooper and the SCMS staff and IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT board want to offer our sincerest thanks for your support. It is only because of your OF COLUMBIA, 4 CANADIAN generosity that we can continue to bring you, and the entire community, the PROVINCES AND 4 OTHER highest quality chamber music for everyone to enjoy. COUNTRIES

GEOFF GROSHONG Board President

FRONT COVER: Orion Weiss, piano, Astrid Schween, cello; Chamber Music in the Park; Sean Osborn, , Yegor Dyachkov, cello, Richard O’Neill, viola; Jennifer Frautschi, violin, Alexander Kerr, violin

BACK COVER: Jeffrey Fair, horn; James Ehnes, violin, Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin, Edward Arron, cello, Raphael Bell, cello, Che-Yen Chen, viola, Beth Guterman Chu, viola; Chamber Music in the Park; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin, Alexander Kerr, violin

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 3 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW // Seattle Chamber Music Society enjoyed a highly successful 36th season. We served over 26,000 youth and adults with world-class performances at our Winter and Summer Festival main series concerts at Benaroya Hall, with wide-reaching engagement programs that shared our Festivals and great chamber music with diverse audiences throughout our community.

ABOVE: Tessa Lark, violin, Jun Iwasaki, violin, Julie Albers, cello, Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Stephen Rose, violin; James Ehnes, viola, Ani Aznavoorian, cello

4 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY ATTENDANCE WAS THE LARGEST EVER WINTER FESTIVAL: JANUARY 20 – 29 at our Summer Festival and equally robust at our Winter Festival presented 6 stellar concerts Winter Festival. In addition to our strong base of featuring an extraordinary lineup of 19 world- loyal patrons, we welcomed many new and young class musicians (including 4 making their SCMS audiences to our ticketed Festival concerts, with debut) to 3,041 patrons. Capacity averaged about 25% of ticket buyers joining us for the first 94%, with one sold-out concert. Celebrating time, and over 11% of households buying student what Artistic Director James Ehnes refers to as and young adult (under 30 years of age) tickets. the “golden age” of composition, each concert 67% of patrons purchased tickets online (up 8% featured a work by some of today’s most from last year) and 62,000 visitors browsed our accomplished, living American composers: John website (up 19% from last year). Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Steve Reich, Paul Schoenfield, and John Adams. We reached twice as many people with our Other highlights included arrangements of Bach’s Community Outreach and Engagement Programs Sinfonias for string trio by Sitkovetsky, Faure’s at our main series Festival concerts. Over 7,000 Piano Quartet, Op. 15, Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, Op. people – including many families with children, 81, and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. young adults, and first-time listeners – enjoyed relaxing and listening to beautiful chamber SUMMER FESTIVAL: JULY 3 – 29 music outdoors with our free Chamber Music in It was another sizzling Summer Festival with the Park live concert at Volunteer Park and free enthusiastic crowds of more than 6,000 filling Music Under the Stars audio simulcast Summer Benaroya Hall for the 12 main concerts featuring Festival live concert broadcasts to four Seattle unique and dynamic chamber music performances neighborhood parks. by 46 world-class artists. Capacity averaged 96%, with 5 sold-out concerts. Total ticket COMMISSIONING CLUB sales exceeded last summer’s record high by To support the creation of new works and 3%. Programming highlights included musical preserve chamber music as a living art form, “postcard” concerts that explored the music of SCMS’s Commissioning Club presented the France, Russia, Bohemia, and Vienna, as well as world premiere of its 11th commission, Fictional such masterpieces as Messiaen’s life-affirming Migrations by American composer Lisa Bielawa. Quartet for the End of Time and Beethoven’s The Club’s 40 members attended a special dramatic and beloved “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata. preview dress rehearsal, learned more about Bielawa’s work and heard directly from the OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS composer about her creative process and Several intimate events were hosted in private inspiration during three salons in March, April residences, including house concerts with Festival and June. artists pianist Inon Barnatan (November), pianist William Wolfram (March), and violinist Karen Gomyo and pianist Paige Roberts Molloy (May); and a special patron trip to Montreal (April).

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 5 ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY // Education and Community Engagement Programs help us build connections to our Festival concerts and artists, develop young listeners and performers, and share chamber music with wider and more broadly diverse audiences.

ABOVE: Julie Albers, cello, Nurit Bar-Josef, violin, Che-Yen Chen, viola, David Chan, violin; James Ehnes, violin, warms up before Chamber Music in the Park

6 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK Our annual Chamber Music in the Park event on Saturday, July 29th brought Summer Festival to a close, with over 3,700 people (1,000 more than last year) gathered on the lawn at Volunteer Park Amphitheater to enjoy a free live outdoor concert of Borodin’s playful string quintet and a perfectly crafted Beethoven septet for strings and winds.

For the first time ever, the concert was preceded by a community play- along of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3, with over 65 local amateur musicians participating alongside our Festival musicians.

PRE-CONCERT RECITALS ABOVE: A crowd gathers at Volunteer Free and informal half-hour recitals before each of the 18 main concerts Park for Chamber Music in the Park; Chamber Music in the Classroom at at our Winter and Summer Festivals attracted 6,613 people, with Ballard High School intimate performances by world-class artists, including many Festival favorites and newcomers too. CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS 11% Classical KING-FM announcers and SCMS staff hosted our free, noontime OF HOUSEHOLDS BUYING Classical Conversation Podcast series, recorded live in front of a studio TICKETS WERE STUDENTS OR 30 & UNDER audience at Benaroya Hall’s Soundbridge Education Center, with in- depth interviews of Festival artists James Ehnes, Orion Weiss, Andrew Armstrong, Lorna McGhee, and Astrid Schween. “It’s experiences like these that remind me of the niceties of OPEN REHEARSALS living in a beautiful city with Audiences had the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and observe Festival artists prepare for upcoming concerts with eight free culture at its core. Thank you!” Open Rehearsals. MUSIC UNDER THE STARS ATTENDEE

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 7 MUSIC UNDER THE STARS What better way to enjoy summer in Seattle than relaxing outdoors in one of our many beautiful public parks while listening to great chamber music! Over 3,300 people joined us for 16 free Music Under the Stars live audio broadcasts of all 12 Summer Festival main concerts at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Amphitheater on Capitol Hill, Freeway Park downtown near the Convention Center, Columbia Park in Columbia City, and Delridge Playfield in West Seattle.

ABOVE: Students perform before Music Before each broadcast and during intermission, audiences were treated Under the Stars, the live audio broadcast to live performances by talented student ensemble groups with University concert at Volunteer Park of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Youth , Chamber Music Madness Summer Camp, and finalists with “Wonderful initiative KING-FM’s Young Artist Award Competition. to make classical music accessible, engaging, and Music Under the Stars helps us open access to our Summer Festival, reach inviting to all age groups new and younger audiences, and build sustainable audiences for our and skill levels. My kids future. Based on audience survey responses, over 20% were families with played in the Play Along children; 60% were under 40 years of age; 40% were first-time listeners; and 60% were returning audiences who are making these broadcasts part and enjoyed the challenge of of their annual summertime tradition. keeping tempo and playing with the professionals!!” MEET THE ARTISTS CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK ATTENDEE Through brief, interactive talkbacks following each of our 18 main series Winter and Summer Festival concerts, audience members had the opportunity to ask questions of two of the evening’s musicians, and learn about their musical inspirations and artistic lives.

RADIO BROADCASTS Over 10,000 listeners in the Puget Sound area and worldwide tuned in each evening to Classical KING-FM to hear live radio broadcasts from Benaroya Hall of all 18 of our Summer and Winter Festival concerts. Rebroadcasts of 45 different 2016 and 2017 Festival concert highlights were heard on American Public Media’s Performance Today on 280 stations nationwide throughout the year.

FAMILY CONCERTS Creating musical memories to last a lifetime, 600 young audience ABOVE: An attendee takes part in members (ages 5-10) and their families came to Benaroya Hall to enjoy the musical instrument “petting zoo” musical adaptations of some of their most beloved childhood stories. Our at the Family Concert Winter Festival Family Concert presented The Little Engine That Could with Seattle’s Skyros Quartet performing music by Dvořák, Beethoven, Schubert, and an arrangement of Brubeck’s Take 5; and our Summer Festival Family Concert presented Peter Schickele’s delightful and 48% humorous version of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, The Emperor’s OF ALL TICKETS SOLD WERE SUBSCRIPTION SALES New Clothes. Music Center of the Northwest hosted a free hands-on musical instrument “petting zoo” in the lobby before each concert.

8 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY PREVIEW LECTURES Local music scholar Aaron Grad introduced some of the composers and works at upcoming Winter and Summer Festival concerts, with eight 16% Preview Lectures to residents at University House, Skyline, Ida Culver and OF NEW TICKET-BUYING Alijoya senior facilities. HOUSEHOLDS CAME FROM OUT OF STATE CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM SCMS’s team of professional string ensemble musicians and teaching artists served 450 music students at four partnering Seattle Public “To listen to classical music Schools: Hamilton and Madison middle schools; and Ballard and Roosevelt in a park after a beautiful high schools. Each school received 3-4 consecutive, weekly visits of sunny day in Seattle — it individual and small group student coaching, culminating with a 45-minute cannot get better than this!” chamber ensemble performance by the artists. Teachers valued the MUSIC UNDER THE STARS ATTENDEE exposure to professional artists and increased level of musicianship with their students. Young musicians liked the focused attention and unique feedback from the coaches, and learning various tips and techniques to improve their practicing and playing together as a group.

YOUNG ARTIST AWARD AND MONIKA MEYER CLOWES MEMORIAL AWARD In partnership with Classical KING-FM, we offered our 6th annual Young Artist Award competition for solo and ensemble musicians ages 6-20. SCMS awarded its separate Monika Meyers Clowes Memorial Award to this year’s winners, violinist Marley Erickson and cellist Kristy Park. As part ABOVE: Alexander Kerr, violin, leads a of their prize, these talented young artists received coaching by Festival masterclass musicians and performed on stage for our audiences at a free pre-concert Artist Recital during our Summer Festival. MASTER CLASSES 10,000 Festival artists gave six free master classes to 136 young musicians at MORE VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE THAN LAST YEAR Seattle Conservatory of Music, Academy of Music Northwest, Cornish Summer Camp, Seattle University and Chamber Music Madness Tuned In! Summer Camp. Festival musicians participating in this year’s master classes were: violinists Alexander Kerr, Karen Gomyo, and Tessa Lark, cellists Yegor Dyachkov and Edward Arron, and pianist Anton Nel.

SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT TICKETS Thanks to special support from donors, SCMS provided 34 Scholarship Tickets to middle, high school and college music students to attend our Winter Festival and Summer Festival concerts for free. For many students, this was their first time hearing world-class chamber music performed at Benaroya Hall.

ABOVE: Students perform before the Music Under the Stars live audio broadcast concert at Freeway Park

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 9 ENSURING OUR ARTISTIC VISION AND STABILITY // Our success is due in large part to the generosity of hundreds of donors and sponsors. Approximately 43% of our revenue comes from earned income, the remaining 57% comes from our donors. Thank you all for your generous support!

ABOVE: Tessa Lark, violin, Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Boris Giltburg, piano, Bion Tsang, cello; James Ehnes, violin, Denis Brott, cello

10 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY SPONSORS, DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS // A heartfelt round of applause to the funders and many individuals whose extra help make the Summer and Winter Festivals possible.

ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM SPONSORS MEDIA PARTNER

The Norcliffe Foundation Lesa Sroufe & Co. Kreielsheimer Remainder Foundation William and Temple Cobb Charitable Family Fund

HOUSING AND REHEARSALS HOSTS Geoff and Laura W. Groshong CLOSING RECEPTION UNDERWRITER Jill D. Bader Monika Hall Jean B. Viereck Barbara Bishop Sand Laurence Herron and Harlow Sires Luther Black and Christina Wright Ann Janes-Waller and Fletch Waller FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS Diana Carey Andrea and Steve Jones Donagh Anderson Janice C. Condit Dana and Ned Laird Laura Banks Susan Detweiler Barbara Mack Jane Blackwell Ann and Martin Gelfand Susan and Gary Neumann Bert Bokern Martin Greene and Kathleen Wright Mary Neuschwanger Judy Buckham Russell Hanford John C. Robinson and Maya Sonenberg Judith Cederblom Holly Hill Sheila and Craig Sternberg Miawling Cheng Ellie and Chris Kauffman Marcie and David Stone Barbara Deppe Wah and May Lui Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Myrna Eden Jim and Jane Lyons Richard Tompkins and Bryna Webber Dorothy Elvins Tom McQuaid Betty Lou Treiger Piper Foulon Mary and Alan Morgan Evelyn Gershen Susan and Gary Neumann COMMISSIONING CLUB SALON HOSTS Gene Gershen Gloria Peck Jill D. Bader Ellen Henderson James F. Roark, Jr. Luther Black and Christina Wright Vicki Isham Nancy Lee Smith Marilyn Brockman and David Friedt Wendy Jackson Sheila and Craig Sternberg Phyllis Kaiden Kathryn and Joe Weinstein SCHOLARSHIP TICKET PROVIDERS Dottie Kelly Jill D. Bader Jerry Kindinger HOUSE CONCERT HOSTS Luther Black and Christina Wright Marcie Kindinger Janice C. Condit Conrad Knutson Marlene LaHaise Shaun and Reed Corry Rosalie Lang Kathy Lefferts Andrea and Steve Jones Mani Soma Susan Levy Wah and May Lui Frederick Strom Paul Liebert Mary Neuschwanger Kathryn Zufall Joan Michaels Nancy Moses MUSICIAN DINNER HOSTS IN KIND SUPPORT Tina Moss Kim Anderson and Andrew Bentley Paul Joseph Brown Photography, Jennifer Nagel Jill D. Bader rehearsal photography Larry Nyquist Luther Black and Christina Wright Cognition Studio, graphic design Joy Payton-Stevens Diana Carey Music Center of the Northwest, Family Carmel Pope Shaun and Reed Corry Concert musical instrument “petting zoo” Judy Robertson John Cramer and Suzanne Poppema Silver Platters, artists CD acquisition Margaret Sandvig Susan Detweiler William Traver Gallery, closing reception Marilyn Sizer Keith Dolliver Myron Sizer Michael Edwards and Jane Beno SPECIAL THANKS TO Carmen Spofford Steve and Peggy Garber Martin Greene and Kathleen Wright for Jean Trent Ann and Martin Gelfand the gift of the Toby Saks Music Library Theresa Van de Ven Martin Greene and Kathleen Wright John Weintraub

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 11 ANNUAL FUND DONORS // Seattle Chamber Music Society is pleased and grateful to recognize our donors whose gifts to our Annual Fund during the 2017 Festival Season enable us bring produce musical performances and programs that bring joy and benefit to the community.(Gifts received between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017.)

CADENZA Yumi Hiraga and Keith Cohon Dr. Pamela York Klainer Anne and Steve Lipner ($25,000 and above) Pat and Mary Ellen Hughes Erica Lewis and Rick Erickson, Walter and Ruth MacGinitie◊ Nicholas J. Bez Ann Janes-Waller and Seed Fund of the St. Louis Barbara Mack Diana Carey Fletch Waller Community Foundation Bob Mangino and David and Amy Fulton James and Pamela Murray◊ Bill McJohn Allison Keeler Mary Neuschwanger Mary Mikkelsen Katherine and Eric Merrifield ($10,000 to $24,999) Gilbert Omenn and Mary and Alan Morgan Suzanne and Paul Merriman Warren and Anne Anderson Martha Darling Cookie and Ken Neil Terry Moore Ann and Martin Gelfand Richard and Alice Rapasky◊ Charles Nordhoff Marr and Nancy Mullen Laurence W. Herron and Braiden Rex-Johnson and Gloria Peck Denis Murphy◊ Harlow Sires Spencer Johnson◊ Jack and Carolynn Prelutsky Jim and Mariette O’Donnell◊ Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth◊ John C. Robinson and Tina and Chip Ragen Ann Ongerth Tom McQuaid Maya Sonenberg Ralph and Dorothy Reiley◊ Hal Opperman and James F. Roark, Jr. Sandra and Robert Schwab Nancy and Richard Rust◊ JoLynn Edwards Betty Lou Treiger Bryna Webber and Lyn and Hans Sauter◊ Herb and Lucy Pruzan Jean B. Viereck Richard Tompkins◊ Gisela and Douglass A. Raff Nancy and Jerry Worsham◊ Hugo Schimmelbusch Patricia Rebbeck◊ VIVACE Anonymous – 2 David and Marcie Stone Paul and Margaret Robertson ($5,000 to $9,999) Herb and Isabel Stusser Nancy M. Robinson Kim Anderson FORTISSIMO John Tilford Don and Toni Rupchock John Cramer and ($1,750 to $2,499) Elizabeth Wery◊ Jerret Sale and Rachel Klevit Suzanne Poppema Jill D. Bader and Family Jim and Nancy Woods Dr. and Mrs. Werner E. Samson◊ Susan Detweiler and Frank and Joan Conlon Anonymous Willard Schultz the late Alexander Clowes Caroline Davis Craig and Nancy Shumate Keith Dolliver Vasiliki Dwyer RONDO Raymond and Donna Sparks Michael Edwards and Jeffrey Golub◊ ($500 to $999) Frederick Strom◊ Jane Beno Lynn and Brian Grant Family Charles and Susan Andonian Pam and Ron Taylor Martin Greene and Weldon Ihrig and Susan Knox Barbara Archbold Muriel Van Housen Kathleen Wright Raymond and Carol Kujawa◊ Susan Barash and Bruno and Yvonne Vogele Dana and Ned Laird Nancy Lee Smith Irving Williams Bill and Carol Warren Susan and Gary Neumann Christian and Joyce Zobel Howard Berglund and Valerie Yockey Sheila and Craig Sternberg Nancy McKay Zufall Family Foundation Diane Stevens ACCELERANDO Jean Blake Anonymous Patricia Tall-Takacs and ($1,000 to $1,749) Ann Brand◊ Gary Takacs Dick and Connie Albrecht Dianne Calkins PRESTO Marybeth Austin Virginia Chappelle ($300-$499) CAPRICCIO Cecilia Benner Peter Chuang, Elaine Tsai, and Kathy Andeway ($2,500 to $4,999) Alan and Sally Black Galen Chuang Don Argus and Nancy Beadie Luther Black and Children Count Foundation Connie Cooper Sonny Asawadilokchai◊ Christina Wright◊ Pam and Oliver Cobb Jean Crill Martha Cardell Marilyn Brockman and Consuelo and Gary Corbett Alexander and Robert and Pamela Center David Friedt◊ Karen Domino and Galina Dadiomov Laurie and Mike Cohen Mike Callahan and Gene Brenowitz◊ Marlene Eng Deborah Cole◊ Ronald Welch Marc and Maria Erlitz Vivian Evans Joyce Erickson and Janice C. Condit Richard and Barbara Garlid Kenneth Brown Shaun and Reed Corry Mary Beth Gemperle Scott and Jennifer Gary Sandra Fairchild-Miller and Lynda Emel and Natalie Gendler◊ Evette and Dennis Glauber Ken Miller Carter Bentley◊ Genevra Gerhart Greg Glockner Gerald Folland◊ Gary and Janice Enzmann Lyn and Jerry Grinstein Tom Grow◊ M. Elizabeth Halloran◊ Steve and Peggy Garber Erica and Nason Hamlin Henry Grzes and Chun Wah Hui Ruth Gerberding Terrence Hecker Sandi Macdonald Marie Lauritano and Geoffrey and Laura Groshong Norman Hollingshead Eddie and Marguerite Hasson Richard Wohns Monika Hall Rick and Carole Horwitz Dick and Betty Hedreen Ann LeVeque Wolfram and Linda Hansis Barbara Jacobsen June Kerr Warren Lucas Catherine Hayes◊ Leslie Katsman Jerry and Marcia Kindinger Ann Milam

12 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY ANNUAL FUND DONORS //

James and Julia Mirel Arni Litt Peter Elbow and Sam Pederson Abigail Modjeska◊ Mark Lutz Cami Pelz Elbow John Perlic Steffany and Jane and James Lyons Alvin and Ruth Eller Diana Pien and Merle Weiss Lyman Neuschaefer Julie Mackoff Len and Linda Elliott Sandy Qiu Glenna Olson and Paul and Mary Jo Martin Marilyn Evans Sheila Quinn Conrad Wouters Donna McCampbell◊ Noel Evans Mary Ransdell Gordon Orians Robert Hardy and Thea Fefer Rebecca Rodman Simon and Carol Ottenberg Susan McDonald William Ferguson William Rorabaugh James Paul and Dolores Wells Renate McVittie◊ The Foster Family Christopher Rossano Thomas and Janet Seery Phillip Miller Leslie P. Fox Pat and Virginia Sainsbury Sonia Spear Shizuka Miyano William and Cheryl Friedman William Sandal Margaret Taylor and Paige Roberts Molloy Carol Furry Douglas Schneider Bob Elliott David and Rosemary O’Hara James Gale and Douglas and Katherine Smith Wayne Thurman◊ Dr. Philip and Gwen Phibbs Virginia McDermott Jannie and David Spain Osamu Yamamoto and Terrance John Quinn, II Hilary and Armando Grant Robert and Gail Stagman Chenying Deng Andrea and Alan Rabinowitz Patricia Graves and Alan and Bonnie Steele Noah Scooler David Nash Kathleen Sullivan ALLEGRETTO Paul Smith Nancy E. Grout Kathryn and ($150 to $299) Mani Soma John Hall Peter Van Wagenen Sheena Aebig and Eric Taylor Jannie and David Spain Mark Hammarlund and Charles Walker Frank and Nola Allen Joanne Sprunger◊ Jan Peterson Phoebe Warren Judith Armstrong Ethel and Robert Story Elizabeth Hastorf Margaret Watson and Peter and Jane Barrett Jackie Tai Susan Hauser Paul Brown James Bennett Stephen and Ericka Thielke Judith Herrigel Nancy and Robert Zager Barbara Black Francis Timlin Kate Hokanson Judith Zeh Richard and Nancy Brainard Anthony Trifiletti Martha Hsiao Anonymous - 9 Matthew Brooks Suzanne Vadman Roy L. Hughes Hugh and Suzanne Clark Jutta Von Stieglitz Julianne Hungar Carin and Michael Cunningham Eugene and Marilyn Webb Laura and Bernard Jacobson Lavinia Downs Connie Wentzel Dale Johnson ◊ Indicates 100% Subscriber(s) – Susan Dyer Lee and Barbara Yates Jeffrey Johnson Patrons who help us cover the full Noemi Epstein and Susan Ziegman Dr. Joan Johnson cost of producing our concerts by Darrel Vorderstrasse Alan Zullig Caroline Jorstad including Annual Fund support Gerry Fardal Anne Kao with their ticket subscription. Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis ANDANTE Bob Kaplan Stanley Gartler ($50 to $149) Elizabeth Kendrick SCMS strives to list our donors Anita Hampton and Shirley Anderson Linda Kent and James Corson as they wish to be recognized. Robert Kunreuther Laura Banks Mark and Nancy Kiviat If we have made an error, Kazuko Handa Bertha Barriga Steve and Alice Kunkel please contact our office at Bernice Harris Kate Battuello◊ Bryan LaPorte 206.283.8710. David and Laura Heard David and Marcia Binney Dianne Lattemann Susan Herring◊ Alice Bloch Annetta Lawson Gary Horen Wilma Bradley Douglas Leen Anne B. Howells David and Joyce Brewster Ann LeVasseur MATCHING GIFTS Colleen A. Hughes Eric Brown and Molly Suhr Eva Mader Apex Foundation Dan and Kathy Huxley Patricia Carter Karen and Rick McMichael Bank of America Neil Janmohamed and Jan Groseclose Coleman Vera and Robert Metz The Boeing Company Carolina de Mello e Souza Rose Cooper-Finger Lindsay Michimoto GE Foundation Harold, Leslie, and George and Anne Counts Barbara and James Miller Google, Inc. Evan Johanson Dorothy Courtis Bob and Sue Moon IBM Carol and Kirk Kassner Rose Marie and David Dale Bob and Peggy Moore Microsoft Julie Kesler and Tom Grant Samantha DeLuna and Amy Schwartz Moretti Tableau Foundation James King Jesse Bearden David Morris and Aaron Kirschbaum Heidi Diem Vivian Mackay Paul Korsmo and Karen Tsao Daniel and Kathleen Dow Christine Moss Richard Kost Mike Dyleeman Colleen Murphy Edie Lackland Roger Edmonson and Mikela and Thomas Naylor Marjorie J. Levar Kermit Johnson Margaret Norrander Bill and Jodie Levey Richard Eide James and Frederica O’Connor

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 13 ENDOWMENT FUND //

Seattle Chamber Music Society is John Shaw and Erica and Nason Hamlin Laura and Geoff Groshong grateful to the following donors, the late Julia Shaw Ann Janes-Waller and Jane Schaller whose gifts and pledges to Jean B. Viereck Fletch Waller Sheila and Craig Sternberg the Endowment Fund since its Andrea and Steve Jones David and Marcie Stone inception provide a dependable $25,000 TO $49,999 Bob Mangino and Valerie Yockey and source of income and help us Luther Black and Allison Keeler the late Bob Winsor plan for the future of Seattle Christina Wright Susan and Gary Neumann Chamber Music Society. Keith Dolliver Gilbert Omenn and UP TO $5,000 Steve and Peggy Garber Martha Darling Jill D. Bader and Family $100,000 AND ABOVE Dana and Ned Laird Jim Penney and Al and Janet Berg David and Amy Fulton Patricia Tall-Takacs and LauraLeigh Young John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes The late Max Gellert Gary Takacs John C. Robinson and Bob and Elizabeth Edgerton The late Helen Gurvich Anonymous – 2 Maya Sonenberg Monika Hall The Estate of Gladys Rubinstein Nancy Lee Smith Charles and Pat Holmes $10,000 TO $24,999 Diane Stevens Neil Janmohamed $50,000 TO $99,999 Kim Anderson June Kerr Diana Carey Marilyn Brockman and $5,000 TO $9,999 Eric and Kitty Merrifield Janice C. Condit David Friedt Charles and Susan Andonian Leo Van Dorp John Cramer and Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb William Cohn Wayne Thurman Betty Lou Treiger and Suzanne Poppema Susan E. Detweiler and Shaun and Reed Corry the late Irwin Treiger Dr. Martin Greene the late Alexander W. Clowes David Davis and Nancy and Jim Woods Laurence W. Herron Gary and Janice Enzmann the late Jane Davis Anonymous - 1 Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Ruth Gerberding and Evette and Dennis Glauber James F. Roark, Jr. the late Bill Gerberding Jerry and Lyn Grinstein

LEGACY CLUB // COMMISSIONING CLUB //

The individuals below have Allan and Nenette Harvey* Jill D. Bader Ann T. LeVeque made provision for a future gift Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth Luther Black and Eileen Mate to benefit Seattle Chamber Ned Laird Christina Wright Ann Milam Music Society in their estate Doug Leen Marilyn Brockman and Gilbert Omenn and plans. To learn more about Tom McQuaid David Friedt Martha Darling joining the Legacy Club, Eric Merrifield N. Lynn Buell Gordon Orians contact Kimberly Fulghum at Alan and Mary Morgan Diana Carey Richard and Alice Rapasky 206-283-8710 or Kimberly@ Dr. Marr Mullen John Cramer and Braiden Rex-Johnson and seattlechambermusicsociety.org Mary Neuschwanger Suzanne Poppema Spencer Johnson Gilbert Omenn Richard Feinbloom and John C. Robinson and Ruth Afflack* Braiden Rex-Johnson and Lois Charles Maya Sonenberg Marybeth Austin Spencer Johnson Kath Fraser Craig and Nancy Shumate N. Lynn Buell James F. Roark, Jr. Steve and Peggy Garber Nancy Lee Smith Mike Callahan and Gladys Rubinstein* Scott and Jennifer Gary Sheila and Craig Sternberg Ronald Welch Diane Stevens Geoffrey and Laura Groshong Diane Stevens Diana Carey Patricia Tall-Takacs Terrence Hecker David and Marcie Stone Janice C. Condit Wayne Thurman Laurence W. Herron and Patricia Tall-Takacs and John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes Betty Lou Treiger Harlow Sires Gary Takacs John Cramer Ruth Trubner Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth Jean B. Viereck Noemi Epstein and Jean B. Viereck Charles and Pat Holmes Frances Walton Darrel Vorderstrasse Bob Winsor* Ann Janes-Waller and Bryna Webber and Richard Farrar Anonymous - 1 Fletch Waller Richard Tompkins Ann Gelfand Linda Kent and James Corson Judith Whetzel Max Gellert* * In Memoriam Jan Leaming Nancy and Jim Woods Ruth Gerberding Jennifer Lee Kathryn A. Zufall Dr. Martin Greene Myung Lee Anonymous - 2

14 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY BOARD AND STAFF //

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jennifer Lee John F. Cramer Geoffrey Groshong Tom McQuaid Diana K. Carey President Susan Neumann Laurence W. Herron Steve Garber Mary Neuschwanger First Vice President James A. Penney HONORARY BOARD John C. Robinson Jeanne Ehrlichman Marilyn Brockman Second Vice President Sheila Sternberg Bluechel Diane Stevens William Cobb* Kim A. Anderson Patricia Tall-Takacs Dr. David Davis Secretary Jean B. Viereck Ruth Gerberding Ann Janes-Waller Evette Glauber Treasurer COUNSEL Helen Gurvich*, Laurence W. Herron J. Scott Gary Founding Member Immediate Past President Weldon Ihrig PAST PRESIDENTS Alan Morgan BOARD MEMBERS (in chronological order) Gilbert S. Omenn Jill D. Bader Meade Emory* James F. Roark, Jr. Diana Carey Robert F. Buck* Betty Lou Treiger William M. Cohn Jeanne Ehrlichman Arlene Wade* Janice C. Condit Bluechel Shaun Corry Gilbert S. Omenn SCMS FOUNDATION John F. Cramer Alan Morgan Ned Laird Susan E. Detweiler William R. Cobb* President Keith R. Dolliver Richard H. Byington* John F. Cramer Michael Edwards Evette Glauber James A. Penney Ann Gelfand Betty Lou Treiger Nancy Lee Smith Monika Hall Kathleen Wright Leo Van Dorp Yumi Hiraga James F. Roark, Jr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Patricia Tall-Takacs *deceased Ned Laird James A. Penney

James Ehnes Elizabeth Nelson Bill Levey Artistic Director Box Office and Audience Recording Engineer Services Manager Susan Cady Toby Saks (1942–2013) Amanda Sharp Piano Technician Founder Administrative Assistant Steven Lowe Jane McBride, Jessica Adair Program Notes Annotator STAFF Tricia DeChennes Aaron Grad Connie Cooper Accountants Preview Lecturer Executive Director Molly Suhr Irene Chen, Li-Cheng Hung, Kimberly Fulghum Grantwriter Jiawen Wang, Kay Yeh Rachel Whalen Barnetts SEASONAL STAFF Page Turners Director of Development Aaron Gorseth Melinda Abendroth, Emily Doyle Seneca Garber Stage Manager Marketing and Community Director of Marketing Dana Feder, Alexander Sullivan Engagement Coordinators Rachel A. Ciprotti Chamber Music in the Cass Vaivadas, Jeremy Jolleys Park Stage Managers Chef, Musician Hospitality Director of Education and Operations Shirley Wong, Keli Nelson Anders Johnson Guest Services Associate, Musician Hospitality sformer staff 2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 15 2017 FESTIVAL ARTISTS //

ABOVE: Yegor Dyachkov, cello, Richard O’Neill, viola; James Ehnes, violin, Anna Polonsky, piano, Bion Tsang, cello OPOSITE: Orion Weiss, piano, Max Levinson, piano; Community Play Along before Chamber Music in the Park at Volunteer Park; Astrid Schween and SCMS Director of Marketing Seneca Garber at Classical Conversation event at Soundbridge at Benaroya Hall

VIOLIN VIOLA PIANO James Ehnes, Che-Yen Chen Andrew Armstrong *Chengwen Lai Artistic Director Beth Guterman Chu *Boris Giltburg Benjamin Beilman David Harding Max Levinson BASSOON Noah Bendix-Balgley Michael Klotz George Li Seth Krimsky Jennifer Frautschi Yura Lee Paige Roberts Molloy Karen Gomyo Richard O’Neill Anton Nel CLARINET Augustin Hadelich Cynthia Phelps Jeewon Park Anthony McGill *Paul Huang Jonathan Vinocour Craig Sheppard Ricardo Morales Jun Iwasaki Orion Weiss Sean Osborn Erin Keefe CELLO Joyce Yang Alexander Kerr Julie Albers *Natalie Zhu PERCUSSION Tessa Lark Edward Arron Robert Tucker *Sean Lee Ani Aznavoorian BASS Amy Schwartz Moretti Raphael Bell Jordan Anderson Stephen Rose *Denis Brott Joseph Kaufman Andrew Wan Andrés Díaz Yegor Dyachkov HORN Clive Greensmith Jeffrey Fair Astrid Schween Ronald Thomas FLUTE *Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir Lorna McGhee *SCMS debut during Bion Tsang the 2017 Season

16 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY “The huge attendance speaks to how very special this event is. Hearing the community join in on the Bach was very cool.” CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK ATTENDEE

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 17 2017 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES //

NUMBER NUMBER OF EVENTS/PROGRAMS DATES OF EVENTS ATTENDEES at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Winter Festival Series Concerts Jan 20-29 6 3,041 Winter Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) Jan 20-29 6 2,275 Winter Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artist” Q&A Jan 20-29 6 301 Winter Festival Family Concert Jan 28 1 340 Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) Jan 19, 26 2 22 Open Rehearsals (free admission) Jan 21, 28 2 140 Preview lectures at Skyline, Alijoya, Univ House, Ida Culver Jan 9, 23, 24 4 146

at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Summer Festival Main Series Concerts July 3-28 12 6,218 Summer Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) July 3-28 12 4,338 Summer Festival Family Concert July 22 1 254 Chamber Music in the Park free Concert at Volunteer Park July 29 1 3,700 Music Under the Stars at Delridge Park July 3, 10, 17, 24 4 515 Music Under the Stars at Volunteer Park July 5, 12, 19, 26 4 1,587 Music Under the Stars at Columbia City Park July 7, 14, 21, 28 4 737 Music Under the Stars at Freeway Park July 7, 14, 21, 28 4 490 Open Rehearsals (free admission) July 7, 10, 12, 17, 21, 26 6 316 Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) July 7, 12, 21 3 46 Summer Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artist” Q&A July 3-28 12 602 Preview lectures at Skyline, Alijoya, Univ House, Ida Culver June 13, 14, 26 4 155

other venues—additional events Commissioning Club Salons Mar 5, Apr 23, June 6 3 85

other venues—outreach Chamber Music in Classroom: Hamilton Middle School Mar 27, Apr 3, 17 3 60 Chamber Music in Classroom: Madison Middle School Apr 27, May 4, 11 3 99 Chamber Music in Classroom: Ballard High School Jan 12, 19, 24, 27 4 164 Chamber Music in Classroom: Roosevelt High School Jan 11, 18, 25, 31 4 125 Master Classes (Nel, Dyachkov, Kerr): Seattle Univ, AMNW Jan 21, 25 3 60 Master Class (K.Gomyo): Sea Conservatory of Music May 6 1 18 Master Class (Lark) Tuned In Summer Camp July 12 1 21 Master Class (Arron) Cornish Summer Camp July 26 1 37

Special Events—House Concerts (Barnatan, Wolfram, Gomyo) Nov 14, Mar 19, May 7 3 131

Also: Re-broadcast 2016 concert highlights on KING-FM June 26-30 5 c. 10,000/night Live broadcasts of 2017 Summer Festival on KING-FM July 3-28 12 c. 10,000/night Live broadcasts of 2017 Winter Festival on KING-FM Jan 20-29 6 c. 10,000/night Re-broadcast of concert highlights on APM’s 45 performances broadcast c. 1.1 million/ Performance Today on 280 stations nationwide throughout the year broadcast

EVENTS/ATTENDEES TOTAL: 143 26,023*

18 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY * Total Attendance figure does not include KING-FM or Performance Today listeners 2017 FINANCIAL REPORT //

2017 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS • $459,380 in contributions from individuals to the Annual Fund (4% increase) • $105,146 in support from foundations, corporations, and government agencies • $402,991 in Festival ticket sales • 4% distribution from SCMS Endowment • $2.19 million in assets of SCMS Endowment

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (Annual Operations)

2017 TOTAL INCOME: $1,264,419 ABOVE: James Ehnes, violin, Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin, Edward Arron, cello Other 3% Endowment 7% Ticket Sales STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION for the year ended Sept. 30, 2017 - preliminary 32% ASSETS Cash $ 313,855 Receivables 73,555 58% Prepaid Expenses 32,424 Fixed Assets, net 99,589 Long-Term Investments 409,237 Contributions Total Assets $ 928,660

2017 TOTAL EXPENSES: $1,245,231 LIABILITIES

Admin/General Fundraising Accounts Payable $ 24,625 (includes one-time expenses) 14% Deferred Revenue 44,673 13% Long-term Liabilities 60,090 Total Liabilities $ 129,388

NET ASSETS Unrestricted Net Assets $ 641,312 73% Restricted Net Assets 157,960 Artistic Total Net Assets $ 799,272 Programs

Total Liabilities 2017 NET INCOME: $19,188 and Net Assets $ 928,660 (Financial statements not yet audited)

2017 ANNUAL REPORT // 19 Photography: Paul Joseph Brown Photography, Ashley Genevieve Photography, Tom Marks Photography, and SCMS Staff.

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