Mavambo Engoma, Rooted in Music Curated by Chinyakare Ensemble

MAVAMBO ENGOMA, ROOTED IN MUSIC CURATED BY CHINYAKARE ENSEMBLE

1 Julia and Kanukai Chigamba of Chinyakare Ensemble on Mavambo eNgoma, Rooted in Music

“Music is the roots, and it’s the family, “Music is a universal language that it’s the community, it’s the world.” helps everyone, if everyone explores —Julia Chigamba it with respect. And love.” —Kanukai Chigamba

2 Esa-Pekka Salonen SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR

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

3 The Orchestra

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

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

5 CURRENTS: Mavambo eNgoma, Rooted in Music

Chinyakare Ensemble curator

TRADITIONAL (arr. Chigamba Family) Mbavarira Chinyakare Ensemble Julia Chigamba dancer, vocalist Kanukai Chigamba dancer, vocalist Augustine Basa tenor marimba, vocalist Gerald Basa soprano marimba, vocalist Moeketsi Gibe hosho, vocalist Russ Landers baritone marimba

TRADITIONAL (arr. Chigamba Family, Ljova Zhurbin, and Russ Landers) Kura Uone Chinyakare Ensemble Julia Chigamba dancer, vocalist Kanukai Chigamba dancer, vocalist Augustine Basa ngoma, vocalist, dancer Gerald Basa hosho, vocalist, dancer Moeketsi Gibe makwa, vocalist, dancer Russ Landers ngoma Stan Muncy hosho David Goldblatt cello Douglas Rioth harp

CURRENTS is sponsored by Chevron.

6 TRADITIONAL (arr. Chigamba Family, Ljova Zhurbin, and Russ Landers) Kunatsa Muroyi and Dzimba Mbiri Chete Chinyakare Ensemble Julia Chigamba hosho, vocalist Kanukai Chigamba makwa, vocalist Augustine Basa ngoma, vocalist Gerald Basa hosho, vocalist Moeketsi Gibe ngoma, vocalist Russ Landers soprano marimba Mark Almond · Bruce Roberts horns Katie Kadarauch · Matthew Young violas Jill Rachuy Brindel · Carolyn McIntosh cello Chris Gilbert double bass

Frank Zamacona director Kara Lancaster editor Luke Kritzeck lighting/set designer

7 Thank You to Our Concert Sponsor

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8 artists

The CHINYAKARE ENSEMBLE is a family of culture; and founder of her own clothing line inspired musicians, dancers, and teachers committed to by African designs, the Tsuro Collection. She preserving and sharing traditional Zimbabwean continues to teach dance, music, and culture in culture and promoting community building and Oakland schools and in the community at Destiny education through music and dance. Chinyakare Arts Center and the Alvin Ailey summer program. presents electrifying performances of the traditional KANUKAI CHIGAMBA started dance, music, and culture of Zimbabwe and Southern dancing at a young age with her Africa. The music (played on mbira, ngoma, marimbas, family in Harare, Zimbabwe. and chipendani), songs, and dance weave colorful She learned to dance at biras stories that show scenes from everyday life, while (all-night ceremonies) where teaching important life lessons, such as goal setting, she would watch and learn from perseverance, and thankfulness. Chinyakare provides older dancers. Soon, she started audiences with a glimpse of the beauty, excitement, dancing with her aunt’s group, the Mhembero Dance and spirit of traditional Zimbabwean dance and song. Troupe, performing traditional Zimbabwean dance JULIA TSITSI CHIGAMBA, at weddings and local clubs until 2010 when she founder and director of the moved to Oakland, CA. In Oakland, she continued Chinyakare Ensemble, grew up dancing with her family in the Chinyakare Ensemble, in the rich cultural traditions of performing traditional Zimbabwean dance around the Zimbabwean Shona music and country. She has performed at events such as the San dance. She is the daughter of Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Zimfest, Monterey the highly respected Bay Reggaefest, and the Africa Day Celebration in gwenyambira Sekuru Chigamba and was a longtime Washington DC. She began to collaborate with other member of Mhembero, the Chigamba family dance dancers to learn other styles such as Congolese, West and mbira ensemble, as well as the National Dance African, Pantsula, and Kwaito. Kanukai believes dance Company of Zimbabwe. Julia came to the US in 1999. is a wonderful way to learn to communicate, share Two years later, in Oakland, CA, she established the cultures, and make new friends, and she wants to organization Tawanda muChinyakare and the music share what she has learned with others. She currently and dance company Chinyakare to share the beauty teaches Zimbabwean dance to children in Oakland, and wisdom of her culture. She teaches and performs and she is also a dancer, choreographer, and programs music and dance with the aim of promoting healing in and communications manager for the Afro Urban the community. Julia is also the artistic director of the Society in Oakland. Kumusha Foundation, a nonprofit started to educate and train performing artists in the cultural arts of Zimbabwe and recognize and celebrate Zimbabwean

9 AUGUSTINE BASA grew up in and Dance where he learned and performed with a family of traditional musicians great artists from all over the African continent. Since and dancers. He started moving to the US in 2006, Moeketsi has worked as dancing, playing marimbas, and teaching/performing artist for Bay Area organizations drumming in his Aunt Irene such as Destiny Arts Center, Attitudinal Healing Chigamba’s group, the Connection, Get Empowered, and in the San Mhembero Dance Troupe, at a Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program. young age, performing traditional music and dance Additional current projects Zulu Spear Band of South around Zimbabwe. In 2010 he moved to Oakland, CA Africa, Chinyakare Ensemble, KTO Project, and Ben and started dancing and playing music with his family Benkert Music. Moeketsi also toured the US in 2013- in the Chinyakare Ensemble. He has also collaborated 14 with Zuma Zuma, an African acrobatic music and with other world musicians in the Bay Area such as dance show. Moeketsi’s philosophy is based on the KTO Project. He currently lives with his family in African proverbs such as: “Motho ke Motho ka Oakland. Batho,” meaning “A person is human because of other GERALD BASA grew up in a human beings.” family of traditional musicians RUSS LANDERS plays and and dancers. He started teaches Zimbabwean dancing, playing marimbas, and traditional music for mbira, drumming in his Aunt Irene chipendani (mouth bow), Chigamba’s group, the marimba, and ngoma. Having Mhembero Dance Troupe, at a grown up in a musical family, he young age, performing traditional music and dance was introduced to Zimbabwean around Zimbabwe. In 2010 he moved to Oakland, CA traditional music in 1983, and he has been inspired by and started dancing and playing music with his family many artists both in the US and on extended visits to in the Chinyakare Ensemble. He has performed in Zimbabwe. Through these experiences he became events such as the Ethnic Dance Festival and Zimfest, passionate about celebrating, strengthening, and and he has taught marimba to children in Oakland. cultivating the many beautiful cultural traditions Percussionist, musician, and around the world. A resident of Oakland, CA, he is a dancer MOEKETSI GIBE grew lead musician for the Chinyakare Ensemble. up in post-apartheid South Africa, and lived through the remnants of apartheid, including an education system that was broken and not tailored for all children. He studied African Music and Dance with a focus of drumming and dance at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and he obtained his Performer’s Diploma in African Music

10 STAN MUNCY is a Bay Area MARK ALMOND joins the San percussionist and jazz vibe Francisco Symphony as player. A member of the Santa Associate Principal Horn during Rosa Symphony, he is currently the 2020–21 season. He was an acting member of the previously co-principal horn of San Francisco Symphony the San Francisco Opera percussion section. He was Orchestra and 3rd horn with percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Honolulu the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. Growing up in Symphony. He also performs regularly with eighth Bolton, England, Mr. Almond made his professional blackbird and the new music ensemble-in-residence debut playing with the London Symphony Orchestra at UC Berkeley, the Eco Ensemble. at age nineteen, and he has since performed as guest DAVID GOLDBLATT, occupant principal with ensembles including the Los Angeles of the Christine & Pierre Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Lamond Second Century Chair, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal joined the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to playing the Symphony cello section in 1978, horn, he is an experienced hospital physician and has having previously played in the a PhD in immunology and virology from Imperial Pittsburgh Symphony. Mr. College, London. He is currently researching Goldblatt has also been a cellist with the Concerto COVID-19 as a Post-Doctoral Research Scholar at Soloists of Philadelphia (now the Chamber Orchestra UCSF. of Philadelphia) and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. BRUCE ROBERTS joined the He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music. He is San Francisco Symphony in currently a coach for the San Francisco Symphony 1988 and currently serves as Youth Orchestra. Assistant Principal Horn. He DOUGLAS RIOTH joined the studied with George Cable of San Francisco Symphony as the San Diego Symphony, Fred Principal Harp in 1981. Born in Fox and Lawrence Christianson Missouri, he studied with Alice at California State University Northridge, and with Chalifoux and Elisa Smith Ralph Pyle at the California Institute of the Arts. He Dickon, attended the Interlochen was a founding member of La Orquesta Filarmónica Arts Academy and Cleveland de la Ciudad de México in 1978 and in 1981 joined the Institute of Music, and studied at the Berkshire Music Utah Symphony. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Bay Center. Previously principal harp of the Indianapolis Brass and teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory Symphony, Mr. Rioth was also a regular participant in of Music. He performs regularly at the Grand Teton the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony. Harp instructor at Music Festival and has also performed as a the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he also soundtrack recording artist. serves on the coaching team for the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

11 KATIE KADARAUCH joined currently in residence at Sonoma State University the San Francisco Symphony in where Ms. Brindel began teaching in 2015. She 2007 as Assistant Principal studied at Indiana University and Chicago Musical Viola. A native of the Bay Area, College and was formerly assistant principal cello of she was principal viola of the the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, principal cello San Francisco Symphony Youth of the Mendocino Music Festival, and a member of Orchestra and earned a the Houston Symphony. Ms. Brindel actively bachelor’s degree and graduate diploma from the New promotes the music of her late father, composer England Conservatory. She also studied at the Bernard Brindel. She is a cello coach for the San Colburn Conservatory of Music, during which time Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. she performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and CAROLYN MCINTOSH is a recorded film scores for movies such asGet Smart, graduate of the University of Spider-Man, and Avatar. Ms. Kadarauch was the Redlands and the State violist of the former Janaki String Trio, which toured University of New York at the US and abroad and recorded with the Naxos and Binghamton. Prior to joining Yarlung labels. She plays on a Peter Rombouts viola the San Francisco Symphony in ca. 1720, on loan from the San Francisco Symphony. 1981, she served as principal MATTHEW YOUNG joined the cello of the San Jose Symphony and the Midsummer San Francisco Symphony viola Mozart Festival Orchestra. She occupies the Elizabeth section in 2012. He was a C. Peters Cello Chair. founding member of the CHRIS GILBERT studied with Verklärte Quartet, which won Henry Loew at the University of grand prize in the 2003 Fischoff Southern Illinois and at the National Chamber Music Saint Louis Conservatory. He Competition. He currently performs as a member of participated in the Tanglewood Ensemble San Francisco. Winner of a 2007 McKnight Music Festival before joining Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians and the the San Francisco Symphony Robert Vernon Prize for Viola Performance, he bass section in 1978. attended the University of Kentucky, Yale School of Music, and Cleveland Institute of Music. JILL RACHUY BRINDEL, occupant of the Gary & Photo credits: Stefan Cohen, Kira Doherty, David Kim, Kristin Loken, Kathleen Heidenreich Second Terrence McCarthy Century Cello Chair, joined the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony in 1980. She has been a member of the Navarro Trio for more than twenty years. The trio is

12 FRANK ZAMACONA has work and a formal education in directed and produced more cinematography and than 270 live and live-on-tape photography, her twelve years specials, series, and of freelance filmmaking have documentaries. With San found her primarily operating Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, as a shooter/director/producer Tulsa Opera, and the Opera on feature films and Company of Philadelphia, he has directed more than documentaries, commercial projects, and music sixty-five operas for HD theatrical distribution videos. Her personal and professional work has been worldwide, DVD distribution, regional television, and highlighted on PBS, NPR, Paste and Billboard live simulcasts/broadcasts. He directed A Midsummer magazines, in theaters, and can be found streaming on Night’s Dream for San Francisco Ballet in 2020, Netflix and Amazon. In her work with the San Messiah with American Bach Soloists for live capture Francisco Symphony, she brings a body of live, in- on DVD in 2014, and the 2015 Lunar New Year studio, and music video work with various musical Concert of the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and the acts around the world, combined with experience Purple Bamboo Orchestra in Oakland, CA. shooting, editing, and producing documentary content. His other directing credits include Moby Dick on LUKE KRITZECK has worked Great Performances, Sound Tracks: Music Without with artists from diverse Borders, and Charlie Rose on PBS; Divas on Ice for disciplines and backgrounds in NBC; more than fifty episodes of the live-on-tape theater, dance, music, circus, Petline series for Animal Planet; sixty episodes of and opera, on stages around Fix-It-Line for the Discovery Channel; and Grateful the world as a lighting and Dead: The Closing of Winterland and The Grateful production designer. He is Dead Movie. He garnered a regional Emmy for currently the resident lighting designer and technical directing the Macy’s Passport Specials for KABC/LA advisor for the San Francisco Symphony and has been and KGO/SF. In 2018 and 2019 he directed the live a member of the creative team for numerous and archival capture of the Monterey Jazz Festival. multimedia Symphony productions in past seasons. Mr. Zamacona was producer/creator of the Mr. Kritzeck served as the director of lighting at the nationally distributed stand-up comedy series Comedy New World Symphony for seven years. With Cirque Tonight, which garnered two Emmy Awards, a Broadcast du Soleil, he worked on the touring production Media Award, and a Gilbert Award in its ten-year run. TOTEM, on its resident show ZAiA in Macau, China, and he also served as the lighting director for featured KARA LANCASTER is a transgender multi- performances at the Venetian Macau. Selected design disciplined filmmaker based in Portland, OR. She is credits include Chautauqua Opera Company, also a rock climber, a drummer, and an avid traveler. Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Symphony, Cedar Fair Having started her career in Nashville, TN, she has Entertainment, Opera Theatre and Music Festival of done film and photo work in seventeen countries Lucca, Lafayette Ballet Theatre, and the Saint Louis across four continents. With a background in editorial Symphony.

13 san francisco symphony

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

14 Production Crew

Frank Zamacona, Director Kara Lancaster, Editor Jason O’Connell, Audio Producer Jon Johannsen, Audio Engineer Luke Kritzeck, Lighting/Set Designer Bob Hines, Technical Director/Engineer Brian Shimetz, Engineer/Robotic Camera Operator Paul Peralta, Robotic Camera Operator Jim Koehler, Camera Shader Christopher Wood, Stage Manager Michael ‘Barney’ Barnard, Stage Technician Denise Woodward, Stage Audio Engineer Nick Abreu & Kevin McKereghan, Stage Audio Tim Wilson, Electrician Will Brodhead, Board Operator Patricia Hewett, Set Dresser Kim Rooker, Video Engineer Rolf Lee, Carpenter

SPECIAL THANKS Casey Daliyo Wardrobe for Chinyakare Ensemble by Tsuro Collection Brook Street Studio, Oakland, CA The Chinyakare Ensemble dedicates this performance to John and Joanne Landers, Nomakhosazana Gibe, and Laiza Muchenje-Chigamba.

15 celebrating our donors

The San Francisco Symphony gratefully acknowledges its many philanthropic supporters who make it possible for the Symphony to bring the joy of music to the Bay Area and beyond through innovative programs, virtual events, and music education reaching a wider audience than ever before in person and through our digital platform SFSymphony+.

Keynote Society The San Francisco Symphony greatly appreciates the philanthropic generosity and Franklin Templeton/Fiduciary Trust International leadership of its Keynote Society members, who have made significant contributions Priscilla & Keith Geeslin* to the Symphony in addition to their generous support of the Symphony Fund Charles M. Geschke & Nancy A. Geschke Foundation totaling $250,000 or more. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Marcia & John Goldman /John and Marcia Goldman Foundation Mrs. Donald G. Fisher Andy & Teri Goodman q Mr. & Mrs. William S. Fisher * Grants for the Arts q Priscilla & Keith Geeslin* q Dr. Jerome Guillen & Mr. Jeremy Gallaher Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Christine & Pierre Lamond The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Ms. Joyce Ratner The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Trine Sorensen &q Michael Jacobson* James C. Hormel & Michael P. N. Hormel Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Greg Johnson Koret Foundation Fanfare Mary Jo & Dick Kovacevich The San Francisco Symphony greatly appreciates the philanthropic generosity and Metta & Keith Krach* leadership of its Fanfare members, who have made significant contributions to a Christine & Pierre Lamond variety of special events, programs, and initiatives totaling $100,000 or more. Patricia Lee-Hoffmann & Steven Hoffmann Nellie & Max Levchin Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Mr. Fred M. Levin, The Shenson Foundation* Phyllis Blair q Mr. & Mrs. Eric Li Iris S. Chan q& Dr. Michael Chan* Alfred & Rebecca Lin John & Sherry Chen Gorretti & Lawrence Lui Chevron Michael Moritz & Harriet Heyman Matt and Pia Cohler Milton J. Mosk & Thomas Foutch Margaret Liu Collinsq & Edward B. Collins * Robert G. & Sue Douthit O’Donnell Crankstart Foundation q The Bernard Osher Foundation q Louise M. Davies Foundation Mrs. Henry I. Prien Mr. & Mrs. Steven Denning Ms. Joyce Ratner q The Dolby Family San Francisco Artsq Commission Emirates Airline Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation Eucalyptus Foundation Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Roger L. Evans & Aey Phanachet Trine Sorensen & Michael Jacobson* Mrs. Donald G. Fisher Michael Tilson Thomas & Joshua Robison Mr. & Mrs. William S. Fisher * Diane B. Wilsey Joyce Frankenberg q Anonymous (4) q

16 the symphony fund

The San Francisco Symphony’s artistic, education, and community programs are made possible with the generous support of its annual donors who provide essential funding to ensure that music is accessible to the entire community. The Symphony gratefully recognizes the following individuals who have made a recent contribution of $2,500 or more to the Symphony Fund through March 10, 2021. For more information about our membership program, please contact 415.503.5444 or [email protected].

PRESIDENT’S TIER MAESTRO’S CIRCLE $25,000-$34,999 $15,000-$24,999 $150,000 and above $50,000-$99,999 Michael & Delphine Anders Lysbeth Warren Anderson & Matt and Pia Cohler Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Louise Austin Brenton Warren Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Denningq Lyman & Carol Casey q John & Sherry Chen Sarah J. Armstrong The Dolby Family Eliza & Dean Cash Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Conner* Lydia Beebe & Charles Doyle Mrs. Donald G. Fisher Solomon B. Cera Dana M. & Robert L. Emery Mr. David Berger Mr. & Mrs. William S. Fisher * Iris S. Chan & Dr. Michael Chan* Elizabeth & Robert J. Fisher Mr. Jeff Bharkhda Priscilla & Keith Geeslin* q Tiffany & Jim Chang Frannie Fleishhacker Mr. J. Michael Bishop & Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Michèle & Laurence Corash Cheryl E. Frank & Michaelq Linn Mrs. Kathryn Bishop Marcia & John Goldman /John and Jerome L. & Thao N. Dodsonq Dr. Ian Friedland Athena & Timothy Blackburn Marcia Goldman Foundationq John & Paula Gambs* q Ms. Jane Gitschier Rachael & Larry Bowman Christine & Pierre Lamond Andy & Teri Goodman Michael H. Hardy q Tom & Polly Bredt Michael Moritz & Harriet Heyman Mr. Mark Heising & Ms.q Elizabeth Simons Stephanie & Fred qHarman Ann Moller Caen Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Osher Maryellie & Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. Michael A. Harrison & Virginia Carder Trine Sorensen & Michael Jacobson* Maurice Kanbar Susan Graham Harrison Dr. & Mrs. Lucas S. Chang Anonymous William and Gretchenq Kimball Fund* Joseph & Bette Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. John Jay Corley Nellie & Max Levchin James C. Hormel & Michael P. N. Hormel Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Corrigan $125,000-$149,999 Barry & Marie Lipman Thomas Horn & Bob A. Ross Foundation Ms. Gail Covington & Mr. John Murray Charles M. Geschke & Nancy A. Geschke Gorretti & Lawrence Lui Mr. Basheer Janjua David & Vicki Cox Foundation Matthew Kelly Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Leavitt Peter and Quin Curran Mr. & Mrs. Greg Johnson North Baker Trust Jennifer Coslett MacCready Philip S. & Elayne R. Dauber Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Mr. Alan R. May Jonathan Davies & Sheila Lee $100,000-$124,999 Ann & Jim Paras William & Nancy Newmeyer III In memory of Felicia A. Dillenius Margaret Liu Collins & Edward B. Collins * George & Linneaq Roberts Foundation Claudette & John Nicolai q Andrei Dunca Roger L. Evans & Aey Phanachet q Michael Tilson Thomas & Joshua Robison Marie Kendrick Otto Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Einstein Joyce Frankenberg Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation Pease Family Fund Mrs. Jack S. Euphrat q Dr. Jerome Guillen &q Mr. Jeremy Gallaher Anita & Ronald Wornick* Ms. Christine M. Rammler Mary C. Falvey* Patricia Lee-Hoffmann & Steven Hoffmann Arthur Rock & Toni Rembe Rock Elizabeth J. Folger & Mr. Robert Eldred Mary Jo & Dick Kovacevich $35,000-$49,999 Barbara & Richard Rosenberg* Mary A. Francis & Jan M. Chabala* Metta & Keith Krach* Dan & Linda Cooperman Felipe R. Santiago & Barry T. Joseph Cynthia Hersey Mr. Fred M. Levin, The Shenson Guzik Foundation John V. Sell q James & Lynn Gibbons Foundation* Mrs. Ila Loeb Taube Philanthropies William J. Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Eric Li Dr. Paul Wilson Mr. Robert Thompson & Dr. Anita Demas Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Robert G. & Sue Douthit O’Donnell Anonymous Robert & Joyce Tufts Jo S. Hurley Mrs. Henry I. Prien q Diane B. Wilsey Mark & Michelleq Jung* Ms. Joyce Ratner q Mr. Peter Windhorst Michael Kalkstein & Susan English q Anonymous (3) Lynn & Tom Kiley

17 Ted & Carole Krumland/Harold & Mimi BATON CIRCLE Ms. A. Annette Jensen Richard C. Barker Steinberg Charitable Trust $10,000-$14,999 Barbara & Ron Kaufmanq Cynthia S. & Gary Bengier Gail LaForge Mr. Paul B. Althouse F. Curt Kirschner, Jr. & Nicholas Augustinos Kathleen Burke & Ralph Davis Mr. Kenneth Lamb Aida Alvarez & Raymond J. Baxter Linda & Robert Klett q Margot & John Clements Shawn E. Lampron & William M. York Susan & Sig Anderman Dr. & Mrs. Raymond qK. Y. Li Bruce Colman & Margaret Sheehan Joan & William Larkin Dorothy & Jon Anderson William Lightner, Jr. & David & Maggie Cooke Mary Lemmon Paul André & Lisa Kobialka Merrie Turner Lightner Ben & Mary Feinberg q Ms. Lucy Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Gerson Bakar Lois Lynn & William J. Ryan Mr. Arnold A. Grossman Emilie & Andrew Lynch The Barkley Fund/Claire Perry Paul & Arlee Maier q Laurel & Vinod Gupta Marc & Sandy Macaulay The Baumann Foundation Martin Family Foundation Mr. Jeff Himawan Gladys Monroy Marks & Larry Marks, Carol & Bill Beck Christine & Stan Mattison Fred Karren in honor of Carol Sebelius Frank & Ruth Belvin John and Kathryn Milligan Family Fund Ms. Peggy Kivel Tom & Bev Marlow Paula Blank q Gladyne K. Mitchell Sven Kjaersgaard Mr. Patrick R. McCabe Mr. & Mrs. Donaldq E. Bradley Robert L. & Jan Newman Arlene & Steve Krieger Debbie McCoy James R. & Mical Atz Brenzel Stephen Parodi & Amy Nelsonq Linda & Frank Kurtz Alexandra Moses Marilyn Burns & Jeffrey Sellonq Mr. & Mrs. David Peng Susan Lin and Richard Powell Ellen Newman Maria Cardamone & Paul Matthewsq Paula & Bill Powar Mrs. Richard B. Madden q Paul Nordine q Mr. Antone Cincotta Dr. Rahul Prasad & qDr. Sharmila Majumdar Betty Maddux , in memoryq of Mrs. William qH. Orrick, Jr. Janet Cluff Gordon Radley, in recognition of my husband,q Ed Koester Mr. Kevin Osinski and Mr.q Marc Sinykin Alice Corning Carol Sebelius The Marmor Foundation/Michael & Jane Carol Potter Peckham Davidson Family Fund Mr. Kausik Rajgopal & Ms. Sharyn Efimoff* Marmor Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Andre-Paul de Bord Mark & Alison Reinhold Nan McDowell Bernadino J. Pistillo, Jr. Mr. Marvin Dennis Mr. & Mrs. John S. Renard Mrs. Ernst Meissner David & Bobbie Pratt Jeanne Dinkelspiel Mr. William Ring Robert Meister Lisa and John Pritzkerq Family Fund Dan & Kathy Dixon Sanford Robertson Dr. Judy C. Miner Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Roe Arthur Dreshfield in memory of Mrs. Marianne B. Robison Frank & Margaretq Morrow Mr. Michael L. Sack Ardy Dreshfield Elizabeth B. Ross Paula & John Murphy Betty & Jack Schafer Holly & Edmond Egerq Ms. Irene Slisky q Paul & Lilah Newton Justus Schlichting Dr. Elaine Engman q Mr. & Mrs. Tony Salewski Andrea Palmer & Mark Orttung The Seiger Family Jacqueline & Christian P. Erdman Mrs. Thomas A. Skornia Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Pfaff Pearl Anne Seipp Luke Evnin & Deann Wright Danna & Alex Slusky q Ms. Priscilla Pittiglio q Maria Shim & Nicholas Fox Vicki & David Fleishhacker Mr. Owen Smith William J. Rutter Jean Shuler Mr. Nicholas Fox Ms. Sarah Smith Mr.† & Mrs. George P. Shultz Frederic H. Smith Michael Garland & Gigi Coe Laurence L. Spitters Mr. & Mrs. Reginald D. Steer Joyce L. Stupski q Arthur & Drue Gensler Michael & Sue Steinberg Dwight & Blossom Strong Maureen & Craig Sullivan Dane & Pat Gillette Seksom Suriyapa & Susan J. Shrader Drs. Karen Talmadge & Johnq Fiddes Amy Tan & Lou DeMattei Dr. Allan Gold & Mr. Alan Ferrara Roselyne Chroman Swig Dr. Lucy Tompkins William & Janice Terry Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund q Ms. Naomi R. Thorpe Stephanie Twomey Roche & Fay S. & Ada S. Tom Family Michael Good & JoAnn Close Lida Urbanek N. D’Arcy Roche Mr. Paul Upham Mrs. Bernice E. Greene Bob & Gail Walker Isabel Valdes Mrs. Gwendolyn Walsh Marritje & Jamie Greene Peter L. Washburn & Rod Brown Daphne & Stuart Wells Doris & Clark Warden Mark & Christina Hanson In memory of Alex Wasik Diane & Howard Zack q Judy C. Webb q Mr. Eric Hanushek & Peter & Deborah Wexler Anonymous Wendy & Mason Willrich Ms. Margaret Raymond Wildcat Cove Foundation Ms. Sheila Wishek Kathryn Hartley Anonymous (5) $5,000-$7,499 Ward & Diane Zumsteg Mary & Craig Henderson Julie Allecta Anonymous (2) Dr. & Mrs. H.P. Hotz $7,500-$9,999 David & Judithq Preves Anderson Ms. Aditi Iyer Mr. William Banyai Norby Anderson q

18 Michael Bassi & Christy Styer Mr. Eliyahou Harari Edward Mocarski & Christine Martens Mr. James R. Stockton & Ms. Karen Tucker Mr. Scott Bays q Henry Heines & Katherine Fines Mrs. Ellen Wright-Montgomery & Mr. Tracy S. Storer q Mr. & Mrs. David Beach Ms. Deidre Henderson Mr. Howard Montgomery Ms. Susan Strattonq Drs. Leslie Z. & Carol A. Benet Jim & Pam Henry James C. Moora Ms. Nancy Strauch Ms. Courtney Benoist & Mr. Jason Fish Michael & Ruth Hodos Constance B. Mooreq & Roger D. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Calvin B. Tilden Dr. & Mrs. Alan Bentz Al Hoffman & David Shepherd Janet D. Morris Terrence Tilley Paul & Kathy Bissinger Ms. Carol Holden James Moule James & Karen Tyler Phyllis Blair q Mrs. Gail Hollingsworth Kathryn & Peter Muhs Paula & Jim Vanderpool Harriet & Herbertq Bloom Mr. Allen Huang & Ms. Jessica Mok Tim & Nancy Muller Drs. Oldrich & Silva Vasicek Brian Bock & Susan Rosin Mr. & Mrs. Bernardo Huberman Daniel A. Murphy Grace & Steven Voorhis The Boyd Family Foundation Ms. Arlene Inch Clifford & Betty Nakamoto Ronald & Sandra Wagner Maria & Jerry Brenholz Jessica Jacob & Zachary Townsend R. D. Norby q Ms. Ann Yvonne Walker & The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. C. David Jensen Mr. Karl F. Nygren Mr. David M. Jones Mr. Donald Brody & Ms. Toby Mickelson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Johnson Roland & Carmela Anderson-Ortgies Kip Walker Robert F. Bynum Barbara E. Jones, in memory of Mr. William D. Parent James & Judith Wall Mr. & Mrs. John E. Cahill, Jr. William E. Jones Dr. Erica Pascal John W. Ward William & Jeanne Cahill Dr. Edwin R. Jones & Mrs. Patricia Rohrs Berniece & Pat Patterson Jeff Wiggins & Joe Olivo Mr. & Mrs. Clark N. Callander Malcolm Jones Dr. Otto H. Pflueger Jr. Andreas Willausch & L. Dale Crandall Dr. Randolph Chase Alan L. & Carol M. Kaganov Jeffrey & Deborah Pierce Diane K. Winokur Mr. William D. Chilson Monique L. Kaufman q Ritchie & Melissa Post Ms. Catherine Witzling Phyllis & David Cook Mrs. Louis O. Kelso Ms. Robin Raborn & Mr. John Lazlo Mr. & Mrs. Alex Wolf Antonia Cross The Keon Family Rossannah & Alan Reeves q Ms. Susan Wong & Mr. Bart Connally Carlotta & Robert Dathe N. A. Kershaw, in memory of Laura Pamela & John Riddle Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Woods Davidow Foundation David & Barbara Kimport Joyce & Gary Rifkind Dr. John S. Yao & Dr. Pauline Mysliwiec Al & Natalie Davis Mr. Thomas King Anmarie B. Roache Sandra W. Yip, in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Richardq Dishnica Donna Kline In memory of Ilene Rockman Lucky C. Yip Vincent & Wendy Drucker Sally & Jim Klingbeil Anne & Martin Roher Mr. Ming Zhao Jack & Janice Eskridge Ms. Eva Kryska Shelagh & Tom Rohlen Luis & Suzanne Zurinaga Mr. & Mrs. William F. Euphrat Ms. Emerald Lai Dr. & Mrs. Harold Ross Anonymous (8) Mrs. Wesley J. Fastiff Robert & Sue Larson Ms. Lisa Tough q Mr. & Mrs. Steve Fecher Craig Latker & Richardq DeNatale Alice & William Russell-Shapiro $2,500-$4,999 Teri Follett Laura G. Leibowitz Dr. & Mrs. David P. Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Adams Sharon & Joelq Friedman Lisa P. Lindelef Paul G. Salisbury Mr. Vaughn Aldape-Soratos Mr. Richard J. Galbraith Mr. & Mrs. Max Listgarten Phillip & Sara Salsbury Elizabeth & Logan Allin Mr. Nigel Gamble Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Loar Mr. & Mrs. Guido Saveri Mr. & Mrs. Kendall & Claire R. Allphin Renata Gasperi Mr. Thomas F. Lukens Schauble Family Foundation Paul A. Anderson Theodore & Francesq Geballe Cynthia & Merrill Magowan Mr. & Mrs. Barney Schauble Richard & Clarice Anderson Buck Gee & Mary Hackenbracht Melanie & Peter Maier Diane Schmidt & Jeff Vadasz Robert C. Anderson In memory of Daniel Geller Laurence V. Mathews & Brian Saliman Katherine Schmidt Ms. Naomi Andrews Ms. Margot N. Golding & Robert McCleskey Gene & Abby Schnair Ms. Maloos S. Anvarian & Mr. Michael Powers Dr. & Mrs. John McConkie Pamela & John Sebastian Mr. Franklin R. Jackson Matthew Goldman In memory of Mary Janet McKelvey Mrs. Marilyn Self Dr. Charlene Archibeque & Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Goss II Carrick & Andy McLaughlin Evan and Noelle Shahin Dr. Robert Melnikoff Dr. Eugene Gottfried Mr. John A. McQuown Barry & Esther Sherman Mr. William H. Armstrongq Mr. Thomas Gregory q& Mr. & Mrs. William Miklos Mr. Jeff Shuttleworth q Dr. & Mrs. Abraham Aronow Ms. Francoise Thompson Anthony & Landra Miles Pamela D. Smith Jonathan Arons & Claire Max Douglas & Kaatri Grigg Diane Compagno Miller Pieter & Jacqui Smith Ms. Rebecca Arons & Mr. Eric Fastiff Colleen & Robert D. Haas Evelyn Miller & Fred Snively The Somekh Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Kent Bach

19 Laima Baltusis Mr. Craig E. Claussen Ms. Janet Gardner Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. Neil & Gene Barth Ms. Constance M. Clayburn Roberta & James R. Gates Dr. & Mrs. Paul S. Jones Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Hazel Clegg Laurie & Jim Ghielmetti Dan Joraanstad & Bob E. Hermann Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bates Shirley M. Clift & Jeroen Knops Mr. John C. Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. John D. Jorgenson Frank S. Bayley Mr. Steven J. Cohen Mr. David Giltinan Edward E. Kallgren, in memory of Bruce and Terry Bell Mr. Martin Cohn Mr. Gary W. Glass Joyce K. Kallgren Ms. Desa Belyea Mrs. Renee Cokerq James & Lynne Goeller Rachel E. Kish Dr. & Mrs. Ian Benham Mr. Daniel Coleman Ms. Diane Goldsmith Mr. Stephen F.q Kispersky Mr. Lance M. Berc & Ms. Rosemary Silva Dr. Michael & Joanne Condie Michael A. Gonzalez Persis Knobbe Chris Bergeron Michelle Connelly Dr. Erica T. Goode Catherine & James Koshland Ms. Helen Berggruen The Connolly Family Mr. Robert Goodman Dr. Larry & Bernis Kretchmar Dr. & Mrs. Gerson C. Bernhard Ms. Darlene Cowden Mr. Ronald Goodman Leslee Kurihara and Drew Hamlin Ms. Jane Bernstein & Mr. Robert A. Ellis H. Gordon Cox & Gail E. McGovern Mr. David Goodstein Michael E. Lamm Jack & Joann Bertges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cox Maya Kuntal Goradia Lapporte-Frankel Family Philanthropic Dr. Barbara Lynn Bessey Ms. Constance Crawford Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth I. Gottlieb Fund of the Jewish Community Ms. Sandra Bessieres John Cromwell & Donna Chiaro Gower-McKean Family Foundation Drs. Paul & Suzie Billings James Cross & Charles Antonen Mary & Nicholas Graves Mr. Richard Larcom Charles & Lenore Bleadon Mrs. Denise Cutler Sallie Griffith q Dr. and Mr. Ava Lee Anne Bodel and Edward Hannemann Caroline H. Damsky Ms. Carol Gross Mr. John Lee Janet & Kenneth Bollier Mr. Gordon Davidson Jackson Haddad Peter P. Lee Dix & Marilyn Moore Boring Dr. Beth Dawson Luisa & William Hansen Mr. Julius Leiman-Carbia David Braker Victoria & Anthony de Alcuaz Helen A. Hanson Mary & Arnold Levine Julian & Beth Brandes Ms. Barbara Dengler & Ms. Roslyn Harrisonq Dr. Jay & Sharon Levy Ms. Anna-Marie Brattonq Miss Francoise Costa James Hart Mr. Frank Lewis Jennifer Braun & Raymond J. Ryan Marshall Dinowitz Carolyn & Larry Hartsough Siegfried Linkwitz Charitable Gift Fund Bill & Nancy Doolittle David & Andrea Hayes Constance Little Mrs. Patricia Ann Brennan Mary Lou Dorking Mr. & Mrs. Frank Heffernan Ms. Xin Liu Mr. and Mrs. James Broderick Michael & Margaret Dotterweich Martha & Michael L. Helms Tom Lockard & Alix Marduel Laura Brodsky Tom & Nancy Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Heslet Mr. Michael Loeb Joy & Robert Brorsen Ms. Mary Eichbauer Ms. Patricia Hess J W Lowrie Tim & Peggy Brown Ms. Jannette Engel Mr. Thomas L. Hibdon Philip Lucas Josephine Brownback Jesse & Jo Anne Erickson Ms. Peggy Hill Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lyons Melissa & Richard Bruinsq Robert & Veronica Faussner Ian Hinchliffe & Marjorie Shapiro Rebecca & Goncalo Macieira-Kaufmann Mr. Dennis Buckley Ms. Lynn Feintech & Mr. Tony Bernhardt Nan Ho & Gary Miner Mr. Douglas Mandell Ms. Jean Burns Nancy H. & Martin Feldman Kathleen Hoffacker Dr. & Mrs. William Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Cape Brent and Sandra Fery Mr. Charles D. Hoffman Mr. John A. Martin Ms. Lynne Carr Katharine & Doug Finlay Vanessa Homewood & Tony Farne Slade Maurer & Simone Flory Ms. Sandra K. Carroll Jessena L. Finn Albert J. Horn Dr. & Mrs. W.J. McAllister Kathy & Al Castino Ms. Sharon U. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Gordon C. Hughes James & June McCarthy Mr. John P. Caulfield First Dollar Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Cordell Hull Robert and Suzan McCloskey Dominic Chan Laura & John Fisher Mr. Bradford Humphrey Peter & Willinda McCrea Mr. & Mrs. Esmond Chan James T. Fousekis Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Humphreys Charles & Carol McCullough Michael Charlson & Susan Austin Herb & Marianne Friedman Edward & Patricia Hymson Brian P. McCune Ms. Virginia Chen Joyce Bleadon Friedman Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Robertq McGrath Michael & Gloria Chiang Ms. Donalynne A. Fuller Andrea Jacoby & Robert Brodyq Mr. Marlo McGriff Gary Y. S. Chock, in memory of Spencer & Rena Fulweiler Howard & Elisabeth Jaffe James R. Meehan Joseph P. Kelly III Martin Gaehwiler, Jr. Mr. Clinton Jang Mr. & Mrs. Kurt W. Melchior Mr. and Mrs. Fay Chongq Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John A. Galen JJW Family Foundation Beryl & Renee Mell

20 David J. Mellor Helen & Allan Ridley Dr. & Mrs. Leo van der Reis Sharon & Stan Meresman Barry & Janet Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Van Geemq Mr. & Mrs. J. Alec Merriam Murphy & Wayne Robins Julia B. Vetromile & David B. Goldstein Mrs. Lynn Metzger Martin & Edis Robinson Dr. Conrad Vial & Ms. Catalina Zapata-Vial Mrs. Ann Marie Mix Fran Rominger J. Patrick Waddell & Franklin Smyth Mr. & Mrs. John W. Monroe Mr. Galen Rosenbergq Mr. Bradford W. Wade John Monteverdi & Marti Lochridge Craig Rossi Bruce & Fran Walker E. Craig and Kathy Moody Ms. Kelly Ryer Mr. William Walker The William O. Morris and Susan Mr. Sami Saab and Ms. Heidi Schlegel Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wallach Woodbury Morris Endowment for the Mr. James Sabry Katherine G. Wallin Performing Arts Paul Sack Drs. Diane & Williamq Wara Milton J. Mosk & Thomas Foutch Mark Salkind & Miranda Heller Mr. & Mrs. William E. Warren Ms. Linda K. Mounts Mr. John F. Sampson & q Ms. E. Margaret Warton & Carol A. Mowbray Ms. Sharon L. Litsky Mr. Steve Benting Jane E. Mraz q Louise Adler Sampsonq Margaret & Curt Weil Mr. Scott K. Nelson Henry & Catharine Sandbach Mr. & Mrs. David L. Weinberg Dr. & Mrs. Dale M. Nesbittq Stephen & Nancy Saperstein Mr. Richard Weisiger & Ms. Jane Martin Dr. & Mrs. Donald Nichols Jeffrey & Beth Scanlan William J Welch Mr. Douglas Nippa Ms. Tracy P. Schilling Ron & Anne White Mr. Jeff Nova Bruce & Antoinette Schlobohm Stephen White Melanie Olson Michael & Leslie Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Malcolmq Whyte Mr. & Mrs. John Orr Ron & Esther Schroeder Frederick T. Williams & Judith Epstein Mr. & Mrs. Richard Otter Doré Selix-Gabby Wilson-Dalzell Family Mr. Angelo Pagano & Mr. Jeffrey Jones Ken Shannon & Elizabeth Corden Gayla & Walt Wood Eugene & Seta Paige Mr. Andrey Shaw Karen and John Wynbeek Ms. Jessica Palmer Judith Singer, in memory of Bruce Singer Kevin Yeh & Catherine Mengq Dr. Barry Panter George & Camilla Smith Dr. Lowell S. Young Seongbae Park Dr. Stephen Smith & Ms. Theresa Lahey Margaret & Martin Zankel Peter Pastreich & Jamie Whittington Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Snow Samuel & Joyce Zanze Ralph & Elizabeth Peer q Mrs. Gail P. Soldavini q Dr. & Mrs. John A. Zderic Mr. & Mrs. Neil Pering Carter & Constance Squires Ms. Hong Zhou Mark & Carol Perry Mr. David Stadlin q Catherine Y. Zimmerman Mr. Gary F. Pokorny Michael Steel & James Coletti George Zimmerman Owen & Kathleen Poole Barbara and Charles Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Harold Zlot Ms. Mary Porter Mr. Dennis P. Stradford Robert & Irene Zubeck Mr. Robert Portnoy & Ms. Marjorie Swig Anonymous (15) Dr. Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy Bruce Tarter & Gabriela Odell Mrs. David L. Pratt Mr. Lee Taubeneck Dr. David R. Priest & Ms. Betsy Templeton * Multi-year commitment Reverend Eric M. Nefstead Susan Terris Pierre Monteux Society member Norma Ann Quan, Ph.D Katharine Wallas Thompson †q Deceased Irving & Varda Rabin Foundation of Ms. Marie Tilson The Jewish Community Foundation Gwen Davis Toso Mr. Robert Rabin Dr. and Mrs. Arthurq Traum Jennifer F. Raike Mr. & Mrs. Donald Trauner Mr. James Ramsayq Mr. Sumter L. Travers Jr. Genelle Relfe Ms. Lorraine Twohill & Mr. Peter Davis Mr. & Mrs. Michaelq Richter John R. Upton, Jr. & Janet Sassoon-Upton q 21 season sponsors

The San Francisco Symphony thanks its Season Partners for their generous support of our artistic, education, and community programs. Through their generous contributions, the sponsors listed below are serving as leaders in the community.

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22 corporate partners

$100,000 AND ABOVE $15,000–$34,999 Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Dolby Laboratories East West Bank Flutter Eyewear First Republic Bank Goldman, Sachs & Co. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Meyer Sound Morrison & Foerster LLP PwC Shorenstein Company U.S. Bank

$10,000–$14,999 $50,000–$99.999 Armanino LLP Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Gap Foundation Prologis RingCentral UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco WI Harper Group Zenni

$5,000–$9,999 Brunello Cucinelli Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Delta Dental of California Dodge & Cox Half Moon Bay Wines $35,000–$49,999 The Macallan Violich Capital Management 3 Corners LLC

Got Light $2,500–$4,999 Hensley Event Resources Gruen & Gruen + Associates KPMG LLP Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. PwC Hint Water Landis Communications Inc. (LCI) RVK, inc. Scharffenberger Cellars Ting & Associates/Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Topo Chico UChannel TV

23 foundation & government partners

$250,000 AND ABOVE $25,000–$49,999 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Acacia Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundations California Arts Council San Francisco Arts Commission The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation $100,000–$249,999 The Eucalyptus Foundation $10,000–$24,999 John and Marcia Goldman Foundation Becker Charitable Trust The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Frank A. Campini Foundation Koret Foundation Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund The Bernard Osher Foundation Walter and Elise Haas Fund Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $50,000–$99,999 Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Louise M. Davies Foundation The Joseph and Mercedes McMicking Foundation The Frances K. & Charles D. Field Foundation The Walther Foundation League of American Orchestras National Endowment for the Arts $2,500–$9,999 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Julia Klumpke Trust John Brockway Huntington Fund Thornton Foundation Harold L. Wyman Foundation Inc. The Zellerbach Family Foundation

24 board of governors

OFFICERS Priscilla B. Geeslin Matt Cohler Trine Sorensen Lydia I. Beebe Mark C. Hanson President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Chief Executive Officer Gail L. Covington Robert G. O’Donnell Vice-President Treasurer

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Aida M. Alvarez Matt Cohler* James H. Henry* Eric X. Li Michael Pierce Nancy H. Bechtle* Dan Cooperman* Aditi Iyer Marc T. Macaulay* Frederic M. Seegal Lydia I. Beebe* Michèle Beigel Corash* Basheer Janjua Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann* Mrs. George P. Shultz David J. Berger Gail L. Covington* Gregory E. Johnson Raj Mathai Trine Sorensen* Jeff Bharkhda Mary C. Falvey* Mark A. Jung Dr. Vincent Matthews Robert B. Thompson* Paula Blank Sakurako Fisher* Mrs. William R. Kimball Alan May Zachary Townsend Carol Casey Mary A. Francis F. Curt Kirschner Patrick McCabe Robert R. Tufts Dean Cash A. John Gambs* Metta Krach* Debbie McCoy M. Isabel Valdés* Iris Chan Priscilla B. Geeslin* Christine E. Lamond* Robert G. O’Donnell* Jack William Van Geem Lucas S. Chang Gordon P. Getty Patricia Lee-Hoffmann Andrea Palmer* Dr. Ge Wang Tiffany Chang John D. Goldman* Max Levchin Mrs. James C. Paras* Marc Winniford John S. Chen Dr. Jerome M. Guillen Fred M. Levin* Mark C. Perry Anita L. Wornick

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Herbert Blomstedt

PAST PRESIDENTS T.B. Berry J.B. Levison J.D. Zellerbach David N. Plant John D. Goldman 1910-12 1927-33 1953-56 1972-74 2001-12 W.B. Bourn Richard Tobin Kenneth Monteagle Lawrence V. Metcalf Sakurako Fisher 1912-16 1933-35 1956-61 1974-80 2012-20 William Sproule Joseph S. Thompson J.D. Zellerbach Brayton Wilbur, Jr. 1916-19 1935-36 1961-63 1980-87 John D. McKee Leonora Wood Armsby Philip S. Boone Nancy H. Bechtle 1919-27 1936-53 1963-72 1987-2001

LIFE GOVERNORS Paul H. Baastad Nancy R. Conner James C. Hormel William F. Meehan III George R. Roberts Andrew S. Berwick, Jr. Joyce Mobley Corrigan Judi Kanter Ellen Magnin Newman Richard M. Rosenberg Paul A. Bissinger, Jr. Ramon C. Cortines Richard M. Kovacevich Mrs. John F. Nicolai Mrs. Charles R. Schwab Athena T. Blackburn Mrs. Donald G. Fisher Maryon Davies Lewis Mrs. William H. Orrick, Jr. F. Clark Warden Mrs. W. John Buchanan Elizabeth J. Folger Gorretti Lo Lui Carl F. Pascarella Mrs. Herbert E. Caen Charles M. Geschke† Eff W. Martin Laura K. Pfaff *Executive Committee Margaret Liu Collins Robert D. Glynn, Jr. Christine Mattison Genelle Relfe † Deceased

25 Administration

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

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