SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 31ST SEASON
2012 ANNUAL REPORT 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. SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
CONTENTS //
Letter from the President 4 2012: The Season in Review 5 Engaging the Community 9 Ensuring Our Artistic Vision & Stability 14 Sponsors and Donors 15 Board of Directors and Staff 19 2012 Financial Report 20 2012 Summary of Activities 21 Festival Musicians 23
COVER: From left to right; violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist Robert deMaine
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 3 Our recently completed 2012 season was the first to be programmed by new Artistic Director James Ehnes, who has continued the high standards set by SCMS founder Toby Saks. Our Winter Festival was a great success with full houses at every concert. More tickets were sold at the Summer Festival in July than have ever been sold in our 31-year history. Our first-ever free outdoor concert in Volunteer Park in July drew an astounding 1,800 people! Concert reviews were uniformly enthusiastic; our performances are now widely recognized as some of the best in the country.
Seattle Chamber Music Society lost a dear friend this year with the untimely passing of board member Max Gellert. Max’s reach in the Seattle arts community was broad and he will be missed. We dedicated our 2012 Summer Festival to Max, whose thoughtful questions and quiet generosity provided support and guidance for many years.
These are trying times for Seattle arts organizations. Once reliable contributions from foundations and corporations have declined, and the poor economy has adversely affected ticket sales for many organizations. Despite this environment, SCMS finished in the black in fiscal 2012, no small accomplishment!
With very strong finances, a talented board of directors, a skilled and dedicated staff, and a brilliant young new Artistic Director, the future of SCMS is indeed bright. We have set up a Foundation for our endowment that will ensure our financial stability long into the future. Winter Festival will expand from four concerts to six in 2013. The Board of Directors has approved a Strategic Plan to help meet the artistic vision of James Ehnes. Of course, none of this would be possible without the ongoing generous support of our enthusiastic patrons, and for that we are most grateful!
JOHN F. CRAMER Board President
4 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 2012: SEASON IN REVIEW //
The inaugural season for our new Artistic Director, James Ehnes, ushered in many new beginnings for the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS).
Carrying on with our long-standing tradition of presenting the highest level of artistry and chamber music programming, Mr. Ehnes also expanded into new territory, introducing audiences to chamber music and musicians never heard before at our Festivals and making this great music more widely accessible throughout our community.
Joining the line-up of SCMS stalwarts this season were five artists making their debut with our Festivals: cellists Efe Baltacıgil and Julie Albers, violinist Benjamin Beilman, clarinetist Ricardo Morales, and pianist Marc-André Hamelin. These newcomers shared their amazing talents with our audiences and added freshness and excitement to our Festival concerts.
“One of the great joys of this summer series is seeing and hearing new blends of individual musicians. There are characters like violist Marcus Thompson, who has been around this festival approximately forever, next to relative newcomers like the brilliant cellist Julie Albers, a bow’s length from the young but accomplished artistic director/violinist James Ehnes, all backed by Andrew Armstrong on piano.” –MELINDA BARGREEN The Seattle Times
For each concert at the 2012 Winter and Summer Festivals, Mr. Ehnes programmed at least one work never performed before at our Festivals. Our Community Engagement and Education programs provided more ways to enjoy great chamber music in free and informal formats, including our first-ever live outdoor concert at Volunteer Park.
Thanks to the incredible support from our loyal patrons and dedicated, hard-working Board and staff, SCMS was able to present these concerts and programs with deft fiscal oversight and management to end the year in the black with no accumulated deficit.
ABOVE: Artistic Director James Ehnes
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 5 “It’s a good example of the gratifying novelty Society director James Ehnes is bringing to the summer festival; he’s finding a good balance between familiar fare—the musical equivalent of beach reading—and intriguing discoveries.”
GAVIN BORCHERT Seattle Weekly
WINTER FESTIVAL: FEBRUARY 2-5
The perfect tonic to chase away the winter blues, the 2012 Winter Festival presented a compact week of exhilarating chamber music repertoire performed by 12 world-class musicians, all returning Festival regulars, who brought to the concerts “an exciting level of artistry” full of “focused, assured, and inspiring music making.” (The Seattle Times)
Over 2,000 people attended the first Winter Festival programmed by new Artistic Director James Ehnes who was warmly welcomed opening night with “a jam-packed house and a chorus of hoots, applause and shouts of approval” (Melinda Bargreen). The Festival included three main concerts and a special recital with violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong. In addition to popular chamber music repertoire and lesser-known gems, audiences were treated to seven masterful works by Shostakovich, Brahms, Strauss, Bartók and Dvořák never before performed at our Festivals.
The Festival was enthusiastically received, with thrilling performances one after another that left audiences “eagerly awaiting the first full month’s festival to be programmed by James Ehnes for this coming summer.” (Seen and Heard International)
SUMMER FESTIVAL: JULY 2-29
The 31st season of the Summer Festival attracted 5,711 people to its 12 main concerts, filling Nordstrom Recital Hall to near full capacity. The Festival featured the talents of 37 exceptional artists—soloists with major orchestras, recitalists in the world’s capitals, principals of leading orchestras, and prizewinners at international competitions.
A “scorching Bartók” opened the Festival with a “smoking hot” performance by violinist James Ehnes and pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who “sounded as if they were inventing the music as they go, so spontaneous is their musical partnership.” (Melinda Bargreen)
Showcasing the vastness and richness of chamber music repertoire, programming included traditional masterpieces, a world premiere commissioned by SCMS’s Commissioning Club, and 20 works never performed before at our Festivals by such great masters as Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bartók, Dvořák and Debussy.
Throughout the month of July, Festival concerts “hit one high note after another” and closed with a truly grand performance of a Prokofiev rarity, the recently reconstructed complete ballet music Trapeze, with “a lineup of artists who expertly plumbed the drama and excitement of this neglected score” to make it an absolute triumph. (Melinda Bargreen)
6 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY COMMISSIONING CLUB
“The expectation level is high SCMS’s Commissioning Club presented the world premiere of Quartet at this festival, producing for Piano and Strings by Canadian composer and two-time Juno award constant gems as they nominee Gary Kulesha at the 2012 Summer Festival. This was the sixth have. But the musicians all new work commissioned by the Club, which started in 2006 to support seem very comfortable with the creation of one new chamber work each year from an established, excellence, which makes the accomplished composer. experience a joy.” Commissioning Club members were invited to learn more about JOHN SUTHERLAND Kulesha’s compositional process and musical influences through three The Seattle Times Commissioning Club Salons held throughout the season by SCMS’s Education Programs Manager Jeremy Jolley, a composer himself with a Masters in Composition from University of Washington. Gary Kulesha “Inside the hall, it was joined members for the final salon in May to discuss his commissioned smoking hot—especially piece with musical examples. when James Ehnes and Jon Kimura Parker took the stage to play Bartok in this OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS opening program of the 31st Seattle Chamber Music Patrons enjoyed great chamber music and mingling with Festival Society’s Summer Festival.” musicians on a more intimate level at two House Concerts in private residences, with performances by cellist Edward Arron and pianist MELINDA BARGREEN Jeewon Park in the fall, and violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist The Seattle Times Andrew Armstrong in the spring.
SCMS’s first-ever auction event was held at Mt. Baker Community Club in June, with 85 friends and supporters raising over $40,000 for our organization. The event included a sit-down buffet dinner, silent and live auction, wine ring toss, dessert dash, and paddle-raising to support our Community Engagement and Education Programs.
ABOVE: Clockwise from left: violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen, cellist Julie Albers, and oboist Nathan Hughes
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 7 Festival concert featuring violinist James Ehnes, pianist Andrew Armstrong and clarinetist Ricardo Morales
8 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY //
An important part of our organization’s mission and a focus of new Artistic Director James Ehnes, Community Engagement and Education programs help us share chamber music with broader audiences and nurture a life-long love of this great art form. Programs are designed for young music students and adults, experienced concert-goers and first-time listeners of chamber music. Many of our programs are free or significantly subsidized to make chamber music accessible for all.
PRE-CONCERT RECITALS Considered one of the Best Bets in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, SMCS’s “The expectation level is high Pre-Concert Recitals are “worth their weight in gold” (The Seattle at this festival, producing Times). Where else can audiences hear world-class artists perform constant gems as they intimately in recital for free, with programs of their own design? have. But the musicians all seem very comfortable with The highly popular 30-minute recitals before each of the Winter and Summer Festival 15 main concerts attracted 5,625 people. excellence, which makes the experience a joy.”
Typically featuring one or two Festival artists in solo repertoire, all JOHN SUTHERLAND three Winter Festival recitals departed from the formula and featured The Seattle Times four artists performing Brahms’ complete string quartets. This work is normally too challenging for artists to be able to perform with such little rehearsal time; however, this particular group of stalwart “This is the best chamber musicians was more than up for the task. James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz music in town!” Moretti, Richard O’Neill, and Robert deMaine regularly perform AUDIENCE MEMBER together as an ensemble not just at our Festivals, but at other concert venues as well. Their “high-octane, impassioned reading” of the Brahms quartets was a brilliant start to the Festival season. (Seen and Heard International)
The Summer Festival pre-concert recital highlights included Festival debuting artist Marc-André Hamelin’s performance of his own piano compositions, the premiere of a string quartet by composer and Festival artist Adam Neiman, and composer Gary Kulesha’s introduction to his new piece commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Commissioning Club, Quartet for Piano and Strings.
MEET THE ARTISTS SCMS offered a new way for audiences to learn more about our Festival artists, personally and professionally. Free Meet the Artists events followed many of our Winter and Summer Festival concerts, with moderated 15-minute Q&A sessions with two or three Festival artists. Over 80 audience members participated in each of the 10 post-concert Q&A sessions.
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 9 CLASSICAL CONVERSATION AND OPEN REHEARSALS OPPOSITE Top; Artistic Director James Ehnes visits A new program, Classical Conversation is hosted by KUOW’s Dave Beck with board member Diana Carey before a at Benaroya Hall’s Soundbridge Education Center. The free noon-time Chamber Music in the Park performance event allows audiences to get to know Festival musicians on a more Center; Audience listens personal level and learn about the music being performed at upcoming to a post-concert Q&A moderated by concerts. The first Winter Festival conversation drew 50 attendees to Jeremy Jolley with Festival artists Adam Neiman and Orion Weiss. hear Mr. Beck talk with new Artistic Director James Ehnes. Nearly 100 people came to the three Summer Festival conversations with James Bottom; Chamber Music in the Park Ehnes, Jeremy Denk and Andrew Armstrong. All conversations were live outdoor concert recorded for podcast to reach wider audiences.
Free Open Rehearsals at Nordstrom Recital Hall followed each of the Classical Conversations, and allowed audiences to sit in on working rehearsals and observe the collaborative artistic process as Festival “I’m impressed by the variety musicians prepare for upcoming concerts. of concert programs.”
AUDIENCE MEMBER MUSIC UNDER THE STARS We expanded our free remote live outdoor broadcasts of all Summer Festival concerts to several Seattle neighborhood parks. Along with “The Q and A is the best; [the Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, this season we presented Music musicians] are personable, Under the Stars live concert broadcasts at Cascade Playground in generous, insightful and South Lake Union and Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill. Concert broadcasts humorous.” rotated among the three parks each week throughout the month of July FACEBOOK COMMENT and attracted regular crowds.
Despite the rainy start to July, over 630 people enjoyed listening to “I came because of a review our Summer Festival live concert broadcasts. in the Seattle Times and got hooked! Ended up buying CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK LIVE OUTDOOR CONCERT three more concert tickets SCMS was overwhelmed by the community response to our first live and enjoyed them all!” outdoor evening concert at Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill on July 25th. AUDIENCE MEMBER Over 1,800 people—many new to SCMS and to chamber music—enjoyed a free concert with Festival artists James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Marcus Thompson, Che-Yen Chen, Andrés Díaz, and Robert deMaine. The 60-minute concert featured Dvořák’s Sextet for Strings in A Major and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet. A musical instrument “petting zoo” provided by Music Center of the Northwest was set up beforehand for families to explore. With the concert’s success, we look forward to making this a regular part of our Summer Festival programming.
10 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 11 LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS Over 25,000 listeners in the Puget Sound area and worldwide tuned in each evening to Classic KING-FM to hear live radio broadcasts from Benaroya Hall of all 16 of our Summer and Winter Festival concerts. Rebroadcasts of 2011 and 2012 Festival concert highlights were heard on American Public Media’s Performance Today heard on 300 stations nationwide throughout the year.
FAMILY CONCERTS For 14 years, SCMS has included Family Concerts as part of its regular Festival programming to introduce our youngest audiences to chamber music. The 40-minute concerts are designed for children ages 5-10 and affordably priced ($10 general admission) for whole families to experience together.
This season, 513 children and adults enjoyed animated storytelling with beautiful chamber music accompaniment. The Winter Festival Family Concert featured Bryan Johanson’s The Bremen Town Musicians, a whimsical musical adaptation of a tale by the brothers Grimm; and the Summer Festival Family Concert featured Peter Schickele’s delightful and humorous adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes. Music Center of the Northwest provided a “petting zoo” of musical instruments in the lobby before each concert.
STUDENT TICKETS THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP TICKET FUND Through our donor-supported Scholarship Ticket Fund, SCMS provided free Winter Festival tickets to 23 high school and university music students who otherwise would not have been able to experience the Festival’s enriching chamber music performances and world-class artists.
12 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY “This is one of the best there is! I introduce people to you; I believe in what you are doing.”
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YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION The Seattle Chamber Music Society partnered with Classic KING-FM to present the first annual Young Artist Award, a competition for young solo and ensemble musicians ages 8-20. Out of more than 200 entrants, this year’s winner was violinist Marié Rossano from Bellevue, Washington, and student of Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Marié earned a Seattle Young Artists Festival Medal in 2005, and since has appeared as guest soloist with many area orchestras, including the Seattle Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta and Seattle Philharmonic.
As part of her prize, the talented young artist performed for Summer Festival audiences during the July 6th pre-concert recital, along with Festival musicians Jeewon Park and Edward Arron. The Clowes Memorial Endowment Fund provided special support for this recital, plus individual coaching with Festival musicians Augustin Hadelich and Ida Levin.
CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM To help promote chamber music in Seattle Public Schools, SCMS provided free Chamber Music in the Classroom visits to four middle and high school music programs. Each week for three to four consecutive weeks, professional string quartet musicians worked with 480 young music students from Hamilton and Madison middle schools and Cleveland and Ballard high schools. Each school received a 45-minute chamber ensemble performance by the quartet; along with individual and small group coaching by musicians to develop technical and performance skills and improve ensemble playing and communication.
MASTER CLASS INSTRUCTION As part of our new partnership with Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, SCMS Festival artist and cellist Bion Tsang conducted a special master class for 60 of their young orchestra musicians in February.
OPPOSITE: Remote live concert broadcast // ABOVE: Family Concert’s Instrument Petting Zoo; Chamber Music in the Classroom
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 13 ENSURING OUR ARTISTIC VISION AND STABILITY //
ENDOWMENT FUND CAMPAIGN SCMS has raised over $1.2 million in gifts and pledges toward a $5 million Endowment Campaign to ensure our organization’s long- term financial health and stability. A separate SCMS Foundation was established to properly manage and dispense Endowment funds.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FUND For the second year now, SCMS raised funds to support the Artistic Director Fund. Separate from the Endowment Campaign, this interim fund supports our organization while we transition to a new Artistic Director and continue to build the Endowment Fund to its full potential. The Artistic Director Fund allows us to provide adequate resources and support for James Ehnes’ artistic vision and initiatives, while minimizing use of our cash reserves.
14 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY SPONSORS AND DONORS // We’d like to thank you all for your support.
ORGANIZATION SPONSORS: Bill Cohn Susan Schultz ArtsFund Shaun and Reed Corry Art Segal Seattle Office of Arts & Susan Detweiler and Alec Clowes Cynthia Sheridan Cultural Affairs Keith and Barbara Dolliver Marilyn Sizer 4Culture Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis Myron Sizer ArtWorks (NEA) Steve and Peggy Garber Brendan Stewart Washington State Arts Commission Martin and Ann Gelfand Naomi Tran The Clowes Fund Carolyn and Gerald Grinstein Jean Trent Wiegand Family Foundation Geoff and Laura W. Groshong Karen Tsao R.B. and Ruth H. Dunn Linda and Wolfram Hansis Theresa Van de Ven Charitable Foundation Laurence Herron and Harlow Sires John Weintraub Kreielsheimer Remainder Foundation Andrea and Steve Jones Neva Yorkston Monika Clowes Memorial June Kerr Endowment Fund Ned and Dana Laird SPECIAL EVENT HOSTS: Barbara Mack Janice C. Condit ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Bob Mangino and Allison Keeler Susan and Gary Neumann Stoel Rives LLP Susan and Gary Neumann James and Sherry Raisbeck Karr Tuttle Campbell Gil Omenn and Martha Darling John Starbard Miller Nash LLP Jim Penney and LauraLeigh Young Thomas Vogele The Commerce Bank of Washington Sitka and Spruce Restaurant— Schultz Miller Matt Dillon IN-KIND SUPPORT: Nancy Lee Smith Cognition Studio, ad design MEDIA PARTNER: Sheila and Craig Sternberg David Dahl, harmonium Classical KING FM Diane Stevens Jerry Davis, rehearsal photography Marcie and David Stone Music Center of the Northwest, ARTIST HOUSING & REHEARSALS: Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Family Concert musical instrument Jill Bader Irwin and Betty Lou Treiger petting zoo Luther Black and Christina Wright Bruno and Yvonne Vogele Peterson Sullivan P.L.L.C., Graham and Marijcke Clapp financial audit Janice C. Condit FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS: Toby Saks and Marty Greene, Susan Detweiler and Alec Clowes Donagh Anderson amazing musician hospitality Vasiliki Dwyer Gregg Bauermeister Shen Design, graphic design Evette and Dennis Glauber Matthew Blake Silver Platters, artists CDs acquisition Erica and Nason Hamlin Barb Claggett Whole Foods, lemonade for Russell Hanford Myrna Eden Free Outdoor Concert Judy Herrigel Dorothy Elvins William Traver Gallery, reception Anne Johnson Evelyn Gershen Jim and Jane Lyons Gene Gershen RAFFLE DONORS: Barbara Mack Win Hutton The Book Bindery Alan and Mary Morgan Wendy Jackson Bill Cohn Susan and Gary Neumann Marcia Kindinger Four Seasons Hotel and Gloria Peck Kathy Lefferts Art Restaurant James F. Roark and Stan Wojcik Emily Levy KING FM Toby Saks and Martin Greene Susan Levy Lecosho Restaurant Nancy Lee Smith Marcia McElvain Pacific Science Center Laila Storch and Martin Friedmann Joan Michaels John Robinson Fletch Waller and Ann Janes-Waller Tina Moss Seattle Opera Garet Munger Seattle Symphony ARTIST POST-CONCERT DINNERS: Jennifer Nagel Spectrum Dance Theater Jill Bader Carmel Pope Teatro ZinZanni Luther Black and Christina Wright Amanda Reynolds Tradecraft Builders Diana and Chuck Carey Judy Robertson
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 15 Seattle Chamber Music Society sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following individuals, whose gifts to the Annual Fund were received between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012.
CADENZA FORTISSIMO Lisa Chiou Gwenyth and Fred Bassetti ($10,000 or more) ($1,750 to $2,499) Connie Cooper Jane Beno and Nicholas Bez Jill D. Bader and Family Frederick Davis and Michael Edwards Leopold R. Gellert Family Trust Luther Black and Harriet Platts Alan and Sarah Black Andrea and Steve Jones Christina Wright Karen Domino and Herb Bridge and Edie Hilliard Tom McQuaid Janice C. Condit Gene Brenowitz David Brunelle Gladys Rubinstein Vasiliki Dwyer Marc and Maria Erlitz Patricia L. Carter Steve and Peggy Garber Dr. M. Elizabeth Halloran Jim Champin VIVACE Weldon Ihrig and Susan Knox Allan Harvey Simon Chen ($5,000 to $9,999) Neil Janmohamed and Richard and Betty Hedreen Consuelo and Gary Corbett Diana and Chuck Carey Carolina de Mello e Souza Jerry Hillis and Diana Gale Dot Courtis John Cramer and Douglas F. King Laura and Bernard Jacobson Jean and the late Suzanne Poppema Bob Mangino and Dr. Vincent Jolivet Dr. Wayne Crill Jane and David Davis Allison Keeler June Kerr Robert W. Day Ann and Martin Gelfand Jim Penney and Marcia and Jerry Kindinger Ann De Lancey Helen Gurvich Laura Leigh Young Stephen Knoff Susan Dyer Laurence W. Herron Lyn and Hans Sauter Jeffrey and Susan Lubetkin Bob and Elizabeth Edgerton Toby Saks and John and Julia Shaw Jean McTavish Noemi Epstein and Dr. Martin Greene Judith Whetzel Eric and Kitty Merrifield Darrel Vorderstrasse Diane Stevens Bob Winsor and Valerie Yockey Charles G. Nordhoff Richard Feinbloom Jean B. Viereck and Anonymous–1 O’Donnell Family Eddie and Marguerite Hasson Robert S. Leventhal Charitable Foundation Donor Advised Fund of the Frances Walton ACCELERANDO Marlys and Ralph Palumbo Jewish Federation of ($1,000 to $1,749) Gloria Peck Greater Seattle CAPRICCIO Richard and Jack and Carolynn Prelutsky David and Laura Heard ($2,500 to $4,999) Constance Albrecht Lucy and Herb Pruzan Anne B. Howells Kim A. Anderson Peter and Jane Barrett Nancy M. Robinson Chun Wah Hui Warren and Anne Anderson Marilyn Brockman and Jean T. Ross Julie Hungar Charles and Susan Andonian David Friedt Dr. Werner and Joan Samson Anne Kao and Steve Poteet Mike Callahan and Virginia Chappelle Jane Schaller Alvin Katsman Ronald Welch Gary and Janice Enzmann Alexander and Jane Stevens Pamela York Klainer Pamela and Oliver Cobb Jeffrey Norman Golub Herb and Isabel Stusser Ted Kohler and William Cohn Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein Christian and Joyce Zobel Hope Druckman Shaun and Reed Corry Lenore Hanauer Anonymous–4 Steve Kunkel Drs. Susan Detweiler and Wolfram and Linda Hansis Master Builders, Inc. Alec Clowes James and Yasuko Harris PRESTO ($300-$499) Edie Lackland Keith and Barbara Dolliver Barbara Jacobsen Deborah Bogin Cohen Bill and Jodie Levey The late Max Gellert Sung Ho and Hyun Jeong Lee Ann Brand Arni Litt Ruth and Bill Gerberding May and Wah Lui Jeff and Mallee Carter Mark P. Lutz Evette and Dennis Glauber Bill McJohn Genevra Gerhart Barbara Mack Nason and Erica Hamlin Linda and Donald Miller Frederick and Catherine Hayes Leslie Mackoff Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth Alan and Mary Morgan Jane and Jim Lyons Donna J. McCampbell Charles and Pat Holmes Marr and Nancy Mullen Richard D. Newcomb Paul Metzner Pat and Mary Ellen Hughes Richard and Alice Rapasky Patricia Rebbeck Sally Mizroch Ann Janes-Waller and James F. Roark, Jr. Jerret Sale and Rachel Klevit Gordon H. Orians Fletch Waller Ms. Kyle Samuels Irwin and Babette Schiller Simon and Carol Ottenberg Raymond and Carol Kujawa Amy Sidell Hugo and Robert Pelzel Ned and Dana Laird Elizabeth Wery Gisela Schimmelbusch Gwen and Phil Phibbs David Lebenbom and Nancy and Jerry Worsham Herb and Elaine Selipsky Terrance John Quinn Cecilia Benner Zufall Family Foundation Hyunzoo Seung Andrea and Alan Rabinowitz James and Pamela Murray Joanne Sprunger Douglass and Katherine Raff Susan and Gary Neumann RONDO ($500 to $999) Ethel and Bob Story Peggy and Paul Robertson Gilbert Omenn and Sumi and Mike Almquist Frederick B. Strom Thomas Rook Martha Darling Marybeth Austin Anthony Trifiletti Eric Schlegel and Mary Stout John C. Robinson and Charles and Nancy Bagley Bruno and Yvonne Vogele Andrea Selig Maya Sonenberg Susan Barash and Irv Williams Anonymous–1 Jean Sparks Sandra and Robert Schwab Jean Blake Sonia Spear Craig and Sheila Sternberg J. Ray and Priscilla Bowen ALLEGRETTO Clara Staunton David and Marcia Stone Kenneth Brown and ($150 to $299) Pamela and Ronald Taylor Patricia Tall-Takacs and Joyce Erickson Sheena Aebig Samuel Teitzel Gary Takacs Dianne Calkins Valerie and Bill Anders Wayne Thurman Betty Lou and Irwin Treiger Robert and Pamela Center Kathy Andeway Bill and Carol Warren
16 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Crispin Wilhelm Linda Kent and James Corson Carol and John Wolf Herb and Isabel Stusser Anonymous –2 Julie Kesler and Tom Grant Osamu Yamamoto Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Mark and Nancy Kiviat Alan and Denise Zullig Tompkins ANDANTE ($50 to $149) Rosalie and Laurence Lang Anonymous–3 Frank and Nola Allen Ann T. Leveque In memory of Dr. Wayne Crill Barbara Archbold Lois Lowden-Lunde Thank you to our donors who Ann and Martin Gelfand Bertha Barriga Gwen Lundberg and contributed up to $50. Every gift Mary Wallace Dr. Jim Bassingthwaighte David Aggerholm makes a difference. Kate Battuello Julie Mackoff In memory of Marion Duncan Frank Bayley Paul and Mary Jo Martin Sharon Duncan James Bennett John R. Mason HONORARY AND Rich and Carol Bettesworth Pam McDonald MEMORIAL GIFTS In memory of Max Gellert Benjamin Bevis R. Hardy and Susan McDonald In honor of Connie Cooper Charles and Susan Andonian Donald C. Billings Meredith Means and Sandy and Robert Gannan Leopold R. Gellert Family Jane Blackwell Douglas Palmer Trust and the siblings of Alice Bloch Lindsay Michimoto In honor of Evette and the late Max Gellert David and Joyce Brewster Kay Miller Browne Dennis Glauber’s birthdays Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth Alan and Eleanor Brown Ken Miller and Noemi Epstein and Patricia Tall-Takacs and Elaine Calder and Sandra Fairchild-Miller Darrel Vorderstrasse Gary Takacs William J. Bennett Henry Mills Vera Metz Betty Carter Judith B. Mitchell In memory of Laura Greene Miriam Charney Glen and Vivian Morie In honor of Evette and Ann and Martin Gelfand Hugh and Suzanne Clark David Morris and Dennis Glauber’s wedding David and Marcia Stone Diana Davidson Vivian Mackay anniversary Patricia Tall-Takacs and Sturges and Pam Dorrance Christine Moss Noemi Epstein and Gary Takacs Daniel and Kathleen Dow Eugene and Martha Nester Darrel Vorderstrasse Lavinia Downs Frederica and James O’Connor In memory of David Ishii Virginia Dunthorne David and Rosemary O`Hara In honor of Ann Janes-Waller Elisabeth Ely Maria Durham Lise Orville Patricia Tall-Takacs and Susan Dyer Amanda Overly Gary Takacs In memory of Susan Richard Eide Diana Peterson and Neumann`s mother Lynda Emel Joseph Limacher In honor and memory of Mary Patricia Tall-Takacs and Patricia Emmons Sidney Raines Kuzma and in honor of Connor Gary Takacs Marlene Eng Winifred Ramstad and Enzo Reilly; the end and Noel Evans Becky Rodman beginning of life. In memory of Jack Sonenberg Thea Fefer Marty Ronish Ann and Martin Gelfand Philip Miller and William Ferguson W. J. Rorabaugh Marian Ellis Gerald Folland John and Patricia Rose In honor of Ned and William and Cheryl Friedman Michael H. Rosove, MD Dana Laird’s marriage In memory of Adelaide Anne Futterman Dr. Richard and Nancy Rust Erica and Nason Hamlin Miles Thornton James Gale and Norman Sandler Patricia Tall-Takacs and Nancy E. Hall Virginia McDermott April Sasaki Gary Takacs Stanley and Marion Gartler Shainie and Michael Schuffler MATCHING GIFTS Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gibbons Janet and Thomas Seery In honor of Gladys Amgen Foundation John Gibson Tueng Shen Rubinstein’s birthday The Boeing Company Henry P. Godfrey Sill Family Foundation Jean B. Viereck and GE Foundation Jack Goldberg Peter and Penny Simkin Robert S. Leventhal IBM Judith Gordon Paul Smith Microsoft Laurie Griffith Richard Sonstelie In honor of Toby Saks The Seattle Foundation’s Mark Gunning and Jannie and David Spain Katherine Hanson and GiveBig Campaign Helen Lafferty Robert and Gail Stagman Michael Schick Starbucks Bill Hall Morton and Luba Stenchever Mark Hammarlund and Kathleen Sullivan In honor of Vic Scott and ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jan Peterson Lee and Judith Talner Carol McVicar Scott TRANSITION FUND Ben and Dee Hanich John and Elizabeth Terrey Patricia Tall-Takacs and Amgen Foundation Bernice Harris Brian Thompson Gary Takacs Gladys Rubinstein Roger Harrison and Karen Tsao Frances Walton Margaret Harris Kathryn and In honor of 20 seasons Michael and Lisa Hedley Peter Van Wagenen of creative collaboration Ernest and Elaine Henley Brigitte and Joachim Veith with SCMS Sandra Hernshaw Corydon and Judy Wagner Shen Design Judith Herrigel Schuyler and Anita Warmflash Kate Hokanson M. J. Watanabe In honor of Craig Sheppard John and Esther Holcenberg Margaret A. Watson and Mina Miller and David Sabritt Roy L. Hughes Paul B. Brown Valerie Hughes Bryna Webber and In memory of Bill Cobb Dale Johnson Richard Tompkins Oliver and Pamela Cobb Caroline M. Jorstad Constance Wentzel Rebecca Ellison Bob Kaplan Robert and Erica Williams Dorothy Marston
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 17 ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN 100 % SUBSCRIBERS LEGACY CLUB Ann and Martin Gelfand Thank you to the following The price of tickets covers Thank you to the following Ruth and Bill Gerberding individuals who have made a about half the actual costs of individuals for remembering Martin Green and Toby Saks commitment to the Endowment our concerts. 100% Subscribers SCMS in their estate plans. Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein Campaign, ensuring the future choose to pay the full cost of their Monika Hall John Cramer success of the Seattle Chamber tickets. Erica and Nason Hamlin Noemi Epstein and Music Society. Frederick and Catherine Hayes Ann Brand Darrel Vorderstrasse The Heathman Hotel Charles and Susan Andonian Marilyn Brockman and The late Max Gellert Heavy Restaurant Group Jill Bader David Friedt Allan and Laurence Herron Al and Janet Berg Jim Champin the late Yveline Harvey Durlin Hickok and Diana and Chuck Carey Frederick Davis and Doug Leen Carol Wallace Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb Harriet Platts Eric Merrifield Ken Hollingsworth William Cohn The late Max Gellert Tom McQuaid Huntington Botanical Gardens Shaun and Reed Corry Jeffrey Norman Golub Alan and Mary Morgan and Library John Cramer and Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein Dr. Marr Mullen Mark Igra and Nancy Simon Suzanne Poppema Dr. M. Elizabeth Halloran Gil Omenn Stefan Jackiw Drs. Susan Detweiler and Douglas F. King James F. Roark, Jr. Ann Janes-Waller and Alexander Clowes Raymond and Carol Kujawa Wayne Thurman Fletch Waller Keith and Barbara Dolliver Eric and Kitty Merrifield Betty Lou Treiger Neil Janmohamed David and Amy Fulton James and Pamela Murray Mrs. Ruth Trubner Jet City Improv and Steve and Peggy Garber Richard and Alice Rapasky Jean B. Viereck WingIt Productions The late Max Gellert Gladys Rubinstein Bob Winsor Jeremy Jolley Ruth and Bill Gerberding Ms. Kyle Samuels Andrea and Steve Jones Evette and Dennis Glauber Irwin and Babette Schiller AUCTION DONORS June Kerr Jerry and Lyn Grinstein Joanne Sprunger The 5th Avenue Theatre Kaspar’s Catering and Events Laura and Geoff Groshong Wayne Thurman 10 Mercer Kim Sparks Interiors Helen Gurvich Anonymous–1 Kim Anderson KING FM Monika Hall Jill Bader Louise Kincaid and Nason and Erica Hamlin COMMISSIONING CLUB Balagan Theatre Arthur Mendel Laurence W. Herron Jill D. Bader and family Kate Battuello Sabrina Knowles and Kennan H. Hollingsworth Luther Black and The Bella Trio Jenny Pohlman Chuck and Pat Holmes Christina Wright Betz Family Winery Ned and Dana Laird Neil Janmohamed Jean Blake Henry Bischofberger Violins Marie Lauritano and Andrea and Steve Jones Marilyn Brockman and Luther Black and Richard Wohns June Kerr David Friedt Christina Wright Carol Leyton Ned Laird Diana and Chuck Carey The Book Bindery Lochwood Lozier Bob Mangino and Martha Darling and Todd Campbell and Susan and Jeffrey Lubetkin Allison Keeler Gil Omenn Ina Chang Barbara Mack Eric and Kitty Merrifield Steve and Peggy Garber Diana and Charles Carey Bob Mangino and Susan and Gary Neumann The late Max Gellert Oliver Cobb Allison Keeler Jim Penney and Evette and Dennis Glauber William R. Cobb McCarthy and Schiering Laura Leigh Young Geoffrey and Laura Groshong William Cohn Wine Merchants John C. Robinson and Erica and Nason Hamlin Jan Condit Tom McQuaid Maya Sonenberg Kennan Hollingsworth Connie Cooper Monsoon Restaurant Sheila and Craig Sternberg Chuck and Pat Holmes Corday Productions Deborah Nedelman and Diane Stevens Alan and Mary Morgan Shaun and Reed Corry M.H.H. Trenor David and Marcie Stone John Robinson and John Cramer and Adam Neiman Patricia Tall-Takacs and Maya Sonenberg Suzanne Poppema Mary Neuschwanger Gary Takacs Toby Saks and Robert Crumb The Oregon Symphony Wayne Thurman Dr. Martin Greene Don and Kathy DeCaprio Simon and Carol Ottenberg Betty Lou and Irwin Treiger Raymond and Donna Sparks John Delo and Paint the Town Jean B. Viereck and Craig and Sheila Sternberg Elizabeth Stokes The Palace Hotel, Robert S. Leventhal Diane Stevens Susan Detweiler and San Francisco Ann Janes-Waller and David and Marcie Stone Alec Clowes Pande Cameron Fletch Waller Jean B. Viereck and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Cici Pilgrim Bob Winsor and Robert S. Leventhal Martha Dinwiddie Anna Polonsky and Valerie Yockey Fletch Waller and Keith and Barbara Dolliver Orion Weiss Ann Janes-Waller James and Kate Ehnes Queen City Grill Bryna Webber and Elliot’s Oyster House Bruce Ridley Richard Tompkins Greg Finger John C. Robinson Judith Whetzel The Four Seasons Spa Round Pond Winery Nancy and Jim Woods Frenchy’s Day Spa Joan Sandler Anonymous –1 The Frontier Room Robert and Anna Sanford
18 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Hans and Lyn Sauter Seattle Art Museum BOARD AND STAFF // Seattle Arts and Lectures Seattle Chamber Music Society BOARD OF Ann Gelfand Jeanne Ehrlichman Seattle Modern Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre DIRECTORS Ruth Gerberding Bluechel Carole Lexa Schaefer John F. Cramer Evette Glauber Gilbert S. Omenn Nancy Smith President Monika Hall Alan Morgan Maya Sonenberg Diana K. Carey Erica Hamlin William R. Cobb* Clara Staunton First Vice President/ Kennan Hollingsworth Richard H. Byington* Sheila and Craig Sternberg Secretary Diane Stevens Ann Janes-Waller Evette Glauber David and Marcia Stone Laurence W. Herron Neil Janmohamed Betty Lou Treiger Patricia Tall-Takacs and Second Vice President Andrea Jones Kathleen Wright Gary Takacs Ned Laird Bob Mangino James F. Roark, Jr. TASTE Restaurant Treasurer Tom McQuaid Patricia Tall-Takacs Town Hall Seattle James A. Penney Bion Tsang John C. Robinson James A. Penney Immediate Past Gladys Rubinstein *deceased Muriel VanHousen President Village Theatre Sheila Sternberg David Weatherford Antiques Diane Stevens HONORARY BOARD BOARD MEMBERS and Interiors Patricia Tall-Takacs Jeanne Ehrlichman Bob Winsor and Kim Anderson Jean Baur Viereck Bluechel Valerie Yockey Jill D. Bader Robert Winsor The late William Cobb Woodland Park Zoo Oliver E. Cobb Conrad Wouters and Dr. David Davis William M. Cohn Glenna Olson COUNSEL Helen Gurvich, Janice Condit Geoffrey Groshong Founding Member Shaun Corry Weldon Ihrig Susan E. Detweiler PAST PRESIDENTS Alan Morgan Keith R. Dolliver (in chronological order) Gilbert S. Omenn David L. Fulton Betty Lou Treiger Steven Garber Meade Emory* Arlene Wade The late Max Gellert Robert F. Buck*
STAFF SEASONAL STAFF Connie Cooper Aaron Gorseth Executive Director Stage Manager Jeremy Jolley Julia Guerette, Courtney Lang, Education Programs and Keli Nelson, Gillian Raikes, Shirley Wong Operations Manager Festival Guest Services Kate Maple Bill Levey Administrative Assistant Recording Engineer Elizabeth Nelson Susan Cady, Bob Dillinger Box Office and Audience Services Manager Piano Technicians Nicola Reilly Steven Lowe Director of Marketing Program Notes Annotator Molly Suhr Joseph Dougherty, Jason Suchan, Grantwriter Brooks Tran, Eunhyo Woo Betian Webb Page Turners Accountant Tom Bennett Rachel Whalen Barnett Artist Clubhouse Chef Director of Individual Giving Colleen Murphy Artist Clubhouse Coordinator
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 19 2012 FINANCIAL REPORT //
2012 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION • $298,576 in individual contributions to the Annual Fund ASSETS • $84,675 in foundation, corporate, and government Cash 25,808 agency support Short-Term Investments 126,442 • $294,399 in Festival ticket sales Receivables 45,243 • Expenses $40,893 under budget Prepaid Expenses 8,003 • $1.2 million in assets of SCMS Endowment Inventory 0 Fixed Assets, net 13,720 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Long-Term Investments 289,032 (Annual Opperations) Total Assets 508,248
INCOME 2012 ACTUAL LIABILITIES Earned Income 348,503 Accounts Payable 28,839 Contributed Income 594,988 Deferred Revenue 19,951 Total Income 943,491 Total Liabilities 48,790
EXPENSES 2012 ACTUAL NET ASSETS Programs 715,160 Unrestricted Net Assets 317,765 Admin/General 93,428 Restricted Net Assets 141,693 Fundraising 129,350 Total Net Assets 459,458 Total Expenses 937,938
Total Liabilities & 508,248 Net Income 5,553 Net Assets
20 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 2012 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES //
NUMBER NUMBER OF EVENTS/PROGRAMS DATES OF EVENTS ATTENDEES
at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Winter Festival Series Concerts Feb 2, 3, 4, 5 4 2,038 Winter Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) Feb 2, 3, 5 3 1,190 Winter Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artists” Q&A Feb 2, 3, 4, 5 4 455 Winter Festival Family Concert Feb 4 1 212 Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) Feb 2 1 50 Open Rehearsals (free admission) Feb 2 1 50
at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Summer Festival Main Series Concerts July 2–29 12 5,711 Summer Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) July 2–29 12 4,435 Summer Festival Family Concert July 21 1 301 Summer Festival Free Concert at Volunteer Park July 25 1 1,800 Music Under the Stars at Westlake Park July 2, 9, 16, 22 4 165 Music Under the Stars at Volunteer Park July 3, 11, 18 3 250 Music Under the Stars at Cascade Park July 6, 13, 20, 27, 29 5 216 Open Rehearsals (free admission) July 2, 11, 16, 22 4 183 Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) July 2, 11, 22 3 94 Summer Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artists” Q&A July 2, 9, 13, 18, 22, 29 6 346 (free admission)
other venues—additional events Commissioning Club Salons Dec 4, Mar 4, May 6 3 70
other venues—outreach Chamber Music in Classroom: Hamilton, Madison Middle Schools March 6, 13, 20 6 219 Chamber Music in Classroom: Cleveland High School Feb 7, 17, 28 3 90 Chamber Music in Classroom: Ballard High School March 7, 15, 22, 28 4 172 Master Class (Bion Tsang) with SYSO musicians Feb 4 1 60
Special Events House Concerts (2); Auction Nov 20, April 15, June 3 3 200
Also: Re-broadcast 2011 concert highlights on KING-FM June 24–July 1 7 c. 10,000/night Live broadcasts of 2012 Summer Festival on KING-FM July 2–29 12 c. 10,000/night Live broadcasts of 2012 Winter Festival on KING-FM Feb 2, 3, 4, 5 4 c. 10,000/night Re-broadcast of 2011/2012 concert highlights on APM’s Performance Today on 300 stations nationwide throughout the year
EVENTS/ATTENDEES TOTAL: 108 18,307*
* Total Attendance figure does not include KING-FM listeners
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 21 22 // SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 2012 FESTIVAL ARTISTS //
VIOLIN PIANO James Ehnes Andrew Armstrong Benjamin Beilman Inon Barnatan Augustin Hadelich Jeremy Denk Stefan Jackiw Marc-André Hamelin Erin Keefe Adam Neiman Ida Levin Anton Nel Amy Schwartz Moretti Jeewon Park Stephen Rose Jon Kimura Parker Emily Daggett Smith Anna Polonsky Andrew Wan Orion Weiss Scott Yoo William Wolfram
VIOLA Che-Yen Chen FLUTE David Harding Lorna McGhee Richard O’Neill Cynthia Phelps OBOE Marcus Thompson Nathan Hughes Roberto Díaz CLARINET CELLO Ricardo Morales Julie Albers Edward Arron DOUBLE BASS Efe Baltacıgil Jordan Anderson Robert deMaine Andrés Díaz Ronald Thomas Bion Tsang
OPPOSITE: From top to bottom; violist Richard O’Neill; violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti and cellist Robert deMaine signing autographs for young fans at Chamber Music in the Park; violinists Stefan Jackiw and Augustin Hadelich
2012 ANNUAL REPORT // 23 SEATTLE Brochure design: Cognition Studio, Inc. Photography: Jerry Davis, SCMS Staff, and provided by artists. Cover and interior photos: Jerry Davis Photography. CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
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