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Resilience Curated by Destiny Muhammad Soundbox

Resilience Curated by Destiny Muhammad Soundbox

RESILIENCE CURATED BY DESTINY MUHAMMAD SOUNDBOX

1 “Resilience fortifies, resilience uplifts, resilience guides.” —Destiny Muhammad

2 Esa-Pekka Salonen SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has, through his many high-profile conducting roles and work as a leading , 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 , 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 , where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009. Salonen co-founded— and from 2003 until 2018 served as the Artistic Director for—the annual Baltic Sea Festival.

3 The Orchestra

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

4 FLUTES TRUMPETS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS Tim Day, Principal Mark Inouye, Principal Members of the American Guild of Musical Artists Caroline H. Hume Chair William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Chair Robin McKee, Associate Principal Aaron Schuman, Associate Principal SOPRANOS Catherine & Russell Clark Chair Peter Pastreich Chair Cheryl Cain, Michele Kennedy, Ellen Leslie, Linda Lukas Guy Piddington Jennifer Mitchell, Natalia Salemmo, Daphne Touchais, Alfred S. & Dede Wilsey Chair Ann L. & Charles B. Johnson Chair Cindy Wyvill, Angelique Zuluaga Catherine Payne, Piccolo Jeff Biancalana ALTOS The Rainbow Piccolo Chair Terry Alvord, Karen Carle, Silvie Jensen, TROMBONES Margaret (Peg) Lisi, Brielle Marina Neilson, OBOES Timothy Higgins, Principal Leandra Ramm, Dr. Meghan Spyker, Merilyn Telle Vaughn Eugene Izotov, Principal Robert L. Samter Chair Edo de Waart Chair Nick Platoff, Associate Principal TENORS James Button, Associate Principal Paul Welcomer Seth Brenzel, Michael Desnoyers, Elliott JG Encarnación, Pamela Smith Vacant, Bass Trombone Samuel Faustine, Kevin Gibbs, Michael Jankosky, Dr. William D. Clinite Chair Jimmy Kansau, David J. Xiques Russ deLuna, English Horn TUBA BASS Joseph & Pauline Scafidi Chair Jeffrey Anderson, Principal Adam Cole, Mitchell Jones, Clayton Moser, James Irvine Chair Matthew Peterson, Chung-Wai Soong, Michael Taylor, CLARINETS David Varnum, Nick Volkert Carey Bell, Principal HARP William R. & Gretchen B. Kimball Chair Douglas Rioth, Principal Vacant, Associate Principal & E-flat Clarinet Vacant TIMPANI Jerome Simas, Bass Clarinet Edward Stephan, Principal Marcia & John Goldman Chair BASSOONS Bryce Leafman, Assistant Principal Stephen Paulson, Principal † Acting member of the San Francisco Symphony 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 Soundbox: resilience

Destiny Muhammad curator

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE (arr. Matt Wong) Confessions to My Unborn Daughter Daniel Stewart conductor Destiny Muhammad harp Matt Wong piano Ron Belcher bass Leon Joyce, Jr. drums Linda Lukas flute Jerome Simas clarinet Sarn Oliver violin David Kim viola Peter Wyrick cello

TRADITIONAL (arr. Destiny Muhammad) Butterfly Jig Destiny Muhammad harp Ron Belcher bass Leon Joyce, Jr. drums

MARY LOU WILLIAMS (arr. Matt Wong) Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long Daniel Stewart conductor Destiny Muhammad harp and vocalist Ron Belcher bass Leon Joyce, Jr. drums Linda Lukas flute Jerome Simas bass clarinet Sarn Oliver violin David Kim viola Peter Wyrick cello

6 WILLIAM GRANT STILL Serenade Daniel Stewart conductor Destiny Muhammad harp Members of the San Francisco Symphony For a list of musicians performing Serenade, turn to page 16.

ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM (arr. Matt Wong) Lullaby for a Baby Destiny Muhammad harp Mike Olmos trumpet Ron Belcher bass Leon Joyce, Jr. drums

DESTINY MUHAMMAD (arr. Matt Wong) Hope on the Horizon Destiny Muhammad harp and vocalist Suzanne Leon · Cathryn Down violins Gina Cooper viola Barbara Bogatin cello

Frank Zamacona director Taylor Joshua Rankin editor Luke Kritzeck director of lighting Adam Larsen projection designer

7 8 DESTINY MUHAMMAD ON RESILIENCE By Steve Holt

How did you come up with the idea for Resilience? When the Symphony asked me to curate a SoundBox program, it was December 2020, almost a year into the pandemic. Within a very short time, all of my upcoming performances were canceled. And I thought, all of us who can reimagine ourselves during this crisis will come out of this stronger and wiser. I’ve Akinmusire Ambrose Mary Lou Williams seen folks struggle, and that’s been very painful. But some of us have been able to support one another in Let’s talk about the and their music, and whatever way we can as we move forward. what led you to include them in Resilience. During the pandemic, the resilience of not just my Ambrose Akinmusire (b. 1982) is my dude. I met artistic community but also my family has been so him when he was sixteen years old; now he’s a grown important. Thinking of what my family has been man with a child of his own. I don’t have biological through—not just in the current situation but also children, but people like Ambrose have become my throughout its history—that’s directly affected how I children, because I learn from them and share with put together this program. I think of my great- them my life experience. We’re playing his Confessions grandparents emerging from a history of slavery to to My Unborn Daughter. Many times, the image of setting up their own businesses. And my grandparents’ young Black fatherhood is minimalized, but with journey from to Los Angeles, where they Ambrose, there’s a resilience that says, “I’m taking made a whole new life for themselves and their care of mine.” children. That’s resilience, not only theirs but the You’re also playing music from a Jazz legend, Mary Black community’s in general. Many times I’ve felt like Lou Williams (1910–81). I have to boss up to even come to the level of things She was an incredible giant, not just as a pianist, they’ve had to deal with. composer, and arranger, but also because she I’m a spiritual woman, and I always have prayed. mentored so many other musicians in the 1940s and Now my prayer practice has gone up 1,000%. And I am ’50s, amazing people like Dizzy Gillespie and just grateful for every person who said a prayer for me, Thelonious Monk. And then in the ’50s, she stepped or who sent me a little money, who’s said, “I know away from performing and converted to Catholicism. you’re trying to make it, we got you.” I probably do not She did eventually get back to music, composing have enough fingers and toes to count my blessings! several settings of the Catholic Mass. That’s where we

9 find the piece we’re doing,Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long. The lyrics imagine Martin Luther King hoping that whoever delivers his eulogy won’t go on too long talking about him; that he needs the people who survive him to pick up the work he tried to do during his lifetime. So that’s a kind of resilience, and so is Mary Lou’s entire career, her having the strength to be a Black woman in Jazz, and to come back after her spiritual time out. William Grant Still (1895–1978) is another major figure in American music. Yes, he reimagined European from an African-American perspective. And there’s resilience in that too, because it’s said that some of his Still Grant William Cunningham Arthur sonic ideas were borrowed, stolen really, by white it’s a dear friend, who says, “There’s a problem isn’t composers. The piece we’ll be playing, Serenade, was there? I’m gonna put some money in your bank account the first orchestral piece I played as a harpist. I believe right now. Don’t worry about paying me back.” Wow! Still’s works haven’t been played enough in the Hope on the Horizon came out of that experience. concert hall, so this is my chance to honor his legacy. There’s one more piece on the program, which looks Then there’s Lullaby for a Jazz Baby. Great title! Talk very different from all the others. Butterfly Jig is a about the composer, Arthur Cunningham (1928–97). traditional Irish jig, right? Oh, man, that is such a fun piece. It’s taken from What I love about music is that it talks about the his Harlem Suite. What I love is the dialogue between culture and the histories of people. When I started the harp, who’s the mother, and the trumpet, as the playing the harp almost thirty years ago, I was baby. The baby says, “I ain’t trying to go to sleep.” And introduced to a large portion of the Celtic experience, the mother says [singing], “you must go to sleep.” And jigs, reels, hornpipes, laments. Butterfly Jig comes then we bring in the drums to play the daddy: “You from the devastating time of the Irish potato famine, need to quit playing and jump into bed!” [Laughter]. and the massive emigration that caused. The tune was You wrap up the program with one of your own originally called The Widow’s Jig, but when it got to compositions, Hope on the Horizon. the , it became The Butterfly. Just like the butterfly emerges from its cocoon. Oh my god, Hope for me is also about resilience. I wrote this that beauty. That’s resilience. some time ago, based on an amazing experience my husband and I had. We were driving cross-country, in the middle of nowhere with the gas tank near empty Steve Holt is a Contributing Writer to the San Francisco Symphony and we’re running short of cash. I’m thinking “Lord, program book. you got to fix this now!” And then my phone rings, and ©2021 San Francisco Symphony

10 concert supporters

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11 artists

DESTINY MUHAMMAD is a MATT WONG is an award- recording and performing winning pianist, composer, and artist, band leader, composer, arranger. Born and raised in and producer. Her genre, Celtic San Francisco, CA, he has been to Coltrane, is cool and eclectic performing professionally since with a feel of Jazz and the age of eleven. He also storytelling to round out the composes and arranges for sonic experience. Destiny has curated concerts for small ensembles, big band, and full orchestra. His Grace Cathedral’s Christmas Concert Series and compositions have been performed by groups SFJAZZ’s tribute to Jazz harp legend Alice Coltrane; including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, was a featured guest for Kanye West’s Sunday Service; Realistic Orchestra, Musical Art Quintet, and the and has shared the stage with Jazz masters Marcus Berklee College of Music Rainbow Band. He currently Shelby, Omar Sosa, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Azar attends the Manhattan School of Music in New York Lawrence, among others. She has headlined the Bay City. Mr. Wong is a frequent collaborator with Adam Area Women in Jazz, Sundays in the Redwoods, Theis/Jazz Mafia projects and events. He also works Seattle’s Fest Sundiata, and Butchertown Jazz Fest for composer/producer Brent Fischer as a music concert series. orchestration, production, engraving, and archive Destiny is Principal Harpist for Eddie Gale’s Inner assistant, and has been involved with the production Peace Orchestra and the Oakland Community of two Big Band CDs. Orchestra, and she also performs with the Awesöme RON BELCHER has Orchestra. She is Governor Emeritus and Educational traveled the nation and the Chair Emeritus of the Recording Academy, ASCAP world bringing his rhythmically Songwriter Awardee, California Entertainers Music buoyant, emotionally uplifting Awards Female Jazz Artist of the Year Winner, SFJAZZ style to the stage for a wide Teaching Artist, Bay Area Jazz and Blues Award Winner array of Jazz artists. He has (BAJABA), and Raise Karma Virtual Residency alumna. performed or recorded with such artists as Branford Marsalis, Regina Carter, John Handy, Pete Escovedo, Donald Bailey, Ledisi, Rodney Franklin, and Ernie Andrews, as well as many prominent members of the San Francisco Jazz scene.

12 LEON JOYCE, JR. is a native of DANIEL STEWART joined the Connecticut and retired San Francisco Symphony as Marine. As a drummer and Wattis Foundation Music percussionist he has worked for Director of the San Francisco a variety of top artists Symphony Youth Orchestra worldwide, including Ramsey (SFSYO) in the 2019–20 season. Lewis, Nancy Wilson, Scott Previously a member of the Hamilton, , Norman Connors, Billy SFSYO and a substitute violist for the San Francisco Harper, James Carter, Clark Terry, Conte Condoli, and Symphony, he has concertized frequently as a viola Ellis Marsalis. He is currently a regular with the Leon soloist, and served as principal violist of numerous Joyce Trio, Quartet, and Quintet; Jamie Davis; Nicolas ensembles. Mr. Stewart currently serves as Music Bearde; the Destiny Muhammad Trio; and guitarist Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony, and has Calvin Keys. Mr. Joyce has appeared at festivals such conducted the San Francisco Symphony, Metropolitan as Montreux and Lugano jazz festivals in Switzerland Opera Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los and the Villingen Swing/Jazz Festival in Germany. Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Saint Nationally, he has appeared in the Monterey Jazz and Louis Symphony, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Frankfurt Blues, Playboy Jazz, and JVC Jazz festivals and the Opera-Orchestra, and Boston Ballet, among others. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. LINDA LUKAS joined the San Born into a family with deep Francisco Symphony flute musical and performing arts section in 1990, occupying , MIKE OLMOS grew up Alfred & Dede Wilsey Chair. living between the Central She holds degrees from Ohio Valley of California and Los State University, University of Angeles. He has since become Iowa, and the École Normale de one the most in-demand Jazz Musique in Paris. She previously served as principal musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area while flute with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and was maintaining a frequent national and international a member of the San Diego Opera Orchestra. Ms. performance/touring schedule. Locally, he regularly Lukas has been principal flute of the Sun Valley performs with various bands, such as the Marcus Summer Symphony in Idaho since 1996, and she is on Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot the faculty of San Francisco State University. Skillet Lickers, Pete Escovedo, Wil Blades, Eddie Roberts, and John “Jubu” Smith and Legally Blynd. In addition to performing with Rosemary Clooney, Michael Bublé, and other artists, he can be heard on ’s Grammy nominated final album,The Dreamer, as well as many others.

13 soundbox builders

The San Francisco Symphony is deeply grateful to the following donors who have made generous gifts of $250,000 or more to launch and expand SoundBox since its inception in 2014.

Sakurako & William Fisher Marcia & John Goldman League of American Orchestras Meyer Sound Susan & Nicholas Pritzker

14 JEROME SIMAS joined the DAVID KIM joined the San San Francisco Symphony in Francisco Symphony in 2009. 2012. Previously a fellow at the He attended the , New World Symphony, he has Eastman School of Music, New held principal clarinet positions England Conservatory, and—as with such ensembles as the a recipient of the 2007–08 California, Oakland East Bay, Fulbright/Swiss Government and Akron symphonies. He is a member of San Arts Grant—the Geneva Conservatory. Mr. Kim was a Francisco’s Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. First prize member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln winner of the International Clarinet Society Young Center, and has been a member of the Norwegian Artist Competition and grand prize winner at the Chamber Orchestra and the IRIS Orchestra. His Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, he chamber music engagements have included received degrees from the Cleveland Institute of performances at the Musée du Louvre, Ravinia’s Music. He is currently a coach for the San Francisco Rising Stars Series, Philadelphia Chamber Music Symphony Youth Orchestra. Society, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Violinist and composer SARN PETER WYRICK has served as OLIVER has performed as Associate Principal Cello of the soloist, chamber musician, and San Francisco Symphony, recitalist throughout the US, occupying the Peter & , Europe, and Japan. His Jacqueline Hoefer Chair, since recordings include violin 1999. Born in New York to a concertos with Montpellier musical family, he began Chamber Orchestra in France as well as numerous studies at the Juilliard School at age eight and made CDs in the US. Before joining the San Francisco his solo debut at age twelve. He has been principal Symphony in 1995, he was concertmaster of the Santa cello of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Cruz Symphony and principal second violin of the associate principal cello of the Opera Sacramento Symphony. Mr. Oliver created the record Orchestra. As a member of the Ridge String Quartet, label SarnWorks to promote contemporary classical he recorded Antonín Dvořák’s piano quintets with music as well as chamber music. He began his violin pianist Rudolf Firkusny, an RCA recording that won studies with Elmar Olivera and Ron Neal, and went on France’s Diapason d’Or and received a Grammy to receive his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees nomination. He has also recorded Gabriel Fauré’s cello from the Juilliard School. Mr. Oliver is also an active sonatas with pianist Earl Wild for dell’Arte records. painter as well as a violin and bow maker.

15 SUZANNE LEON joined the GINA COOPER joined the San San Francisco Symphony in Francisco Symphony viola 1990. Following her graduation section in 1992, having served from the Curtis Institute of previously as a member of the Music, she spent five years in Buffalo Philharmonic. A native France, where she served as of Ardsley, NY, she began her concertmaster of the Orchestre musical studies on piano and International de Paris and taught at the Sorbonne. holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music. Ms. Leon has toured as a member of the Asia BARBARA BOGATIN joined Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed chamber the San Francisco Symphony in music frequently with her Symphony colleagues, 1994. Previously she was including pre-concert performances and a concert at principal cello with the San Francisco’s Chinese Cultural Center. She has two Milwaukee and New Jersey children with her husband, former San Francisco symphonies and played as a Symphony violinist Dan Nobuhiko Smiley. substitute with the New York CATHRYN DOWN joined the Philharmonic for ten years. She studied cello in the San Francisco Symphony as an preparatory division of the San Francisco acting member in 1994 and Conservatory, and received bachelor’s and master’s became a permanent member degrees from the Juilliard School. Along with her of the violin section in 2001. A neuroscientist husband, she has led workshops on Bay Area native, she played for meditation and music practice at Spirit Rock two years with the San Meditation Center, the Esalen Institute, Stanford Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and earned University, and in Italy and South Africa. She is a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the San proud parent of two University of California graduates. Francisco Conservatory. Ms. Down began her professional career in Europe as a member of the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSICIANS PERFORMING Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, and she also WILLIAM GRANT STILL’S SERENADE served as associate concertmaster of the Baden- CONDUCTOR CELLOS Baden Orchestra and assistant concertmaster of the Daniel Stewart Barbara Bogatin Jill Rachuy Brindel National Orchestra of Belgium. After returning to the VIOLINS Bay Area, she played with the New Century Chamber Alexander Barantschik DOUBLE BASS Orchestra and Sacramento Symphony prior to joining Suzanne Leon Chris Gilbert the San Francisco Symphony. Dan Carlson Polina Sedukh FLUTE Tim Day VIOLAS Adam Smyla CLARINET Nanci Severance Carey Bell David Gaudry

16 Accelerator Fund Founders

The San Francisco Symphony is grateful for the generosity of its Accelerator Fund Founders who have made gifts of $100,000 or more in support of its digital strategy, which includes critical investments in technology, equipment, and programming. To learn more about the digital strategy and the Accelerator Fund’s impact please contact Dan Coleman, Senior Director, Development, 415.503.5445 or [email protected].

Matt & Pia Cohler Sakurako & William Fisher Priscilla & Keith Geeslin The Hearst Foundations Trine Sorensen & Michael Jacobson Anonymous (2)

17 FRANK ZAMACONA has TAYLOR JOSHUA RANKIN is directed and produced more an award-winning filmmaker than 270 live and live-on-tape and composer of new music, specials, series, and based in the San Francisco Bay documentaries. With San Area. His music has been Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, performed by ensembles across Tulsa Opera, and the Opera the United States such as Third Company of Philadelphia, he has directed more than Coast Percussion, San Francisco Contemporary Music sixty-five operas for HD theatrical distribution Players, Friction Quartet, NYU Marimba Ensemble, worldwide, DVD distribution, regional television, and and at institutions including Eastman School of Music live simulcasts/broadcasts. He directed A Midsummer and the University of Michigan. He is a member of the Night’s Dream for San Francisco Ballet in 2020, Oakland-based film production company Bone & Gold Messiah with American Bach Soloists for live capture where he serves as in-house composer and creative on DVD in 2014, and the 2015 Lunar New Year collaborator. As a filmmaker, he has collaborated with Concert of the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and the many Bay Area artists and ensembles and was the Purple Bamboo Orchestra in Oakland, CA. video editor for Nico Muhly’s Throughline with the His other directing credits include Moby Dick on San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Rankin has a master’s Great Performances, Sound Tracks: Music Without degree in music composition from the San Francisco Borders, and Charlie Rose on PBS; Divas on Ice for Conservatory of Music where he studied with composer NBC; more than fifty episodes of the live-on-tape Mason Bates. Petline series for Animal Planet; sixty episodes of Fix-It-Line for the Discovery Channel; and Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland and The Grateful Dead Movie. He garnered a regional Emmy for directing the Macy’s Passport Specials for KABC/LA and KGO/SF. In 2018 and 2019 he directed the live and archival capture of the Monterey Jazz Festival. Mr. Zamacona was producer/creator of the nationally distributed stand-up comedy series Comedy Tonight, which garnered two Emmy Awards, a Broadcast Media Award, and a Gilbert Award in its ten-year run.

18 LUKE KRITZECK has worked ADAM LARSEN is a with artists from diverse documentary filmmaker and disciplines and backgrounds in projection designer. Designs theater, dance, music, circus, include Hal ’s LoveMusik and opera, on stages around on Broadway; Esperanza the world as a lighting and Spalding’s 12 Little Spells production designer. He is national tour; Missy Mazzoli’s currently the resident lighting designer and technical Breaking the Waves at Opera Philadelphia and the advisor for the San Francisco Symphony and has been Prototype Festival; Lee Breuer’s The Gospel at a member of the creative team for numerous Colonus at the Athens, Edinburgh, and Spoleto multimedia Symphony productions in past seasons. festivals; Watermill at the BAM Next Wave Festival; Mr. Kritzeck served as the director of lighting at the Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at New World Symphony for seven years. With Cirque the Singapore and Edinburgh festivals; Leonard du Soleil, he worked on the touring production Bernstein’s A Quiet Place at Tanglewood; Leoš TOTEM, on its resident show ZAiA in Macau, China, Janáček’s From the House of the Dead at Canadian and he also served as the lighting director for featured Opera; Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw at Seattle performances at the Venetian Macau. Selected design Opera; Bernstein’s Mass at the Los Angeles credits include Chautauqua Opera Company, Philharmonic and Mostly Mozart Festival; and Ballet, Cincinnati Symphony, Cedar Fair numerous credits for the San Francisco Symphony, Entertainment, Opera Theatre and Music Festival of including Britten’s Peter Grimes and the SoundBox Lucca, Lafayette Ballet Theatre, and the Saint Louis series. Mr. Larsen’s documentary Neurotypical, about Symphony. autism from the perspective of autistics, aired on the PBS series POV.

Photos: Dathan Brannon, Stefan Cohen, Minna Hatinen, Terrence McCarthy, Brandon Patoc

19 Production Crew

Frank Zamacona, Director Taylor Joshua Rankin, Editor Jason O’Connell, Audio Producer Jon Johannsen, Audio Engineer Luke Kritzeck, Director of Lighting Adam Larsen, Projection 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, Stage Audio Tim Wilson, Electrician Will Brodhead, Board Operator Kim Rooker, Projection Billy Schmidt, WatchOut Operator

Filmed at Davies Symphony Hall, a venue of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, City and County of San Francisco, February 10–12, 2021.

20 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,

21 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

22 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

23 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

24 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

25 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

26 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 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 27 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.

SECOND CENTURY PARTNER

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28 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 Armanino LLP $50,000–$99.999 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 The Macallan Violich Capital Management $35,000–$49,999

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

29 foundation & government partners

$250,000 AND ABOVE $25,000–$49,999 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Acacia Foundation The 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

30 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

31 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

32 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 Alexis Gordon, Major Gifts Officer MARKETING & SALES Sam Koritz, Community & Internal Ticket Coordinator Pamela Pretlow, Senior Major Gift Officer Alexandra Llamas, Senior Director Sam Kohl, Patron Services Representative Leslie Razana, Associate Joy Smith, Executive Assistant to Marketing & Bryan Martin, Patron Services Representative May Van Norman, Associate Director, New Philanthropy Communications Michael Matthew, Patron Services Representative Donald Patterson, Patron Services Representative Institutional Giving Creative Services Laurie Peck, Patron Services Representative Bryan Pangilinan, Director Larry Williams, Creative Director Carol Sebelius, Benefactor Ticket Coordinator Ashley Burdge, Coordinator Lisa Bogle, Senior Project Manager Ian Stewart, Patron Services Representative Rosie Fraser, Associate Director, Corporate Chelsea Dowling, Digital Web Producer Philip Toscano, Group Sales Specialist Giving & Sponsorships Jack Morrow, Senior Graphic Designer Nick Utterback, Patron Services Representative Michele Fromson, Associate Director, Tunisha Williams, Patron Services Representative Foundation & Government Relations Front of House Jeff Coyne, House Manager Campaign Robert Johnston, Jr., Senior Store Manager Megan Guzman, Director, Planned Giving Toby Kahn, Assistant Store Manager Chris Shields, Manager, Prospect Research & Jennifer Mar, Senior Assistant Store Manager Management

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