Oakland Symphony presents DOLORES HUERTA’S PLAYLIST

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CHARLIE PARKER MEDLEY Now’s the Time/April in Paris Jazz Mafia Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts IGOR STRAVINSKY Firebird for at least three hours on three days each Omid Zoufonoun, conductor week through at least one full year are: Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra • 4 times more likely to be INTERMISSION recognized for academic achievement • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance

• 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

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

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Oakland Symphony Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor presents Bryan Nies, Associate Conductor FIRST VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET DOLORES HUERTA’S Dawn Harms, Tiantian Lan, Rena Urso, William Harvey, Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal PLAYLIST Vivian Warkentin, Margaret Titchener, Amy Likar Leonard Ott Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal BILLIE HOLIDAY Natasha Makhijani, Betsy London OBOE TROMBONE God Bless the Child Assoc. Concertmaster Patricia Whaley Andrea Plesnarski, Bruce Chrisp, Jazz Mafia Kristina Anderson Stephanie Railsback Principal Principal Oakland Symphony Carla Picchi Kathryn Juneau Denis Harper Tom Hornig Ellen Gronningen Linda Green Steve Trapani GEORGES BIZET Deborah Spangler CLARINET Carmen Emanuela Nikiforova CELLO Bill Kalinkos, TUBA Habenera Heeguen Song Daniel Reiter, Principal Scott Choate, Stephanie Bibbo Principal Diane Maltester Principal Briseyda Zárate Rachel Noyes Joseph Hébert, Matthew Vincent Asst. Principal BASSOON TIMPANI JOHN LENNON Elizabeth Vandervennet Deborah Kramer, Kumiko Ito, Imagine SECOND VIOLIN Michael Graham Principal Principal Vocal, Jazz Mafia David Cheng, Jeffrey Parish Jarratt Rossini Principal Farley Pearce PERCUSSION GEORGE GERSHWIN Candace Sanderson, Elizabeth Struble HORN Ward Spangler, Asst. Principal Julianne Feldman Meredith Brown, Principal Rhapsody in Blue Sharon Calonico Principal Allen Biggs Taylor Eigsti Baker Peeples BASS Alicia Telford Oakland Symphony Adrienne Duckworth Patrick McCarthy, Alex Camphouse PERSONNEL MANAGER Sergi Goldman-Hull Principal Ross Gershenson Craig McAmis HARRY DIXON LOES Robert Donehew Alden Cohen, Caitlin Smith, This Little Light of Mine Jory Fankuchen Asst. Principal Asst. Horn LIBRARIAN Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer Andy Butler Paul Rhodes Jazz Mafia David Arend Audience Sing-along Carl Stanley RECORDING ENGINEER Robert Ashley Tom Johnson, Johnson Digital Audio

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

OAKLAND SYMPHONY 13 GUEST ARTISTS GUEST ARTISTS DOLORES HUERTA TAYLOR EIGSTI

olores Huerta is a labor leader and community ew York-based pianist and composer Taylor Dorganizer, and is president and founder of NEigsti started playing the piano when he the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Huerta has was four years old, was quickly labeled a prodigy, worked for civil rights and social justice for and has since released 7 albums. over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers of America. In 2006, Eigsti received two GRAMMY She served as vice-president and played a critical nominations for Best Jazz Solo and Best role in many of the union’s accomplishments Instrumental Composition after releasing Lucky for four decades. to Be Me (Concord Jazz). Since then, Eigsti has released two much-acclaimed albums, Let Huerta has received numerous awards, among it Come to You (2008 Concord) and Daylight them the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights at Midnight (2010 Concord). Award from President Clinton in l998. In 2002, she received the $100,000 Puffin/Nation prize Over the years, Eigsti has performed, toured, for Creative Citizenship, which she used to or recorded with such luminaries as Dave establish the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF). Brubeck, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, DHF connects groundbreaking community-based strong leadership development. Esperanza Spalding, Chris Botti, Sting, David Eigsti has also been featured numerous times organizing to state and national movements to Benoit, the Brubeck Brothers, and Frederica in various television specials, NPR appearances, register and educate voters, advocate for education In 2012, President Obama bestowed the Presidential Von Stade, among many others, and has even and composed the theme music to the motion reform, bring about infrastructure improvements Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in completed a private performance for former picture Detachment, starring Oscar-winner in low-income communities, advocate for greater the United States, on Dolores Huerta. President Bill Clinton. Adrien Brody, in addition to composing a song equality for the LGBT community, and create for Don Cheadle’s new Miles Davis biopic Eigsti has travelled internationally quite Miles Ahead. He was featured in the December, extensively with his trio and quartet, and also 2015, issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, photographed frequently tours with artists such as Julian Lage, by acclaimed photographer Mark Seliger. Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Sachal Vasandani, and Eric Harland. In addition to leading and performing with He has performed at many premier venues various small ensembles, Eigsti frequently has throughout the world, including the Hollywood had the opportunity to work with, compose for Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Salle Pleyel, Royal Festival and orchestrate music for various symphony Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, and many more. orchestras, and has written a growing repertoire of music for orchestra and jazz ensemble.

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

In addition to being an accomplished dancer, Zárate is also a sought out singer. Her first songs were as a child, accompanied by her dad on the guitar. Since then, she has sung in numerous performances and accompanies flamenco dancers and performs solo regularly. She also combines flamenco song and dance seamlessly, making for a unique performance. JAZZ MAFIA DJ Qbert, Mixmaster Mike, Kid Koala, KRS One, Booker T, Eric Lindell, and The New ADAM THEIS Master Sounds, as well as contributing horns and strings on over a hundred recordings. creative force in the Bay Area music scene for A 16 years, the collective of jazz instrumentalists, Jazz Mafia’s current roster of projects includes: soul vocalists, hip-hop MCs and composer/ The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Realistic arrangers known as Jazz Mafia has anchored Orchestra, The Soiled Dove (Modern Circus itself as one of the most prolific musical w/ Vau De Vire), Adam Theis MOBtet, Cosa organizations on the West Coast. Led by multi- Nostra Strings, NOT a Brass Band, Jazz Mafia instrumentalist Adam Theis, Jazz Mafia has Plays Prince, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson. toured nationally, bringing a 40-piece hip-hop orchestra to some of the largest jazz festivals of North America. At the same time, the JAZZ MAFIA ROSTER collective has backed up and collaborated Tommy Occhiuto, sax with some of the most respected names in the Matt Wong, keys business including Lyrics Born, Ledesi, Adam Theis, bass Blackalicious, Thomas Dolby, Santana, Big Darian Gray, drums Freedia, Chali2na, Martin Luther McCoy,

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

OBOE Adrienne Burg Ani Lelalian Charles Gu

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