THUNDER SONG CURATED BY JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE 1 Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate on Thunder Song “American Indians are beautiful, brilliant, and resilient. We have magnificent, intelligent, and creative minds. We are ancient and modern, traditional and adaptive. We are proud and we are the backbone and spirit of this country. We are supportive of each other’s communities and often express this through our art. And through art, we all come together as one people.” 2 Esa-Pekka Salonen SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has, through his many high-profile conducting roles and work as a leading composer, shaped a unique vision for the present and future of the contemporary symphony orchestra. Salonen is currently the Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and is Artist in Association at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. He is a member of the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he developed and directs the pre-professional Negaunee Conducting Program. Salonen is the Conductor Laureate for both the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009. Salonen co-founded— and from 2003 until 2018 served as the Artistic Director for—the annual Baltic Sea Festival. 3 The Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director Laureate Dan Carlson, Principal Vacant, Principal Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor Laureate Dinner & Swig Families Chair Philip S. Boone Chair Daniel Stewart, San Francisco Symphony Youth Helen Kim, Associate Principal Peter Wyrick, Associate Principal Orchestra Wattis Foundation Music Director Audrey Avis Aasen-Hull Chair Peter & Jacqueline Hoefer Chair Ragnar Bohlin, Chorus Director Jessie Fellows, Assistant Principal Amos Yang, Assistant Principal Vance George, Chorus Director Emeritus Vacant Vacant The Eucalyptus Foundation Second Century Chair Lyman & Carol Casey Second Century Chair FIRST VIOLINS Raushan Akhmedyarova Barbara Andres Alexander Barantschik, Concertmaster David Chernyavsky The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation Naoum Blinder Chair John Chisholm Second Century Chair Nadya Tichman, Associate Concertmaster Cathryn Down Barbara Bogatin San Francisco Symphony Foundation Chair Darlene Gray Phylis Blair Cello Chair Wyatt Underhill, Assistant Concertmaster Stan & Lenora Davis Chair Jill Rachuy Brindel 75th Anniversary Chair Amy Hiraga Gary & Kathleen Heidenreich Second Century Chair Jeremy Constant, Assistant Concertmaster Kum Mo Kim Sébastien Gingras Mariko Smiley Kelly Leon-Pearce Penelope Clark Second Century Chair Paula & John Gambs Second Century Chair Eliot Lev* David Goldblatt Melissa Kleinbart Isaac Stern Chair Christine & Pierre Lamond Second Century Chair Katharine Hanrahan Chair Chunming Mo Carolyn McIntosh Yun Chu Polina Sedukh Elizabeth C. Peters Cello Chair Naomi Kazama Hull Chen Zhao Anne Pinsker In Sun Jang Yukiko Kurakata VIOLAS BASSES Catherine A. Mueller Chair Jonathan Vinocour, Principal Scott Pingel, Principal Suzanne Leon Yun Jie Liu, Associate Principal Daniel G. Smith, Associate Principal Leor Maltinski Katie Kadarauch, Assistant Principal Stephen Tramontozzi, Assistant Principal Sarn Oliver Vacant Richard & Rhoda Goldman Chair Florin Parvulescu Joanne E. Harrington & Lorry I. Lokey S. Mark Wright Victor Romasevich Second Century Chair Lawrence Metcalf Second Century Chair Catherine Van Hoesen Gina Cooper Charles Chandler David Gaudry Chris Gilbert David Kim Brian Marcus Christina King Wayne Roden Nanci Severance Adam Smyla Matthew Young 4 FLUTES TRUMPETS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS Tim Day, Principal Mark Inouye, Principal Members of the American Guild of Musical Artists Caroline H. Hume Chair William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Chair Robin McKee, Associate Principal Aaron Schuman, Associate Principal SOPRANOS Catherine & Russell Clark Chair Peter Pastreich Chair Cheryl Cain, Michele Kennedy, Ellen Leslie, Linda Lukas Guy Piddington Jennifer Mitchell, Natalia Salemmo, Daphne Touchais, Alfred S. & Dede Wilsey Chair Ann L. & Charles B. Johnson Chair Cindy Wyvill, Angelique Zuluaga Catherine Payne, Piccolo Jeff Biancalana ALTOS The Rainbow Piccolo Chair Terry Alvord, Karen Carle, Silvie Jensen, TROMBONES Margaret (Peg) Lisi, Brielle Marina Neilson, OBOES Timothy Higgins, Principal Leandra Ramm, Dr. Meghan Spyker, Merilyn Telle Vaughn Eugene Izotov, Principal Robert L. Samter Chair Edo de Waart Chair Nick Platoff, Associate Principal TENORS James Button, Associate Principal Paul Welcomer Seth Brenzel, Michael Desnoyers, Elliott JG Encarnación, Pamela Smith Vacant, Bass Trombone Samuel Faustine, Kevin Gibbs, Michael Jankosky, Dr. William D. Clinite Chair Jimmy Kansau, David J. Xiques Russ deLuna, English Horn TUBA BASS Joseph & Pauline Scafidi Chair Jeffrey Anderson, Principal Adam Cole, Mitchell Jones, Clayton Moser, James Irvine Chair Matthew Peterson, Chung-Wai Soong, Michael Taylor, CLARINETS David Varnum, Nick Volkert Carey Bell, Principal HARP William R. & Gretchen B. Kimball Chair Douglas Rioth, Principal Vacant, Associate Principal & E-flat Clarinet Vacant TIMPANI Jerome Simas, Bass Clarinet Edward Stephan, Principal Marcia & John Goldman Chair BASSOONS Bryce Leafman, Assistant Principal * On leave Stephen Paulson, Principal † Acting member of the SFS Steven Dibner, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Vacant Jacob Nissly, Principal Steven Braunstein, Contrabassoon James Lee Wyatt III The San Francisco Symphony string section utilizes revolving seating Bryce Leafman on a systematic basis. Players listed in alphabetical order change seats periodically. HORNS Stan Muncy† Robert Ward, Principal Second Century Chairs are supported in part by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, ensuring the ongoing artistic excellence Mark Almond, Associate Principal LIBRARIANS of the San Francisco Symphony’s string sections. Bruce Roberts, Assistant Principal Margo Kieser, Principal Alexander Barantschik plays the 1742 Guarnerius del Gesù violin, on Jonathan Ring Nancy & Charles Geschke Chair loan from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Jessica Valeri John Campbell, Assistant Daniel Hawkins Matt Gray, Assistant Daniel Stewart’s appointment as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra is generously supported by the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Endowment Fund. 5 currents: thunder song Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate curator JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE Talowa' Hiloha Edward Stephan timpani ROCHELLE CHESTER Moon’s Lullaby Yun Chu · David Chernyavsky violins Wayne Roden viola Carolyn McIntosh cello Illustrations by Legend Berry TRADITIONAL POMO (arr. Elder Thomas Leon Brown aka Machuchuk and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate) Hoy-Ya-A (Shake Head Coming Out Song) Elder Thomas Leon Brown aka Machuchuk vocalist and clapper stick Elder Ron Montez traditional Pomo drum Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate piano LOUIS W. BALLARD from Katcina Dances Momo (Bees) Monwu (Owl) Tumas, Tunwup (Crow-Mother & Sons) Anne Pinsker cello Marc Shapiro piano CURRENTS is sponsored by Chevron. CURRENTS is supported in part by Dolby Laboratories. 6 JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' TATE Chokfi' Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate conductor Yun Chu · Catherine Van Hoesen · Helen Kim · Chen Zhao · David Chernyavsky violins Jonathan Vinocour · Matthew Young violas David Goldblatt · Jill Rachuy Brindel cellos S. Mark Wright double bass Jacob Nissly · James Lee Wyatt III percussion Jennifer N. Brown director Kara Lancaster editor Luke Kritzeck lighting/set designer 7 Thank You to Our Concert Sponsors CURRENTS IS SPONSORED BY CURRENTS IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY 8 artists JEROD from the American Composers Forum, a Chamber IMPICHCHAACHAAHA' Music America Classical Commissioning Program TATE is a classical composer, recipient, a Cleveland Institute of Music Alumni citizen of the Chickasaw Nation Achievement Award recipient, a governor-appointed in Oklahoma, and is dedicated Creativity Ambassador for the State of Oklahoma, and to the development of American an Emmy Award winner for his work on the Oklahoma Indian classical composition. Educational Television Authority documentary, The His recent commissions include Shell Shaker: A Science of Composing. Chickasaw Opera for the Mount Holyoke Symphony; In addition to his work based upon his Chickasaw Ghost of the White Deer, Concerto for Bassoon and culture, Mr. Tate has worked with the music and Orchestra for the Dallas Symphony; and his Chickasaw language of multiple tribes, such as Choctaw, Navajo, oratorio, Misha' Sipokni' (The Old Ground), for Cherokee, Ojibway, Creek, Pechanga, Comanche, Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Lakota, Hopi, Tlingit, Lenape, Tongva, Shawnee, His music was recently featured on the HBO series Caddo, Ute, Aleut, Shoshone, Cree, Paiute, and Salish/ Westworld. His commissioned works have been Kootenai. performed by the National Symphony, San Francisco Among available recorded works are Iholba' (The Symphony and Chorus, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Vision) for solo flute, orchestra, and chorus; and Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Tracing Mississippi, a concerto for flute and South Dakota Symphony, Colorado Ballet, Canterbury orchestra, recorded by the San Francisco Symphony Voices, Dale Warland Singers, Santa Fe Desert and Chorus, on Azica Records. Chorale, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Tate earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Mr. Tate has held composer-in-residence positions Performance from