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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 BERNARD TYSON’S PLAYLIST | 3BERNARD J. TYSON | 5OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 6OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS | 7GUEST ARTISTS | 9

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT | 14OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 15PROGRAM NOTES | 16

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020 MAHLER/VIOLINS OF HOPE | 18OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 19SOLOISTS | 20GUEST ARTISTS | 22PROGRAM NOTES | 23

ARTISTIC STAFF BIOGRAPHIES | 25ANNUAL FUND DONORS | 28TRIBUTE FUND | 32CALVIN SIMMONS LEGACY SOCIETY | 33CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS | 33ENDOWMENT FUND | 34IN-KIND DONORS | 34VOLUNTEERS | 35BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF | 36

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Welcome to the New Year, 2020, as the Symphony continues to celebrate

our community through programs that capture the diversity of East Bay musical culture. The January concert, Playlist, was to feature Bernard Tyson. His sudden passing in December shocked the world. But if anything, his death has galvanized the commitment of his colleagues, friends, and the entire community to collaborate on building a healthy, thriving Oakland. We are especially grateful to the Kaiser Permanente Family for helping us to move forward in honoring his legacy through music he chose, music that embodies his essence, and speakers who will give us all insight into the man who worked to have us all Thrive.

The February concert, Violins of Hope, is part of a Bay Area-wide partnership with Music at Kohl Mansion and 41 other Bay Area organizations to bring the collection of over 86 instruments and their stories to our communities. Once played by European Jews before and during the Holocaust, the instruments you see and hear before you have been lovingly restored to sing once again and embody the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

Music has the power to comfort, heal, move, and inspire. Thank you all for sharing these experiences. Your support makes these and so many other Oakland Symphony programs possible.

Warmly,

~ Dr. Mieko Hatano, Executive Director

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BERNARD TYSON’S PLAYLIST

The 2019–2020 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by The East Bay Music Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and

Flora Hewlett Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.

P L E A S E R E F E R T O I N S E R T F O R C O M P L E T E P R O G R A M

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BERNARD J. TYSON

Bernard J. Tyson, born January 20, 1959, assumed the role of CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals—

known as Kaiser Permanente—in 2013, and was named chairman of the board of directors in 2014.

Tyson’s career at Kaiser Permanente spanned more than 30 years. He successfully managed all major aspects of the organization during that time, serving in roles from hospital administrator and

division president to chief operating officer.

Tyson’s influence was felt both nationally and internationally. Time included him on its list of the most influential people in the world and named him one of the Health Care 50. In addition to being named by Modern Healthcare as one of the most influential people in health care for five consecutive years, he was No. 2 on the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list and on Fast Company’s list of most creative people.

A San Francisco Bay Area native, Tyson earned a Master of Business Administration in Health Service Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Health Service Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He earned a leadership certificate from Harvard University.

Bernard Tyson collaborated with Michael Morgan to develop his Personal Playlist musical selections that inspired, entertained, and moved him.

He planned to appear on stage as Guest Artist, to introduce the Playlist. His untimely death in November has transformed this concert into a celebration of his life.

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O A K L A N D S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A

VIOLIN 1Terri Baune, ConcertmasterVivian Warkentin, Asst. Concertmaster

Natasha Makhijani, Assoc. Concertmaster

Kristina AndersonMatthew VincentCarla PicchiDeborah SpanglerEmanuela NikiforovaJunghee LeeStephanie BibboSteven Tjoa Marcella Schantz

VIOLIN 2 Liana Bérubé, PrincipalDavid Cheng Candace Sanderson Sharon Calonico Adrienne Duckworth Sergi Goldman-Hull Robert Donehew Alison Miller Carol Schwamberger

VIOLA Tiantian Lan, PrincipalMargaret Titchener Tatiana Trono Betsy London Stephanie Railsback Kathryn Juneau Edward Wharton

CELLO Dan Reiter, PrincipalJoseph Hébert Michelle KwonBeth Vandervennet Jeffrey Parish Paul Rhodes Elizabeth Struble Ben Snellings

CONTRABASS Patrick McCarthy, PrincipalAlden Cohen Ben Tudor Andy Butler Carl Stanley David Horn

FLUTE Alice Lenaghan, PrincipalRena Urso

OBOE Robin May, PrincipalSarah Rathke

CLARINET Bill Kalinkos, PrincipalDiane Maltester Ginger Kroft

BASSOON Deborah Kramer, Principal David Granger

HORN Meredith Brown, PrincipalAlicia Telford Alex Camphouse Ross Gershenson

TRUMPET William Harvey, PrincipalLeonard Ott John Freeman

TROMBONE Bruce Chrisp, PrincipalDonald BenhamSteve Trapani

TUBA Scott Choate, Principal

TIMPANI Kevin Neuhoff, Principal

PERCUSSION Ward Spangler, PrincipalAllen Biggs

HARP Meredith Clark, Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGER Carole Klein

LIBRARIAN Paul Rhodes

Michael Morgan, Music Director & ConductorBryan Nies, Associate Conductor

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O A K L A N D S Y M P H O N Y C H O R U S

OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUSLynne Morrow, Chorus Director

The Oakland Symphony Chorus enriches our community through high quality musical performances and educational workshops that raise appreciation and understanding

of choral music, while providing performance opportunities for people who love to sing. Established in 1958, Oakland Symphony Chorus is one of the East Bay’s finest choirs, and a premier resource for continuing education in the choral arts. In June 2015, the chorus travelled to Budapest, Györ, Vienna, and Prague for its first international tour. The Chorus performs regularly with its partners, Oakland Symphony and Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as with a variety of other Bay Area orchestras. In June 2018, the Chorus toured Italy and gave concerts in Rome, Pisa, and San Marco Cathedral in Venice. In April 2019, the Chorus premiered a new choral orchestral work, Mass for Freedom, written by Bay Area composer Michael T. Roberts. This commissioned work used Spirituals (which became freedom songs in the 1960’s) as the source material.

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O A K L A N D S Y M P H O N Y C H O R U S R O S T E R

Dr. Lynne Morrow, Chorus Director

SOPRANOBobbie AltmanBarbara BerryMayotis CephasSusan ChanGinny CochranRosalyn EpsteinSuzanne FreedmanDolores GilchristNicol HammondMolly HanesLiz HarveySusan HernandezJanet HubbardCarol HudsonAntonia IyerMary-Jo Knight #Julie KuoSusan LambertBeth LamontJessen Langley *Virginia LorenczLisa Braver MossLinda MrnakErica PeckPhyllis Pennington-KentChristina PingolZoe ReinigerLogan RobertsonKaren RossiNanci Schneidinger*Jasmine StrangeGia White #Jennifer WildeLaura Wilson-YoungbloodDelia Zavala

ALTOJoy AtkinsonKarenlynne BradleyCynthia DodgeChristine EllisVirginia FrederickLisa FriedmanNikki Nahmens GageChloe GardenVanessa HebertMargaret HeggKaren IvyStephanie Leveene #Shirley LindleyLinda LipnerNancy LowenthalSylvia Parker #Sumire RabbDhira RamakrishnanAllison SnipesMonique StevensonGloria StingilyCynthia Webb-BeckfordLoni Willliams *

TENORLaurence BrewerSwen ErvinJim HaslerGary JohnsonBernardino S. Juat, Jr.Curtis LawlerRobert McCreeDana MeyerBarbara MillerRicardo PastorChris PostonJerry ReynoldsSteven SchultzJim Stenson *Cadence StrangeDaniella UrbanCole Van KriekenTed Vorster

BASSJeffrey Bean, Jr.Waipan Chan *Charlie Crane # *Ken FrierSheldon GreeneShakir MackeyKarl Malamud-RoamMark MossJoseph OrrKen Saltzstine #Leo ScurryMark SlagleMark TaskaCalvin Wall

* Section Leader# Chorus Advisory Committee

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G U E S T A R T I S T S

JAZZ MAFIA

Founded in 2000, Jazz Mafia is one of the most prolific music collectives on the West Coast, bringing together many of the Bay Area’s most creative and accomplished instrumentalists,

vocalists, MCs, composers and arrangers. Led by trombonist, bassist, composer and arranger Adam Theis, Jazz Mafia has built a reputation for its collaborative and risk-taking spirit, and over the years has worked with Roy Ayers, Lyrics Born, Zion-I, Rebelution, Latyrx, Galactic, Ledesi, Blackalicious, and Jackie Greene. Recently, the collective has performed sold-out residencies at the SFJAZZ Center, with Oakland Symphony at the Paramount Theatre, as the house band in the Soiled Dove, its large-scale cirque-inspired collaboration with the Vau de Vivre Society, as well as with GRAMMY-winning composer Mason Bates in his Mercury Soul project at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

“The Mafia’s trademark mix ’n’ mash of funk, hip-hop and jazz embraces the genre-crossing tradition of great Bay Area bands like Tower of Power and Santana.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

JAZZ MAFIA PERFORMERS

Tommy Occhiuto - saxJon Monahan - guitar

Matt Wong - keyboardsAdam Theis - bass, trombone

Darian Gray - drums

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OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIRTerrance Kelly, Director

Under the direction of the Emmy-winning Terrance Kelly, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir brings together musicians who embody a community of diverse races, cultures,

and faiths. Their mission is to inspire joy and unity among all people through black gospel and spiritual music. Founded in 1986, OIGC was born out of a gospel music workshop at Living Jazz’s Jazz Camp West. The award-winning Choir’s exquisite harmonies and stirring gospel repertoire have led to performances with a wide variety of esteemed groups, such as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and more recently with Edwin Hawkins, Cece Winans, Vanessa Williams, and Lenny Kravitz. The Choir also appears on GRAMMY-winning albums by Linda Rondstadt, MC Hammer, Tramaine Hawkins, among others, and was invited to perform at the Chase Center’s ribbon cutting ceremony this past fall. Discover more about OIGC and upcoming events at www.oigc.org

Photo: Matt Beardsley Creative

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OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIRTerrance Kelly, Director

SOPRANONicolia Bagby GoodingBrenda Bailey PowellMeliney E. BrooksAmy ClarkLeola ClarkHeather FigueroaMary FordJennifer W. GraceLynne GurewitzAsha HowardGrace KamauAni LeeMaria LongLinda MackTeresa MackFrances MessanoKellie MorlockValeria ScottAlexa ShelleyJennifer G. SheltonSophie SpeerCathy Warren

ALTOAshley AndersonIsa S. ChuAnnette CoffeyMadeline CohenLiz ColtLindsay K. Elam

Cheryl Espinosa-JonesDanielle FurmanCheryl GarnerKathy Guido-RespicioKatherine HarrySharon Hymes-OffordJennifer LittleStephanie MillerEmily NeigelJulianne PearsonBecky WatsonDanielle Y. White

TENORJeff BellaireDon BonnerMichael CallahanCyril DrameAaron DraperRenee EB-WaltonDon GossetteJoseph Hawkins Sr.Lara HermansonGene HoGracie JonesRyoko KobayashiTessa LoehwingMarcel McClainManuel MendozaJae PhoenixKai Pierce

Daniel PinkhamCarl ResnikoffJeff StangeDaniel Strauss

BASSArthur BarkerJeff BensonPaul DanielsJim FisherJim HooperJason HorladorJeff LandauJack MahanBernadette McDonaldDavid PageJames PowellBenjamin Schleifer

OIGC BANDDavid Belove, BassMiles Lathan, DrumLouis Burrell, KeysBen Heveroh, KeysJae Phoenix, Tambourine

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VOCAL RUSHLisa Forkish, Director

Vocal Rush is a five-time national champion a cappella ensemble based out of Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) and comprised of singers aged 15–18. Combining passion, talent and

dedication, along with the vision of director/founder Lisa Forkish, Vocal Rush has become one of the most respected high school a cappella groups in the U.S. since their inception in March, 2011. Before joining the renowned School of Vocal Music faculty at OSA, Forkish was Music Director for the University of Oregon’s award-winning a cappella group Divisi, featured in Mickey Rapkin’s book Pitch Perfect, later made into the box-office smash film. Vocal Rush has received numerous accolades, including five national championship titles, a third place win on NBC’s hit a cappella competition show, The Sing-Off, and most recently, was selected as one of the YBCA 100 honorees, recognizing people, organizations, and movements that are using their platforms to create change and move society forward.

Past members of Vocal Rush have performed for former President Obama as well as OSA founder and former California Governor Jerry Brown. Vocal Rush has released five albums to much acclaim, all available on digital streaming platforms.

The ensemble brings vocal power, soulful presence, and a maturity beyond their years to the stage. Vocal Rush brings to life the heart and soul of Oakland School for the Arts, putting their all into every performance. See these young singers in action at www.youtube.com/osavocalrush.

VOCAL RUSH PERFORMERSAudrey GilbertBentley Blalark

Dakota DryJocelyn Lyell

Maren Barzell-WeberMarilyn Cliett

Nina EriksonPersephone Smith-Donohoe

Rei MatsunoRichard Watson

Rose NelsonTai-Ge Min

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SUNDAY, FEB 16AT 2 PMSAN LEANDRO HIGH SCHOOLSAN LEANDRO

OMID ZOUFONOUN, Principal Conductor

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra

WINTER CONCERTGABRIEL FAURÉPelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 I. Prelude II. Fileuse III. Sicilienne IV. Death of Mélisande

FRANZ LISZTSymphonic Poem No. 3 (Les Preludes)

I N T E R M I S S I O N

FRANZ SCHUBERTSymphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 (Unfinished) I. Allegro moderato II. Andante con moto

ARTURO MÁRQUEZDanzón No. 2

Side-By-Side with MUSE VIVO Orchestra



O A K L A N D S Y M P H O N Y Y O U T H O R C H E S T R A

FIRST VIOLINIsabel Pulido, ConcertmasterMingye Wang,

Asst. ConcertmasterAndrew ChanGeorge MoseleyAnna RavidSarah GoosenMereth NiemoellerJanice YangMaame Dufie AwuahDavina CoBenjamin KimClaude SchroepferAnnika SeoSummer SnellingAmy HeMatthew SeoKevin YeAnais ClancyOlivia HsuZeke WheelerAdrienne Chan

SECOND VIOLINAbigail Uy, PrincipalHarry Jo, Asst. PrincipalElla JeonKaren TamJolie YickEli JordanEmily ChangHonor ChoMichael OliveiraJoanna ZhuLuciana DongAnnie HsuAlbert DingAshley ZhaoShyam ByrdEva Lozeau de GuzmanKalyani SrikanthJessie WalkerSina Kalkan

VIOLASeth Nixon, PrincipalArthur Thach,

Asst. PrincipalShannon LiuEthan HanMadeleine Riskin-KutzSarah BrunoSarah WuVincent GarciaMichelle ZhangPatrick TingAmulya Harish

CELLOAndrea Wang, PrincipalMilo Klise, Asst. PrincipalGrace YangEthan ShinEileen ZhangKavi AmodtBlanche LiAndrew ChenGreta GlueckAnn Yang

BASSYingan Chen, PrincipalSarah Han, Asst. PrincipalTanusri Gudavalli

FLUTELynnea Bao, PrincipalNaomi Birenbaum,

Asst. PrincipalJeremy CollinsNatalie Mangoba

OBOEAni Lelalian, PrincipalAya RokeachAngela Seo

CLARINETNicholas Ebbers, PrincipalZoe King, Asst. PrincipalBrian KongVivien Li

BASSOONVincent Ciresi, PrincipalCaroline Kao

HORNMimi Canter, PrincipalAidan Ngo, Asst. PrincipalJackson Hahn-SmithCole LameyerJada Ramos Sydney Shoka

TRUMPETOlivia Ott, PrincipalQuincy TaylorCamille Borris

TROMBONEAllison Rigler, PrincipalVidyuth Guruvayurappan,

Asst. PrincipalOlivia BeckettiIsabel Shic

PERCUSSIONSeth Miu

PIANOJoshua Bilbro-Cash

Omid Zoufonoun, Principal Conductor

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P R O G R A M N O T E S

Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 80GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)

Less than four months after the premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck’s play Pelléas and Mélisande in 1893, Debussy had begun setting it to music—not as incidental music but as an opera.

The task of writing music to a stage production would fall to Fauré, who conducted the first performance in London on June 21, 1899.

A year later, Fauré made a three-movement suite from the 17 musical numbers. It was introduced on February 3, 1901, by the Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Camille Chevillard. The “Sicilienne” was added to the Suite in 1909.

Maeterlinck’s drama concerns the king’s grandson Golaud, who is out hunting and happens upon Mélisande. He falls in love and marries her, but his brother Pelléas also falls in love with her. Golaud slays Pelléas. Mélisande dies, but not before pardoning Golaud.

Symphonic Poem No. 3 (Les Préludes) FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)

Liszt’s third symphonic poem, titled Les Préludes, began as the overture to a cantata titled The Four Elements, after a poem by Joseph Autran depicting “the Earth, the North Winds,

the Floods, and the Stars.”

After the initial performance in Marseille in 1844, Liszt continued to fiddle with the music, and eventually retitled it Les Préludes, after a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine.

In his preface to the score, Liszt paraphrased the poem:

“What else is life but a series of preludes to that unknown hymn, the first and solemn note of which is intoned by Death? Love is the enchanted dawn of all existence; but what fate is there whose first delights of happiness are not interrupted by some storm, whose fine illusions are not dissipated by some mortal blast, consuming its altar as though by a stroke of lightning?”

In its final form, Les Préludes was introduced at the Court Theater in Weimar on February 23, 1854.

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Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 (Unfinished)FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

The Unfinished Symphony was begun in October, 1822. A month later, two movements and part of a third had been written. Why Schubert stopped there—or if he did finish, where

the remainder of the music went—has mystified music lovers ever since.

In April, 1823, a friend recommended Schubert for honorary membership in the Styrian Music Society of Graz. Schubert promised to thank them with a new symphony. Meanwhile, Schubert gave the two finished movements of the Unfinished Symphony to Josef Hüttenbrenner, who in turn gave them to his brother Anselm. Though Anselm was the music director of the Society at Graz, he never delivered the score to its members, but kept the music to himself.

Over forty years later, the conductor Johann Herbeck visited Anselm and inquired about the Schubert symphony. Anselm gave him the score, but only after Herbeck bribed him with a promise to perform Anselm’s Overture in C minor.

Herbeck conducted the first performance of the Unfinished Symphony at a Society of the Friends of Music concert in Vienna on December 17, 1865.

After an introduction, the first movement presents what one critic called the most famous melody in the world. The tune was fitted to the words, “This is the Symphony that Schubert wrote and never finished.” That same melody was used in the popular song, You Are My Song of Love, My Melody Immortal.” The second movement, according to Alfred Einstein, “in its mysterious and unfathomable beauty, is like one of those plants whose flowers open only on the night of the full moon.”

Danzón No. 2ARTURO MÁRQUEZ (b.1950)

Márquez began studying music at the age of sixteen, later entering the Mexican Conservatory of Music and the Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico. He also studied privately in Paris and

at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and Mel Powell.

Danzón No. 2 was commissioned and premiered in 1994 by the Filarmonica de la UNAM in Mexico City, Ronald Zolman conducting. Márquez provided the following program note: “The danzón is a Cuban dance that became very popular in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century, especially in the states of Veracruz and Mexico City. Because it was developed in a very special way in our country, many of us Mexicans consider it our own national music.”

~ Program Notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2020.

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Oakland Symphonypresents

MAHLERVIOLINS OF HOPESTEVE MARTLANDCrossing the Border for double string orchestra and ballet dancers

Oakland Ballet Company

ANTONIO VIVALDI Concerto in F major for Three Violins and Strings, RV 551 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro

Terrie Baune, violin, Liana Bérubé, violinDawn Harms, violin

I N T E R M I S S I O N

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen; Recht gemächlich (Haupt Tempo) II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast III. Ruhevoll: (Poco adagio) IV. Sehr behaglich

Elena Galván, soprano

Additional support provided by The Libitzky Family Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Jill and Wesley Smith, Bette and Robert Epstein



O A K L A N D S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A

VIOLIN 1Dawn Harms, Co-Concertmaster

Terri Baune, Co-Concertmaster

Vivian Warkentin, Asst. Concertmaster

Natasha Makhijani, Assoc. Concertmaster

Kristina AndersonMatthew VincentCarla PicchiEllen GronningenDeborah SpanglerEmanuela NikiforovaJunghee LeeAlison MillerLyly Li

VIOLIN 2 Liana Bérubé, Principal

David Cheng Candace Sanderson Sharon Calonico Baker Peeples Adrienne Duckworth Sergi Goldman-Hull Cecilia HuangMarcella Schantz

VIOLA Tiantian Lan, Principal

Margaret TitchenerTatiana Trono Betsy London Jill Van Gee Patricia Whaley Stephanie Railsback Clio Tilton

CELLO Dan Reiter, Principal

Joseph Hébert Michelle Kwon Beth Vandervennet Jeffrey Parish Paul Rhodes Farley Pearce Elizabeth Struble

CONTRABASS Patrick McCarthy, Principal

Alden Cohen Ben Tudor Andy Butler David Arend Carl Stanley

FLUTE Alice Lenaghan, Principal

Rena Urso Amy Likar Stacey Pelinka

OBOE Andrea Plesnarski, Principal

Robin May Denis Harper

CLARINET Diane Maltester, Principal

Ginger Kroft

BASSOONDeborah Kramer, Principal

David Granger

HORN Meredith Brown, Principal

Alicia Telford Alex CamphouseRoss Gershenson

TRUMPET William Harvey, Principal

Leonard Ott John Freeman

TIMPANIFred Morgan, Principal

PERCUSSION Ward Spangler, Principal

Allen Biggs

HARP Meredith Clark, Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGER Carole Klein

LIBRARIAN Paul Rhodes

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S O L O I S T S

TERRIE BAUNE, VIOLIN

In addition to being Co-Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony, Terrie Baune is concertmaster of the North State Symphony and

the Eureka Symphony, a member of the Earplay Ensemble, Music Director of the TBAM Festival in Trinidad, CA, and Associate Director of the Humboldt Chamber Music Workshop. Her professional credits include four years as a member of the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., two years as a member of the Auckland Philharmonia of New Zealand, concertmaster

positions with the Fresno Philharmonic and the Rohnert Park Symphony, and over twenty years as concertmaster of the Women’s Philharmonic, with whom she participated in several recordings including as soloist in the Maddalena Lombardini Violin Concerto #5. She has enjoyed working under the baton of Michael Morgan since they were both undergraduates at Oberlin Conservatory, from which she graduated in 1978 after winning the Oberlin Concerto Competition.

LIANA BÉRUBÉ, VIOLIN

The artistry of violinist Liana Bérubé is inextricably intertwined with self-knowledge and self-compassion. Her openly expressive

aesthetic, described as “searching mastery” (Charleston Gazette-Mail ), has been heard in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She is co-founder and violinist of the Delphi Trio. Concerto performances include appearances with Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Toronto, Bear Valley Music Festival Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Eureka Symphony, San Jose

Chamber Orchestra, and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.

Bérubé has been heard on NPR, CBC, VH1, WFMT Chicago, and Dutch Radio 4, and has collaborated with artists such as Emmanuel Ax, Toby Appel, Anthony Marwood, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Monica Huggett, and the Alexander String Quartet. Concert appearances include Chamber Music Concerts Ashland, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Orlando Festival, Artist Series of Sarasota, Kronos Festival, Morrison Artist Series, Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society, Valley of the Moon Music Festival, the Verbier Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Liana strongly believes in listening to intuition, subconscious, and instinct, in order to express the innate knowledge of personal truth through art.

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S O L O I S T S

DAWN HARMS, VIOLIN

Dawn Harms’s diverse career ranges from being a chamber musician, violin soloist, and concertmaster, to being a music

director and conductor. She is a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster for the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and Co-Concertmaster for Oakland Symphony, and is also the Music Director and conductor of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. She records regularly at Skywalker Studios for movies and video games. She is the co-founder and music director of the

Music at Kirkwood chamber music festival, and currently serves on the music faculty at Stanford University.

Her solo appearances have included Folsom Symphony, Paradise Symphony, Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Symphony Parnassus, and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in chamber music concerts with Frederica von Stade, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Lynn Harrell, Eugenia Zukerman, Zheng Cao, and has premiered works with and by Jake Heggie.

A strong advocate for music education, she was music director and conductor of the Amarillo Youth Orchestra. She has designed and performs her own one-woman family show throughout the United States, New Zealand, and Japan, with orchestras such as the Lincoln Symphony in Nebraska, the Oakland and Berkeley Symphonies, and Napa Youth Symphony.

ELENA GALVÁN, SOPRANO

Praised for her “voice [that] shines with a winsome, lyric luster,” soprano Elena Galván, from Ithaca, NY, is gaining recognition as

a soprano with “deft timing and repartee of a natural comedienne.” This season Elena returns to Opera San José to perform Adele in Die Fledermaus, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Papagena and Pamina (cover) in Die Zauberflöte. Recently, she performed Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at Florida Grand Opera, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Livermore Valley Opera and

Handel’s Messiah with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. As a Young Artist with Florida Grand Opera, Elena sang roles to critical acclaim including Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Norina (Don Pasquale), Frasquita (Carmen) and Yvette (The Passenger). She has performed with Opera Santa Barbara, First Coast Opera, Out of the Box Opera, Opera Ithaca, Des Moines Metro Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Saratoga, Virginia Opera, and more. www.elenagalvan.com

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OAKLAND BALLET COMPANYGraham Lustig, Artistic Director

For 55 years, Oakland Ballet Company has inspired the East Bay community and beyond by keeping the art of ballet exciting, relevant and accessible, primarily through the presentation

of works of the Diaghilev repertoire and modern masterpieces. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Graham Lustig since 2010, the Company has renewed its commitment to artistic excellence with imaginative programs that engage contemporary audiences—through close relationships with living choreographers, the commissioning of new works, innovative collaborations with diverse artists and communities, and compelling educational programs that cultivate the next generation of dance lovers.

A cornerstone of Oakland Ballet Company’s legacy has been engagement with the community. Oakland Ballet’s Discover Dance outreach program features educational programs at East Bay schools, educational in-theater performances, free performances throughout the community, ticket donations to season performances, and scholarships to company training programs.

OAKLAND BALLET COMPANY DANCERS

Marianne Bassing Samantha BellSkylar Burson

Vincent ChavezChristopher Dunn

Karina Eimon Sharon Kung

Aidan O’LearyBrandon Perez

Jazmine QuezadaAshley Thopiah

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VIOLINS OF HOPE Strings of the Holocaust Make West Coast DebutJanuary 16 – March 15 Across Eight Bay Area Counties

81 years ago, Moshe Weinstein and his wife, Golda, moved to Tel Aviv and opened a violin shop. They both graduated from the Vilna Conservatory, Moshe as a violinist and Golda

as a pianist, and followed the large Jewish emigration from Europe to Palestine.

Amid the human destruction and displacement, the treasures of the Jewish people were displaced. The sacred—Torah scrolls, prayer shawls, and other ritual items—but in even greater numbers, the artistic and musical treasures sacred to Jewish culture throughout Europe. The Nazis burned, smashed, looted, and confiscated the possessions of millions. But some precious pieces remained. Many musical instruments survived when their owners did not. More were lost or abandoned as their owners escaped the war. And when the Allies liberated Europe in 1945, hope remained. For Moshe and Golda’s son, Amnon Weinstein, that hope manifested in the thin wooden bodies of violins, violas, and cellos rescued from the Holocaust.

Amnon and his son, Avshalom, created Violins of Hope to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit. Using their private collection of over 86 violins, violas, and cellos all restored since the end of World War II, the Weinsteins continue to tell the story of the instruments’ previous owners, each with their own personal stories from the Holocaust.

Beginning January 16, 2020, Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), one of the Bay Area’s longest running and most distinguished music series, will present the West Coast debut of the Violins of Hope San Francisco Bay Area, an immersive eight-week celebration of the remarkable resilience of the human spirit. Through a series of concerts, exhibition, film screenings, public forums, and educational programs collaboratively presented by 42 Bay Area organizations, MAKM will showcase the Violins of Hope, a collection of beautiful string instruments once played by European Jews before and during the Holocaust in the camps and ghettos.

These instruments promote the power of hope through music. The project will take audiences on a reflective journey, reaffirming that the voiceless can indeed have a voice as we reiterate our responsibility to each other and to never forget. For as we look back at the Holocaust, we remember that music was and remains a powerful source of comfort, hope and resistance. For complete details, visit www.violinsofhopesfba.org.

Crossing the BorderSTEVE MARTLAND (1954-2013)

Born in Liverpool, England, Martland studied at Liverpool University and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where his composition teacher was Louis Andriessen. He also

studied composition with Gunther Schuller at the Berkshire Music Centre in Massachusetts. Rejecting what he calls “academic dogma,” he worked frequently with artists outside classical institutions—Dutch and American groups, freelance musicians and especially his own Steve Martland Band.

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Crossing the Border was originally performed in Poland and Moscow, then by pupils in two Scottish high schools. It was produced as a ballet by the National Ballet in Amsterdam in 1990. “The string ensemble is divided into four groups of violins (two either side of the conductor), violas, cellos and basses,” says Martland. “Much of the music is repeated or echoed by various sections of the total ensemble ensuring everyone a turn at playing (more or less) the same music. Consequently the use of strict canon over a ground bass is a dominant feature…. Programmatic music it is not! It’s as abstract as anything by Bach. That doesn’t rule out energy, passion, and emotional content, or deny a metaphorical dimension. The title suggests crossing borders of various sorts—social, musical, political and cultural—ideals to make a better world.”

Concerto in F major for Three Violins and Strings, RV 551ANTONIO VIVALDI (1687-1741)

For 35 years, Vivaldi had been inundating his copyists with preposterous amounts of music of all kinds for his “all-girl” orchestra at the Conservatory of the Pieta in Venice. In such

a laboratory of composition, Vivaldi produced a staggering amount of music, including hundreds of concertos, one for three violins.

Luigi Bellingardi says the Concerto for Three Violins “represents one of the very peaks in Vivaldi’s music, especially in the rhythmic organization and in the imaginative concept of timbre in the Andante. One of the three violins weaves the melodic thread within a harmonic web created by the other two. The regularity of the rhythmical figures and the mixture of sound colors create an extraordinary impressionistic effect, without ever forgoing the instrumental bel canto. In the two outside movements the opposition between the ‘concertino,’ consisting of the three contrasting violins, and the ‘ripieno,’ composed of the other strings and the harpsichord, gives rise to a succession of episodes of a variety and freedom of expression absolutely unique in the concerto literature of the 18th century.”

Symphony No. 4 in G majorGUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)

In 1886, Mahler came across an anthology of poems in German folk style titled Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn). He set one of the poems, “Das himmlische Leben”

(The Heavenly Life), as a song, then orchestrated it. In that guise, it was originally intended for inclusion in a cycle of Wunderhorn songs called Humoresken. Mahler changed his mind, and planned it as the seventh movement of his Third Symphony. When this notion proved unwieldy, he moved it into his Fourth Symphony.

Mahler wrote three other movements before the first performance on November 25, 1901, in Munich. He described the general mood of the Symphony as “a sky of unbroken blue…only occasionally does it grow dark with ghostly menace; but the sky itself is not troubled —we alone are afflicted by sudden dread, just as on the most beautiful of days one may be overcome by panic in a brightly lit forest.”

~ Program Notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2020.

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A R T I S T I C S T A F F B I O G R A P H I E S

MICHAEL MORGAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY

Michael Morgan was born in Washington, D.C., where he attended public schools and began conducting

at the age of 12. While a student at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, he spent a summer at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, studying with Gunther Schuller and Seiji Ozawa. He first worked with Leonard Bernstein during that same summer.

His operatic debut was in 1982 at the Vienna State Opera, conducting Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. In 1986, Sir Georg Solti chose him to become the Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for seven years under both Solti and Daniel Barenboim. In 1986, he was invited by Leonard Bernstein to make his debut with the New York Philharmonic. As guest conductor, Morgan has appeared with most of America’s major orchestras, as well as the New York City Opera, St. Louis Opera Theater and Washington National Opera.

In addition to his duties with the Symphony since 1991, Maestro Morgan serves as Artistic Director of Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Music Director at Bear Valley Music Festival, and Music Director of Gateways Music Festival. He is Music Director Emeritus of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, and is on the boards of Oaktown Jazz Workshops, the Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.

Last summer, he led a national youth orchestra of students from El Sistema programs organized by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, sharing the concert with Gustavo Dudamel. He makes many appearances in the nation’s schools each year.

LYNNE MORROW, CHORUS DIRECTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS

Dr. Lynne Morrow became Director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus in 2005. During her tenure

the scope of the Chorus has expanded to include contemporary, international, and neglected works, along with traditional choral repertoire. She conducts the Chorus’ workshop performances of major works; hosts summer choral outreach “Sing-ins;” and prepares the Chorus for work with Oakland Symphony as well as regional community and youth orchestras with which it collaborates, such as Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, and California Symphony.

Dr. Morrow received a GRAMMY nomination for her work with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble (now Pacific Edge Voices), with whom she has also recorded two CDs of Dave Brubeck’s choral music. Since 2001, she has directed the Voice and Opera/Music Theatre Programs at Sonoma State University. Dr. Morrow presents workshops on African American Spirituals, including a workshop on a cruise to Alaska from San Francisco. Dr. Morrow has just received The Heritage Keepers Award from The Friends of Negro Spirituals. She has also given lectures on music for major Bay Area organizations including Oakland Symphony. Dr. Morrow strives for a visceral connection to music, presenting works from every corner of the musical arts in fresh ways, to reach the widest possible audience.

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BRYAN NIES, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY

Bryan Nies is the Associate Conductor of Oakland Symphony; Principal Conductor of Festival

Opera; Interim Music Director of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra; and former Principal Conductor of Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, which he led on international tours, including to Australia and New Zealand during the orchestra’s 40th season.

He returned to Festival Opera in 2016, to conduct performances of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail in a “Star Trek” setting, performances of Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins in 2017, and of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah in 2019. In addition, he has been a cover conductor for the St. Louis Symphony, conducted performances with Opera Idaho, the Diablo Symphony, and the Oakland Chamber Ensemble. With Eugene Onegin, he made his Opera San Jose debut as Principal Conductor and continued with notable performances of The Crucible, Werther, La Voix Humaine, Pagliacci, and the west coast premiere of Anna Karenina, becoming the second conductor to perform the work. Nies continues to conduct innovative operas including successful performances of As One with West Edge Opera, and Erling Wold’s Fabrications. He regularly performs in recital and has debuted his first recording “Amour sans ailes: Songs of Reynaldo Hahn” on the MSR Classics label in October of 2017.

Pursuing an avid interest in all musical genres, Nies has served as Associate Music Director with American Musical Theater of San Jose and Theatreworks in Palo Alto. He was a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently a lecturer at Stanford University and voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards).

OMID ZOUFONOUN, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Omid Zoufonoun is a conductor, guitarist, educator, and award-winning composer. His concert

commissions aim to blend his Persian musical heritage, learned under the guidance of his father, Ostad Mahmoud Zoufonoun, with western practices of counterpoint, harmony, and orchestration. Recent commissions include a Cello Sonata for the duet Martha & Monica, a guitar octet for the Guitar Foundation of America, a choral setting of four Rumi poems for Pacific Edge Voices, and a four-movement orchestral work for the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra. Zoufonoun conducted the premiere of this latter work at the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland, and a professional première followed by Oakland Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Michael Morgan. As conductor, Zoufonoun’s recent recording of Bill Horvitz’ suite, A Long Walk, was featured as an Editor’s Pick in Downbeat magazine.

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JOHN KENDALL BAILEY, PRE-CONCERT SPEAKER

John Kendall Bailey serves as Music Director of the Mozart to Mendelssohn Orchestra and of the

Mesopotamia Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra. In 1994, he founded the Berkeley Lyric Opera and served as its Music Director and Conductor until 2001. Since then, he has been Principal

Conductor of Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and Guest Conductor with Oakland Symphony, Oakland Ballet, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Folsom Lake Symphony, Sonoma County Philharmonic, Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Magik*Magik Orchestra, San Francisco Civic Symphony, San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, and has conducted productions for Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, West Bay Opera, North Bay Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, Pocket Opera, Mission City Opera, the Crowden School, Oakland School for the Arts, and Dominican University.

As a choral director, Bailey has served as Music Director of Voices of Musica Sacra, Chorus Master for Festival Opera of Walnut Creek and Opera San Jose, and has been a Guest Conductor for the University of California-Berkeley Chamber Chorus, the University of California-Davis Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Alumni Chorus, Berkeley Broadway Singers, and Contra Costa Chorale.

Bailey has taught conducting at the University of California-Davis and Notre Dame de Namur University. He has been a pre-performance lecturer for Oakland Symphony, San Francisco Opera, American Bach Soloists, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, Gold Coast Chamber Players, and is a regular lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State East Bay.

Artistic Staff Photos: MarcoSanchez.net

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A N N U A L F U N D D O N O R S

LIFETIME MEMBERSGenerous donors of $100,000 or more over their history with Oakland Symphony.

Anonymous (2)Bonnie and Jim BellGiles “Bud” CropseyBette and Robert EpsteinJames HaslerBeverly and Randy HawksJack KlingelhoferCornell C. MaierKarl MettingerKaren and Steve NichollsBerniece and Pat PattersonBeryl and James PotterBarbara and Joel RichmonShirley and Philip Schild Robert A.D. and

Debbra Wood SchwartzErma and Owen SmithSusan and Paul SugarmanNancy S. SweetlandKatherine van HaganDonna M. Williams

$20,000 +Anonymous (2) Bonnie and James BellTerrence Chan and Edward SellJames HaslerJack KlingelhoferSusan and Moses LibitzkyNorman and Janet PeaseBarbara and Joel RichmonJoan Story and Robert KiddDonna Williams

$10,000-$19,999Wendy Breuer and Charles CraneJoanne CaseyKathryn and Christopher DannBette and Robert EpsteinKatrine and Harry GrayKatherine and Lance GyorfiKaren Ivy and James RinglandMargaret and Richard RoismanJill and Wesley SmithAmin Zoufonoun

$7,500-$9,999Shirley and Patrick CampbellElayne and Joseph FrankSusan T. and Michael A. JordanKim LeKay Ruhland

$5,000-$7,499Ruth and Jeff BaileySusan ChanConnie and Jon HartungMargaret HeggCarol HenriMarilyn KecsoMary-Jo Knight and Michael ParishRobbin and Fred KrogerLisa Braver Moss and Mark MossKaren and Steve NichollsMary OlowinRichard K. RobbinsMargaret Warton and

Steve BentingJerry and Linda Vurek-MartynDebbra Wood Schwartz

$2,500-$4,999Anonymous (1)Diane Appel and Daniel CottonCes and Teresa ButnerJ. Colette CollesterCharmaine FerreraBonnie and Earl HamlinStanley P. HébertMichèle Stone and Harry HoweJudit JackovicsEllen and Barry LevineKaren LongPeter Lundberg and James MowdyAlison MillerEva and Aaron PaulAndrea Plesnarski and Tom NugentMarianne RobisonPamela and Jim RobsonHelen and Peter SheaffMonique StevensonSusan and Paul SugarmanSharon VonderauEugene J. Zahas

$1,000-$2,499Anonymous (1)Carlene and Richard AndersonNancy Ragle and Bret Andrews

Jean and Kenneth R. BarryToby C. BergerRoxanne Kellam and Leslie BrandtGwendolyn Buchholz and

David DurandPaula and David ByrensFrances Greenberg and

Don ChaikenPatricia Chang and Charles TaiPatrice Cochran and Leslie RogersRena DavidMargery Eriksson and

James NelsonLorraine and Ronald GazzanoEleanor and Paul GertmenianDale Marie Golden and

Hugh MacDonaldJanine and Hendrik GoosenMoran HaasSusan and Richard HansenPamela and Howard HatayamaCarolyn and Robert HeywoodHelen HolmlundKathleen HunterMark JacobsAra Jelalian and Aline JelalianAnn JohnsonLeslie and Conway JonesTerry KulkaKathie LongHolly and Thomas LoveGeralyn and Eugene LynchPamela Magnuson-PeddleThomas McNalleyIngrid MooreMabel MorganMichael MorganMike MoyeElisabeth and Michael O’MalleyAmy and Eddie OrtonMary Ann and Don ParachiniMary and David RamosM. Louise Rothman-Riemer and

Davis RiemerBrian RipleyEric RuhlandMelinda and Roy SamuelsonKaren and Ross ScroggsNeal ShorsteinFrances Slack and John RaesideRomer StevensonMarsha SutherlandLoni Williams

We gratefully acknowledge our generous donors, whose annual support enables us to build community through the artistic and educational programs of Oakland Symphony, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Oakland Symphony Chorus. The following list reflects gifts made to the annual fund or elevated events recorded between

July 1, 2018 and November 13, 2019.

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$500-$999Sylvia Ahern and Patrick TwomeyCarla Moore and Ted AllenKristen AndersonJohn and Pat AnneeEva Arce and Ross HoytMary Ellen Navas and

Robert ArchibaldDan AshleyJohn BarrettBarbara M. BeeryCynthia and David BlumgartRoberta BrokawCamille and Wayne BrotzeEvangeline BuellHelene Byrne and John VallergaHelen CakeAndreas Neyer and

Kathleen CallahanRosemary ChangGlenda Cheng and Alan PoonAdam and Jennifer Ciresi HouseholdSarah Constantine HouseholdLillian and Donald CunninghamGretchen and Larry DoolittleSheila Dundon and Dale RadcliffGail and Gerald EiselmanErik and Florence ErikssonSarah EverettEd and Camilla ForhanChristiane and Lewis FredericksonSusan Gallardo and Mark FreitasTerry GardnerPaul GarrisonJewelle and James GibbsReyla GraberCarol Haskell and Jon SeidelRichard L. HawkinsJim HenryDavid Hernandez and Susan WardJean Quan and Floyd HuenCindy and Richard HolbrookH. Nona HungateAnne Bennett JeffersonSheri Jennings and Ian SmithKatherine Kiehn and

Heinz LankfordCarole KleinJoyce LashofThomas LeibowitzKara LevineL. J. LikarTom LimonNancy Lowenthal and Jean SavyAnn and Robert LynnMargaret and John MaloneyLisa MalulRoger MannDenise Martini

Randall Matamoros and Nancy Wilkinson

Helen Nicholas and Robert Middleton

Renuka Mishra and Debabrata Panda

Merrilee MitchellMary OramLidia OwensWilliam ParishSylvia ParkerJim PayneJacqueline PhillipsMargaret PinterNaomi and David PockellMaria and Jose PoncelCamille ReedMiriam Steinbock and

Dennis RothhaarMiyo SaikiValda SandersTom Schunn and Anne FaySylvia Smith and Stanley KowalskiJoanne Sung and Benson LamJoan ThatcherPatricia TroxelLinda UnderwoodCynthia Webb-BeckfordEnevia and Kline WilsonSteve and Laura WolffNancy and Charles WolframMark Yin and Sharon Young

$250-$499Tracy AchornGloria AlexanderMarvell AllenDion and David AronerCatherine AtchesonLeslie BaconGrace BandongNorman BanksKay BellCarol and Claude BenedixRoberta and Henry BergJudith and Gary BlankDavid BoergersKristie Boering and Ronald CohenSusan and Bruce CarterGregg ChavariaJessica ChenSherlyn ChewShirley and George CoastonGail ConeyGregg Cook and Victor RosarioKathleen Courts and

William AbernathyCandis Cousins and Bruce KernsPatricia Couture

Nikcole CunninghamChristopher CurtisSusan and Joseph DalyRosemary DardenLoris DavanzoPatia and David DialSara and Emerson DuBoisHeather Erickson and Paul LillyJane and Gary FacenteDorothy FingerWendy Franklin and Calvin WallNancy Friedman and Terry HillYoav and Robin GalMaria Galou and John LameyerKathleen GilbertEdward GordonDawn GraeffEudice GreeneMarian and Roger GrayJudy and Sheldon GreenePatricia and Jerry HamiltonBonnie HamptonW.A. HardenstineAlan HarperJo and Kerry HazelettMaxine HeiligerPatti HeimburgerKathie HellerRichard and Valerie HerrDixie HershRose and Fredric HoffmanSally HoustonCecilia Huang and

Allen Chi-Luen WangGeorge JohnVirginia and Odell JohnsonAnna KeimJeanne and Stuart KornDidi and Paul KubicekNeuritsa LancasterLynn and William LazarusMaureen and George LenahanRosanna LermaCarl LesterDr. William Lester, Jr.Patti and Mark LindquistLinda LipnerMargaret LipperEdward LongChristopher LundinJean MangelsHelen M. MarcusJan Schmuckler and James MartinDoris MarxAlvin and Diane MayTommie MayfieldAlice McCainKristi Swope and

Randall McEachern

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Kathleen and Daniel McKinneyCatherine McLaneJune MelchiorBeverly MooreCheryl Ann MoutonAllison and Jo MurdachNorma MurphyElizabeth OrozcoGlenn OttermanWendy Pei and Timothy SandbergPhyllis and James Pennington-KentMargaret PillsburyFrank and Alisa PisciottoRon RaminJonathan Ring and Maya RathAnn and Mike RichterHilda RobinsonElizabeth RuhlandKenneth and Maria SaltzstineChris ScarboroughBarbara Schaaf Schock and

Robert G. SchockGregg SchluntzCraig SchmidLori Schweitzer and Steven CaccamoIris SegalKaren Topp and Sigmund SeigelSylvia Smith and Stanley KowalskiVirginia SmylyJoanne SmythMary StraussJames TolandJudy VelardiMarlene VogelsangCharles and Geraldine WaitmanKathy and Steve WallcaveMary and Peter WeinsteinStephany WilkesAnn WilliamsonJoye WilsonH. Leabah WinterCarolyn YaleEva Mae Youngberg

$100-$249Anonymous (1)Ross and Alfreda AbbottMary da Silva AbinanteLeorah Abouav-ZilbermanMaureen Alano and

George ZolinskyLewis AmesLyn AndersenJudy and Robert ArmstrongDiane Fisk-Arney and

Richard ArneySharon AshbyKaren AxelssonDeborah and William Baldwin

Natalie Balfour and John CoveJustin BankMarguerite Barron and

Glen LeggoeKathy BarrowsYvonne BehrensNatasha BellEdgar BenhardRoy BergstromSharon BettinelliAnn BinningClifford and Gladys BlockEileen Blood-GoldenSallie BlyttJudith BojorquezConstance BoulwareMarion BrackettAdam BronerKim BronsonSamuel and Judith BroudePat BrouilletteJune BrowneErika Bruce and Richard MercourisKenneth BruckmeierGaylord BurkeVeronica BurkeAnne CademenosRaoul CadetHarriet CaplanJenny CarlessLisa Caul and Robert HarringtonAnthony and Louise CavigliaHelene and Norman CaviorMayotis and Garlin CephasYvette Chalom and Paul FogelMarianne ChangLinda Cheu HouseholdAndrew CohenMichael ColbrunoZipporah CollinsMegan ColumbusAlodia M. CorpuzDonna CostellaMichael CrozierAnn O’Connor and Edward CullenLynne DanielsVirginia DarrowAnn DavisGeorge DayMarta De PierrisCindy and Brian DeansDonald and Jeanette Del CarloJulia Walsh and Stephen DellKatherine DelucchiPamela Dernham and

Gregory LindenMirjam Dijkxhoorn and

Vinod MuthukrishnanEvelyn and Earl Dolven

Anne DrejetElizabeth Dreyer and

Nathan RobertsonSusan Driscoll LaMayMarnelle Vieira-Ducey and

Denis DuceyAdrienne and Tom DuckworthLuann DugganCortt DunlopAshley DunningNancy DyerRichard Eisner and Julie GordonLeila El-WakilJane English and Patrick FergusonLouise and Jonathan EubanksHarry and Sheilah FishMarcia FlanneryNatalie ForrestKaren Fox-Reynolds and

Jerry ReynoldsCatherine and John FranciochHarold FriedmanNellie C. FungBeryl GaidosSvetoslav GamonPatricia M. GannonPaul GardnerToni GarrettHannah GinsborgCaroline GirgisKenneth GobaletJudy GongMartha and Joseph GoralkaRob and Barbara GrantHerbert and Leonore GriffinMichael GriffithDavid GriggSharon and Stuart GronningenBarry and Barbara GrossKerry Hamill and Roland KatzSusan and Charles HansonFrances HarrisLaurie Gibbs HarrisLucy HarrisPenny and Steven HarrisM.C. HaugAlana Zhou and Bin He HouseholdPatricia HedlTamra HegeFaye HinzeC. J. HirschfieldAlexine HofmannSandra HollowayElizabeth HookJohn and June HopkirkJoanne and Hadwen HowardDavid HowlandPatricia Jeanne HowzeMargaret and Chenming Hu

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Carol Ann HudsonNancy and Campbell HunterAmy HydeAudrey Ichinose and

Michael CurtinFrederick J. IsaacSaralinda and Michael JacksonJonathan and Joy JacobsMelissa JamesKatherine JarrettAlice and Dale JohnsonHeather JohnsonStephen JohnsonMichele JosephDalia JuskysMary KahnElaine Unemori and John KarnayStephen and Ruth KassBarbara Kennedy-DalderPatricia Kernighan and

Paul GordonEllen Kerrigan and

Baker A. PeeplesDhira Khosla and

Kartik RamakrishnanLaura KingVirginia KrutilekAnnis and Nicholas KukulanSarah KulbergCyril KulkaMary Lou KurtzJessica Riskin and Chris KutzMichelle KwonKatherine LandJoanne and John LandersSun Mi and Chun Woo LeeSarah Ramsay LeimenstollJean LevinMargaret and Stephen Levit Kent LewandowskiDavid LichtensteinPamela Dernham and

Gregory LindenBetsy and Karl LivengoodElisa LondonShirley Lu and Charles YoungMargaret and Lawrence LumPhyllis and Jerry LunElizabeth LynchMary and Dale MalletTom ManginLinda and John ManzeckJudith Margulis and Jeffrey KesselMolly MarionBennett MarkelEileen McAndrewB. Joyce McCullumDorothy M. McIntoshKaren McLennan

Larana and Jim McVayJerene Meissert and Michael RobeyBartlett MelJoan Shepherd Mellows and

Oliver MellowsJames MeredithAnne MeyerDana MeyerMartha and Lester MillerJi Won MinHoi-Fei MokNancy and Ralph MooreLynne MorrowM. Gwaltney MountfordSharmin and Farshid MoussaviJanet MulshineRoderick MurrayJulie NachtweyLeonard NathanSara NealyCatherine and James NemechekGeorge and Carol NoboriD. Warner North and

Cheryl Bonham NorthSharon NoteboomJohn O’DonnellDavid OjalaCharles L. OstrofeWendy Polivka and Evan PainterCarla Picchi and Kurt PatznerMary Jane PauleyAndrea Pearlstein and

John FranklinAnne PerkinsJesse PerryMarilyn PomeroyMichael PyatokGeorge QueeleyPatricia and Robert RaburnPaula RaineyRhonda RamirezRobert ReidyNancy ReierSheri Stock and Harry ReppertMarie RheinGail and James RigelhauptEdith and J. Michael RobertsonAvis RobinsonAgnes RogacsiDebbie and Martin RokeachMarcie and Michael RooseveltAnn Root and Patrick O’ReillyBarbara Kesel and Susan RosenblattFred RosenblumKaren RossiAlbert RoweHelen RubardtMary RudserLisa Ruhland

Flora RussNancy RutledgeRalph SamuelChristine SchaafSteve ScheierNanci and Carl SchneidingerJanice ScottJane SeleznowLai-San SetoJoyce and Gerald ShefrenJoan Shepherd Mellows and

Oliver MellowsPeter SherrisTheresa SherryJoyce SidotiJanice SilvermanWendy SimonLinda SkoryKeith SlibsagerDeborah SmithDebrenia Madison and

Reginald SmithJeanne SmithLinda Ann SnyderMagen SolomonJean and Richard SpeesHelene SpivakAlice Lenaghan and

Michael StanishJoseph StecherA. Justin SterlingMary StevensSandy and Jack SummerfieldShannon SutherlandEllen and Eugene SwitkesRichard TaftJames Taylor IIIMary TealdiMike TennantSusan ThiemeNancy ThomasBen ThompsonFern Tiger and Paul ThompsonSandra TillinMarta TobeyElena and Christopher TooheyAlice and John TrinklSusan and George TroyFreya TurchenDavid TurnerIlona TurnerDiana ValleSusan and C. Henry VeitCecile WalkerDavid WarrenCarolyn and H. Geoffrey WatsonTania WebbKatherine and Jon WeinerSigrid Weinmann

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T R I B U T E F U N D

In memory of Phil Abinante

Kathleen da Silva

In honor of Cathy Aird

Patricia Chang and Charles and Ethan Tai

In honor of Jim and Bonnie Bell

Susan and Stephen Shub

In memory of Bonnie Bell

Harry Howe and Michèle Stone

In honor of The Board of the Oakland Symphony

Michelle Kwon

In memory of William Buell

Sigrid Weinmann

In memory of Ted Buttner

Rosemary Chang

In memory of Eddy Courts

Kathleen Courts and William Abernathy

In memory of Rochelle David

Rena David

In memory of Sally Driscoll

Susan Driscoll LaMay

In honor of Sophia El-Wakil

Leila El-Wakil

In memory of Dorothy Eng

Margaret Pinter

In memory of Andrew A. Fredericks

Margery Eriksson and James Nelson

In honor of Victor Graber

Reyla Graber

In memory of John B. Hancock V

Mark Jacobs

In honor of Jim Hasler

Harriet Caplan

In honor of Mieko Hatano

Gregg Cook and Victor Rosario

In honor of Patrice Hidu

Margery Eriksson and James Nelson

Linda Lipner

In memory of Walt Jennings

Sheri Jennings and Ian Smith

In honor of Mary-Jo Knight

Ellen Cleary

In memory of Jay Levine

Kara Levine

In memory of Ethel London

Elisa London

In memory of Jean H. Long

Karen Long

In honor of Emil Miland

Shannon Sutherland

In honor of Alison Miller

Lester and Martha Miller

In honor of Michael Morgan

Carol HaskellCatherine McLaneJames Meredith

In honor of Michael Morgan and Oakland Youth Orchestra

Carol Haskell

In honor of Edwin Richard

Paul and Susan Sugerman Family

In honor of Helen Scheaff

Pease Family Fund

In memory of Ed Solari

Renee Solari

In memory of David Williamson

Helen Marcus

In memory of Olly Wilson

Elouise Wilson

In memory of Bob and Tommie Winslow

Barbara Winslow Wong

In memory of Beatrice Tom Wong

Sandra Holloway

In honor of Omid Zoufonoun

Patricia Chang and Charles and Ethan Tai

In honor of Casey and Jake

Ashley Dunning

Janet WeinsteinGail WerblinRichard WestGeorge and Bay WestlakeBarbara and Christopher WestoverPhillip WhartonGia WhiteElizabeth WierzbianskaMaureen Wikander

Steven WilkensonJudith and Thomas WillgingPatricia and Phil WilliamsThelma D. WilliamsClaudine and Charles WilsonOlly W. and Elouise WilsonForrest WinslowGail Weininger and Leon WofsyBarbara Winslow Wong

Elaine WongMarvin WongBenjamin YeeElaine YehEmily ZellCarola ZiermannArlene Zuckerberg

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C A L V I N S I M M O N S L E G A C Y S O C I E T Y

C O R P O R A T E A N D I N S T I T U T I O N A L G I F T S

Anonymous (4)Nancy Barber and

Carol HuffineToby C. Berger †Norman Bookstein and

Gillian KuehnerMarie Boss †Gregg Cook and

Victor RosarioGiles Cropsey and

Hang NguyenCarla Cunningham and

Carla Scherr

Christopher and Kathryn Dann

Arthur Dunlop †Susie Elkind †Herbert and

Leonore GriffinJames HaslerHarry HoweMark JacobsTerry Kulka and

Gary SemansRegina LacknerJane Ann Lamph

Harold Lawrence †David LeinbachKathie Long Edward LoveMargaret Maloney and

John MaloneySamuel Miller and

Maude PervereMarie RheinMuriel and Irving Schnayer Fritzi Schoen †Lynn Sonfield †Monique Stevenson

John B. Taylor †Joan Thatcher †Katherine Van HaganAlbert J. VizinhoArthur WeilIngeborg R. and

Reinald A. Wells †Donna WilliamsJoye Wilson

† deceased

We are grateful to those who have remembered Oakland Symphony with bequests. These gifts will help establish and grow the Symphony’s endowment, providing support for future generations of music-lovers and students. For more information contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801.

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AAKAetna FoundationAirbnbAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationArtisan Cove PropertiesBank of MarinBay Area Paul Robeson

Centennial CommitteeBell Investment Advisors Inc.Bernard E. and Alba Witkin

Charitable FoundationThe Bernard Osher FoundationBNSF RailwayCaldecott PropertiesCalifornia Arts CouncilChevronCity of OaklandCity of RichmondThe Clorox CompanyThe Community Foundation

of Middle TennesseeCraneway PavilionD’Addario FoundationEast Bay Community Foundation

Fidelity CharitableFive Arts FundThe Fremont Group, Inc.The Friendship FundGreater Kansas City

Community FoundationIBM International FoundationJewish Community FederationJIA Investments, LLCJohnson & JohnsonKaiser PermanenteKenneth Rainin FoundationKlein Financial CorporationLawrence Livermore

National LaboratoryLeague of American OrchestrasLevin Richmond TerminalMechanics BankMueller Nicholls BuildersMusic Performance Trust FundNational Endowment for the ArtsNational GypsumNationwide Life

Insurance Company

New West CommunitiesPacific Harmony FoundationPatrick and Shirley Campbell

FoundationPG&EPottery Land, LLCRea Charitable TrustRepublic ServicesSchwab CharitableSidney E. Frank FoundationSims Metal ManagementT. Rowe Price CharitableVerizonThe Wallace FoundationWalter and Elise Haas FundWareham DevelopmentWells FargoThe William and Elizabeth Rieth

FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett

FoundationWomen’s Philharmonic AdvocacyZellerbach Family Foundation

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BUSINESSESActive Reading CenterAgave UptownAurora Theatre CompanySteve Silver’s Beach Blanket

BabylonBear Valley Music FestivalBerkeley Repertory TheatreCal PerformancesCalifornia Shakespeare TheaterCapital Genealogy,

Chris PatregnaniC’era Una VoltaChez Panisse Restaurant and CaféCity of OaklandClaremont Resort & SpaCraneway PavilionDashe Cellars East Brother Beer Co.Edible ExcursionsGreenway Golf AssociatesJ. Lohr Vineyards & Wines

LinksoulMariner Square Athletic ClubMoraga Country ClubOakland Athletics Baseball

CompanyOakland Museum of CaliforniaParamount TheatrePhilz Coffee LafayettePiedmont Piano CompanyReuschelle’s CheesecakesRosenblum CellarsSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco SymphonySecond Line VinylSemifreddi’s BakerySidebar Skyline QuartetSteve Parrish

Consulting Group, LLSSumbody SpaTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyTrabocco Kitchen and Cocktails

INDIVIDUALSAnonymousBobbie AltmanDan AshleyEmanuel AxBonnie and Jim BellAngela De La HousayeSara DobbinsRobert and Bette EpsteinEllen and David FinemanMary-Jo Knight and Michael ParishEmily and Lawrence LohrZahra Mahloudji and

Michael GoldbachMaestro Michael MorganDr. Lynne MorrowLisa Braver Moss and Mark MossSusan MrnakOakland Symphony Board

MembersMargaret RiesenNancy RiverMarguerite and Charles SmuklerDeborah and Ward SpanglerSusan and George TroyKim WongOmid Zoufonoun

Individuals who support the Endowment Fund help to ensure the long-term future of Oakland Symphony’s music, education and outreach programs. The donors listed below have made outright gifts, estate gifts, or irrevocable planned gifts through a charitable remainder trust. For more information contact our Development Department at (510) 444-0801.

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP CIRCLEJim and Bonnie BellGiles “Bud” Cropsey

THE PAULINE WILKINSON MACAULAY MEMORIAL FUNDIn support of the Symphony’s

education and outreach programsLon and Mary Israel

DAVID PAUL STEVENSON MEMORIAL FUNDB. Monique Stevenson

THE EDWIN AND NANCY RICHARD FUNDIn support of the Symphony’s

education and outreach programsPaul and Susan Sugarman

NATHAN RUBIN MEMORIAL FUNDConway and Leslie JonesMarilyn LangloisRalph Samuel

JAY T. LEVINE MEMORIAL FUNDIn support of MUSic for ExcellenceThe Estate of Jay T. Levine

MARY LOU HÉBERT MEMORIAL FUND Stan Hébert

The Estate of Doris B. HolermanThe Estate of Herbert ChittendenDavid and Melodie GraberAndrew and Teresa GuntherThe Estate of Anne MacphersonThe Estate of John E. and

Helen A. ManningThe Estate of Thomas M. PriceEleanor SwentThe Estate of John and Thelma TaylorArthur WeilReinald A. and Ingeborg R. WellsThe Estate of Elvera Wollitz Smith

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V O L U N T E E R S

Janet AlpertRoberta AltmanDiane Appel and

Daniel CottonAllison BlissSean Book Norman BooksteinCarol BravesSusie Butler Mylene CahambingSybil CarpenterMayotis Cephas Susan ChanGregg CookOralia CoronaMichele CovingtonCharles M. CraneBrianna DeutschSusan Driscoll LaMayKathleen FerrisChester FinneganElisa FisherLaura FlickerBarbara Flores Ellen GiersonSteve GreviousShirley GuggenheimerLiz HarveyLaura HaworthKendall Howse

Margaret HeggJack HenryJohn Henry Barbara HolmesHarry HoweCarol HudsonKaren IvyKatie JohnsonBernardino S. Juat, Jr,Christopher KeadyRobert KiddLucy KimSaeyeon KimKate KinseyMary-Jo KnightJeanne KornGillian KuehnerMadeline LaForgeSusan LambertJessen LangleyBill Lazarus Michelle LesslyStephanie LeveeneLinda LipnerLawrence LumLisa LunaHelen Luo Jamiel LuoJim MacIlvaineShakir Mackey

Pearl MadisonSue MalickMolly MarionTatiana MartinezCatherine McClaneAlice McCainBecky McFarlandBarbara MillerLisa Braver MossMark MossLinda MrnakMUSE Students involved

in education and community engagement activities

Christobal NavarroBarbara OgmanMary OlowinJoe OrrSylvia ParkerJudith PascoeRicardo PastorAaron PaulJanet PetersonJackie PhillipsChristopher PostonAlthea RahmanLogan RobertsonJim RobsonPamela Robson

Abbie RockwellIris RodriguesVictor RosarioDeb RossKaren RossiJan SchmucklerNanci SchneidingerKathy SchultzAdrian ShihEd SilbermanAneta SperberCorinne SpringarnTheresa Steuve Monique StevensonGloria StingilyMichèle StoneJim TeppermanCarolyn ThaxtonIlona TurnerDiana ValleWei-Jing WanCynthia Webb-BeckfordMike WeissbrotSuzanne WertheimGia WhiteLoni WilliamsRegina Williams Marianne WolfMiles Wonchoba

Many thanks to our dedicated volunteers who help make all the work of Oakland Symphony, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Oakland Symphony Chorus possible. Volunteers donate their time, talent, and energy in many ways throughout the year, from education programs to concerts and beyond. If you would like to volunteer with

us, please call (510) 444-0801 or email [email protected].

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSJames Hasler, PresidentBette B. Epstein, Vice PresidentDon Rigler, TreasurerMonique Stevenson, Secretary

Dan AshleyCharles M. CraneChristopher DannAdrienne Duckworth*Joseph C. Frank, Sr.Carol HenriHarry HoweRobert F. KiddMark MossCarla Picchi*Deborah Spangler*Donna M. Williams

* Musicians’ representative

EMERITUS SOCIETYJames F. BellKevin BestSteven DeVetterTanya DrlikErik ErikssonMargery ErikssonPaul GarrisonRonald GazzanoDian HarrisonMargaret HeggRobert HeywoodKaren E. IvyConway B. Jones, Jr.Sue JordanLinda LipnerEdward LoveDebrenia MadisonBarbara MillerPeter MyersKaren NelsonSteve NichollsMary OramAaron PaulGenevieve PowerJohn ProtopappasMarlene RogersSusan SugarmanJohn TorpeyDon WalkerKline A. Wilson, Jr.

STAFF

ARTISTICMichael Morgan, Music Director & ConductorDr. Lynne Morrow, Chorus DirectorOmid Zoufonoun, Youth Orchestra Principal Conductor

Bryan Nies, Associate ConductorKymry Esainko, Chorus Accompanist

ADMINISTRATIONDr. Mieko Hatano, Executive DirectorAnne Cademenos, Senior Director of Development

Patrice Hidu, Office ManagerSchaeffer Nelson, Development AssociateArianna Rice, Box Office & Patron Services Manager

Lisa Takemoto, Operations ConsultantTy Walker, Development Coordinator

Marshall Lamm, Public RelationsCarole Klein, Orchestra Personnel ManagerPaul Rhodes, LibrarianElizabeth Vandervennet, Lead Teaching Artist, MUSE Mentor & Cellist

PARAMOUNT THEATRE FIRE NOTICEThere are sufficient exits in this building to accommodate the entire audience.

The exit indicated by the lighted exit sign nearest your seat is the shortest route to the street.

In case of fire, please don’t run – walk through the exit.

Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre.

No cameras or tape recorders are permitted in the Paramount.

For lost and found information, inquire at the main floor aisle 3, or call the box office at (510) 465-6400.

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