Let Us Break Bread Together: A Holiday Celebration

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Let Us Break Bread Together:A Holiday Celebration

Sunday, December 9, 2012 • 4:00pm • Paramount Theatre, Oakland

This concert is dedicated to the spirit of our community; together we can create things that each of us could not do alone.– With gratitude, Oakland East Bay Symphony oebs.org

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Message from the President of EBPAFor over twenty years, the “Let Us Break Bread Together” concerts have brought together a wide variety of musical ensembles to the Paramount stage. The backbone of these concerts has always been the amazing array of vocal talent which is such an integral part of our Bay Area community. Singing is defi ned by some as the “First Art,” and is often the form of music fi rst experienced by children, both at home and at school. It’s also the universal language shared by cultures worldwide, which is most within our reach and capable of expressing our deepest human emotions.

OEBS’ tradition of celebrating with song during the holiday season continues this year. Sharing the stage with Oakland East Bay Symphony will be over 200 singers, ranging in age from 12 to 85, showing that singing is ageless and a lifelong source of nourishment for the soul. As a member of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, it is a great pleasure and privilege to take part in sharing the gifts of light, hope and peace through song with all of you.– Monique Stevenson, President, East Bay Performing Arts

Message from the MaestroEvery year we are happy to bring you this most Oakland of concerts. Many additional collaborations have been generated following our Let Us Break Bread Together concerts. Most notably, there has been the work of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and our resident Kelzmer band, Kugelplex. It’s this spirit of cooperation that embodies the best of Oakland and the East Bay and your participation is, of course, equally important.

We are going just a little off the holiday path this year with our fi nal piece. By request, we are performing our version of America the Beautiful which opened every “Break Bread” concert when it was at other times of the year. The patriotic sentiment fi ts any season and with that, we wish you Happy Holidays!– Michael Morgan, Music Director

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BANC member listing as of November 1, 2012

For more information on this exciting collaboration of business and the arts, contact the Symphony at (510) 444-0801.

The Symphony’s Business in the Arts Networking Circle helps fund youth music education in Oakland.


Mueller Nicholls Builders and Business in the Arts Networking Circle present

Let Us Break Bread Together:A Holiday Celebration

Sunday, December 9, 2012 • 4:00pm • Paramount Theatre, OaklandMichael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor Bryan Nies, Assistant Conductor

Oakland Symphony Chorus, Dr. Lynne Morrow, Music DirectorOakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Terrance Kelly, Artistic Director

Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Robert Geary, Artistic DirectorMt. Eden High School Concert Choir, Ken Rawdon, Director

Kugelplex, Jason Ditzian, ManagerSue Bohlin, Piano Ellen Ho� man, Piano

Program Let Us Break Bread Together Orch. arr. by Ellen Hoff man Choral arr. by Terrance Kelly

Combined Choruses and Oakland East Bay Symphony

Alleluia Randall ThompsonOakland Symphony Chorus

Sim Shalom Warren SharlingPiedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

“Things” from Three Heavens and Hells Meredith Monk (West Coast Premiere)

Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Exultate Justi in Domino Andreas HakenbergeMt. Eden High School Concert Choir

Sing We Now of Christmas Arr. by Joseph MartinMt. Eden High School Concert Choir and Oakland East Bay Symphony

Maljarkica Traditional Hungarian Romani Arr. by Dan Cantrell

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Kugelplex

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah George Frederic Handel Combined Choruses and Oakland East Bay Symphony

IntermissionMedia Sponsors: Oakland Magazine, Bay Area News Group, East Bay Express

Season Guest Artist Accommodation provided by: The Hills Bed & Breakfast

The 2012-2013 season is supported by grants from the California Arts Council, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.


Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! John Williams from Home Alone 2

Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir and Oakland East Bay Symphony

The Three Kings Healy WillanMt. Eden High School Concert Choir

Ding Dong Merrily on High Arr. by Eric TuanPiedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Sleigh Ride Leroy AndersonOakland East Bay Symphony

little tree Steve Heitzeg text by e.e. cummings

Oakland Symphony Chorus and Piano

Land of Dreams Jonathan GoodwinPiedmont East Bay Children’s Choir with concertina, cello and piano

Two Songs for Hannukah Jason BauchCandlelight and Spin My Top

Oakland Symphony Chorus

Transcarpathian Roma Medley Composed and arranged by Dave Rosenfeld and Dan Cantrell

When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional, arr. by Terrance KellyOakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, joined by All Choruses, and Kugelplex

America the Beautiful Arr. by Carmen DragonCombined Choruses and Oakland East Bay Symphony

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Oakland East Bay SymphonyMichael Morgan, Music DirectorFounded in 1988, Oakland East Bay Symphony is a critically acclaimed and community-focused leading regional orchestra dedicated to serving the diverse population of the East Bay. OEBS has gained regional and national recognition for its unique convergence of artistic excellence, community service and education programs.

Under the artistic leadership of Maestro Michael Morgan, OEBS reaches over 60,000 people annually, with more than one-third of its operating budget dedicated to education and outreach programs. On the concert stage, OEBS has become an important positive force in bringing together the talents and resources of diverse artists, performing arts organizations and audiences from throughout the Bay Area. (Visit oebs.org for more information.)

Michael Morgan was born in Washington, DC, 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 fi rst worked with Leonard Bernstein during that same summer. 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 a guest conductor, he has appeared with most of America’s major orchestras.

In addition to his duties with OEBS, Maestro Morgan serves as Artistic Director of Oakland Youth Orchestra, Music Director of Sacramento Philharmonic, Artistic Director of Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, and teaches the graduate conducting course at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He makes many appearances in the nation’s schools each year, particularly in the East Bay, and is highly regarded as a champion of arts education and minority access to the arts.

FIRST VIOLINDawn Harms,

ConcertmasterVivian Warkentin, Asst.

ConcertmasterJeremy Preston, Assoc.

ConcertmasterDeborah SpanglerEmaunuela NikiforovaLina BouzeSergi Goldman-HullAaron RequiroJoseph MaileJosepha Fath

SECOND VIOLINLiana Berube, PrincipalDavid Cheng, Asst.

PrincipalCandace SandersonRobert DonehewSue-mi ShinMatthew OshidaThomas YeeMaxine Nemerovski

VIOLAMargaret Titchener,

PrincipalStephanie Railsback,

Asst. PrincipalJanice NegherbonKaty JuneauLinda GreenIlana Matfi s

CELLOMichelle Kwon,

PrincipalRebecca Roudman,

Asst. PrincipalElizabeth

VandervennetJeff ParishPaul RhodesElizabeth Struble

STRING BASSPatrick McCarthy,

PrincipalCarl Stanley, Asst.

PrincipalRandall KeithAbraham Gumroyan

FLUTERena Urso-Trapani,

PrincipalAmy LikarLeslie Chin

OBOEDenis Harper, PrincipalTom NugentLaura Reynolds

CLARINETBill Kalinkos, PrincipalDiane MaltesterDan Ferreira

BASSOOONJarratt Rossini, PrincipalJoan Burg

FRENCH HORNStuart Gronningen,

PrincipalAlicia TelfordAlex CamphouseRoss Gershenson

TRUMPETWilliam Harvey,

PrincipalLeonard OttCheonho Yoon

TROMBONEBruce Chrisp, PrincipalThomas Hornig

BASS TROMBONEDavid Ridge

TUBAScott Choate, Principal

HARPConstance Koo,

Principal

PIANOSue BohlinEllen Hoff man

TIMPANITyler Mack, Principal

PERCUSSIONWard Spangler,

PrincipalScott Bleaken

PERSONNEL MANAGERCarl Stanley

LIBRARIANCandace Sanderson

TECHNICAL DIRECTORSeth Ducey

RECORDING ENGINEERTom Johnson,

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ARTISTICMichael Morgan, Music Director & ConductorBryan Nies, Assistant Conductor

EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTSBOARD OF DIRECTORSO� cers & Committee ChairsBette B. Epstein, ChairMonique Stevenson, PresidentDian J. Harrison, MSW, Vice President & Chair, Governance CommitteeLawrence Lohr, Vice President & Chair, Development CommitteeSteve DeVetter, Treasurer & Chair,

Finance CommitteeLinda Lipner, SecretaryJames A. Hasler, Chair, Marketing & Programs

CommitteesDonna M. Williams, Chair, Investment CommitteeKline A. Wilson, Jr., Chair, Education CommitteeJames F. Bell, At LargeSteve Nicholls, At Large

Board MembersMichael CartmellMargery F. ErikssonJoseph C. Frank, Sr.Margaret HeggCarol HenriHarry HoweKaren E. IvyConway B. Jones, Jr.Jean-Luc LamirandeAmy Likar, Players CommitteeDebrenia F. Madison, Esq. Robert Marshak, MBA, CFA Ralph McDonaldKarl L. Mettinger, MD, Ph.D.Rev. Elder Jim MitulskiPeter S. Myers, Esq.Karen NelsonMary OramKatie PickardAndrea Plesnarski, Players CommitteeLinda Martin PurkissDaniel C. Quintero, Esq.James SchultzTom SchunnDeborah Spangler, Players CommitteeLoni WilliamsDebbra Wood-Schwartz

ADMINISTRATIONJennifer Duston, Executive DirectorAndrea Bell, Director of DevelopmentDebbi Hersh, Marketing DirectorPatrice Hidu, Administrative Assisstant & IT ManagerScott Horton, Communications ConsultantBirgit Hottenrott, Annual Giving ManagerClaude Kientz, Development & Subscriber Services AssociateAnn Moen, Development Associate & Special Events CoordinatorMaya Rath, Finance DirectorCandace Sanderson, LibrarianCarl Stanley, Orchestra Personnel ManagerElizabeth Vandervennet, Education ManagerIngeborg Wells, O� ce Volunteer


For 54 years, the 120-member Oakland Symphony Chorus (OSC) has been recognized as one of East Bay’s fi nest choirs and a premier resource for continuing education in choral arts. OSC has received consistently impressive concert reviews and has developed a wide range of educational programs for the community.

Dr. Lynne Morrow became Music 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 classical repertoire. She conducts OSC’s workshop performances of major works and a spring “Messiah,” hosts summer choral outreach “Sing-ins” and prepares the chorus for work with Oakland East Bay Symphony as well as other local community and youth orchestras, such as Oakland Youth Orchestra and Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, with which we collaborate.

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir is embarking on their 27th season under the direction of co-founder Terrance Kelly. Founded in 1986, the mission of OIGC is to inspire joy and unity among all people through black gospel and spiritual music traditions. The choir’s exquisite vocal harmonies and stirring gospel repertoire have led to performances with music industry greats such as Take 6, Walter Hawkins, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez, Peter Gabriel, tours to Canada, Australia and Israel, and performances at the New Orleans, Monterey, Russian River, North Beach, San Jose, Healdsburg and San Francisco Jazz Festivals. Find their performance calendar posted on www.oigc.org.

Mr. Kelly has garnered extensive musical credentials in both gospel and jazz music. His operatic range and joyous emotional feel for the music make him a popular soloist as well as an accomplished director, composer and arranger.

As founding Artistic Director he has directed the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (adult and youth). He is Minister of Magnifi cation at Imani Community Church. Mr. Kelly has been a favorite teacher at the Living Jazz annual Jazz Camp since 1982. He also travels to Canada and throughout Northern California to teach gospel music workshops and is a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus. (Cont’d pg. 8)

Oakland Symphony ChorusDr. Lynne Morrow, Music Director

Oakland Interfaith Gospel ChoirTerrance Kelly, Artistic Director

Oakland Symphony ChorusSOPRANOBobbie AltmanNatalie BalfourVeronica BurkeMaxine Butler *Mayotis CephasSusan ChanJooeun ChoiTheresa DeLargyElspeth DeShawGina DowenJane EnglishEllen HahnCarol HenriSusan HernandezCarol HudsonBonnie Landfi eldLinda MrnakDonna Oliver

Helen PappasPhyllis Pennington-KentSuzanne ReinfranckMarlene RogersNanci SchneidingerKathryn SinghAmanda Wardell Cynthia Webb-BeckfordGia WhiteMarianne Wolf

ALTOJana BasiliGinny BlumbergRena David *Yvonne DonnelleyMargery ErikssonElizabeth EvansJoyce Goodlatte

Margaret HeggKaren IvyJeanne KornDidi KubicekCarrie LeadinghamShirley LindleyLinda LipnerNancy LowenthalNikki Nahmens GageAnnemarie NicollMary OramJulie OwSylvia ParkerPatricia RavarraSuzanne SampsonPia SiegwartMonique StevensonChérie TurnerLoni Williams

TENORLinda ClarkeLaVora CopleyRay GebbieBernardino Juat, Jr.Arnold LeeWilson LeongPat MageeBarbara MillerJim OberhausenChris PostonJerry ReynoldsElizabeth SargentSteven SchultzJim Stenson *

BASSCharles Crane *Bill Everly

Sheldon GreeneMartin LandsdorfJames NelsonJoseph OrrColin SchatzWilliam ScottMark SlagleJared SolovayCalvin Wall

Dr. Lynne Morrow, Music Director Susan Soehner, AccompanistTina Newton, Chorus Administrator

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The internationally-acclaimed Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir has been off ering children an outstanding program of choral training and performance since 1982. The Choir is a leading force in global choral activities and new music. International tours every summer and a keen desire to meet, collaborate, and compete with has led to top marks at prestigious festivals across the world, and to the sponsorship of the Golden Gate International Choral Festival. Recognizing that the creation of art is a forward-looking and forward-thinking endeavor, the Choir has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works by living composers. The Choir regularly collaborates with major arts organizations such as the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Mark Morris Dance Company, and Volti.

Robert Geary, founding Artistic Director of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, the Golden Gate International Choral Festival, and Volti, also serves as Artistic Director of the San Francisco Choral Society. For the past 30 years he has overseen the development of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, an innovative education and performance program whose record of success in international competition is at the highest national standard. He has received conducting and educational awards, served as clinician and guest conductor across the globe, and conducted fi rst performances of more than 100 compositions.

Piedmont Children’s Choir RosterRachel AdamsMichael AdamsLucy AllenSophia ArtisIsaak BarajasSarah BeasleyAndres Beck-RuizTate BissingerKatherine BrownSarah ChinChloe CombesMilo DeOlivaresRuth DewitEmi FoggRachel FrostCourtney GaoJuliet HayesRyan HowzellNora HurleyDylan Jones

Nicolas LaiBryn LawsonOlivia LeeAndrea LeungRebekah LorenczFlorence-Faith MattesonRatu MaulanaAriel McEtchinSeth MoureBailey RamirezGenevieve RaushenbushCarmen SanchezWilliam Schaff Kay SibalElka SorensenEliana TallaridaDelphina WedellHannah WilliamsAbigail WillsonOrli Ziv

Piedmont East Bay Children’s ChoirRobert Geary, Artistic DirectorSue Bohlin, Associate Conductor and Accompanist

Oakland Interfaith Gospel ChoirSOPRANONicolia L. Bagby Gooding Brenda Bailey Amy Clark Leola Clark Barbara DavisKaya DavisHeather FigueroaDana Greenfi eld Lynne Gurewitz Grace KamauMidalia Lebron Maria LongLinda MackTeresa MackKellie MorlockSue Remley

Karla RobinsonValeria ScottJennifer Shelton Norine SmithDebra SturdevantCathy Warren ALTOAshley AndersonRose Armin-HoilandKeziah BuggsIsa S. Chu Annette Coff eyLiz Colt Lindsay K. ElamCheryl Espinosa-JonesJeanne Fahey

Deirdre Fogarty-HarrisKathy Guido-RespicioLauren HardySharon Hymes-Off ordCarmen T. JonesTheresa “Cookie” Priester Jyoti RaoKappe RousseauJunko Van LeuvenBecky Watson Loretta WinchesterNancy Zumwalt TENORPeter Bland Charlotte Gilbert Gracie Jones

Tessa Loehwing Bernadette McDonald Manuel Mendoza Carl Mosby Vincente MozellDaniel Pinkham Carl Resnikoff Vernon Staggers Quincy TaylorPaul ThompsonTom Wright BASSJim FisherJim Hooper Jason HorladorJack Mahan

David PageJames Powell Ed Schmookler Dewane Van Leuven Jared Wagner

BANDDavid BeloveLouis BurrellBen HeverohMiles Lathan

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Friday, May 3 • 8:00pmSEASON FINALE: SAINTS & SINNERS

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The Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir comprises approximately 110 students from throughout the student body. The ensemble is open to any and all students regardless of musical background or experience. The concert choir is the musical “hub” of a 6-choir program. The choir has had distinct honors over the years, including performances with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, New York City’s Carnegie Hall and performances with the Oakland East Bay Symphony and chorus. They have traveled to New York, Hawaii, Florida, and Mexico as well as throughout the state of California. They consistently receive top honors, awards and accolades.

Ken Rawdon has been directing vocal music at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward, California since 1990. He received his BA and his MA degrees in piano performance at California State University, Fresno. Mr. Rawdon has been active as a choral director for the last sixteen years. He has served on the board of directors for the California Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

Mt. Eden High School Concert ChoirKen Rawdon, Director

Mt. Eden High School Concert ChoirTrina AbdulMarie Ann AguirreJonell AvellanaCecilia AyalaAnna Rose BaldonoGeena BallesterosDaniel BenjaminAlecsis CanonizadoAnnabelle CaraosMaricel CariazoJulie Anne CaringalTerrence Caulfi eldJennifer CayananRocky ConcepcionNathaniel CorderoJessica CortezJustin CosicoFelicia DavisVanessa DavisIsabella DeCasasJasmine DeLaCruz

Renz DeLaCruzRobin DeLaCruzStephanie DeLaTorreJedd DescalzoLloyd DigalRalph DigalCindy DinhVu DinhCarla DucaudDennis FlorendoVanessa FloresStephanie FrancoMarvin FraniAvneet GandhiJeff GarridoIbeth GomezCheryl GonzalesSandra GonzalezAna HernandezJocelyn HernandezCristina Hernandez

Ma’ata HouaAmee IlloLana InfanteDeziree JaochicoKiana KingFedelyn LegaspiChenny LeysonFernando LopezKyle LosticaChristina LukbanPatricia MaduenoMarlon MagtibayDevi MaharajCzarina MalabedDonald MaloneCelestino MarroquinGabrielle MarroquinAshly MiradorGabrielle MolinaJustine MoralesAngelo Murillo

Henry NguyenJimmy NguyenKevin NguyenTherese NobleJackelyne NunezEphraim OcampoJohn Paul PerezThien PhamAudrey ReyesEleaine ReyesMeghan RobertsonCasey RodriguezHeidi RodriguezHailee RonningenSvethlana RutaquioJan SagunJoshua SaltibanKatie SandinRoxanne SantosDeja SellersIla Simos

Antanique SneadEdgardo SolorioKelsi StoneJody SturholmJonathan SturholmMichelyn SulitIren SungaCheyenne Taylor Austin TonelJodi TranAaron ValdezJoanne ValdezGennica VelascoNelssy VerdanChristian VillanuevaMaleyna VillarinRomeo ViloriaAbraham WhiteBenjamin WhiteSamara Wright

Mr. Rawdon’s many awards include the following:

1996 – Teacher of the year, Hayward Unifi ed School District.1997 – Educator of the year, Harvard University Alumni Club of San Francisco2004 – Educator of the year, Hayward Chamber of Commerce2012 – Choral Educator of the year, California Music Educators Association

Kugelplex is California’s rockin’-est purveyor of klezmer and old-world soul. Formed in 2001, the group inspires joyful, wild dancing at concerts, festivals and weddings throughout the Bay Area and beyond. This is Kugelplex’s seventh appearance at Break Bread! Their new album, The Frail Branch, is a journey through Yiddish-Turkish disco, Chassidic Carnivale, Smyrna taverna, swinging jazz, Romani crossroads, and good ol’ fashioned shtetl rockin’.

KugelplexJason Ditzian, Manager

MusiciansDan Cantrell, AccordionDavid Rosenfeld, Violin/MandolinEugene Warren, BassMichael Pinkham, PercussionLila Sklar, Violin/MandolinJason Ditzian, Clarinet

With Special GuestsEvan Fraser, PercussionAndy Strain, Trombone


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