Dear Friends and Members:

I would like to personally welcome you all to the 29th season of San Francisco Bay Area guitarconcerts! Each year we strive to bring you a diverse mix of the finest classical and acoustic gui-tarists in the world and this season we have scheduled 11 performances featuring 15 extraordi-nary artists. Four of our programs will take place in the beautiful Herbst Theatre. Those con-certs will feature guitar legend Pepe Romero, who will honor his homeland with a program ofSpanish masterpieces. Also at the Herbst will be the brilliant Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang,Czech virtuoso Pavel Steidl and the great Manuel Barrueco who will bring the Beijing Duo alongwith him. Kazuhito Yamashita will perform his transcriptions of J. S. Bach at the San FranciscoConservatory’s gorgeous new Concert Hall. We will have two evenings in the Mission District atthe Brava Theater with French maestro Roland Dyens and a phenomenal talent from Brazil,Marcus Tardelli. Carlos Oliveira and Ricardo Peixoto will share the evening with Marcus. Wewill present two San Francisco debuts in the Green Room, the fantastic Eden-Stell Duo from theUK and emerging star, Gabriel Bianco from France.

Tommy Emmanuel will return for two evenings at the Palace of Fine Arts. Tommy’s show isspectacular and his huge talent deserves to be experienced. One night is not enough to accom-modate his fans. Get your tickets early for this one!

The Omni Foundation Guitar Series is now widely recognized as one of the leading series forguitar in the world. It’s wonderful to have these artists come to our community and you can helpby joining us as a member of the Omni Foundation or by simply subscribing to the series. Iencourage you to take advantage of the various subscription benefits we offer. By doing so, youwill secure excellent reserved seating and take advantage of savings of up to 20% on single ticketprices. Seating is based on the date of your order so try to order as soon as possible. In thisbrochure and on our web site you can learn about the other benefits of becoming a member ofthe Omni Foundation including our complimentary annual bonus concert. Substantial studentand group discounts are also available. We hope that you will join us and become a part of thelongest running and most extensive guitar series in the United States. Enjoy the season!

Sincerely,

Richard Patterson

SUBSCRIBE FOR PRIORITY SEATING AND SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNTS!

The Omni Foundation Guitar Series is madepossible in part by generous grants from theD’Addario Foundation for the Performing Artsand Grants for the Arts/San Francisco HotelTax Fund.

Manuel Barrueco

From the Director

P R O D U C E R ’S C I R C L ED’Addario Foundation for the Performing ArtsTangent, Inc.Jim BidzosJohn & Joan D’Addario

F O U N D E R SLasecke Weil Wealth Advisory Group LLCTeri & Jeffry AllenDonatello Bonato & Jane KaplanBob & Ruth DellTim HallSpencer Quint

B E N E FA C T O R SMiguel AlsonAccord CaseSteven & Carol DimmickJohn HarrisWill & Anna HooverTodd JohnsonTerumi & Keith MacAllisterBillie J. Marks & John BurnierMichael MinAlbert & Roberta WalkerEric Wells

PAT R O N SLongay Conservatory of GuitarAnonymousMary Lou BairdGSPJill Slocum

S P O N S O R SIBMJohn & Sheila GirtonJudy Laverty & Bill CapachJerzy & Alicja OrkiszewskiJohn & Carol OsterRick SaraClyde & Joan SugaharaPaul Wotowic, M.D.Bill & Catherine Young

S U S TA I N I N G M E M B E R SRobert AraujoWilliam BelkLawrence & Kim FerraraLinda & Michael FindleyBrian GleesonClifford Hopper

R E G U L A R M E M B E R SDiane ImaiDeborah Robbins

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R SRichard Patterson, PresidentBarbara Sue Geil, TreasurerSteven Dimmick, SecretaryJim BidzosTim Hall

A D V I S O RY B O A R DJim D’AddarioJohn D’AddarioRuth A. FeltCurtis RenshawDavid TanenbaumBill Young

A D M I N I S T R AT I V ELinda Montalto, Administrative DirectorDesign: Studio Y (www.Studio-Y.com)

Our commitment is to bring the finest guitarists in theworld to the Bay Area and present these artists in venueswhich are appropriate to the acoustic guitar. Earnedrevenue from ticket sales covers only a portion of thecosts in presenting these concerts and we rely on yourcontributions to balance current expenses and insurecontinued success. Join the individuals and companieswho have supported us during the past season. (Checkwith your company regarding matching gift programs.You may be able to increase your gift level.)

Regular Member ($50 - $99) Receive advanceseason announcements and listing in all programs.

Sustaining Member ($100 - $299) Receiveall of the above plus priority seaing for all concerts.

Sponsor ($300 - $499) Receive all of the above plusan invitation to a recital in a private home.

Patron ($500 - $899) Receive advance seasonannouncements, listing in all programs, one complimentaryfull series subscription and an invitation to a recital in aprivate home.

Benefactor ($900 - $1199) All of the above plusan additional full series subscription.

Founder ($1200 - $2499) All of the above plus aninvitation to a private backstage reception with a selectartist, and an evening for two at the charming MajesticHotel in San Francisco.

Producer’s Circle ($2500+ above) All of theabove plus complimentary reserved parking for all concerts.

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