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MESSAGE FROM THE MAESTRO | 1MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 1

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 BRAHMS/SPHINX VIRTUOSO | 3OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 4RUBÉN RENGEL | 5MUSE ORCHESTRA | 6PROGRAM NOTES | 8

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020 OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS SPRING CONCERT: PASSOVER & EASTERTIDE | 11OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS | 13

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 AMY BEACH/ UNDERGROUND RAILROAD | 16OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 17OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS | 18GUEST ARTISTS | 20PROGRAM NOTES | 22SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT | 24OAKLAND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 25ANDREW CHAN | 26PROGRAM NOTES | 26

ARTISTIC STAFF BIOGRAPHIES | 28ANNUAL FUND DONORS | 31TRIBUTE FUND | 36CALVIN SIMMONS LEGACY SOCIETY | 37CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS | 37VOLUNTEERS | 38ENDOWMENT FUND | 39IN-KIND DONORS | 39BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF | 40

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This season has featured talents and themes deeply rooted in the Oakland community.

From our thriving jazz community that bore Taylor Eigsti and Josiah Woodson to new composers from our Korean community. Oakland Symphony Chorus to the Interfaith Gospel Chorus and Piedmont-East Bay Children’s Chorus. A monumental Oakland leader’s Playlist. The sounding of the Violins of Hope. And the final 2 concerts of this season will be no less significant.

In March, we showcase violin soloist Rubén Rengel, 2018 winner of the acclaimed Sphinx Competition for Black and Latinx classical string instrumentalists. And finally, the Symphony performs 19th Century female composer Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony as the Audience Choice winner and premiere the oratorio Sanctuary Road to the West Coast. Thank you all so much for being a part of the 2019-2020 Season.

And make sure you look for the program insert to learn about the exciting 2020-2021 Oakland Symphony Season. Subscribe now to join us in celebrating 30 years of extraordinary music making by Maestro Michael Morgan in Oakland!

Warmly,

~ Dr. Mieko Hatano, Executive Director

MESSAGE FROM THE MAESTRO

Our last two concerts feature a variety of extremely impressive soloists, a previous

winner of the prestigious Sphinx Competition, and a group of singers of tremendous accomplishment. Mezzo Soprano Melody Wilson will also be with me for my concerts in San Francisco in April and May. The Amy Beach Symphony was your last Vote for Music choice and allows us to continue our presentation of women composers. The Moravec Sanctuary Road, an oratorio about the Underground Railroad, has caused a sensation in several cities and we are happy to present the West Coast premiere.

This has been an extraordinary season and I thank all of you for all the well wishes in my search for a kidney donor, with special thanks to those of you amplifying the search through your own social media. For additional information, please see the Ask Michael Morgan page: oaklandsymphony.org/askmichaelmorgan.

Thank you for being a part of my 29th year here.

~ Michael Morgan, Music Director

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BRAHMS/ SPHINX VIRTUOSO

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.

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64 I. Allegro molto appassionato II. Andante III. Allegretto non troppo; Allegro molto vivace

Rubén Rengel, violin 2018 Sphinx Competition Winner

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

JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato

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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. ConcertmasterNatasha Makhijani, Assoc. Concertmaster

Kristina AndersonMatthew VincentCarla PicchiEllen GronningenDeborah SpanglerEmanuela NikiforovaJunghee LeeShawyon Malek-SalehiSteven Tjoa

VIOLIN 2Liana Bérubé, PrincipalDavid ChengCandace SandersonSharon CalonicoBaker PeeplesAdrienne DuckworthSergi Goldman-HullCecilia HuangRobert DonehewAllison Miller

VIOLATiantian Lan, PrincipalTatiana TronoBetsy LondonJill Van GeePatricia WhaleyStephanie RailsbackKathryn JuneauLinda Green

CELLODan Reiter, PrincipalJoseph HébertBeth VandervennetJeffrey ParishPaul RhodesElizabeth StrublePoppea DorsamNancy Bien

CONTRABASSPatrick McCarthy, PrincipalAlden CohenBen TudorDavid ArendCarl StanleyAndy McCorkle

FLUTEAlice Lenaghan, PrincipalEmma MoonAmy Likar

PICCOLOAmy Likar

OBOEAndrea Plesnarski, PrincipalRobin May

ENGLISH HORNDenis Harper

CLARINETWilliam Kalinkos, PrincipalDiane Maltester

BASSOONDavid Granger, PrincipalCarla WilsonKristopher King

HORNMeredith Brown, PrincipalAlicia TelfordAlex CamphouseRoss Gershensen

TRUMPETWilliam Harvey, PrincipalLeonard Ott

TROMBONETom Hornig, PrincipalDon BenhamSteve Trapani

TUBA Scott Choate, Principal

TIMPANIKevin Neuhoff, Principal

PERCUSSIONWard Spangler, Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGERCarole Klein

LIBRARIANPaul Rhodes

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G U E S T A R T I S T

RUBÉN RENGEL, VIOLIN

Venezuelan violinist Rubén Rengel is the First Place Senior Division winner of the 2018 Sphinx Competition. Rengel was the winner

of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Concerto Competition in 2014, recipient of the Anna Y. Tringas Award for excellence in violin performance at CIM in 2013, and was the winner of the Juan Bautista Plaza National Violin Competition of Venezuela in 2011. He has appeared as a guest soloist with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, the CIM Orchestra,

Virtuosi de Caracas, Filarmonía Caracas, and Arcos Juveniles de Caracas, and has worked with many reputable conductors including Theodore Kuchar, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Carl Topilow, Andrew Grams, and Ulyses Ascanio.

Rengel is an avid chamber musician, and a member of the Autana Trio, Bronze medal winners at the 2015 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Some of his chamber music coaches include Sharon Robinson, Merry Peckham, Joel Smirnoff, Norman Fischer, James Dunham, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Salaff, Itzhak Perlman, and Joseph Silverstein.

In addition to classical music, Rengel has extensive experience performing Venezuelan folk music and jazz. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, under the guidance of Paul Kantor.

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L O B B Y P E R F O R M E R S

MUSE ORCHESTRA

The after-school MUSE Orchestra is one component of Oakland Symphony’s MUSic for Excellence (MUSE) program. Aimed at 4th–6th graders, the MUSE Orchestra is open

to students from schools not served by our in-school mentoring program as well as over 20 schools that are, ensuring Oakland students have the opportunity to participate in our All-City Elementary Orchestra. This weekly program is designed to serve as a training ground for the first orchestral experience. The tuition-free program is fully sponsored by the Symphony and hosted by Franklin Elementary School and the Oakland Unified School District. This program helps students become lifelong learners as they move on to more advanced musical experiences.

During the 2019–20 season, participating students unite from the following 15 schools to form the MUSE Orchestra: Bella Vista, Canyon (Castro Valley), Chabot, Claremont, Cleveland, Edna Brewer, Franklin, Kaiser, La Escuelita, Laurel, Lincoln, Montera, Oakland School for the Arts, Roosevelt, and Sequoia.

For more information, contact Beth Vandervennet, Lead Teaching Artist: [email protected]

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L O B B Y P E R F O R M E R S

MUSE ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN 1 Darren Zou, Concertmaster Adelina LopezAva Lau Ava Victoriano Benjamin LuongBridget Epstein Emiliano Parker Garvin Xu

VIOLIN 2 Abigail Degefaw Asha NeelankavilDevayani Singh Elie Calibuso Nina PerniceRosa Parker Ruby Young Sol Hegarty AlcantarValentina Melgar Winnie Xu

VIOLIN 3 Corryn Bailey Isa Aleem Jeanette RiveraKarunyan Kamalraj Michael Tilaye Twyla Hoshida

VIOLA Ella Chu Liam Kinguyen

CELLO Abigail Tyrvanen Kaylee Quach Quentin Collins

FLUTE Gabriel Solomon

CLARINET Aniko English Bill Troung Lawrence EdmondMizuki Williams Sophie Lewak

TRUMPET Elita Gugel Johan Rivera GarcíaMatthew Beardsley

TROMBONE Antonio Rivera García

PERCUSSION Michael Anderson Ridwan Adigun

OAKLAND SYMPHONY TEACHING ARTIST MENTORSHande Erdem, Amy Likar, Candy Sanderson, Beth Vandervennet

STUDENT MENTORS IN TRAININGAva Calibuso, Nick Reeves

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

Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875–1912)

Born in London, Coleridge-Taylor was the illegitimate child of Daniel Hugh Taylor, a doctor from Sierra Leone, and Alice Hare Martin, an Englishwoman. At fifteen, he was

accepted by George Grove at the Royal College of Music, where his teachers were Charles Wood and Charles Villiers Stanford. His fellow students included Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst and Frank Bridge.

Coleridge-Taylor’s early compositions impressed Edward Elgar, who helped him secure his first commission, from the Three Choirs Festival. In addition to composing, Coleridge-Taylor was a conductor of various choral and orchestral ensembles, including the Handel Society and the Bournemouth Symphony. He was described by New York orchestral players as the “Black Mahler.”

Ballade in A minor was written in 1898, and first played on September 12 of that year, in Gloucester. The composer conducted the Three Choirs Festival Orchestra.

Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)

“I would like to write you a violin concerto for next winter,” wrote Mendelssohn to his friend Ferdinand David in 1838. “One in E minor keeps running through my head, and the

opening gives me no peace.”

Mendelssohn and David had known each other since they were teenagers. When Mendelssohn was appointed conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, he brought David in as concertmaster.

It wasn’t until September of 1844 that the Concerto was finished. David introduced it with the Gewandhaus Orchestra on March 13, 1845. Two weeks later, the soloist wrote to Mendelssohn: “I should have written you earlier of the success that I had with your Violin Concerto. It was unanimously declared to be one of the most beautiful compositions of its kind.”

The Concerto’s popularity sometimes obscures its structural innovations. Indeed, German musicians once devised a sing-along motto for the opening theme: “Schon wieder, schon wieder, das Mendelssohn Konzert” (Yet again, yet again, that Mendelssohn concerto).

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Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)

“The Waltz and Polka Affair” was Brahms’ tongue-in-cheek description of his Fourth Symphony, composed during summer vacations in the Alpine village of Mürzzuschlag.

The first performance took place on October 25, 1885. Though Brahms conducted, the rehearsals of the Meiningen Orchestra had been handled by Hans von Bülow, who said: “Number Four is stupendous, quite original, individual and rocklike. Incomparable strength from start to finish.”

Hans Richter conducted the Fourth Symphony in Vienna on March 7, 1897, just four weeks before Brahms’ death. Biographer Florence May described Brahms’ reaction to the thunderous applause: “Tears ran down his cheeks as he stood there, shrunken in form, with lined countenance, strained expression, white hair hanging lank, and through the audience there was a feeling as of a stifled sob, for each knew that he was saying farewell. Another outburst of applause and yet another; one more acknowledgment from the master; and Brahms and his Vienna had parted forever.”

—Program Notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2020

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Oakland Symphony Chorus

SPRING CONCERT: PASSOVER & EASTERTIDE

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 20208 PMCATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE LIGHT, OAKLAND

DR. LYNNE MORROW, Chorus Director

KYMRY ESAINKO, Pianist

Mah Nishtanah Ashkenazic melody, arr. by Joshua Jacobsonsolos—Stephanie Leveene and Gia White

L’Dor Vador by Meir Finkelstein, arr. by Joshua Jacobsonsolos—Jim Stenson, Christina Pingol, Karen Rossi,

Ricardo Pastor, Ken Saltzstine

Lo yisa Goy Hebrew Folk Song, arr. by Michael Isaacson

Samachti B’omrim Li (Psalm 122) by Charles Osborne

Yom Gila Sephardic folk song, arr. by Simon A. Sargon

Y’susum Midbar by David Zahavi, arr. by Alice Parker

Sim Shalom Jewish Folk Song, arr. by John Leavitt

Praise God, Halleluyah (Psalm 150) Robert Schoen

Elohim Hashivenu by Salamon Rossi (1570–1630)

Help Us, O Lord (from Four Motets) by Aaron Copland

The Song of the Sea by Cory A. Weisssolos—Susan Hernandez and Suzanne Freedman

Go Down, Moses African American Spiritual, arr. by David Eddleman


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Oakland Symphony Chorus

SPRING CONCERT: PASSOVER & EASTERTIDE

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 20208 PMCATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE LIGHT, OAKLAND

DR. LYNNE MORROW, Chorus Director

KYMRY ESAINKO, Pianist

St. Matthew Passion J. S. Bach 13 & 14—Das Osterlamm zu essen (We eat the Passover together) 21—Erkenne mich (Remember me) 37—Die Hohenpriester sucht falsches Zeugnis (The High Priests sought false witness) 38—Mir hat die Welt trüglich (The world has deceived me) 54—Lass ihn kreuzigen (Let Him be crucified) 55—Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! (The Shepherd sacrifices for the flock) 56—Was hat er denn Übels getan? (What has he done wrong?) 63—O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (O Sacred Head Now Wounded 76—High Priests worry. He said: “I will rise on the third day.” They seal the tomb. 77—Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht (Now is the Lord at Rest) 78—Ruhe sanfte (Rest gently)

Israel in Egypt G. F. Handel 9—He Smote the First Born of Egypt 13—He Led them through the deep 14—But the waters overwhelmed their enemies 15—And Israel saw that great work

Messiah G. F. Handel 28—He trusted in God that He would deliver Him 46—Since by man came Death 53—Worthy is the Lamb

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 AltmanNegine AriaBarbara BerryMayotis CephasSusan ChanGinny CochranRosalyn EpsteinSuzanne FreedmanDolores GilchristNicol HammondLiz HarveySusan HernandezJanet HubbardCarol HudsonMary-Jo Knight #Julie KuoSusan LambertBeth LamontJessen Langley *#Virginia LorenczLaura Gilliard MillerLisa Braver MossLinda MrnakErica PeckChristina PingolZoe ReinigerLogan RobertsonKaren RossiNanci Schneidinger*Jasmine StrangeIlona Turner #Gia White #Jennifer WildeLaura Wilson-YoungbloodDelia Zavala

ALTOJoy AtkinsonKarenlynne BradleyMegan ColumbusCynthia DodgeChristine EllisLisa FriedmanNikki Nahmens GageChloe GardenVanessa HebertMargaret HeggKaren IvyStephanie Leveene #Shirley LindleyLinda LipnerTheresa LoSylvia Parker #Dhira RamakrishnanMonique StevensonGloria Stingily #Cynthia Webb-BeckfordLoni Willliams *

TENORLaurence BrewerSwen ErvinJim HaslerGary JohnsonBernardino S. Juat, Jr.Curtis LawlerRobert McCreeDana MeyerBarbara MillerLouis OrrenRicardo PastorChris PostonJim Stenson *Cadence StrangeCole Van KriekenTed Vorster

BASSJim AhrensJeffrey Bean, Jr.Waipan Chan *Charlie Crane # *Ben CroninSheldon GreeneShakir MackeyKarl Malamud-RoamMark MossMichael NathansonJoseph OrrKen Saltzstine #Leo ScurryMark SlagleCalvin Wall

* Section Leader# Chorus Advisory Committee

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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 32 (Gaelic) AMY BEACH I. Allegro con fuoco II. Alla siciliana—Allegro vivace III. Lento con molto espressione IV. Allegro di molto


Sanctuary Road MUSIC BY PAUL MORAVEC LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL Inspired by William Still’s The Underground Railroad Records. Commissioned for and by the Oratorio Society of New York through the generous support of Joanne Spellun.

Hope Briggs, Soprano Melody Wilson, Mezzo-soprano Noah Stewart, Tenor Phillip Harris, Baritone

Oakland Symphony Chorus Dr. Lynne Morrow, Chorus Director



Oakland Symphonypresents

AMY BEACH / UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

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, ConcertmasterNatasha Makhijani, Assoc. Concertmaster

Vivian Warkentin, Asst. Concertmaster

Kristina AndersonMatthew VincentCarla PicchiEllen GronningenDebbie SpanglerEmanuela NikiforovaLyly LiSteve TjoaMarcella Schantz

VIOLIN 2Liana Bérubé, PrincipalDavid ChengCandace SandersonSharon CalonicoBaker PeeplesAdrienne DuckworthSergi Goldman-HullCecilia HuangAlison Miller

VIOLATiantian Lan, PrincipalMargaret TitchenerTatiana TronoBetsy LondonJill Van GeePatricia WhaleyClio TiltonKathryn Juneau

CELLODan Reiter, PrincipalJoseph HébertRebecca RoudmanBeth VandervennetJeffrey ParishPaul RhodesFarley PearceElizabeth Struble

CONTRABASSPatrick McCarthy, PrincipalAlden CohenBen TudorAndy ButlerCarl StanleyAndy McCorkle

FLUTEAlice Lenaghan, PrincipalRena Urso

PICCOLOTod Brody

CLARINETDiane Maltester, PrincipalGinger Kroft

BASS CLARINETCory Tiffin

BASSOONDeborah Kramer, PrincipalDavid Granger

HORNMeredith Brown, PrincipalAlicia TelfordAlex CamphouseRoss Gershensen

TRUMPETBill Harvey, PrincipalLenny OttJohn Freeman

TROMBONEBruce Chrisp, PrincipalCraig McAmisSteve Trapani

TUBAZachariah Spellman, Principal

TIMPANITyler Mack, Principal

PERCUSSIONWard Spangler, Principal

HARPMeredith Clark, Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGERCarole Klein

LIBRARIANPaul Rhodes

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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 AltmanNegine AriaBarbara BerryMayotis CephasSusan ChanGinny CochranRosalyn EpsteinSuzanne FreedmanDolores GilchristNicol HammondLiz HarveySusan HernandezJanet HubbardCarol HudsonMary-Jo Knight #Julie KuoSusan LambertBeth LamontJessen Langley *#Virginia LorenczLaura Gilliard MillerLisa Braver MossLinda MrnakErica PeckChristina PingolZoe ReinigerLogan RobertsonKaren RossiNanci Schneidinger*Jasmine StrangeIlona Turner #Gia White #Jennifer WildeLaura Wilson-YoungbloodDelia Zavala

ALTOJoy AtkinsonKarenlynne BradleyMegan ColumbusCynthia DodgeChristine EllisLisa FriedmanNikki Nahmens GageChloe GardenVanessa HebertMargaret HeggKaren IvyStephanie Leveene #Shirley LindleyLinda LipnerTheresa LoSylvia Parker #Dhira RamakrishnanMonique StevensonGloria Stingily #Cynthia Webb-BeckfordLoni Willliams *

TENORLaurence BrewerSwen ErvinJim HaslerGary JohnsonBernardino S. Juat, Jr.Curtis LawlerRobert McCreeDana MeyerBarbara MillerLouis OrrenRicardo PastorChris PostonJim Stenson *Cadence StrangeCole Van KriekenTed Vorster

BASSJim AhrensJeffrey Bean, Jr.Waipan Chan *Charlie Crane # *Ben CroninSheldon GreeneShakir MackeyKarl Malamud-RoamMark MossMichael NathansonJoseph OrrKen Saltzstine #Leo ScurryMark SlagleCalvin Wall

* Section Leader# Chorus Advisory Committee

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

HOPE BRIGGS, SOPRANO

Critically acclaimed lirico-spinto soprano Hope Briggs made her debut with San Francisco Opera as the Duchess of Parma in

Busoni’s Doktor Faust.

Career highlights include the title role in Aida (Nevada, Sacramento, and Cedar Rapids Operas), Leonora in Il Trovatore (El Paso Opera, Opera Roanoke, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek), Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera (Festival Opera of Walnut Creek) as well as

Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Frankfurt Opera) and the Duchess of Parma in Doctor Faust (Staatstheater Stuttgart).

Most recently, Briggs made her debut with the Reno Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ah perfido, sang Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Berkeley Chamber Opera, Marschallin in excerpts of Der Rosenkavalier with Fremont Symphony Orchestra, Nedda in I Pagliacci with Festival Opera, the title role in Joplin’s Treemonisha with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Opéra Louisiane.

MELODY WILSON, MEZZO-SOPRANO

Melody Wilson, a five-time recipient of the Jessye Norman Fellowship, is steadily gaining recognition as a rising artist in

the U.S. and Europe.

Career highlights include Blumenmädchen in the world premiere of Mondparsifal Alpha 1–8 ( Jonathan Meese’s adaptation of Wagner’s Parsifal ) under Simone Young with the Wiener Festwochen and the Berliner Festspiele, Mrs. Miller in Union Avenue Opera’s

production of Doubt, Mrs. Sedley in Peter Grimes and Mercédès in Carmen at Theater Bremen (Germany) as well as Maddalena in Rigoletto at the State Opera Budapest (Hungary).

Most recently, Wilson made her debut with Seattle Opera as Olga in Eugen Onegin, performed Sanctuary Road with Columbus Symphony, and garnered acclaim as Addie in Blitzstein’s Regina with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, as well as Fenena in Nabucco with Union Avenue Opera.

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

NOAH STEWART, TENOR

Noah Stewart has become one of opera’s most sought-after international performers. He made his debut at Covent Garden

as Hassan in Judith Weir’s Miss Fortune, a role he premiered at the Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria).

Career highlights include Samson at the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida (Spain), Don José at Scottish Opera, Osaka in Iris at Opera Holland Park (UK) as well as Don Pedro

Alvarado in Peter Sellars’ acclaimed production of Purcell’s Indian Queen, which premiered at the Bolshoi Opera, Teatro Real Madrid and Opera Perm (Russia).

Most recently, Stewart sang the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann (Nashville Opera), Cavaradossi in Tosca (Opera Birmingham, Nederlandse Reisopera, Michigan Opera Theatre), Greenhorn in Moby Dick (Opera San José), Tamino in the Magic Flute (Florentine Opera), and Don José in Carmen (Syracuse, Nashville, and Göteborg Operas).

PHILLIP HARRIS, BARITONE

Phillip Harris has sung as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, with the San Francisco Symphony in Davies Hall, at Lincoln Center

(Bruno Walter Auditorium) in New York City, with the Aspen Symphonic Wind Orchestra, the San Mateo Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas Percussion Ensemble. A winner of the Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he has sung over twenty operatic roles with organizations such as The Aspen Music

Festival, Island City Opera, Pocket Opera, Opera in the Ozarks and more. Oratorio solos include Messiah, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and Duruflé Requiem. His CD, Phillip Harris in Recital, is available on all major streaming platforms and he has also released a book, Songs and Spirituals: The Life and Music of Jacqueline Hairston.

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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 32 (Gaelic) AMY BEACH (1867–1944)

Amy Marcy Cheney was born in Henniker, New Hampshire. A child prodigy, she made her concert debut as a pianist at the age of sixteen. Two years later she married a Boston

surgeon, Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach. Thereafter she was listed in concert programs as “Mrs. H. H. A. Beach.” After her husband’s death in 1910, she changed her name to “Amy Beach.”

The Gaelic Symphony was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. Emil Paur and the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave the first performance on October 30, 1896. Composers George Whitefield Chadwick and Horatio Parker were there, and Chadwick wrote a note to Beach: “I always feel a thrill of pride myself whenever I hear a fine work by any of us, and as such you will have to be counted in, whether you like it or not—one of the boys.” These “boys” were a group of composers unofficially known as the Second New England School, and also included John Knowles Paine, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell. After Beach’s admission to the club, they became known as the Boston Six.

The work was inspired by the Irish-Gaelic tunes she found in an 1841 collection titled The Citizen. “Their simple, rugged and unpretentious beauty,” she wrote, “led me…to develop their ideas in symphonic form… Most of the themes are actual quotations from this collection of folk music and those which are original I have tried to keep in the same idiom and spirit.”

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Sanctuary Road MUSIC BY PAUL MORAVEC (b.1957)

LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL (b.1953)

Born in Buffalo, New York, Moravec is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia, Dartmouth, and Hunter College, and currently

teaches at Adelphi University. In 2004, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Tempest Fantasy.

Moravec’s oratorio, Sanctuary Road, was first performed by the Oratorio Society of New York on May 7, 2018, at Carnegie Hall. A collaboration with librettist Mark Campbell, the work is based on the writings of William Still, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes for slaves to escape to free states in the 1800s. Moravec says, “Time is the medium of music and memory is the mediator. In its sublime, mysterious way, music remembers. Composing music for this oratorio, I was guided by my intention to memorialize indelibly the spirit and events of this extraordinary chapter in American history. As William Still sings about the slaves he aided on their road to freedom, ‘Their testimony will never be forgotten.’” The work is comprised of fifteen movements; the first is a kind of introduction of the characters. There follow a series of stories, including that of Henry “Box” Brown, who travels inside a shipping crate. Another is about Ellen Craft, who disguises herself as a sick old man aboard a train to Philadelphia and discovers that her fellow passenger is the brother of her former master. Clarissa Davis prays for rain, so that she may escape by boat. Still himself appears throughout, especially in the finale for the five soloists and chorus, who intone, “Shout from every rooftop, loud as can be: Free.”

—Program Notes by Charley Samson, copyright 2020.

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 I. Andantino

Andrew Chan, violin OSYO Concerto Competition winner


ANTONÍN DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World) I. Adagio—Allegro molto II. Largo III. Scherzo: Molto vivace IV. Allegro con fuoco



Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra

SPRING CONCERT

OMID ZOUFONOUN, Principal Conductor

SUNDAY, MAY 17, 20202 PMCASTRO VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

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 R O S T E R

Omid Zoufonoun, Principal Conductor

VIOLIN 1Isabel Pulido, ConcertmasterMingye Wang, Asst. Concertmaster

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

VIOLIN 2Abigail Uy, PrincipalHarry Jo, Asst. PrincipalElla JeonKaren TamJolie YickEli JordanEmily ChangHonor ChoMichael OliveiraJoanna ZhuLuciana DongAnnie HsuAlbert DingAshley ZhaoShyam ByrdEva Lozeau de GuzmanJessie WalkerSina KalkanSoomin Kong

VIOLASeth Nixon, PrincipalArthur Thach, Asst. Principal

Shannon 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. Principal

Jeremy CollinsNatalie Mangoba

OBOEAni Jelalian, PrincipalAya RokeachAngela Seo

CLARINETNicholas Ebbers, PrincipalZoe King, Asst. PrincipalBrian KongVivien Li

BASSOONVincent Ciresi, PrincipalCaroline Kao

HORNMimi Canter, PrincipalAidan NgoJackson Hahn-SmithCole LameyerJada RamosSydney Shoka

TRUMPETOlivia Ott, PrincipalQuincy TaylorCamille Borris

TROMBONEAllison Rigler, PrincipalVidyuth Guruvayurappan, Asst. Principal

Olivia BeckettiIsabel Shic

PERCUSSIONSeth Miu

HARPAshlyn Ng

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G U E S T A R T I S T


ANDREW CHAN, VIOLIN

Andrew Chan is in his fourth year playing with the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra. A senior at Monte Vista High

School, his passion for music started when he began his piano lessons at age 5. At age 10, Chan decided to join his school’s orchestra playing violin because he wanted to be able to collaborate with others while playing music. Since then, he has continued to play both piano and violin, completing Certificate of Merit exams up to the advanced level and earning state and branch honors in

addition to being invited to play at conventions. He has also won prizes in local piano competitions such as the Contra Costa County Sonata Contest, earning 1st place in 2017 and 2nd in 2018. In his free time Chan enjoys listening to classical music, running, volunteering, and spending time with friends. He hopes to continue playing piano and violin in college.

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19I. Andantino

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Early in 1915, Prokofiev sketched an opening melody for a one-movement violin concertino. “I often regretted,” he later recalled, “that other work prevented me from returning to the

pensive opening” of the piece.

His chance came two years later, when he spent the summer at a country house near Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) turning his early sketch into a full three-movement violin concerto. A pianist, Prokofiev sought advice in writing for the violin from the Polish violinist Paul Kochanski, who was scheduled to play the premiere the following November. World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution intervened, and the planned performance was postponed.

The first performance didn’t take place until October 18, 1923, in Paris. By then Prokofiev had left Russia, toured the United States, and made his way to Paris, where Serge Koussevitzky offered to conduct the work.

Modernists criticized the work for not being complex enough. Georges Auric accused it of “Mendelssohnism.” A year later, Joseph Szigeti took up the Concerto, playing it all over Europe, and its entry into the standard repertory was assured.

Biographer Israel Nestyev writes: “Unexpectedly for Prokofiev’s music, a tenderly melodious, lyrical theme predominates in the first movement…It is almost impossible to find in any of Prokofiev’s early works a melody so simple and clear, so soulful and warm.”

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Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World) ANTONÍN DVORÁK(1841–1904)

Accompanied by his wife, six children and a cousin, Dvořák left Prague for the United States in September, 1892. The composer had misgivings about the trip, but the promise of an

annual salary of $15,000 convinced him to accept the directorship of New York’s National Conservatory of Music.

During his two-year stay in this country, he spent his summers at a Czech community in Spillville, Iowa, where he composed his last symphony.

Dvořák always claimed that the title referred to his “impressions and greetings from the New World,” but critics immediately accused him of wholesale theft of American folk music. While part of the first movement does resemble the spiritual Swing Low Sweet Chariot, the melody of the second movement was later borrowed by William Arms Fisher, one of Dvořák’s pupils, for his pseudo-spiritual Goin’ Home. Certain resemblances in the last movement to Three Blind Mice can also be regarded as allusions to the Czech folk song Weeding Flax-Fields Blue.

The Symphony received its first performance in Carnegie Hall in New York on December 15, 1893. H.L. Mencken was then music critic for the Baltimore Evening Sun. His review described the work as “a first rate work of art, honestly constructed and superbly written. It is clear, it is ingenious, it is beautiful. You will search a long while, indeed, among symphonies of these later years before you find better writing and better music.”

—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 MEMBERS Generous donors of $100,000 or more over their history with Oakland Symphony.

Anonymous (2) Bonnie and Jim BellGiles “Bud” Cropsey Bette and Robert EpsteinJames HaslerBeverly and Randy Hawks Jack Klingelhofer Cornell C. Maier Karl MettingerKaren and Steve Nicholls Berniece and Pat Patterson Beryl and James Potter Barbara and Joel Richmon Shirley and Philip Schild Robert A.D. and

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Davis RiemerBrian Ripley

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 recorded between July 1, 2019 and

February 19, 2020.

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$500-$999Fernando Aguayo-GarciaSylvia Ahern and Patrick TwomeyKristen AndersonJohn and Pat AnneeAnonymousEva Arce and Ross HoytDan AshleyKim BarkusJohn Barrett HouseholdBarbara BeeryEllen Bernstein and

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David Nelson DeRocheKathleen and Mario DiGiovanniMirjam Dijkxhoorn and

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Nathan RobertsonSusan Driscoll LaMayAdrienne and Tom DuckworthLuann DugganCortt DunlopAshley DunningNancy DyarRachel EidboRichard Eisner and Julie GordonPatricia ElliottLeila El-WakilJane English and Patrick FergusonJay and Judith EspovichLouise and Jonathan EubanksHarry and Sheilah FishMargaret FisherDiane Fisk-Arney and

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Peter HolstElizabeth HookJohn and June HopkirkSteven HornJoanne and Hadwen HowardDavid HowlandPatricia HowzeMargaret and Chenming HuLinda HuberCarol HudsonNancy and Campbell HunterAmy HydeAudrey Ichinose and

Michael CurtinFrederick J. IsaacSaralinda and Michael JacksonJonathan and Joy JacobsJulia JalalatMelissa JamesKatherine JarrettRosemary JenckesSharon JiangAlice and Dale JohnsonHeather JohnsonStephen JohnsonSheila JordanMichele JosephDalia JuskysMary KahnValerie and Dan KalbJune Kamerling and Dana MeyerMaria KangStephen and Ruth KassJudith KelsoBarbara Kennedy-DalderEllen Kerrigan and

Baker A. PeeplesBarbara Kesel and

Susan RosenblattDhira Khosla and

Kartik RamakrishnanEun-Young KimLaura KingMargaret KingMozelle D. KingJeffery KrossVirginia KrutilekAnnis and Nicholas KukulanSarah KulbergCyril KulkaMary Lou KurtzMichelle KwonEllen Lake and Bill HoergerSusan LambertKatherine LandJoanne and John LandersSun Mi and Chun Woo LeeRamsay LeimenstollAlice Lenaghan and Michael Stanish

Jean LevinMargaret and Stephen Levit

HouseholdKent LewandowskiDavid LichtensteinMeasue Liotta and Walter HarperBetsy and Karl LivengoodElisa LondonSharyn LoshakoffShirley Lu and Charles YoungMargaret and Lawrence LumPhyllis and Jerry LunElizabeth LynchKaren MaestasMary and Dale MalletJohn and Diane MaltesterTom ManginLinda and John ManzeckJudith Margulis and Jeffrey KesselMolly MarionBennett MarkelEileen McAndrewSara McAulayNorma Solarz and Steve McClaryB. Joyce McCullumEileen McDavidJennifer McelrathDorothy M. McIntoshKaren McLennanLarana and Jim McVayJohn and Karen MedfordJerene Meissert and Michael RobeyBartlett MelMargaret MellSuzanne MellardJames MeredithAnne MeyerKatharine Mieszkowski and

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David OjalaCharles OstrofeMary Jane PauleyAndrea Pearlstein and

John FranklinAnne PerkinsJesse PerryCarla Picchi and Kurt PatznerWendy Polivka and Evan PainterMarilyn PomeroyMichael PyatokGeorge QueeleyPatricia and Robert RaburnPaula RaineyRhonda RamirezDon RathBrenda and Geoffrey ReevesRobert ReidyNancy ReierMarie RheinGail and James RigelhauptJessica Riskin and Chris KutzEdith and J. Michael RobertsonAvis RobinsonAgnes RogacsiDebbie and Martin RokeachMarcie and Michael RooseveltAnn Root and Patrick O’ReillyRachel RosenFred RosenblumKaren RossiAlbert RoweHelen RubardtMary RudserLisa RuhlandFlora RussEverlena Russell-BanksNancy RutledgeRalph SamuelSuzanne SamuelCynthia SandovalChristine SchaafSteve ScheierNanci and Carl SchneidingerJanice ScottJane SeleznowLai-San SetoJoyce and Gerald Shefren

Joan Shepherd Mellows and Oliver Mellows

Peter SherrisTheresa SherryJoyce SidotiJanice SilvermanJohn Simmons and Gayle WilsonWendy SimonPenny SinderLinda SkoryKeith SlibsagerDeborah SmithDebrenia Madison and

Reginald SmithJeanne Sherry SmithSharon Smith-SilvaLinda Ann SnyderMagen SolomonKenneth SoreyJean and Richard SpeesHelene SpivakJoseph StecherA. Justin SterlingJohnetta StevensMary StevensSheri Stock and Harry ReppertSandy and Jack SummerfieldShannon SutherlandCarolyn SweeneyMike SweetlandEllen and Eugene SwitkesRichard TaftKen TarrantKevin TarrantJames Taylor IIIMary TealdiMike TennantDena ThalerNancy ThomasBen ThompsonFern Tiger and Paul ThompsonMarta TobeyElena and Christopher TooheyAlice and John TrinklSusan and George TroyFreya TurchenDavid TurnerIlona Turner

Katherine and Jose UmaliElaine Unemori and John KarnayDiana ValleMarnelle Vieira-Ducey and

Denis DuceyMarlene VogelsangCecile WalkerJulia Walsh and Stephen DellDavid WarrenPenelope Washbourn and

Daniel CawthonCarolyn and H. Geoffrey WatsonTania WebbKatherine and Jon WeinerGail Weininger and Leon WofsySigrid WeinmannJanet WeinsteinGail WerblinNatalie West and Robert SellinRichard WestGeorge and Bay WestlakeBarbara and Christopher WestoverPhillip WhartonGia WhiteElizabeth WierzbianskaMaureen WikanderSteven WilkensonHazel WillacyJudith and Thomas WillgingPatricia and Phil WilliamsThelma D. WilliamsClaudine and Charles WilsonOlly W. and Elouise WilsonValerie WinemillerForrest L. WinslowPriscilla WinslowBarbara Winslow WongElaine WongMarvin WongBenjamin YeeElaine YehEmily ZellAlana Zhou and Bin He

HouseholdCarola ZiermannArlene Zuckerberg and

Alan Gellman

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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 memory of Lill Anderson

The Anderson Fund Foundation

In memory of Bonnie Bell

Bette and Robert EpsteinCarolyn and Robert

HeywoodHarry Howe and

Michèle StoneSharyn LoshakoffSara NealyMary OlowinSusan and Stephen ShubLisa Salomon

In honor of Jim and Bonnie Bell

Jerene Meissert and Michael Robey

Susan and Stephen Shub

In memory of Dave Berry

Barbara Berry and Peter Liddell

In honor of The Board of the Oakland Symphony

Michelle Kwon

In memory of William Buell

Sigrid Weinmann

In memory of Mikey Butler

Virginia Hollins-Davidson

In memory of Ted Buttner

Rosemary Chang

In memory of Jean Chastain

Nora Chastain

In memory of Eddy Courts

Kathleen Courts and William Abernathy

In memory of Kay Daniels

Deborah Daniels

In memory of Rochelle David

Rena David

In memory of Mario DiGiovanni

Kathleen DiGiovanni

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 Sergi Goldman-Hull

Caryn Goldman

In memory 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 memory of Patti Heimburger

Shuler-Heimburger Family Fund

In honor of Patrice Hidu

Margery Eriksson and James Nelson

Linda Lipner

In memory of Thomas Higgins

Nancy Dyar

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 honor of Joseph Liebling

Carolyn Sweeney

In memory of Ethel London

Elisa London

In memory of Jean H. Long

Karen Long

In honor of Matthew Major

Catherine John

In honor of Emil Miland

Shannon Sutherland

In honor of Alison Miller

Lester and Martha Miller

In honor of Michael Morgan

Ernestine BraxtonCarol HaskellMarilyn LevinsonCatherine McLaneJames Meredith

In honor of Michael Morgan and Oakland Youth Orchestras

Karen EvansCarol Haskell

In honor of Oakland Students

Nancy River

In honor of Edwin Richard

Paul and Susan Sugerman Family

In honor of Helen ScheaffPease Family Fund

In memory of Margo Shafer

Brenda and Geoffrey Reeves

In memory of Ed Solari

Renee Solari

In honor of Nancy S. Sweetland

The Sweetland of Freedom Foundation

In memory of Anthony L. Varner

Margaret Mell

In honor of Donna Williams

Ed and Camilla Forhan

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 Leon Wofsy

Gail Weininger

In memory of Beatrice Tom Wong

Sandra Holloway

In honor of Ruby YoungEdythe Chan

In honor of Omid Zoufonoun

Patricia Chang and Charles and Ethan Tai

In honor of Casey and Jake

Ashley Dunning

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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

Thank you to our corporate and institutional donors who support Oakland Symphony in a variety of ways, including through grants, sponsorship, and the underwriting of our programs and events.

AAKAetna FoundationAnn 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 FoundationBingham, Osborn & Scarborough

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 TerminalThe Libitzky Family FoundationMatson NavigationMechanics BankMueller Nicholls BuildersMusic Performance Trust FundNational Endowment for the ArtsNational GypsumNationwide Life Insurance Company

Pacific Harmony FoundationPatrick and Shirley Campbell

FoundationPG&EPottery Land, LLCRea Charitable TrustRepublic ServicesSan Francisco FoundationSchwab CharitableSidney E. Frank FoundationSims Metal ManagementShuler-Heimburger Family FundSweetland of Freedom FoundationT. 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

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 †Bette and Robert EpsteinHerbert and

Leonore GriffinJames HaslerHarry HoweMark JacobsTerry Kulka and

Gary SemansRegina Lackner

Jane Ann LamphHarold Lawrence †David LeinbachKathie Long Edward LoveMargaret Maloney and

John MaloneySamuel Miller and

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

Monique StevensonJohn 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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V O L U N T E E R S

Janet AlpertRoberta AltmanDiane Appel andDaniel CottonAllison BlissSean BookNorman BooksteinCarol BravesSusie ButlerMylene CahambingSybil CarpenterMayotis CephasSusan ChanGregg CookOralia CoronaMichele CovingtonCharles M. CraneBrianna DeutschSusan Driscoll LaMayKathleen FerrisChester FinneganElisa FisherLaura FlickerBarbara FloresEllen GiersonSteve GreviousShirley GuggenheimerLiz HarveyLaura HaworthKendall Howse

Margaret HeggJack HenryJohn HenryBarbara HolmesHarry HoweCarol HudsonKaren IvyKatie JohnsonBernardino S. Juat, Jr,Christopher KeadyRobert KiddLucy KimSaeyeon KimKate KinseyMary-Jo KnightJeanne KornGillian KuehnerMadeline LaForgeSusan LambertJessen LangleyBill LazarusMichelle LesslyStephanie LeveeneLinda LipnerLawrence LumLisa LunaHelen LuoJamiel 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 SteuveMonique StevensonGloria StingilyMichèle StoneJim TeppermanCarolyn ThaxtonIlona TurnerDiana ValleWei-Jing WanCynthia Webb-BeckfordMike WeissbrotSuzanne WertheimGia WhiteLoni WilliamsRegina WilliamsMarianne 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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E N D O W M E N T F U N D

BUSINESSESActive Reading CenterAgave UptownAurora Theatre CompanyBatch PastriesBear 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 & WinesKP Asian Market

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, LLSSteve Silver’s

Beach Blanket BabylonSumbody 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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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 MossCarol PereiraCarla Picchi*Brandon PurnellDeborah 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 DevelopmentKatherine White, Operations & Finance Director

Patrice Hidu, Office ManagerSchaeffer Nelson, Development AssociateHiro Matsuo, Youth Orchestra ManagerArianna 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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