Gustav Mahler's great fame restsprimarily on his symphonies,

depending on how youcount them, ten and one-half (!) in number. ButMahler began his compo-sitional career as a com-poser of songs, and theessence of his songs -their emotional, spiritual,and musical substance -lies at the heart of hissymphonic music, fromthe First Symphony allthe way through to DasLied von der Erde. We'll listen to songsfrom Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Songsof a Wayfarer, Kindertotenlieder andDas Lied con der Erde, and observe

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how they became part and substanceof Mahler's symphonies.

The afternoon's performance will fea-ture ChristòpherenNomura, baritone withRobert Greenberg andDaniel Lockert, piano. Apost-reception withrefreshments will allow usto gather and rub elbowswith the performers!

The Art of Song: GustavMahler - Song, Substanceand Symphony is at theHerbst Theater in San

Francisco. Tickets are $30. To reserveyour tickets, please contact JenniferSteffen at (415) 465-2765 or email herat jlsteffen@yahoo.com.

Once again our annual pilgrim-age takes off to the famousAno Nuevo beach to observe

the largest mainland-breeding colony ofNorthern Elephant seals.The males battle formates on the beaches andthe females give birth totheir pups on the dunes.It is a unique and unfor-gettable natural spectacle that thou-sands of people witness every year.During the breeding season, (12/15 -3/31), daily access to the Reserve isavailable only via docent guided walks.HCSF has only 20 tickets for this out-ing. Please pay in advance. $15 per per-

son includes roundtrip bus transporta-tion to the Reserve and docent tour.Tickets will be distributed at theHillsdale bus stop. No tickets will besold on site so reserve your ticket now.

Very Important details:Bring your own lunch,snacks and water. Thereis a gift shop at theReserve, but no food isavailable. Please weargood walking shoes and

rain gear but NO umbrellas (notallowed). Please park on Hillsdale Blvdabout a block West - all day, no timelimits. There is NO parking in theHillsdale Mall parking lots, or you willbe towed. Call Paul Toulmin (415-553-2261) for further information.

Love in the Sand DunesSaturday, February 7th, 10:00 am Hillsdale Mall - Ano Nuevo

CCuurrrreenntt EEvveennttssDate Event2/7 Ano Nuevo Elephant Seals2/21 SF MacLaren Park Hike2/22 Gustav Mahler Songs3/5 Warriors vs. NJ Nets BBall3/7 Wynton Marsalis Jazz3/13 Alexander String Quartet3/30 Harvard Glee Club (SF)4/3 Paul Taylor Dance4/6 GSW vs. Houston Rockets

After graduatingfrom Harvardwith a concentra-tion in Germanand FrenchHistory andLiterature, Ericattended FullerTheologicalSeminary in Pasadena on a RockefellerFellowship and then obtained his lawdegree in 1977 at the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley (Boalt Hall).

Eric is an attorney at the Office ofthe General Counsel (OGC) for TheRegents of the University ofCalifornia where he supervises com-mercial litigation. Before joining theOGC in late 1981, Eric was an attor-ney with the law firm of Landels,Ripley and Diamond in San Francisco.

Eric and his family live in Piedmontwhere Eric has served as Co-Chair ofthe Harvard Schools and ScholarshipsCommittee for the past ten years.. Hiswife, Joyce Hicks, is the Director ofthe Oakland Citizens' Police ReviewBoard, and his two children, Philip '04and Michelle '07 are currently attend-ing Harvard.

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In conjunction with its 2004 SpringTour appearances in the Bay Area, theHarvard Glee Club needs hosts tocomplement what canbe provided byitsown regional alum-ni and concert spon-sors. The 65-mangroup will perform atMission Dolores in San FranciscoTuesday evening, March 30th, and atSt. Mark's Church in Berkeley lateSaturday afternoon, April 3rd.

For both their San Francisco and

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President: Michael Sears '84/'85President-Elect: John Trasvina '80VP, Schools: Gautham Reddy '85VP, Communications: Oliver Chin '91VP, Information Management:Ronald E. Davis PhD '67VP, Activities: Jennifer Steffen '98VP, Membership: Paul Toulmin '59VP, Diversity: Lisa Webb EdM '86Treasurer/CFO: David W. Walker SMG '97Archivist/Historian:Andrew Jameson MA '52, PhD '58Latino Committee Chair:Sonya Cotero EdM '97Recent Graduates Chair:Justin White '98

Secretary/Executive Director:Jacqueline ParkOffice: 4200 California St., Suite 207

San Francisco, CA 94118 Phone: (415) 750-1442 Fax: (415) 750-1446E-mail: hcsf@harvardclub-norcal.orgWeb: www.harvardclub-norcal.org

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Hear Wynton Marsalis with the LincolnCenter Jazz Orchestra at the MasonicAuditorium in San Francisco. WyntonMarsalis is the most accomplished andacclaimed jazz artistand composer of hisgeneration as well as adistinguished classicalmusician. Mr. Marsalishas helped propel jazzto the forefront ofAmerican culturethrough his brilliantperformances, recordings, composi-tions, educational efforts, and hisvision as Artistic Director of the inter-nationally renowned arts organizationJazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC).

Mr. Marsalis's prominent position inthe performing arts was secured inApril 1997, when he became the firstjazz artist to be awarded the prestigious

Harvard Glee Club Tour ‘04

Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz

Berkeley stays, the Glee Club wel-comes alumni assistance for overnightaccommodations, meals, and trans-portation for as many singers as possi-ble. Each host will receive a compli-mentary pair of tickets for the concert,as well as HGC's sincere gratitude.

If you can provide hosting on any ofthese nights or want further informa-

tion about the per-formances, tickets, orother details of HGC's2004 Spring Tour inCalifornia, please con-tact the Spring Tour

Manager Andy Jorgensen: email jorgens@fas.harvard.edu, call (856)906-2425 or write him in care of:Harvard Glee ClubHolden Chapel, Harvard YardCambridge, MA 02138

The HCSF invites you to hear theAlexander String Quartet and RobertGreenberg who will perform MozartQuartet in C Major, K. 465 (aka"Dissonant") and the Haydn Quartetin G Major, Op.76, No.1.

Since 1981, The Alexander StringQuartet hasperformedacross four con-tinents, and isone of the pre-mier ensemblesof its kind.Greenberg is co-creator and lecturerfor the San Francisco Symphony'sDiscovery Series. Come to the HerbstTheater in San Francisco.Tickets are$40 for members and their guests, $45for non-members. RSVP to the Cluboffice or contact Jacqueline Park at(415) 601-5055.

Alexander String QuartetPulitzer Prize in music, for his workBlood on the Fields commissioned byJ@LC.

Under Marsalis’ leadership, the LincolnCenter Jazz Orchestra defines jazz

today. For more thanten years, fifteen of thenation's top instrumen-talists have comprisedthe Lincoln Center JazzOrchestra, the residentensemble of Jazz atLincoln Center. TheOrchestra spends half

of each year on tour, bringing the his-tory of America's unique artform tolife across the country and around theworld.

Tickets are $60 for members and theirguests, $65 for non-members. Toreserve your tickets, please contactJennifer Steffen at (415) 465-2765 orjlsteffen@yahoo.com.

Saturday, March 13th, 10:00 am San Francisco, CA

Sunday, March 7th, 7:00 pmSan Francisco, CA

Tuesday, March 30th, eveningSan Francisco, CASaturday, April 3rd, afternoonBerkeley, CA

Join usand the Yale Club to watch theGolden State Warriors play the NewJersey Nets on March 5th, and theHouston Rockets on April 6th! TheNets have reached the NBA Finals twoyears in a row. Their All-Star point

guard Jason Kidd isa local hoops leg-end from UCBerkeley. Nets tick-ets (section 220) are$27 each, a $5 dis-count for HCSF

members! The Houston Rockets fea-ture the phenomenal Yao Ming, their 7’5” center fromChina. Tickets forthis guaranteed sell-out are $32 (section213). RSVP to AndyBerlind at (510) 986-2214, fax (510) 986-2202, axberlind@gs-warriors.com. Hoopit up with HSCF!- Oliver Chin

Paul Taylor is a maverick moderndancemaker, going his own way withhis own style no matter the trend orthe times," proclaims The WashingtonPost. Now an annual tradition, the PaulTaylor Dance Company will performthis year in a three-program, two-weekseason, the Company's most extensiveoutside of New York.

Watch the following four dynamic per-formances: Aureole (1962) with musicby Handel's Concerti Grossi in C & F& "Jeptha"; 3 Epitaphs (1956) withmusic by Early New Orleans Jazz;Sunset (1983) with music by EdwardElgar; Piazzolla Caldera (1997) withmusic by Astor Piazzolla & JerzyPeterburshsky.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary year,the Company has chosen SanFrancisco to kick off its ambitious andalready-talked-about 50-state tour. PaulTaylor himself is currently creating

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Note: No confirmations are sent. Door lists are maintained. Reservations made less than 48 hours before an event must be placed with a credit card.Events at the University Club require a dress code: men wear a coat and tie and women wear comparable formality (no jeans or tennis shoes).

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Dance with Paul Taylor & CompanySaturday, April 3rd, 8:00 pmSan Francisco, CA

new works for the anniversary and put-ting together a program of past reper-tory including revivals of importantbut seldom-seen dances.

For example, Octavio Roca of the SanFrancisco Chronicle called Piazzolla

Caldera “an exhila-rating...deliciousmelting pot ofArgentine rhythmsand all-Americanmoves.Appropriating thetango without oncebetraying his own

style, Taylor here makes use of themusic of Astor Piazzolla in steamy,sexy ways that leave all the severalrecent tango musicals far behind."

Come to the Yerba Buena Center forthe Arts in San Francisco. Ticketsare$60 for members and their guests, $65for non-members.

RSVP to Jennifer Steffen at (415) 465-2765 or jlsteffen@yahoo.com.

Friday, March 5th, 7:30 pmTuesday, April 6th, 7:30 pm

NBA Basketball LIVE!

The Hope Street Group, a non-profit,nonpartisan organization, is sponsoring“Project California” which offers$5,000 to authors of winning policypapers that provide concrete ideas forovercoming the political and financialbarriers of “Opportunity Economics”in California. “[This] is the notion thateconomic growth is a crucial precondi-tion for expanding equal opportunityto all. And by the same token, enactingpolicies that promote equality ofopportunity generates long-term eco-nomic prosperity," explained StevenTidrick ‘94, the Hope Street Group'sPolicy Director. To expand opportuni-ty and economic growth, the HopeStreet Group intends to help shapepublic debate for the 2004 electoralcycle. More information can be foundat www.hopestreetgroup.org.

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Hike in the Heart of San FranciscoMcLaren is comprised of mostly exot-ic vegetation, with some grassland,new installations of native plants arehelping to reestablish a balance.

We will start at the parking lot offShelley Drive, and create a hike on a

seemingly-infiniteassortment of pavedand dirt paths.. FromMission St. in theExcelsior District,turn east onto PersiaAve. Continue onPersia as it transitionsinto Mansell at thejunction with Brazil,

then turn left onto John F. ShelleyDrive. Proceed 1/2 mile and turnright into a parking lot.- Oliver Chin

HCSF Annual Call for Nominations:The HCSF invites all members to propose candidates for Cluboffices and awards that recognize community service andachievement for our upcoming annual dinner in June 2004. Wewelcome nominations for officers, directors, or committee mem-bers. Also we encourage suggestions for individuals to honor asthe Distinguished Citizen, Secondary Educator, or HumanRights Leader at our annual dinner. Plus, please consider donat-ing worthy items for the auction whose proceeds benefit theclub. Please notify the Club office with your valuable input!

Rescheduled from the rainout on12/6/03! The northern section ofMcLaren Park is now a safe and pleas-ant destination for families, dog walk-ers, runners, and city residents cravinga bit of nature.With McLaren's318 sprawlingacres, inside SanFrancisco city lim-its, only GoldenGate Park and thePresidio have larg-er recreation foot-prints. The park'sgreatest asset is its topography. Unlikeflat Golden Gate Park, McLaren boastshills, which make it feel less like a parkand more like open space. Although

California Economy’s HopeSaturday, February 21st, 10:30 amSan Francisco, CA

Renew your MembershipStart the new year off right by renew-ing your HCSF membership for the2004-2005 year! Please encourage yourfriends to do the same or sign up ifthey are not members already. TheClub appreciates your support and par-ticipation. Contact the Club office withyour payment or to request a form tocomplete and submit.