Camerata Pacifica 2021-2022 Season Program

21/22 Season 21/22 The Warner Henry Season

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It is simply impossible to think of classical music in Los Angeles without thinking of Warner Henry. Warner and his wife Carol have been pillars of support for music across the city—leaders for the Los Angeles Opera, Chamber Orchestra, The Colburn School, Da Camera Society, Musica Angelica...the list is endless. And while their generosity is immeasurable, it was always personal for Warner and Carol. They believed in the groups they supported and could be counted upon to be at as many performances as their schedules would permit—their support was meaningful and their beautiful home ever open, always hosting a fundraiser for a worthy arts organization.

Warner was a passionate and knowledgable music lover, with a particular fondness for baroque music, and for Mozart and Beethoven. I first met Warner at a house concert when he shared he believed one of Mozart’s most beautiful compositions was his K. 617 Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello & Glass Harmonica, but that he’d never heard it live. “I can fix that,” said I, and so began our friendship and, indeed, also one with a Parisian glass harmonica player.

Warner served on Camerata Pacifica’s Board of Directors and was instrumental in our surviving the Great Recession. He also was the reason Camerata Pacifica began performing in downtown Los Angeles. Another conversation with him, this time about Beethoven’s late string quartets, resulted in Camerata Pacifica’s 2-season “Why Beethoven?” project. One had to be careful in a conversation with Warner!

Always available, Warner was a sounding board for me. Over lunches, dinners and many, many glasses of Henry-family-produced wine, he would illuminate the wisdom of my ideas or, more often, spotlight its resounding absence! He’d steer the conversation towards my clearest thinking with such gentleness I’d barely notice. I will miss those occasions. Some have a presence so large and reassuring to us we mistake it for permanence, so that their loss, when it comes, is all the more shocking.

WARNER HENRY, 1938-2020

Warner’s legacy is assured— a loving family guarantees that—but also for decades his heart was a source that propelled so much music enjoyed across Los Angeles.

For those who’ve had a particular performance touch their hearts those notes ring still, never to be dulled. That’s a legacy, and that’s the inextinguishable nature of this wonderful artform. While we have the privilege to be with it, we are its stewards, with a responsibility to hand it to the next generation more than when we received it.

Warner certainly has done his part, and we are honored to offer this season of concerts in memory of our dear friend.

Adrian Spence, Founder & Artistic Director

In Memoriam

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CAMERATA PACIFICA • BACH PROGRAM TOUR2021/2022 2022

Johann Sebastian Bach may well be the seminal figure in classical music.

The Well-Tempered Clavier, The St. Matthew Passion, Cello Suites, Brandenburg Concertos, Musical Offering … undisputed musical icons firmly embedded in our culture, which influenced the generations of composers who followed. On this trip, venturing from Leipzig & Berlin, we’ll visit where Bach lived and worked; including Köthen, Dresden, Weimar and Potsdam, exploring his life and the philosophical milieu that informed his compositions.

Camerata trips, while packed full of activities, also allow plenty of time for rest, sightseeing and simply enjoying the locales.

And, always, unique and surprising experiences possible only with Camerata Pacifica.

This is a first-class trip with 5-star accommodation. Cost in the region of $10,000 per person exclusive of airfare. Maximum 20 participants.

To be kept apprised of the developing itinerary, register by emailing: operations@cameratapacifica.org When opened, reservations will be first offered to previous Camerata Pacifica travelers, then to current registrants, in the order received.

Leipzig & Berlin | September 6th – 19th, 2022

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Camerata Pacifica Camerata Pacifica’s mission is to affect positively how people experience live performances of classical music. The organization will engage our audience intellectually and emotionally by presenting the finest performances of familiar and lesser-known masterworks in venues that emphasize intimacy and a personal connection with the music and musicians.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kimberley Valentine, President Titus Brenninkmeijer, Finance Chair Susan Keats, Secretary Greg Scott Randy Shulman

Adrian Spence Stan Tabler Amalia Taylor Mary Tonetti Dorra Judith Vida-Spence

CAMERATA PACIFICA STAFF Adrian Spence, Artistic Director Roger Wight, Executive Director Yumi Tamashiro, Director of Programs Denise Omana, Operations Manager Daniel Irick, Patron Services Manager LIFETIME MEMBERS OF CAMERATA PACIFICA Jordan and Sandra Laby Donald McInnes Warren Jones John Steinmetz William A. Stewart

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PROGRAM César Franck (1822–1890)

Paul Huang

The Bob Christensen Chair in Violin

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Violin Sonata in A Major I. Allegretto ben moderato II. Allegro III. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia IV. Allegretto poco mosso

29’00”

John Corigliano (b. 1938)

Selections from The Red Violin Caprices 10’00”

Paul Huang Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)

Paul Huang

Ani Aznavoorian, cello

Gilles Vonsattel

Trio in G Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 15 I. Moderato assai II. Allegro, ma non agitato III. Finale. Presto

30’00”

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PROGRAM Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)

Sonata Duodecima, Op. 16, Nº. 12

9’00”

Michel Blavet (1700–1768)

Emi Ferguson

Paolo Bordignon

William Short

Sonata in G Major, Op. 2, Nº. 1, “L’Henriette” I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Rondeau “L’Henriette” IV. Presto

13’00”

Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)

Emi Ferguson

Paolo Bordignon

William Short

Flute Sonata in A Major I. Adagio II. A la Francese III. Allegro (Variations)

16’00”

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

Emi Ferguson

William Short

Paolo Bordignon

Pieces de Clavecin en Concert, Nº. 1 in C Minor I. La Coulicam II. La Livri III. Le Vézinet

9’00”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Sonata Nº. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” I. Allegro con brio II. Introduzione. Adagio molto III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

25’00”

Emi Ferguson, flute Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord William Short, bassoon

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PROGRAM Clarice Assad (b. 1978)

Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Kristin Lee, The Bernard Gondos Chair in Violin Jason Uyeyama, violin Timothy Ridout, viola Ani Aznavoorian, cello

Synchronous 10’00” I. Sunrise Reverie II. News Feed

Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)

Nicholas Daniel

Kristin Lee

Jason Uyeyama Timothy Ridout Ani Aznavoorian

Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet I. Assai sostenuto II. Andante con moto III. Vivace

22’00”

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Kristin Lee

Jason Uyeyama

Timothy Ridout

Jonathan Moerschel, viola Ani Aznavoorian

String Quintet Nº. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 I. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio II. Adagio III. Un poco allegretto IV. Vivace ma non troppo presto

30’00”

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The Jordan & Sandra Laby Series

PROGRAM Lou Harrison (1917–2003)

Ji Hye Jung, percussion

Kristin Lee, The Bernard Gondos

Chair in Violin

Molly Morkoski, piano

Varied Trio 16’00” I. Gending II. Bowl Balls III. Elegy IV. Rondeau In Honor Of Fragonard V. Dance

Andy Akiho (b. 1979)

Stop Speaking 5’00”

Ji Hye Jung Thierry De Mey (b. 1956)

Silence Must Be 6’00”

Ji Hye Jung Mark Applebaum (b. 1967)

Aphasia 9’00”

Ji Hye Jung Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984)

Ji Hye Jung

Molly Morkoski

Double Happiness 12’00” I. Self Portrait, Part I II. Interlude I III. Self Portrait, Part II IV. Interlude II V. New Year’s Song (for Sarah)

Kevin Puts (b. 1972)

And Legions Will Rise 17’00”

Ji Hye Jung Kristin Lee Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet

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Santa Barbara

The Jordan & Sandra Laby Series

PROGRAM Krystof Zgraja (b. 1950)

Virtuoso Flamenco Study Nº. 1 for Flute Solo

5’00”

Sofia Viland, flute Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)

Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Ben Goldscheider, horn

Henry Kramer, piano

Trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano, Op. 188 I. Allegro moderato II. Scherzo, Molto vivace III. Adagio IV. Finale, Allegro ma non troppo

25’00”

Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972)

Woodlands for Solo Bassoon

11’00”

Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013)

Sofia Viland

Henry Kramer

Sonatina for Flute and Piano I. Allegretto II. Andante III. Animé

9’00”

John Harbison (b. 1938)

Sofia Viland

Nicholas Daniel

Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet

Benjamin Goldscheider

Bram van Sambeek

Quintet for Winds I. Intrada II. Intermezzo III. Romanza IV. Scherzo V. Finale

Bram van Sambeek, bassoon

23’00”

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PROGRAM J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Overture in the French Style in B Minor BWV 831 I. Overture II. Courante III. Gavotte I IV. Gavotte II V. Passepied I VI. Passepied II VII. Sarabande VIII. Bourrée I IX. Bourrée II X. Gigue XI. Echo

George Frideric Handel/ Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)

Passacaglia in G Minor for Violin & Cello

32’00”

7’00”

Kristin Lee, The Bernard Gondos Chair in Violin Ani Aznavoorian, cello Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Kristin Lee

Melissa Reardon, viola

Ani Aznavoorian

Gilles Vonsattel

Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47 I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo II. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio II III. Andante cantabile IV. Finale: Vivace

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Adrian Spence founded Camerata Pacifica when he was 25 years old, as The Bach Camerata. Originally a chamber orchestra, its inaugural performance was Bach’s 6 Brandenburg Concertos on December 3rd, 1990 in Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre. In 1994 the name changed to Camerata Pacifica and the ensemble launched into a dedicated exploration of the world of chamber music. Over the course of 32 seasons, Camerata Pacifica has developed a loyal following, now presenting resident series in Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Marino and Los Angeles.

As an administrator, Spence created a business model to permit the presentation of world-class artists in intimate venues, emphasizing the essence of chamber music.

Camerata Pacifica’s artists, drawn from around the world, are selected by Spence not just because they are exceptional musicians, but because their individual characters combine in an eclectic and compelling mix, that is the ensemble’s distinct personality.

The musicians’ personality is matched by that of the audience. Over 3 decades, the maxim “treat intelligent people intelligently” has informed an uncompromising approach to programming, enthusiastically embraced by an audience whose intellectual curiosity is evident at every performance. Heritage works are presented in context with less familiar music and newly commissioned works, in a manner welcoming, provocative and, occasionally, challenging — always illuminating the limitless reward provided by the chamber music repertoire. The production of new music is critical to Spence’s mission, with a commissioning

portfolio of 16 works by composers who include; John Harbison, Jake Heggie, Huang Ruo, Lera Auerbach, Bright Sheng, Ian Wilson, David Bruce & John Luther Adams. Currently, another 4 commissions are in process, from Emma-Ruth Richards, Clarice Assad, Libby Larsen & Niloufar Nourbakhsh.

In 2020 Spence developed a landmark resource for hospitals entitled The Nightingale Channel. The initiative draws upon Camerata Pacifica’s extensive video library to create curated programming delivered to patient bedsides, offering interest and solace when it can be particularly meaningful. The program launched in 2021 in a collaboration with UCLA Health and is now being shared with hospitals across the country.

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The Strad magazine describes cellist Ani Aznavoorian as having “scorchingly committed performances that wring every last drop of emotion out of the music.

Her technique is well-nigh immaculate, she has a natural sense of theater, and her tone is astonishingly responsive.” Ms. Aznavoorian has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the Juilliard Orchestra.

ANI AZNAVOORIAN, PRINCIPAL CELLO

Ms. Aznavoorian is an avid chamber musician, and this season marks her 15th year as principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica. She also performs regularly at the Seattle Chamber Music Society and at the Jupiter Chamber Players series in NY, along with numerous other chamber music festivals around the globe. Her many accolades include being the recipient of the prestigious Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award in Tokyo, Japan for her outstanding cello playing and artistry, being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts upon receiving a medal by President Bill Clinton, and being a prize winner of the International Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki, Finland. She is a proponent of new music

and she has premiered cello concertos by Lera Auerbach and Ezra Laderman and continues to expand the chamber music repertoire with over two dozen commissions and world premier performances. Teaching is also important to her, and she has served on the distinguished faculty of the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and she is often asked to give master classes when she travels to perform. The 2021-22 season includes the release of an upcoming all Armenian cello/piano cd with her pianist sister Marta in conjunction with a promotional tour. Ms. Aznavoorian records for Cedille Records and she proudly performs on a cello made by her father Peter Aznavoorian in Chicago.

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Nicholas won the 1980 BBC Young Musician competition, after which he quickly established his career, travelling all over the world, broadcasting widely, making his debut at the Proms, and he has made many critically acclaimed recordings of both new and familiar works. As a soloist he has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, performing a huge range of repertoire and premiering works written especially for him by many

of the world’s greatest composers. He is a founder member of the Britten Sinfonia, the Haffner Wind Ensemble, Orsino, and the Britten Oboe Quartet, and a member of Camerata Pacifica in California. He lives in Cambridgeshire, U.K. with his husband and his cats Cristāl, a British Blue, and Diamond, a Maine Coon. He is Professor at the Trossingen Musikhochschule in Germany, where he guides a class of outstanding young Oboists.

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Nicholas Daniel is one of Britain’s best known musicians. He has premiered hundreds of new works for the Oboe and made many critically acclaimed recordings. He is also a successful conductor, including being Music Director of the critically acclaimed Orion Orchestra in London and of Triorca, young musicians from Germany, the UK and Serbia. He was given the Queen’s medal for Music in 2011 and appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020.

NICHOLAS DANIEL, PRINCIPAL OBOE

The multi-award-winning Spanish clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester is considered one of the finest classical soloists and chamber music artists of his generation.

He has been hailed for his “technical wizardry and tireless enthusiasm” (The New York Times), and his “subtle and consummate artistry” (Santa Barbara Independent). The recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2008, and winner of both the Young Concert Artists and Astral Artists auditions, he is a solo artist and chamber musician in great demand.

Mr. Franch-Ballester is a recentlyappointed Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Mr. Franch-Ballester regularly performs as the Principal Clarinetist at Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara, California and appears with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York.

As a concerto soloist, he has performed with orchestras such us the BBC Concert Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Mexico, I Musici Montreal, and Orquesta of the Radio Television in Spain, among others. He

collaborates regularly with chamber music festivals around the globe such as Music@Menlo, Mainly Mozart, Chamber Music Northwest, Nexus Festival Tokyo, Westport Festival Ireland, Kon-Tiki Festival Norway and the Dresden Music Festival.

Born in Moncofa into a family of musicians, Mr. Franch-Ballester graduated from the Joaquin Rodrigo Music Conservatory in Valencia, continuing his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Donald Montanaro and Ricardo Morales. As a recording artist, he has appeared on labels such as Deutsche Gramophon, Harmonie Mundi and Warner Music.

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Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is considered to be one of the most distinctive artists of his generation. The Washington Post remarked that Mr. Huang “possesses a big, luscious tone, spot-on intonation and a technique that makes the most punishing string phrases feel as natural as breathing,”

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Mr. Huang’s recent highlights have included acclaim debut at Bravo!Vail Music Festival stepping in for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 with Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin, appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev, Detroit Symphony with Leonard Slatkin, Houston Symphony with Andres Orozco-Estrada, Baltimore Symphony with Markus Stenz, and recital debuts at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland and Aspen Music Festival.

During the 2021-22 season, Mr. Huang will open the Nürnberger Symphoniker season as well as appearances with the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Lahav Shani, and the

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National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan with Tan Dun. 2021-22 season recital and chamber music performances include Mr. Huang’s returns to both the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Camerata Pacifica, and a recital tour in Taiwan with pianist Helen Huang.

Mr. Huang’s recent recital engagements inclu de d Lincoln Center’s “ G re at Performers” series and a return engagement at the Kennedy Center. He also stepped in for Midori with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony to critical acclaim.

Mr. Huang has also made debuts at the

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Wigmore Hall, Seoul Arts Center, and the The Juilliard School, where he earned his Louvre in Paris.

Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. He plays on the Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang began violin legendary 1742 “ex-Wieniawski” Guarneri lessons at the age of seven. He is a recipient del Gesù on extended loan through the of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship at Stradivari Society of Chicago.

Percussionist Ji Hye Jung has been praised as “spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “extraordinary” by the Ventura County Star, with the Times further describing her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.”

With percussion repertoire still in its formative stages, Jung feels strongly about collaborating with composers to further the creation of a new voice for the art form. She has commissioned and premiered works by Kevin Puts, Emma O’Halloran, Annika Scolofsky, Bora Yoon, Molly Herron, Christopher Theofanidis, Alehandro Viñao, Lukas Ligeti, Paul Lansky, Jason Treuting, David Bruce, Huang Ruo, and John Serry.

also recorded Stravinsky’s Les Noces with JoAnn Falletta at the Virginia Arts Festival, performed as soloist with David Robertson conducting an all-Messiaen program at Carnegie Hall. Ms Jung made her American concerto debut in 2005 with the Houston Symphony under the baton of Hans Graf.

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In 2015, Jung was named Associate Professor of Percussion at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. She Jung frequently performs with many previously served as Associate Professor of today’s most important conductors of Percussion at the University of Kansas and instrumentalists. For ten years she for six years. has served as principal percussionist with West Coast chamber ensemble Jung completed a Master of Music degree Camerata Pacifica, with whom she from the Yale School of Music and a has premiered works by Bright Sheng Bachelor of Music degree at the Peabody and Huang Ruo. As a member of the Institute of Johns Hopkins University, both Percussion Collective Ms. Jung has been under the tutelage of Robert van Sice. As featured with the Oregon Symphony an artist endorser, she proudly represents Orchestra, The Louisville Orchestra, the Pearl/Adams instruments, Vic Firth sticks Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and the and mallets, and Zildjian cymbals.

Curtis Symphony Orchestra. She has A recipient of the 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as a top prizewinner of the 2012 Walter W. Naumburg Competition and the Astral Artists’ 2010 National Auditions, Kristin Lee is a violinist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique who enjoys a vibrant career as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Emerald City Music in Seattle and was recently appointed to the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music faculty as Assistant Professor of Violin.

Lee has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Ural Philharmonic of Russia, Korean

Broadcasting Symphony, Guiyang Symphony Orchestra of China, and O rqu e s t a S info ni ca N a ci o n al of Dominican Republic. She has performed on the world’s finest concert stages, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall,

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the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Ravinia Festival, the Louvre Museum, the Phillips Collection, and Korea’s Kumho Art Gallery.

An accomplished chamber musician, Lee is a member of both the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara, sitting as The Bernard Gondos Chair.

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Born in Seoul, Lee began studying violin at age five and within one year won First Prize at the Korea Times Violin Competition. In 1995, she moved to the US to continue her studies under Sonja Foster and in 1997 entered The Juilliard School’s Pre-College. In 2000, Lee was chosen to study with Itzhak Perlman. Lee holds a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School.

A “wanderer between worlds” (Lucerne Festival), “immensely talented” and “quietly powerful pianist” (New York Times), Swiss-born American Gilles Vonsattel is an artist of extraordinary versatility and originality. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Naumburg and Geneva competitions as well as the 2016 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, he has in recent years appeared with the Boston Symphony, Tanglewood, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while performing recitals and chamber music at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Ravinia, Tokyo’s Musashino Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bravo! Vail, Music@Menlo, the Gilmore festival, the Lucerne festival, and the Munich Gasteig. His 2014 New York solo recital was hailed as “tightly conceived and passionately performed…a study in intensity” by The New York Times.

Mr. Vonsattel is Principal Pianist of Camerata Pacifica, a member of the Swiss Chamber Soloists, and plays alongside Ida Kavafian and David Jolley in Trio Valtorna. Deeply committed to the performance of contemporary works, he has premiered numerous works both in the United States and Europe and worked closely with notable composers such as Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, and George Benjamin.

concerti with the Vancouver Symphony and Florida Orchestra, performances at Seoul’s LG Arts Centre and at the Beijing Modern Music Festival, collaborations with Kent Nagano with L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Munich Philharmonic (Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety) as well as numerous appearances internationally and throughout the United States with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

He is Associate Professor of Piano at the R e c e n t p r o j e c t s i n c l u d e B e r g ’s University of Massachusetts at Amherst Kammerkonzert with the Orchestra della and on the faculty of Bard Conservatory.

Svizzera Italiana, a tour with Jörg Widmann Gilles Vonsattel is a Steinway Artist. and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Mozart

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Paolo Bordignon is harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic and has recently appeared with Camerata Pacifica, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the Philadelphia Orchestra, All-Star Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and the Florida Orchestra, among others.

He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, the Knights, as well as a 2018 Trans-Siberian Arts Festival tour with the Sejong Soloists.

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his 90th birthday celebration), David Conte, Jean Guillou, Stephen Hartke, Christopher Theophanides, and Melinda Wagner. Presented by the Clarion Music Society, he gave the world première of several newly-rediscovered chamber works of Felix Mendelssohn.

He has collaborated with Sir James Galway, It zhak Perlman, Reinhard Goebel, Paul Hillier, Bobby McFerrin, Midori, Renée Fleming, Wynton Marsalis, and Adrian Spence. For the opening of Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, he gave the east coast première of Philip Glass’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra.

Paolo has performed organ recitals at venues such as St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and St. Eustache, and he has been a frequent organ recitalist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including a 10-recital residency. As Organist and Choirmaster at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York, he helps oversee one of the nation’s preeminent church music Festival appearances include Aspen, programs.

Bard, Bay Chamber, Bridgehampton, Jackson Hole, Palm Beach, and Vail. He Born in Toronto of Italian heritage, Paolo has appeared on NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, attended St. Michael’s Cathedral Choir NPR, the CBC, and on Korean and School before attending the Curtis Institute Japanese national television. of Music. He is an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Fellow of the Paolo has worked with composers such Royal Canadian College of Organists, and as Elliott Carter (performing Double he earned Master’s and Doctoral degrees Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano for from the Juilliard School.

Emi Ferguson can be heard live in concerts and festivals around the world as a soloist and with groups including Camerata Pacifica, AMOC*, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Manhattan Chamber Players. She has spoken and performed at several TEDX events and has been featured on media outlets including The Discovery Channel, Vox’s “Explained” series on Netflix, Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Juilliard Digital’s TouchPress apps talking about how music relates to our world today.

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Her debut album, Amour Cruel, an indiepop song cycle inspired by the music of the 17th century French court was released by Arezzo Music in September 2017, spending 4 weeks on the Classical, Classical Crossover, and World Music Billboard Charts. Her 2019 album with continuo band RUCKUS, Fly the Coop: Bach Sonatas and Preludes, debuted at #1

on the iTunes classical charts and #2 on the Billboard classical charts, and was called “blindingly impressive...a fizzing, daring display of personality and imagination”

by The New York Times. In addition to her work in early music, Emi works closely with many composers of our time, developing new works for the flute and can be heard in performances this fall in

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Ojai, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Boston, Milwaukee and New York. Emi is honored to have shared music as part of the 9/11 memorial over the past decade and was a featured performer alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and James Taylor at the 10th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony of 9/11 at Ground Zero, where her performance of

Amazing Grace was televised worldwide.

Her performance that day is now part of the permanent collection at the 911 Museum. Born in Japan and raised in London and Boston, she now resides in New York City. For more information please visit www.emiferguson.com

Nominated by the Barbican as an ECHO Rising Star, during the 2021/22 season Ben gives recitals at major concert halls including the Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie and Koln Philharmonie.

He makes his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo at the Barbican.

of Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain, and a solo concerto recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra to be released this autumn. He returned to Wigmore Hall and made his debut at the Aldeburgh Festival.

In 2022 he returns to the Pierre Boulez Saal to give a solo recital and to Wigmore Hall with Mahan Esfahani, Nicholas Daniel and Adam Walker.

Ben is a member of the Pierre Boulez Ensemble and principal horn of the WestEast Divan Orchestra. He was a prizewinner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions and a BBC Young Musician Highlights over the last year have included Concerto Finalist in 2016. the release by Three Worlds Records

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Praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances, pianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a musician of rare sensitivity who combines stylish programming with insightful and exuberant interpretations.

In 2016, he garnered international recognition with a Second Prize win in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and most recently was awarded a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant by Lincoln Center. Kramer has soloed in concertos with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, collaborating with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Gerard Schwarz, Stéphane Denève, Jan Pascal Tortelier and Hans Graf.

Through the pandemic, Henry appeared on multiple digital concert programs including a livestream on the Violin Channel, at the Rockport Music Festival, Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, as

well as a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Columbus (Georgia) Symphony Orchestra. A sought-after collaborator, he has appeared in recitals at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest, and with Emmanuel Pahud, the Calidore and Pacifica quartets, Miriam Fried, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

A graduate of The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music, Kramer holds the L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Chair in Piano at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. He is a Steinway Artist.

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Jonathan Moerschel was born in Boston, Massachusetts into a musical family.

His mother, a pianist, and his father, a cellist in the Boston Symphony, fostered his early music studies both in piano and violin. At the age of sixteen, he began studying the viola with John Ziarko and chamber music with the violist from the Kolisch Quartet, Eugene Lehner. Moerschel made his Boston Symphony Hall solo debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra directed by Keith Lockhart in 1997 after taking first prize in the Boston Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.

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He is the violist of the renowned Calder Quartet, which enjoys a diverse career, playing both the traditional quartet literature as well as partnering with innovative modern composers. The quartet, a recipient of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, has recently premiered new works

by John Luther Adams, Andrew Norman, Tristan Perich, Daniel Bjarnason, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Lang. They have had recent performances at Lincoln Center and Walt Disney Concert Hall as well as London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre and at the Salzburg Festival. They have performed at top halls and festivals across the globe including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Ojai Music

Festival, Melbourne Festival, IRCAM in Paris, Frankfurt Opera, Berkeley’s Cal Performances, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Edinburgh Festival and the Mozarteum.

The Quartet’s latest recording of works

by Beethoven and Swedish composer, Anders Hillborg, was recently released on the Pentatone label.

Moerschel is a Lecturer of Viola and Chamber Music and the Head of Chamber Music at the University of California Santa Barbara. He plays on the “ex-Adam” Gasparo Da Salo viola made in the late 16th Century on generous loan from the Stradivari Society in Chicago.

Pianist Molly Morkoski has performed as soloist and collaborative artist throughout the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean, and Japan. In 2007, she made her solo debut in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman stage. Molly has performed in many of the country’s prestigious venues, including Weill and Zankel Halls, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Gardner Museum, the Kimmel Center, Zipper Hall, and the Smithsonian.

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An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with many of today’s leading artists and has performed with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Camerata Pacifica, St. Louis Symphony, Brooklyn Chamber Music S ociet y, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Lark, Chiara, and Momenta Quartets. Ms. Morkoski is a dedicated and enthusiastic proponent of the music of our own time, and has worked closely with many of today’s most distinguished composers, including: John Adams, Louis Andriessen, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, Mark Grey, John Harbison,Gabriela Lena Frank, Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Magnus Lindberg, Oliver Knussen, David Bruce, Steve Reich, Joan Tower, and Charles Wuorinen. During

the pandemic she built out her vision, SoundScore, an online network of high level artists, who champion some of the most established living composers, and are gathered virtually to work with learning composers the globe over.

Molly was a Fulbright Scholar to Paris, where she was an apprentice with the famed Ensemble Intercontemporain. The recipient of many awards, Molly Morkoski holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Indiana University Bloomington the State University of New York at Stony Brook where her teacher was Gilbert Kalish. She is currently Associate Professor at CUNY Lehman College and adjunct professor at Hartt School of Music.

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Grammy-nominated violist Melissa Reardon is an internationally renowned performer whose solo and chamber playing spans all musical genres. Melissa is the Artistic Director of the Portland Chamber Music Festival in Portland, ME, Artist in Residence at Bard College and Conservatory and a founding member and the Executive Director of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).

As a member of the Ensō String Quartet from 20 06 until its final season in 2018, Melissa toured both nationally and internationally, with highlight performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center to name a few. Lauded by Classical Voice for her “elegant” and “virtuosic” performances, the Massachusetts-born musician won first prize at the Washington International Competition, and is the only violist to win top prizes in consecutive HAMS International viola competitions. A sought-

after collaborative musician and teacher, Melissa has appeared in numerous festivals across the United States and around the world, and has toured with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and with Musicians from Marlboro. She held the post of Associate Professor of Viola at East Carolina University from 20072013, and earned degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory. Melissa is married to the cellist Raman Ramakrishnan and they live in NYC with their eight-year-old son Linus.

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Timothy Ridout, a BBC New Generation Artist and Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellow, is a sought-after violist in the UK and internationally. This season he appears as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at BBC Proms, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Hallé Orchestra, and makes his Viennese solo debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus with the Graz Philharmonic. Other highlights this season include recitals and chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall, Wiener Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid. Further afield, he embarks on a California tour with Camerata Pacifica, and returns to Japan to perform Bartók’s Viola Concerto at the Hyogo Performing Arts Centre.

Sought after as a chamber musician, he has taken part in numerous festivals across Europe, including Rheingau, B erg en , Ro s en d a l , M e c kl enb u rg Vorpommern, Sion, and Lockenhaus. In recent seasons, Ridout has made his debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre National de Lille, Camerata Salzburg, BBC Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestra, undertaken a residency with Baden-Baden Philharmonie, and performed the Walton Concerto with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, having worked with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, David Zinman, and Sakari

Oramo. He records for the Harmonia Mundi label. His latest album—A Poet’s Love—was recorded with pianist Frank Dupree and features selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and their own transcription of Schumann’s Dichterliebe.

Born in London, Ridout studied at the Royal Academy of Music graduating with the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence.

He completed his master’s at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019, and is a member of CMS’s Bowers Program. He plays on a viola by Peregrino di Zanetto c.1565–75 on loan from a generous patron of Beare’s International Violin Society.

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William Short was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2012. He previously served in the same capacity with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Houston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. William has performed as soloist with the Vermont and Delaware Symphonies, as well as the New York Classical Players. He is a founding member of the Gotham Wind Quintet and is a regular performer with Camerata Pacifica and Dolce Suono chamber music series.

A dedicated teacher, William serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Manhat tan S chool of Music, and Temple University, as well as the Verbier Festival and Interlochen Arts Camp. He has presented classes at colleges and conservatories around the country and at conferences of the International Double Reed Society, for which he serves as an officer.

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William has also performed and taught at the Lake Champlain, Lake Tahoe, Mostly Mozart, Stellenbosch (South Africa), Strings, and Twickenham Festivals. An occasional editor and composer, his works have been published by the Theodore Presser Company and TrevCo-Varner Music.

Committed to forging connections between audiences and performers, William’s articles on the subject have been lauded not only by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, but also by noted arts consultant Drew McManus and prolific cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht.

William received his Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Daniel Matsukawa and Bernard Garfield, and his Master of Music at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Kamins. He attended festivals including the Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and the Verbier Festival. Additional major teachers have included Jeanine Attaway, Kristin Wolfe Jensen, and William Lewis.

Jason Uyeyama is Associate Professor of Music and Director of String Studies at La Sierra University, where he teaches violin and chamber music. He is also founder and director of the Orange County String Studio, located in Irvine, CA. He holds a master’s degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Masao Kawasaki. Previous teachers include Itzhak Perlman and Yao-Ji Lin. Mr. Uyeyama continues to lead an active career as recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He has performed and toured regularly with the Los

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Angeles Philharmonic since 2005, and has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

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Bram van Sambeek was the first bassoonist ever to receive the highest Dutch Cultural Award in 30 years: The Dutch Music Prize, handed out to him personally

by Minister of Culture Ronald Plasterk in 2009. On this occasion, Bram played the bassoon concerto by Gubaidulina with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and chief conductor Seguin. De Telegraaf newspaper wrote about this performance: “He uses his instrument freely as a mouthpiece, conjures the finest timbres, and is technically capable of doing anything.” In 2011 he won a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award, and he has been admitted to The Chamber Music Society Two programme of New York’s Lincoln Center.

Bram van Sambeek performs regularly as a soloist with orchestras such as Sinfonia Rotterdam and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Recently, he played concertos

by Villa Lobos, Mozart, Gubaidulina.

Many composers, such as Vanessa Lann and Sebastian Fagerlund, have written concertos for him. Last season Bram expanded his soloist activities with many orchestras like The Gothenburg Symphony, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Oulu Symphony, the South Netherlands Philharmonic and the Combattimento Consort.

He played regularly as a Guest Principal with (among others) the London Symphony Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician he has worked regularly with Alexei Ogrintchouk,

Jörg Widmann, Reto Bieri, Clara Andradas de la Calle, Hervé Joulain, Radovan Vlatkovich, Liza Ferschtman, Christoph Pregardien, Pekka Kuusisto, Nicolas Altstaedt and Rick Stotijn. In 2010 Bram was offered a Carte Blanche series in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in 2015 he received a “Wild Card” consisting of many adventurous concerts at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ. Bram is very much interested in playing any style he likes, which leads him to work with rock musicians like Sven Figee in Konzerthaus Berlin, Jazz musicians like Joris Roelofs at the famous North Sea Jazz Festival, and Arabic musicians like Kinan Azmeh in the Morgenland Festival, and improvisers like Ernst Glerum in the “Apples and Olives” festival in Zürich.

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Sofia Viland was born in Saint Petersburg in a family of flutists. She has studied in St Petersburg Conservatory and in the Musik-Akademie Basel (class of Felix Renggli).

Participant of the summer academies of Julien Beaudiment, Andreas Blau, Stefán Höskuldsson, Andrea Lieberknecht, Kersten McCall, Vicens Prats, Francois Laurent, William Bennett.

I n J anu ar y 2 0 1 9, sh e p er fo rm e d Carl Nielsen’s concerto in Caracas, accompanied by the famous Simon Bolivar Orchestra. Laureate of the XVI international Tchaikovsky competition.

Sofia is a participant of such festivals and projects as Verbier Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Pacific Music Festival, World Orchestra for Peace, Virtuosi of the Flute, Musical Olympus.

Since 2013 she has been a soloist of the Mariinsky theatre’s flute section. She travels a lot performing with the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra in the orchestra and solo under the baton of Maestro Valery Gergiev.

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Charter Members Charter Members are an essential part of Camerata Pacifica’s history. Listed in perpetuity, Charter Members’ contributions at critical times in the organization’s growth helped Camerata Pacifica realize its vision of becoming one of the most acclaimed chamber music ensembles in the country, with an international profile and deep roots in California.

Baroness Léni Fé Bland Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hahn Mrs. Richard H. Hellman Mr. Brenton Horner Mr. & Mrs. Richard Janssen Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kosterka Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Laby Miss Dora Anne Little Mr. & Mrs. Jon Lovelace Mr. & Mrs. Eli Luria Ms. Deanna McHugh

Mr. Stephen McHugh Mr. Spencer Nilson & Ms. Margaret Moore Mssrs. Ralph Quackenbush & Robert Winkler The Viscount & Lady Ridley-Tree Dr. & Mrs. Jack Sheen Mrs. Jeanne Thayer Mr. Michael Towbes Graphic Traffic Anonymous

Endowed Chairs The Bob Christensen Chair in Violin, occupied by Paul Huang The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Chair in Piano, occupied by Warren Jones The Bernard Gondos Chair in Violin, occupied by Kristin Lee

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Catherine Albanese Olin & Ann Barrett Marianne Battistone & Philip W. Norwood Peter & Linda Beuret Diane Boss Titus Brenninkmeijer NancyBell Coe & Bill Burke Robert Klein & Lynne Cantlay Jeannie Christensen Jordan Christoff Bruce & Marty Coffey Don & Marilyn Conlan Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Connell Mary Jane & Andy Cooper Albert & Lisa Cosand Joan Davidson Roger & Nancy Davidson Benjamin Cohen & Jane De Hart Edward S. DeLoreto David & Leslie Dodson Mary T. Dorra Stan Tabler & Teresa Eggemeyer Ellen Enochs Stanley & Judith Farrar Richard & Nancy Flores David & Janice Frank Marie-Paule Hajdu Bill & Chris Harper Diane Henderson Carol Henry Karin Nelson, Eugene Hibbs & Maren Henle Daniel & Donna Hone Bridget Hough Susan Keats Richard & Connie Kennelly Carolyn Kincaid

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Sarah Fox & Dennis Klos Hannah & Russell Kully Ellen & Michael LaBarbera Jordan Laby Elinor & James Langer John & Barbara Larson Miguel E. & Paula C. Levy Lillian Lovelace Leatrice Luria France Hughes Meindl Helmut & Vera Muensch Arnold & Gretl Mulder George T. & Susan Northrop Drs. H & M. Pompe van Meerdervoort David Robertson & Nancy Alex Siri & Mark Rochin Regina & Rick Roney Robert & Ann Ronus Elizabeth Loucks Samson Katherine Schwarzenbach Gregory Scott Lawrence Wallin & Kathy Scroggs Jack & Anitra Sheen Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Sherman Joan Tapper & Steven Siegel Marion Stewart Tim & Charlotte Stratz Barry & Amalia Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Sherman Telleen Sandra Tillisch-Svoboda Judy Vida-Spence Deanne Violich Sheila Wald Robert W. Weinman Eric Fischer & Richard West

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DONORS Our sincerest gratitude to the following individuals, corporations and foundations for their dedication to supporting Camerata Pacifica’s continued success. The following list reflects donations recorded between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2021. $10.000+ Olin & Ann Barrett The Barry Family Trust Diane Boss Titus Brenninkmeijer Robert Klein & Lynne Cantlay NancyBell Coe & William Burke Colburn Foundation Michael J. Connell Foundation Albert & Lisa Cosand Joan Davidson Mary Dorra Stan Tabler & Teresa Eggemeyer The Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation Stanley & Judith Farrar Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Ann Jackson Family Foundation Diane Henderson The Henry Family Fund Susan Keats

Hannah & Russel Kully Laby Family Foundation Miguel E. & Paula C. Levy Mrs. Lillian Lovelace David Robertson & Nancy Alex Lee Luria Mosher Foundation Arnold & Gretl Mulder Regina & Rick Roney The SahanDaywi Foundation Elizabeth Loucks Samson Katherine Schwarzenbach Gregory Scott Barry & Amalia Taylor Telleen Family Charitable Fund The Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, a field of interest fund at the Santa Barbara Foundation Stuart Spence & Judy Vida-Spence

$5,000 - $9,999 Peter & Linda Beuret Bruce & Marty Coffey Mary Jane Cooper Edward S. DeLoreto David & Leslie Dodson Richard & Nancy Flores Marie-Paule Hajdu

Bridget Hough Carolyn Kincaid Elinor & James Langer John & Barbara Larson France Hughes Meindl Robert & Ann Ronus Jack & Anitra Sheen

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Sherman Marion Stewart Stratz Financial Deanne Violich Visionary Solutions Inc. Robert W. Weinman Eric Fischer & Richard West

Richard & Connie Kennelly Sarah Fox & Dennis Klos Ellen & Michael LaBarbera John & Ruth Matuszeski Joe & Kim Miller Helmut & Vera Muensch

Terry & Susan Northrop John P. Nuckols Siri & Mark Rochin Lawrence Wallin & Kathy Scroggs Sandra Tillisch-Svoboda Sheila Wald

$2,500 - $4,999 Roger & Nancy Davidson Benjamin Cohen & Jane De Hart Ellen Enochs Jerry Hastings Karin Nelson & Eugene Hibbs Sandy Homb Daniel & Donna Hone

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DONORS $1,000 - $2,499 Catherine Albanese Danielle Aubertin-Crowder Marianne Battistone & Philip Norwood Edward Bigger Barbara Bates Bonadeo Patricia Burke Linda Carson Patricia Carver Jeannie Christensen Edith Clark Caroline M. Coward Claire & Patrick Dunavan Jane Dyruff

David & Janice Frank Gregory Franklin Martha Groszewski Harvey & Carolyn Gurman Bill & Chris Harper Harvey & Jessica Harris Lorna S. Hedges Maren Henle Ann Horton Mary Ince Mary & Joseph Jannotta, Jr. Elizabeth Kilb Carol Howe & Lucien Lacour Barton Myers

Drs. H & M. Pompe van Meerdervoort Carol & David Roe Lyndon Robert Shaftoe Les & Maureen Shapiro Joan Tapper & Steven Siegel Delia Smith George & Gretel Stephens Geneva & Chuck Thornton Nancilu Todd Betsey Tyler Kimberley Valentine Sigrid Weidenweber

Ann Fossan Donna Hamer James & Mary Jo Hartle Christine Vanderbilt Holland & Michael Holland David & Nan Holt Frederic Hunter Steve C. Iglehart Dean Kauffman Thomas Kren Barbara Madden Barbara Maxwell Nancy Chapman Melekian

Jaclyn Henretig & Delia Moon Bill & Dolores Pollock Gaines Post Mark Rose Kathryn Lawhun & Mark Shinbrot Eleanor Sims Mr. & Mrs. K. Martin Stevenson Tony & Anne Thacher Brenn Von Bibra Marney Weaver Matt Weiss Suzanne Weiss Walt Wood

$500 - $999 Robert C. Anderson Libby Barrabee Daphne Beneke MaryLou Boone Robert & Barbara Bragonier Julie Campoy Betsy Chess Dennis Cohen Wayne & Madelyn Cole Adriana & Peter De Haan Norma Delwiche Tom & Doris Everhart Neal O. Fenzi $250 - $499 John & Nan Bedford Frank & Cecilia Bellinghiere Jorgia Bordofsky Scott Brinkerhoff Samuel Bruttomesso Mark & Carol Burrill Freddie Contarino Doug Crowley Richard & Barbara Durand

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David S. & Ann M. Dwelley J.C. Elliott Glenn Erickson Deborah First Betty Fussell Renee Hamaty Bea Hamlin Mr. & Mrs. Fred Heidner Elaine Herzog Barbara & John Jakovich

Ruth O. Johnson June Kambach David King Steve & Karen Kohn Dodie Little Sheila Lodge Carol Marsh Robert Maruna Jess & Donna Morton Efrem Ostrow Living Trust

Jennifer & Richard A. Quint Judith Schmidt Joan Siegel James & Nancy Taylor Helen Tomkins John Villar Candace R. White Maria Yu

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$100 - $249 Hans Bagge Jeffrey Bates Mike Beckage Robert & Ann Benham Virginia & Ron Bottorff Calvin & Ruth Boyer Korie Beth Brown Karen Brunschwig Gabriel D. Chacon Carolyn Chase Sarah Chen Alicia & Edward Clark John De Haven, Jr. Bess B. DeWitt Patricia Dobiesz Sylvia S. Drake Meg & Jim Easton David R. Falconer Judith Farmer Virginia & Mike Fawcett Edward Fisher Raymond Freeman Katherine Gavzy Lynette Glassman

Georgia Goldfarb Diane Harris Mary & Ed Heron Ruth Hiland Mary Hintz Susan Hodges Marina Hsieh Gretchen & Stuart Jacobson Edward Kaufman Jim Kelly Monte & Bev Khoshnevisan Edward & Andrea Kish Ernest & Mary Lou Kopka William & Joan Kraft Peter Kuhn Stephen & Susan Kundell Heather Lehr Robert Lickus Barbara & Al Lindemann Yael Lir Beverly Lockwood-Conlan Barbara Logen Jacqueline Lunianski

Gregory Mangan Willoughby Johnson & Victoria Matthews Rosemary McIntyre Jon & Marcia Miller Judith Miller William Mitchell Margaret Morez Renee Neermann Thomas & Victoria Ostwald Patty Pagan Anthony Parr Pauline Paulin Steven Pearlman Tom Peterson Ann Picker Arthur F. Pizzinat Lisa Polak Esther Prince Rosemary Robinson Dale Rhymer Hope Rosenfeld

Andrews Reath & Mrs. Blandine Saint-Oyant Ann Vracin & Ralph Scaffidi Naomi Schmidt Edda Spielmann Nancy Stouffer Jack Stumpf Michael Talvola Roselyn Teukolsky Sandy Thompson Irene Tichenor Ann L. Turnock Norma Van Riper Mr. & Mrs. A. Jean Verbeck Mary H. Walsh Judith Weisman David & Debbie Whittaker Michael Crawford & Pat Wiese Joemy Wilson Maureen O’Rourke & Tom Whittemore

Jonathan & Patricia Gartner Mary Gottlieb Susan Grossman Guillemette Holder Karen Holgerson Joan Hotop Milton Hunter Catherine Jessup Gregory & Sky Johnson Deborah Jones Victoria Kline Paul Kovich Thomas Lee Meredith Maislen James Malcolm Joyce McWilliams Nancy Michael Robert Monaco Victor Moy Sara Munshin

Joyce Newman Michael O’Connell Robin Ohern Barbara J. Parkhurst Judith A. Pochini Jean Bruce Poole Richard G. Robinson Burt Romotsky Virginia Ryder Joan Samara Patricia Savoie Lisa Schoening Susan Shields Allan & Robin Simpson Roland Siu Susan C. Storch

J Thomas Strout Nicholas & Sarah Thacher Stephanie Tombrello Shirley Trimble Nancy Van Den Hout Stephen Weatherford Nancy Yamauchi-Siu Hiroko Yoshimoto Janis Frame & Sandy Zisman

$0 - $99 Ted Anagnoson Pascal Archer Sherry Beamer Sandra J. Bickford Seth Brandes Margaret Bruell Lisa Campbell Robert Cassidy Samir Choksy Elizabeth Confesor Kathryn E. Costello Gilbert Dimattia Dennis Duitch Ralph B. Ellis Christie & Ronald Enholm Asad Alexander Ezazi Tonda R Fistell Sharon Frayer Caroline Froehlich Knute Garcken

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SUBSCRIPTION DONORS The advent of the coronavirus saw Camerata Pacifica cancel 44 performances. The people listed below generously donated their subscriptions or tickets back to Camerata Pacifica. Approximately 80% of those sold tickets were donated, which is a remarkable statistic, and was critical to our emergence from the pandemic. Thank you.

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