Crowden Celebrates One Decade of Doris Fukawa�s Leadership
This fall marks an important milestone in Crowden’s history: one full decade under the leadership of Doris Fukawa as Executive Director!
Appointed Crowden’s Interim ED in 2005, Doris agreed to serve in the position permanently in 2006. We celebrated that anniversary this September at a very special Fall Preview membership event, hosted by former Board Chair Sallie Arens. A remarkable cross-
section of people from all stages of Crowden’s history gathered to hear Doris present a behind-the-scenes peek into Crowden’s 2016-17 concert season and to enjoy a lively performance by Crowden School alumnus violinist Owen Dalby (TCS ’98) and faculty pianist Miles Graber. The evening was peppered with heartwarming surprises for Doris, including a scrapbook commemorating events from her tenure, and written testimonials from the many friends and colleagues who have shared her tenyear journey. Two former trustees, Sallie and former vice chair Deborah O’Grady, spoke in Doris’s honor.

“What I wanted especially to empha-
size in my remarks that night was that while people always talk about the two big moments in Crowden’s history—its founding by Anne and the move to its own building in 1998—we should now recognize a third, which is Doris’s agreement in 2006 to serve as Crowden’s permanent Executive Director,” comments Sallie. “Her importance to Crowden now and in the future cannot be overstated.”
“It’s not my style to be the center of attention,” Doris reflects. “I was overwhelmed thinking about the truly wonderful and dedicated faculty and staff we have put together, and seeing so many loyal and passionate Board members and supporters. I was filled with deep
gratitude and affection.
“I am proud of Crowden for its successful growth and development over ten years—we've created the John Adams Young Composers Program (which is about to celebrate its tenth year), reestablished our chamber music programs for youth and adults, developed systems and organizational structure for long term sustainability, and found a way to renovate

our beloved ‘barn’ into a recognized concert space in the Bay Area. Our outreach programs, including our public school outreach, Sundays @ Four chamber music series, and Community Music Day, serve many hundreds of children and families, and of course, The Crowden School continues to provide excellent education for our young musicians.
“The fact that we were able to both pay
off our mortgage in spite of the recession and establish an endowment is extremely gratifying. I hope to grow our endowment and continue to lead this incredible organization with an expansion of the quality programs and teaching that are our hallmarks.
“I am so very grateful to be able to continue Anne’s vision and dreams.”
Honor Doris When You Support Crowden’s Annual Fund
Our dedicated supporters have helped Doris to grow this organization from a unique and inspired small school to a cherished center of music for the wider community. There is no doubt that Crowden today is more impactful, more sustainable, more accessible, and more essential to Bay Area children and music lovers than ever before.
When you give to the Annual Fund, you help ensure that Crowden can continue to provide the transformative music education that has hallmarked our 33-year history. With your support, at Crowden, music changes everything.

Please consider making a gift to honor Doris Fukawa’s tenure while investing in Crowden’s mission of nurturing and inspiring students of all ages.COVER PAGE PHOTO: Doris conducts the Chamber Orchestra, part of Crowden's ensemble training program for community students. Photo by Geoffrey Biddle. PHOTO LEFT: Owen Dalby ('98) and Miles Graber performed at this year's Fall Preview membership event. RIGHT: Crowden supporter David Roe listens at the window during the special presentation for Doris (who is seated left). Sallie Arens (standing) hosted the special celebration, with Deborah O'Grady (seated right) assisting in the presentation. Photographs this page by Julie Sparenberg.
Behind-the-Scenes with Crowden’s Board of Trustees





Mortgage Bonfire

This August, we made the final payment on our mortgage for Crowden’s landmark building on Rose Street, an occasion that inspired the theme behind last spring’s immensely successful gala, Keys to Crowden. As a final celebration of this important milestone, we held a symbolic burning of the mortgage paperwork. This triumphant event gathered Crowden trustees and individuals who played key roles in acquiring the building, who each lit a copy of the mortgage on ceremonial fire!
Board Update
The Crowden Board of Trustees approved new officers and members this fall. We are very pleased to welcome two new members with deep ties to our day school: JAMES MARKS, father of Helen Marks (TCS ’01), and MARIA PONCEL, mother of Sofia Poncel (TCS ’17). Departing this term are trustees KATE BERENSON, ANGELA JONES, BENNETT MARKEL, and JASON WANG. Bennett
Markel, an ardent Crowden trustee since 2008 and perhaps our most regular concert-goer, has been named to Crowden’s Advisory Committee. TIMOTHY DER has been elected our new Board Chair, with ANNE NESBET named Vice Chair, EARL RUPP Treasurer, and TRACY DOOLEY (TCS �95) Secretary. Previous Secretary ANGELA ARCHIE and Treasurer ZACHARY GRIFFIN will not serve in officer roles this year, but continue as valued, long-term Board members.
Alumni Connections Shine in Sundays @ Four Series
Crowden’s Sundays @ Four chamber music series always features an alumni concert. In this year’s season, alumni connections take center stage in every single concert.


“I try to program a special alumni concert each season, but this year is pretty unusual,” explains series curator Eugene Sor. “All four of this year's concerts feature musicians with strong Crowden roots, ranging from one of Anne Crowden's violin students to alumni of the Crowden School, and even an alumni parent!”
The series opened on October 2 with two former Crowden School classmates: pianist AUDREY VARDANEGA (�09) and violinist KENNETH RENSHAW (�08). These two musicians first began to collaborate as Crowden School students, and despite individual careers of rising prominence, still make a point of
reuniting to concertize together. A near capacity crowd was treated to a magnificent program of Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms to open the series.
The next concert featured Crowden School alumnus violinist JORY FANKUCHEN (’91), who is also now a longtime Crowden faculty member. Squid Inc., which proclaims itself “the Bay Area's renegade string quartet,” promotes classical music by performing original compositions and arrangements from far outside the classical genre. Their exciting program ranged from contemporary tone poems to an arrangement of Bay Area funk legends Tower of Power’s Down to the Nightclub
Our next Sundays @ Four concert, coming up on February 26, features relationships that harken to Crowden’s early history. Internationally renowned violinist and pedagogue NORA CHASTAIN, who is the granddaughter of composer Roy Harris, began her violin studies here in Berkeley with Anne Crowden. Now based in Berlin and one of Europe’s most
sought-after violin teachers, her Sundays @ Four concert is a rare opportunity to hear her perform in her hometown. Ms. Chastain will be accompanied by local pianist ROY BOGAS , who is himself a former Crowden School parent, father of alumna Sharon Jacobs (’94). This year's Sundays @ Four closes on March 26 with one of the world’s undisputed great ensembles, the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Crowden School alumnus OWEN DALBY (’98) is second violinist in this acclaimed Stanford University Quartet-inResidence. St. Lawrence has programmed an afternoon of masterworks for their Crowden appearance, including John Adams’ Second Quartet, a piece they workshopped with the composer here earlier this year in a fascinating performance for Crowden students in the John Adams Young Composers Program.
Crowden members now receive discounted and free tickets to Sundays @ Four concerts! For information, visit: crowden.org/support/ membership-program-and-benefits
Alumni Giving Circle Announced at NYC Reunions
We recently hosted two happy hour events in New York City and connected with many East Coast alums.
Former students from a range of different graduating classes gathered to share fond memories of Crowden and reminisce about their time with us. Thank you to the following alumni for joining us for these lively reunions:
JESSICA BLIXT-LOGAN (’09), IVAN DITMARS (’09), DANIEL HOLTMANNRICE (’00), GIDEON LAZARUS (’08), CHRISTO LOGAN (’97), BENJAMIN PRENETA (’10), KENNETH RENSHAW (’08), ABIGAIL ROJANSKY (’03), SEBASTIAN SCHWELM (’03), and AUDREY VARDANEGA (’09).
Among the news collected from our accomplished alums on the East Coast: Daniel Holtmann-Rice just had his first child, a baby girl. He is contemplating a move to the Bay Area in the future! Sebastian Schwelm is a
Crowden Winter Benefit Concert
David Requiro, ’99
First prize winner of the Naumburg, Washington, Klein, and Gaspar Cassadó international cello competitions. January 31, 7pm

luthier in Connecticut, where he lives above his instrument shop. Violist Abigial Rojansky’s string quartet, the Verona Quartet, is this year’s Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at the Juilliard School.
At the reunions, Doris announced the formation of our new Crowden Alumni Giving Circle, Opus 18.
If you are a Crowden School alum and would like to join the Alumni Giving Circle, please contact Kerri Gawryn at kgawryn@crowden. org.
Tickets: www.CrowdenWinter2017.bpt.me
Crowden members at the Patron ($500) level and higher receive two complimentary tickets to the Winter Benefit and post-concert reception. RSVP to development@crowden.org.
With Your Support, Music Changes Everything!
The Crowden Music Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Crowden families, employees, individual members, government agencies, foundations, and businesses between November 15, 2015 and November 14, 2016. Kindly notify us of any inadvertent omissions. Thank you!
Crowden School
Families
Donna Jones-Bhandari and Rakesh Bhandari
Wye Ming Choo and Kayo Kurokawa
Deborah Christy-Damon and Ryan
Damon
Timothy and Cathy Der
Jessica and Robert Duran
Donna and James Eyestone
Doris Fukawa and Marijan Pevec
Jane Gottesman and Geoffrey Biddle
Charles and Noriko Graves
Joanna Hirsch
Zhi Min Huang and Gui Zhou Liu
Leslie and Jay Ifshin
Jasper Kamperman and Wieneke Gorter
Chris Lam and Lyn Phan
Gina and Harry Loucks
Myla and Charlie Manese
Jerome Matthews and Jenny Yu
Heidi Mattson and Michael Ferencz
Quang Nguyen and Nica Uk
Maria and Jose Luis Poncel
Anthonia Roller and Wayne Heiser
Jonathan and Saori Russell
Monica Scott and Dominique Pelletey
Eugene Sor and Karen Shinozaki
Sor
Iris and Tom Stone
Emanuela Tallo and Dylan Riley
Charlotte and Drew Waters
Tim Wilkinson and Nomi Harris
Jovina and Vita Yee
Faculty and Staff
Mori Achen and Maryann D'Onofrio
Cathy Allen and Brooke Aird
Marion Atherton and John Reager
Lisa Barratt
Göran and Christina Berg
Liana Berube and Jeffrey La Deur
Charlene Brendler
Maria and John Danielson
Rachel Durling
Doris Fukawa and Marijan Pevec
Brad Johnson
John King
Larry London
Alyona Marenchuk
Betsy Marvit
Nanou and Teale Matteson
Heidi Mattson and Michael Ferencz
Debra Mauro
Annie Nalezny
Stacy Neale
Kerrilyn Renshaw
Monica Scott and Dominique Pelletey
Rick Shinozaki and Irene Jacobson
Eugene Sor and Karen Shinozaki Sor
Jen Strauss
Michel Taddei
Craig and Betsy Wahl
Robert Yamasato
Individual Donors
conductor ($25,000 & up)
Sallie and Edward Arens
Shelby and Frederick Gans
Helen and John Meyer
Stella Wu-Chu and Tze-Kuei Chu
benefactor ($10,000–24,999)
Anonymous
John Adams and Deborah O'Grady
Jennifer and Elwyn Berlekamp
Soo Hyang Kang and Jacob Pak
James Marks and Edna Lee Warnecke
Amy and Eddie Orton
sponsor ($5,000–9,999)
Anonymous
Angela Archie
Patrick Golden and Susan Overhauser
Zach and Peggy Griffin
Sukey Lilienthal and David Roe
Anne Nesbet and Eric Naiman
Earl and Rosalinda Rupp
Shariq Yosufzai and Brian James
presenter ($2,500–4,999)
Joan Balter
Timothy and Cathy Der
Tracy Dooley
Peter Fang and Erlinda Sy Fang
Bonnie Hampton
Cary Koh and Ting Chin
Cynthia Livingston and Samuel Leffler
John Lowitz and Fran KriegerLowitz
Elizabeth McCoy and Carl Haber
Marjorie Randolph
Nadya and Chris Robb
Lisa and James Taylor
composer ($1,000–2,499)
Susan and Norman Abrahamson
Valerie and William Anders
Clark Chen
Lori Coleman and Steve Meckfessel
Lois De Domenico
Janet Der
Ann and Jack Eastman
Charles and Harriett Feltman
Hilary and Daniel Goldstine
Iden Goodman and Roberta Schwartz
Douglas MacLaughlin
Ingrid Madsen and Victor Rauch
Cara and Timothy Hoxie
Steven Kay
Casey and Kobi Ledor
Donn Logan and Marcy Wong
Bennett Markel
Jerome Matthews and Jenny Yu
Claire Max and Jonathan Arons
John and Annamarie McCarthy
Mary Lynn Miller and Ray Meister
Richard and Myriam Misrach
Fernando Olivas
Ann and Michael Parker
Sangam Prasad
Michael Rubinstein
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Swinderman
Jane Tom
Steven Weinberger
Benjamin Wu
patron ($500–999)
Elizabeth Axelson and Don Regan
Judith Bloom
Sarah and Matthew Brown
Howard Bulos and Linda Tedjakusuma
Richard Carll
Scott and Peggy Cmiel
Dorianne Cotter-Lockard
Carol Franc Buck
Gregory Freidin and Victoria Bonnell
Stan and Mary Friedman
Sydney Goldstein
Jane Hammond and John Skonberg
Sherry Hsi
Rick Irving and Valerie Lagueux
Sandra Jennings and Shinji Eshima
Martha and Vaughan Jones
Michael and Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen
Helene Lee Toralba
Victoria Leonard and Noah Kahn
Kenneth and Heng-Chun Liu
Rene Mandel
Sue Martin and Brian Viani
Janet and Michael McCutcheon
Jaleh Niazi and Esfandiar Imani
Sally Nichols
Barbara Novogradac
Alex and Ditsa Pines
Maria and Jose Luis Poncel
Joan Sarnat and David Hoffman
Elizabeth and Frank Sor
Ilknur and Ilker Sozat
Julie and Robert Stokstad
Jason Wang
David Ward
June Wiley and Bruce McCubbrey
Sara Wilson
Ben and Louriz Wojtowicz
Kent Young friend ($250–499)
Ron Abileah and Marlene Winograd
Lynn Alexander
Noreen Axelson and Don Archer
Greg and Kathryn Baldwin
Meena Bhasin-Dalby and Owen Dalby
Nathan Birnbaum and Claire Peeps
Claudia Bloom and Daniel Pitt
Jean Chastain
Jim Chou
Liza and Michael Dalby
Elisabeth Christensen
Linda Deaktor
Jacqueline Divenyi
Kumiko and Haruko Fukawa
Marsha and Michael Gardner
Nick Gerson
Sejal and Eric Hall
Eugene Hanacek
Edith Haritatos and Geoffrey Gowan
Lynne Heinrich
Janet and Don Helmholz
Kathleen Henschel and John Dewes
Valerie and Richard Herr
Naomi Janowitz and Andrew Lazarus
Michael Jarzabkowski
Ken Kalman and Robin Bernstein
Philippa Kelly and Paul Dresher
Sophia Kessinger and Shmuel Katz
Sharon and Mike King
Sangeetha and Vijay Kotu
Priscilla Magee
Phyllis Moore
Nathan Olson
Robert and Gunilla HaegerstromPortnoy
Madeline Prager
Carol Robertson
Sharon Seim
Saarika Sharma and John Reed
Justin Spencer
Anna-Marie and John Strauss
Tricia Swift
Christina and Gordon Ting
Elizabeth Varnhagen
Constance and J.P. Young
associate ($100–249)
Susan Austin and Michael Charlson
Melanie Beene
Louana Bergez
Dorian and George Bikle
Robert and Gloria Bloom
Roy and Susan Bogas
Eleanor Briccetti
Roberta Brokaw
Melinda Buchanan
Robert Clear and Barbara Judd
Laurie Cohen
Mark Cohen
Steven Cohen
Allan Crossman
Dean Curtis
Laurence and Barbara Delaney
Sandra Denny
Cecily Drucker
Emerson and Sara Dubois
Patricia Durham
William Eggers
Rachel Eidbo
Robert Ellis and Jane Bernstein
Melanie Feakins and Alexei Yurchak
Roland and Lois Feller
Henry Field and Lessly Wikle Field
Mary Ellen Fine
Paul Fogel and V. Yvette Chalom
Helen Frank
Patricia Gay and Kevin Williams
Gary Glentzer
Melanie and Frederick Gutterson
Margo Hall
Nancy and Nicholas Haritatos
Robin and Edie Hartshorne
Lorraine Hauser
Dr. John Hege
Sara and Claude Hilbert
Fran Hill and Larry Frost
Helga Holtmann and Ronald Rice
Susan Ingerman and Arlene Siegelman
Gregoire and Tara Jacquet
Angela Jones
Steve and Josie Kelley
Kelsie Kerr and Matthew Heckert
Patricia Albinson Kirk
Robert and Ileana Krumme
Alan and Portia Lee
Peter Lee
Andrea Liguori and Jeremy Cohen
Claire Liu
Eric Lum
Marcos and Janet Maestre
Councilwoman Linda Maio
Richard Muller
Joan Murray
Aran Nafisi and Alexa Tritt
Alexander Nichols and Sonya Delwaide-Nichols
Brenda and James Nirenstein
Etsuyo Nishikimi
Suzanne O'Brien
David Paris
Helene Paris
Victoria Párraga
James and Diane Pennington
Chunfen Pierce
Susan Reed
Ron and Gail Rubenstein
Mary Savoie-Stephens
Susan Scherman
Kary Schulman
Judith and Peter Schumacher
Nina and Nathan Shoehalter
Timothy Smith
Rosalie and Peter Streett
Matias Tarnopolsky and Birgit Hottenrott
Margaret Traylor
Thomas Turinia
Anna Umar
Janet Weinstein
Juliet Welch
Eileen Alden
Florence Wong
Linda Wood
Satoko Yamamoto
supporter ($50–99)
Gregory Abel
Ned Arens and Jacqueline CanlasLaFlam
Alison Arkin
Susie and Schuyler Bailey
Barbara Carlson
Quen Cheng
Monica Chew
Frances Colyer
Carolyn Doelling
Ryan Dooley
Doris Fine
Aileen Frankel
Christine and Victor Gold
Gretchen and Richard Grant
Linda Green
Harriet and Peter Hanauer
Alden Jenks and Mikako Endo
Donald E. Kelley Jr.
Myo Kim
Rita Kuhner
Martha Luehrmann
Helen Marcus
Anthony and Rosa Martin
Michiko Matsuo Luzmoor and Stephen Luzmoor
Nancy Merrill
Steve O'Brien
W. B. Peale and Kristina Sepetys
Kit Ratcliff and Janet Tam
Diane Rosenberg
Crowden
Board of Trustees
officers
Timothy Der, Chair
Anne Nesbet, Vice Chair
Earl Rupp, Treasurer
Tracy Dooley, Secretary
members
Normita and George Santore
Charlene and Alan Steen
Leslie and Troy Tyler
Linda Walls
Megumi Miyata and Robert Woodruff
In Kind Gifts
Tohurs Alcon
Carl Baum
David and Kerry Borgen
Ronnie Boynton
Richard Crocker
Alice Cronin
Elliot Davis
Kumiko and Haruko Fukawa
Lynn Glaser
Zach and Peggy Griffin
Kate Langer
Carmen and Andrew Mandic
Heidi Mattson and Michael Ferencz
Thomas Nemeth and Danielle
Charboneau
Krehe Ritter
Arthur Schwartz
Vickie Semones
Victoria Wake
Tim Wilkinson and Nomi Harris
Businesses & Organizations
Amazon Smile
Anonymous corporate match Bank of America
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Books Inc.
Cadence Design Systems
Wells Fargo Dealey, Renton & Associates
Feller Violin Makers
Meyer Sound
Papa Murphy's Target Take Charge of Education
Institutional Donors
Alameda County Arts Commission / ARTSFUND Grants


ACMP Associated Chamber Music Players
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundaton
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission

Bernard Osher Foundation
California Arts Council
East Bay Community Foundation
Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts
Jewish Community Federation
Pacific Harmony Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Tides Foundation
Gifts in Tribute
in memory of willie archie
Helen Marcus
Richard Muller
in honor of joan balter
Cecily Drucker
Susan A. Ingerman and Arlene Siegelman
Madeline Prager
jesse & elizabeth birnbaum memorial fund
Nathan Birnbaum and Claire Peeps
in honor of stephan and caelin boman
Carol Robertson
albert braver musical instrument fund
Robert and Gunilla HaegerstromPortnoy
in memory of grethe clarke
Sara and Claude Hilbert
in memory of anne crowden
Roy and Susan Bogas
Gregory Freidin and Victoria Bonnell
Fran Hill and Larry Frost
founder
Anne Crowden (1928–2004)
honorary president
Lord Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
founding president
Colin Hampton (1911–1996)
Administration
Doris Fukawa, Executive and Artistic Director
Claire Liu
in memory of ken durling
Rachel Durling
in memory of muriel evans
Janet Evans
in honor of doris fukawa
Linda Deaktor
Gregory Freidin and Victoria Bonnell
Rene Mandel
John and Annamarie McCarthy
in honor of laurette goldberg
Anthony and Rosa Martin
in honor of bonnie hampton
Monica Chew
in honor of miss jane, tencue
Justin Spencer
in honor of cary koh
Stan and Mary Friedman
in honor of john lowitz
Joan Balter
Mark Cohen
Eugene Hanacek
Victoria Párraga
Charlene and Alan Steen
in memory of catherine graff maclaughlin
Anonymous
in honor of betsy marvit
Greg and Kathryn Baldwin
in honor of helen meyer
Sydney Goldstein
in honor of meyer sound
Joan Sarnat and David Hoffman
in honor of charlotte and william peale
W. B. Peale and Kristina Sepetys
in honor of michael rubinstein
Gregory Abel
Joanne Abel
Alison Arkin
Susan Austin and Michael Charlson
Louana Bergez
Barbara Carlson
Sandra Denny
William Eggers
Helen Frank
Gary Glentzer
Irwin and Adele Keinon
Steve and Josie Kelley
Rita Kuhner
Roni Melmed
Mary Lynn Miller and Ray Meister
Barbara Novogradac
Steve O'Brien
Suzanne O'Brien
David Paris
Helene Paris
Diane Rosenberg
Susan Scherman
Michel Taddei
Ziggy and Chris
in honor of kaelen russell
Jane Hammond and John Skonberg
in honor of arne stokstad
Karna Jean Nisewaner and Arne Stokstad
in honor of aihua su
Jason Wang
in honor of michel taddei
Laura Morgan and Betsy Ami
Angela Archie, Joan Balter, Zachary Griffin, Cary Koh, James Marks, Jerome Matthews, Jacob Pak, Maria Poncel, Sangam Prasad, and Doris Fukawa, ex officio
music advisory board
John Adams, Bonnie Hampton, Gary Karr, Michael Morgan, Sir Simon Rattle
advisory board
Sallie Arens, Patrick Golden, John Lowitz, Bennett Markel, John McCarthy, Helen Meyer, Deborah O’Grady
Marion Atherton, Associate Director, Community Programs Director
William Betts, Community Programs Assistant
Maria Danielson, Staff Accountant
Monica Frame, tcs Counselor
Kerri Gawryn, Director of Development
Lauren Greenberg, Admissions and Alumni Relations Manager
Sharon Han, tcs Secretary
Brad Johnson, tcs Principal
Heidi Mattson, tcs Assistant Principal
Debra Mauro, Director of Finance
Lucas McGranahan, Development Associate and Grants Manager
Jorge Mendoza, Building and Grounds Assistant
Stacy Neale, Development and Communications Coordinator
Moana Newman, Development Manager
Juan Rodriguez, Building and Grounds Supervisor
Nicole Rodriguez, Receptionist
Eugene Sor, Assistant Artistic Director, Director of tcs Music
Jennifer Strauss, Director of Publications and P.R.
Michel Taddei, Director of Artistic Administration
Stephannie Tornow, tcs Secretary
Diana Wahl, Receptionist
Crowden Letter
Jennifer Strauss, editor, writer, graphic designer
Kerri Gawryn, Lauren Greenberg, writers
Geoffrey Biddle, photography (except as noted)
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