Crowden School Biennial Tour Heads East, Then North
The Crowden School’s biennial performance tour, when our students experience the world through the lens of professional performers, is a highlight of our day school students’ time at Crowden. This year’s tour proved no different, bringing our students on a whirlwind trip to Pittsburgh, Rochester, and Toronto, Canada.
In Pittsburgh, our seventh and eighth graders ‘opened’ for the Pittsburgh Symphony, performing the first movements of each of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in historic Heinz Hall. Assembled concertgoers expressed amazement at the level of our accomplished young musicians. After taking in an exciting Pittsburgh Symphony concert conducted by Maestro Emmanuel Krivine, Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Will Chow (a former chamber music student of Doris Fukawa’s) met with our students for
a Q&A session. Will played in a trio with Crowden alumnus Kenneth Renshaw (’08), and cited his chamber music training as being the most formative and important instruction of his career. While in Pittsburgh, our group visited the Carnegie Natural History Museum and toured the city. Our pianists participated in an inspiring piano chamber music workshop with Dimitri Papadimitriou, on faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University, in the gorgeous, Tiffany glass-filled Third Presbyterian Church.
In Rochester, we attended part of a rehearsal of the Rochester Philharmonic, playing a very difficult and unfamiliar Walton Symphony for the very first time. They handled it with great professionalism and aplomb, and it was a privilege to attend that rehearsal as opening rehearsals are typically closed affairs. The
Rochester Philharmonic is led by concertmaster and Eastman School of Music faculty member Julina Athayde, who studied for a time with Anne Crowden. After a thorough tour of the beautiful Eastman main campus, we split into groups for workshops with Eastman faculty on the Vivaldi. Juliana and violist George Taylor led one session, and cellist Mimi Hwang led the other. These wonderful workshops gave our students fresh approaches to the works, which they had performed many times before. George Taylor teaches Crowden alumna Tara Sola (’12) at Eastman, and Tara joined us for lunch. We then visited Niagara Falls, traversing the Canadian border for the first time in order to see the breathtaking view from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
That full day of making music at a preeminent conservatory and experiencing one of
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the wonders of the natural world was followed the next day by a very special concert at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The students toured a special exhibit of Impressionist paintings, led by an Albright-Knox docent. We performed the well-attended concert in the sculpture court, and the resonant and beautiful space helped our students sound their very best in Mendelssohn, Bach, and Tchaikovsky.
After several days jam-packed with travel and musical activity, we crossed back into Canada for several days of tourism and music in the wonderfully diverse and cosmopolitan city of Toronto. Our group enjoyed a walking and bus tour, a harbor boat ride, and a visit to the vertiginous CN Tower as well as the Ontario Science Centre and the Royal Ontario Museum. Musically, we played a workshop for Etsuko Kimura, Assistant Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony. Etsuko’s expert coaching gave a Vivaldi season and a Dvořák quartet movement new life; she was extraordinarily
generous with her time. Another Toronto highlight was a joint concert at York University with the Philharmonia from the Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Caron Allen. Crowden students comingled with the OSYO over dinner, forming many new friendships. Crowden and OSYO showed off their own repertoire and came together for a joint performance on the large, contemporary stage.
Our last full day involved a visit to and concert at the ornate Casa Loma, a massive castle in the city and one of Toronto’s leading tourist attractions. Casa Loma was truly a special place to play, and our students received a warm response from the numerous visitors to the castle. As a final treat of the tour, we attended the first half of a Toronto Symphony concert featuring Christian Tetzlaff, the wonderful German violin virtuoso, playing a rarity by Karol Szymanowski.
While all of our tours are special in their
own unique ways, this tour was by consensus one of our very best ever. We have rarely had so super-charged a schedule—three, really four destination cities, lots of concerts and workshops, and lots of shoe leather worn out in the name of tourism and cultural enrichment. All of this was handled by the students with grace, energy, artistry, and good cheer. They now have great memories of an international concert tour to last a lifetime.
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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 January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Kindly notify us of any inadvertent omissions. Thank you!
Crowden School
Families
Barrett Anderson & Meng Lu
Donna Jones-Bhandari & Rakesh Bhandari
Wye Ming Choo & Kayo Kurokawa
Jessica & Robert Duran
Arezoo Fakouri & Doug Yokoyama
Donald Falk
Shawn Freedberg & Charlotte Biltekoff
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Deborah Spaulding Graham & Andrew Graham
Joanna Hirsch
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Jane Lee
Yasaman & Young Lee
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Carol & Eddy Lui
Naomi Marks & Michelle Klucsor
Kendra Dodsworth & William Miller
Quang Nguyen & Nica Uk
Jamie Hampton Seetapun & David Seetapun
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Sor
Charlotte & Drew Waters
David & Sara Wilmore
Jovina & Vita Yee
Faculty and Staff
Cathy Allen & Brooke Aird
Marion Atheron & John Reager
Lisa Barratt
Michael & Heghine Boloyan
Maria & John Danielson
Rachel Durling
Doris Fukawa & Marijan Pevec
Lisa Grodin & Adam Cohen
Brad Johnson
Jane Lee
Alyona Marenchuk
Lisa Maresch
Betsy Marvit
Debra Mauro
Annie Nalezny
Moana Newman & Scott Sanders
Kerrilyn Renshaw
Laura Scarlata
Jessica Schaeffer
Monica Scott & Dominique Pelletey
Rick Shinozaki & Irene Jacobson
Eugene Sor & Karen Shinozaki Sor
Jen Strauss & Djalma Barbero
Michel Taddei
Craig & Betsy Wahl
Robert Yamasato
Op. 18 SocietyAlumni
Emily (’97) & George Adams
Samuel Adams (’00)
Elizabeth Alonso-Hallifax (’96)
Noah Bendix-Balgley (’97)
Quen Cheng (’97)
Meena Bhasin-Dalby & Owen Dalby (’98)
Tracy Dooley (’95)
Cary Koh & Ting Chin (’86)
Evie Koh Thibeault (’95)
Christo Logan (’97)
Helen Marks (’01)
Nathan Olson (’00)
Karna Jean Nisewaner & Arne Stokstad (’88)
Helene Lee Toralba (’95)
Anne Crowden
Legacy Society
Richarl Carll
Individual Donors
conductor ($25,000 & up)
Anonymous
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Bruce Burnam
Carol Davis & Joel Marcus
Shelby & Frederick Gans
Soo Hyang Kang & Jacob Pak
benefactor ($10,000–
24,999)
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sponsor ($5,000–9,999)
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Katz
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friend ($250–499)
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Tedjakusuma
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Lorraine Hauser
Tamra C. Hege
Anthonia Roller & Wayne Heiser
David & Nora Koh
Helga Holtmann & Ronald Rice
Susan Ingerman & Arlene Siegelman
Peter & Jane Jaffe
Naomi Janowitz & Andrew Lazarus
Martha & Vaughan Jones
Steven Joseph & Corey HansenJoseph
Paul Kamen & Casilda Rubio
Sharon & Mike King
Fred Konkel & Kathy Kaspar
Anna & Bonnie Lamb
Raymond Lau
Sherman & Danielle Lee
Jonathan Leichtling & Wendy Stern
Victoria Leonard & Noah Kahn
Jean & Robert Littlejohn
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Paul Luciano
Anthony & Rosa Martin
Nancy Merrill & Wesley Underwood
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Ilknur & Ilker Sozat
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supporter ($50–99)
Barbara & Mark Altenberg
Susie & Schuyler Bailey
Claudia Bloom & Daniel Pitt
Robert & Gloria Bloom
Russell Bordonaro
Ronnie Boynton & Marge Boyd
Kevin Carlson
Jean Chastain
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Eleanor Cohen
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Aileen Frankel
Gretchen & Richard Grant
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Marc Levinson & Julia Jang
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Councilwoman Linda Maio
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Luvien Tran
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In Kind Gifts
Cathy Allen Aird
Elizabeth Alonso-Hallifax
John Bennett
Joan Balter
Karen Ginsberg
Deborah Spaulding-Graham & Andy Graham
Joanna Hirsch
Jay & Leslie Ifshin
Brad Johnson
Jasper Kamperman
Bruce Klimoski
Jim Mills
Crowden
Board of Trustees
officers
Cary Koh, Chair
Olshausen Family Trust
Dave Walcott
Janet Weinstein
Ron Wizelman
Mark Woyshner & Louise Gaston
Businesses and Organizations
NASDAQ
Dealey, Renton & Associates
ebay Foundation
Right Face Ltd.
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Noah’s Bagels Picante
Institutional Donors
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Bank of America Matching
Grants
California Arts Council
City of Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
Crestmont Conservatory of Music
Durfee Foundation
Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts
Pacific Harmony Foundation
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Wells Fargo Community Programs
Gifts in Tribute
in memory of willie archie
Angela Archie
Raymond Archie
in honor of marion atherton
Elaine & Herrick Jackson
in honor of joan balter
Nick Gerson
in memory of elizabeth ann & jesse birnbaum
Nathan Birnbaum & Claire Peeps
in honor of stephan & caelin boman
Carol Robertson
albert braver music instrument fund
Robert & Gunilla HaegerstromPortnoy
in memory of anne crowden
Gregory Freidin & Victoria Bonnell
in memory of anne crowden & robert schwartz
Fran Hill & Larry Frost
in honor of samantha der
Timothy & Cathy Der
in honor of saskia freedberg
Louis Hagler
in honor of doris fukawa
Susie & Schuyler Bailey
John Lowitz & Fran KriegerLowitz
John & Annamarie McCarthy
Alex & Ditsa Pines
in memory of erwyn hahn
Natalie Hahn
in honor of zach griffin
Aileen Frankel
in memory of albee & jerry guttman
Lynn Lent
John McCarthy, Helen Meyer, Deborah O’Grady
founder
Anne Crowden (1928–2004)
honorary president
Lord Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
founding president
in honor of joanna hirsh
The Grubb Co.
in honor of james jaffe & lori hennessey
Peter & Jane Jaffe
in honor of jesse jenks
Alden Jenks & Mikako Endo
in memory of ian johnstone
Claudia Bloom & Daniel Pitt
Rachel Durling
Julianne Feldman
in honor of cary koh
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
in honor of sukey lilienthal & june wiley
Moana Newman & Scott Sanders
in memory of catherine maclaughlin
Douglas MacLaughlin
in memory of duane & hildred merrill
Nancy Merrill & Wesley Underwood
in honor of meyer sound
Joan Sarnat & David Hoffman
in honor of lucas peterson
Sherry Hsi
in memory of milly rosner
Patricia Durham & Douglas Hammer
Anna & Bonnie Lamb
Helene Lee Toralba
in honor of arkadi serper
Anthonia Roller & Wayne Heiser
in memory of aunt trudy
Paul Kamen & Casilda Rubio
in memory of rocky umar
Anna Umar
in honor of mariko hiraga wyrick
Peter Wyrick & Amy Hiraga
in memory of gene yee
Cathay Bi
Julie Chinn
Jose A. Gatchalian
Rozane Gee
Mickey Hong
Tommy Huynh
Yayoi Kambara-Coughlin
Vivek Khanna
Steven Lee
Jenny Mao
Christina McCloskey
Tamara Milovac
Quang Nguyen & Nica Uk
Maris Stentz
Edward Sun
John Tam
Miranda Tang
Sheryl Wong
Yvonne Wun
James Marks, Jerome Matthews,Vice Chairs
Harry Loucks, Treasurer
Tracy Dooley, Secretary
members
Angela Archie, Joan Balter, Donna Eyestone, Shawn Freedberg, Zachary Griffin, S. Young Lee, Anne Nesbet, Jacob Pak, Maria Poncel, 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,
Colin Hampton (1911–1996)
Administration
Doris Fukawa, Executive and Artistic Director
Rachel Ahrenstorff, Programs Assistant
Marion Atherton, Chief Operating Officer
Maria Danielson, Staff Accountant
Hande Erdem, Programs and Admissions Manager
Monica Frame, tcs Counselor
Brad Johnson, tcs Principal
Michelle Lee, Communications Assistant
Heidi Mattson, tcs Assistant Principal
Debra Mauro, Director of Finance
Jorge Mendoza, Building and Grounds Assistant
Moana Newman, Director of Development
Reynaldo Rodriguez, Building and Grounds Supervisor
Eugene Sor, Associate Artistic Director, Director of tcs Music
Jennifer Strauss, Director of Communications
Michel Taddei, Director of Artistic Administration
Stephannie Tornow, Operations Coordinator
Olivia Vazquez, Morning Receptionist
Karen Zevallos, Receptionist
Crowden Letter
Brad Johnson, Moana Newman, Jennifer Strauss, Michel Taddei, writers
Heidi Alletzhauser, David Bellard, Megan Bentley, Hande Erdem, photography
Jennifer Strauss, editor, graphic designer
Front cover photo by Heidi Alletzhauser.
Page 2 photo by Megan Bentley
Back cover photo by Hande Erdem
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Music Changes
Everything
In this Issue
1. Share the news: The Crowden School is expanding!
2. Travel to Toronto with our young musicians on tour
3. Celebrate our students and alums in the spotlight
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