Crowden ’ s 40 th Anniversary

SEPTEMBER 2023

Sundays @ Four:

Baumer String Quartet

An extraordinary ensemble featuring no less than three Crowden School alums, brothers AARON (’95) and DAVID REQUIRO (’99) and NATHAN OLSON (’00).

OCTOBER 2023

Community Music Day

Our 23rd annual Community Music Day, Crowden's free musical carnival for all ages, will feature beloved attractions like our popular Instrument Petting Zoo, and expanded musical programming reflecting the breadth of Crowden's educational programs.

Board Update

As announced in May, we welcomed two Board members this spring, returning member and alum parent (’97, ’00) DEBORAH O'GRADY , who helped shepherd the purchase of our historic campus as a trustee in the

NOVEMBER 2023

Sundays @ Four:

Cellist Jay Campbell (’03)

The only musician ever to receive two Avery Fisher Career Grants —as a soloist, and again as a member of the JACK Quartet—Crowden alum cellist JAY CAMPBELL ’s performances have been called “electrifying” (New York Times) and “gentle, poignant, and deeply moving” (Washington Post).

FEBRUARY 2024

Chamber Music Festival with the Alexander String Quartet

Crowden is proud to inaugurate our first-ever chamber music festival with longtime friends and mentors the ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET

’90s, and alum parent (’10) DR. ANN EASTMAN , a second violin “community player” with the Berkeley Symphony for over 30 years.

In June, the Board voted its new officers for 2023-24. Investment professional and current school parent (’24) ERIC HALLSTEIN transitioned from his Vice Chair position to Chair, with fine art photographer and videographer Deborah O’Grady assuming Vice Chair.

MARCH 2024

Sundays @ Four: Fry Street Quartet

Hailed as “a triumph of ensemble playing” by the New York Times, this globally acclaimed, Fischoff Grand Prize-winning quartet of sometimes Crowden summer faculty members perform Beethoven, Lena Frank, and Shostakovich.

APRIL 2024

Sundays @ Four: Catalyst Quartet

Grammy® Award-winning Catalyst Quartet, featuring alumna KARLA DONEHEW PEREZ (’99), tours the world to acclaim for its “perfect ensemble unity” and “unequaled class of execution” (Lincoln Journal Star).

Alum parent of two (’20, ’21) and finance professional DEBORAH SPAULDINGGRAHAM will continue in her current role as Treasurer, with audio visual educator DONNA EYESTONE , also an alum parent (’18), continuing as Secretary.

Finally, our deep gratitude to two longtime trustees who termed out last month, DR. JAMES MARKS and JOAN BALTER .

Save the Dates!

September 17, 2023

Sundays @ Four: Baumer String Quartet

October 8, 2023

Community Music Day