02.27.2026 | Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell Program

Co-presented with Philharmonic Society of Orange County

Joshua Bell with Academy of St Martin in the Fields Friday, February 27, 2026 | 8PM Soka Performing Arts Center at Soka University of America

Featured Performers Orchestra Violin I Joshua Bell Harvey de Souza Amanda Smith Gabrielle Painter Fiona Brett Miranda Playfair Martin Gwilym Jones Sijie Chen Dorina Markoff Violin II Martin Burgess Matthew Ward Clare Hayes Richard Milone Antonia Kesel Miranda Dale Cecily Ward Viola Robert Smissen Fiona Bonds Ian Rathbone Nicholas Barr Matthew Maguire

Cello Richard Harwood Will Schofield Judith Herbert Reinoud Ford Sarah Suckling Bass Lynda Houghton David Stark Alice Kent Flute Harry Winstanley Sarah Newbold Oboe James Hulme Rachel Ingleton Clarinet Fiona Cross Thomas Lessels

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Featured Performers Orchestra Bassoon Julie Price Lorna West

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PROGRAM

CHARLES IVES Variations on “America” (arr. Iain Farrington)

SAINT-SAËNS

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Variations on “America” (arr. Iain Farrington) CHARLES IVES

It feels especially fitting, in a year marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, to open with music by Charles Ives— the composer who has come to embody the “maverick” streak in American musical history. Yet Ives’s Variations on “America” comes not from the iconoclast of legend but from the astonishingly gifted teenager who already showed signs of the independence and irreverence that would define his mature voice.

Ives wrote the piece in 1891, when he was seventeen. By then he was already a seasoned church organist—he had held his first post at fourteen in Danbury—and he later performed the Variations as a Fourth of July offertory at the Methodist church in Brewster, New York, where he soon took up a new organ position. The premise is straightforward: a set of variations on “America” (also known as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee”), the patriotic hymn that generations of schoolchildren grew up singing.

The tune itself has an older life: it first took shape as the 18th-century British anthem “God Save the King,” whose composer is unknown— and which remains the United Kingdom’s national anthem today.

Americans adopted it with new words in 1831, when Samuel Francis Smith fashioned the patriotic hymn “America” from the familiar melody.

For decades, it served as the young

nation’s unofficial anthem, lodged deep in public memory.

The young Ives approaches this familiar melody with gleeful freedom. His variations twist, refract, parody, and celebrate the tune all at once—with surprise key changes, rhythmic disruptions, and sly harmonic jokes that would not become fashionable for decades.

Even as a teenager, he was quietly remaking the rules.

The piece later entered the orchestral world through the American composer William Schuman’s well-known arrangement from the early 1960s Tonight, however, we hear a new version by the British organist, composer, and arranger Iain Farrington, whose vivid, stylistically alert orchestrations have made him a favorite of ensembles across the UK. There’s a certain irresistible irony in hearing this most American of youthful provocations through the bright, clear sonorities of a quintessentially British chamber orchestra, yet the match proves ideal: Farrington’s scoring preserves the sparkle and mischief of Ives’s original while giving the music a fresh, modern sheen.

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

Camille Saint-Saëns’s long life (1835–1921) stretched from the high Romantic generation through the upheavals of the First World War and the uneasy beginnings of Modernism. He championed the

ABOUT THE PROGRAM revolutionary advances of Liszt and Wagner, yet recoiled from the later innovations of Debussy and Stravinsky. Though he composed prolifically across every major genre—even writing early film scores—only a handful of works have stayed firmly in the repertory.

Many of these date from the 1870s and 1880s, his peak decades: Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, The Carnival of the Animals, the Organ Symphony, and the Third Violin Concerto.

Saint-Saëns understood the concerto form from the inside out—a fluency that performers like Joshua Bell respond to instinctively.

His writing gives the soloist room to shape a line with freedom, yet always within a firm architectural frame.

A virtuoso pianist from childhood, Saint-Saëns introduced Beethoven’s piano concertos to skeptical Parisian audiences and wrote five for himself—after giving a debut at age ten in which he offered, as an encore, to play any Beethoven sonata the public might name, from memory. He found the concerto, with its inherently public, theatrical character, to be a form where elegance, clarity, and a refined sense of drama could coexist.

No wonder, then, that the Violin Concerto No. 3—composed in 1880 and written expressly for the great Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate—feels so poised and natural. The last of SaintSaëns’s three violin concertos, it is also the one most perfectly

matched to Sarasate’s artistry.

Saint-Saëns had already indulged his taste for bravura display in the First Concerto, also written for Sarasate; here he offers something richer and more integrated, shaped by the violinist’s lyricism rather than sheer athleticism.

Sarasate (1844–1908), to whom the concerto is dedicated, was one of the pivotal musicians of his era—in addition to his celebrity as a virtuoso violinist, he was a composer, a champion of new music, and an artist admired by G.B. Shaw and painted by Whistler. His playing was famed for beauty of tone, purity of intonation, and effortless poise— qualities Saint-Saëns makes central to the expressive profile of this work. As the composer once wrote: “The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.” The Third Concerto seems built on that creed.

The first movement opens with a gesture reminiscent of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, with the soloist entering almost immediately over an agitated orchestral rustle.

The violin states a stark, emphatic theme before melting into freer, more expressive phrases. This tension between gruff severity and lyrical release becomes the movement’s governing contrast. A sweet, highlying melody—one of Saint-Saëns’s most grateful inspirations—softens the mood before the opening idea returns in altered forms.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM The slow movement, Andantino quasi allegretto, is fluid and gently propelled, calculated to be played at a quicker pace than an Andante.

Saint-Saëns described it as “a lake between two mountains,” and praised Sarasate’s ability to sound “as calm on the lake as he was agitated on the mountains.”

The music’s lilting rhythm gives it a pastoral, almost dreamlike serenity, with delicate woodwind writing supporting the violin’s purity of line.

It is the concerto’s oasis: intimate and perfectly proportioned.

The finale is the most expansive movement, and the most structurally adventurous. SaintSaëns begins with a surprising flourish: the violin launches what seems like a passionate cadenza spanning its full range, only to be interrupted by an orchestral recitative. Then the tempo quickens, and the movement unfolds through a series of contrasting themes, among them a choralelike melody that later returns in noble brass sonorities. This chorale helps steer the music toward a bright turn to the major key for the spirited, forward-driving coda.

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

Nearly a decade after SaintSaëns completed his Third Violin Concerto, Antonín Dvořák had settled into life at his country home in Vysoká, about 30 miles south of Prague on land owned by his wealthy brother-in-law. It was a landscape he loved: woods alive with birdsong, quiet ponds, and

long forest paths. Dvořák wandered these paths daily, chatting with villagers and letting musical ideas settle into place. He even converted an old sheep barn into a small house where he composed several of his best-known works, including, in 1889, the Eighth Symphony.

The Eighth emerged at a moment of renewed confidence. Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony (1885), full of inner turmoil, had won validation the Czech composer long sought in a cultural climate often dominated

by German-Austrian attitudes. He approached the new symphony “with individual thoughts worked out in a new way,” as he put it—a deliberate contrast to the darker cast of the Seventh. The renowned conductor Hans Richter, reporting on the Vienna premiere of the Eighth Symphony, wrote: “You would have enjoyed this performance very much. We all felt that it is a great work and so we were all enthusiastic.”

Although the Eighth contains the Czech musical fingerprints one expects from Dvořák—buoyant rhythms, modal inflections, dancelike phrasing—its personality is even more deeply bound to the natural world of Vysoká. Some pages suggest a pastoral idyll; others veer into more ambiguous, even volatile territory. That blend of light and shade gives the symphony its unmistakable voice. The work was prompted in part by Dvořák’s appointment to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature, and Arts, and he led members of Prague’s National Theater

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Orchestra (where he had once played as a violist) in the premiere in February 1890.

The first movement opens in a gently veiled G minor, its melancholy theme emerging in the strings. This idea returns at several structural points, but the mood soon brightens into a radiant G major. This is music that feels like sunlight breaking suddenly through a canopy of leaves. The flute’s birdsong, one of the movement’s most memorable gestures, functions not as mere ornamentation but as a true thematic idea. Pastoral calm coexists with brass-driven climaxes, and the movement grows from a handful of simple motifs that Dvořák recombines with a sense of organic growth.

Variation—so fundamental to the natural world Dvořák loved— shapes the Adagio’s drama. The strings present the theme at the outset, and Dvořák spins a series of reflections: tender, brooding, and at times turbulent. One variation subtly recalls the birdsong of the first movement; another expands into a stormier, more dramatic scene. Instrumental color is essential to the movement’s design, as the melody passes through the orchestra with constantly shifting timbre.

Instead of a scherzo, the third movement offers a melancholy waltz in G minor—elegant but wistful, as if filtered through memory. Its contrasting middle section brings a gentle innocence, using material from an early one-

act comic opera Dvořák had written many years before. The return of the waltz theme has a softened, almost nostalgic glow.

Launched by trumpet fanfares, the finale offers a set of variations on a two-part theme first stated by the cellos. These opening measures contain, in compressed form, yet another echo of the flute idea from the first movement, now transformed into something sturdier and more assertive.

Dvořák’s methods recall models he admired—Beethoven’s Eroica, Brahms’s transformational craft— but the result is unmistakably his own. The Symphony’s final minutes are both magical and slyly humorous, as if the composer suddenly shakes off his reverie and urges the music toward a headlong, giddily exhilarating finish.

Program notes by Thomas May © 2026.

ABOUT THE ARTIST JOSHUA BELL VIOLIN & MUSIC DIRECTOR With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of our time.

He has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world and regularly appears as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and as the Music Director of London’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF).

In the 2025–26 season, Bell continues to champion the rediscovered Violin Concerto by Thomas de Hartmann, following his recent Diapason d’Or-winning world premiere recording of the work. After giving its UK premiere at London’s BBC Proms, he performs the concerto with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Oslo Philharmonic, and gives its Canadian premiere during his season-long tenure as a Toronto Symphony Spotlight Artist. With ASMF, he leads extensive tours on both sides of the Atlantic, including returns to the Vienna Konzerthaus and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Other orchestral highlights include his first appearances as Principal Guest Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony; concerto dates with the Houston Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; and concerts and an Asian tour with Hamburg’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

As well as giving recitals in the U.S. and Europe, Bell joins Steven

Isserlis and Evgeny Kissin for trio programs in New York, Kansas City, Paris, Vienna, and Prague, and reunites with Jeremy Denk for duo recitals at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Ravinia Festival.

In 2011, Bell was named Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, succeeding Sir Neville Marriner, who founded the orchestra in 1959. Bell’s history with the Academy dates back to 1986, when he first recorded the Bruch and Mendelssohn concertos with Marriner and the orchestra.

He has since led the orchestra on several albums, including the 2019 Grammy-nominated Bruch: Scottish Fantasy. In April 2024, the Academy announced the extension of his contract through the 2027–28 season.

Bell is also the Founder and Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of America (COA), which aims to empower the next generation of artists through performance opportunities, mentorship, and educational outreach initiatives. In April 2025, COA made its debut at TED2025, where Bell gave a TED Talk about the power of live orchestras in today’s tech-filled world.

Bell has commissioned and premiered new works by John Corigliano, Edgar Meyer, Behzad Ranjbaran, and Nicholas Maw, winning a Grammy Award for his recording of Maw’s Violin Concerto.

In 2023–24, he introduced his newly commissioned concerto project, The Elements, a fivemovement suite by renowned living composers Jake Heggie,

ABOUT THE ARTIST Jennifer Higdon, Edgar Meyer, Jessie Montgomery, and Kevin Puts. Bell gave the work’s premiere performances with Hamburg’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and Seattle Symphony.

Bell’s many collaborators include Emanuel Ax, Chris Botti, Chick Corea, Renée Fleming, Josh Groban, Lang Lang, Dave Matthews, Anoushka Shankar, Regina Spektor, Sting, and Daniil Trifonov.

As an exclusive Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums, winning Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone, Diapason d’Or, and Opus Klassik awards.

He is currently recording Fauré’s chamber music with Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk, who previously partnered with him on a 2024 Mendelssohn trios release that was a Gramophone “Editor’s Choice.”

Bell’s 2019 Amazon Originals Chopin Nocturne arrangement was the first classical release of its kind on Amazon Music, and his 2013 album with ASMF, on which he conducts Beethoven’s Fourth and Seventh Symphonies, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

Bell worked with John Corigliano on the film soundtrack for The Red Violin (1998), which won the composer an Academy Award and made Bell a household name. Since then, he has appeared on several other soundtracks, including Ladies in Lavender (2004) and Defiance (2008). To commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Red

Violin, he performed with live orchestra at screenings of the film at festivals and with the New York Philharmonic. He appeared three times as a guest star on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and made numerous appearances on the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle.

Bell is also featured on six Live from Lincoln Center specials, as well as on a PBS Great Performances episode, “Joshua Bell: West Side Story in Central Park.” In 2020, PBS presented Joshua Bell: At Home with Music, a nationwide broadcast produced entirely in lockdown by Tony and Emmy Award-winning director Dori Berinstein. Sony Classical subsequently released the companion album, Joshua Bell: At Home with Music (Live).

A keen advocate for accessible music education, Bell received the 2022 Paez Medal of Art from the Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts and the 2019 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award, presented in association with the Dresden Music Festival. He has also partnered with Trala, the techpowered violin learning app; is actively involved with Education Through Music and Turnaround Arts; and, in 2014, mentored and performed alongside National YoungArts Foundation string musicians in the HBO Family documentary special, Joshua Bell: A YoungArts Masterclass.

Through an ongoing partnership with Embertone, the leading virtual instrument sampling company, Bell launched the Joshua Bell Virtual Violin. A sampler for producers,

ABOUT THE ARTIST Violin. A sampler for producers, engineers, artists, and composers, it is widely considered the best virtual instrument of its kind.

He also collaborated with Sony PlayStation 4 VR on the Joshua Bell VR experience, which features Bell and pianist Sam Haywood performing in full 360-degree VR. In 2007, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post story about Bell performing incognito in a Washington, D.C. metro station sparked an ongoing conversation about artistic reception. This inspired Kathy Stinson’s 2013 children’s book, The Man with the Violin, and an animated film with music by Academy Award-winning composer Anne Dudley. Illustrated

by Dušan Petričić, Stinson’s 2017 book, Dance with the Violin, offers a glimpse into one of Bell’s childhood competition experiences.

Bell debuted the “Man with the Violin” festival at the Kennedy Center that same year, later presenting a “Man with the Violin” family concert with the Seattle Symphony.

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell began playing the violin at the age of four and started studies with his mentor, Josef Gingold, eight years later. At 14, he debuted with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and at 17 made his Carnegie Hall debut with the St. Louis Symphony. He signed with his first label, London Decca, at 18, when he also received the Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Since then, Bell has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, named “Instrumentalist of the Year”

by Musical America, selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and recognized with the Avery Fisher Prize. He has also received the 2003 Indiana Governor’s Arts Award and, in 1991, a Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the Jacobs School of Music. In 2000, he was named an “Indiana Living Legend.”

Bell has performed for three American presidents and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. He participated in former President Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba, subsequently joining Cuban and American musicians for an Emmy-nominated PBS Live from Lincoln Center special titled Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, which celebrated the renewal of cultural diplomacy between Cuba and the United States.

Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.

ABOUT THE ARTIST ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is one of the world’s finest orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music.

Founded in 1958 by Sir Neville Marriner, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields has evolved into a musical powerhouse, an orchestra renowned across the world for its commitment to the musical freedom of its players and the sharing of joyful, inspiring performances.

Today, with Music Director Joshua Bell, ASMF’s player-led approach empowers every member of the orchestra. This creates a direct line and electrifying connection between the orchestra and its audiences, resulting in ambitious and collaborative performances that transcend the more traditional conductor-led model.

In 2025/26, ASMF presents more than 100 concerts, in its most ambitious season to date. Its London season commences with a performance by ASMF BBC New Generation Associate Julius Asal, and touring performances with Jan Lisiecki. This season includes three new commissions

by Sally Beamish, Huw Watkins and Eleanor Alberga, as well as the UK premiere of Kevin Puts’s Earth.

Beyond the concert hall, ASMF’s commitment to a social purpose manifests in impactful projects

that harness the power of music to empower people. The orchestra have a longstanding history of work which connects with people experiencing homelessness, and its education projects develop autonomy and creativity among emerging musicians worldwide.

ASMF’s collective artistic responsibility fosters enduring collaborations with worldrenowned soloists, exemplified by a 15-year partnership with Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell.

These collaborations showcase the benefits of trust and true artistic collaboration developed over time.

Building on its rich global legacy, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields remains one of the world’s most-recorded orchestras, igniting a love for classical music in people around the world through live performance and digital initiatives.

Today, ASMF continues a busy international touring program alongside a significant presence in the UK – making the orchestra one of the country’s most celebrated cultural exports.

Find out more about supporting the work of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at asmf.org/support

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FOUNDER'S SOCIETY ($100,000+)

MAESTRO'S SOCIETY ($50,000+)

The Committees of the Philharmonic Society Donna L. Kendall and the Donna L. Kendall Foundation Dr. Howard Jelinek/Jelinek Family Trust Philharmonic Foundation Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation Elizabeth Segerstrom Maria Manetti Shrem Jane Fujishige Yada

Colburn Foundation Douglas Burch Classical Programs Fund Elaine and Carl Neuss Mr. and Mrs. William F. Podlich Gail and Robert Sebring Ms. Dea Stanuszek

CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) Bluebird Legacy, Inc. The Crean Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fuerbringer Valerie and Hans Imhof Robert E. and Marjorie R. Rawlins Shanbrom Family Foundation

Doctor Bob and Mao Shillman Douglas and Deirdre Smith Steven M. Sorenson MD and J. Eric Shay U.S. Bank Mr. Stephen Amendt Charles and Ling Zhang

LIFETIME GIVING We proudly recognize the following donors whose enduring support over the years has sustained and advanced the Philharmonic Society's mission and enriched the cultural fabric of Orange County for generations to come.

$4M+ Elizabeth Segerstrom and Henry Segerstrom* The Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation $3M+ Mr. Howard J. Jelinek and Mrs. Judith Jelinek* Ms. Donna L. Kendall The Donna L. Kendall Foundation Mr. William Roberts* and Mrs. Barbara Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Smith $2M+ A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Anonymous Mr. William J. Gillespie* The William Gillespie Foundation

$1M+ Anonymous Mr. And Mrs. John C. Crean* Crean Foundation Mrs. R.E. Rawlins* Mrs. Michelle Rohé Segerstrom Center for the Arts The Segerstrom Foundation $700K+ Colburn Foundation Disneyland Mr. Lawrence Gates* and Mrs. Margaret M. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Grier Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kohl The Orange County Register Philharmonic Foundation of Orange County Shanbrom Family Foundation South Coast Plaza

$500K+ The Committees of the Philharmonic Society Mr. Sam Ersan* and Mrs. Lyndie Ersan Ms. Carol Frobish* Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Edward Halvajian* and Mrs. Joan Halvajian Mr. Jerry Harrington* and Mrs. Maralou B. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. William F. Podlich Ms. Dea M. Stanuszek *Deceased

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY DONORS

PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY ($10,000+) John Chimo Arnold, in Memory of Diane Arnold Carol and Eugene Choi Suzanne and David Chonette City of Laguna Beach Marjorie and Roger Davisson The Dirk Family Karen and Don Evarts Hung Fan and Michael Feldman

Mrs. Jean Felder Mrs. Joanne C. Fernbach Mr. John D. Flemming and Mr. Mark Powell Frome Family Foundation Margaret M. Gates Ms. Joan Halvajian Milli Hill Betsy and Gary Jenkins Kari Kerr

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nielsen Cheryl Hill Oakes Lauren and Richard Packard Mr. Patrick Paddon Kay Poggi Christopher Quilter Ms. Mirella Reznic Mr. Robert Ronus Samueli Foundation

Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting Ellen and Vasily I. Semeniuta Anne and Danny Shih Walter and Masami Stahr Diane Stephens Ms. Barbara Tanner Gayle Widyolar Edward and Anna Yeung

Elizabeth Henry and Bruce Ibbetson Carole Innes-Owens Ms. Elizabeth Jones

Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation Pamela and Alexander Munro Carol and Roger Nilsen

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Reynolds Dr. Emmanuel Sharef and Emilia Yin

Patricia K. Duffie Living Trust Deborah and Cody Engle Mr. Gilbert Gluck and Mrs. Catherine A. Bradley Ellen Pickler Harris and Ron Harris Ms. Jena Jensen and Mr. Daniel Jaffurs M.D. Jeffrey 2011 Charitable Lead

Annuity Trust Elliott Kornhauser and Joe Baker Vicki and Richard Lee Ms. Barbara McMurray Dot and Rick Nelson Kent and Yumi Livesay Madylon and Dean Meiling Sandra Price

Marcia Kay and Ron Radelet Karen and Phil Ridout Ms. Harriet Roop Mr. and Mrs. David Seigle Diane and Igal Silber Ms. Linda Silverman and Mr. Ercil Brown Dr. and Mrs. Henry Sobel

Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Field Petrina Friede Dr. Anna Gonosova Ildiko R. Good Michael Gordon Katherine and Carl Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Noel Hamilton Barbara Hamkalo Dan Haspert and Gerry Curtin Mr. Chuck Hong Julia and John Houten Barbara Howland Judith and Kevin Ivey Anne Johnson, in Memory of Tom Douglas Johnson Dr. Nancy L. Kidder LaDonna T. Kienitz, Esq. Eunsuk Kim

Cathy and David Krinsky Hank and Bonnie Landsberg Dr. Sean Liang Barbara and Greg MacGillivray Mr. and Mrs. Richard Malcolm Mrs. Linda Lipman Mandelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jason Marshall Karen McCulley Mr. H.W. McKee and Ms. Robin L. Huffman Mrs. Sharon McNalley Dr. Vahe Meghrouni Danny and Kristy Melita Patricia Morgan Elizabeth and Philip Morse Ann Niedringhaus Susan Qaqundah

Christopher Reed and Pat O’Brien Marian Sansone Deb and Rob Schlesinger Eva Schneider John Jacob Shaak Dr. William and Mrs. Marta Sokol Eric W. Bell and Susanne L. Spangler Vina Spiehler John and Dorothy Stevens Alexander Stimpson Mitchell and Donna Thiessen Dr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Triebwasser Mrs. Elaine Westerhout Dr. Rebecca Yamarik

Walter C. Fidler Mr. and Mrs. Karl Forsstrom Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Donald French Cheryl Garland Mark and Brenda Gow Pamela Hoffman Grace Holdaway Mrs. Songhee Jin Kay Becknell Jones Maki Kaijo Janet Laurin, in honor of Rodney Axton Gary and Jan Lawrence

Katsuhiko and Meiko Maeshige Dr. Lani Martin Caren Mason Kelly and Susan McClellan, in memoriam Judith Jelinek Linda Owen Michael and Meili Pinto Rana Porter Mr. and Mrs. John Prange Lucinda Prewitt Deborah and Tom Rapport Karyn Rashoff Les Redpath Mr. and Ms. Peter T. Ridley

Suzanne Sandmeyer and Wes Hatfield Carol Schwab Myrna and Leonard Simon Mr. Scott Theodorson and Ms. Sandy Koh Theodorson Mike Tompkins and Lynn Weiser Edith Tonkon Ms. Carole Uhlaner and Mr. D Brownstone Edith and Thomas Van Huss Western Allied Corporation Ms. Sally Westrom Karen and Douglas Wilson

Dr. and Mrs. Shigeru Chino Gordon Cowan Stephanie Dencik, in Memory of Susie Gallagher Veronica and Gerald DeVries Mrs. Frayda Eilbert Deanna Epley Jeanie Gibson Marvin Goecks, Jr. Dr. Alan L. Goldin Mark V. Gurvich Huntington Harbor Trinidad Philharmonic Committee Sandra and Jerome Harlan Howard and Carol Hay Marlene Hewitt K.A. Hummel

Luke Hung William Iglehart Seth Johnson Elizabeth M. and Donald P. Johnson Sumie and Alfred Jossi Kenneth and Janis Kaplan Eva Khwaja Barbara R. Kilponen Nancy and Ned Kriz Kim and Ken Kummerow Bruce Larson and Dinny Beringer Dr. and Mrs. Craig Leonard MacGillivray Freeman Films Dr. Deirdre McTeggart Bethany Mendenhall

Victoria Mortensen William Nottingham Angela and David Pak Mr. Richard Parslow Perry Family Fund Sidney and Nancy Petersen John Pettit Mr. Dennis Poey Dr. and Mrs. William G. Preston M.D. Coralie Prince Ms. Gail C. Romansky Deborah and Frank Rugani Kathleen Sangster Paul Schmidhauser and Cindy Hughes Ms. Barbara Sentell

PLATINUM BATON ($6,000+) France and Dr. Richard D. Campbell Richard Goodman Jane and Joe Hanauer

GOLDEN BATON ($3,000+) John W. Benecke and Lee Marino Barbara and Robert Boies Peter Bordas Dr. and Mrs. Berislav Bosnjak Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burra Mr. James Carter Diana and Robert Clemmer Susan and Kevin Daly

SILVER BATON ($1,200+) Abbott Laboratories Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Abrahm Janet Aengst C. David Anderson Nancy Arnold Eileen and Yoshi Asahi David and Frances Nitta Barnes Dr. Lori Bassman and Mr. Harley C. Bassman Tod and Craig Beckett-Frank Ms. Michelle Brenner Mr. James J. Brophy Mrs. Diana Casey Mr. and Mrs. Gustave S. Chabre Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Clark Lauren and Cor Claus Dr. Harvey Eisenberg Cherie and Lawrence Felix

CONCERTO ($600+) Anonymous Charlotte W. and Richard D. Alexander Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman Emmett Carlson and Ross Conner Mary Chelius Mr. Randall K. Chun Peter Conlon and Deborah Shaw Eve and Timothy Donovan Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation Resa Evans

SONATA ($300+) Dinanath and Shobhana Ambegaokar Lisa Ambler Deborah and John Barcellona Ronald and Regina Bender Carol and Walter Boice Dixie and John Bliss Ms. Lynne Bloomberg Robert Braun Mr. Scott Brinkerhoff Gail Brooks Evelyn Brownstone Mr. and Mrs. Tyke Camaras Luisa Cano Beverly and Dave Carmichael Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Chamberlain Jr.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY DONORS SONATA ($300+) Patricia Smoot Diane Stovall Kevin and Nella Webster-O’Grady Dr. Mark Wohlgemuth Ms. Cynthia Wolcott Chava and Ted Wortrich Sandi Wright-Cordes Mr. Leonard Wyss Ivy Yan Dr. Andrew Yen and Ms. Grace Chen

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Frieda Belinfante in memoriam

Jane K. Grier in memoriam

John M. Rau

List current as of 1/6/2026

Official Hotel Partner of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County

The Philharmonic Society deeply appreciates the support of its sponsors and donors, and makes every effort to ensure accurate and appropriate recognition. Contact the Development Department at (949) 553-2422, ext. 233, to make us aware of any error or omission in the foregoing list.

ESTERHAZY PATRONS The Philharmonic Society is proud to recognize our dedicated patrons who have made a multi-year Esterhazy Patron pledge.

We are grateful for their support, which has been largely responsible for enabling us to present the world’s most acclaimed symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists.

Mr. James Alexiou* Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Anderson A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Mr. Gary N. Babick Ms. Tricia Babick Mrs. Linda Beimfohr Mr. and Mrs. John Carson Cheng Family Foundation Mrs. William P. Conlin Marjorie and Roger Davisson Mr. and Mrs. Jack Delman The Dirk Family Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Duma Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Emery Catherine Emmi

Lyndie Ersan Mr. and Mrs. Howard Freedland Margaret M. Gates—In memory of family Mr. Milton S. Grier, Jr. Maralou Harrington Dr. Howard J. Jelinek Mr. and Mrs. Mark Chapin Johnson Dr. Siret Jurison Donna L. Kendall Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Venelin Khristov Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kirwan Milena Kitic Capt. Steve Lutz and Shala Shashani Lutz

Professor Robert and Dr. Adeline Yen Mah Mrs. Sharon McNalley Dr. Vahe Meghrouni Elaine and Carl Neuss Mr. Thomas Nielsen Milan Panic Helen Reinsch Barbara Roberts Mrs. Michelle Rohé Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Salyer Elizabeth Segerstrom Douglas and Deirdre Smith Mrs. Elaine Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. George Wentworth Anonymous *Deceased

LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS Mr. James Alexiou* and Mrs. Elaine Alexiou* Dr. and Mrs. Julio Aljure Diane* and John Chimo Arnold Estate of Edra E. Brophy* Mr. James J. Brophy Mr. Douglas T. Burch, Jr.* Mr. William P. Conlin* and Mrs. Laila Conlin Pamela Courtial* Gregory Pierre Cox Richard Cullen and Robert Finnerty Mr. Ben Dolson* Camille and Eric Durand Trust* Karen and Don Evarts Erika E. Faust* James and Judy Freimuth Ms. Carol Frobish*

The William Gillespie Foundation* Mr. and Mrs.* Milton S. Grier, Jr. Mr. Edward Halvajian* Ms. Joan Halvajian Ms. Marie Hiebsch* Mildred and James* Hill Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hull* Mr. Leonard Jaffe Judith* and Howard Jelinek Dr. Burton L. Karson* Donna L. Kendall Hank and Bonnie Landsberg Mrs. Carla Liggett Dr. William Lycette Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Michel Mr. and Mrs. Bart Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Nadler* Eva Cebulski Olivier Mrs. Frank M. Posch*

Marcia Kay Radelet Marjorie Rawlins* Mrs. Ladislaw Reday* Elaine M. Redfield* Mr. Richard M. Reinsch* Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Salyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sebring John Jacob Shaak Mr. H. Russell Smith* Al Spector and Tatjana Soli Ms. Dea Stanuszek Diane and Michael Stephens Vas Nunes Family Trust* Betty M. Williams* Anonymous *Deceased Bold type indicates gifts of $50,000 or more.

LEAVE A LEGACY Please call the Philharmonic Society Development Department if you have included either the Philharmonic Society or the separate Philharmonic Foundation in your will or trust so that we may honor you as a member of the Legacy Circle. For more information, call (949) 553-2422, ext. 233, or visit www.PhilharmonicSociety.org/Support and click on Planned Giving.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY DONORS

PHILHARMONIC FORWARD CAMPAIGN The Philharmonic Society’s Philharmonic Forward campaign is the first of its kind in the organization’s history.

It will grow the Society’s endowment—providing greater opportunities for the presentation of the world’s leading orchestras and other musical performances while expanding our educational and community outreach— and also establish a current needs fund for organizational sustainability and flexibility.

We are proud to recognize those who are helping secure the Society’s future with a gift to the Philharmonic Forward Campaign. We are grateful for their support, which will help fuel the Society’s growth and provide a legacy of incomparable music and superb music education programs in perpetuity.

Co-Chairs

Donna L. Kendall and Douglas H. Smith

$1,000,000+

Mr. James J. Brophy Donna L. Kendall and the Donna L. Kendall Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sebring Anonymous

$500,000+

Richard Cullen and Robert Finnerty James and Judy Freimuth

$250,000+

The Davisson Family Fund for Youth Music Education Margaret M. Gates—In memory of family Mr. and Mrs.* Milton S. Grier, Jr. Douglas and Deirdre Smith

$100,000+

Pete and Sabra* Bordas David and Suzanne Chonette Karen and Don Evarts Milli and Jim* Hill Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nielsen Richard* and Deborah Polonsky Diane and Michael* Stephens Anonymous

$50,000+

Mr. Douglas T. Burch, Jr.* Dr. Richard D. and France Campbell Erika E. Faust* Mrs. Joanne C. Fernbach Joan Halvajian Elaine and Carl Neuss Marcia Kay Radelet Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Ridout Ms. Dea Stanuszek Dr. Daniel and Jeule Stein

$25,000+

Douglas Burch Classical Programs Fund Mr. William P. Conlin* and Mrs. Laila Conlin Mr. and Mrs. Donald French Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fuerbringer Mr. and Mrs. Noel Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Chase* Roh

Up to $24,999

Eleanor* and Jim Anderson John W. Benecke Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burra Ana and Ron Dufault Hung Fan and Michael Feldman First American Trust Kimberly Dwan Bernatz Mr. John D. Flemming and Mr. Mark Powell Duke Funderburke Carolyn and John Garrett Karin Easter Gurwell Maralou and Jerry M.* Harrington Mrs. Alice E. Hood Huntington Harbour Philharmonic Committee Marina Windjammer Group Kevin and Judith Ivey Ms. Lula Belle Jenkins Doris and Jim Kollias Mrs. Elizabeth C. Kramer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Madracki Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mastrangelo Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Michel Charles Mosmann Carl Neisser* Joan Rehnborg Dr. and Mrs. Henry Sobel Dr. and Mrs. Julio Taleisnik Marti and Walter Unger Gayle Widyolar, M.D. Sandi Wright-Cordes U.S. Bank Anonymous

*Deceased

For more information, contact Halim Kim, Senior Director of Development, at (949) 553-2422, ext. 233 or email halim@philharmonicsociety.org.

ABOUT THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

ABOUT THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

Founded in 1954 as Orange County’s first music organization, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents national and international performances of the highest quality and provides dynamic and innovative music education programs for individuals of all ages to enhance the lives of Orange County audiences through music.

Since its inception, the Philharmonic Society has evolved and grown with the county’s changing landscape, presenting artists and orchestras who set the standard for artistic achievement from Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Yo-Yo Ma, and Renée Fleming to the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and many others. In addition, the Philharmonic Society celebrates multi-disciplinary performances under its Eclectic Orange brand and embraces music from a wide range of countries with its World Music performances.

The Philharmonic Society’s nationally recognized Youth Music Education Programs, offered free of charge, engage more than 80,000 students annually through curriculum-based music education programs that aim to inspire, expand imaginations, and encourage learning at all levels. These programs are made possible by The Committees of the Philharmonic Society comprised nearly 450 volunteer members who provide more than 50,000 hours of in-kind service each year. As a key youth program, the exceptional Orange County Youth Symphony and String Ensemble provide top-tier training to the area’s most talented young musicians through multi-level ensemble instruction, leadership training, touring opportunities, challenging professional repertoire, and performances in world-class venues.

PHONE ONLINE

949.553.2422 philharmonicsociety.org

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

OFFICERS

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Elaine Neuss, Chair/CEO * John Flemming, Deputy Board Chair * Donna L. Kendall, Vice Chair * Stephen Amendt, Secretary/Treasurer *

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kathy Barrett, President, The Committees * Lauren Claus, Past President, The Committees Kathy Cobb-Woll, President-Elect, The Committees Hung Fan, Laguna Beach Music Festival Chair Jean Felder, Artistic & Marketing Chair Margaret Gates, Development Chair * Benny Ishii, Orange County Youth Symphony Chair Kari Kerr, Nominating & Governance Chair Marlene Nielsen, Board of Governors Mirella Reznic June Shillman Douglas Smith, Member at Large *

IN MEMORIAM Sabra Bordas Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Jane Grier

PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tommy Phillips

*Executive Committee

Emily Sly, Artistic Operations Manager Hana Kurihara, Concert Production Coordinator Kathy Smith, Piano Technician

DEVELOPMENT Kimberley Monday, Vice President of Development Halim Kim, Senior Director of Development Zach Edwards, Board Liaison and Development Coordinator

EDUCATION Katherine Yang, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement Courtney McKinnon, Associate Director of Volunteer and Education Services Jennifer Niedringhaus, Senior Manager of Education and Community Engagement Chloe Hopper, Education Associate and OCYS Coordinator Penny Arroyo, Huntington Harbour Office Manager and Finance Coordinator Hitesh Benny, Education and Community Engagement Intern

FINANCE Roan Alombro, Vice President of Finance Fay Hu, Finance and HR Associate

MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Jean Hsu, COO / Vice President of Communications Marie Songco-Torres, Senior Marketing and PR Manager Rosiana Falzon, Marketing and PR Associate

PATRON SERVICES Jonathan Mariott, Director of Patron Services Angelica Nicolas, Marketing and Patron Services Manager Randy Polevoi, Musical Concierge

ORANGE COUNTY YOUTH SYMPHONY AND STRING ENSEMBLE Johannes Müller Stosch, Music Director and OCYS Conductor Lucy Lu, OCYSE Conductor and OCYS Strings Coach Danielle Culhane, Operations and Personnel Manager