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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 8 PM
Pre-Concert Lecture by Classical California KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen | 7 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center at Soka University of America
Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Joshua Bell
Flight of Moving Days
(New commission to mark the centenary of Sir Neville Marriner)
Douglas Marriner, percussion
Joshua Bell, violin
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
Original cadenzas by Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell, violin
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
I. Sostenuto assai; Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
III. Adagio espressivo
IV. Allegro molto vivace
Born November 17, 1961, CT
(New commission to mark the centenary of Sir Neville Marriner)
Douglas Marriner, percussion Joshua Bell, violin
Vince Mendoza studied piano and guitar as a boy and later took up trumpet. He studied at Ohio State University and earned his masters in composition at the USC Thornton School of Music. Mendoza has been particularly interested in the interface between classical music and jazz, and in Europe he has been the music director of the Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands and the WDR Big Band in Cologne. He is now an adjunct professor of jazz composition at USC Thornton. The composer has supplied a program note:
Lyricism and rhythmic freedom have always been the starting point of my approach to composition. Where can we place our melodies in relation to a perceived pulse? Moreover, the challenge for written ensemble music in the jazz tradition is to invite the listener to imagine that what they are hearing is not actually written down but being made up right on the spot
The sound of a modern drum set combined with the attitude of a post-romantic sized orchestra is most certainly an odd juxtaposition. But in the construction of Flight
of Moving Days I saw this juxtaposition as nothing less than a recipe for invention, and especially for providing a new point of view that enhances our understanding of the story. Think of the drum soloist as the unexpected party guest, who in the end changes the direction of the party, to a new and exciting mood, energy and emotion. My point of departure for the orchestra is their quasiromantic language but with a more improvisational approach to phrasing, not to mention recurring Schumann-esque moments that become a basis for a quasi-themeand-variation treatment over the course of the piece. The drum soloist’s role in Flight may begin with coloristic flourishes, rolls and washes, but it gradually becomes more influential to the rhythmic awareness of the orchestra. I also enjoy the blurring of the lines between what is written for a jazz drum soloist and what they would otherwise choose to play to accentuate a particular melody, rhythm or energy. The drummer is in this case riding gracefully over a steadily moving wave, always going forward. By the time we reach the end of Flight the drums are transformed from a provider of color to the main driving force of rhythm to the end, culminating in a drum-violin dialog reminiscent of early Stravinsky or Milhaud’s impressions of 1920’s Jazz. But I’d rather think of it as an improvised late night jam session amongst musical rivals. That’s when the real party gets started.
I would like to thank the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell and Douglas Marriner for inviting me to contribute Flight of Moving Days to their grand celebration of Sir Neville Marriner and the beautiful legacy that he built for us.
(Vince Mendoza)Born February 3, 1809, Hamburg Died November 4, 1847, Leipzig
(Original cadenzas by Joshua Bell)
Joshua Bell, violin
“I would like to write you a violin concerto for next winter. One in E minor keeps running through my head, and the opening gives me no peace.” So wrote Mendelssohn to his lifelong friend, violinist Ferdinand David, in 1838, and that opening has given millions of music-lovers no peace ever since, for it is one of the most perfect violin melodies ever written. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto seems so polished, so effortless in its easy flow that this music feels as if it must have appeared in one sustained stroke of Mendelssohn’s pen. Yet this concerto took seven years to write. Normally a fast worker, Mendelssohn worked very carefully on this music, revising, polishing, and consulting with David–his concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra–at every step of its composition. He completed the score while on vacation in Soden, near Frankfurt,
during the summer of 1844, and David gave the premiere in Leipzig on March 13, 1845. Mendelssohn was sick at that time and could not conduct, so his assistant, the Danish composer Niels Gade, led the first performance.
We do not normally think of Mendelssohn as an innovator, but his Violin Concerto is as remarkable for its originality as for its endless beauty. So overfamiliar has this music become that it is easy to miss its many innovations. These begin in the first instant: Mendelssohn does away with the standard orchestral exposition and has the violin enter in the second bar with its famous theme, marked Allegro molto appassionato and played entirely on the violin’s E-string; this soaring idea establishes the movement’s singing yet impassioned character from the very beginning. Other themes follow in turn–a transitional figure for the orchestra and the true second subject, a chorale-like tune first given out by the woodwinds. This concerto offers wonderful violin music: Mendelssohn played the violin himself, and he consulted with David at every point–the result is a concerto that sits gracefully under the violinist’s hand and sounds to its listeners as poised and idiomatic as it actually is. It is also easy to miss how deftly this concerto is scored: Mendelssohn writes for what is essentially the Mozart-Haydn orchestra (pairs of woodwinds, trumpets, and horns, plus timpani and strings), and he is able to keep textures
transparent and the soloist audible throughout, but he can also make that orchestra ring out with a splendor that Mozart and Haydn never dreamed of. The quiet timpani strokes in the first few seconds, which subtly energize the orchestra’s swirling textures, are just one of many signs of the hand of a master. Another innovation: Mendelssohn sets the cadenza where we do not expect it, at the end of the development rather than just before the coda. We are used to the “standard” cadenza in this concerto–a cadenza that appears to have been largely the creation of Ferdinand David, who fashioned it from Mendelssohn’s themes–but at this concert Joshua Bell performs his own cadenza for this movement. The return of the orchestra is a masterstroke: it is the orchestra that brings back the movement’s main theme as the violinist accompanies the orchestra with dancing arpeggios
Mendelssohn hated applause between movements, and he tried to guard against it here by tying the first two movements together with a single bassoon note (this has not always stopped audiences, however). The two themes of the Andante might by themselves define the term “romanticism.”
There is a sweetness about this music that could–in other hands–turn cloying, but Mendelssohn skirts that danger gracefully. The soloist has the arching and falling opening melody, while the orchestra gives out the darker, more insistent second subject. The writing for violin in this movement,
full of double-stopping and fingered octaves, is a great deal more difficult than it sounds.
Mendelssohn joins the second and third movements with an anticipatory bridge passage that subtly takes its shape from the concerto’s opening theme. Resounding fanfares from the orchestra lead directly to the soloist’s entrance on an effervescent, dancing melody so full of easy grace that we seem suddenly in the fairyland atmosphere of Mendelssohn’s own incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Several other themes appear along the way (Mendelssohn combines some of them in ingenious ways),but it is the sprightly opening melody that dominates as the music flies through the sparkling coda and concludes on the violin’s exultant three-octave leap.
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Born June 8, 1810, Zwickau
Died July 29, 1856, Endenich
Schumann and his wife Clara made a five-month tour of Russia in 1844. Her piano-playing was acclaimed everywhere, but the always-vulnerable Schumann found himself somewhat in the shade, and on their return to Leipzig the composer began to show signs of acute depression: he said that even the act of listening to music “cut into my nerves like knives.” So serious did this become that by the end of the
year Schumann was unable to work at all. He gave up his position at the Leipzig Conservatory, and the couple moved to Dresden in the hope that quieter surroundings would help his recovery. Only gradually was he able to resume work, completing the Piano Concerto in the summer of 1845 and beginning work on the Second Symphony in the fall. Schumann usually worked quickly, but the composition of this symphony took a very long time. Apparently Schumann had to suspend work on the symphony for extended periods while he struggled to maintain his mental energy, and it was not completed until October 1846. The first performance took place on November 5, 1846, with Mendelssohn conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Given the conditions under which it was written, one might expect Schumann’s Second Symphony to be full of dark music, but in fact the opposite is true–this is one of Schumann’s sunniest scores, full of radiance and strength. And, considering the protracted and difficult period of the symphony’s composition, it is surprising to find the work so tightly unified. The symphony opens with a slow introduction–Sostenuto assai–as a trumpet fanfare rings out quietly above slowly-moving strings. During the earliest stages of this symphony’s composition, Schumann wrote to Mendelssohn that “Drums and trumpets (trumpets in C) have been sounding in my mind for quite a while now,” so apparently this trumpet-call was
one of the earliest seeds of the symphony–it recurs throughout. The introduction gathers speed and flows directly into the Allegro ma non troppo, whose main subject is a sharply-dotted melody for violins and woodwinds. This opening movement is in sonata form, and near the end the trumpet fanfare blazes out once again.
The second movement is a scherzo marked Allegro vivace. In contrast to some of Schumann’s others symphonic scherzos–which can remain earthbound–this one flies. Almost a perpetualmotion movement, it makes virtuoso demands on the violins. Two trio sections interrupt the scherzo–the first for woodwinds in triplets, the second for strings–before the opening music returns and the movement speeds to an exciting close. At the climax of this coda, the trumpet fanfare rings out above the racing violins.
The Adagio espressivo, one of Schumann’s most attractive slow movements, opens with a longbreathed melody for the violins. This movement is the emotional center of the symphony, and though this music never wears its heart on its sleeve, its composition made such heavy emotional demands on the composer that he had to stop work temporarily after completing it.
The finale–marked Allegro molto vivace–bursts to life with a rush up the C-major scale. Schumann said of the composition of this
movement: “In the Finale I began to feel myself, and indeed I was much better after I finished the work. Yet . . . it recalls to me a dark period in my life.” The symphony’s unity is further demonstrated by Schumann’s transformation of the first four notes of the main theme of the Adagio into this movement’s second theme and then–at the climax of the entire symphony–by the return of the trumpet fanfare. It begins softly, but gradually
With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Awardwinning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and continues to maintain engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Bell’s highlights in the 2023-24 season include an international tour of his newly-commissioned project, The Elements, featuring works by renowned composers representing each of the five elements. Composers include Jake Heggie (Fire), Jennifer Higdon (Air), Edgar Meyer (Water), Jessie Montgomery (Space), and Kevin Puts (Earth). The work will receive its premiere performances with the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony
grows to a statement of complete triumph, and–with timpani and brass ringing out–the symphony thunders to its close.
Though the Second Symphony may have been the product of a “dark period” in its creator’s often unstable life, it also appears to have been the vehicle by which he made his way back to health.
Program notes are © Eric Bromberger, 2024
Orchestra, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Bell will also release his new album on Sony Classical, Butterfly Lovers, in summer 2023. The record features the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, newly arranged for a traditional Chinese orchestra conducted by Tsung Yeh. Bell will also lead the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on tour in Australia and throughout the United States. Bell appears as artist-in-residence this season with the NDR Elbphilharmonie, and as guest artist with the New Jersey Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and more.
In 2011, Bell was named Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, succeeding Sir Neville Marriner, who formed the orchestra in 1959. Bell’s history with the Academy dates to 1986,
when he first recorded the Bruch and Mendelssohn concertos with Marriner and the orchestra. Bell has since led the orchestra on several albums including Beethoven’s Fourth and Seventh Symphonies, an all-Bach album, For the Love of Brahms, and, most recently, Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, which was nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY® Award.
In summer 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. The program included core classical repertoire as well as new arrangements of beloved works, including a West Side Story medley. The special featured guest artists Larisa Martínez, Jeremy Denk, Peter Dugan, and Kamal Khan. In August 2020, Sony Classical released the companion album to the special, Joshua Bell: At Home With Music (Live).
Bell has commissioned and premiered new works by John Corigliano, Edgar Meyer, Behzad Ranjbaran and Nicholas Maw, and his recording of Maw’s violin concerto received a GRAMMY® award.
Bell has collaborated with peers including Renée Fleming, Chick Corea, Regina Spektor, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Anoushka Shankar, Frankie Moreno, Josh Groban, and Sting, among others. In 2019, Bell joined his longtime friends and musical partners, cellist
Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk, for a ten-city American trio tour; the trio also recorded Mendelssohn’s piano trios at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, slated for release next season.
In 1998, Bell worked with composer John Corigliano on recording the film soundtrack for The Red Violin, which elevated Bell to a household name and garnered Corigliano an Academy Award. Since then, Bell has appeared on several other film soundtracks, including Ladies in Lavender (2004) and Defiance (2008). Bell commemorated the 20th anniversary of The Red Violin (1998) in 2018-19, bringing the film with live orchestra to various festivals and the New York Philharmonic.
Bell has also 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 a PBS Great Performances episode, “Joshua Bell: West Side Story in Central Park.”
In 2021, Bell announced his new partnership with Trala, the techpowered violin learning app. Bell maintains active involvement with Education Through Music and Turnaround Arts, and in 2014, Bell mentored and performed alongside National YoungArts Foundation string musicians in
an HBO Family Documentary special, Joshua Bell: A YoungArts Masterclass. Bell received the 2019 Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward, presented in conjunction with the Dresden Music Festival, for his commitment to arts education.
Bell’s ongoing partnership with Embertone, the leading virtual instrument sampling company, on the Joshua Bell Virtual Violin, a sampler created for producers, engineers, artists, and composers, is widely considered the best virtual instrument of its kind. Bell also collaborated on the Joshua Bell VR experience with Sony PlayStation 4 VR, which features Bell performing with pianist Sam Haywood in full 360-degrees VR.
As an exclusive Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums, garnering GRAMMY®, Mercury®, Gramophone and OPUS KLASSIK awards. Bell’s 2019 Amazon Originals Chopin Nocturne arrangement was the first classical release of its kind on Amazon Music. Bell’s 2016 release, For the Love of Brahms, features recordings with the Academy, Steven Isserlis, and Jeremy Denk. Bell’s 2013 album with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, featuring Bell directing Beethoven’s Fourth and Seventh symphonies, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
In 2007, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post story, centered on Bell performing incognito in a Washington, D.C. metro station,
sparked an ongoing conversation regarding artistic reception. The feature 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. Stinson’s subsequent 2017 book, Dance With The Violin, illustrated by Dušan Petričić, offers a glimpse into one of Bell’s competition experiences at age 12. Bell debuted The Man With The Violin festival at the Kennedy Center in 2017, and, in March 2019, presented a Man With The Violin family concert with the Seattle Symphony.
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell began playing the violin at age four, and at age twelve, began studies with his mentor, Josef Gingold. At age 14, Bell debuted with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 17 with the St. Louis Symphony. At age 18, Bell signed with his first label, London Decca, and received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the years following, Bell has been nominated for six GRAMMY® awards, named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America, deemed a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and received the Avery Fisher Prize. He has also received the 2003 Indiana Governor’s Arts Award and a Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1991 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, joining Cuban and American musicians on an Emmy-nominated PBS Live from Lincoln Center special; Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba, celebrating renewed cultural diplomacy between Cuba and the United States.
Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.
Joshua Bell appears by arrangement with Park Avenue Artists (www.parkavenueartists.com) and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Mr. Bell records exclusively for Sony Classical - a MASTERWORKS label.
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music.
Formed by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. Through unrivalled live performances and a vast recording output – highlights of which include the 1969 bestseller Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus – the orchestra gained an enviable
international reputation for its distinctive, polished and refined sound. With over 500 releases in a much-vaunted discography and a comprehensive international touring program, the name and sound of the ASMF is known and loved by classical audiences throughout the world.
Today the orchestra is led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell, retaining the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small, conductor-less ensemble which is an ASMF hallmark. Under Bell’s direction, and with the support of Leader/ Director Tomo Keller, ASMF continues to push
the boundaries of player-directed performance to new heights, presenting symphonic repertoire and chamber music on a grand scale at prestigious venues around the globe.
ASMF has enjoyed a full 2023, including a European tour with Joshua Bell, a visit to the US with cellist Gary Hoffman and mandolinist Avi Avital, concerts across Germany and Italy with pianist Seong-Jin Cho, festival performances at Bravo! Vail, and features at multiple German summer festivals. A busy 2023/24 season has already included a tour of Australia with Joshua Bell & a live screening of Amadeus at the Royal Albert Hall, with a tour of Germany with Beatrice Rana and Adam Fischer, appearances in Spain with Julia Fischer, multiple visits to the U.S. with our Chamber Ensemble, and an extensive tour of the USA with Joshua Bell to come.
Marriner 100 in April 2024 forms the centerpiece of our season in a series of special concerts and events to celebrate the life and legacy of our founder, Sir Neville Marriner, in his centenary year. At the heart of the festivities will be four UK concert performances each at a significant venue in Marriner’s musical life and showcasing the versatility and musical excellence of ASMF. The season is inspired by Sir Neville’s entrepreneurial spirit, and the many ways in which his musical achievements continue to influence the orchestra today and into its future.
The ASMF continues its dedication
to Learning & Participation, taking the player-directed essence of the ensemble and working with communities across London and beyond to increase wellbeing, connectedness, and autonomy. This includes work with schools, people experiencing homelessness, and supporting the next generation of orchestral musicians through collaborations with Southbank Sinfonia.
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The Academy’s work in the U.S. is supported by Maria Cardamone and Paul Matthews together with the American Friends of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
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Eight-time Grammy Award-winning composer-arranger Vince Mendoza has been at the forefront of the jazz and contemporary music scene as a composer, conductor and recording artist for the last 30 years. According to All about Jazz, Mendoza “daringly expands the vernacular by including elements of abstract impressionism, romanticism and a highly unorthodox palette to position him as the clear and natural successor to the late Gil Evans.” He has written scores of compositions and arrangements for big band, chamber and symphonic settings while his jazz composing credits read like a “who’s who” of the best modern instrumentalists and singers in the world today.
Mendoza’s arranging has appeared on many critically acclaimed projects that include dozens of albums with song writing legends and vocalists such as Björk, Gregory Porter, Chaka Khan, Elvis Costello, Alejandro Sanz, Al Jarreau, Diana Krall, Melody Gardot, Sting, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. He has 8 Grammy Awards and 38 nominations.
Mendoza’s new recording “Olympians” with the Netherlands Metropole Orkest, offers fresh, masterful readings of his compositions, featuring the orchestra with Dianne Reeves, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Saxophonist Chris Potter. His 2021 recording “Freedom Over Everything” features
Master Emcee Black Thought and soprano Julia Bullock while weaving his individual approach to jazz rhythms and instrumental colors through a grand symphonic tapestry. His “Epiphany” with the London Symphony Orchestra continues to be the standard for the cross-fertilization of jazz and symphonic styles.
Mendoza is the composer in residence with the West Deutsche Rundfunk in Köln, Germany and the Conductor Laureate of the Metropole Orkest, of which he was Chief Conductor for 9 seasons. He is the Vara (Sweden) artist in residence, and professor of jazz composition at the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles. In addition, he appeared as a guest conductor with the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic, as well as other orchestras throughout Europe, the U.S., Japan, Scandinavia, and the U.K.
Mendoza has also written commissioned compositions and arrangements for the the Berlin Philharmonic, Metropole Orkest, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Turtle Island String Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and the BBC. He has performed at the Monterey, Montreux, Berlin and North Sea Jazz Festivals.
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BRAHMS Selections from Fantasies, op. 116
DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat Minor, op. 26
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BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34
FRIDAY, APR 26, 2024, 8 PM
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More than 750 performances have taken place since the center’s dedication on May 27, 2011. The 2023-24 season marks our twelfth season presenting first-class programming in our world-class concert hall. We are continuing to expand our programming and outreach with the addition of a Children’s Concert Series, Blues Festival, and the only Great Pianists Series on the West Coast. From classical and jazz to world and contemporary music, the Soka Performing Arts Center has become a prized space for artists and audiences alike.
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Mr. James J. Brophy
City of Laguna Beach
Marjorie and Roger Davisson
The Dirk Family
Sam B. and Lyndie Ersan
Karen and Don Evarts
Hung Fan and Michael Feldman
Mrs. Jean Felder
Mrs. Joanne C. Fernbach
Mr. John D. Flemming and Mr. Mark Powell
Margaret M. Gatesin memory of family
Mr. Richard A. Goodman
Ms. Joan Halvajian
Maralou Harrington
Milli Hill
Carole Innes-Owens
Thomas J. Madracki Memorial Endowment
Orange County Community Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
U.S. Bank
Anonymous
Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation
The Segerstrom Foundation
Ms. Dea Stanuszek
U.S. Bank
Mr. Stephen Amendt
Gary and Betsy Jenkins
Helen and Fritz Lin
Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons
Cheryl Hill Oakes
Lauren and Richard Packard
Mr. Patrick Paddon
Richard and Deborah Polonsky
Ellen and Vasily I.
Semeniuta
Dr. Bob and Mao Shillman
Steven M. Sorenson MD and J. Eric Shay
Richard and Elizabeth Steele
Endowment Fund
Waters Edge Winery
Gayle Widyolar
Dr. Richard D. and France Campbell
Suzanne and David Chonette
Frome Family Foundation
Marcia Kay and Ron Radelet
Mr. and Mrs. James Alexiou
Diane and John Chimo Arnold
John W. Benecke and Lee Marino
Mr. Gary Capata
Carl and Kathy Greenwood
Jane and Joe Hanauer
Stephanie and Don Harrell
Ellen Pickler Harris and Ron Harris
Elizabeth Evans Henry
Ms. Elizabeth Jones
Vicki and Richard Lee
Marshall Fund for
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Abbott
Nancy Arnold
David and Frances Nitta Barnes
Ms. Michelle Brenner
Mr. James Carter
Dr. and Mrs. David Casey
Dr. and Mrs. Shigeru Chino
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clemmer
Crevier Family Foundation
Susan and Kevin Daly
Janet Lee Aengst
Richard Alexander
Beard Family Foundation
Lauren and Cor Claus
David and Victoria Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Delman
Michael DeVries
Walter C. Fidler
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Donald French
Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman
Dr. Lori Bassman and Mr. Harley C. Bassman
Tod and Craig Beckett-Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bedi
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boice
Mr. Scott Brinkerhoff
Evelyn Brownstone
Mr. and Mrs. Tyke Camaras
Eve and Timothy Donovan
Dr. Harvey Eisenberg
Deborah and Cody Engle
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Field
Petrina Friede
David Gartley
Dr. Anna Gonosova
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gordon
Teresa Gordon
Barbara Hamkalo
Dr. Daniel E. Haspert and Mr. Gerard Curtin
Barbara and Don Howland
Dr. and Mrs. Mark W. Gow
Terry Hanna
Grace Holdaway
Kevin Huoh
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Ivey
Mr. Greg Kwan
Katsuhiko and Meiko Maeshige
Dr. Lani and Mr. David Martin
Mater Dei High School
Kelly and Susan McClellan
Mrs. Janine McMillion
Ross Conner and Emmett Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave S. Chabre
Mary E. Chelius
Mr. Randall K. Chun
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Compton
Peter Conlon and Deborah Shaw
Mr. Anthony Ede and Mrs. Louise Upham
Resa Evans and Dave Theil
Mr. and Mrs. James G.
Reynolds
Barbara Roberts
Dramatic Arts and Classical Music
Marlene and Chris Nielsen
Tommy and Julie Phillips
Christopher Quilter
Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Ridout
Ms. Harriet Roop
Anne Johnson
Dr. Nancy L. Kidder
LaDonna Kienitz
Dr. and Mrs. Tae S. Kim
Cathy and David Krinsky
Hank and Bonnie
Landsberg
Janet Laurin
Mrs. Barbara Macgillivray
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Malcolm
Mrs. Linda Lipman
Mandelbaum
Karen McCulley
Danny and Kristy Melita
Patricia Morgan
Elizabeth Morse
Richard and Dot Nelson
Mrs. Gordon Niedringhaus
Mr. Keith Polakoff
Mr. and Mrs. John Prange
Deborah and Tom Rapport
Karyn Rashoff
Mrs. Vicki de Reynal
Suzanne Sandmeyer and Wes Hatfield
Carol Schwab
Ms. Barbara Sentell
Arkady and Ella Serebryannik
Joan Fang
Reuben H. Fleet Foundation Fund
Cheryl Garland
Marvin Goecks, Jr.
Dr. Alan L. Goldin
Howard and Carol Hay
Marlene Hewitt
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Horgan
John and Julia Houten
Mr. Paul A. Schmidhauser and Ms. Cindy R. Hughes
Diane and Michael Stephens
Edward and Anna Yeung
Samueli Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David Seigle
Dr. Emmanuel Sharef
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Sobel
Ms. Barbara Tanner
The William Gillespie Foundation
Elaine and Carl Neuss
Leslie and Gus Ordonez
Michael and Meili Pinto
Susan Qaqundah
Les Redpath
Mr. and Mrs. Glen L. Reeves
Leona Aronoff-Sadacca
Deborah and Robert Schlesinger
Eva and Fred Schneider
Dr. Ellis Schwied
Igal and Diane Silber
Walter and Masami Stahr
Dr. Daniel and Jeule Stein
Edith Tonkon
Ms. Sally Westrom
Mr. John Shaak
Ann D. Stephens
John and Mary Karyl Thorne
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Triebwasser
Edith and Thomas Van Huss
Kathryn and David Wopschall
Ms. Kathryn Hummel
Stanley and Mary W. Johnson Foundation
Ms. Sumie Jossi
Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Kadison
Kari Kerr
Dr. and Mrs. William P. Klein
Elliott Kornhauser and Joe Baker
Kent and Ami Kreutziger
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Kriz
Bruce Larson and Dinny Beringer
Dr. and Mrs. Gary C. Lawrence
Yueshii Lee
Sijie Ling
Elsie M. Little
Francis McClain and Sandra CampbellMcClain
Mr. H.W. McKee
Lisa Miller
Chris Reed and Pat O’Brien
Dr. Kevin O’Grady and Mrs. Nella Webster O’Grady
Mary and Lee Olsen
Mr. Richard Parslow
Sidney and Nancy Petersen
Mr. Craig Poindexter
Robbie and Steve Prepas
Lucinda Prewitt
Coralie Prince
Frieda Belinfante, in memoriam
Jane K. Grier, in memoriam
John M. Rau
Waters Edge Winery, Long Beach
List current as of 01/29/2024
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rose
Herbert and Joyce
Rosenblum
Deborah and Frank Rugani
Mrs. Kathleen Sangster
Ms. Suzanne
Schaumburg
Pamela Sefton
Dr. James Shelburne
Nick and Donna Shubin
Mrs. Karen Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens
Diane Stovall
Dr. Agnes Szekere
Mary and Peter Tennyson
Ms. Carole Uhlaner and Mr. D Brownstone
Annabel Wang
Mike Tompkins and Lynn Weiser
Dr. and Mrs. Fritz C. Westerhout
Ivy Yan
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.
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. and Mrs. 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
Mr. Warren G. Coy
Marjorie and Roger Davisson
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Delman
The Dirk Family
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Duma
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Emery
Catherine Emmi
Mr. and Mrs. James 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*
Mr. Warren G. Coy
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*
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
Capt. Steve Lutz and Shala Shashani Lutz
Professor Robert and Dr. Adeline Yen Mah
Mrs. Sharon McNalley
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
*Deceased | Bold type indicates gifts of $50,000 or more.
Dr. Vahe Meghrouni
Mrs. Michael D. Nadler
Elaine and Carl Neuss
Mr. Thomas Nielsen
Milena and Milan Panic
Helen Reinsch
Barbara Roberts
Mrs. Michelle Rohé
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Salyer
Elizabeth Segerstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Smith
Mrs. Elaine Weinberg
Mr. and Mrs. George Wentworth
Bobbitt and Bill Williams
Anonymous
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
Mr. H. Russell Smith*
Al Spector and Tatjana Soli
Ms. Dea Stanuszek
Diane and Michael Stephens
Vas Nunes Family Trust*
Betty M. Williams*
Anonymous
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 Secure the Future.
The Philharmonic Society’s Forward Campaign is the first of its kind in the organization’s history. It will grow the Philharmonic Society’s endowment—providing greater opportunities for the presentation of the world’s leading orchestras and other musical performances while expandingour 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 Philharmonic 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.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Smith
$100,000+
Pete and Sabra Bordas
David and Suzanne Chonette
Karen and Don Evarts
Milli and Jim* Hill
Marlene and Chris Nielsen
Richard and Deborah Polonsky
Diane and Michael Stephens Anonymous
$50,000+
Mr. Douglas T. Burch, Jr.*
Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. 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
Estate gifts allow our long-time subscribers and donors to leave an enduring legacy that helps ensure the long-term financial strength of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Please consider including us in your will, as either a percentage of your estate or a fixed amount. Doing so will support our commitment of presenting world-class programming and music education that enriches the cultural life of Orange County for generations to come.
For more information, please contact (949) 553-2422, ext. 233, or email support@philharmonicsociety.org
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.
For more than 70 years 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, 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. Its celebrated family concerts introduce children to classical music with creative and inspiring performances, instilling music appreciation for future generations.
The Philharmonic Society’s nationally recognized Youth Music Education Programs, offered free of charge, engage more than 100,000 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 of 500 volunteer members who provide more than 90,000 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. The Philharmonic Society also promotes life-long learning by connecting with colleges and universities to conduct masterclasses and workshops and providing pre-concert lectures to introduce audiences to program selections.
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John Flemming, Chair/CEO*
Donna L. Kendall, Deputy Board Chair*
Sabra Bordas, Vice Chair*
Stephen Amendt, Secretary / Treasurer*
John W. Benecke, Development
Sabra Bordas, Nominating and Governance*
Jim Brophy
Lauren Claus
Hung Fan, Laguna Beach Music Festival
Jean Felder, Artistic and Marketing Chair
Margaret M. Gates
Kari Kerr, President, The Committees*
Douglas H. Smith, Member at Large*
Steven M. Sorenson, MD
Kathryn Wopschall
Sandi Wright-Cordes, Orange County Youth Symphony Chair
Douglas T. Burch, Jr.
Jane Grier
Wesley Kruse
*Executive Committee
Tommy Phillips
Emily Persinko, Artistic Operations Manager
Kathy Smith, Piano Technician
Mark Saville, Vice President of Development
Halim Kim, Senior Director of Development
Fatima Rizvi-Flores, Patron Stewardship Manager and Board Liaison
Nicole Gonzales, Special Events Manager
Paige Frank, Development Coordinator
Katherine Yang, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement
Courtney McKinnon, Manager of Volunteer and Education Services
Jennifer Niedringhaus, Education and Engagement Operations Manager
Chloe Hopper, Education Associate
Penny Arroyo, Huntington Harbour Office Manager and Finance Coordinator
Roan Alombro, Vice President of Finance
Fay Hu, Finance and HR Associate
Jean Hsu, COO / Vice President of Communications
Daniel Acosta, Director of Marketing
Marie Songco-Torres, Senior Marketing and PR Manager
Adaora Onyebeke, Marketing and PR Associate
Jonathan Mariott, Director of Patron Services
Angelica Nicolas, Marketing and Patron Services Manager
Randy Polevoi, Musical Concierge
Johannes Müller Stosch, Music Director and OCYS Conductor
Lucy Lu, OCYSE Conductor & OCYS Strings Coach
Danielle Culhane, Operations and Personnel Manager
Hana Kurihana, Operations Assistant
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