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2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT

DEAR PATRONS, Thank you for being a part of the 2018-2019 Season of Sound Waves. This season began a two-year celebration in honor of our Maestro Max Bragado-Darman with works and guest artists that are exciting for our audiences and meaningful to the Maestro. He has brought back audience favorites like Elmar Oliveira and next season’s Kun Woo Paik and Judith Ingolfsson, along with newcomers like composer Alex Berko and pianist Marcos Madrigal. We are all looking forward to our upcoming season Ovation, which will not only be a season of great music, but also a season of recognition and festivities for a man that has dedicated the past fifteen years to making the Monterey Symphony one of the finest regional orchestras in California. Plans for our search for a new Music Director are underway with a committee formed of orchestra musicians and present and former Board Members, along with our Executive Director, Nicola Reilly. The committee received over 150 applications from qualified candidates throughout the world and is working on interviews to narrow the applicants to four, who will be asked to perform with our Symphony during the 2020-2021 season. During this past season, the Symphony was also bolstered financially by two important gifts to its Endowment Fund. The first was a $900,000 legacy gift from former Board member Margaret Radunich, which will allow her generous yearly gifts to continue into perpetuity. The second was a gift of over $2.3 million by former Board Member and Symphony Benefactor Bertie Elliott. Bertie’s gift is transformational for the Symphony as it immediately provides beneficial funding from its earnings to supplement the Symphony’s fundraising efforts and helps to balance our budget. The outlook continues to be strong for the Symphony’s future and with the support of our extremely generous community members, foundations, and corporations, we will be able to continue to provide great live classical music for our audiences, and provide exposure for young members of our community to attend Youth Concerts at the Sunset Center and at Sherwood Hall in Salinas.

Lee E. Rosen, Board President

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DEAR FRIENDS, 75 gallons of water – give or take. That’s the number we were given by New York Philharmonic Principal Percussionist Chris Lamb for the amount of water needed PER DAY to perform Tan Dun’s Water Concerto. With the up-lighting you could see dust specks in the water, so it was imperative that the vessels were emptied and cleaned between each performance. That’s 525 gallons of water for all the rehearsals, the concerts, and the youth concerts on Monday morning. It took five different hoses and a hydraulic pumping system, devised by our genius Technical Director Rick Larsen, to empty and fill the bowls seamlessly. And on that Monday morning, I brought my two sons (7 and 11), to see the concert. The hall went dark, Chris entered from the back with the water phone, the lights came up through the water and my 11-year old said, “Mom, this is the coolest thing you’ve ever done.” We opened Sound Waves with another commission in partnership with the Big Sur Land Trust, featuring 23-year old composer Alex Berko. His whole family came for the weekend and became a part of the Monterey Symphony family. Before the concerts, Berko and fellow Big Sur composer John Christopher Wineglass, discussed their different compositional practices to an attentive crowd at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. On Friday, May 3rd the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened its doors to host the Symphony’s Gala by the Bay. Strolling through the exhibits, members of the Symphony serenaded patrons as they dined on sustainably sourced seafood! A grand time was had by all, and over $120,000 was raised for the Monterey Symphony. On Monday, May 20th, 3,000 students filled Sherwood Hall to hear Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal perform. Madrigal enchanted our audiences with his technical acumen and charming demeanor. We received new funding from individuals and foundations and began the season with the incredible infusion to our endowment fund from local philanthropist Bertie Elliott. I want to personally thank each and every individual who supports and attends the Symphony, as well as the dynamic and brilliant staff, our wonderful Music Director Max Bragado-Darman, and our enthusiastic board. The momentum is palpable and you are all a part of it. Musically yours,

Nicola Reilly, Executive Director 3

DEAR FRIENDS, Within the unifying theme of the Sea, the 2018/2019 season had quite an amount of variety as well as many challenges. In contrast to the Concert Grand season, every visiting artist performed on a different instrument and even included a composer, Alex Berko, whose work Among Waves set the stage for the season very successfully. Carol Wincenc astounded us with her virtuosity on the flute and showed us the stratospheric limits of its possibilities. The percussionist Christopher Lamb was mesmerizing and brought the Tan Dun Water Concerto, a modern and innovative work, to life. Always magnificent, and a highlight for me this season, was Elmar Oliveira, a consummate violinist and musician, who performed for us the stunning Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1. Our final soloist was a new discovery: Marcos Madrigal, an up and coming pianist, enchanted us with his winning personality and heartfelt, very solid and expressive Chopin Concerto No. 2. His two virtuosic and entertaining encores brought the audience to its feet again. Schubert’s Ninth Symphony is challenging because of its length and its repetitions, but I think the orchestra musicians’ artistic commitment greatly helped to keep the audience engaged. No doubt that Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony was a hit, and I believe they were memorable performances. The whole February concert was another highlight because of its variety within the one theme of the Sea. Ports of Call by Ibert surprised and captivated us, and the orchestra’s rendition of Debussy’s La Mer was outstanding. Everyone enjoyed Jung-Ho Pak’s visit to the orchestra as guest conductor and the orchestra responded splendidly for the Schostakovich Symphony No. 9. The whales made a mysterious and fascinating appearance as well. Beethoven’s Fifth brought the season to a resounding conclusion, and that brings me to the four sets of youth concerts. The last set contained this most famous of all symphonies, and the enthusiastic reaction of the attending children heartened all of us. These concerts are vital for the education of all children and must continue for the enrichment they give and the effect they have on their future enjoyment of classical music.

With appreciation,

Max Bragado-Darman

MUSIC FOR THE SCHOOLS

BEYOND MEASURES For the 8 Youth Concerts of the 2018-2019 Sound Waves concert season you: Provided outreach to 56 schools and 35 homeschool groups Welcomed 6,341 students to performances at Sunset Center and Sherwood Hall Funded $8,233.23 in bus scholarships to transport 2,741 students to Youth Concerts Shared additional education with 3,806 students through in-school visits with our Symphony Music Educator The 2018-2019 school year showed a 36% increase in concert attendees, a 30% increase in the number of school attending concerts and an 18% increase in school visits. Whether you heard the world premiere of “Among Waves” from Alex Berko, enjoyed the innovative water percussion during Tan Dun’s “Water Concerto” or rediscovered the magic of Debussy, Beethoven, or Chopin in a beautiful performance hall, you did so alongside almost 7,000 students. Your attendance at a “Sound Waves” performance was meaningful. Thank you!

M U SI C FO R T H E S C H O O L S S UP P ORT California Arts Council Community Foundation of Monterey County – Community Impact The Harden Foundation 8

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Music Performance Trust Fund Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation Pebble Beach Company Foundation The Yellow Brick Road Foundation

PA RT I C I P A T I N G S C H O O L S Anthem Christian School, Salinas Aromas School, Aromas Boronda Meadows, Castroville El Chalone Peaks Middle School, King City Crumpton Elementary, Marina Del Rey Woods, Seaside Dual Immersion Academy, Salinas El Gabilan, Salinas Elkhorn Elementary, Castroville Echo Valley Elementary, Salinas Fairview Middle School, Gonzales Foothill Elementary, Monterey Forest Grove Elementary School, Pacific Grove Fremont School, Salinas Gabilan Elementary School, Salinas Gabilan Elementary School, Soledad Gonzales High, Gonzales Harden Middle School, Salinas Highland Elementary, Seaside International School of Monterey, Seaside Jefferson School, Paicines Kammann Elementary, Salinas La Joya Elementary School, Salinas Marina Vista Elementary, Marina La Mesa Elementary, Monterey Laurel Wood, Salinas Linscott Charter School, Watsonville Loma Vista, Salinas Los Padres, Salinas Madonna del Sasso School, Salinas Marshall Elementary, Seaside McKinnon Elementary School, Salinas MLK Jr. School of the Arts, Seaside Monte Vista Elementary, Monterey Monterey High, Monterey Moreland Notre Dame, Watsonville Natividad Elementary School, Salinas New Republic Elementary School, Salinas Oak Avenue School, Greenfield Olson Elementary, Marina Ord Terrace, Seaside

Prunedale Elementary, Prunedale Rancho San Justo Middle School, Hollister Roosevelt Elementary School, Salinas San Carlos School, Monterey Santa Cruz Montessori School, Aptos Sherwood School, Salinas Spreckels School, Spreckels Stevenson School, Carmel Tularcitos Elementary School, Carmel Valley University Park, Salinas Willow Grove Elementary School, Paicines 35 Homeschool Groups from: San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

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FO U N D A TI O N , CO R P O R A T E & GO VERN ME N T S UP P O R T Arts Council for Monterey County The Barnet J. Segal Charitable Trust Berkshire Foundation California Arts Council

Lauralie and J. Irvine Fund and the June P. Sheppard Fund for the Performing Arts of the Community Foundation for Monterey County

Carmel Rotary Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County

Lewis Builders

CitySound Music

Monterey County Weekly

The Community Foundation for Monterey Co. Community Impact

Monterey County Weekly Community Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County

The Community Foundation for Monterey Co. Organizational Development Crown Packing Company A. G. Davi Property Management The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Local Grantmaking

Los Laureles Lodge

Monterey Peninsula Foundation Music Performance Trust Fund Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation

The GE Foundation Matching Gift Program

William H. and Kristine M. Schuyler Charitable Foundation, Inc. Snorf Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Robert and Virginia Stanton Endowment

General Farms Investment

Taylor Fresh Farms, Inc.

The Harden Foundation

Teichert Foundation

IBM Corporation Matching Gift Program

Upjohn California Fund

KRML

Yellow Brick Road Foundation

KSBW Action News 8

Alexander F. Victor Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Organizational Development

CON C ERT S P O N S O R S Katharine Comstock

Alyce Nunes

Rod Dewar, in memory of Suzanne Dewar, an advocate for the arts

Lee and Shirley Rosen

Bill and Nancy Doolittle

Martin R. Wolf Family Fund

KAZU Anita Dunsay, in memory of Richard Dunsay

William H. Smith Dr. George and Patricia Yellich

HONOR ROLL 2018–19 June 30, 2019

M A ESTRO S O C I E T Y PODIUM CIRCLE ($25,000 and more)

Katharine Comstock The Buffet Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County DeWitt Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County William and Nancy Doolittle Dr. Anita Dunsay Bertie Bialek Elliott Louise D. Guard Charitable Remainder Unitrust Richard and Grace Merrill Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Ms. Alyce Nunes Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Rosen William and Patricia Smith Foundation Martin R. Wolf Family Fund Dr. and Mrs. George Yellich

VIRTUOSO CIRCLE ($15,000 - $24,999)

Beverly and Lyman Hamilton Russ and Jo-Ann Hatch Shirley and Hersch Loomis Judi and Dave Zaches

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($7,500 - $14,999)

Gary and Carolyn Bjorklund Roderick Dewar Harry Hendon and Bea Kessler Peter and Jackie Henning Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County

Ms. Carol Lee Holland Frances Elgan and Werner Kunkel Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lindsey Diane J. Mall Mrs.. Lois Mayol Mr. Charles Schimmel Joanne Taylor 1 Anonymous Donor

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($3,500 - $7,499)

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Abelmann Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Britton Mrs. Jacqueline M. Clampett-Jones Sarah Elizabeth Clampett Charitable Trust Sandra and Ned Dewey Mr. William Eggleston Ann Elkin and Peter Hashim Mr. Jeffrey Green Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hazen Ms. Mollie Hedges Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hendrickson Janzen Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Mr. and Mrs. Rob Kerr Mr. Zigmont J. Le Towt III Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Mr. Jay Lower and Mrs. Sharon Pezzolo-Lower Philip Rafton and Janet Robson Marilyn and Jeff Riehl Janet Schmied Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Smith

Janet Schmied Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith Bruce and Linda Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Terry Peter and Anne Thorp Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County James and Karen Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Cyril J. Yansouni

SYMPHONY SO CIETY PERFORMER’S CIRCLE ($2,500 - $3,499)

Ward D. and Mary T. Ingrim Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Susan W. DuCoeur Bill and Sheila Eyres Dr. and Mrs. William H. Kern Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCary Sherrie and Tom McCullough Mr. Gilbert Neill Sandie Borthwick and Gloria Souza Sam and Joan Trust Diane and John Young

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($1,000 - $2,499)

Ms. Dorothy Becker Ms. Frances G. Blinks Max and Mary Bragado Christine Brown Jim and Sharon Chibidakis Mr. John H. Davis John and Nancy Durein Dr. John Enbom Lori and Lou Flagg Memorial Youth Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Stephen Friedlander

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Frisone Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gavrin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heston Mr. Paul Hoffman Marilyn Hopkins and Otto Schiff Thomas and Sonja Ellington Hout Linda Humber Ms. Katherine Kennedy Ms. Lois Kettel Mr. Don R. Kuehn Mr. Brooks Leffler Ms. Sally Maggio Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mark Mr. and Mrs. Rissell Mccallion Ms. Linda McKee Mr. Horst Mieth Ms. Claire Moringer David and Julie Nee Mr. and Mrs. James Neiman Mr. and Mrs. Mark O’Connor Carolyn Samson and Darius Sadeghi Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sharpe Mrs. Alice Tao Frederick Terman and Nan Borreson Mr. ans Mrs. William H. Tyler Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Verska Mr. Richard Volberg Mr. and Mrs. George White Mr. and Mrs. Neal Whitman Mrs. Deanna A. Woodhour Dr. and Mrs. William D. Young

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE ($500 - $999)

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barry Mrs. Helen Breck Dr. Vernon Brown Mr. Betty Bunce Lucretia Butler and Chris Keehn Lauren and Dick Caudill Staurt and Julie Chase

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Chase Mrs. Mary Kay Crockett Dr. Philip B. Clarkson Dr. Anne R. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cruzan Ms. Victoria Davis Theodore Englehorn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jon Ericson Mr. and Mrs. Don Hilburn Ms. Joan Hill Marilyn Hopkins and Otto Schiff Mr. and Mrs. Denis Horn Terry Huggins Capt. and Mrs. Wayne Hughes, Jr. Huth Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. James Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Jones Ms. Marion Klein Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Lembo Willard Lewallen, PhD Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lipman Mr. and Mrs. Skip Lord Mr. and Mrs. Gene McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Ken Meadors Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Micheletti Ms. Patricia Morgan Janet and Niels Reimers Ms. Virginia Ruth Mrs. Maureen Sanders Mr. Darold Skerrittand Mrs. Judy Lind Dr. Stephen D. Storey Mr. Nicholas Sturch Mary Louise Tomblin Me. Marcia Waples Donald and Renate Wunsch

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Borda Mr. and Mrs. Richard Briscoe Mr. Phillip Dawalt Mrs. Dorothy A. Crosby Bob and Diane Davies Mr. Phillip Dawalt Mr. William Donovan Mr. G. Robert Evans Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Ken Helms O.C. Hognander Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Rolf E. Johnsen Thomas E. and Shirley Kiatta Tom and Vikki Logan Milton Marquardj Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore Evelyn and Sadri Musavi Mr. John Neidel Ms. Georgia Nevarez Neil H. O’Donnell & Christine Motley Mrs. Sieglinde Pansby Ms. Bernadette Peavey Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rosen Mrs. Elizabeth Sosic Ms. Joan Ungs Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb Mr. and Mrs. Joel Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wenglikowski

MUSICIAN’S CIRCLE ($250 - $499)

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Balestreri Sally Baum Dr. Philipp Bleek

LEGACY SOCIETY Greta Alexander Andrew Allison The Dorothy L. Becker Trust Bethany Beckman* Gary & Carolyn Bjorklund Lewis & Sally Cantor Jacqueline M. Clampett-Jones Katharine Comstock Leland E.* & Gloria U. Dake Roderick & Suzanne* Dewar William & Nancy Doolittle Dr. Ann Elkin and Peter Hashim William* & Nancy Fisher Robert M. & Betty Jo Graham Louise Guard* Ruth S. Hartmann Mollie Hedges Dr. & Ms. Michael Hendrickson Peter & Patti Hoss

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Herschel & Shirley Loomis Marjorie Love* Sally Maggio Sherrie McCullough Dick* & Grace Merrill Mr. Don Newmark Alyce M. Nunes John Philips & June Dunbar Margaret Anderson Radunich* Nicola Reilly Barbara Rupp Virginia Ruth Charles Schimmel William* & Kristine* Schuyler Robert Sykes Joanne Taylor Elizabeth Haywood Watt* Neal and Elaine Whitman Donald & Renate Wunsch

BOARD & STAFF Max Bragado-Darman Music Director and Conductor

OFFICERS

A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

Lee E. Rosen

Nicola Reilly

Board President

Executive Director

Bruce Lindsey

Caitlin Fillmore

Vice-President

Development and Education Manager

Jeffrey Wallace

Virginia Marine

Vice-President

Marketing and Communications Manager

Charles Schimmel

Shirley Rosen

Treasurer

Bookkeeper

Susan Britton

Noemi Vera

Secretary

Patron Services and Oﬃce Manager

BOARD MEMBERS

HONORARY COUNCIL

Jeryl Abelmann

William G. Doolittle Bertie Bialek Elliott Gabrielle Hahn Carol Lee Holland Shirley Loomis Lois Mayol Alyce Nunes Joanne Taylor

Dr. Philipp Bleek Dr. Anita Dunsay Ann Elkin, PhD Peter Hashim Jo-Ann Hatch Mollie Hedges Harry Hendon Michael Hendrickson, PhD Diane Mall Linda McKee Pinkie Terry Martin Wolf Patricia Yellich David Zaches LEGAL COUNSEL

Mark O’Connor

PROGRAM DESIGN

Rory Glass By The Glass Design

PHOTOGRAPHY

Crema Creative Glenn Fidler Impact Images 831 Virginia Marine Deanna Ross Randy Tunnell Photography

THE ORCHESTRA Max Bragado-Darman, Music Director Sponsored by William & Nancy Doolittle

VIOLIN I

Christina Mok

Concertmaster Sponsored by Gary & Carolyn Bjorklund Assistant Concertmaster

Xander Abbe Allison Gigi Dang Claudia Fountain Holly Heilig-Gaul Tina Minn Rochelle Nguyen Emily Packard Jessica Poll Sue-mi Shin Jay Zhong VIOLIN II

VIOLA

Vladimir Khalikulov Principal

David Allcott

Assistant Principal

Valerie Bengal Fan Hu Chad Kaltinger Sarah Lee Alexander Volonts

CELLO

BASS

Bruce Moyer

Principal Sponsored by Gary & Carolyn Bjorklund and Gloria Souza & Sandie Borthwick

Christy Crews

Assistant Principal

Robert Ryan Ashley Richard Duke Brianna Goldberg Stan Poplin

FLUTE

Zlata Grekov

Robin Bonnell

Dawn Walker

Lila Woolman

Adelle-Akiko Kearns

Teresa Orozco

Principal

Assistant Principal Sponsored by John H. Davis

Sarah Chazin Akiko Kojima Calvin E. Lewis, Jr. Kevin Matson Tingting Volonts Eugenia Wie Shelby Yamin

Principal

Assistant Principal

Linda Mehrabian

Sponsored by Francie Blinks, Shirley & Hersch Loomis, and Mrs. Maureen Sanders

Principal