Peninsula Symphony: At the Movies Program Book January 2024

Mitchell Sardou Klein Music Director & Conductor

AT THE MOVIES

JAN 12 & 13 at 8PM FRIDAY / San Mateo Performing Arts Center SATURDAY / Heritage Theatre, Campbell

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WELCOME FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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WELCOME FROM MAESTRO MITCHELL SARDOU KLEIN

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM

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PROGRAM NOTES

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

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GUEST CONDUCTOR

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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

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PENINSULA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - JANUARY 2024

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ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN

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SUPPORTERS

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BOARD, STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

PSO program copyright ©2024 Peninsula Symphony Orchestra PENINSULA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 146 Main Street, Suite 102 Los Altos, CA 94022 (650) 941-5291 peninsulasymphony.org

Welcome from Executive Director

To Infinity And Beyond!

This quote from Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) captures the spirit of our 75-year musical odyssey, as we’re buzzing with excitement, resilience, and an energetic ‘can do’ spirit!

Whether you’re a seasoned symphony-goer or joining us for the first time, your presence enriches our symphonic tale – thank you for being here!

We play for you and for each other – and our musicians are also to thank for lending their time and talents while enjoying the best of our little musical community. That sense of camaraderie experienced throughout the musical process just can’t be beat. (But is that beat in time? Sorry – couldn’t help myself!)

And the beat goes on! I’d like to thank the many supporters who donated recently as part of our end of year fundraising campaign. That showing of support is so appreciated by all of us at Peninsula Symphony, as you enable us to continue spreading the magic of music far and wide – from concert halls to classrooms, local parks to school gymnasiums, and beyond.

Tonight, our stage transforms into a cinematic landscape as Debra Fong, our virtuoso concertmaster, takes center stage to enchant us with the haunting melody from Schindler’s List. Offstage, Ms. Fong is also a dedicated musical mentor shaping young minds at Stanford University.

Joining us on this symphonic adventure is the brilliant Geoffrey Gallegos, a conductor whose baton orchestrates memories from his tenure as PSO’s Assistant Conductor (20032008). We’re elated to reunite with Maestro Gallegos, who now commands the musical forces of the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra.

In the wise words of Yoda, “Do or do not. There is no try.” Let tonight’s performance be your inspiration, propelling you into the wondrous realm of the arts. Whether it leads you to re-watch iconic films or dust off that instrument in your closet, the transformative power of live music unites us all.

Thank you for choosing to be part of tonight’s symphonic journey. We eagerly anticipate your return as we continue our 75th Season in March and May – the saga continues!

Yours,

Sincerely, Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director

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Season 75:

A Celebration

The Peninsula Symphony is thriving as we celebrate 75 years of presenting great music and great musicians to our audience and our community. I’m so energized by the high quality of musicianship and orchestral camaraderie that our magnificent players bring to every rehearsal and concert. Our repertoire has expanded and diversified in challenging and rewarding new ways. We perform with some of the most celebrated and brilliant soloists in the world in fine concert venues. And, as we reflect back on the last three turbulent years, it is deeply uplifting and gratifying that we have returned to the stage better than ever.

In fact, the challenges of the Covid era brought us closer together than ever, as a musical ensemble and as a community partner. During the year when we could not perform together, we developed on-line assets that kept the musicians knitted together as musical colleagues and broadened our reach to our audience. We now are able to present our concerts and outreach events to the larger web world with beautifully produced programs that hugely expand the notion of community. Our audiences, like those of many performing arts organizations, are gradually returning to live presentations. Our deeply engaged and loyal audience can see us in Campbell (Heritage Theater) and San Mateo (SM Performing Arts Center) for the traditional four pairs of Subscription Concerts, an annual Fall collaboration with the Stanford University Music Department at the magnificent Bing Concert Hall, a Springtime Family Concert, a summer outdoor pops concert, and special events like brass ensemble concerts at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, an outdoor Wind Ensemble concert in Los Altos, the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition at Stanford, our Young Musicians Competition and special events throughout the year.

Amazing guest artists elevate our performing standards and thrill Peninsula audiences.

Recent years have seen illustrious musicians like Jon Kimura Parker, Lara Downes, Anthony McGill, Joyce Yang, Natasha Paremski, Jon Nakamatsu, Tessa Lark, and a new generation of Klein Competition virtuosos join us in concert. Special musical events, like the Violins of Hope, our Jazz Reunion with David Benoit, Taylor Eigsti, and Chris and Dan Brubeck, and Broadway musicals like South Pacific and Brigadoon with 42nd Street Moon continue to expand our programming scope. Our musical vision grows and deepens as we explore superb works in previously neglected repertoire categories, with new and old music composed by inspiring minority diverse voices and underrepresented cultures. We look to new and more imaginative, multimedia-focused, and engaging ways to present all of this rich musical fabric.

Our superb volunteer musicians, our hard-working Board and our magnificent professional staff are dedicated to an ever-expanding vision of musical service the Peninsula. It is my privilege to work with them to bring great music to you, our wonderful audience, and to our wider community as we embark on the Peninsula Symphony’s next 75 years. Thank you for being with us tonight and into the future.

Mitchell Sardou Klein

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Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director & Conductor

At the Movies January 12, 2024 / San Mateo Performing Arts Center January 13, 2024 / Heritage Theatre, Campbell Geoffrey Gallegos, Guest Conductor Debra Fong, Violin

Hans Zimmer, The Lion King Orchestral Suite John Williams, Theme from Schindler’s List Debra Fong, violin Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia i. Main Title ii. “The Rescue of Gasim” iii. “The Desert” iv. “Horse Stampede” v. Overture to Lawrence of Arabia - Intermission Randy Newman, Toy Story Suite John Williams, Star Wars i. Main Title ii. Princess Leia’s Theme iii. The Imperial March iv. Yoda’s Theme v. Throne Room and End Title THESE CONCERTS ARE GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY Krista and Jerry Terstiege

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PROGRAM NOTES

By Larry Laskowski Film Music Isn’t it ironic that film music began with silent films? While the ‘moving picture’ was being shown onscreen a live musician (or musicians) played, sometimes from a semi-prepared score, sometimes just improvisations. The music related in a general way to what was on the screen while it also masked the clatter of the projection system.

Those early silent movies may seem to have little in common with modern films that employ high tech innovations (wide screen formats, visual and audio special effects, Dolby sound, animation, etc.), yet music is a crucial part of just about all movie experiences. Music can set atmosphere and mood, give a sense of locale, heighten emotion, reveal a character’s unexpressed thoughts, even foreshadow plot developments. It keeps us entertained during the opening titles and the closing credits, and the movie musical pleases us with singing, dancing, and production numbers.

Early film composers (Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Erich Korngold) were skilled classically trained musicians that wrote in a post-Romantic style and developed the complex techniques and conventions that integrate music with film. More recent composers have pushed the boundaries to include more varied music styles (jazz, pop, rock, folk, ethnic music, etc.), special audio effects, non-orchestral sounds, and electronic instruments.

Tonight, we’ll hear scores from five important films from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. Experiencing the music without the film gives us the opportunity to focus on the score itself, appreciate the craft of the composers and the power of their work, and, if we’ve seen the movies, remember and relive the experience of seeing the movies for the first time. Perhaps you remember where and with whom you saw each of these movies? Now that they’re mostly available online you might want to watch them again (or for the first time if you missed one of them back in the day) with a new appreciation of the masterful scores. And don’t forget the popcorn!

Hans Zimmer, The Lion King Orchestral Suite The Lion King (1994) ranks high in the list of beloved and celebrated Disney animated features. Its popularity spawned a hit Broadway show that opened in 1997 (and is still going Disney strong after more than 10,000 performances), as well as sequel and prequel films and two television series. The story of the young lion’s difficult emotional and spiritual journey to the throne has moved and inspired generations.

The composer, Hans Zimmer (German, born in 1957), wrote scores for a dozen or so movies.

The Lion King won him an Oscar for Best Original Score. The songs are by Elton John and Tim Rice. The music draws on a wide range of musical styles including contemporary pop,

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PROGRAM NOTES traditional African music, and yes, even Mozart. Zimmer shows consummate skill in seamlessly blending these styles in a way that makes the animated figures even more believable and heightens the film’s considerable emotional impact. The Lion King asks to be taken seriously, as does Zimmer’s uplifting score.

John Williams, Theme from Schindler’s List John Williams (born in 1932) is undoubtedly the most successful and well-known film score composer of all time. His career spans seven decades, includes music for more than 75 films, and he received more than 50 Oscar nominations. Classically trained, he also has written many orchestral works, concerti, and chamber works.

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Schindler’s List (1993) recounts the remarkable story of German industrialist Oskar Schindler who by collaborating with the Nazis managed to save over a thousand Jews in Poland from extermination. Williams’s score, which won the Oscar for Best Original Score, reflects the strong influence of Jewish culture and music, and in heartbreaking fashion depicts the unspeakable tragedy as well as the glimmers of hope and humanity. The unforgettable opening theme, played by a solo violin, though full of sadness, also radiates beauty, pride, and cultural richness.

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PROGRAM NOTES Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) made movie history with stunning Super Panavision 70 cinematography and a star-studded cast. The new larger screen format and the epic nature of the film (four hours) aptly reflect the huge scale of the desert with its unknown dangers, vast distances, and endless sightlines. The cultural divide between British and Arab

worlds, so uniquely bridged by the actual historical figure T.E Lawrence, is dramatically depicted in Maurice Jarre’s (1924-2009) original score, which contrasts the complex cross rhythms and modality of Arabic music with traditional military British style. Also, Jarre supplements the symphony orchestra with an electronic synthesizer, relatively new at the time, which adds another exotic dimension to the already adventurous score.

The movie won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, as well as Best Original Score, and is unusual in the tightness of integration of its visual and musical aspects.

Yet the score is so appealing, colorful, and skillfully written that hearing it without the film is its own delight.

Randy Newman, Toy Story Suite Toy Story (1995) represents an important milestone in the history of cinema: the first entirely computer-animated feature film.

Produced by Pixar and Disney animation, the film was a huge success and developed Disney into a franchise with five feature films. While computer animation technology has evolved dramatically since the 1995 movie, Toy Story was a crucial proving ground for the new approach to animation. The innovative technology was the perfect vehicle to portray inanimate toys coming to life with their own convincing emotions and motivations.

Randy Newman (born 1943) started his career as a singer/songwriter in the 1960’s, and in the 1980’s turned increasingly toward film scores. (Three of his uncles were film composers in Hollywood!) His Toy Story score is lighthearted, touching, witty, and sometimes satirical.

The movie includes three songs written and performed by Newman. He draws on a variety of musical genres and combines them with a whimsical approach that is well suited to the fanciful and sometimes zany action on the screen. Having seen Toy Story, our children’s playthings don’t look quite the same. You just never know what they’re doing when we’re not around.

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PROGRAM NOTES John Williams, Star Wars Suite

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It’s difficult to overestimate the size and influence of the Star Wars (1977) phenomenon. The film was a sensational success and launched a series of eleven subsequent films and a merchandizing empire that is still with us today. It has been characterized as modern mythology in the best sense of the word, a mythology that teaches important lessons through captivating storytelling. To paraphrase the character Rose Tico: heroism can come from anywhere, love and compassion will always win, and we win not by fighting what we hate but by saving what we love.

The Star Wars score is Williams’s best-known music. It won an Oscar for Best Original Score, and The American Film Institute called it “the greatest film score of all time.” It’s impossible to imagine the film without the score that instantly transports us to that world “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” There is tremendous variety, spot on characterization, lots of color, memorable tunes, and overall good fun for both audience and orchestra. Luckily, the force is with us.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Mitchell Sardou Klein

Music Director & Conductor Music Director and Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein brings extensive conducting experience in the US, Europe, Australia and Japan to his leadership of the Peninsula Symphony. During his 39 years on the Symphony’s podium, he has guest conducted the Seattle Symphony, New Polish Philharmonic, Suddetic Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony, Eastern Philharmonic and many other orchestras in the US and Europe. In California he has led Symphony San José (formerly Symphony Silicon Valley), the San José Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Inland Empire/Riverside Philharmonic, Ballet San José, the California Riverside Ballet and the Livermore-Amador Philharmonic and others. He co-founded and is Music Director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, which he has taken on concert tours of England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Latvia, and Estonia.

Maestro Klein directed over a hundred concerts as Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic (where he was also Principal Pops Conductor and Principal Conductor of Starlight Theater, the Philharmonic’s summer home), and also served as Music Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony. He also has extensive experience in conducting ballet orchestras, including the Kansas City, Lone Star, Oakland, and Westport Ballets, as well as the Theater Ballet of San Francisco and les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Before turning to the podium, he performed as a cellist for many years. Known to most everyone as Mitch, he enjoys travel, photography, jazz and visual arts in his spare time.

Since 1984, he has been Director of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.

Held in San Francisco each June, the Competition has become one of the most prominent in the world, featuring prizes totaling over $35,000, attracting applicants from more than twenty nations annually, and launching numerous major international concert careers.

Critics have consistently praised his work. The San José Mercury described his performance with Symphony Silicon Valley in 2012 as a “gorgeous performance; big, enveloping and wonderfully luxuriant.” The San Mateo County Times described him in 2007 as “Super Conductor: Mitchell Sardou Klein, music director of the Peninsula Symphony, led his musicians through another triumphant concert. The Peninsula Symphony just keeps getting better and better. Great works and great performances by all.” The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza proclaimed, “The American conductor quickly established a fine rapport with his orchestra. Klein is a musician who has the musical score in his head, rather than his head in the score, which he demonstrated ably. The creative conception and artistic shape which he brings to his work comes from deep inside him.”

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Maestro Klein is a winner of many prestigious awards, including the 2008 Diamond Award for Best Individual Artist, the Silver Lei Award from the 2009 Honolulu Film Festival (for the World Premiere of Giancarlo Aquilanti’s La Poverta), the 2000 ASCAP Award for Programming of American Music on Foreign Tour, the 2001 Jullie Billiart Award from the College of Notre Dame for Outstanding Community Service, a 1996 award for the year’s best television performance program in the Western States (for the one-hour PBS program about him and the Peninsula Symphony) as well as the 1993 Bravo Award for his contribution to the Bay Area’s cultural life.

Mr. Klein was born in New York City, into a musical family that included members of the Claremont and Budapest String Quartets. He began cello studies at age four with his father, Irving Klein, founder of the Claremont Quartet. His mother, Elaine Hartong Klein, danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

Cited for his “keen judgment, tight orchestral discipline, feeling for tempo, and unerring control,” Maestro Klein has conducted many significant world, American, and West Coast premieres, including works by Bohuslav Martinu, Meyer Kupferman, Joan Tower, Hans Kox, George Barati, Benjamin Lees, Giancarlo Aquilanti, Melissa Hui, Rodion Shchedrin, Brian Holmes, Ron Miller, Lee Actor, Michael Thurber, Jonathan Russell, Alvin Brehm, and Margaret Garwood. He has appeared frequently on national and international broadcasts, including National Public Radio, the Voice of America, the WFMT Fine Arts Network, PBS Television, and KQED television. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife, violist Patricia Whaley. Their daughter, Elizabeth, lives and works in Washington D.C.

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GUEST CONDUCTOR Geoffrey Gallegos Guest Conductor

Geoffrey Gallegos, a San Francisco native and sixth generation Californian has been a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area music community for 30 years. From 1985 to 1990, Maestro Gallegos served as Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Players Orchestra. In 1991 he was appointed Principal Conductor of the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra and continued in that capacity until 2006. In 2003, he was engaged as Assistant Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra (N. CA) and served in that position until 2008. It was also in 2003 that Maestro Gallegos made his debut with Golden Gate Opera in San Francisco conducting I Pagliacci and was subsequently invited to assume the position of Music Director and Principal Conductor. During his tenure, which concluded in 2020, he prepared and conducted the majority of GGO main-stage productions. In 2004, Maestro Gallegos was invited to become Music Director and Conductor of the Kensington (CA) Symphony Orchestra, only the third in the Orchestra’s 43year history, a position he holds currently. In 2015, Maestro Gallegos was engaged to become Music Director and Conductor of West County Winds, a symphonic wind and percussion ensemble in residence at Contra Costa Community College and serving West Contra Costa County. Most recently (November/2021), he was appointed the new Music Director and Conductor of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Gallegos has guest conducted numerous ensemblesthroughout the Bay Area, US and in Europe.

Maestro Gallegos has a deep commitment to music education. In 2001, he was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Golden Gate Philharmonic, an all-city string youth orchestra in San Francisco that offers an integrated program of orchestral and chamber music performance, and music theory. In 2023, he was elevated to the position of Artistic and Executive Director and Principal Conductor. From 2001-2010, he participated in the Artist in Residence program at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (S.O.T.A.) in San Francisco where he served as guest conductor of the orchestra and wind ensembles, and taught music theory and sight singing. From 2007-2010, Maestro Gallegos served as Instrumental Music Coordinator and Liaison at The Nueva School in Hillsborough where, among many duties, he oversaw the prestigious Menuhin/Dowling instrumental music program and organized and managed the Menuhin/Dowling Competition for Young Musicians.

Maestro Gallegos studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory School and San Francisco State University, completing, with honors, a Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental Education and Conducting. Advanced studies in orchestral and operatic

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conducting continued at the University of Iowa School of Music, where he received a Master of Arts degree with High Distinction and served as Conductor of the University Chamber Orchestra. Four times he was awarded fellowships to the prestigious Conductors Institute held at West Virginia University and the University of South Carolina. This year culminated an 18 year tenure as a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Music Center in San Francisco where he began his music studies with the trumpet at the age of nine.

Maestro Gallegos resides in San Francisco his hometown.

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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Nathaniel Berman

Resident Conductor

Nathaniel Berman maintains an active presence as a performer and music educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. A faculty member at UC Santa Cruz since 2007, he is conductor of the UCSC Concert Choir and the UCSC Wind Ensemble and has appeared as guest conductor of the UCSC Orchestra and the University Opera Theater. Nathaniel has held the position of Music Director of the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony since 2011 and has appeared as guest conductor of the Santa Cruz County Symphony in annual collaborative concerts with the Youth Symphony.

A strong advocate for new music, Nathaniel is Artistic Director of the San Franciscobased new music ensemble Ninth Planet (formerly Wild Rumpus), with whom he has led premieres of commissioned works by dozens of composers, and he appears as conductor of new music on Innova, Other Minds, and Pinna recordings. Nathaniel has appeared as guest conductor with Empyrean Ensemble at UC Davis in June of 2019, as well as leading the world premiere of The Pressure by Brian Baumbusch, at San Francisco’s Other Minds Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. In March of 2023, he conducted the premiere performance of Prospero’s Island, a new opera by Alan Shearer, at Herbst Theater in San Francisco.

Nathaniel has been a member of the professional new-music chorus Volti, where he also served as Assistant Conductor, and has sung with early music ensembles Pacific Collegium and Euouae. Originally a trumpet player, he now keeps up his brass chops playing euphonium in the Balkan brass band Inspector Gadje.

Nathaniel received his Master’s degree in conducting from UC Santa Cruz, where he studied with Nicole Paiement. He grew up playing duets with his dad, a jazz pianist and singer.

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FEATURED ARTIST

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ORCHESTRA JANUARY 2024 Music Director & Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein Guest Conductor Geoffrey Gallegos Violin I Debra Fong, Concertmaster Kate Wahl, Assistant Concertmaster Kim Bonnett Daniel Cher Tara Iyer Jeff Lin Drew Mendinueto Girish Nanjundiah Judy Streger Sarah Wu Violin II Deborah Passanisi, Principal Kevin Dong Brad Gibson Vineet Mehta Kristin Oro Frank Rahn Katharine Schmidtke Jshon Thomas Angela Yeh Hanna Yoshimoto Jane Zhang

Cello Kirsten Shallenberg, Principal Abraham Aragundi Sandy Baratoff Garth Cummings Victor Ha Gail Hammler Jill Hirsch Julika Huber Susan Magrini Jason Shu Ryan Toulouse Grace Yang Bass Suesan Taylor, Principal Bob Crum David Herberg Bruce Moyer Grant Parker Michael Tong Jeff Wachtel Flute Kay Saito Shafi, Principal Yukoh Hammura Patricia Harrell Piccolo Patricia Harrell

Viola Elyse Ader, Principal Katherine Bukstein Andrea Hata Andrew Lan Jerry Saliman Carolyn Worthington

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ORCHESTRA

Oboe/English Horn Audrey Gore, Principal Dane Carlson Gianna Colombo Clarinet Joan Hebert, Acting Principal Jimmée Greco Ron Miller Bass Clarinet Ron Miller Bassoon Juliet Hamak, Principal Jonathan Westerling Kyoko Yamamoto Contrabassoon Jonathan Westerling Horn Brian Holmes, Co-Principal Randy Nickel, Co-Principal Justin Privitera, Assistant Principal David Dufour Paul Schneider Trumpet Mike Marmarou, Principal Nicholas Toscan Robert Fitt Mike Pakaluk

Timpani Matt Springer Percussion Emily Hendricks, Principal Aaron Balot Paul Burdick Mikael Chang Michael Chen Harp Kristin Lloyd, Principal Keyboard/Piano Larry Laskowski Music Librarian Joel Greene

Trombone Dave Allmon, Co-Principal Rami Hindiyeh, Co-Principal Todd Weinman Tuba Johnathan Hsu, Principal

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THE ELFENWORKS FOUNDATION ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN PROGRAM

LIFETIME ADOPTED MUSICIANS Mitchell Sardou Klein Deborah Passanisi Dr. Lauren Speeth

Conductor Violin II Violin II

Paula Uccelli Frank & Annette Rahn Elfenworks Foundation

MUSICIAN

INSTRUMENT

ADOPTED BY

Debra Fong Concertmaster Katherine & Roy Bukstein Dave Allmon Trombone Jacqueline Smith Abraham Aragundi Cello Friend of PSO Lianne Araki Oboe Patricia L. Griffin Kathryn Barnard Flute/Piccolo Kathryn Barnard & Kenneth Shirriff Susanne Bohl Violin II Diana Lloyd Mike Bresler Timpani/ Celeste Everson Misfeldt Percussion Katherine Bukstein Viola Margrit Rinderknecht & Richard Siemon Dane Carlson Oboe/ Kirt & Kelly Minor English Horn Beatrice Chau Violin II Gayle Flanagan Daniel Cher Violin I Laura & David Francis Garth Cummings Cello Sheri & Michael Frumkin David Dufour Horn Hannelore Draper Bob Fitt Trumpet Don & Cathy Draper Nicole Galisatus Clarinet Penny Barrows in memory of

John Barrows Bradley Gibson Violin II Teri Quick John Givens Principal Bassoon Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak Emeritus Audrey Gore Oboe Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Joel Greene Music Librarian Al & Liz Dossa; Jim Fung Juliet Hamak Bassoon John Givens Patricia Harrell Flute/Piccolo Krista & Jerry Terstiege David Herberg Bass Suesan Taylor Brian Holmes Horn Mary Gundelach Johnathan Hsu Tuba Yvonne Hampton; Teri Quick Elizabeth Ingber Viola Robert Fitt Rahul Iyer Bass Suesan Taylor Tara Iyer Violin I Pauline Roothman Sue Magrini Cello Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Mike Marmarou Trumpet Ronald S. Miller Vineet Mehta Violin II Sheree Kajiwara Ron Miller Clarinet Jacqueline Smith Bruce Moyer Bass Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Randy Nickel Horn Diana Lloyd

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ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN MUSICIAN

INSTRUMENT

Kristin Chesnutt Oro Violin II

Frank Rahn Violin II Jerry Saliman Viola Kay Saito Shafi Flute/Piccolo Kirsten Shallenberg Cello Matt Springer Violin I Judy Streger Violin I Suesan Taylor Bass Jshon Thomas Violin II Nicholas Toscan Trumpet Jolynda Tresner Viola

Alex Wang Violin I Carolyn Worthington Viola Kyoko Yamamoto Bassoon

ADOPTED BY Karin Chesnutt, Dorothy Falman & Mildred Saxman Jim Augustus & Nichole Edraos Dorothy Saxe Ronald S. Miller Jacqueline Smith Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Alan & Spike Russell Martin Chai & Gray Clossman Sheri & Michael Frumkin Robert & Karen Fitt Brian Holmes; Roy & Victoria Sasselli; Maureen Thrush Bichen Wang Richard Izmirian John Givens

Would you like to adopt a musician? It is our goal to have the entire orchestra adopted as a special way of supporting us.

For information on this meaningful program, please reach out to Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director at chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org or (650) 941-5291.

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SUPPORTERS

We are grateful to the following contributors who have supported Peninsula Symphony as we embark on the next 75 years of music-making for our local community. Our donor listing below is a compilation of total giving received between September 1, 2022 and December 20, 2023. If you see an error in this listing or would like more information on ways you can contribute to Peninsula Symphony, please reach out to Executive Director Chelsea Chambers by emailing chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org.

Risoluto ($50k +) California Small Business Administration The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fortissimo ($10k - $24,999) Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation Katherine & Roy Bukstein Mary Gundelach in memory of Charles M. Gundelach Maria Shim & Nicholas Fox Jacqueline Smith in memory of Pieter Smith Krista & Jerry Terstiege Paula Uccelli Friend of PSO Crescendo ($5k-$9,999) Sheri & Michael Frumkin in honor of Lori Krauss, David Fernandez, and Mitchell Sardou Klein John Givens Joel Greene Diana Lloyd in memory of Cliff Lloyd Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Ronald S. Miller Deborah Passanisi William & Diane Reuland Shriners Hospitals

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SUPPORTERS Presto ($2,500 - $4,999) Janice Boelke Nathan Brookwood & Patricia Hendriks Howard Crittenden Barbara Erickson Pamela Ferris Russell Hurley Richard Izmirian & Sheree Kajiwara in memory of Dr. Diana Koin Alex Kurosawa Michael Marmarou Rehearsal venue sponsor: Vineet Mehta & Karishma Sharma Ronald S. Miller Teri Quick in honor Brad Gibson Paul Schneider in memory of Amanda Smith Schneider Jeff & Gwyn Wachtel & Friends of PSO (3) Friend of PSO in honor of Ruth and Roy Dunn and in memory of Margot Haygood Friend of PSO in appreciation of Jeffrey Wachtel Scherzo ($1,000-$2,499) David & Michelle Allmon Apple, Inc. Janet Averett Kathryn Barnard & Kenneth Shirriff Barbara & Robert Brandriff in memory of Dorothy Lunn Martin Chai Gregory & Chelsea Chambers in honor of our dedicated musicians and staff Tom Cooper & Mary Hom Stanley Dirks Al & Liz Dossa Hannelore Draper Anne Esparza Gene Esswein Bob & Karen Fitt Gayle Flanagan Laura & David Francis Brad Gibson Alexandra Gillen & Hartmut Koeppen Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin

Yukoh Hammurah Patricia Harrell Benjamin & Kaoru Hollin Mitchell Sardou Klein & Patricia Whaley James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton Lauren Koenig Lillian Lee Susan Lin in appreciation of Chelsea, Maestro, Jim, and all the amazing Folks at PSO! Bill & Linda Malmstrom in honor of Sheri Frumkin Joe & Mollie Marshall Debra McLean Celeste Everson Misfeldt Craig & Wendy Nishizaki Prudential Caroline & Chris Rackowski Redwood City Arts Commission Rita’s Rainbows Alan & Spike Russell Davd Sacarelos & Yvette Lanza Jerry & Ellen Saliman Sara & Phillip Salsbury

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Dorothy Saxe Margrit Rinderknecht & Richard Siemon Marianne & John Silva-Oba in memory of Sharon Nora Silva Anita Stewart & Kaj Rekola Suesan Taylor in honor of David Herberg and Rahul Iyer, and in memory of Craig Barr Taylor Todd & Andrea Weinman Wells Fargo Foundation Anne Wharton David A. Williams & Hilary Benton Carolyn & Tim Worthington Y&H Soda Foundation Rachel & John Youmans Friends of PSO (3) Vivace ($500-$999) Jim Augustus & Nichole Edraos Penny Barrows in memory of John Barrows Michael & Adrienne Bresler Kathleen Brown Geoffrey Burr Dr. Patricia Campbell & John Miaullis in appreciation of the McGill-Mahler concert Albert & Cheryl Cha Sylvia & Fun Pang Chau Karin & Jim Chesnutt Don & Cathy Draper Meiying Forney & Steve Shatas Jim Fung in appreciation of Joel Greene Barbara Gilmore Google, Inc. Jimmée Greco Dawn Grench & Family in honor of Herb Grench Patricia L. Griffin Brian Holmes & Jolynda Tresner Johnathan Hsu Mela & Peter Hwang Douglas & Susan Jacobs Amy Lit Harvey Lynch

SUPPORTERS

Susan Macy in honor of the Anthony McGill concert Susan Magrini Richard & Beverly Marconi Marcia & John Mehl Kirt & Kelly Minor in appreciation of Dane Carlson Angela Mogielski & Peter Cassini Pamela Moore in memory of Bill Moore Beth Morris Anna Newman & Mueen Ghani in memory of Richard Newman Randy & Janie Nickel Neil Panton Peninsula Jewish Community Center Pauline Roothman John & Christine Sanguinetti Gary Sears Lorraine Smith in memory of Elsie Robertson Nathaniel & Marcia Sterling Sue Larson Family Fund The Wachtel Provonost Family in appreciation of Jeff Wachtel Molly Wachtel in honor of Jeff Wachtel Bichen Wang Linda Wilson Hanna & Yoshihiro Yoshimoto Friends of PSO (3)

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SUPPORTERS Allegro ($250-$499) Judith & David Anderson Lianne Araki in memory of Edward C. Hattyar Susanne Bohl Katherine Boster Andre & Marina Broido in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin David & Janet Cain Louis Caputo Jenny Chan-Sakauye Sharon Chortack Joseph Coha Judy Davis in memory of Harold and Marilyn Mindell John DeLong & Sharon Peters Nancy Farmer Mateo Go Robert Goldware John Gookassian Alice Graham in honor of John & Dorothy Givens David Greene in honor of Big Monkey Roy & Yvonne Hampton David & Elisa Herberg Ernst & Susan Hoyer Sanjiv & Jazz Kaul Ann & Ben Kong in honor of Linda Dunn Sandy & Norman Koo Jeffrey Koseff & Thalia Anagnos in honor of Jeff Wachtel Kenneth Krieg & Carol Dolezal Ginger Kroft Larry Laskowski Eugene Lee & Claire Chang Nora & Galen Lemmon Marcia Leonhardt Linelle Marshall Vonya Morris Michelle Oberman & Lawrence Marshall in honor of Maestro Mitchell Sardou Klein Grant Parker Wesley & Linda Petit Laura Pitchford Frank & Annette Rahn

J. Richard & Karen S. Recht Cynthia Robins-Roth Alison Ross in appreciation of Linda Dunn Bill & Sherrean Rundberg The Somersille Sibley Family Matt Springer & Wei Ai Judy & Ivan Streger Rachel Tasch Jshon Thomas & Gary Carson Michael Tong & Luna Wang Nicholas & Renée Toscan Barbara Weis in honor of Warren, Kay, and George Weis Cameron Wessel & Sapna Upadhyay Teri & Robert Whitehair Lan Zhang Friends of PSO (5) Dolce ($100-$249) John & Barbara Adams Karen Alden Michael & Merrie Asimow Jo Anne Bailey Barbara Barth Jeanne Bertini Mark Beyer Lorraine Bodie Juliette Bryson Les & Nancy Burger Frank & Charlotte Cevasco in honor of Debbie Passanisi Faye Chapman Mary Elise Clarity Helen Cockrum Ronald Danielson Dolby Bill Enloe Ruth Evans Howard Feinberg David Fernandez & Lori Krauss Melinda Fielding Ruth Finkelstein Shirley Foreman Ann & Stan Forman

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Kristine Forney Madeleine Frankel Nicole Galisatus Gilead Sciences, Inc. Marguerite Gonzales Lisa L. Gruman Ann Guerra Hillel Hachlili Linda Hagarty Ann & Salek Hammer Gayle Hansen in memory of James R. Hansen Steven Hibshman Kathie Hillier & Bob Boen Ward Hoffman & Karlette Warner Marshall & Roberta Hollimon Perry Hopkins Ben Hsu & Brenda Porter Alan Kalman Lorrin & Stephanie Koran Sandra Krakowski Sharon Krawetz Paul & Jackie Kuckein Lena Kuhar Kristin Kunzelman Amy Kuo Jay & Sylvia Ladenhein in appreciation of Randy Nickel Lori Lambertson in memory of John Biegenzahn Richard Leder & Cherrill Spencer in appreciation of Mitchell Sardou Klein and the PSO staff Kenneth Lum Jan McKim Judi McManigal Diane Merchant Amanda & Walter Mok Joyce Monda Bruce Moyer Mary Ann Notz Donna Ornitz Chuck & Patty Ortenberg in honor of Jeff Wachtel Karen & Doug Perry in appreciation of Chelsea Chambers

SUPPORTERS

Marilyn Reisen Cheryl & John Ritchie Stephen & Joanne Rovno Heather Sanders Victoria & Roy Sasselli Marian Schmidt Marvin & Ellen Schwarts Dana Scoby in memory of Robert T. and Jane Anderson Cheatham Karen & John Scorsur in appreciation of Chelsea Chambers Kay Saito & Sayed Shafi Noel Shirley Ruth A. Short Gang Situ Dr. Patrick L. Smith Karl Talarico Anthony Tansimore Nicole Taylor Chris & Carol Thomsen in appreciation of Jeff Wachtel Maureen Thrush Carolyn Tucher Adam Wantz Andrew & Abigail Wen in appreciation of Thomas Shoebotham Alan Stern & Thomas Whatley Friends of PSO (7) Friend of PSO in honor of Gail Hammler

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“Sostenuto” Legacy Society The future of Peninsula Symphony is sustained by the generosity of individuals who choose to give during or after their lifetimes. Their contributions safeguard the presence of symphonic music on the Peninsula for this and future generations to come. To find out more how to join this special group of cherished supporters, please reach out to Executive Director Chelsea Chambers, chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org.

Sostenuto Legacy Society Members as of December 2023:

Ellis Alden Anonymous Elfenworks Foundation Mitchell Sardou Klein & Patricia Whaley Judi McManigal Frank & Annette Rahn Genny Hall Smith Lorraine Smith Marguerite Szekeley William Warren Wiesenfeld Trust

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BOARD, STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

PENINSULA SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ben Hollin, Co-Chair / Chair, Marketing Committee Ron Miller, Co-Chair / Chair, Education Committee Randy Nickel, Secretary

Katherine Bukstein, Chair, Governance Committee Daniel Cher

Barbara Erickson, Treasurer / Chair, Finance Committee Sheri Frumkin, Chair, Development Committee Juliet Hamak, Orchestra Rep Alex Kurosawa Lillian Lee

Diana Lloyd

Deborah Passanisi Jeff Wachtel

PENINSULA SYMPHONY STAFF Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director & Conductor Nathaniel Berman, Resident Conductor Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director

Jim Fung, Director of Marketing & Digital Content Jenny Ugale, Operations & Outreach Manager

Tara Kariat, Box Office & Administrative Assistant Faye Chapman, Bookkeeper

Joel Greene, Music Librarian Richard Le, Stage Manager

Elizabeth Quivey, Stage Manager

Samantha Paschner, Rehearsal Setup Linda Dunn, Office Volunteer

Heidi Hau, Piano Competition Coordinator

Amelia Yee, Front of House & Volunteer Coordinator

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The mission of the Peninsula Symphony is to enrich the lives of people in our community with inspiring, innovative, high-quality musical presentations at affordable prices, and to promote music education through engaging programs for children and adults.

The Peninsula Symphony Association of Northern California is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation, Federal Tax ID 94-6106974.

Peninsula Symphony 146 Main Street, Suite 102 Los Altos, CA 94022 (650) 941-5291 / info@peninsulasymphony.org PeninsulaSymphony.org

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