Peninsula Symphony: PSO Celebrates 75th Anniversary featuring Jon Kimura Parker

Mitchell Sardou Klein Music Director & Conductor

PSO Celebrates Season 75

Featuring JON KIMURA PARKER

MAY 10 & 11 at 8PM FRI / San Mateo Performing Arts Center SAT / Heritage Theatre, Campbell

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WELCOME FROM PSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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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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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

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FEATURED ARTIST

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SPECIAL BRIDGES TO MUSIC PROGRAM

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PENINSULA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - SEASON 75

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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 PSO Board of Directors Sheri Frumkin with Maestro Klein

As Peninsula Symphony concludes its 75th season, it stands as a remarkable milestone for a “professional” volunteer symphony, allowing us to reflect on the years during which our musicians and maestros (only two in its entire existence) have shaped the local community and firmly established a presence on the Bay Area peninsula.

I had the good fortune to be affiliated (as Managing Director) between 2014 and 2022 with this remarkable orchestra and observe the growth of meaningful and spot on programming. Between mainstage offerings, outreach into the schools and community performances, digital offerings (which grew substantially during Covid), student competitions, free concerts, and our co-production with Stanford’s Chorus each year, I am amazed at how much dedication comes from musicians, staff, board and most particularly our steadfast Maestro! We have also been fortunate to have such a community of steadfast patrons as all of you.

Since I retired from my role of Managing Director in 2022, I have subsequently joined the Board of Directors so that I can continue to remain connected and help make a difference particularly in the role of development. So many relationships were established and built during my tenure, and I believe it is so important for us to continue these partnerships as we build and expand our presence. We rely very heavily on our individual donor support as grant funding has dwindled substantially over the past few years for the arts in Silicon Valley. We are fortunate to have these relationships and benefit from the enthusiasm and generosity that comes from our engagement with all of you.

I am honored to be a board member of Peninsula Symphony and I encourage all of you to support this unique and highly professional and committed organization.

With gratitude,

Sheri Frumkin

Chair, Development Committee Peninsula Symphony Board of Directors

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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

PSO Celebrates Season 75 May 10, 2024 / San Mateo Performing Arts Center May 11, 2024 / Heritage Theatre, Campbell Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director & Conductor Nathaniel Berman, Resident Conductor Jon Kimura Parker, Piano

Ron Miller, Celebration 75! A Fanfare for Orchestra (World Premiere) Jean Sibelius, Finlandia Nathaniel Berman, conducting Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 i. Allegro molto moderato ii. Adagio iii. Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Quasi presto – Andante maestoso Jon Kimura Parker, piano - Intermission Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 i.

Andante sostenuto — Moderato con anima

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Andantino in modo di canzona

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Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato — Allegro

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Finale: Allegro con fuoco

THESE CONCERTS ARE SPONSORED BY

A generous friend of Peninsula Symphony

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PROGRAM NOTES

By Larry Laskowski

Introduction Opulence is sometimes defined as the aesthetic of abundance. Expression, variety, emotion: all good. More of them is even better. Big is good. Bigger is better. Restraint is optional, as is strict coherence. These are characteristics of multiple strains of European culture ca. 18501925. Wealth had spread from a tiny class of royals and high aristocrats to a new and much larger educated upper class that was anxious to take on the trappings of high society and enjoy its pleasures.

It was the age of the grand hotel and the large, elegant ballroom. High cuisine offered multiple courses in big quantities, heavy sauces, imported novelties, expensive ingredients, and fanciful dishes. High fashion came into its own, accompanied by expensive jewelry, supported of course by the requisite large billfold. Literature saw the flowering of the expansive novel (Dickens, Trollope, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc.). Architecture realized new possibilities based on contemporary engineering and building materials (e.g. the Eiffel Tower), and entirely new expressive styles emerged in the visual arts (e.g. Impressionism).

Music saw the erosion of strict classical form and the emergence of program music (music that coheres at least in part by telling a story). Harmony became more intensely chromatic and expressive. Nationalistic and folk elements entered the scene, as did exotic musical styles from distant lands. Orchestras became solid musical institutions as composers called for larger and larger ensembles that could produce new sounds, textures, and thrilling effects. This music could express a wide range of strong emotions, emotions that new audiences could relate to directly.

Tonight, we are treated to some prime examples of this remarkable opulence. No stressful trip to a foreign city to visit a museum. No tray table required to hold up the heavy novel for hours of reading. Expensive clothes not necessary. No calories and no hangover. Just sit back and luxuriate in the glorious music.

Ron Miller

Celebration 75! A Fanfare for Orchestra (World Premiere) Celebration 75! is a new composition by Ron Miller, dedicated to the members of the Peninsula Symphony and their music director, Mitchell Sardou Klein. What better way to celebrate the orchestra’s 75th anniversary as a major contributor to the arts in the Bay Area?

Dr. Ron Miller serves the Peninsula Symphony as clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and board member. He has degrees in math and music from UC Santa Barbara, where he was a faculty member for several years. He has lived in the Bay Area since 1985 and has performed with PSO since 1987. A retired Aerospace Engineer, he lives in Cupertino, and has two grown children.

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PROGRAM NOTES Jan Sibelius Finlandia

For centuries what we now know as Finland was part of Sweden and then Russia. When in the late 1800’s Russian oppression became especially severe, Finns reacted with unrest and a surge of nationalistic fervor. Anti-Russian protests became more open in the late 1890’s.

One such protest, the 1899 Press Celebrations, included new music composed by Finns specifically to highlight Finnish cultural identity.

Finlandia, a tone poem contributed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), has long outlived the event for which it was composed. It has become a favorite on orchestral programs and is often considered the purest and most notable expression of Finnish musical identity. Sibelius wrote, “We fought 600 years for our freedom, and I am part of the generation which achieved it. Freedom! My Finlandia is the story of this fight. It is the song of our battle, our hymn of victory.”

Sibelius was strongly influenced by Wagner, Liszt, and Bruckner, yet his brand of late Romantic style combines opulence with touches of Scandinavian discipline and severity. He was acquainted with more modern music (Schoenberg, Bartok, etc.), but consciously chose his own path, a kind of antimodern modernism.

The turbulent opening of Finlandia depicts the struggles of the oppressed Finnish people.

That struggle gives way to steady determination and eventually to a solemn hymn (composed

by Sibelius, i.e. not a folk song) which has become almost a national anthem for Finland.

The jubilant triumphant ending is a celebration that presages Finland’s actual independence (achieved a few years later in 1917).

Sibelius stopped composing large works in 1926; he felt he had written enough. In fact, he often wondered why Finlandia, of all pieces, had become his most famous composition.

The striking orchestration, the stirring dynamic and emotional contrasts, and the accessible thematic material have appealed to audiences for over a century, and the inspiring story of Finnish independence reminds us that with heroic effort oppression can indeed be overcome.

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 The Norwegian Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), while thoroughly educated in mainstream European classical traditions, was part of a generation of composers who crafted a musical language that was colored by the aesthetic of the folk music of their own country. Tchaikovsky wrote: “In Grieg’s music, there prevails that fascinating melancholy which seems to reflect in itself all the beauty of Norwegian scenery, now grandiose and sublime in its vast expanse, now gray and dull, but always full of charm … and quickly finds its way into our hearts to evoke a warm and sympathetic response.”

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PROGRAM NOTES Throughout his career Grieg specialized in small lyrical pieces, yet the Piano Concerto (1868) is a testament to his ability to handle large-scale forms as well. Grieg was completely taken

by Clara Schumann’s performance of her husband’s piano concerto, and the influence of Schumann’s composition on Grieg’s concerto is plain to see. But Grieg’s concerto is bigger and broader in scope, more virtuosic, and in places influenced by Norwegian folk music.

The first movement shows great contrasts between the dramatic opening, the rhythmic persistence of the first theme, and the dreamy lyrical second theme. The solo cadenza near the end of the movement is brimming with Lisztian virtuosity. The piano sings plaintively, it roars, it glitters, and the emotional roller coaster ride is full of surprises. The lyrical slow movement is wonderfully atmospheric; the piano writing hints at the new pianistic colors that Rachmaninoff was to exploit a few decades later. The third movement begins with a flourish and then settles into a vigorous theme based on the “halling”, a Norwegian rural folk dance. In this traditional dance several rival male dancers display their vigor and virility with leaps, kicks and acrobatic stunts. The middle section of the movement, introduced by the flute, is slower and pastoral. The rhythmic dance eventually returns, leading to a climactic section in major. The movement ends with the flute’s pastoral theme, now transformed to form a rousing, virtuosic, and triumphant conclusion.

As Tchaikovsky wrote, “What warmth and passion in his melodic phrases, what teeming vitality in his harmony, what originality and beauty in the turn of his piquant and ingenious modulations and rhythms, and in all the rest what interest, novelty, and independence! If we add to this that rarest of qualities, a perfect simplicity, far removed from affectation and pretense … it is not surprising that everyone should delight in Grieg.”

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Russia was growing fast in the mid-nineteenth century, and as influence from western Europe mounted, the country was conflicted about its future path. Some Russians, the “Westernizers”, wanted to bring Russia into the cultural mainstream by assimilating the best of European culture into a Russian context. Others proudly promoted a uniquely Russian cultural idiom and resisted what they saw as the constraints of purely western European artistic traditions. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) managed to get along with both groups. His music stems directly from a European lineage and is also distinctly Russian. The seeming contradiction is made possible because his music’s strongest characteristic trumps all others: it is deeply and profoundly personal.

Tchaikovsky’s symphonies display an unrivalled gift for melody, innovative harmonies, scintillating orchestration, and new approaches to large-scale structure. The Symphony No. 4 (1877) has been an audience favorite since its premiere, and for good reason. It has the mark of lived and felt experience. Of this symphony Tchaikovsky wrote: “Of course my symphony is

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PROGRAM NOTES program music, but it would be impossible to give the program in words … But ought this not always to be the case with a symphony, the most lyrical of musical forms? Ought it not express all those things for which words cannot be found but which nevertheless arise in the heart and cry out for expression?”

Again, Tchaikovsky himself: “The introduction to the first movement is the kernel, the quintessence, the chief thought of the whole symphony. This is Fate, the fatal power that hinders one in the pursuit of happiness …” After the introduction, the main part of the movement presents two contrasting and evocative themes, each with its own emotional profile.

But it is the Fate motif which menacingly triumphs at the end of the movement.

The second movement is full of melancholy and reflection. Again Tchaikovsky himself: “There comes a whole host of memories. It is both sad that so much is now past and gone, yet pleasant to recall your youth. You both regret the past, yet do not wish to begin your life again. Live has wearied you.”

The spectacular use of pizzicato strings in the third movement produces a light, balletic, and sometimes dizzying texture, like “after one has begun to drink a little wine and is beginning to experience the first phase of intoxication.” The music is capricious and thoroughly captivating.

The ethereal soft end of the scherzo leads directly to the fast and furious bombast of the finale.

The writing for the orchestra is supremely virtuosic, a spree of joyous ensemble celebration, opulence at its peak. The movement includes a Russian folk song as a contrasting theme. The first movement’s threatening fate motif threatens near the end, but ultimately gives way to euphoria as the movement roars to a conclusion. “Joy is a simple but powerful force. Rejoice in the rejoicing of others. To live is still possible.”

Strict modernists have complained of Tchaikovsky’s relentless heart-on-the-sleeve approach, but as the critic Joseph Horowitz wrote, “Tchaikovsky is today more admired than deplored for his emotional frankness; if his music seems harried and insecure, so are we all.”

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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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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

Jon Kimura Parker Piano

Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is known for his charisma, infectious enthusiasm, and dynamic performances.

A veteran of the international concert stage, he has performed regularly in the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, London’s South Bank, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing Concert Hall. He was recently named Creative Partner for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Summer at Orchestra Hall, he serves as the Artistic Director for the Honens International Piano Competition and Artistic Advisor for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and is on the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.

Highlights of his 2023-24 season include performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic, Symphony Nova Scotia, and the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach with Gary Hoffman and Arnaud Sussman.

A collaborator in a wide variety of styles, Jon Kimura Parker has performed with Doc Severinsen, Audra McDonald, Bobby McFerrin, Pablo Ziegler, and Sanjaya Malakar. As a founding member of Off the Score, he also performed with Stewart Copeland – the legendary drummer of The Police – for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s 20th Anniversary Season, featuring his own arrangements of music by Prokofiev, Ravel, and Stravinsky. In addition, he performs widely throughout North America and Europe with the Montrose Trio (together with violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith).

Parker’s discography of a dozen albums features music ranging from Mozart and Chopin to Barber and Stravinsky.

His most recent recording Fantasy, built around Schubert’s “Wanderer” Fantasy, was described by Musical Toronto as giving “a big, clear picture window of a rich soul and great artistic depth.” His YouTube channel features a series of Concerto Chat videos, which explore the piano concerto repertoire.

Jon Kimura Parker studied with Edward Parker and Keiko Parker, Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, Marek Jablonski at the Banff Centre, and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School. After winning the Gold Medal at the 1984 Leeds

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FEATURED ARTIST International Piano Competition, Parker has gone on to become an Officer of the Order of Canada and to receive Honorary Doctorates from the University of British Columbia and the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.

Known to friends as “Jackie,” Parker is married to violinist/violist Aloysia Friedmann, and their daughter Sophie graduated from Rice University in 2021.

For further information, please visit www.jonkimuraparker.com, www.montrosetrio.com, www.offthescore.com, www.oicmf.org, and www.honens.com.

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SPECIAL BRIDGES TO MUSIC PROGRAM

Debbie Passanisi

Director, Special Bridges to Music Principal, Violin II

As part of PSO’s outreach program, the Special Bridges to Music Program in Redwood City public schools provides weekly music and singing lessons for elementary school students, including those with special needs. These lessons culminate in live performances aimed at building self-esteem through music creation and performance. The program, inclusive of all students, particularly benefits those who wouldn’t otherwise have opportunities to perform. Debbie Passanisi, Director of the program, teaches basic musical concepts, explores various instruments, and aims to bring joy through music in children’s daily lives.

It is provided free of charge through individual donations and grant funding.

Testimonial “Ms. Debbie Passanisi from Special Bridges to Music program, has been providing musical opportunities to our special needs students at Roy Cloud School in Redwood City School District. Debbie’s program has brought the joy of music into my students’ lives. Students were exposed and played a variety of musical instruments, listened and danced with a variety of songs. Ms. Passanisi provided my students who have a range of disabilities with a chance to grow and shine more by attempting to instill the love of music in them. This has increased their confidence in them by performing in concerts in front of large audiences.

This type of opportunity does not happen very frequently for our special needs students. They love the fact that they are the center of attention in these music concerts. They have gained more confidence in their own abilities and look forward to practicing more in order to improve their performance in concerts with larger audiences.”

Farah Khosravani SLC 3-5 Teacher, Roy Cloud School To support the Special Bridges to Music program, contact Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director at chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org

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ORCHESTRA ROSTER SEASON 75 Music Director & Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein Resident Conductor Nathaniel Berman Guest Conductor Geoffrey Gallegos Violin I Debra Fong, Concertmaster Kate Wahl, Assistant Concertmaster Kim Bonnett Peter Cheng Daniel Cher Colin Gaffney Jungmee Hwang Tara Iyer Jeff Lin Drew Mendinueto Girish Nanjundiah Matt Springer Judy Streger Alex Wang Tracy Wang Sarah Wu Yanzhao Yang Violin II Deborah Passanisi, Principal Moosa Azfar Susanne Bohl Kevin Dong Brad Gibson Vineet Mehta Kristin Oro Frank Rahn Katharine Schmidtke Jshon Thomas David Williams Brittney Xiao Angela Yeh Hanna Yoshimoto Jane Zhang

Viola Elyse Ader, Principal Alessandra Aquilanti Katherine Bukstein Andrea Hata Elizabeth Ingber Andrew Lan Charlotte Lopez Silvio Rocha Jerry Saliman Judy Beck Sumerlin Charlie Tian Renée Toscan Jolynda Tresner Carolyn Worthington Jennie Yang Cello Kirsten Shallenberg, Principal Yosef Feinberg, Acting Principal Ami Nashimoto, Acting Principal Abraham Aragundi Sandy Baratoff Allen Chou Garth Cummings Victor Ha Gail Hammler Jill Hirsch Julika Huber Tetsu Ishihara Tomoko Ishihara Susan Magrini Thomas Shoebothan Jason Shu Janet Sloan Ryan Toulouse Grace Yang Bass Suesan Taylor, Principal Bob Crum David Herberg Rahul Iyer Bruce Moyer Grant Parker Andrew Salsbury Michael Tong Jeff Wachtel

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ORCHESTRA Clarinet Nicole Galisatus, Principal Geoffrey Burr Nick Cotter Emily Dang Jimmée Greco Joan Hebert Ron Miller Bass Clarinet Ron Miller Alto Sax Alex Lill Bassoon Juliet Hamak, Principal Mia Stormer Jonathan Westerling Kyoko Yamamoto Aidan Yang Contrabassoon Mia Stormer Jonathan Westerling

Flute Kay Saito Shafi, Principal Yukoh Hammura Patricia Harrell Kristin Kunzelman Anne Wharton Piccolo Patricia Harrell

Horn Brian Holmes, Co-Principal Randy Nickel, Co-Principal Justin Privitera, Assistant Principal David Dufour Naomi Dushay Mika Imawaka Mark McMahon Paul Schneider

Oboe Audrey Gore, Principal Lianne Araki Dane Carlson Gianna Colombo Joel Greene Peter Stahl English Horn Dane Carlson

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ORCHESTRA ROSTER SEASON 75 Tuba Johnathan Hsu, Principal Timpani Mike Bresler, Principal Matt Springer

Trumpet Mike Marmarou, Principal Nicholas Toscan Bob Fitt Mike Pakaluk Trombone Dave Allmon, Co-Principal Rami Hindiyeh, Co-Principal Todd Weinman Bass Trombone Todd Weinman, Principal

Percussion Emily Hendricks, Principal Paul Burdick, Acting Principal Aaron Balot Mikael Chang Michael Chen Neal Goggans Benedict Lim Erica Richstad Harp Kristin Lloyd, Principal Keyboard/Piano Larry Laskowski Music Librarian Joel Greene

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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 I

Paula Uccelli Frank & Annette Rahn The Elfenworks Foundation

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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 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 Linda Dunn Office Volunteer Ann & Ben Kong 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 Yukoh Hammura Flute Nina Brody David Herberg Bass Suesan Taylor Brian Holmes Horn Mary Gundelach Johnathan Hsu Tuba Yvonne Hampton; Teri Quick Elizabeth Ingber Viola Bob 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

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ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN MUSICIAN INSTRUMENT Randy Nickel Horn 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

Kate Wahl Violin I Alex Wang Violin I Carolyn Worthington Viola Sarah Wu Violin I Kyoko Yamamoto Bassoon

ADOPTED BY Diana Lloyd 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 Sheri & Michael Frumkin Bichen Wang Richard Izmirian Alan & Spike Russell 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 January 1, 2023 and April 16, 2024. 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) Katherine & Roy Bukstein Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation David Cone Sheri & Michael Frumkin in honor of Mitchell Sardou Klein, Chelsea Chambers and Jim Fung Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Maria Shim & Nicholas Fox Friend of PSO Crescendo ($5k-$9,999) John Givens Joel Greene Mary Gundelach in memory of Charles M. Gundelach Deborah Passanisi Teri Quick in honor of Brad Gibson Jacqueline Smith in memory of Pieter Smith Krista & Jerry Terstiege Paula Uccelli Jeff & Gwyn Wachtel

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SUPPORTERS Presto ($2,500 - $4,999) Janice Boelke Barbara Erickson Gene Esswein Pamela Ferris Gayle Flanagan Brad Gibson Russell Hurley Alex Kurosawa Diana Lloyd in memory of Cliff Lloyd Vineet Mehta & Karishma Sharma Ronald S. Miller William & Diane Reuland Paul Schneider in memory of Amanda Smith Schneider Friend of PSO in honor of Ruth and Roy Dunn Friend of PSO in appreciation of Jeffrey Wachtel Friends of PSO (4) Scherzo ($1,000-$2,499) Apple Inc Barbara & Robert Brandriff in memory of Dorothy Lunn Nathan Brookwood & Patricia Hendriks Martin Chai & Gray Clossman Daniel Cher & Laura Wolfe Tom Cooper & Mary Hom Howard & Diane Crittenden Stanley Dirks Al & Liz Dossa Hannelore Draper Anne Esparza Laura & David Francis in appreciation of Daniel Cher Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak Patricia Harrell Sheree Kajiwara & Richard Izmirian in memory of Dr. Diana Koin James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton Lauren Koenig Alexandra Gillen & Hartmut Koeppen Susan Lin in appreciation of everyone at PSO Susan Magrini

Bill & Linda Malmstrom Joe & Mollie Marshall Debra McLean NVIDIA Prudential Caroline & Chris Rackowski Redwood City Arts Commission Rita’s Rainbows Alan & Spike Russell Jerry & Ellen Saliman Sara & Phillip Salsbury Margrit Rinderknecht & Richard Siemon Marianne & John Silva-Oba Suesan Taylor in honor of David Herberg and in memory of Craig Barr Taylor Wells Fargo Foundation David A. Williams & Hilary Benton Hanna & Yoshihiro Yoshimoto Rachel Youmans Friends of PSO (3)

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Vivace ($500-$999) David & Michelle Allmon Jim Augustus & Nichole Edraos Kathryn Barnard & Kenneth Shirriff Penny Barrows in memory of John Barrows Nina Brody Geoffrey W Burr Chelsea & Gregory Chambers Karin & Jim Chesnutt Don & Cathy Draper Robert Fitt Meiying Forney & Steve Shatas in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin Jimmée Greco Patricia L. Griffin Benjamin & Kaoru Hollin Johnathan Hsu Douglas & Susan Jacobs Mitchell Sardou Klein & Patricia Whaley Ann & Ben Kong in honor of Linda Dunn, the most dedicated volunteer Amy Lit Susan Macy in honor of Anthony McGill concert Marcia & John Mehl Kirt & Kelly Minor in appreciation of Dane Carlson Celeste Everson Misfeldt Angela Mogielski & Peter Cassini Beth Morris Randy & Janie Nickel Craig & Wendy Nishizaki Kristin Oro Pauline Roothman David Sacarelos & Yvette Lanza John & Christine Sanguinetti Dorothy Saxe Gary Sears Kay Saito & Sayed Shafi Ruth A. Short Lorraine Smith Anita Stewart & Kaj Rekola The Wachtel Pronovost Family in appreciation of Jeff Wachtel

SUPPORTERS

Molly Wachtel in honor of Jeff Wachtel Bichen Wang Todd & Andrea Weinman Linda Wilson Friends of PSO (2) Allegro ($250-$499) Judith & David Anderson Lianne Araki Susanne Bohl Katherine Boster Michael & Adrienne Bresler Andre & Marina Broido Kathleen Brown Sloane Citron John DeLong & Sharon Peters Nancy Farmer Google, Inc. John Gookassian Alice Graham in honor of John and Dorothy Givens Dawn Grench & Family in honor of Herb Grench Ann Guerra Yvonne Hampton Charles Hanes David & Elisa Herberg Brian Holmes & Jolynda Tresner Mela & Peter Hwang IBM International Foundation Sanjiv & Jazz Kaul Sandy & Norman Koo

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SUPPORTERS Jeffrey Koseff & Thalia Anagnos in honor of Jeff Wachtel Kenneth Krieg & Carol Dolezal Ginger Kroft Eugene Lee & Claire Chang Nora & Galen Lemmon Marcia Leonhardt Harvey Lynch Richard & Beverly Marconi Linelle Marshall Pamela Moore in memory of Bill Moore Vonya Morris Elizabeth Nyberg in memory of Paul Nyberg Neil Panton Grant Parker Laura Pitchford Frank & Annette Rahn Alison Ross in appreciation of Linda Dunn Ronald Smith The Somersille Sibley Family Matt Springer & Wei Ai Nathaniel & Marcia Sterling Rachel Tasch Jshon Thomas & Gary Carson Michael Tong & Luna Wang Nicholas & Renée Toscan Cameron Wessel & Sapna Upadhyay Teri & Robert Whitehair Lan Zhang Friend of PSO in appreciation of the McGill Mahler Concert Friend of PSO in honor of Hanna Yoshimoto Friends of PSO (4) Dolce ($100-$249) John & Barbara Adams Karen Alden Judith & David Anderson Michael & Merrie Asimow Wate & Johanna Bakker Barbara Barth Jeanne Bertini

Mark Beyer Jill Biegenzahn Juliette Bryson David & Janet Cain Frank & Charlotte Cevasco in honor of Debbie Passanisi Faye Chapman Mary Elise Clarity Helen Cockrum Joseph Coha Erika Crowley Ronald Danielson Judy Davis in memory of Harold and Marilyn Mindell Dolby Suzanne & Allan Epstein Ruth Evans David Fernandez & Lori Krauss Ruth Finkelstein Shirley Foreman Ann & Stan Forman Kristine Forney Madeleine Frankel Jim Fung Nicole Galisatus Mateo Go Hillel Hachlili Gayle Hansen in memory of James R. Hansen Matthias Hausner Steven Hibshman Kathie Hillier & Bob Boen Perry Hopkins Intel Corporation Alan Kalman Sandra Krakowski Sharon Krawetz Kristin Kunzelman Amy Kuo Jay & Sylvia Ladenheim in appreciation of Randy Nickel Lori Lambertson in memory of John Biegenzahn Richard Leder & Cherrill Spencer in appreciation of Mitch Klein & the PSO staff

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William & Lucille Lee Kenneth Lum Michael Marmarou Jan McKim Diane Merchant Joyce Monda Bruce Moyer Chuck & Patty Ortenberg in honor of Jeff Wachtel Karen & Douglas Perry in appreciation of Chelsea Chambers Charles Polanski J. Richard & Karen S. Recht Marilyn Reisen Cheryl & John Ritchie Cynthia Robbins-Roth Stephen & Joanne Rovno Bill & Sherrean Rundberg Heather Sanders Victoria & Roy Sasselli Marian Schmidt

SUPPORTERS

Marvin & Ellen Schwartz Dana Scoby Karen & John Scorsur in appreciation of Chelsea Chambers Marilyn Sefchovich Marcyl Seidscher Noel Shirley Gang Situ Lisa Steinback Nicole Taylor Elene Terry 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 Raymond & Cecilia Wong Friends of PSO (4)

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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 about 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 April 2024:

Ellis Alden Anonymous The 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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Peninsula Symphony is seeking board candidates!

Our current board is composed of devoted community members with experience in the realms of finance, high tech, education, volunteer musicians and marketing.

Meetings are held virtually and in person four to six times a year. Board members may serve up to three consecutive 3-year terms. Elections are held on an ongoing basis.

We are seeking new board members from diverse backgrounds who bring additional skills and perspectives in order to continue to move our symphony forward. We want our board to reflect our community and strive to find members who will add diverse voices to the team. We are a working board, so if you are looking for a way to get out and live your best life by helping to govern a vibrant, innovative non-profit organization and contribute to your local community in a meaningful way, this is a great way to do it!

We would love to see candidates with experience in: · Financial Management · Legal Expertise · Human Relations · Fundraising / Grant-Writing · Event Planning · Education / Youth / Community programs · Passion for music and PSO If you or someone you know may be interested in a board position or just want to learn more about what is involved, please reach out to me or our board co-chair we’d love to talk to you!

Chelsea Chambers (Executive Director) - chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org Ben Hollin (Co-Chair, Board of Directors) - ben@peninsulasymphony.org

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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 Sheri Frumkin, Chair, Development Committee Alan Russell, Treasurer Juliet Hamak, Orchestra Rep Barbara Erickson Mariam Galvarin 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 Aleena Mehdi, Intern

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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.

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