It’s a joy to welcome you to Walt Disney Concert Hall, and on behalf of the entire LA Phil, thank you for sharing your holiday celebrations with us! Music is a foundation for so many of our traditions. Whether it’s enjoying the story of a brave Nutcracker, singing favorite carols, or watching beloved holiday movies with their enchanting scores, these indelible melodies recall treasured moments with dear friends and family and offer the opportunity to forge new ones.
Perhaps no one understands this power of music better than John Williams, whose enchanting score to Home Alone—played live to picture—opens our annual Deck the Hall festivities. John has explained, “It isn’t the music. It isn’t the orchestra. It isn’t the composer or the audience. It’s the connection—the linking of all this together. When the orchestra plays it, and the audience hears it—that interconnection is what makes music, music.”
Last month, we dedicated the Hollywood Bowl stage in honor of John and his long-standing relationship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For nearly half a century, John has scored the music of our collective culture and served as both an inspiration and a cherished collaborator through his compositions, conducting, curating, and the humanity he brings to each one of his projects.
John’s belief that music can sustain, uplift, and connect is also at the core of Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy as Music & Artistic Director. Together, they have shown us how music can bridge divides and create joy, a reminder for us all this holiday season.
Happy holidays and best wishes for a joyful and healthy 2026!
Warmly,
Kim Noltemy
President & Chief Executive Officer
David C. Bohnett Presidential Chair
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Jason Subotky*
PRESIDENT & CEO
David C. Bohnett Presidential Chair
Kim Noltemy
VICE CHAIRS
Thomas L. Beckmen*
Reveta Bowers*
Jane B. Eisner*
David Meline*
Diane Paul*
Jay Rasulo*
DIRECTORS
Nancy L. Abell
Gregory A. Adams
Julie Andrews
Camilo Esteban
Becdach
Linda Brittan
Jennifer Broder
Kawanna Brown
Andrea Chao-Kharma*
R. Martin Chavez
Christian D. Chivaroli
Jonathan L. Congdon
Donald P. de Brier*
Louise D. Edgerton
Dotty Ewing
Lisa Field
David A. Ford
Alfred Fraijo Jr.
Hilary Garland
Jennifer Miller Goff*
Tamara Golihew
David Greenbaum
Lori Greene Gordon
Carol Colburn Grigor
Marian L. Hall
Antonia Hernández*
Jonathan Kagan*
Darioush Khaledi
Winnie Kho
Joey Lee
Daniel R. Lewis
Francois Mobasser
Margaret Morgan
Leith O’Leary
Andy S. Park
Sandy Pressman
Geoff Rich*
Laura Rosenwald
Michael Saei
Richard Schirtzer
John Sinnema
G. Gabrielle Starr
Jay Stein*
Christian Stracke*
Ronald D. Sugar*
Vikki Sung
Jack Suzar
Sue Tsao
Megan Watanabe
Regina Weingarten
Jenny Williams
Alyce de Roulet
Williamson
Irwin Winkler
Debra Wong Yang
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
David C. Bohnett
Frank Gehry
Lenore S. Greenberg
Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy
PAST CHAIRS**
Thomas L. Beckmen
Jay Rasulo
Diane B. Paul
David C. Bohnett
Jerrold L. Eberhardt
John F. Hotchkis†
† In Memoriam * Executive Committee Member as of September 26, 2025 ** From the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 24, 2003, to present
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GUSTAVO DUDAMEL
Music & Artistic Director, Walt and Lilly Disney Chair
Gustavo Dudamel is committed to creating a better world through music. Guided by an unwavering belief in the power of art to inspire and transform lives, he has worked tirelessly to expand education and access for underserved communities around the world and to broaden the impact of classical music on new and ever-larger audiences. His rise, from humble beginnings as a child in Venezuela to an unparalleled career of artistic and social achievements, offers living proof that culture can bring meaning to the life of an individual and greater harmony to the world at large. He currently serves as the Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and in 2026, he becomes the Music and Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic, continuing a legacy that includes Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein. Throughout 2025, Dudamel will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of El Sistema, honoring the global impact of José Antonio Abreu’s visionary education program across five generations and acknowledging the vital importance of arts education. Dudamel’s advocacy for the power of music to unite, heal, and inspire is global in scope. In appearances from the United Nations to the White House to the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Dudamel has served as a passionate advocate for music education and social integration through art, sharing his own transformative experience in Venezuela’s El Sistema program as an example of how music can give a sense of purpose and meaning to young people and help them rise above challenging circumstances. In 2007, Dudamel, the LA Phil, and its community
partners founded YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), which now provides more than 1,700 young people with free instruments, intensive music instruction, academic support, and leadership training. In 2012, Dudamel launched the Dudamel Foundation, which he co-chairs with his wife, actress and director María Valverde, with the goal of expanding access to music and the arts for young people by providing tools and opportunities to shape their creative futures.
As a conductor, Dudamel is one of the few classical musicians to become a bona fide pop-culture phenomenon and has worked tirelessly to ensure that music reaches an ever-greater audience. He was the first classical artist to participate in the Super Bowl halftime show and the youngest conductor ever to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert. He has performed at global mainstream events from the Academy Awards to Coachella, and has worked with musical icons like Billie Eilish, Christina Aguilera, LL Cool J, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Laufey, Coldplay, and Nas. Dudamel conducted the score to Steven Spielberg’s new adaptation of West Side Story, and at John Williams’ personal request, he guest conducted the opening and closing credits of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His film and television appearances include Sesame Street, The Simpsons, Mozart in the Jungle, Trolls World Tour, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and in 2019 Dudamel was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
For more information about Gustavo Dudamel, visit his official website at gustavodudamel.com and the Dudamel Foundation at dudamelfoundation.org.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music through a commitment to foundational works and adventurous explorations. Both at home and abroad, the LA Phil—recognized as one of the world’s outstanding orchestras—is leading the way in groundbreaking and diverse programming, onstage and in the community, that reflects the orchestra’s artistry and demonstrates its vision. The 2025/26 season is the orchestra’s 107th.
Nearly 300 concerts are either performed or presented by the LA Phil at its three iconic venues: the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. During its winter season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with approximately 165 performances, the LA Phil creates festivals, artist residencies, and other thematic programs designed to enhance the audience’s experience of orchestral music. Since 1922, its summer home has been the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, host to the finest artists from all genres of music. The Ford,
situated in a 32-acre park and under the stewardship of the LA Phil since December 2019, presents an eclectic summer season of music, dance, film, and family events that are reflective of the communities that comprise Los Angeles.
The orchestra’s involvement with Los Angeles extends far beyond its venues. Among its influential and multifaceted learning initiatives is YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). Through YOLA, inspired by Gustavo Dudamel’s own training as a young musician, the LA Phil and its community partners provide free instruments, intensive music training, and academic support to over 1,700 young musicians, empowering them to become vital citizens, leaders, and agents of change. In the fall of 2021, YOLA opened its own permanent, purpose-built facility: the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood, designed by Frank Gehry.
The orchestra also undertakes tours, both domestically and internationally, including regular visits to New York, London (where the orchestra is the Barbican Centre’s International Orchestral Partner), Paris, and Tokyo. As part of its global
Centennial activities, the orchestra visited Seoul, Tokyo, Mexico City, London, Boston, and New York. The LA Phil’s first tour was in 1921, and the orchestra has made annual tours since the 1969/70 season.
The LA Phil has released an array of critically acclaimed recordings, including world premieres of the music of John Adams and Louis Andriessen, along with Grammy-winning recordings featuring the music of Brahms, Ives, Andrew Norman, Thomas Adès, and Gabriela Ortiz— whose Revolución diamantina received three Grammys in 2025.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr., a wealthy amateur musician. Walter Henry Rothwell became its first Music Director, serving until 1927; since then, 10 renowned conductors have served in that capacity: Georg Schnéevoigt (1927-1929), Artur Rodziński (1929-1933), O tto Klemperer (1933-1939), Alfred Wallenstein (1943-1956), Eduard van Beinum (1956-1959), Zubin Mehta (1962-1978), Carlo Maria Giulini (1978-1984), André Previn (1985-1989), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1992-2009), and Gustavo Dudamel (2009-present).
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Gustavo Dudamel
Music & Artistic
Director
Walt and Lilly Disney Chair
Zubin Mehta
Conductor Emeritus
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor
Laureate
Rodolfo Barráez
Assistant
Conductor
Ann Ronus Chair
John Adams
John and Samantha Williams
Creative Chair
Herbie Hancock Creative Chair for Jazz
FIRST VIOLINS
[Position vacant]
Concertmaster
Marjorie Connell Wilson Chair
Bing Wang
Acting Concertmaster
Barbara and Jay Rasulo Chair
[Position vacant]
First Associate
Concertmaster
Ernest Fleischmann Chair
[Position vacant]
Assistant Concertmaster
Philharmonic
Affiliates Chair
Rebecca Reale
Deanie and Jay Stein Chair
Justin Woo
Rochelle Abramson
Minyoung Chang
I.H. Albert Sutnick Chair
Tianyun Jia
Jordan Koransky
Ashley Park
Katherine Woo
Weilu Zhang
SECOND VIOLINS
Melody Ye Yuan
Principal
Mark Kashper
Associate Principal
Isabella Brown
Assistant Principal
Kristine Whitson
Johnny Lee
Ingrid Chun
Jin-Shan Dai
Miika Gregg
Chao-Hua Jin
Jung Eun Kang
Vivian Kukiel
Nickolai Kurganov
Varty Manouelian
Emily Shehi
Michelle Tseng
Gabriel Esperon*
VIOLAS
[Position vacant]
Principal
John Connell Chair
Ben Ullery
Associate Principal
Jenni Seo
Assistant Principal
Dana Lawson
Richard Elegino
Ingrid Hutman
Michael Larco
Hui Liu
Meredith Snow
Leticia Oaks Strong+
Minor L. Wetzel
Bradley Parrimore*
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
LA Phil Resident Fellow Chair
CELLOS
Robert deMaine
Principal
Bram and Elaine Goldsmith Chair
Ben Hong
Associate Principal
Sadie and Norman Lee Chair
Dahae Kim
Assistant Principal
Jonathan Karoly+
David Garrett
Barry Gold
Jason Lippmann
Gloria Lum
Linda and Maynard
Brittan Chair
Zachary Mowitz
Serge Oskotsky
Brent Samuel Keeon Guzman*
BASSES
Christopher Hanulik
Principal
Diane Disney Miller and Ron Miller Chair
Kaelan Decman
Associate Principal
Oscar M. Meza
Assistant Principal
David Allen Moore
Ted Botsford
Jory Herman
Brian Johnson
Peter Rofé
Matthew Peralta*
FLUTES
Denis Bouriakov
Principal
Virginia and Henry Mancini Chair
Catherine Ransom
Karoly
Associate Principal
Mr. and Mrs. H. Russell Smith Chair
Elise Shope Henry
Mari L. Danihel Chair
Sarah Jackson
Piccolo
Sarah Jackson
OBOES
Ryan Roberts
Principal
Carol Colburn Grigor Chair
Marion Arthur Kuszyk
Associate Principal
Anne Marie Gabriele
English Horn
[Position vacant]
CLARINETS
Boris Allakhverdyan
Principal
Michele and Dudley Rauch Chair
[Position vacant]
Associate Principal
Andrew Lowy
Taylor Eiffert
E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lowy
Bass Clarinet
Taylor Eiffert
BASSOONS
Whitney Crockett
Principal [Position vacant]
Associate Principal Ann Ronus Chair
Michele Grego Evan Kuhlmann
Contrabassoon
Evan Kuhlmann
Mark Houston Dalzell and James Dao-
Dalzell Chair for Artistic Service to the Community
HORNS
Andrew Bain
Principal
John Cecil Bessell Chair
David Cooper
Associate Principal
Gregory Roosa
Alan Scott Klee Chair
Amy Jo Rhine Loring Charitable Trust Chair
Elyse Lauzon
Ethan Bearman
Elizabeth Linares Montero*
Nancy and Leslie
Abell LA Phil Resident Fellow Chair
TRUMPETS
Thomas Hooten
Principal
M. David and Diane
Paul Chair
James Wilt
Associate Principal
Nancy and Donald de Brier Chair
Christopher Still Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair
Jeffrey Strong
TROMBONES
David Rejano Cantero
Principal Koni and Geoff Rich Chair
James Miller
Associate Principal
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen Chair
Paul Radke
Bass Trombone
John Lofton
Miller and Goff Family Chair
TUBA
Mason Soria Principal
TIMPANI
Joseph Pereira
Principal
Cecilia and Dudley Rauch Chair
David Riccobono Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Matthew Howard Principal
Wesley Sumpter
Assistant Principal
James Babor
David Riccobono
Jeremy Davis*
KEYBOARDS
Joanne Pearce
Martin
Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Chair
HARP
Emmanuel Ceysson Principal Ann Ronus Chair
LIBRARIANS
Stephen Biagini
Benjamin Picard KT Somero
CONDUCTING FELLOWS
Kinga Głowacka Ana María
Patiño-Osorio
José Salazar
Miguel Sepúlveda
* Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen
L A Phil Resident Fellow
+ On sabbatical
The Los Angeles Philharmonic string section utilizes revolving seating on a systematic basis. Players listed alphabetically change seats periodically.
The musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic are represented by Professional Musicians Local 47, AFM.
TOUR DE FORCE
On October 20, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel embarked on a 10-day, three-city tour through Seoul, Tokyo, and Taipei. Marking the LA Phil’s first return to Asia since its Centennial Season in 2018/19, the tour featured performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” and a program of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and The Rite of Spring paired with John Adams’ Frenzy: a short symphony.
Assistant Principal Percussionist Wesley Sumpter, bassist Brian Johnson, and librarian Benjamin Picard climbed to a peak in Bukhansan National Park, overlooking Seoul.
SEOUL
After a 13-hour flight, the orchestra began its tour in South Korea at the Seoul Arts Center for what The Korea Herald called “two monumental nights.”
Gustavo Dudamel rehearses with the orchestra in advance of their opening performances on the 2025 Asia tour.
TOKYO
The LA Phil has a long-standing relationship with the city of Tokyo. It traveled to the city on its first international tour, in 1956. More recently, the orchestra performed at Suntory Hall (which owes its sublime acoustics to Yasuhisa Toyota, who also worked on Walt Disney Concert Hall) in 2015 and 2019. Dudamel expressed his gratitude for the extended ovation following a rousing performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony at Suntory Hall. The Los Angeles Times’ Mark Swed reported: “Applause remained movingly subdued, as if wanting to maintain a sense of awe. After several curtain calls, Dudamel motioned for the players to leave the stage. The ovation continued nonetheless. Musicians lingered, paused for selfies and after a long while Dudamel casually returned on stage to wave.”
Dudamel expressed his gratitude for the extended ovation following a rousing performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony at Suntory Hall.
You can take the orchestra out of LA, but you can’t take Dodgers devotion out of the orchestra. Members joined for a World Series Game 1 watch party at Tokyo’s Stadium Bar, which advertises “the same thrill and atmosphere as a real stadium.”
For Mahler’s Second Symphony, soloists Chen Reiss and Beth Taylor were joined by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Vienna’s Singverein for a performance at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.
TAIPEI
Taiwan was the final stop on this year’s tour and marked the LA Phil’s first visit to the country since 1994.
Support for the LA Phil on tour is generously provided by the Michele and Dudley Rauch Tour Fund and the Karl Loring Fund. Additional funding for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” was provided by the Colburn Foundation and PIMCO. John Adams’ Frenzy: a short symphony was commissioned by the LA Phil with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund.
LA Phil violinists Nickolai Kurganov, Jung Eun Kang, Michelle Tseng, and Vivian Kukiel visit Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
photo by
MNA
Studio
GUSTAVO’S FIESTA RAISES $5 MILLION
A star-studded LA Phil Gala celebrated Gustavo Dudamel’s 17-year tenure as Music & Artistic Director at Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 14. Titled Gustavo’s Fiesta, the event drew notable celebrities including Alejandro G. Iñárritu and María Eladia Hagerman, Beck, Chris Martin, Drew Scott, Helen Hunt, LL Cool J, Supriya Ganesh, and Oscar Dudamel and raised more than $5 million for the LA Phil and its Learning and Community Initiatives, including YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles).
The evening started with a heartfelt tribute to Dudamel, narrated by Julie Andrews. Dudamel then led the LA Phil through five of his favorite symphonic finales—musicians of YOLA joined for the last movement of Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony No. 9—and a trio of unannounced encores, concluding with the “Mambo” from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story
After dinner, acclaimed Venezuelan trombonist Oscar Dudamel—Gustavo’s father—kept the party going in BP Hall with a fusion of salsa, bolero, and classical music from his debut studio album, Sueño Alcanzado (Dream Fulfilled).
Gala Co-Chair Jason Subotky and Anne Akiko Meyers, Honorary Gala Co-Chair María Valverde, and Gala Co-Chairs Judy and Tom Beckmen, Kathleen and Jerry Eberhardt, Georgia and Breck Eisner, Jenny Miller Goff, Winnie Kho and Chris Testa, Jay and Barbara Rasulo, Koni and Geoff Rich, Jamie Rigler, and Sue Tsao, along with more than 650 gala patrons, attended the event.
WESLEY SUMPTER APPOINTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
In fall 2019, percussionist Wesley Sumpter joined the first class of Los Angeles Philharmonic Resident Fellows. Launched during the orchestra’s centennial year, this training program provides an opportunity for early-career symphonic musicians representing or serving historically underrepresented populations to play with the orchestra with the goal of helping them win positions in professional ensembles.
Sumpter noted at the time, “It’s remarkable because playing here, you learn how to move throughout the business of music, so we’re prepared for wherever we might go.”
His journey would bring him full circle: In October, Sumpter was appointed Assistant Principal Percussionist of the LA Phil.
Sumpter, who grew up in Atlanta, received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and his Master’s from USC Thornton School of Music, where he studied with LA Phil percussionist James Babor and Principal Timpanist Joseph Pereira. In addition to the LA Phil, he’s performed with the San Francisco, National, and Atlanta symphonies and the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. As a contemporary and chamber musician, he has appeared with the LA Phil New Music Group, Alarm Will Sound, International Contemporary Ensemble (NYC), and Gateways Chamber Players (Chicago) and at the Ojai Music Festival. He is a founding member of the trio Lineage Percussion.
YANGA NOMINATED F OR THREE GRAMMYS
The LA Phil’s second recording of works by composer Gabriela Ortiz, Yanga, received three Grammy Award nominations, announced November 7: Best Classical Compendium; Best Contemporary Classical Composition for the cello concerto Dzonot, featuring Alisa Weilerstein; and Best Choral Performance for the title track, featuring the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble. In addition, Yanga producer Dmitriy Lipay was nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical. Yanga was released in July by Platoon, marking the third collaboration between the LA Phil and the label. The 2026 Grammy Awards take place February 1.
HOLLYWOOD BOWL STAGE DEDICATED TO JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams’ relationship with the Hollywood Bowl began in the late 1940s, as a teenager attending concerts. A decade later, he appeared on its stage as a pianist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1977, Zubin Mehta, realizing the power of Williams’ compositions, conducted his music from Star Wars at the Bowl—marking the first time a movie score was given the same treatment as concert music. The following year, Williams made his conducting debut at the Bowl, and for five decades since,
Hollywood’s greatest composer and its most famous venue have been inseparable.
On November 9, the Hollywood Bowl stage was dedicated to Williams in honor of his considerable contributions to the venue, the LA Phil, and orchestral music. Both the Bowl and Williams “invite us to dream a little bigger, to feel a little more deeply, and to connect with something greater than ourselves,” said LA Phil President & CEO Kim Noltemy, in front of a crowd that included Williams’ collaborators Steven
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON TERRI AND JERRY KOHL ARTISTS PAVILION
The LA Phil and County of Los Angeles broke ground on a multipurpose building at the Hollywood Bowl on October 10. Named the Terri and Jerry Kohl Artists Pavilion, the new structure will serve as an event space for pre- and postconcert gatherings as well as year-round meetings. The building is expected to open in June 2026, at the beginning of the Hollywood Bowl season.
Designed by the architecture collective RIOS—which previously worked on restoring the Bowl’s iconic fountain, orchestra lounge, box office plaza, and marketplace—with interiors by Frederick Fisher and Partners, the single-story, 7,500-squarefoot Kohl Pavilion will have
among its features a full kitchen to enhance hospitality and event capabilities. This project is made possible by lead donors Terri and Jerry Kohl, with major support from Andrew Hewitt and Bill Silva of Live Nation-Hewitt Silva.
“The artists who bring magic to the stage of the Hollywood Bowl and the patrons who make its programs possible will now enjoy the gracious and expansive space they deserve at the Terri and Jerry Kohl Artists Pavilion,” said Kim Noltemy, LA Phil President & CEO. “I extend heartfelt thanks to Terri and Jerry Kohl and to our partners at Los Angeles County and Live Nation-Hewitt Silva for their support of this transformative public-private project.”
Spielberg, George Lucas, and Richard Dreyfuss.
LA Phil Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, who unveiled the John Williams Stage insignia, recalled marveling over Williams’ scores as a young musician in Venezuela. Now as a friend and collaborator, he said, “That immense generosity that you have is in every note that you write.”
Calling the honor “unprecedented and unequal in my experience,” Williams closed his remarks by saying, “Fifty years at the Hollywood Bowl is a good start.”
above: John Williams with collaborators (l–r) David Newman, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg at the dedication ceremony.
Terri and Jerry Kohl
l–r: Kim Noltemy, LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, LA Phil Board Chair Jason Subotky, Jerry Kohl, Terri Kohl, LA County Parks and Recreation Director Norma Edith García-Gonzalez, and Andrew Hewitt.
A LIFELONG LOVE OF MUSIC
John Watson and Katie Gundersen
For Katie Gundersen and John Watson, music has always been more than entertainment—it has been a way to connect, create, and build community.
Originally from the Midwest, the couple discovered their shared passion for the LA Phil after settling in Southern California, first through summer evenings under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl and later through the luminous acoustics of Walt Disney Concert Hall.
For Gundersen, music has been a constant throughout her life. A pianist since childhood, she also studied clarinet, dance, and even conducting. “It was a coping strategy for me as a child—something grounding,” she recalls. Music runs in her family as well: Legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert is a cousin, and several relatives are professional musicians and dancers.
Watson’s path to music looked different. In his hometown of just 200, the high school band barely had enough players to perform, but he took up the horn and eventually carried his appreciation for classical music
into his service with the Air Force. Years later, the LA Phil rekindled that early spark.
A chance encounter with James Wilt, Associate Principal Trumpet and Nancy and Donald de Brier Chair, deepened the couple’s connection to the orchestra. What began as a brief meeting blossomed into a lasting friendship, enriching their appreciation for the artistry onstage. “We’ve gone to many concerts in many places, but we’re terribly spoiled by the quality of the LA Phil’s music,” Gundersen says. “As long as we are physically able, we’ll maintain our subscriptions at both the Bowl and the Hall.”
Their commitment extends beyond attendance. Both are especially inspired by the LA Phil’s YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). As an occupational therapist, Gundersen has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of music
on mental health and brain function. “Music is one of the last things to remain for people with Alzheimer’s,” she notes. “I feel strongly that early music education teaches life skills—responsibility, collaboration, care.”
This belief has guided their philanthropy. As proud members of the William Andrews Clark Society, Watson and Gundersen have included the LA Phil in their estate plans to support future generations of young musicians. “We may not be leaving millions, but we’re honored to be part of this community,” Gundersen says. “The Clark Society has given us so many meaningful experiences and connections. It’s elegant, thoughtful, and full of joy— just like the music.”
Through their generosity and passion, John Watson and Katie Gundersen remind us that music’s legacy is built not only on the stage but also in the lives of those who sustain it.
To learn more about joining the William Andrews Clark Society by remembering the LA Phil in your estate plans, please contact legacy@laphil.org
LA PHIL ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL TRUMPET JAMES WILT, KATIE GUNDERSEN, AND JOHN WATSON AT THE CLARK SOCIETY LUNCHEON IN 2023
JOHN WATSON AND KATIE GUNDERSEN
CORPORATE PARTNERS
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association is honored to recognize our corporate partners, whose generosity supports the LA Phil’s mission of bringing music in its varied forms to audiences at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. To learn more about becoming a partner, email corporatepartnerships@laphil.org.
ANNUAL GIVING
From the concerts that take place onstage at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford to the learning programs that fill our community with music, it is the consistent support of Annual Donors that sustains and propels our work. We hope you, too, will consider making a gift today. Your contribution will enable the LA Phil to build on a long history of artistic excellence and civic engagement. Through your patronage, you become a part of the music—sharing in its power to uplift, unite, and transform the lives of its listeners. Your participation, at any level, is critical to our success.
FRIENDS OF THE LA PHIL
Friends and Patrons of the LA Phil share a deep love of music and are committed to ensuring that great musical performance thrives in Los Angeles. As a Friend or Patron, you will be supporting the LA Phil’s critically acclaimed artistic programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford, as well as groundbreaking learning initiatives such as YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), which provides free after-school music instruction to children in culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse communities across LA County. Let your passion be your guide, and join us as a member of the Friends and Patrons of the LA Phil. For more information, or to learn about membership benefits, please call 213 972 7557 or email friends@laphil.org.
PHILHARMONIC COUNCIL
Winnie Kho and Chris Testa, Co-Chairs
Christian and Tiffany Chivaroli, Co-Chairs
The Philharmonic Council is a vital leadership group whose members provide critical resources in support of the LA Phil’s general operations. Their vision and generosity enable the LA Phil to recruit the best musicians, invest in groundbreaking learning initiatives, and stage innovative artistic programs, heralded worldwide for the quality of their artistry and imagination. We invite you to consider joining the Philharmonic Council as a major donor. For more information, please call 213 972 7209 or email patrons@laphil.org.
County of Los Angeles
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Hilda L. Solis
Holly J. Mitchell
Lindsey P. Horvath
Janice Hahn
Kathryn Barger Chair
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
Kristin Sakoda Director
COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION
Randi Tahara
President
Rogerio V. Carvalheiro Vice President
Sandra P. Hahn
Secretary
Jennifer Price-Letscher
Executive Committee
Member
Leticia Buckley Immediate Past President
Pamela Bright-Moon
Diana Diaz
Eric R. Eisenberg
Brad Gluckstein
Helen Hernandez
Constance Jolcuvar
Alis Clausen Odenthal
Anita Ortiz
Tara L. Taylor
Liane Weintraub
Chanticleer
I Gregorian Chant Hodie Christus Natus Est Cristóbal de MORALES Ecce Virgo Concipiet
Michael PRAETORIUS Rorate Caeli
Anne BRONTË Reading: Excerpt from “Music on Christmas Morning”
II Guillaume de MACHAUT Gloria
Giovanni Pierluigi O Magnum Mysterium da PALESTRINA
PALESTRINA Quem Vidistis Pastores
Thomas MORLEY Lirum, Lirum
Mateo Flecha el VIEJO Ríu, Ríu, Chíu
III Joanna MARSH Winter’s Garland Hands and the Hour
Arrival at the Lantern Festival In Winter’s House
IV Lowell MASON, Joy to the World arr. Adam Brett WARD
V Sarah QUARTEL This Endris Night Franz BIEBL Ave Maria
VI Henry GAUNTLETT, Once in Royal David’s City arr. Jared GRAVELEY
John Jacob NILES, I Wonder as I Wander arr. Tim KEELER
Anonymous, 13th c., A Christmas Fanfare
arr. Steven SAMETZ (Angelus ad Virginem)
Traditional & Good King Wenceslas/ Richard RODGERS, Little Girl Blue arr. GRAVELEY
Traditional, Ding Dong Merrily on High arr. WARD
Traditional Appalachian, And the Trees Do Moan arr. KEELER
John Francis WADE, O Come, All Ye Faithful arr. Amanda TAYLOR
VII Traditional, Medley of Christmas Spirituals arr. Joseph H. JENNINGS Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Behold That Star
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Poor Little Jesus
What Month Was Jesus Born In Children, Go Where I Send Thee Go, Tell It on the Mountain
MONDAY DECEMBER 15, 2025 8PM
CHANTICLEER
Tavian Cox, Luke Elmer, Cortez Mitchell, Bradley Sharpe, Logan Shields, Adam Brett Ward, countertenors
Vineel Garisa Mahal, Matthew Mazzola, Andrew Van Allsburg, tenors
Andy Berry, Jared Graveley, Matthew Knickman, baritones & basses
Tim Keeler, Music Director
Tonight’s program is presented without intermission.
Programs and artists subject to change.
A Chanticleer Christmas always begins with a chant procession by candlelight. Singing these centuries-old tunes immediately conjures a world of medieval cathedrals and ancient mystery. This year’s chant selection, “Hodie Christus Natus Est,” is an antiphon traditionally sung at evening masses on Christmas Day. According to legend, Gregorian chants are attributed to Pope Gregory I (590–604), who is said to have received the melodies from divine inspiration.
Cristóbal de Morales captures the mystery of Christmas in his setting of “Ecce Virgo Concipiet.”
The prophetic text for this motet comes from the Book of Isaiah and may be familiar to many due to Handel’s joyful setting in his Messiah. Morales, however, captures the awe and wonder of the virgin birth with haunting melodies and intimate harmonies. Morales was born in Seville, Spain, around 1500. He trained as a chorister and organist, eventually becoming the maestro de capilla at the Ávila Cathedral in 1526. He then moved to the papal choir in Rome before returning to Spain for the remainder of his career. Morales was one of the finest composers of his generation and could be considered the first true successor, in terms of compositional skill, to Josquin des Prez.
“Rorate Caeli” is the 104th and final work—and the only motet—in Michael Praetorius’ 1611 printed collection of Latin Mass movements, Missodia Sionia. Its singular nature and
primacy of place surely mark it as important in the composer’s eyes. Praetorius sets the Advent text with quick contrapuntal shifts and Italian concertatostyle moments featuring fewer voices and a thinner texture. These techniques are reminiscent of other lateRenaissance composers like Heinrich Schütz and Claudio Monteverdi. As a German Lutheran, Praetorius devoted the largest part of his enormous compositional output to settings of Protestant hymns (including the famous “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”). His works for the Latin liturgy, however, are just as compelling.
Guillaume de Machaut’s “Gloria” showcases medieval compositional techniques, including double leading-tone cadences and a brilliant hocket during the “Amen” in which the melody is passed back and forth from one voice to another. We perform this movement with our best guess at medieval French Latin and some improvisational moments inspired by medieval ornamentation. Be on the lookout for our complete recording of Machaut’s Messe, along with some of his secular chansons, in 2026.
The year 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s birth. We are excited to mark this occasion with his settings of “O Magnum Mysterium” and “Quem Vidistis,” which are two parts of the same motet first published in his Liber Primus Motettorum
in 1569. They feature full harmonies, frequent imitation, scalar melodic motion, and a conservative awareness of the text that highlights the inherent drama without relying on sharp changes to the overall texture. These features make Palestrina’s music easily understood and immediately pleasing to the ear, perhaps proving why he remains one of the most recognizable and celebrated names in early music 500 years after his birth.
We conclude our exploration of early music with two nonliturgical Christmas works. “Lirum, Lirum” is a Christmas madrigal from the master of the madrigal himself, Thomas Morley. Morley defined the English version of what was, until his time, an Italian genre. His madrigals are musically light and airy. His texts, too, often display a sense of frivolity. In this madrigal, instead of the typical “fa, la, la,” Morley uses the nonsense word “lirum.”
“Ríu, Ríu, Chíu” is a Spanish villancico by Catalan composer Mateo Flecha el Viejo. Villancicos are often spirited and dance-like, featuring frequent rhythmic interplay between duple and triple meter. They consist of a series of verses (coplas) sandwiched between a recurring refrain (estribillo). “Ríu, Ríu, Chíu” is likely the only villancico that has maintained its widespread popularity since the 1500s—even the Monkees recorded a version of it for television back in 1967. In Catalan, “ríu” means river.
Two Christmases ago, we performed “In Winter’s House” by contemporary British composer Joanna Marsh. It immediately became an ensemble favorite. Marsh’s cinematic harmonies bring the secular poetry of Jane Draycott to life in a very visceral way. The music and poetry capture a feeling of childlike wonder and excitement for the season. Although originally written for the British choral ensemble Tenebrae, the piece fits Chanticleer’s ranges beautifully, capturing both the depth of our basses and the strength of our countertenors. Based on the success of this work, we, along with the Stockholm-based choir Zero8, commissioned Marsh to compose two companion pieces, “Hands and the Hour” and “Arrival at the Lantern Festival,” for our 2025 Christmas season. Marsh commissioned Draycott to write two new poems for these works. Together, the three pieces comprise a new winter choral song cycle titled Winter’s Garland. We are excited to bring these two brand-new works to life for you today.
We conclude the first half of our program with Adam Brett Ward’s arrangement of “Joy to the World.” The 2025/26 season is Adam’s 20th as a countertenor in Chanticleer. He has marked his extraordinary tenure with extreme levels of
musicianship, vocal beauty, and consistency. Anyone in his presence, or anyone hearing his stunning arrangement of “Joy to the World,” will feel his talent, passion, and joy for the work we do.
“This Endris Night” is a setting of a 15th-century English carol text by contemporary Canadian composer Sarah Quartel. Though written in 2019, Quartel’s melody feels timeless.
A prolific and celebrated choral composer, Quartel has been commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association, the National Children’s Chorus of the United States of America, and New Dublin Voices, among others. She has been published exclusively by Oxford University Press since 2018.
Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria” has become synonymous with Chanticleer. Every Christmas season, we look forward to sharing this gem with our audiences around the country. Biebl’s setting is a version of the “Angelus,” a Catholic devotional prayer, which tells the story of the annunciation and incarnation. The arrangement we sing in these concerts is published by Hinshaw Music as part of the Chanticleer Choral Series.
The remainder of our Christmas program features a collection of contemporary Christmas songs, some wellknown and some brand-new,
and all of which have just been recorded on our new Christmas album, Joy to the World. Five of the pieces were arranged by current members of the ensemble: “Once in Royal David’s City” and “Good King Wenceslas/Little Girl Blue” by bass-baritone Jared Graveley, “Ding Dong Merrily on High” by Adam Brett Ward, and “And the Trees Do Moan” and “I Wonder as I Wander” by Music Director Tim Keeler. Steven Sametz’s winning arrangement of “Angelus ad Virginem” in his “A Christmas Fanfare” fills the room with joy, while Amanda Taylor, of the jazz vocal group säje, turns “O Come, All Ye Faithful” into an intimate invitation.
Finally, A Chanticleer Christmas always concludes with a “Medley of Christmas Spirituals” arranged by our Music Director Emeritus, Joseph H. Jennings. In 2014, Jennings was the first recipient of Chorus America’s Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award, acknowledging his contribution to the African American choral tradition. His 25-year tenure with Chanticleer as singer and Music Director transformed the group, and his gospel and spiritual arrangements became part of Chanticleer’s identity. We are honored to maintain and continue that legacy today. —Tim Keeler
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CHANTICLEER
Known around the world for its eclectic repertoire and dazzling virtuosity, the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer—under the leadership of Music Director Tim Keeler—has been hailed by The Boston Globe as “breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style.” Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, an “orchestra of voices” performing thousands of live concerts and selling more than 1 million recordings.
Rooted in the Renaissance, Chanticleer’s repertoire has expanded to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, and popular music. With a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements, Chanticleer foregrounds American repertoire and a
distinctively American sound, complementing the group’s signature diversity in terms of membership and genre. The ensemble has dedicated much of its vast recording catalog to these commissions, garnering Grammy Awards for its recordings of John Tavener’s Lamentations and Praises and the ambitious collection of commissioned works titled Colors of Love. Chanticleer’s 2002 album Our American Journey was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2025. Chanticleer is the recipient of Chorus America’s Dale Warland Commission Award and the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. The group’s Music Director Emeritus, Joseph H. Jennings, received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his contribution to the African American choral tradition during his 25-year tenure as both singer and Music Director.
Chanticleer—named for the “clearsinging” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—was named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008 and inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. The group’s award-winning education programs, recognized with the 2010 Chorus America Education Outreach Award, have engaged tens of thousands of students since the ensemble began.
Tim Keeler, Music Director Matthew Mazzola, Assistant Music Director Louis Botto (1951–97), Founder Joseph H. Jennings, Music Director Emeritus
Andy Berry occupies The Eric Alatorre Chair, given by Peggy Skornia. Luke Elmer occupies The Ning G. Mercer Chair for the Preservation of the Chanticleer Legacy, given by Ning and Stephen Mercer. Vineel Garisa Mahal occupies The Tenor Chair, given by an anonymous donor. Cortez Mitchell occupies The Cortez Mitchell Chair, given by James R. Meehan. Tavian Cox’s full-time position for Chanticleer’s 2025/26 season has been generously sponsored by Anne Heinrich.
Chanticleer is a nonprofit organization, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees and administered by a professional staff with a full-time professional ensemble. In addition to the many individual contributors to Chanticleer, the Board of Trustees thanks the following foundations, corporations, and government agencies for their exceptional support: San Francisco Grants for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Bob Ross Foundation, Dunard Fund USA, E. Nakamichi Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts, Negaunee Foundation, and the Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation, Inc.
Artist Management: Opus 3 Artists, Ltd. chanticleer.org
Holiday Brass
LA Phil Brass Ensemble Sharon Lavery, conductor
WADE, O Come, All Ye Faithful (c. 4 minutes) arr. Phil SNEDECOR
HANDEL, Joy to the World (c. 4 minutes) arr. Anthony DiLORENZO
DiLORENZO ’Twas the Night Before Christmas (c. 8 minutes)
TRADITIONAL, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (c. 4 minutes) arr. DiLORENZO
TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2025 8PM
Michael Wilson is Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ Conservator.
Manuel Rosales and Morgan Byrd are principal technicians for the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ. laphil.com/organstoplist
Programs and artists subject to change.
Holiday music and brass have become a welcome yuletide combination in concert halls, houses of worship, and even as a rare change of pace between Mariah Carey and Bing Crosby on holiday commercial radio. The warm sound of familiar tunes made resplendent in brass harmonies and resonating overtones feels somehow familiar and timeless, evoking such images as stained-glass cathedrals and rosy cheeks in a Dickensian snowscape. Following the Protestant Reformation in Germany, when Martin Luther emphasized a need for participatory collective singing, brass ensembles and in particular the alltrombone Posaunenchor became a staple in many 16th-century Moravian churches as a way to supplement the voices of the congregation. That tradition paid homage to the medieval practice of Turmblasen, or “tower blowing,” in which musicians would use natural trumpets or sackbuts (a trombone predecessor) to signal messages or mark occasions from watchtowers for the town below. What began as a single instrument acting as something of a musical alarm system grew
into increasingly complex ensembles that found homes in both sacred and secular events, including serenading German-style Advent markets in cities like Salzburg starting in the Baroque era.
For the United Kingdom and the United States, however, the roots of the holiday brass band lead to the 19th century. In London, the Wesleyanholiness movement of the Methodist Church gave rise to the Christian Mission, which was organized into a quasi-military structure and renamed the Salvation Army by William Booth in 1878. Booth and his three sons founded the first Salvation Army Band as a brass quartet that would march and perform to attract an audience for their evangelical message.
The Salvation Army Bands performed extensively in the lead-up to Christmas, introducing much of the English-speaking world to the sound of brass carols as the movement spread to the US, Canada, and Australia. Interestingly, Booth was skeptical of professional music, calling it a curse and advising his followers that they should lovingly “take a broom to sweep out” any professional choir
that became part of their mission. Yet he understood that music itself could bring in an audience for his message, writing: “You must sing good tunes. Let it be a good tune to begin with. I don’t care much whether you call it secular or sacred. I rather enjoy robbing the devil of his choicest tunes.”
The Salvation Army helped to standardize holiday brass repertoire, publishing many arrangements, but it was not alone. By the mid-1800s, modern valved brass replaced Napoleonic-era natural horns and trumpets to create the standard British brass-band instrumentation. These groups were often sponsored by local manufacturers or coal-mining operations and became a staple of public life, performing military marches, orchestral transcriptions, and arrangements of hymns. Both amateur and professional brass bands accompanied holiday celebrations, though many had a reputation for approaching their work with more secular convivial flair than did Booth’s followers by performing in rowdy alehouses in addition to their gigs at high tea. By the
1850s, with the temperance movement on the rise in England, many brass bands took a teetotaling pledge, even adding “temperance” to their names to distinguish themselves from thirstier competition that regularly practiced in pubs. Tony Mansell, an author on the history of Cornwall, England, found letters to the Royal Cornwall Gazette newspaper in 1873 in which members of the Seworgan
Band suggest that the leader of the rival Teetotal Band “must have signed the pledge very lately” if he was claiming to be abstaining from alcohol. Still, these groups were rarely more in demand than around the holidays.
From German Christmas markets to British brass bands to the bottom-heavy sound of hundreds of amateur tuba players packing the Rockefeller
Center skating rink for 50-plus years of TubaChristmas, traditions take many forms. And so, holiday brass endures and is annually rediscovered by modern audiences in part because the sound can express the many feelings of the season: joy and celebration, playfulness and humor, solemnity and reflection. Happy holidays to you and yours.
—Ricky O’Bannon
TONIGHT’S ARTISTS
Sharon Lavery, conductor
Thomas Hooten, trumpet
James Wilt, trumpet
Jeffrey Strong, trumpet
Drew Ninmer, trumpet
Sarah Bauzá, trumpet
David Cooper, horn
Gregory Roosa, horn
Elizabeth Linares Montero, horn
RB Anthony, horn
Laura Brenes, horn
David Rejano Cantero, trombone
James Miller, trombone/ euphonium
Paul Radke, trombone
John Lofton, trombone
Mason Soria, tuba
David Riccobono, timpani
Matthew Howard, percussion
Jeremy Davis, percussion
Weicheng Zhao, organ
Kim Noltemy, narrator
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Ricky O’Bannon is the former Director of Editorial Content for the LA Phil and an unapologetic trombone player. continued
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS Clement
Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, Gave a lustre of midday to objects below, When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the housetop the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose; He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
Los Angeles Philharmonic Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances (c. 14 minutes) Ring Shout Waltz
Tap!
Holy Dance
TCHAIKOVSKY, The Nutcracker Suite (c. 19 minutes) arr. ELLINGTON Overture & STRAYHORN, Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the orch. Jeff TYZIK Reed Pipes)
Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
INTERMISSION
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “ Winter Daydreams” (c. 44 minutes)
Daydreams on a Winter Journey: Allegro tranquillo
Land of Gloom, Land of Mist: Adagio cantabile ma non tanto
Thursday’s performance is generously supported by Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
AT A GLANCE
It’s hard to imagine the holidays without hearing echoes of The Nutcracker. For generations, people have associated the charm and cheer of Tchaikovsky’s ballet suite with the wintertime. (Although he had already captured his idea of a cozy and serene “winter daydream” 26 years earlier with his First Symphony.)
When Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn—the duo behind “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Satin Doll”— got their hands on The Nutcracker in 1960, they reinvented it with their signature glitz and groove. Conductor Thomas Wilkins calls this jazz rendition a “combination of the familiar with the familiar, spoken in an almost completely different language.”
“Tchaikovsky was highly self-critical,” Wilkins adds. “He wrote sketch after sketch after sketch, and I think if he heard Duke Ellington’s version,
Dance has always been a part of any culture. Particularly in Black American communities, dance is and has been the fabric of social gatherings.
he probably would have gone, ‘Rats! Why didn’t I think of that?’”
The program opens with Four Black American Dances, a work that revisits history through movement, according to Wilkins. “Carlos Simon is a young guy, but he has an old soul. These dances come from his soil and his love of history,” he says. “There’s something really charming, sophisticated, and proud [about this music, and what] Carlos does is invite all of us from the very beginning of the evening to think about the body in motion. For me, it’s the perfect way to start the night.” —Piper Starnes
To read the full interview with Thomas Wilkins about this program, visit laphil.com/ WilkinsWinter
There have been hundreds, perhaps thousands of dances created over the span of American history that have originated from the social climate of American slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow. This piece is an orchestral study of the music that is associated with the Ring Shout, the Waltz, Tap Dance, and the Holy Dance. All of these dances are but a mere representation of the wide range of cultural and social differences within the Black American communities.
I. Ring Shout
A ring shout is an ecstatic, transcendent religious ritual, first practiced by enslaved Africans in the West Indies and the United States, in which worshipers move in a circle while shuffling and stomping their feet and clapping their
hands. To evoke the celebratory nature of this dance, I have asked the percussionist to use a large stick on a wooden floorboard paired with fastmoving passages in the strings and woodwinds.
II. Waltz
Cotillion balls existed for “upper-class” families as they allowed aristocratic families to vie for better marriage prospects for their daughters. However, cotillion balls were segregated and expensive and did not include Black Americans. Debutante balls finally appeared in Black social circles during the 1930s, in large part due to the efforts of Black sororities, fraternities, and a growing number of affluent Black Americans. The waltz was the dance of choice in these environments.
III. Tap!
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. For this movement, I have emulated the sound of the tap with the side rim of the snare drum in the percussion section. The strings play in very short, disconnected passages alongside the brass drawing on jazz harmonies.
IV. Holy Dance
Protestant Christian denominations, such as the Church of God in Christ (C.O.G.I.C.), Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Apostolic, and Holiness Church, among many others, are known for their exuberant outward expressions of worship. The worship services in these churches will often have joyous dancing, spontaneous shouting, and soulful singing. The music in these worship services is a vital vehicle in fostering a genuine spiritual experience for the congregation. This movement calls on the vibrant, celebratory character that still exists in many churches today. I have composed music that mimics the sound of a congregation “speaking in tongues” (murmuring in an unknown spiritual language) by asking the orchestra to play in a semi-improvised manner. Often referred to as a “praise break,” the music propels forward continuously with the trombone section at the helm. The section moves to a climactic ending with the plagal “Amen” cadence. —Carlos Simon
THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
Arranged by Duke Ellington (1899–1974) and Billy Strayhorn (1915–67)
First LA Phil performance: December 3, 2022, Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Our midwinter holidays bring light into the darkest days of the year, each in its own way—but music casts the warmest glow. The Christmas Eve setting of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker has helped it become one of America’s most beloved Christmas traditions (we can thank the San Francisco Ballet of the 1940s), even though the composer had nothing of the sort in mind. By 1960, the potential appeal of updating Tchaikovsky’s score was obvious enough to a savvy musician like Duke Ellington and his collaborator Billy Strayhorn. The overtures in each case set the tone and show the range of timbre, volume, and articulation possible in each of the respective orchestras. Both are also elegant and balanced, whether in terms of the classicism that Tchaikovsky gleaned from Mozart and Haydn
or the carefully calibrated swing of Ellington’s band. What follows is Jeff Tyzik’s orchestration of four of Ellington and Strayhorn’s renditions of Tchaikovsky’s “characteristic dances,” which were originally intended to show off the members of Ellington’s band.
Ellington’s “Toot Toot Tootie Toot” is the closest to its source material (“Dance of the Reed Pipes”), although innovations set the tone for what is to come. Where Tchaikovsky had piping flutes and bassoons over a quiet string ostinato, Ellington divides the woodwind section into flutes and clarinets in close alternation over a relaxed groove in the rhythm section, with syncopated hits from the brass. The melancholy, resonant English horn solo becomes a series of wah-wahs with plunger mutes in the trombones. Where the middle portion of Tchaikovsky’s dance is an exoticized whirling dervish, Ellington instead lets the band break out into an improvisatory section with the clarinet in the lead.
In another reversal, Tchaikovsky’s graceful but somewhat melancholy and restrained “Waltz of the Flowers” becomes a rousing series of swing choruses that make up “Dance of the Floreadores.”
Tchaikovsky’s indifference to his own score for The Nutcracker is famous, but the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” allowed him to showcase a new instrument that fascinated him—the celesta. The twinkling, ethereal sound of the instrument makes for a magical atmosphere—and it is here that Ellington and Strayhorn part ways with Tchaikovsky in all but the melody they borrowed. Over a slow vamp from the drummer,
using the evocative toms, the tenor saxophone struts through “Sugar Rum Cherry,” encouraged by occasional wahs and growls in the brass.
The brightness of trumpet in Tchaikovsky’s quick marche militaire figures in Ellington’s “Peanut Brittle Brigade.” The virtuosity shines most clearly in a series of up-tempo, boppish solo choruses for trumpet, clarinet, and alto sax, bringing Tyzik’s suite to a satisfying close. —Katherine Baber
following reasons: 1) my lack of success in composing the symphony; 2) [Anton] Rubinstein and [Konstantin] Tarnovsky who, noticing that I’m edgy, spend all day frightening me by the most varied means; 3) the ever-present thought that I shall soon die and won’t even complete the symphony successfully.”
Tchaikovsky, not merely in embryo but fully formed, particularly in orchestration and thematic character.
First LA Phil performance: July 31, 1973, Yuri Ahronovitch conducting
When Tchaikovsky entered the Moscow Conservatory as a professor of harmony, he had two strikes against him: his own equivocating nature and his lack of emotional security. In March 1866 he began working diligently on his First Symphony, which caused him anguish for the remainder of that year. By May, he was in agony, as indicated by a letter to his brother Modest. “My nerves are again as upset as they could be. This is for the
All was not dismal during that month, however, for his Overture in F major had been performed with some success in St. Petersburg. This lift to his spirits carried over to his work on the symphony; in mid-June, he reported that he had begun scoring it. In August, he showed it in its incomplete state to his former teachers, Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba, from whom he received the harshest criticism. Finally, in February 1868, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 was performed in Moscow in its entirety, and the composer could report to his brother Anatoly, “My Symphony scored a great success, particularly the Adagio.”
The composer’s affection for the firstborn of his symphonies was undiminished through the years. In 1883, he wrote to his benefactor Nadezhda von Meck, “Although it is in many ways very immature, yet fundamentally it has more substance and is better than many of my other more mature works.”
In spite of this notably sentimental remark, there is no question that the allbut-completely-neglected First Symphony does not have the strength, conviction, nor substance of the last three symphonies. That said, the work is genuine
“Winter Daydreams” is programmatic in an atmospheric rather than a precise, storytelling way. The first movement has an invigorating sense of spaciousness that is enhanced by the opening flute and bassoon announcement of the main theme. This is surely Russian music, not with the earthiness of Mussorgsky or the fairy-tale imagery of Rimsky-Korsakov, but with a folk spirit incorporated by sturdy if unassuming compositional craft. In this first movement, as in the remainder of the symphony, the Tchaikovskian orchestral trademarks are clearly in evidence: the exploitation of woodwinds, the rushing, brilliant string passages, the antiphonal (call-and-response) procedures.
The second movement, in which he used material from his overture The Storm of 1864, is again folk-like, wistful rather than dramatic and, like so much of Tchaikovsky, balletic in character.
Expectedly, the Scherzo, whose material is a reworking of the corresponding section of an early piano sonata, dances vibrantly and rustically if a bit self-consciously; at midpoint a waltz lilts pleasantly though not as memorably as some of the many later examples by Tchaikovsky.
For his Finale, Tchaikovsky meditates a bit, then puts a zesty dance theme through extended orchestral choreography, some of it contrapuntal, some march-like, and finally heads for a grand climactic rush of stately, ceremonial grandeur. —Orrin Howard
THOMAS WILKINS
Thomas Wilkins is Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He has held a titled position at the Hollywood Bowl since 2008, when he was named Principal Guest Conductor; in the spring of 2014, he became Principal Conductor. In addition, he is the Boston Symphony’s Artistic Partner for Education and Community Engagement and Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts Conductor; Indiana University’s Henry A. Upper Chair of Orchestral Conducting, a position established by the late Barbara and David Jacobs; and Principal Guest Conductor of the Virginia Symphony. At the close of the
2020/21 season, he ended his long and successful tenure as Music Director of the Omaha Symphony. Other past positions include resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony and The Florida Orchestra (Tampa Bay) and associate conductor of the Richmond (VA) Symphony. He also has served on the music faculties of North Park University (Chicago), the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Devoted to promoting a lifelong enthusiasm for music, Wilkins brings energy and commitment to audiences of all ages. He is hailed as a master at communicating and connecting with audiences. Following his highly successful first season with the Boston Symphony, The Boston Globe named him among the “Best People and Ideas of 2011.” In 2014, Wilkins received the prestigious Outstanding Artist award at the Nebraska Governor’s Arts Awards for his significant contribution to music in the state, and in March 2018, the Longy School of Music at
Bard College honored him with the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society. In 2019, the Virginia Symphony bestowed Wilkins with its annual Dreamer Award. In 2022, the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Music, the Boston Conservatory awarded him an honorary Doctor of Arts degree, and he was the recipient of the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award.
During his conducting career, Wilkins has led orchestras throughout the United States, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonic orchestras; the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras; the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, and Detroit; and the National Symphony.
A native of Norfolk, VA, Thomas Wilkins is a graduate of the Shenandoah Conservatory and the New England Conservatory. He and his wife, Sheri-Lee, are the proud parents of twin daughters, Erica and Nicole.
Arturo Sandoval Swinging Holiday
Arturo Sandoval, music director/trumpet
Lisandro Pidre, piano
William Brahm, guitar
Daniel Feldman, drums
Maximilian Gerl, bass
Michael Tucker, tenor saxophone
Roberto Vizcaino, percussion
Keith Fiala, trumpet
Larry Bustamante, baritone saxophone
Bob Sheppard, alto saxophone
Tonight’s program is presented without intermission.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 23, 2025 8PM
Programs and artists subject to change.
ARTURO SANDOVAL
A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to introduce Latin influences into American jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of 12, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer.
Sandoval has garnered 10 Grammy Awards and was nominated 19 times. He has also received six Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award, the latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of For Love or Country, the HBO movie based on
his life, which starred Andy Garcia as Arturo.
Sandoval’s story—escaping political oppression in Cuba to achieve international acclaim—adds profound weight to his legacy. His collaborators include Stevie Wonder, Celia Cruz, Plácido Domingo, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, John Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Alicia Keys, Ariana Grande, and Pharrell Williams.
Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock, and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences all over the world and continues to do so.
Sandoval is also a renowned classical musician,
performing regularly with leading symphony orchestras around the world. He has composed his own Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, which can be heard on Arturo Sandoval: The Classical Album. Sandoval has performed with the foremost orchestras in the country as well as abroad and recorded John Williams’ Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra. His compositions can also be heard in movies, including Clint Eastwood’s The Mule, as well as 1001 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story, At Middleton, Dave Grusin’s soundtracks for Havana and Random Hearts, in The Mambo Kings soundtrack with his Grammynominated composition “Mambo Caliente,” in the soundtracks of The Perez Family, 61, and Mr. Wrong, the documentary Oscar, and The Family Fuentes He also was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to compose the music for the ballets Pepito’s Story and Soul Possessed, as well as Oman O Men and The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker. Through every note, Arturo Sandoval embodies resilience, brilliance, and joy. His journey from Cuba to the world stage is a testament to the power of music to break barriers. His legacy as one of the greatest musicians of our era continues to grow.
New Year’s Eve with The Roots
The Roots
Tonight’s programs are presented without intermission.
THE ROOTS
The legendary Roots Crew have become one of the best-known and most respected hip-hop acts in the business, winning four Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album for Wake Up!, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Hang On in There” (with John Legend), and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “You Got Me” (with Erykah Badu).
The band’s current Grammy nomination count is 14.
Additionally, The Roots Picnic, an annual star-studded mix of musicians, has become a celebrated institution. The Roots were named one of the greatest live bands around by Rolling Stone and serve as the official house band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Black Thought and Questlove were executive producers of the acclaimed documentary series Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America on AMC.
WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 31, 2025
7PM and 10:30PM
Programs and artists subject to change.
C IRCUS P OLKA , J EROME R OBBINS , T
R OBBINS R IGHTS T RUST
the Joy of Dance
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, GIVE AN EXPERIENCE THEY’LL REMEMBER FOREVER!
Westside School of Ballet’s Summer Intensive and Children’s Themed Camps o er young dancers a summer filled with movement, music, and magic.
CHILDREN’S CAMPS Ages 4-7 JUNE 15 – JULY 31, 2026
SUMMER INTENSIVE Ages 8-19 JUNE 22 – JULY 31, 2026
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WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK SOCIETY
The William Andrews Clark Society was established to recognize the generous individuals who have remembered the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in their estate plans through their wills or other planned gifts. The following list recognizes those who have made such arrangements through October 17, 2025.
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Mr.* and Mrs.*
Karl J. Abert
Mr. Bruce R. Acker
Richard Ackerman and Miriam Shakter
Heather Adams and Christoper Moore
Ben Adrian and Claudia Choi
Lucie Hubbard
Agbabian*
Ms. Florence C. Agcawili
Ann* and Martin* Albert
Olga Samuel Alderson*
Gizella Allen*
Mr. William A. Allison*
Lynn K. Altman*
Edna R.S. Alvarez
Mr. Robert C. Anderson
Jennifer and Daniel Rastein
Linda* and Bob Attiyeh
Mrs. Joanne M. Austin*
W. Lee Bailey, M.D.
Mrs. Victoria Solaini Baker*
Paul and Anissa Balson
Sharon Baranoff
Mr.* and Mrs.*
Bruce L. Barbee
Ms. Angela Bardowell
Richard Bardowell, M.D.
Donna Barnett
Margaret* and David* Barry
Mr. Joseph A. Bartush
Ms. Adrienne Bass
Ruth B. Baus*
Ms. Marjorie Beale
Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Becker
Sandra Kay Beckley*
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Mrs. Olive Behrendt*
Peter and Jacquelyn Benn
Peggy Bergmann*
Mr. Herbert M. Berk*
Barbara and Scott H. Bice
Alvin Bisher*
Dr. Mark Bisson
Kenneth Blakeley and Quentin O’Brien
David F. Bode, M.D.
David Bohnett
Mr.* and Mrs.
Seymour Bond
Marion Boniface
Mr. Jeb Bonner*
Jonathan and Leni Boorstin
Deborah Borda
Gertrude H. Bowlby*
Derald and Charlotte Brackmann
Lucia* and Donald*
Sheridan Brady
Truman P. Brewster*
Martin J. Brickman
Errol W. Briggs
Jacqueline* and Bert* Briskin
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Abbott Brown
Mrs. Linda L. Brown
John Arthur Ayvazian and Patrick
Pious Browne
Thomas* and Arlyss Burkett
Dona Burrell*
Mr.* and Mrs. Henry K. Cahn
Lois* and Rene* Cailliet
Richard* and Norma* Camp
Margaret C. Campbell*
Tony Campodonico and Cheryl Goettemoeller
Jane Carruthers*
George L. Cassat*
Sue Caughey
Ms. Jessica Chen
Ms. Marjorie H. Cherry
Mr. Pei-yuan Chia and Ms.
Katherine Shen
Evelyn and Leonard*
Chudacoff
Esther S.M.
Chui Chao
Elisabeth O. Clark,
Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Clauss, Jr.
Brian* and Nancy Cochran
Robert* and Dee* Cody
Nancybell Coe and William Burke
Janice Cofer
Ms. Annette Colfax
Ms. Bernice Colman*
Geraldine Coombs*
Jan and Gene* Corey
Don* and Zoe* Cosgrove
Cindy Costello
Meg Quinn Coulter
Ms. Gerry W. Cox
Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Cox
Mr. John Cragin*
Mrs. Judith Tishkoff and Mr. Keith Crasnick
Ginny and John Cushman
Marilyn J. Dale
Ms. Leah Danberg*
Mari L. Danihel
Barbara A. Davis*
Mr. Daniel Davis*
Ms. Juanita Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Day
Dr. and Mrs. Roger DeBard
Richard Del Belso*
Virginia DeNubila*
Anne and Raymond* Destabelle
Betty Jean* and Robert* Di Vall
Jennifer Diener
Mr. James Dillon* and Mr. Allen Cornelsen*
Kathleen Dinshaw and Anita Aviles
Harriet H. Doerr*
Craig Dougherty and Tony Leonhardt
Ms. Nancy Dunetz
Mr. Paul Dupree* and Mr. David Peterson*
Kathleen and Jerrold L. Eberhardt
Mr.* and Mrs.
Allan R. Eisenman
John Endicott*
Ruthann Etz and Jim Cypherd
Mr. and Mrs. C. Daniel Ewell
Mr. and Mrs.
Burton A. Falk
Mr. Gerald Faris
Ms. Katherine S. Farlow
Ms. Elizabeth Farrar
Joycelyn and John Fawaz
James Fawcett, PhD
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L.* Feese
Irving Feintech*
Jann Feldman
Lawrence* and Eris* Field
Mr. Murray Fields*
Anne Finch
Dr. Daniel J. Fink
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Marlene Ann
Fletcher
Cindy Fong
Sandra Forman*
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Forst
Deborah Fort Rodica and Michael Fortner
Mr. Max P. Foster*
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert C. Foster
Debra Frank
Thomas Arden
Franklin
Valerie Franklin*
David F. Freedman
Mrs. Joan L. Freeman*
Eva* and William* Fremon
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Frew
Arthur* and Gertrude*
Friedman
Mrs. Shirley Frierman*
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Frisina
Mrs. Diane Futterman
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galanter
Millicent Gappell*
Mr. Joseph Garcia*
Mr. and Mrs. John* O. Garvey
Ms. Margaret E. Gascoigne*
Dr. Suzanne Gemmell*
Mrs. Janice Gerard
Mr. Paul J. Gerstley*
Mr. Richard Giesbret
Arnold Gilberg, M.D.
Malinda and Andrew* Gilchrist
Lynn and Sheri J. Gill
Jeanne M. Giovannoni*
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul F. Glaser
Mr. Jerome J. Glaser
Alexandra S. Glickman and Gayle Whittemore
Paige and David Glickman
Maxwell* and Muriel* Gluck
Elizabeth A. Goetz
Ruth and Charles* Gold
Nicholas T. Goldsborough
Elaine* and Bram* Goldsmith
Julius Gort*
Doris* and Reese* Gothie
Ms. Karen Gottlieb
Diana Gould and Kirsten Grimstad
Mr. David Grant
Peggy and Walter Grauman*
Fay Bettye Green*
Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg
Tom Greene
Mrs. Sally B. Gref*
Tricia and Richard Grey
Ellen D. Groelinger*
Anne M. Gross*
Mr. Alan Grunfeld
Ms. Sarah B. Gyer*
Ms. Pilar Hale*
Ms. Marian L. Hall and Mr.
David R. Jones
Richard and Ruth Halverstadt
Burks Hamner, III
Jerome Handelsman*
Marjorie and Don* Harbison
Renata and John Harbison
Mr. James L. Hardy*
Ms. K. Harland*
Joan Green Harris*
Suzanne Harris
Ms. Janet Harris
Lynette Maria
Carlucci Hayde
Ms. Laura Hecht
Karen E. Hedman*
Ms. Nita Heimbaugh
Anne* and Warner* Heineman
William J. Heiter
Bud* and Barbara Hellman
Dr. Jackson N. Henry
Char and Michael Hersh
Yvonne and Gordon* Hessler
Mr. Philip Hettema
The Hirsh Family
Linda Joyce Hodge
Evelyn Hoffman*
Ms. Joan E. Hogue
Marcia* and Gary* Hollander
Dr. Laura Holt
Joan and John* F. Hotchkis
Michael Houser
Ms. Nancy Howard
Judith and Herbert* Hyman
Mr. Christopher W. Ince Jr.
Freya and Mark Ivener
Mr.* and Mrs.
Roger L. Jackson
Meredith and Irwin Jacobson
Ruth Jacobson*
Jenny Januszewski and Mitchell
Mendoza
Bernice* and Wendell* Jeffrey Albert* and Nancy* Jenkins
Robert Jesberg* and Michael J. Carmody
Andrew F. Johnson
C.W.* and Irene* Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Steaven
K. Jones, Jr.
Dr. William B. Jones
Mr.* and Mrs. William H. Jordan
Danny Justman
David and Elizabeth* Kalifon
Earl Kallberg
Stephen A. Kanter, M.D.*
Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua R. Kaplan
Robert Mitchel Karns
Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice H.* Katz
Norma Kayser*
Owen and Suzanne Keavney
Yates Keir*
Benjamin and Betsie Kemper
Hugh Wilson Kennedy*
Dale E. Kern*
Ms. Suzanne R. Kern*
Paul and Susanne* Kester
Carrie and Stuart* Ketchum
Vicki King
Mr. Alan S. Klee*
Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth N. Klee
Ms. Ann L. Kligman
Warren and Patricia Kourt
Kent and Joyce* Kresa
Howard and Bette Krom
Ms. Ursula C. Krummel*
Slyvia Kunin* and Al Eben*
Ms. Sally Kurtzman
Donna and C. Joseph* LaBonté
Thomas and Gloria Lang
John and Barbara Larson
Michael and Emily Laskin
Mr. and Mrs. B. Allen Lay
Lillian Lazar*
Ms. Leerae Leaver*
Mrs. Barbara Leidenfrost*
Gayle and Harold* Leventhal
Mr. Alan J. Levi and Mrs. Sondra
Currie-Levi
Audrey Davis and Peter Dan Levin
Ms. Marla E. Levine
Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Lewis
Raymond Lieberman*
Dr. Rahla Frohlich* and Thomas Lindsey*
B.T.* and Lonis* Liverman
Mr. Steven Llanusa and Dr. Glenn Miya
H. Kirkland Jones* and Yuri Long-Jones
Inez Lopez
Karl H. Loring*
Ms. Gloria Lothrop*
Mr. Joseph Lund and
Mr. James Kelley
Judith Lynne*
Ms. Shari Madison
Jeanne Mallet*
Nancy Malone*
Mr. Fred Manaster
Melvin Mandel, M.D.*
Richard Mandell
Sarah and Ira* Manson
Raulee Marcus
Jason Markesich
Mr. Elliott Markoff
Darrel Marsh
Ms. Monique Marti*
Christopher P. Martin
Mr. Sam Matsumoto and Mr.
Gordon* Geever
Gary J. Matus
Ernest Mauk* and Doyce Nunis*
Patricia Maurice
Mr. David Maxwell
Linda May and Jack Suzar
Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Mazzaferro
Mr. Edward
V. McCann
Carole McCormac*
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
Mr. Donald E. McDonald
Olive* and Hugh* McDuffee
Velma* and George* McKelvey
Helen McKenna*
Heidi and Steve McLean
Cathy and John* McMullen
Mr. Sheldon and Dr. Linda Mehr
Maurice and Diane*
Meysenburg
Ruth M. Mickey*
Ronald Milberger
Ms. Barbara J. Miller
Frank Miller
Mr.* and Mrs.*
Robert W. Miller
Drs. Theodore and Judith Mitrani
John P. Monahan
Mr. Michel Montet
Jane* and Paul* Moore
Michelle Sanders and Paul Moore
Ronald Moormeister and Mary Mossman
Lynn and Stanley Morris
Andrea Engler
Morseburg
Maury and Barbara Mortensen
Diane and Leon* Morton
Elise Mudd Marvin*
Merle and Peter Mullin
Mr. Emory
Ron Myrick
John Nagler
Michael J. Napoli
Bonnie Nash and Don Wing
Miguel A. Navarro*
Anthony and Olivia Neece
Illona N. Neff
Mr. Carl Neu and Virginia Ambrosino
Myra and Bruce H. Newman
Mrs. Joan Newman
Joan Reis Nielsen
Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred E. Noreen
Becky Novy
John J. and Harry M. Nugent-Patten
Rosanne O’Brien*
Laura and Bill Olhasso
Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel F. Olivares
Robert W. Olsen*
Sharon Oxborough
Dr. and Mrs. Howard
R. Panosian
Margaret Parmaley*
Davis R. and Linda M. Parsons
Mr. Russell Patrick
Don Pattison
Mr. Jerome E. Paul and Fern Yu
M. David and Diane Paul
Mr. Carlos Paz
Lenore and Carl* Pearlston
Byron* and Louise Peebles
Debra Pelton and Jon Johannessen
Edith Peluse*
Ellen and Fraser Perkins
Nancy* and Sidney Petersen
Ms. Carol Phillips
Ms. Camilla C.
Pillsbury*
Caro Pinto
Paula and Jack* Pitzer
Ms. Susan Polifronio
Mr. and Mrs.
Edward R. Portnoy
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman
Victoria and Earl* Pushee
Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond F. Quiett
Sally and Frank* Raab
Laleh (Loli) Ramezani
Dudley* and Michele* Rauch
Dr. Albert Reff
Kim S. Rhodes
Dr. Michael Ritz*
Betsey W. Roberts
Colleen Robertson
Robert Robinson
Penelope C. Roeder
Ms. Gail Rolf
Eric Rolnick
Dr. David L. Rose
Patricia Rose
Mimi Rotter
Mr. and Mrs.
Bill H. Rowland
Allyson Rubin*
Donald Tracy Rumford*
Elizabeth Loucks
Samson
Nancy S. and Barry Sanders
Mr. David Sanders*
Francine E. Sanders
Kenneth* and Althea* Sanson
Mr. Kevin J. Savage and Ms.
Britta Lindgren
Richard Schenkman
L. Franc Scheuer*
Malcolm Schneer and Cathy Liu
Charles Schneider*
Mr. Alan M. Schwartz*
Richard and Bradley Seeley
Dr. and Mrs.
Hervey Segall
Judith Shaffer
Jill and Neil Sheffield
Howard and Stephanie Sherwood
Dr. and Mrs.
Edward Shore
Manny and Jackie Silverman
Nancy and Bruce Silverman
W. June Simmons
Annette Simons*
Mr. Lynn F. Sipe
Virginia Skinner*
Grady and Shelley Smith
Howard Russell Smith*
Steven Smith and Michelle Guy
Bernard* and Shani Smolens
Melanie and Harold Snedcof
Mr. Mathew R. Sousa*
Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Spelke
Dr. Williametta
Spencer
Mr. Lev Spiro and Ms. Melissa
Rosenberg
Robert and Ann Stevens
Kerry Stichweh
Tom* and Kay Stoever
Mr. Max Stolz, Jr.
Steve Stoppel and Gregory Schaefer
Dr. and Mrs.
I.M. Straughan
Mrs. Faith F. Strong*
Thomas and Barbara Strout
Ms. Vikki Sung
I.H. Sutnick
Donna Swayze*
Ms. Lucia Takemae
Elisabeth* and Jack* Tamari
Ms. Lois M. Tandy*
Donald Taylor*
Joanne Ten Brink*
Dr. James Thompson and Dr. Diane Birnbaumer
Michael Frazier
Thompson
Vangie Thomson
William G. Tierney and Barry H. Weiss
Mr. Jeffrey Toelsin and Mr.
Sean M. Reilly
Ms. Sherry Hall Tomeo and Mr. Don Tomeo*
Dr. David and Anne Tomlinson
Arlette and Porter* Towner
Fran H. Tuchman*
Geoffrey* and Margot* Tyrrash
Judy Ungar* and Adrienne Fritz*
Christine Upton
Ms. Elizabeth
Van De Water
Sylvianna Van De Water*
Mr. John Van Horn and Mr. Charles R. Owens
Jack VanAken and Kathy Marsailes
Barbara* and Robert* Veir
Craig and Junior Vickers
Mr. Dietrich
Eugene Wagner*
Magda and Frederick*
R. Waingrow
Dianne J. Waldman
Mr. John Watson and Mrs. Kathryn Gundersen
Dorothy Waugh Small*
Michael Weber and Frances Spivy-Weber
Robert and Nancy Weingartner
Rhio H. Weir*
Edna and Maurice* Weiss
Janice and Mitch Wellsteed
Ms. Gabriele West-Adams
Katherine Zelinsky Westheimer*
Robert Allan White
Mr. Jim F. Whitledge*
Bradley Wigor and Andrae Gonzalo
Jenny Williams
Jean Elaine
Willingham*
Mr. Kenneth L. Willner and Mr. Jim Stine
Joan Wilner
Dr. Libby F. Wilson
Steve Winfield
Mrs. Halina Wolf*
Robert Wood*
Ms. Esther Wu*
David M. Yellin
*deceased
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ENDOWMENT DONORS
We are honored to recognize our endowment donors, whose generosity ensures the long-term health of our organization. The following list represents cumulative contributions to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Endowment Fund as of July 31, 2025.
$25,000,000 AND ABOVE
Walt and Lilly
Disney Foundation
Cecilia and Dudley Rauch
$20,000,000 TO $24,999,999
David Bohnett Foundation
$10,000,000 TO $19,999,999
The Annenberg Foundation
Colburn Foundation
Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
$5,000,000 TO $9,999,999
Anonymous Dunard Fund USA
Carol Colburn Grigor
Terri and Jerry M. Kohl
Los Angeles
Philharmonic
Affiliates
Diane and Ron Miller
Charitable Fund
M. David and Diane Paul
Ann and Robert Ronus
Ronus Foundation
John and Samantha Williams
$2,500,000 TO $4,999,999
Peggy Bergmann YOLA Endowment Fund in Memory of Lenore Bergmann and John Elmer Bergmann
Lynn Booth/The Otis Booth Foundation
Elaine and Bram Goldsmith
Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
Karl H. Loring
Alfred E. Mann
Elise Mudd
Marvin Trust
Barbara and Jay Rasulo
Flora L. Thornton
$1,000,000 TO $2,499,999
Linda and Robert Attiyeh
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Gordon Binder and Adele Haggarty
Helen and Peter Bing
William H. Brady, III
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Richard and Norma Camp
Mr. and Mrs.
Michael J. Connell
Mark Houston
Dalzell and James
Dao-Dalzell
Mari L. Danihel
Nancy and Donald de Brier
The Rafael & Luisa de Marchena-Huyke Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Fairchild-Martindale Foundation
Eris and Larry Field
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Reese and Doris Gothie
Joan and John Hotchkis
Janeway Foundation
Bernice and Wendell Jeffrey
Carrie and Stuart Ketchum
Kenneth N. and Doreen R. Klee
B. Allen and Dorothy Lay
Los Angeles Philharmonic Committee
Estate of Judith Lynne
Maddocks-Brown Foundation
Ginny Mancini
Raulee Marcus
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
Merle and Peter Mullin
William Powers and Carolyn Powers
Koni and Geoff Rich
H. Russell Smith Foundation
Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust
Ronald and Valerie Sugar
I.H. Sutnick
$500,000 TO $999,999
Ann and Martin Albert
Abbott Brown
Mr. George L. Cassat
Kathleen and Jerrold L. Eberhardt
Valerie Franklin
Yvonne and Gordon Hessler
Barbara Leidenfrost
Ernest Mauk and Doyce Nunis
Mr. and Mrs. David Meline
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman
Earl and Victoria Pushee
William and Sally Rutter
Nancy and Barry Sanders
Kenneth D. Sanson
Richard and Bradley Seeley
Christian Stracke
Donna Swayze
Judy Ungar and Adrienne Fritz
Lee and Hope Landis Warner
YOLA Student Fund
Edna Weiss
$250,000 TO $499,999
Nancy and Leslie Abell
Mr. Gregory A. Adams
Baker Family Trust
Kawanna and Jay Brown
Leah Danberg
Veronica and Robert Egelston
Gordon Family Foundation
Ms. Kay Harland
Joan Green Harris Trust
Bud and Barbara Hellman
Gerald L. Katell
Norma Kayser
Joyce and Kent Kresa
Raymond Lieberman
Mr. Kevin MacCarthy and Ms. Lauren Lexton
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Glenn Miya and Steven Llanusa
Jane and Marc B. Nathanson
Y & S Nazarian
Family Foundation
Nancy and Sidney Petersen
Rice Family Foundation
Robert Robinson
Katharine and Thomas Stoever
Sue Tsao
Alyce and Warren Williamson
$100,000 TO $249,999
Mr. Robert J. Abernethy
William A. Allison
Rachel and Lee Ault
W. Lee Bailey, M.D.
Angela Bardowell
Deborah Borda
The Eli and Edythe
Broad Foundation
Jane Carruthers
Pei-yuan Chia and Katherine Shen
James and Paula Coburn Foundation
The Geraldine P. Coombs Trust in memory of Gerie P. Coombs
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cox
Silvia and Kevin Dretzka
Allan and Diane Eisenman
Christine and Daniel Ewell
Diane Futterman
Arnold Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D.
David and Paige Glickman
Nicholas T. Goldsborough
Gonda Family Foundation
Margaret Grauman
Kathryn Kert Green and Mark Green
Freya and Mark Ivener
Ruth Jacobson
Estate of Mary Calfas Janos
Stephen A. Kanter, M.D.
Jo Ann and Charles Kaplan
Yates Keir
Susanne and Paul Kester
Vicki King
Sylvia Kunin
Ann and Edward Leibon
Ellen and Mark Lipson
Ms. Gloria Lothrop
Vicki and Kerry McCluggage
Heidi and Steve McLean in memory of Katharine Lamb
David and Margaret Mgrublian
Diane and Leon Morton
Mary Pickford Foundation
Sally and Frank Raab
Mr. David Sanders
Malcolm Schneer and Cathy Liu
David and Linda Shaheen Foundation
William E.B. and Laura K. Siart
Tom and Janet Unterman
Magda and Frederick R. Waingrow
Wasserman Foundation
Robert Wood
Syham Yohanna and James W. Manns
$25,000 TO $99,999
Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Abert
Marie Baier Foundation
Dr. Richard Bardowell, M.D.
Jacqueline Briskin
Dona Burrell
Ying Cai & Wann S. Lee Foundation
Ann and Tony Cannon
Dee and Robert E. Cody
The Colburn Fund
Margaret Sheehy Collins
Mr. Allen Don Cornelsen
Ginny and John Cushman
Marilyn J. Dale
Mrs. Barbara A. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Roger DeBard
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Jane B. and Michael D. Eisner
The Englekirk Family
Claudia and Mark Foster
Lillian and Stephen Frank
Margaret E. Gascoigne
Dr. Suzanne Gemmell
Paul and Florence Glaser
Good Works Foundation
Anne Heineman
Ann and Jean Horton
Drs. Judith and Herbert Hyman
Albert E. and Nancy C. Jenkins
Robert Jesberg and Michael J. Carmody
William Johnson and Daniel Meeks
Ms. Ann L. Kligman
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Michael and Emily Laskin
B. and Lonis Liverman
Sarah and Ira R. Manson
Carole McCormac
Meitus Marital Trust
Sharyl and Rafael Mendez, M.D.
John Millard
National Endowment for the Arts
Alfred and Arlene Noreen
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Dr. M. Lee Pearce
Lois Rosen
Anne and James Rothenberg
Donald Tracy Rumford Family Trust
The SahanDaywi Foundation
Mrs. Nancie
Schneider
William and Luiginia Sheridan
Virginia Skinner Living Trust
Nancy and Richard Spelke
Mary H. Statham
Ms. Fran H. Tuchman
Rhio H. Weir
Mrs. Joseph F. Westheimer
Jean Willingham
Winnick Family Foundation
Cheryl and Peter Ziegler
Lynn and Roger Zino
LA PHIL MUSICIANS
Anonymous Kenneth Bonebrake
Nancy and Martin Chalifour
Brian Drake
Perry Dreiman
Barry Gold
Christopher Hanulik
John Hayhurst
Jory and Selina Herman
Ingrid Hutman
Andrew Lowy
Gloria Lum
Joanne Pearce Martin
Kazue Asawa
McGregor
Oscar and Diane Meza
Mitchell Newman
Peter Rofé
Meredith Snow and Mark Zimoski
Barry Socher
Paul Stein
Leticia Oaks Strong
Lyndon and Beth
Johnston Taylor
Dennis Trembly
Allison and Jim Wilt
Suli Xue
We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the many donors who have contributed to the LA Phil Endowment with contributions below $25,000, whose names are too numerous to list due to space considerations. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Philanthropy Department at contributions@laphil.org. Thank you.
“THE
IMPACT OF A DONOR’S GIFT IS AMPLIFIED BY ITS ABILITY TO CHANGE THE CITY”
The Music Center Foundation was established in 1973 by Dorothy Bu um Chandler to provide endowment support to The Music Center, its educational activities, dance programs, and its four Resident Company campus partners: Center Theatre Group, LA Master Chorale, LA Opera, and LA Philharmonic.
Lifting up the performing arts in Los Angeles is a unique opportunity that we can take on together. By making a gift through the Foundation, you can be a part of supporting inspirational new work that threads our community together through a vibrant, emotional connection to the performing arts.
In the spirit of Mrs. Chandler, the impact of a donor’s gift is amplified by its ability to change Los Angeles.
To learn more about how to leave a lasting legacy with the Music Center Foundation, contact Justin Marsh: 213-972-8046, jmarsh@musiccenterfoundation.org
For more information on the Music Center Foundation musiccenterfoundation.org
ANNUAL DONORS
The LA Phil is pleased to recognize and thank our generous donors. The following list includes donors who have contributed $3,500 or more to the LA Phil, including special event fundraisers (LA Phil Gala and Opening Night at the Hollywood Bowl) between August 1, 2024, and July 31, 2025.
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous (2)
$500,000 TO $999,999
Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky
Anonymous Ballmer GroupJennifer Miller Goff Music Center Foundation
$200,000 TO $499,999
Anonymous
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen
Canon Insurance Service
Colburn Foundation
Michael J. Connell Foundation
Jane B. and Michael D. Eisner
Lisa Field
Robyn Field and Anthony O’Carroll
$100,000 TO $199,999
Anonymous (4)
Nancy and Leslie Abell
Mr. Gregory A. Adams
The Blue Ribbon Kawanna and Jay Brown
R. Martin Chavez Dunard Fund USA
Louise and Brad Edgerton/Edgerton Foundation
The Eisner Foundation
Estate of Joseph Garcia
Alexandra S. Glickman and Gayle Whittemore
$50,000 TO $99,999
Anonymous
Ms. Kate Angelo and Mr. Francois Mobasser
Mr. Joe Berchtold
David Bohnett
Foundation
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Andrea Chao-Kharma and Kenneth Kharma
Dan Clivner
Nancy and Donald de Brier
De Marchena-Huyke Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Kathleen and Jerry L. Eberhardt
Dr. Paul and Patti Eisenberg
Mr. James Gleason
Ms. Susanne H. Goldstein
Lori Greene Gordon
Faye Greenberg and David Lawrence
Harman Family Foundation
Yvonne Hessler
Mr. Philip Hettema
$25,000 TO $49,999
Anonymous (11)
The Herb Alpert Foundation
Dr. William Benbassat
Susan and Adam Berger
Samuel and Erin Biggs
Mr. and Mrs.
Norris J. Bishton, Jr.
Jill Black Zalben
Michele Brustin
Gail Buchalter and Warren Breslow
Thy Bui
Steven and Lori Bush
Business and Professional Committee
Ying Cai & Wann
S. Lee Foundation
Chevron Products Company
Esther S.M. Chui Chao & Andrea Chao-Kharma
Mr. Richard W. Colburn
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cook
Faith and Jonathan Cookler
Orna and David Delrahim
Mike Dreyer
Joseph Drown Foundation
East West Bank
Edison International
Marianna J. Fisher and David Fisher
Austin and Lauren Fite Foundation
Debra Frank
Drs. Jessie and Steven Galson
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Gordon P. Getty
Ms. Erika J. Glazer
Max H. Gluck Foundation
The Hearthland Foundation
The Hillenburg Family
Tamara Golihew
GRoW @ Annenberg
The José Iturbi Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Winnie Kho and Chris Testa
Alexa Hong and Derek Reeves
David Z. & Young O. Hong
Family Foundation
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Monique and Jonathan Kagan
Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua R. Kaplan
Linda and Donald Kaplan
Terri and Michael Kaplan
W.M. Keck Foundation
Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi
Tylie Jones
Terri and Jerry M. Kohl
The Music Man Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Jason O’Leary
County of Los Angeles
Ms. Irene Mecchi
Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation
John Mohme Foundation
Maureen and Stanley Moore
Delores M. Komar and Susan M. Wolford
Dr. Ralph A. Korpman
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Landenberger
Norman and Sadie
Lee Foundation
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
Roger Lustberg and Cheryl Petersen
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Linda May and Jack Suzar
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
M. David and Diane Paul
Barbara and Jay Rasulo
The Rauch Family Foundation
Rolex Watch USA, Inc.
Maria Seferian
Koni and Geoff Rich
Michael Ritz
The Rose Hills Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Snap Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David Meline
Peninsula Committee
Ms. Linda L. Pierce
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman
James D. Rigler/Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation
Richard and Diane Schirtzer
Audre Slater Foundation
Smidt Family Foundation Trust
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Linda and David Shaheen
Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust
Francis Goelet
Charitable Lead Trusts
Ms. Susanne H. Goldstein
Kate Good
Liz and Peter Goulds
Marnie and Dan Gruen
Renée and Paul Haas
Vicken and Susan J. Haleblian
Sam Harris
Lynette Maria
Carlucci Hayde
Madeleine Heil and Sean Petersen
Donna and Walter Helm
Stephen D. Henry and Rudy M. Oclaray
Marion and Tod Hindin
Mr. Tyler Holcomb
Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation
David and Michelle Horowitz
Ms. Teena Hostovich and Mr. Doug Martinet
Frank Hu and Vikki Sung
Jim and Joanne Hunter
Rif and Bridget Hutton
Mr. Gregory Jackson and Mrs. Lenora
Jackson
Robin and Gary Jacobs
Julia Kalmus and Abe Lillard
Paul Kester
Vicki King
Elizabeth Kolawa
Mrs. Grace E. Latt
David Lee
Ms. Agnes Lew
Simon and June Li
Charlene and Vinny Lingham
Live Nation-Hewitt Silva Concerts, LLC
Ms. Judith W. Locke
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Affiliates
The Seth MacFarlane Foundation
Mrs. Beverly C. Marksbury
Matt Construction Corporation
Ms. Kim McCarthy and Mr. Ben Cheng
Heidi and Steve McLean
Coco Miller
Ms. Christine Muller and Mr. John Swanson
Alyce de Roulet
Williamson
Margo and Irwin Winkler
Ellen and Arnold Zetcher
Marilyn and Eugene Stein
Ronald and Valerie Sugar
Cecilia Terasaki
Sue Tsao
David William Upham Foundation
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jon Vein
Mr. Alex Weingarten
John and Marilyn Wells Family Foundation
Jenny Williams
Debra Wong Yang and John W. Spiegel
Molly Munger and Stephen English
Deena and Edward Nahmias
Anthony and Olivia Neece
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Newman
Estate of Robert W. Olsen
Tye Ouzounian
Mr. Ralph Page and Patty Lesh
Ellen Pansky
Bruce and Aulana Peters
Dennis and Cindy Poulsen
Madeline and Bruce Ramer
Mr. Bennett Rosenthal
Ross Endowment Fund
Bill and Amy Roth
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
The Ruby Family
Katy and Michael S. Saei
Mr. Lee C. Samson
San Marino-Pasadena Philharmonic Committee
Ellen and Richard Sandler
Miguel Santana
Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting
Howard and Stephanie Sherwood
Ms. Pilar Simmons
John Sinnema and Laura Sinnema
$15,000 TO $24,999
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Robert J. Abernethy
Drew and Susan Adams
Honorable and Mrs. Richard Adler
Tichina Arnold
Ms. Michelle Ashford and Mr. Greg Walker
Mrs. Stella Balesh
Ms. Elizabeth Barbatelli
Karen Barragan
Joni and Miles Benickes
Robert and Joan Blackman Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Geoff C. Bland
Mr. Ronald H. Bloom
Tracey BoldemannTatkin and Stan Tatkin
The Otis Booth Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Bourne
Campagna Family Trust
Mara and Joseph Carieri
Dominic Chan
Marlene Schall
Chavez, Ph.D
Sarah and Roger Chrisman
Larison Clark
Mr. and Mrs. V. Shannon Clyne
Cary Davidson and Andrew Ogilvie
Victoria Seaver Dean, Patrick Seaver, Carlton Seaver
Jennifer Diener and Eric Small
Malsi and Johnny Doyle
James and Andrea Drollinger
Van and Francine Durrer
Dr. and Mrs.
William M. Duxler
Michael Edelstein
Ms. Robin Eisenman and Mr. Maurice LaMarche
Geoff Emery
Bonnie and Ronald Fein
Evelyn and Norman Feintech Family Foundation
E. Mark Fishman and Carrie N. Feldman
Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation
Foothill Philharmonic Committee
Tony and Elisabeth Freinberg
Joan Friedman,
Ph.D., and Robert N. Braun, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs.
Josh Friedman
Gary and Cindy Frischling
Lisa Fung
Beth Gertmenian
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gertz
Leslie and Cliff Gilbert-Lurie
Carrie and Rob Glicksteen
Greg and Etty Goetzman
$10,000 TO $14,999
Anonymous (5)
Ameriprise Financial
Debra and Benjamin Ansell
Ms. Lisette
Arsuaga and Mr. Gilbert Davila
Aversa Foundation
Judy and Leigh Bardugo
Stephanie Barron
Mr. Joseph A. Bartush
Catherine and Joseph Battaglia
Susan Baumgarten
Sondra Behrens
Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Bellomy
Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Benenson
Mark and Pat Benjamin
Suzette and Monroe Berkman
Melanie and Harold Snedcof
Randy and Susan Snyder
Jeremy and Luanne Stark
Eva and Marc Stern
Megan Watanabe and Hideya Terashima
Mr. Gregg Goldman and Mr. Anthony DeFrancesco
Goodman Family Foundation
Robert and Lori Goodman
Rob and Jan Graner
Mr. Bill Grubman
Laurie and Chris Harbert and Family
The Harding-Huth Family
Erin W. Hearst
Diane Henderson, M.D.
Jackson N. Henry
Stephen F. Hinchliffe
K. Hohman Family
Deedie and Tom Hudnut
International Committee of the LA Philharmonic Association
Mr. Gregory Jackson and Mrs. Lenora Jackson
Meredith Jackson and Jan Voboril
Meg and Bahram Jalali
Sharon and Alan Jones
Dr. William B. Jones
Robin and Craig Justice
Mr. Eugene Kapaloski
Tobe and Greg Karns
Rizwan and Hollee Kassim
Diann Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Elmar and Katrina Klotz
Larry and Lisa Kohorn
Naomi and Fred Kurata
Ms. Gail K. Bernstein
Helen and
Peter S. Bing
Kenneth Blakeley and Quentin O’Brien
Mitchell Bloom
Mr. and Mrs.
Hal Borthwick
Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Bristing
Oleg and Tatiana Butenko
Garrett Camp
Ms. Nancy Carson and Mr. Chris Tobin
Ms. Jessica Chen
Chien Family
Chivaroli and Associates, Tiffany and Christian Chivaroli
Dr. and Mrs.
Lawrence J. Cohen
Dr. James Thompson and Dr. Diane Birnbaumer
Michael Frazier
Thompson
Michael Tyler
Bob and
Michelle Valentine
Arthur E. Levine and Lauren B. Leichtman
Allyn and Jeffrey L. Levine
Saul Levine
Dr. Stuart Levine and Dr. Donna Richey
Karen and Clark Linstone
Anita Lorber
Bethany Lukitsch and Bart Nelson
The Mailman Foundation
Raulee Marcus
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew W. Marlowe
Jonathan and Delia Matz
Dwayne and Eileen McKenzie
David and Margaret Mgrublian
Marcy Miller
Mrs. Judith S. Mishkin
Mr. John Monahan
Ms. Susan Morad at Worldwide Integrated Resources, Inc.
Mr. Brian R. Morrow
John Nagler
Ms. Kari Nakama
Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Napier
Mr. Jose Luis Nazar
NBC Universal
Shelby Notkin and Teresita Tinajero
Laura Owens
Melissa Papp-Green and Jeff Green
Andy S. Park
Gregory Pickert and Beth Price
Jay and Nadege Conger
Hillary and Weston Cookler
Alison Moore Cotter
Jessica and James Dabney
Lynette and Michael C. Davis
Rosette Delug
Nancy and Patrick Dennis
The Randee and Ken Devlin Foundation
Michael Dreyer
Sean Dugan and Joe Custer
Victoria Dummer and Brion Allen
Mr. Tommy Finkelstein and Mr. Dan Chang
Daniel and Maryann Fong
Jennifer and Dr. Ken Waltzer
Walter and Shirley Wang
Debra and John Warfel
Stasia and Michael Washington
Mr. Michael Fox
Ms. Kimberly Friedman
Dr. and Mrs.
David Fung
Roberta and Conrad Furlong
Dr. and Mrs.
Bruce Gainsley
Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler
Tina Warsaw Gittelson
Sharon and Herb z”l Glaser
Harriett and Richard E. Gold
Carol Goldsmith
Mr. and Mrs.
Louis L. Gonda
Manuela Cerri Goren
Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel M. Gottlieb
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Gouw
Tricia and Richard Grey
Mindy and David Weiner
Alana L. Wray and Chase Thomas
Lynn and Roger Zino
Zolla Family Foundation
Nancy and Glenn Pittson
Cathleen and Scott Richland
Anne Rimer
John Peter Robinson and Denise Hudson
Mimi Rotter
Linda and Tony Rubin
Thomas Safran
The SahanDaywi Foundation
Ron and Melissa Sanders
Alexander and Mariette Sawchuk
Dena and Irv Schechter/The Hyman Levine
Family Foundation: L’DOR V’DOR
Evy and Fred Scholder Family
Howard and Linda Schwimmer
Samantha and Marc Sedaka
Mr. Murat Sehidoglu
Joan and Arnold Seidel
Neil Selman and Cynthia Chapman
Marc Seltzer and Christina Snyder
Mr. James J. Sepe
Julie and Bradley Shames
Mr. Steven Shapiro
Nina Shaw and Wallace Little
Jill and Neil Sheffield
Grady and Shelley Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sondheimer
Angelina and Mark Speare
Terry and Karey Spidell
Joseph and Suzanne Sposato
Stein Family FundJudie Stein
Zenia Stept and Lee Hutcherson
Katharine and Thomas Stoever
Tom Strickler
Akio Tagawa
Priscilla and Curtis S. Tamkin
Warren B. and Nancy L. Tucker
Elinor and Rubin Turner
Charles Edward
Uhlmann
Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Unger
Tom and Janet Unterman
Arnold Urquidez and Martha Shen-Urquidez
Nancy Valentine
Noralisa Villarreal and John Matthew Trott
Frank Wagner and Lynn O’Hearn
Wagner
Warner Bros. Discovery
Sheila and Wally Weisman
Mr. and Mrs.
Steven White
Libby Wilson, M.D.
Karl and Dian Zeile
Kevork and Elizabeth Zoryan
Cindi Griffith
Beverly and Felix Grossman
Roberta L. Haft and Howard L. Rosoff
Ms. Marian L. Hall
Beth Fishbein
Hansen
Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Harbison
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Helford and Family
Betsydiane and Larry Hendrickson
Carol Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Jessica and Elliot Hirsch
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Elizabeth Hirsh
Elizabeth Hofert-
Dailey Trust
Mr. Raymond W. Holdsworth
Joyce and Fredric Horowitz
Mr. Frank J. Intiso
Harry and Judy Isaacs
Kristi Jackson and William Newby
Elizabeth Bixby
Janeway Foundation
Doug and Minda Johnstone
Mr. and Mrs.
Steaven K. Jones, Jr.
Marilee and Fred Karlsen
Marty and Cari Kavinoky
Estate of Yates Keir
Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Keller
A GRAND BAROQUE SALON
JAN 17+18, 2026
Pierre Hantaï, Leader + Harpsichord Margaret Batjer, Violin
C.P.E. Bach, Symphony No. 3 in F major, H.659
J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
J. Leclair, Concerto in D major for Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo
G.F. Handel, Selections from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
G. Telemann, Don Quixote
A. Vivaldi, Concerto for Bassoon in A minor
Jaime Martín MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jay T. Kinn and Jules B. Vogel
Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth N. Klee
Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Krivis
Nickie and Marc Kubasak
Hon. Ruth A. Kwan
Craig Kwiatkowski and Oren Rosenthal
Ellie and Mark Lainer
The Laufey Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Norman A. Levin
Randi Levine
Marie and Edward Lewis
Maria and Matthew Lichtenberg
Lynn Loeb
Milli M. Martinez and
Don Wilson
Vilma S. Martinez, Esq.
Leslie and Ray Mathiasen
Janis B. McEldowney
Cathy McMullen
Lisa and Willem Mesdag
Ms. Marlane Meyer
Marc and Jessica Mitchell
Wendy Stark Morrissey
Sheila Muller
Carrie Nery
Dick and Chris Newman / C & R Newman Family Foundation
Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
$5,500 TO $9,999
Anonymous (11)
Mechelle and Joe Adams
Edgar Aleman
Bobken and Hasmik Amirian
Art and Pat Antin
Dr. Mehrdad Ariani
Ms. Judith A. Avery
Mr. Mustapha Baha
Dr. Richard Bardowell, M.D.
Mrs. Linda E. Barnes
Reed Baumgarten
Camilo Esteban Becdach
Ms. Nettie Becker
Logan Beitler
Maria and Bill Bell
Carlo Bernardino
Richard Birnholz
Thomas J. Blumenthal
Joan N. Borinstein
Greg Borrud
Mr. Ray Boucher
The Hon. Bob Bowers and Mrs.
Reveta Bowers
Mr. John Nuckols
Irene and Edward Ojdana
Steve and Gail Orens
Kim and P.F.
James Overton
Ana Paludi and Michael Lebovitz
Loren Pannier
Ms. Debra Pelton and Mr. Jon Johannessen
Julie and Marc Platt
Debbie and Rick Powell
Mark Proksch and Amelie Gillette
Eduardo Repetto and Carla Figueroa
Risk Placement Services
Ernesto Rocco
Murphy and Ed Romano
and Family
Mr. Steven F. Roth
Ms. Rita Rothman
Mr. David Rudy
Jesse Russo and Alicia Hirsch
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Rutter
Ann M. Ryder
Dr. and Mrs.
Heinrich Schelbert
Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann
Jane Semel
Ruth and
Mitchell Shapiro
The Sikand Foundation
Smart & Final Charitable Foundation
Jennifer Speers
Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Stern
Tammy E. Strome
Rose and Mark Sturza
Mr. and Mrs.
Mark G. Sullivan
Marcie Polier Swartz and David Swartz
Tamara L. Harris Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Elayne Techentin
Christine Upton
Kathy Valentino
Valerie Vanaman
Vhernier USA LLC
Christopher V. Walker
Dr. and Mrs.
Hans Bozler
Faith Branvold
Ms. Marie Brazil
Lynne Brickner and Gerald Gallard
Drs. Maryam and Iman Brivanlou
Jennifer Broder and Soham Patel
Lupe Burson
Mary Lou Byrne and Gary W. Kearney
Lisa Calderon
CBS Entertainment
Mr. Jon C. Chambers
Dr. Kirk Y. Chang
Arthur and Katheryn Chinski
Dr. Stephanie Cho and Jacob Green
Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Clements
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Cook
Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Corwin
Lloyd Eric Cotsen
Mrs. Nancy A. Cypert
Mr. James Davidson and Mr. Michael Nunez
Elizabeth and Kenneth M. Doran
Dody Dorn and Kevin Hughes
Julie and Stan Dorobek
Bob Ducsay and Marina Pires
de Souza
Bob and Dorothy Webb
Abby and Ray Weiss
Bryan D. Weissman and Jennifer Resnik
Doris Weitz and Alexander Williams
Estate of Ronald Wilkniss
Renae Williams Niles
Susan Winfield and Stephen Grynberg
Karen and Rick Wolfen
Edward and Terrilyn Zaelke
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zelikow
Bobbi and Walter Zifkin
David Zuckerman and Ellie Kanner
Steven Duffy
Mr. and Mrs. Brack W. Duker
Anna Sanders Eigler
John B. Emerson and Kimberly Marteau Emerson
Janice Feldman, JANUS et cie
Laura Fox, M.D., and John Hofbauer, M.D.
The Franke
Family Trust
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Robert Freilich
Linda and James Freund
Mrs. Diane Futterman
Ruchika Garga
Susan and Jaime Gesundheit
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Dr. and Mrs.
Steven Goldberg
Jory Goldman
Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Goldsmith
Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Edith Gould
Lee Graff Foundation
Diane and Peter H. Gray
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Griffin III
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Guerin
Rod Hagenbuch
Mr. William Hair
Dwight Hare and Stephanie Bergsma
Drs. Susan Hammar and Rick Harrison
Jeff Hasler
Mr. Rex Heinke
and Judge
Margaret Nagle
Myrna and Uri Herscher Family Foundation
William Hewes
Arlene Hirschkowitz
David and Martha Ho
Linda Joyce Hodge
Janice and Laurence Hoffmann
Glenn Hogan
Rachel Hollis
Eugene and Katinka Holt
Douglas Honig
Jill Hopper
Dr. Louise Horvitz and Carrie Fishman
Dr. and Mrs.
Mel Hoshiko
Michael Insalago
James Jackoway
Libby and Arthur Jacobson
Mrs. Leonard Jaffe
Gordon M. Johnson and Barbara A. Schnell
Randi and Richard B. Jones
Mr. William Jordan
Meredith Jury
Hun and Jee Kang
Judith and Russell Kantor
Leigha Kemmett and Jacob Goldstein
Sharon Kerson
Daisietta Kim
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Remembering Lynn
Wheeler Kinikin
Alan S. Koenigsberg and John A. Dotto
Lee Kolodny
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Kihong Kwon
Lena and Mark Labowe
Mr. Richard W.
Labowe
Katherine Lance
Mr. and Mrs.
Jack D. Lantz
Joan and
Chris Larkin
Mr. George Lee
Mr. Randall Lee and Ms. Stella M. Jeong
Mr. Benjamin Lench
Lennox Foundation
Ms. Diana Longarzo
Kyle Lott
Mr. Joseph Lund and Mr.
James Kelley
Theresa Macellaro / The Macellaro
Law Firm
Kevin MacLellan and Brian Curran
Mona and Frank Mapel
Pam and Ron Mass
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
E. McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. William F. McDonald
Courtney McKeown
Lawry Meister
Carlos Melich
Mr. Robert Merz
Mr. and Mrs.
Dana Messina
Mr. Weston F. Milliken
Linda and Kenneth Millman
Mrs. Lillian Mueller
Craig and Lisa Murray
Ms. Yvonne Nam and Mr. David Sands
Mrs. Cynthia Nelson
Ms. Mary D. Nichols
Mr. Michael B. Nissman
Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Norman
Amelia and Joe Norris
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Cynthia Patton
Alyssa Phaneuf
Peggy Phillips
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Lyle and Lisi Poncher
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James S. Pratty, M.D.
William “Mito” Rafert
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Hon. Ernest M. Robles
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Mr. and Mrs. William C. Roen
Peter and Marla Rosen
Bill Rowland
Andrew E. Rubin, and Roberta and Stanley Bogen
Dr. Michael Rudolph
Thomas C. Sadler and Dr. Eila C. Skinner
Dr. and Mrs.
Bernard Salick
Santa MonicaWestside Philharmonic Committee
Dr. Marlene M. Schultz and Philip M. Walent
Sue and Don Schuster
Michael Sedrak
Dr. and Mrs.
Hervey Segall
Laurie Selik
Mr. Chris Sheridan
Muriel and Neil Sherman
Pamela and Russ Shimizu
Lauren Shuler Donner
Mr. Adam Sidy
Loraine Sinskey
Mr. and Mrs.
Peter R. Skinner
Mr. Douglas H. Smith
Pamela J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs.
Michael G. Smooke
Adam Snyder
Dr. Michael Sopher and Dr.
Debra Vilinsky
Shondell and Ed Spiegel
William Spiller
Lael Stabler and Jerone English
Jennifer Taguchi
Mr. and Mrs.
Randall Tamura
Andrew Tapper and
Mary Ann Weyman
Mr. Stephen S. Taylor
Ms. Evangeline M. Thomson
Leonard Torres and Anita Brenner
Carol and Andrew Valdivia
Jack VanAken and Kathy Marsailes
Kathleen and Louis Victorino
Olga Vidueira
Jenny Vogel
Terry and Ann Marie Volk
Mr. Nate Walker
Lisa and Tim Wallender
Mr. Darryl Wash
J. Leslie Waxman
Jeffrey Westheimer
Ms. Jill Wickert
Mr. Robert E. Willett
David and Michele Wilson
Mr. Steve Winfield
Bill Wishner
Ms. Eileen Wong
Emiko Wong
Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Wynne
Kevin Yoder and Jeffrey Hall
Mr. Nabih Youssef
Photo by Julieta Cervantes
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Holidays
SCAN FOR TICKETS
Gregory Porter
Christmas Wish
The Klezmatics
Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Christian Sands Quartet
Christmas Stories ONSTAGE
Nochebuena: A Christmas Spectacular Featuring Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles and Mariachi Pueblo Viejo With Special Guest Ximena Sariñana
Gregory Porter
Christian Sands
$3,500 TO $5,499
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Robert A. Ahdoot
Ty Ahmad-Taylor
Ms. Rose Ahrens
Cary Albertsone
Adrienne S. Alpert
Lynne Alschuler
Edna R.S. Alvarez
Juliette Ambatzidis
Mr. Peter Anderson and Ms. Valerie Goo
Mr. Robert C. Anderson
Lawrence Andrews
Dr. Philip Anthony
Victor and Iris Antola
Betsy and Harold E. Applebaum
Javi Arango
Sandra Aronberg, M.D.
Carlo and Amy Baghoomian
Tawney Bains and Zachary Roberts
Terence Balagia
Pamela and Jeffrey Balton
Howard Banchik
Clare Baren and David Dwiggins
Ken and Lisa Baronsky
Kay and Joe Baumbach
Mr. Richard Bayer
George and Karen Bayz
Newton and Rochelle Becker
Charitable Trust
Ellis N. Beesley, Jr., M.D.
Garrett Bell and Catherine Simms
Ms. Karen S. Bell and Mr. Robert Cox
Patricia Bellinger
Benjamin Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Berke
Mr. and Mrs. Elliot S. Berkowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg and Dara Bernstein
Mr. Alan N. Berro
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Karen Bass Mayor
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City Attorney
Kenneth Mejia
CITY COUNCIL
Bob Blumenfield
Marqueece Harris-Dawson
President
Eunisses Hernandez
Heather Hutt
Ysabel J. Jurado
John Lee
Tim McOsker
Adrin Nazarian
Imelda Padilla
Traci Park
Curren D. Price, Jr.
Nithya Raman
Monica Rodriguez
Hugo Soto-Martínez
Katy Yaroslavsky
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Daniel Tarica General Manager
CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION
Robert Vinson
Tria Blu Wakpa
Natasha Case
Thien Ho
Ray Jimenez
Asantewa Olatunji
Christina Tung
WALT DISNEY
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HOUSE STAFF
Marcus Conroy
Master Electrician, Steward
Charles Miledi
Master Props
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Master Carpenter
Kevin F. Wapner
Master Audio/Video
The stage crew is represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local No. 33.
Passion Meets Purpose
Los Angeles Unified is looking for passionate and talented educators to help students express their creativity.
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IT’S BETTER LIVE
Welcome to The Music Center!
This is your place to experience the magic of live performances and special events, experiencing the joy that moves you, the stories that unite us and the moments that remind us why the arts matter. Across our theatres, on Jerry Moss Plaza and in Gloria Molina Grand Park, there is always something to inspire and connect us all.
We are dedicated to ensuring you have the best possible experience here. Help us keep The Music Center safe, inclusive and welcoming for everyone by visiting musiccenter.org/guestagreement.
Find out what’s happening next at musiccenter.org—your guide to performances, celebrations and events across our campus.
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TAKE A FREE TOUR!
Step behind-the-scenes of one of the world’s leading performing arts centers. Our free, 90-minute docent-led tours invite you to discover the stories, architecture and art that bring the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Jerry Moss Plaza to life.
Tours run daily—visit musiccenter.org to check the schedule and make a day of it in Downtown L.A.!
2025/2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Robert J. Abernethy
Chair
Cary J. Lefton
Darrell D. Miller
Vice Chairs
Rachel S. Moore
President & CEO
Michael J. Pagano
Secretary
Susan M. Wegleitner
Treasurer
William Taylor
Assistant Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Charlene Achki Repko
Charles F. Adams
William H. Ahmanson
Romesh Anketell
Jill C. Baldauf
Phoebe Beasley
Kristin Burr
Dannielle Campos
Alberto M. Carvalho
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Terri B. Childs
William E. Dolan
Amy R. Forbes
Greg T. Geyer
Joan E. Herman
Jeffrey M. Hill
Jonathan B. Hodge
Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen
Maria Rosario Jackson
Ronald D. Kaplan
Richard B. Kendall
Lily Lee
Keith R. Leonard, Jr.
Kelsey N. Martin
Elizabeth Michelson
Cindy Miscikowski
Teresita Notkin
Karen Kay Platt
Susan Erburu Reardon
Joseph J. Rice
Beverly P. Ryder
Thomas L. Safran
Maria S. Salinas
Corinne Jessie Sanchez
Mimi Song
Johnese Spisso
Michael Stockton
Jason Subotky
Timothy S. Wahl
Jennifer M. Walske
GENERAL COUNSEL
Rollin A. Ransom
DIRECTORS
EMERITI
Peter K. Barker
Judith Beckmen
Darrell R. Brown
Ronald W. Burkle
John B. Emerson **
Richard M. Ferry
Bernard A. Greenberg
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Kent Kresa
Mattie McFaddenLawson
Fredric M. Roberts
Richard K. Roeder
Claire L. Rothman
Joni J. Smith
Lisa Specht **
Cynthia A. Telles
James A. Thomas
Andrea L. Van de Kamp **
Thomas R. Weinberger
Alyce de Roulet Williamson
** Chair Emeritus
Current as of 10/21/2025
John McCoy for The Music Center.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's James Gilmer and Samantha Figgins. Photo by Andrew Eccles.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.
Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District
Lindsey P. Horvath Supervisor, Third District
Kathryn Barger Chair, Fifth District
Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District
Hilda L. Solis
Chair Pro Tem, First District
(From left to right)
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.
We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:
• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council
• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians
To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.go
Photo Credit: David Franco, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Photographer.
DECEMBER 2025 Happening at The Music Center
MON 1 DEC / 4:00 p.m.
The Music Center Presents Black Planetarium:
Uncharted Anthologies
THE MUSIC CENTER / TMC ARTS
@ Digital Art Space at The Music Center Thru 12/14/2025
MON 1 DEC / 5:00 p.m.
L.A. County Tree Lighting Ceremony
THE MUSIC CENTER / TMC ARTS
@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center
TUE 2 DEC / 7:30 p.m.
Paranormal Activity
CENTER THEATRE GROUP
@ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 12/7/2025
THU 4 DEC / 7:30 p.m.
La Bohème
LA OPERA
@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/14/2025
FRI 5 DEC / 8:00 p.m.
Home Alone in Concert
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/7/2025
FRI 12 DEC / 8:00 p.m.
Mozart & Sibelius
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/14/2025
FRI 12 DEC / 8:00 p.m.
Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson CENTER THEATRE GROUP
@ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 12/21/2025
Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. @musiccenterla
Celebrate L.A.'s Diverse Cultures at a FREE Family-Friendly, Holiday Music and Dance Show.
Be a part of a LIVE television broadcast at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. December 24, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Artists photos (from left to right): Ballet Folklórico de Esperanza, Mostly Kosher and Le Ballet Dembaya. Photo Credit: Timothy Norris for The Music Center.
ALVIN AILEY
March 25–29, 2026
This groundbreaking company embodies African American strength and resilience through mixed repertory programs featuring beloved classics and new works, including Alvin Ailey’s soul-stirring Revelations.
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion musiccenter.org/ailey | (213) 972-0711
BRING A GROUP AND SAVE! Contact marketing@musiccenter.org for more information.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Caroline T. Dartey. Photo by Andrew Eccles.
