Performances Magazine San Diego | San Diego Symphony, July 2025 by California Media Group

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park June & July 2025

Serena: “I came here feeling really down and knocked around. It’s like I’m shedding a skin and evolving into something stronger, deeper, and more beautiful than when I walked through the Doors.”

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Cast, performances, who’s who, director’s notes, donors and more.

6 In the Wings

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at North Coast Rep; Oklahoma! at Cygnet Theatre; Balboa Park’s Twilight in the Park concert series; and Beck and the San Diego Symphony at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

8 Feature: Spotlight on LJMS’ SummerFest

A preview of SummerFest 2025, presented by La Jolla Music Society (LJMS), with four weeks of dynamic performances and events.

13 Dining

Our favorite food and drink picks for July, including Finca, Piedra Santa, The Bar at The Beau, Treehouse, Sonny’s, The Marine Room and more.

24 Parting Thought

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Must-See Musicals

THE WINNER OF the 2014 Tony Award for “Best Musical,” A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, runs at North Coast Rep, July 16-Aug. 10. Monty Navarro (Andrew Polec) is a poor but ambitious nobody ho-humming his way through early 1900s London as a clerk. When his mother passes away, he learns he is ninth in line to become Earl of Highhurst, and only eight members of the obnoxious, aristocratic D’Ysquith family

stand in his way. Mysteriously, each family member begins to die off in morbidly hilarious ways. Noelle Marion directs. northcoastrep.org Cygnet Theatre stages Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Oklahoma!, through July 27 at Old Town Theatre—with a fresh Cygnet spin on it. We follow cowboy Curly and farm girl Laurey, who are in love but struggle to openly admit it amid the 1906 Oklahoma Territory land rush. cygnettheatre.org

TOP LEFT: KARLI CADEL; CLARA-JUMI KANG BY MARCO BORGGREVE

THEATER

The cast of Oklahoma!; Noelle Marion

ALFRESCO CONCERTS

MUSIC IS IN the air this summer at two of our favorite outdoor venues. An annual tradition of 40-plus years, Balboa Park’s Twilight in the Park concert series comprises live music and dancing at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion—taking place at 6:30 p.m. most Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 28—all free of charge. The concert lineup includes the Bayou Brothers on July 23; The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra on Aug. 21; and the Coronado Concert Band on Aug. 26. balboapark.org/twilight-concerts Among the July concerts at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, we’re particularly excited about Beethoven by the Bay on July 13, with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang. The repertoire includes Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture; his epic Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”; and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Marie Jacquot conducts. Eight-time Grammy Award-winning musician Beck joins the San Diego Symphony on July 29; with Edwin Outwater conducting. theshell.org

MUSIC

From left: Beck; Clara-Jumi Kang

MILESTONES IN MOTION

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY’S SUMMERFEST 2025 HITS ALL THE HIGH NOTES by STEPHANIE SAAD

AS SUMMER ARRIVES, La Jolla prepares to unfurl its annual cultural gem: SummerFest, presented by La Jolla Music Society. From July 25 to August 23, 2025, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center will once again transform into a vibrant hub for chamber music, this year under the intriguing theme of “Milestones.” Known for his innovative programming, Music Director and internationally acclaimed pianist,

Inon Barnatan, has curated a monthlong journey exploring pivotal moments in composers’ lives and the evolution of chamber music.

“As artists, we all carry our own milestones, those moments when something shifts, when we take a leap, find clarity, or suddenly see the path ahead,” says Barnatan. “Some are external—first perfor mances, big commissions, career breakthroughs. Others are deeply

“Ingenious...among the most inspired new musical comedies.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

JULY 16-AUGUST 17

The Tony Award-winning musical, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, is a comedic musical account of ambition, love, and intricate murder plots. With an imaginative score, this entertaining show follows a charming man’s relentless quest for a life-changing inheritance. Directed by NOELLE MARION

personal and invisible to the outside world. This year’s festival is an invitation to explore those transformative moments in the lives of great composers: when they found their voice, took a creative risk, or broke new ground. But it’s also about the audience—about recognizing the milestones in our own lives and seeing how music can mark, mirror, and even shape those moments.”

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The 39th annual SummerFest promises an extraordinary lineup of international artists, both returning favorites and exciting debuts. The roster reads like a who’s who of classical music—featuring violinists like Alan Gilbert, Tessa Lark, and the dynamic Njioma Chinyere Grevious (a recent Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient). Viola enthusiasts can look forward to the masterful playing of Owen Dalby and Stephen

Waarts; while cellists Alisa Weilerstein, Zlatomir Fung (winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition), and Nicolas Altstaedt will bring their profound artistry to the stage. On the piano, expect brilliance from talents such as Timo Andres, Matthew Aucoin, Inon Barnatan and Steven Osborne, among others. The festival also welcomes distinguished wind and brass players, including clarinetists Anthony McGill and Ricardo Morales; and horn players Mark Almond and Stefan Dohr. A highlight of SummerFest 2025 will be “The Glass Menagerie,” a unique presentation of Philip Glass’ complete Piano Études. This ambitious concert will feature 10 notable pianists—including Timo Andres, Matthew Aucoin, David Kaplan and Steven Osborne—sharing the /

A SummerFest 2023 concert

FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dear friends,

This summer we welcome you and your participation in a very special celebration—the 5th Anniversary Season of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

In the summer of 2021, we opened our hearts and this magnificent venue to the community, inspired by a vision of music, nature, and togetherness. What began as a bold idea on the San Diego Bay has become a beloved cultural landmark, where the power of live performance meets the beauty of the outdoors.

Since its inaugural season, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park has been the permanent outdoor home of the San Diego Symphony and has hosted world-class artists, beloved symphonic performances, and unforgettable evenings under the stars. It has become more than a venue —it’s a symbol of creativity, resilience, and community spirit. This summer we reflect on the journey and look ahead to the future, and we extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has made this milestone possible: our generous supporters, dedicated staff and volunteers, talented performers, and of course, you—our audience. Your presence, passion, and applause bring this space to life.

We invite you to celebrate not just a building or a season, but a shared dream that continues to grow. Thank you for being a part of our story. Here’s to the next five years of harmony, joy, and unforgettable memories at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

With gratitude,

Martha A. Gilmer President and Chief Executive Officer

RAFAEL PAYARE MUSIC

DIRECTOR

With his innate musicianship, charismatic energy, gift for communication, and irresistibly joyous spirit, Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare is “electrifying in front of an orchestra” (Los Angeles Times). Payare conducted the San Diego Symphony (SDS) for the first time in January 2018 and was subsequently named the orchestra’s music director designate one month later, before assuming the role of music director in January 2019.

Now in the sixth season of his transformative tenure as music director of the San Diego Symphony, Payare will conduct a full roster of performances with the orchestra at the newly renovated Jacobs Music Center over the 2024-25 season, bookended by Mahler’s Second and Third Symphonies. Last season, Payare led the SDS for its first appearance in a decade at Carnegie Hall, its first performance in Tijuana in nearly 20 years, and in three programs at the inaugural California Festival. These engagements continued his transformative tenure with the orchestra, which also included their commercial album debut with Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony, The Year 1905.

Payare’s other recent highlights include debuts at the Royal Opera House, at the Edinburgh Festival, and with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestre national de France, and Staatskapelle Berlin, with which he reunited for Turandot at the Berlin State Opera this past summer.

The 2024-25 season also marks his third as Music Director of Canada’s Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra/OSM). With the OSM he leads a similarly full season in

Montreal, tours to eight European cities with pianist Daniil Trifonov, and releases his third album with the orchestra on the Pentatone label—an allSchoenberg recording to mark the composer’s 150th anniversary. The conductor rounds out his season with high profile returns to the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Other current positions are Principal Conductor of Virginia’s Castleton Festival, a post he has held since 2015, and Conductor Laureate of Northern Ireland’s Ulster Orchestra, where he was Principal Conductor and Music Director from 2014 to 2019, making multiple appearances at London’s BBC Proms.

Since winning first prize at Denmark’s Malko Competition for Young Conductors in 2012, Payare has made debuts and forged longstanding relationships with many of the world’s preeminent orchestras. His U.S. collaborations include engagements with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony, while his notable European appearances include dates with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, and Vienna Philharmonic, which he has led at the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein, on a Baltic tour, and at Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. n

THE MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MUSIC DIRECTOR

RAFAEL PAYARE

VIOLIN

Jeff Thayer

Concertmaster

DEBORAH PATE AND JOHN FORREST CHAIR

Wesley Precourt

Associate Concertmaster

Jisun Yang

Assistant Concertmaster

Cherry Choi Tung Yeung

Associate Principal Second Violin

Nick Grant

Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus

Ai Nihira Awata

Jing Yan Bowcott

Yumi Cho

Alicia Engley

Kathryn Hatmaker

Kenneth Liao

Alexander Palamidis

Igor Pandurski

Evan Pasternak

Julia Pautz

Yeh Shen

Xiaoxuan Shi

Edmund Stein

Hanah Stuart

John Stubbs

Pei-Chun Tsai

Tiffany Wee

Han Xie

Zou Yu

Sarah Schwartz*

VIOLA

Chi-Yuan Chen

Principal

KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER CHAIR

Nancy Lochner

Associate Principal

Jason Karlyn

Alexander Knecht

Wanda Law

Qing Liang

Ethan Pernela

Megan Wei

Travis Maril*

Rebecca Matayoshi*

CELLO

Yao Zhao

Principal

Chia-Ling Chien

Associate Principal

Vivian Chang

Andrew Hayhurst

John Lee

Richard Levine

Nathan Walhout

Xian Zhuo

Nicole Chung*

Benjamin Solomonow*

BASS

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris

Principal

SOPHIE AND ARTHUR BRODY FOUNDATION CHAIR

Susan Wulff

Associate Principal

Aaron Blick

P.J. Cinque

Kevin Gobetz

Samuel Hager

Michael Wais

Margaret Johnston+

FLUTE

Rose Lombardo Principal

Sarah Tuck

Lily Josefsberg

PICCOLO

Lily Josefsberg

OBOE

Sarah Skuster Principal

Rodion Belousov

Andrea Overturf

ENGLISH HORN

Andrea Overturf

DR. WILLIAM AND EVELYN LAMDEN ENGLISH HORN CHAIR

CLARINET

Sheryl Renk Principal

Max Opferkuch

Frank Renk

BASS CLARINET

Frank Renk

BASSOON

Valentin Martchev Principal

Ryan Simmons

Leyla Zamora

CONTRABASSOON

Leyla Zamora

HORN

Benjamin Jaber Principal

Darby Hinshaw Assistant Principal & Utility

John Degnan

Tricia Skye

Add Paul Klintworth*

TRUMPET

Christopher Smith Principal

Clinton McLendon

Ray Nowak

TROMBONE

Kyle R. Covington Principal

Greg Ochotorena*

Kyle Mendiguchia

BASS TROMBONE

Kyle Mendiguchia

TUBA

Aaron McCalla Principal

HARP

Julie Phillips Principal

TIMPANI

Ryan J. DiLisi Principal

Andrew Watkins

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Gregory Cohen Principal

Andrew Watkins

Eduardo Meneses*

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN

Courtney Secoy Cohen

LIBRARIAN

Rachel Fields

* Long Term Substitute Musician + Staff Opera Musician

The musicians of the San Diego Symphony are members of San Diego County, Local 325, American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO.

PARTNER PLAYER WITH A

The San Diego Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following donors for their membership in the Partner with a Player program and their profound impact on the orchestra. Partner with a Player members enjoy the unique opportunity to personally connect with the orchestra and engage with the Symphony in meaningful ways.

The following listing reflects pledges and gifts entered as of May 14, 2025

Diego Foundation Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Jewish Community Foundation * Deceased

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Raffaella and John* Belanich

Rafael Payare, Music Director

$50,000 – $99,999

Anonymous (2) San Diego Symphony Musicians

Michele and Jules Arthur Kevin Gobetz, Bass

Terry Atkinson San Diego Symphony Musicians

Julia R. Brown

Leyla Zamora, Bassoon and Contrabassoon

John and Janice Cone

Benjamin Jaber, Principal Horn

Kevin and Jan Curtis

Aaron McCalla, Principal Tuba

Una Davis and Jack McGrory

Susan Wulff, Associate Principal Bass

Drs. Martha G. and Edward Dennis San Diego Symphony Musicians

Mr. and Mrs.* Brian K. Devine San Diego Symphony Musicians

Phyllis and Daniel J. Epstein

Sheryl Renk, Principal Clarinet

Pam and Hal Fuson

Courtney Cohen, Principal Librarian

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

Yumi Cho, Violin

Carol and Richard Hertzberg

Nick Grant, Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus

Joan* and Irwin Jacobs

Martha Gilmer, Chief Executive Officer

Arlene Inch

John Degnan, Horn

Hayley Janecek and Ross Caleca San Diego Symphony Musicians

Karen and Warren Kessler

Chi-Yuan Chen, Principal Viola KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER CHAIR

Monica and Robert Oder

Gregory Cohen, Principal Percussion

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Ryan J. DiLisi, Principal Timpani

Marilyn James and Richard Phetteplace

John Stubbs, Violin

Marie G. Raftery and Robert A. Rubenstein, M.D.

Eduardo Maneses, Percussionist

Jaqueline and Jean-Luc Robert

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Elena Romanowsky

Edmund Stein, Violin

Penny and Louis Rosso

Andrew Watkins, Assistant Principal Timpani

PENNY AND LOUIS ROSSO CHAIR

Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston

Yeh Shen, Violin

Jean and Gary Shekhter

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Karen and Kit Sickels

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Principal Bass

SOPHIE AND ARTHUR BRODY FOUNDATION CHAIR

Karen Foster Silberman and Jeff Silberman

Jisun Yang, Assistant Concertmaster

Gayle* and Donald Slate

Wesley Precourt, Associate Concertmaster

Dave and Phyllis Snyder

Julia Pautz, Violin

Gloria and Rodney Stone

P.J. Cinque, Bass

Jayne and Bill Turpin

Max Opferkuch, Clarinet

Leslie and Joe Waters

Ethan Pernela, Viola

Sue and Bill* Weber

Jing Yan Bowcott, Violin

Kathryn A. and James E. Whistler

Rachel Fields, Librarian

Cole and Judy Willoughby

Christopher Smith, Principal Trumpet

Mitchell Woodbury

Valentin Martchev, Principal Bassoon

Sarah and Marc Zeitlin

Cherry Choi Tung Yeung, Associate Principal Second Violin

$25,000 – $49,999

Anonymous

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Eloise and Warren* Batts

Alicia Engley, Violin

Annette and Daniel Bradbury

Yao Zhao, Principal Cello

Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Karen and Donald* Cohn

Hanah Stuart, Violin

Stephanie and Richard Coutts

Chia-Ling Chien, Associate Principal Cello

Ann Davies

Xian Zhuo, Cello

Kathleen Seely Davis

Qing Liang, Viola

Karin and Gary Eastham

Jason Karlyn, Viola

Lisette and Mick Farrell/Farrell Family Foundation

Rose Lombardo, Principal Flute

Diane and Elliot Feuerstein

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Kelly Greenleaf and Michael Magerman

Xiaoxuan Shi, Violin

$15,000 – $24,999

Anonymous

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Diane and Norman Blumenthal

Aaron Blick, Bass

Dr. Anthony Boganey

Logan Chopyk, Trombone

Ana de Vedia

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Hon. James Emerson

Kenneth Liao, Violin

Joyce Gattas, Ph.D. and Jay Jeffcoat

Youna Choi, Cello

Suzanne and Lawrence Hess

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Linda Hervey

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs

Ai Nihira Awata, Violin

Helen and Sig Kupka

Lily Josefsberg, Piccolo/Flute

Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden

Andrea Overturf, Oboe

Dr. WILLIAM AND EVELYN LAMDEN CHAIR

Carol and George Lattimer

Rodion Belousov, Oboe

Lisa and Gary Levine, Arthur J.

Gallagher & Co.

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Sandy and Arthur* Levinson

Kyle Covington, Principal Trombone

Eileen Mason

Julie Smith Phillips, Principal Harp

Anne and Andy McCammon

Richard Levine, Cello

Val and Ron Ontell

Darby Hinshaw,

Assistant Principal & Utility Horn

Deborah Pate and John Forrest

Jeff Thayer, Concertmaster

DEBORAH PATE AND JOHN FORREST CHAIR

Jill Gormley and Laurie Lipman

Frank Renk, Bass Clarinet

Janet and Wil Gorrie

Zou Yu, Violin

Judith C. Harris* and Robert Singer, M. D.

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Jo Ann Kilty

Tricia Skye, Horn

Carol Lazier and James Merritt

Sarah Tuck, Flute

Jane and Jon Pollock

Evan Pasternak, Section Violin

Joetta Ragland

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Allison and Robert Price

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Carol Randolph, Ph. D and Robert Caplan

Pei-Chun Tsai, Violin

Sally and Steve Rogers

Kyle Mendiguchia, Trombone

Jeanette Stevens

Kathryn Hatmaker, Violin

Elizabeth and Joseph* Taft

Wanda Law, Viola

Sandra Timmons and Richard Sandstrom

Sarah Skuster, Principal Oboe

University of San Diego San Diego Symphony Musicians

Sheryl and Harvey White

Alexander Palamidis, Principal Second Violin

The Zygowicz Family (John*, Judy, and Michelle)

Nancy Lochner, Associate Principal Viola

Marshall Littman, M.D.

Nicole Chung, Cello

Rena Minisi and Rich Paul

Ryan Simmons, Bassoon

Linda and Raymond* ThomasR.V. Thomas Family Fund

Ray Nowak, Trumpet

Julie & Stephen Tierney

San Diego Symphony Musicians

Isabelle and Mel* Wasserman

Andrew Hayhurst, Cello

For more information, or to join, please contact Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Sheri Broedlow at (619) 615-3910 or sbroedlow@sandiegosymphony.org.

THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROUDLY PRESENTS

The Beethoven Society is designed to raise consistent, critical funding for artistic, educational and community programs. Members pledge multi-year support and commit to annual gifts of $50,000 and higher, designated for projects ranging from classical and jazz concerts to education and military programs.

The Symphony and its Board of Directors are pleased to thank the following for their leadership and to acknowledge them as Members of The Beethoven Society.

For information about supporting the San Diego Symphony Orchestra through membership in The Beethoven Society, please call Sheri Broedlow at (619) 615-3910.

$200,000 and above

$5 MILLION and above

ANONYMOUS ( 2 )

JOAN* AND IRWIN JACOBS

LINDA AND SHEARN* PLATT

ELENA ROMANOWSKY JAQUELINE AND JEAN-LUC ROBERT MARIE RAFTERY AND DR. ROBERT RUBENSTEIN

PENNY AND LOUIS ROSSO

Denotes deceased

KAREN FOSTER SILBERMAN AND JEFF SILBERMANGAYLE* AND DONALD SLATE

KAREN AND KIT SICKELS

JEAN AND GARY SHEKHTER

KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER

PAM AND HAL FUSON

ELAINE GALINSON AND HERBERT SOLOMON ARLENE INCH

MONICA AND ROBERT ODER

BRIAN AND SILVIJA* DEVINE

DRS. EDWARD A. AND MARTHA G. DENNIS

UNA DAVIS AND JACK M c GRORY

JAN AND KEVIN CURTIS

TERRY L. ATKINSON JULIA R. BROWN

MICHELE AND JULES ARTHUR

PHYLLIS AND DANIEL EPSTEIN

ROSS CALECA AND HAYLEY JANECEK

CARSON ROYSTON AND IVOR ROYSTON

SUE AND BILL* WEBER

DAVE AND PHYLLIS SNYDERGLORIA AND RODNEY STONE

LESLIE AND JOE WATERS

JAYNE AND BILL TURPIN

KATHRYN A. AND JAMES E. WHISTLER

SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY BOARDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David R. Snyder, Esq. Chair of the Board*

Harold W. Fuson Jr. Immediate Past Chair*

Colette Carson Royston Vice Chair*

Una Davis Vice Chair*

David Bialis Treasurer*

Linda Platt Secretary*

*EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

HONORARY LIFETIME DIRECTORS

Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs

Joan K. Jacobs (1933-2024)

Warren O. Kessler, M.D.

Michele Arthur

Tim Barelli

Lisa Behun*

Steve G. Bjorg

Anthony C. Boganey, M.D., FACS

Annette Bradbury

Benjamin G. Clay

Kathleen Davis*

Martha G. Dennis, Ph.D.

Phyllis Epstein*

Karen Foster Silberman

Janet Gorrie

Anne Francis Ratner (1911-2011)

Lawrence B. Robinson (d. 2021)

FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Warren O. Kessler, M.D. Chair

David R. Snyder, Esq. Vice Chair

Sandy Levinson Secretary

Mitchell R. Woodbury Treasurer

PAST BOARD CHAIRS

2021-23 Harold W. Fuson Jr. 2018-21 David R. Snyder, Esq.

2015-18 Warren O. Kessler, M.D.

2014-15 Shearn H. Platt

2011-14 Evelyn Olson Lamden

2009-11 Mitchell R. Woodbury

2008-09 Theresa J. Drew

2007-08 Steven R. Penhall

2005-07 Mitchell R. Woodbury

2004-05 Craig A. Schloss, Esq.

2003-04 John R. Queen

2001-03 Harold B. Dokmo Jr.

2000-01 Ben G. Clay

1998-00 Sandra Pay

1995-96 Elsie V. Weston

Eunice Bragais

Robert Caplan, Esq.

Harold W. Fuson Jr.

Martha Gilmer

Susan Mallory

Jeremy Pearl

Gretchen Shaffer

Mark Stuart

1994-95 Thomas Morgan

1993-94 David Dorne, Esq.

1989-93 Warren O. Kessler, M.D.

1988-89 Elsie V. Weston

1986-88 Herbert J. Solomon

1984-86 M.B. “Det” Merryman

1982-84 Louis F. Cumming

1980-82 David E. Porter

1978-80 Paul L. Stevens

1976-78 Laurie H. Waddy

1974-76 William N. Jenkins, Esq.

1971-74 L. Thomas Halverstadt

1970-71 Simon Reznikoff

1969-70 Robert J. Sullivan

1968-69 Arthur S. Johnson

Dr. Nancy Hong*

Arlene Inch

Jerri-Ann Jacobs

Warren O. Kessler, M.D.*

Kris Kopensky

Deborah Pate

Sherron Schuster

Marivi Shivers

Gloria Stone

Frank Vizcarra

Mitchell R. Woodbury*

Herbert Solomon Mitchell R. Woodbury

1966-68 Michael Ibs Gonzalez, Esq. 1964-66 Philip M. Klauber

1963-64 Oliver B. James Jr.

1961-63 J. Dallas Clark

1960-61 Fielder K. Lutes

1959-60 Dr. G. Burch Mehlin

1956-58 Admiral Wilder D. Baker

1953-56 Mrs. Fred G. Goss

1952-53 Donald A. Stewart

1940-42 Donald B. Smith

1938-39 Mrs. William H. Porterfield

1934-37 Mrs. Marshall O. Terry

1930-33 Mouney C. Pfefferkorn

1928-29 Willett S. Dorland

1927 Ed H. Clay

The San Diego Symphony is proud to announce that we have met our goal of $125 million for “The Future is Hear” Campaign! This extraordinary campaign supports construction of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, improvements to Jacobs Music Center, and wide-ranging artistic initiatives for San Diego’s communities.

If you are interested in supporting The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park please email campaign@sandiegosymphony.org for giving and recognition opportunities.

GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS

We gratefully acknowledge our Guest Artist Sponsors. Please call (619) 615-3910 to participate!

ANONYMOUS

ALAN BENAROYA

DAVID BIALIS

THE BJORG FAMILY

VAIL MEMORIAL FUND, MEREDITH BROWN, TRUSTEE

DOROTHEA LAUB

San Diego Symphony is pleased to have Sycuan Casino Resort as the lead sponsor of the Music Connects Community Concerts!

Bird Singers from the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation performing at the opening of a San Diego Symphony Community Concert on stage at Live & Up Close | Sycuan Casino Resort.

SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY

HIGH SCHOOL AMBASSADORS

The San Diego Symphony’s mission is changing lives through music. This summer, 30 San Diego County teens go to experience that mission in action through the Symphony’s High School Ambassadors program—a paid summer internship that blends fun with job training and learning.

For two action-packed weeks, Ambassadors participated in workshops that focused on financial literacy, public speaking, resume and interview preparation, teamwork, and arts administration. They also met Symphony staff, musicians, and community leaders who shared the secrets of exciting arts careers. On the weekends, Ambassadors joined the Front of House team, working side-by-side with Symphony staff and volunteers at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

As Ambassador Blake Ledezma said, “I had the best time, met some of the coolest new friends, and enjoyed every minute being at the Shell, and was blown away learning about venue management. Most importantly, I experienced a sort of revelation about where to go from here with my studies and career, all thanks to this program!”

Thank you for supporting the San Diego Symphony’s work to change lives through music!

FRIDAY, JUNE 27 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

2025 SUMMER SEASON

THE RADY SHELL SUMMER 2025

OPENING

NIGHT

WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Rafael Payare, conductor

Paul Merkelo, trumpet

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Corporate sponsor:

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PROGRAM

ALBERTO GINASTERA

Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a

Los trabajadores agrícolas (The Land Workers)

Danza del trigo (Wheat Dance)

Los peones de hacienda (The Cattlemen)

Danza final (Malambo—Final Dance)

WYNTON MARSALIS

Trumpet Concerto

March

Ballad

Mexican Sōn

Blues

French Pastoral (Flowing Waltz)

Harlequin Two-Step

INTERMISSION

PAUL DUKAS

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

La mer

De l’aube à midi sur la mer (From Dawn to Noon on the Sea)

Jeux des vagues (Play of the Waves)

Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of Wind and Sea)

Total Program Duration: Approximately 1 Hour, 50 mins (includes one 25 minute intermission)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

PAUL MERKELO

Paul Merkelo has been hailed as ‘the new Maurice André’ by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is recognized as ‘a spectacular soloist... a most impressive master of his instrument’ (Montreal Gazette) who ‘knows no limits’ (Der Spiegel online - Germany) with ‘unusual lyrical gifts’ (Gramophone). Principal trumpet with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 1995, he has been featured frequently with the OSM, including tours to South America and at the Lincoln Center in New York, and is the first member of the orchestra to be invited to record a debut solo album with the orchestra (French Trumpet Concertos - Kent Nagano).

In 1999, he was appointed Canadian musical ambassador to China for the inauguration of the Montreal Park in Shanghai, and as soloist with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in a national telecast. Merkelo made his New York debut at the Lincoln Center with the New World Symphony Orchestra and Michael Tilson Thomas in 1998. He has worked with conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel, Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta and Valery Gergiev, and has been invited as guest principal trumpet in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. As a soloist, Paul has been featured with orchestras worldwide, including English Chamber Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Venice Baroque Orchestra and Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Merkelo’s first solo recording, A Simple Song was ranked #1 in Quebec’s classical recording chart in 2000. In 2004,

Analekta released a highly praised second CD, Baroque Transcriptions, which was nominated by ADISQ for Best Classical Album of the Year. French Trumpet Concertos with OSM and Kent Nagano was nominated by the JUNO Awards as Best Classical Album of the YearSoloist with large ensemble in 2016.

The English Chamber Orchestra will feature him with the Haydn and Leopold Mozart concerti on a UK tour in April 2020, while at the same time MediciTV will release a DVD concert of his Gershwin Romance Music project which will showcase his jazz and improvisation skills.

Also in 2020, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has commissioned Gabriela Ortiz to write a new concerto for trumpet which will feature soloist and the principal trumpet of the orchestra.

Paul is on the faculty at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and McGill University in Montreal. He is on the board of directors for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (Canada), and is the founder of the Paul Merkelo Scholarship, which helps young, gifted brass players with financial aid and career guidance.

Paul Merkelo is a Yamaha artist. n

SATURDAY, JUNE 28 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

2025 SUMMER SEASON

MUSIC OF THE

KNIGHTS

WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor

Chris Blem, vocals

Scott Coulter, vocals

Blaine Krauss, vocals

John Boswell, piano and vocals

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ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ

Enrico Lopez-Yañez has quickly established himself as one of the nation’s leading conductors of popular music and become known for his unique style of audience engagement. Lopez-Yañez holds the titled positions of Principal Pops Conductor of the Detroit and Pacific Symphonies, Principal Conductor of Dallas Symphony Presents, and Principal Guest Conductor of Pops at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He previously served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Nashville Symphony for eight seasons.

As a trailblazer in the symphonic world, Lopez-Yañez has premiered dozens of orchestral collaborations with artists including Dolly Parton, Kelsey Ballerini, Portugal the Man, The Mavericks, Tituss Burgess, and The War & Treaty. Lopez-Yañez has collaborated with a broad spectrum of artists including: Nas, Patti LaBelle, Itzhak Perlman, Kenny Loggins, Stewart Copeland, Toby Keith, Gladys Knight, Ben Folds and more. As an active composer/ arranger his works have been performed by of orchestras across North America including the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony, among many others.

Lopez-Yañez was the recipient of the 2023 “Mexicanos Distinguidos” Award by the Mexican government, an award granted to Mexican citizens living abroad for outstanding career accomplishments in their field. As an advocate for Latin music, he has arranged and produced shows for Latin Fire, Mariachi Los Camperos, The Three Mexican Tenors, and collaborated with artists including Aida Cuevas, Arturo Sandoval and Lila Downs.

As Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Symphonica Productions, LLC, Lopez-Yañez curates and leads programs designed to cultivate new audiences. Symphonica’s productions have been performed by major orchestra across North America including the Baltimore Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Milwaukee

Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony and many more. As a producer, composer, and arranger, Lopez-Yañez’s work can be heard on numerous albums including the UNESCO benefit album Action Moves People United and children’s music albums including The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard, winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Hollywood Music and Media Awards, Family Choice Awards and Kokowanda Bay, winner of a Global Media Award as well as a Parents’ Choice Award where Lopez-Yañez was lauded for his “catchy arrangements” (Parents’ Choice Foundation).

For more information visit: @enricolopezyanez or www. enricolopezyanez.comn

CHRIS BLEM

Chris Blem has traveled the world performing with some of the most prestigious symphonic orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taipei), Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (Singapore), Neverland Orchestra (Tokyo), Buffalo Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Ocean City Pops, and the Encore Orchestra at Walt Disney World. He can be heard on three Disney on Classic recordings and was featured in the live broadcast of Disney on Classic with the Tokyo Philharmonic—now streaming on Disney+ Japan. Chris’s theatrical credits include A Dog Story and Katzelmacher U.S.A. (Off-Broadway), as well as regional productions of Matilda, Oklahoma!, HAIR, Show Boat, Annie, A Christmas Carol, and Into the Woods (League of Cincinnati Theatre Award). He originated the role of Cogsworth in the THEA Award–winning production of Beauty and the Beast for Disney Cruise Line.

Chris is the founder of The Network (@findthenetwork), a creative consulting firm supporting artists and arts organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. n

SCOTT COULTER

Scott Coulter is one of New York’s most honored vocalists having received five MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards for Outstanding Vocalist along with an Emmy nomination for his performance in AMERICAN SONG on PBS and a Grammy nomination for his work on the album “Sondheim Unplugged.” He spent a recordsetting eight months at Feinstein’s in NYC performing the revue 11 O’CLOCK NUMBERS AT 11 O’CLOCK which he also co-created, directed and musically arranged. His selftitled debut CD won the 2003 MAC Award for Outstanding Recording and was chosen as the best recording of the year by TheatreMania and Cabaret Scenes magazines. Scott was director and star of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE SYMPHONIC CONCERT in its world premiere with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and reprised his performance in the Emmy-nominated PBS production. Scott regularly performs in concert both as a solo artist and with a variety of legendary performers including Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz, Tony-winner Ben Vereen and Grammy-winner Sheena Easton and has performed with symphonies all over the world. Schwartz has said, “One of the greatest things that can happen to a composer is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter.”

Noted for his soaring high notes and pure tone, Scott’s vocal versatility has garnered rave reviews from coast to coast. “Coulter is a stratospheric tenor” (The Wall Street Journal) who “sings to the balcony with a soaring theatrical savvy” (Variety). “Coulter’s distinctive tenor packs an emotional wallop” (Huffington Post) while possessing “an 80s pop rock star strength, reminiscent of Phil Collins” (San Francisco Examiner).

Scott is creator, arranger and director of over thirty touring shows (symphonic and non-) including MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS, THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF OZ, BLOCKBUSTER BROADWAY!, and, for The ASCAP Foundation, JERRY HERMAN: THE BROADWAY LEGACY CONCERT. With Michael Kerker and ASCAP, he’s a regular producer/director of Michael Feinstein’s STANDARD TIME at Carnegie Hall. Along with Dave Gaebler, Scott is a co-producer of the Jessica Hendy/Brianna Barnes musical “Walking WIth Bubbles” (2023 Drama Desk

Award nomination, Off-Broadway Alliance Award winner). The show’s cast album is produced by Coulter and Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla. Coulter and Gaebler are part of the producing teams of the Broadway musicals “Water for Elephants” and “Suffs” (Tony Awards for Book and Score).

Scott is founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment and Spot-On Arts Academy and is a resident director of programming at 54 Below (Broadway’s Supper Club) in NYC. He is the artistic director of the Pocono Mountains Music Festival and founder of the Pocono Pops! Scott is a proud graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music which honored him with the CCM Young Alumni Award in 2010 and CCM’s Distinguished Service Award in 2020.n

BLAINE KRAUSS

Blaine Krauss is currently starring in Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton after a year on tour as the standby for both Hamilton and Burr. He was thrilled to be part of the second season of Pose while appearing in The Cher Show on Broadway. Prior to that he was seen as ‘Lola’ in Kinky Boots shortly after making his Broadway debut in the smash hit Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. He traveled the world as ‘Simba’ in The Lion King and starred in the Radio City Summer Spectacular. Blaine regularly performs with symphonies around the globe and is a regular performer at Feinstein’s/54 Below where his acclaimed solo show From the Soul garnered him a Bistro Award. His talents led him in 2011 to be a feature performer for the largest Commemoration of 9/11 outside of the U.S at the Trocadero in Paris, France. In 2010 he was selected to be 1 of 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts by the White House and Presidential Scholar Commission. This venture led to having met President Obama and concluded with a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. He was selected to be the Feature Vocalist at the 2010 July 4th Celebration at the US National Archives; was a selected participant at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. His theatrical credits include Godspell and Spelling Bee at the West Virginia Public Theatre, Evita, Into the Woods, Civil War, Make Me A Song, Chess and Jean Valjean in CCM’s Les Miserables. Blaine is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. n

JOHN BOSWELL

John Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams, Bob Newhart, Scott Coulter, Maude Maggart, Faith Prince, Carmen Cusack, Babbie Green, Jason Graae and a host of other fine talents. John played the role of “Moose” in the national tour of Crazy For You and has appeared on The Tonight Show, Today Show, CBS This Morning, Regis And Kathie Lee, General Hospital and was the piano playing hands of Nancy McKeon on the sit-com THE FACTS OF LIFE. Recent concerts with symphonies have included Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert, BLOCKBUSTER BROADWAY!, Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter: The Spy Who Loved Me and MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS. John has been heard singing in the shows THREE MEN AND A BABY...GRAND, CINEMA TOAST, BROADWAY TODAY, WISEGUYS and the New York cult hit CASHINO. Broadway/Off Broadway credits include Crazy For You, The Secret Garden, LIZA! Steppin’ Out At Radio City Music Hall,Back To Bacharach And David and The Kathy And Mo Show: Parallel Lives. His monthly concerts in 2017 at The Gardenia in Los Angeles have been crowd pleasers. John has eight CDs of original piano music and a ninth on the way. While a student at UCLA, John received the Frank Sinatra Award for popular instrumentalists. n

THE FUTURE IS HEAR CAMPAIGN

The San Diego Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the following donors who have made a gift of $10,000 or more toward The Future is HEAR campaign, our current $125 million campaign supporting the San Diego Symphony’s construction of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park and its wide-ranging artistic and community programs. We are extremely grateful! To make a gift, please call (619) 237-1969.

The following listing reflects pledges or gifts entered as of May 14, 2025.

San Diego Foundation Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Jewish Community Foundation * Deceased

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE

Terry L. Atkinson

Bank of America

Dianne Bashor

Malin and Roberta Burnham

Harry and Judy Collins Foundation

Daniel J. and Phyllis Epstein

Ted and Audrey Geisel*

The George Gildred Family and The Philip Gildred Family

Joan* and Irwin Jacobs

Sheri Lynne Jamieson

The Kong Tang Family

Dick* and Dorothea Laub

Jack McGrory

The Alexander and Eva Nemeth Foundation

The Conrad Prebys Foundation

Allison and Robert Price

Evelyn and Ernest Rady

Lou and Penny Rosso and the Rosso Family

Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston

Sahm Family Foundation

T. Denny Sanford

Karen and Christopher “Kit” Sickels

Karen and Jeff Silberman

Donald and Gayle* Slate

The State of California

Gloria and Rodney Stone

Sycuan Casino Resort

Roger* Thieme and Sylvia Steding

Sue and Bill* Weber

$250,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous

Raffaella and John Belanich

Alan Benaroya

Susan and Jim Blair

The James Silberrad Brown Foundation

Julia Brown Family

David C. Copley Foundation

Sam B. Ersan*

Esther Fischer

Pam and Hal Fuson

Karen and Warren Kessler

Carol Ann and George Lattimer

Sandy and Arthur* Levinson

The Payne Family Foundation

M&I Pfister Foundation

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation

Dave and Phyllis Snyder

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

Elizabeth and Joseph* Taft

Jayne and Bill Turpin

Kathryn A. and James E. Whistler

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Jules and Michele Arthur

Denise and Lon Bevers

David Bialis

Catherine & Phil Blair, Linda & Mel Katz, Manpower San Diego

Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay

Stephanie and Richard Coutts

Diane and Charles Culp

Diane and Elliot Feuerstein

Walt Fidler

Anne and Steve Furgal

Lisa Braun Glazer and Jeff Glazer

Linda & Melvyn Katz

In memory of Jim Lester

The Hering Family

Carol and Richard Hertzberg

Arlene Inch

Brooke and Dan* Koehler

Bill and Evelyn Lamden

Curt Leland and Mary DiMatteo

The Alex C. McDonald Family

Lori Moore, Cushman Foundation

The Parker Foundation

(Gerald T. & Inez Grant Parker)

Bill and Clarice Perkins

Marilyn James and Richard Phetteplace

Jeanne and Arthur* Rivkin

Sage Foundation

In memory of Bob Nelson who

loved the music, the bay and San Diego

Tucker Sadler Architects

Katherine “Kaylan” Thornhill

U.S. Bank

Jo and Howard* Weiner

Cole and Judy Willoughby

Richard* and Joanie Zecher

$50,000 AND ABOVE

Carol Rolf and Steven Adler

Bonnie & Krishna Arora and Family

David A. and Jill Wien Badger

Carolyn and Paul Barber

Cindy and Larry Bloch

Lisa and David Casey

The John D. & Janice W. Cone

Family Trust

Scotty Dale

Kathleen Seely Davis

The den Uijl Family

Richard and Elisa Jaime

In Loving Memory of LV

Gary and Karin Eastham

In loving memory of Kenrick

“Ken” Wirtz*

Jose Fimbres Moreno*

Karen Wahler and Michael Gay*

William and Martha Gilmer

Mark Gosselin Family Foundation

The Jaime Family Trust

Roy, Peggy, Dean, and Denise Lago

The Peggy and Robert Matthews Foundation

Admiral Riley* D. Mixson

Tom and Jen Ranglas

Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas

Marilyn & Michael Rosen, Juniper and Ivy Restaurant

Richard Sandstrom and Sandra Timmons

Congresswoman Lynn Schenk

Kris and Chris Seeger

Deborah Heitz and Shaw Wagener

Emma and Leo Zuckerman*

$25,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous

Lisa and Dennis Bradley

Gordon Brodfuehrer

Pamela and Jerry Cesak

County of San Diego

The Druck/Silvia Family

Susan E. Dubé

Lisette & Mick Farrell

Dr. John and Susan Fratamico

Janet and Wil Gorrie

Virginia and Peter Jensen

Jeff Light and Teri Sforza

Sig Mickelson*

Sandy and Greg Rechtsteiner

The Segur Family

In honor of Robert (Bud) Emile, SDS Concertmaster 1960-1975

Bill and Diane Stumph

Gayle and Philip Tauber

In memory of my husband

Raymond V. Thomas, Lover of the Symphony

The Bartzis-Villalobos Family

RANAS

Leslie and Joe Waters

John* J. Zygowicz and Judy Gaze Zygowicz

$10,000 AND ABOVE

Erina Angelucci

Aptis Global, A subsidiary of The Kimball Group

DeAnne Steele, Carlo Barbara and Cole Barbara

Eloise and Warren* Batts

Lauren Lee Beaudry

Karl and Christina Becker

Edgar and Julie Berner

Diane and Norm Blumenthal

The Boros Family

Sarah* and John Boyer

Annette and Daniel Bradbury

Lori and Richard Brenckman

Sheri Broedlow and Kyle Van Dyke

Beth Callender & Pete Garcia

Carol Randolph, Ph. D. and Robert Caplan, Seltzer Caplan

McMahon Vitek

The Casdorph Family

Angela Chilcott

Kurt and Elizabeth Chilcott

Dr. Samuel M. Ciccati and Kristine J. Ciccati

Thomas Jordan and Meredith M. Clancy

P. Kay Coleman & Janice E. Montle

Dr. William Coleman

Peter V. Czipott and Marisa SorBello

Ann Davies

Caroline S. DeMar

Drs. Edward A. and

Martha G. Dennis

George & Jan DeVries

Robert and Nina Doede

In loving memory of Karen

Cooper Ferm*

Michael and Susan Finnane

Gertrude B. Fletcher

K. Forbes

Deborah Pate and John Forrest

4040 Agency - Mary, Bill & John

Judith and William Friedel

Barbara and Doug Fuller

Cheryl J. Hintzen-Gaines and Ira J. Gaines

Vicki Garcia-Golden and Tim

Jeffries, Gardiner & Theobald Inc.

Joyce M. Gattas, PhD

Lynn and Charlie Gaylord

In memory of Royce G. Darby*

Kimberly and Jeffrey Goldman

In memory of Samuel Lipman*Clarinetist

The Granada Fund

Robert and Carole Greenes

Carrie and Jim Greenstein

Georgia Griffiths and Colleen Kendall

Lulu Hadaya

Jeff and Tina Hauser

In memory of Lucille Bandel*

Marjorie Heinrich and Jan Nunn

In Memory of Dick Hess*

Richard A. Heyman and Anne E. Daigle Family Foundation

Let the music play on, Drew!

Mary Ann and John Hurley

Cynthia Thornton

and Michael Keenan

Keith and Cheryl Kim

Katherine Kimball

Helen and Sig Kupka

Linda and Tom Lang

Alexis and Steven Larky

Tom and Terry Lewis Foundation

The Li Family

Larry Low and Mikayla Lay

Josephine & Alex Lupinetti*

Scott MacDonald and Patti Kurtz

Daniel and Chris Mahai

Sally and Luis Maizel

Susan and Peter Mallory, in honor of Martha Gilmer

David Marchesani Family

Anne and Andy McCammon

The McComb Family

Katy McDonald

Larry McDonald and Clare WhiteMcDonald

Mark, Amy, Auguste & Paris Melden

In Memory of James C. Moore*

Judith and Neil* Morgan

Clara and Donald Murphy

Patricia R. Nelson

The Lorna* & Adrian Nemcek Family

The Ning Family

Frank O’Dea O’Dea Hospitality

Val and Ron Ontell

Carol and Vann Parker

The Hong-Patapoutian Family

The Pollock Family

The Quintilone and Cooper Families

Phillip Rand, M.D., dedicated Ob-Gyn, kind and gentle soul, humanitarian

In loving memory of Long “Chris”

Truong*

Dr. Vivian Reznik and Dr. Andrew

Ries

Burton X and Sheli Rosenberg

Marie G. Raftery and Robert A. Rubenstein, M. D.

The Ryde Family Memorial

Foundation at The San Diego Foundation

Shari and Frederick Schenk

Colin Seid and Dr. Nancy Gold

Susan and Michael Shaffer

Brigg and Jayne Sherman

Shinnick Family

Ruey & Marivi Shivers

Stephen M. Silverman

Janet Simkins

Hon. Stephanie Sontag and Hon. David B. Oberholtzer

Jeanette Stevens

Sudberry Properties

Beatriz & Matthew Thome

Jacqueline Thousand and Richard Villa

Glenda Sue Tuttle

Michael and Eunicar Twyman

Susan and Richard Ulevitch

Aysegul Underhill

Patricia and Joe Waldron

Lori and Bill* Walton

The Warner Family

The K. Nikki Waters Trust

Shirli, Damien and Justin Weiss

Mike and Susan Williams

Jeffrey P. Winter and Barbara Cox-Winter

The Witz Family

In loving memory of Ching H. Yang

Howard and Christy Zatkin

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

DOLLY PARTON’S THREADS: MY SONGS IN SYMPHONY

Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor San Diego Symphony Orchestra

CAST

David Hamilton, arranger/orchestrator and piano

Katelyn Drye, vocals

Hollie Hammel, vocals

Julie Williams, vocals

Derek Drye, acoustic guitar, lap steel and vocals

Lindsey Miller, electric guitar

Dean Berner, banjo and mandolin

Gary Lunn, bass guitar

Ross McReynolds, drums

PROGRAM

DOLLY PARTON’S THREADS: MY SONGS IN SYMPHONY

A Dolly Parton/Schirmer Theatrical/Sony Music Publishing Co-Production. All songs written by Dolly Parton, unless otherwise noted. Orchestral Arrangements by David Hamilton

THREADS OVERTURE, arranged by David Hamilton TWO DOORS DOWN MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME BLUE SMOKE THE BRIDGE BETTER GET TO LIVIN’, co-written with Kent Wells JOLENE

IF YOU HADN’T BEEN THERE BACKWOODS BARBIE EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES LIGHT OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING

INTERMISSION

THREADS ENTR’ACTE, arranged by David Hamilton HERE YOU COME AGAIN, written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb COAT OF MANY COLORS TRAVELIN’ THRU BABY I’M BURNIN’ I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

ALL MUSIC UNDER EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FROM SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING TO SCHIRMER THEATRICAL LLC.

CREATIVE TEAM

Dolly Parton, Songwriter & Producer

Betsey Perlmutter, Creative Director & Producer, Schirmer Theatrical

Robert Thompson, Producer, Schirmer Theatrical

Todd Ellis, Producer, Sony Music Publishing

David Hamilton, Orchestrator & Arranger

Adam Grannick, Director of Video and Animation

Alex Kosick, Associate Producer, Schirmer Theatrical

Dustin Knock & Adam Weisman, Technical Supervision, Black Ink Presents

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

DOLLY PARTON

Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered multi-hyphenate of all time and was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her current album “Rockstar” made history by scoring the biggest album debut sales week of her seven-decade career and earning her six #1s on the Billboard charts - Top Rock Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and Independent Albums. The landmark album also claimed the #3 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, her highest position ever. Achieving 27 RIAA-certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 26 songs reach #1 on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist. Parton is the first artist to have topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary, Christian AC Songs, Hot Country Songs, Christian Airplay, Rock Digital Songs, Country Airplay and Dance/Mix Show Airplay radio charts. Parton became the first country artist honored as Grammy MusiCares Person of the Year given out by NARAS. She has 49 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 120 career-charted singles over the past 50+ years. On October 17, 2023, she released her second New York Times Best Seller coffee table book in a trilogy called “Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones.” The first of the series was bestselling coffee table book “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.”

In 2014, the RIAA recognized her impact on recorded music with a plaque commemorating more than 100 million units sold worldwide. She has amassed eleven Grammy Awards and 52 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, 10 Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including a nod for Entertainer of the Year; four People’s Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted as a member of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame.

Dolly has the largest fan base of all measured music artists in the YouGov database at #1 with 198 million. She has the #1 Q Score of all performers, solo and group. Dolly is one of only 25 celebrities in the E-poll database to have an E-score of 100 and has maintained that perfect rating for 8 years. She recently won Best Brand Award, Celebrity, Influencer and Fashion at the 2023 Licensing International Excellence Awards.

To date, Parton has donated over 255 million books to children around the world with her Imagination Library. Her children’s book, Coat of Many Colors, was dedicated to the Library of Congress to honor the Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book donation. In March of 2022, Parton released the book Run Rose Run which she co-authored with James Patterson which sat at # 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List for 5 weeks, a record for this decade. She also released an accompanying album of the same name with original songs inspired by the book which reached #1 on three charts simultaneously --- Country, Americana/Folk and Bluegrass Albums. From her “Coat of Many Colors” while working “9 to 5,” no dream is too big and no mountain too high for the country girl who turned the world into her stage. n

ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ

See bio on page P13.

FRIDAY, JULY 4 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

2025 SUMMER SEASON

4 TH OF JULY: AMERICA

IN SONG

WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Ted Sperling, conductor

Morgan James, vocalist

Bryonha Marie, vocalist

Nicholas Christopher, vocalist

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

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TED SPERLING

Ted Sperling is a multi-faceted artist; director, music director, conductor, orchestrator, singer, pianist, violinist and violist. He is the Artistic Director of MasterVoices and Music Director of the recent Broadway productions of Floyd Collins, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I. He has directed the premiere productions of The Other Josh Cohen, Red Eye of Love, Striking 12 and See What I Wanna See, all off-Broadway.

A Tony Award winner for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza, Mr. Sperling is known for his work across many genres, including opera, oratorio, musical theater, symphony and pops. His video interpretation of Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns can be viewed on the PBS channel, AllArts, where you can also view his concert of Carole King songs. He earned rapturous reviews for his production of Stephen Sondheim’s The Frogs at Lincoln Center, Lady in the Dark with MasterVoices at NY City Center as well as for recent performances of Let ‘Em Eat Cake and Anyone Can Whistle at Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Sperling appeared as Steve Allen in the final episode of Season Two of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and as bandleader Wallace Hartley in the original Broadway musical, Titanic

Artists that Mr. Sperling has directed and conducted include Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Isabel Leonard, Stephanie Blythe, Nathan Gunn, Rufus Wainwright, Glenn Close, Eric Idle, Kevin Kline, Martin Short, Deborah Voigt, Kelli O’Hara, Victoria Clark, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Michael Bublé, Randy Newman, Bryn Terfel, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Anne Hathaway, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeremy Jordan, Santino Fontana, Dove Cameron, Jennifer Holliday, Cheyenne Jackson, Nathan Lane, Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, Sutton Foster, Harvey Feierstein, Zachary Quinto, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Lynch, Patrick Wilson, Donna Murphy, Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera and Liza Minelli.

Maestro Sperling was principal conductor of Westchester Philharmonic for six seasons. Recent conducting appearances include performances with the Chicago

Symphony, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Utah Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, the Boston Pops and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a frequent guest with the San Diego Symphony and is delighted to be back at the beautiful Rady Shell. For more information, please visit tedsperling.net.n

MORGAN JAMES

Morgan James is a classically trained vocalist, Broadway veteran and recording artist.

Morgan recently premiered two new symphonic programs with maestro Ted Sperling: “Clouds in My Coffee: the Trailblazing Music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simon”, and “Kodachrome”, celebrating Paul Simon.

Ms. James is a frequent symphony pops soloist, whose appearances includes San Francisco, Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia, Virginia, Wheeling, Cleveland Pops, Houston, Sun Valley Music Festival, American Pops Orchestra, Spokane, Detroit, Harrisburg, San Diego, Utah, Youngstown, Fort Meyers, Kansas City, Charlotte, Allentown, East Lansing, Atlanta, Colorado (and many more).

On Broadway, Morgan has appeared in five Original Broadway Casts: Motown: The Musical, Godspell, Wonderland, The Addams Family and Kristin Chenoweth’s For The Girls. With viral sensation Postmodern Jukebox and her own channel, her videos on YouTube have garnered 300 million views (and counting).

As a recording artist, Ms. James just released her fifth studio album of original soul music entitled “Nobody’s Fool”, as well as a live album from Antone’s in Austin, Texas. Her music is available on all streaming platforms.

Morgan received her voice training at The Juilliard School. For more information and tour dates, please visit her website: www.morganjamesonline.com.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

BRYONHA MARIE

Bryonha Maire has rapidly established herself as one of the brightest young stars currently on Broadway and in the classical crossover arena. Best known for her tour de force Broadway performance in Prince of Broadway, a career retrospective of the work of Harold Prince, Bryonha has also thrilled Broadway audiences in The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Ragtime, After Midnight (featured and principal cover for Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, KD Lang and Fantasia), and Book of Mormon

Bryonha’s recent concert appearances have included “Clouds in My Coffee” with Maestro Ted Sperling, and symphonic work in San Diego, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Kansas City, and St. Louis. At New York City Center, she starred as Servant in the rarely produced Promenade and also made her Carnegie Hall principal debut as Paquet, starring opposite John Lithgow. Bryonha has had the honor of being double-cast with Audra McDonald as the Beggar Woman in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd for the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (Emmy nominated). In addition, she has also performed in Showboat and Ragtime at Lincoln Center. With the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bryonha was principal soloist in Bernstein’s Mass under the baton of Metropolitan Opera Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, for a performance that was released commercially on Deutsche Grammophon.

In the world of theatre, Bryonha was most recently seen in the 2024 Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Our Town. Prior to Our Town, she starred as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Helen Hayes nomination) and Deloris in Sister Act in the same season! World premiere musicals include Life After (Jeff Award nomination) and DAVE (Helen Hayes Nomination). Other recent NY credits include Regina in A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet (Off Broadway), and numerous concert appearances. She was also seen pre-pandemic touring the country as Dr. Charlotte in Falsettos. Favorite regional houses include Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Signature Theatre, the MUNY, and many more.

On screen, Bryonha Marie has most recently be seen on Hulu’s hit comedy “How to Die Alone,” and “Long Bright River”. Other television credits include CBS’ Madame Secretary; PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center; the 66th and 68th Annual Tony Awards, and NBC’s The Today Show. She can also be seen as the Mayor of Bikini Bottom in

SpongeBob the Musical: LIVE onstage on Nickelodeon. Bryonha is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Follow her on Instagram/Twitter: @BryonhaMarie. n

NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER

Born in Bermuda and raised in Boston, Nicholas Christopher was recently seen in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd as Pirelli and Stand-by for Sweeney. Most notably, he had his star turn as Jelly Roll Morton in the ENCORE’s production of Jellys’ Last Jam. He previously starred as Aaron Burr in Hamilton at the Pantages Theatre. For the past 12 years, he has been a staple of the New York Broadway community performing musicals, plays and Shakespeare. Nick studied at the Juilliard School and The Boston Conservatory, where he cultivated his unique range as both an actor and a singer. His professional debut was starring alongside Lin Manuel Miranda as Benny in In The Heights Puerto Rico. Select theater credits include: Miss Saigon, Motown The Musical, Lazarus (with David Bowie), Shakespeare in the Park, Hurt Village (Katori Hall) and RENT. TV credits include: “All Rise” (CBS), “United States Of Al” (CBS) and “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” (FX). n

This program co-conceived by Noah Waxman and Ted Sperling, Produced by Noah Waxman

SYMPHONY SUMMER PARTNERS

The San Diego Symphony Orchestra expresses sincere gratitude to the following donors for their generous contributions to the Symphony Summer Partners program. Our Summer Partners are a dedicated group of civicminded music-lovers who are committed to enriching our community through providing free music education and community engagement programs.

The following listing reflects pledges and gifts entered as of May 14, 2025.

$50,000

Les J. Silver and Andrea Rothschild-Silver

Brooke and Dan* Koehler

$25,000

Shirley Estes

$15,000

Anonymous

Gisele Bonitz

The Boros Family

Gordon Brodfuehrer

Cohn Restaurant Group/ David Cohn

Anne and Steve Furgal

Georgia Griffiths and Colleen Kendall

Linda and Tom Lang

Lynn and Sue Miller

*Deceased

Pamela and Stephen Quinn

Dr. Vivian Reznik and Dr. Andrew Ries

Cathy Robinson

Chris and Kris Seeger

Gayle and Philip Tauber

Tim and Jean Valentine

K. Nikki Waters

Margarita and Philip Wilkinson

Lisa and Michael Witz

Becoming a Summer Partner of the San Diego Symphony affords you a unique opportunity to enhance your concert-going experience and support the inclusive and diverse programming that The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park has become known for. Your support as a Summer Partner is a commitment to the betterment of San Diego and the cultural excellence of our region.

For more information, or to join, please contact Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Sheri Broedlow at (619) 615-3910 or sbroedlow@sandiegosymphony.org

UPCOMING CONCERTS IN AUGUST AT THE RADY SHELL AT JACOBS PARK

THE BEACH BOYS: THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER TOUR

August 9 | 7:30PM

Special appearance by John Stamos

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award®, The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world.

Please note: This concert will not feature Brian Wilson, Al Jardine or David Marks; the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this program.

BARBIE THE MOVIE: IN CONCERT

August 22 | 7:30PM

Macy Schmidt, conductor

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Dance the night away with Barbie The Movie: In Concert! The record-shattering, full-length feature film will be accompanied by a live orchestra, performing both the score and the beloved pop songs from the iconic soundtrack.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARDPHANTOM ISLAND TOUR 2025

August 11 | 7:30PM

Sarah Hicks, conductor and music director

With Special Guest DJ CRENSHAW

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are joined by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and Sarah Hicks, Conductor & Music Director, in this rare appearance with a full symphony. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are: Stu Mackenzie (vocals/guitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (harmonica/vocals/keyboards), Cook Craig (guitar/vocals), Joey Walker (guitar/vocals), Lucas Harwood (bass) and Michael Cavanagh (drums).

BOYZ II MEN WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

August 24 | 7:30PM

Christopher Dragon, conductor

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Motownphilly’s back again, doing a little west coast swing! Boyz II Men returns with the San Diego Symphony following the Grammy® Award-winning group’s sold-out debut at the venue in 2022.

SEASON 2025-26 CONCERTS

JAZZ, SPECIALS, & POP

MILES DAVIS: PORGY AND BESS WITH GILBERT CASTELLANOS

August 3 | 7:30PM

Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet Josh Nelson, conductor/piano

A landmark jazz album, Porgy & Bess features arrangements by Miles Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin’s 1935 opera of the same name.

Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.

STEVE MILLER BAND

November 4 | 7:30PM

Steve Miller has been a monumental presence on the American music scene for more than half a century –and, in the course of that era, his releases have sold tens of millions of records and been streamed billions of times.

Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.

GIPSY KINGS FEATURING NICOLAS REYES

August 10 | 7:30PM

With special guest Amber Rubarth Gipsy Kings, founded in 1978 in Arles and Montpellier, in southern France, are well known for their mix of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop.

Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.

LEA SALONGA: STAGE, SCREEN & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

November 15 | 7:30PM

Musical theatre royalty and official Disney Legend Lea Salonga is bringing her acclaimed Stage, Screen & Everything In Between tour to North America in 2025 with a stop at San Diego’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park... her only San Diego performance this year!

Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.

SATURDAY, JULY 5 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

2025 SUMMER SEASON

THE MUSIC OF ABBA

WITH RAJATON AND THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Sean O’Loughlin, conductor Rajaton

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

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PROGRAM

TO BE ANNOUNCED ON STAGE

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Syracuse Orchestra and the Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in B.C., Canada. His diverse background includes collaborations with some of the leading symphonies and popular artists of today including Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Journey, Diana Ross, a-ha, Jason Mraz, The Beach Boys, Sarah McLachlan, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Pentatonix, Kelly Clarkson, Gladys Knight, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, the Indigo Girls, The Go-Go’s, Bonnie Raitt, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, Weird Al Yankovic, Melissa Etheridge, King Gizzard and others. His orchestrations for the musical “Rent” in concert were premiered at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra in groundbreaking performances.

As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony and the San Diego Symphony amongst others. He has served as conductor for symphony tours with Diana Ross, Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, The Decemberists and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has appeared on Good Morning America and the PBS Special “Stages” with Josh Groban in addition to NBC’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas.” n

The Finnish word Rajaton translates as “boundless” – a word that so accurately describes the way this six-voice a cappella ensemble approaches music. Regularly performing around a hundred concerts and workshops each year, Rajaton exposes their audiences to the kind of diversity of repertoire, singing style, and stage presentation that has made them a phenomenon on the world stage.

Performing at concert halls, churches, jazz and choral festivals, this distinct group of musicians approaches all styles of music with the same level of commitment and integrity, making it difficult to imagine an audience that they could not inspire, or a type of music they could not make their own. In their native Finland, Rajaton is a bona fide pop phenomenon, successfully bridging the gap that often exists between classical and mainstream convention.

In 2022, Rajaton celebrates 25 years of music-making with one double platinum, three platinum and eight gold records in Finland under their belt. Ever seeking new artistic challenges, the group has grown immeasurably through collaborations with other a cappella artists, including The King’s Singers and The Real Group, as well as productions with film directors and choreographers. But it is perhaps their deep passion for choral art, their generosity of spirit and their sheer enjoyment of singing that has won the hearts and acclaim of audiences and critics everywhere. Their energy – infectious; their ability to entertain and inspire – Rajaton!

The voice is boundless. n

SEAN O’LOUGHLIN

RAJATON

SUNDAY, JULY 6 | 7:30PM

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park 2025 SUMMER SEASON

EARTH, WIND & FIRE PROGRAM

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

Earth, Wind & Fire are a music institution. In 1969, music legend Maurice White birthed the music force named after the elements from his very own astrological charts. With soul as deep as the plant, Earth, Wind & Fire charted a history that will live on forever. They’ve scored eight number one hits and have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. They’ve released 23 albums; eight of those albums went Double Platinum and hit the Top 10, making them one of the best-selling artists of all time. They’ve won an impressive nine GRAMMY® Awards including one for Lifetime Achievement (2012). In 2000, Earth, Wind & Fire was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cementing their lasting impact on popular music and, in 2019, their contributions to arts and culture was acknowledged in Washington DC with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors.

The music of Earth, Wind & Fire is more alive than ever as they continue to inspire new audiences and thrill those who have been with them from the beginning. Like the elements in their name, Earth, Wind & Fire’s music has withstood ever-changing trends in the world and shows no sign of vanishing as they continue to create joy and uplifting music that will forever reach a sacred universal atmosphere. From the funky and infectious “Let’s Groove” to the timeless dance classic “September” to the heartfelt “Reasons,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s catalog of hits has become the soundtrack to many lives; now, then and forever. n

ANNUAL GIVING HONOR ROLL

The Musicians, members of the Board of Directors and the Administrative Staff wish to gratefully acknowledge the growing list of friends who give so generously to support the San Diego Symphony. To make a gift, please call (619) 615-3901. The following listing reflects pledges entered as of May 14, 2025.

San Diego Foundation Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Jewish Community Foundation *Deceased

STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE:

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Raffaella and John* Belanich

City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

Carol and Richard Hertzberg

Joan* and Irwin Jacobs

Dorothea Laub

The Miller Fund

The Conrad Prebys Foundation

Jacqueline and Jean-Luc

Robert Jennie Werner

MAESTRO CIRCLE:

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous (1)

Michele and Jules Arthur

Terry L. Atkinson

Dianne Bashor

Alan Benaroya

Julia Richardson Brown Foundation

John and Janice Cone

Kevin and Jan Curtis

Una Davis and Jack McGrory

Drs. Edward A. and

Martha G. Dennis

Mr. and Mrs.* Brian K. Devine

Daniel J. and Phyllis Epstein

Pam and Hal Fuson

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

Arlene Inch

The Janecek Family Foundation

Karen and Warren Kessler

Brooke and Dan* Koehler

Monica and Robert Oder

Maryanne and Irwin Pfister

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Marilyn James and Richard Phetteplace

Price Philanthropies

Qualcomm Charitable Foundation

Marie G. Raftery and Robert A. Rubenstein, M. D.

Elena Romanowsky

Penny and Louis Rosso

Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston

San Diego Foundation

Jean and Gary Shekhter

Karen and Kit Sickels

Karen Foster Silberman and Jeff Silberman, Silberman Family Fund

Les J. Silver and Andrea Rothschild-Silver

Gayle* and Donald Slate

Dave and Phyllis Snyder

Gloria and Rodney Stone

Jayne and Bill Turpin

Vail Memorial Fund, Meredith Brown, Trustee

Leslie and Joe Waters

Sue and Bill* Weber

Kathryn A. and James E. Whistler

Cole and Judy Willoughby

Mitchell Woodbury

Sarah and Marc Zeitlin

GUEST ARTIST CIRCLE:

$25,000-$49,999

Anonymous (x2)

Eloise and Warren* Batts

David Bialis

The Bjorg Family

Annette and Daniel Bradbury

Dee Anne and Michael Canepa

Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay

Karen and Donald Cohn

Stephanie and Richard Coutts

Ann Davies

Kathleen Seely Davis

Karin and Gary Eastham

Shirley Estes

Lisette and Mick Farrell, Farrell

Family Foundation

Kelly Greenleaf and Michael Magerman

Lawrence and Suzanne Hess

Hervey Family Fund

Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs

Kiwanis Club of San Diego

Helen and Sig Kupka

Carol Ann and George Lattimer

Lisa and Gary Levine

Sandy and Arthur* Levinson

Eileen Mason

Anne and Andy McCammon

Padres Foundation

Deborah Pate and John Forrest

Val and Ron Ontell

Allison and Robert Price

Carol Randolph, Ph. D. and Robert Caplan

Sally and Steve Rogers

Jeanette Stevens

Elizabeth and Joseph* Taft

Sandra Timmons and Richard Sandstrom

University of San Diego

Sheryl and Harvey White

Young Presidents’ Organization

San Diego Gold

The Zygowicz Family

(John*, Judy, and Michelle)

CONCERTMASTER CIRCLE:

$15,000-$24,999

Anonymous

Diane and Norman Blumenthal

Dr. Anthony Boganey

Gisele Bonitz

The Boros Family

Gordon Brodfuehrer

David Cohn

Ana de Vedia

Hon. James Emerson

Anne and Steve Furgal

Joyce Gattas, Ph. D. and Jay Jeffcoat

Jill Gormley and Laurie Lipman

Janet and Wil Gorrie

Georgia Griffiths and Colleen Kendall

Judith Harris* and

Robert Singer, M.D.

Laurie Sefton Henson

Jo Ann Kilty

Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden

Linda and Tom Lang

Carol Lazier and James Merritt

Lynn and Sue Miller

Marshall Littman, M.D.

Rena Minisi and Rich Paul

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

Dave and Jean Perry

Jane and Jon Pollock

Pamela and Stephen Quinn

Dr. Andrew Ries and Dr. Vivian Reznik

Cathy and Lawrence* Robinson

Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation

Chris and Kris Seeger

Stephen M. Silverman

Sylvia Steding and Roger* Thieme

Gayle and Philip Tauber

R.V. Thomas Family Fund

Julie and Stephen Tierney

Tim and Jean Valentine

Isabelle and Mel* Wasserman

Margarita and Philip Wilkinson

Lisa and Michael Witz

VIRTUOSO CIRCLE:

$10,000-$14,999

Anonymous

Guity Balow

Ina Cantor and Sammy Krumholz

Barbara and Salvatore Capizzi

P. Kay Coleman & Janice E. Montle

Nina and Robert* Doede

Karin and Alfred Esser

Leticia Falquier and Craig

Sapin

Norman Forrester and Bill Griffin

Scott and Tracy Frudden

Lynn and Charles Gaylord

Martha and William Gilmer

Hanna and Mark Gleiberman

Lehn and Richard Goetz

Vicki Garcia-Golden and Tim Jeffries

Marcia Green and Laurie

Munday

Kay and Bill Gurtin

Jason and Somi Han

Dwight Hare and Stephanie Bergsma

Jeff And Tina Hauser

Beverley Haynes

Richard A. Heyman and Anne E. Daigle Family Foundation

Nellie High-Iredale

Angela and Cory Homnick

The Hong-Patapoutian Family

Nancy and Stephen Howard

Drs. Theresa and Mark Kotanchek

Jeffrey and Claudia Lee

Bill and Michelle Lerach

Susan and Peter Mallory

Larry McDonald and Clare White-McDonald

Oliver McGonigle

Elizabeth and Edward McIntyre

Morrison & Foerster

Trupti and Pratik Multani

Donald and Clara Murphy

Dana and Stella Pizzuti

Sandy and Greg Rechtsteiner

ResMed Foundation

Carol Rolf and Steven Adler

Harold and Evelyn Schauer

Jayne and Brigg Sherman

Hon. Stephanie Sontag and Hon. David Oberholtzer

DeAnne Steele and Carlo Barbara

Mike Stivers and Alan Dwyer

Ingrid M. Van Moppes

K. Nikki Waters

Shirli Weiss

Edward and Anna Yeung

Joan Zecher

ORCHESTRA CIRCLE: $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (1)

Nicole Acuff

Sherry and Kevin Ahern

Cheryl and Rand Alexander

Bonnie and Krishna Arora

Kevin and Michelle Aufmann

Rena and Behram Baxter

Edgar and Julie Berner

Sophie Bryan and Matthew Lueders

Donna Bullock and Kenneth Bullock

Wendy Burk and Harold Frysh

Joseph Caso

Marilyn Colby

Elaine Darwin

Ann DeFields

The den Uijl Family

Brett Dickinson

Jon and Karen Dien

Karen Dow

Susan Dubé

Julie and Mitchell Dubick

Berit and Tom Durler

Susanna and Michael Flaster

Gertrude B. Fletcher

Karen Forbes

Leonard and Marcia* Fram

Calvin Frantz

Marie and Bob Garson

Carrie and James Greenstein

David and Claire Guggenheim

Ivy Hanson

Beau Haugh

Janet and Clive Holborow

Maryka and George* Hoover

James B. Idell and Deborah C. Streett-Idell

Virginia and Peter Jensen

Sabby Jonathan

Marge Katleman and

Richard Perlman

Carol and Mike Kearney

Angela and Matthew Kilman

Robert* and Laura Kyle

Elizabeth Li

Ann and Joseph Lipschitz

Steve Lyman and Diane McKernan

Signe Bergman and Jerry Marshak

Mark C. Mead

Dr. Laurie Mitchell and Brent

Woods

Lorna* and Adrian Nemcek

Alex and Jenny Ning

Aradhna and Grant Oliphant

Antje Olivie

Ricki Pedersen

Mary Ann and David Petree

Claudia Prescott

Peggy and Peter Preuss

Jennifer and Eugene

Rumsey Jr. M.D.

Sage Foundation

Bonnie and Josef Sedivec

Ruey and Marivi Shivers

Larry and Pamela Stambaugh

Iris and Matthew* Strauss

Charles Tiano

Richard and Susan Ulevitch

Aysegul Underhill

Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D.

Shara Williams and Benjamin Brand

Debi and Robert Young

Carmen Young

Leo* and Emma Zuckerman

SYMPHONY CIRCLE:

$2,500-$4,999

Ellie and David Alpert

Lauren Lee Beaudry

Dr. Thomas Beers

Mark and Ellen Bramson

Ralph Britton

Loyce Bruce

Maria Carrera and Corey Fayman

John Cochran* and Sue Lasbury Household

Mayra Curiel and Carlos Larios

Andrea da Rosa

Trevor and Patricia Daniel

Susan and Steven Davis

Caroline S. DeMar

Don Duda

Doris and Peter Ellsworth

Morey A. Feldman & Jeanne D. Feldman Family Endowment Fund

Judy and Neil Finn

Richard Forsyth and Katherine Leonard

Ms. Linda Fortier

Marilyn Friesen and John Greenbush

Brenda and Dr. Michael Goldbaum

Robert And Carole Greenes

Sharon and Garry Hays

Mert and Joanne Hill

Mr. Clifford Hollander and Mrs. Sharon Flynn Hollander

Sonya and Sergio* Jinich

Leon and Sofia Kassel

Dwight A. Kellogg

Kris J. Kopensky

Stephen Korniczky

Betty and Leonard Kornreich

Brian and Nancy Littlefield

Sylvia and Jaime* Liwerant

Pamela Maher

Glen P. Middleton

Dr. Sandra E. Miner

Takenori Muraoka

Elizabeth Pille

Sandra and David Polster

Pratt Memorial Fund

Arlene Quaccia and Robin Hughes

Jeff and Clare Quinn

Linda J. & Jeffrey M. Shohet

Timothy Snodgrass and Elaine King

Steve and Carmen Steinke

Jacqueline Thousand and Richard Villa

Col. and Mrs. Joseph C.

Timmons

Norton S. and Barbara Walbridge Fund

Thomas P. Ward and Rosemary T. Ward

Carolyn and Eric Witt

Luann and Brian E. Wright

David A. Wood

Gary and Amy Yin

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Ziring

Herb* and Margaret Zoehrer

CONCERTO CIRCLE:

$1,000-$2,499

Anonymous (3)

B.J. Adelson

Dede and Michael Alpert

Janet Anderson and Victor Van Lint

Nicole Anderson

Hector and Jennifer Anguiano

Lyndsey and Allan W. Arendsee

Patricia and Brian Armstrong

Roberta Baade

Mary Barranger

Rusti Bartell

David and Jasna Belanich

Sondra Berk

Ivy and Mark Bernhardson

Mary Ann Beyster

Virginia and Robert Black

Joseph H. Brooks and Douglas Walker

Ercil Brown and Linda Silverman

Rew P. Carne

Maria Carrera and Corey Fayman

Stan Clayton

Colwell Family Fund

Jeanette and Hal Coons

Ann Craig

Bob and Kathy Cueva

Georgia and Emery Cummins

William A. Davidson

Mary G. Dawe

Maria Deacon and Patrick Davis

Anne and Charles Dick

Marguerite Jackson Dill and Carol Archibald

Sandra Dodge

John E. Don Carlos

Gail Donahue

Philip L. Dowd

Jeffrey D. Esko

Max Fenstermacher

Marilyn Field

Kenneth Fitzgerald

Douglas Flaker and Rikk Valdivia

Stan Fleming, Forward

Ventures

Jean Fort

The Samuel I. and John

Henry Fox Foundation

Nicholas R. Frost, MD

Judith Fullerton

Nancy and Mike Garrett

Kenneth F. Gibsen

Memorial Fund

Linda R. Gooden

James and Donna Gordon

Laurie M. Gore

Sally and Dave Hackel

Fred Hafer and Noel HaskinsHafer Household

Stephanie and John Hanson

Thomas Hawkins

Michelle Hebert

Joan and Richard Heller

Ann Hesselink and Paul Naour

Sarah Hillier and Paul Strand

Barbara and Paul Hirshman

Peggy and John* Holl

Lulu Hsu

Borden E. Hughes

Jeanne Curtis Hurwitz

Arthur Johnson

Dr. Henry J. Judd

Dr. James Justeson

Dr. Enoch Kariuki

Maurice Kawashima

Cynthia King

Tandy and Gary Kippur –JCF of Southern AZ

Martha and Jerry* Krasne

Anona Kuehne

Rhea and Armin Kuhlman

Gautam and Anjali Lalani

Colleen and Jeffrey Lambert

Philip Larsen

Dr. Mary Lawlor

Eliza Lee

Greg Lemke

Pat and Steve Lending

Gayle M. Lennard

Ronald and Betty Livingston

Kiyoe MacDonald

Catherine Mackey

Daniel and Chris Mahai

Sally and Luis Maizel

Amy and John Malone

Eugene Malone

Suzanne S. Manley

Arnulfo Manriquez

Madonna Christine Maxwell and Jeffrey Omens

Julie and James Merkel

David McCall and Bill Cross

Janet McClure

The McKay Family

Susan and Douglas McLeod

Menard Family Foundation

Richard Michaels

Martha and Chuck Moffett

Bibhu P. Mohanty

Dr. Thomas Moore

David Morris

Drs. Elaine and Douglas

Muchmoore

Tom and Anne Nagel

Shelley Neiman

Patricia R. Nelson

Don Nicholas

Dr. Jon Nowak

Cynthia Obadia

Frank O’Dea

Larry and Linda Okmin

Household

Thomas O’Neill and Mary Ann Kennedy

Barry Parker

Sally and Phillip Patton

James Pea and

Sandra Petersen

Cathleen C. Pilkington

Dean and Sharon Popp

The Porter Family

Jim Price and Joan Sieber

Carol Prior

Drs. Radmilla and Igor Prislin

Matthew and Sue Quinn

Barbara Rabiner

Janet and Bill Raschke

Keith Record

Dr. Marilyn Friesen and Dr. Michael Rensink

Darci Roger-Tracy

Rose Marie and Allan Royster

Gloria and Dean Saiki

San Diego Downtown

Breakfast Rotary

Susan and Edward

Sanderson Household

Dina Feldman-Scarr and Marshal Scarr

Thomas Schwartz

Judith and Robert Sharp

Lari Sheehan

Professor Susan Shirk

Anne and Ronald Simon

Sandra Smelik and Larry Manzer

Drs. Eleanor J. Smith and John D. Malone

Darryl and Rita Solberg

Suzy Soo

Valerie Stallings

Kathryn Starr

James Storelli

Emily Renee Stroebel

Diane Strong

John E. Sturla II

Melissa Swanson

Swinton Family Fund

Elliot Tarson

Thomas Templeton and Mary Erlenborn

William Tong

Fred and Erika Torri

Jennifer and Stephen Toth

Janis Vanderford

Kathleen and Louis Victorino

Carol and Thomas Warschauer

Dr. Jeffrey and

Barbara Wasserstrom

Margaret Weigand

Irene, David* and Diana Weinrieb

Ruth Wikberg-Leonardi and Ron Leonardi

Joseph and Mary Witztum

Karen and Rod Wood

Olga and Oscar Worm

Barbara A. Yost

Britt Zeller

Charles Ralph Zellerback

SONATA CIRCLE: $500-$999

Anonymous (6)

June and Daniel Allen

Dr. Robin Allgren

Philip Anderson

Arleene Antin and Leonard Ozerkis

Nancy and James Balderrama

Elaine Baldwin and Carl Nelson

Joe Baressi Jr.

Lori Baxter

Elena Bernardi

Dr. Leonard and

Beverly Bernstein

Terri Bignell

Jerry and Karen Blakely

Sondra Boddy & Robert

C. Smith

Marcus and Kimberley Boehm

Stephen and Priscilla Bothwell

Mary Catherine Bowell

Donna Gray-Bowersox and James Bowersox

Gloria and Sed Brown

Terri Bryson

Alyssa Brzenski

Jolie and Glenn Buberl

Ed Budzyna and Zack Zaccaria

Anita Busquets

Robert and Carolyn Caietti

Judith Call

Margaret Carrol

Patricia and Michael Casey

Gloria and Maurice Caskey

Juliana Caso

Tanya and Sutton Chen

Caroline Chen and George Boomer

Raymond Chinn

Kathleen and Stehen Clark

Mary Ellen Clark

Geoff and Shem Clow

Dan Collins and Nancy Shimamoto Household

Dale Connelly

Joe Costa

Gayle Coztanzo

Dr. Peter Czipott and Marisa SorBello

Dr. Dalia Daujotyte

Erle Frederick Davis

Morgan Day and Amy Larson

Julie and Don De Ment

Debra Deverill

Dr. Greg Dixon

Douglas P. Doucette

Dr. Robert Drake

Pamela Dunlap

Dr. Zofia Dziewanowska

Jim Eastman

Jeffrey Edwards

Drs. Eric and Barbara Emont

Robyn Erlenbush

Arlene Esgate

Joel Ewan and Carol Spielman-Ewan

Dr. Thomas Fay and Fabiola Lopez

Hank Finesilver

Linda Lyons Firestein

Louise Firme

Darlene and Robert Fleischman

John Foltz

Nynke Fortuin

Michelle Fox

Dr. Laura Gomez-Freeman and William Freeman

Judith and William Friedel

Catherine Friedman

S. Downey Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Roy Gilmour

Vivian and Richard Giudice

Diane Glow

Kathleen and John Golden

Ser Andre Gonzalez

Robert Griffin

Stephanie and H. Griswold

George Guerra

Dean Haas

Georgette Hale

Gerald Hansen and Marilyn Southcott

Helen Hansen

Lydia Harris

The Herr Family

Christine Hickman and Dennis

Richard Himmelspach

Harold Hoch

Anne S. Holder-Erdman

Sandra Hoover

Thomas Houlihan

Ralph Hull

Nancy Hylbert

Stefan Hyman

Robert Jentner

Dimitri and Elaine Jeon

Benjamin Johnson

Bruce A. Johnson

R. Douglas and Jeanette Johnson

Thesa Lorna

Jolly

Julia Katz

Wilfred Kearse and Lynne Champagne

John and Sue Kim

Michael and Patricia Klowden

Toby Kramer

Paul Krueger

Bernard Kulchin and Paula Taylor

Mary Kyriopoulos

Laura Laslo

Elizabeth Leech

Drs. Kathleen and William

Lennard

Claudia Levin

Jean Lim and Richard Levine

Ronald and

Elizabeth Livingstone

David Louie

Claudia Lowenstein

Scott Luttgen

Anne Macek

Kyong Macek

Vonnie Madigan

Annie Cruz Magill

Richard Manion

Beverly and Harold Martyn

James R. Mathes

Mac McKay

Jeanne and Roger McNitt

Imozelle and Jim McVeigh

Ellen and Hal Meier

Maggie and Paul Meyer

Dr. Grant Miller

Anne and John Minteer

Patricia Moises

Judith Morgan

Ann Morrison

Phillip Musser

Jan and Mark Newmark

Sherryl A. Nicholas

Don Nicholas

Barbara and Donald

Dean Niemann

James and Jean O’Grady

Abraham Ordover

Brent Orlesky and Ronald T. Oliver

Dr. Robert Padovani

Marilyn Palermo

Julie Park

Kellogg Parsons

Paula and John Peeling

James and Gale Petrie

Edward Phela

Laura Pierce

Robert Plimpton II

Sheila and Ken Poggenburg

Terri Pontzious

Joseph and Sara Reisman

Cindy and Daniel Reynolds

Patrick Ritto

Steve and Cheryl Rockwood

Richard Rojeck

Alice Rosenblatt

Ronnie and Stuart

Rosenwasser

Norman and Barbara Rozansky

San Diego Downtown

Breakfast Rotary

Joel Schaller

David and Martha Schwartz

Dr. Sharron Seal and Larry Seal

Lu and Georgina Sham

Richard Shaughnessy

Dr. Bruce Shirer

Martha Shively

Hano and Charlotte Siegel

David Skinner

Linda Small

Holland M. Smith II

Marilyn and Brian Smith

James and Phyllis Speer

Gregory Stanton

Judy S. Stern

Valerie Stewart

Helga and Sam Strong

Derek Stults

Nancy and Michael Sturdivan

Melissa Swanson

Kay and Cliff Sweet

William Tappen

Paul and Mary Anne Trause

Orlando S. Uribe

Paul Van Deusen

Allen Voigt

VOSA Student Symphony

Ticket Fund

John Walsh

Karen Walter

Rex and Kathy Warburton

Alexandra and

Stephen Waterman

J. Susan Watson

Cynthia Weiler and E. Blake Moore

Evette and Nathan Weiss

Mike and Janet Westling

Charles and Annis White

Vernon White

Mindy Wilcox

Mary Michele Wilmer

Peter and Terry Yang

Naima and Mike Yelda

Tanya Young and

Michael McManus

Maria and Randy Zack

Sandra and Peter Zarcades

Bart Ziegler

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In memory of Warren Batts

Gary and Mary Coughlan

Don Duda

Earl Frederick

Nancy and Philip Hablutzel

Helen and Edward Hintz

Lisa and Gerald Lanz

Linda Newman

Thomas O’Neill and Mary Ann Kennedy

Barry Parker

Marti and Leo Parrish

Diane Root

Shelton Family Fund

Sharon Sweet

Amy and Anthony Volpe

Barbara and Lawrence Wilson

In memory of John Cochran

Sue Lasbury

In memory of Jim Dawe

Mary Dawe

In memory of my husband

Roland DeFields

Ann DeFields

In memory of Bob Doede: In support of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Marianne Augustine

Marilynn and Roger Boesky

Drs. Edward A. and Martha G. Dennis

Karen Dow

Mary and Jon Epsten

Susan and Michael Gursky

Kenneth Jensen

Ms. Catherine Mackey

The McKay Family

Cynthia Weiler and E.

Blake Moore

Elspeth and James Myer

Iris and Matthew* Strauss

In memory of Matthew Garbutt

Shirley Estes

In memory of Michael Gay

Bob and Marie Garson

Karen Wahler

In memory of James Jessop Hervey

Linda Hervey

In memory of Joan Jacobs

Alan Benaroya

Stuart and Barbara Brody

Sheri Broedlow and Kyle

Van Dyke

Dr. Peter Czipott and Marisa SorBello

Susan and Steven Davis

Roy Devries

Nina and Robert* Doede

Stan Flemming, Forward Ventures

Pamela Hartwell

Jewish Community Foundation

Eliza Lee

Douglas and Susan McLeod

Karen and Jeffrey Silberman

Family Fund

Frank O’Dea

Andrea Oster

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Anne Porter

Claudia Prescott

Allison and Robert Price

Alicia Rockmore

Lea Schmidt-Rogers and Larry Rogers

Allen and Helene Ziman

In memory of my dear mother, Liz Jackson

Jennie Werner

In memory of Sergio Jinich

Sonya Jinich

In memory of Ruby and Vernon Langlinais

Anonymous

In memory of Gilbert and Miriam Lapid

Sharon Lapid

In memory of Gladys McCrann

Margaret Carroll

In memory of Jane Micheri

Dario Micheri

In memory of Aunt Ree Rice

Cecile and Robert Holmes

Ragen

Sheryl Rowling

Lois Richmond

(of blessed memory)

Jewish Community Foundation

In memory of Ursula Stroebel

Emily Renee Strobel

In memory of Kenrick G. Wirtz

Tracy Ferguson and Gloria Shepard

In Memory of Bill Zoeller

Brigitte Zoeller

HONORARIA GIFTS

In recognition of Steve Bjorg’s inspiration

Russ and Diena Mann

In honor of the retirement of Marcia Bookstein

Eileen Wingard

In honor of Jan and Kevin Curtis

Claudia Levin

In honor of Mick Farrell

Debra Feinberg

In honor of Elaine Galinson’s birthday Anonymous

In honor of Martha Gilmer

Bart Ziegler

In honor of the retirement of Doug Hall

Eileen Wingard

In honor of JCF Fund Holders who are passionate about the work of the San Diego Symphony Jewish Community Foundation Fund Holders

In honor of Warren O. Kessler, MD

Gayle M. Lennard

In honor of Rabbi Matthew Marko in care of Tifereth Israel Synagogue

Laurie M. Gore

In honor Maureen Campbell Melville

Wendy Reuben

In honor of Dr. Dianne Moores

Ralph Hull

In honor of Dr. Richard Perlman and Marge Katleman

Sandra and Mark James

Honoring the dedication to the Symphony of my dear friends Linda Platt, Sherron Schuster and Gloria Stone

Andrea Oster

In honor of Linda Shohet’s birthday

Linda and Scott Cole

In honor of Jeff and Marlyse Thayer

Terri Bryson

In honor of Leslie and Joseph D. Waters

Judith Call

Photo by Sam Zauscher

BUILDING A SOUND TOMORROW

JACOBS MUSIC CENTER RENOVATION & ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

The San Diego Symphony acknowledges the following donors who have made a gift of $10,000 or more toward the BUILDING A SOUND TOMORROW campaign, which supports the renovation of Jacobs Music Center and the San Diego Symphony Foundation’s endowment fund. With profound gratitude, we celebrate these generous supporters who have made a commitment to the future of music in our community.

To make a gift, please call (619)237-1969 or email campaign@sandiegosymphony.org.

The following listing reflects pledges or gifts entered as of May 14, 2025.

*Deceased

$3,000,000 AND ABOVE

Joan* and Irwin Jacobs

Pamela Hamilton Lester

In memory of James A Lester

The Miller Fund

Price Philanthropies Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999

Anonymous

Michele and Jules Arthur

The Bjorg Family

Julia R. Brown

Karin and Gary Eastham

Arlene Inch

Debby and Hal Jacobs

Karen and Warren Kessler

Jerry and Terri Kohl

Sandy and Arthur* Levinson

Imozelle and Jim McVeigh

Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation

Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston

Donald and Gayle* Slate

Colonel (Ret.) Joseph and

Mrs Joyce Timmons

Kathryn A. and James E. Whistler

$25,000 - $49,999

Kathleen S. and Stephen J.* Davis

Una Davis Family

Janet and Wil Gorrie

The Hong-Patapoutian Family

Carol and George Lattimer

Amy and John Malone

David Marchesani

In loving memory of Alex and Judy McDonald

In memory of Lorna Nemcek

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Ingrid M. Van Moppes

In honor of Willard Howard Kline

Karen Wahler

In memory of Michael Gay*

Waldron Family Trust

$1,000,000 to $2,999,999

Willis J. Larkin

Dorothea Laub

Marie G. Raftery and Robert A. Rubenstein, MD

Lou and Penny Rosso and the Rosso Family

Pauline* & Stan* Foster and Karen

Foster Silberman & Jeff Silberman

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

Through the Glickman Fund of the S.D. Jewish Community Foundation

Haeyoung Kong Tang

Katherine “Kaylan” Thornhill Artistic Initiatives Fund

Timmstrom Family

$100,000 - $249,999

Anonymous

Eloise and Warren* Batts

David Bialis

Drs. Edward A. and Martha G. Dennis

The Fuson Family

Tom and Carolina Gildred

Annie and Jeffrey Jacobs

The Littman Jonkman Community Engagement and Education Fund

Carol and Mike Kearney

Susan and Peter Mallory

In honor of Martha Gilmer

Robert, Monica, and Celeste Oder

Debby Parrish and Lori Moore

Chris and Kris Seeger

Dr. Seuss Foundation

In honor of Ted and Audrey Geisel

Dave and Phyllis Snyder

Sue and Bill* Weber

Jo and Howard* Weiner

$10,000 - $24,999

Ben Brand and Shara Williams

James and Lynn Caughey

Charles and Charyle Chiles

Susan and Peter Crotty

Peter Czipott and Marisa SorBello

Monica Fimbres

Gertrude B. Fletcher

Jason and Somi Han

In memory of Lillian Hauser

Wolfgang* and Erika Horn

The Rev. Michael Kaehr

Sharon Lapid in honor of Gilbert & Miriam Lapid

Karen Zurawski Leland

Sylvia and Jaime* Liwerant

Joan Lewan Trust

Jack McGrory

Joani Nelson

Deborah Pate and John Forrest

Joan Salb Trust

Diane and Bill Stumph

Linda Thomas

In honor of John Zygowicz

$500,000 - $999,999

Anonymous The James Silberrad

Brown Foundation

Dr. Paul and Geneviève Jacobs

Mitchell R. Woodbury

$50,000 - $99,999

Lisa and Ben Arnold

Carol Rolf and Steven Adler

Trupti and Pratik Multani

Richard A. Samuelson

Building a Sound Tomorrow

Jacobs Music Center Renovation and Endowment Campaign

Under the leadership of Music Director Rafael Payare and Chief Executive Officer Martha Gilmer, the San Diego Symphony has completed a historic renovation of its indoor home. The renovation of The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center complements The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park and provides San Diego with two extraordinary venues designed to celebrate music and community. Likewise, in the same way that these venues promise an ever-brighter future, the San Diego Symphony Foundation’s endowment provides long-term financial stability for the organization, ensuring that the power of live music continues to inspire and uplift our community for generations to come.

PLAY A PART IN BUILDING THE SYMPHONY’S FUTURE

The San Diego Symphony Foundation manages our Endowment, the cornerstone of our long-term stability and artistic excellence. By contributing to the Endowment, donors play a crucial role in sustaining our orchestra’s ability to present world-class performances, expand our educational outreach, and foster innovation in the arts. We invite you to join us in this enduring legacy by supporting the Endowment, securing the future of music in San Diego, and leaving an indelible mark on our cultural landscape.

NAME A SEAT!

The beauty of the newly renovated Jacobs Music Center will be most enjoyed from the reconfigured seating in the hall. We ask you to join this historic campaign by investing in the San Diego Symphony and NAMING A SEAT. The named seats serve as a celebration of all individuals who helped make the renovation possible. With a gift of $10,000, you can name a seat on the Orchestra level, or with a gift of $25,000, you can name a seat in the Grand Tier. Your contribution can be pledged and paid over a period of one to five years.

A gift toward the renovated Jacobs Music Center supports the orchestra, elevates the audience experience, and impacts the growing vitality of downtown San Diego. To learn more, send an email to: campaign@sandiegosymphony.org

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CORPORATE HONOR ROLL

THESE PARTNERS CURRENTLY MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SPONSORSHIP:

$200,000+

$100,000+

$50,000+

$25,000+

$15,000+

$10,000+

SAN DIEGO BAYFRONT

THE LEGACY SOCIETY

The Legacy Society honors the following individuals who have made cash pledges or future commitments from their estates to the San Diego Symphony Foundation and/or the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association to ensure the success of the orchestra for generations to come. The following listing includes commitments as of May 14, 2025

*Deceased

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE

Sophie & Arthur Brody Foundation*

Nicole A. and Benjamin G. Clay

Daniel J. and Phyllis Epstein

John Forrest and Deborah Pate

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

Norman Forrester and Bill Griffin

Pauline Foster*

Pamela Hamilton Lester

In Memory of Jim Lester

Joan* and Irwin Jacobs

Karen and Warren Kessler

Willis J. Larkin*

Beatrice P. and Charles W. Lynds*

Jack McGrory

The Miller Fund

Marilyn James and Richard Phetteplace

Penny and Louis Rosso

Marie G. Raftery and Robert A. Rubenstein, M. D.

Lyn Small and Miguel Ikeda

Katherine “Kaylan” Thornhill

Sue and Bill* Weber

Mitchell R. Woodbury

UNDISCLOSED OR UNDER $100,000

Anonymous (3)

Leonard Abrahms*

Carol Rolf and Steven Adler

Pat Baker and Laurence Norquist*

William Beamish

Stephen and Michele* Beck-von-Peccoz

Alan Benaroya

Lt. Margaret L Boyce USN*

Dennis and Lisa Bradley

Gordon Brodfuehrer

Joseph H. Brooks and Douglas Walker

Donna Bullock

Melanie and Russ Chapman

Clancy-Jordan Family

Catherine Cleary

Warrine and Ted Cranston*

Elisabeth and Robert* Crouch

Anna Curren

Peter V. Czipott and Marisa SorBello

Caroline S. DeMar

Ms. Peggy Ann Dillon*

Alice Dyer Trust*

Arthur S. Ecker*

Jeanne and Morey Feldman*

David Finkelstein*

Teresa and Merle Fischlowitz*

Margaret A. Flickinger

Judith and Dr. William Friedel

Carol J. Gable*

Edward B. Gill

Madeline and Milton Goldberg*

Helene Grant*

Dorothy and Waldo Greiner*

David and Claire Guggenheim

Judith Harris* and Robert Singer, M.D.

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous

Alfred F. Antonicelli*

Rosanne B. and W. Gregory Berton

Julia R. Brown

Margaret and David* Brown

Roberta and Malin Burnham

The Carton Charitable Trust*

Joan R. Cooper*

Bob and Kathy Cueva

Elizabeth and Newell A. Eddy*

Esther and Bud* Fischer

Pam and Hal Fuson

Joyce A. Glazer

Nancy and Fred Gloyna

Muriel Gluck*

Judith C. Harris* and Robert Singer, M. D.

Susan and Paul Hering

Barbara M. Katz

Evelyn and William Lamden

Inge Lehman*

Sandy and Arthur* Levinson

Lulu Hsu

Marjory Kaplan

Patricia A. Keller*

Anne* and Takashi Kiyoizumi

Carol Lazier and James Merritt

Joan Lewan*

Jaime z’’l* and Sylvia Liwerant

Gladys Madoff*

John and Amy Malone

Richard Manion

James Marshall, Ph.D.

Patricia and Peter Matthews

Antoinette Chaix McCabe*

Sandra Miner

Judith A. Moore

Ermen and Fred Moradi*

Mona and Sam Morebello

Helen and Joseph R. Nelson*

Joani Nelson

Mariellen Oliver*

Elizabeth and Dene Oliver

Val and Ron Ontell

Steven Penhall

Margaret F. Peninger*

Pauline Peternella*

Robert Plimpton

Elizabeth Poltere

Sheila Potiker*

Jim Price and Joan Sieber

Carol Randolph, PH.D. and Robert Caplan

Sarah Marsh-Rebelo and John Rebelo

Lois Richmond (of blessed memory)*

Debra Thomas Richter and Mark Richter

Dr. Arno Safier*

Pamela Mallory

Elizabeth R. Mayer*

Vance M. McBurney*

Imozelle and Jim McVeigh

Michael Napoli

Shona Pierce*

Linda and Shearn* Platt

Anne Ratner*

Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston

Ken Schwartz*

Kris and Chris Seeger

Karen and Kit Sickels

Gayle* and Donald Slate

Sheila Sloan*

Dave and Phyllis Snyder

Pat Stein*

James L.* and June A. Swartz

Elizabeth and Joseph* Taft

Colonel (Ret.) Joseph and Mrs. Joyce Timmons

Leslie and Joe Waters

Joan and Jack Salb*

Richard A. Samuelson*

Craig Schloss

Todd Schultz

Melynnique and Edward* Seabrook

Pat Shank

Kathleen and Lewis* Shuster

Drs. Bella and Alexander* Silverman

Stephen M. Silverman

Richard Sipan*

Nora Jean Smith

Linda and Bob Snider

Valerie Stallings

Richard Stern*

Marjorie A. Stettbacher

Susan B. Stillings*

Joyce and Ted Strauss*

Gene Summ

Sheryl Sutton

Victor van Lint

Harriet and Maneck* Wadia

Pauline and Ralph Wagner*

Betty and Phillip Ward PIF Fund*

K. Nikki Waters

Mike & Janet Westling

James R. Williams and Nancy S. Williams*

Martha Jean Winslow*

Marga Winston*

Edward Witt

Carolyn and Eric Witt

David A. Wood

Zarbock 1990 Trust*

LeAnna S. Zevely

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Ziring

If you are interested in more information about joining The Legacy Society, please contact Vice President of Institutional Advancement Sheri Broedlow at (619) 615-3910 or sbroedlow@sandiegosymphony.org.

SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE

Martha A. Gilmer

President and Chief Executive Officer

Elizabeth Larsen Director, Executive Office and Board Relations

Maritza Aragón

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

ARTISTIC

Lea Slusher

Vice President, Artistic Planning and Rentals

Alison Bolton Managing Director, Artistic Planning

Theodora Bellinger Director of Artistic Operations

Liam McBane

Artistic Coordinator and Assistant to the Music Director

Maggie de Lorimier Artistic Department Consultant

Jeffrey Jordan Director of Rentals

Seasonal Artistic Assistants: Kristen Garabedian, Michael Hull, Melyssa Mason, Abigail Meehan, Jennifer Paz, Sade Rains, Evelyn Zuniga

Angela Chilcott Managing Director, Orchestra Operations

Diego Plata Orchestra Operations Manager

Courtney Cohen Principal Librarian

Rachel Fields Librarian

Gerard McBurney Creative Consultant

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Maureen Campbell Melville Chief Financial Officer

Ashley Madigan Controller

Jeanette Bunch Assistant Controller

Whitney Hall Revenue Accountant

Veridiana Reeder Staff Accountant

Aaron Estevez Accounts Payable Specialist

Kimberly Vargas Director of Human Resources

Susan Cochran Payroll and Benefits Manager

Amanda Gminski Human Resources Generalist

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Craig Hall

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Elizabeth Holub Director of Marketing

J.D. Smith

Director of Marketing and Sales Technology

John Velasco

Communications Manager

Ashley Smith, Brie Witko

Graphic & Production Designers

Maria Kusior

Digital Media Specialist

Savanna Hunter-Reeves

Marketing Specialist

Noëlle Borrelli-Boudreau

Marketing Coordinator

Sabina Spilkin

Digital Systems Analyst

Beverly Feinberg

Downtown Sales Ambassador

TICKETING AND PATRON SERVICES

Casey Patterson Director of Ticketing Services, Partnerships and Premium Seating

Kym Pappas

Manager of Ticketing and Subscriptions

Anastasia Franco Manager of Ticket Operations and Training

Cheri LaZarus

Ticket Service Associate - Lead Subscriptions

Ticket Services Associates: Kailey Agpaoa, Clelia Cabezas, Benjamin Cintron, Angel Cruz, Katherine Ely, Levan Korganashvili, Ben McLaren, Nayeli Valencia

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Sheri Broedlow

Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Jennifer Nicolai Director of Advancement, Campaign and Major Gifts

Ida Sandico-Whitaker Director, Donor Programs and Special Events

Bob Morris

Major Gifts Officer

Theresa Jones

Major Gifts Officer, Corporate Relations

Maya Steinberg

Institutional Advancement Gift Officer

Sydne Sullivan

Associate Director of Advancement Operations

Sydney Wilkins Annual Fund Manager

Kirby Lynn Tankersley Special Events Manager

Eden Llodrá

Donor Services and Stewardship Manager

Citli Mejia Advancement Operations Manager and Assistant

LEARNING & COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT

Laura Reynolds

Vice President of Impact and Innovation

Stephen Salts

Director of Learning and Youth Programs

Lauren Rausch

Social Impact & Leadership Programs Manager

Maria Jaramillo

Impact and Innovation Assistant

VENUE OPERATIONS

Travis Wininger

Vice President of Venue Operations

Rob Arnold

Managing Director, Venue Operations

Paige Satter

Director of Operations Administration

Diane Littlejohn Venue Operations Manager

Devin Burns Event Operations Manager

Roberto Castro Director of Guest Experience

Drew Gomes Director, Event Operations and Security

Danielle Litrenta Manager, Guest Experience

Front of House Managers: Ken Cooke, Christine Harmon, Kay Roesler, Karen Tomlinson

Front of House Staff: Corinne Bagnol, Judy Bentovim, Sue Carberry, Julio Cedillo, Kerry Freshman, Kimberly Garza, Sharon Karniss, Laurel Nielsen, Paula Rivera, Linda Thornhill, Marilyn Weiss

Event Operations Leads: Mateo Alvarez, Luke Ban, Gabriel Carlo De Guzman, Garrett Lockwood, Slaine Miller, Tom Rufino

Event Operations Staff: Joshua Albertson, Kayla Aponte, Tyler Bao Buu, Sydney Berman, Jason Boucher, Lily Castillo, Jafet Chavez, Kinsey Claudino, Brandon Croft, Stephen De La Cruz, Jessica Dau,Jesus Delgado, Kerragan Dellinger, Nicholas Denegri, Ryan Fargo, Miles Gensler, Jacey Greene, Chelsea Hall, Mark Herrera, Brook Hill, Sophia Hirasuna, Jocelyn Jenkins, Ben Kelly, Matt Keolanui, Sofia Kocherga, Summer Lenhart, Jack Mackniak, Edward Manzo, Harry McCue, Shannon McElhaney, Logan McKerring, Abraham Montoya, Cyrille Morales, Valerie Navarrete, Taryn O’Halloran, Brennan Owen, Gabriela Perez, Chance Pettit, Riane Rosanes, James Renk, Dylan Renk, Mario Ruiz, Adam Schaffner, Mia Sevilla, Andrew Shia, Nicholas Stroh, Elias Valdvia, Angelina Walsh, Connor Wilson, Gavin Wilkinson, Yadira Zuniga

Facilities Staff:

Dan Weaver

Facilities Manager

Robert Saucedo

Senior Technician

Peter Perez

Lead Facilities Technician

Arturo Ardilla, David Pierce

Facilities Technicians

IT Staff:

Sean Kennedy

Director of Information Technology

Jovan Robles

IT Operations Manager

Shane Cutchall, German Luna

IT Specialists

Production Staff:

Ed Estrada

Director of Production

Pete Seaney

Director of Stage Operations, Presentations and Rentals

Connor Schloop

Director of Stage Operations, Orchestra

SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ADMINISTRATION

Santiago Venegas II

Technical Director

Joel Watts

Audio Director

William Zauscher

Video Director

Stage Personnel:

Shafeeq Sabir

Property Department Head, Jacobs Music Center

Jason Chaney

Audio Department Head, Jacobs Music Center

Michael Moglia

Carpentry Department Head, Jacobs Music Center

Bridget Zeiger

Electrics Department Head, Jacobs Music Center

Riley Strothers

Video Department Head, Jacobs Music Center

Adam Day

Carpentry Department Head, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

RJ Givens

Audio Department Head, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Hunter Stockwell

Video Department Head, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Zach Schwartz

Electrics Department Head, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

OUR MISSION: CHANGING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC

The San Diego Symphony, through unquestionable commitment to the highest levels of artistic achievement, seeks to elevate human potential by providing a shared sense of pride and belonging to something bigger than any of us can achieve alone. We offer audiences the wonder of live music and transformative learning experiences that develop an understanding and passion for the arts. To ensure we are an enduring force in the region we commit to fiscal responsibility. We serve and shape the culture of the region, by being for all and with all, the musical heart of San Diego.

Strive: Always the Best

Learn: Creative, Expressive, Curious

Reach: Music for Everyone

Ignite: Spark Passion

Photo by Pink Media

Jonnel Domilos Piano Technician

Summertime Dining & Imbibing

From an Argentine Steakhouse in Little Italy to Cocktails in North Park by SARAH DAOUST

THE BEAU HOTEL in the Gaslamp Quarter debuts its onsite restaurant and bar, The Bar at The Beau Offering a full-day menu crafted by executive chef Robin James, the new outpost serves breakfast, midday bites, happy hour and dinner. The menu for the latter

spotlights American comfort food dishes like duck potpie, whole roasted branzino and braised pork shank; while the cocktail list comprises nostalgic libations such as the 1886 Old Fashioned and the Beau Bloom (a subtle gin sour). 927 Sixth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter,

619.310.5896, thebeauhotel.com/bar

Little Italy welcomes an Argentinian-inspired steakhouse, Piedra Santa, by restaurateur Alberto Morreale. With an ample outdoor patio and a warm, elegant ambiance, the restaurant centers on Argentine asado, serving dry-

The beet salad at The Marine Room

aged steaks grilled to perfection over an open flame, craft cocktails and Argentine wines. The menu includes savory starters like empanadas and beef carpaccio; a raw bar with Scallops Tiradito, tuna tartare, oysters and more; and mains ranging from Kurobuta pork chops to lobster ravioli. But steak is the star here; try the bone-in ribeye with house-made chimichurri. 555 W. Ash St., Little Italy, 619.310.6207, piedrasantasd.com

Located at the Pacific Center life sciences campus, Treehouse is Sorrento Valley’s new 9,300-square-foot dining collective and gather-

ing hub. With plenty of natural light and indoor and outdoor seating, the fast-casual eatery offers ahi tuna burgers, salads, bowls and more; plus a grab-and-go area for quick snacks. It also houses

The Can Do coffee bar, which uses Cafe Motosourced beans; and also serves teas, house-made lemonade, pastries, and breakfast items such as the hearty Brioche Egg Sando and avocado toast. 9945 Pacific Heights Blvd., Suite 200, Sorrento Mesa, treehousesm.com

Touting “sourdough pies and radical vibes,” Odie’s Pizza Co. has opened just two blocks from the Oceanside Pier.

With local beers on tap and skateboards dotting the wall, the casual-cool pizza parlor (named after founder Odie O’Connor, a North County local) offers New York and Sicilian-style pies made with specialty dough that goes through a 48-hour fermentation process—yielding a crispier crust (that’s easier to digest). Choose from 10 signature pies; plus wings, salads and house-made ice cream sandwiches. 121 N. Cleveland St., Oceanside, 760.579.2382, odiespizza.com

The team behind Madison on Park and Madi debuts Sonny’s Pizza & Fine Food, a

1980s Brooklyn-inspired pizza joint housed in a century-old building that was formerly an auto shop. An epoch neon sign invites you into a warm nostalgic space, featuring wooden booths; framed photos of stars from John Travolta to Tony Bennett; a gleaming bar below a vaulted wood-paneled ceiling; and a familyfriendly patio. On the menu: Brooklyn-style pies cooked in a custom pizza oven imported from Italy, pastas, and amaroforward cocktails. 1728 Madison Ave., University Heights, 619.432.1838, letsgetsonnys.com

In celebration of its new full liquor license, Finca restaurant and bottle shop in North Park has debuted a brand-new cocktail program and menu— crafted by bar manager Matt Gisler. Sip on new

FROM LEFT: RON CADIZ; KIMBERLY MOTOS

The airy interior of Treehouse; the Blitzkrieg Bop Pizza at Sonny’s.

creations like the Piña Margarita, Daiquiri Plus, G&T, Olo Old Fashioned, Hibiscus Negroni and more. Finca is also known for its selection of vermouth, sherry, sangria, wine, bubbly and Spanishinspired tapas. Enjoy all inside, boasting a 14-seat wraparound bar and an open kitchen; or on the quaint patio. 3066 North Park Way, North Park, 619.202.3564. finca.wine

Pier South Resort in Imperial Beach welcomes two separate dining outposts: Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza and Roppongi Asian Bistro both boasting sweeping ocean views. At Sammy’s, feast on the restaurant’s famous wood-fired specialty pizzas; plus entrees like lamb chops and oak-roasted sea bass; and an array of salads, tacos and starters. At Roppongi, sample fusion dishes inspired by flavors of Japan, China and Thailand;

37th San Diego International at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in

Organ Festival

Every Monday Night

July 7 - Sept 1 | 7:30 PM

Acclaimed International Organists and Competition Winners

Featuring Soprano Alisa Jordheim, who recently performed with San Diego Opera as Despina in Così fan tutte and Gilda in Rigoletto

An organ & orchestra celebration with concertos by Poulenc, Parker, Bach and Prieto Ramírez. Conducted by Alejandro Gómez Guillén with Raúl Prieto Ramírez, soloist, and Jeﬀ Thayer, concertmaster

The Not-So-Silent Movie Night featuring Laurel & Hardy ﬁlms with Russ Peck, organist

An all-Beatles Labor Day Classic Rock Concert to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the San Diego Beatles concert

For more information:

Balboa Park

Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Artistic Director & San Diego Civic Organist

DINING

think: dumplings, soups, noodle and rice dishes, sushi, entrees, and Asian tapas like the Polynesian Crab Stack. 800 Seacoast Drive, Imperial Beach, piersouthresort.com/dining La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club welcomes Ananda Bareño as its new executive chef—overseeing culinary programming at The Marine Room and Shores Restaurant (plus a new restaurant, bar and market as part of a $60 million resortwide overhaul). At The Marine Room, Bareño’s globally influenced new menu offers Tasmanian ocean trout, rose snapper, Cascade Creek lamb chops, Japanese A5 wagyu steak, and a refined caviar service. The Marine Room also has launched live music in the lounge every Wednesday evening (4:30-7 p.m.).

Alan Gilbert, conductor Jessie Montgomery, composer Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocalist

KELLY SCHOTT

1950 Spindrift Drive, La Jolla, 858.459.7222, marineroom.com

Del Mar Highlands Town Center is home to the first California location of Arizona-based Culinary Dropout. The new restaurant and sports bar offers live music and indoor/ outdoor dining with a British-style gastropub vibe. Dine on comfort food dishes such as the popular soft pretzels with sea salt, dipped in provolone fondue; hearty sandwiches like the turkey pastrami with Swiss cheese on a pretzel roll; and entrees including fried chicken, steak frites, and beer-battered fish ‘n’ chips; plus craft cocktails and weekend brunch. 12875 El Camino Real, Del Mar Heights, 858.437.6191, culinarydropout.com

Menu offerings at The Bar at The Beau

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stage to perform all 10 of Glass’ mesmerizing études.

“The Glass Études evening is going to be electric,” says La Jolla Music Society Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal. “We’ll hear 10 different pianists—each with their own style and voice—take on Philip Glass’s iconic Études in one night. These pieces are hypnotic and full of emotional power; and with this amazing lineup, the whole evening promises to be both intimate and thrilling.”

Beyond traditional concerts, SummerFest continues its commitment to cross-genre exploration with the innovative Synergy Series, co-produced by Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai. These events invite leading creators from music, dance, spoken word and visual arts to collaborate; creating unexpected and powerful performances.

A particularly intriguing event within this series is “Tasting Notes,” featuring James Beard Awardwinning author and culinary superstar, J. Kenji López-Alt. This unique evening will explore the connections between gastronomy and music, pairing musical selections with specially prepared food courses and cooking demonstrations.

“‘Tasting Notes’ is one

of the most unexpected and joyful expressions of what SummerFest is all about: connection, creativity and curiosity,” Barnatan says. “At first glance, music and food might seem like very different worlds. But both are built on craft, instinct and the desire to move people. In this event, we bring together brilliant musicians and a culinary mind as inventive and expressive as any composer—J. Kenji López-Alt—to create a truly multisensory experience. While the musicians perform works by Dvořák and others, Kenji and a rotating cast of guest chefs cook live onstage—creating dishes that reflect and respond to the music. It’s not about illustrating one with the other; it’s a shared conversation between two disciplines that thrive on nuance, contrast and the element of surprise. And for the audience, it’s a chance to engage with both music and food in a completely new way:

J. Kenji López-Alt

These concerts provide a relaxed yet immersive way to experience some of the repertoire’s “greatest hits,” including works by Mozart and Arvo Pärt. The festival’s theme, “Milestones,” will be woven throughout the programming—highlighting pivotal moments in musical history and personal artistic journeys. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience the “spark of youthful experimentation; the mid-career breakthroughs that redefined boundaries; and the poignant final reflections that cemented legendary legacies.” From the dramatic Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, performed by opera superstar Renée Fleming with Alan Gilbert leading

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the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra; to the intricate chamber works of Composer-in-Residence

Jessie Montgomery; SummerFest promises a variety of memorable musical experiences.

“‘For the End of Time’ is one of the most moving programs of the festival,” Rosenthal says. “Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is a piece that stays with you; it’s deeply spiritual and hauntingly beautiful. And I’m so excited that Renée Fleming will be joining us to sing Strauss’ Four Last Songs, with Alan Gilbert conducting. It’s going to be an unforgettable evening of music that speaks to the heart.”

She adds, “‘Strung Together’ really captures the adventurous spirit of SummerFest. I’m especially looking forward to hearing a work by our composer-in-residence, Jessie Montgomery; her music is bold, fresh and full of feeling. The program also includes iconic works by Dvořák

Renée Fleming

and Ysaÿe, performed by an extraordinary group of string players. It’s going to be a

with Leah Rosenthal and Inon Barnatan

La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest 2025 runs July 25-Aug. 23. For tickets and more info, visit theconrad.org/summerfest

REPROGRAMMED!

Performances Magazine unveils a digital program platform for shows and concerts

DROP DOWN MENU Table of app contents.

Stay arts-engaged, access past programs.

THE ESSENTIALS

Acts, scenes, synopses, repertory and notes.

CONTRIBUTORS

Donors and sponsors who make it all possible—you!

NO RUSTLING PAGES, no killing trees . . . the digital Performances program platform has proved to be one of the more enduring recent theater innovations.

The touchless platform provides the programs for 20 Southern California performing-arts organizations, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ahmanson Theatre to San Diego Opera, where the app made its debut.

Among a variety of features, it provides cast and player bios, donor and season updates, and numerous

other arts-centric features.

Audiences receive a link and a code word that instantly activate the app; QR codes are posted, too.

Screens go dark when curtains go up and return when house lights come back on.

Updates—such as repertory changes, understudy substitutions and significant new donations —can be made right up to showtime, no inserts necessary.

Other plusses include video and audio streams, translations and expanded biographies.

Find whatever it is you want to know—easily.

Link to your performing-arts companies and venues.

THE PLAYERS

Bios and background for cast, crew and creators.

WHAT’S ON

What’s coming at a glance and ticket information.

For those who consider printed programs to be keepsakes, a limited number, as well as commemorative issues for special events, continue to be produced. Collectibles!

Meanwhile, there is less deforestation, consumption of petroleum inks and programs headed for landfills.

For the ecologically minded, the platform gets a standing ovation.

The digital Performances is but one more reason for audience excitement. Activate your link and enjoy the shows. CALEB WACHS