2019-20 Stanford Live Annual Report

Annual

Report 2019–20 SEASON

Our Mission Stanford Live presents a wide range of the finest performances from around the world, fostering a vibrant learning community and providing distinctive experiences through the performing arts. With its primary home at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford Live is simultaneously a public square, a sanctuary, and a lab, drawing on the breadth and depth of Stanford University to connect performance to the significant issues, ideas, and discoveries of our time.

Stanford Live includes a wealth of collaborators and partners, including Stanford academic departments and individual faculty members, Stanford students, offcampus arts institutions, and community organizations.

Crucially, Stanford Live supports the university’s focus on placing the arts at the heart of a Stanford education.

2019–20 Highlights

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Fall at Frost Amphitheater

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Stanford Students on Stage

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Stanford Students on Staff

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Faculty & Campus Engagement

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Community Engagement

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K–12 Matinees & Workshops

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Covid-19 Cancellations

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The Show Must Go Online

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Virtual Events

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Planning for an Uncertain Future

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Market Testing

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Preparing for the Fall

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Solidarity, Anguish, and Action

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2019–2020 Season in Numbers

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Stanford Live Members

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Stanford Live Staff

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It is a pleasure to share our 2019–20 Annual Report with you.

To say that the 2019–20 season was an unprecedented year for Stanford Live would be an understatement. Fresh off the adrenaline of our first season back in Frost, we launched a diverse slate of programs that included two large commissions, Yang Liping’s Rite of Spring and Volcano’s new adaptation of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha. However, shortly after ringing in the new year, we—along with the rest of the world—succumbed to the fact that we were about to be gripped by the most dangerous global pandemic in a century and that all of our plans were on the verge of changing.

I want to thank Fred Harman and the members of the Stanford Live Advisory Council for stepping up to make sure that we had the support and guidance needed as we faced challenging decisions. Additional thanks go to all of our colleagues at the Office of the Vice President for the Arts who have joined forces to tackle the critical issues that we all need to grapple with as we emerge from this moment and evolve to the next. And to the Stanford Live team—I truly admire how flexible and committed each of you continues to be as plans change on an almost daily basis. Thank you!

What we didn’t fully grasp at the time was how long COVID-19 would be with us and the ways we would need to adapt to support artists, audiences, and our staff.

We collectively found ourselves isolated at home and desiring—at a minimum—virtual connections to aid us through complex times further exacerbated by ongoing racial injustice and a politically divided nation.

Finally, I want to thank the University and all of our members and supporters for sticking with us during these times. Your loyalty means so much and keeps us strong and focused.

This year’s annual report offers a behind the scenes look at how the team at Stanford Live navigated the balance of the 2019–20 season and prepared for what might come next.

From our first foray into virtual programming to our transformation into a digital media producer, you’ll see that we have all worked incredibly hard to keep the performing arts alive at Stanford.

With warm regards,

Chris Lorway Executive Director Stanford Live

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2019–20 Highlights In a season that coincided with the current United States election cycle, our 2019–20 programming explored the intersection of art and politics and the artist’s role in reflecting a society back upon itself. Works from US-based performers addressed civil rights, culture wars, McCarthyism, and female political leadership while international programs explored the art and cultures of countries with distinct geopolitical relationships with the US, including Russia, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea. In particular, we highlighted contemporary work from China with the hope of illuminating the complexities of this global superpower.

Top performers from around the globe shared their artistic manifestations of the political with our audiences, from the Sounds

$1,366,909 Ticket revenue

26,637 Total tickets sold

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of Cuba series highlighted by jazz great Chucho Valdés to Taiwanese choreographer Yang Zhen and our inaugural National Geographic Live presentations, with David Guttenfelder on daily life in North Korea and Cuba and Dr. Kara Cooney on women’s leadership in the ancient world.

The Bing Studio continued to host innovative theater, including The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes, a meditation on artificial intelligence from Australia’s Back to Back Theater.

Major commissions included Brad Mehldau’s song cycle The Folly of Desire and Triptych (Eyes of One on Another), an examination of Robert Mapplethorpe’s work and the culture wars of the 80s and 90s through music, poetry, and Mapplethorpe’s photography.

16.9%

Percentage of tickets sold to Stanford students

1,003

Record # of attendees at one single Bing Concert Hall mainstage performance (Jon Batiste!)

Photos (left to right, top to bottom): Hanggai, a Beijing-based folk band that fuses traditional Mongolian sounds with rock; Jon Batiste in his return visit to the Bing; jazz vocalist Alicia Olatuja; Mumford & Sons performed at the Bing for their acceptance of the 2019 Steinbeck Award; violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Alessio Bax at their sold-out performance; Jindong Cai conducted The Orchestra Now with the Silicon Valley Chorale; Trey McLaughlin & the Sounds of Zamar in Memorial Church

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Fall at Frost Amphitheater

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group BROCKHAMPTON. We look forward to continuing our partnerships with pop promoter Goldenvoice, the San Francisco Symphony, and others in what we hope to be an equally thrilling 2021 season.

24,183 Total attendees

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After a successful opening summer season at Frost Amphitheater, the fall 2019 lineup capped off a thrilling year with performances by legendary musicians Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson in addition to indie rock band The National and hip-hop

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Fall Frost performances

Photos (clockwise from top left): BROCKHAMPTON, a 13-person hip-hop group, concluded the fall Frost season in November 2019; a crowd at Frost Amphitheater; Bob Dylan and his band; The National’s lead singer Matt Berninger; country star Willie Nelson

Photos (clockwise from left): Chloe Wintersteen participated in playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s piece NASSIM; student comedian and member of Stanford comedy group Stand Up, D Lucy Gomez opened for comedian Jesus Trejo; Austin ZambitoValente with a turn at the mic during A Night at the Piano Bar with Brandon James Gwinn; student comedian Dani Lyle performed a stand-up set before cabaret comedian Catherine Cohen took the stageinn

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Stanford student singers at our first ever piano bar night in the studio

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Stanford alums performed at SCN's comedy night

Stanford Students on Stage We continued to provide opportunities for students from across Stanford University to share the spotlight with some of the world’s top artists. Students acted as narrators in NASSIM, an interactive play by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, and opened for multiple sold out comedy acts in the Bing Studio.

PICO, a student singer/songwriter/ producer from Monterrey, Mexico, opened for electronic artist pluko in a Bing Studio show organized

by the student-run Stanford Concert Network (SCN). And in early 2020, student musical theater vocalists joined Marie’s Crisis pianist Brandon James Gwinn in our first ever piano-bar night in the Bing Studio, filling the room with Broadway standards until midnight.

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Stanford Students on Staff Over the course of the season, Stanford students played a crucial role in many of Stanford Live's departments.

Will Paisley • Curatorial Fellow "Stanford Live exposed me to a wide array of aspects of the presenting industry that have allowed me to grasp the great amount of work and planning that goes into presenting live performance. I also formed professional connections with a diverse group of people in the industry.

As a Navajo and Blackfeet individual, connecting with Indigenous artists has been especially rewarding, as I now have a profound understanding of the contemporary Indigenous performance world."

Bella Cooper • Frost Amphitheater Intern "The role as a Front of House Manager at Frost Amphitheater has allowed me to continue to learn about the intricacies involved in concert planning.

It was really unique to have such a beautiful and historical music venue at my university. I enjoyed assisting patrons and ensuring all accessibility needs were met, especially when many of these concert-attendees were classmates, university faculty, and community members."

Jennifer Park • Marketing & Communications Intern "I already have a big interest in programming live music, so I decided to intern at Stanford Live to gain more industry experience. I was especially drawn to the fact that Stanford Live productions always take place in the same beautiful venues and that the productions draw people in not only from Stanford, but also from the surrounding area."

Kyle Reed • Marketing & Communications Intern "Being an enormous lover of live music, working at Stanford Live was an awesome experience that allowed me to use and expand my design skills for a great cause: bringing to life the live music culture on campus."

Bing Concert Hall Ticket Office Team In addition to our administrative interns at Stanford Live, we are grateful for our Stanford student box office team who provided stellar customer service both in-person and on our phone lines over the course of the season. Our 2019–20 student box office team included Darnell "DeeSoul" Carson, Joelle Dowling, Lorin Phillips, Manny Rolon-Osuna, Izzy Ruiz, Liz Grant, TJ Tisdale, and Starr Jiang.

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Photos (clockwise from left): TAPS students participated in a master class led by circus group Gravity & Other Myths; activist and hip-hop artist Common in conversation with Professor of Education Adam Banks; musician, composer, and musicologist Rhiannon Giddens spoke at the annual Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) Kieve Lecture with Francesco Turrisi

Faculty & Campus Engagement With the arrival of our new Associate Director for Campus Engagement and Public Programs, Karim Baer, we launched a robust series of events with Stanford faculty and students to contextualize performances and deepen our community’s engagement with our season themes.

Highlights included Gravity & Other Myths’ acrobatic circus arts master class for Theater and a Stanford Law School seminar taught by Richard Ford that explored art, politics, and law through live performances at the Bing. We partnered with campus

colleagues to host an examination of censorship and cultural provocation with Art History professor Richard Meyer and Institute for Diversity in the Arts Director A-lan Holt at the Cantor Arts Center, and a conversation between performance artist Laurie Anderson and Bay Area digital artist Jim Campbell at The Anderson Collection. We were honored to feature several faculty members in pre- and post-show lectures, including History Professor Gordon Chang and Dr. Clayborne Carson of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute.

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Master classes

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Free film screenings

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Pre-concert talks and seminars

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Photos (left to right): Local choruses participated in the King’s Singers choral workshop; community members of all ages joined Jane Bunnett and Maqueque for a jam session

Community Engagement In keeping with Stanford's commitment to building relationships with surrounding communities, our season included unique opportunities for community members to make music with renowned artists. In November, the King’s Singers hosted their Finding Harmony choral workshop, leading six high school, university, and youth and adult community choruses in a joyful day of learning and collective singing. In February, Grammynominated saxophonist Jane Bunnett and her band

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Maqueque, made up of leading female Cuban musicians, led an intergenerational group of 25 community musicians from all over the Bay Area in an Afro-Cuban jazz jam session that lit up the Bing Studio.

Visiting Stanford families were able to peek into the jam session, as it also happened to be Stanford University' annual Family Weekend—the last official in-person "Big 5" event of 2020.

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Jane Bunnett and Maqueque jam session attendees

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Community musicians at the King's Singers workshop

K–12 Matinees & Workshops Immersing students and teachers in varied art forms, our K–12 programs took place both on the Stanford campus and in community classrooms. Our matinee series included the innovative Australian circus Gravity & Other Myths and the Bay Area’s own Melody of China.

We supported teachers integrating the arts into their curricula with workshops on circus arts, Chinese music, and Afro-Cuban music. For

the first time, we extended the workshop series to school sites, supporting Ravenswood City School District teachers.

Teaching artists Quinteto Latino continued to lead our Ravenswood artists-inschools program, offering teacher trainings and guestteaching classes around a culturally responsive, creative framework aimed at fostering a more inclusive classroom environment for students.

Photos (clockwise from bottom left): Impressive stunts from Gravity & Other Myths’ matinee performance; local teachers learned the art of circus from performer Nikolas Strubbe; elementary school kids learning from Armando Castellano at a school visit

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1,946

Matinee attendees

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Teacher workshops

19

School visits

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COVID-19 Cancellations 57

Performances canceled

$433,000 in ticket refunds processed

In March 2020, when the magnitude of COVID-19 and its impacts on life as we knew it became more and more clear, we began what some in the performing arts industry have referred to as “unproducing.”

Our artistic team reached out to artists to either postpone or cancel performances, including the world premiere of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.

The marketing and ticketing team worked on communicating these cancellations to ticket buyers and processing refunds. Production canceled orders from various vendors and let contingent staff know that all scheduled work was terminated until further notice. Development reached out to stakeholders to ensure that they were aware of our plans and to determine 10

8,230 Tickets canceled

2,499

Households affected by cancellations

how and if designated funding could be repurposed at this time. Most of this work occurred from home as we sheltered in place and migrated our regular team meetings to Zoom.

In the weeks after we canceled all of our 2020 performances, we received a total of $39,189 in donated tickets, accounting for 8% of our canceled revenue. In addition, we were able to reallocate $150,000 in performance sponsorships.

These donated funds helped to support the continued pay of many contingent staff as well as over $134,000 in fees paid out to artists whose shows were suddenly canceled. We sincerely thank all our members and ticket buyers for supporting Stanford Live during such unprecedented and difficult times.

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The Show Must Go Online Within a week of the Bay Area shelter in place order going into effect and as the first rounds of cancellations shook the performing arts industry, we curated a selection of digital content for our audiences to enjoy from their homes—The Show Must Go Online.

With the same care they took in crafting our full season, our curatorial team wove the art and politics theme into their digital selections. Our marketing staff then transformed our website into a space to host the menu of performances.

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From concerts and films to lectures and interviews, the digital season featured artists who were originally scheduled to perform in spring and summer. The audience for these programs reached well beyond our local community, an indication of the quality of the content and the craving for live performance during the shelter in place period.

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53,200

Total page views

6,200

Views for our most popular feature: Lang Lang in concert at Bing Concert Hall

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Online shows, concerts, and discussions

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Virtual Events Entering the virtual presenting sphere brought new partnerships with presenters such as Denison University and the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech and expanded our collaborations with VPA partners such as Institute for Diversity in the Arts’ (IDA) Director A-lan Holt, who led a poetic exchange with playwright/ spoken word poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph that addressed the call for racial equity as protests unfolded across the country.

33,000 Total views

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Backstage Pass events for Stanford Live members

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While we continued to expand the digital season, we also began to generate our own content for virtual streams, bringing the voices of artists directly to our audiences. Transitioning from live performance to the virtual event space involved our staff learning the traits of the available platforms—Zoom, YouTube, Facebook Live—and quickly adapting to presenting events online for our patrons and members.

Virtual events

Photos (left to right, top to bottom): Artist Hour with alternative artist iskwē and singersongwriter William Prince; a poetic exchange with IDA’s A-lan Holt and spoken word poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph; blues and soul singer Martha Redbone kicked off the Backstage Pass series; Third Coast Percussion performed a new piece by Oscar nominee Danny Elfman

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"Our season is not a statement of fact but rather a statement of hope.”

—Chris Lorway

Photo: Bing Concert Hall's Gunn Atrium

Planning for an Uncertain Future As we settled into an awareness that the pandemic would impact our operations for the foreseeable future, we had a lot of decisions to make. The first of these centered on whether or not to announce the 2020–21 season as we usually do each spring. In the end, we decided to proceed with the launch with full acknowledgement that we may not be able to execute all or any of our plans.

From there we began to explore a number of scenarios that helped frame how the next year might play out. This included restarts in fall/winter/spring, socially distanced indoor performances, and outdoor opportunities in Frost and other spaces. Underlining this scenario planning process was a commitment to the health and safety of artists, audience, and our staff.

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The unlikeliest of scenarios was a return to 'status quo,' with artists and audiences reunited with increased public safety standards and enhanced hygienic measures implemented across all our venues. Another scenario looked at a season absent of international performances due to visa restrictions and travel bans.

The scenario which currently guides us in early fall 2020 focuses on supporting Bay Area artists, including helping them to create high quality content that can be shared with other presenters around the world. In addition to the films we are making at Stanford, we are also investing in other consortia around the world to help some of our favorite artists create and digitally distribute their work during this challenging time.

Market Testing WHEN IS THE EARLIEST THAT YOU WOULD RETURN TO LIVE PERFORMANCES AT STANFORD?

At the end of June, we sent out a survey to Stanford Live ticket buyers to help us craft our recovery plan for next season. More than 2,200 individuals responded—here are some of the results.

A SOCIALLY DISTANCED FROST AMPHITHEATER

Not until there is a vaccine, or other reason Sep 2020

16% Mar 2021

32%

15% 37% Jan 2021

A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN

89% of respondents said they would be “somewhat likely” to “extremely likely” to attend an outdoor, socially distanced performance at Frost Amphitheater. Preferred start time: between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM

STREAMING PERFORMANCES

51% of respondents have watched more than 3 livestreams since we started to shelter in place

76% of respondents would attend a film, concert, or lecture on campus in their car

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Preparing for the Fall In summer 2020, artists began returning to the stage at Bing Concert Hall to create our transformed digital fall season, which includes a unique short film series shot at Bing in a masked and socially distanced way. As we await our collective return to the concert hall, our hope is to bring the magic of the Bing stage to the homes of our audience through films celebrating local artists.

The series kicked off in late September with Stanford’s ensemble-in-residence, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, collaborating with Stanford Associate Professor of Documentary Film and Video Jamie Meltzer, Stanford student editors, cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw, and renowned digital arts producer Elena Park to create a stunning filmed performance.

To prepare for the film shoots, our production staff learned new software and film production techniques. We worked closely with Stanford Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) over the summer to ensure staff, the film crew, and artists adhere to university, state, and county health guidelines during the filming process.

Other films scheduled to premiere this fall include pianist Garrick Ohlsson, the Kronos Quartet, musician Vân Ánh (Vanessa) Võ, and holiday programs featuring jazz bassist Marcus Shelby and annual favorite Chanticleer. Additional films will be rolled out in early 2021.

Photos (clockwise from top left): The St. Lawrence String Quartet recording Return to Haydn in Bing Concert Hall; pianist Garrick Ohlsson rehearsing in the middle of a custom-built circle track; camera operators adjust settings during a shoot at Bing Concert Hall

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Solidarity, Anguish, and Action As part of the Office of the Vice President for the Arts' (VPA) commitment to creating a strategy for racial equity and community transformation, Stanford Live leadership and staff are working to address the need to dismantle systemic issues of inequality and racism in the performing arts and create more equitable structures and practices at Stanford Live.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, VPA’s vice president, Harry Elam, and VPA organization directors issued the following statement. Stanford Live recognizes that this statement is only the start of longterm institutional change, of work which is both urgent and ongoing, and of a radical shift that will embrace and welcome those kept outside an industry in much need of reform.

A letter from Stanford University’s Office of the Vice President for the Arts and Harry Elam, Vice President for the Arts June 4, 2020

In a wrenching irony of timeliness, the upcoming season of Stanford Live, announced just last week, contains a new co-commission called The Ritual of Breath Is a Rite to Resist, a multimedia song cycle and community meditation on the death of Eric Garner, with whom George Floyd shared his last words: I can’t breathe.

With yet another Black person, George Floyd, killed at the hands of the police, all across this country protestors have swarmed into streets, risking disease and death.

When the words of a people are consistently unheard, their bodies will speak. They will march on the streets, they will declare their pain, and they will make art. Artists have long used their bodies, their voices, their music to convey grief and suffering. Not only can the arts express a deep sense of anguish, they also allow us to come together in our shared feelings. They allow us to hold and to comfort each other through the darkest of times, and bring a sense of healing and solace.

Yet solace is impossible without justice. The Office of the Vice President for the Arts stands in solidarity with Black students, colleagues, artists, and activists fighting against the racial violence, inequality, and systemic injustice that plague our nation. We hold space for the collective recognition of Black lives that have been lost to racial violence, those whose names we now know—Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade—and those we don’t.

As a primarily white-led arts organization held within a primarily white-led institution, we are committed to not only standing in solidarity with communities of color, but joining them in this fight. We can no longer afford to be silent on these issues, nor can we afford to move forward as an organization without deep reflection on the ways we, too, benefit from widespread practices of antiblackness and white dominance.

Such creative works can intervene powerfully and imaginatively into the routinization of racial injustice, though we know they do not replace tangible justicebased change. At the VPA, we believe that the arts can strengthen our capacity for empathy and action, and usher in the kinds of transformation the world needs. We work to create environments in which artists thrive, and we work to amplify their voices and visions. And yet we also acknowledge the ways in which we fall short, as cultural organizations steeped in histories and structures designed to uphold white dominance. To truly steward the power of the arts toward equity and justice, we must advance our commitment to enacting antiracist practices and transform the organizational structures that we operate within.

This statement is a beginning not an end. We recognize the importance of trusting Black leadership and following their cues. We will be working with our directors at the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford Arts Institute, Cantor Arts Center, Anderson Collection at Stanford, and Stanford Live, and with our full staff, to design action plans—that foreground issues of justice and equity—to guide our ongoing work.

We look forward to sharing these updates as conversations and strategies progress in the coming weeks.

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2019–20 Season in Numbers Ticket Sales and Fees 18% Individual Giving 29%

Stanford University General Funds 23%

Corporate Support 4%

Stanford University Facility Maintenance Support 10%

Frost Amphitheater 8%

Foundation and Government Support 6%

REVENUE: $7.7 MILLION

Frost Amphitheater 7%

Marketing 10%

Facility and Operations 11%

Programming 21%

Production 2% Campus & Community Engagement 2% University Infrastructure 5% Fundraising 1%

Salaries and Fringe 40%

Administration 1%

EXPENSES: $8.4 MILLION 18

Rental and Partner Income 1% Endowment 1%

Photo: Film screening of Selma with a full live orchestra,, conducted by Sarah Hicks and joined by jazz pianist Jason Moran and guitarist Marvin Sewell

152,452

33%

4,202

Mobile/tablet website visitors

of households new to Stanford Live (up from 30% in FY19)

Tickets sold to Stanford students

308,303 Stanford Live website visitors

76% of all ticket sales processed online

2,499 Households affected by COVID-19 cancellations

87.7% Attendance rate across all Stanford Live performances

4,381 Tickets sold to Stanford faculty/staff

12 total Stanford students on staff over the course of the season

Stanford Live Members BING CIRCLE ($25,000+) Anonymous (2) Jeanne & Larry Aufmuth Helen & Peter Bing The Bullard Family Roberta & Steven Denning Ann & John Doerr Mary & Clinton Gilliland Marcia & John Goldman Drs. Lynn Gretkowski & Mary Jacobson Leonard Gumport & Wendy Munger Stephanie & Fred Harman Rick Holmstrom & Kate Ridgway The Hornik Family Leslie & George Hume Lucie Jay Roberta & Charles Katz Fong Liu Victoria & James Maroulis Deedee McMurtry Barbara Oshman & David Braker Mindy & Jesse Rogers Marian & Abraham Sofaer Trine Sorensen & Michael Jacobson Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum Maurice & Helen Werdegar David Wollenberg Priscilla & Ward Woods

BING DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($15,000–$24,999) Anonymous Shawn & Brook Byers Joyce Chung & Rene Lacerte Jill Freidenrich Lynn & Jim Gibbons Morton Grosser Elizabeth & Zachary Hulsey Catherine & Franklin Johnson Joan F. Lane Leatrice Lee Debra & Mark Leslie Carrick & Andrew McLaughlin Linda & Tony Meier Nancy & Lawrence Mohr David Morandi John O'Farrell & Gloria Principe William Reller Condoleezza Rice

BING ARTIST’S CIRCLE ($7,500–$14,999) Anonymous (4) Fred Alvarez & Beth McLellan Alvarez Felicity Barringer & Philip Taubman Alison & Joe Barta Sally Benson & Terry Surles Iris & Paul Brest Janice Brody & Bruce Rule Eva & Chris Canellos Regina & Gerhard Casper Diane & Stephen Ciesinski Julia & James Davidson Margaret Dorfman Susan Ford Dorsey & Michael Dorsey William Draper III 20

Barbara Edwards Bill & Mary Fitch Maggie & Fred Grauer Ann M. Griffiths Eleanor & Bruce Heister Anne & Jack Holloway Larry Horton & George Wilson Mary Ittelson Lisa & Marc Jones Sallie De Golia-Jorgenson & John Jorgenson Betty & Bob Joss Roberta & Charles Katz Lisa Keamy & Lloyd Minor Kathy & John Kissick Iris & Hal Korol Caroline Labe Ingrid Lai & William Shu Carolyn & William Langelier Bren & Lawrence Leisure Cynthia & Richard Livermore Rick & Amy Magnuson Michael & Jane Marmor/The Marmor Foundation Cathy McMurtry Tashia & John Morgridge Dean Morton Susan & Bill Oberndorf Lynn & Susan Orr Anthony Paduano & Ruth Porat Donna & Channing Robertson Amanda & Michael Ross Barbara & Greg Rosston Mark & Theresa Rowland Tom Sadler & Eila Skinner Meryl & Rob Selig The Honorable & Mrs. George P. Shultz Barbara & Arnold Silverman Dr. Harise Stein & Mr. Peter Staple Madeline & Isaac Stein Tracy Storer & Marcia Kimes Andrea & Lubert Stryer Lena & Ken Tailo Carol & Doug Tanner Lorna & Mark Vander Ploeg Mary & John Wachtel Dr. Irving and Ann Weissman Karin & Paul Wick Susan & David Young

SUSTAINER ($2,500–$7,499) Keith Amidon & Rani Menon Jonathan, Frances & Alison Axelrad Celeste & Wendell Birkhofer James Canales & James McCann William Coggshall & Janet Littlefield Diane Elder & Bruce Noble Sissy & Theodore Geballe The Stephen & Margaret Gill Family Foundation Greg Goodman & Susan Schnitzer Judy & Jerrol Harris Karen & Ken Imatani Charlotte & Larry Langdon Joan Mansour Judy M. Mohr & Keith W. Reeves Betsy Morgenthaler Paula & Bill Powar Deborah & Michael Shepherd Srinija Srinivasan Kenneth Weinberg

PARTNER ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (11) Marian & Jim Adams Margaret Anderson Keith Baker Patrick Barnes & Kathy Keller Lisa Barrett Deborah & Jonathan Berek Karen S. Bergman Matthew Bien & Grace Lee Carolyn & Gary Bjorklund Lissy & Byron Bland Tab Bowers & Michie Kasahara Linda & Steve Boxer Joan & Tom Brown Terri Bullock Carlos Bustamante Thomas Byrnes Tasha Castañeda Rowland Cheng & Shelli Ching Donald Cheu Jamie & Linda Clever Holly & Andrew Cohen Joanne & Michael Condie Jack & Angela Connelly Bill & Bridget Coughran Ann & David Crockett Bruce Daniel Debra Demartini Tom Dienstbier & Joyce Firstenberger Patricia Engasser & Mark Reisman Sally & Craig Falkenhagen The Feinstein Family Margaret Ann & Don Fidler Rona Foster & Ken Powell Betsy & David Fryberger A. A. Furukawa Daniel Garber & Catharine Fergus Garber Jane & Bruce Gee Mike & Myra Gerson Gilfix Eric Giovanola Cate & Michael Glenn Susan Goodhue Matthew Goodman Ester Gubbrud & Charles Ross Ed Haertel & Drew Oman Eric Hanushek & Margaret Raymond Joyce & James Harris Paul Harrison & Irene Lin Howard & Nancy Hassen Tine & Joerg Heilig Anne & William Hershey Caroline Hicks Leslie Hsu & Richard Lenon Chris Iannuccilli & Michele Schiele James Jacobs Rex & Dede Jamison Pam Karlan & Viola Canales Randall Keith & Karen Hohner Carla Murray Kenworthy Ed & Kay Kinney The Klements Amy Ladd & Doug Fitzgerald Albe & Ray Larsen Ayleen & Emory Lee Y. K. Lee Fred Levin & Nancy Livingston* Marcia C. Linn Michael Lippert & Alexandra Fedyukova

Kristen & Felix Lo Edward Lohmann R. Zemlicka & S. Martin Sandra & Joseph Martignetti Jr. Betsy & Matt Matteson Katherine Maxfield Bettina McAdoo & Gordon Russell Dick R. Miller & James M. Stutts Dr. Martha J. Morrell & Dr. Jaime G. Tenedorio Celia Oakley & Craig Barratt Og & Ogina Daniel & Ginger Oros Carmela & Eli Pasternak Edward & Nadine Pflueger Kitty & Lee Price Tony, Myrla & Sarah Putulin Shirley Raymer Kathy & Gary Reback Rossannah Reeves Sara Eisner Richter & Michael Richter Diane & Joe Rolfe Debbie & Stuart Rosenberg Ali Rosenthal & Kat Carroll Nancy & Norman Rossen Nicole & Amir Dan Rubin Diana & Philip Russell Scott D. Sagan & Sujitpan Lamsam Lela & Gerry Sarnat Doris Sayon Elizabeth & Mark Schar Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Ted & Linda Schlein Robyn & Mark Setzen Katie and Dhiren Shah Lee Ann & Martin Shell Elizabeth & Russell Siegelman Charles Sieloff Diane & Branimir Sikic Nerija Sinkeviciute-Titus & Jason Titus Carol & Ned Spieker John Stern & Susan Anderes Barbara & Charles Stevens Kathryn Stivers Maryanna & Charles Stockholm Eleanor Sue & Wendy Mines Jeff & Linda Suto Michelle Swenson & Stan Drobac Lucy Tompkins, MD PhD Onnolee & Orlin Trapp Karen & Rand White Mansie & Gary Williams Dr. Carlene Wong & Dr. Philip Lee Elizabeth F. Wright Eva Xu Sharon & Robert Yoerg

ADVOCATE ($500–$999) Anonymous (14) Allen / Karlin / Resnick Dorothy Anderson Lois & Edward Anderson Richard & Delores Anderson Marie & Douglas Barry Richard A. Baumgartner & Elizabeth M. Salzer Charlotte & David Biegelsen Richard Bland & Marlene Rabinovitch Barbara Blatner-Fikes & Richard Fikes

Norm Blears Jeanie & Carl Blom Vera Blume Bonnie & William Blythe Patty Boone & Dave Pfefer Caroline Bowker & Charles Bliss Prudence Breitrose Laura Breyfogle & David Warner George Brown Drs. Julie Buckley & Eric Fung Thomas Bush & Grace Sanchez Enrique & Monica Caballero The Cha Family Gregory Chan Chanin & Dotson Family Gloria & Michael Chiang Jane Chung, MD Ann Hammond Clark Chris Clarke & Gina Hernandez Kalyani Comal & Arun Ramakrishnan Jonah & Jesse Cool Suzanne & Bruce Crocker Melanie & Peter Cross Richard De Luce Ingrid M. Deiwiks Michael Dickey Carol Dressler Paul & Roselyn Dumesnil Cori Duncan & Marco Marinucci Ellen & Tom Ehrlich Eleanor Eisner Maria & George Erdi Laura & Mihail Fechete James Feit Jeffrey Fenton Joan & Allan Fisch Shelley Fisher Fishkin Stan Freedman & Sarah Egeler Carol C. & Joel P. Friedman Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Karen & Edward Gilhuly Charles Goldenberg & Pamela Polos Sara & Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert Margaret & Ben Gong Edward Goodstein & Francesca Eastman Mike & Loren Gordon Jonathan & Natsuko Greenberg Sally Gressens & Lee Yearley The Harrick Family Fran & Steve Harris Ann & Barry Haskell Robin Hatfield Jeff & Caron Heimbuck Linc & Robin Holland Serena Hu & John Lenox David Israel Sally & Rob Jackson Melinda & Jim Johnson Leigh & Roy Johnson Lil & Todd Johnson William Keats & Deborah Barney Carol Kersten & Markus Aschwanden Mary Lou Kilcline Michael & Wendy Kirst Renate Klipstas Linda & Fredric Kraemer

Mr. Joseph & Dr. Caroline Krauskopf Kerry & Maureen Kravitz Gary & Yuko Kushner Edward & Miriam Landesman Kurt F. Lang & Dr. Janna Smith Lang Cathy & Stephen Lazarus Cynthia & Bob Leathers Joan & Philip Leighton Lee Levitt, MD & Deanna Yamamoto Sanford Lewis Jose Teodoro Limcaoco Laurel & Joe Lipsick Dr. Leon Lipson & Susan Berman Drs. John & Penny Loeb Gayla Lorthridge Rachel & Zohar Lotan Liqun Luo Vera Luth Ruth Lycette Susan Lydick Alisa & Neil MacAvoy Kathy Mach & David Scherer Charlene & Dick Maltzman Christopher & Jane Manning Mary Anna Matsumoto Marylin McCarthy Christina & Bill McClure Dr. C. Kwang Sung & Meghan McGeary Millbrey McLaughlin & Larry Klein Wendy McPherson & Djuna Woods Penny & Jim Meier Elyce Melmon Linda Membreno Evelyn Miller Andres J. Montoya Karen & Thomas Nagy Arabella & George Napier Deborah Nelson Katherine Nelson Fred & Kirstin Nichols Christine & Ronald Orlowski Shari & Donald Ornstein Sandra & Scott Pearson Nancy & Stephen Player Barbara & Warren Poole Kathryn Pryor Joan Rabin The Randall Family Anna Ranieri & Stephen Boyd Richard & Karen S. Recht Sarah & Carl Rosendahl Ann Rossi Elise & Jay Rossiter Lisa Rutherford David Sacarelos & Yvette Lanza Carla Scheifly Paula & George Schlesinger Celestine & Scott Schnugg The Schwabacher Family Kent & Tracey Seymour Judith & William Shilstone Judy & Lee Shulman Mary Ann Sing Hannah & Richard Slocum Matthew Sommer Karen & Frank Sortino Saroja Srinivasan

Alex Striffler-Hernandez Trisha Suppes Jorge & Molly Tapias Rosi & Michael Taymor Rachel Thomas Katherine Tsai Penelope & Robert Waites Patti & Ed White Melanie & Ron Wilensky John & Jane Williams Polly Wong & Wai Fan Yau Mitchell & Kristen Yawitz

SUPPORTER ($250–$499) Anonymous (27) Mark & Stephanie Agnew Matthew & Marcia Allen Eugene An Dana & Juliana Andersen Daniel Appelman & Deborah Soglin Linda Ara Adrian Arima & Monica Yeung Arima Dan & Leslie Armistead Byron Bader Anne & Robert Baldwin Simon R. Bare Brigid Barton & Orrin Robinson Grace Baysinger Betsy & George Bechtel Amy Beim Marilyn Belluomini Rachel Bensen Pamela Bernstein Yuet Berry Justin Birnbaum James W Brenner Ruth Brill Beverly Brockway Bill Brownell Cliff & Ronit Bryant Diana C. Bulman Bernard Burke Frances Burr Stephan Busque & Caroline Berube Karen & Ben Cain Michael A. Calabrese Peter & Jane Carpenter Mike Cassidy Monica Cavallaro Cecily Chang Dr. James Chang & Dr. Harriet Roeder Alexander Chapman Beth Charlesworth Gautam Chaudhary Marianne Chen Ada Cheung Nona Chiariello & Chris Field Robert & Susan Christiansen Betty Cohen Susie Cohen & Barry Weingast Bud & Roxanne Coleman Moby Coquillard & Judy Heller Iva Correia Alana Corso

Elaine Costello & Bud Dougherty George Crow Alan Crystal James Cunningham Anthony Custodio & Meredith Ackley William Damon & Anne Colby Tim & Patricia Daniels Anne O. Dauer Hilary Davis & Sanford Ratner Howard Demroff Stephanie Dolin Virginia & Gregory Donaldson Debra Doucette Janet Driscoll Katharine & William Duhamel Alison Elliott & Steve Blank Renee Euchner Charles Evans & Luis Stevens-Evans Patricia & Fred Evans Joyce Farrell & Brian Wandell Tracy Fearnside & Joe Margevicius Sarah & Noel Fenton Nancy & Tom Fiene Kristen E. Finch Renee Fitzsimons Barry Fleisher Leigh Flesher & Mark Bailey Shelley Floyd & Albert Loshajian Reg & Cynthia Ford Jeff & Maureen Fox Gregory Franklin Leah & Lawrence Friedman Adam Frymoyer Tim Gallaher Sarah & Patrick Gibbs Bernd & Sabine Girod Carl & Elizabeth Gish Matt Glickman & Susie Hwang Molly Barnes Goodman & Randolph Goodman Tatiana Granoff & Robert Olson Barbara Green Harry & Diane Greenberg Walter Greenleaf Renee & Mark Greenstein Marla Griesedieck Linda & John Griffin Andrew Gutow & Madeleine Blaurock Nicholas Halsey Insook Han Ginger Harmon Courtney Harrison Yael Hasson R. Carl Hertel Lance Hill The Hittle Family Ron Ho & Christina Lai Susan Klachko Holmes Linda Hubbard Sandie Huchko William Hurlbut Keith Jantzen Dave Jefferson Arthur Johnson Jane & Bill Johnson Zeev Kaliblotzky Patricia Chambers Kalish 21

Bob Kanefsky Pearl & Ed Karrer Melanie & Perry Karsen Stina & Herant Katchadourian Ron Katz & Libby Roth Jeffrey & Marcia Keimer Shirley Kelley Maureen Kelly Lynn & Richard Kelson Tahsin N. Khan John Kilcline Stephanie Kimbro Kenton & Keiko King Ralph King & Leslie Chin James Kitch Dan Klotz Cynthia Krieger & Stuart Friedman Leslie Kriese The Kirincich Family Norman & Nina Kulgein Lila LaHood Cathy & Dick Lampman Ed Landels & Martha McDaniel Jacob Langsner Donna Lera Laurie Leventhal-Belfer & Howard Belfer Raymond & Kathleen Levitt Living Trust Reuben Levy Hongquan Li Susan Li Yanbin Li Sandra Lillie Randall & Lori Livingston Sarah Longstreth & Tom Culbertson Hal & Carol Louchheim Ellen & James Lussier Adrian & Margot Maarleveld Marion & Erick Mack Helen & David MacKenzie Fred Malouf Grainger Marburg & Katie Woodworth Chuck and Gayle Martin Carol Matre & Richard Swanson Leslie Mayerson Laure & Sam Mazzara James McElwee Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan Maura McGinnity & Erik Rausch Hillary McKinney Leslie McNeil Wallace Mersereau John Micek Alan F. Miller Monica Moore & Deborah Burgstrum Rudolf Moos Richard Morse Coralie & Gerhard Mueller Kathleen Murren Snehal & Hemali Naik Kevin & Brenda Narcomey Susan Nash Alex & Mary Nemerov The Neumann Family Joan Norton Richard & Susan Olshen Erik & Jill Olson Dick & Sandi Pantages Kartikey Patel Gary & Sandy Peltz Ann Perry Caroline Petersen Helen Pickering Klaus & Ellen Porzig Bert & Anne Raphael James Reilly Martin Reinfried Laurie Reynolds Angela Riccelli Barry & Janet Robbins 22

Jennifer Rose & James Wilcox Eric & Tiffany Rosenfeld Annette & William Ross Ruth Rothman Joel & Rachel Samoff Mary Schlosser Kevin Scott Joy & Richard Scott Grady Seale Michael Sego Carla Shatz Winnie & Gil Siegel Abby & Roger Simons Ashka Simpson Mindy Spar Kerry Spear & Tim Bell Helen & David Spiegel Kathy Stark & Christopher Aoki Elliot & Karen Stein Raymond & Apryl Stern Sandra & James Stoecker Rebecca & Ben Stolpa Jenny Stone Jay Jackman & Myra Strober Cody Sumter Yannie Tan Nicholas Telischak Lothar & Ilse de Temple Harold & Jan Thomas Chris & Carol Thomsen Mary Toman Elizabeth Trueman & Raymond Perrault James Tuleya & Karen Hurst Anne Tuttle Jeanine Valadez & Reynette Au Victoria Valenzuela Beth Van Schaack & Brent Lang The Vargas Family Teri & Mark Vershel Madeleine & Anders Viden Lisa Voge-Levin Roger & Wendy Von Oech Rita & Newton Wachhorst Lora Wadsworth Joan & Roger Warnke Joseph & Erika Wells The Wendling Family Sallie & Jay Whaley Jeri & Kevin Wheaton Ann & Matt White Anne Wilbur Justina Williams Paul Williams & Helge Ternsten Catherine Wilson & Steven Callander Jennifer & Phil Winters Mike Wright Warren Wu Irvin Yalom Mariko Yoshihara Yang & Phillip Yang Mary H. Young Nick and Chris Stevens-Yu Selma Zinker Yao Zou

2019–20 SEASON PERFORMANCE SPONSORS Jeanne & Larry Aufmuth Helen & Peter Bing Mary & Clinton Gilliland Marcia & John Goldman Stephanie & Fred Harman Trine Sorensen & Michael Jacobson Bonnie & Marty Tenenbaum The Wollenberg Foundation §

Deceased

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

$100,000+ The Koret Foundation Stanford Medicine The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

KCSM Jazz 91.1 KQED

$10,000–$49,999 Anonymous California Arts Council Capital Group Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Funds Wells Fargo

IN-KIND PARTNERS Courtyard by Marriott Palo Alto – Los Altos Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel Stanford Park Hotel The Westin Palo Alto

$1,500–$9,999 Aaron Copland Fund for Music The Amphion Foundation, Inc. New Music USA Western States Arts Federation

BUILDING DONORS

BING EXPERIENCE FUND DONORS

Peter and Helen Bing Cynthia Fry Gunn and John A. Gunn The John Arrillaga Family Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Roberta and Steve Denning Elizabeth and Bruce Dunlevie Jill and John § Freidenrich Frances and Theodore Geballe Andrea and John Hennessy Leslie and George Hume Susan and Craig McCaw Deedee and Burton § McMurtry Linda and Tony Meier Wendy Munger and Leonard Gumport Jennifer Jong Sandling and M. James Sandling Regina and John Scully Madeline and Isaac Stein Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang

With appreciation for the following donors, who provide major support for programming and musical instruments for Bing Concert Hall Anonymous Apogee Enterprises, Inc. The Adolph Baller Performance Fund for Bing Concert Hall Friends of Music at Stanford Fred and Stephanie Harman Fong Liu Elayne and Thomas Techentin, in memory of Beatrice Griffin Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum The Fay S. and Ada S. Tom Family Turner Corporation The Frank Wells Family Maurice and Helen Werdegar

2019–20 ADVISORY COUNCIL The purpose of the Stanford Live Advisory Council is to support the mission of Stanford Live and to provide advice on the strategic direction of the organization.

Fred Harman, Chair Jeanne Aufmuth Peter Bing Rick Holmstrom David Hornik George H. Hume Leslie P. Hume Lisa Jones

Cathy McMurtry Roger McNamee Linda Meier Trine Sorensen Srinija Srinivasan Doug Tanner Jorge Tapias David Wollenberg

Ex officio: Maude Brezinski Stephen Sano Anne Shulock

Stanford Live's 2019–20 season was generously supported by Helen and Peter Bing.

Underwriting for student ticket discounts for the 2019–20 season was generously provided by the Bullard family.

Stanford Live's 2019–20 season jazz programs were generously supported by the Koret Foundation.

Contributions listed are from Stanford Live members who made gifts from 9/1/19 through 8/31/20. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact us at 650.725.8782 or supportstanfordlive@stanford.edu.

To learn more about giving to Stanford Live, visit live.stanford.edu/give.

Stanford Live Staff Chris Lorway Executive Director

Bryan Alderman Assistant Director of Development Karim Baer Associate Director for Campus Engagement and Public Programs Dawn Bercow Development Events Manager

Brett Cavanaugh Stage Technician

Katie Haemmerle Communications Manager

Toni Rivera Operations Coordinator

Vanessa Chung Artist Liaison & Executive Assistant

Danielle Kisner Stage Technician

Mike Ryan Director of Operations, Frost Amphitheater

Robert DeArmond Web Developer Laura Evans Director of Music Programs, Education, and Engagement

Rory Brown Operations Manager

Ben Frandzel Institutional Gifts and Community Engagement Officer

Diana Burnell Assistant Ticket Office Manager

Elisa Gomez-Hird HR and Administrative Associate

Kelsey Carman Marketing Manager

Kristine Graham Ticketing Services Lead

Photo Credits: Allie Foraker, Jeff Goldberg, Taylor Nguyen, Kim Pross, Joel Simon, Michael Spencer, Harrison Truong, Cathy Wang, and Jess Yeung

Maurice Nounou Associate Director of Ticketing and System Operations Nick Oldham A/V Manager Egan O’Rourke Production Manager Kimberly Pross Director of Operations & Production Jeremy Ramsaur Lighting Manager Nicola Rees Director of Development

Bill Starr House Manager Krystina Tran Director of Marketing, Communications, and Patron Services Michelle Travers Artist Liaison (through Feb 2020) Max Williams Development Programs Manager

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Behind the scenes at Bing Concert Hall during our film shoot for pianist Garrick Ohlsson on September 17, 2020