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Contents Staff & Contributors Board & Advisors 60th Season, Our journey begins. Marin Symphony Orchestra Leadership 60th Season Highlights PROGRAM 1: Viva Italia! Holiday Concerts by Candlelight Youth Orchestra Concerts & Education Programs Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival PROGRAM 2: Romantic Passions A Family Valentine PROGRAM 3: Of Heroes and Angels PROGRAM 4: Remembrance and Renewal PROGRAM 5: Vive la France! Golf Tournament Benefit National Young Composers Challenge West Prelude In-Home Concerts Donors, Gifts & Sponsor Appreciation Youth and Education Programs Support Your Symphony Advertisers & Sponsors
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Staff & Contributors ARTISTIC Alasdair Neale Music Director Stephen McKersie Chorus & Chamber Chorus Director Ann Krinitsky Youth Orchestra Director Anne Lerner-Wright Crescendo Orchestra Director
ADMINISTRATIVE Jeff vom Saal Executive Director Angela Colombo Director of Development Peter Rodgers Director of Marketing & Communications Marty Eshoff Director of Operations Sarah Knowles Patron & Board Relations Associate Craig McAmis Orchestra Personnel Manager Dawn Madole Music Librarian Andrei Gorchov Youth Programs Administrator Chris Jennings Symphony@Schools Coordinator Deborah Walter Accountant Erica Qiao Intern Nicky Church Intern
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Board of Directors & Advisors OFFICERS
Commitee Chairs continued
Board of Directors continued
Dr. Frances L. White President and Chair
Renee Rymer Governance
Peter L. H. Thompson Immediate Past President
Dr. Beth Seaman Youth/Education
Stephen Goldman Vice President
Judith Walker Development
Stacy Scott Dr. Beth Seaman Sally Shekou Peter L. H. Thompson Judith Walker Dr. Frances L. White
Renee Rymer Vice President
Dr. Frances L. White Strategic Planning
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Steven Machtinger* Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Louis Bartolini Marge Bartolini James Boitano Crawford Cooley Donald Dickey Alfred Heller Grace Hughes Ronald Johnson Stafford Keegin Alice T. May Gloria Miner Elizabeth Mulryan David Poff Hugo Rinaldi Madeleine Sloane
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COMMITEE CHAIRS Stephen Goldman Audience Development Richard Kalish Personnel Leslie Miller Audit & Investment David S. Post
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Welcome to the 2012 – 2013 Marin Symphony 60th anniversary season — where great music comes to life. Whether you’re a seasoned concertgoer or here for the very first time, we are thrilled and honored to be making music for you. We appreciate you, our loyal patrons and subscribers. It is you who truly are the owners of this organization. Our board, staff, volunteers and the amazing musicians in this fine orchestra owe our thanks to you for providing consistent support — sustaining our Marin Symphony for sixty years. We have ambitious, yet realistic goals and dreams. A sound financial base. A passion for bringing innovative programming to the stage that speaks to the heart of Marin people. We aspire to provide extraordinary music education programs to our community which challenge and nurture our children, encouraging them to think for themselves and act on behalf of others. We seek not just to survive: our desire is to thrive and be known for our work and our thirst for excellence , both on stage and off. To experience an orchestra like ours in full flight is nothing short of spiritual. Our Marin Symphony is, by its very nature, a community gem and should be treated as such. We’re proactively adapting to the changes and realities of challenging times for orchestras, education, and the arts. With all of us working together, we’re confident that our community can continue taking your Marin Symphony to new heights. Join us for a dazzling journey straight to the heart of the music, where conductor, orchestra, soloists and audience become one. Enjoy Viva Italia! and the brilliant new season of inspired performances!
Alasdair Neale
Frances L. White, Ph.D.
Jeff vom Saal
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President and Board Chair Marin Symphony Association
Executive Director
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HORN Darby Hinshaw Principal ** Meredith Brown*** Nicky Roosevelt Loren Tayerle
Orchestra Personnel VIOLIN I Jeremy Constant Concertmaster The Catherine Munson Chair Philip Santos Assistant Concertmaster Karen Shinozaki Sor* Assistant Principal The Schultz Family Chair In Honor of Niels Schult z Mark Neyshloss Assistant Principal Sergi Goldman-Hull Emanuela Nikiforova Valerie Tisdel Claudia Fountain Brooke Aird Cindy Lee Van Chandler VIOLIN II Peggy Brady Principal Jeanelle Meyer Assistant Principal Dennie Mehocich* Kathryn Marshall Renee Froman* Joyce Lee Tao Nordlicht Tara Flandreau* Carla Lehmann Michelle Maruyama Akiko Kojima Thomas Yee VIOLA Jenny Douglass Principal The Elsie Rigney Carr Chair Elizabeth Prior-Runnicles Assistant Principal The Constance Vandament Chair Jennifer Sills Meg Eldridge Darcy Rindt Betsy London Oscar Hasbun Dan Kristianson Steven Machtinger Ann Coombs-Kenney
CELLO Jan Volkert* Principal Nancy Bien-Souza Assistant Principal Louella Hasbun David Wishnia Kelley Maulbetsch Elizabeth Vandervennet Isaac Melamed Robin Bonnell Adele-Akiko Kearns Erica Posner BASS Robert Ashley Principal Richard Worn Assistant Principal Pat Klobas Andrew Butler William Everett Andrew McCorkle FLUTE Monica Daniel-Barker Principal Holly Williams Katrina Walter Piccolo OBOE Margot Golding Principal Laura Reynolds English Horn CLARINET Arthur Austin Principal The Jack Bissinger & Robert Max Klein Chair Larry Posner The Tom & Alice May Chair Douglas Fejes Bass Clarinet BASSOON Carla Wilson Principal Karla Ekholm David Granger Contrabassoon
TR UMPET Carole Klein Principal James Rodseth Catherine Murtagh TR OMBONE Bruce Chrisp Principal Craig McAmis Kurt Patzner Bass Trombone TUBA Zachariah Spellman Principal TIMPANI Tyler Mack Principal PERCUSSION Kevin Neuhoff Principal Scott Bleaken Ward Spangler HARP Dan Levitan Principal KEYBOARD Heather Creighton Principal PERSONNEL MANAGER Craig McAmis LIBRARIAN Dawn Madole SANDOR SALGO Music Director Laureate Posthumous CHARLES MEACHAM Concertmaster Emeritus Posthumous
* Former member of Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra ** Principal, Program 3 *** Principal, Programs 1, 2, 4 & 5
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Alasdair Neale, Music Director There’s nothing like experiencing live classical music played by our Marin Symphony under the leadership of Maestro Alasdair Neale. This is his 12 th season leading our orchestra and he has taken the musicians progressively to higher levels of excellence over the past decade. He’s one of the leading Bay Area conductors and a champion of youth education initiatives. Maestro Neale has made appearances on many of the world’s stages with renowned orchestras and soloists. Music Director Alasdair Neale began his tenure as Music Director of the Marin Symphony in 2001. He also holds the positions of Music Director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and Principal Guest Conductor of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mr. Neale’s appointment with the Marin Symphony followed 12 years as Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. During that time he conducted both orchestras in hundreds of critically acclaimed concerts both here and abroad. In 1999, he substituted for an ailing Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting the
In his eighteen years as Music Director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Mr. Neale has propelled this festival to national status: it is now the largest privately funded free admission symphony in America. He has brought many celebrated guest artists to these annual events. In March 2002, to enthusiastically positive reviews, Mr. Neale collaborated with director Peter Sellars and composer John Adams to open the Adelaide Festival with a production of the opera El Niño. In April 1994, he conducted the San Francisco Symphony in the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Colored Field, featuring English horn player Julie Ann Giacobassi. In 1993, the American Symphony Orchestra League named him a Leonard Bernstein American Conducting Fellow, and he led the New Jersey Symphony in a concert at the League’s annual conference. Alasdair Neale maintains a most active guest conducting schedule, both nationally and internationally. His recordings have been released by Arco/Decca and New World Records. Alasdair Neale holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cambridge University and a Master’s from Yale University, where his principal teacher was Otto-Werner Mueller. He lives in San Francisco.
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leadership Dr. Frances L. White Board President Dr. Frances L. White, Superintendent/President Emerita and a community college educator for 32 years, retired as Superintendent/President of the Marin Community College District in June 2010. Previously, she served five years as President of Skyline College in San Bruno, California. Her administrative experience in community colleges covers a variety of roles including serving as the Executive Vice Chancellor at City College of San Francisco and the Interim Chancellor of the San Jose/ Evergreen Community College District. Dr. White has a Ph.D. in education administration from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s degree in counseling psychology and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the California State University at Hayward. As a professional, Dr. White has served on numerous local, state and national boards, commissions and committees. She is the statewide recipient of the 2010 Harry J. Buttimer Distinguished Administrator Award in the California Community Colleges and was named “Women in Business: Education Leader of 2009” for the North Bay Business Journal. Dr. White currently serves as a lecturer in the Ed.D. Education Leadership Program at San Francisco State University, and is a founding adjunct faculty member of the program. She also works as a CEO search consultant for community colleges; as well as a consultant in strategic planning, organizational review and accreditation management for large and small community colleges. She currently serves as the president and chair of the Board of Directors for the Marin Symphony Association; and she is a new board member for the San Rafael Rotary. She is the author of several publications on educational leadership and lives in Marin with her husband, Harley.
Jeff vom Saal Executive Director Jeff vom Saal was appointed Executive Director of the Marin Symphony Association in July 2012. A native of upstate New York, Jeff began playing the trumpet at age four. Jeff attended and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied with Peter Chapman and Charles Schlueter, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the time. After graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 2001, Jeff became interested in arts administration. His first orchestra job was as Executive Director of the Metrowest Youth Symphony Orchestra in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 2005, Jeff and his family moved to Fargo, North Dakota, where he was the Executive Director of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. In 2007, Jeff was asked to assume the leadership of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, which he did until his move to California this past summer. During his tenure with the QCSO, season ticket sales increased every year, educational programs grew, and the organization expanded the number and style of concerts significantly. Outside the Symphony, Jeff enjoys sailing, cycling, cooking and spending time with friends and family. Jeff has been married to his wife, Robyn, for nine years. They have two children, Melina and Max. The vom Saals live in Mill Valley.
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Our opening salute to Italy features Mendelssohn’s joyful, sunny, and festive scenes, as well as the majesty and grandeur of Rome’s pine forests in Respighi’s sonic blockbuster Pines of Rome. Quartet San Francisco kicks off our 60th Season— returning with their signature blend of virtuosity and cool sophistication to rock the house. Complete program notes and an artist interview begin on page 21. Holiday Concerts by Candlelight Featuring the Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus Saturday, December 1st at 7:30pm Sunday, December 2 nd at 4:00pm The Marin Symphony Holiday Concerts are presented on the first weekend of December at the Church of Saint Raphael, San Rafael. This season’s concerts will feature the 38-member Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus, the Marin Girls Chorus, harpist Anna Maria Mendieta,
Youth Orchestra Concerts in December! Crescendo Concert Saturday, December 8th at 3:00pm Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert Sunday, December 9th at 7:00pm
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World renowned for their rhythmic, spirited, and stylized performances in multiple genres, three-time Grammy nominated Quartet San Francisco returns to join forces with the Marin Symphony and Maestro Neale. Experience the world premiere of Jeremy Cohen’s “ Concerto Carnevale” for String Quartet and Orchestra at our season-opening concerts—a spirited musical conversation between Quartet San Francisco as the “soloist” and the Marin Symphony.
Marin Symphony instrumentalists and smaller vocal ensembles performing world Holiday music. The audience and chorus conclude these programs singing carols in candlelight. More on page 29.
Experience the next generation of classical musicians. More on page 31. Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival January 20th, 2013 at 3:00pm More on page 33.
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PROGRAM 1: Viva Italia! Sunday, October 28th at 3:00pm Tuesday, October 30th at 7:30pm
PROGRAM 2: Romantic Passions Sunday, January 20 th, 2013 at 3:00pm Tuesday, January 22 nd, 2013 at 7:30pm Bay Area native and young virtuoso Nigel Armstrong offers a youthful take on Bruch’s ever-popular First Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky’s last symphony takes us on a hyper-emotionally charged journey that scales the heights and plumbs the depths like few other works in the repertoire. More, on page 35.
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The Legend of Marina: Come with us on a musical journey with a head-strong young woman, named after the land in which she was born, who sets out on an adventure—to find her destiny in the world while renewing her love for the place and people from which she comes. Audiences of all ages will delight in seeing familiar lands and landmarks with a new perspective, accompanied by a musical score that underlines their beauty, mystery and significance. More on page 37. PROGRAM 3: Of Heroes and Angels Sunday, March 10 th, 2013 at 3:00pm Tuesday, March 12 th, 2013 at 7:30pm Axel Strauss, violin “Strauss emphasized the radical shifts of mood throughout the piece, from alternatively fiery and lyrical passages… His performance had an air of refreshing spontaneity that made it seem that the violinist was exploring and discovering the piece anew.” –Alexander Kahn, San Francisco Classical Voice Beethoven’s “Eroica” broke all the rules and established new musical boundaries. Two centuries later its astonishing powers remain undiminished. American composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ Musica Celestis is a heavenly meditation painted in radiant, ecstatic colors. More on page 38. National Young Composers Challenge Workshop & Composium West October 2013 — Details on page 43
PROGRAM 4: Remembrance and Renewal Sunday, April 14 th, 2013 at 3:00pm Tuesday, April 16 th, 2013 at 7:30pm Featuring the Marin Symphony Chorus “… the Marin Symphony Chorus, directed by Stephen McKersie, shown in the finale [Beethoven Symphony No. 9], making a strong conclusion to a double assignment.” –Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle Brahms’ noble A German Requiem pays homage to the living in his towering choral masterpiece. Anna Clyne’s Within her Arms is a sensitive meditation for strings. Separated by 150 years, both works were inspired by the deaths of the composers’ mothers. More on page 39. PROGRAM 5: Vive la France! Sunday, May 5 th, 2013 at 3:00pm Tuesday, May 7 th, 2013 at 7:30pm Joyce Yang, piano “Poetic and sensitive pianism… capable of hurling thunderbolts” –The Washington Post “The first impression Yang gives is of the pleasure she takes in the purely physical act of playing the piano. She’s not showy. Her attention to detail and clarity is as impressive as her agility, balance and creativity…” –Joan Reinthaler, The Washington Post Debussy’s Piano Preludes are miniature masterpieces of tone painting. In an unusual juxtaposition you’ll hear them twice: first in the original piano version and then in ingenious orchestrations by Colin Matthews. Our season finale, the glorious masterpiece, La Mer, evokes the winds, the waves, the sounds and ambience of the sea, with Debussy’s sensuous tonal colors and gorgeous impressionistic harmonies. More on page 40.
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Half-hour talks with Music Director Alasdair Neale reveal insights into the creative process and expose the backstory behind performance s. Guest artists appear alongside the Maestro, engaging in conversations with each other and the audience.
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P R OGRAM 1: VIVA ITALIA!
Alasdair Neale conducting Quartet San Francisco soloists October 28, 2012 — Sunday at 3:00pm October 30, 2012 — Tuesday at 7:30pm
Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever Tim Harman, guest conductor Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Opus 90, “Italian” Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto
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Concerto Carnevale for String Quartet and Orchestra I. Blue Baroque II. Tango III. Tarantella
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Pines of Rome The Pines of the Villa Borghese Pines Near a Catacomb The Pines of the Janiculum The Pines of the Appian Way
Quartet San Francisco Jeremy Cohen, violin Matthew Szemela, violin Keith Lawrence, viola Kelley Maulbetsch, cello
Concerts made possible in part through the generous support of Bon Air Shopping Center, Bank of America, Marin Magazine and KDFC with sustaining support from William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and Marin Community Foundation Quartet San Francisco sponsored by Frank & Lois Noonan
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Program 1 Notes October 28 & 30, 2012 by Jon Kochavi Overture to The Barber of Seville (1813) Rossini composed his comic opera, The Barber of Seville, which included an overture based on Spanish themes, in three short weeks in 1816 for production in Rome. Over the course of some years, the original overture was apparently lost, and Gioacchino Rossini Rossini substituted an ( 1792-1868 ) overture he had used for two previous operas (Aurelian in Palmyra and Elizabeth, Queen of England). This lively, up-tempo number, which sets up the opera buffa to follow perfectly, became inextricably linked to Barber, and it is the one we will hear tonight. There is a hesitancy to the beginning of the overture that lends it irresistible charm. The initial burst is followed not by a sweeping melody, but instead by a sneaky exchange between the winds and strings. Rossini builds anticipation of a coming melody, but it arrives in the form of an understated violin theme accompanied by a creeping pizzicato. The familiar bold Barber melody finally arrives nearly a third of the way into the overture, with the detached accompaniment intact. From here, the music takes off, building excitement through the rest of the piece. Listen for the characteristic “Rossini crescendos,” created by repeating the same melodic fragment multiple times in a row, each iteration increasing in volume and in number of instruments.
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Opus 90, “Italian” (1830-1847)
Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto
As effortless as the Italian Symphony sounds to us today, its creation was labored; it was composed and revised in spurts over many years. In fact, Mendelssohn probably never heard the version of the symphony that we know, and the score was not published until four years after his death. The symphony began its life late in 1830, when Mendelssohn started to compose it during his nine-month sojourn in Italy. Rome, with the “eternal magnitude” of its ruins, impressed him greatly, although he was appalled with the musicians there who, he wrote, “executed flourishes like those we are accustomed to hear in farm yards, but hardly as good.” By early 1831, he had sketched three of the movements and was already referring to it as “the Italian Symphony.” But progress on the work slowed and he did not complete a draft until the spring of 1833. Although the symphony received its premiere in London in May 1833, Mendelssohn was not content to leave it in that form. In June 1834, he expressed the desire to “alter the entire subjects” of the first movement. A new version was completed by 1838, though he continued to fiddle with it through the last nine years of his life. It is difficult to comprehend the dissatisfaction Mendelssohn had with the symphony in which— according to musicologist Donald Tovey—“every bar and every note is in the right place.” The lightness of Mendelssohn’s strings and the ostinato pattern in the accompaniment may sound like an echo from earlier this evening: it is quite possible that Mendelssohn was aiming to capture the Italian style so typified by Rossini’s wildly popular operas from the time. Mendelssohn was very familiar with Rossini’s music, having first met the elder composer during an 1825 stay in Paris where Rossini was positioned for a number of years. The teenage Mendelssohn criticized nearly everything and everyone he came into contact with in Paris including Rossini, who he referred to as “Maestro Windbag.” However, a chance meeting between the two over a week or so in 1836 in Frankfurt was a delight for both of these masters. Mendelssohn played a number of his compositions for Rossini who reacted with “heartfelt pleasure and expressed the strongest admiration for his talent,” and offered advice. Whether Mendelssohn played Rossini any of his symphony is unknown, but Stendhal’s description of Rossini’s music as “a smile of pleasure at every bar” could apply equally well to the Italian Symphony.
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P R O G R AM 1 NOTES: VIVA ITALIA! The first movement is an expression of ebullient joy. The music spins along with nearly continuous eighthnote runs punctuated by well-timed silences that seem to give the movement as much of its character as the actual notes. After an amiable second theme, the development magically introduces a new theme in minor with a rhythm derived from the first theme. The fugal treatment of the minor theme, intermingled with elements of the opening, raises the level of energy and excitement even further. The development theme is brought back at the end of the recapitulation and leads into a fittingly brilliant coda. After an opening motto that will return at various points in the second movement, the oboe and bassoon play a lyrical melody in D minor over a walking bass line played in the low strings. This theme has become associated with a Pilgrim’s March, though probably not by Mendelssohn himself. Each phrase is echoed by the violins with a graceful countermelody in the flutes. The second theme has an A major clarinet melody soaring over the orchestra. After each theme is revisited and transformed, a transition back to D minor guides the music back to the walking bass line that softly fades to the end.
The A major third movement is in A-B-A minuet form. The A section is a gentle lullaby in the strings that briefly becomes more passionate in the middle before settling back into the calm of the beginning. The E major B section maintains a similar mood, featuring a subdued fanfare in the horns and bassoons. After the return of A, now more fully orchestrated, an abbreviation of the material from B serves as the coda to this peaceful movement. The gently falling A major arpeggio that ends the third movement is countered by a vigorous rising A minor arpeggio that introduces the fourth. A truly inspired six minutes of music, the finale moves along in scurrying triplets with periodic rests that break the phrases into repeating 5-note gestures, giving it a catch-your-breath sense of quickness. These rhythms are reminiscent of the Italian dance form for which the movement is named. The second theme eliminates these rests altogether, and now the legato triplets seem to be carried on the crest of a wave. A stunning fugal treatment of this second theme carries into the return of the initial theme, and the momentum never lets up.
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Concerto Carnevale for String Quartet and Orchestra (2012) I. Blue Baroque II. Tango III. Tarantella This segment of our concert provides a true “crossover,” in both genre and time. Regular Marin Symphony audience members will remember the Quartet San Francisco and its founding member Jeremy Cohen from their appearances during our Jeremy Cohen 2008 season, which ( b. 1957 ) featured a spirited set of tangos for quartet and orchestra, arranged and composed by Cohen. Today, Cohen has used the music of the Italian Baroque to inspire a vibrant modern fusion of classical, Latin, and jazz styles. As Cohen aptly notes, “Carrying the tradition forward is what we are about.” The first movement is cast in an Italian concerto grosso texture. This Baroque style, typified by music of Corelli, features a small solo group (the concertino) set against the larger full orchestra (the ripieno). Corelli tended to use two violins and a cello as his concertino, and Cohen here includes the viola to expand the concertino to the entire string quartet. The movement features a main theme that is passed back and forth between the quartet and orchestra with increasing embellishment. Of the movement, Cohen writes, “I’m using a bit more modern language than your traditional Italian Concerto Grosso (Vivaldi, Corelli, etc) but the movement is well within the Concerto Grosso form with a Quartet San Francisco flavor twist on it.” The second movement serves as a bridge between the opening and the finale, featuring each of the quartet members individually in another modern adaptation of the traditional style. The third movement is inspired by the Italian folkdance called the tarantella. Originally a rustic courtship dance, the tarantella became a favorite musical style especially for finales due to its frenzied pace and lively motion. Cohen’s take on the tarantella is highly energetic, delivering a rousing finish.
P R O G R AM 1 NOTES: VIVA ITALIA! Pines of Rome (1923-24) The Pines of the Villa Borghese Pines Near a Catacomb The Pines of the Janiculum The Pines of the Appian Way As an Italian composer of the 20th century, Respighi Ottorino Respighi embraced the music of Rossini wholeheartedly, basing a ballet ( 1879-1936 ) and an orchestral suite on his predecessor’s piano pieces. While his orchestral palette is completely different from Rossini’s, there is a colorful vividness in Respighi’s music very much in the vein of Rossini’s scores. The Pines of Rome is the second of Respighi’s socalled “Roman trilogy,” which began with Fountains of Rome (1916) and ended with Festivals of Rome (1928). Pines is perhaps Respighi’s most acclaimed work, despite a rocky beginning. At the premiere in Rome on December 14, 1924 (and again at the repeat performance on December 28), the hall was packed, anticipation was high, and the mood was described by Respighi’s wife Elsa as “electric.” At the end of the first movement, where the trumpet playfully repeats a “wrong note” written in the score, the audience began a chorus of boos and hisses that threatened to stop the concert altogether. One audience member even shouted, “It must not go on!” But the orchestra continued and won the audience over. By the end of the piece, according to Elsa, there was “a frantic applause such as never before been heard in the Augusteo.” Later, when a friend suggested that he change the end of the first movement, Respighi laughed, “Well, let them boo... what do I care?” The piece, played without a break, is full of vibrant moments. Respighi himself gave the following brief, programmatic descriptions of each movement: I. Children are at play in the pine groves of the Villa Borghese; they dance round in circles. They play soldiers, marching and fighting, they are wrought up by their own cries like swallows at evening, they come and go in swarms.
III. A quiver runs through the air: the pine trees of the Janiculum stand distinctly outlined in the clear light of a full moon. A nightingale is singing. IV. Misty dawn on the Appian Way: solitary pine trees guarding the tragic landscape; the muffled, ceaseless rhythm of unending footsteps. The poet has a fantastic vision of bygone glories: trumpets blare and, in the brilliance of the newly risen sun, a consular army bursts forth towards the Sacred Way, mounting in triumph to the Capitoline Hill. The whirling march of the first movement, full of playful glissandi, aptly accompanies the children’s games. The eerie chant of the catacombs uses unusual combinations of instruments playing in octaves, including a flute and bassoon line. The magical tranquility of the subdued Janiculum section must be considered one of Respighi’s finest achievements (the score even calls for a recording of a nightingale’s song to be played towards the end). A long, gradual crescendo marks the approach of the distant army in the final movement, and the footsteps are represented with timpani strikes on every eighth beat until the very end.
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II. We see the shadows of the pine trees fringing the entrance to a catacomb. From the depth rises the sound of a mournful chant, floating through the air like a solemn hymn and gradually and mysteriously disappearing.
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Multiple Grammy nominees, Quartet San Francisco (QSF) expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. QSF was founded in 2001 by celebrated Bay Area violinist and composer arranger Jeremy Cohen. With violinist Matt Szemela, violist Keith Lawrence, and cellist Kelley Maulbetsch, these crossover specialists excel in multiple styles—jazz, tango, pop, blues, bluegrass, gypsy swing, big band. Since its concert debut in 2001, QSF has offered its exclusive and groundbreaking literature to local, national, and international audiences in tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms. In 2002 the quartet began its on-stage collaborations with tango dancers, Sandor and Parissa. In the 2004–06 academic years the quartet was in residence at Mills College in Oakland, California. QSF has been featured on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday. They have toured China, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, and Guam, performing in Seoul, Tokyo, Hyogo, Osaka, Istanbul, Hagatna, and throughout central and eastern China. As winners of the Argentine Consulate’s 2004 International Tango Competition in New York, they performed tangos for an Argentine audience at the historic Café Tortoni in Buenos Aires. United States appearances include New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, Yoshi’s Jazz Clubs in San Francisco and Oakland, the Brubeck Room in the Wilton Library (at the invitation of Dave Brubeck), the Mendocino Music Festival, in concerts with the Marin Symphony and the Tulsa Symphony, and guest appearances with numerous chamber orchestras. They have appeared on series’ produced by Music at Trinity Wall Street, Corning Museum of Glass, Troy Music Hall,
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Portland Friends of Chamber Music, La Jolla Music Society, Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society Summer, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, University of Vermont Lane Series, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, Dumbarton Concert Series in Washington, D.C., The Jazzschool in Berkeley, Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival. They have been visiting artists at Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music, and they have appeared at the University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Festival at Mills College where they performed Jeremy Cohen’s arrangements of Time Out selections for Dave and Lola Brubeck. More info available at www.quartetsanfrancisco.com.
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Jeremy Cohen interview highlights by Indi Young Jeremy Cohen speaks about his background with the Marin Symphony, Alasdair Neale, and the process of creating Concerto Carnevale for String Quartet and Orchestra.
Quartet San Francisco is known, not so much as a classical ensemble, but as a string ensemble that plays more contemporary genres of music… what looks like a classical formation, string quartet, but playing more contemporary styles of music. We have three Grammy nominations that are called “classical crossover.” When Maestro Neale and I discussed and explored what Quartet San Francisco could do to complement the Italian flavor of this concert, I wasn’t feeling that Italian. There are precious few pieces of music for string quartets, especially things that sound Italian. There was nothing already written. It became increasingly clear I should write something. We needed something unique for this program. Then, me being a Jewish kid from San Francisco not feeling his Italian-ness, said, “I’ve been to Italy. I love Italy! My wife is part Italian, and they associate strongly with their roots.” I started to research what parts of my life were influenced by things Italian. I grew up in San Francisco and it is such a heavily Italian-influenced city. Recalling my trip to Italy, I remember that I wrote a tango, Tango Duscana, while in Tuscany on my last trip there. I realized there’s a lot of Italian in my life. So, I gave it a musical basis. It gave me a lot of fuel. You sit down and the page is blank, and something Italian has to emerge. I know … when I’m entertaining myself writing, I know music is starting to flow.
is thrilling and daunting at the same time. There’s nothing like a good thrill. It’s like going from a little track meet to the Olympic stadium. There are so many more factors involved that play into the performance of the piece. The palette is so much broader. Here’s the painting metaphor: It’s like going from four colors to eighty. In personnel, it’s going from quartet to orchestra. There are unique instruments each with their own sound and timbre and quality. You want to use them all. Because I’m a musician—I am a player—I have a responsibility to entertain the musicians that I’m writing for. The first priority is in service to the piece. Right behind that I have to face my colleagues afterward and I hope they will say to me, “That was really fun to play.” The primary reason I started Quartet San Francisco, was to recapture and maintain the joy of being a musician. Every time we take our instrument out of our case, we have an opportunity to fly. It’s the reason we started playing as kids. The inception of Quartet San Francisco was, “I need to fly. It needs to be thrilling at all times. I need to be delivering on the edge.” I feel a responsibility to write music so that musicians are in love with their playing.
So, at first I was thinking, “What is Italian about me? This is ridiculous. What have I agreed to do?” But then I cracked books, looked all over the internet, and visited the cultural centers in San Francisco and Oakland. Since we’re Quartet San Francisco, I think it’s important to do the Italian influence on Americans. When I went to Italy when I grew up, there was much of Italy that was familiar to me. I wasn’t as in touch with it for its Italian-ness, but for its San Francisconess. Italian culture is 30-40% of the music I ever played studying music, growing up: Vivaldi, Corelli, Gabrieli. I think it’s cool because I’m discovering the Italian-ness in me. Most of the music that I write is for chamber setting: smaller combinations of musicians. There are great opportunities in writing for, like, a football field full of instruments. Going from chamber to full orchestra
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DECEMBER 2012
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Holiday Concerts by Candlelight
To the Mothers of Brazil: Salve Regina – Jansson/Eriksson Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming – Distler Cloth of Glory – Brunner There Is No Rose of Such Virtue – Caracciolo A Savior from on High – Paulus Two John Rutter Carols Two Medieval Carol Settings Featuring: Marin Girls Chorus & Alumnae Anna Maria Mendieta, harp
SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 7:30 PM & SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 4:00 PM
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Share the glow with us! Start your holiday season off with a favorite tradition when our community gathers in the Church of Saint Raphael in San Rafael. Add your voice to the celebration and sing along with our Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus directed by Stephen McKersie. Holiday Concert tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door Purchase online at marinsymphony.org, or by phone: 415.479.8100 Concert sponsors: Marin Pacific Company, Inc., Frank & Lois Noonan
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Where it all begins. ORCHESTRA Teddy Abrams conductor Ravenna Lipchick violin Works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Wagner Saturday, December 1, 8 p.m.
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Corey Jamason & Elisabeth Reed co-directors Orchestral music of Handel, Purcell, Telemann and Biber Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m.**
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Experience the next generation of classical musicians... Crescendo Concert Anne Lerner-Wright, conducting Saturday, December 8 th at 3:00pm Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espanol Telemann, Selections from Don Quixote Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice Bizet, Farandole Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert Sunday, December 9 th at 7:00pm Verdi, Overture to Nabucco Schubert, Symphony No. 8, Unfinished Bach, Double Violin Concerto, Movement I Joyce Lee, Alina Polonskaya, violins Sibelius, Symphony 4, 4th Movement
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The Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra at the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival in January 2012 at Davies Symphony Hall.
2013 Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival On Sunday, January 20 at 3pm, our Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra will take part in the annual Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival, this year hosted by the Santa Rosa Symphony at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University. Every year, six of the Bay Area’s most talented young orchestral ensembles participate in this festival hosted by the San Francisco Symphony on a biannual basis. Proceeds from the concert benefit six organizations, one within each orchestra’s local community, that provide resources to underserved and homeless youth.
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Celebrating the dedication of the James Dunn Theatre and James Dunn’s 80th birthday on March 1, 2013 at 8 pm. Proceeeds will benefit COM Performing Arts Programs. A limited number of tickets are available at $65 each for a preshow talk with James Dunn and reception, including special preshow musical performances, hors d’oeuvres, preferred seating at the gala performance, and after show birthday party! Gala ticket information: 415.485.9555
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FEBRUARY 2013
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A Family Valentine
FEBR UARY 10 SUNDAY @ 3:00 PM
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Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra musicians assist aspiring young artists at the Petting Zoo following the Family Concert. The energy and enthusiasm is captivating! Sponsored by The Magic Flute.
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Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture Berlioz Harold in Italy (excerpts) I. Harold in the mountains. Scenes of melancholy, happiness and joy. II. Procession of pilgrims singing the evening hymn. III. Serenade of an Abruzzi-mountaineer to his sweetheart. IV. The brigand’s feast. Reminiscences of the preceding scenes. Telemann Viola Concerto featuring Marin Symphony Youth Alumni viola section and Marin Symphony strings Doyle Music from Brave
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Remembrance and Renewal
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MAY 2013
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Vive la France! Debussy/Matthews selected Piano Preludes, side-by-side with Joyce Yang Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Debussy La Mer Concert Sponsor: LVP MARIN REALTORS Guest artist sponsors: Steve and Christina Fox
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Mark your calendar for Composium West: Sunday, October 6, 2013
Marin Symphony was proud to host the National Young Composers Challenge “Workshop West” at San Domenico School on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The free full day event attracted more than 130 participants from throughout the Bay Area, California, and some, from other parts of the U.S. Attendees discovered the principles of composition, orchestration, music notation, and scoring software from nationally recognized composers.
Young composers ages 13-18 may write their own score for either chamber ensemble or full orchestra and enter the National Young Composers Challenge Composium West, which takes place the day after Workshop West. This is an amazing afternoon of excitement, drama, and music for both the particpants and the audience! You’ll hear the winning compositions by America’s best young composers rehearsed, discussed, and performed by Maestro Christopher Wilkins and the Marin Symphony at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, CA.
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The first-ever “Workshop West” was a huge success!
Save the date for next year’s Workshop West: Saturday, October 5, 2013
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We’re excited about what will be the second Workshop West event. Aspiring young musicians ages 13-18 are invited to attend the free full day program.
Discover more about the National Young Composers Challenge, the premier orchestra composition event in America, with entries from top young composers, ages 13-18, from across the United States: YoungComposersChallenge.org
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Robert & Donys Powell Joan & David Quinn, Jr. Charles & Patricia Raven Pat & Art Ravicz Erick K. & Martha Richter-Smith Walt & Ilene Riethmeier Faith France & Hugo Rinaldi Judy & Richard Robinson Sue & Bill Rochester Adrienne Roth Diane Roth Richard & Anne Marie Ruben June E. Rubin & W. David Stern Helen Rutledge Georgia F. Sagues Angelo Salarpi Family Eva M. Sampson Dr. Rick & Cynthia Sapp Peri Sarganis Nancy & James Saunders Cynthia Sawtell Gary & Kathy Schaefer Georgia & Hugh Schall Nancy Schlegel Marilyn Schneider & Edward Simon Margot Fraser Fund Patricia York Schumacher Sylvia Schwartz Nancy & Terry Scott John & Elinor Severinghaus Andre & Lesley Shashaty Betsy H. Shuey Joel & Susan Sklar Jacky Smith Kay Smith David & Marcia Sperling Alan Spiegelman Jean Starkweather Richard & Susie Stern John W. Stewart Marilyn & Arthur Strassburger Bettina M. Strongoli Edward Tanner Ed Texiera J. Ralph & Mary Ann Thomas L. Thomas Tobin Bob Towler Lee & Ginny Turner Jan & Mark Volkert Martha Wall Charles A. Weghorn Arlin Weinberger Sandra Weiss Carol Weitz Jolley F. White Barbara J. Wilkes Randy Wilkinson Maynard & Helen Willms Margaret Wilner Roy Wonder & Barbara Ward William & Gloria Wong Ellie Wood Charles & Lynne Worth Judith Yarling Margery Zelles Ellie Zengler Anonymous (11)
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Thank you... The Symphony’s Tribute Program offers a memorable way to celebrate milestones such as weddings, anniversaries and births, and to honor the memory of family and friends. These gifts were received between August 25, 2011 and October 6, 2012.
GIFTS IN HONOR OF
Gifts in Memory Of continued
Lou Bartolini Richard & Anne Marie Ruben Peter L. H. & Kathryn Thompson Maynard & Helen Willms
Susan Pegues Mason William & Gloria Wong
Steve Machtinger Michael A. Freeman, MD Leslie Miller Daniel & Judy Katsin
Lora May Lou & Marge Bartolini
CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR
Grace Northrup William & Gloria Wong
presently honoring Jeremy Constant, is now The Catherine Munson Chair
Mary & David Rabb Susan Morris
John Pitcairn Joanne Dunn George Fernbacher Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba Richard & Anne Marie Ruben Peter L. H. & Kathryn Thompson
Jonathan Ruben Birthday Richard & Anne Marie Ruben
Diane Post George Fernbacher
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF
Rollin Post Lou & Marge Bartolini
Noralee Monestere Amy & Mark Brokering
Jean Airola William & Gloria Wong
The Board has arranged that monies designated to the ChairNaming Endowment Fund may be paid over time. The Marin Symphony expresses its profound gratitude to the following visionary individuals who have already claimed the chairs of their own:
PRINCIPAL VIOLA CHAIR presently honoring Jenny Douglass, is now The Elsie Rigney Carr Chair
PRINCIPAL CLARINET CHAIR presently honoring Art Austin, is now The Jack Bissinger & Robert Max Klein Chair
Richard Bechelli Lou & Marge Bartolini
Lavon Reaber Donald R. & Noel W. Dickey Joanne Dunn Jan Mettner
Elsie Carr Mike Marcley
Jonathan Ruben Richard & Anne Marie Ruben
George Dexter Joanne Dunn
David Ring Bruce & Joseph Bacheller Gisela & Rolf Eiselin Carl Mehlhop Alan Spiegelman William & Gloria Wong
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA CHAIR
Barbara Veatch Hope Herndon
SECTION CHAIR, CLARINET
Edsel Yarling Judith Yarling
presently honoring Larry Posner, is now The Tom & Alice May Chair
Martha Harrison Iyana Leveque Edward C. Herndon Hope Herndon Amy Jones Lou & Marge Bartolini
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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FIRST VIOLIN CHAIR presently honoring Karen Shinozaki, is now The Schultz Family Chair In Honor of Niels Schultz
presently honoring Elizabeth Prior-Runnicles, is now The Constance Vandament Chair
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GIFts , E N D OW M E N T, E N C O R E S O C I E T Y & SPONSOR APPRECIATION The Marin Symphony is most grateful to the members of the Encore Society and wish to applaud their gifts of lasting importance.
ENCORE SOCIETY
Encore Society continued
Kenneth & Barbara Adams Hans J. Adler & Wanda Headrick Ara Apkarian Lou & Marge Bartolini Frank & Lee Battat Robert & Patricia Bilger Jack Bissinger & Robert Max Klein* James & Caroline Boitano Steven & Ann Borden David Bott E. Joseph & Jo Ann Bowler Robert & Elza Burton William & Lynn Callender Karen Carmody Mary Carpou* Robert & Judith Creasy Christina Dewey Donald R. & Noel W. Dickey Vernon & Elke Dwelly Helga Epstein Branwell Fanning George Fernbacher Thomas & Julianna Foris Barbara & Bill* Friede Abe & Suzanne Froman Geraldine Gains Mary M. Griffin-Jones Alf & Ruth Heller Susan Hedge Hossfeld* David* & Sandra Hoyer Grace Hughes Robert & Mary Ellen Irwin Emily Hanna Johnson Robert & Edith Kane Carole Klein Nancy Kohlenstein Herbert & Barbara Graham Kreissler Lucinda Lee Barbara Brown Leibert* William Lockett Mrs. Frankie Longfellow*
Alice & Tom* May Charles Meacham* Vivienne E Miller Gloria Miner Theodore A. Montgomery Larry & Betty Mulryan Catherine Munson David Poff Jane T. Richards* Yvonne Roth Renee Rymer Nancy E. Schlegel Herb Schuyten Madeleine Sloane Ann* & Ellis Stephens Charles* & Patricia Swensen Wilbur & Jacqueline Tapscott Bruce & Lynn O’Malley Taylor Peter L. H. & Kathryn Thompson Sylvia F. Thompson* Audrey S. Tytus* Constance Vandament Marian Marsh & David Wade Maynard & Helen Willms Philip & Phyllis Ziring
*deceased
IN KIND An Affair to Remember Catering David & Jennifer Bailey Four Points by Sheraton San Rafael KDFC Marin Magazine Marin Independent Journal Stacy Scott Catering Peter L. H. & Kathryn Thompson White Oak Vineyards & Winery
REHEARSAL FACILITIES Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
A special thanks to all of the businesses, corporations, foundations and individuals who support our season concerts.
BUSINESS , CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SPONSORS Bank of America Bank of Marin Bon Air Center City National Bank Steve & Christina Fox Four Points by Sheraton William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Kaiser Permanente KDFC LVP Marin Realtors Marin Community Foundation Marin Independent Journal Marin Magazine Marin Pacific Company Patrick M. McCarthy Foundation Montecito Plaza Shopping Center Frank & Lois Noonan Bernard Osher Foundation Schultz Foundation U.S. Bank White Oak Vineyards & Winery
CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Argonaut Group Chevron Humankind City National Bank Genex Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Oracle Piper Jaffray VISA
The Marin Symphony is a member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & FOLDERS
PHOTOS © JAMES HALL
The Magic Flute
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Through music we create more harmonious communities. Bon Air Center is proud to support the Marin Symphony www.bonair.com Over 50 unique shops & restaurants. Just off Highway 101 on Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Greenbrae.
SUPPOR T
Live symphonic music lifts spirits and improves our quality of life. It shines a light of hope and touches our emotions like no other form of entertainment. Beyond our concerts, there are dozens of ways you can enhance your experience with us and expand the reach of our Marin Symphony. As a donor, you play a vital role in allowing us to share the profound and transformative experience of live music. When you contribute, you provide crucial support for Marin Symphony’s wide-ranging Educational and Youth Orchestra Programs as well.
PHOTOS © STUART LIRETTE
Be a part of it.
Conductor’s Club Gatherings in the Green Room bring donors, sponsors and friends together to share fine wines, food and our love of music. It’s just one of the benefits offered to those who annually donate more than $2000 to the Symphony.
Concert sponsors...
Every gift makes a real difference. Ticket sales for arts organizations cover only a portion of the costs associated with producing our exceptional artistic, education, and community initiatives. Your support at any level is vital and appreciated. Donors also receive priority seating assignments. For information about making a gift, creating an enduring legacy with your estate planning, or simply to learn more about taking advantages of benefits and privileges designed to enhance your concert-going experience, please call us at 415.479.8100, or visit marinsymphony.org/support.
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Aldersly Garden Retirement Community American Bach Soloists Bank of America Bank of Marin Bon Air Center City National Bank College of Marin Corte Madera Town Center Dimensions in Travel Four Points by Sheraton San Rafael Frank Howard Allen Realtors Kaiser Permanente KDFC LUXTON OPTICAL LVP MARIN REALTORS Marin Baroque Marin Independent Journal Marin Magazine Marin Music Chest Marin Theatre Company MOC Insurance Services Montecito Plaza Shopping Center New Century Chamber Orchestra Perotti & Carrade Private Ocean R.KASSMAN Rafael Floors Redwood Credit Union San Francisco Conservatory of Music Speak to Me Stonetree Golf Club The Magic Flute Villa Marin
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