2018 annual report
“The Music@Menlo chamber music festival fills a major summer void in concerts with players from all over who are downright virtuosic.” —ArtsSF
Mission The mission of Music@Menlo is to engage and sustain an audience for chamber music that is programmed, presented, and performed at the highest level of artistic excellence and to provide deserving young musicians with comprehensive, festival-based educational opportunities.
Institute activities including master classes and Café Conversations, and extended offerings including AudioNotes, forty-two professional musicians, four artist-faculty members, eleven preprofessional musicians, twenty-nine Young Performers, twenty -one interns, and thousands of audience members enjoyed exploring the flourishing of chamber music across centuries and political borders.
Overview
2018 Festival Activities
Celebrating its sixteenth season in 2018, Music@Menlo is an internationally acclaimed summer festival and institute combining world-class chamber music performances, unparalleled audience engagement, intensive training for preprofessional musicians, and a variety of activities which have broadened and enhanced the chamber music community of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
MAIN-STAGE EVENTS
Music@Menlo was founded on the conviction that deep engagement with great music opens doors to inspiration and enlightenment. Such engagement generates connections with cultures across ages and continents and cultivates fluency in new and diverse creative languages. It enhances our understanding of Western history, intensifies the enjoyment of wellknown works, and increases the appetite for less-familiar music.
2018 Festival Summary: Creative Capitals
A city is the embodiment of a civilized society. Throughout history, cities have enticed our most brilliant, visionary, and restless souls seeking to pursue artistic destinies in stimulating environments. While the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are indeed natural wonders, great cities are indisputably among the most significant achievements of humankind, works of art in themselves. For the sixteenth season, Creative Capitals, seven iconic cities served as musical stages: London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Budapest,and Vienna. Through concerts, Chamber Music
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Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — In 2018, Music@Menlo explored some of the most vitally important cities in the development of western classical music. Beginning the musical voyage in London, audiences traveled across Europe and to St. Petersburg with a total of ten performances of seven different Concert Programs. As always with Music@Menlo festivals, an expansive variety of chamber works were performed, ranging from Baroque masterpieces by Bach and Handel to an entirely twentiethcentury program of works by Central and Eastern European composers, including the modernist master György Ligeti. Vocal works included Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel, performed by Metropolitan Opera tenor Kang Wang, and Dmitry Shostakovich’s From Jewish Folk Poetry. Romantic woodwind pieces including Mily Balakirev’s Octet for Winds, Strings, and Piano, and the Budapest Concert Program also featured the West Coast premiere of a viola impromptu by Dmitry Shostakovich. The festival closed with Arnold Schoenberg’s seminal work of the Second Viennese School, Verklärte Nacht. Carte Blanche Concerts — Music@Menlo’s signature recital series, Carte Blanche Concerts are unique performances curated and performed by some of classical music’s most renowned recitalists and chamber musicians. The 2018 Carte Blanche series began with the brilliant young violinist Paul Huang and pianist Wu Han performing a sumptuous program of Romantic violin sonatas alongside Béla Bartók’s Hungarian Folk Tunes.
The Calidore String Quartet then paid homage to Vienna and to the string quartet tradition with a program including Beethoven’s famed Third Razumovsky Quartet, and works by the Expressionist genius Anton Webern. Husband-and-wife duo Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park performed the third Carte Blanche Concert, a far-reaching program in three parts telling the story of the classical cello’s development throughout Europe over nearly two hundred years. Preeminent violist Paul Neubauer and the outstanding young pianist Michael Brown closed the 2018 Carte Blanche Concerts with an ambitious twentieth-century viola and piano program including works by Penderecki, Bloch and Mana-Zucca. Encounter Series — Encounters, Music@Menlo’s series of multimedia symposia led by classical music’s most renowned authorities, add an integral dimension to the Music@Menlo experience. The 2018 festival’s three Encounters traversed Europe, beginning with a talk on London, Paris, and St. Petersburg by renowned musicologist and former Metropolitan Opera Principal Flutist Michael Parloff. Dean of the Juilliard School Ara Guzelimian then guided audiences around the music of Leipzig and Berlin, exploring J. S. Bach’s musical legacy as town kapellmeister and Berlin’s rise to cultural significance with the arrival of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Following this exploration of Germany’s twin musical epicenters, archaeologist and scholar John R. Hale gave the final Encounter lecture: Budapest and Vienna examined the nationalist wave fueled by Kodály and others, as well as the separate traditions and aesthetic of the Austrian capital.
to hone their musical skills through daily ensemble coaching and master classes. They attend festival concerts and lectures, interact with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing professional mentoring. Coaches and Artist-Faculty — The Institute provides students with sustained contact with leading musicians and musicologists. Most artists on the festival’s roster of main-stage performers instruct and collaborate with students in coaching sessions, master classes, and other activities. International Program — Eleven students, with an average age of twenty-four, participated in the 2018 International Program. They came to the Institute from prestigious educational institutions including the Yale School of Music, the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, Peabody Conservatory, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Hailing from South Korea, China, Uzbekistan, and the United States, this year’s young artists have performed with such renowned ensembles as the Brussels Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. All International Program participants attended the Institute at no cost, through generous support provided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund. Young Performers Program — Twenty-eight students, with an average age of fifteen (twelve of whom were from the San Francisco Bay Area), participated in the Young Performers Program. Through special funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, thirteen students were provided with partially subsidized housing at the nearby Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel.
CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE Thirty-nine conservatory-level performers and promising young musicians, ages eleven to thirty, participated in the 2018 International Program and Young Performers Program of the Chamber Music Institute. The Institute offers an intensive program where gifted students have unparalleled opportunities
Thirteen Young Performer families were also awarded full or partial need-based financial support and/or merit-based scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.
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ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Twenty-one college students and recent college graduates participated in the 2018 Arts Management Internship Program. Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including development, event planning and catering, marketing and merchandising, operations, patron services, production, and student services. The interns work side by side with the festival’s staff as highly visible members of the Music@Menlo team. The internship program is supported in part by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Sixteen free afternoon and early evening concerts (three Koret Young Performers Concerts and thirteen Prelude Performances), performed by the Chamber Music Institute participants, provided ideal points of access to chamber music for families, young listeners, and the broader community, with a total combined attendance of over 3,700 across three different venues. Café Conversations (FREE) — Music@Menlo’s 2018 series of discussions led by festival artists and special guests began with Dean of the Juilliard School Ara Guzelimian looking back at the life and work of the eminent violinist and teacher Robert Mann. Violinist Aaron Boyd then explored the Russian Violin School, and the series closed with former Emerson Quartet cellist and Music@Menlo Artistic Codirector David Finckel taking the stage alongside the Calidore String Quartet to discuss life in a professional chamber ensemble. Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led twelve public master classes for piano and strings in 2018. Master classes were also live-streamed during the festival and are available on both Music@Menlo’s website and its Livestream channel. Visual Artist — Each season, Music@Menlo invites a distinguished contemporary visual artist or studio to exhibit a
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selection of works during the festival and showcases the artist’s work in the festival’s publications. In 2018, works by Uruguayanborn sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca were displayed in Stent Family Hall and featured in the season’s promotional materials, including the brochure, program book, and season poster, as well as on note cards and the Music@Menlo website. Fonseca’s works in quarried and found stone and on paper often reflect the microcosmic nature of cities and urban landscapes, connecting to the festival’s Creative Capitals theme. Volunteer Team — Ninety-two Music@Menlo volunteers assisted with housing festival artists, students, and administrators, ushering at festival programs, and hosting events, as well as customer relations and other festival operations. Travel Programs — Travel programs offer patrons incomparable insider access to some of the most significant historical and cultural landmarks around the world while they enjoy a musical listening experience like no other. In 2018, Music@Menlo journeyed to two more extraordinary destinations: London and Paris. David Finckel, Wu Han, and other Music@Menlo musicians performed private concerts at four remarkable venues, including the spectacular Hôtel de Talleyrand, the lateeighteenth-century home of the great French statesman, and the Music Room of composer George Frideric Handel’s London home. Patrons also enjoyed private museum tours and talks and fine dining around these cultural epicenters. AudioNotes — These yearly preconcert listener guides featured musical examples and interviews with performers from the 2018 festival and were offered as downloadable MP3 files. All Audionotes are available on Music@Menlo’s website.
“The bounty of opportunities for listening and learning is too much for most mortals to take in.” —San Mateo Daily Journal
Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2018 season, engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in January 2019. Music@Menlo’s entire catalogue of LIVE recordings is also offered online through Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. Video Projects — Twenty-eight festival events were livestreamed, including Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, and other festival educational content. A videography team produced videos featuring all facets of festival happenings, including excerpts of concerts, portraits of artist-faculty, student experiences in the Chamber Music Institute, and interviews with musicians. Nine feature videos were produced, and individual views of festival videos have totaled over 50,000 to date.
WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL In 2018, the fifteenth annual Winter Residency Program at Menlo School brought a select group of the festival’s Chamber Music Institute alumni back to campus to engage with Menlo School faculty and students in a series of unique programs including eleven classroom presentations and an assembly performance. These programs reached hundreds of Menlo School students from grades 6–12 all over a six-day period. The Winter Residency musicians also gave four community outreach performances in different venues and the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, which raises awareness of and funds for the Chamber Music Institute.
Radio Distribution — Through a partnership with American Public Media, audiences can hear Music@Menlo performances on nearly three hundred radio stations internationally, which reach more than 1.4 million listeners each week.
Winter Activities 2017–2018 WINTER SERIES The Winter Series began in November with a performance by the Montrose Trio, consisting of virtuoso pianist Jon Kimura Parker and former Tokyo String Quartet members violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith. They performed a program of Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Brahms that offered a rare opportunity to revel in the youthful craftsmanship of these composers’ first piano trios. In January, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performed a Winter Series program including Brahms’s Gypsyinspired Hungarian Dances and Dvořák’s beloved Slavonic Dances. Joining Music@Menlo Artistic Codirector pianist Wu Han was a cohort of some of the most exciting young artists on the CMS roster: pianist Michael Brown, violinists Paul Huang and Chad Hoopes, violist Matthew Lipman, and cellist Dmitri Atapine. The series culminated in a dramatically varied program of string quartets by Haydn, Bartók, and Schumann, performed by the Schumann Quartet in its Music@Menlo debut. The quartet was awarded a Best Newcomers of the Year award by BBC Music Magazine and has recently performed with Menahem Pressler at the Berlin Philharmonie, at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and at London’s Wigmore Hall.
“Here was emotive expressiveness that entirely broke the boundaries of salon convention...” —San Francisco
Classical Voice
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Music@Menlo 2018 in Numbers
Music@Menlo through the Years
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327 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in a rigorous exploration of chamber music under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artistfaculty, including 167 International Program artists and 160 Young Performers Program participants.
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Over 300 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all over the world to perform in the main-stage concerts, give multimedia Encounter lectures, coach in the Chamber Music Institute, and work with Menlo School students in the annual Winter Residency.
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296 interns have gained real-world experience from the industry-leading Arts Management Internship Program.
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Since 2003, 107 CDs have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label.
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The annual operating budget has increased from $445,600 in 2003 to $2.2 million in 2018.
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The festival produces over 50 public events each year, reaching over 13,000 students, musicians, and audience members, with total free-program attendance exceeding 5,000 annually.
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Music@Menlo’s total audience numbers surpassed 11,300, including over 4,000 audience members for paid festival events, more than 5,500 attendees at free concerts and educational events, 935 audience members for the Winter Series, and Menlo School Winter Residency participants and attendees. In 2018, 30.5 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time ticket buyers. Annual Fund donor participation totaled 376 in 2018; 22 percent of these donors were first-time contributors.
“I have been floored by the quality of the performances by teenagers in the Koret Young Performers Concert series and even more so with their near elders in the Prelude Performance series.”
—San Mateo Daily Journal
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2018 Financial Highlights • $1,182,732 in individual contributions to the Annual Fund • $242,500 in foundation grants • $29,350 in corporate sponsorships • $294,297 in total ticket sales
Statement of Activities (Operating)
Statement of Financial Position ASSETS Cash
2018 Actual
2017 Actual
$419,693
$421,468
Contributed Income
$1,829,725
$1,721,980
Total Income
$2,249,418
$2,143,448
9/30/17
$893,524
$316,835
Short-Term Investments $1,691,065
$2,267,607
Receivables
$348,067
$171,158
Prepaid Expenses
$30,481
$24,664
Fixed Assets, net
$47,135
$47,680
$3,010,272
$2,827,944
Total Assets
INCOME Earned Income
9/30/18
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts Payable $10,351 $13,205 Deferred Revenue
$16,257
$32,300
Other Accrued Liabilities
$524,493
$305,994
Total Liabilities
$551,101
$351,499
EXPENSES Programs
$1,611,424
$1,569,808
Administration/General $193,357
$214,594
Fundraising
$441,070
$358,454
$2,245,851
$2,142,856
$3,567
$592
Total Expenses Net Income
Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets $1,346,085 $1,286,387 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
$1,113,086
$1,190,058
Total Net Assets
$2,459,171
$2,476,445
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$3,010,272
$2,827,944
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2018 Annual Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations, whose support of the Annual Fund makes the Institute, Festival, and Winter Series possible.
Medici Circle
Mozart Circle
($100,000+)
($5,000–$9,999)
Ann S. Bowers Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Martin Family Foundation
Anonymous Lindy Barocchi Kathy & Frederick Baron Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Susan & Eric Dunn Mark Flegel Betsy & David Fryberger Mr. Laurance R. Jr. & Mrs. Grace M. Hoagland Rosann & Ed Kaz Howard & Laura Levin Gladys & Larry Marks Gary & Eileen Morgenthaler Dr. Condoleezza Rice Barry & Janet Robbins Andrea & Lubert Stryer Ron & Alice Wong Brenda & Wade Woodson Elizabeth Wright
Carnegie Circle ($50,000–$99,999) Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen George & Camilla Smith
Esterházy Circle ($25,000–$49,999) Jim & Mical Brenzel Terri Bullock The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Jerome Guillen & Jeremy Gallaher Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Koret Foundation Funds Margulf Foundation Laurose & Burton* Richter U.S. Trust Marcia & Hap* Wagner
Beethoven Circle ($10,000–$24,999) Alan & Corinne Barkin Dan & Kathleen Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Hazel Cheilek Michèle & Larry Corash The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family David Finckel & Wu Han The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes The Meta Lilienthal Scholarship Fund Mary Lorey Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/Marmor Foundation Betsy Morgenthaler Bill & Paula Powar Abe & Marian Sofaer Melanie & Ron Wilensky Peter & Georgia Windhorst Marilyn Wolper
Haydn Circle ($2,500–$4,999) Judy & Doug Adams Dave & Judy Preves Anderson Jeff & Jamie Barnett Marda Buchholz Anne Cheilek & Alexander Klaiber Dr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne Condie Maureen & Paul Draper Maria & George Erdi Patricia Foster Earl & Joy Fry Harry & Roberta Garland John R. Hall Kris Klint Art & Margy Lim David Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Joan Mansour William Reller Nancy & Norm Rossen Alice J. Sklar Edward & Kathy Sweeney Hal & Jan Thomas Edwin & Kathe Williamson Janet & David Wilson, in honor of Jim & Kit Mitchell Susan & David Young
Bach Circle ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (2) Millie & Paul Berg Charlotte & David Biegelsen Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Joan Brodovsky
Chris Byrne Susan Carey Betsy Clinch George Cogan & Fannie Allen Mrs. Ralph Dorfman Mike & Allyson Ely Enterprise Holdings Foundation Scott & Carolyn Feamster Marilee Gardner Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Adele M. Hayutin Mary Page Hufty & Daniel Alegria Sunny Kaplan Marianne R. LaCrosse & Ihab S. Darwish Vera Luth William & Muriel McGee Denny McShane & Rich Gordon MIT Community Running Club (MITcrc) Holde Muller Peter & Liz Neumann Neela Patel Kay Pauling Anne Peck The Pegasus Family Foundation Janice & Jeff Pettit Jonathan B. Phillips Lee Ramsey & Matthew Barnard Robert & Shirley Raymer Rossannah & Alan Reeves Robert & Diane Reid Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Stephen & Merritt Sawyer Ken Schroeder Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Steven E. Shladover Dalia Sirkin Jim & Mary Smith In memory of Michael Steinberg David & Mary Alice Thornton Ellen & Mike Turbow
Caruso Circle ($500–$999) Anonymous (2) Carl Baum & Annie McFadden Janice Boelke Anne Dauer Miriam DeJongh Jo & John De Luca Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Joan & Allan Fisch Jim Hagan, in memory of Linda J. Hagan Elsa & Raymond Heald David Heintz
Petya Hristova Jim & Kathy Johnson James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton Terri Lahey & Steve Smith Dr. & Mrs. Michael Link Dr. Leon Lipson & Susan Berman Drs. John & Penny Loeb John Maulbetsch Brian P. McCune Dr. Jay Moon & Kate Kim Rudolf & Bernice Moos Mr. G. B. & Mrs. Marcia W. Norall Michelle & Laurent Philonenko David & Virginia Pollard Ed & Linda Selden Art & Sharon Small Peggy & Art Stauffer Peter Straus & Katie Gardella Ian & Julia Wall Michelle Wang & Yonggang Jin
Joachim Circle ($250–$499) Anonymous (2) Enrico & Jane Bernasconi John & Lu Bingham Julie & Ellis Brenner Ruth Brill Alison Campbell Tiffany Chao Renee Chevalier Robert & Ann Chun Margo Crabtree & Clinton Blount Christine & Frank Currie Mary Dahlquist Ann & John Dizikes Earl & Barbara Douglass Philip & Jean Eastman Leonard & Margaret Edwards Lynn Ellington Edward & Linda Ericson Shelley Floyd & Albert Loshkajian Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Neil & Ruth Foley The Frank Family S. Robert & Sarah W. Freedman Lawrence & Leah Friedman Gladys R. Garabedian Gerry H. Goldsholle & Myra K. Levenson Mr. Ulrich Herberg David & Jane Hibbard Clarice & Dale Horelick Andrea G. Julian Nina Kulgein Lucille Lee Joan & Philip Leighton * = Deceased
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Shirley-Lee Mhatre Frances & John Morse Joan Norton Monika & Raul Perez Allen & Joyce Phipps Annie E. Rohan Amir & Nicole Rubin Benn & Eva Sah Elizabeth M. Salzer Phyllis & Jeffrey Scargle Susan Southworth Elizabeth Trueman & Raymond Perrault Dr. George & Bay Westlake Sallie & Jay Whaley Lyn & Greg Wilbur Jane Fowler Wyman
Paganini Circle ($100–$249) Anonymous Carole Alexander Matthew & Marcia Allen Leslie & Dan Armistead Clay & Nancy Bavor Donna Bestock Stephen & Cathy Biagini Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills Kaye Bishop Arnold & Barbara Bloom Catherine Bolger Mark Boslet Lillian Brewer Laurel Brobst Julie Buckley Benjamin Burr Joanne & Peter Carey J. Anne Carlson Armando Castellano Mr. & Mrs. William C. Chace Alfonso & Susan Chang Constance Crawford Ms. Jean Dana Marge & Jim Dean Ken & Sue Dinwiddie Robert & Loretta Dorsett Edma Dumanian Melissa Eddy Alan M. Eisner Jane Enright Tom & Nancy Fiene John & Florine Galen Marianne Gerson Paul Goldstein & Dena Mossar Marjory & George Greenwald Dr. Donald E. Grimes Edie & Gabe Groner Marc Henderson & Sue Swezey Diana & Walter Jaye Rita Keleta Susan Kinloch Betsy Koester Hilda Korner Barton Lane Jean Bernard & Elisabeth Le Pecq Henry & Jane Lesser Jennifer Lezin Marjorie Lin Lindy Lo Carol & Harry Louchheim Harvey Lynch
Carol & Mac MacCorkle Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Lisa Marsh Carol Masinter Melanie Mauldin Kirk McKenzie James McKeown Sally Mentzer David Morandi Barbara Newton John Nuechterlein Stephen Paniagua Ms. Gail Peerless P. Porter & S. Browning Kathryn Pryor Susan D. Reich Damon Schechter Charlotte Scheithauer Birgit Schettler Gerry* & Coco Schoenwald Elizabeth & Curt Schulze Kenneth Seeman, M.D. Dr. George W. Simmonds & Garnet L. Spielman Ethan Mickey Spiegel Madeleine Stovel William Tankersley Les Thompson & Freda Hofland Carol & Hal Toppel In memory of Electra van Bragt Lynn Wendell Dr. & Mrs. Charles Whitney Kathy Wong Weldon & Carol Wong
Friends (Gifts up to $99) Anonymous J. M. Abel Jay Bergman Mr. George Bunting Christine Cheeks Gregory Cheung Dr. Peter Deutsch Andrew Doty Anne Ercolani Mary MacConnell Ferry Robert Flanagan & Susan Mendelsohn Jan & Ann Gazenbeek Jo R. Gilbert Larry Gordon Bina Guerrieri Minghua Guo Jim Harmon Jane Harris Jerrol Harris, in memory of Gerry Schoenwald Rory Hartong-Redden Harry & Susan Hartzell Shaun Hestrin Bill Hitt In honor of Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Claire Hwang Kristin Anne Jackson Steven Jeffries Linda & Charles Jordan William Kamin Mrs. Stella Karras Stephanie Katz
Mike Keating Dr. Jean P. Kirsch Dr. Leonid Kitainik Cynthia & Kimberly Klustner Mira Kosenko Joan Larrabee Mrs. Jiyoung Lee Peter Levins & Rick Trushel Ilona Magyary Marina Makarenko Sheila Mandel Janet McLaughlin Vineet Mehta Ms. Sramana Mitra Ms. Mary Munter Merla Murdock Mr. Seiji Naiki Alan Ni Louise & Lee Patch Ms. Shauna PickettGordon Leah Rider Steve & Cindy Rowe Daniel Rubin & Lina Swisher Dr. Mark G. Saifer Lorraine & Gerard Seelig Joan & Paul Segall, in memory of Norman Lezin and friends Judith & Donald Shernock Mr. Basil Shikin In memory of Dr. Alan Sklar Phil & Carolyn Spiegel Alois Joseph Strnad Li-Teh Teng Mr. Peng Tu Lucy L. Ullman Joan Urquhart Margrit & Jack Vanderryn Barbara Wagger Mr. Richard Waltonsmith William Welch Kris Yenney Patricia Yeung Mr. David Yost Jose Yulo Mr. Rick Zinman
Matching Gifts Apple Matching Gift Program Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program Google Matching Gift Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program Intel Matching Gifts Program Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund The Marin Community Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund The Silicon Valley Community Foundation
In-Kind Contributions Adeline Coffee Cocola Bakery Eric’s Gourmet Food and Catering Freewheel Brewery Grocery Outlet Bargain Market Hobee’s Market The Milk Pail Market Peet’s Coffee and Tea Robert’s Market Safeway Starbucks Sultana TurkishMediterranean Kitchen Total Wine & More Trader Joe’s Urban Botanica The Willows Market
Hotel Sponsor Music@Menlo is grateful for the support of the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto, and Stanford Park Hotel.
Restaurant Partner Music@Menlo is proud to partner with LB Steak / Left Bank Brasserie.
City of Menlo Park Music@Menlo is grateful to the City of Menlo Park for its support of our performances at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton.
Menlo School Music@Menlo would like to extend special thanks to Head of School Than Healy, the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and the entire Menlo School community for their continuing enthusiasm and support.
Community Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
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The Music@Menlo Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their gifts to the Music@Menlo Fund through bequests and planned gifts, the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, and other designated contributions.
Leadership Circle ($100,000+) Anonymous The Estate of Avis Aasen-Hull Ann S. Bowers Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen The Martin Family Foundation Bill & Lee Perry
$10,000–$99,999 Anonymous Darren H. Bechtel Jim & Mical Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Terri Bullock Michèle & Larry Corash Karen & Rick DeGolia The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Libby & Craig Heimark Kathleen G. Henschel Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt The Kaz Foundation, in memory of Steve Scharbach Jeehyun Kim The Marin Community Foundation Hugh Martin William F. Meehan III Besty Morgenthaler Dr. Condoleezza Rice The Shrader-Suriyapa Family The Silicon Valley Community Foundation In memory of Michael Steinberg Marcia & Hap* Wagner Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Marilyn & Boris* Wolper
$1,000–$9,999 Anonymous (3) Judy & Doug Adams Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Kathleen & Dan Brenzel Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Sherry Keller Brown Chris Byrne Patrick Castillo Jo & John De Luca Delia Ehrlich Mike & Allyson Ely Scott & Carolyn Feamster Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith David Finckel & Wu Han Joan & Allan Fisch Earl & Joy Fry Betsy & David Fryberger Karen & Ned Gilhuly Laura & Peter Haas Adele M. Hayutin Jewish Family and Children’s Services Kris Klint Margy & Art Lim, in memory of Myrna Robinson, Don DeJongh, and Pat Blankenburg
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Mary Lorey Carol & Mac MacCorkle Lawrence Markosian & Deborah Baldwin Gladys & Larry Marks Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/ Marmor Foundation Brian P. McCune Carol & Doug Melamed Nancy & DuBose Montgomery George* & Holde Muller Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute Faculty Members, 2010–2012 Linda & Stuart Nelson, in honor of David Finckel & Wu Han Rebecca & John Nelson Shela & Kumar Patel Anne Peck Bill & Paula Powar Robert & Diane Reid Laurose & Burton* Richter Barry & Janet Robbins Annie E. Rohan Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Schwab Charitable Fund Bill & Joan Silver Jim & Mary Smith Abe & Marian Sofaer Edward & Kathy Sweeney Vivian Sweeney Ellen & Mike Turbow Joe & Anne Welsh Peter & Georgia Windhorst Elizabeth Wright Frank Yang
$100–$999 Anonymous (3) Matthew & Marcia Allen Alan & Corinne Barkin Millie & Paul Berg Mark Berger & Candace DeLeo Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills John & Lu Bingham Bill Blankenburg Jocelyn & Jerome Blum Joan Brodovsky Marda Buchholz Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Malkah & Donald* Carothers Hazel Cheilek Dr. Denise Chevalier Sandra & Chris Chong Robert & Ann Chun Alison Clark Betsy & Nick* Clinch Neal & Janet Coberly Norm & Susan Colb Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Anne Dauer Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Miriam DeJongh Edma Dumanian Leonard & Margaret Edwards Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Alan M. Eisner Sherrie & Wallace Epstein Maria & George Erdi
Michael Feldman Tom & Nancy Fiene Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Lawrence & Leah Friedman Lulu & Larry Frye, in honor of Eff & Patty Martin Rose Green Edie & Gabe Groner Jerome Guillen Helen & Gary* Harmon Elsa & Raymond Heald Erin L. Hurson The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund Melissa Johnson Andrea G. Julian Meredith Kaplan Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Yeuen Kim & Tony Lee Susan & Knud Knudsen Hilda Korner Mimi & Alex Kugushev Daniel Lazare Joan & Philip Leighton Lois & Paul Levine Raymond Linkerman & Carol Eisenberg Drs. John & Penny Loeb David E. Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Susie MacLean Frank Mainzer & Lonnie Zwerin Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Valerie J. Marshall Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Robinson and Lois Crozier Hogle Ellen Mezzera Bill Miller & Ida Houby In memory of Lois Miller Thomas & Cassandra Moore Peter & Liz Neumann Neela Patel Lynn & Oliver Pieron David & Virginia Pollard Ann Ratcliffe Hana Rosenbaum Sid & Susan Rosenberg Elizabeth Salzer Birgit & Daniel Schettler Elaine & Thomas Schneider Gerry & Coco Schoenwald Nancy G. Schrier* Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Steven E. Shladover Judy & Lee Shulman Edgar Simons Alice Sklar Betty Swanson Barbara Tam Golda Tatz Isaac Thompson Jana & Mark Tuschman Jack & Margrit Vanderryn Dr. George & Bay Westlake Sallie & Jay Whaley Lyn & Greg Wilbur Bryant & Daphne Wong Ronald & Alice Wong
Gifts under $100 Anonymous (3) Susan Berman Veronica Breuer Marjorie Cassingham Constance Crawford David Fox & Kathy Wosika Sandra Gifford Andrew Goldstein Laura Green Barbara Gullion & Franck Avril Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Margaret Harvey Mark Heising Abe Klein Hiroko Komatsu Amy Laden Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Carol & Harry Louchheim Ben Mathes James E. McKeown Janet McLaughlin Michael Mizrahi, in honor of Ann Bowers Merla Murdock Joan Norton Rossannah & Alan Reeves Shirley Reith Nancy & Norm Rossen Ed & Linda Selden Helena & John Shackleton Charlotte Siegel Alice Smith Denali St. Amand Misa & Tatsuyuki Takada Margaret Wunderlich Chris Ziegler
Matching Gifts The Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
* = Deceased
Intern and Chamber Music Institute Alumni Updates (as of September 30, 2018) For more updates, please visit our website. Congratulations to three International Program alumni who participated in the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis: Stella Chen (’16), Shannon Lee (’16) and Boson Mo (’15). Shannon advanced to the semifinal round and was named the Sixth Place Laureate. Pianist Kevin Ahfat (International Program ’17) was named one of “Thirty Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under Age Thirty” by CBC Music. Kevin recently moved back to his native Toronto to begin a Rebanks Fellowship at the Glenn Gould School, where he has formed a trio with violinist Danny Koo (International Program ’17) and cellist Richard Narroway (International Program ’13).
In August, pianist Zhenni Li (International Program ’17) was featured on the list of Best of New Classical Releases on Spotify for her album Mélancholie featuring works by Lourié, Bartók, and Schumann. Violinists Jennifer Liu (International Program ’12) and Suliman Tekalli (International Program ’15) have joined Ensemble Connect, a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. The two-year fellowship will end in 2020. Beginning in the 2018–19 academic year, violist Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) is Artist-in-Residence at Stony Brook University.
Isaac Allen and Angela Choong (both alums of the International Program ’08) welcomed their son, Ari Oliver Choong Allen, in late December 2017. Isaac and Angela, along with violinist Bram Goldstein (International Program ’08) are members of the Hausmann Quartet, currently in residence at San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance.
Kevin Kwan Loucks (International Program ’03) has been appointed Director of Innovation and Program Development at the Music Academy of the West beginning in August 2018. Kevin also received the “Forty Under Forty” award at Stony Brook University.
Pianist Michael Brown (International Program ’10) was named a 2018 Emerging Artist by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Violinist Sean Mori (Young Performers Program ’15) was a semifinalist in the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin Competition, which took place in Geneva in April 2018.
Violist DJ Cheek (International Program ’15) was appointed Principal Viola of the Jacksonville Symphony in January 2018. In July, Brannon Cho (International Program ’17) led a master class and gave a recital at the International Cello Institute at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Violinist Jinjoo Cho (International Program ’14) has joined the prestigious faculty of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music beginning August 2018. Miki-Sophia Cloud (International Program ’11) received the 2018 Eric Sun – Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship from the Tarisio Trust. For two years, Miki will be loaned a violin made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume previously owned by Silicon Valley engineer and violinist Eric Sun, who tragically passed away in November of 2017. Miki is a member of the New York–based Solera Quartet and has also served on the teaching faculty of Dartmouth College. Jorena de Pedro (Production Intern ’11) is Ticket Services Manager at La Jolla Music Society. Erin (Shum) Friscia (Student Liaison Intern ’11) has relocated to Sacramento, California, as of June 2018, where she is Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator at the UC Davis School of Law. Violinist/violist Mario Gotoh (International Program ’10), who most recently has been performing on tour with the Grammy Award-winning Silk Road Ensemble, received a “Forty Under Forty” award at Stony Brook University. Mario was invited to teach at the 2018 Youth Music Culture Guangdong workshop in Guangdong Province (China), which took place in January. In August, cellist Alexander Hersh (International Program ’17) launched a new concert series entitled Nexus Chamber Music Chicago. Nexus offers first-class musical events in unconventional venues in and around the city of Chicago. Katie Howard (Publications Intern ’10) is now Director of Regional Marketing at First Republic Bank. Violist Katharina Kang (International Program ’14) is Principal Violist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Another familiar face in the viola section is Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss (International Program ’13). Pianist Rachel Kudo (International Program ’12) received First Prize at the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in July. Rachel reports, “The entire experience was so heartwarming, and it only strengthens my belief that music has the most unique ability to console, sustain, and inspire us to grow and bond together.” Violinist Tessa Lark (International Program ’12) was named a recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, intended to provide assistance for the advancement of musical careers across a broad range of projects. Tessa is among fifteen exceptional young artists from around the world to receive an award.
Violist Rosemary Nelis (Young Performers Program ’08–’12) is now a graduate student at the Juilliard School, studying with Misha Amory and Roger Tapping. Shannon Reilly (Stage Manager Intern ’11) was appointed Resident Stage Manager and Associate Producer at the Berkeley Playhouse this past January. Pianist Mika Sasaki (International Program ’15) has joined Ensemble Mélange, a New York City–based ensemble that performs everything from Classical, Romantic, jazz, and Broadway to original arrangements, with a focus on musical outreach to the local community, including in underserved schools. Camden Shaw (Young Performers Program ’05 and ’06, International Program ’12) and his colleagues in the Dover Quartet have been named Quartet-in-Residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The three-year residency will include performances on the KC Jukebox series and various educational outreach efforts. Cellist Jonathan Swensen (Young Performers Program ’10 and ’11) won First Prize in the Khachaturian International Cello Competition in June 2018. Jonathan is the son of violinist, conductor, and Music@Menlo artist Joseph Swensen. On October 28, pianist Daniel Tan (Young Performers Program ’15 and ’18) performed at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in the New York International Artists Competition Winners Showcase event. In January 2018, violinist Suliman Tekalli (International Program ’15) joined the classical programming committee for the Timucua Arts Foundation, a fast-growing destination and hub for arts and culture in downtown Orlando, Florida. After completing a five-month internship as Executive Director Intern at Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Lesley Warren (Development Intern ’17) has started a new position as Development Director at the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas. Cellist Han Bin Yoon (International Program ’15) has launched the Brussels Cello Festival in Brussels, Belgium. Han Bin serves as Artistic Director of the Belgium Cello Society ASBL, a new initiative to organize, promote, and support cello playing in Belgium. Areta Zhulla (International Program ’08 and ’09) has joined the Juilliard String Quartet as first violinist as of September 2018. She succeeded violinist Joseph Lin, who stepped down at the end of the 2017–18 season. Along with the other members of the quartet, Areta is also a full-time faculty member at the Juilliard School.
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