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Dear Music Lovers, Welcome to another year of musical excellence and enjoyment. Music in the Mountains has become a Nevada County institution known for its high quality classical and pops music, talented orchestra and chorus, great guest artists, and devotion to young people’s classical music education. It is enjoyed by our community and the music enthusiasts who come from all over California, Nevada and now, Europe. Taking MIM to its “next level of excellence” is our organization’s goal. That means continuing to build upon the strong foundation designed, carefully constructed and remodeled by Paul Perry and Terry Brown over its first 27 years. This could not have been accomplished without the unwavering support of hundreds of passionate donors, business sponsors and volunteers. As I write this note to you, I am in the second month of my term as the “Lucky 13th” MIM Board President. I find myself thinking, “Wow! What an important responsibility!” as I follow in the footsteps of the twelve previous Presidents…Bev Erickson, Kay Clauset, John van der Veen, Jim Stradinger, Marguerite Blickenstaff, Helen “Hank” Daggett, Jack Roberts, Scott Browne, Madelyn DiMugno, Hazel Shewell, Wayne Pittenger and Jeff Leiter. The MIM orchestra and chorus, young musicians and composers, volunteers, staff, Board of Directors, Gregory, Marge, Ryan and I will continue to follow MIM’s mission to: “Preserve and promote classical music to enrich the quality of life in Nevada County by presenting outstanding performances of predominantly classical music and offering exceptional educational opportunities”. This season we will present a new and exciting selection of musical offerings. The orchestra and chorus will excel, the sound system will be improved, Gregory will be conducting with his usual enthusiasm, and our famous guest artists will tell all their colleagues about their wonderful experience performing in our beautiful community. Please enjoy!

Sherry Bartolucci MIM Board President

Dear Friends of Music in the Mountains, Non-profits are understood to be particularly vulnerable to the wild winds of the economy. While I think that might be true, I don’t believe it has to be. Sound non-profits need to be as clear-headed as the best businesses. Working for the social good does not exclude our sector from the responsibility of sound management and responsible planning. Indeed, I think it makes us even more accountable, especially to those who entrust us with their philanthropy and count on us to serve exactly as our missions promise. I am extremely proud and thankful to lead an organization that met the recession head on, with thoughtful and careful attention and planning. That is our job and we always aim to do it well. We are confident that our new marketing and fund development programs will gain traction and the genius and creativity of our new Artistic Director will lead us to a very successful year in 2010. For the first time, we were able to offer a season ticket subscription which allows you to build your own concert series in advance. It promises to be a very exciting year, with ticket sales already exceeding expectations. Gregory Vajda and our stellar musicians create concerts to inspire, provoke thought, encourage hope and entertain. Nothing compares with the emotional power of live performance. We are optimistic about MIM’s future, but more importantly, about the future of Nevada County. Our vision is to continue to be one of the community’s leading arts organizations. We all hope to see the community grow as a vibrant, thriving region where people want to live, locate their companies, and raise their children. Imagine if the arts were one of the tipping points for this! It can and will happen. My best wishes to you for the new decade. Thank you again for your support. Warmly,

Marge M. Rath Executive Director/CEO MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS 2010 SEASON

2010 Season

Contents

Gregory Vajda

Ryan Murray

Sherry Bartolucci and Marge Rath Welcome

Staff

Board of Directors

Gregory Vajda, Artistic Director & Conductor

Ryan Murray, Chorale Director

Conductor’s Chair

Concertmaster’s Chair Endowment

Maestro & Golden Baton Awards

The Golden Clef Circle

Allegro Alliance

Educational Programs

2010 Donor/Investor Levels

Business & Individual Sponsorship Benefits

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2009 Donors/Investors

PROGRAM & CONCERT NOTES INSERT

Festival Chorale

MIM Wish List

Music To Grow By

Festival Chorale

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Festival Orchestra

2010 Calendar of Events

Venue Seating Chart

Index of Advertisers

Program design and 2010 Season graphics by LeeAnn Brook, Brook Design Group

MIM Staff Music in the Mountains’ concerts and education programs are funded in part by grants from the William & Marian Ghidotti Foundation, the Sacramento Bee, Carol Franc Buck Foundation and the Getty Foundation. MIM is an active member of ASCAP, BMI, Chamber Music America, League of American Orchestras and Association of California Symphony Orchestras. Gregory Vajda

Artistic Director/ Conductor

Marge Rath Executive Director/CEO

Ryan Murray Choral Director

Estelle Barber Finance Manager

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Nancy Donahue Box Office Manager

Mark Vance Education Coordinator

Chrissie Marshall Executive Assistant

Rich Mapes Production Manager

Board of Directors

Sherry Bartolucci President

Lynn Kerby Vice-President

Terry Brown Vice-President

Dan Halloran Vice-President

Ed Robinson Secretary

Kim Zwick Treasurer

Barbara Belmer

Jerry Blagini

Mike Bloebaum

Judith Ciphers

Ersel Edwards

Gail Fox

Hindi Greenberg

Betty Hahn

Aileen James

Bill Kinney

Jeffrey Leiter

Pete Nowlen

Corinne Pryor

Reilly Raab

Melinda Rayne

Kent Riffey

Jack Roberts

E. Frank Santos

Hazel Shewell

Mark Strate

Barbara Swisher

Doug Thorley

Norm Westmore

Thank you retiring 2009 directors, Bob McAfee, Mackenzie Hild, Robin Mayforth and Roger Sanford

Past Presidents, Board of Directors Jeffrey S. Leiter, 2006-2009 Wayne Pittenger, 2004-2006 Hazel Shewell, 2002-2003

Madelyn DiMugno, 2000-2002 P. Scott Browne, 1999-2000 Jack Roberts, 1996-99

Helen ‘Hank’ Daggett, 1994-96 Marguerite Blickenstaff, 1991-94 James Stradinger, 1989-91

John van der Veen, 1986-89 Kathryn Clauset, 1984-86 Beverly Erickson, 1981-1984

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Hailed as a “young titan” by the Montreal Gazette after conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Schoenberg’s Erwartung, Gregory Vajda has fast become one of the most sought-after conductors on the international scene. After completing his tenure as assistant conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2005, Mr. Vajda took over as resident conductor of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2005-06 season. Additionally, in 2009 he was appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of Music in the Mountains in California - only the second person to hold that position in the festival’s 28-year history.

Born in Budapest, the son of renowned soprano Veronika Kincses, Gregory Vajda studied clarinet and conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, the latter under Professor Ervin Lukács. He was also a conducting and composition pupil of well-known composer and conductor, Péter Eötvös.

Ryan Murray is a young conductor in high demand in Northern California. Mr. Murray is the principal conductor of Townsend Opera Players, Modesto’s opera company, as well as the Choral Director of the Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale. Mr. Murray is also the Assistant Director and Director of Vocal Activities of the Academy at All Hallows Orchestra and Chorus of Sacramento. Mr. Murray is a summa cum laude graduate of CSU Sacramento where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in bassoon and voice performance. While enrolled at CSUS, Mr. Murray was the assistant conductor of the Orchestra and the Opera programs. He studied conducting with Professor Leo Eylar. Along with conducting the orchestra on many occasions, Mr. Murray also performed the Weber Bassoon Concerto as a guest soloist with the orchestra. Since his debut as the Choral Director of the Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale, Mr. Murray has spearheaded an effort to increase the recognition of the chorus both on a local and state level. As a result, the Festival Chorale has greatly increased its number of performances, including a performance of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in downtown Sacramento. Mr. Murray looks forward to another exciting season with MIM and the Festival Chorale.

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Vajda’s 2009/10 season began with a stint at the Hungarian Radio Symphony, followed by his first return to the Hungarian State Opera since emigrating to the US. In January 2010 his new work, Gulliver in Faremido, was commissioned and premiered by Third Angle New Music Ensemble in Portland, Oregon. In his adopted country he led subscription concerts with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, debuted with the Seattle, Grand Rapids and Memphis Symphony Orchestras, and returned to the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Silicon Valley. His recording of Peter Eötvös’s As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams was nominated for the MIDEM Classic Prize. Season 2008/09 marked Vajda’s introduction to the Salzburg Festival as assistant conductor to Peter Eötvös. He conducted the final performance of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus before returning to the Atlanta Opera to lead La Cenerentola. In past seasons Vajda has conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera Company, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Ensemble Intercontemporian among many other U.S and Canadian symphonies. Some of the festivals he has conducted are the Avignon and Strasbourg, France festivals, the Spring and Autumn Festivals of Budapest, the Lanaudiére Festival in Quebec, the Grant Park Festival in Chicago, the Round Top Festival in Texas and the Mostly Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center, New York City. Previously, he also recorded his one act opera, Barbie Blue, and his orchestral composition, Duevoe, for the Hungarian Radio, conducted the premiere of his chamber opera, The Giantbaby, at the Puppet Theatre in Budapest, and his concert music for the silent film The Crowd was performed twice at the Auditorium of the Louvre.

Ryan Murray, Choral Director

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Maestro Award Presented annually, the Maestro Award is the highest recognition of service to Music in the Mountains in pursuit of our mission to bring major cultural, educational, and economic contributions to our community through performances of predominantly classical music.

2009 – Robert & Carol Hamilton

Those honored are selected for extraordinary contributions of time, talent, and treasure, and represent past and present Board members, as well as outstanding supporters from the community.

2009 – Gene & Nina Zepp

Golden Baton Award This award is presented at the discretion of the Board for a one-time gift of extreme magnitude that helps the organization move forward to the next level.

2006 – Dick & Beth Landis

2008 – Rich Gordon and Denny McShane, MD

Past Maestro Award recipients President’s Citation 2009 by vote of their peers, include:

2008 – Gail Fox 2007 – Diane Robertson, Mark Strate 2006 – Wayne Pittenger 2005 – Frank & LaVonne Amaral, Dieter Juli, Ed Robinson 2004 – Hazel Shewell, William and Marian Ghidotti Foundation 2003 – Jan Doting, Sylvia Mitchell, Laura Keranen & Desmond Gallagher 2002 – Madelyn DiMugno, James Maxwell, Virginia & Butch Thresh 2001 – Marian Gallaher, MD, Dick Wiebe, Isabell Thomas 2000 – Helen ‘Hank’ Daggett, Jack Roberts, David Griswold 1999 – William & Shirley Griffin, Marguerite Blickenstaff 1998 – Kathryn Clauset, Beverly Erickson, William Wetherall __________________________________________________ 2008 – Paul Perry, Artistic Director Emeritus

The President’s Citation was given to past Maestro Award recipients, Ed Robinson and Wayne Pittenger, for above and beyond service to MIM.

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The Golden Clef Circle These individuals have chosen to leave a legacy to Music in the Mountains.

LaVonne Amaral Les & Kay Atchison Barbara Belmer Harold & Marguerite Blickenstaff Michael & Marilyn Bodourian Ray & Liz Boedecker Curtis Bok & Sharon Bailey-Bok Terry & Karen Hulett Brown Scott Browne & Richard Toothman Mel & Judith Ciphers Helen Conrey Mrs. Robert Daggett David & Gayle Denney John & Madelyn DiMugno Jim Dodds Polly Dodds Marian Gallaher, MD Larry & Nancy Goodfriend Hindi Greenberg Betty & Brayton Hahn Ida Halling

Robert & Carol Hamilton Marcella Hardt Michael & Judith Hill-Weld Marlys Houghton Reverend Richard & Lois Johnson Dieter & Martha Juli Jeffrey Shattuck Leiter Milda Leiter Carl & Linda Marschall Gilbert M. Mathew Clarence McProud Bobbi & Bob Meyer William & Susan Morris Paul Perry Wayne & Janet Pittenger J. David Ramsey Marge Rath Jack & Bobbi Roberts Lowell & Dianne Robertson Hazel Shewell Mark Strate

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In Memoriam

Frank Amaral Gordon Betts Mrs. Marjorie Ingram Maryjane M. Petersen Paul Shewell Clifford Thorson Judd Trotter Orene Wetherall

Golden Clef Award LaVonne Amaral 2009

Allegro Alliance The Allegro Alliance, founded in 1987, has grown to nearly 400 members. The Allegro Alliance is a dedicated group of volunteers who create, produce and support fundraising events for Music in the Mountains to assist in MIM’s endeavor to be a major contributor to the cultural, educational and economic enrichment for the communities of Nevada County. Allegro Alliance provides the gracious hospitality that makes MIM’s organization so unique. They are the smiling faces and helping hands that greet you at all MIM events. Allegro Alliance welcomes new members. If you are interested in joining this dynamic group, call MIM’s business office at 265-6173. Allegro Alliance Council

President, Judith Ciphers VP-Benefit Events, Ginny Riffey VP- Hospitality, Desmond Gallagher Secretary, Nora Kinney Financial Advisor, Bob Martin Membership, Bonni Waite Volunteers, Else Sanzone, Diane Swenson Advisors, Past President Barb Swisher, Marge Rath, Sherry Bartolucci Fanfare, Otto Schulze Members At Large, Barbara Belmer, Celia Edwards, Kathe Freer, Susan Pastorini, Deedee Ruxton, Joann Ryan, Margot Schulze

Swing Along Golf Tournament, Don Streseman and Bob Kline Sierra Brewfest, Terry Brown BLT Affair, Jacque Cowgill Music and Dinner at Pilot Peak Winery, Connie Ferrao and Susan Pastorini Great Giveaway SummerFest, Dick Ryan Son of the Great Giveaway, Margot and Otto Schulze Beer/Wine Pavilion, Jeanette Miller and Gary Blum Past Presidents of Allegro Alliance

Barb Swisher 2006-2008 Jacque Cowgill 2004-2006 Doris Felts 2004 Jan Doting 2001-2003 Sue Vardon 2000-2001 Helen Conrey 1996-2000 Madelyn DiMugno 1994-1996 David Griswold 1992-1994 Norman Label, MD 1990-1992 William Griffin 1988-1990

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Volunteers from Council, Event Chairs

Volunteer Golf Tournament Great Giveaway Winery Dinner

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MIM Educational Programs Since 1982, Music in the Mountains has been committed to providing music education programs for the youth and adults in our community. MIM’s Educational Committee is comprised of musicians, music teachers, school personnel and educators working as volunteers in partnership with local schools, teachers and administrators. Programs include the following: Classics for Kids

~ Fourth graders bussed to live performances

~ Over 4000 students in Nevada County classrooms benefit from this program

Brummitt-Taylor Classical Music Listening Program

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Young Musicians Competition ~ Youth competing for cash prizes Young Composers Program ~ Students learning the composition

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Summer Fest

~ Free kid friendly concert for youth during the

~ Donner Mine Summer Music Camp, Jason Pell and Jean Brook Dunning, Lucy Becker and Laura Keranen

Scholarships

Designs for Listening ~ Music appreciation sessions for adults Youth Discounts ~ Free and $5 tickets offered throughout the year to

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How You Can Help... Use the green SPD Coupons (available at the MIM office and at concerts). A percentage of your amount of purchase supports MIM’s education programs. Keep the music alive in the schools by supporting Music in the Mountains educational programs with your contributions. Together, we can assure that the benefits of music continue to help our children get the best possible start in life.

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Music in the Mountains 2010 Donor/Investor Levels

2010 Business & Individual Sponsorship Benefits

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All Business and Individual Sponsors receive the following benefits, subject to the nature of the event, the level of the sponsorship, and the timing of the sponsorship commitment:

$25-299

Our Appreciation! *Donors $100 and above, listing in the MIM Program Book Friends

$300-599

Listing in the MIM Program Book plus:

*Invitation for 2 to the annual Friends Party *“Bring 2 Friend’s for Free” Concert Gift Certificate

Ovation

$600-999

All benefits listed above plus:

*Priority ticketing and exchange privileges

Encore

$1,000-4,999

All benefits listed above plus:

*Gate 1 parking passes for outdoor concerts *MIM Season Highlights CD *Invitation for 2 to the Maestro Party *Personal photo with Gregory Vajda and a famous guest artist

Bravo

$5,000-9,999

All benefits listed above plus:

*Early admittance to all outdoor concerts *iPod loaded with Gregory Vajda’s favorite selections *Invitation for 2 to an exclusive champagne reception with Gregory and a guest artist *Opportunity to become a personal concert sponsor

Director’s Circle

• Sponsor Name/Logo in the ticket brochure, the concert program or event advertising, and on MIM’s web site.

• Signage or Banners at the entrance to the event.

• Announcement at the event of Sponsor’s name.

• Complimentary tickets, plus discount tickets for your employees (Amounts to 1 table plus 6 tickets for indoor and outdoor concerts.)

• Discount of 20% for groups of 20 or more.

• For outdoor concert sponsors, reserved, first-come Parking at Gate 1. • Outdoor concert sponsor receives display space at sponsored concerts, not to exceed 10’x10’ sized display. • Recognition and benefits as an MIM supporter in all donor listings, according to support level. • Visibility as a business that enhances the cultural and economic life of the community where your customers and employees choose to live.

$10,000-19,999

All benefits listed above plus:

*Invitation to the annual private Conductor’s Luncheon *Up to four MIM musicians playing for 2 hours at your personal event *Concierge services: Get the ultimate concert experience through our assistance with transportation, tickets, parking, beverages and more

Maestro’s Circle

$20,000 and above

All benefits listed above plus:

*A reserved personalized parking space at all concerts

Golden Baton

$100,000 and above

All benefits listed above plus:

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2009 Donors/Investors Gifts & Pledges Received from January 1 through December 31, 2009 *We are grateful to those Pacesetters who have increased their gifts by 10% or more.

Maestro Circle ($15,000 and above)

The Estate of Irma Adams LaVonne Amaral The Estate of Gordon Betts Bob & Carol Hamilton Lynn & Camille Kerby Dick & Beth Landis Meyers Investment Group Directors Circle ($10,000-14,999)

Carol Franc Buck Foundation The Ghidotti Foundation Jeffrey Leiter Denny McShane and Rich Gordon Bill & Bev Riddle Benefactor ($5,000-9,999)

Julia Amaral & Mark Strate Lou & Sherry Bartolucci Terry & Karen Hulett Brown* Gene & Gail Fox* 4 Marian Gallaher, M.D Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Bill & Judy Kinney 3 Don & Loretta Lawson Marge Rath 2 Kent & Ginny Riffey* Lowell & Diane Robertson Hazel Shewell SPD Markets* Butch & Virginia Thresh* The Union 2 Jim & Carol Young* Gene & Nina Zepp Patron ($2,500-4,999)

Barbara Belmer Julie Bramkamp Scott Browne & Richard Toothman* Capital Public Radio 2 Citizens Bank of Northern California Ersel & Claudia Edwards Full Circle Financial, Kim Zwick, CPA Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Robert Berman & Jane Ginsburg Aileen James Dieter & Martha Juli* Brayton & Betty Hahn Moody’s Foundation Anonymous Jerry & Janet Pizzagoni 2 Robinson Enterprises, Inc. Anonymous Partner ($1,000-2,499)

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Morgan & Donelle Stoltz* Stucki Jewelers Peter & Stephanie Symes* Norm & Jan Westmore Ann Wilder* Sustainer ($500-749)

Dave & Janine Alton Tom Besemer Anonymous Mike & Margaret Bloebaum* Roseanne Burke* Chevrontexaco Matching Grants Program Polly Dodds* Frank & Fran Francis David & Barbara Gable* Jerry Grant & Corinne Gelfan* Lance & Joan Goddard Hindi Greenberg Gerri Griswold* John & Phyllis Hazelwood Michael, Judith & Theo Hill-Weld* Brent Koegel* Milda Leiter Bill Litchfield Construction Carl & Linda Marschall Robert & Sheryl O’Connor 3 In honor of Bill and Judy Kinney Dr. Paul Rohrer & Connie Ferrao Wayne & Janet Pittenger Keith Schoendoerfer & Linda Lansky* Don & Barbara Scoble Glenn Straight Jim & Barbara Swisher Grace Trotter Gary & Carolyn Twing John & Judy van der Veen William Wetherall Mahlon & Bobbi Wilkes* Karen Wood

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2009 Donors/Investors Gifts & Pledges Received from January 1 through December 31, 2009 *We are grateful to those Pacesetters who have increased their gifts by 10% or more.

David Jones* Cary & Karen Korobkin James Lee DMD. Stan & Donna Levin* Hank & Wellsie Mack Robert & Rhonda Martens* Gil Mathew Max & Ann McCann Carla McNeill Binns and Michele Melander Dorla Menmuir Benjamin & Virginia Montoya* Sandra Owen Silvan & Ruth Peterhans Robert & Dale Peterson Pleasant Valley Veterinary Center* Holger & Linda Rasmussen* Cody & Elizabeth Reeves E.F.& Geraldine Ritcher Larry & Karen Schwartz* Jan Septon Mac Small & Mary Ellen Walsh

Jack & Audrey Smith Jean C. Smith Don & Marilyn Streseman Stephanie Steyer Dr. and Mrs. Stovall Barbara Tanner Dan Tanner & Lou Ferretto Ed & Barbara Thomas Daniel van Alderwerelt Shirley Vandermyden* Jo Ward* Marilyn Wilson Herbert & Sharon Wulf* Marilyn Yerkes Keith Yettick* Education Scholarships

Laura Keranen & Desmond Gallagher Brummitt-Taylor

Jerry & Beth Biagini Lake Wildwood Associa- tion-Community Relations Committee

In Memory of Lucy Becker

Dr. Al and Beverly Erickson Brayton and Betty Hahn In Memory of Raymond Hoffman

Dieter and Martha Juli Mac Small & Mary Ellen Walsh In Memory of Sylvia Mitchell in honor of her daughter, my dear friend, Dr Judith Mitchell

Dr. Ann Smith

Gary and Lois McClaughry Judy Mitchell Bruce and Pam Rhyne Jan Septon Dan and Beryl Sisto Dr. Ann Smith Nancy Sullivan Isabell Thomas Robert & Linda Werner Diane Leigh Willey Jane Willey In Honor of Hazel Shewell

In Appreciation of Keaton Hild

Judy Mitchell In Memory of Sylvia Mitchell

Kathy Connors John and Madelyn DiMugno Dr. Al & Beverly Erickson Residents of Forest Springs Wendie Highsmith Edward & Margaret Krieger-Thornhill

Bill and Helen Neff In Memory of Dr. Donald G.C. Hare

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Mary Frances Holdcroft Ann Johnson Helen Lay Margot Schulze Nancy Shanteau Sally Smith Kathleen Stradinger Mary Grace Tassone Sharon Umphress Judy Wood Tenor I

Marguerite Blickenstaff Karen Hulett Brown Lynn Costa John Darlington Alan Gaines Pat Gerving Sandy Gold Dick Johnson Fred Lossman Dan Richards Frank Santos (President) Andrew Selbie John Simon David Wallace

Harold Blickenstaff Terry Brown Paul Faahs Jerry Grant Dave Moyer Bass

Terry Crane Darrell Crawford Bill Derrick Brian Fry Dan Halloran Bud Huzeflka Morris Hyman Chris Kane Bob Kline William Lewis Clarence McProud Dave Olsen Neil Stradinger Stephen Tassone Rick Tuggle Bill Vicars

Baritone

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Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra Gregory Vajda, Artistic Director, Conductor MIM Festival Orchestra Violin I

Robin Mayforth, Concertmaster Karen Shinozaki Sor, assistant concertmaster Mutsuko Ikenouchi Tatman Eline van den Ende Ron Whaley Daniel Zuckerman Nancy Hill Sarah Wood Anna Gendler Violin II

Rae Ann Goldberg, principal Jan Septon Brooke Aird Claudia Fountain Michelle Maruyama Randi Soule Rose May Mickelson Ann Gaines

Viola

Oboe

Janet Sims, principal Eleanor Angel David Gold Melinda Rayne David Thorp Nancy Ewing Wood

Neil Tatman, principal Jason Sudduth

Cello

Tom Rose, principal Geordie Frazer

Janet Witharm, principal Mary True Noriko Kishi Eugene Sor Dahna Rudin

English Horn

Jason Sudduth Clarinet

Bassoon

Trombone

Don Benham, principal Wayne Solomon Bass Trombone

Doug Thorley Tuba

Tony Clements Percussion

Carla Wilson, principal Karen Gale

Matthew Darling, principal Scott Ney Thomas Rance

Double Bass

French Horn

Timothy Spears, principal William Everett Andy Butler

Peter Nowlen, principal Richard Burdick Cara Jones Philip Richardson

Harp

Flute

Jane Lenoir, principal Carol Adee

Motoshi Kosake Piano/Celeste

Aileen James

Trumpet

Scott Macomber, principal Kale Cumings

Artist Bios Flutist Carol Adee was born in Hollywood and grew up in California, studying flute, cello and voice. Since completing her Master’s degree at the Yale School of Music she has lived in and around San Francisco. For twenty years, she was principal flutist of the Women’s Philharmonic, recording 5 CDs and touring Brazil, Alaska and Washington, D.C. She has been principal flutist with the Britt Festival Orchestra ( Jacksonville, OR) and the Tiburon Music Festival and has performed with many Bay Area ensembles such as the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet and Opera Orchestras. A champion of the living, breathing composer, she has performed works reviewed as “rhythmically relentless,” “tonally handsome,” “vaguely wacky,” and “more melodic than Gershwin” and has played with groups such as George Coates Performance Works, Daniel Popsicle, Alternate Currents, Oberlin Dance Collective, Composer’s Cafeteria, and Composers, Inc. Carol Adee’s solo CD Bach to Nature has sparked international airplay and interest. Her most recent recording is with Bellavente Wind Quintet titled Jewels of the Night. She has held teaching positions at Stanford University, San Domenico Conservatory and San Francisco Waldorf School and is currently on the faculty of Dominican University and the Marin Waldorf School. Brooke Aird studied violin at the Manhattan School of Music with Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne. He is currently a member of the Marin Symphony and freelances with many of the San Francisco area musical organizations. An accomplished soloist, Brooke had performed numerous solo recitals and has several performances as a concerto soloist 16

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to his credit. His father, Donald Aird, was a distinguished Bay Area composer and from him Brooke inherited an interest in contemporary music. He performs as the violinist with “Sounds New,” a new music group specializing in living American composers. Eleanor Angel teaches both violin and viola in the Bay area, where she is a violist with the Midsummer Mozart Orchestra. She received her Bachelors Degree from Indiana University and her Masters from the Eastman School of Music. Her teachers have included William Primrose and Geraldine Walther. She has recorded music of Victor Herbert with the Eastman Dryden Orchestra and played at Tanglewood, Yale Chamber Music at Norfolk, and other music festivals in Switzerland and Italy. She has also acted as principal viola for the Opera San Jose and the West Bay Opera Company, as well as playing with the Bay Chamber Symphony Orchestra and the San Jose Symphony. She has been a member of the Festival Orchestra since 1987. DON BENHAM is principal trombonist with the California Symphony and keeps busy as a Bay Area freelance musician, soloist and teacher. While a student at USC, he studied trombone with Robert Marsteller and composition with Hugo Friedhofer. Don has held positions with the Oakland Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. A member of the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra since 1989, Don has appeared as soloist with both the Festival Pops Orchestra and the Blazing Brass concerts.

RICHARD BURDICK has been the first horn of Regina Symphony Orchestra since 2003, when he moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada from Northern California. He now has been principal horn for the RSO longer than he was a member of Sacramento Symphony (1990-1996). He has performed recently as a natural horn soloist in chamber music of Naderman, Dauprat, and Schubert and concerti by Mozart, Dauprat and Domnich, Telemann and Quantz. His newest natural horn CD release is of Horn and Harp music by F. J. Naderman. Besides his extra work in Canada for Saskatoon Symphony and the Strauss Orchestra of Canada, he has a long history of performance around Northern California. He is a prolific composer of 64 solos for horn. He is also the horn instructor at the University of Regina. Andy Butler, doublebass, holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and the Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is the recipient of several awards and scholarships and performs regularly with San Francisco Bay Area orchestras including the Oakland Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, California Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, San Jose Symphony and Opera Orchestra. Butler has performed with the Mendocino Music Festival, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Oregon Coast Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and Music in the Mountains Summer Fest. Tony Clements, tuba, has played with the San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Oakland Symphony, the Sacramento Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and many free-lance orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a popular Bay Area soloist, playing with virtually every college band in the area and many high school groups. His recent solo appearances have taken him to McMinnville, OR; Little Rock, AR; Providence, RI and Huntingdon, PA. In 2000, Mr. Clements was appointed the Conductor of the Ohlone Wind Orchestra and was added to the conducting staff of the El Camino Youth Symphony. His teaching positions include Stanford University, Cal State East Bay (Hayward) and Ohlone College, where he directs the 30-member Tuba Union of the Bay Area, a tuba ensemble comprised of local tubists. He was named Director of Bands at Ohlone College and is President of Local 153 of the Amercian Federation of musicians. Kale Cumings, trumpet, is a native of Sparta, Michigan, and received his Bachelors degree from Wheaton College in Chicago. After teaching public school band and orchestra, he earned a Masters degree from Northwestern University. As a teacher, clinician, and free-lance musician in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cumings has performed with the Sacramento Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony. Recent summers have found Kale performing in the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Sapporo, Japan, the Bravo Colorado Music Festival Brass Quintet, the Grand Rapids Symphony (Michigan), and the Music in the Mountains Chamber Orchestra and Brass Ensemble. Matthew Darling is an Associate Professor of Music at California State University, Fresno. In addition to his duties as head of the percussion area and interim chair of the Department of Music, this past year Darling performed percussion for the Fresno run of the National Broadway Tour of The Producers, played drum-set for Chuck Berry as part of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tour stop in the Central Valley, and was principal timpanist/percussionist with the Carefree (AZ) MusicFest.

Darling actively performs with the Fresno Philharmonic and Orpheus chamber ensemble and continues to perform with numerous other groups and chamber ensembles including the Sacramento Philharmonic and Modesto Symphony. He resides in Fresno with his wife Chris and their four children. Bassist BILL EVERETT is currently an acting member of the San Francisco Symphony. He studied with Homer Mensch at The Juilliard School and with Ed Barker at Boston University. While a student, he appeared as principal bass with ensembles including The New York String Orchestra, Schleswig Holstein Festival (Germany), Pacific Festival ( Japan) and the Jerusalem Festival (Israel). As an active performer in the Bay Area for the past seven years, Everett has also served as a member of the San Jose Symphony, and has performed with the New Century Chamber Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Opera Orchestras. He has appeared as soloist with Music in the Mountains, Desert Foothills MusicFest, the Worn Chamber Ensemble and at events sponsored by the San Francisco Symphony. Violist Nancy Ewing-Wood was an active free-lance violinist appearing with the Oakland, San Jose, Marin and Berkeley Symphony Orchestras as well as Western Opera Theater and The Lamplighters Theatre Orchestras before moving to Nevada County in 1990. She holds her bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Don Ehrlich, Gennady Kleiman, and Don Kobialka. She has continued her private teaching in Nevada and Placer Counties and has played with all the valley orchestras from Chico to Modesto. Nancy is a regular performer with the Music in the Mountains Summer Festival Orchestra. Violinist CLAUDIA FOUNTAIN is a member of the San Jose, Monterey and Marin County Symphonies. She also plays periodically with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Western Opera, and Midsummer Mozart, as well as teaching part-time and performing in a Bay Area chamber music group. She received her degree and teaching credential at the University of Southern California, and completed her Masters in violin at the University of Miami. While in Florida studying for her degree, she played with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra for four seasons. She has been with the Music in the Mountains Festival since 1989. GEORDIE FRAZER is a San Francisco native who is equally proficient on the clarinet as well as the saxophone. He performs frequently with the major Bay Area orchestras: San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Symphony Silicon Valley, Monterey Symphony, Marin Symphony and Santa Rosa Symphony. Geordie Frazer has many years of experience performing chamber music, including performances and recordings with theVictor Morosco Saxophone Quartet. Geordie also played with numerous theatre orchestras in San Francisco and was a member of the former American Musical Theatre of San Jose Theatre Orchestra for over twenty years. He toured the United States with the Andrew Lloyd Weber National Tour Of â&#x20AC;&#x153;CATSâ&#x20AC;?. Geordie has appeared as soloist with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra in performances of the Ibert and Glazunov saxophone concertos as well as with various chamber orchestras in the bay area. Geordie Frazer is a graduate of San Diego State University.

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Violinist Ann Gaines is a Los Angeles native who was fortunate enough to attend a public elementary school with a string program, where she was first introduced to music. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and a teaching credential from California State University, Chico, and has studied violin with Alice Shoenfeld, Manuel Newman and Ralph Matesky. Gaines is a member of the Auburn Symphony and has appeared with the Chico Symphony Orchestra, La Jolla Civic Symphony, Apollo Orchestra and Apollo Opera, Orchestre Panache, and performs with musical ensembles around Northern California. She is a founding member of the Classic String Quartet and Classic String Trio, providing chamber music in the foothills since 1989. Karen Gale studied the bassoon with Donald DaGrade at the University of the Pacific. Other teachers include Greg Barber, Jerry Dagg, Douglas M. Huff and Frank Morelli. She is a member of the Sacramento Philharmonic. Her teaching affiliations have included The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, California State UniversityStanislaus, American River College and numerous music camps and training programs for young people. Among her many musical activities have been performances with the Orquesta Mexicana de FONOPAS, the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, the Bach Society of Amherst, the Smith College Faculty Chamber Ensemble, the Sacramento Opera, Music Circus, Choral Society and Strauss Orchestras, the Peter Britt Festival, the Joffrey Ballet, the San Jose, North State, Modesto, Fresno, Stockton and Napa Valley Symphonies, the San Francisco Choral Society, the Sacramento Chamber Music Society, the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet, World Explorer Cruise Lines, New Albion Records, Koch Records, Millennia Media and A&E Presents. Please see: www.woodisgoodmusic.com and www.tenorclef.com Anna Gendler, violinist, received her master’s degree at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, after having obtained her bachelor’s at Gnesin’s Musical College in Moscow, Russia. Before coming to the United States, she was principal second violin in the Moscow-based chamber orchestra Anima, and played in the Siberian State Philharmonic. After teaching at the New York Conservatory of Music, Ms. Gendler came to Arizona, where she performed with the Tucson Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony. She has appeared as soloist in music festivals in Russia, New York, Ohio and throughout Europe. Rae Ann Goldberg, violin, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she performs with many music groups, including Symphony Silicon Valley, Midsummer Mozart Festival, and the California Symphony. She earned a BA from Mills College and an MA from the Brooklyn College Conservatory where she was a member of Itzhak Perlman’s master class and a student of Masao Kawasaki. During her 12 year tenure with the former Sacramento Symphony, she held the positions of Principal and Assistant Principal second violin. Rae Ann is a musician with the Living Arts Playback Theater Ensemble, a troupe of improvisational actors and musicians who “play back” personal stories shared by audience members in ways that both honor and illuminate the original experience. She also is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), and counsels young children and their families at the Early Childhood Mental Health Program in Richmond.

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Nancy Hill, violin, received her BS and MA degrees from the Juilliard School of Music, NYC. She studied with Ivan Galamian, Dorothy Delay and Robert Mann. Hill was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study at the Hochschule in Cologne, Germany, and remained in Europe, playing for the Rhein Chamber Orchestra, and performing contemporary chamber music. She has appeared with the San Diego Symphony and Opera, the Tulsa Philharmonic and Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, National Orchestra of Mexico, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. Hill resides in Grass Valley, where she free-lances and teaches in the area. She performs with Music in the Mountains Festivals. Aileen James, pianist, began her formal training at five and made her professional debut at fifteen in Los Angeles. She holds both bachelor and masters degrees and was granted a fellowship to Stanford University where she received a Doctorate in Musical Arts and Performance. She has served on the faculties of Pacific Union College and Santa Clara University and from 1986 to 1997 was the Artistic Director of the American Pianists Association in Indianapolis, heading its Biennial National Piano Competition and the Fellowship Program. Aileen resides in Grass Valley and remains active as a performer and serves on the boards of both Music in the Mountains and InConcert Sierra. Hornist Cara Jones is a member of the Sacramento Choral Society Orchestra and the Merced Symphony. She is also an active free-lance artist in Northern California, performing with the Sacramento Philharmonic, Sacramento Opera, Napa Valley Symphony, and Modesto Symphony to name a few. In addition to Music in the Mountains, Cara also performs with the Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra and the Elk Grove Strauss Festival. A Pi Kappa Lambda graduate of California State University, Sacramento, she earned both her BM and MM Degrees with Honors. She won the Student Concerto Competition, performing Gliere’s Horn Concerto with the CSUS Symphony Orchestra and was presented with the Outstanding Senior Award by the College of Arts and Letters faculty. Cara is a mentoring professional with the Academy at All Hallows, whose mission is to provide ensemble training to emerging professional musicians. She enjoys teaching horn students as well as coaching brass ensembles and the brass section of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. She lives in Elk Grove, CA with her husband Bill, 3-year old son Quinn, and 1-year old daughter Hannah. Cellist NORIKO KISHI holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, a Masters of Music from the New England Conservatory, and has done further study at Rutgers University. Her principal teachers were Irene Sharp, Robert Sylvester and Bernard Greenhouse. A native of San Francisco, Ms. Kishi returned to the Bay Area after a residency with the New World Symphony, where she served as co-principal cellist. She has been a member of Alternate Currents Performance Ensemble, the Sacramento Chamber Orchestra, Sacramento Symphony and the Spoleto Opera Orchestra in South Carolina and Spoleto, Italy. Currently she teaches privately, performs with the Canyon Lands Ensemble and co-directs the Nova Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City.

Motoshi Kosako, harpist, was born in Japan. He started his musical training on the piano and also the guitar. In Tokyo he played the acoustic and electric guitar in professional Jazz bands. In 1997, he moved to the United

States and soon after he started teaching himself playing the harp. Now he is the principal harpist of Stockton Symphony Orchestra and the most active symphony hartpist around Stockton and Sacramento. His latest music innovation is improvisation and composition for the harp. In 2007 he won the second place in Lyon & Healy International Jazz & Pop Harp Competition and received the “Best of Sacramento” award from Sacramento Magazine as “Best Jazz Hound in Tie and Tail ; Kosako plays with fluid, modern style that evokes Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.” His ground breaking style is also noted in Harp Column as “Motoshi Kosako, a Japanese native whose introspective soloing was reminiscent of Keith Jarrett.” In 2002 and 2003, he recorded two classical harp albums and in April 2008, he has released his first Jazz Album, Naked Wonder with his trio, Bill Douglass (bass, bamboo flute) and Daryl Van Druff (drums).Also he performed Jazz standards with Stockton Symphony as a featuring soloist for the family concert program in March 2008. Jane Lenoir, flutist, performs regularly as a soloist, orchestral musician, chamber music artist, and jazz performer in the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally . A graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Jane has appeared locally with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet, Oakland Symphony, Ballet and Opera, San Jose Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Music Society and University of California Contemporary Chamber Players. She has performed with many major jazz artists in ensemble and as a soloist and has toured with the Paul Dresher Ensemble and George Coates Performances. Ms. Lenoir has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Beckmesser Award for outstanding performance on contemporary music from the LA Times. Jane has been Principal Flute with Music in the Mountains Orchestra since its founding in 1982 and appeared frequently as soloist with the orchestra. An active performer of new music and jazz improviser, she has recorded two albums of jazz and Brazilian music, “fluid” 2003 and “Live at Anna’s Jazz Island” 2009. She is a founding member of the Latin Jazz Ensemble “Primavera” , and has been performing and studying Brazilian music for several years and has just recently returned from a trip to Brazil to perform and study with Brazilian musicians, including innovative composer and flutist Hermeto Pascoal. Trumpeter Scott Macomber is principal trumpet of the Napa Valley Symphony as well as second trumpet of the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Sacramento Philharmonic.  Mr. Macomber has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Jose Symphony and the Bay Brass. An avid performer of contemporary music, he has performed in over 25 world premieres of solo, chamber, and orchestral music.  Mr. Macomber holds degrees from Northwestern University, where he studied with Vincent Cichowicz, and from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed with the Empyrean Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and Ensemble Parallel.  As principal trumpet of the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, Mr. Macomber has appeared as a soloist on many occasions.  Mr. Macomber is on faculty with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division, UC Davis and San Francisco State University. MICHELLE MARUYAMA began her violin studies at age 4 after seeing Itzhak Perlman on PBS’s Sesame Street. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin and Master of Music degree in Chamber music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a student of Ian Swensen and Mark Sokol. After graduating she participated in the Carnegie Fellows Program as a member of the Phoenix Quartet. She held a fellowship

with the New World Symphony for one season and currently freelances in the bay area, Michelle has performed as Principal 2nd Violin in the Santa Rosa, Napa Valley and Stockton Symphonies and the Fresno Philharmonic and in the sections of the San Francisco, Marin and California Symphonies and the New Century Chamber Orchestra. ROBIN MAYFORTH, violinist and concertmaster, is currently serving as concertmaster of Silicon Valley of San Jose Symphony. She returns this summer as concertmaster of the Music in the Mountains Orchestra and will serve as co-concertmaster at the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, CO. She has also served as concertmaster of the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra, the San Diego Opera, the Performance Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Queens Philharmonia (NY) and the Delaware Repertory Orchestra. In the Bay Area, Robin is a founding member of the Candlelight Soiree Chamber Music Series in San Francisco and presently teaches and coaches at Santa Clara University. From 1985 to 1993, Robin was an original member of the highly-respected Lark Quartet, with whom she performed and toured throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, China and Australia. Ms. Mayforth is a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and received her BM and MM Degrees from Juilliard, studying with Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang and Paul Kantor. Violinist ROSE-MAY MICKELSON was born and raised in Switzerland, where she started playing violin at the age of six, studying with Rose Hemmerling and Arpad Gerecz. A dedicated chamber musician, Rose-May performs with the Sierra String Quartet and the Alta Sierra Trio. Prior to arriving in the United States, she performed with various orchestras and chamber ensembles in Europe. Since settling in Nevada County, she has been active with area orchestras and chamber ensembles, appearing in a Music in the Mountains Encore Concert with several other Festival players and members of the Festival Chorale. She has participated in the Festival since 1989. Scott Ney, percussion, is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Percussion at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Most recently Scott has performed with the New Mexico Symphony the Opera South West orchestras, and continues to perform in chamber ensemble and solo recitals in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington. Other professional engagements include work with Seattle Symphony Recording Orchestra, the Sacramento Symphony, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Stamm, Bill Conti, Burt Bacharach and Doc Severenson. Previous teaching positions include the United States Percussion camp, the Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth ( Johns Hopkins University), La Sierra Music Academy and CSU Fresno. Scott has been a member of the Music in the Mountains Chamber Orchestra since 1994. Peter Nowlen, French horn, is a Pi Kappa Lambda graduate of Northwestern University and CSUS Horn Professor who joined the Sacramento Symphony in 1987. Recently he has served as principal horn of the Sacramento Chamber Orchestra, the Sacramento Opera, the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, the Music in the Mountains Festival and the Orchestra Internazionale di Italia. His solo appearances have included both American and Italian orchestras. Formerly a member of Ralph Shapey’s University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, he has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras, the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, and with UC Davis and CSUS faculty ensembles. Peter has served MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS 2010 SEASON

as conductor of the Sacramento Symphony’s Educational Concerts, UC Davis Symphony and serves as Music Director of the UC Davis Wind Ensemble. He has also been a guest conductor at Music in the Mountains, conducted the California Youth Symphony and the CSUS Symphony.

Symphony, and freelanced with virtually all the musical organizations in the Bay Area. As a soloist he has performed numerous times at Music in the Mountains and also with Oakland Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco Concerto Orchestra. Since 1988 he has also been serving as Personnel Manager of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.

THOMAS RANCE, born in Iowa, started playing percussion at the age of 10. He attended the University of Iowa from 1979 to 1984 and received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education. In the summer of 1984 he left Iowa to attend San Jose State University to study percussion with Anthony Cirone. While living in the Bay Area he became principal percussion with the Modesto Symphony in 1985 and is currently still in this position. He was also principal percussion with the Fremont/Newark Philharmonic from 1987 to 1991. He was a member of several other Bay Area orchestras, opera and theater companies including Monterey County Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony and West Bay Opera. He briefly taught percussion at Santa Clara University before moving to Sacramento in 1992. Since moving to Sacramento he performed on a regular basis with the Sacramento Symphony and is currently member of the Sacramento Philharmonic. In addition to performing in the Music in the Mountains Music Festival he attends the Bear Valley Music Festival.

Dahna Rudin, cello, received her artist diploma from the Vienna Hochschule für Musik, where she worked with Wolfgang Herzer, solo cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic, and coached chamber music with members of the Alban Berg string Quartet. She also holds a bachelor of arts from Pomona College. Ms. Rudin was the recipient of the Rudolph Polk Memorial Award and was a prize winner in the 1984 S.F. SymphonyJulia Klumpkey competition. She has performed as a soloist with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, the Baroque Sinfonietta, the Claremont Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of France, and the L’ensemble Maurice Ravel, for which she also served as principal cellist. As a member of the Wiener Sinfonietta, and the Belvedere Trio, she has toured Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States. She has performed regularly with the Atlantis Trio, and has presented numerous solo recitals throughout the greater Bay Area Ms. Rudin is principal cellist of the CSMA chamber orchestra and has also performed with the West Bay Opera, Symphony Silicon Valley, the Midsummer Mozart festival orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony.

Chicago Park resident Melinda Rayne, violinist, at the age of sixteen, became a member of the Monterey County Symphony. She has studied with a variety of teachers including Jascha Veissi, Andor Toth, Sr. and William Magers, her primary mentor and master teacher. As a freelance musician, she has performed with such celebrities as Pavarotti, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Andy Williams, Pearl Bailey, Benny Goodman., and many more. Phyllis Diller, Johnny Mathis, and Liberace. She has played in numerous soundtrack recordings for radio and television, and has recorded several CDs with the Women’s Philharmonic and San Jose Chamber Orchestras. Melinda was principal violist for the Peninsula Symphony. She is principal violist for the Western Opera Theater (San Francisco Opera touring troupe) and is also a member of the San Jose Chamber, Opera San Jose, Sacramento Opera, Sacramento Philharmonic and Sacramento Chorale Society Orchestras.

Jan Septon began studying violin at age ten in the Billings, Montana public school system. She attended Indiana University, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Music Education, and received a Master’s in Performance from Florida State University. Her teachers included Ruth Posselt and the concertmasters of the Minnesota, Boston, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. Before winning the audition for the Phoenix Symphony in 1988, she served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Oklahoma Symphony, the Oklahoma City Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria of Mexico City. A founding member of the “Go For Baroque” chamber ensemble, she has also performed with the Flagstaff Festival, the Desert Foothills Music Fest, the Charlotte Symphony, and the AIMS Orchestra of Graz, Austria.

Phil Richardson, French horn, received a Bachelor in Music in Horn Performance from San Francisco State University as well as a Masters in Music from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. His career has taken him to Venezuela, Europe, Asia, and throughout the United States where he has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony, Caracas Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, Basler Radio Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Jose Symphony, and music festival orchestras at Aspen, Lake Tahoe, Rome, and Sun Valley. He has been principal horn and personnel manager for the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. Phil performed in the inaugural season of Music in the Mountains.

Karen Shinozaki Sor, violinist and Assistant Concertmaster, is a familiar face to Bay Area audiences, performing with the Grammy-nominated New Century Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Rosa and Marin Symphonies, and as a regular extra in the San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras. She is also a frequent chamber music collaborator, appearing with diverse groups including the Santa Rosa Chamber Players, the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, the Sor Ensemble, the Worn Ensemble, and the Adorno Ensemble. She serves on the music faculties at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Marin Music Conservatory. In her free time, Karen likes to relax with her cellist husband, Eugene Sor, son Kenji, cat Bass, and indulge in her addiction to the Times crossword puzzles.

TOM ROSE has been principal clarinet for the Festival Orchestra since its inaugural season. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he earned his BA in music from San Francisco State University and an MFA in performance from Mills College. His principal teachers were Earl Smith, Leon Russianoff and Rosario Mazzeo. He taught music in Oakland and Berkeley public schools and is currently on the music faculty at Mills College. He has performed throughout the United States, including posts with the Fort Wayne Philharmonia and Oklahoma

Janet Sims, violist, is the assistant principal violist of Symphony Silicon Valley and the Ballet San Jose Orchestra. She is also a founding member of the San Jose String Quartet and San Jose Chamber Players. Aside from being the principal violist with the Music in the Mountains Festival, she is also the principal viola of the Midsummer Mozart Festival and has been principal viola and guest soloist with the Arizona Music Fest since its premier season. Ms. Sims is an active performer in the San Francisco area, appearing on the series Music at Kohl Mansion,

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Performances at Six, Trinity Chamber Music Series, Composers’ Inc., and the San Jose Chamber Music Society. She appears regularly as a soloist with Music in the Mountains and is a regular chamber music performer at Santa Clara University and the Community Music School. Ms. Sims is a graduate of Stanford University and is currently on faculty at Santa Clara University. WAYNE SOLOMON is very active as a performer and teacher throughout California. He is currently the bass trombonist with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra and Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, second trombonist with the Monterey County Symphony, and has previously held positions with the Napa Valley and Santa Cruz symphonies. He performs frequently with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Santa Ana, CA, and has also performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and San Diego Symphony. He has been low brass instructor at the University of California at Santa Cruz since August of 2000. He has been with the Carmel Bach Festival and with Music in The Mountains in Grass Valley. He has performed with other summer festivals such as the Cabrillo Music Festival and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Eugene Sor has enjoyed a variety of musical endeavors since earning his Master of Music degree in cello performance from UCLA in 1996. He has played in several orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area, including six seasons as principal cellist in Stockton Symphony and nine seasons as a cellist in San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. His wide range of chamber music experience includes extensive work with the Chamberlain and Volta String Quartets and the Adorno Ensemble. Currently on faculty at The Crowden Music Center in Berkeley and Resident Conductor with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Eugene has also held teaching positions at San Francisco State University, CalState Hayward University, and Notre Dame de Namur University. More recent projects include an appearance as one of the featured artists in the 2008 documentary film Freeway Philharmonic, which profiles the lives of seven Bay Area musicians. Eugene is delighted to be returning for his fourth Summerfest at Music in the Mountains. RANDI SOULE, violinist, is a Nevada County resident who plays with The Foothill Theatre Company and the Twin Cities Concert Association, as well as teaching the Suzuki Violin Method in Grass Valley. She is a native of Lexington, Kentucky, and a former student of Almita Vamos at Western Illinois University. In addition to her teaching studio Ms. Soule performs with Orchestre Panache, Apollo Orchestra, and the Three-for-All String Trio. She serves as concertmaster for the chamber ensemble in the Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale Holiday Concerts and has been with the Festival since 1984. Ms. Soule has served as adjudicator on several occasions for the Music in the Mountains Young Musicians Competition and serves as orchestra librarian. TIMOTHY SPEARS, contra base, is a member of the San Jose Symphony and Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestras, and has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet and Opera Orchestras. He graduated from the University of South Florida, where he studied with Diana Gannett-Mizelle and C. Dee Moses. Before coming to the Bay Area, he was assistant principal bassist for the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony and for the Filarmonica de Caracas, Venezuela. In January of 1992, he was a guest artist at the premiere season of the Desert Foothills

MusicFest ’92 (Arizona). Spears has been with the Summer Festival Orchestra since the 1987 season, appearing as chamber ensemble player as well as principal double bass. A native of Lubbock, TX, Jason Sudduth has served as solo English horn and oboist with the Honolulu Symphony for the past four seasons.  He received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Texas Tech University, and earned his MM from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He has served as principal oboe with the Lubbock and Midland/Odessa Symphonies, in addition to appearing with the Houston Symphony and Houston Ballet.  Jason was second oboist with the San Jose Symphony, and performed frequently with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera San Jose, and the San Francisco Opera. He is currently the oboe instructor at the Punahou School in Honolulu, and is a founding member of the Moving Parts Ensemble.  Violinist MUTSUKO IKENOUCHI TATMAN is associate concertmaster of the Arizona Opera Orchestra and director of the string instruments program at St. Gregory College Preparatory School in Tucson. A graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory, she studied with David Cerone, with further study under Warren van Bronkhorst at the University of the Pacific where she earned her master’s degree. Mutsuko has served as concertmaster of the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski, and in both the Stockton and Modesto Symphony Orchestras. Additionally, she was a member of the Honolulu Symphony, the Sacramento Symphony, the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, and the Carmel Bach Festival. Currently, Mutsuko is an active member of the Sterling String Quartet and Duo Nouveau, a violin and harp ensemble. She has appeared numerous times in performances for Music in the Mountains and the Desert Foothills Musicfest in Arizona. NEIL TATMAN is currently Associate Professor of Oboe at The University of Arizona, oboist of the Arizona Wind Quintet, and principal oboist of the Arizona Opera Orchestra. Originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, he earned his Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University where his principal oboe studies were with Jerry Sirucek. He served as principal oboist of the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1996. In addition to his twenty-three year association with Music in the Mountains, Neil is a regular member of the Desert Foothills Musicfest and the Carmel Bach Festival. In 2002, he performed and recorded the world premiere of Dan Coleman’s Sonata Lamentosa with Kristina Cooper and Paul Perry at the International Double Reed Society’s annual conference in Banff, Canada. Neil is author of “The Development of Basic Oboe Technique: A Guide for Instrumental Music Teachers.” DOUG THORLEY, bass trombonist, moved to Colfax from the Bay Area ten years ago. He performs locally with the Sierra Brass Quintet, a salsa band, Sabroso, and the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, and teaches music at Live Oak Waldorf School in Applegate. Doug also plays with Philharmonia Baroque, the Napa Valley, Santa Cruz and Sacramento symphonies, American Bach Soloists and San Francisco Bach Choir, and has performed at the Taos, Carmel Bach and Mendocino summer festivals. Mr. Thorley graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music after stops at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts, a dairy farm in the Catskills and a year at UC Santa Barbara. In his free time, Doug enjoys bicycling touring, x-c skiing, cooking and staying at home with his family. MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS 2010 SEASON

David Thorp, viola, earned a Masters in Music degree in 1978 studying with violist Lillian Fuchs at the Manhattan School of Music, New York City. He has served as principal violist of the American Philharmonic Orchestra of Carnegie Hall. In the period 1969-1976, he played in the second violin section of the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. He moved to Apollo, California in 1983. He has served as principal violist of the Apollo Orchestra since then and of the Auburn Symphony since 1995. He currently teaches at the Music and More Arts Academy of Auburn, California, directs the Auburn Youth Symphony, and plays engagements in addition to those in the North State Symphony of Chico, California, and the Stockton Symphony. Mary True is principal cellist for the Western Opera Theater Orchestra, as well as being a member of both the San Jose Symphony and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She also free-lances for various chamber and orchestral groups in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her studies in Berkeley with Colin Hampton, and continued in Boston with Leslie Parnas and in Philadelphia with Orlando Cole. In 1979, she traveled to Hong Kong where she served for five years as assistant principal cellist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. In 1984, she returned to the Bay Area. She has been with the Festival since 1987. ELINE VAN DEN ENDE, violinist, was born in Zierikzee, Holland. She received her musical training at the Amsterdam Music Lyceum and Het Sweelinck Conservatorium, where she studied with Herman Krebbers, former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She has been a member of the first violin section of the San Jose Symphony for the last sixteen seasons. Eline is also a member of the Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra and the American Music Theatre Company Orchestra of San Jose, Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, and the Desert MusicFest Chamber Orchestra. She is also an active free-lance artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally she teaches privately and appears as a studio musician with Lucas Film. As a high school senior, Ron Whaley, violinist, was selected to perform as a member of the American Youth Orchestra at a Carnegie Hall performance. He attended Indiana University as a Bachelor of Music student and studied with Urico Rossi and Franco Gulli. While in college, he toured with the Henry Mancini and Johnny Mathis Orchestra. After college Ron was concertmaster of the Orquestra del Noreste in Guadalajara, Mexico for two seasons. He then served as assistant principal second violin with the Grand Rapids Symphony for five seasons. Since 1980 Ron has been with the Phoenix Symphony. He also has been concertmaster of the Grand Salon Orchestra in Phoenix since 1995. Ron has been performing with Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra since 1996. He has served as violin teacher at Arizona School for the Arts and teaches at the NFL-Yet charter school in Phoenix. Carla Wilson is principal bassoonist with the Santa Rosa, Marin, Berkeley symphonies, and is a member of the California Symphony. She is a frequent performer with the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Symphony, Oakland Symphony and various new music ensembles.   She completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Walter Green.   Further studies took place at the Aspen Festival, the Tanglewood Music Festival and on scholarship in London. She has participated in the Cabrillo and San Luis Obispo Festivals, and is principal with the Midsummer Mozart Festival.  She has been with Music in the Mountains since its first year. 22

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JANET WITHARM has served as principal cellist for the Festival Orchestra since its premier season, and has appeared as concerto soloist and chamber ensemble artist in many Music in the Mountains performances. She also has served as cellist with the San Jose Symphony since 1980. An active free-lance artist, Witharm has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, San Francisco Opera orchestra, among others. A graduate of Philadelphia’s New School of Music, she studied cello with Orlando Cole. Further study has included David Finckel of the Emerson String Quartet and Michael Grebanier, principal cellist of the San Francisco Symphony. Witharm was featured soloist in the West Coast premier of the Martinu Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Bay Chamber Symphony Orchestra, and has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival. She records with the concert ensemble for Skywalker Ranch. A Nevada County native, SARAH WOOD studied with Paul Kantor at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Previous teachers include Zaven Melikian, Robin Sharp and Nancy Hill. From 1998 to 2001, Sarah took first prize in the Music in the Mountains Young Musicians’ Competition and has been a member of the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra since 1999. In the fall of 2001, she won the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s Concerto Competition and was a soloist with the orchestra the following year. Sarah attended California Summer Music in Pebble Beach, CA. She also has been a chamber music coach at the Zephyr Point Chamber Music Retreat and the Sacramento Chamber Music Workshop. Sarah has performed in chamber music master classes with the Miami String Quartet, the Cavani String Quartet, and former Cleveland Quartet member Peter Salaff. Daniel Zuckerman is director of The Versailles Quartet and a free-lance violinist in Los Angeles. He received his BA in Music from UCLA. Zuckerman has performed throughout the West with the symphonies of Santa Barbara, Fresno, and Sacramento. During the peak of Nevada showroom entertainment he performed with a wide array of talent from Liberace to Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis to Cher. Some of his past screen appearances include The Bodyguard, The Relic, Grace of my Heart, Inspector Gadget, Red Dragon, Murder 101, and Fantasia 2000, on which he served as both Concertmaster and Contractor. More recently he appeared in Desperate Housewives, in a non-domestic role. Zuckerman has also played on recordings of The Elvis Schoenberg Surreal Lounge Orchestra, Journey to Eden, and Sleeping in the Arms of Love. In addition to his musical life, he writes an annual satire called “ The Ivory Tower Black Hole Observer” and had an article published in the Winter ’08 edition of Inside Weddings

Music in the Mountains 2010 Calendar of MusicFests and Allegro Alliance Benefit Events Musical Fests

__________________________________________________ SummerFest June 5 Old American Songs June 9 China Music Now – Third Angle Ensemble June 10 Young Composers June 11 Doc Severinsen & El Ritmo de la Vida Outdoor POPS June 18 Riders in the Sky, Outdoor POPS – Western Gateway Park June 19 Dinner Divertimento – Miners Foundry June 22 Wet Ink, Nevada County Composers Cooperative June 24 Kronos Quartet June 25 Bela Fleck & Friends, Outdoor POPS June 26 Mozart and Mahler, with Veronika Kincses – Operatic Soprano June 27 Fairy Tales for All Ages – Matinee June 30 Unexpected Songs, with Veronika Kincses July 1 KinderKonzert – Matinee July 1 The Swan-Turner July 3 Happy Birthday USA!, Outdoor POPS WinterFest December 3 December 4 December 5 December 10 December 11-12

Choral Concert Holiday Pops Sunday Serenade, featuring Andrew Armstrong – Piano Folk Songs and Fire Dance Choral Concerts

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__________________________________________________ March 30 April 24 & 25 May 20 Summer Fest July 24 August 11-15 August 15 October 2 & 3 November 10

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