A Message from the Chairman of the Board We are thrilled to be here together with all of you to celebrate the Festival’s 75th anniversary. Thank you for your curiosity, for your support and for inspiring all that this treasured festival represents. Each of you gathered here, and all those who have engaged with the Festival through these 75 years, is collectively responsible for the impact and legacy of this remarkable musical event. Our Ojai Music Festival has an international reputation for attracting the most creative and talented artists from across the globe. Our entire Festival family as well as our beloved community of Ojai can take great pride in this magical gathering. This year’s Music Director, the incredible AMOC* collective brings together some of today’s brightest, most thoughtful artists across disciplines. Ara Guzelimian’s invitation was a brilliant one as we look to the next 75 years and build upon the Festival’s legacy of innovation and adventure. We are truly fortunate to have Ara’s artistic eloquence and leadership. The Festival’s reach keeps expanding with audiences around the world able to join our enhanced livestreams and year-round virtual Ojai Talks. Our work in the Ojai Valley deepens with the continuing growth of our BRAVO! music education program, providing the only K-3 music programs in area schools as well as reaching community audiences young and old. I am grateful to our growing Board of engaged, energetic, and generous individuals for their leadership. We have worked hard to balance our great artistic ambitions with careful financial management. You play a vital part in that effort, as we are dependent on contributed income to provide 75% of our total budget. We invite you to join us as we work to secure the Festival’s future. As we launch Future Forward, our first public campaign in Ojai’s 75-year history, we ask you to consider how you might support our commitment to ensure that the Ojai Music Festival can continue to serve and connect this most remarkable audience and family of artists. The longterm financial health and artistic success of the Festival depends on the support of our entire community for its artistic initiatives. As we mark this moment and look toward our future, we believe the Ojai Music Festival can continue to thrive as a vital laboratory of classical music. On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you to everyone who makes this year’s Festival possible. We appreciate the support of our donors, subscribers, and volunteers. And we are always thankful for the welcoming warmth and generosity of spirit of the Ojai community.
JERRY EBERHARDT
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OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
| JUNE 9-12, 2022
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
JERRY EBERHARDT Chair of the Board
BARNEY AND KATE BARNHART JILL AND BILL SHANBROM Co-Chairs
BARRY SANDERS Vice Chair Governance MICHELE BRUSTIN Vice Chair Development CATHRYN KRAUSE Secretary STEPHAN FARBER Treasurer MARGARET BATES JAMIE BENNETT BRIDGET TSAO BROCKMAN NANCYBELL COE MICHELE EDELMAN RUTH ELIEL FRED FISHER GREG GRINNELL GLENN MERCER DON PATTISON NEIL SELMAN MAURICE SINGER HOPE TSCHOPIK SCHNEIDER MERRILL WILLIAMS CHEREE EDWARDS OFWC President
ARA GUZELIMIAN Artistic and Executive Director
Directors Emeritus RICK GOULD, MD JOAN KEMPER STEPHEN J.M. MORRIS
ANN BARRETT BARBARA BARRY MARJORIE BEALE AND WILLIAM MEYERHOFF SUE BIENKOWSKI AND WANG LEE JUDY AND MERRILL BLAU EVELYN AND STEPHEN BLOCK BRET BRADIGAN LILY AND THOMAS BROD PAMELA BURTON AND RICHARD HERTZ HYON CHOUGH JILL COHEN AND NORMAN SIDEROW BARBARA DELAUNE WARREN PENNY DONNELLY KATHY AND JIM DRUMMY MARY AND WILLIAM DUXLER CONSTANCE EATON AND WILLIAM HART LISA FIELD LENNIE AND BERNIE GREENBERG LINDA JOYCE HODGE SCOTT JOHNSON SUZY AND MOE KRABBE LESLIE LASSITER CAROL AND LUTHER LUEDTKE RAULEE MARCUS SHARON MCNALLEY PAMELA MELONE CLAIRE AND DAVID OXTOBY LINDA AND RON PHILLIPS CATHERINE AND BARRY SCHIFRIN ABBY SHER SHELLEY AND GREG SMITH ANNE-MARIE SPATARU JANE TAYLOR AND FREDERIC OHRINGER ESTHER WACHTELL GARY WASSERMAN AND CHARLES KASHNER JANE AND RICHARD WEIRICK SUSANNE AND BLAKE WILSON
