Performances Magazine: San Diego Symphony Summer Pops August 2018

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CONTENTS

78 Cast, who’s who, director’s notes, chairman’s letter and donors.

14 FEATURE

Pat Launer goes behind the scenes at Cygnet Theatre’s new play, Every Brilliant Thing.

6 INTHEWINGS

Around town: Twainfest; La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest; The Phantom of the Opera; and more.

10 DATELINE

Battery Dance Festival in New York; The Inheritance in London; dance at the Ford Theatres in L.A.; and more.

74 DINING

Gourmet ice cream and gelato shops to satisfy that summer sweet tooth, including Pappalecco, Treet Desserts, Salt & Straw, Hammond’s and more.

78 WINE

The next generation of zinfandel producers—aka the Young Guns— offers an eye-opening experience.

Wine expert Robert Whitley gets the dirt, so to speak.

88 BACKPAGE

Striking sculptures decorate the multicolor-tiled garden patio of the Spanish Village Art Center, nestled in the heart of Balboa Park.

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EVENTS ⁄⁄⁄⁄ EXHIBITS ⁄⁄⁄⁄ PERFORMANCES

The cast of The Phantom of the Opera

BROADWAY'S LONGEST RUNNING show, The Phantom of the Opera, runs Aug. 23-Sept. 2 at the Civic Theatre. Presented locally by Broadway/San Diego, Cameron Mackintosh’s magnificent new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical has been hailed by critics as “bigger and better than ever before”—featuring new special effects, scenic and lighting designs, and new staging and choreography. The revived installment comprises 52 cast and orchestra members—one of the largest tours in the musical’s history. Based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 book, The Phantom is a supernatural romance set in 1881 at the Paris Opera, where orphaned chorus girl Christine Daae becomes the object of obsession for a deformed musical genius, who stalks her while terrorizing the opera company from the rafters. 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100, broadwaysd.com 6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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INTHEWINGS

OPPOSITE, JOAN MARCUS; ABOVE, COURTESY SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY; RIGHT, SOPHIE ZHAI

IT'S MUSIC UNDER the stars, as the San Diego SYMPHONY Symphony continues its annual Bayside Summer Nights concert series on the outdoor stage at Embarcadero Marina Park South downtown.

Highlights of the August calendar: Aug. 3: Burt Bacharach; Aug. 4-5: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert; Aug. 9: "Bird" on the Bay: A Charlie Parker Tribute featuring Charles McPherson; Aug. 10: West Side Story—The Film (with live score); Aug. 11: Hooray for Hollywood; Aug. 12: Pablo Montero; Aug. 15: Roger Daltrey with members of The Who; Aug. 17-18: Gershwin on Broadway featuring An American In Paris and Porgy and Bess; Aug. 19: Robert Randolph and The Family Band;

Bayside Summer Nights fireworks

Aug. 23: Ladies Who Jam: Women in Jazz; Aug. 24-25: The Temptations and The Four Tops; and Aug. 31-Sept.

2: 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular. Set

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Music Director Cho-Liang Lin

IT’S A BITTERSWEET SEASON for La Jolla Music Society, as it presents its 32nd SummerFest, Aug. 3-24. The lineup includes 15 concerts designed to make classical music more intimate and accessible, and to deepen the cultural life of San Diego with a range of chamber music styles.

Throughout the three-week festival, more than 80 musicians will perform pieces under the curation of Cho-Liang Lin, who celebrates 18 years as music director.

Sadly, SummerFest 2018 is his final festival. Concert highlights include An Evening with Emerson String Quartet on Aug. 5; Late Night with Leonard Bernstein, Aug. 8; A Night of Jazz with John Pizzarelli Trio, Aug. 18; and An Evening with Emanuel Ax, Aug. 22. The SummerFest Gala takes place Aug. 11 at the Audrey Geisel House at UC San Diego. For tickets and details, visit ljms.org.

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LOCAL THEATER heats up this month.

THEATER The Old Globe presents a fresh new installment of Neil Simon’s classic comedy Barefoot in the Park through Aug. 26. Fresh off a honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, free-spirited Corie and her reserved husband Paul struggle to adjust to married life in their run-down New York walk-up.

Commanding The Old Globe’s outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing plays Aug. 12-Sept.

16. Three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall returns to direct the Bard’s classic romantic comedy (she last directed Love’s Labor’s Lost at The Old Globe in August 2016).

La Jolla Playhouse brings us Seize the King, Aug. 21-Sept. 16. Playwright

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Kathleen Marshall directs Much Ado About Nothing at The Old Globe.

Sip summer cocktails at the San Diego Spirits Festival, Aug. 25-26.

tion, Richard tramples all who threaten his destiny of sitting on the throne as the King of England in a truly Machiavellian rise to power.

HISTORY COMES TO LIFE AT Twainfest, Aug. 18 from 11 a.m.

FESTIVALS to 5 p.m.—celebrating the life and writings of Mark Twain and his contemporaries. Enjoy stories read by professional actors, live music, games and more activities for the entire family (Old Town State Historic Park, Old Town). The 10th annual San Diego Spirits Festival, Aug. 25-26, brings together the region’s top chefs and mixologists for cocktail competitions and chef demos.

Guest can imbibe premium distilled spirits including whiskey, scotch, vodka, gin, rum, tequila, cordials and craft cocktails (Broadway Pier, sandiegospiritsfestival.com). At the U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, witness professional master sculptors as they compete in this annual competition; plus live music, dancers, circus performers, magicians and kid-friendly activities (Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier).

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Will Power’s world-premiere play is a five-person reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s history, Richard III. Consumed by paranoia and ambi-

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THE BATTERY DANCE FESTIVAL, Aug. 12-18, brings the world to Battery Park City.

Performers from Botswana, Canada, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, India and NYC cavort NEW YORK beside the Hudson River; no passport is required for the free outdoor programs.

When the hero of new Broadway musical Gettin’ the Band Back Together needs a passport to escape New Jersey after being fired on his 40th birthday, he and his mates live their dream of being the next Bon Jovi. The Belasco Theatre rocks starting Aug. 13.

In 1900, Sarah Bernhardt crossed the Atlantic to star as Hamlet on Broadway. Beginning Sept.

1 at the American Airlines Theatre, Tony Award winner Janet McTeer plays Bernhardt playing Hamlet in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy/drama—wait for it—Bernhardt/Hamlet.

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Sawyer Nunes, Paul Whitty, Mitchell Jarvis, Manu Narayan and Jay Klaitz in Gettin’ the Band Back Together.

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THE INHERITANCE IS IN TWO parts; though each part can stand on its own, the Stephen Daldrydirected play—opening Sept. 21 at the West End’s Noël Coward Theatre—is best seen in its entirety.

It’s a touching tale of gay men in post-AIDS New York City, a loose retelling of E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End in the tradition of masterpiece Angels in America.

Legendary stage actress Vanessa Redgrave stars in Part 2. Where

do you go to watch Pinter? To the Harold Pinter Theatre, of course.

And some of the late playwright’s notable plays—Ashes to Ashes, Mountain Language, One for the Road and New World Order—are presented at Pinter at the Pinter, Sept. 6-Oct. 20. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is at the Park Theatre Aug. 15-21, bewitching audiences with its tale of a timid girl armed with a booming life-changing set of vocals.

Marjani Forté-Saunders in Memoirs of a … Unicorn

DANCE AT THE Ford Theatres in THE WEST Los Angeles presents two eveninglength works.

Choreographer Marjani FortéSaunders has created a solo work populated by structures created by MacArthur Fellow and Tony Awardwinning set designer Mimi Lien.

Memoirs of a … Unicorn, Aug. 2425, weaves historical and personal narratives inspired by stories of Forté-Saunders’ Arkansas-born father. Audiences will be seated onstage. Mirrored by the eight phases of the moon, Moon& by Stephanie Zaletel for Szalt Dance Co. premieres under a full moon on Aug. 26. Co-produced with Los Angeles Performance Practice, it features six female dancers and electro-acoustic composers Louis Lopez and Jonathan Snipes performing live. Moon& offers limited onstage seating.

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The Inheritance at the Noël Coward Theatre

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simply brilliant Cygnet Theatre delves in depression with Every Brilliant Thing. by pat launer

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mmersive theater is all the rage these days. That means audience members are expected to play some kind of active role in the creative process. Every Brilliant Thing—presented by Cygnet Theatre at Old Town Theatre (4040 Twiggs St., Old Town), Aug. 22-Sept. 16—is a solo show written by British play-

wright Duncan Macmillan with British comedian Jonny Donohoe, who first performed it.

The piece originated at Britain’s Ludlow Fringe Festival in 2013, then moved on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, followed by a well-received Off Broadway production, which ended in 2015.

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ed by Rob Lutfy, associate artistic director of Cygnet Theatre.

The play’s title needs to be viewed in the context of its British origins. In the U.S., “brilliant” means “exceptionally clever or talented.” The specifically British usage refers to something that’s “very good.” For example, a Brit might /contINUED on Page 82

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Rob Lutfy, director; and Sean Fanning, Cygnet Theatre’s set designer

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FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Dear Friends, As you might imagine, we frequently receive letters from patrons. It is not uncommon for us to hear from audience members who have attended the same concert and have completely different reactions to the music they heard. Music affects us all differently, and as we encourage all of you to Find Your Music™, it is wonderful for us to hear from you about what moved you, what you loved, what a concert meant to you and of course how we can improve your experience.

Of the many letters we’ve received recently, there is one that really touched me, and I wanted to share it with you. It came to us at the beginning of July, and it was from a gentleman who lives in Japan. He wrote: “In December 2007 when I stayed in San Diego, you gave me a chance to listen to a wonderful concert of Beethoven Symphony No. 9, which I like very much. After I returned to my homeland Japan, I spend a peaceful pension life with internet radio of classical music program. Sometimes I remember the days in San Diego and I really appreciate your warm hospitality. Enclosed please find my tiny gift for you.”

His message speaks to our mission statement of “Changing Lives Through Music.” It also speaks to the fact that our orchestra and the programs they perform connect with people on an international scale and form memories of time spent in San Diego in a positive way.

As we contemplate our values as an institution – Strive, Reach, Ignite, Learn – we think of each individual and how they are ignited by the music they hear. We think of how we can reach them, no matter where they come from, or what their background. We learn from their experience with us, and strive to be better and more engaging and welcoming. And clearly from the letter we received, we are building on the tradition of experiences that our audience has had with this orchestra.

We hope that you are finding your music this summer, and that you will let us know that we have reached you and ignited your enthusiasm. We are here to learn from your feedback.

Sincerely,

Martha A. Gilmer CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SAMEER PATEL Associate Conductor

JAHJA LING Conductor Laureate

VIOLIN Jeff Thayer Concertmaster DEBORAH

PATE AND JOHN FORREST CHAIR

Wesley Precourt Associate Concertmaster Jisun Yang Assistant Concertmaster Alexander Palamidis Principal Second Violin Hanah Stuart Acting Associate Principal Second Violin

Nick Grant Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus Jing Yan Bowcott Tricia Chen* Yumi Cho Hernan Constantino Alicia Engley Kathryn Hatmaker Angela Homnick Igor Pandurski Julia Pautz Shigeko Sasaki Nicole Sauder* Sarah Schwartz* Yeh Shen Edmund Stein John Stubbs Pei-Chun Tsai Zou Yu VIOLA Chi-Yuan Chen Principal KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER CHAIR

Richard Levine Joanna Morrison* Mary Oda Szanto Jian Wang* Xian Zhuo

Susan Wulff Associate Principal Nicholas Cathcart* P. J. Cinque Samuel Hager Jory Herman^ Alex Jenkins* Margaret Johnston+ Michael Wais

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TUBA Matthew Garbutt Principal HARP Julie Smith Phillips Principal TIMPANI Ryan J. DiLisi Principal

Sarah Tuck Diana Morgan*

Andrew Watkins Assistant Principal

PICCOLO Diana Morgan*

PERCUSSION Gregory Cohen Principal

OBOE Sarah Skuster Principal

Erin Douglas Dowrey Andrew Watkins

Harrison Linsey Andrea Overturf

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Magdalena O’Neill

ENGLISH HORN Andrea Overturf DR. WILLIAM AND EVELYN LAMDEN ENGLISH HORN CHAIR

CLARINET Sheryl Renk Principal Theresa Tunnicliff Frank Renk

HORN Benjamin Jaber Principal

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FLUTE Rose Lombardo Principal

CELLO Yao Zhao Principal

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OPHIE AND ARTHUR BRODY S FOUNDATION CHAIR

BASS CLARINET Frank Renk

Marcia Bookstein Andrew Hayhurst

TRUMPET John MacFerran Wilds Ray Nowak

BASS Jeremy Kurtz-Harris Principal

Nancy Lochner Associate Principal Marcel Gemperli* Jason Karlyn* Wanda Law Qing Liang Caterina Longhi Thomas Morgan Ethan Pernela Dorothy Zeavin

Chia-Ling Chien Associate Principal

Tricia Skye Douglas Hall

ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER Victoria J. Moore LIBRARIAN Courtney Secoy Cohen LIBRARIAN Rachel Fields

BASSOON Valentin Martchev Principal Ryan Simmons Leyla Zamora CONTRABASSOON Leyla Zamora

Darby Hinshaw Assistant Principal & Utility

* Long Term Substitute Musician + Staff Opera Musician ˆ On leave All musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 325.

Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego.

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BOARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Warren O. Kessler, M.D., Chair* David R. Snyder, Esq., Chair-Elect* Sam Ersan, Vice Chair* Deborah Pate, Vice Chair* James Wendler, Treasurer* Kathleen Davis, Secretary* *EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Terry Atkinson

Janet Gorrie

Marivi Shivers

Lisa Behun

Ann Haddad*

Christopher D. Sickels

David Bialis

Dorothea Laub

Donald M. Slate*

Julia R. Brown*

Evelyn Olson Lamden*

Gloria Stone

Pamela Cesak*

Jeff Light

Elizabeth G. Taft

Ben G. Clay*

Adm. Riley Mixson

J. William Weber

Una Davis

Elizabeth Oliver

Margarita Wilder

Phyllis Epstein*

Margaret Paddock

Mitchell R. Woodbury*

Lisette Farrell

Linda Platt

John Zygowicz*

James L. Fitzpatrick

Colette Carson Royston*

Harold W. “Hal” Fuson

Sherron Schuster

Jeffrey Goldman

Jathan A. Segur

HONORARY LIFETIME DIRECTORS

Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs

Anne Francis Ratner (1911-2011)

Herbert Solomon

Joan K. Jacobs

Lawrence B. Robinson

Mitchell R. Woodbury

Martha Gilmer

Beth Sirull

Judith Harris

David R. Snyder, Esq.

Warren O. Kessler, M.D.

Ellen Whelan, Esq.

Warren O. Kessler, M.D.

FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joan K. Jacobs, Chair Robert Caplan, Esq., Vice Chair Sandra Levinson, Secretary Mitchell R. Woodbury, Treasurer

Kathlyn Mead

PAST BOARD CHAIRS

2014-15 Shearn Platt 2011-14 Evelyn Olson Lamden 2009-11 Mitchell R. Woodbury 2008-09 Theresa J. Drew 2007-08 Steven R. Penhall 2005-07 Mitchell R. Woodbury 2004-05 Craig A. Schloss Esq. 2003-04 John R. Queen 2001-03 Harold B. Dokmo Jr. 2000-01 Ben G. Clay 1998-00 Sandra Pay 1995-96 Elsie V. Weston 1994-95 Thomas Morgan 1993-94 David Dorne, Esq.

1989-93 Warren O. Kessler M.D. 1988-89 Elsie V. Weston 1986-88 Herbert J. Solomon 1984-86 M.B. “Det” Merryman 1982-84 Louis F. Cumming 1980-82 David E. Porter 1978-80 Paul L. Stevens 1976-78 Laurie H. Waddy 1974-76 William N. Jenkins 1971-74 L. Thomas Halverstadt 1970-71 Simon Reznikoff 1969-70 Robert J. Sullivan 1968-69 Arthur S. Johnson 1966-68 Michael Ibs Gonzalez

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1964-66 Philip M. Klauber 1963-64 Oliver B. James Jr. 1961-63 J. Dallas Clark 1960-61 Fielder K. Lutes 1959-60 Dr. G. Burch Mehlin 1956-58 Admiral Wilder D. Baker 1953-56 Mrs. Fred G. Goss 1952-53 Donald A. Stewart 1940-42 Donald B. Smith 1938-39 Mrs. William H. Porterfield 1934-37 Mrs. Marshall O. Terry 1930-33 Mouney C. Pfefferkorn 1928-29 Willett S. Dorland 1927 Ed H. Clay

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PROGRAM RICHARD RODGERS / Arr. Ted Ricketts A Salute to Richard Rodgers JOHN DEBNEY / Arr. Sean O'Loughlin The Greatest Showman

MEREDITH WILLSON / Arr. Ted Ricketts "Seventy-Six Trombones" from The Music Man

INTERMISSION BURT BACHARACH

BURT BACHARACH Selections to be announced from the stage.

Friday, August 3 | 7:30PM

BURT BACHARACH A Bayside Summer Nights Concert piano and conductor Burt Bacharach vocals Josie James vocals John Pagano vocals Donna Taylor conductor (first half) Sean O'Loughlin keyboards Bill Cantos electric bass David Coy violin Elizabeth Chorley trumpet, flugelhorn Thomas Ehlen percussion John Ferraro keyboards David Joyce woodwinds Dennis Wilson Performance at Embarcadero Marina Park South

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS BURT BACHARACH is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning composer/songwriters. His music is as diverse as his audiences, spanning generations and continents, as he is celebrated both as a pop culture icon and one of the world’s greatest contemporary composers.

Bacharach’s credits read like the world’s favorite radio station’s playlist: “Alfie,” “Arthur’s Theme,” “Close to You,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “I'll Never Fall in Love Again,” “This Guy’s in Love With You,” “Walk on By,” “What the World Needs Now is Love” and “Wishin' and Hopin’” are among just the 48 Top 10 hits, including nine songs that went to #1.

Bacharach and Hal David were the recipients of the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwin’s. Bacharach and David received the Library’s Gershwin Medal in May of 2012 at an all-star tribute in Washington, D.C. Bacharach’s memoir Anyone Who Had a Heart was released in May of 2013. For the first time in his long and astonishing career, Bacharach tells his story of love, heartbreak, success, failure and unbridled ambition. Anyone Who Had a Heart is named after one of many songs Bacharach and David wrote for Dionne Warwick. The memoir was published by HarperCollins.

Bacharach composed his first film score in 16 years for John Asher’s autism-based drama film Po. The film was released in April of 2016. Po tells the story of a recently widowed father struggling to raise his 10-year-old son who has autism.

Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined opened up to rave reviews at the West End Theatre London in October of 2015 and ran until February of 2016. Kyle Riabko’s interpretation musical celebrated the music of Burt Bacharach. The show garnered glowing reviews for Riabko’s fresh, imaginative take on Bacharach’s music. The cast album was released on June 24, 2016 by Ghostlight Records.

Eagle Rock Entertainment released a new concert special Burt Bacharach: A Life in Song on February 26, 2016. Filmed in 2015 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, this concert special celebrates the life and career of Burt Bacharach and was originally aired on the BBC. Burt Bacharach: A Life in Song combines live performances of classic Bacharach songs by a stellar line-up of artists along with an onstage conversation between Bacharach and Michael Grade, during which Bacharach discusses his life and the art of songwriting while sharing some of the stories behind his songs.

Bacharach’s latest album with Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating, When Ronan Met Burt, was released in March of 2011 and hit #3 in the UK charts. In January 2017 a new musical production of Bacharach and David’s hit Broadway musical Promises, Promises ran at the Southwark Playhouse in London.

Promises, Promises producers Katy Lipson and Ollie Rosenblatt presented an industry-only workshop reading of Some Lovers, a brand new Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater musical, in London at Southwark Playhouse on February 17, 2017. Some Lovers also S A N D I EG O SYM PHONY ORC HESTRA 2018-19 SE ASON A U G U S T 2 0 1 8

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A recipient of three Academy Awards® and eight Grammys® (including the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award and 1997 Trustees Award with collaborator Hal David), Burt Bacharach revolutionized the music of the 1950s and 60s. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he is the recipient of many other tributes received from top music industry institutions, governments, universities and charitable and philanthropic groups. From helping charitable organizations raise funds (That’s What Friends are For), to Broadway (Promises, Promises), movies (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) to scores of new recordings of his songs each year, Bacharach’s music is always nearby. n

SEAN O’LOUGHLIN is the Principal Pops Conductor of Symphoria, the exciting new symphony in Syracuse, NY. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities.

As a conductor, Mr. O’Loughlin has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony, the Seattle Symphony and the San Diego Symphony, amongst others. He was the assistant conductor and arranger for a production of Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring the band Cheap Trick. He has served as conductor for national and world-wide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration.

Recent collaborations include such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, Gloria Gaynor and others. The Los Angeles Times calls his orchestrations “...magnificent and colorful” while adding “...even more dimension...” to the compositions. Daily Variety heralds Mr. O’Loughlin’s writing as “most impressive ...” with a “wide range of coloring in the orchestra...” that “...adds heft and rolling energy.”

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PROGRAM PATRICK DOYLE HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE™ in Concert

This presentation will have one 20-minute intermission.

Saturday, August 4, 2018 | 7:30PM Sunday, August 5, 2018 | 7:30PM

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE™ IN CONCERT A Bayside Summer Nights Special Concert San Diego Symphony Orchestra

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conductor John Jesensky

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Performances at Embarcadero Marina Park South

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ Directed by

Starring

MIKE NEWELL

DANIEL RADCLIFFE

Produced by DAVID HEYMAN Written by

Harry Potter is mysteriously entered into the Triwizard Tournament, a grueling contest among three wizarding schools in which he confronts a dragon, water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in Lord Voldemort’s grasp. All will change when Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and face challenges beyond their imagining.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s18)

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STEVE KLOVES Based on "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™" by J.K. ROWLING Music by PATRICK DOYLE (Harry Potter themes composed by JOHN WILLIAMS)

RUPERT GRINT EMMA WATSON ROBBIE COLTRANE RALPH FIENNES MICHAEL GAMBON BRENDAN GLEESON JASON ISAACS GARY OLDMAN MIRANDA RICHARDSON ALAN RICKMAN MAGGIE SMITH TIMOTHY SPALL FRANCES DE LA TOUR

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ABOUT THE COMPOSER Patrick Doyle is a classically trained composer. He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in 1975 and was made a Fellow of the RSAM in 2001.

In 1989 director Sir Kenneth Branagh commissioned Mr. Doyle to compose the score for the feature film Henry V, conducted

by Sir Simon Rattle, and they have subsequently collaborated on numerous pictures, including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, As You Like It and Cinderella. Mr. Doyle and Mr. Branagh’s collaboration within film and theatre has continued to this day, with performances worldwide that include Branagh’s 2015 production of The Winter’s Tale which ran at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End as well as his recent Murder on the Orient

Mr. Doyle has received two Oscar®, two Golden Globe, one BAFTA and two Cesar nominations, as well as winning the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme for Henry V. He has also been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from The World Soundtrack Awards and Scottish BAFTA, the Henry Mancini Award from ASCAP and the PRS Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Music.

In 2015 Patrick Doyle completed work on the music for Walt Disney’s live action version of Cinderella, directed by Branagh and marking their eleventh film collaboration to date. Patrick also completed recording a solo piano album, made up of a collection of his film scores to date, which was released by Varese Sarabande in July 2015. Recent films include the remake of Scottish classic Whisky Galore and Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom. n

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Composer and conductor John

Express film remake.

Jesensky earned his B.M. in

Mr. Doyle has been commissioned to score over 50 international

music composition from the

feature films, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,

Hartt School of Music under the

Gosford Park, Sense and Sensibility, Indochine, Carlito’s Way and A

tutelage of composer Stephen

Little Princess. His work has led to collaborations with some of the

Gryc, as well as leading wind

most acclaimed directors in the world, such as Regis Wargnier,

ensemble conductor Glen Adsit.

Brian De Palma, Alfonso Cuaròn, Ang Lee, Chen Kaige, Mike

Mr. Jesensky was awarded his

Newell and Robert Altman.

M.M. in film composition from New York University, where he studied with John Hughes’ longtime collaborator, composer/ conductor Ira Newborn.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ In Concert Produced by CineConcerts Justin Freer, President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien, Co-Founder/Producer Jeffery Sells, Director of Production George Valdiviez, Director of Marketing Andrew Alderete, Head of Publicity and Communications Nicolas Rehm, General Manager Ma'ayan Kaplan, Brand/Marketing Manager/IP Acquisition Brittany Fonseca, Brand/Marketing Manager Molly Kossoff, Brand/Marketing and PR Manager Si Peng, Brand/Marketing Manager Gabe Cheng, Office Manager

During his tenure at NYU, Mr. Jesensky’s score to Michael Daugherty’s short, Season’s Greetings won the Skirball Film Scoring Competition. Upon graduation, he was presented the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Composition.

Several of his scores have made appearances and won awards at events such as the Cannes Film Festival, L.A. Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival, D.C. Film Festival and Phoenix Film Festival.

During his conducting tenure, he has directed some of the finest ensembles within North America and Europe in

Worldwide Representation: WME Entertainment

performance of concerts including Star Trek: The Ultimate

Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing: Ed Kalnins Sound Remixing: Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios

Voyage, The Godfather: Live and Harry Potter and the

Merchandising by: Firebrand

Mr. Jesensky remains an active and prolific composer in Los

A Very Special Thanks to: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, The Blair Partnership, Mark Graham, Amos Newman, Jamie Richardson, Alex Rabens and John Williams.

Angeles, writing music for short and feature-length films, while

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PROGRAM Selections to be announced from the stage.

This concert will have one 25-minute intermission.

CHARLIE PARKER

Thursday, August 9 | 7:30PM

"BIRD" ON THE BAY: A CHARLIE PARKER TRIBUTE FEAT. CHARLES MCPHERSON

A Bayside Summer Nights Jazz Concert alto saxophone Charles McPherson alto saxophone Jeff Clayton alto saxophone Christopher Hollyday trumpet Gilbert Castellanos bass Katie Thiroux drums Lewis Nash piano Randy Porter Gilbert Castellanos, Jazz Series Curator

The Thursday Night Jazz Series is sponsored by Doctor Bob and Mao Shillman

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Mr. McPherson remains a strong, viable force on the jazz scene today. His playing combines passionate feeling with intricate patterns of improvisation. Throughout his five decades of being

CHARLES MCPHERSON was born

an integral performer of the music, Mr. McPherson has not

in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to

merely remained true to his bebop origins, but has expanded on

Detroit at age nine. After growing

them. Stanley Crouch says in his recent New York Times article

up in Detroit, he studied with the

on McPherson, “He is a singular voice who has never sacrificed

renowned pianist Barry Harris and

the fluidity of his melody making and is held in high esteem by

started playing jazz professionally at

musicians both long-seasoned and young.”

age 19. He moved from Detroit to New York in 1959 and performed with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1972.

While performing with Mingus, he collaborated frequently with Harris, Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) and George Coleman (tenor sax).

Charles McPherson is available internationally for concerts, festivals, and club dates as a soloist or with The Charles McPherson Group. He also offers clinics and master classes. n

Mr. McPherson has performed at concerts and festivals with

Born in 1955, alto saxophonist and

his own variety of groups, consisting of quartets, quintets and

multi-reed instrumentalist JEFF

full orchestras. He was recently featured at Lincoln Center,

CLAYTON began his career as

showcasing his original compositions and arrangements with a

both a touring and studio musician.

seven-piece ensemble. He has toured the U.S., Europe, Japan,

Clayton studied oboe and English

Africa and South America with his own group, as well as with jazz

Horn at California State University

greats Barry Harris, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Nat Adderly,

Northridge, completed three and

Jay McShann, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Randy

one half years of study, and was

Brecker, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie and others.

asked to join Stevie Wonder’s band

Mr. McPherson has recorded as a guest artist with Charlie Mingus, Barry Harris, Art Farmer, Kenny Drew, Toshiko Akiyoshi,

while attending college, where he spent three years recording and touring with the popular music giant.

the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra and the Lincoln Center Jazz

Following Jeff’s association with Stevie Wonder he recorded with

Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. He has recorded as leader on

Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle,

the Prestige, Fantasy, Mainstream, Discovery, Xanadu labels, and

Earth, Wind & Fire and Madonna. On Madonna’s recording Back in

most recently with Arabesque. His most recent recording is the

Business, Jeff was nominated for a Grammy® for best Pop soloist.

highly acclaimed Manhattan Nocturne.

In 1977 John and Jeff Clayton founded The Clayton Brothers

Mr. McPherson was also the featured alto saxophonist in the Clint Eastwood film Bird, a biography about Charlie Parker.

Quartet with his brother, later to become the Clayton Brothers Quintet adding and featuring Terell Stafford on trumpet.

Jeff has also toured with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella

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DOCTOR BOB AND MAO SHILLMAN

THE SHILLMANS generously support all San Diego Symphony Orchestra jazz programming through their sponsorships of Jazz @ the Jacobs and Thursday Night Jazz.

Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton and Lena Horne, and he played in the Count Basie Orchestra while under the leadership the Count and after Basie’s passing with Thad Jones.

From 1989 to 1991 he was also a member of the Phillip Morris Superband, a jazz star-studded orchestra headed by Gene Harris and Ray Brown. He also toured with Gene Harris, Dianne Reeves, Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Ray Charles.

In 1985 Jeff again joined his brother John and drummer Jeff Hamilton to form the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which continues to showcase original compositions and arrangements.

In this role he has performed and recorded with Patty Austin, Kurt Elling, Milt Jackson, John Pizzarelli, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Queen Latifa, Diana Krall, Nancy Wilson, Michael Bubble, Gladys Knight, Benny Carter and Benny Golson, among many others.

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PROGRAM NOTES | "BIRD" ON THE BAY: A CHARLIE PARKER TRIBUTE – AUGUST 9 The CHJO was named Big Band of the Year in Down Beat Readers

GILBERT CASTELLANOS is the

Poll of 2003.

leading top-call jazz musician,

Jeff served at UCLA from 1998 to 2002 as an adjunct professor under the able leadership of Jazz Studies department head Kenny Burrell, and at the University of Southern California from 2000 to 2004 with Shelly Berg and Dr. Ron McCurdy. Also, he was an adjunct professor at CSU Long Beach 2005 thru 2007 and Cal State Los Angeles headed by Dr. James Ford. Jeff and John Clayton were nominated for Educators of the Year in Jazz Times Magazine in 2005.

band leader, composer, producer, and educator on the local and international circuit. Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times says: "[Castellanos] plays with élan, evincing a more individual, everlarge sound offering hard swinging, often ear-grabbing solos... [proving] that music with deep roots in jazz's glorious '50s and '60s can sound completely contemporary today."

Jeff’s philosophy towards his music can be summed up as follows: “Music is not mine to keep only to have and to hold, I must give back what I have been so freely given.” n

CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY began performing publicly in 1983 in the Boston area at age 13 as a member of his brother Richard’s quintet. In 1988 Hollyday headlined a week at the historic Village Vanguard in New York City. Hollyday toured with Maynard Ferguson as a featured soloist in the trumpeter’s

Recognized as a new American master by Downbeat magazine, Mr. Castellanos is also a strong advocate of promoting and educating various communities about Jazz: “America’s classical music,” as he calls it. Mr. Castellanos takes pride in being a member of the prestigious Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, working with one of his mentors, the great John Clayton. He has recorded and performed with a multitude of world-renowned musicians from Dizzy Gillespie to Michael Bublé to Willie Nelson (to name a few), and even doing a stint on American Idol for millions of listeners. On one memorable occasion, his “Star Spangled Banner” on solo trumpet opened a San Diego Symphony “Star Spangled Pops” concert. He was a 2012 San Diego Music Awards “Artist of the Year” honoree.

“60th Birthday Big Band” as well as Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau

Mr. Castellanos has a passion for jazz education, and in 2013

album. From 1989 through 1993, Hollyday toured with his own

he started The Young Lions series, a program (currently

quartet, visiting every Western European country, Brazil, Canada

presented weekly at Balboa Park's Panama 66 restaurant) that

and most of the United States. During this period Hollyday made

showcases young blooming jazz artists (ages 10-18) with whom

four recordings for RCA records. As Hollyday toured he visited

he works closely as instructor and mentor. Mr. Castellanos

local schools as an effective clinician and became interested in

recently founded The Young Lions Jazz Conservatory (YLJC)

music education. In 1993 Hollyday pursued his desire to teach

and is its artistic director. He also gives jazz masterclasses and

and study composition and larger ensemble arranging techniques

performances all over the world.

at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. In 1996 Hollyday relocated to San Diego, where he has taught now for over 23 years. Hollyday also completed a Master’s degree in jazz studies

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at San Diego State University.

Christopher Hollyday recently released his new self-produced solo recording, entitled Telepathy, featuring his talented colleagues from San Diego: Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Joshua White on piano, Rob Thorsen on bass and Tyler Kruetel on drums. Hollyday now teaches privately in San Diego and performs throughout Southern California. n

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PROGRAM LEONARD BERNSTEIN WEST SIDE STORY – FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA This presentation will have one 20-minute intermission.

Friday, August 10 | 7:30PM West Side Story® Associates presents

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WEST SIDE STORY – FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA A Bayside Summer Nights Concert San Diego Symphony Orchestra conductor Scott O’Neil

FILM CREDITS MIRISCH PICTURES Presents “WEST SIDE STORY” A ROBERT WISE Production Starring NATALIE WOOD RICHARD BEYMER RUSS TAMBLYN RITA MORENO GEORGE CHAKIRIS Directed by ROBERT WISE & JEROME ROBBINS Screenplay by ERNEST LEHMAN Associate Producer SAUL CHAPLIN Choreography by JEROME ROBBINS Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Based upon the Stage Play Produced by ROBERT E. GRIFFITH and HAROLD S. PRINCE Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Play Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS Film Production Designed by BORIS LEVEN Music Conducted by JOHNNY GREEN Presented by MIRISCH PICTURES, INC. In Association with SEVEN ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC.

Performance at Embarcadero Marina Park South

WEST SIDE STORY © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Filmed in PANAVISION® TECHNICOLOR® Film screening of West Side Story courtesy of METRO GOLDWYN MAYER STUDIOS INC.

Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR As a conductor, Scott O’Neil recently completed a nine-year tenure as Resident Conductor

Scott O’Neil continues to guest conduct and to lead his own ensemble, the Rosetta Music Society, in Denver, creating new, innovative programming and constantly seeking to draw wider audiences to live performances of music from Bach to today’s cutting-edge artists. n

with the Colorado Symphony in Denver. During his time there he performed with some of the classical world’s elite soloists, such as Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pinchas Zukerman, Lang Lang, Van Cliburn, Christopher O’Riley, Cameron Carpenter and Sharon Isbin, as well as leaders in the larger musical world, such as Steve Vai, Chris Botti, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Tracy Silverman, Eileen Ivers, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Ingrid Michaelson, Amos Lee, Rufus Wainwright, Gregory Alan Isakov, Devotchka, The Lumineers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Susan Egan and Will Chase.

Mr. O’Neil has also created and developed an extensive series of concerts, entitled Inside the Score, which combine art, entertainment and enlightenment to engage audiences in explorations of a wide variety of music and ideas. Under the umbrella of Inside the Score fall a number of sub-series, including biography (Letters from Mozart, The Best of Beethoven, Brahms: A life in Music, Rachmaninoff: From Tragedy to Triumph), individual masterpieces (Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony – This I Believe!, Eroica!, Beethoven’s Fifth, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Debussy’s La mer, the “The Debussy Code”) and a cross-genre concert – Shuffle – which includes everything from Bach, Elgar, and

PRODUCTION CREDITS Producer: Paul H. Epstein for The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. Associate Producer: Eleonor M. Sandresky for The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. Production Supervisor: Eleonor Sandresky Technical Director: Chris Szuberla Sound Engineer: Marty Bierman Music Supervision: Garth Edwin Sunderland Original Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal Additional orchestrations: Garth Edwin Sunderland & Peter West Music Preparation: Peter West Original manuscript reconstruction: Eleonor M. Sandresky Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Soundtrack Adaptation -- Chace Audio by Deluxe: Robert Heiber, Chris Reynolds, Andrew Starbin, Alice Taylor Sound Separation Technology provided by Audionamix Click Tracks and Streamers created by: Kristopher Carter and Mako Sujishi With special thanks to: Arthur Laurents and his Estate, Stephen Sondheim, The Robbins Rights Trust, The Johnny Green Collection at Harvard University, The Sid Ramin Collection at Columbia University, The Robert Wise Collection at the University of Southern California, Lawrence A. Mirisch, David Newman, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc., MGM HD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, Ken Hahn and Sync Sound. West Side Story is a registered trademark of The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. in the US and other countries.

Prokofiev to Metheny, Björk, and Philip Glass, as well as a feature concert with cross-over artist Kip Winger. (Once the front man for the band Winger, he now composes “classical” music reminiscent of Honegger and Messiaen.) In this vein, O’Neil has also presented Masterworks programs with “cross-over” elements, notably featuring Victor Wooten, performing the premiere of his own Bass Whisperer concerto, co-written with Conni Ellisor.

Mr. O’Neil’s engaging manner in addressing audiences has led to extensive speaking engagements, including a TED-talk on music he composed for Arrow Electronics.

As an arranger/orchestrator, Mr. O’Neil has created and orchestrated numerous works for the Colorado Symphony (Arrow: Five Years Out! – an original composition, Pat Metheny’s

Tonight's program is a presentation of the complete film West Side Story with live performance of the film’s entire score. The program runs 2 hours and 34 minutes, plus an intermission. It also includes the underscoring played by the orchestra during the Saul Bass-designed End Credits. We ask that, out of respect for the music, for the musicians playing it and for your fellow audience members, you remain in your seats until the End Credits are completed.

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“The First Circle” as well as Minuano, Björk’s Overture, 107 Steps, and New World, a live version of Philip Glass’s Changing Opinions); he has also written orchestrations for Ingrid Michaelson, Eileen Ivers and Bela Fleck.

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PROGRAM ARTHUR SCHWARTZ / Arr. John Williams That's Entertainment ENNIO MORRICONE "Gabriel's Oboe" from The Mission

ENNIO MORRICONE "First Youth" from Cinema Paradiso

ENNIO MORRICONE "Main Title" from The Untouchables

BERNARD HERRMANN Citizen Kane

Saturday, August 11 | 7:30PM

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! A SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES A Bayside Summer Nights Concert

VARIOUS Voyage to the Moon

BILL CONTI The Right Stuff

INTERMISSION HENRY MANCINI "March" from The Great Race LEE HOLDRIDGE "Love Theme" from Splash GEORGE CLINTON Shagadelic Suite - The Music of Austin Powers

conductor Richard Kaufman

JOHN MORRIS The Producers

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JOHN MORRIS "The Transylvanian Lullaby" from Young Frankenstein

Producer: John Goberman “A Symphonic Night at the Movies” is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

FRANZ WAXMAN "The Creation of the Bride" from The Bride of Frankenstein

This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of

JOHN MORRIS Blazing Saddles Suite ELMER BERNSTEIN Airplane!

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HOYT CURTIN / Arr. Robert Wendel The Flinstones Meet the Jetsons

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR RICHARD KAUFMAN has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. The 2017-18 concert season marks Richard's twenty-sixth season as Principal Pops Conductor of Orange County's Pacific Symphony. He holds the permanent title of Pops Conductor Laureate with the Dallas Symphony, and is in his eleventh season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series, CSO at the Movies, conducting classic and contemporary film music, as well as classical music used in motion pictures.

Mr. Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras throughout both the United States and around the world including Cleveland, St. Louis, San Diego, Indianapolis, Utah, Edmonton, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Kaufman has conducted throughout Australia, including sold-out performances at the Sydney Opera House.

Following his 2014 conducting debut at the Catalina Island Museum Silent Film Gala, Richard returned to Catalina in 2015, conducting the 1925 classic thriller, Phantom of the Opera, with organist Dennis James. In May 2015 Kaufman made his conducting debut with the Boston Pops, substituting for John Williams at the Annual Pops Film Night. This past summer, Mr. Williams graciously invited him to share the podium at the annual Tanglewood Film Night. During the summer of 2016, Mr. Kaufman also conducted a live performance of Michael Giacchino’s score for Star Trek Beyond with the San Diego Symphony, accompanying the film in its gala world premiere.

It was the first time a film was presented outdoors in IMAX. With a life-long passion for film music, Mr. Kaufman often conducts programs featuring live performances of entire scores while the film is shown. These include Amadeus, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Bride of Frankenstein, Psycho, Fantasia, On the Waterfront, Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2, Singin' in the Rain, Vertigo, Silverado, Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Beyond, the Chaplin classic City Lights and numerous other silent films. In April 2014 at the Virginia Arts Festival, Mr. Kaufman conducted the world premiere performance of Stewart Copeland's score for the 1925 silent classic Ben Hur. Following the premiere, he has joined composer/soloist Stewart Copeland in performances of this exciting work with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Pacific Symphony and the Luxembourg Philharmonie.

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Mr. Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy® Award in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance for a recording he conducted with the Nuremberg Symphony. His recordings include The High and the Mighty (Varese Sarabande) with the London Symphony Orchestra.

He has conducted for performers including John Denver, Andy Williams, Amy Grant, Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Martin Short, Sandi Patty, Eileen Ivers, Juliet Prowse, Sir James Galway, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Michael W. Smith, The Pointer Sisters, Arturo Sandoval, The Beach Boys, Monica Mancini, Peter Paul and Mary, Patty Austin, Robert Goulet, David Copperfield, Davis Gaines, The Righteous Brothers, Martin Short, Jim Brickman, America and Art Garfunkel.

Mr. Kaufman joined the Music Department of Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios in 1984 as Music Coordinator, and for the next 18 years supervised music for all MGM television and animation projects. He received two Emmy Award nominations, one for the animated series, The Pink Panther in the category of Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and another for Outstanding Original Song co-authored for the series All Dogs Go to Heaven.

Mr. Kaufman has served as Music Director and Conductor for numerous musicals. His first assignment (at age 23) was as conductor for the National Tour of Sweet Charity starring Juliet Prowse. He conducted the First National Tours of Company (for Hal Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival). For the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Operas, he was Music Director and Conductor for musicals including Wonderful Town (starring Nanette Fabray), Irma La Douce, The Sound of Music (for which he was nominated by the San Francisco Theater Critics for Outstanding Music Direction) and Guys and Dolls (starring Milton Berle).

In April of 2012, Mr. Kaufman received the "Distinguished Alumni Award" from his alma mater, California State University @ Northridge. While a student at CSUN, he composed the University's Alma Mater and Fight Song. He is on the Board of the Film Music Foundation, and is a member of the Music Advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation.

Born in Los Angeles, Richard Kaufman began violin studies at age 7. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in the Fellowship program, and earned a B.A. in Music from California State University Northridge. Mr. Kaufman lives in Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a former dancer in film, television and on Broadway. His daughter, Whitney is a graduate (with honors) from Chapman University in Orange, California, and for 2 1/2 years was a member of the cast of the National Tour of Mama Mia!.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST PABLO MONTERO began his career in music as a singer of rancheras, a genre in which gradually he became an international star. Mainly influenced by his godfather, Vicente Fernandez, Montero debuted with the album Pablo Montero, followed by Dónde estás Corazón, Qué voy a hacer sin ti, Pídemelo todo, Gracias: Homenaje a Javier Solís, Con la bendición de Dios, A toda Ley, Qué Bonita es mi tierra y sus Canciones, Mi tesoro Norteño, and El Abandonado.

PABLO MONTERO

Montero has written songs like “Olvidarte Jamás,” “Gata Salvaje,” “Abrázame muy fuerte,” “La revancha”

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A MARIACHI CELEBRATION WITH PABLO MONTERO A Bayside Summer Nights Special Concert guitar and vocals Pablo Montero

and “Piquito de Oro.” Later on, his fame as a singer opened doors for him in the world of acting. He was the protagonist in the TV series Rebeca and La Lotería, with the controversial Mexican actress Susana Zabaleta. He has also participated in soap operas like Vivo por Elena, Nunca te Olvidaré, Abrázame muy fuerte, Entre el amor y el odio and Duelo de pasiones. He was included as part of "Las 25 Bellezas Latinas” (The 25 Latin Beauties) by People Magazine in Spanish in 1999 and 2003.

Pablo Montero has been part of the most successful soap operas transmitted in Latin America, helping them to become a success thanks to his acting. Some of them include: Mi Corazón es Tuyo, Duelo de Pasiones, Fuego en la Sangre, Triunfo de Amor, Una Familia con Suerte and the 2015 success, Lo Imperdonable, a telenovela that marked the return of Alicia Machado in Mexico.

In 2017 Pablo released a new album on the Sony Music Latin label, entitled No Te Quedes Con la Duda; promoting the album allowed him to appear on the most important TV programs of Mexico and the United States.

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Pablo concluded 2017 by participating on Univision’s top program, Mira Quien Baila (the Latin version of Dancing with the Stars). Pablo showed another facet that few people knew: he can really dance, much to the surprise of the judges of the program!

For 2018, Pablo has plans to release a new song written

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INTERMISSION ROGER DALTREY AND MEMBERS OF THE WHO BAND Selections to be announced from the stage.

ROGER DALTREY

Thursday, August 15 | 7:30PM

ROGER DALTREY

AND MEMBERS OF THE WHO BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST LESLIE MENDELSON A Bayside Summer Nights Special Concert vocals and guitar Roger Daltrey The Who Band: Simon Townshend, Jon Button, Scott Devours, Loren Gold, and Frank Simes vocals and guitar Leslie Mendelson This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS If any one member of The Who can be said to be the group’s founding member it is singer ROGER DALTREY. Born in the West London suburb of Shepherd’s Bush on March 1, 1944, Roger first assembled the group that would become The Who in 1961 while at Acton County Grammar School, recruiting John Entwistle and subsequently agreeing to John’s proposal that Pete Townshend should join. In those days Roger, whose daytime job was working in a sheet metal factory, even made the band’s guitars, and it was his energy and ambition that drove the group during their formative years. That same energy, coupled with his unwavering resolve, has sustained the group during periods of uncertainty ever since.

Roger’s earliest tastes in music ran to the blues and R&B which formed the set-list during their early years as The Detours, as well as Fifties rock’n’roll, which is reflected in his outstanding interpretations of such noted Who covers as Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates’ “Shakin’ All Over.” When Pete Townshend became the group’s songwriter, Roger became the mouthpiece for his lyrics and ideas. At the same time he contributed to the group’s sense of showmanship by developing his unique skill at twirling his microphone lead around like a lasso and, by the time of Tommy in 1969, becoming one of rock’s most iconic sex symbols with his golden curls, bare chest and fringed suede jackets.

The Tommy era saw Roger mature enormously as a vocalist, and nowhere was this maturity more evident that on Who’s Next, whether on the melodies of the beautiful “Behind Blue Eyes” and “The Song Is Over” or, at the other extreme, the torturous scream that climaxes “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” On Quadrophenia, Pete’s second and more ambitious rock opera, Roger was able to bring all his newfound abilities to bear on rockers like “5.15” or power ballads such as “Love Reign O’er Me” which has since become a concert showcase for his outstanding vocals.

In many respects the experience of singing the Tommy song-cycle enabled Roger to become Tommy Walker, the deaf dumb and blind boy of Pete’s imagination, and it was therefore only natural that he should assume the role in Ken Russell’s movie adaptation of the rock opera in 1975, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.

This in turn led Roger to develop a concurrent career as a film actor while continuing to sing with The Who. Other film credits over the years include Ken Russell’s Lizstomania, the title role in McVicar, Lightning Jack with Paul Hogan, Teen Agent and numerous roles in TV dramas. He appeared in the US CBS TV show C.S.I. – which uses Who songs as its theme music – as five separate, differently made-up characters, one of them a middle-aged African-American woman. Other U.S. TV appearances include Lois & Clark (Superman), Midnight Caller, William Tell, Sliders and Highlander as well as Leprechauns for Celtic Leprechaun Ltd and The Bill, the long running

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UK TV police drama. He has also narrated a series for the History Channel, undergoing extreme hardships similar to those faced by pioneering settlers in America and elsewhere.

Roger has also cultivated a singing career outside of The Who, beginning in 1973 when he found himself on the BBC’s Top of the Pops, the U.K.’s then-premier chart TV show, promoting the single “Giving It All Away” which reached number five in the UK charts.

It was a track from his first solo album Daltrey, released that same year, which he followed up with the albums that include Ride A Rock Horse (1975), One Of The Boys (1977), the soundtrack to McVicar (1980), Parting Should Be Painless (1984) and After The Fire (1985).

Roger has appeared on stage away from The Who on many occasions, and his 1994 solo concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, with The Juilliard Orchestra, was the fastest-selling event in the venue’s history. The following year he appeared on stage as the Tin Man in a production of The Wizard of Oz at The Lincoln Center, and in 1998 he starred as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. He has also performed with his friends The Chieftains, the traditional Irish band, and toured the world with the British Rock Symphony interpreting a variety of rock classics.

Since 2000 he has been a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity that builds specialized wards for teenagers with cancer in the UK. That year Roger had the idea of setting up the first show at the Royal Albert Hall by “The Who & Friends,” with ticket sales and revenue from a DVD and CD raising over £1.2 million, and as a result Roger was given a Humanitarian Award in 2003 from Time magazine. The Teenage Cancer Trust shows during March and April have now become an established and eagerly awaited annual event at the Royal Albert Hall. In February 2005 Roger was awarded a CBE by the Queen at Buckingham Palace for his services to music and good causes.

As a member of The Who, Daltrey was inducted in 2005 into the UK Music Hall of Fame. In December 2008 he and Pete Townshend were honored with America’s most prestigious cultural awards as recipients of the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. by then-President of the United States, George W. Bush. This was one of many awards that were bestowed on Roger and/or Pete Townshend for their contributions to music, among them the James Joyce Award from the Literary & Historical Society of University College, Dublin (2009), the Steiger Award (Germany) for excellence in music (2011) and an honorary degree from Middlesex University in recognition of his contributions to music (2012).

Ever pursuing his mission to give something back to teenagers, “without whom,” as he said, “we would have no career,” in November 2010, Roger, with Pete Townshend at his side, launched Teen Cancer America. A year later, on March 24, Roger and his band gave a complete performance of Tommy at a Teenage Cancer S AN DIEG O SYM P H O N Y O RC H ES T RA 2 0 1 8-1 9 S E A S ON A U G U S T 20 1 8

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Over the next year, he toured Tommy in the US, Europe and Japan.

Between November 2012 and March 2013, The Who toured an arena production of Quadrophenia & More in the U.S. and U.K., with added shows in Paris and Amsterdam. Roger directed the staging and visuals of the show himself, reassuming his long standing responsibility for sequencing Who concerts and choosing which songs the group will play, a role he continued to play during The Who Hits 50! Tour of 2015-16.

Roger now divides his time between working with The Who and with his solo band, as well as continuing to devote a huge amount of his time to Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

In 2014 Roger recorded an album, Going Back Home with Wilko Johnson which, to everyone’s delight and surprise, notched up a number 2 in the U.K. charts. In 2017 and 2018 he continued his solo touring in the U.S. with members of The Who touring band including Simon Townshend. The summer of 2018 saw Roger, the band, plus a 45-piece orchestra perform The Who’s Tommy to sell-out audiences across the States whilst at the same time releasing his first solo album in 26 years, As Long As I Have You.

it’s a sparse, raw collection of ten folk songs. Opening with “Jericho,” a haunting number that sets the tone for what’s to come, it makes clear that Love & Murder lies more within darker spaces that artists like Sharon Van Etten, Lana Del Rey and Dusty Springfield inhabit. Songs like “Murder Me,” “Coney Island” and “Chasing the Thrill” find Leslie exploring loss in ways that feel personal and metaphorical, where the stories within are multifaceted.

Leslie Mendelson also recorded three covers for the album: the classic-country infused “Cry, Cry Darlin’,” a take on Bob Dylan’s classic “Just Like a Woman,” played on the ukulele, and a duet with The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir on Roy Orbison’s “Blue Bayou.”

In fact, Mendelson was unwittingly adopted by the West Coast jam scene after Weir heard her take on “Friend of the Devil” and recruited her to perform with him. On Love & Murder, however, Leslie offers a different side that isn’t been present in her early work or recent collaborations. “This collection is just about the songs and my voice,” she says. “That's what people can connect with. It shows where I am right now as an artist and where I want to go.” n

Nevertheless, however busy he is with his solo work and charitable endeavors, the group he formed at a Shepherd’s Bush Youth Club at the age of 16 will always be his first love. Even more than his colleagues, it has been Roger who has done his best to keep The Who’s flag flying during those periods when Pete felt the need to seek creative outlets elsewhere, and the respect he has earned from Who fans as a result is something he cherishes deeply. n

LESLIE MENDELSON returns with Love & Murder – the singer/ songwriter’s first new album in eight years. A stirring work imbued with emotional depth and poise, the effort is the long-awaited follow up to her Grammy® Award-nominated debut, Swan Feathers. It’s an apropos title, reflecting the dichotomy between the dark and light she encountered in those years between.

Poised for stardom in 2009 with comparisons to Carole King and Rickie Lee Jones on the tip of tastemakers’ lips, Fate, as it often does, had other plans…though perhaps to the benefit of her art.

After losing a record and management deal and having her friend and producer Joel Dorn unexpectedly pass away, Mendelson recommitted to her work and slowly but surely penned the songs with her longtime co-writer Steve McEwan that would become Love & Murder. Produced by Mark Howard (Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams), S A N D I EG O SYM PHONY ORC HESTRA 2018-19 SE ASON A U G U S T 2 0 1 8

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PROGRAM GEORGE GERSHWIN / Arr. Don Rose Overture to Girl Crazy SONGS BY GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN Selections to be announced from the stage.

Norm Lewis Robert Fairchild Aundi Marie Moore

GEORGE GERSHWIN / Rev. Campbell-Watson An American in Paris

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GEORGE GERSHWIN / Arr. Robert Russel Bennett “Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs” Norm Lewis Aundi Marie Moore

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FEAT. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS AND PORGY AND BESS A Bayside Summer Nights Concert

conductor Rob Fisher vocals Norm Lewis vocals and tap dance Robert Fairchild vocals Aundi Marie Moore San Diego Master Chorale SDMC Music Director John Russell

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR ROB FISHER is an internationally recognized music director, conductor and pianist, and a leading figure in American music and musical theatre. He has been a guest of virtually every major orchestra in the country as conductor or pianist.

Fisher is currently represented on Broadway as the score supervisor and arranger for An American in Paris (Grammy® nomination).

Additionally, he is represented as the music supervisor and arranger for Chicago: The Musical, which recently celebrated 20 years on Broadway.

With the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted the acclaimed concert versions of Carousel (Emmy nomination for Best Music Director) and My Fair Lady as well as Mr. Keillor at 70. Other recent highlights include debuts with the Boston and Chicago Symphonies and appearances with the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and National symphonies. At Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, he led gala performances of Guys and Dolls and The Sound of Music.

He conducted The New York Pops on many occasions, sharing concerts with the late Skitch Henderson. As a pianist, Fisher has been soloist for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F with orchestras across the country.

In addition to collaborating in concert with such artists as Renée Fleming, Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O’Hara, Victoria Clark, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell and David Hyde Pierce, he has conducted Patti LuPone’s engagements with the Pacific, Phoenix, Atlanta, Fort Worth and Chicago symphonies. He conducted the San Francisco Symphony in the Emmy-winning concert production of Sweeney Todd starring Patti LuPone and George Hearn. At the Chicago Lyric Opera, he led the record-breaking production of The Sound of Music.

Fisher was founding music director and conductor of the New York City Center Encores! series from its inception in 1994 until 2005.

The series earned a 2000 Tony Award, and in 1997 Fisher was given the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Special Achievement.

He continues to be a regular guest music director for the series.

Fisher has made numerous recordings for Encores!, including the Grammy® Award-winning Chicago cast album. He is supervising music director for Chicago productions worldwide.

Fisher was music director for the New York Shakespeare Festival’s revival of Hair in Central Park, and was music supervisor for its Tony-winning run on Broadway. He served as music supervisor S A N D I EG O SYM PHONY ORC HESTRA 2018-19 SE ASON A U G U S T 2 0 1 8

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His Carousel with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall was broadcast on PBS Live from Lincoln Center and earned him an Emmy nomination. He was music director and conductor for Ira Gershwin at 100, a gala concert at Carnegie Hall, which was broadcast on PBS Great Performances, and he appeared twice on the PBS series In Performance at the White House during the Clinton administration.

Fisher has a long association with Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series as a producer and music director, creating tributes to the Gershwins, Bernstein, Cole Porter and Kander & Ebb. The Porter program was also presented at the Ravinia Festival, and the Kander & Ebb evening was broadcast on Live from Lincoln Center.

He has also made many appearances as music director for the Lyrics and Lyricists series at New York’s 92nd Street Y, often with his friend Sheldon Harnick as host. Fisher conducted the 2011 world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's Rappahannock County at the Virginia Opera, followed by performances in Richmond, VA and Austin, TX. Rob Fisher is known to A Prairie Home Companion fans from his four years as Music Director for Garrison Keillor’s broadcasts (198993) and as the leader of the Coffee Club Orchestra during that time. Fisher has remained a frequent guest ever since, and is also a frequent collaborator and arranger for the DiGiallonardo Sisters.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS NORM LEWIS was recently seen in the NBC television special Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper. He recently appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May of 2014 he made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African-American Phantom on Broadway.

Mr. Lewis has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I? and New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS Special First You Dream – The Music of Kander & Ebb. He can be seen frequently on the VH1 series, Daytime Divas, also alongside Vanessa Williams. His additional television credits include Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist and Blue Bloods, as well as his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.

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PROGRAM NOTES | GERSHWIN ON BROADWAY – AUGUST 17 & 18 Mr. Lewis received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess.

Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon and The Who’s Tommy. In London’s West End he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. Off-Broadway, Mr. Lewis has performed in Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park’s The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Captains Courageous and A New Brain. His regional credits include Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (A.R.T.), Ragtime, Dreamgirls (with Jennifer Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd and The Fantasticks.

On film Mr. Lewis can be seen in the recent drama Magnum Opus, and has appeared in Winter’s Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences and Preaching to the Choir.

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ROBERT FAIRCHILD made his Broadway debut in 2015 with his breakout role as “Jerry Mulligan” in the Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris, which he reprised in London in 2017. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Performance, and won the 2015 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, the 2015 Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer, the 2015 Theatre World Award, and the National Dance Award UK. He was also nominated for the 2015 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.

As one of the world’s preeminent dancers, Fairchild began dancing at the age of four in Salt Lake City. He began his balletic training at the School of American Ballet at the age of 15 and shortly after rose through the ranks of the prestigious New York City Ballet.

He became an apprentice with NYCB in June 2005. The following June, he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet, was promoted to Soloist in May 2007 and to Principal Dancer in October 2009. He recently performed his farewell performance with the company last October.

Theater: Monster in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein at Signature Theater (Chita Rivera Award); Harry Beaton in Brigadoon at New York City Center; Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris on Broadway and the

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West End; Will Parker in Oklahoma at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms; Mike Costa in A Chorus Line at the Hollywood Bowl; Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me Kate for Roundabout Theater Company’s 2017 Gala. TV: Mixtape FOX Pilot; Julie’s Greenroom on Netflix; BBC Proms Oklahoma; Romeo in NYCB's Romeo and Juliet and Carousel Boy in NY Philharmonic's Carousel, both for PBS Live From Lincoln Center; Dancing With The Stars; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; Live with Kelly and Michael; CBS Sunday Morning; 60 Minutes. Film: An American in Paris Live West End Production; The Chaperone; NY Export: Opus Jazz. n

Award-winning soprano AUNDI MARIE MOORE is a proud native of Chesapeake, Virginia. She has quickly establishing herself as one of America's leading young sopranos, receiving accolades from audience and critics alike. She is a former member of the Domingo-Cafritz Washington National Opera Young Artist Program, where Maestro Plácido Domingo hand-picked her from among hundreds of applicants. Celebrated for being the 2015 winner of The American Prize in Voice, Ms. Moore was recently hailed for possessing a voice of “clarion beauty” (The Washington Post) with “Tender effect…compelling” (Opera News) and noted for her “Bluesy Humming with a honeyed tone” (New York Times).

The 2016 Bronze Medalist at the American Traditions Competition in Savannah, Georgia, Ms. Moore can be heard during the current season with the Buffalo Symphony, Virginia Symphony and North Carolina Symphony.

Career highlights on the opera stage include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with L'Opéra de Monte Carlo for her international operatic debut; Nedda in Pagliacci with Sarasota Opera; Serena in Porgy and Bess with Atlanta Opera and Virginia Opera; Young African American Soprano in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's Rappahannock County with Virginia Opera; Soprano 2 in the U.S. Premier of Facing Goya with Spoleto Festival USA; and Odessa Clay in the world premiere of Approaching Ali with Washington National Opera.

Ms. Moore is such a versatile singer that she is just as comfortable on the opera stages as in musical theater. Recent engagements include Lady Thiang in The King And I with Lyric Opera of Virginia and Nettie Fowler in Carousel with Ashlawn Music Festival. Concert highlights include her performance with the New World Symphony for Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 under the baton of Maestro Steven Jarvi as well as an appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra as their featured guest soloist for their Christmas Pops concert with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. n

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ROBERT RANDOLPH

Sunday, August 19 | 7:30PM

ROBERT RANDOLPH

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guitar and vocals Robert Randolph

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ABOUT THE ARTIST Many musicians claim they “grew up in the church,” but for ROBERT RANDOLPH that is literally the case. The renowned pedal steel guitarist, vocalist and songwriter led such a cloistered childhood and adolescence that he heard no secular music while growing up. If it wasn’t being played inside of the House of God Church in Orange, New Jersey – quite often by Robert and members of his own family, who upheld a long but little-known gospel music tradition called sacred steel – Randolph simply didn’t know it existed.

Which makes it all the more remarkable that the leader of Robert Randolph and the Family Band – whose label debut for Sony Masterworks, Got Soul – is today an inspiration to the likes of Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Derek Trucks, all of whom have played with him and studied his technique. It wasn’t until he was out of his teens that Randolph broke away from the confines of his social and musical conditioning and discovered rock, funk, soul, jazz and the jam band scene, soon forging his own sound by fusing elements of those genres.

“Things happened really fast,” Randolph says now. “When I look back on that time, to be honest, I had no idea what the hell we were doing. We’d get told, ‘You guys are going on tour with Eric Clapton.’ ‘Oh, OK.’ I thought, this guy must not have a clue who I am, but the first time I met him we talked for about an hour and played music backstage.”

The Family Band’s improvisational skills quickly made them megapopular among the jam-band crowd, but for Randolph and his band mates, what they were doing was just an extension of what they’d always done. “The jam band scene has that name but it’s really a true music art form scene where you can just be who you are,” Randolph says. “We fit in that category in some sense but the jam band scene itself has changed a lot since that time. I’ve grown to like songs and I like to jam within the song.”

On Got Soul, Robert Randolph and the Family Band walk that line deftly, displaying their virtuosity within the context of a dozen smartly crafted tunes. “I like both playing live and recording,” says Randolph. “The thing about a record is you get a chance to rehearse parts and fine-tune things. But if you look at most great music artists – people like Stevie Wonder – the song is totally different from the show. When you’re in the studio, it’s hard to improvise without an audience. But for us, well, we’ve been playing in front of audiences our whole lives.” n

“It was all church music. It was a movement within our church and that’s all we used to do,” says Randolph of the sacred steel music he played at the time, music whose association with his church stretches back to the 1920s. Once Randolph began to discover other forms of music, he saw how they were all connected, and was eager to find his own place. “All music is related. Gospel is the same as blues,” he says. “The only thing that changes is in hardcore gospel people are singing about God and Jesus and in the blues people are singing about ‘my baby left me’ and whiskey. When we first started out, guys really weren’t allowed to leave the church. I was the one that stepped out and started this thing. My dad would say, ‘Why do you come home smelling like beer and cigarettes?’ ‘Well, we just got done playing some smoky club till 2 a.m.!’ It was all foreign and different.”

By the early 2000s, Randolph had begun applying his dazzling steel guitar technique to secular music, and from that grew the Family Band. The group’s sound was so different than anything else around that they were soon packing New York City clubs.

Their first album, 2002’s Live at the Wetlands, was recorded at the now defunct jam band haven, and was followed by four studio albums and another live set, each widening the band’s audience – they’ve long been regulars on the festival circuit – and broadening their stylistic range as well.

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PROGRAM JOHN WILLIAMS STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

Wednesday, August 22 | 7:30PM Star Wars Film Concert Series

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

A Bayside Summer Nights Special Concert

San Diego Symphony Orchestra conductor Sarah Hicks

Performance at Embarcadero Marina Park South

FILM CREDITS “STAR WARS” A LUCASFILM LTD. PRODUCTION Directed by GEORGE LUCAS Produced by GARY KURTZ Written by GEORGE LUCAS Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Edited by PAUL HIRSCH, MARCIA LUCAS and RICHARD CHEW Special Photographic Effects Supervisor JOHN DYKSTRA Cinematography by GILBERT TAYLOR Starring MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE FISHER PETER CUSHING ALEC GUINNESS ANTHONY DANIELS KENNY BAKER PETER MAYHEW DAVID PROWSE JAMES EARL JONES as the voice of “Darth Vader” Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/Chappell Music. © 2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY

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ABOUT THE COMPOSER In a career spanning five decades, JOHN WILLIAMS has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln and The Post. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances.

He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games as well as the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar® nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars®. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-two Grammys®, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003 he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December of 2004. In 2009 Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016 he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer.

In January 1980 Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after 14 highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra and S A N D I EG O SYM PHONY ORC HESTRA 2018-19 SE ASON A U G U S T 2 0 1 8

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Noted in The New York Times, SARAH HICKS' versatile and vibrant musicianship has secured her place in "the next generation of up-and-coming American conductors". She currently holds the positions of Principal Conductor, Pops and Presentations of the Minnesota Orchestra and Staff Conductor of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Throughout her career she has collaborated with diverse artists such as Jamie Laredo, Ben Folds, Hilary Hahn, Josh Groban, Smokey Robinson, Sting, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sumi Jo and Jackie Evancho.

Ms. Hicks was a member of the Faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2000-2005 and continues her affiliation with Curtis as Staff Conductor. Her past positions include Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Resident Conductor of the Florida Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Singers, the chorus of the Philadelphia Orchestra, whom she has led in radio broadcasts heard nationwide. She has also been Music Director of the Hawaii Summer Symphony, an ensemble she founded in 1991 in her hometown of Honolulu and which she led for five seasons.

Ms. Hicks has guest conducted extensively both in the States and abroad, including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic and Prime Philharmonic (Seoul, Korea). She led the Los Angeles Philharmonic in July 4th concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012, 2013 and 2015. 2016-17 highlights included debuts with the Brisbane Symphony, Lisbon Symphony, Calgary Symphony and Dallas Symphony Orchestras as well as return engagements in San Diego, San Francisco and Cincinnati.

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DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER

Thursday, August 23 | 7:30PM

LADIES WHO JAM FEAT. DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER A Bayside Summer Nights Jazz Concert vocals Dee Dee Bridgewater Also featuring: viloin Nora Germain trumpet Ingrid Jensen piano Helen Sung bass Endea Owens drums Sylvia Cuenca Gilbert Castellanos, Jazz Series Curator

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy® and Tony Award-winning jazz giant DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics. Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and keeper of tradition, the threetime Grammy®-winner recently won the Grammy® for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love

As a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bridgewater continues to appeal for international solidarity to finance global grassroots projects in the fight against world hunger. She spent the last year on an extensive global tour in support of her recent album Dee Dee’s Feathers and was recently honored with a stage dedication in her name at the new People’s Health New Orleans Jazz Market. In June of 2016 it was announced that Bridgewater is the recipient of an NEA Jazz Masters Fellows Award, with honors bestowed at the Kennedy Center in April 2017. Her latest release (2017) is Memphis…Yes, I’m Ready. n

from Dee Dee. Bridgewater’s career has always bridged musical genres. She

American jazz violinist, songwriter

earned her first professional experience as a member of the

and author NORA GERMAIN

legendary Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band, and throughout the

has been playing the violin for

1970s she performed with such jazz notables as Max Roach,

over 20 years and performing

Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gillespie. After a foray

professionally for the last decade.

into the pop world during the 1980s, she relocated to Paris and

She studied at Idyllwild Arts

began to turn her attention back to jazz. Signing with Universal Music Group as a producer (Bridgewater produces all of her CDs), Bridgewater released a series of critically acclaimed titles beginning with Keeping Tradition in 1993. All but one, including her wildly successful double Grammy® Award-winning tribute to

Academy, The New School for Jazz, and University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. She currently lives in Los Angeles and performs regularly both in the United States and Europe as a singer and violinist.

Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella, have received Grammy® nominations.

Nora performed at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards with Sam

Bridgewater also pursued a parallel career in musical theater,

Hawkins' Seahawk Modern Jazz Orchestra. While studying at

winning a Tony Award for her role as “Glinda” in The Wiz in 1975.

Having recently completed a run as the lead role of Billie Holiday in the off-Broadway production of Lady Day, her other theatrical credits include Sophisticated Ladies, Black Ballad, Carmen, Cabaret and the Off-Broadway and West End Productions of Lady Day, for which Bridgewater received the British Laurence Olivier Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

Smith, and was in the same year a featured soloist with Marshall USC, she accompanied artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Frey of The Eagles, Barry Manilow and Arturo Sandoval and has since performed with Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Jacob Collier, Evan Christopher, Casey Abrams and John Altman.

She has also appeared alongside several of the world's greatest guitar players including Martin Taylor MBE, John Etheridge (both former guitarists with Stephane Grappelli), Tommy Emmanuel CGP, and others.

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In 2014 she toured the United States as a soloist with Indian pop musician and film composer DSP, and she has also recorded as a soloist with a number of singers and solo artists including JMSN and Alan Paul of The Manhattan Transfer. She has been featured as a guest and co-host on Scott Cowie's Talk Music Podcast as

THE SHILLMANS generously support all San Diego Symphony Orchestra jazz programming through their sponsorships of Jazz @ the Jacobs and Thursday Night Jazz.

well as ICMP's The Musical Life podcast and The Creative Life podcast with James Taylor and the Make Weird Music blog with Anthony Garone. In 2016, she was featured in a music video with Postmodern Jukebox performing the theme from Family Guy which has been viewed over a million times.

In addition to being featured on over 100 recordings, she has also released seven of her own jazz albums as well as an inspirational

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been called the best jazz violinist in the world. Learn more at

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she attended the High School

Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia, INGRID JENSEN has

for the Performing & Visual Arts. An aspiring classical pianist before jazz intervened during undergraduate studies at the

been hailed as one of the most gifted

University of Texas at Austin, Sung went on to graduate from

trumpeters of her generation. After

the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (at the New

graduating from Berklee College of

England Conservatory) and win the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou

Music in 1989, she went on to record

Williams Jazz Piano Competition. Now based in New York City,

three highly acclaimed CDs for the ENJA

Sung has worked with a "Who's Who" in Jazz, including the late

record label, soon becoming one of the

Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis and

most in-demand trumpet players on the global jazz scene.

MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter.

After a teaching stint in Europe in her early twenties, Ingrid

With five albums as leader, Sung's sixth release Anthem For A New

settled in New York City in the mid-1990s where she joined the

Day (Concord Jazz) topped jazz radio charts and garnered a SESAC

innovative jazz orchestras of Maria Schneider (1994-2012) and

Performance Activity Award. With appearances at major festivals

Darcy James Argue. More recently, Ingrid has been performing

and venues including Newport, Monterey, Detroit, SFJAZZ, and

with the Grammy®-winning Terri-Lyne Carrington and her

Carnegie Hall, Sung is also stepping onto the international stage:

Mosaic Project. Ingrid is a featured soloist on the Christine

her "NuGenerations" Project toured southern Africa as a U.S.

Jensen Jazz Orchestra’s Juno-award-winning album, Treelines

State Department Jazz Ambassador and other engagements

(2011), and its successor, Habitat (2013).

include a European CD Release Tour for Anthem, the London Jazz

Ingrid has performed with a multi-generational cast of jazz legends ranging from Clark Terry to Esperanza Spalding; Ingrid has also performed alongside British R&B artist Corrine Bailey Rae on Saturday Night Live, and recorded with Canadian pop icon Sarah McLachlan. In addition to her busy sideman and featured

Festival, Taichung International Jazz Festival (Taiwan), and Morelia Music Festival (Mexico). Sung also currently performs with fine ensembles such as the Mingus Big Band, T.S.Monk Band, and Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project (she performed on Carrington's Grammy-winning album Mosaic Project).

soloist schedule, Jensen leads her own quintet, quartet and

Sung is an active composer and has received several commissions

organ trio. Her own bands have garnered glowing reviews and a

and grants, including a 2014 Chamber Music America/Doris Duke

loyal fan base in Australia, South Africa, almost every country in

Foundation New Jazz Works Grant. Inspired by her experience

Europe, across Canada, the U.S., South America (including Brazil,

at the Monk Institute, Sung stays involved in music education

Peru and Chile), Japan and Mexico.

through residencies/workshops, and joined the jazz faculties at

Other projects Ingrid has been invited to lend her voice to include: David’s Angels (Sweden), Kari Ikonen (Finland), Marianne Trudel (Montreal), Ellen Rowe (USA), Adam Birnbaum (USA), Sharel Cassity (USA), Dwight Adams (USA), Tobias Meinhart (Germany/US) and numerous all-star groups including a recent European tour with Renee Rosnes, Cecile Mclorin Savant, Allison Miller, Anat Cohen and Melissa Aldana.

the Juilliard School and Columbia University in 2015. n

Detroit native ENDEA OWENS is a vibrant up and coming bassist.

She has been mentored by the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker and Marion Hayden.

Ingrid Jensen is regularly invited to trumpet festivals around

In 2013 she was a featured guest

the world, including a prestigious invitation in 2011 to work with

artist for the Spelman College

classical trumpet maestro Håkan Hardenberger and the Swedish

Vocal Ensemble’s East Coast tour

Wind Orchestra. Ingrid plays a custom Monette trumpet, built

and also had an original composition featured in the East Lansing

personally by the master builder Dave Monette. She is currently

Film Festival. Last summer, Endea headlined at the 34th annual

on faculty at both Purchase College and at the New School in

East Lansing Jazz Fest with her quartet. This performance was

New York. n

mentioned in DownBeat Magazine.

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PROGRAM NOTES | LADIES WHO JAM FEAT. DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER – AUGUST 23 Endea has worked with the hip hop group The Blat Pack and

Henderson, Ralph Bowen, Geoffrey Keezer, Ralph Moore, Dianne

has performed with them at the Common Ground Music

Reeves, Dianne Schuur, Ernestine Anderson, Lea Delaria, the

Festival (opening for Snoop Dogg) and has been featured in

European based Vienna Art Orchestra and many others. In 2015

the documentary Blat Pack Live that recently premiered at the

she performed at Dizzy's Jazz at Lincoln Center with Albert

Capital City Film Festival. Along with this documentary, Endea

"Tootie" Heath's four-drum set group called "The Whole Drum

has also been featured in the documentary Happy on the Ground:

Truth" which also included drummers Louis Hayes and Joe Saylor.

8 Days at Grammy Camp.

She was a guest clinician at the Sisters in Jazz Program at the

As a recent graduate of Michigan State University, Endea has

IAJE Convention in NYC and the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival

had the opportunities to participate in music exchange programs

at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Cuenca has been

in both Cuba (at Colegio San Geronimo) and in Trinidad (at the

a longtime faculty member at the Jazz for Teens and Pre-Teen

University of Trinidad and Tobago).

Program at NJPAC and the Stanford Jazz Workshop in California.

Recently, Endea has been featured on ABC-7 News (New York) with Sandy Kenyon and on the ABC-7 segment “Here and Now”.

This episode was played in 6,500 taxis in the New York area.

Currently, Endea Owens is completing her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School. Endea can be heard on the album Father Figure with trombonist Michael Dease and is preparing to go on tour with saxophonist Camille Thurman where they will be playing at the International Jazz Festival in Asuncion, Paraguay. n

She was an artist-in-residence at various universities in the U.S. and Europe with the Clark Terry quintet, Eddie Henderson quartet and as a leader with her own groups. In 2014 she received a B.A. degree in Jazz Performance from Empire State University in NYC. In 1988 and 1991 Cuenca received jazz performance grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 1992 she was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Drum Competition.

She has studied with jazz master drummers Adam Nussbaum, Victor Lewis, Keith Copeland and Brazilian drummer Portinho.

SYLVIA CUENCA is an active

Sylvia endorses Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and brushes and

drummer on the New York

Remo Drumheads. She currently resides in New York City. n

jazz scene who is contributing outstanding performances in a variety of situations. She has had the honor of sharing the bandstand with saxophone legend Joe Henderson for four years and trumpet legend Clark Terry for 17 years. The Joe Henderson quartet toured frequently in European countries Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, England, Switzerland, France, Italy and Germany and venues across the U.S. In a trio setting she performed with Joe Henderson and Charlie Haden in 1989 and with George Mraz in 1994. She performed with the Clark Terry Quintet and Big Band at Village Vanguard, Birdland, Blue Note, Queen Elizabeth 2, Royal Viking, S.S. Norway jazz cruises as well as in clubs, concerts and festivals in the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean and South America. While working with the Clark Terry quintet she had the opportunity to perform with guest artists Al Grey, Red Holloway, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Marian McPartland, Dianne Reeves, Joe Williams and Lou Donaldson, to name a few.

Cuenca has also performed with such jazz luminaries as Billy Taylor, Frank Foster's Loud Minority Big Band, Etta Jones, Helen Merrill, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, George Cables, Hilton Ruiz, Jon Faddis, Eddie S A N D I EG O SYM PHONY ORC HESTRA 2018-19 SE ASON A U G U S T 2 0 1 8

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PROGRAM Selections to be announced from the stage.

THE TEMPTATIONS

This concert will include one 25-minute intermission.

THE FOUR TOPS

Friday, August 24 | 7:30PM Saturday, August 25 | 7:30PM

THE TEMPTATIONS AND THE FOUR TOPS A Bayside Summer Nights Concert The Temptations: Larry Braggs Willie Green, Jr. Terry Weeks Ron Tyson Otis Williams

The Four Tops: Harold “Spike” Bonhart Abdul “Duke” Fakir Ronnie McNeir Lawrence Payton Jr.

This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

“The more we change,” says veteran RON TYSON, “the more

For more than 50 years, THE TEMPTATIONS have prospered,

Philadelphia born-and-raised Tyson is perhaps the best high tenor

propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold-out performances throughout the world. “The crowds are bigger, the sales are sizzling,” says one industry report. “The outpouring of affection for this super-group has never been greater.”

The history of The Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented by Berry Gordy, The Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early 60s. It wasn’t until 1964, however, that the Smokey Robinson writtenand-produced “The Way You Do the Things You Do” turned the guys into stars.

An avalanche of hits followed, with many, such as ”My Girl,” attaining immortality. “It’s Growing,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty is Only Skin Deep,” “I Wish It Would Rain”… the hits kept coming.

The classic lineup was Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. Beyond the fabulous vocals, The Temptations became known for smooth stepping and flawless presentations. The Temptations Walk became a staple of American style. Flair, flash and class. Millions of fans saw The Temptations as cultural heroes.

When the 60s and 70s turned political, The Temps got serious.

They changed their tone, dress and music. Producer Norman Whitfield led the way. His Temptations hits, many featuring Dennis Edwards who had replaced David Ruffin, burned with intensity.

“Runaway Child” “Cloud Nine,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” and “Psychedelic Shack” still smolder.

Other stellar singers (Richard Street, Ali-Ollie Woodson and Theo Peoples) joined and adding their luster to the group’s growing fame. No matter the change in personnel, The Temptations remained true to The Temptations tradition. They survived the whims of fashion, whether disco or techno, and stuck to their guns. “Great singing,” says Otis, “will always prevail.”

In the 80s, The Temps prevailed with smash-hit penned by Otis Williams, “Treat Her Like a Lady.” Then in the 90s, another Temptation explosion: It began with their appearance on Motown 25 in 1983; it continued with the NBC mini-series that chronicled the group’s history, a ratings triumph over two nights in prime time. An Emmy award followed.

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we stay true to ourselves. We’re about singing straight-up soul.

It’s a style that will live on forever.” The soaring voice of the in the business.

TERRY WEEKS grew up in Alabama and spent eight years in the Air Force before his chance encounter with Otis. After an a cappella audition on a Hollywood street corner, Otis was so impressed and brought him into The Temptations family.

LARRY BRAGGS is passionate, powerful and very spiritual. Cut from the same cloth as some of the world's greatest vocalists, Braggs has one of the most notable voices in the business. With a vocal range over three octaves and a command of the stage like no other, Braggs has become one of the most electrifying entertainers on tour. This has gained him the respect and praise of his peers and fans all over the world.

WILLIE GREENE is a bass vocalist who was born in Birmingham, Alabama. In the early 60s Willie first saw The Temptations on The Lloyd Thaxton Show. They sang "The Way You Do The Things You Do" and "Get Ready."

“Even though I was just a child, I knew that I was a Temptation Forever!’ Throughout my career I have had the honor, privilege and pleasure of recording and performing with Lyle Lovett, Ry Cooder, Dolly Parton, John Fogerty, George Harrison(The Beatles)....This opportunity to become a part of the ‘Great Temptation Legacy’ is truly God's greatest musical gift to me! I would like to thank Mr. Otis Williams for his tenacity in keeping the group together and granting me this opportunity!” says Greene.

“Our challenge,” says Williams, “is to live in the present while respecting the past. Our past is filled with riches only a fool would discard. At the same time, we thrive on competition.

As a Motowner, I grew up in the most competitive musical atmosphere imaginable. But we also understand that for a group with history, no matter how glorious that history might be, reinvention is the name of the game.”

“When I tell people we are God’s group,” says Williams, “I don’t mean it arrogantly. It’s just that we have been tested time and again and keep coming back. We have suffered the death of so many legendary singers: Paul Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin. Others like Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Ali-Ollie Woodson and Theo Peoples have left, and yet our unity is tighter, our sound brighter and our popularity greater. Someone has watched over this group. Someone has protected our integrity. Someone has said, just go on singing and it’ll get better.” n P ERFO RM AN C ES MAG A Z I N E

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PROGRAM NOTES | THE TEMPTATIONS AND THE FOUR TOPS – AUGUST 24 & 25 THE FOUR TOPS have been delighting audiences for over 50

decades. They also scored R&B Top 40s with the ballads

years. The quartet, originally called the Four Aims, made their

“Tonight I’m Gonna Love You All Over” and “I Believe In You

first single for Chess Records in 1956 and spent seven years on

and Me,” the original version of the 1996 Whitney Houston

the road and in nightclubs, singing pop, blues, Broadway and

smash. The Tops were heard in the film Grease 2 with “Back To

jazz – four-part harmony jazz. When Motown’s Berry Gordy Jr.

School Again.” By 1983, riding the wave of the company’s 25th

found out they had hustled a national Tonight Show appearance,

anniversary celebration, the Tops were back with Motown and

he signed them without an audition to be the marquee act for

H-D-H. The reunion resulted in the R&B Top 40 hits “I Just

the company’s Workshop Jazz label. That proved short-lived,

Can’t Walk Away” and “Sexy Ways.”

and Levi Stubbs’ powerhouse baritone lead and the exquisite harmonies of Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton started making one smash after another with the writing-producing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland (the famous “H-D-H” hit-makers).

They signed with Arista later in the decade, and there they racked up their final solo Top 40 hit, “Indestructible,” which was the theme of the 1988 Summer Olympics. That year they also partnered with Aretha Franklin, a longtime friend from Detroit, for the Top 40 R&B “If Ever a Love There Was.” During

Their first Motown hit, “Baby I Need Your Loving” in 1964,

this period, Stubbs stepped out and gained notoriety for voicing

made them stars, and their 1960s track record on the label is

the man-eating plant Audrey II in the film musical Little Shop Of

indispensable to any retrospective of the decade. Their songs,

Horrors, for which he sang the cult classic “Mean Green Mother

soulful and bittersweet, were across-the-board successes. “I

From Outer Space.”

Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch),” a #1 R&B and pop smash in 1965, is one of Motown’s longest-running chart toppers.

It was quickly followed by a longtime favorite, “It’s The Same Old Song.” Their commercial peak was highlighted by a romantic trilogy: the number one “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing In The Shadows Of Love” and “Bernadette” – an extraordinary run of instant H-D-H classics. Other Tops hits from the decade included “Ask The Lonely,” “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over),” “Something About You,” “You Keep Running Away,” “7-Rooms Of Gloom” and their covers of “Walk Away Renee” and “If I Were A Carpenter.” The group was also extraordinarily popular in the U.K. After H-D-H split from Motown, producer Frank Wilson supervised the R&B Top 10 hits “It’s All in the Game” and “Still Water (Love)” at the start of the Seventies. The Tops also teamed with Motown’s top girl group, the Supremes. Billing themselves The Magnificent Seven for a series of albums, they hit with a cover of “River Deep - Mountain High.”

In 1990, with 24 Top 40 pop hits to their credit, the Four Tops were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Though they would no longer have hits on record, the group continued to be a hit in concert, touring incessantly, a towering testament to the enduring legacy of the Motown Sound they helped shape and define. Following Payton’s death in 1997, the group briefly worked as a trio until Theo Peoples, a former Temptation, was recruited to restore the group to a quartet. When Stubbs subsequently grew ill, Peoples became the lead singer and former Motown artist-producer Ronnie McNeir was enlisted to fill Payton’s spot. In 2005, when Benson died, Payton’s son Roquel replaced him.

For Rolling Stone’s 2004 article “The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time,” Smokey Robinson remembered: “They were the best in my neighborhood in Detroit when I was growing up (and) the Four Tops will always be one of the biggest and the best groups ever. Their music is forever." n

When Motown left Detroit in 1972 to move to Los Angeles, the steadfast Tops decided to stay at home with another label. They kept up a string of hits with ABC-Dunhill for the next few years: “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got),” “Keeper Of The Castle,” “Are You Man Enough (from the movie Shaft In Africa),” “Sweet Understanding Love,” “One Chain Don’t Make No Prison” (later covered by Santana), “Midnight Flower” and the disco perennial “Catfish.”

In 1980 the group moved to Casablanca Records. The following year they were at #1 again, with “When She Was My Girl,” making them one of the few groups to have hits in three consecutive

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PROGRAM PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY "Polonaise" from Eugene Onegin ALEXANDER BORODIN "Polovtsian Dance No. 17" from Prince Igor SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 I. Moderato Andrew Staupe

Friday, August 31 | 7:30PM Saturday, September 1 | 7:30PM Sunday, September 2 | 7:30PM

1812 TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR A Bayside Summer Nights Concert conductor Sameer Patel piano Andrew Staupe San Diego Master Chorale music director John Russell

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien, Op.45

INTERMISSION

MIKHAIL GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla ARAM KHACHATURIAN "Sabre Dance" from Gayane ARAM KHACHATURIAN Suite No. 1 from Gayane

II. Dance of the Young Maidens

IV. Mountaineers' Dance

V. Lullaby

VIII. Lesginka

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Overture 1812 (Ouverture solennelle), Op. 49

San Diego State University Marching Aztecs

Voices of Our City choir director Nina Leilani Deering San Diego State University Marching Aztecs director Bryan Ransom This concert is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Phyllis and Dave Snyder

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Internationally recognized for his versatile musicianship and passionate communication, SAMEER PATEL is one of America's most exciting young conductors. A recipient of 2016 and 2017 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards, Mr. Patel is currently in his third season as the Associate Conductor of the San Diego Symphony.

He is also the Associate Conductor of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, whose distinguished musicians come from many of North America’s finest orchestras.

Mr. Patel’s work as a conductor has taken him across North America, South America, and Europe. In the 2017-18 season, Sameer makes his highly anticipated subscription debut conducting two programs with the San Diego Symphony. He also leads operatic works with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, conducts modern masterpieces of the 20th and 21st centuries with the La Jolla Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, shares the podium with legendary film composer John Williams, and closes Symphony New Hampshire's season with Beethoven's Symphony no. 9. Devoted to the music of living composers, in the current season Mr. Patel also conducts works by Ellen Reid, Hannah Lash, Gabriela Lena Frank, Derrick Spiva Jr., Adam Schoenberg, George Walker and Mason Bates.

In the summer of 2016, Sameer was selected out of a field of more than 120 conductors to study at the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy with Daniele Gatti, Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Immediately following his participation in the masterclass, Mr. Patel was selected by Maestro Gatti for further concerts in Europe, and he immediately returned to Italy to lead two acclaimed programs with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo. He was also a Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholar, an honor given to him by former New York Philharmonic Music Director Kurt Masur. As part of this award, Mr. Patel traveled

Concert Sponsor Spotlight PHYLLIS AND DAVID SNYDER DAVE SNYDER has served on the Symphony Board since 2012 and is currently Chair-Elect.

DAVE AND PHYLLIS co-chaired the Opus Gala in 2012.

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to Europe to study with and assist Maestro Masur with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

In 2013 Mr. Patel was one of only six conductors selected by the League of American Orchestras for the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, an event that showcases emerging conductors to industry professionals and which led to subsequent, multiple engagements with that orchestra. Prior to joining the San Diego Symphony, Mr. Patel held conducting positions with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta and the Boston Philharmonic.

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Mr. Patel furthered his training with some of the greatest conductors of our time, including Gianandrea Noseda, Daniele Gatti, the late Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink, David Zinman and Neeme and Paavo Järvi. Mr. Patel is an enthusiastic advocate for music education and enjoys teaching and learning from the many students he works with at summer music festivals, school music programs, and youth orchestras across the country.

Born and raised in Michigan, Sameer Patel is proud to make his home in San Diego with his wife, Shannon, and their infant son, Devan. n

Declared "The Voice of San Diego" by mayoral proclamation, SAN DIEGO MASTER CHORALE (SDMC) is the region’s premier choral ensemble, showcasing approximately 100 of San Diego's finest singers. Established in 1961, the SDMC is the preferred ensemble for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and other collaborating organizations, and it produces an annual series of concerts featuring the world’s greatest choral works.

The Chorus was presented the with the prestigious ASCAP/Alice Parker Award for Innovative Choral Programming in recognition of its debut performance of Daniel Kellogg's The Fiery Furnace with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. In 2012 The San Diego Master Chorale was also chosen to perform under the direction of the celebrated Chinese composer Tan Dun in the San Diego premiere of his Water Passion According to St. Matthew.

The mission of the San Diego Master Chorale is “to promote and preserve the art of choral music through performance, education and diverse community outreach.” Their singers, who are all unpaid volunteers, also participate in the Chorale's community outreach programs. They regularly collaborate with the San Diego Youth Symphony, Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and other San Diego arts organizations. n P ERFO RM AN C ES MAG A Z I N E

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We gratefully acknowledge the growing list of friends who give so generously to support the San Diego Symphony.

Call 619.615.3908 today to make your gift count.

Please remember that the honor roll is updated 4-6 weeks prior to the distribution of this monthly magazine.

SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION

The Musicians, members of the Board of Directors and the Administrative Staff of the San Diego Symphony wish to gratefully acknowledge each donation in these pages. However, space limitations in our programs require us to limit the listings to contributions of $500 or more to our annual fund during the last twelve months.

STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE $100,000 AND ABOVE City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture Phyllis and Daniel J. Epstein Epstein Family Foundation Sam B. Ersan Dr. Seuss Fund Joan and Irwin Jacobs Dorothea Laub Rebecca Moores The Conrad Prebys Foundation Doctor Bob and Mao Shillman Kathy Taylor and Terry Atkinson H

MAESTRO CIRCLE $50,000-$99,999 Anonymous Alan Benaroya Nikki A. and Ben G. Clay County of San Diego Una Davis and Jack McGrory Silvija and Brian Devine Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Karen and Warren Kessler Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden Carol Lazier and James Merritt League of American Orchestras The Parker Foundation Linda and Shearn◊ Platt Allison and Robert Price Penny and Louis Rosso Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston Karen and Kit Sickels Gayle and Donald Slate Phyllis and David Snyder Gloria and Rodney Stone Haeyoung Tang Sylvia and Roger Thieme Jayne and Bill Turpin Vail Memorial Fund

BAYSIDE PERFORMANCE PARK The San Diego Symphony Orchestra thanks the following donors who have made a gift of $50,000 or more toward the proposed Bayside Performance Park. $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Joan and Irwin Jacobs The Alexander and Eva Nemeth Foundation T. Denny Sanford Marion and Robert Wilson $100,000 AND ABOVE Susan and Jim Blair Diane and Elliot Feuerstein Jeanne and Arthur L. Rivkin Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation $50,000 AND ABOVE Jayne and Bill Turpin

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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ROBERT SHAW CIRCLE $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous Rita and Richard Atkinson Rafaella and John Belanich Pam and Jerry Cesak Shirley Estes Lisette and Michael Farrell Farrell Family Foundation Pam and Hal Fuson Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon Ann and Ben Haddad Judith Harris and Robert Singer Clarence Heller Charitable Foundation Carol and Richard Hertzberg Hervey Family Fund Marilyn James and Richard Phetteplace Barbara Kjos Sandra and Arthur Levinson National Endowment for the Arts Monica and Robert Oder Elizabeth and Dene Oliver

CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN The San Diego Symphony Orchestra thanks the following donors who made a gift toward the 20102011 Centennial Campaign at $50,000 or more and the 2008 Capital Campaign at $5,000 or more. $100 MILLION AND ABOVE Joan and Irwin Jacobs $20 MILLION - $99,999,999 Cathy and Larry Robinson $2 MILLION - $19,999,999 Anonymous $1 MILLION - $1,999,999 Sophie and Arthur Brody Foundation Sam B. Ersan Norman Forrester and Bill Griffin Pauline Foster ◊ Audrey Geisel Hélène and George Gould Grosvenor Family Karen and Warren Kessler $500,000 - $999,999 Rosanne B. and W. Gregory Berton Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden Linda and Shearn ◊ Platt

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VIRTUOSO CIRCLE $10,000-$24,999 Anonymous Jane Bastien◊ Barbara Bloom Julia Richardson Brown Foundation Sophie Bryan and Matthew Lueders Karen and Donald Cohn David C. Copley Foundation Elisabeth and Robert◊ Crouch Kathleen Seely Davis Karin and Gary Eastham continued on page 45

$250,000 - $499,999 Anonymous Nikki A. and Ben G. Clay Elizabeth and Eddy Newel ◊ Muriel Gluck ◊ Janet and Wil Gorrie Susan and Paul Hering Inge Lehman ◊ Rebecca Moores Gayle and Donald Slate Mitchell R. Woodbury $100,000 - $249,999 Julia R. Brown Susan and Peter Crotty Shona Pierce ◊ Phyllis and David Snyder Vail Memorial Fund Hugh Wolff ◊ $50,000 AND UNDER Elizabeth E. Bruton Tanya and Sutton Chen Lael and Jay Kovtun Michael and Adele Lapadula Sheila and Hughes Potiker ◊ San Diego Symphony Musicians Joyce and Ted Strauss Torrey Pines Bank

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Anne L. Evans Esther and Bud◊ Fischer Norman Forrester and Bill Griffin Vicki Garcia-Golden and Tim Jeffries Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Jill Gormley and Laurie Lipman Janet and Wil Gorrie Becky Ivans Sheri Jamieson Jo Ann Kilty Las Patronas Carol Ann and George Lattimer Jeffrey E. Light Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust Barbara and Harry Markowitz Mark C. Mead Rena Minisi and Rich Paul Riley Mixson and Carol Young The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Marilyn O’Brien Val and Ron Ontell Evelyn and Ernest Rady David Ramos ResMed Foundation Sheli and Burton Rosenberg Ryan Family Charitable Foundation Raghu and Shamala Saripalli Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation SDG&E / Sempra Energy Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek Jayne and Brigg Sherman Stephen M. Silverman Jeanette Stevens Iris and Matthew Strauss Miriam and Gene Summ Elizabeth and Joseph◊ Taft Revocable Trust Linda and Ray ◊ Thomas R.V. Thomas Family Fund Ingrid Van Moppes Isabelle and Melvin Wasserman Bill and Sue Weber Kathryn and James Whistler M. Faye Wilson Katrina W. Wu The Wu Foundation H

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The Rev. Canon Joan Butler Ford Deborah Reynolds Frank and Jim Frank Martha and William Gilmer Laurie Henson Susan and Paul Hering Nancy and Ross Stephen Howard Deborah and James Idell Fran and Larry Irving Dr. Natasha Josefowitz Helen Kupka Adele and Michael Lapadula Ruth Wikberg-Leonardi and Ron Leonardi Sally and Luis Maizel Mayer Hoffman McCann Anne and Andy McCammon Menard Family Foundation Cathy and Douglas Moore Neiman Marcus Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP Jane and Jon Pollock Gail Lee Powell Peggy and Peter Preuss Pam and Steve Quinn Marie Raftery and Dr. Robert Rubenstein Sarah Marsh-Rebelo and John Rebelo Colin Seid and Dr. Nancy Gold Drs. Bella and Alexander Silverman Dr. Robert E. and Meredith Sobol Hon. Stephanie Sontag and Hon. David Oberholtzer Margie and Bruce Sutherland Carol and Ed Thomason Ginger E.◊ and Robert D. Wallace Jo and Howard Weiner Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Judy Gaze-Zygowicz and John Zygowicz

BAYSIDE / SYMPHONY CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 Marilyn and Hayes Anderson Tim and Celeste Bailey Warren L. Batts Michele and Stephen Beck-von-Peccoz Dr. Thomas Beers Catherine and Phil Blair Sondra Boddy and Robert C. Smith Benjamin Brand City of Encinitas and the Mizel Family Foundation Linda and Richard Claytor Cushman Foundation William and Carolyn Doherty Karen and William◊ Dow Roselynn and Chukuka Enwemeka Anna and Tom Fay Samuel I. and John Henry Fox Foundation Anne and Steve Furgal Nancy Gaffrey and Bob Brennan Dr. Joyce Gattas

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Phyllis and Gordon Harris Nancy and David Herrington Judith and Verne E. Hildebrand Mary and Russell Johnson Roger Karnopp Linda and Mel Katz Maurice Kawashima Julia Kenyon Bob Leone San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation Eileen Mason Christen and Rob Mills Helga Moore Paul Mosher Lynn Nelson Clarice and Bill Perkins Sigrid Pate-Butler Pratt Memorial Fund Sandy and Greg Rechtsteiner Keith Reed Stephanie and Jeff Richard Dr. Eugene and Jennifer Rumsey Todd Schultz Wilson Sexton Lari Sheehan Sheila and Gilbert◊ Sloan Susie and Steve Swinton Patricia◊ and Jack Thomas Niki and George Thorsen Stephen L. Tierney Norton F. and Barbara Walbridge Fund Judy and Robert Weisman Ruth Wikberg-Leonardi and Ron Leonardi Sterling Wolfe Ellen G. and Edward G. Wong Family Foundation Mike and Naima Yelda Anna and Edward Yeung Sandra and Peter Zarcades H

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Joseph H. Brooks and Douglas Walker Loyce Bruce Jolie and Glenn Buberl John M. Burns and Dr. CC Cameron Burton Landscape Architecture Studio Dr. Carol August Butler and Dr. Lawrence B. Gratt Janice and R. Nelson Byrne Rebekah and Glen Campbell Cole Casey Jian Chan, Samson Chan Films, LLC Susan Channick Peter Clark Stan Clayton Nathaniel L. Cohen Colwell Family Distributable Fund Community Service Association, San Diego Unified School District Anne and Alan Compaan Jeanette and Hal Coons Stan Clayton Rebekah and Glen Campbell Gary and Carol Coburn Dean M. Crowder Pearl Cutler Dr. Peter Czipott and Marisa SorBello Caroline S. DeMar Anne and Charles Dick Ann Green Diggdon Audrey Doherty Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Barbara and John Edgington Morey A. Feldman & Jeanne D. Feldman Family Endowment Fund Nomi Feldman Linda Anne Ferguson George Fern Marilyn Field Gail Fliesbach Gertrude B. Fletcher Gail Fliesbach Susan and John Fratamico Judy Frazer Dr. Joy Frieman Judith Fullerton Sarah and Michael Garrison Lynn and Charles Gaylord Nancy Ghio The Bequest of Kenneth Gibsen Alison Frost Gildred and George Gildred Joyce Glazer Brenda and Michael Goldbaum Dr. Melvin G. Goldzband Dr. John Grimaldi Georgette Hale Anne Marie and William Haney Torrey and Susan Harmon Kathryn Hattox◊ Sharon and Garry Hays Derek Helton Suzanne and Lawrence Hess Robert D. Heylmun H

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Louise D. Kasch Donor Advised Fund Thomas Kelly Angela and Matthew Kilman Sachiko Kohatsu Anona Kuehne Nancy and William Kurimay Sue Lasbury and John Cochran Karen Lee and Joseph Drag Greg Lemke Gayle M. Lennard Littman Family Fund Lord Wallington Deborah and Fred Mandabach Carole and Henry Manfredo Lois Marriott Larry McDonald and Clare White-McDonald Susan and Douglas McLeod Karyn Meletis Julie and James Merkel Colleen and Brad Michels Andrew R. Midler Lynn Miller Dr. Sandra E. Miner Ilene and Charles Mittman Sherry and Thomas Money Rachel Mora Shirley and Hank Murphy Anne and Thomas Nagel Adrian and Loma Nemcek Jan L. and Mark Newmark Dr. J. Nicholas Nowak Raquel Olson Birte Owenmark Sam Patella Frances L. Pierce Larry and Gigie Price Michael Rensink and Marilyn Friesen Christa and Gerald Reynolds Lois Richmond Theodore E. Roberts Judith Rosen Sandra and Robert Rosenthal Dorann and Tuck Russell Sherry Santa Cruz and Alexander Ardwin Phyliss and David Sarkaria Paige Satter Mrs. Walter D. Schmier Ann◊ and Herb Schnall Margaret and Robert Schneider Elizabeth Seibold Barbara and Lawrence Sherman Bennett Shiller Marivi Shivers Marilyn and Brian Smith Daniel Soto Victor and Irene Stevens H

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SONATA CIRCLE $500-$999 Anonymous Suzanne and Gary Baker Bradford Bates Patricia and Bruce Becker Karen and Jerry Blakely Elizabeth and Steven Bluhm Kimberley and Marcus Boehm Greg Bowcott Diane Bradley and Lawrence Forman Dr. Terry Cashmore Helen and Frank Cavignac Carol and Stephen Center Lynn Champagne Caroline Chen and George Boomer Tanya and Sutton Chen Shem and Geoff Clow Hilda and Neal Cohen Donald Cole Sally Cuff Patrick and Megan Cusick Martha and Edward Dennis Kathleen Di Giacinto Richard G. Dooley Douglas P. Doucette Jeane Erley John Foltz Linda Fortier William Fox Dr. Charles Freebern Judith and William Friedel Veronica Froman Cynthia and Joe Furlong Christel and John Gerstenberg Donna Gordon Carrie and James Greenstein James Greer Phillip and Patricia Grudzinski Charles Gyselbrecht

Noel and Fred Hafer Linda and David Hagerty Susan Larson Hanson Dr. Marilyn Haring and Dr. Kathy Chambery Ruth and James Harris The Herr Family Theresa A. Hill Janet and Clive Holborow Nancy and Bill Homeyer Jamie Henson and Robert Houskeeper Julie Hutchinson Bjorn Jensen Virginia and Peter Jensen Bruce A. Johnson Josephine Kiernan and Bjorn Bjerede Tandy and Gary Kippur John and Cindy Klinedinst Aline S. Koppel Betty and Leonard Kornreich Wendy Laugesen Patricia and Jeffrey Leach Eliza Lee Dennis Legg Lewis Leicher Arlene and Robert Lettas Jean Lim and Richard Levine Joan Lewan Tom and Terry Lewis Eva Lindsey Estelle and Hamilton Loeb Jennifer Luce Anna Lussier Kiyoe MacDonald Laura and Donald James Malcolm Mercy and Ron Mandelbaum John Marchand Robert McCommins Charles F. McCorkell Joseph McGonigle Jonathan McMullen Martha and Chuck Moffett Jennifer Moores Judith Morgan Kathryn Murphy Don Nicholas Laura Ann Nothdurft Oliphant Family Fund Dennise Pentecostes Edward Phelan Robert Plimpton II Dr. Lee R. Polk and Robert Betzer Sandra and David Polster Mary and Marty Pope Dr. Robert and Fran Preisman Jeff Quinn Sharon and Robert Russakoff Selati Family Fund Robert Sharpe John Sheridan Kathleen and Lewis Shuster Anne and Ronald Simon

Vicki Stambaugh Autumn and Michael Stoff John L. Stover Christine Straton Helga and Sam Strong Sunshine HHA Organziation, Inc. Cliff and Kay Sweet Marilyn and Lou Tedesco Phoebe and Eugene◊ Telser Mike Tierney and Andrea Migdal Melesse and Robert C. Traylor Heather Van Doren Diana and Roger Van Duzer Sue Van Lenten Helen Wagner John Walsh Kathy Warburton Carol and Thomas Warschauer Frank E. Watson Stephen Lloyd Webb Matthew Wikler Dr. and Mrs. R. Ronald Wood Randal and Maria Zack Dr. and Mrs. Philip Ziring

MATCHING GIFTS Bank of America DLA Piper Sempra Energy Foundation U.S. Bank

MEMORIAL In Memory of Shearn Platt Barbara Bloom In Memory of Robert B. Crouch Elisabeth Crouch In Memory of Shearn Platt Lee and Frank Goldberg In Memory of Alex McDonald Carol Ann and George Lattimer Judith B. Morgan In Memory of Neil Morgan Barbara Kjos In Memory of Jane Bastien

HONORARIA In recognition of Mitch Woodbury who was named Lifetime Director of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Lana and Roger Brenes In Honor of Dr. Warren Kessler Gayle Lennard In Honor of Dave Snyder Matthew Garrett In Honor of Margarita Wilder and Philip Wilkinson Kathleen Einspanier

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ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Martha Gilmer, Chief Executive Officer Katy McDonald, Chief of Staff Darla Lopez, Executive Assistant to CEO and Board of Directors Diane Littlejohn, Administrative Assistant ARTISTIC Lea Slusher, Vice President of Artistic Administration and Audience Development Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Artistic Advisor Clement So, Director of Artistic Planning Julijana Mijalković, Artistic Coordinator Sean Dowgray, Artistic Assistant OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES Chris Muñoz, Vice President of Operations and General Manager Paige Satter, Director of Operations Nicole Houghton, Assistant Production Manager Magdalena O’Neill, Orchestra Personnel Manager Victoria J. Moore, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Andrew Dainoff, Director of Rentals Dennis Legg, Director of Facility Operations Kurt Bartelt, Facilities Operations Manager Virginia Tunnell, Facilities Operations Assistant Robert Saucedo, Facilities Lead Technician Pete Perez, Facilities Staff Jeffrey Brace, Facilities Staff Stage Personnel: Troy Castelblanco, Head Carpenter/Technical Director Evan Page, Electrical Department Head Mark Wildman, Property Department Head Eric Clinton, Audio Department Head/Engineer Shafeeq Sabir, Video Department Head Ralph Miyashiro, Piano Technician MSI Production Services, Audio, Video, Lighting Equipment Supplier Unisound, Backline Support House Personnel: George Kutchins, House Manager Assistant House Managers: Robert Bryan, Christine Harmon, Bill Kiesel, Dave Netzer House Staff: Judy Bentovim, Sue Carberry, Vicki Duffy, Kerry Freshman, Billy Gomez, Sue Gomez, Bonnie Graham, Sharon Karniss, Nell Murray, Jackie Stetter-Shannon, Linda Thornhill INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Todd Schultz, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Sheri Broedlow, Director of Advancement, Individual Giving Tania Batson, Associate Director of Advancement Megan Peet, Advancement Officer Paige Kobdish, Annual Fund Manager Jamie Karatkiewicz, Special Events Manager Barbara Broderick, Foundation and Government Grants Aaron Brenes, Advancement Ticket Concierge Juliet Zimmer, Special Events Coordinator Ludivine De Anda, Advancement Associate LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Maria Araujo, Vice President for Learning and Community Engagement Chelsea Allen, Manager of Community Engagement Donna Bullock, Volunteer

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FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Alicia Gonzalez, Director of Human Resources Chris Cline, Accounting Manager Tim White, IT Manager Andrea Pico, Payroll Administrator Rachel Rosado, Accounts Payable Clerk Sabina Spilkin, Database Analyst Noé Bustamante, IT Support Specialist MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Joan Cumming, Vice President of Marketing and Communications J.D. Smith, Director of Marketing Samer Naoum, Group Sales and Promotions Manager Stephanie Zumwalt, Digital Media Coordinator Kelly Hillock, Marketing Assistant Nuvi Mehta, Concert Commentator TICKET OFFICE Octavia Person, Ticket Services Manager Brianne Siegel, Senior Assistant Manager/Rental Coordinator Kym Pappas, Assistant Manager Cheri LaZarus, Ticket Services Associate-Lead Subscriptions Mario Machado, Ticket Services Associate/Subscription Representative/ Ticket Donations Representative Cynthia Navarro, Jazz Concierge Mareya Dick, Ticket Services Associate Eddie Lamas, Ticket Services Associate Tarina Lee, Ticket Services Associate Madeline Marquez, Ticket Services Associate Lindsay Ross, Ticket Services Associate

How To Contact Us (Jacobs Music Center) TICKET OFFICE 750 B Street Monday through Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Concert Thursdays & Fridays: 10 am through intermission Concert Weekends: 12 noon through intermission Non-Concert Weekends: 12noon to 5pm Phone: 619.235.0804 • Fax: 619.231.3848 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Mailing address: 1245 Seventh Ave. San Diego, CA 92101 Hours: 9am – 5pm Phone: 619.235.0800 • Fax: 619.235.0005 sandiegosymphony.com

SPECIAL THANKS FOR VALUABLE SUPPORT • Sound, Lighting and Video support provided by MSI Production Services • Backline support provided by Unisound • Fireworks support provided by Fireworks America and Pacific Tug & Barge (summer) The stage crew employed by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 122, AFL-CIO. P ERFO RM AN C ES MAG A Z I N E

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PATRON INFORMATION SUBSCRIPTIONS

San Diego Symphony offers an attractive array of subscription options. Subscribers receive the best available seats, free ticket exchanges (up to 48 hours before the performance), and guaranteed seat renewal for the next season. Many other subscriber benefits apply, including priority notice of special events. For more information, please call the Ticket Office at 619.235.0804.

SINGLE TICKETS

For single ticket information, call 619.235.0804, or stop by the Symphony Ticket Office at Jacobs Music Center (750 B Street) or (on concert days) Embarcadero Marina Park South (206 Marina Park Way).

MAILING LIST

To join our mailing list, please call the Ticket Office at 619.235.0804 or sign up on our website (www.sandiegosymphony.com) to receive e-mail newsletters.

GROUP SALES

Tickets for groups are available for both subscription and non-subscription concerts. For further information, please call 619.615.3941.

TICKET OFFICE HOURS

During Bayside Summer Nights, the Ticket Office will be open the following hours: Jacobs Music Center Ticket Office (750 B Street) Monday through Friday: 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5pm Summer hours subject to change Embarcadero Marina Park South Box Office 206 Marina Park Way - Open concert days only, walk-up sales only: Noon to intermission

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Gift certificates may be purchased in any amount at the Jacobs Music Center Ticket Office or Embarcadero Box Office in person, by phone, or by mail or at www.sandiegosymphony.com.

GIFT SHOP

San Diego Symphony logo items, including clothing, hats, blankets and gifts, are available in the Pops Shop at Embarcadero Marina Park South during each Summer Pops performance.

IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS

Please turn all cellular and paging devices to the vibrate or off position upon entry onto the concert site. Patrons may not bring alcoholic beverages or strollers inside the venue. Photography and/or sound recording are expressly prohibited during Summer Pops performances. No candles or open flames are allowed. For your safety, please refrain from climbing on the rocks of security fences, and stay out of restricted areas. For your safety and the safety of all Summer Pops patrons, all bags will be checked upon entrance. Any devices not allowed at the concert site may be checked behind the Box Office for claim after the performance. Volunteers

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at the Customer Service station in the Bayside Summer Nights Food and Refreshment Plaza can answer any questions and assist you in your needs.

NO SMOKING

Embarcadero Marina Park South has been designated a Non-Smoking Area by the Port of San Diego.

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

Should you encounter a need for medical assistance, please contact your nearest usher. A House Doctor will be notified immediately.

ADA FACILITIES

Wheelchair seating and restrooms are available at each performance. Please notify the Ticket Office in advance (619.235.0804), so that an usher may assist you. Disabled parking is available for $20 to those patrons with Disabled placards.

LATE SEATING

In deference to the comfort and listening pleasure of the audience, latecomers to both the first and second half of each performance will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. We ask that you remain in your seat until the concert has concluded. Should special circumstances exist, please contact an usher immediately for assistance.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS

ADA seating for both transfer and non-transfer wheelchairs, companion and semi-ambulatory as well as restrooms, are available at each performance.

Please notify the Ticket Office in advance at 619.235.0804 for any special accommodation or assistance needs. Limited disabled parking is available for $25 starting at 5pm on concert days.

The driver of the vehicle must be displaying a valid disabled placard to access this lot.

LOST & FOUND

Report all lost and/or found items to your nearest usher. If you have discovered that you misplaced anything after your departure please call the Facilities Department at 619.615.3909 on the next business day.

FIRE NOTICE

Exits leading to the concrete sidewalks are located south of the Champagne Section nearest the stage (to the left as you face the stage) and Northeast of the Grandstand (the main entrance by which you entered; on the Convention Center side of the park). If an announcement is made to evacuate the venue, please walk safely to the nearest exit and move to the parking lot to the rear of the park. For your safety and the safety of others, please do not climb on the fence.

during a concert, we ask that the parent discreetly escort the child away from the audience area. We greatly appreciate your consideration in this regard.

If you need to leave early, the parking shuttles will be available throughout the evening.

RESTROOMS

Restrooms are located adjacent to the ADA exit.

PARKING

Adjacent parking is available at a surface lot just east of the concert site. Guaranteed parking can be purchased in advance there for $30. Parking is also available at the Parking Structure at Park Blvd. and Harbor Drive. Free shuttles will bring you directly to the concert site. Depending on activities at the Convention Center, there may be parking available in the Parking Garage underneath the Convention Center. Limited ADA parking is available close to the venue. Parking prices and details subject to change.

EMBARCADERO DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From North County Take I-5 south, exit Front Street, drive south to Harbor Drive, turn left, proceed to Park Blvd. (just past Convention Center), turn right, parking on your left.

From South County Take I-5 north, take the Cesar Chavez Parkway exit, turn left, drive SW to Harbor Drive, turn right, proceed to Park Blvd. (just before Convention Center), turn left, parking on your left.

From East County Take King/Hwy. 94 west toward downtown. Before reaching downtown, exit to Hwy. 15 south, and then shortly exit to I-5 north. Take the Cesar Chavez Parkway exit, turn left, drive SW to Harbor Drive, turn right, proceed to Park Blvd. (just before Convention Center), turn left, parking on your left.

Please allow sufficient time for parking and walking the short distance to the shuttle bus.

JACOBS MUSIC CENTER TICKET OFFICE 750 B Street (NE Corner of 7th and B, Downtown San Diego) San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619.235.0804 Fax: 619.231.3848 SYMPHONY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 1245 Seventh Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619.235.0800 Fax: 619.235.0005

YOUNGER AUDIENCES

We request that parents use discretion regarding the age appropriateness of children attending a full-length concert. Babies one year of age and younger may sit on a parent’s lap. All other children must have a ticket. Should a child become disruptive

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ICE CREAM, YOU SCREAM SAN DIEGO IS SIMPLY SWOONING over ice cream—cold, creamy, smallbatch, handcrafted gastronomic deliciousness. Ice cream has become the craft cocktail of the dessert world, marrying seemingly disparate gustatory ingredients into complex flavor profiles. From old-school, ice-creamparlor-style, to unusual, yet enticing flavor combinations, to Asian-inspired creations, to authentic Italian gelato, there is no shortage of fixes for your ice cream habit this summer.

Kitschy statues of Elvis and a blackand-white cow flank the entrance to MooTime Creamery (1025 Orange Ave., Coronado), gracing the community’s main drag since 1998. MooTime serves up “super creamium” handcrafted-from-scratch ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogurt—with flavors ranging from the classics to trendy tastes such as Irish cream and chai tea. Flavor ingredients are sourced directly—never from extracts—so flavors are spot-on, and even the cones

are hand-rolled daily. There’s an entire board of sundae options; plus a full array of fresh-made novelty items, such as ice cream-filled bon bons, “tacos,” sandwiches and cakes.

For 18 years, Mariposa Ice Cream (3450 Adams Ave.) has been an integral part of the Normal Heights/ Kensington neighborhood, scooping 20 flavors of homemade goodness and generously participating in community events. Founder Dick Van Ransom grew up on a dairy

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Ice cream cones with sprinkles at Treet Desserts in Point Loma

farm, and, according to his widow Anna, Mariposa’s ice cream is made “the old-fashioned way, with no gimmicks” and about one-third less sugar than many others. Flavors are old-school favorites, with the most popular being Mexican chocolate.

Have a cone, take home a handpacked pint or quart, or indulge with a sundae or banana split.

If you can’t decide on one of the 300-plus rotating flavors at cultfollowed Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream (hammondsgourmet.com), no problem. You can order a flight of two, three, four, five, six or 32 (!) mini cones of the super-premium ice cream. Boasting around 18 percent butterfat, the texture is super creamy and dense. The flavors are all Hawaiian-influenced because the ice cream is actually made in Hawaii exclusively for Hammond’s locations in North Park, Pacific Beach and Point Loma.

Favorites include Kona coffee, Thai tea, chocolate coconut macadamia nut, and pineapple cream.

Portland-based Salt & Straw (1670 India St., Little Italy) has been pulling in the crowds with its imaginative flavors. Customers ordering Homemade gelato at Pappalecco

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the sustainably sourced, handmade ice cream can choose from 12 classic flavors such as almond brittle with salted ganache (founder Tyler Malek’s grandma’s brittle recipe); avocado and Oaxacan fudge; and the San Diego-exclusive James Coffee & bourbon, which uses coffee from a neighborhood coffee roaster. Each month, find up to five additional limited-edition flavors, and always a plethora of goodies to be hand-mixed into the ice cream.

As is fitting for an ice cream parlor located among the authentic Asian restaurants and businesses in the Convoy District, Somi Somi (4620 Convoy St.) features Japanese (taiyaki)- and Korean (ah-boong)inspired soft serve in traditional goldfish-shaped cones. The cones start with a filling of red bean, custard or Nutella, then true milk,

ube (purple yam), black sesame, or matcha ice cream is swirled on, and lastly, a topping of your choice. Try the matcha ice cream with custard and graham cracker sprinkles.

Gelato, i.e. Italian ice cream, has less fat and sugar than its American counterpart, but because it also has less air beaten in during churning, the texture is denser and silkier, and the flavor richer. Pappalecco’s owners Lorenzo and Francesco Bucci were taught the craft from the most celebrated gelato maker in their native Pisa, and the brothers have followed the Tuscan tradition of making everything from scratch for their Hillcrest, Del Mar, Little Italy and Kensington locations (pappalecco.com). The fruit sorbets (no dairy, just fruit, water and sugar), are bright and refreshing, vegan-friendly and

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At An’s Dry Cleaning (3017 Adams Ave.)—the gelato parlor housed in a former North Park alterations and dry cleaning shop—the sweet and savory flavors include both permanent and rotating selections, made from locally sourced ingredients. Black sea salt caramel; goat cheese and honey; ginger lime sorbet; gorgonzola pear; and espresso with orange marmalade are a few possibilities.

Or indulge in their tasting menu and try seven varieties.

Stop at Treet Desserts (3960 W. Point Loma Blvd.) in Point Loma for a single scoop of Niederfrank’s all-natural, hand-churned ice cream. But if you pass up one of their custom ice cream sandwiches made with cookies, brownies, doughnuts and churros baked in-house, you’ll be missing out on a real treat. Sandwich any of a dozen ice cream flavors with your choice of baked good, or indulge in one of the six “Treet Creations” such as the Some Like It Hot—a warm brownie topped with peanut butter, triple chocolate ice cream, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and chocolate drizzle.

Consider that sweet tooth satisfied.

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An ice cream cone flight at Hammond’s

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ADAM SBRAGIA WAS RAISED in a winemaking family in Healdsburg, in the heart of Sonoma County. His grandfather made wine. His father, Ed Sbragia, is the only winemaker to have twice produced a wine named Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year.

And for the last decade or so, Adam has been making wine at Sbragia Family Vineyards in Dry Creek Valley—but only after he ran off to study acting at UCLA. Rashell Rafanelli tells a similar story; she is a fourth-generation Sonoma County winemaker. Like Sbragia, she toyed with a different

career but returned to the family winery and did what she had done since the age of 10—drive tractors, connect hoses, help her father with other winemaking chores— until one day, she took over.

“I named myself winemaker,” Rafanelli says with a laugh. “I was doing everything anyway.”

Jake Bilbro is another son of a winemaker, Chris Bilbro of Marietta Cellars. Six years ago, Jake purchased Limerick Lane Winery, south of Healdsburg in the Russian River Valley. Its Collins vineyard had been planted with zinfandel and other red-grape vari-

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Joel Peterson, founding winemaker of the iconic Ravenswood Winery, has deemed Sbragia, Rafanelli and Bilbro the next generation of zinfandel producers—along with Rory Williams of Calder Wine Co., Jess Havill of Bella Grace Vineyards, Nicole Salengo of Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Erik Miller of Kokomo Winery and Zach Long of Kunde Family Winery.

Peterson recently curated a tasting event featuring these eight at the annual Zinfandel Experience in San Francisco.

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I hadn’t attended the Zinfandel Experience—also known as ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers)—for a decade, but I’d heard the pendulum was swinging back toward balance and elegance. I was also lured

by Peterson’s tasting, dubbed “Zinfandel, Exposing the Next Generation aka the Young Guns.”

The tasting was an eye-opening experience. The wines exhibited freshness and balance beyond anything I could have dreamed of. Bilbro told me, “I’m not afraid of acidity, and I’m not afraid of tannin. I believe zinfandel has the ability to age, and it needs structure to do that.” I was heartened.

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The play tells of a boy who, from age 7, when his mother makes her first suicide attempt, begins to construct a list of all the “brilliant” things in life or, everything worth living for, hoping that this may inspire his depressive mom. He leaves his items on little slips of paper; she doesn’t comment, but she corrects his spelling.

As we follow him through nearly three decades, he continues the list, which helps him through some rough spots. Having also experienced the “black dog” of depression, he fears that he will follow in his mother’s footsteps, and the list keeps him going.

The one-hour play (or longer, depending on audience contributions) begins before it begins.

The lead actor welcomes the attendees, and hands them slips of paper, each including a number and one source of enjoyment. When the actor calls out your number, you read what’s on the paper. For instance, #5: Things with stripes; #823: Skinny-dipping.

Clearly, the play strikes a balance between the serious and the humorous. Sobering loss alternates with raucous laughter. The New York Times called it “sentimentality without shame … pitting the reasons to live against the urge not to.” The New York Post said it’s “the funniest show about depression you’ve ever seen.”

Director Lutfy thinks it’s about “resiliency; a man’s relationship to a mother with mental illness, depression. He naively writes this list, knowing it’s not going to work. But it serves a purpose for him, and maybe even, for a

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time, for his mom.”

Lutfy himself came from “a very bad childhood.” He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to a “very Southern” mother and a Lebanese father. His parents were “teachers, primarily,” with no artistic bent. But his grandfather he was named after was a visual artist; several of his paintings hang in the apartment Lutfy shares with his partner, well-regarded actor Rachel Esther Tate.

A visual artist himself, Lutfy hoped to attend the Rhode Island School of Design. Although his parents were supportive, they couldn’t afford the education he wanted. Besides, he says, “I didn’t know anyone who made a career in the arts. I always just thought it was a hobby.”

A high school English teacher convinced him to audition for a Shakespeare play. “I loved reading Shakespeare out loud,” Lutfy says. “I really understood the cadence, rhythm and poetry. And I loved theater, for its action, its poetry, for how alive it made me feel. But there’s no way anyone can succeed in the arts without a strong support system.”

He’s been fortunate all along the way, finding mentors who perceived his smarts, skill and potential, and opened many doors for him.

He spent his senior year of high school in the boarding program at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where his roommate was Ro Boddie, his long-time friend and colleague, a New York-based actor who

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fluences was Gerald Freedman, the original artistic director of New York’s Public Theatre.

“He gave me the craft of directing. And he taught me how to be a great assistant director: when to say something, when to listen, when to learn.”

Lutfy received impressive fellowships and assisted some great American directors. He spent time at the Kennedy Center and Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York, and others, including the Marin Theatre Company, where he served as National New Play Network Producer in Residence.

“I was so lucky to meet so many amazing people, who helped me on my way and gave me fantastic opportunities.”

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director Sean Murray, a fellow alumnus of the North Carolina School of the Arts, he leapt at the chance to direct here. After his first production, Murray invited him back, full-time.

“I love the community here,” Lutfy says. “And I love being at Cygnet. Sean has taught me a lot about trust and vulnerability as a director. And I love that he’s always been committed to giving a living wage to actors.”

In his four years here, Lutfy’s work has been extraordinary.

His productions include some of the theater’s most out-ofthe-box plays and musicals.

This season, he’s directing four of Cygnet’s eight productions.

“When I read a play, I ask myself, ‘What are the issues in the play? Why tell this play now? Can the audience connect with the play on an emotional level, not just think, but experience another person’s emotional state? What’s the car ride home conversation going to be?

I want to entertain and probe.

In theater, we don’t sit back and enjoy all the time. We lean forward and connect.”

Which brings us back to Every Brilliant Thing.

“With this play, I find myself crying and laughing and having the kind of real conversation we need to have. We’ll have seats onstage, and the house lights up all the time, so everyone can see each other, feel included and have a real experience. You come in as an individual, and leave as a community.

“Ro [Boddie] is perfect for the

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role; he has natural warmth, he radiates sincerity, and he’s wonderful at making an audience feel comfortable and loved.”

The play is important to Lutfy because mental illness is so prevalent, and we still don’t know how to talk about it.

“Almost everyone has known somebody with a mental illness, especially depression. It’s a disease, it’s like a cancer; it overwhelms you. My uncle just killed himself a few weeks ago.”

For this production, Cygnet, now in its 16th year, is partnering with a local suicide prevention organization. “We’ll be asking the audience to write down something they think is worth living for. We’re hoping that people will talk about the issue, have a hopeful conversation, and get the kind of catharsis theater was meant for.”

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