Tales of Our City

DR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

our lives, our heroes APRIL 14-15, 2016 LOUISE M. DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends, “You Are Here!”

One of the most stirring pieces in tonight’s concert is from Andrew Lippa’s I Am Harvey Milk. Entitled “You Are Here,” it is sung by Harvey Milk and describes the thrill he experienced standing right here in San Francisco – just across the street at City Hall – sharing his message of hope, inclusion and pride.

Now, you are here and we are here doing the same thing Harvey did nearly four decades ago – dreaming of a better world and standing proud. Welcome to Tales of Our City: Our Lives, Our Heroes!

The concept for this evening’s program began with a dream of saluting a man who, quite literally, brought “our” San Francisco into the national conversation. In 1978, Armistead Maupin penned the first installment of the Tales of the City series for the San Francisco Chronicle. Over forty years and nine novels, Maupin has truly brought the magical world of San Francisco alive, inspiring generations of readers to this day.

In More Tales of The City, the second book in the series, lead character Michael Tolliver pens a moving coming out letter to his parents, after discovering their involvement with the anti-gay Save Our Children campaign. This letter has been read, copied, shared and sung by countless people around the world and we are thrilled to share it with you tonight: "Michael's Letter to Mama."

Over the years, SFGMC has commissioned music that speaks directly to the LGBT experience. One of the first major works of this kind was 1996’s NakedMan by Robert Seeley and Philip Littell. Tonight marks the 20th Anniversary of that piece. NakedMan is the first major LGBT choral work based on actual stories of SFGMC’s singing members.

Former Artistic Director Dr. Stan Hill (1989-2000) guided the creative process.

The evening opens with a world premiere by our new Composer-inResidence Dr. James Granville Eakin III. The song beckons us all to open the gates of our hearts, our city, our country.

Tonight, we tell some of our own tales through song and honor a wide array of heroes who have changed our lives and our city. We are so happy you are here with us.

Yours,

398 11th Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94103 415.865.3650 415.865.3655 • fax info@sfgmc.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dennis Stradford chair

Steve Huffines vice chair

William Vigna treasurer

Sal Baglieri secretary

Daniel P. Aaron Mike Bernard Deborah Boccuzzi Steve Burton Glenn DeSandre Peter Drake André Farris Gregory J. Marks Paul Saccone Joe Swimmer John Ybarra

CHORUS LEADERSHIP TEAM Glenn DeSandre

membership president

Kevin J. Koerner

membership vice president

Michael Tate

performance advisory committee chair

Dr. Timothy Seelig Artistic Director

PS: Don’t miss Heartthrobs this June when SFGMC meets boy bands of the last five decades!

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Rylan Carpena Raymond Mark Gonzales Alejandro Magyaroff Tom Paulino

THANK YOU! Our fundraising event a few weeks ago at the stunning home of San Francisco arts patrons Ann and Gordon Getty was a rousing success, raising much-needed funds for SFGMC’s touring, outreach, and youth engagement initiatives.

Guests were treated to the amazing artistry of Patti LuPone, who was joined by members of the Chorus for a selection of songs, and we honored composer Jake Heggie with our 2016 Champion Award.

We deeply appreciate these especially generous funders: The Bob Ross Foundation • Terrence Chan + Edward Sell Ann and Gordon Getty • Putnam Subaru VIP Supporters Sal Baglieri + Peter Cirincione • Breeze Carlile • Lloyd + Janet Cluff Joseph Czuberki • Peter Drake + Jared Moreno • Dave Earl • André Farris Mark Hall • Steve + Diane Heiman • David Hornik • Paul Johnson • Kevin Koerner • Randy Laroche + David Laudon • Michael Levy + Michael Golden Rob Mitchell + Jaime Caban • Curtis Ponzi • Kirk Tellier Donors Katherine E. Akos + Harry L. Jacobs • Jim Bohannon + Larry Fleck • Tom Burtch + Neil Austin • Gary Deluhery • Ray Fletcher • Michael Fouquette • Sam Kohler Gregory Marks • Suzanne Masuret • Tom Matty • Eddie Reynolds + Ed Jones Will Rubin • Paul Stoner • Dennis Stradford • Rick Turley • Randy White

LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES

DR. TIMOTHY SEELIG artistic director

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speaker. In addition to artistic director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, he continues a busy guest-conducting schedule throughout the U.S. and across the globe. He is Conductor Emeritus of the Turtle Creek Chorale, which he conducted for 20 years, cofounded The Women’s Chorus of Dallas and taught on the faculty at Southern Methodist University for 14 years. Dr. Seelig holds four degrees, including the Doctor of Musical Arts and the Diploma from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has authored seven books and DVDs on choral technique. Recordings have been on Billboard Top Ten and iTunes Top Ten classical charts. The PBS documentary about the TCC received the national Emmy award for best documentary. Dr. Seelig has conducted regularly at Carnegie Hall for the last 25 years, as well as Lincoln Center and the Southbank Centre in London. His groups have commissioned choral works for a variety of amazing organizations. Some of those are amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research), the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation featuring Dr. Maya Angelou, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital featuring Marlo Thomas. Recent commissions with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus include “Tyler’s Suite” for the Tyler Clementi Foundation and “I Am Harvey Milk” by Andrew Lippa and “#twitterlieder.” Dr. Seelig’s first career was as a singer. He made his European operatic debut at the Staatsoper in St. Gallen, Switzerland and solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall. He appeared as soloist in world premieres of composers including John Corigliano, Conrad Susa and Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach). Interesting facts include conducting the Guinness Book of World Record's Longest Choral Concert and carrying the Olympic torch in 1996 as a community Hero. He has not run since. He is married to Dan England and is the proud grandfather of the amazing Clara Skye and Eden Mae.

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TIM SEELIG is is a conductor, singer, teacher and motivational

KATHERINE E. AKOS is a highly accomplished and skilled arts

executive and fundraising professional with over 30 years experience in leadership and consulting roles for prestigious arts, cultural, educational, civic and community organizations across the country. She has helped organizations achieve dramatic revenue growth; increase local, regional, national and international visibility and acclaim; enhance organizational effectiveness and capacity; and develop robust artistic, educational, and community engagement initiatives. Ms. Akos founded Katherine Akos Consulting in 2006, which for the past 10 years has provided executive-level management, fundraising and campaign counsel, strategic planning, Board development, executive recruiting, organizational assessment, marketing and communications services to such organizations as The Philadelphia Orchestra, Monterey Jazz Festival, United Way of the Bay Area, California Shakespeare Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Carmel Bach Festival, Children’s Creativity Museum, Oregon Symphony, Smuin Ballet, and Chabot Space & Science Center. Ms. Akos previously served as President and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony, Vice President of Advancement for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Graduate Theological Union. She also held positions as Artistic Administrator of the San Francisco Symphony and Orchestra Manager for the Detroit Symphony. Ms. Akos has served on the boards of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras and New Century Chamber Orchestra, and has been a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Amherst College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Ms. Akos joined SGFMC in March, 2016.

KATHERINE E. AKOS interim executive director

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Everyone loves a winning team, and everyone has a place on a team. It may be as the water boy, the cheerleader, the quarterback or maybe the even the coach. It takes everyone.

We want YOU to join our team: Team SFGMC, a league of sustaining donors!

There’s not just one game here.

The behind-the-scenes work continues every single day with a dedicated bunch of singers, staff, volunteers and patrons. Now we need a support team that includes YOU! Join us today with a monthly contribution!

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ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHIES CARL PANTLE is a vocal coach, accompanist, and singer who

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frequently works with San Francisco Opera, West Bay Opera, Opera San Jose and the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Merola Program at the San Francisco Opera Center. Carl studied voice and choral conducting at Brigham Young University and soon after returned to the Bay Area to pursue vocal coaching and accompanying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Carl has appeared as a vocalist with SFGMC on numerous occasions and appeared at Lincoln Center as accompanist for Dr. Tim Seelig in The Wisdom of Old Turtle in 2011.

He has collaborated with some of the finest talent Broadway has to offer including Daniel Reichard, Keala Settle, Julia Murney, Alysha Umphress, Laura Benanti and Patti LuPone.

LYNDEN BAIR is a pianist, singer, actor, and longtime resident of

San Francisco. Local audiences most recently saw him as the leader of the band The Angry Inch in Boxcar Theatre's farewell revival of their acclaimed productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Hailing from a farm town in Northern Utah, Lynden attended the University of Northern Colorado on a performance scholarship and is known for his knowledge of and experience in musical theatre. He is currently the principal accompanist for the Oakland East Bay Gay Men's Chorus and has worked with a variety of vocal groups and theatre organizations in the Bay Area. He recently added vocal arranger to his resume, providing original arrangements performed

by SFGMC. In addition to being the associate accompanist, Lynden has been a featured vocal soloist with the Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, the Castro Theatre and on tour.

CARL PANTLE

principal accompanist ensemble director, vocal minority

Rainbow Symphony. Dawn Harms' diverse career ranges from being a chamber musician, violin soloist, concertmaster, to being a music director and conductor. She is a first violinist in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster for the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and Co-Concertmaster with the Oakland East Bay Symphony. She also records regularly at Skywalker Studios for movies and video games. She currently teaches at Stanford University. Dawn is in her third season as Music Director and conductor of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. She recently conducted the San Francisco Opera orchestra in a concert above ground to a packed house at the San Francisco Conservatory. In March, Dawn guest conducted the Fremont Symphony. A strong advocate for music education, Dawn designs and performs her own family show throughout the United States, New Zealand, and Japan. Dawn recently performed her one-woman family show with the Kohl Mansion Family Series, the Bear Valley Music Festival, the Lincoln Symphony in Nebraska, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Merced Symphony, and the Napa Youth Symphony. Dawn plays chamber music regularly at Music in the Vineyards in Napa Valley, the Bear Valley Music Festival, Old First Concerts, Gold Coast Chamber Players, Music at Kohl Mansion and Chamber Music San Francisco, where she recently performed the Piazzolla Four Seasons. Dawn plays on her cousin Tom Waits'’ CDs "Alice," "Blood Money,” and “Bad Is Me.” Dawn also has two solo CD's, "The Black Swan" and "The Hot Canary" that can be found on cdbaby.com or www.dawnharms.com.

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DAWN HARMS is music director and conductor for the Bay Area

LYNDEN BAIR

associate accompanist

DAWN HARMS

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COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE "We are absolutely thrilled to have Dr. James Granville Eakin III as the Composer-in-Residence for SFGMC. He is not new to the Chorus, though. The first composition by James we performed was ‘We Are The Stars’ from STARGAZING back in 2011. The work was named one of the five most popular pieces for men’s choruses by the American Choral Directors, and was a major highlight of Words, my first concert as Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

One of the other highlights was James’ arrangement of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,’ that had the audience at the War Memorial Opera House in 2013 literally holding its breath. In addition, James arranged the beloved ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ which we sing often.

Tonight, we perform the world premiere of ‘Behold, the Gate.’ Please join me in welcoming Dr. James Granville Eakin III to the SFGMC family!"

- Dr. Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director

DR. JAMES GRANVILLE EAKIN III was born and raised in Shreveport,

Louisiana. From an early age, he was drawn to his native blues and jazz as well as classical and film music, playing everything he heard by ear on the piano and experimenting with his own compositions. It wasn’t until years later that he began formal music studies.

He earned a bachelor of music degree from Centenary College (2000), a master of music degree from Southern Methodist University (2003) and in 2007, received a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Composition at the Conservatory of Music, University of MissouriKansas City. James has had the privilege of studying with some of music’s most prominent composers: John Corigliano, Jeff Rona, Jack Smalley, George Tsontakis, Bruce Broughton, Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Eakin’s music catalog is prolific and spans genres from Concert Hall to Pop/Rock. James’ hour-long “Flowers over the Graves of War” for Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra premiered to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall and most recently, his “#twitterlieder: 15 tweets in 3 acts,” premiered by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, has taken the choral world by storm.

James is a full-time composer and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Heather, and son, James Eakin IV. He is thrilled to be a part of the SFGMC family and looks forward to joining them in healing the world one song at a time. For more information or to contact James, visit jameseakin.com.

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ACT I Behold, the Gate *

music by James Eakin III, words by Timothy Seelig

"Sunday" from Sunday In The Park With George

music + lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choral arrangement + orchestration by Jason Robert Brown

Michael's Letter to Mama

music by David Maddux, text by Armistead Maupin from More Tales of the City

selections from NakedMan

music by Robert Seeley, lyrics by Philip Littell

A NakedMan O Disturbing Boy I Come From Good People A Very Very Very Very Very Good Boy Marry Us Dance On Your Grave We're Not Lost, We're Here Never Ever

ACT II Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96 ** Dmitri Shostakovich

Ritmo

Dan Davison

selections from I Am Harvey Milk music + lyrics by Andrew Lippa

You Are Here A Decent Society Sticks and Stones Friday Night in the Castro I Am the Bullet San Francisco Tired of the Silence

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FEATURED SOLOISTS

Dr. Timothy Seelig

Michael’s Letter to Mama

artistic director

Thursday + Friday | April 14-15........................................Andrew Caldwell

Katherine E. Akos

interim executive director

I Come From Good People

Thursday | April 14............................... Eric Colton, Mark Para, Oky Sulistio Friday | April 15..................... Jim Bohannon, Sam Lundquist, Vance Jason

Thom Vindiola

A Very Very Very Very Very Good Boy

Peter Zimmerman

Boy...............................................................................................Joe Bissell Interviewer - Thursday | April 14..............................................Dan O’Leary Interviewer - Friday | April 15................................................. Mike Bernard

operations director marketing manager

Wil Wright

administrative coordinator

Lynden Bair

Dance On Your Grave

artistic coordinator

Thursday | April 14....................................... Rylan Carpena, Steve Huffines Friday | April 15.....................................................Mark Mezak, Eric Carlson

Tony McIntosh

merchandise coordinator

Melvin Fujikawa

We’re Not Lost, We’re Here

Thursday | April 14.................................................................. Phillip Whitely Friday | April 15.......................................................................Dave Caldwell

Friday Night in the Castro

Thursday | April 14................. Melvin Fujikawa, Roy Eikleberry, Phil Calvin, Jon Jones, Louis Rogers, Vinney Le Friday | April 15........................... Kyle Fowler, Steve Gallagher, Alex Goro, Dan O’Leary, Sanford Smith, Cyrus Mallare

member services coordinator

Ryan Nunez

interim development associate

ENSEMBLE MUSIC DIRECTORS Eric Carlson

The Lollipop Guild

Harvey Milk

Carl Pantle

Thursday | April 14...........................................................Kellan Christopher Friday | April 15......................................................................Paul Hovannes

Vocal Minority

Sanford Smith SWAG

Ritmo

Percussionists....................................Eli Wise, Joe Bissell, Rylan Carpena, Roy Eikleberry, Dan England, Paul Saccone

Mitch Galli

HomoPhonics

PRODUCTION TEAM Lighting Design........................................................... Michael Anderburg Choreographer...................................................................... Steve Valdez Lead Stage Manager...........................................................Thom Vindiola Stage Manager....................................................................... Kirk Hudson Stage Manager........................................................................... Wil Wright Production Coordinator......................................................... Steve Valdez Chorus Wardrobe Master.........................................................Paul Stoner Specialty Wardrobe..........................................................David Bjorklund Chorus Logistics................... Sal Baglieri, Don Ruthroff, Sanford Smith

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BAY AREA RAINBOW SYMPHONY Violin I.......................................................... Nina Han, concertmaster

Fred Chang, Jennifer Chang, Rebecca Chiu

Gary Huang, Nigel Le , Laurence Lewis

Dina Solomon, Kristen Steiner

Ashley White, Vita Yee Violin II.................................................Clayton Bullock section leader

George Han, Chikin Kelley, Brynn Monteith

Vu Nguyen, Timothy Offensend

Megumi Yamamoto Viola.....................................................Steven Harvey, section leader

Harry Bernstein, Logan Ellis, Cory Harris

Richard Horan, Donny Lobree

Steven Ng, Steven Peele Cello........................................................ Russ Bartoli, section leader

Thomas Jerde, Kevin Miller, Dana Rees

Les Shiaman, Zwea-Tiak Tan

Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, Ted Wyder Bass........................................................... Steve Willis section leader

Michael Boone, Meg Niman, Sean Silverman, Kyle Wong Flute.........................................................Emma Tarai, section leader

David Latulippe, Calisa Hildebrand Oboe........................................... Carolyn Million, Kurrtis Kaminishi Clarinet............................................... Gene Nakajima, section leader

Robert Beard, Stephen Zielinski Bassoon............................................... Barbara Jones, section leader

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Percussion......................................Christian Foster Howes, principal

Kyle Baldwin, Mike Kiely, Leah Albrecht Harp................................................................... Michael Steadman

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THE FIFTH SECTION The rich history of the chorus would not be complete without recognizing the many talented men and women whose gifts of music helped bring us to this point, and who have left us much too soon.

Skip Aiken • Jeff Alons • Paul Alsbach • Terry Althoff • Steve Amos • Paul Anelli • John Atteridg • Edwin Barlow Crawford Barton • Craig Beachler • Robert Beale • Glenn Beardsley • Jerry Berg • Marion Besco • Sam Bittner Kristen Bjoernfeld • Bill Blake • Allan Blasdale • John Andre Bonnemaison • Jeff Bortin • Edward Brener • Peter Brockhoff • John Brown • John Brown • John Bryant • Jay Burwick • John Cailleau • Chris Campbell • Jack Campbell Scott Campbell • Duncan Campbell Jr. • Terry Carlson • Bud Castleman • Mark Chapa • Bruce Chelini • Al Cherry Alexsis Gregory Chew • Bob Chinen • C. Brian Christianson • Andrew Chrystall • Michael Clarke • Kevin Conduff Richard Connelly • Gregory Cooper • Jimmy Corbett • Jeff Cothran • Clayton Cowan • John Crimen • Mark Crissey Tim Curbo • Mark D’Angelo • Alan Da Cunzo • David Davenport • Robert del Valle • Walt Dennis • Douglas Dickinson Bob Dinsmore • Scott Dowdee • Tom Doyle • Brian Duckworth • Andy Einkauf • Alan Ellis • Patrick Elvander • Bob Emery • Robert Erickson • Stephen Eschenbach • Gary Falardeau • Jim Farmer • Michael Farrell • Keith Fenton Bruce Fetherolf • Clif Fields • Steven Filice • Justin Fingado • Brian Finnegan • Wyrant Flonory • Fredrick Floyd • Ted Foster • Mark Fotopoulos • David Fox • David Smith Fox • Jon Franck • Jim Franks • John French • Robert Frey • Evan Friedman • Stephen Frugoli • Scott Galuteria • Larry Garrigan • Gary Garrison • Perry George • Don Giberson • Keith Gockel • Bill Graham • Philip Graham • Larry Griffin • Gordon Grover • Tom Gschwind • Gene Guenther • Dean Halsey Andy Hammond • Dennis Haney • Jerry Haney • Robert Hawk • Greg Hay • Frank Hecker • David Held • Mark Hermes Paul Hernandez • Charles Herrington • Robert Hichborn • Tom Hickey • Mark Hirano • Rexford Hitchcock • Greg Holbrook • Richard Hollenbaugh • Jerry Horsting • Roger Hostetler • Clyde Howell • Douglas Jackson • Frank Jackson Keith Jacobsen • David James • Scott Johnson • Albert Jones • Paul Jones • Keith Kamrath • Robin Kay • Carl Kimball Lester King • Rick Kirkham • Diane Kohne Schuster • John Kovach • Tony Kramedes • Dick Kramer • John Krause • Thom Kumorek • Greg Lawrance • Joe Leary • Kevin Lenzen • Jeff Lettow • Don Levine • Bill Lewandowski • Ed Lichtenstein Gerry Lo Presti • Frank Lobraico • Wayne Love • Joseph Loza • Ed Lucas • John Lusk • Roger Luttrell • Michael MacDonald Darren MacGavin • John MacKintosh • Mike Maguire • Terence Maguire • Jim Mahony • Renny Marinaccio • Gerry Marquis • Gerald Martin • Mickey Martin • Steve Martin • Tom Martin • Leonard Matlovich • Roy McConahay • Steve McDowell • John McFarland • Mike McGavren • Michael McIntyre • John McLeod • Pipo Micheli • Allen Midkiff • Glen Miller • Kevan Miller • Mark Mousseau • Jim Murnan • Craig Neeley • Gary Newcomb • Al Nichols • Gregg Nicholson Dennis Niswander • Ken Noble • David Norton • Floyd Ohler • James Onion • Garry Osborne • Tom Pallerino • Nick Papadopoulos • Phil Pearce • Gerald Pearson • Chuck Pedersen • Roger Pelletier • Norman Perry • Terry Peterson Shane Petree • Rodger Pettyjohn • Donald Phillips • Harrison Pierce • George Piper • Brian Powdrill • Bill Powell Terry Presley • Ted Printz • Steven Prokasky • Bill Pugh • Michael Pugh • Paul Pukas • Guy Rana • Bill Randles Douglas Randolph • Melvin Rebhahn • Robert Rekart • Bruce Reynolds • John Riccardi • Cameron Robb • Jay Roberts Jim Robison • David Keleikini Roddell • Marty Roddell • Bob Rogers • Steven Rohrer • Jon Rollins • Dave Romero Regis Rosetta • Steven Rozell • Lane Ruoff • Jim Russell • Charlie Salumbides • Paul Sanchez • Patrick Santiago Bill Schade • Steve Schmorr • Dan Schreiber • Bob Scott • Roger Scroggs • Neil Seymour • Michael Shamburger Ray Shanks • Dennis Shaw • David Shortridge • Lee Sierecki • George Silkworth • John Simo • Jon Sims • Tom Sims Barry Singer • Fred Skau • Hal Slate • Rick Slavsky • Ted Smith • Scott Smitherum • Vince Sofia • Dale Sorensen Scott Squires • Jay Stinson • Jerry Stokes • Steve Sutherland • Burleigh Sutton • Timothy Tafoya • John Tallerino Mike Tallmadge • Gregg Tallman • Joseph Taro • Lance Taylor • Chuck Thayer • Curtis Thomas • David Thomas • Lavoy Thompson • David Thormann • Robert Thrower • Eric Tiffany • Bill Toner • Jack Torres • John Trojanski • Bill Tucker Richard Vincent • Daryl Wagner • Karl Walker • David Warrior • Samuel Weaver • Robert Weinand • Leroy Westbrook Mark Whiting • Larry Whitlock • Gary Wilson • Ric Wilson • Aaron Wimmer • Gary Wintermeyer • Jim Wolfe Michael Wolford • Eric Worden • Douglas Wright • Jim Wright • Claude Zetty • Jim Zielinski

If you know of anyone whose name has inadvertently been omitted from this list, please let us know so that we may continue to celebrate and honor the contributions of all our members.

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SFGMC MEMBERS TENOR 1 Paul Barnett • Fran Benjamin • Joe Bissell • Derek Blechinger • Sherman Blow • Russ Bono • Charles Bruce Tom Burtch • Dave Caldwell • Rylan Carpena • Julian Francis Clift • Sean Conner • Ray Coshow • Jay Eng André Farris • Dustin Finkle • Jeff Ford • Steve Gallagher • Mitch Galli • Danny Goff • Raymond Mark Gonzales Michael Grandys • Carl Halverson Haley • Nick Harper • William Healey • Chip Heath • Tyler Hedrick • Tad Hopp Tyler "Sky" Hunsaker • Nick Ishimaru • Vance Jason • Pete Jost • Kevin J. Koerner • Sam Kohler • Rick Kuno David A. Lalone • Vinney Le • Skip Leasure • James Machado • Cyrus Mallare • Gregory J. Marks • Andrew Marsh Donald Martin • Jeff McCoy • Edward McCrone • Lawrence McGuire • Tony McIntosh • Kevin McSherry Mark Mezak • Scott Mills • Dirk Nettles • Timothy J. Pavek • Richie Perez • Carmon Tyler Reynolds Kaveh Riahi • Rocky Rakesh Sharma • Luke Siegle • Jeff Sinclair • John Sisto • Oky Sulistio • Justin J. Taylor Phil Walker • Phillip P. Whitely • Eli Wise • Abraham Woo • Chao Xue • Armando Zambrana • Bryan Zerbe

TENOR 2 Brian Abascal • Logan Ahlgren • Dave Andrade • Adrian Arizmendi • Alfred Amistoso • Pirkka Aunola • Sal Baglieri Daniel Kris Balugay • Mahana Barbadillo • Erwin Barron • Dale Becherer • Jeff Becker • Ren Blake • Mark Brown Steve Burton • Andrew Caldwell • Charles Calixto • Bruce Carpenter • Kellan Christopher • Igor Chudak Stuart Cohen • Eric Colton • Michael Cooper • Elliott N. DeVore • Justin Donahue • Justin Duhé • Jeffrey Dumlao Frank Federico • Marty Fenstersheib • Mark Forrer • Michael J. Fouquette • Kyle Fowler • Earl Friedberg Steve Garber • Alfie Garcia • Marcus Gatto • Brad Gibson • Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado • Alex Goro Ken Graham • Marvin Han • Stephen Hanten • Adam Harris • Jason Hyde • Peter Jacobs • Clint Johnson Jonathan Julian • Andrew Kwan • Rich Lang • Randy Laroche • Steve Luppino • Peter MacIver Tim McAdams • Ray McCabe • David McFadden • Emilio E. Mercado • Duran Mishler • Ray Otani Galen T. Panger • Christopher Petallano • Bai Pham • Curtis Ponzi • David Powell • Joseph Pritchard Kyle Rawls • John Reynolds • Eddie Reynolds • Will Rubin • Don Ruthroff • Evan Salcedo • Gregory F. Sandritter Sanford Smith • Michael Tate • Jeff Tolman • Steve Valdez • Cesar Vanderhorst • Michael Volis • David Shawn Wallace • Christian Walters • Nick Weichsler • Steven Westhydeman • Randy White • Tony Zhang Peter Zimmerman

BARITONE Michael Bankert • Joseph Bondi • Kim Boyd • Larry Ralph Brenner • Doug Brewster • James Caldwell Phil Calvin • Terrence Chan • Dennis Chase • Eric Chau • Devlon Clouser • Mike Craven • Brent Dawson Alan Delamora • Glenn DeSandre • Edward Driskill • John Dzundza • Alex Edmondson • Roy Eikleberry Dan England • Tom Fisher • Robert Frederick • David A. Friedman • Melvin Fujikawa • Ryan Furtado Gregory J. Gorman • Jim Graham • Dr. Mark L. Hamner • Ashley Hancock • Dave Hayes • Dennis Hazekamp • Joseph Hege Mario Hernandez • Rick Holte • Jonathan Jones • Brian Jung • David Klatt • Nick Knight Kevin C. Koczela • Michael J. Kyle • John Lewis • Sam Lundquist • Manny Machado • Stephen L. McCoy Dave McCullough • Eric McGill • Rob Mitchell • Ryan Nunez • Marty O'Connell • Dan O'Leary Chris Padula • Tom Paulino • Daniel Pioletti • Benjamin Pruitt • Nick Radford • Jim Radke • Louis Rogers • Robert Rufo DC Sands • Frank Schumacher • Michael Sese • Richard Sexton • Shad D. Stalians • Paul Stoner • Brandon Swansfeger Brandon Lee Tidwell • Remy Todd • Ernie Tovar • Domenic S. Viterbo • Miles Walls • David Watson

BASS Rene A. Alvarez • Nicholas Baca • Jeff D. Benson • Mike Bernard • Jim Bohannon • William G. Brajnikoff Bryan Montrel Burris • Keith Byron • Eric J. Carlson • Troy Cascia • Aaron J. Clarke • Bob Connett • Rick Crane Doug Curran • David Falzone • Mike Figueira • Ray Fletcher • Ray Grimsinger • Bruce Haas • Sean Hannify • Keith Harris Howard Hart • Peter Hartikka • Steve Harvey • Kevin M. Healy • Honey Hogan • Gordon Hom • Paul Hovannes Steve Huffines • David Jaffe • Joshua Keels • Thomas Michael Kennard • Zach Kopciak • Gary Kukus • Albert Law Dale Leininger • Brian Lepak • Anthony Levintow • Michael Levy • Alejandro Magyaroff • Steven McCowan John McCray-Goldsmith • Rey R. Monteloyola • Vicente Montoya • Bernie Morrissey • Vaughn Mouton • Will Mruzek Jim Munson • David Naden • Robert Oliver • Emer Pacleb • Mark A. Para • Larry D. Poole • Paul Saccone Ted Schaller • Elliot Simon • Eddy Skees • Charlie A. Smith • Derek Snarr • Oscar Soriano • Kirk C. Tellier Will Vincent • Scott Walker • Brian E. Weart • Jimmy White • Daniel Wu Section Leaders providing musical guidance to their section Section Coordinators facilitating the administrative needs of their section 2016.04 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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community

Proud to support the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

MISSION, VISION & VALUES MISSION: The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus creates extraordinary musical experiences that inspire community, activism and compassion.

VISION: A world inspired and unified by the music we create.

VALUES: • We believe in the transformative power of music to heal, to enlighten and to foster unity.

• We embrace the life affirming changes we create within and beyond our chorus community.

• We evolve society’s views toward LGBT people through our commitment to excellence.

• We honor all who came before us and whose sacrifices made it possible for us to raise our voices.

THE LEGACY SOCIETY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS The Legacy Society of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is an illustrious group of patrons, donors and singers who, through their visionary philanthropy, have made a commitment to ensuring the Chorus’ future by remembering the Chorus in their estate plans.

In particular, we are thankful to have been the recipient of generous gifts in recent years through the visionary estates of Bob Emery, Jerry Geller and Ken Sullivan, James H. Jones Asset Trust, William G. Stephens and Archibald Wilson.

Our Legacy Society members ensure that the transformative power of our music will continue to heal, enlighten, and foster unity.

Together - we dream of a world where people are drawn together by the extraordinary musical experiences the Chorus creates.

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus expresses its deep appreciation to the following Legacy Society members who have contributed to the Chorus’ future through an estate gift: Daniel P. Aaron • Al Abramowitz • Norman Abramson + David Beery Neil Austin + Tom Burtch • Sal Baglieri + Peter Cirincione • Michael Bankert • Joseph Bondi • John H.J. Cashman + Jack J. Ledbetter • Joe Castrovinci + Gordon Smith • Mrs. Pansy Chan • Terrence Chan • Rick Crane • Joe Czuberki • Brent Dawson • Bud Dillon • Dr. Mark L. Hamner Dan Joraanstad + Bob Hermann • Rich Lang • Michael Levy + Michael Golden • Johnny Lewis • Gregory J. Marks • Bob Michels + Stephanie Daffer • J. Robert Mitchell + Jaime L. Caban Jr. • Mark Short + Carl Ray Together we honor the legacies of those who have come before us and continue to empower us to raise our voices.

To learn how to include SFGMC in your estate planning, or to complete a Declaration of Intent, please contact Ryan Nunez, Interim Development Associate, at 415.865.3650 or ryan.nunez@sfgmc.org.

Thank you.

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SFGMC ENDOWMENT It is with great pride that the Board of Directors announces the reinstatement of five restricted funds established for the benefit of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus by some incredible men. Over the years, the funds were depleted in emergency situations. A dedicated group of SFGMC historians, researched the original funds, donors and uses for which the donations were made. We are thrilled to announce the following bequests have been fully restored in honor of those who gave the generous gifts: • • • • •

Robert Weinand Reserve Fund Peter Davids Fund for FAN Club Platou Rebhahn Fund for Costuming Bud Castleman Fund for the Artistic Director’s Salary Lee Westbrook Fund for Chorus Education

These funds continue to grow along with our Endowment. For information about the funds or the Endowment, please contact Interim Development Associate Ryan Nunez at 415.865.3650 or ryan.nunez@sfgmc.org. Thank you.

DONORS + SUPPORTERS PATRON

[$25,000+] Bell Investment Advisors Bloomberg Philanthropies DIAGEO North America Pansy Chan Terrence Chan + Edward Sell Joseph Czuberki Northern California Lexus Dealers The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation United Airlines

Donald Melvin Rob Mitchell + Jaime Caban See's Candies Dennis Stradford Justin J. Taylor George Vail

ALLEGRO

[$10,000-$24,999] Sal Baglieri + Peter Cirincione Peter Drake + Jared Moreno Folsom Street Events Lee + Susan Gammill Diane + Stephen Heiman Steve Huffines Randy Laroche + David Laudon Paul Saccone + Ryan Knight Paul + Deborah Whitney

[$2,500-$4,999] Daniel P. Aaron Merle Adams + John E. "Jed" Davies Breeze Carlile Bruce Carpenter Lloyd + Janet Cluff Mark Delgado Ed Eishen + Jeff Lewy Steve Gallagher + Chris Thorne Diane + William Harper Michael Levy + Michael Golden Trudi + Kevin Loscotoff Lynn Luckow Paul Olsen + Mark Burns Eddie Reynolds + Ed Jones John Tease

VIVACE

MODERATO

PRESTO

[$5,000-$9,999] Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Steve Burton + Ray Grimsinger Joan Del Secco Glenn DeSandre + Pierce Gould André Farris Nick Harper Dennis Hazekamp Dan Joraanstad + Bob Hermann Sam Kohler Lyft 29

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[$1,000-$2,499] Katherine E. Akos + Harry L. Jacobs Art Anderson Jim + Bonnie Bell Douglas Brewster Tom Burtch + Neil Austin Robin Canonica Joe Castrovinci William Chang Dynamic Signal John Ducote + Ken Barnes

Dustin Finkle Thomas Fisher Ray Fletcher Robert Gallagher + Kevin Koerner Mike Gallagher Peggy Garner Serena Greening Mark Hall David Hornik Jeffrey Huang + Christopher Berini Peter Jacobs Bernice + John Lindstrom Sean Livingston + Jeremy Pelkey Stephen Luppino Gregory Marks Todd Martin + Neil Minton Thomas Matty John + Julia McCray-Goldsmith Chris Padula + James Melton Keith Pepper + Ken Raith Larry Pulliam Will Rubin Don Ruthroff Tim Seelig + Dan England Chris Spanos + Troy Cascia Diane + Russ Spanos Barry Taylor + John Inson Gail + Hans Thiele Steve Valdez Bill Vigna + Clayton Hansen Brian Weart Yahoo! Employee Foundation

ANDANTE

[$500-$999] Melané Ali + Rick O'Rourke Horst Arnold + Ken Akerly Jan + Edward Austin

DONORS + SUPPORTERS Michael Bankert Frederick Baumer David Beery + Norman Abramson Debbie Boccuzzi Larry Brenner Donald + Carol Anne Brown John Cashman + Jack Ledbetter Trevor + Meghan Cast Rick Crane Alex Edmondson Paul Frantz Fred + Terely Harrell James Hogan Dennis Holahan Gordon Hom Mark Hunter + Paul Hah David Jaffe J. Mark Jenkins Brian Jung Barry Kohn + William Harrison Rich Lang Antoinette LeCouteur In Memory of Riley Liming John + Sheryl Magbitang Len Mazzara + Carl Borrowman Ray McCabe David R. McCauley + Akio Kawai Edward McCrone David McFadden Darin Medeiros + Mike Wickey Michael Nguyen Rita O'Flynn Barry Pollard + John Henderson Pat + Craig Pratt Robert Rufo Mark Short +Carl Ray Ethan Solomita Sudeep Srivastava Paul Stoner + Abraham Hanif Kimbirlee Tate Mel Terry + Geert Botzen Randy White Gary Winter Cynthia Wood

ADAGIO

[$250-$499] Nancy Aldritt René Alvarez Jason Anderson Nicole Bacigalupi Phillip Barber + John Alecca Patricia Bassett Michael Brennan Eric Carlson

John Christophel + David "Jimmy" Grego Andy Clements Jeffrey J. Colton II Cynthia Cooper Keith Ennenga Pauline Farmer-Koppenol + David Farmer John Gray + Brian Robinson Tracey Huenemann Suzanne Irwin-Wells Keith Kellogg Christy Lang Dale Leininger + Mitch Barnow Brian Lepak Carlton Lowe Cameron, Susan + Matthew McLeod + Jeff Damon Bob Michels + Stephanie Daffer Jeffrey Polachowski Charles Potter Kathleen Richter Sarah Rogers Jason Russell Michael Scheu Catherine Silva Matthew Simon William J. Smith Trust for Skip Bergum Memorial Pride Fund Al Treuter James Warshell Gary Welch

LARGO

[$100-$249] David Andrade Sarah Armstrong Justin Ayers Nancy Babcock Erwin Barron + Roland Abellano Richard Benefield Leyna Bernstein Joan Bowlen Allan Cantada Susan Carsen Lin Yee Chan + Gustavo Corral Dennis Chase Shirley Coleman L Michael Costa Alan Delamora Anita Denz Bud Dillon Sloane + Gordon Drake Carladenise + Herman A. Edwards Richard Galbraith

Denise + Kevin Gallagher Jim Gatteau Brad Gibson Jim Halloran + Dave Heighington Wayne Hand Susan Hastings + Jason Eiband Bradley Heitz Amy Hewitt John Jacobson + Michael Mertens Cherie Jatoft Lee Johnson Fern Josephs Mike Kelly Gary Kukus Rick Kuno John Lake + Chris Lalli Darrell Lewis Larry + Nancy Ludgus Fr. Michael Lynch Rachael Manning Donald Martinez Michael Mazzei Stephen McCoy Scott McElhinney Jeff McEwen Byron "Mac" + Allyn McGinley Jessica Mennella Vaughn Mouton Tom Murray Judy + Chuck Naden Scott Nelson Richard Nichols Scott Ostendorf Ron Raiche Eric Raimy Kent Reynolds Gary Richards Vincent Robinson Mary Jo Schleicher + Renee Espinoza Jeff Sinclair Oscar Soriano Susan Sternau + Nancy Welsh Mary Schopp Stoner Marc Sugiyama Eric Taxer Brandon Tidwell Mario Torrigino John Trix Lawrence Turner Thom Vindiola + Miles Walls Michael Volis Morrie Warshawski Andrew Wegley Hilary Wright David Zeeman Peter Zimmerman 2016.04 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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DONORS + SUPPORTERS TEAM SFGMC

Stephen Luppino Alejandro Magyaroff Gregory Marks Armistead Maupin Tim McAdams Miles McCormick Mike McNamara Rob Mitchell Edwin Morales John Newmeyer Paul Olsen Richie Perez Curtis Ponzi Gary Richards Jason Russell Paul Saccone Donna Satchet Kelly Shannon Rocky Sharma Oky Silistio Sanford Smith Justin Stephens Jeff Stiarwalt Christopher Thiele Ernie Tovar Michael Volis Robert Wheaton

[MONTHLY DONORS] Neil Austin Mike Bankert Sal Baglieri Glenn DeSandre Dan England J Mark Jenkins Lynn Luckow Gregory Marks Cameron McLeod Richard Rockwell Paul Saccone Gregory Sandritter Tim Seelig Lynne Sindel

IN-KIND

[INDIVIDUAL] Al Abramowitz Melané Ali Randy Arnold Jason Ayestes John Bedard Mike Bernard Jeff Brand Craig Brennan Leah Brown Jaime Caban Aaron Clarke Jay Davidson Glenn DeSandre Peter Drake Andrew Duffy Jon Finck Tara Forkum Peter Franzi Mike Holland Nick Ish Jessie Jarduno Jeff Johnston Mark Klaiman Albert Law Michael Levy Jeff Lewy Bob Long Greg Lopez Carlton Lowe

IN-KIND

[CORPROATE] Agriculture Restaurant & Bar at Dawn Ranch Baked Cake, Sweet and Treats Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Beach Blanket Babylon Betty's List / Bay Times Café Coton Cal Performances Carl Ray + Mark Short Catch Restaurant Chanticleer Christopher Elbow Artisinal Chocolates City Arts and Lectures Conn Creek Winery Cruze2 Health D.R. Stephens Wines Delle Robbia Imports Disneyland Resort

Dutton-Goldfield Winery Epi Center MedSpa Eureka Restaurant and Lounge Fairytale Brownies Fern Grove Cottages Fino Lighting Fixtures First Republic Bank Folio Fine Wine Partners Four Seasons Hotels Frameline Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc InterContinental Hotels San Francisco Jesse Freidin Photography KMVQ-FM Lamplighter's Music Theater Luna Vineyards M-A-C Cosmetics Macum LLP Marlowe Restaurant Maui Sunseeker McRoskey Mattress Co. Montblanc Oberon Wines Optical Underground Park Tavern Pet Camp Main Campground Red Rock Winery Restaurant Gary Danko Rio Theater, Monte Rio Rocca Family Vineyards San Francisco Balley Association San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Schramsburg Vineyards See's Candies SF Jazz SHN: Broadway in San Francisco Smuin Ballet Sweet Lauren Cakes Theatre of Yugen at NOHspace The Cavalier Restaurant the girl and the fig United Airlines VIA MEDIA Village Inn Vineyard 7 & 8 Zuni Café

The Chorus is grateful for all gifts received, including the ones under $100 that are too numerous to list.

The preceding lists donors from January 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016.

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