Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in "Tales of Two Cities"—Saturday, March 9, 2019, Lobero Theatre, 8:00 PM—Elisa Citterio—Alison Mackay—Alon Nashman—Trio Arabica—CAMA's Masterseries
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019, 8:00 PM TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA ELISA CITTERIO, Music Director with ALON NASHMAN, narrator and TRIO ARABICA Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House Conceived, programmed, and scripted by Alison Mackay Directed by Elisa Citterio Alon Nashman, narrator TRIO ARABICA Maryem Tollar, voice & qanun Naghmeh Farahmand, percussion Demetri Petsalakis, oud Marshall Pynkoski, Stage Director Glenn Davidson, Production Designer Raha Javanfar, Projections Designer It’s 1740, and coffee houses are the places to listen to music and share stories, in both the famous trading center of Leipzig and one of the oldest cities in the world, Damascus. The latest Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra multi-media musical offering Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House illuminates each city’s striking features in common: both enjoyed a lively tradition of coffee houses in which the finest musicians of the city performed and both were also famous centers of scholarship and learning. Anyone who has attended one of Tafelmusik’s three previous multi-media concert projects at the Lobero in the past decade (The Galileo Project, House of Dreams or J.S Bach: The Circle of Creation) can attest to the incredible originality and conception of their insightful musical stage creations that combine live music, text and stunning projections transporting the audience back in time and place. Not to be missed!
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019, 8:00 PM
TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
ELISA CITTERIO, Music Director
with ALON NASHMAN, narrator
and TRIO ARABICA
Tales of Two Cities:
The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Conceived, programmed, and scripted by Alison Mackay
Directed by Elisa Citterio
Alon Nashman, narrator
TRIO ARABICA
Maryem Tollar, voice & qanun
Naghmeh Farahmand, percussion
Demetri Petsalakis, oud
Marshall Pynkoski, Stage Director
Glenn Davidson, Production Designer
Raha Javanfar, Projections Designer
It’s 1740, and coffee houses are the places to listen to music and share stories, in both the famous trading center of Leipzig and one of the oldest cities in the world, Damascus. The latest Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra multi-media musical offering Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House illuminates each city’s striking features in common: both enjoyed a lively tradition of coffee houses in which the finest musicians of the city performed and both were also famous centers of scholarship and learning. Anyone who has attended one of Tafelmusik’s three previous multi-media concert projects at the Lobero in the past decade (The Galileo Project, House of Dreams or J.S Bach: The Circle of Creation) can attest to the incredible originality and conception of their insightful musical stage creations that combine live music, text and stunning projections transporting the audience back in time and place. Not to be missed!
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MASTERSERIES
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TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA
Elisa Citterio Music Director
Conceived, programmed, and scripted by Alison Mackay
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 8:00 PM
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
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TALES OF TWO CITIES:
THE LEIPZIG-DAMASCUS COFFEE HOUSE
Conceived, programmed, and scripted by Alison Mackay
Directed by Elisa Citterio | Alon Nashman narrator
TRIO ARABICA
Maryem Tollar Voice & Qanun | Naghmeh Farahmand Percussion | Demetri Petsalakis Oud
G.P. Telemann
Traditional
Marshall Pynkoski Stage Director
Glenn Davidson Production Designer
Raha Javanfar Projections Designer
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 8:00 PM
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
PROGRAM
Ouverture in D Major
Badat Min al Khidri
Traditional
Yamul ‘Uyoun Issoud
C. Monteverdi Ritornello from Orfeo, Act II
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Handel / Traditional
Telemann
Concerto grosso Op.6, No.6: Musette / Darij Bayat
Ouverture reprise
INTERMISSION
Handel
Concerto grosso Op.6, No.5: Allegro
G. Torelli Concerto for violin in E Minor, Op.8, No.9: Allegro
Telemann
J.S. Bach
Mohamed Al-Qasabji
Burlesque de Quixotte
Le galope de Rosinante / Celui d’âne de Sanche
[The gallop of Rosinante / That of Sancho’s donkey]
Son attaque des moulins à vent
[His attack on the windmills]
Musique de Table, Book III: Conclusion
Sinfonia after „Ehre sei dir, Gott “ from Christmas Oratorio
Zikrayati
Sheikh Abul Ela Mohamed Afdihi in Hafidhal Hawa Ow Diya’a
(Lyrics by Ibn Alnabi)
Bach
Percussion improvisation
Adagio after Aria „Wo zwei und drei versammlet sind,“
from Cantata 42
Traditional / Telemann Tala’a Min Beyt Abouha /
Ritornello from Concerto in E Minor
Omar Al-Batsh
J.-B. Lully
Telemann
Ya Malikan
Chaconne from Cadmus et Hermione
Concerto for 4 violins in G Major: Largo—Vivace
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G.F. Handel
Telemann
Traditional
Traditional
Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op.2, No.5: Allegro
Concerto for viola in G Major: Presto
Tish Nign (After an 18th-century source,
from The Book of Klezmer by Yale Strom)
Dulab Bayat
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TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA
Renowned for its dynamic, engaging, and
soulful performances, Tafelmusik is one
of the world’s leading period-instrument
ensembles, performing on instruments
and in styles appropriate for the era of
the music. Last season we welcomed
Music Director Elisa Citterio: only the
second Music Director in Tafelmusik’s
history, she took over from Music Director
Emerita Jeanne Lamon. We are Canada’s
most toured orchestra, having performed
in over 350 cities in 32 countries, and are
proud to call Toronto our home. There
we perform some 80 concerts each year
for a loyal and enthusiastic audience in
diverse venues across the city. The orchestra
is joined in performances by the
critically acclaimed Tafelmusik Chamber
Choir and its director Ivars Taurins.
Tafelmusik seeks to transport audiences
to the baroque and classical periods
through adventurous cross-cultural
collaborations. Our musicians share
their knowledge and experience through
artist-training initiatives such as the
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer and Winter
Institutes. Tafelmusik’s recordings
on the Sony, CBC Records, Analekta, and
Tafelmusik Media labels have garnered
nine JUNOs and numerous international
recording prizes. tafelmusik.org
ELISA
CITTERIO
The brilliant violinist Elisa Citterio joins
Tafelmusik as Music Director last season.
She moved to Toronto from her native
Italy, where she divided her artistic
life between orchestral work and an intense
schedule as a chamber musician.
She has recorded and toured, often as
leader, with such ensembles as Dolce &
Tempesta, Europa Galante, Accademia
Bizantina, Accordone, Zefiro, la Venexiana,
La Risonanza, Ensemble 415, Concerto
Italiano, Orquestra del Monsalvat,
Il Giardino Armonico, and Orchestra Academia
1750. From 2004 she was a member
of the Orchestra del Teatro della Scala
di Milano. Her discography includes
more than 35 recordings of Vivaldi, Bach,
Handel, Corelli, Monteverdi, and Haydn.
ALISON
MACKAY
Alison Mackay, has played the violone
and double bass with Tafelmusik since
1979, is active in the creation of crosscultural
and multi-disciplinary programmes
for the orchestra. A number
of her projects, which include The Four
Seasons, a Cycle of the Sun; The Galileo
Project; House of Dreams, and Tales of
Two Cities: The Leipzig Damascus Coffee
House have been made into feature documentary
films and have toured extensively
around the world. Her musical tale
of adventure, The Quest for Arundo Donax,
was awarded the 2006 JUNO Award for
Children’s Recording of the Year, and she
is the recipient of the 2013 Betty Webster
Award for her contribution to orchestral
life in Canada.
ALON
NASHMAN
Alon Nashman is a performer, director,
and creator of theatre. He is co-creator
of Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music
(Luminato), Hirsch (Stratford Festival)
and Kafka and Son (World Stage). Alon directed
Alphonse (Theatre Direct), and The
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Snow Queen, (for string quartet and narrator,
Banff Centre). Under the banner of
THEATURTLE, Alon’s work has been seen
in New York, London, Prague, Germany,
South Africa’s National Arts Festival,
Iceland’s National Theatre, Vancouver’s
Chutzpah Festival, Winnipeg’s RMTC, Victoria’s
UNO FEST, Ottawa Chamberfest,
Taiwan’s World Stage Design Festival,
and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has
appeared as an actor on stages across
Canada.
TRIO
ARABICA
Trio Arabica (also known as Al Qahwa
Ensemble) features Maryem Tollar on
vocals, qanun and percussion; Demetri
Petsalakis on oud; and Naghmeh Farahmand
on percussion. They perform traditional
songs from Arabic classical and
popular repertoire, including folk songs
from Syria, Egypt, and Iraq, and songs
from the Muwashah tradition, where devotional
poetry is set to exquisite melodies
and hypnotic rhythms which Maryem
learned in Aleppo, Syria. n
TAFELMUSIK
BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA
Violin: Elisa Citterio, Patricia Ahern,
Thomas Georgi, Elizabeth Loewen
Andrews, Christopher Verrette, Julia
Wedman, Cristina Zacharias
Viola: Patrick G. Jordan,
Brandon Chui
Violoncello: Allen Whear, Mime
Yamahiro Brinkmann
Double Bass: Alison Mackay
Oboe: John Abberger, Marco Cera
Bassoon: Dominic Teresi
Harpsichord: Stefano Demicheli
Technical Director: Glenn Davidson
Lighting Associate: Jason Golinsky
Video Operator: Raha Javanfar
Tour & Stage Manager: Beth Anderson
TALES OF TWO CITIES:
THE LEIPZIG-DAMASCUS COFFEE HOUSE
Notes on the Program by Alison Mackay
For centuries, both coffee and music
have been celebrated for their stimulating
properties and their restorative
powers. The development of the coffee
house in the cities of the Middle East and
Europe offered citizens the opportunity
to experience fine music making and coffee
drinking at the same time. This was
particularly true in the German city of
Leipzig and the Syrian capital of Damascus
in the eighteenth century.
Though separated by 3,000 kilometres,
the two cities had a number of fascinating
characteristics in common. Both
lay at the crossroads of ancient trade
routes and became important centres for
international trade fairs.
Photos by Bruce Zinger
Leipzig lay at the intersection of the
Via Regia (the east-west route from Santiago
de Compostela to Kiev and Moscow)
and the Via Imperii (the north-south
route from Rome and Venice to the Baltic
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Sea). Merchants from many countries
of the oldest in Europe and attracted stu-
travelled north to Da-
gives us a welcome
converged on the city three times a year
dents and scholars from all over Germany.
mascus, and by 1540 a
opportunity to explore
with furs, wines, textiles, and books to
The ancient city of Damascus, which
Damascene business-
the wide range of
be sold at trade fairs which were among
had been conquered by the Ottoman
man had opened a cof-
colours and orches-
the most famous in Europe. Hundreds of
Turks in 1516, was a cosmopolitan hub
fee house in Istanbul.
trations in his vast
Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish mer-
of intellectual activity. Scholars speak-
Merchants and diplo-
repertoire of secular
chants who were vital to the economy
ing Arabic, Persian, and Greek used the
mats brought coffee
instrumental
music.
of Leipzig were allowed in the city only
services of the city’s scribes for their
drinking to Europe, and
A stately French over-
at the time of the trade fairs, and they
treatises on medicine, astronomy, and
by 1700 coffee houses
ture begins the pro-
brought their goods from London, Rus-
philosophy. At the Umayyad Mosque, one
had opened in Venice,
gramme, which also
sia, Constantinople, and Spain.
of the largest and holiest centres of wor-
Paris, Amsterdam, Vi-
features music for
Damascus lay at the intersection of
ship in Islam, there were daily lectures
enna, London, and Leipzig.
four unaccompanied violins and a move-
the Via Maris, which linked the Mediter-
on the Koran and on points of philoso-
The year 1701 was a milestone in the
ment from his famous viola concerto
ranean Sea with Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the
phy and law. The Jews and Christians of
history of public performance in Leipzig
(the first known solo concerto for this in-
Far East, and the north-south route from
Damascus were taxed more heavily than
when the young Georg Phillip Telemann
strument). Telemann’s lively imagination
Turkey to Yemen and the Arabian Sea.
Muslims, but they were allowed freedom
arrived in the city to study law. His fasci-
was sparked by the colourful stories in
Travellers to the holy cities of Mecca
of residence and of worship in the city’s
nating autobiographical writings recount
Gulliver’s Travels and Don Quixote, which
and Medina on the hajj, the pilgrimage
ancient churches and synagogues, also
how he took over the direction of a music
were both published in new German
required of devout Muslims once in a
lively centres of scholarly ferment.
club called the Collegium Musicum for the
translations in Leipzig in the early part
lifetime, were provisioned for the ardu-
Leipzig and Damascus had another
students at Leipzig University, many of
of the eighteenth century. His musical
ous journey in Damascus, where impor-
striking feature in common — they both
whom were talented amateur performers.
depictions of Don Quixote’s exploits are
tant trade fairs were established for the
enjoyed a lively tradition of coffee hous-
In 1702, the first public streetlights were
some of the most delightful portrayals
sale of silks, jewels, and coffee from the
es in which the finest musicians of the
installed in the city, making it possible for
of fiction in European music.
Levant and the Far East.
city performed.
respectable people to be out after dark.
Telemann broke his first journey to
Leipzig and Damascus were also
The Arabian coffee shrub, or coffea
Coffee houses soon became a destination
Leipzig in order to make a special stop
both famous centres of scholarship and
Arabica, was native to the highlands of
for refreshments, conversation, and enter-
in nearby Halle to seek out the acquain-
learning. Leipzig was a vital centre for
Ethiopia, but its first recorded cultivation
tainment, and the student musicians and
tance of Georg Friedrich Händel, who
book publishing and the dissemination of
was in Yemen, where members of the
their performances soon became associ-
would have been about sixteen years
literature and philosophy. Its university,
Sufi order drank coffee to stay awake
ated with several local coffee houses.
old at the time. The two became lifelong
specializing in theology and law, was one
during their night-time devotions. Coffee
Telemann’s presence in Leipzig
friends and Händel came to visit Tele-
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mann in Leipzig. We can imagine that
Händel might well have been invited to
take part in the weekly Collegium concert,
and the works which were later
published as a collection of trio sonatas,
Opus 2, are typical of the repertoire
which would have been performed on
such an occasion.
After Telemann moved away from
Leipzig, his ensemble became associated
with a coffee house in the centre of
town run by the confectioner Gottfried
Zimmermann, who purchased a number
of instruments for the use of the students.
In 1729 this ensemble was taken
over by the cantor of St. Thomas’s Choir
School, Johann Sebastian Bach, who
directed weekly concerts for the coffee
house patrons, supplementing the ensemble
of student performers with members
of his family, visiting virtuosi, and
Stadtpfeiffers — elite performers from
the town band. Under Bach’s leadership
the Zimmermann Collegium Musicum
became the most highly respected ensemble
of its kind in Germany.
At this time, the city of Leipzig was
already established as a centre for the
study of Arabic language and literature.
The holdings of the town library included
264 Islamic manuscripts written in Persian,
Arabic, and Turkish, which had been
acquired in 1686 when Saxon troops
plundered the newly conquered Hungarian
city of Buda, which had been part of
the Islamic Ottoman empire since 1541.
In May of 1723, the month that
Bach moved to Leipzig, a young scholar
named Georg Jacob Kehr began to catalogue
these manuscripts. He had learned
Arabic at an amazing institution in Halle,
founded in about 1700 as a social experiment:
it was an educational village of
fifty buildings “for the use of the entire
world.” There was a residence for about
100 orphans, a school for 2,200 girls and
boys of all classes, a teachers’ college, a
hospital and pharmacy, a cabinet of curiosities,
and a “Collegium orientale” — a
college offering instruction in Arabic,
Ancient Greek, and Hebrew. A famous
scholar from Damascus named Sulayman
al-Aswad al-Dimashqi, who was involved
in the first translation of the New
Testament into Arabic and of the Koran
into English, taught for a time in this
institution, a number of whose graduates
became teachers of Arabic in Leipzig in
the time of Bach.
A century later, a student in Arabic
studies from Leipzig University became
the Prussian Consul in Damascus, living
there for fourteen years. During this period
he acquired for the library of his alma
mater a unique and precious collection
of 488 manuscripts, most of which were
copied in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries in Damascus. The socalled
“Refaiya” collection, named after
the family who had the library in their
home, contains books of poetry, biographies,
letters, travelogues, and scientific
treatises, and gives us a valuable
glimpse of intellectual life in Damascus
in the period explored in our concert.
This collection includes a set of
small books that had belonged to a professional
coffeehouse storyteller named
Ahmad ar-Rabbat. These slim volumes
contain stories of the type told in Damascus
coffee houses — epic sagas and
tales from the Arabian Nights which lend
themselves to exciting narration in instalments.
The Scottish physician Patrick
Russell, who practised for twenty-one
years in Syria in the mid-eighteenth century,
has left an arresting description of
the coffee house storyteller’s art:
He recites walking to and fro in the
middle of the coffee room, stopping only
now and then when the expression requires
some emphatical attitude. When
the expectation of the audience is raised
to the highest pitch, he breaks off abruptly,
and makes his escape from the room.
Our performance includes a story
about a destitute migrant who forges a
letter of recommendation to a government
official. This tale as told by Scheherezade
appears in some manuscript
collections of Arabian Nights stories, but
it originates as a moral tale in a work
now known as the Mirror for Princes by
the medieval Islamic philosopher Al-
Ghazali. The Mirror for Princes was part
of the Damascus storyteller Al-Rabbat’s
collection; in another manuscript source
he explains how to dress the coffee
house to set the stage for the storyteller
and accompanying musicians.
We are delighted to welcome Trio
Arabica, which performs songs and instrumental
works from the complex tonal
and rhythmic structures of classical
Arabic music, and from the styles of
traditional music known in Syria which
were influenced by Iraqi and Turkish traditions
in the cosmopolitan mélange that
was a feature of the Ottoman empire.
The Muwashshah is a strophic poetic
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form using Arabic or Hebrew poems set
loosely inspired our theatrical set piece.
letter), and they strikingly omit passages
In the present time, the people of Leipzig
to music, which flourished in the gold-
It is a room with exuberant Islamic de-
in the poem which have overtly religious
and newcomers from Damascus are
en age of Spanish Andalusia. After the
signs and baroque European influences
content so as not to cause discomfort
seeking similarly creative ways to ac-
expulsion of Muslims and Jews from
which was purchased in Damascus in
to Christians or Jews, all of whom spoke
commodate and enrich each other’s cul-
Spain, the form spread throughout the
1899 for the visionary collection of Karl
Arabic in their daily life.
tures in their new and challenging reality.
Middle East and North Africa, but was
Ernst Osthaus, an important cultural re-
The cultures and economies of eigh-
In the process of restoring the Damas-
particularly beloved in Damascus and in
former in Germany. After his death the
teenth-century Europe and the Ottoman
cus Room in Dresden, Anke Scharrahs
the Sufi communities of Aleppo.
room was donated to the Ethnological
empire were often marked by violence,
has trained young Syrian scholars in the
The dulab is a short instrumental
Museum in Dresden in 1930. Its brilliant
intolerance, and slavery. But sometimes
restoration of the historical interiors of
composition based on a set of intervals,
jewel-like colours have recently been re-
ordinary people, including poets, musi-
their homeland. It is her and their dream
or maqam, associated with a certain
stored under the supervision of Dr. Anke
cians, and artists, sought creative ways
that they will one day be able to practise
emotion or mood. A taqsim is an impro-
Scharrahs, who acted as a special advi-
to find common ground and to express
their art and enjoy coffee and music in a
vised instrumental piece which features
sor to our project.
hospitality to people of other traditions.
peaceful Damascus. n
a solo player extemporizing within a
When a Damascene family was liv-
strict tonal framework. In an Iraqi wed-
ing in this room, it would have been a
ding song from the repertoire of the
place for refreshment and relaxation, for
great Baghdad singer Nazem Al Ghazali,
the reception of guests, for recitations
the musicians of Tafelmusik and Trio
of poems, for business transactions, and
Arabica find common ground for play-
for cross-cultural encounters over cof-
ing together. We are honoured to be able
fee. The dividing lines between the an-
to share our stage with musicians who
cient communities of Muslims, Jews, and
inspire us with their skill in improvising,
Christians who had been part of the fabric
their virtuosity, and their dedication to
of Damascus for centuries were blurred,
preserving a beautiful and complex art
and the beautiful calligraphy around the
form from the past.
room betrays a desire to make visitors
Many themes which are woven
from other traditions feel welcome in the
into the Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
house. The inscriptions render selected
project are reflected in the culture of the
verses from a famous poem by Al-Ghaz-
exquisite Damascene room which has
zali (the creator of our story of the forged
Photo by Bruce Zinger
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TRANSLATIONS OF ARABIC SONGS
Badat Min al Khidri
She appeared from the tent in a temple of light
She shines over the moon and puts the moons to shame
From her saliva comes drunkenness and her mouth causes intoxication.
Come back O cup bearer, let us pass the cups
O fill up, O my friend, how beautiful it is to drink with nice companions
She was plentiful but not avaricious to give from the world of lights.
Yamul ‘Uyoun Issoud
I am mesmerized with your black eyes —
Your golden complexion bewitched our hearts.
She came out with her pretty rose dress
and the sun hid when she came out.
Her figure sways like a branch in the breeze —
She walks slowly as if she’s flying slightly above the ground.
She stands at the door crying out “Oh mercy” —
I am not crazy and my mind is sound.
From behind the oven she gives me a loaf of bread
The loaf from the pretty one would last for a year.
Who needs food if he is close to her?
Ya Malikan
You who own my heart, you who have stolen my sleep,
Until when will you deny my love? Enough of this persistence!
I adore you — why do you torture me?
You are the one I seek and want,
Reward me with your closeness and love.
Until when will you keep your distance?
Afdihi in Hafidhal Hawa Ow Diya’a
My life is yours whether your love is there or I have lost it.
You own my heart — what else can I do?
He who did not taste his lover’s cruelty as sweetness
Lived in ignorance of true love and pretended.
You with the pretty face have withered the beautiful patience.
Is there mercy in your heart for someone who adores you
And whose heart is aching?
Is there a way to show you my love
Or to tell you of my agony, or plead?
I feel too shy to plead with you as you got me used to doing.
I do it only because I want your approval.
Tala’a Min Beyt Abouha
Going from her father’s house to the neighbour’s house
She passed me without greeting me. Maybe the pretty one was upset.
I said, “Sweet one, quench my thirst, give me a drink of water.”
She said, “Go away, poor soul — our water will not quench your thirst.”
I told her, “Sweet one, quench my thirst, show me your figure.”
She said, “Go away, poor soul, my figure is like a stem of basil.”
I told her, “Sweet one, quench my thirst — show me your eyes.”
She said, “Go away, poor soul, my eyes are those of a gazelle.”
I told her, “Sweet one, quench my thirst — show me your cheeks.”
She said, “Go away poor soul, my cheeks are like that of a pomegranate.”
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TALES OF TWO CITIES:
THE LEIPZIG-DAMASCUS COFFEE HOUSE
1. Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Lying-in room of a
distinguished Turkish woman. Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam.
2. Photos of flowers and berries of the coffee
arabica plant, used with gracious permission
of Forest and Kim Starr.
3. Coffee fields in Yemen. ©Claudiovidri,
Shutterstock.
4. Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, Whirling dervishes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
5. Footage of modern whirling dervish. ©blueice,
Depositphotos.
6. Footage of Sema ceremony. ©igercelam,
Depositphotos.
7. Images of Mecca and Medina, 18th century,
from Dala’il al-khayrat. Used with permission
of the Open Content Program of the Getty
Research Institute.
8. Anon., Coffee drinkers. Chester Beatty
Library, Dublin, MS T 439.9. ©Trustees of
the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
9. Photos of Venice used with kind permission
of Elizabeth Ganiatsos.
10. Photos of Damascus used with kind permission
of Ross Burns.
11. Venetian glass plate, c.1500. Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam.
12. Syrian glass bowl, 1350-1400. Freer Gallery
of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
D.C.: Purchase — Charles Land Freer
Endowment, F1933-13.
13. Georg Engelhard Schroeder, Mehmet Efendi,
Ottoman ambassador to France, and his
retinue. Pera Museum, Istanbul, ©Heritage
Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock.
Image Credits
All images from the Rijksmuseum in this list used with kind permission
of the museum.
14. Carle Vanloo, The Grand Turk at a concert in
Paris. The Wallace Collection, London, used
with kind permission.
15. Historical maps and 18th-century images
of Leipzig courtesy of the Bach Museum,
Leipzig.
16. Anon., Portrait of Georg Phillip Telemann
with book. Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo
Library/Alamy.
17. Samuel Scott, Shipping in a Choppy Sea,
1753. Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven,
Paul Mellon Collection.
18. Images of gum arabic and oak galls. Photo
by Gert Mothes, courtesy of Bach Museum,
Leipzig.
19. Anon., Caravan of Pilgrims to Mecca and
Medina. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, J.G. de
Groot Jamin Bequest.
20. Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, Jewish
Merchant. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
21. Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, Party of Armenians
playing cards. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
22. Photo of Damascus courtyard with oranges
and flowering vines. ©Jo Whitworth/Alamy
Stock Photo.
23. Leipzig coffee salon, 1744, engraving
by Anna Maria Werner from Lockenraub
by Alexander Pope, translated by Luisa
Gottsched. Used with kind permission of
Leipzig University Library.
24. Images of Meissen coffee cups, used with
permission of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
and The Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Messien cup c.1735, Gardiner Museum,
Gift of George & Helen Gardiner, G83.1.680;
image used with permission of the museum.
25. Cornelis Troost, Portrait of a cellist, 1737.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
26. Julius Henricus Quinkhard, Portrait of
violinist (detail). 1755, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
27. Jean Baptiste Vanmour, Portrait of Reis
Effendi reading, c.1730. Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
28. Warren Chappell, Portrait of Don Quixote
reading. University of Virginia Library, used
with permission.
29. Pieter Mortier Luyken, Don Quixote on
Rosinante, Sancho Panza on donkey, 1696.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
30. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza at sunset.
©deVetal777, Depositphoto
31. Elias Gottlieb Haussmann, Portrait of
J.S. Bach. Stadtgeshichtliches Museum,
Leipzig, Eric Lessing/Art Resource
32. Leipzig Town Councillors. Photos by Gert
Mothes, used with kind permission of the
Stadtgeschictliches Museum Leipzig.
33. Images of Damascene manuscripts from the
Refaiya Collection, Leipzig University Library.
Used with kind permission of the library.
34. Small books from the library of Ahmad
ar-Rabbats, photo by Anke Scharrahs. Used
with kind permission of Anke Scharrahs and
Leipzig University Library.
35. Syrian coffee house, 1756, from Patrick
Russell, The Natural History of Aleppo,
Alexander and Patrick Russell.
36. Video footage of Whirling Dervishes of
Damascus and Ensemble Al Kindi performing
in Leipzig. ©EuroArts 2002. Used
with kind permission of EuroArts Music
International.
37. Images of restoration of Dresden
Damascus Room, photos by Anke
Scharrahs. Used with kind permission
of Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden,
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen
Sachsen, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden.
38. Frederick Leighton, Richard and Isobel
Burton’s House in Damascus. LBRUT,
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, U.K.,
used with permission.
39. Alberto Pasini, Street in Damascus.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, used with
permission.
40. Courtyard in Damascus/Old street in
Damascus. ©pingvin121674, Depositphoto.
41. The court of a house, Damascus, photo by
Chronicle C. Alamy stock photo.
42. Candied fruits at the Al-Bzouriyé souq,
Damascus, photo by J.D. Dallet.Alamy
stock photo.
43. Damascus bazaar at evening, photo by
Images and Stories. Alamy stock photo.
44. Damascus, Bab Touma Quarter, photo by
Michael Falzone. Alamy stock photo.
45. The underground chapel of Ananias of
Damascus, Damascus, photo by Jens
Benninghofen. Alamy stock photo.
46. Azem palace, Damascus, photo by Robert
Preston Photography. Alamy stock photo.
47. Old House, Madhat Pasha, Damascus,
photo by Expuesto – Nichoals Randall.
Alamy stock photo.
48. Damascus courtyard with jasmine, photo
by Anke Scharrahs.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter
Community Arts String Orchestra
CAMA’S CENTENNIAL
100 th and 101 st SEASONS
Honoring CAMA’s 100-year tradition of bringing the finest classical
music in the world to our special community, we invite you to
participate in CAMA’s historic Centennial Celebration.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Lisa-Marie MAzzucco photo
“It’s always been a
great pleasure for
me to perform on the
CAMA series, and
I’m looking forward to
many more visits.
I send you my heartiest
congratulations
on your centennial
season. Bravo!”
—ITZHAK PERLMAN, CO-CHAIR,
CAMA CENTENNIAL
HONORARY ARTISTS COUNCIL
André Previn
We are celebrating CAMA's Centennial by gratefully acknowledging donors who
contribute during CAMA’s 100th and 101st Seasons. Contributions of $250 and
above during this time will be recognized in the Centennial acknowlegements in
Renée Fleming
our concert programs.
Please contact either Elizabeth Alvarez or Nancy Lynn
at (805) 966-4324 to learn more.
London Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas
centennial honorary artists council
Itzhak Perlman
honorary co-chair
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Joshua Bell
Alfred Brendel
Renée Fleming
Daniele Gatti
Richard Goode
Hilary Hahn
Stephen Hough
Olga Kern
Lang Lang
Jerome Lowenthal
Zubin Mehta
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Sir András Schiff
Peter Serkin
Sara Miller McCune
honorary co-chair
Leonard Slatkin
Christian Tetzlaff
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Chris Thile
Michael Tilson Thomas
Dawn Upshaw
André Watts
Pinchas Zukerman
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MAESTRO
$1,000,000 and above
CONCERTMASTER
$500,000–$999,999
CRESCENDO
$250,000–$499,999
Bitsy & Denny Bacon and The Becton Family Foundation
The Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation
CADENZA
$100,000–$249,999
Judith L. Hopkinson
Samuel B. and Margaret C. Mosher Foundation
Ed & Sue Birch / Robert & Christine Emmons
SAGE Publishing
The Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation
George & Judy Writer
RONDO
$50,000–$99,999
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Sara Miller McCune
Jocelyne & William Meeker
Mari & Hank Mitchel
Bob & Val Montgomery
Stephen J.M. & Anne Morris
Cumulative contributions of $50,000 and above during CAMA’s Centennial Seasons
will include Centennial Circle membership.
CONCERTO
$25,000–$49,999
Marta Babson
Suzanne & Russell Bock
Meg & Dan Burnham
The Stephen & Carla Hahn
Foundation
The Walter J. & Holly O.
Thomson Foundation
The Towbes Fund for the
Performing Arts
Patricia Yzurdiaga
SONATA
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Alison & Jan Bowlus
City of Santa Barbara
Bridget Colleary
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J. Griffiths Charitable Fund
Hollis Norris Fund
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Ann Jackson Family
Foundation
Ellen & Peter Johnson
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Kum Su Kim & John Perry
Mary Lloyd & Kendall Mills
Montecito Bank & Trust
John & Ellen Pillsbury
Anne Smith Towbes
The Shanbrom Family
Foundation
Hubert Vos
The CAMA Women’s Board
VIVACE
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Peggy & Kurt Anderson
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Stephen Cloud
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Jeff Young
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Foundation
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Performing Arts Scholarship
Foundation
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Ann M. Picker
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Santa Barbara Foundation
Judith F. Smith
Carrie Towbes & John Lewis
Steven Trueblood
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CAMA’s Centennial spans two concert seasons, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.
The CAMA Board gratefully acknowledges and thanks the generosity of the
CAMA community. Donor lists will be fully updated February 2019.
All cummulative donations of $250 and above through
the 100 th and 101 st Seasons will be listed.
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ADAGIO
$1,000–$2,499
Todd & Allyson Aldrich Family Charitable Fund
Diane Boss
Wendel Bruss
Karen Bushnell
Annette & Richard Caleel
Patricia Clark
Joan & Steven Crossland
Gregory Dahlen III & Christi Walden
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Jill Felber
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Andrea & Ron Gallo
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ANDANTE
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Nell Campbell photo
CAMA Centennial Presidents’ Dinner Sponsors
ROBERT K. MONTGOMERY, President
Bitsy Becton Bacon
with
PAST PRESIDENTS
Judith L. Hopkinson
Arthur R. Gaudi James H. Hurley, Jr. Herbert J. Kendall
Andre Saltoun
Judith F. Smith
With special thanks to
Montgomery Vineyard
HONORING
ARTHUR R. GAUDI
2019 MOZART SOCIETY AWARD
JANUARY 26, 2019
The Mozart Society includes donors who have
gifted $10,000 or more to CAMA's Endowment.
The CAMA Board of Directors gratefully thanks all
contributors for their trust. Through the Centennial
Celebration the Board invites you to join them in their
commitment to ensure the next 100 years of bringing
the world's finest classical music to Santa Barbara.
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FREE TO THE COMMUNITY
OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS
Serving the public at the May 19 event!
This event is made possible through the generous support of
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City of Santa Barbara
SUNKEN GARDENS
at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Sunday, May 19, 2019
1:00 PM–4:00 PM
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MUSIC EDUCATION
MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
$25,000 and above
The Walter J. & Holly O. Thomson Foundation
$10,000–$24,999
Ms. Irene Stone/ Stone Family Foundation
Mary Lloyd & Kendall Mills
$1,000–$9,999
CAMA Women's Board
William H. Kearns Foundation
Stefanie L. Lancaster Charitable Foundation
Sara Miller McCune
Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Miller, Jr. /
The Henry E. & Lola Monroe Foundation
Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation
Westmont College
$100–$999
Becky & William Banning
Lynn P. Kirst
James P. and Shirley F. McFarland Fund
of the Minneapolis Foundation
CAMA Education Endowment
Fund Income
$10,000 AND ABOVE William & Nancy Myers
$1,000–$4,999 Linda Stafford Burrows –
This opportunity to experience great musicians excelling is
given in honor and loving memory of Frederika Voogd Burrows
to continue her lifelong passion for enlightening young people
through music and math.
Kathryn H. Phillips, in memory of Don R. Phillips
Walter J. Thomson/The Thomson Trust
$50–$999
Lynn P. Kirst
Keith J. Mautino
Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation
Marjorie S. Petersen
Volunteer docents are trained by CAMA’s Education Committee Chair, Joan Crossland, to deliver this program to
area schools monthly. Music enthusiasts are invited to learn more about the program and volunteer opportunities.
Call the CAMA office at (805) 966-4324 for more information about the docent program.
Dr. Robert Failing
Mrs. Betty Meyer
Dr. Walter Picker
Ann M. Picker
Tita Lanning
Keith Mautino
Jim Ryerson
Christine Ryerson
Sharon Felber Taylor
Bridget Colleary
Cornelia Chapman
Ellicott Million
Dr. Eric Boehm
Judy Pochini
Michael Towbes
Bridget B. Colleary
Gerd & Peter Jordano
Else (Leinie) Schilling Bard
Joanne C. Holderman
Frederica Vogle Burrows
Linda Stafford Burrows
Professor Frederick F. Lange
MaryAnn Lange
Harold M. Williams
Nancy Englander
Sybil Mueller
Lynn P. Kirst
In honor of
Joan Crossland
NancyBell Coe & Bill Burke
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
Nancy Lynn
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
David Malvinni
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Dr. Robert Sinsheimer
& Karen Sinsheimer
Bob Boghosian &
Beth Gates Warren
Lynn R. Matteson
Lynn P. Kirst
Robert S. Grant
Robert L. Grant
Nan Burns, Dr. Greg Dahlen,
Robert S. Grant
William S. Hanrahan
Susie Vos
Bridget B. Colleary
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The CAMA Women’s Board Presents
A PRE-CONCERT LECTURE SERIES
2018/2019—CENTENNIAL SEASON
Doors to The Granada Theatre will open
for the lecture 15 minutes before lecture.
Lecture seating is limited to the first 100
patrons. First come, first served.
CAMA's Women's Board gratefully
thanks the following supporters!
Symphony Level $5,000
Patricia Yzurdiaga
Sonata Level $1,000
Peter & Rebecca Adams
Mrs. Richard H. Roberts
George & Judy Writer
Rondo Level $100–$500
Anonymous (2)
Bridget B. Colleary
Edward DeLoreto
Karin Nelson & Eugene Hibbs, Jr.
and Maren N. Henle
Joanne C. Holderman
Lois Kroc
Elen & Craig Parton
Andre & Michele Saltoun
Barbara & Sam Toumayan
Nancy & Byron Kent Wood
Esa-Pekka Salonen
March 20, 2019
Wednesday, Lecture begins at 7:00 PM
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, Conductor
The Granada Theatre
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Simon Williams, Professor Emeritus, UCSB
Department of Theater and Dance; Opera
and Theater Critic
April 5, 2019
Friday, Lecture begins at 7:00 PM
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL
ORCHESTRA
THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD, CONDUCTOR
The Granada Theatre
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Adrian Spence,
Artistic Director of Camerata Pacifica
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DIAMOND
$500,000 and above
Anonymous
Bitsy & Denny Bacon and
The Becton Family Foundation
Suzanne & Russell Bock
Linda Brown*
The Andrew H. Burnett
Foundation
Esperia Foundation
The Stephen & Carla Hahn
Foundation
Judith L. Hopkinson
Herbert & Elaine Kendall
The Samuel B. & Margaret C.
Mosher Foundation
Sage Publications
The Elaine F. Stepanek
Foundation
Michael Towbes/The Towbes
Fund for the Performing Arts
SAPPHIRE
$250,000—$499,999
The CAMA Women's Board
Leni Fé Bland
Sara Miller McCune
The Wood-Claeyssens
Foundation
Patricia & Joseph Yzurdiaga
RUBY
$100,000—$249,999
Anonymous
The Adams Family Foundation
Joan C. Benson
Deborah & Peter Bertling
Virginia Castagnola-Hunter
NancyBell Coe & William Burke
Robert & Christine Emmons
Mary & Raymond Freeman
Raye & Melville H. Haskell, Jr.
Hollis Norris Fund
Dolores M. & Immanuel Hsu
Shirley Ann & James H. Hurley, Jr.
Ann Jackson Family Foundation
Janet & Thomas Kelly/Winona
Fund
Shirley & Seymour Lehrer
John & Lucy Lundegard
Jocelyne & William Meeker
Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Miller, Jr./
The Henry E. & Lola Monroe
Foundation
Montecito Bank & Trust
Bob & Val Montgomery
Kathleen & John Moseley/
The Nichols Foundation
Nancy & William G. Myers
Michele & Andre Saltoun
The Santa Barbara Foundation
Jan & John G. Severson
Judith F. & Julian Smith
Jeanne C. Thayer
The Walter J. & Holly O.
Thomson Foundation
Union Bank
Marilyn & H.Wallace Vandever
The Wallis Foundation
Nancy & Byron Kent Wood
George & Judy Writer
EMERALD
$50,000—$99,999
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ruth Appleby
Linda & Peter Beuret
Edward & Sue Birch
Dan & Meg Burnham
Louise & Michael Caccese
Jane & Jack Catlett
Roger & Sarah Chrisman,
Schlinger Chrisman Foundation
Bridget & Robert Colleary
Suzanne & Maurice Faulkner
Arthur R. Gaudi
Sherry & Robert Gilson
George H. Griffiths and Olive J.
Griffiths Charitable Fund
Janette "Dotsy" Main Hellmann
& Richard Hellmann
Joanne C. Holderman
Natalia & Michael Howe
Hutton Parker Foundation
Ellen & Peter Johnson
Lynn P. Kirst & Lynn R. Matteson
Lois Sandra Kroc
Betty & Max Meyer
Stephen J.M. & Anne Morris
Craig & Ellen Parton
Austin H. Peck
Performing Arts Scholarship
Foundation
Marjorie & Hugh Petersen/
La Arcada Trust Corp
Diana & Roger Phillips
Kathryn H. Phillips
Theodore Plute & Larry Falxa
Lady Leslie & Viscount Paul
Ridley-Tree
Barbara & Sam Toumayan
TOPAZ
$25,000—$49,999
Barbara & Edward Bakewell
Helene & Jerry Beaver
Bob Boghosian &
Beth Gates Warren
Alison & Jan Bowlus
Helen & Andrew Burnett
Elizabeth & Andrew Butcher
Huguette Clark
Cecelia & Leonard Dalsemer
Edward DeLoreto and
William DeLoreto
Patricia & Larry Durham
Nancyann & Robert Failing
Priscilla & Jason Gaines
Preston B. & Maurine M.
Hotchkis Family Foundation
The George Frederick
Jewett Foundation
Patricia Kaplan
Elizabeth Karlsberg &
Jeff Young
William H. Kearns Foundation
Jill Doré Kent
Otto Korntheuer/The Harold L.
Wyman Foundation
Laura & Robert Kuhn
Chris Lancashire & Catherine Gee
Lillian & Jon Lovelace
Leatrice & Eli Luria
Marilyn & Frank Magid
Ruth McEwen
Frank McGinity
Sheila Bourke McGinity
Mary & James Morouse
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell
Efrem Ostrow Living Trust
Outhwaite Foundation
Carolyn & Ernest Panosian
John & Ellen Pillsbury
Mary Dell Pritzlaff & John Pritzlaff
Mary Louise & Kenneth W. Riley
The Shanbrom Family Foundation
Anitra & Jack Sheen
Linda Stafford Burrows
Marion & William Stewart
Irene & Robert Stone/Stone Family
Foundation
The Walter J. & Holly O. Thomson
Foundation
Ina & Martin Tornallyay
Carol & Edward R. Valentine
Susie & Hubert Vos
The Elizabeth Firth Wade
Endowment Fund
Marjorie K. & Roderick S. Webster
Westmont College
AMETHYST
$10,000—$24,999
Anonymous
Rebecca & Peter Adams
Christina & David Allison
Peggy & Kurt Anderson
Bernice & Mortimer Andron
Sally & Robert Arthur
Marta Babson
Marjorie & J.W. Bailey
Else Schilling Bard
Joan C. Benson
Leslie & Philip Bernstein
Frank Blue & Lida Light Blue
Toos & Erno Bonebakker
The CAMA Fellows
Margo & Charles Chapman
Chubb Sovereign
Carnzu A. Clark
Nan Burns & Dr. Gregory Dahlen
Karen Davidson, M.D.
Fredericka & Dennis Emory
Julie & William Esrey
Ronald & Rosalind A. Fendon
Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation
David W. Fritzen/DWF Magazines,
DWF Media
International
Catherine H. Gainey
Tish Gainey & Charles Roehm
Dorothy & John Gardner
Kay & Richard Glenn
Corinna Gordon, Larry Dale Gordon
Dorothy & Freeman Gosden
Dianne & Robert S. Grant
Beverly & Bruce Hanna
Dolores & Robert Hanrahan
Lorraine C. Hansen
Margret & David F. Hart
Betty & Stan Hatch
Renee & Richard Hawley
Ruth & Alan Heeger
Karin Nelson & Eugene Hibbs/
Maren Henle
Mary & Campbell Holmes
Elizabeth & Gary Johnson
Glenn Jordan & Michael Stubbs
Martha & Peter Karoff
Mahri Kerley/Chaucer's Books
Linda & Michael Keston
Kum Su Kim
Catherine Lloyd/Actief-cm, Inc.
MaryAnn & Frederick Lange
Dora Anne Little
Cynthia Brown & Arthur Ludwig
Leatrice Luria
Ruth & John Matuszeski
Keith Mautino
Dona & George McCauley
Jayne Menkemeller
Sybil & Russell Mueller
Myra & Spencer Nadler
Fran & John Nielsen
Joanne & Alden Orput
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Partridge
Performing Arts Scholarship
Foundation
Patricia & Carl Perry
John Perry
Justyn & Ray Person
Susan & James Petrovich
Anne & C.Wesley Poulson
Susannah Rake
Jaquelin & Frank Reed
Jack Revoyr
Betty & Don Richardson
Grace Jones Richardson Trust
Dorothy Roberts
The Roberts Bros. Foundation
Regina & Rick Roney
Rebecca Ross
Betty Barrett & John Saladino
William E. Sanson
Maryan & Richard Schall
Nancy & William Schlosser
Pat & Roby Scott
Sally & Jan E.G. Smit
Constance & C.Douglas Smith
Betty J. Stephens
Diane & Selby Sullivan
The Godric Foundation
Joseph Thomas
Milan E. Timm
Carrie Towbes & John Lewis
Mark E. Trueblood
Steven Trueblood
Drs. Shirley & Kenneth Tucker
Barbara & Gary Waer
Lisa Bjornsen Wolf &
David Russell Wolf
Ann & Dick Zylstra
*promised
As of February 14, 2019
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BUSINESS SUPPORTERS
We thank the many businesses that support
CAMA's programs and events!
Laurel Abbott, Berkshire
Hathaway Luxury Properties
Alma Rosa Winey
American Riviera Bank
Babcock Winery
James P. Ballantine
Belmond El Encanto
Bertling Law Group
Bibi Ji
Black Sheep Restaurant
Blue Star Parking
Bon Fortune Style & Events
Brander Vineyard
Wes Bredall
Heather Bryden
Ca' Dario Ristorante
Camerata Pacifica
Casa Dorinda
Cebada Wine
C'est Cheese
Chaucer's Books
Chooket Patisserie
Cottage Health System
Custom Printing
Eye Glass Factory
Felici Events
Finch & Fork
First Republic Bank
Flag Factory of
Santa Barbara
Frequency Wine
Gainey Vineyard
Grace Design Associates
Grassini Family Vineyards
Grimm’s Bluff
Colin Hayward/
The Hayward Group
Steven Handelman Studios
Hogue & Company
Holdren's Catering
Indigo Interiors
Inside Wine Santa Barbara
Islay A/V
Jardesca
Le Sorelle
Lumen Wines
Maravilla/Senior Resource
Group
Michael's Catering
Microsoft® Corporation
Mission Security
Montecito Bank & Trust
Montgomery Vineyard
Northern Trust
Oak Cottage of Santa
Barbara
Oceania Cruises
Olio e Limone/Olio Crudo
Bar/Olio Pizzeria
Opal Restaurant & Bar
Opera Santa Barbara
Pacific Coast Business
Times
Pali Wine Co.
Peregrine Galleries
Performing Arts Scholarship
Foundation
Pete Clements Catering
Presqu’ile Winery
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Renaud's Patisserie & Bistro
Rose Story Farm
Sabine Myers Design
SAGE Publishing
Santa Barbara Choral
Society
Santa Barbara Foundation
Santa Barbara Travel Bureau
Santa Barbara Winery
Stewart Fine Art
The Tent Merchant
The Upham Hotel
UCSB Arts & Lectures
Via Maestra 42
Westmont Orchestra
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