FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019, 8:00 PM
CAMA Presents
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, Music Director
Olga Kern, piano
Since its founding in 1891, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has played an integral role in the musical life of its namesake country, including performing at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in 2004. Known originally as the Scottish Orchestra, the ensemble was awarded Royal Patronage in 1977. Today the orchestra is led by the brilliant Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård serving his first season as music director. The RSNO program will feature symphonies by Sibelius and Prokofiev and also will celebrate Rachmaninoff’s 100th Anniversary in the US with a performance of his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Russian-American piano soloist Olga Kern, the first woman to receive the Gold Medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn Piano Competition, back in 2001.
PROGRAM:
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.105
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, Op.100
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Thomas Søndergård, Music Director
Olga Kern, piano
Friday, April 5, 2019, 8:00 PM
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ROYAL SCOTTISH
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Thomas Søndergård, Music Director
Olga Kern, piano
Friday, April 5, 2019, 8:00 PM
The Granada Theatre (Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts)
JEAN SIBELIUS
(1865–1957)
Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.105
SERGEI
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
(1873–1943) OLGA KERN, piano soloist
INTERMISSION
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, Op.100
(1891–1953)
Program subject to change.
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Olga Kern is a Steinway Artist.
Olga Kern records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi.
Olga Kern’s dresses are designed by Alex Teih.
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R
OYAL SCOTTISH
NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is
Scotland’s national symphonic ensemble
and is one of the country’s five National
Performing Companies. Formed
in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the
company became the Scottish National
Orchestra in 1950, and was awarded Royal
Patronage in 1991. Throughout its history,
the Orchestra has played an integral
part in Scotland's musical life, including
performing at the opening ceremony
of the Scottish Parliament building in
2004. Many renowned conductors have
contributed to its success, including
George Szell, Sir John Barbirolli, Walter
Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme
Järvi, Walter Weller, Alexander Lazarev
and Stéphane Denève. In 2012 the RSNO
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welcomed British-Canadian musician
and conductor Peter Oundjian as its latest
Music Director and Danish conductor
Thomas Søndergård as Principal Guest
Conductor. 2012 also saw the appointments
of two new Leaders, James Clark
and Maya Iwabuchi.
The RSNO performs across Scotland,
including concerts in Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness.
The Orchestra appears regularly at the
Edinburgh International Festival and at the
BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Recent appearances in England have included
performances at Manchester’s
Bridgewater Hall, Leeds Town Hall, The
Sage, Gateshead and at The Sands Centre,
Carlisle. In 2012 it undertook a weeklong
residency in Shetland as part of the
Cultural Olympiad, providing the most
northerly UK cultural activity leading up
to the 2012 Olympic Games. The RSNO
regularly appears at the St Magnus Festival,
Orkney, and has made recent tours
to France, Germany, Spain, Austria, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and Serbia. In
December 2012 and January 2013 the Orchestra
undertook its first mainland Asia
visit with a hugely successful tour of China
with Peter Oundjian.
The Orchestra is joined for choral
performances by the RSNO Chorus,
directed by Timothy Dean. The RSNO
Chorus evolved from a choir formed in
1843 to sing the first full performance
of Handel’s Messiah in Scotland. Today,
the RSNO Chorus is one of the most distinguished
large symphonic choruses
in Britain, with a membership of around
160. The Chorus has performed nearly
every work in the standard choral repertoire
along with contemporary works by
renowned composers, including John
Adams, Magnus Lindberg, Howard Shore
and James MacMillan.
The acclaimed RSNO Junior Chorus,
formed in 1978 by Jean Kidd, also performs
regularly alongside the Orchestra.
Since 1994 it has been directed by popular
Chorus Director, Christopher Bell, and
has expanded its membership to almost
300, with members aged from eight to
eighteen. It has built up a considerable
reputation singing under some of the
world’s most distinguished conductors
and appearing on radio and television.
The RSNO has a worldwide reputation
for the quality of its recordings, receiving
two Diapason d'Or de l'année Awards for
Symphonic Music (Denève/Roussel 2007;
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Denève/Debussy 2012) and eight Grammy
Award nominations over the last decade.
Over 200 releases are available, including
the complete symphonies of Sibelius
(Gibson), Prokofiev (Järvi), Glazunov (Serebrier),
Nielsen and Martinů (Thomson),
Roussel (Denève) and the major orchestral
works of Debussy (Denève).
The RSNO’s Learning and Engagement
team deliver progressive participatory
music-making activities across
Scotland, from Selkirk to Shetland, working
with all ages and abilities. With a program
of activity available for new-borns
and onwards, the team are committed
to delivering the highest quality workshops
as well as nurturing and developing
new talent. From schools and nursery
concerts, to community workshops
and annual residencies during which the
Orchestra embeds itself at the center
of Scottish communities, the team connects
the Orchestra, its music and musicians
with the people of Scotland. n
THOMAS
SØNDERGÅRD
Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård
is Music Director of Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, after six seasons as
Principal Guest Conductor. He served
as Principal Conductor of BBC National
Orchestra of Wales (BBCNOW) from September
2012 – August 2018, and prior to
this, as Principal Conductor and Musical
Advisor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
for three seasons.
Thomas has conducted many leading
orchestras, including London Philharmonic
Orchestra, BBC Symphony,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London
Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia
Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Danish National
Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic and Gewandhausorchester
Leipzig, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
photo by © Mark Hamilton
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Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Bamberger
Symphoniker; leading tours with
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and European
Union Youth Orchestra; Rotterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra, Nederlands
Philharmonisch Orkest, Orchestre
Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Brussels
Philharmonic; Swedish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Orchestre National d'Ile
de France; Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony
and Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
The 2018/19 season includes his debuts
with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
joined by Alexander Gavrylyuk, New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra, Orchestre National
de France and Tapiola Sinfonietta. He
makes return visits to Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Danish
National Symphony Orchestra, the
orchestra of the Royal Danish Academy
Copenhagen, Swedish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Bayerische Staatsoper (Turandot)
and Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlioz’s
Romeo and Juliet). Plans with
RSNO include tours to China and the
United States, premieres of new commissions
and Marsalis’ Violin Concerto with
Nicola Benedetti.
Recent highlights include debuts
with Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin,
Bern Symphony Orchestra, Gurzenich-
Orchester Köln, SWR Baden-Baden, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Strasbourg
and return visits to Sydney Symphony
Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole
de Toulouse and the revival of The
Magic Flute with Norwegian Opera.
A passionate supporter of the music
of Carl Nielsen, his most recent programme
with Swedish Radio Symphony
Orchestra (Symphony No.5) received
wide praise as “equal of the great pioneers
of Nielsen interpretation… It’s
harder to imagine a finer performance of
this remarkable symphony” (Dagens Nyheter).
As part of the 2015 anniversary
celebrations of both Sibelius and Nielsen
he conducted a wide variety of works by
these two composers with many leading
orchestras. In 2019 he will participate in
a special concert to celebrate Nielsen’s
work with the Royal Danish Academy of
Music Copenhagen.
Thomas is also an experienced opera
conductor at home in mainstream
and contemporary repertoire. Previous
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opera includes Bayerische Staatsoper
(Turandot), Norwegian Opera (Die Zauberflöte),
Deutsche Oper Berlin (world
premiere of Scartazzini's Edward II) and
Tosca, Turandot (Nina Stemme) and Les
dialogues des Carmelites for Kungliga
Operan (Royal Swedish Opera). He was
described as “a sensation” at his debut
with the Royal Danish Opera conducting
Ruders’ opera Kafka’s Trial: “He is one of
the best things that has happened to the
art of opera for many years” and subsequent
productions there have included Il
barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro, La
bohème, Cunning Little Vixen and Il viaggio
a Reims.
Releases with BBCNOW include Sibelius
Symphonies 1, 2, 6 & 7 and most
recently a disc which shines light on Sibelius’
tone poems and theatre music,
featuring Finlandia and Valse Triste (Linn
Records). Other noteworthy recordings
include Vilde Frang’s celebrated first recording
for EMI, and Ruders’ Piano Concerto
No.2 on Bridge Records which was
nominated for a Gramophone Award in
2011. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious
Queen Ingrid Foundation Prize for
services to Music in Denmark. Due for
release shortly are the Lutoslawski and
Dutilleux cello concertos with Johannes
Moser and Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester
Berlin for Pentatone. n
OLGA KERN piano
Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is
now recognized as one of her generation’s
great pianists. She jumpstarted her
U.S. career with her historic Gold Medal
win at the Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition in Fort Worth, Texas as
the first woman to do so in more than
thirty years.
First prize winner of the Rachmaninoff
International Piano Competiphoto
by © Chris Lee
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tion at seventeen, Ms. Kern is a laureate
of many international competitions. In
2016 she served as Jury Chairman of
both the Seventh Cliburn International
Amateur Piano Competition and the
first Olga Kern International Piano Competition,
where she also holds the title
of Artistic Director. Ms. Kern frequently
gives masterclasses and since September
2017 has served on the piano faculty
of the prestigious Manhattan School
of Music.
For the 2018-19 season, Kern will
perform with the Moscow Philharmonic,
Santa Fe Symphony, and the St. Louis
Symphony, as well as opening Pacific
Symphony’s season. Olga will also be
featured soloist with the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, both in Glasgow, and
on their Spring 2019 US tour. She will appear
in recitals in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit,
Southern California, Zurich, and Milan.
In recent seasons, Kern served as
Artist in Residence for the San Antonio
Symphony's 2017-18 season , had her
Chinese debut with the National Youth
Orchestra of China tour, performed concerts
with Detroit Symphony, Pacific
Symphony, Colorado Symphony, the
State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra,
Stuttgart Philharmonic, Tivoli Symphony
Orchestra, and La Jolla Music
Festival, and recitals in Santa Fe, New
Haven, Scottsdale, and San Francisco.
Ms. Kern opened the Baltimore Symphony's
2015-2016 centennial season
with Marin Alsop. Other season highlights
included returns to the Royal
Philharmonic with Pinchas Zukerman,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice with
Giancarlo Guerrero, a month-long tour
of South Africa for concerts with the
Cape and KwaZulu Natal philharmonics,
an Israeli tour with the Israel Symphony,
solo recitals at Sarasota's Van Wezel
Hall, New York's 92nd Street Y, and the
University of Kansas' Lied Center, and
recitals with Renée Fleming in Carnegie
Hall and Berkeley.
Ms. Kern’s discography includes her
Grammy Nominated recording of Rachmaninoff’s
Corelli Variations and other
transcriptions (2004), Brahms Variations
(2007) and Chopin Piano Sonatas
Nos.2 and 3 (2010). She was featured in
the award-winning documentary about
the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing
on the Edge. n
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Born December 8, 1865,
in Hameenlinna (Tavastehus)
Died September 20, 1957,
in Jarvenpaa, near Helsinski
Symphony No.7, Op.105, C major
Sounds of nature pervade Sibelius’ orchestral
works: the calls of swans and
cranes, or wind rustling through leaves
and screaming through pine-tops. But
Sibelius looked deeper, to the very processes
of the natural world, for inspiration.
Rivers fascinated him: ‘I should
like to compare the symphony to a
river’, he wrote in his diary in 1912. ‘It
is born from various rivulets that seek
each other and in this way the river proceeds
wide and powerful toward the
sea.’ ‘But where do we get the water’,
he asks? Another entry provides an answer:
‘The musical thoughts – the motives,
that is – are the things that must
create the form and stabilise my path.’
In jottings like this, Sibelius was
clearly trying to define something that
he had already begun to notice in his
own music. In the slow movement of
his Fourth Symphony (1911) his ‘musical
thoughts’ had led him to create
a new kind of form – one could call it
‘variations in search of a theme’. Then
in the Fifth (1914-19) Sibelius arrived at
a still more original idea: a moderately
paced first movement which builds up
momentum like a river approaching rapids,
eventually boiling over into a thrilling
accelerating scherzo. But it was with
the Seventh Symphony (1924) that this
process of fusing separate ‘movements’
into a single, organic unity was to reach
its ultimate expression.
The most immediately striking feature
of the Seventh Symphony - apart
from its famous, noble trombone theme
- is that it is in one continuous move-
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ment. Granted Sibelius wasn’t the first
composer to attempt a symphonic
structure in one movement. There
was already a magnificent example in
Schoenberg’s First Chamber Symphony
(1906). In the Schoenberg, however, it
is easy to pick out sections which resemble
the traditional symphonic first
movement, scherzo, slow movement
and so on. Sibelius’ Seventh follows a
different, much more river-like course.
The speed and character of the music
change frequently, but the different sections
(if ‘sections’ is the right word) are
so skillfully dovetailed that it is virtually
impossible to say where one begins and
another ends.
Arriving at this radical new kind of
symphonic structure was a struggle.
And when Sibelius had finished it, he
was suddenly overcome with doubt:
had he gone too far this time – was
this really a ‘symphony’ at all? When
the work first appeared in 1924, Sibelius
cautiously gave it another title,
Fantasia Sinfonica. But the work’s success
gave him courage, and Sibelius
was soon referring to it as ‘the Seventh
Symphony’.
The Symphony’s originality becomes
obvious as soon as one tries to
describe its form: one could say that
three Adagio sections - each centred on
the magnificent trombone theme mentioned
above – merge into and emerge
from two faster episodes. But even that
is too simple. At the very beginning, after
the expectant rising string scale that
starts the process, the woodwind, horn
and string phrases seem initially to be
moving at slightly different speeds –
like objects borne along on the different
currents and eddies of a great river.
After the trombone theme makes its
climactic appearance, the initial Adagio
gradually mutates into a rapid, scherzo-like
Vivacissimo. But then the dancing
string figures begin to move more
smoothly, and the trombone theme
is heard again, now in the minor. The
strings still seem to be moving quite
fast, but the trombone theme retains
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its original monumental grandeur – to
borrow an image from Sibelius’ sketchbook,
it is like seeing the moon through
swirling storm-clouds.
After this moment of vision, the
music surges on into an Allegro molto
moderato. This seems steady enough
for a while, but then comes a pause,
and a sudden gear-change (the only
one in the entire Symphony): leading
to a long Presto crescendo powered
by driving string figures and the rising
scale that began the symphony (now
on horns). Through these the trombone
theme returns in full, this time
in the original sunlit C major. There is
an elemental climax, then the clouds
vanish and high strings initiate a slow,
chorale-like winding down. A brief
reminiscence of the trombone theme
leads to a moment of hush (woodwind
and strings), before the music settles
firmly in C major for the rock-like final
cadence.
© Stephen Johnson
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SERGEI
RACHMANINOFF
Born April 1, 1873 in Semyonovo
Died March 28, 1943 in Beverly Hills
Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini, Op.43
The inspiration
Rachmaninov’s 1934 Rhapsody consists
of 24 variations on a pithy but
memorable tune by 18th-century Italian
violinist Nicolò Paganini (1782-
1840): his 24th Caprice for solo violin
— itself a theme with variations. Rachmaninov
was not the first to see the
melody's potential for further invention,
with Brahms and Liszt both basing
virtuoso piano works on it, and when
the choreographer Michael Fokine suggested
to him that they collaborate on
a ballet, Rachmaninov pushed hard for
the Rhapsody, elaborating on his own
imagined visual scenario: ‘Consider
the Paganini legend – about the sale
of his soul to the evil spirit in exchange
for perfection in art, and for a woman.
All variations on the Dies Irai would be
for the evil spirit.’
The music
There is certainly a devilish quality
about the opening, presenting in skeletal,
mysterious form the bare ‘bones’ of
Paganini’s tune. After this first variation
the theme itself is heard plainly on the
violins, sharpened by some initial brittle
notes from the soloist. The piano then
resumes the variations, rudely pinging
out the first phrases of the theme before
dashing away in exuberant scales.
Rachmaninov now begins to totally
break down Paganini’s tune, often exploiting
stark contrasts of texture and
technique between piano and orchestra.
One moment, the soloist plays a nonchalant,
almost lazy foil to a feverishly chat-
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tering woodwind section – while in the
next, it is full of elfin humour and impatient
rushings over sober strings. Much
of the dramatic impetus comes from
the juxtaposition of the Paganini music
with a tune based on the medieval Dies
Irai plainchant; this first appears in the
seventh variation in the piano’s sober,
somehow monastic chords, with doleful
commentary from a bassoon.
The piece is notable not only for
Rachmaninov’s tireless, febrile creativity
with his material, but also for the
orchestral variety and colour. In the demonic
ninth variation, for example, the
strings conjure unearthly sounds from
the wooden edge of their bows joined
by nasty, cheeping woodwinds, and then
an anxiously tapping cymbal. Effects of
the greatest delicacy abound too; when,
out of a silence, single plucked violin
tones begin to tread forward, a gently
poised minuet begins, featuring yearning
solos from clarinet, horn and cellos.
The actual methods by which Rachmaninov
varies the theme are often disarmingly
simple; the tune of the muchloved
eighteenth variation is formed
by merely turning the first five notes
of the Paganini theme upside down!
SERGEI
PROKOFIEV
© Robin Versteeg
Born April 23, 1891 in Sontzovka, Ukraine
Died March 5, 1953 in Moscow
Symphony No.5, Op.100,
B-flat major
In 1936 Prokofiev, with his family, made
a final return to the Soviet Union to settle
for good. While he had the undoubted
satisfaction of being at home in his
native land, with the added stimulus
of the fellowship of his countrymen after
years of wandering, the remaining
17 years of his life were far from easy.
Prokofiev’s return coincided with some
difficult times in the musical and artistic
life of the Soviet Union, from which
his emeritus status was by no means
a guarantee of protection. But despite
these difficulties in working circumstances
and the reception of compositions,
there were also stimulating times
for the composer. In the late 1930s Prokofiev
began his historic collaboration
with the film director Sergey Eisenstein
and a remarkably successful encounter
with socialist realism in the Cantata for
the Twentieth Anniversary of the October
Revolution (1937), even if the work was
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not deemed sufficiently socialist or realist
by the authorities.
The early 1940s were marked by
personal misfortune for Prokofiev. In
Spring 1941 he had a number of heart
attacks. Along with his physical disability
came the dissolution of his marriage
and evacuation to the remoter parts of
the Soviet Union as part of a policy to
remove the artistic community from the
immediate effects of the War. But these
were also productive years in which he
composed the monumental opera based
on Tolstoy’s War and Peace and the ballet
Cinderella.
The same period of difficulty and
constraint saw the composition of the
Fifth Symphony in B flat. It was composed
in 1944 and premiered on 13 January
1945 with Prokofiev conducting - his
last public performance. The success
which greeted the unveiling of this work
was very much the high summer of the
composer’s career in the Soviet Union.
The enthusiastic reception was genuine
and heartfelt, and the Symphony has
maintained a hold on the repertoire both
in Russia and abroad. The contemporary
fate of the Symphony stood in marked
contrast to Prokofiev’s next attempt at
the genre. The Sixth Symphony, along
with Shostakovich’s Eighth, was branded
as ‘formalist’. And 1948 saw the widespread
condemnation of much of the
composer’s work and his gradual retreat
from public life.
Prokofiev was well aware of the significance
of his Fifth Symphony. In an
introduction to a broadcast of the work
in 1945 he mentioned that it was his first
work in the genre for 16 years. He went
on to say that he conceived it as an expression
of ‘the greatness of the human
spirit’. That his view of the ‘human spirit’
was clearly optimistic is evident from
the prevalent tone of the score, most
especially in the final movement. But
occasional moments of darkness and
introspection indicate a rounded view
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of humanity in what must be considered
one of Prokofiev’s most successful
works.
The gentle lyrical opening generates
much of the material of the first movement,
including some vigorous development.
The broad return of the main theme
leads to a grand, march-like peroration.
While the first movement breathes the air
of joyful aspiration, the scherzo-like second
communicates through its charm
and wit; its graceful central section has
clear affinities with the music for Cinderella,
composed shortly before the
Symphony. The Adagio continues in the
same vein of sustained lyricism, with the
brief tension of the middle section giving
way to a grand and dignified climax. The
Finale begins modestly enough, with
some delicately orchestrated introductory
gestures before the violas introduce
the body of the movement. The breezy
main theme appears first in the clarinet
before it is taken up by the other sections
of the orchestra. The prevalent tone is
light and understated, with Prokofiev
keeping the full force of the orchestra in
check apart from occasional moments
of development. The end comes abruptly
after some strangely comic cadence
gestures from an orchestra reduced
to soloists. n
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Thomas Sondergard Conductor
Olga Kern Piano
1 ST VIOLIN
Maya Iwabuchi
Leader
Emily Davis
Tamás Fejes
Assistant Leader
Lena Zeliszewska
Patrick Curlett
Barbara Paterson
Jane Reid
Caroline Parry
Ursula Heidecker Allen
Tania Passendji
Elizabeth Lloyd
Lorna Rough
Susannah Lowdon
Alan John
2 ND VIOLIN
Xander van Vliet
Principal
Jacqueline Speirs
Jessica Ling
Marion Wilson
Christopher Ffoulkes
Nigel Mason
Michael Rigg
Paul Medd
Anne Bünemann
Sophie Lang
Liam Lynch
Alice Rickards
VIOLA
Tom Dunn Principal
Luba Tunnicliffe
Benjamin Kaminski
Susan Buchan
Rik Evans
Lisa Rourke
Claire Dunn
Nicola McWhirter
Maria Trittinger
Francesca Hunt
CELLO
Aleksei Kiseliov Principal
Betsy Taylor
Arthur Boutillier
William Paterson
Ruth Rowlands
Rachael Lee
Miranda Phythian-Adams
Laura Sergeant
DOUBLE BASS
Ana Cordova Principal
Margarida Castro
Michael Rae
Paul Sutherland
Sally Davis
Paul Speirs
FLUTE
Katherine Bryan Principal
Helen Brew
Janet Richardson Principal
Piccolo
OBOE
Adrian Wilson Principal
Peter Dykes
Mike Austin Cor Anglais
CLARINET
Matt Glendening
Guest Principal
Robert Fairley
Robert Digney
Eflat Clarinet
Duncan Swindells Principal
Bass Clarinet
BASSOON
David Hubbard Principal
Luis Eisen
Paolo Dutto Contrabassoon
HORN
Christopher Gough Principal
Alison Murray
Andrew McLean
David McClenaghan
Martin Murphy
TRUMPET
Christopher Hart Principal
Marcus Pope
Jason Lewis
Andrew Connell-Smith
TROMBONE
Dávur Juul Magnussen
Principal
Lance Green
Alastair Sinclair
Principal Bass Trombone
TUBA
John Whitener Principal
TIMPANI
Paul Philbert Principal
PERCUSSION
John Poulter
Associate Principal
Tom Hunter
Stuart Semple
Philip Hague
Julian Wolstencroft
HARP
Pippa Tunnell
PIANO & CELESTE
Lynda Cochrane
STAFF
Angela Moreland – Interim
Chief Executive
Bill Chandler – Interim
Deputy Chief Executive
Michael Cameron – Driver
and Assistant Stage
Manager
Bekah Cork – Artistic
Planning & Tours Manager
Ewen McKay – Head of
Orchestra Management
Fiona McLeod – Head of
Major Gifts
Daniel Pollitt –
Communications Manager
Craig Swindells – Stage &
Production Manager
Junping Qian – Assistant
Conductor
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MASTERSERIES
AT THE LOBERO THEATRE
SEASON SPONSORSHIP: ESPERIA FOUNDATION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019, 8:00 PM
Augustin Hadelich violin
Orion Weiss piano
Named “Instrumentalist of the Year” for 2018 by Musical America,
Augustin Hadelich has firmly established himself as one of the world’s
great violinists – and one of classical music’s most inspiring performers. His
many honors also include a 2016 Grammy® and the inaugural 2015 Warner
Prize. He returns to CAMA for the 4th consecutive year following his riveting
performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony
at The Granada Theatre last season and will once again be playing the
“Kiesewetter” Stradivarius violin.
PROGRAM:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23
Claude Debussy: Sonata in G minor (1917)
Francisco Coll: Hyperlude V (2014) (solo violin)
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata in E major for Solo Violin, Op.27, No.6, “Manuel Quiroga”
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100
Claude Debussy: L’isle joyeuse (1904) (solo piano)
John Adams: Road Movies (1995)
Co-Sponsors
Jocelyne & William Meeker
Stephen J.M. & Anne Morris
Concert Partner
Lois Sandra Kroc
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© Benjamin Brolet
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2019, 8:00 PM
Mischa Maisky cello
Lily Maisky piano
Kasskara ©Deutsche Grammophon
Lauded by The Guardian for his “dazzling precision, fleet brilliance, and tender lyricism”, Latvianborn
Israeli cello master Mischa Maisky is considered by many worldwide to be one of the
handful of greatest living cellists. He has the distinction of being the only cellist in the world
to have studied with both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky and to carry on the
deep musical legacy of these two great 20th Century Russian masters of the cello. His romantic
emotion and absolute musical commitment carry the command of a true artist. It is fitting that
Mischa Maisky will return by popular demand to the historic Lobero for the closing recital of
CAMA’s historic 100th Concert Season.
PROGRAM:
Robert Schumann: Five Pieces in the Folk Style, Op.102
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, Op.99
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Mélodie in E major, Op.3, No.3 (transcription by Mischa Maisky)
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14
Rachmaninoff: Elégie, Op.3, No.1 (transcription by Mischa Maisky)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40 (1934)
Co-Sponsor: Ellen & Craig Parton Concert Partner: Raye Haskell Melville
TICKETS (805) 963-0761 lobero.com
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Anne-Sophie Mutter
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Santa Barbara Band
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.
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
our concert programs.
Please contact either Elizabeth Alvarez or Nancy Lynn
at (805) 966-4324 to learn more.
Renée Fleming
Michael Tilson Thomas
André Previn
London Philharmonic
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
centennial honorary artists council
Itzhak Perlman
honorary co-chair
Sara Miller McCune
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
Leonard Slatkin
Christian Tetzlaff
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Chris Thile
Michael Tilson Thomas
Dawn Upshaw
André Watts
Pinchas Zukerman
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DONORS
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
George & Judy Writer
RONDO
$50,000–$99,999
Anonymous
Deborah & Peter Bertling
Meg & Dan Burnham
NancyBell Coe & William Burke
Lois Sandra Kroc
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.
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CONCERTO
$25,000–$49,999
Marta Babson
Suzanne & Russell Bock
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
George H. Griffiths and Olive
J. Griffiths Charitable Fund
Hollis Norris Fund
Natalia & Michael Howe
Ann Jackson Family
Foundation
Ellen & Peter Johnson
Herbert & Elaine Kendall
Kum Su Kim & John Perry
Mary Lloyd & Kendall Mills
The Henry E. and Lola Monroe
Foundation
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
Elizabeth & Andrew Butcher
Louise & Michael Caccese
Stephen Cloud
Edward DeLoreto
Elizabeth Karlsberg &
Jeff Young
Jill Doré Kent
Mahri Kerley/Chaucer's Books
ALLEGRO
$2,500–$4,999
Helene & Jerry Beaver
Shelley & Mark Bookspan
Bob Boghosian &
Beth Gates Warren
Suzanne & Peyton Bucy
Roger & Sarah Chrisman, Schlinger
Chrisman Foundation
Fredericka & Dennis Emory
Ronald & Rosalind A. Fendon
Mary & Raymond Freeman
Priscilla & Jason Gaines
Dorothy & John Gardner
Shirley Ann & James H. Hurley, Jr.
William H. Kearns Foundation
Connie & Richard Kennelly
Chris Lancashire &
Catherine Gee
Raye Haskell Melville
Craig & Ellen Parton
Irene & Robert Stone/Stone
Family Foundation
Barbara & Sam Toumayan
Winona Fund
Zegar Family Fund—In honor
of CAMA’s 100th Anniversary and in
appreciation of their friendship with
Daniel P. Burnham
Lynn P. Kirst
Lois Kroc
Stefanie Lancaster Charitable
Foundation
MaryAnn Lange
Shirley & Seymour Lehrer
Dona & George McCauley
Performing Arts Scholarship
Foundation
Diana & Roger Phillips
Ann M. Picker
Dorothy Roberts
Santa Barbara Foundation
Judith F. Smith
Carrie Towbes & John Lewis
Steven Trueblood
(Continued next page.)
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.
Please call Elizabeth Alvarez should you notice any errors on these pages – (805) 276-8270.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DONORS
(Continued from previous page)
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
Jan Davis-Hadley
Margaret & Ronald Dolkart
Wendy & Rudy Eisler
Nancy Englander
Katina Etsell
Nancyann & Robert Failing
Margo & Bob Feinberg
Jill Felber
Catherine H. Gainey
Andrea & Ron Gallo
David Hamilton
Renee & Richard Hawley
Maison K
Karin Nelson & Eugene Hibbs/Maren Henle
Gerhart Hoffmeister
Joanne C. Holderman
Jackie Inskeep
Diane Johnson
Gerd & Peter Jordano
James Kearns
Sally Kinney
Karin Jacobson & Hans Koellner
Kathryn Lawhun & Mark Shinbrot
Dora Anne Little
Cynthia Brown & Arthur Ludwig
Nancy & James Lynn
Gloria & Keith Martin
Maureen Masson
Ruth & John Matuszeski
Karine & Donald McCall
Frank McGinity
Sally & George Messerlian
Russell Mueller
Northern Trust
Ellen Lehrer Orlando & Thomas Orlando
Gail Osherenko & Oran Young
Patti Ottoboni
Anne & Daniel Ovadia
Donald Rink
Tiffany & Justin Rizzo-Weaver
Regina & Rick Roney
Ada B. Sandburg
Santa Barbara Foundation
Anitra & Jack Sheen
Barbara & Wayne Smith
Marion Stewart
Milan E. Timm
Mark E. Trueblood
UCSB—Department of Music,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Esther & Tom Wachtell
Barbara & Gary Waer
Sheila Wald
Nick & Patty Weber
Dr. Robert Weinman
Judy L. Weisman
Westmont College
Victoria & Norman Williamson
Nancy & Byron Kent Wood
Cheryl & Peter Ziegler
Ann & Dick Zylstra
ANDANTE
$250–$999
Sylvia Abualy
Antoinette & Shawn Addison
Jyl & Allan Atmore
Howard A. Babus
Becky & William Banning
Patricia & Richard Blake
Edith M. Clark
Lavelda & Lynn Clock
Betsy & Kenneth Coates
Michael & Ruth Ann Collins
Nancy Donaldson
Michael K. Dunn
Ann & David Dwelley
Meg & Jim Easton
Julia Emerson
Thomas & Doris Everhart
Eunice & J. Thomas Fly
Ghita Ginberg
Nancy & Frederic Golden
Robert Hanrahan
Lorna S. Hedges
Glenn Jordan & Michael Stubbs
Debbie & Frank Kendrick
June & William Kistler
Christie & Morgan Lloyd
Barbara & Ernest Marx
Phyllis Brady & Andy Masters
Jeffrey McFarland
Patriicia & William McKinnon
Christine & James V. McNamara
Andrew Mester
James P. And Shirley F. McFarland Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Peter L. Morris
Mrs. Raymond King Myerson
Maureen O'Rourke
Hensley & James Peterson
David & Dottie Pickering
Minie & Hjalmar Pompe van Meerdervoort
Patricia & Robert Reid
Rotary Club of Montecito Foundation, Inc.
Lynn & Mark Schiffmacher
Naomi Schmidt
Maureen & Les Shapiro
Halina W. Silverman
Paul and Delia Smith
Linda Stafford Burrows
Beverly & Michael Steinfeld
Jacqueline & Ronald Stevens
Elaine Sweet
Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin
Mary H. Walsh
Lorraine & Stephen Weatherford
Grace & Edward Yoon
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CENTENNIAL
BIRTHDAY BASH
FREE TO THE COMMUNITY
This event is made possible through the generous support of
SAGE Publishing
The Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation
City of Santa Barbara
SUNKEN GARDENS
at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Sunday, May 19, 2019
1:00 PM–4:00 PM
While this event is free and open to the public, for planning purposes we ask that you
RSVP to events@camasb.org with the number in your party. Thank you!
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OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS
Serving the public at the May 19 event!
30 CENTENNIAL SEASON CELEBRATION
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
In honor of
Joan Crossland
NancyBell Coe & Bill Burke
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
Nancy Lynn
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
David Malvinni
Carolyn & Dennis Naiman
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.
MEMORIAL GIFTS
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
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
Ellen & Craig Parton
Andre & Michele Saltoun
Barbara & Sam Toumayan
Nancy & Byron Kent Wood
April 5, 2019
Friday, Lecture begins at 7:00 PM
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL
ORCHESTRA
THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD, CONDUCTOR
The Granada Theatre
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
ROBERT KOENIG, Professor and Vice Chair,
Department of Music, UC Santa Barbara.
Lecture will begin at 7:00 PM; doors to The Granada
Theatre will open for the lecture at 6:45 PM.
Lecture seating is limited to the first 100 patrons.
First come, first served.
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MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
LIFETIME GIVING
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
As of February 14, 2019
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Westmont College, Trinity Episcopal Church,
CAMA, and American Guild of Organists Present
CHOIR OF NEW COLLEGE OXFORD
in concert Wednesday April 10, 7:00 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church
1500 State Street, Santa Barbara
$20 general admission; $10 students
www.westmont.edu/music | 805-565-6040
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LIFETIME GIVING
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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Presenting the world’s finest classical artists since 1919
CELEBRATING
CAMA's CENTENNIAL
by Hattie Beresford
Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial
commemorates the CAMA story
with hundreds of images and engaging
tales of the spectacular musical performances
brought to the the stages of Santa Barbara’s concert halls.
Beautiful music, exciting music, profound music — Community
Arts Music Association has been bringing this gift to Santa Barbara for
100 years. Born in the dark days following World War I, flourishing during
the Roaring Twenties, and eluding demise during the Great Depression,
CAMA has endured through a story of struggle, survival and triumph as
compelling as the world-renowned music and performers it brought.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Besides writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for
over a decade, Hattie Beresford has written two issues of Noticias
and co-edited My Santa Barbara Scrap Book, the memoir of artist
Elizabeth Eaton Burton, for the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Her
most recent book, The Way It Was: Santa Barbara Comes of Age, is a
collection of a few of her nearly 300 articles written for the Journal.
ON SALE NOW
AT CHAUCER'S BOOKS
$30.00 + tax
MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
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
Chocolats du CaliBressan
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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CAMA's Community
spotlight
CAMA celebrates
Mrs. Raymond King Myerson
in her 100 th year!
Mrs. Myerson with Nancy Lynn at the
Red Carpet Reception, Granada Theatre,
immediately before CAMA's opening concert
of the 100 th Season, October 2018.
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