Program Notes - Colburn School

Colburn Orchestra
Yehuda Gilad, Music Director
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Eduardo Rios, violin
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Ambassador Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Sel Kardan
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Adrian Daly
Provost
Interim Dean,
Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
of Music
Richard Beene
Dean Emeritus
applied faculty
Edward Atkatz
Percussion
Andrew Bain
Horn
Richard Beene
Bassoon
Martin Beaver
Violin
Fabio Bidini
Piano
Paul Coletti
Viola
Ariana Ghez
Oboe
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Clive Greensmith
Cello
Mark Lawrence
Trombone
Ronald Leonard
Cello
Ory Shihor
Piano
Arnold Steinhardt
String and Chamber
Music Coach
Ory Shihor
Dean
Community School
of Performing Arts
Robert McAllister
Dean
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
applied faculty
Margaret Batjer
Violin, Chamber Orchestra
Allan Vogel
Oboe
Martin Beaver
Violin, Chamber Music
Jim Walker
Flute
Danielle Belen
Violin
James Wilt
Trumpet
Helen Callus
Viola, Chamber Music
academic chairs
Gina Coletti
Viola
Karen Lundgren
Winds, Brass
and Percussion
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Christine Martin
Early Childhood
Clive Greensmith
Cello, Chamber Music
Richard Schwabe
Strings
Henry Gronnier
Chamber Music
Lee Secard
Jazz
Aimée Kreston
Violin
Jeffrey Lavner
Piano
Warren Spaeth
Music Theory
Kristi Brown
Music History
and Literature
Deborah Smith
Director of
Academic Programs
J. Douglas Smith
Humanities
Warren Spaeth
Music Theory
Sara Hiner
Assistant Dean
department chairs
Gina Coletti
Chamber Music
Jeffrey Lavner
Piano
Michael Stevens
Voice
colburn orchestra
Yehuda Gilad
Music Director
and Conductor
Myong-joo Lee
Piano
Maxim Eshkenazy
Assistant Conductor
Robert Lipsett
Violin
Dance Academy
Peter Lloyd
Double Bass
a program of the trudl
zipper dance institute
Varty Manouelian
Chamber Music
Denise Scheerer
Tap, Jazz, and Musical Theater
department chairs
Ory Shihor
Piano
Kelly Ann Sloan
Ballet
Robert Lipsett
Violin
Jenifer Ringer Fayette
Director
Peter Lloyd
Double Bass
James Fayette
Associate Director
Norman Pearson
Tuba
Benjamin Millepied
Artistic Advisor
John Perry
Piano
Music Academy
Ronald Leonard
Cello, Chamber Music
Arnold Steinhardt
String and Chamber
Music Coach
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
James Wilt
Trumpet
Community School Dance
a program of the trudl
zipper dance institute
department chairs
Tamsin Carlson
Modern
Program
Rapsodie espagnole (1907–08) maurice ravel
Prélude à la nuit
Malagueña
Habanera
Feria
(1875–1937)
Concerto No. 3 in B Minor for camille saint-saëns
Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1880)
(1835–1921)
Allegro non troppo
Andantino quasi allegretto
Molto moderato e maestoso
Eduardo Rios, violin
Intermission
Phenomenon (2004)
narong prangcharoen
(b. 1973)
Concerto for Orchestra (1943; rev. 1945)
Introduzione
béla bartók
(1881–1945)
Giuoco delle coppie
Elegia
Intermezzo interrotto
Finale
Thank You
The Colburn School gratefully acknowledges Wells Fargo’s generous support for the school’s performances
in the community.
Colburn Orchestra concerts at the Ambassador Auditorium are made possible by a grant from the Pasadena
Showcase House for the Arts, with additional support by Metropolitan Associates.
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About the Artist
featured artist
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Carlos Kalmar entered his 13th season as music director
of the Oregon Symphony in September 2015. He is also
chief conductor and artistic director of the RTVE Orchestra
in Madrid, and artistic director and principal conductor of
the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. In May 2011, he
made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall with the Oregon
Symphony as part of the inaugural Spring for Music festival.
Both his imaginative program Music for a Time of War and
the performance itself were hailed by critics in the New York
Times, New Yorker, and Musical America, and the recording of Photo: Michael Jones
the concert program on the Pentatone label was nominated
for a Grammy in 2012. New Yorker critic Alex Ross called the
Oregon Symphony’s performance under Kalmar “the highlight of the festival and one of the
most gripping events of the current season.” That verdict was echoed by Sedgwick Clark,
writing for Musical America, who described the performance of Vaughan Williams’s Fourth
Symphony as “positively searing … with fearless edge-of-seat tempos … breathtakingly
negotiated by all.” The Oregon Symphony again won a coveted Spring for Music concert at
Carnegie Hall for 2013.
A regular guest conductor with major orchestras worldwide, Carlos Kalmar has been
a recent guest with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, NACO, Vancouver, Lahti, Berlin Radio,
Frankfurt Radio, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Vienna Radio, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Czech
Philharmonic, Seattle, Detroit, and City of Birmingham, and returns soon to St. Louis,
Baltimore, and Milwaukee.
Mr. Kalmar is highly regarded as a conductor of opera. During his wide-ranging operatic
career, he has been invited to the Hamburg State Opera, the Vienna State Opera (The Magic
Flute, Così fan tutte), Zurich Opera House (The Marriage of Figaro, The Abduction from the
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Seraglio), and National Opera of Brussels (The Barber of Seville), and he has conducted
opera productions at the Vienna Volksoper (Tales of Hoffmann), Frankfurt (Die Fledermaus),
Weimar (Rigoletto), the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and the Carinthian Summer Music Festival.
He regularly programs opera in concert and oratorio with his orchestras in Portland, Chicago,
and Madrid.
His first recording of works by Lalo on Warner Classics with the Madrid RTVE Orchestra was
released in 2012. In addition to his Grammy-nominated CD Music for a Time of War, another
Oregon Symphony CD on the Pentatone label, This England, featuring Vaughan Williams’s
Fifth Symphony, Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town), and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from
Peter Grimes, was released recently. A third CD with the Oregon Symphony was released in
the fall of 2014. His Cedille Records CDs include recordings of American orchestral works and
repertoire by Szymanowski, Martinů, and Bartók. With the Chicago Symphony, he recorded
works by Joachim and Brahms, and for the Hyperion label he has recorded concertos by
Dohnányi, Enescu, and D’Albert with the BBC Scottish Symphony and cellist Alban Gerhardt.
Carlos Kalmar was born in Uruguay to Austrian parents. He showed an early interest in
music and began violin studies at the age of six. By the time he was 15, his musical promise
was such that his family moved back to Austria in order for him to study conducting with
Karl Österreicher at the Vienna Academy of Music. Before coming to Portland, he served as
music director for the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchestra, and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany.
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About the Artist
Eduardo Rios, violin
Nineteen-year-old violinist Eduardo Rios was the Senior
Division First Place Laureate of the 2015 Sphinx Competition.
Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Mr. Rios began playing the
violin at age 10 and made his solo debut at age 14 with the
National Symphony Orchestra of Peru. He returned to solo
with that orchestra on two more occasions, performing the
Bruch and Dvořák violin concertos, and has also soloed with
the National Youth Orchestra of Peru, performing SaintSaëns’s Introduction and Rondo capriccioso and Mozart’s
Sinfonia concertante. He recently made his American debut
with the Houston Symphony performing the Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto. Mr. Rios’s 2015–16 performances include
debuts with the Nashville Symphony, the Young Artists
Symphony Orchestra, and the Colburn Orchestra.
Photo courtesy of the artist
Mr. Rios first came to the United States at age 15 under the auspices of the cultural exchange
program Traveling Notes. For the next several years, Mr. Rios continued his musical studies
in Peru at the National Conservatory and served as concertmaster of the National Youth
Orchestra for four years. During this time, he returned to the US to attend the Interlochen
Arts Camp and participated in tours and festivals around the globe, including the 2011
Youth Orchestra of America tour of Mexico. Also in 2011, Mr. Rios traveled to Armenia with
Traveling Notes, where he performed alongside American and Armenian young musicians
and participated in educational outreach to local music schools. In 2013, Mr. Rios was a
scholarship student at the Aspen Music Festival and School and participated in the Festival
Música de Santa Catarina in Brazil. Later that year, he attended the New York String Orchestra
Seminar and performed two concerts at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Jamie Laredo.
Mr. Rios is currently a Bachelor of Music candidate at the Colburn School Conservatory
of Music in Los Angeles, where he studies with the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin
Chair Robert Lipsett. He is concertmaster of the Young Artists Symphony Orchestra and
co-concertmaster of the Colburn Orchestra. Previously he held the post of concertmaster for
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the American Youth Symphony from 2013–15. A committed chamber musician, Mr. Rios
was also first violinist of the Alma String Quartet, who performed on chamber music
series throughout the Southern California area and was coached by former members
of the Tokyo String Quartet, Martin Beaver and Clive Greensmith. With the Alma String
Quartet, he attended the 2014 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival as the student fellowship
quartet, as well as the McGill International String Quartet Academy. Mr. Rios has also
collaborated with renowned musicians including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kevin Fitz-Gerald,
Martin Beaver, and Clive Greensmith. His previous teachers include László Benedek,
Andrés Cárdenes, Charles Stegeman, Simon Bernardini, Richard Young, and Susana
Gilmore. Mr. Rios has also performed in master classes with Midori, Philippe Quint,
Cármelo de los Santos, Martin Chalifour, Jorja Fleezanis, Marta Szlubowska, Markus
Daunert, Pavel Ilyashov, and members of the Parker Quartet.
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About the Music
maurice ravel (1875­­­­­–1937)
Rapsodie espagnole (1907–08)
by Johanna Gruskin, flutist in the Artist Diploma program of the
Colburn Conservatory of Music
Maurice Ravel composed Rapsodie espagnole in 1907,
completed the orchestration in February 1908, and the work
received its premiere in March of that year in Paris. Rapsodie
espagnole is one of Ravel’s earliest orchestral compositions,
and he sketched out the work for two pianos while composing
the orchestral version; the third movement, Habanera, is
revised and orchestrated from his 1895 Sites auriculaires for
two pianos. Ravel dedicated the Rapsodie to Charles de Bériot, one of his piano teachers at
the Paris Conservatory.
Ravel was born in Cibourne, France, very close to the Spanish border, but his family moved
to Paris when he was three months old. Although Ravel did not visit Spain until 1924, he was
always fascinated with the country. Much of his affinity for the country came from his mother,
who was born in the Basque country of Northern Spain. She sang Spanish folk songs to
Ravel as a child, which later became an inspiration for his compositions. Despite not having
been to Spain before composing the Rapsodie espagnole, Ravel was praised by the Spanish
composer Manuel de Falla for what he called Ravel’s “subtly genuine Spanishness.”
The Rapsodie espagnole is set in four short movements. The first movement, Prélude à la nuit,
opens with an evocative incessant four-note descending ostinato that sets the mysterious
and haunting atmosphere. This repeating F–E–D–C-sharp motif finds its way into all of the
movements except the Habanera. The second movement, Malagueña, a dance in flamenco
style, begins with strumming in the strings to imitate the guitar. Ravel captures the slow and
seductive atmosphere of the third movement, Habanera, as described in his inscription (from
Baudelaire) in the piano version: “in the perfumed land that the sun caresses.” The fourth
movement, Feria (“Festival”), is strikingly exuberant in contrast to the previous movements,
and with its brisk tempo, sweeping gestures, and full orchestration, Ravel creates a festive
conclusion to the Rapsodie espagnole.
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Ravel was not the only composer of his time to borrow musical ideas from foreign cultures. Both
Ravel and his contemporary Claude Debussy were famously inspired by the 1889 Exposition
Universelle in Paris where they heard exotic world music ensembles, such as gamelan
orchestras and gypsy bands, as well as music groups from remote European areas. They both
capitalized on the prevailing romantic fascination with ethnic music. Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole
is a wonderful amalgam of these influences and his lifelong fascination with Spain.
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About the Music
camille saint-saëns (1835–1921)
Concerto No. 3 in B Minor for Violin
and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1880)
by Rachel Ostler, violinist in the Master of Music program of the
Colburn Conservatory of Music
As if it were not enough to be a child prodigy, Camille
Saint-Saëns was also a renaissance man. A remarkable
young pianist, Saint-Saëns made his concert debut in Paris
at age 10, displaying a musical genius comparable to Mozart.
In contrast with Mozart, however, he lived a long life that
included an outpouring of musical masterpieces, books
on philosophy, literature, painting, and theater; he was also a skilled linguist and amateur
astronomer throughout his life.
An elegant craftsman of melody and a genius in orchestration, Saint-Saëns’s compositional
style is well-represented by his 10 concertos. Three are for violin and were all written to be
performed by the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. The concerto heard this evening is
a concert favorite and has been used as a debut vehicle for scores of violinists since its
premiere by Sarasate in 1880. A work that does not shy away from virtuosity and technical
demand, the first movement, Allegro non troppo, foregoes the typical long tutti introduction,
and instead opens boldly with the violin growling the theme on the G string. The entire
movement centers around that dramatic opening theme and a contrasting lyrical theme,
squeezing literally handfuls of scales, arpeggios, and double-stops in between.
The slow middle movement, Andantino quasi allegretto, is loosely associated with a
Sicilienne. Characterized by lilting rhythms, the Sicilienne is a pastorale-like form that can
be traced back to the Renaissance madrigal tradition, manifesting itself most notably in the
Baroque music of Alessandro Scarlatti and J. S. Bach. Throughout the movement there is
a conversation between the violin and the orchestra. Particularly appealing is the call-andresponse between the soloist and the woodwinds, written in such a way as to enhance
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the rural, idyllic naïveté of the movement. Beyond its pastoral nature, this B-flat major
movement also evokes a very innocent, childlike air, infused with a subtle longing. A
connection is often drawn to the death of Saint-Saëns’s two infant sons in 1878, only two
years prior to the publication of this concerto. They died within six weeks of each other,
incidents that marked Saint-Saëns’s life with tragedy for the first time.
But perhaps no external connection should be inferred. Saint-Saëns seems to have agreed
with the formalist movement and Oscar Wilde’s ideal of “art for art’s sake,” having himself
once said, “The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious
colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.”
The third movement of the concerto, Molto moderato e maestoso, explores that philosophy.
Spritely, defiant, and light on its tripleted feet, it is pure effect, quickly departing from the
heavy cadenza-like opening, smoothly transitioning to a soft, songlike second theme, and
restlessly reverting to the opening theme. As the piece nears the end, Saint-Saëns builds the
second theme to a new level with a soaring brass chorale, ultimately answered by the violin’s
final iteration of the theme. As the violin brings this dramatic concerto to a brilliant and
triumphant close, it is clear why it has become such a favorite of violinists and
audiences alike.
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About the Music
narong prangcharoen (b. 1973)
Phenomenon (2004)
by Robinson Schulze, bass trombonist in the Professional Studies
Certificate program of the Colburn Conservatory of Music
Thai composer Narong Prangcharoen composed
Phenomenon for the 2004 Tōru Takemitsu Composition
Competition; the work was awarded second prize and
received its premiere the same year by the Tokyo Philharmonic
Orchestra, led by Norichika Iimori. Prangcharoen is currently
the Composer in Residence of the Thailand Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony. As part of his residency
with the Pacific Symphony, he composed Beyond Land and
Ocean, a work inspired by the sights, sounds, and people of Orange County, which was
premiered by the orchestra in October 2015. Prangcharoen is recognized as one of Asia’s
leading contemporary composers and is steadily gaining an international reputation. His
compositions have won numerous international competitions and have been performed
throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. He is the founder of the 12-yearold Thailand International Composition Festival, dedicated to improving the standard of
composition education throughout Southeast Asia.
Prangcharoen’s music subtly blends Eastern and Western musical vocabularies in a unique
and accessible way. He describes his inspiration for Phenomenon as coming from two basic
sources; the power or nature and the power of the mind. He writes:
“Phenomenon is one of my pieces inspired by the power
of nature. It was inspired by such unexplainable natural
phenomena as the Aurora Borealis, the Bolides, and, more
especially, the Naga fireballs of Northeast Thailand. The
Naga fireballs are an extraordinary phenomenon that
occurs annually at the end of Buddhist Lent in an area
of the Mekong River stretching over 20 kilometers between
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the Pak-Ngeum and Phon Phisai districts in Nong Khai
province, Thailand. The piece starts with the chaos of
people travelling to the Mekong River to observe the Naga
fireballs. After that, it describes the fireballs appearing at
the bottom of the river, rising above the water, floating into
the sky, and then, unlike normal fireballs, disappearing
without falling back to the earth. The legend says that nagas
(“sacred snakes”) create the fireballs to celebrate the Lord
Buddha’s return to earth from the second heaven, where
he had traveled to give a sermon to his mother. This piece,
full of energy, represents both the celebration and the strong
faith of the nagas and of the people who travel to observe
the Naga fireballs.”
Rather than quoting traditional Thai melodies, as Bartók or Kodály often did with Eastern
European folk idioms, Prangcharoen captures the atmosphere of Thailand through his
orchestration. Layering of instruments, rhythms, dynamics, and musical onomatopoeia all
contribute to the sonorous representation of his homeland. Prangcharoen explains, “I always
like to say, ‘If you are afraid you will not be able to understand my music, there is nothing
to understand anyway. Let your heart tell you what to feel and you will, I hope, be gradually
moved by my sounds.’”
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About the Music
béla bartók (1881–1945)
Concerto for Orchestra (1943; rev. 1945)
by Michael Marks, double bassist in the Bachelor of Music
program of the Colburn Conservatory of Music
Bartók’s compositional voice is an interesting one, in
part because he draws from both the Western classical
tradition and central European folk song. A pioneering
ethnomusicologist, he traveled through central Europe with
his friend and colleague, fellow Hungarian composer, Zoltán
Kodály, recording folk music. The influence of the music
they discovered is found throughout Bartók’s compositions.
He sometimes quotes directly from the melodies, but more
often takes bits and pieces he had heard and synthesizes a new sound or melody with his
classical compositional training. No better example of this synthesis of musical spheres can
be found than the fugato in the fifth movement of the Concerto for Orchestra in which Bartók
sets a folk-like melody as the theme within a traditional fugal form. This marriage of the folk
and classical is endemic to Bartók and embodies an entire people’s music in a unique yet
accessible manner.
The Concerto for Orchestra at first seems to be a contradiction of terms. The concerto
genre typically has one (or occasionally multiple) solo instrumentalists accompanied by the
orchestra; in the 20th century, composers created a new sort of concerto—the concerto for
orchestra—where the assembled virtuosos, whether in sections or as soloists, were given a
momentary spotlight. Bartók’s penultimate work, Concerto for Orchestra, is the most wellknown and often-performed example of the new genre.
Bartók’s five-movement concerto begins with a haunting introduction featuring the strings
and flutes. As the strings twist and churn about, the combination of special effects including
sul ponticello (bowing near the bridge for a diffuse, tingly sound) and tremolo (changing
the bow as rapidly and frequently as possible) create an electric atmosphere that both
frames and anticipates the music that follows. The entire ensemble rises to a terrifying forte
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as myriad rhythms and tonal centers clash violently with one another. This irrepressible
cacophony culminates in whirlwind accelerando that takes us into the body of the first
movement, marked Allegro vivace. As is typical of Bartók, the music is marked by very
angular rhythms and irregular meter changes that give this section an atmosphere of
primal obstinacy.
The second movement, Giuoco delle coppie (“Game of pairs”) begins with a distinct
rhythmic solo for snare drum (without snares) before the title of the movement comes into
play. In five distinct sections, Bartók first pairs bassoons, then oboes, followed by clarinets,
flutes, and muted trumpets, each presenting a unique melody and interval. The snare
drum’s peculiar rhythmic motive returns as the couples present their melodies once again,
though not in full, and now overlapping, as the charming movement draws to a close.
The sublime and mysterious Elegia (“Elegy”) was Bartók’s final creation of “night music,”
a style for which he had become well known. Night music makes expressive use of
backgrounds of creeping dissonances punctuated by melancholic melodies and hair-raising
outbursts of intensity in an attempt to invoke the quiet power and terror of the night. The
Elegia begins with ominous low strings followed by the entrance of the flutes and clarinets
in layered hexatonic scales. Motives from the Concerto’s introduction reappear in this
section and are emphasized in regular outbursts from the entire orchestra. The movement
ends in silence following two almost imperceptible concluding notes from the double
basses and timpani.
The rhythmically compelling Intermezzo interrotto (“Interrupted Intermezzo”) begins with
an inquiring oboe solo that exemplifies Bartók’s affinity for frequently changing meter. The
Intermezzo’s “interruption” comes in the form of a parody of the then-popular folk song
“Da geh’ ich zu Maxim” (“You’ll Find Me at Maxim’s”) from Franz Lehár’s operetta The
Merry Widow. The same theme is used by Shostakovich in his 1942 “Leningrad” Symphony,
and it is well-documented that Bartók used the quote as a jab at the success Shostakovich
was enjoying in America—particularly for this symphony. In the composer’s own words,
“the melody goes on its own quiet way when it’s suddenly interrupted by a brutal band
music, which is derided, ridiculed by the orchestra. After the band has gone away, the
melody resumes its waltz, only a little more sadly than before.”
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About the Music
The Finale begins with a rambunctious fortissimo horn call, which incites the strings into a
seemingly unsustainable accelerando. Marked presto, the movement’s energy rarely abates.
The Finale is a bombastic display of the speed and power of the full orchestra and is the
quintessential pairing of folk idioms within Western classical structure, including a brilliant,
virtuosic fugue. Bartók brings his extraordinary Concerto for Orchestra to a close with a
massive brass chorale featuring soaring trumpets and a tornado of notes and sound from
the strings, culminating in one final fortissimo eighth note.
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Colburn Orchestra
Yehuda Gilad, Music Director
Now in its 13th season, the Colburn Orchestra is the flagship ensemble of the Colburn
Conservatory of Music. Under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Yehuda Gilad,
the Colburn Orchestra performs for Southern California audiences at venues such as Walt
Disney Concert Hall, Ambassador Auditorium, Royce Hall, Segerstrom Concert Hall, and the
Valley Performing Arts Center.
Since its inception, Gilad and the esteemed faculty at Colburn have invited leading guest
artists to perform with the Colburn Orchestra to mirror a professional orchestral experience.
Previous visiting conductors include James Conlon, Plácido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel,
Jamie Laredo, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Nicolas McGegan, and Ludovic Morlot,
among others. Guest soloists include violinists Joshua Bell, Cho-Liang Lin, Elmar Oliveira,
and Pinchas Zukerman; soprano Elizabeth Hynes; mezzo-sopranos Sasha Cooke and
Michelle DeYoung; pianist Vladimir Feltsman; and saxophonist Claude Delangle. Esteemed
artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich and Itzhak Perlman actively worked with the orchestra
during its inaugural year.
In 2012, the Colburn Orchestra opened the GRAMMY Foundation’s 14th Annual Music
Preservation Project, One Night Only: A Celebration of the Live Music Experience, sharing
the stage with GRAMMY Award winners, nominees and stars of the future from all musical
genres. In 2010, Academy and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino
conducted the Colburn Orchestra at Royce Hall in a special concert, Lost Live: The Final
Celebration, coinciding with the finale of the worldwide hit television show. In October 2007,
the Colburn Orchestra participated in the International Youth Orchestra Festival in Los
Angeles, together with the Sibelius Academy Youth Orchestra and the USB Verbier Festival
Orchestra. The 10-day festival included the orchestra playing in master classes led by
Esa-Pekka Salonen and his teacher, Jorma Panula, as well as performances with musicians
from Finland’s prestigious Sibelius Academy.
The Colburn Orchestra has made four commercial recordings. The first recording, released
by Live Classics in 2006, features the music of Menachem Wiesenberg, including his Cello
Concerto with Colburn faculty member Ron Leonard as soloist. The orchestra’s second
album, If You Love For Beauty, recorded in Zipper Hall on the Colburn campus and released
in August 2012 on the Yarlung Records label, features mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke in works
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by John Adams, Chausson, Handel, and Mahler. This was followed by the critically acclaimed
2013 Bridge Records release When Soft Voices Die, featuring Colburn faculty member Paul
Coletti as soloist in the recording premiere of Paul Chihara’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra.
Most recently, the orchestra’s live performance of Mahler Symphony No. 5, led by guest
conductor Gerard Schwarz, was released by Yarlung Records in 2014.
In 2012 and 2013, the Colburn Orchestra and Chamber Music Series concerts were recorded in
HD, and broadcast on the arts series Open Call on Southern California’s independent television
station KCET.
Dedicated to serving the greater Los Angeles community, the Colburn Orchestra performs for
schools in neighboring communities twice a year, giving five concerts in a one-week period to
school children of all ages.
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Orchestra Personnel
Violin I
William Hagen **
Madeleine Vaillancourt
Fabiola Kim
Michelle Shin
Blake Pouliot
Youjin Lee
Emily Kruspe
Usha Kapoor
Hanbyul Jang °
Emerson Millar
Chandler Yu
Violin II
Felicity James *
Natalie Yu
Lucy Wang
Hao Zhou
Michaela Wellems
Simone Porter
Rachel Ostler
Amelia Dietrich
Gallia Kastner
Aubree Oliverson °
Viola
Anna Kolotylina *
Tanner Menees
Da Kyung Kwak
Rachyl Duffy
Aiden Kane
Dmitri Yevstifeev
Uzeyir Mahmudbayli
Chris Rogers-Beadle
Ben Bartelt
Johanna Nowik
Cello
Ben Manis *
Austin Huntington
James Cooper
Joanne Lee
Ben Solomonow
Qiele Guo
Charles Seo
Yun Han
Suyeon Kim
Nora Doyle
Bass
Anna Scheider *
Bill Wasson
Brittany Conrad
Steve Metcalf
Michael Marks
Mariya-Andoniya
Andonova
Nick Arredondo
Michael Lewis
Flute
Seung Jeon ‡ §
HyeRyung Lim †
Elizabeth Lu
Anthony Trionfo ~
Piccolo
HyeRyung Lim
Elizabeth Lu
Anthony Trionfo
Oboe
Gigi Brady ‡
Ben Brogadir
Michelle Feng † §
Gretchen Myers ~
English Horn
Ben Brogadir
Michelle Feng
Clarinet
Taylor Marino §
Angelo Quail
Cristina Mateo Sáez
Signe Sõmer † ‡
Afendi Yusuf ~
Bass Clarinet
Angelo Quail
Bassoon
Jordan Brokken †
Jennifer Lane ‡
Joseph Merchant ~
Jacob Thonis §
Contrabassoon
Jordan Brokken
Joseph Merchant
Horn
Patrick Hodge §
Emily Lair ~
Alex Laskey
Kaylet Torrez †
Julian Zheng ‡
Trumpet
Nick Robson ‡
Josh Rogan ~
Hayato Tanaka §
Jena Wight †
Trombone
Daniel Lawlor § ~
Masa Ohtake † ‡
Bass Trombone
Robinson Schulze
Tuba
William Connors § ~
Cristina Dougherty †
Timpani and Percussion
Jimmy Chan
Pat Chapman °
Ben Irons °
Nathaniel Johnson
Brian Lee
Jennifer Marasti
Kevin Schlossman *
Harp
Alyssa Katahara
Ruriko Terada *
Piano and Celesta
Jaemin Shin
Orchestra Manager and
Librarian
KT Somero
Stage Manager
Victor Pineda
Key:
Concertmaster **
Principal *
Principal winds:
Ravel †
Saint-Saëns ‡
Prangcharoen §
Bartók ~
Guest Musician °
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About the School
The Colburn School is a leading performing arts school where a renowned faculty provides
instruction to dedicated students of all ages. Since 1950, we have equipped students with the
skills, support, and opportunity to achieve their highest goals in music, dance, and drama.
Our alumni have achieved global recognition as members of major orchestras; as award
winning chamber, solo, and recording artists; and as inspiring teachers.
Located in downtown Los Angeles, our campus neighbors Walt Disney Concert Hall,
The Music Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Broad. The Colburn School’s
exceptional facilities include a café, performing arts library, and three acoustically superb
performance spaces, including Herbert Zipper Concert Hall.
We Need Your Support
The Colburn School provides lifelong education with an emphasis on both access and
excellence. Each year, the school awards more than $5 million in scholarships to give students
of all ages access to an exceptional education. The Colburn School also enriches greater
Southern California with community engagement programs, provided to approximately
15,000 children in underserved communities, and with nearly 300 public performances,
presented at little or no charge.
Our community engagement and scholarship programs rely on donor support. Please
consider a donation today to help us fulfill our commitment to performing arts education.
Get More Involved
Join the Dance Council or Friends of Colburn. These membership groups provide parents and
donors an opportunity to support each other, the school, and, most importantly, our students.
They also support the Colburn School through performances and other gatherings in
Los Angeles’s various communities.
Visit colburnschool.edu for more information. To donate or join a council, visit
colburnschool.edu/support or contact our Advancement Department at 213-621-1021.
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Thank You
Endowment Funds
Endowment gifts support the
Colburn School’s mission in
perpetuity, ensuring students
have access to the highest quality
performing arts education.
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship Endowment
Amron/Sutherland Fund for
Young Pianists
The Linda and Robert Attiyeh
Endowment Fund for Community
Access
Nancy Baxter Scholarship Endowment Fund
Judith Benjamin Trust Endowment
Emily Bernstein Scholarship Fund
Susan and Murray Brown Endowment Fund in Honor and Memory of Cellist Pál Hermann
Pat Byrne Piano Scholarship Endowment Fund
Colburn Foundation Endowment
Richard D. Colburn Scholarship
Endowment Fund
Carol Colburn Grigor Piano
Chair Endowment
CSPA Access Fund
Dance Program Endowment
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Cello Scholarship
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Endowment for
Master Classes
Grancell Scholarship Endowment
Moe and Arlene Greendale
Endowment Fund
Heifetz Chair Endowment Fund
Susan and Bruce Heard Financial Aid Endowment Fund for Cello
Kean/Mayman Endowed Scholarship Fund
Wendy Kelman Scholarship
Endowment Fund
Gene Krieger Financial Aid Fund
Candice and Paul Lee Endowment Fund for Community Engagement
Lesser Scholarship Fund
Wesley Bing Leung Citizenship Award Endowment
Beverly Corcoran Marksbury
Financial Aid Fund
Millstein-Fall Colburn Youth Orchestra Fund
Negaunee Foundation
The Betty Osler and John Loucks Endowment
The Performance Preparedness
Program
Dorothy Duque Grant Russell
Financial Aid Fund for Piano
Horace and Dorothy Sampson Cello
Financial Aid Endowment Fund
Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Family
Foundation Financial Aid
Endowment Fund
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Endowment
Ward Fund for Herbert Zipper
Scholars
Encore Society
The Encore Society recognizes
donors who have included the
Colburn School in their estate plans.
Walter Arlen and
Howard Kenneth Myers
Linda and Robert Attiyeh
Paul A. Bach
Judith M. Benjamin
Iona Benson
Alan M. Binnie
Erica Clark
Lisa Kirk Colburn
Richard D. Colburn
Robert and Veronica Egelston
Christopher Essay
Ernest Fleischmann
Susan and Bruce Heard
Frances R. Kimbrough
Ernest Lieblich
Raulee Marcus
Beverly C. Marksbury
Mike and Lorraine Mohill
Varda Ullman Novick
Allison Sampson
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
Jacqueline Sharlin
Bruce Sutherland
Mitzi Sutherland
Ralph Tornberg and
Sheila Frost
Phillip A. Yurgalevicz
Herbert Zipper
Individual Donors
We are honored to recognize
our donors who generously
support the Colburn School.
The following contributions
from individuals were received
between January 1, 2014 and
August 31, 2015.
$1,000,000+
Carol Colburn Grigor
Marilyn Ziering
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$100,000–$249,999
Anonymous (2)
Adele and Gordon Binder
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Broad
Richard W. Colburn
Carol and Warner Henry
Mr. Jingchao Ma and
Ms. Hongxia Zhang
Elizabeth Redleaf
Ann and Robert Ronus
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
Jonathan Weedman and
Raymundo Baltazar-Flores
$50,000–$99,999
Linda and Robert Attiyeh
David and Margaret Barry
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
David D. Colburn
Alice and Joe Coulombe
Rosemarie Fall and
Andrew Millstein
J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Mike and Aliza Lesser
Beverly Marksbury
Susan and Steve Matt
JoAnn Turovsky
$25,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Daniel Avchen
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Bette
Dr. and Mrs. Murray Brown
Grace Chen-Ellis and Bradley Ellis
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Lucy Farber and Jim Bright
Millicent and Gerald Fishbein
Louise G. Garland
Mary Hayley and Selim Zilkha
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Linda and Michael Keston
Diane Naegele
Gaylord E. Nichols
Eileen and Charles Read
Samantha and Marc Sandman
Audre Slater
Eva and Marc Stern
Cecilia and Keith Terasaki
Peter W. Wardle
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Camille and Arnon Adar
Sheri and Les Biller
Gaelen and Michael Burgess
Nancy and Scott Choate
Louis Colen*
Sam and Lyndie Ersan
Paige Fillion-Hornbacher and
Scott Hornbacher
Susan and Bruce Heard
Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Karpman
Wendy and Asher Kelman
Brian and Molly Kirk
David Kobrin
Dr. Paul Lee and Mrs. Candice Lee
Robert Lewis
Lillian Lovelace
Sarah and Peter Mandell
Peter Manis and Susan Richman
Anne Akiko Meyers
Norman Pfeiffer and Patricia Zohn
The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Ms. Linda L. Curtis
Mimi Rotter
Mr. Harry B. Suh and Dr. Patty Koh
Susan and Michael Thonis
Linda and Stanley Trilling
Gerald Tywoniuk
John C. Wacker
Janice M. White
Alyce and Warren Williamson
Micah Yui and Sel Kardan
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Evelyn and Stephen Block
Stuart and Rebecca Bowne
Richard Cullen and Robert G. Finnerty
Margy and Jerry Eberhardt
Mari and Edmund Edelman
Gail Eichenthal
Mr. and Mrs. David I. Fisher
Dr. Eric and June Furman
Allen Gilbert
Kiki and David Gindler
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Goldman
Anne and Jeffrey Grausam
Lenore and Bernard Greenberg
Dr. Peter and Stefi Gruenberg
Scott and Loree Hagen
Benjamin Millepied
Anita Lorber
Peter Lowy
Renee and Meyer Luskin
Raulee Marcus
Alice S. Marks
Linda May and Jack R. Suzar
Gina and Charles Moffitt
Donna and Jess Morton
Ann Moore Mulally
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Naroff
Daniel Rothmuller
L. Michael Russell and
Lynn Hall Russell
Allison Sampson
Carla and Fred Sands
Justus J. Schlichting
Mrs. Janet Sherman and
Dr. Steve Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Treitman
Maya and Jon Varnell
The Honorable Debre Weintraub and Mr. Seth Weintraub
Ian and Barbara White-Thomson
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Whizin
Samantha Winslow and
John Williams
$2,500–$4,999
Shirley Ashkenas
Christine M. Adams and
James R. Asperger
Kathy and Ambassador Frank
Baxter
Deborah and Andrew Bogen
John Brasel and Bruce Onodera
Ingrid Burger
Chris Colburn
Mr. and Mrs. Eric de Lavandeyra
Frank Estrada
Dr. Richard and
Susan Ende Feinberg
Daniel Flores
Mark Fulton
Francine Golden and
Marvin Schlossman
Joe Gorman
Toby Horn and Harold Tomin
Jane Y. Hwangbo and
Craig S. Rosenblatt
David K. and Kay Duke Ingalls
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Karlin
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kennedy
Lisa and Tim Kring
Ron and Norma Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Josef K. Lesser
Mr. and Mrs. John Markoff
Sally Mosher
Nissenson Family
Denise and Layne Pinkernell
Charles Pohlad
Christiane and Carlton Cuse
Barbara and John Dawson
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dietrich
Allan R. Eisenbach, PhD
Gail and James Ellis
Ms. Gale Epstein
Dr. Ozlem Equils
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Erdody
Winston and Debbie Fan
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Field
$1,000–$2,499
Thomas Frisina
Anonymous (3)
Dr. Grace Gabe
Barbara Abell
Sukey and Gil Garcetti
Jim and Linda Allen
Rhona Weinberg Gewelber
Salome and James Arkatov
Robina Gibb
Ms. Rosanna Arquette and
Kimaree and Yehuda Gilad
Mr. Todd Morgan
Abigail Goldman and
Bob Attiyeh and Mike Rossell, Jonathan Anschell
Yarlung Records
Mrs. Eunice Erb Goodan
Matt Avallone and Michael Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Babcock
Liz and Larry Gottfried
Avery and Andy Barth
Edith Grady
Richard Beene
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Grancell
Karen and Donald Berry
Carey Hockett
Dr. Harlan and Mrs. Sally Bixby
The Honorable Robert Bowers and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Horwich
Melinda and Martin Isaacson
Mrs. Reveta Bowers
Mariko and Danny Izumi
Joan Boyett
Martin Jacobs
Benjamin Brand
Sarah Jensen
Jane S. Brown
Chini Johnson-Taylor
Mr. Sean Brunton
Jee Sung and Hun Ku Kang
Vanessa Butler
Stephen A. Kanter, MD
Christie Carr and Martin S. Reed
Hanna M. Kennedy
Ms. Yung Tzu Chen and
Monica Kohler and
Dr. Adam B. Howard
Pedro J. Pizarro
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Chu
Thomas F. Kranz
Nissa Clark
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Kulber
Marilyn and Don Conlan
The Lauzon Family
David H. Conney
Ms. Boohyun Lee and
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Cope
Mr. Jeffrey Blomberg
Linda Cormier
Jack Rice
Beverly Ryder
Joanne Saliba and Reynold Blight
Barbara and Heinz Schelbert
Amy Stephens
Mr. Jack Stumpf
Brigitta Troy and Alden Lawrence
Paulette and Jim Walker
David C. West
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John Lee
George Lepauw
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Linna
Shih Lan Liu and Jeff Lavner
Fred Manaster
Ginny Mancini
Dr. and Mrs. Preston McAfee
Genie and Robert McAllister
Colette McDougall
Janine Micucci
Haydee and Carlos Mollura
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Montgomery
Miriam Muscarolas and
Grant Abramson
Varda Ullman Novick
Lillian E. Pardo and
Thomas McGovern
MaryAnne and Dan Pocapalia
Laureen Primmer
Felix Racelis and Lawrence J. Nash
Willard M. Reisz
Carol H. Richards
Jay and Gretchen Riley
Geoffrey Robinson and
Lovisa Stannow
Peter and Geri Rotter, in loving memory of Johnny Rotella
Robert Rush
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Samuel
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schmidt
Richard Schwabe
Rumi Shimasaki
Shelley and Ron Singer
Ms. Christine Sisley
Kimball Smith
Susan Keran Solomon
Charles P. Souw and
Guillermo Maldonado
Warren H. Spaeth
Mr. and Mrs. Raul Tapia
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Toppino
Charu and Ram Venkatarman
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weisner
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. White
Bradley Whitford
The Honorable Robert E. Willett
Allison and James Wilt
Elsbeth Wittler
Nancy Yamagata Schindler
Mr. and Mrs. Parham Zar
Craig and Jennifer Zobelein
$500–$999
Anonymous (2)
Cynthia M. Abrams
Peggy Adams and
Joel Edstrom
Tarik S. Adlai
Diane Alancraig and Al Septien
Dr. and Mrs. Moshe Arditi
Niel and Donna Armstrong
Kittie Ballard
Yvonne Bell
Rodney Bolton
Scott Booher
Gary and Shelley Bovyer
Nora Bright
Dyanne Chae and Matt Pyken
Rachel Civen and Peter Schubin
The Coletti Family
Dvorah Colker
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper
Rose Corrigan
Debbie Devine
DeeDee Dorskind
Gillian and Scott Edel
Ruth L. Eliel
Jarrod Eamon Fasching
Marion C. Fay and
Dr. Michael J. Wong
Joan Firley
Mimi and Ed Fisher
Donald Foster and Josh Johnson
Jennifer Freund and Bob Moore
Roberta Garten
Fred Glienna
Norman and Roberta Goldberg
Henry Gronnier
Charlotte Harrison
Grover R. Heyler
Allan Ho
Dr. James F. Hopkins
Ruth and Jack Horowitz
Ann and Jean Horton
Mrs. Samuel Hunt
Drs. Judith and Herbert Hyman
Jennie Jung
Ms. Jina Kim and
Dr. Myung-Moo Lee
Frances R. Kimbrough
Gina Kodel
Larry and Lisa Kohorn
Rosalie Kornblau
Jennifer Lewis and Al Meymarian
Hildegard and Michael Lindsay
Kathy Locketti and Frank O’Dea
Gail and Samuel Losh
Ms. Sarah Lyding and
Mr. Thomas Megale
Marilyn M. Mahan
Brian Mann
Anita J. Marsten
Linda Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McMillan
Dr. Lynn Mehl
Rita Z. Mehos
Jan Michaels
Brita Millard
Megan Morrissey and Mary Doyle
Gretl and Arnold Mulder
Laura and James Myers
Mei-Lee Ney
Michael Nissman
Barbara Northcutt
Randy Osherow
Lorie Palmer
Peggy Phelps
Philip Pirolo
Dora Price
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pullman
Juliette B. and John H. Quinn
Ms. Karyn Raz and
Mr. Matthew V. Lewis
Ricki and Marvin Ring
Sandi and David Rynerson
Joseph and Lorraine Saunders
Janice F. Schumacher
Laurie Selik and Eric H. Roth
Doris and Jerry Selmer
Mr. and Mrs. Ender Sezgin
Jacqueline Sharlin
Yoshiko and Steven Shimasaki
Molly and Richard Siefert
Robert Siew
Nancy and Jack Silberkleit
Mr. Rami Solomonow
Phyllis and Chet Specht
Lisa A. Sugimoto
Sharene and Dean Taba
Nancy Thompson
Cynthia Torres and Michael Gisser
Ms. Rhya Turovsky
Florence and Jack Van Geem
Ms. Annamarie Von Firley
Dorothea Von Haeften and
Arnold Steinhardt
Ruth Waddell and Eric Stockel
Robin and James Walther
Catherine Weary
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wilburn
Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Woo
Kenton and Holly Youngstrom
$250–$499
Anonymous (10)
Dr. Suhnne Ahn
Ramon Alvarez
Jane Madelon Anthony
Dr. E. J. Arnault and
Mr. Max Factor, III
Mr. and Mrs. Paco Arroyo
Rachel and Lee Ault
Judy A. Barker
Dr. Margaret Bates and
Mr. Scott Johnson
Lisa and Charles Battaglia
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Browne
Jean Burg
Mr. and Mrs. John Cate
Sam and Rachel Childers
Margaret Cole
Karen Constine
Gemma Corfield and Don Was
Andrea Dale
Glenda and Charles Danek
Teresa de Jong-Pombo
Elaine and Warren Deutsch
Shirley D. Deutsch
Jimmy and Lynne Dewitt
Eric Drachman
Terry L. Dutton and
Mark W. Jordan
Drs. Karen Duvall and
Gerald Berke
Thomas A. Edelman
Anne and Andy Epstein
Wanda and Edward Ewing
Vanessa Fadial and Mark Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fischer
Pamela Fong and Vincent Mendoza
Pat and Sandy Gage
Kathie and Ed Gauld
Mark A. Goldstein and
Pamela A. Marx
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Goodman
Clive S. Greensmith
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gurnick
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Hales
Mr. Richard Halverstadt
Arax Harutunian and Allen Gross
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hatwan
Jeff Heglin and Randy Sheriff
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Heikkila
Alan Helfman
Marguerite and Hal Hennacy
Gage and Phil Hewes
Naomi Z. Heymann
Susan Hinely
Carmine Iannaccone
Drs. Jennifer and Robert Israel
Gayle and Roger Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. John Joannes
Joyce Kaiserman
Miriam Kaplan
Laurie Klempner
Elaine Kramer and Al Latham
Anna Krendel
Aimee Kreston and Andrew Picken
Ginny Kruger
JoAn Kunselman
Tom and Joyce Leddy
Brian and Su Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Lee
Marshall Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lesser
Mrs. Ursula Levi
Ms. Julie Lie and Mr. Kevin Wattier
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Lisano, Sr.
Marsha and Joseph Lyvers
Mr. and Mrs. David Madison
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James Margitan and Anita Sohus
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marvin
Eriko Matsumoto and
Barry Rosenbaum
Pauline and Roger Mayer
Joanne S. McClelland
Lorene Mendelsohn and
Martin Coyne
Kelly Miranda
Steven Montgomery
Richard Naill
Arthur and Lori Noda
Beth Norber
Deedy Oberman
Edward A. Perez
Rudy Perez
Rita Coveney Pudenz
Jane and John Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Ramshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reisz
Ms. Yung-Mee Rhee and
Mr. Bryan Lee
Thomas W. Rhoads
Robert and Norma Richman
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Robbins
Sara Rose
The Honorable Rand Rubin and Dr. Carrol Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ruys de Perez
Mary Lea and Edwin Schander
Cheryl and David Scheidemantle
Gary Schenk and
Mary Jo Dungfelder
Barbara and Charles Schufreider
Dia Schuldenfrei
Chuck Scroggins
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Seitz
Margaret Shimizu
Margaret Simon
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Karen Slayton and Lloyd Moffitt
Carol and Tom Snyder
Billy C. So
Octaveous Starr and Gerald Elijah
Lisa and Sean Sutton
Jean E. Tanaka and Marko Sokolich
Hiroko Tatebe
Lavette Teague
Kathleen Tesar
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary F. Treadwell
Diane A. Ward
Ben and Rose Weinstein
The Wernig Family
Kelly White and David Timoner
Melisa Lewis Wilson Family
Ron Wing and Bruce Matsen
Sandra E. Wisot
Jessie Yuan and George Dutton
*Deceased
Organization Donors
The following contributions from
organizations were received
between July 1, 2014 and
August 31, 2015.
$1,000,000+
Colburn Foundation
Dunard Fund USA, Ltd.
$500,000–$999,999
Anonymous
$250,000–$499,999
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
$100,000–$249,999
Ahmanson Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Patricia Duque Byrne Charitable Foundation
The Greendale Lynn Family Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
PDP Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Wells Fargo
$50,000–$99,999
Anonymous
Binder Foundation
The Greendale Lynn
Family Foundation
The Joseph H. and Carol F. Reich
Philantrhopic Fund of New York
of the Jewish Communal Fund
The Sidley Austin Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
Edison International/Southern California Edison
Goodwin Family Memorial Trust
Jerry and Terri Kohl Family Foundation
LGHG Foundation
MATT Construction Corporation
Dan Murphy Foundation
Pasadena Showcase House
for the Arts
Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Family Foundation
$10,000–$24,999
Artistic Scholarship Fund for Inner City Youth
Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation
Harry Bronson and Edith R. Knapp Foundation
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
The Fishbein Family Foundation
Fractured Atlas
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The Greenberg Foundation
Hammel, Green and
Abrahamson, Inc.
The Karpman Foundation
McKinsey & Company
Metropolitan Associates
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Pfeiffer Partners
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous (2)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Bank of America
The Sheri and Les Biller
Family Foundation
Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, Inc.
Credit Suisse
Disney/ABC Television Group
Glaser Weil
NEPC, LLC
Priceline.com Hollywood Charity Horse Show
Proskauer Rose LLP
Rotary Club of Beverly Hills
John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation
World Presidents’ Organization City of Angels Chapter
$2,500–$4,999
The Employees Community Fund of Boeing California
Heffernan Foundation
Jimmy Choo USA
Los Angeles Philanthropic
Committee for the Arts
Rochelle and Richard Maize Foundation
Meketa Investment Group
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Eloise and Carl Pohlad Family Fund
Bud Rotter Family Foundation
Steinway & Sons
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
$1,000–$2,499
Bond Logistix LLC
The Sascha Brastoff Foundation
Charles M. Salter and Associates
I.H. and Anna Grancell Foundation
Integrity Automated Solutions
International Horn Society
J.B.D. Partnership
The Fletcher Jones Foundation
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Nastec International, Inc.
Peerless Building Maintenance
The Schmetterling Foundation
The Weinberg Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Frederick R. Weisman
Philanthropic Foundation
$500–$999
Decker Lighting Supply LLC
Emergency Power Controls. Inc.
Gold Family Foundation
Teamsters Local Union No 399
Studio Transportation Drivers
The Vista Del Arroyo HOA
Westmount Asset Management
The Zevnik Charitable Foundation
$250–$499
B & B Plumbing
Gross & Harutunian
Gifts In Kind
Anonymous (4)
9021Pho Restaurants
A Noise Within
Alex Roldan Salon
AMC Burbank 16
Ms. Sandra Anderson and
Mr. Joe Srour
Arik Kastan
Ms. Vicki Arkoff and
Mr. Bill Yurdin
Art Jewelry by Masako
Linda and Robert Attiyeh
Autry National Center of the American West
Azica Records
Bar Method Pasadena
Barnsdall Art Park Foundation
Barona Resort & Casino
David and Margaret Barry
Bauer Pottery
Beckmen Vineyards
Big Sugar Bakeshop
Adele and Gordon Binder
Blair’s Restaurant
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BLOOM Literary Journal
Bon Appetit Management Company
Brighton Collectibles
The Broad Stage
Mrs. Jane S. Brown
Gaelen and Michael Burgess
C by Karina Eyewear
California Science Center Foundation
Ms. Susan Cambigue-Tracey
Carnegie Hall
Celestino Ristorante and Bar
Center Theatre Group
Citydog! Club
The Coletti Family
Linda Cormier
Alice and Joe Coulombe
The Counter Burger DTLA
Crossings Restaurant
The Da Camera Society
Daily Grill Downtown
Los Angeles
Glenda and Charles Danek
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Disney/ABC Television Group
DeeDee Dorskind
Mr. David Duke
Gillian and Scott Edel
Mr. Darren Edwards
Ms. Ann Graham Ehringer
Mr. Eric Elias
Mr. John Elliot
Mr. Maxim Eshkenazy
Eurest Dining Services
Evolution
Rosemarie Fall and
Andrew Millstein
Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows
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Ms. Suzanne Felsen and
Mr. Kevin Swanson
Paige Fillion-Hornbacher and Scott Hornbacher
Four Seasons Resort Maui
of Wailea
Gale’s Restaurant
The Gamble House
Sukey and Gil Garcetti
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Garten
Geffen Playhouse
Robina Gibb
Ms. Shelby Glick
Go Green Interior Plants, Inc.
Ms. Susan Godfrey
Halper Fine Art
Carol and Warner Henry
Mr. Aaron Hill
Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles
Hollywood
Ms. Sara Hiner
Homeboy Industries and Homegirl Cafe and Catering
Toby Horn and Harold Tomin
Henry E. Huntington Library & Art Gallery
Il Fornaio Beverly Hills
Internet Tours
Mr. Anthony Jackson
Ms. Chini Johnson-Taylor
Julienne Fine Foods & Celebrations
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kaner
Kasimoff-Bluthner
Piano Company
Kate Mantilini Restaurant
J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kelley
Linda and Michael Keston
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kimura
Brian and Molly Kirk
Ms. Evan Kleiman
KnitCulture Studio
Ms. Aimee Kreston and
Mr. Andrew Picken
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Kulber
La Grande Orange Cafe
LACMA
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Lee
Dr. Paul and Mrs. Candice Lee
Lemonade Restaurant Group
Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy
Mike and Aliza Lesser
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lewis
Ms. Jacqueline Liao
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Opera
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Loupilou
The Luggage Room Pizzeria
Brian Mann
Mr. Peter Mark and
Ms. Thea Musgrave
Beverly Marksbury
MATT Construction Corporation
Genie and Robert McAllister
Mendocino Farms
Sandwich Market
Mr. Barry Michlin
Miles McNeel Design
Mr. John Millard
The Misfit Restaurant and Bar
Nancy’s Creations
Naxos of America
NCIS
Neihule
Nice Guys Limo
NoHo Hair Salon
Nordstrom Topanga
Varda Ullman Novick
Old Town Music
Omni Hotel
Ms. Randy Osherow
Pasadena Symphony
Ms. Barbara Pene
Press Brothers Juicery
PRP Wine International
Felix Racelis and
Lawrence J. Nash
Ms. Loretta Ramos
RDG Woodwinds, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reisz
Ms. Jenifer R. Ringer and
Mr. James Fayette
Robert Cauer Violins
Roclord Studio
Ann and Robert Ronus
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rose
Mrs. Judith Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenberg
Rosenthal—The Malibu
Estate Vineyard
Ms. Stephanie Sabar
Mr. and Mrs. Refugio Saldana
Allison Sampson
Elizabeth Loucks Samson
San Antonio Winery
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association
Mr. Steve Scherf
Gigi and Joe Scully
Mrs. Dana Slatkin
Ms. Kelly Ann Sloan
Steinway & Sons
Mr. Harry B. Suh and
Dr. Patty Koh
Sumahan on the Water
Sunset Marquis
Cecilia and Keith Terasaki
Tesla Motors
Teuscher Chocolate
of Switzerland
Toms Campus Programs
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tortorice
Trump International Hotel and Tower New York at Central Park
Maya and Jon Varnell
VectorUSA
Mr. Fred Vogler
Dorothea Von Haeften and
Arnold Steinhardt
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The Warehouse Restaurant
Water Grill
Janice M. White
WWWEver Studio
Kenton and Holly Youngstrom
Anna Roman Zueva
If your name has been omitted or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify the
Advancement Department at 213-621-1020 so that we may correct our records.
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Thank You to our Corporate Sponsors
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Board of Directors
Executive Leadership
Production Staff
Chairman
Sel Kardan
Director of Production
Carol Colburn Grigor
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Palley
Vice Chairman and
Chairman Elect
Seth Weintraub
Victor Pineda
Andrew Millstein
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Administrative Officer
Stage Crew
Directors
Allison Sampson
Robert S. Attiyeh
Daniel L. Avchen
David N. Barry
Thomas L. Beckmen
Bea Bennet
Iona Benson*
Adele Binder
David D. Colburn
Richard W. Colburn
Alice Coulombe
Plácido Domingo
Edmund D. Edelman*
Robert B. Egelston*
Bradley H. Ellis
Warner W. Henry
Catherine Colburn Høgel
Aliza Lesser
Robert E. Lewis
Beverly Marksbury
Steven F. Matt
Toby E. Mayman*
Diane Naegele
Elizabeth Redleaf
Ann Ronus
Marc L. Sandman
Keith Terasaki
Jim Ward
Peter W. Wardle
Jonathan Weedman
Senior Vice President,
Advancement and
External Affairs
Paul Loera
David Mencos
Elmer Pacheco
Gabriel Perez
Peter Phol
Mark A. Berry
AV Manager
*Honorary Life Directors
Vice President,
Communications
Academic Leadership
Dr. Adrian Daly
Provost
Interim Dean,
Conservatory of Music
Richard Beene
Dean Emeritus,
Conservatory of Music
Stage Manager
Francesco Perlangeli
AV Engineers
Sergey Parfenov
Derek Williams
Lighting Engineer
Greg Forbess
House Management and Staffing
Called Out Consultants
Production Administration
Jessica Ewing
Maggie McEldowney
Robert McAllister
Dean, Community School
of Performing Arts
Ory Shihor
Dean, Music Academy
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Policy to Students
The Colburn School does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, nationality, gender,
sexual orientation, ethnic origin, or religious belief
in its admission, retention, student aid, scholarship,
or other educational policies, and other school
administered programs.
Colburn School performances may be recorded. By
attending you agree that recordings of your image
or voice at these performances may be used for
publicity and promotional purposes. Unauthorized
video or audio recording is strictly prohibited.
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