David Finckel & Wu Han, Artistic Directors • Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director

“Chamber music is all about collaboration, and one of the great pleasures of Music@Menlo is the chance to hear top artists come together

in new configurations to play classic works.”

—SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

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2015 Summer Festival SummaryMusic@Menlo’s 2015 season, Schubert, celebrated one of Western music’s most cherished musical voices, Franz Schubert, a composer whose prolific but tragically short career has shaped Western music over the two centuries since his death.

This summer, Music@Menlo presented Schubert’s work in a chronological journey through his compositions, assessing his influence that has lasted well beyond his brief but extraordinary thirty-one-year lifespan. Our audiences heard a body of work that is best experienced in the signature Music@Menlo fashion: with a full immersion in the three-week festival season, an adventure that mirrored the intensity and brevity of Schubert’s life. Through seven Concert Programs, five Schubertiade concerts, and three Encounters, festival participants had the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the life of Schubert.

The depth and content of Music@Menlo’s ancillary offerings provided opportunities for discovery and engagement unique to Music@Menlo. Through public Institute activities including master classes and Café Conversations and extended offerings including AudioNotes, forty professional musicians, five emerging young professional alumni-faculty members, eleven preprofessional musicians, thirty-one Young Performers, twenty-two interns, and thousands of audience members enjoyed exploring music through a lens of their own emotional responses.

Mission To expand the chamber music community and to enhance the enjoyment and understanding of the art form by championing the highest artistic quality in live performance, promoting in-depth audience engagement with the music and artists, and providing intensive training for aspiring professional musicians and industry leaders.

Overview Celebrating its thirteenth season this year, Music@Menlo has become an internationally acclaimed summer festival and institute combining world-class chamber music performances, extensive audience engagement, intensive training for preprofessional musicians, and a variety of activities which have broadened and enhanced the chamber music community of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Music@Menlo was founded on the conviction that, while great music offers aesthetic pleasure and spiritual renewal at the most basic listening level, deeper engagement with the art form opens doors to inspiration and enlightenment. Great music generates connections with cultures across ages and continents and culti-vates fluency in new and diverse creative languages. It enhances our understanding of Western history, intensifies the enjoyment of well-known works, and increases the appetite for and capacity to be engaged by unfamiliar music.

An immersive experience centered on distinctive thematic pro-gramming, Music@Menlo enriches its core concert offerings with myriad opportunities for in-depth learning to intensify audiences’ enjoyment and understanding of the music. The festival’s partic-ular brand of enrichment complements core content, providing new ways for longtime concertgoers and newcomers of all ages to explore chamber music.

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2015 Summer Festival ActivitiesMAIN-STAGE EVENTS

Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — In 2015, Music@Menlo explored the legacy of Schubert through a total of thirteen performances of seven Concert Programs in two venues. Each Concert Program reflected Schubert’s short but brilliant career.

Schubertiades — Originating during Schubert’s life, these were social gatherings in private residences that included readings, dancing, dining, and the music of Schubert. They were often hosted by the members of the “Schubert circle,” his close friends and admirers, who simply could not get enough of Schubert’s music and were eager to hear his latest magical creations. Schubert biographer and Music@Menlo Encounter Leader Christopher Gibbs has described Schubertiades as “...certainly events, but also, perhaps, a state of mind.” Music@Menlo’s Schubertiades—immersions in the composer’s art—revive the concert tradition that entranced Schubert’s most loyal audiences. This series comprised five performances featuring a cadre of today’s finest recitalists and chamber musicians in Schubert’s most cherished works, including the late string quartets (courtesy of the Escher String Quartet), the final three piano sonatas (featuring Gilles Vonsattel, Wu Han, and Gilbert Kalish). Each program also wove Schubert’s lieder into programs alongside instrumental chamber music, reflecting in detail the composer’s process and astonishing development, and setting the context of the music within his life.

Michael Steinberg Encounter Series — Encounters, Music@Menlo’s signature series of multimedia symposia led by classical music’s most renowned authorities, embody the festival’s context-rich approach to musical discovery and add an integral dimension to the Music@Menlo experience. The 2015 festival season’s three Encounters explored Schubert’s enduring legacy and significance in our time, giving audiences context for the season’s varied program. These ticketed events continue to be some of the most sought-after programs at the festival. This year, Music@Menlo welcomed Christopher H. Gibbs, Susan Youens, and Ara Guzelimian as Encounter Leaders.

CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE

Forty-two conservatory-level performers and promising young musicians, ages nine to twenty-nine, participated in the 2015 International Program and Young Performers Program of the Chamber Music Institute. The Institute offers an intensive program where students have unparalleled opportunities to hone their musical skills through daily ensemble coachings. They attend all festival concerts and lectures, appear before and interact with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing professional mentoring.

Coaches and Artist-Faculty — The Institute provides students with direct and sustained contact with leading musicians and musicologists. Most artists on the festival’s elite roster of main-stage performers instruct and collaborate with students in coaching sessions, master classes, and other Institute activities. This year, five Chamber Music Institute alumni returned as coaches for the Young Performers Program, and International Program alumna Gloria Chien (’06) continued as Chamber Music Institute Director. Renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish returned as International Program Director, and four of the five members of the coaching faculty joined Music@Menlo’s main-stage professional artist roster.

International Program — Eleven students, with an average age of twenty-five, participated in the International Program. They came to the Institute from prestigious educational institutions including the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. All International Program participants attended the Institute at no cost, through generous support provided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

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Young Performers Program — Thirty-one students, with an average age of fifteen, participated in the Young Performers Program, thirteen of whom were from the San Francisco Bay Area. Through special funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, fourteen students from outside the Bay Area were provided housing at the nearby Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel. Seventeen Young Performer families were awarded full or partial need-based financial support and/or merit-based scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

Concerts by Chamber Music Institute Participants — This year, Institute students performed in three Koret Young Performers Concerts and thirteen Prelude Performances, all of which were free and open to the public.

ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Twenty-two college students and recent college graduates participated in the 2015 Arts Management Internship Program. Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including development, event planning and catering, marketing and merchandising, operations, patron services, production, publicity and publications, and student services. The interns, who were integral to the success of the festival, worked side by side with the festival’s staff as highly visible members of the Music@Menlo team. Over the past thirteen years, the festival’s Arts Management Internship Program has served 233 interns from 110 colleges and universities around the world. The internship program is supported in part by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Sixteen afternoon and early evening concerts (three Koret Young Performers Concerts and thirteen Prelude Performances), performed by the Chamber Music Institute participants, provided ideal points of access to chamber music for families, young listeners, and the broader community, with a total combined attendance of 3,771 across three different venues.

Café Conversations (FREE) — Discussions led by festival artists and special guests included “Curating Concerts: Programming from Schubert’s Time to Today” with musicologist Christopher H. Gibbs, “The Art of Katia Setzer” with 2015 Visual Artist Katia Setzer and Cathy Kimball, “Arenas of Learning: From the Streets of New York to the Woods of Vermont” with Juilliard School of Music Dean Ara Guzelimian and David Finckel, and “Gods among Us: Adolf Busch and George Enescu” with violinist Aaron Boyd. Live webcasts of all Café Conversations were provided; these are available on Music@Menlo’s website.

Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led eleven master classes in 2015. Live webcasts were offered of all master classes.

Visual Artist — Each season, Music@Menlo invites a distinguished contemporary visual artist to exhibit a selection of works during the festival and showcases the artist’s work in the festival’s publications. In 2015, artist Katia Setzer’s work was featured in the season’s promotional materials, including the brochure, program book, and season poster, as well as on note cards, the Music@Menlo website, and in an on-site installation in Stent Family Hall.

Volunteer Team — More than 125 volunteers assisted with housing festival artists, students, and administrators, ushering at festival programs, and hosting events, as well as customer relations and other festival operations.

Travel — Music@Menlo’s travel programs offer patrons incomparable insider access to some of the most significant historical and cultural landmarks while they enjoy a musical listening experience like no other. In late April 2015, Music@Menlo traveled from Rome to Lisbon aboard the Corinthian cruise ship and featured performances by Music@Menlo festival favorites Arnaud Sussmann, Matthew Lipman, David Finckel, and Wu Han. Then, in September 2015, Music@Menlo led a group of twenty-five patrons through Europe’s greatest musical capital, Vienna. Inspired by the 2015 festival theme, Music@Menlo explored the rich background of Vienna’s musical history and featured performances by David Finckel, Wu Han, Ani Kavafian, Lily Francis, and Ciro Vigilante.

hospitality interns serving patrons ara guzelimian and david finckel lead a café conversation.

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MULTIMEDIA

Virtual Engagement Pilot (Quodlibet) — As part of its ongoing efforts to provide a deeper online experience of the festival, and to optimize its extensive library of audiovisual material, Music@Menlo launched a pilot project on its website during the summer of 2015 entitled Quodlibet. This online resource integrated a trove of written, audio, and video content to offer a unique exploratory experience of the Viennese tradition through the Classical and Romantic periods, drawing on works that have been featured at Music@Menlo over the past thirteen years. In the coming years, Music@Menlo will continue to develop online resources that provide the festival community with many ways to access past seasons—through written pieces, video content (including master classes, artist interviews, and concert performances), contextual information, and the world-class recordings on Music@Menlo LIVE, the festival’s exclusive recording label.

AudioNotes — These preconcert listener guides featured musical examples and interviews with performers from the 2015 festival and were offered on CD and as downloadable MP3 files.

Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2015 season, engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in early 2016. Music@Menlo’s entire back catalogue of LIVE recordings are also offered online in digital format through Classical Archives, iTunes, and Amazon.

Festival Video Webcasts — Video of Encounters and select festival educational content, including master classes and Café Conversations, was streamed on the Internet and drew 2,375 plays during the festival period. Total minutes of streamed content quadrupled from 2014 to more than 46,400 minutes. All video content will remain online indefinitely.

Video Project — An in-residence videography team produced videos featuring all facets of festival happenings, including excerpts of concerts, portraits of artist-faculty, student experiences in the Chamber Music Institute and interviews with musicians. Videos were posted online, where they drew over 4,700 plays, an increase of 37.5 percent over 2014.

Radio Distribution — Through a partnership with American Public Media, audiences can revisit Music@Menlo performances on more than 245 radio stations internationally, reaching more than 1.4 million listeners each week.

“A distinguishing feature of Music@Menlo is the approach to themes and programming. Wu Han and Finckel go to extremes to create an enlightening thematic narrative that runs

through not just many of the concerts but also the multimedia symposia, lectures, and talks.”—THE STRAD

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and continued with one of the twentieth century’s most towering achievements in the genre—Béla Bartók’s Fourth Quartet. The program concluded with Robert Schumann’s lush and spirited Third Quartet.

The series came to a close with a program that spotlighted the clarinet repertoire and that instrument’s enchanting palette, encompassing tender lyricism and virtuosic panache. A cast of Music@Menlo favorites, led by clarinetists David Shifrin and Romie de Guise-Langlois, with violinist Arnaud Sussmann and pianist Hyeyeon Park, presented an exceptional program of works for clarinet and ensemble. The afternoon’s offerings included Bartók’s Contrasts, Stravinsky’s Suite from L’histoire du soldat, and Paul Schoenfield’s wildly entertaining Clarinet Trio.

WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL

In 2015, the eleventh annual Winter Residency Program at Menlo School brought a select group of the festival’s Chamber Music Institute alumni back to campus to engage with Menlo School educators and students in a series of unique programs including sixteen classroom presentations, four private performances, and an assembly for the Upper School. These programs reached nearly the entire Menlo School student body of more than eight hundred students, all over a six-day period in March 2015.

The Winter Residency musicians also performed in the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, which raises awareness and funds for the Chamber Music Institute.

Winter Activities

2014–2015 WINTER SERIES

Complementing the world-class chamber music programming that distinguishes Music@Menlo’s internationally acclaimed summer festival, the Winter Series offers three exciting opportunities to further explore the vast richness of the chamber music literature, interpreted by some of classical music’s most commanding performers. The 2014–2015 Winter Series, three Sunday afternoon performances, took place at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton and the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto.

Last season’s Winter Series was greeted by positive critical acclaim and brought new audiences to Music@Menlo while offering year-round engagement for current audiences. The series opened with Mozart’s Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542, one of the finest essays in the trio literature. The program, performed by a stellar group of artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, highlighted the transition from Viennese Classicism into the Romantic era. Violinist Kristin Lee and pianist Gloria Chien followed the trio with Beethoven’s fiery Kreutzer Sonata. Though composed more than a century later, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s cinematic Piano Quintet harkens back to the tradition of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, appropriating the most cherished qualities of their music—its formal elegance, melodic beauty, and effortless charm—for listeners of modern times.

The second Winter Series concert featured the acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet, which made its eagerly anticipated Music@Menlo debut, performing an afternoon of masterworks from the string quartet repertoire. The program opened with the captivating Rider Quartet by Joseph Haydn, the patriarch of the string quartet tradition,

“For young musicians taking their first steps as chamber musicians, there can hardly be a more inspiring grounding than this forward-looking festival.”

—THE STRAD

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Music@Menlo 2015 in Numbers2015 AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

• Music@Menlo’s total audience numbers surpassed 11,600, including 4,670 audience members for paid festival events, more than 5,200 attendees at free concerts and educational events, 861 audience members for the Winter Series, and 931 Menlo School Winter Residency participants and attendees.

• Chamber Music Institute students numbered 42, including 11 International Program artists and 31 Young Performers Program participants.

• Twenty-two college students and recent college graduates were trained in the rigors of festival production and arts administration through the 2015 Arts Management Internship Program.

• Annual Fund donor participation increased from 462 in 2014 to 478 in 2015; 30 percent of 2015 donors were first-time or rejoining contributors.

• In 2015, 27 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time ticket buyers, a total of 216 households.

Music@Menlo over the Years• 350 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in a rigorous exploration of chamber music under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artist-faculty.

• Over 200 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all over the world to perform in the main-stage concerts, give multimedia Encounter lectures, coach in the Chamber Music Institute, and work with Menlo School students in the annual Winter Residency.

• 233 interns have gained real-world experience from the industry-leading Arts Management Internship Program.

• 78 CDs have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label.

• The annual operating budget has increased from $445,600 in 2003 to $2.1 million in 2015.

• The festival produces 56 public events each year, reaching over 11,600 students, musicians, and audience members, with total free program attendance exceeding 5,200 annually.

Music@Menlo’s FutureThrough its unfaltering commitment to excellence over the past thirteen years—in education and programming, engagement and relationship building, and innovation—Music@Menlo looks towards a strong and sustainable future of thematic and inspiring programming, education of both musicians and listeners, and mission-driven support of chamber music and musicians. On the occasion of the tenth year, in 2012, Music@Menlo invited its community to celebrate its innovations and its impact on the chamber music industry, its artists, and its audiences.

At that time, Music@Menlo successfully completed its Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, which provided the Music@Menlo Fund with over $3 million in additional contributions from the Music@Menlo community. This fund has lifted and will continue to lift the organization to the next level of excellence in all areas: artistic programming and performance, the education of Chamber Music Institute participants, audience engagement, and Music@Menlo’s expanding impact on the classical music industry.

Through annual fundraising and special initiatives to replenish and grow the Music@Menlo Fund, Music@Menlo will continue to operate with an eye on the future, keeping the mission central to all activities, while upholding a sustainable organizational model for years to come.

“If the festival excels at exploring the past, it also blazes a trail to the future.”—SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

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2015 Financial Highlights• $1,145,201 in individual contributions to the Annual Fund

• $227,012 in foundation grants

• $25,000 in corporate sponsorships

• $296,949 in total ticket sales

Statement of Activities (Operating) 9/30/15 9/30/14INCOME

Earned Income $447,304 $492,477

Contributed Income $1,690,282 $1,694,735

Total Income $2,137,586 $2,187,212

EXPENSES

Programs $1,464,879 $1,524,070

Administration/General $236,659 $225,329

Fundraising $410,254 $410,699

Total Expenses $2,111,792 $2,160,098

Net Income $25,794 $27,114

Statement of Financial Position

9/30/15 9/30/14ASSETS

Cash $828,845 $869,055

Short-Term Investments $2,525,299 $2,504,333

Receivables $462,439 $306,070

Prepaid Expenses $17,536 $15,106

Fixed Assets, net $49,852 $55,052

Total Assets $3,883,971 $3,749,616

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Liabilities Accounts Payable $30,322 $39,409

Deferred Revenue $30,722 $19,032

Other Accrued Liabilities $682,556 $431,307

Total Liabilities $743,600 $489,748

Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets $1,213,225 $1,184,855 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets $1,927,146 $2,075,013

Total Net Assets $3,140,371 $3,259,868

Total Liabilities and $3,883,971 $3,749,616 Net Assets

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Performing Artists

PianoInon BarnatanGloria ChienJeffrey Kahane Gilbert Kalish Hyeyeon Park Juho PohjonenGilles VonsattelWu Han

ViolinBenjamin Beilman Aaron BoydErin KeefeSean LeePhilip SetzerArnaud Sussmann Danbi Um*

ViolaSunmi ChangPierre LapointePaul Neubauer Arnaud Sussmann

CelloDmitri Atapine David FinckelClive Greensmith*Laurence Lesser Keith RobinsonBrook Speltz*

BassScott Pingel

Dover Quartet*Joel Link, violin*Bryan Lee, violin*Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola*Camden Shaw, cello*

Escher String QuartetAdam Barnett-Hart, violinAaron Boyd, violinPierre Lapointe, violaBrook Speltz, cello*

WoodwindsAlexander Fiterstein, clarinetJosé González Granero, clarinet*Peter Kolkay, bassoon

BrassKevin Rivard, horn

VoiceJoélle Harvey, soprano*Sara Couden, contralto*Nikolay Borchev, baritone*

Encounter LeadersChristopher H. Gibbs*Ara GuzelimianSusan Youens*

Visual ArtistKatia Setzer

*Music@Menlo debut

International Program Participants

PianoMika Sasaki (Demarest, New Jersey) Michael James Smith

(Davis, California)

ViolinPetteri Iivonen (Helsinki, Finland)Boson Mo (Montreal, Canada)Suliman Tekalli (Orlando, Florida)Yuan Tian (Jining, Shandong, China)

ViolaDJ Cheek (Easley, South Carolina)Katharina Kang (Dusseldorf, Germany)

CelloSang-Eun Lee (Seoul, Korea)Han Bin Yoon (South Korea)Sarina Zhang (San Diego, California)

Young Performers Program Participants

PianoIsabelle Hsiao (Austin, TX)Caroline Hsu (Saratoga, CA)Yun Lu (Cleveland, TN)Hana Mizuta (Los Altos, CA)Yoko Rosenbaum (Santa Monica, CA) Daniel Tan (San Jose, CA)Tristan Yang (Cupertino, CA)

ViolinHesoo Cha (Campbell, CA)Tsutomu Copeland (Palo Alto, CA) Abigail Hong (Cherry Hill, NJ)Christine Lee (Saratoga, CA)Jun Lin (New York, NY)Maria Marica (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)Sean Mori (Palo Alto, CA)Clara Neubauer (New York, NY)Oliver Neubauer (New York, NY)Sakurako Saimaru (Mamaroneck, NY)Grace Song (Austin, TX)Eliza Wong (Huntington Station, NY)

ViolaRowan Bauman Swain (Charlotte, VT)Sae Rheen Kim (New York, NY)

Tess Krope (Chicago, IL)Josephine Stockwell (El Sobrante, CA)Patricia Tang (Palo Alto, CA)

CelloSophie Applbaum (Newton, MA)Cassandra Chum (Palo Alto, CA)Michael Chung (Cupertino, CA)Ian Maloney (Hackensack, NJ)Atticus Mellor-Goldman (Los Angeles,

CA)Mari Nagahara (Andover, MA)Jakob Taylor (New York, NY)

Arts Management Internship Program ParticipantsSandy An (Butler University)Camila Biaggi (Santa Clara University)Suzanna Brosey (Virginia Tech) Daniel Cho (New England

Conservatory)Abigail Choi (University of Michigan)Robert Colcord (Stanford University) Hannah Criswell (University of

Southern California) Kimberly Felt (Scripps College)Sarah Garcia (Pitzer College)Amanda Giberman (San Jose State

University) Melanie Hublard Hershman (Ithaca

College)Naomi Hill (Santa Clara University)John Hillyard (University of

Minnesota) Ariel Huang (Northwestern University)Donghyun Kim (University of

Michigan)Sarah Martin (Mount Holyoke

College) Leila Matzke (University of Kentucky)Jessica Sedlemeyer (Cal Poly Pomona) Benjamin Stein (Pomona College)Madeleine Stephens (St. Olaf College) Zachary Thayer (Shenandoah

University)Vivian Wang (New York University)

Music@Menlo StaffDavid Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic

Directors Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director Patrick Castillo, Audience Engagement

Director Claire Graham, Communications

DirectorElizabeth Hansen, Development

AssociateMelissa Johnson, Patron Services

Associate Marianne R. LaCrosse, General

Manager and Education Programs Director

Rachel Sokolow, Artistic AdministratorDaphne Wong, Artistic Operations

Manager

Music@Menlo BoardAnn S. Bowers Oliver A. Evans Earl Fry Paul M. GinsburgBetsy MorgenthalerCamilla SmithDavid Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic

Directors William R. Silver, ex officioEdward P. Sweeney, Executive Director,

ex officio Darren H. Bechtel, emeritusLeonard Edwards, emeritus Kathleen G. Henschel, emeritaMichael J. Hunt, emeritusEff W. Martin, emeritusHugh Martin, emeritusTrine Sorensen, emeritus

Seasonal Staff and Service ProfessionalsDmitri Atapine, Lead Faculty, Chamber

Music Institute Matthew Carr, Assistant Recording

EngineerSunmi Chang, Faculty, Chamber Music

InstituteGloria Chien, Director, Chamber Music

InstituteLauren Clifford, Video Producer Kelly Frisch, Production Stage Manager Mark Hurty, WebmasterGilbert Kalish, Director, Chamber Music

Institute International ProgramJiwon Kang, Student Resident AdvisorCourtney Koester, VideographerJesse Lara, Technology Services

ConsultantMatthew F. Lewandowski II,

Technical DirectorJulie Lewis, EditorDavid Lorey, Strategy ConsultantCarlin Ma, PhotographerMichael Manke, Technical DirectorEllen Milligan, Communications Project

Manager and Artist LiaisonHyeyeon Park, Faculty, Chamber Music

InstituteClaire Prescott, BookkeeperDa-Hong Seetoo, Recording Engineer Andrea Segar, Faculty, Chamber Music

InstituteErin Shum, House ManagerNick Stone, Graphic DesignerJenny Stulberg, Video Associate

Producer/EditorRoshan Sukumar, Student Resident

Advisor Heath Yob, Technology Services

Consultant

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Medici Circle($100,000+)

Ann S. BowersChandler B. & Oliver A. EvansThe William and Flora Hewlett

FoundationThe Martin Family Foundation

Carnegie Circle($50,000–$99,999)

Jim & Mical BrenzelPaul & Marcia Ginsburg Michael Jacobson & Trine SorensenGeorge & Camilla Smith

Esterhazy Circle($25,000–$49,999)

The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation

Leslie Hsu & Rick LenonLaurose & Burton RichterU.S. TrustMarcia & Hap Wagner

Beethoven Circle($10,000–$24,999)

Lindy BarocchiDarren H. BechtelIris & Paul BrestTerri BullockMichele & Larry Corash The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper FamilyDavid Finckel & Wu Han Marty* & Sarah Flug Sue & Bill GouldLibby & Craig Heimark The Clarence E. Heller

Charitable Foundation Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes, in

memory of Christopher Terry Rosann & Ed Kaz Koret Foundation Funds Howard & Laura Levin, in memory of

Kenneth Levin Mary LoreyThe David and Lucile Packard

FoundationVivian SweeneyMelanie & Ron WilenskyMarilyn Wolper

Mozart Circle($5,000–$9,999)

Dave & Judy Preves AndersonAlan & Corinne Barkin Eileen & Joel BirnbaumDan & Kathleen BrenzelGeorge Cogan & Fannie Allen Bill & Bridget Coughran Linda DeMelis & Ted Wobber Delia EhrlichMike & Allyson ElyMark FlegelEarl & Joy FryBetsy & David Fryberger The Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationMr. Laurance R. Hoagland Jr.

& Mrs. Grace M. Hoagland Jennifer Howard & Anthony J. CascardiDrs. Michael & Jane Marmor / Marmor Foundation

Betsy Morgenthaler Bill & Paula PowarDr. Condoleezza RiceAbe & Marian Sofaer In memory of Michael

SteinbergAndrea & Lubert StryerHarold & Jan Thomas Elizabeth Wright

Haydn Circle($2,500–$4,999)

Judy & Doug AdamsSally L. Glaser & David BowerDr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne CondieMrs. Ralph I. Dorfman Maureen & Paul Draper Jerome GuillenIn memory of Suk Ki Hahn Judith HeimerLavinia Johnston, in memory of Lauren

BurkKris KlintSusan & Knud Knudsen Margy & Art Lim, in honor of

Myrna Robinson and Don DeJonghDavid Lorey, in memory of Jim LoreyGladys & Larry Marks Neela PatelBarry & Janet Robbins Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Phyllis & Jeffrey ScargleThe Shrader-Suriyapa Family Alice J. SklarJim & Mary SmithEdward Sweeney & Kathy HansenJoe & Anne WelshEdwin & Kathe Williamson Janet & David Wilson, in honor of Jim &

Kit Mitchell Ronald & Alice Wong

Bach Circle($1,000–$2,499)

Anonymous (3)The ACMP FoundationRichard & Barbara Almond Michiharu & Nagisa Ariza Jeff & Jamie BarnettRobert BellamyDr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Chris ByrneBetsy & Nick Clinch Jo & John De Luca Peggy & Reid Dennis Dr. Harvey Eisenberg Scott & Carolyn Feamster Lynn & Bruce FeltPeter & Laura HaasLarry & Anne Hambly Brent Harris & Ryann PriceAdele M. HayutinSusan Hoebich Mary Page Hufty & Daniel AlegriaSunny KaplanEric & Catherine LambAlex MaasryCarol & Mac MacCorkle Cordelia Manning, in memory of Helen

FinckelJoan MansourMIT Community Running Club (MITcrc)George & Holde Muller

Peter & Liz NeumannShela & Kumar PatelKay PaulingRobert & Shirley Raymer Rossannah & Alan Reeves Robert & Diane Reid Annie E. RohanNancy & Norm Rossen Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Bill & Joan SilverBetty SwansonEllen & Mike TurbowJohn & Ann VaradySusan WilsonPeter & Georgia Windhorst

Caruso Circle($500–$999)

Anonymous (2)Millie & Paul Berg Charlotte & David Biegelsen Janice BoelkeIn loving memory of Katherine Brill and

Lois MillerHazel CheilekDr. & Mrs. George Cohen, in honor of Dr. &

Mrs. John De LucaJacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Judith & Franklin CrowAnne DauerLeonard & Margaret EdwardsGladys R. Garabedian, in memory of

Russell TincherLinda & Jim HaganElsa & Raymond Heald David HeintzMarjo LachmanTerry Lahey & Steve SmithBrian P. McCuneWilliam & Muriel McGee Anne PeckJanice & Jeff PettitDavid & Virginia Pollard Elizabeth M. SalzerLorraine & Gerard Seelig Steven E. ShladoverJudy & Lee ShulmanArt & Sharon SmallPeggy & Art StaufferPeter Straus & Katie Gardella Tricia SwiftMargrit & Jack Vanderryn

Joachim Circle($250–$499)

AnonymousRolene AuClaireCarl Baum & Annie McFadden Brenda & Roger BorovoyJulie & Ellis BrennerJoan BrodovskyMarda BuchholzAlison CampbellBill & JoAn ChaceRobert & Ann ChunDr. & Mrs. Bernard Cooper Constance Crawford Christine & Frank Currie John & Mary DahlquistMarge & Jim DeanMiriam DeJonghEarl & Barbara Douglass Jeanne Duprau

Thomas & Ellen EhrlichCharlotte & David Epstein Maria & George Erdi Robert S. Erskine Jr.Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith Bruce & Marilyn FogelNeil & Ruth Foley Patricia FosterS. Robert & Sarah W. Freedman Peg & Buzz Gitelson Gerry H. Goldsholle &

Myra K. Levenson Michael GolubHelen & Gary* Harmon Clarice & Dale Horelick Jim & Kathy Johnson Andrea G. JulianJeannie KaufmanJoan & Philip Leighton Michael & Vicki Link Drs. John & Penny LoebRobert March & Lisa LawrenceVera LuthThe Mahishi FamilyMark & Bonnie MathisenJohn & Rosemary Maulbetsch Thomas & Cassandra MooreFrances & John MorseJoan NortonMichelle & Laurent PhilonenkoMarcia Pugsley & Kent MatherBenn & Eva Sah Susan Southworth Barbara Tam Elizabeth Trueman &

Raymond PerraultIan & Julia WallMichelle Wang &

Yonggang Jin Dr. George & Bay Westlake Sallie & Jay WhaleyMargaret WunderlichJane Fowler Wyman Angela Yeh & Michael Feldman

Paganini Circle($100–$249)

Anonymous (2)Bill & Marsha AdlerAdeyemi AjaoCarole AlexanderMatthew & Marcia Allen Susan L. AmmonsMickie & Gibson AndersonLinda & Bob AttiyehAnne & Robert Baldwin Michele Barry & Mark Cullen Paul BendixMark Berger & Candace DeLeoEnrico & Jane BernasconiBarbara BesseyDonna BestockFrederick & Alice Bethke John & Lu BinghamKaye BishopMiriam BlattArnold & Barbara Bloom Catherine BolgerKan Boonyanit & Wassika Vasikanond Mark BosletCarol & Michael Bradley Lilian BrewerJ. Anne CarlsonRenee Chevalier

2015 Annual FundMusic@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations, whose support of the Annual Fund makes the Institute, Festival, and Winter Series possible.

*Deceased

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Carol Christ P. L. Cleary Art & Jean DanaSuzanne DavidsonKen & Sue Dinwiddie Ann & John Dizikes Robert & Loretta Dorsett Alan M. EisnerRuth Eliel & Bill Cooney Jeff EnquistJane EnrightEdward & Linda Ericson Shelley Floyd & Albert LoshkajianMarie ForsterCarol C. & Joel P. Friedman, M.D.Lawrence & Leah Friedman Rich GiffordAndrew & Eryn Goldstein Edie & Gabe Groner Bruce & Kathy Greenwood, in honor of

Mika SasakiDavid HammerJennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Margaret HarveyMarc Henderson & Sue SwezeyJohn HerbertDavid & Jane Hibbard Thuan-Vo HoRobert JacobDr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Mark KeleherSarah KingMichael Korbholz & Katherine Lerer Hilda KornerBarton LaneMichael & Carol Lavelle Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lee William & Lucille Lee Elisabeth & Jean Bernard Le PecqPete LevinsLinda & Sid LiebesClaire LinMarjorie LinDr. Leon Lipson & Susan BermanHarvey LynchPeggie & Donald MacLeod Jonathan MacQuitty & Laurie HunterJames E. McKeownAdam MendelsohnBill Miller & Ida Houby Rebecca & John Nelson Julia OliverAllen & Joyce Phipps Patricia Porter & Stephen Browning Frederica PostmanMichael PurdyBeverly Radin & Larry Breed Agustin E. RamirezAnn RatcliffRichard & Karen RechtMaureen & Paul RoskophYuri SaitoToby ScammellJoan Berman SegallEd & Linda SeldenJohn Shon & Sandra Lee Dr. George W. Simmonds &

Garnet L. SpielmanChalmers SmithClinton & Sharon Snyder Ethan Mickey Spiegel Peter StanskyFrancine Toder & Joe Hustein Hal & Carol ToppelEllen E. Uhrbrock Suzanne Voll Darlene & Charles WhitneyLyn & Greg Wilbur Miriam Winkler Weldon & Carol Wong

Friends (Gifts up to $99)

J. M. AbelHerbert AbramsSundeep AhujaLorraine AllenLiz AndersonPhyllis AnnettAndrian AounLeslie ArmisteadSusan Albro BarkanSusan C. BatesThe Bergman FamilySharon & Stuart BesslerAndrew BinstockSherry BjorklundSharon BlairMrs. Carol N. Boslet Peter BrodieJulie BuckleyKarlygash Burkitbayeva Elizabeth ButtonCarlos Cabrera Stacey ChenAlison ClarkDiana & Allan Colby Richard &

Suzanne Cottle Priscilla CoudenKen & Marcelle Crook Alex CubbonBruce CulbertsonHomer DalbeyRafael DavisErica DorfmanMax DovalaSamantha DuVallJan EpsteinMariia EroshinMary FalveyRoseann Fanucchi & Al RappoportTom & Nancy FieneJeff FosterJesse FranklinPablo FuentesJohn & Florine Galen Romola GeorgiaMarianne GersonJo R. GilbertGerard GilliganLarry GordonMargaret GordonWilliam GoughTom & Mary Granvold Diane & Harry Greenberg, in honor of

Michele & Larry Corash Chris GumbrechtXinxin GuoSterling & Frieda HaidtJudith HansenBarbara HaritonPaul HarmonDean Harpster Jane HarrisMargaret Harrison Eleanor & Mark Hawkins Ernie HaydenMs. Chinshu Huang Matthieu Jonemann Christopher Kanaan David JewKathryn KerseyJin Mi Kim & Sung Ho Thomas & Jean KirschEllen & Keith Kitchen Mr. Hollis LenderkingGwen LeonardNicholas Peter LeraDennis LeviJennifer Lezin

Rosie LilaDr. Kyrsia LindanPeter LockettJeff LonsdaleRyan LowtherDr. Frances Gordon LuKathleen LucatortoDr. & Mrs. Seth B. Lueders Susie MacLeanEva W. MaidenMelanie MajureDmitri ManinKatie MarkovRuslan MarshaevBrendan MarshallBen McCoyPegah MoghaddamMerla MurdockRobert MullisMarc NeubergerAnna NinanKati NodererJ. J. O’BrienYuriko Payton-Miyazaki Monika & Raul PerezAndy PerkinsJonathan PhillipsDrs. Jeanette & David Pleasure Joann Ratcliff Daryl RichardSid & Sue Rosenberg Olivia RossRobert RosselKumiko Sakamoto Rex & Alli son Dumlin SalisburyRonald SaxElizabeth & Curt Schulze Kenneth Seeman, M.D. Sharon & Dennis SheehanLaurie SpaethInna ShorMitch SlomiakAlice SmithJudy SpirnJoy SunJocelyn Swisher Ryan TaylorLisa TheobaldAnthea TjuanakisJoan UrquhartAustin VanceJean ViretMarie & Craig VoughtLauren Weinstein Susan WeisbergSteven WeislerWendy Welker & Cristina ThorsonKevin WhittakerPhilip & Kelly Wilson Kathy WongJonathan YamDavid YostElizabeth Zambricki

Matching Gifts

AbbVie Foundation Employee Engagement Fund

Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program

Genentech Giving Station Google Matching Gift ProgramThe William and Flora Hewlett

Foundation IBM Matching Grants ProgramLAM ResearchMacy’s Matching Gift ProgramMicrosoft Matching Grants ProgramThe David and Lucile Packard

FoundationSPX Foundation Matching Gift Program

Community Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds

The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

The Goldman Sachs Philanthropy FundThe Jewish Community Federation and

Endowment FundThe Marin Community FoundationSchwab Charitable FundThe Silicon Valley Community

Foundation

In-Kind ContributionsAmici’s East Coast PizzeriaAvanti Pizza, Menlo ParkCafe BorroneCalifornia Pizza KitchenCostco, Mountain ViewCostco, Redwood CityDomaine EdenMaureen & Paul DraperHobee’s, Palo AltoMartha’s PastriesMayfield Bakery & CafePatxi’s PizzaThe Prolific OvenRidge VineyardsSafeway, Menlo ParkSafeway, Redwood CitySafeway, Sequoia StationSafeway, Sharon HeightsStanford Park HotelStarbucks, California AvenueStarbucks, CentennialStarbucks, Marsh ManorStarbucks, Midtown Palo AltoStarbucks, Palm ParkStarbucks, Redwood JunctionStarbucks, Sharon HeightsStarbucks, West Menlo ParkStash TeaTarget, Redwood CityThatcher’s Gourmet PopcornTrader Joe’s, Menlo ParkTwomey CellarsWeir & Associates Catering

and Event PlanningThe Willows Market

Hotel Sponsors

Music@Menlo is proud to partner with the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel and the Stanford Park Hotel for the 2015 season.

Menlo School

Music@Menlo would like to extend special thanks to Head of School Than Healy, the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and the entire Menlo School community for their continuing enthusiasm and support.

Volunteers (Friends of the Festival)

Music@Menlo extends its heartfelt gratitude to the Friends Council and all of the volunteers, who are most generous with their time throughout the festival and the rest of the year.

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Tenth-Anniversary CampaignMusic@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Music@Menlo Fund through the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign.

Leadership Circle ($100,000+)AnonymousAnn S. BowersChandler B. & Oliver A. EvansPaul & Marcia GinsburgMichael Jacobson &

Trine SorensenThe Martin Family FoundationBill & Lee Perry

$10,000–$99,999

Anonymous Darren H. BechtelJim & Mical BrenzelIris & Paul BrestTerri BullockMichele & Larry CorashKaren & Rick DeGoliaThe David B. and Edward C. Goodstein

FoundationSue & Bill GouldLibby & Craig HeimarkKathleen G. HenschelLeslie Hsu & Rick LenonMichael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-HuntThe Kaz Foundation,

in memory of Steve ScharbachJeehyun KimHugh MartinWilliam F. Meehan IIIBetsy MorgenthalerDr. Condoleezza RiceThe Shrader-Suriyapa FamilyIn memory of Michael SteinbergMarcia & Hap WagnerMelanie & Ronald WilenskyMarilyn & Boris* Wolper

$1,000–$9,999

Anonymous (3)Judy & Doug AdamsEileen & Joel BirnbaumKathleen & Dan BrenzelDr. & Mrs. Melvin C. BrittonSherry Keller BrownChris ByrnePatrick CastilloJo & John De LucaDelia EhrlichMike & Allyson ElyScott & Carolyn Feamster Suzanne Field &

Nicholas SmithDavid Finckel & Wu HanJoan & Allan FischEarl & Joy FryBetsy & David Fryberger Karen & Ned Gilhuly Laura & Peter HaasAdele M. HayutinKris KlintMargy & Art Lim, in memory of

Myrna Robinson, Don DeJongh, and Pat Blankenburg

Mary LoreyCarol & Mac MacCorkleLawrence Markosian &

Deborah BaldwinGladys & Larry MarksDrs. Michael & Jane Marmor/

Marmor Foundation Brian P. McCune

Carol & Doug MelamedNancy & DuBose MontgomeryGeorge & Holde MullerMusic@Menlo Chamber Music Institute

Faculty Members, 2010–2012Linda & Stuart Nelson, in honor of

David Finckel & Wu HanRebecca & John NelsonShela & Kumar Patel Anne PeckBill & Paula PowarRobert & Diane ReidLaurose & Burton RichterBarry & Janet RobbinsAnnie E. RohanBarry Rosenbaum &

Eriko MatsumotoGordon Russell &

Dr. Bettina McAdooBill & Joan SilverJim & Mary SmithAbe & Marian Sofaer Edward Sweeney &

Kathy HansenVivian SweeneyEllen & Mike TurbowJoe & Anne WelshPeter & Georgia Windhorst Elizabeth WrightFrank Yang

$100–$999

Anonymous (3)Matthew & Marcia AllenAlan & Corinne BarkinMillie & Paul BergMark Berger &

Candace DeLeoMelanie Bieder & Dave Wills John & Lu BinghamBill BlankenburgJocelyn & Jerome BlumJoan BrodovskyMarda Buchholz Louise Carlson &

Richard Larrabee Malkah & Donald* CarothersHazel Cheilek Dr. Denise ChevalierSandra & Chris ChongRobert & Ann Chun Alison ClarkBetsy & Nick ClinchNeal & Janet CoberlyNorm & Susan ColbJacqueline M. &

Robert H. CowdenAnne DauerGordon & Carolyn DavidsonMiriam DeJonghEdma DumanianLeonard & Margaret EdwardsThomas & Ellen EhrlichAlan M. EisnerSherrie & Wallace EpsteinMaria & George ErdiMichael FeldmanTom & Nancy FieneBruce & Marilyn FogelLawrence & Leah FriedmanLulu & Larry Frye, in honor of

Eff & Patty MartinRose Green

Edie & Gabe GronerJerome GuillenHelen & Gary HarmonElsa & Raymond Heald Erin L. HursonMelissa JohnsonAndrea G. Julian Meredith KaplanDr. Ronald & Tobye KayeYeuen Kim & Tony LeeSusan & Knud KnudsenHilda KornerMimi & Alex Kugushev Daniel LazareJoan & Philip LeightonLois & Paul LevineRaymond Linkerman &

Carol EisenbergDrs. John & Penny LoebDavid E. Lorey, in memory of Jim LoreySusie MacLeanFrank Mainzer &

Lonnie ZwerinRobert March &

Lisa LawrenceValerie J. MarshallSally Mentzer, in memory of

Myrna Robinson and Lois Crozier Hogle

Ellen MezzeraBill Miller & Ida Houby, in memory of

Lois MillerThomas & Cassandra MoorePeter & Liz NeumannNeela PatelLynn & Oliver PieronDavid & Virginia PollardAnn RatcliffeHana Rosenbaum Sid & Susan RosenbergElizabeth Salzer Birgit & Daniel SchettlerElaine & Thomas SchneiderGerry & Coco SchoenwaldNancy G. SchrierArmand A. Schwartz Jr.Steven E. ShladoverJudy & Lee ShulmanEdgar Simons Alice SklarBetty SwansonBarbara TamGolda TatzIsaac ThompsonJana & Mark TuschmanJack & Margrit VanderrynDr. George & Bay WestlakeSallie & Jay WhaleyLyn & Greg WilburBryant & Daphne WongRonald & Alice Wong

Gifts under $100

Anonymous (3)Susan BermanVeronica BreuerMarjorie CassinghamConstance CrawfordDavid Fox & Kathy WosikaSandra GiffordAndrew GoldsteinLaura Green

Barbara Gullion & Franck Avril

Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin

Margaret HarveyMark HeisingAbe KleinHiroko KomatsuAmy LadenMarcia Lowell LeonhardtCarol & Harry LouchheimBen MathesJames E. McKeownJanet McLaughlinMichael Mizrahi, in honor of

Ann Bowers Merla MurdockJoan NortonRossannah & Alan ReevesShirley Reith

*Deceased

Nancy & Norm RossenEd & Linda Selden Helena & John ShackletonCharlotte SiegelAlice SmithDenali St. AmandMisa & Tatsuyuki TakadaMargaret WunderlichChris Ziegler

Matching Gifts

Abbott Fund Matching Grant PlanChevronThe William and Flora Hewlett

FoundationIBM Matching Grants ProgramMicrosoft Matching Grants Program

Community Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds

The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

Jewish Family and Children’s ServicesThe Marin Community Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund The Silicon Valley Community

Foundation

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Chamber Music Institute Alumni Updates(September 2015)

Five International Program alumni returned to Music@Menlo for the Winter Residency to work with Menlo School teachers and students in a week of interactive, cross-disciplinary music education:

• Rebecca Anderson (violin, International Program ’14)

• Miki-Sophia Cloud (violin, International Program ’11)

• Jeonghyoun Christine Lee (cello, International Program ’14)

• Anna Petrova (piano, International Program ’14)

• Cong Wu (viola, International Program ’14)

Cellist Mari Nagahara (Young Performers Program ’15) and the members of her piano trio (Trio Adonais) won the second place medal and a scholarship of $1,800 in the Junior Division of the 2015 Fischoff Competition, held in Notre Dame, Indiana, in May 2015.

The trio studies at the New England Conservatory Prep School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pianist Michael Mizrahi (International Program ’06) has been named one of five international recipients of the S&R Foundation’s 2014 Washington Award. Presented annually by the Washington, D.C.–based foundation, the Washington Award recognizes individuals who display outstanding ability and artistic excellence. It supports those who contribute to an international cultural dialogue.

Rachel Naomi Kudo (International Program ’12) won Second Prize at the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition, which took place in Miami, Florida, in February 2015. As Second Prize winner, Kudo won a cash award of $35,000 and automatic acceptance into the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland, in October 2015.

Violist Cong Wu (International Program ’14) was the guest artist at the National Arts Centre Orchestra Young Artists Program in Ottawa, Ontario, during the summer of 2015. Working alongside Artistic Directors Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec, he taught the talented pre-college-level violists in the program.

members of the 2015 international program visit with festival patrons.

cellists brook speltz (l) and dmitri atapine (r) coach 2015 cmi participants.

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Cellist Christopher Nunnally (International Program ’03) performed at the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival in October 2014 on the festival’s Next Generation series. Nunnally is currently the Director of Orchestras at Rose High School and the Oakwood School in Greenville, North Carolina. He completed his bachelor of music degree at East Carolina University in 2002 under the tutelage of Kelley Mikkelsen and his juris doctor degree at New York Law School in 2008.

Cellist Atticus Mellor-Goldman (Young Performers Program ’14 and ’15) and the members of his string quartet (Incendium Quartet) won a first place medal and a scholarship of $2,300 in the Junior Division of the 2015 Fischoff Competition, held in Notre Dame, Indiana, in May 2015. The quartet studies at the Colburn School and also at the Pasadena Conservatory in Southern California.

Violinist Yue Qian (Young Performers Program ’13) and violist Hayaka Komatsu (Young Performers Program ’11 and ’12) both garnered top prizes at the 2015 American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition.

Violinist Tee Khoon Tang (International Program ’04) has created her own mini-festival in Singapore that took place in May 2015, entitled “Transcending the Ordinary: The Late Works of Schubert.” The festival featured Music@Menlo alumna cellist Olivia Jeremias (International Program ’04).

Musical America named violinist Francesca dePasquale (International Program ’13) its New Artist of the Month in February 2014.

Two Institute alumni—Stephen Waarts (Young Performers Program ’06–’09) and Kenneth Renshaw (Young Performers Program ’07 and ’08)—were selected as finalists of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition.

Pianist Alex Chien (Young Performers Program ’12 and ’13) and violinist Robert Chien (Young Performers Program ’13) were featured in the 2014 Festival del Sole season highlights video.

Violinist Yaegy Park (Young Performers Program ’13) won the gold medal at the Fortieth Annual Stulberg International String Competition in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Three Music@Menlo alumni, pianist Michael Brown (International Program ’10), violinist Kristin Lee (International Program ’09), and violist Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) were recipients of the 2015 Avery Fisher Grant.

To see the latest updates on our Chamber Music Institute alumni’s professional development, visit Music@Menlo’s Alumni Network section on our website: www.musicatmenlo.org/alumni.

2015 chamber music institute master classes and performances.

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Intern Updates(September 2015)

Sarah Donahue (Patron Services Intern ’11; Operations Intern ’12) is currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is working with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra as Production Coordinator.

Sofie Dunderdale (Student Liaison Intern ’13) joined the staff at SRI International in Menlo Park as Market Analyst in March of 2015.

Lauren Eigenbrode (Student Liaison Intern ’06) is currently Admissions and Alumni Relations Manager at the Crowden Music Center in Berkeley. She previously worked at the San Francisco Symphony as Corporate Partnerships Coordinator.

In May 2015, Andrew Goldstein (Operations Intern ’11) and violinist Kristin Lee (International Program ’09) cofounded Emerald City Music, a year-round chamber music series based in Seattle and Olympia, Washington. Following Music@Menlo’s innovative approach to concert programming, they will offer seven thematic concerts beginning in fall 2016.

Zachary Green (Patron Services Intern ’09 and ’10) recently finished his master’s degree at the Juilliard School and has since joined the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan. As a member of its double bass section, he maintains a busy schedule of over one hundred performances per season.

Leslie Irwin (Publications & Publicity Intern ’14) graduated from Loyola Marymount University in May 2015 and was recently hired as Communications Manager at Smuin Ballet in San Francisco.

Jiwon Kang (Student Liaison Intern ’09; Operations Intern ’10) is currently Coordinator of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera. She completed her internship at the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and returned to Music@Menlo on her vacation this summer to serve as Resident Advisor for the Chamber Music Institute’s Young Performers Program.

After completing her master’s degree in arts administration at Boston University in 2014, Erica Leung (Development Intern ’11) worked with Boston Lyric Opera as Audience Services Manager and is now Manager of Annual Giving at Celebrity Series of Boston.

Ellen Milligan (Publications & Publicity Intern ’13; Artist Liaison ’15) graduated from Ohio State University in May 2015 and is teaching English in Toulouse, France, for seven months.

After four years on staff with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Serena Robbins (Artist Liaison Intern ’09) is now Marketing Manager for the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

Andrew Stein-Zeller (Production Intern ’13; Operations Intern ’14) is Publicity Associate for DOTDOTDOTMUSIC, a leading public relations agency serving artists and organizations in the vibrant new classical music scene. Reflecting on his Music@Menlo experience, Stein-Zeller writes:

“Two consecutive internships at Music@Menlo served as the foundation for my career path as a contemporary classical music publicist. The festival environment pushed me to develop my skills in organization, time management, communications, teamwork, and creative problem solving; all of these skills have allowed me to succeed, thrive, and advance in the classical music industry, and I’m very happy to have spent my formative years with the M@M family!”

Andrew Tripp (Recording Intern ’12) is currently Assistant Director of Conservatory Audio Services at Oberlin College, a position he began in January of this year.

After completing her undergraduate studies in music theory and composition at Boston University, composer Yuekun Mo Zhao (Production Intern ’14) is now based in London, where she has begun her graduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Nina Zhou (Development Intern ’13) was recently hired as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Development at the San Francisco Symphony.

2015 arts management program interns.

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