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by .George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin

Porgy Bess Crown Sportin' LifeJohn P.Minagro Hope Briggs Cliff Romig Mark D.lew

Serena Clara Jake MariaAngela Dean-Baham Shawnette Sulker Douglas J. Emigh Nadja Matisoff

Peter/Mingo Robbins/Nelson Jim/Undertaker/Frazer Annie/LilyAhmed EI-Gasseir leon Palad George Hernandez Ellen St. Thomas

Peninsula CantareJanice Gunderson, Music Director

Redwood SymphonyEric Kujawsky, Music Director

Thisprogram is dedicated to the memory ofLouise Pasternack's father, Sidney Galfand,

an inspiration fo many.

These concerts are partially funded by theRedwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

Saturday, April1S, 2000, 8:00 P.M.Sunday, April 16, 2000, 3:00 P.M.Canada College TheatreRedwood City, California

The Music Director

The Orchestra

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Eric Kujawsky is the Music Director of Redwood Symphony,now in its fifteenth season, at Canada College in RedwoodCity. A native of Los Angeles, he began his conducting studiesat age fourteen and made his debut with a youth orchestra atnineteen. After completing his B.A. in music education andM.FA in conducting at UCLA, Kujawsky accepted a fellow-ship to study conducting at Stanford. Dr. Kujawsky foundedRedwood Symphony in 1985, immediately after he receivedhis D.MA He is now the Chairman of the Performing ArtsDepartment at James lick High School in San Jose, MusicInstructor at the Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day School,and an instructor at Canada College and College of NotreDame.

Dr. Kujawsky has performed at the Aspen Music Festival asa member of the Conducting Master Class; his teachersinclude Samuel Krachmalnick, Paul Vermel, and Andor Toth.He has guest conducted the Rose City Chamber Orchestra, theMesa Symphony in Arizona, the San Francisco Gay Men'sChorus, the South Valley and Diablo Symphonies, and theUCLA Dance Company. He was Music Director for the 1991Oakland Youth Symphony Summer Program. Stage creditsinclude Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore and several musicals,including Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George (forwhich Dr. Kujawsky received the 1987 Bay Area TheaterCritics' Circle Award and the Hollywood DramaLogue Awardfor Music Direction), My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, Cabaret,and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Dr. Kujawsky considers thehigh points in his life to be his marriage to Valerie Sarfaty andthe birth of his son, Aaron Benjamin Sarfaty, in June of 1990.

Since 1985 Redwood Symphony's innovative programs havefeatured many major twentieth-century works by Adams,Bartok, Copland, Lutoslawski, Mahler, Shostakovich, andStravinsky, as well as the great classics of Mozart, Beethoven,and Brahms. This ambitious, contemporary programming hasdrawn a high number of volunteer professionals to RedwoodSymphony's ranks. In June of 1996, the orchestra made itsdebut in San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, performingwith the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. In addition, theorchestra has recorded five CDs - including two all-StravinskyCDs on the Clarity label - a rare and prestigious opportunityfor an all-volunteer ensemble.

Musicians interested in joining Redwood Symphony maycall Dr. Kujawsky at 650-366-6872.

Please visit our world-wide web site athHp:/ /www_redwoodsymphony_org.We welcome your e-mail at RedwoodSym@aoLcom.

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Act I Scene IScene II

Scene IAct II

and B e s s

Catfish Row - Saturday nightSereno's Room - The next dayCatfish Row - A few weeks later

INTERMISSION

Act II Scene IIScene IIIScene IV

Scene IScene IIScene III

Act III

Kittiwah Island - That afternoonCatfish Row - About a week laterSereno's Room - Down, during the stormCatfish Row - After the stormCatfish Row - The next dayCatfish Row - One week later

The Cast

Porgy .John P.Minagro - A crippled beggar who rides in agoat-drawn cart

8ess Hope Briggs - Crown's girl, and a drug addict ofquestionable moral character

Serena Robbins Angela Dean-Baham - Devoutly religious wife of RobbinsClara Shawnette Sulker - Jake's wife, and a young motherMaria Nadja Matisoff - An iron-willed, good-hearted shopkeeperCrown Cliff Romig - A stevedore and drug addict with enormous

animal magnetism and sociopathic tendenciesSportin' Life Mark D. lew - A stylish drug dealer from New YorkJake Douglas J. Emigh - A fisherman and Clara's husbandPeter Ahmed EI-Gasseir- An old honey vendorRobbins leon Palad - Serena's husbandMingo Ahmed EI-GasseirJim George HernandezNelson leon PaladUndertaker George HernandezFrazier George Hernandez - A disreputable lawyerLily EllenSt. ThomasAnnie Ellen St. ThomasStrawberry Woman .Nadja MatisoffCrab Man leon PaladScipio Ahmed EI-Gasseir- A boy

White characters (Drawn from Peninsula Cantare)Detective Steve Pursell- A mean racistMr_ Archdale Gene Bruce - A genteel southern lawyerCoroner Gene Bruce

Stage ManagerTom Diskin

Female UnderstudyEllen St. Thomas

SupertitlesSuki Russack

Sound EffectsDavid Jones

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The Soloists John P. Minagro (Porgy) You might have seen him as theoverly laced and coiffed figure Don Attilio in the San Franciscotour of The Phantom of the Opera. Some of his favorite musicalroles he has performed include: Applause (Dean Goodman"Choice Award"), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (SacramentoRegional Theater Alliance Best Actor nomination), Nine (BayArea Theater Critics Circle Best Actor nomination), and Man ofLa Mancha. Other favorite roles include appearances in ALittle Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Annie Get Your Gun,and The King and I. A National Association of Teachers ofSinging First Place division winner, he has sung with the SanFrancisco Opera Chorus for eight seasons, and has performedthe title roles in Gianni Schicchi, Aleko, Ruslan and Ludmila,Noyes Fludde, and the roles of Mephistopheles, Amonasro,Alfio, Sarastro, and King Rene with other area companies.John has performed in locations from lincoln Center in NewYork to the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt lake City, as well asthe Concord Pavilion. He was a featured soloist on a 1993PBS children's special performing his own composition calledThe Piano. He was the guest soloist with the San FranciscoSymphony at their Summer Broadway Pops Concert. He canbe heard singing "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinchl" on theChristmas CD Christmas Centre Stage, featuring the SanFrancisco cast of The Phantom of the Opera.

Hope Briggs (Bess) is well known for her dramatic portrayalsand her distinctive soprano voice. In her recent performanceof Donna Elvira with Opera San Jose in Don Giovanni, the SanJose Mercury News said "Briggs' strong personality dominatesher scenes, blending ire and fire. Her tour-de-force aria, 'Mitrodi' delivered with a ringing dramatic soprano voice withexcellent control was a high point." Ms. Briggs was Cio-CioSan in Madame Butterfly with the San Francisco Opera's ALaCarte Series. She has sung with the Houston Grand Opera,Festival Opera, North Bay Opera, and Apollo Opera, andhas been an apprentice artist with Sarasota Opera. Operaticroles include Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rosalinda inDie Fledermaus, and First lady in Die Zauberflote. On theconcert stage Ms. Briggs has performed Mozart's Requiem,Mozart's Coronation Mass, Vivaldi's Gloria, Villa-lobos'Bachianas Brasileiras, and Rachmaninoff's Voca/ise. She hasbeen featured in recital by African-Americans for Los AngelesOpera and has been privileged to work with conductors JohnDeMain, Murray Sidlin, Barbara Day Turner, Michael Morganand Victor DiRenzi. She has been the recipient of numerousawards, including Metropolitan Opera National Finalist,Metropolitan Opera International Vocal Competition Award,as well as Study Grants from the Opera Buffs of California.She has had the honor of performing for Ms. Jessye Normanand has been a featured soloist for the Rev. Billy GrahamCrusade. She most recently sang the title role of SuorAngelica with the Pacific Repertory Opera. This fall Ms.Briggs will sing the role of Mimi in La Boheme with the SanFrancisco Opera's A La Carte Series.

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After receiving his Masters in Music from Indiana Universityclifton Romig (Crown) relocated to San Francisco andjoined the renowned Resident Artist Program at Opera SanJose. He made his debut with Opera San Jose in 1993 asBasilio in Rossini's /I Barbiere di $iviglia and over the nextfour years sang leading roles in Tartuffe, Rigoletto, DonGiovanni, Les Pecheurs de Peries, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, LaTraviata, Eugene Onegin, Die Fledermaus, The Marriage ofFigaro, Madama Butterfly, Xerxes, Faust and La Boheme.Recently Mr. Romig was heard in Opera Colorado's Faust,South Valley Opera's Don Giovanni, Santa Borbcro GrandOpera's Cosi Fan Tutte and the West Marin Music Festival'sproductions of Haydn's opera /I Mondo Nella Luna. Mostrecently Mr. Romig was heard in the role of Mustafa in WestBay Opera's production of L'lta/iana in Algeri by Rossini andas Father in the world premiere of The Tale of the Nutcrackerat Opera San Jose.

Mr. Romig has performed with Eugene Opera, OperaColorado, the Fresno Philharmonic, the Ventura County Sym-phony, the Mendocino Music Festival, the San Luis ObispoMozart Festival and the Santa Fe Opera. His repertoire alsoincludes the roles of Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah,Sarastro in Mozart's Zauberflote, Leporello in Mozart's DonGiovanni and principal roles in Wagner's Die Meistersinger,Berg's Wozzeck, and Puiccini's La Fanciu/ia del West andTosca. He has worked with conductors Kent Nagano, MaronAlsop, John Crosby, George Manahan, John Fiore, andcoaches/teachers Craig Rutenberg, Marilyn Horne andMignon Dunne.

Mark D. Lew (Sportin' life) began his music career in hishometown of Anchorage, Alaska. Since moving to Californiahe has sung with numerous groups throughout the Bay Area,both as a soloist and as an ensemble singer. In the past twoyears he has come to be recognized as one of the Bay Area'sleading tenors specializing in comprimario roles. Peninsulaaudiences may remember his recent portrayals of Goro inWest Bay Opera's Madama Butterfly and Nepomuc inPocket Opera's The Grand Duchess. last month, he playedRoderigo in Berkeley Opera's production of Ote/lo, includinga reprise performance at lake Tahoe last weekend. In additionto singing, Mr. lew has served the Bay Area music communityas accompanist, vocal coach, choral director, translator, com-poser, and arranger. His works have been performed by theOakland Symphony Chorus, Sonos Handbell Ensemble, andSan Francisco Chamber Singers. An independent music pub-lisher, he specializes in adapting lesser-known opera scenesand arias for concert presentation. In 1998, his choral editionof La Boheme was used in Redwood Symphony's concertproduction of that opera. Mr. lew is an active participant inthe OperaGlass project, a cooperative effort dedicated tomaking texts and translations of opera librettos freely avail-able on the Internet. He has written extensively on opera andits history, on the Internet and in local publications.

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lyric soprano Angela Dean-Baham (Serena) is originallyfrom Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Dean-Baham is a graduate ofSpelman College and obtained a Master of Music degree invocal performance from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music. She has appeared with the Appren-tice Artists at the Cincinnati Opera and was a finalist in theColumbus Opera Competition. Since relocating to California,she has performed throughout the Bay Area in regional pro-ductions with Pocket Opera, the Oakland lyric Opera, andFestival Opera. In addition, Ms. Dean-Baham has performedwith the Brevard Opera Theatre and the Bay Area SummerOpera Theatre Institute. Most recently, she was an interna-tional artist with the Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. Thissummer she will continue her studies at the InternationalSchool of Performing Arts. Her roles include Pamina and Firstlady in Die Zauberflote, Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze diFigaro, Musetta in La Boheme, and Michaela in Carmen.

Shortly after graduating from Bennington College with aBachelor's in Music in 1995, Shawnette Sulker (Clara)earned a full-time position as a member of the San FranciscoOpera chorus. From there, she has gone on to work withmany local Bay Area companies including Golden GateOpera in the part of Oscar for their production of Un Ballo inMaschera and San Francisco Lyric Opera in their productionof Carmen in the role of Frasquita. She sang her first role withthe San Francisco Opera during its 1999-2000 season pro-duction of Louise in the part of La Plieuse. The young sopranohas also performed in various area recitals including a benefitconcert for the Millennium Opera. Upcoming engagementsinclude a scholarship-awarded residency with the BanffCentre for the Arts as part of their Contemporary Opera andSong Program in the spring of this year.

Shawnette Sulker is a native of the country of Guyana inSouth America. As a student at Bennington College whereshe began her vocal studies, Ms. Sulker performed roles suchas Belinda from Dido and Aeneas and Sophie from DerRosenkavalier. She also sang as a soloist at the NationalShrine in Washington DC, performed in numerous recitalsand premiered various new works by area composers.

Doug Emigh (Jake) is a graduate of California Institute of theArts and currently the Director of Music Ministries at ConcordUnited Methodist Church. He is also a private vocal instructorand coach. His credits include guest conductor and soloist forthe East Contra Costa Messiah Sing-A-Long; guest artist withMusic in the Mountains, the Huntington Park SymphonyOrchestra, the Long Beach Schola Cantorum and the LosAngeles Symphony Association. He has also performed majoroperatic roles in Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon Lescaut,Madama Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Cosi Fan Tutte withthe Los Angeles Chamber Opera Players and the AmericanOpera Company. He was recently the Music Director for RolePlayers Ensemble Theatre's The Fantasticks.

Alto Nadia Matisoff (Maria) is a native of Berkeley,California. She holds a bachelor's degree in voice from thePeabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and a master's degreefrom the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Nadia hasbeen a professional member of the San Francisco SymphonyChorus since 1989. She has also appeared in eight differentproductions in the chorus of the San Francisco Opera overthe last few years.

Some of Nadja's solo credits include performances with theSan Francisco Symphony and Chorus in Brahms' LiebesliederWaltzes, Britten's Ceremony of Carols, and Ives Psalm 90.She has been alto soloist in Bach Magnificats with the PacificMozart Ensemble and with the UCSF Orchestra. Nadia hasbeen a featured soloist with the Coro Hispano de SanFrancisco, and three consecutive years sang the alto solos inthe SF Conservatory's "Sing-it-Yourself Messiah." Opera rolesin the Bay Area have included Marcellina in Marriage ofFigaro with Amador Valley Opera Theatre, and a criticallyacclaimed turn as the Mother in a Bay Area premiere of theBright Sheng opera, Song of Mainun.

Nadja is an avid recitalist, and has been alto solist andsection leader at SI. Mary's Cathedral since 1988, as wellas a frequent guest artist at various local churches andsynagogues.

Having earned a BA in Music from U.c. Berkeley and amasters degree in music from the San Francisco Conservatoryof Music, Ahmed EI-Gasseir (Peter / Mingo) started themusic program at the Bentley Upper school in Lafayette in thefall of 1998. Ahmed also coaches the boys and girls soccerteams and the boys basketball team at Bentley. Prior toBentley, Ahmed taught voice, violin, piano and music historyand theory to high school students in the east bay as well asmanaged the box office for Cal Performances at U.c.Berkeley. He continues his role as the Music Director andBusiness Manager of the Moonlighters, a five-man group thatspecializes in jazz and doo-wop a cappella music. Ahmedhas performed for dignitaries, small farm animals andpoliticians in the US and Europe.

A native of the Philippines, tenor leon Palad (Robbins /Nelson) has appeared in San Francisco Lyric Opera'sproductions of II Trovatore, La Traviata and Tosca and inproductions of La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Rigoletto andThe Barber of Seville with Bear Valley Opera. His operaticroles include Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte, Parpignol in LaBoheme, Gaston in La Traviata and Jack Point in The Yeomanof the Guard. His tenor solo repertory includes Bizet's TeDeum, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mozart's CoronationMass, Bach's Magnificat and Handel's Messiah. He hasperformed with the San Francisco Symphony, SonomaSymphony, Women's Philharmonic, New York City Philhar-monic, Bear Valley Opera, Peninsula Civic light Opera,

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Peninsula Musical Theater, Spindrift Players, Skyline College,Tagin-Tinig Singers, Coro Hispano, and the SaringhimigSingers. While with Saringhimig singers, Mr. Palad showedhis versatility in scenes of Kismet and Miss Saigon. Mr. Paladperformed in the centennial celebration of Carnagie Hall, andwas the tenor soloist four consecutive years in the "Sing-it-Yourself-Messiah" in Davies Symphony Hall. Mr. Palad hasperformed in BRAVO! musical showcases in California andTexas. His awards include a San Francisco Conservatoryscholarship, the Frances Ullman Award, 1st Place in the 1995National Associotion of Teachers of Singing Vocal Competi-tion, and the SF Concerto Vocal Award.

Bass-baritone George Hernandez (Jim / Undertaker / Frazer)received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano, composition,and choral conducting from the University of the Philippines in1981. In 1979, he formed his own vocal ensembles: SaringhimigSingers, and the Camerata Singers of the Philippines. As aconductor, he won First Place at the XXVII Guido d' ArrezoConcorso Polifonico Internazionale in Arrezo, Italy in 1979and 1981. He received Top Prize at the Llangollen Interna-tional Music Eisteddfod in North Wales, United Kingdom in1980. He was the Grand Prix Winner of the Lehiateka Certa-men Cancion y Polifonica Vascas in Tolosa, Spain in 1980.

In 1983, he moved to San Francisco to further his studiesin piano with William Corbett Jones. He was featured withthe San Francisco State University orchestra performingBeethoven's Piano Concerto NO.5. He was one of the winnersof the Franz liszt Centennial Piano Competition in 1987.

In 1991, he received his Bachelor of Music in VoicePerformance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,where he studied singing with Herman Le Roux and DonaldStenberg. While a student at the San Francisco Conservatory,he was awarded first place in the Abramowitsch liederCompetition in 1988. He has performed in several operas: asBaron Douphol in La Traviata with Townsend Opera Players;Melchoir in Amahl and the Night Visitors and Simone inGianni Schicchi with the University of the Pacific MusicTheatre; Sarastro in Magic Flute and Simone in Lo FintaSimplice with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music OperaTheatre; Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata with Bear Valley MusicFestival; Le Morgue in Offenbach's Bridges of Sighs withDonald Pippin's Pocket Opera; Ferrando in If Trovatore withSan Francisco Lyric Opera. He also sang chorus with the SanFrancisco Opera productions of Rus/an, Lohengrin, PrinceIgor, Wagner's Gotterdomerung and Parsifal. He performedas Count Ceprano with Bear Valley Music Festival's pro-duction of Rigoletto in 1998. He has performed as Bass soloistin Handel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, Mozart's Mass inC minor, Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Verdi's Requiem,and Bach's Mass in B minor and Magnificat. In 1999, he sangPater Profundis, bass solo in Mahler' 5 Symphony No.8 withRedwood Symphony. He currently coaches with Dewey Camp.

Ellen St. Thomas (Annie / lily) has performed a variety ofroles in the Bay Area. She most recently performed the role ofRosalinda in a production of Die F/edermaus with the SanFrancisco Lyric Opera company. Other performances includethe Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro for the West Marin MusicFestival; the roles of Miss Jesser in Turn of the Screw, AnneGomez in The Consol and First Lady in The Magic Flute forWest Bay Opera; the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro andFirst Lady in The Magic Flute for livermore Valley Opera;Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for Mission Opera Theater;and Jenufa ond the Mayor's wife in City Opera Theater ofSan Francisco's production of Jenufa. Ellen currently studiesvoice with David Tignor and coaches with James Meredith.

In January 1997, Janice Gunderson was named Director ofPeninsula Cantare, a fifty-voice choir which performs repertoirefrom the Baroque to the 20th century and is based at CanadaCollege. Janice has been a versatile musician in the Bay Areaworking as a professional accompanist, choral director andteacher. From 1985 to 1997 she served as Assistant Conduc-tor for the Masterworks Chorale under Galen Marshall. Shehas been a Choir Director and Organist at the First BaptistChurch of San Corlos, coach and accompanist at the Collegeof Notre Dame, and is currently staff accompanist at CanadaCollege. She has participated in the Festival of Masses withRobert Shaw and the Cabrillo Music Festival with DennisRussell Davies. Janice studied at Lewis & Clark College andholds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University ofOregon with continuing studies at Cal State Hayward andSan Jose State. Her professional affiliations include the MusicTeachers Association of California and the American ChoralDirectors Association. Janice also directs the PeninsulaChoraliers, a women's ensemble.

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PENINSULA CANTAREJanice Gunderson, Music Director

SopranoEleanor AchuckEve BatesVicki Hansenlaurie JohnsonOu-Don PengKathleen Roscher *Wandy See-TonBarbara ScottRuthSittonJudith Tauber-lovik *Debbie WaltersKarin West

AltoYoshiko AmemiyaNan BentleyKathleen BondJean Colelois DriesleinTheresa FloydBarbara HeningerVictoria JayswalMichelle MiddletonRobyn PetersDiane ReeveBrenda SiddallPamela SchwarzCarole TillotsonPaula Van BuskirkRuthWilkins

Tenorlarry BaerAdrian Boyer *David FairbankAndy FrederickEmery Gordon *Joseph KresseValerie Sarfaty

BassGene Bruce §Bernard BuiceRonald ClazieEldon EllisJohn Friesen §Warren GibsonPeter GundersonRonald Hodges *Richard HuangRobert JanssenDave PetersStephen Pursell §Jack RunteJay Siedenburg

* solo§ speaking role

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Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess got its start in 1926 when, during tryouts of hismusical Oh Kay!, George Gershwin read a novel by DuBoseHeyward called Porgy, describing the milieu of the Gullahcommunity in Charleston, South Carolina. Upon readingHeyward's novel, Gershwin contacted the author and pro-posed they write an opera based on it. Heyward was busyadapting the book for a stage play which ran in 1927, but by1933 Gershwin had convinced him to work on the opera-after a proposed musical production with AI Jolson had fallenthroughl

Gershwin visited Heyward in South Carolina several timesto find inspiration for his music. He was particularly taken withthe traditional "shouting," where chanted spirituals wereaccompanied by complicated rhythmic patterns beaten out onhands and feet. "1 shall never forget the night when, at aNegro meeting on a remote sea-island, George started'shouting' with them," wrote Heyward. "1 think he is probablythe only white man in America who could have done it."Gershwin later used this experience to compose the begin-ning of the storm scene' (Act II, Scene 4), when six prayersare sung simultaneously.

After almost two years, Gerswhin finished the orchestrationsin September of 1935. The opera premiered in Boston onSeptember 30 and in New York at the Alvin Theatre onOctober 10, where it ran for 124 performances, then touredfrom January to March. But it lost its entire $70,000 invest-ment, and critical reaction was mixed. Gershwin continued toperform arrangements of the work in concert, and in 1937 hewrote of trying to convince movie studios to film the work;sadly, he died later that year. Yet the opera survived, withrevivals in 1938 and the early 1940S that led to a reassess-ment of the work. Porgy and Bess had its European premierein Copenhagen in 1943 (when the Danish undergroundbegan transmitting "It Ain't Necessarily So" during Nazibroadcasts), while a 1950S production toured America andEurope, launching the career of Leontyne Price. A completerecording of the score was made in 1976 by Lorin Maazeland the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1985 the MetropolitanOpera premiered the piece, followed by a 1988 productionat London's Glyndebourne Festival. It took 50 years, butPorgy and Bess had finally arrived.

- Barbara Heninger

Please remember to disarm all watches and beepers prior to the concert.Parents must assume responsibility for the quiet and attentive behavior of their children.

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Upcoming Concerts

Special Guest Artist Eugene Fodor, violinGlazunov: Violin ConcertoCopland: Suite from Billy the KidPaul Yeon Lee: Phoenix, a world premiere commissionedfor the new millennium.

June 11, 2000Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

July 15, 2000Saturday, 8:00 P.M.

Canada College

Summer Pops ConcertMovie Blockbusters, including Bernard Hermann'sPsycho Suite for Strings

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October 15, 2000Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

November 19,2000Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

January 21, 2001Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

February 11, 2001Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Notre Dame Theatre

April 1, 2001Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

April 22, 2001Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

June 10,2001Sunday, 3:00 P.M.

Canada College

July 21, 2001Saturday, 8:00 P.M.

Canada College

Our 2000-2001 Season

"Heaven and Hell"Mozart: Don Giovanni OvertureTchaikovsky: Rococco Variations, Dahna Rudin, celloMohler: Symphony No.4, Aimee Puentes, soprano

"Dreams and Magic"Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunBeethoven: Piano Concerto NO.4, Tom Hansen, pianoMendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chamber Music ConcertSelections to be announced.

"If Music be the Food of Love... "Tchaikovsky: Romeo and JulietRimsky-Korsakov: ScheherazadeCollege of Notre Dome Concert Competition Winner

Concerto to be announced.

"Fiesta!"Schickele: Unbegun SymphonyChabrier: EspanaBarber: Violin Concerto, Claudio Bloom, violinCopland: EISalon Mexico

Family ConcertDukas: The Sorcerer's ApprenticeSoint-Soens: Carnival of the Animals,

Daniel Glover, Thomas Hansen, pianists,Kristin link, conductor

"This Scepter'd Isle"Walton: Viola Concerto, Doug Tomm, viola,

Kristin link, conductorHolst: Second Suite for BondHolst: The Planets

Summer Pops ConcertSelections to be announced.

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Canada College

RedwoodSymphony

Staff

RedwoodSymphony

Board of Directors

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Redwood Symphony is proud to have been associated withCanada College since 1987.Canada's fine facilities and con-venient location have allowed the orchestra to draw musiciansfrom throughout the Bay Area.

College Administrative StaffRosa G. Perez, PresidentOlivia Martinez, Ed. D., Vice PresidentElizabeth Armstrong, DeanJohn B. Friesen, Deanlinda Hayes, DeanIrene Serna, Acting DeanTerri Creswell, Public Information Officer

San Mateo County Community College DistrictBoard of TrusteesPatricia Miljanich, PresidentThomas l. Constantino, Vice President / ClerkHelen HausmanRichard HoloberKaren SchwarzRaman Singh, Student Trustee, 1999-2000Earl P. Johnson, District Chancellor

Acting Executive Director: Griffin DerryberryMusic Director: Eric KujawskyAssistant Conductor: Kristin linkContemporary Music Advisor: Stephen RuppenthalOrchestra Manager: Floyd Carterlibrarian: Rachel HarveyPublic Relations / Mailing list: Valerie SarfatyTreasurer: Richard SteinbergHouse Manager: Kathy StilesTape Reproduction: Tom DiskinRecording Engineer: Bob PorterOrchestra Ticket Distribution: Diane HondaMarketing and Publicity: Patricia HarrellPrograms / Flyers / Web Site: George Yefchak

Griffin Derryberry, ChairmanPoHi HarrellClaudia KeysRobert Marcus, M.D.Valerie SarfatyPeter StahlAnn Yvonne WalkerEric Kujowsky, ex officioFred Norman, Member Emeritus

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these generouscontributions

Acknowledgements

Redwood Symphony is a non-profit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible and will be acknowledged in future programs. Donations willgladly be accepted in the lobby at intermission, or they can be sent to:Redwood Symphony, 1031 Sixteenth Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94063·

Patron ($1000 and above): Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission s

Leonard J. Shustek Philanthropic Fund· Patricio Horrell· MarjorieO'Malley· Louise G. Pasternack· Ann Yvonne Walker and David M.JonesBenefador ($500 and above): Robert and Ann Marcus· R. AndrewMinko • Moria Mortkowitz • Janet Sloan and Peter StohlSustainer ($100 to $499): Mia and Michael Astar • Michael Bailey·Amy Bohman· Griffin Derryberry· Margaret l. Elliot· David Fairbank·Anne and Andrew Gabor· Claudio Herzog· Claudio Keys· Deanna andAI Knickerbocker· The Martino Family. Fred and Dorothy Norrncn > Karland Alice Ruppenthal. Richard Sogg • Richard Steinberg. Daniel andAnn Swinehart. Barbaro Zimmer and Kevin Moyer· Athene Walker·Glenn WaychunasSupporter ($50 to $99): Leonel A. Breault· Jock and Dora Casetta·John Delevoryas • Joanne DePhillips, M_D .• Selma Feinstein· Christopherand Dectora Jeffers. Ida Kattenburg, in honor of the marriage of DeborahSimon-Lurie· Carolyn McBirney • Dr. and Mrs. Roman Oleynick • EstherD. Sobel. Ruth Sothern • Alexander Tuganov • AnonymousFriend (up to $49): Keith and Elizabeth Blockey > Non Blackledge.Jeanne and Henry Bosecker • Virginia Corr > Janet Elliott· Dona Fox·Rachel Harvey. Sondra Hermcn > William and Geri Kennedy· Jamesand Evelyn Logon· Ruth Maguire· Dr. R_Perry Jr. and Ms. Agnes Perry •Anne Prescott· Allison and Dorothy Rouse> Stephanie and StephenRussell. Ginette Son chou • Diona E. Spurr s Elizabeth Spurr

Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporationfor use of their meeting rooms and facilities

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Dr. Kujawsky wishes to thank Dan Swinehart for his assistancein creating the supertitles and Mark D. lew who providedinvaluable advice throughout this production. He also wishesto thank the various theatre technicians hired by CanadaCollege Drama Department to work on this production.

Redwood Symphony wishes to congratulate Rosa Perez onher appointment as President of Canada College.

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REDWOOD SYMPHONYEric Kujawsky, Music Director

Kristin Link, Assistant Conductor

Violin IBirgitte Moyercoprincipal concertmaster

Heather Katzcoprincipal concertmaster

Stephanie AntoineFloyd CarterTruie Clemo l

Barbara lidSusan HaddoxClaudia HerzogKaren KenrickTommy Kuo l

Joyce Malick l

Michael Mayr l

Carla Moussavi l

Grace Reim l

Dave SilonDeborah Simon-Lurie l

John Wholahan

Violin IIKaren Golis *

J. SAMUEl JONES CHAIR

Mia AstorMARJORIE O'MALLEY CHAIR

Kathrin BerknerDolRae ColuzziCatherine HabigerKate Hearn l

Dione Hondo l

Jennifer Lowry lKristin Link l

Carole NakamuraRoy SetoRenee Stockwell l

Ann WalkerKatharine Youden l

ViolaDoug Tomm *Amy Bohman l

Kathy Bukstein l

Tanya BuxtonGriff DerryberryMargaret ElliottSally Fundakowski l

Jean Gerdts l

Peter HaasLouise PasternackBarb Zimmer l

CelloTony Gabor *Lynda BloomquistTom Diskin l

David HaneyJim LeathermanJulian Schafer l

Janet SloanLiz VarnhagenTanya WuAndre Ezequelle ACandace Winstead A

BassBrian Link * l

Steve AuerbachKen LaxerMary Snow l

Catherine Okelmanacting principal

Jeff Raby l

Flute/PiccoloMichelle Davis l

Patricia Harrell *Lynn KlaudaSarah lloyd A

OboePeter Stahl l

Maureen StoneEnglish horn

George Yefchak *ClarinetJoan HebertRobert Marcus *Richard SteinbergClaudia Zornowbass clarinet

SaxophoneMark BeyerAlan HebertClaudia Zornow

BassoonDoug McCracken l

Mario Yuin *Mia Stormer l

contrabassoon

HornRachel Harvey l

Jim Millar *Mark Nakamura l

Tyler MorseGreg White

TrumpetLarry HeckStephen Ruppenthal l

Dan Swinehart *Cliff Mercer A

TromboneColleen lee *Keith Meyerbass trombone

Craig Whitwell l

Garo Gagliano A

TubaPeter Govorchin l

PercussionLydia Derugin l

Russell limuraVictor LeeDavid Stork l

Doug Wyatt

HarpSuki Russack l

PianoChing-Wen Chao A

BanjoTim Roberts

* principall on leaveA acting member