San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in the Cort Theater,
1911 with Henry Hadley, first conductor
Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
This website, www.stokowski.org has two listings of musicians of the great
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra:
- A listing of the Principal Musicians of the San Francisco
Symphony, with short biographical notes and photographs.
This listing is available by clicking on:
San Francisco Symphony Principal Musicians.
- A listing of ALL the Musicians of the San Francisco
Symphony 1911-today. This listing is contained on
this webpage, as shown below.
The Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony 1911 until Today
This is a listing of all musicians identified so far who were permanent,
contracted members of the San Francisco Symphony since its founding in
1911. Their name, instrument and dates of service, as well as
titles are given. Where a musician played more than one instrument,
this is indicated with dates (where known). Also, birth location
and dates of birth and death are given, when identified.
A Note on Musician's Tenure:
In 1934 in the depths of the Great Depression, the Musical Association of
San Francisco, administrative parent of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
became bankrupt. This caused the suspension of the San Francisco
Symphony activities during the 1934-1935 season (although the Opera
continued). In the dates of service of the San Francisco Musicians
listed below, the season 1934-1935 is not otherwise noted as a break
of their service.
Concertmaster (also Concertgebouw Orchestra violin in about 1914,
In San Francisco, founder of the Abas Quartet, Nathan Abas first,
Hubert Sorenson second, Abraham Weiss viola and Karl Rossner cello.
In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Abas was playing in and
conducting the northern California WPA Federal
Music Project orchestra.)
Studied in Amsterdam.
1931-at least 1939
Adams, Anne Everingham
(New York 1919- )
harp about 1940-1951, Principal harp 1951- succeeding Virginia Morgan
(also the the Standard School Radio broadcast orchestra 210, the
Little Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco, San Francisco Opera Principal
harp 1952-about 1988)
Studied first with her pianist mother Phyllida Ashley Everingham (1894-1974) and at
the University of California - Berkeley 1935-1936 then to UCLA 210.
Later studied at the Juilliard School about 1939-1939. Taught at
Mills College 1943-about late 1990s, California and at the College of Holy Names,
California starting 1989 210.
1941-1980
Addimando, Caesar
(Italy 1872-1957)
Principal oboe 1915-1934 (also Principal oboe of the New York Symphony
Society 1905-1908 with Marcel Tabuteau in the second chair
186, also a theater musician in New York City,
conducted the local San Francisco WPA Orchestra 1940-1941)
Studied at the Real Collegio di San Pietro, in Naples - Italy
in the mid-1880s 28. He taught at the Institute of Musical Arts
(Juilliard) on its opening in the 1900s. Addimando also recorded oboe
solos for Edison in 1908 while based in New York City. But these recordings
demonstrate a style of oboe playing without any vibrato or inflection
which would not be accepted today, and which Tabuteau did not admire
186. (Tasting Caesar Addimando's California wine, Tabuteau
said "...sour, just like his playing") See:
www.archive.org/details/CaesarAddimando-PetiteMignon1908
1915-1934
Adelman, Franz (1874- )
violin (also played with the Finnish Symphony in Helslngfors,
Finland 169, went to Chicago teaching and playing
in hotel orchestras about 1904. Played with the Castle Square Opera
Company of Boston organized by Colonel Henry Savage, also was a theater
musician at the Franklin Theater in Oakland, California while also
playing in the SFS. In the 1930s taught music in the Oakland
public school system)
Also taught violin in Chicago about 1900.
1913-at least 1917
Adler, M.
violin 1912-1913, 1914-1915, viola 1915-1916
1912-1913, 1914-1916
Akhmedyarova, Raushan
(the Russia, now Kazakhstan 1972- )
violin (also New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra
1997-2000, Santa Rosa Symphony 2003-about 2007,
New Century Chamber Orchestra Associate Concertmaster)
Studied at the Kazakh State Conservatory - Kazakhstan and
private lessons at the Moscow Conservatory and Southern Methodist
University - Texas. Active in summer festivals including the
Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, Holland Music Session, the
Château de Champs - France, Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Arizona,
and the Spoleto Festival - Italy.
2006-present
Alessi, Joseph
(New York 1915-2004)
photo: Sedge LeBlanc, n.d.
Assistant Principal trumpet (also Principal trumpet of the
Metropolitan Opera 1946-1959)
Father of Joseph Alessi, trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
Principal trombone l'Orchestre symphonique de
Montréal 1984-1985, Principal trombone New York Philharmonic
1985-present and son of Joseph Alessi, Principal trumpet of the
Metropolitan Opera 1920-1927. Also teaching at teaching at Aptos
Junior High School (50 km south of San Francisco), City College of
San Francisco and San Francisco State University.
violin (also 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition
orchestra - San Francisco)
1913-1916
Amsterdam, M. S.
cello
at least 1915-1916
Amsterdam, Max Benjamin
(Poland 1879-1965)
violin (also theater musician at the California Theater, San Francisco,
1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition orchestra - San Francisco)
Max and his brother Harry J. Amsterdam were both musicians in Chicago
in 1900. Max Amsterdam also played violin in the Chicago Opera Orchestra
171. Max Amsterdam was father of the comedian Morey Amsterdam
who trained on the cello 170.
1911-1917, 1919-not yet determined
Andres, Barbara
(Ohio about 1954- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
cello (also as a student Dover Ohio Symphony where she
also won a Philadelphia, Ohio scholarship playing both cello and
piano, Sierra Chamber Society - California Principal
cello for many seasons)
Principal tuba (also New Mexico Symphony 1989-1998,
Rochester Philharmonic 1998-2002, also in summers, performed
with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra 1992-1998)
Studied at Indiana University BMus and Performer's Certificate,
Arizona State University MMus. An interesting 'gig' in the
summer of 2009: guest Principal tuba for the Seattle Opera
production of Wagner's Ring. Anderson teaches at
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
violin (also Seattle Symphony Concertmaster about 1934-1939
under
Basil Cameron
, who had previously been co-conductor
of the San Francisco Symphony. Anderson was also in the 1930s
a soloist with local community orchestras,
including being a soloist with of the northern California
WPA Federal Music Project orchestra which was then
conducted by
Nathan Abas)
Was a San Francisco recording sessions musician in the
1960s and 1970s.
at least 1944-1945
Apel, August J.
(Prussia, now Poland 1868-1943)
oboe 1911-1914, 1915-1916 Principal oboe 1914-1915
(also 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition orchestra -
San Francisco)
Second trumpet 1913-1915, about 1921-1928 (played in the orchestra
of the Majestic Theater, San Francisco in about 1915-1920,
after San Francisco Symphony, played in a radio
orchestra during the 1930s which had the advantage of more security
and year-around employment, also conductor of the Golden Gate Park
Band for six years 1934-1940, succeeding
Ralph Murray172, 175)
double bass 1912-1913, 1915-at least 1916 (also played with the orchestra
of the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exhibition - summer
of 1915, played in the orchestra of the Rialto Theater,
San Francisco in about 1917-1920)
1912-1913, 1915-at least 1916
Ashworth, Linda
(California 1940- )
violin (also in mid-1960s Golden Gate String Quartet:
William Pynchon first,
Linda Ashworth second,
David Smiley viola, and Sally Kell cello.
In Europe in the 1970s, played baroque violin and viola in
the Concerto Amsterdam under Jaap Schröder and the
Leonhardt Ensemble under Gustav Leonhardt. She also
played with the Quartetto Esterhazy: Jaap Schröder first,
Alda Stuurop second, Linda Ashworth viola, Wouter Muller
cello, also Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg)
Linda Ashworth studied at the Paris Conservatoire probably with her
Prix about 1962 before returning to San Francisco. Following the
San Francisco Symphony, Linda Ashworth became a lecturer in the
performance of baroque violin at Stanford University 209,
which probably led to her career in Europe with baroque performance.
1964-1967
Atkinson, Helen E.
(Michigan 1891- )
violin (also the New Music Society of California. Atkinson was
one of the first women of an important US symphony orchestra,
other than the traditional woman harp player.
Helen Kotas, Principal horn of the Chicago Symphony
1941-1947 two decades later was one of the first woman section
Principals of a leading US orchestra.
Studied at the University of California - Berkeley. Moved frequently,
since her husband Major Bert Atkinson was a US Navy aviator.
Also, Helen Atkinson was active in performances of contemporary
music, performing in concerts with
Dorothy Pasmore
in new compositions by Carlos Chavez, Anton Webern, Henry Cowell and Cowell's
friend, Hungarian composer Paul Arma (born Imre Weisshaus) 190.
This was in the late 1920s when Webern, Chavez and Cowell were all unknown
even to advanced listeners.
Kajetan Attl with harpist wife Violet Attl in 1923
harp 1914-1915, Principal harp 1915-1952. (also played with the orchestra
of the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exhibition - summer
of 1915. As a conductor: 1934 gained a Federal
CWA grant to hire 50 union musicians to form the Chamber Orchestra of
San Francisco, which Attl conducted without remuneration)
Studied harp with Czech teacher Hanus Trnecek (1858-1914).
Emigrated to US in 1909, first to Chicago 1909-1910, Denver where he
was harp tutor for daughter of wealthy Denver miner 1910-1913,
San Francisco from 1914.
1914-at least 1952
Injured in an automobile accident in 1952 173.
Attl, Vojmir (Czech 1894-1967) younger brother of
Kajetan Attl
harp 1928-1930 (also Cincinnati Symphony harp 1930s and 1940s)
Studied harp with Czech teacher Hanus Trnecek (1858-1914).
Associate Principal clarinet - e flat clarinet 1990-present and
acting Principal clarinet in the 2005-2006 season
Studied at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore.
1990-present
Barantschik, Alexander
(Russia 1953- )
Concertmaster (also Leningrad Philharmonic in early 1970s,
Bamberg Symphony - Germany Concertmaster 1979, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Concertmaster 1982-2001, London Symphony Orchestra Leader (Concertmaster)
1989-2001)
Studied at the at the Leningrad Conservatory. Barantschik gave the
1998 European premiere of the Previn Violin Sonata
and joined Previn in performances of Previn's Serenades
for Violin and Piano. In 2007, Alexander
Barantschik performed the San Francisco premier of the violin
concerto Aftersight by his friend Viktor Kissine (1953- ).
2001-present
Barati, George (born Gyorgy Braunstein)
(Hungary 1913-1996)
Principal cello (also Budapest Concert Orchestra while he studied at the
Liszt Conservatory in early 1930s, Budapest Symphony and the Budapest
Municipal Opera Principal cello in about 1935. also in San Francisco,
the California String Quartet:
Felix Khuner first,
David Schneider second,
Detlev Olshausen viola,
George Barati cello. also a conductor, including
conductor and then Music Director of the Honolulu Symphony 1950-1968.
In the 1960s, George Barati became Executive Director of the
Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts - Saratoga, California)
Studied at the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music in Budapest graduating
in 1935. In 1938, Barati emigrated to the US to Princeton University
where he taught cello 1938-1939 42.
1946-1950
Bassett, Frank Newton
(Minnesota 1883- )
bass trombone 1911-1934. (when the San Francisco Symphony shut
down during the 1934-1935 season, Frank Bassett became bass
trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra 1934-1937)
Frank Bassett was also an active bird watcher.
1911-1934.
Beitel, Harvey F.
(Ohio 1872-1943)
trombone 1913-at least 1916 (also a theater musician in Denver in 1910,
Cavallo's Symphony - Denver Symphony 1912-1913, Los Angeles Philharmonic
in 1930s)
1913-at least 1916
Bell, Carey M.
(Oregon 1974- )
Principal clarinet (also Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training
orchestra associated with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1998,
Syracuse Symphony Principal clarinet about 1998-2001, San Francisco
Opera Orchestra Principal clarinet 2001-2006)
Studied at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor degrees in
both performance and composition 1997. Also studied at
DePaul University - Chicago. Tanglewood Music Center -
Massachusetts 1992. Also active in other summer music festivals,
including Music@Menlo - California, Oregon Bach Festival,
Music in the Vineyards - California, Telluride Chamber Music
Festival - Colorado, and the Skaneateles Music Festival -
central New York State).
cello (later organized the Little Symphony of San Francisco in the
1920s and also led the Whitcomb Augmented Orchestra and then his own
orchestra, as shown below, the at the Hotel
Whitcomb in San Francisco in 1920s and 1930s - a desirable musician's
job, being year-around employment)
"Stanislas Bem's Little Orchestra" played at the Hotel Whitcomb,
San Francisco as shown in this brochure:
1916-1918
Bennett, William
(New York 1956- )
Principal oboe 1987-present, Associate Principal oboe 1979-1987
Studied at Yale University and at the Juilliard School
with
Robert Bloom
(1908-1994)..
William Bennett commissioned, gave the premiere and recorded the
Oboe Concerto of John Harbison (1938- ) with the San Francisco
Symphony, written in 1991, and performed in 1992. Also, he has
been active in a number of summer music festivals during his career,
including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, the Aspen Festival - Colorado
and at the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood.
Assistant Principal flute (also Portland Junior Symphony - Oregon
a training orchestra)
Studied the Juilliard School MMus. Active in summer festivals including
the New College Festival - Florida 1970, Meadow Brook Festival -
Michigan, Lake George Opera - New York, Aspen Chamber Orchestra -
Colorado Principal Flute.
1970-1977
Bertram, Adolph
(Germany 1870-before 1930) Adolph Bertram seems to have died young,
prior to 1930.
Principal oboe (also Second oboe Chicago Symphony - at that time the
"Chicago Orchestra" under Theodore Thomas 1893-1896,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra Principal oboe 1900-1910, Principal oboe San Francisco
1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition orchestra, St. Louis Symphony
Principal oboe 1919-1922 under under Max Zach and Rudolf Ganz)
Adolph Bertram was one of the core musicians that Henry Hadley brought with
him to form the initial San Francisco Symphony in 1911.
1911-1914
Biancalana, Jeff
(Illinois about 1976- )
acting Third trumpet, also SFS acting Second trumpet 2001-2006
(also San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Principal trumpet)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music. Active in summer festivals
including Colorado Music Festival Associate Principal trumpet,
Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho, Grand Teton Music Festival
- Wyoming.
2001-2006 as acting Second trumpet and 2010-2011 as acting
Third trumpet.
Studied at the Imperial Conservatory, Odessa with Pyotr Stolyarsky (1871-1944),
who also taught Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh and Leonid Kogan. Then at the
Moscow Conservatory followed by the Royal Manchester College of Music - UK
1910-1913. Naoum Blinder returned to Odessa to teach at the Imperial Conservatory
1914-1920, then the Moscow Conservatory 1923-1927. Blinder left the Soviet Union
with his wife and daughter by taking a concert tour in Japan in 1926, never
returning. Among many violin students, Isaac Stern was a Blinder student 1932-1937.
cello (Milwaukee Symphony Acting Principal cello 1985-1986 and
1987-1988), New Jersey Symphony Principal cello 1983-1991. Also she
was a regular substitute with the New York Philharmonic 1981-1991.
Toured with the New York Chamber Soloists 1985-1989)
Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory, Juilliard School BMus and
MMus. Active in music festivals, including the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico,
Chamber Music Northwest - Oregon, Grand Teton Festival - Wyoming,
Aston Magna Festival - Massachusetts and the Connecticut Early Music
Festival where she plays the Baroque cello and viola da gamba.
1994-present
Bogios, Chris G.
(San Francisco 1936- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Third trumpet 1961-1962, the Second trumpet starting 1962, succeeding
Eddie Haug (also Boston Pops touring orchestra summer 1959,
Portland Symphony - Oregon 1959-1960)
Studied at San Francisco State University BMus 1959 and MMus later,
and also with Charles Bubb.
1961-2009
Bolotine, Leonid
(Ukraine 1901-1988)
Bolotine playing an experimental electric cello 1932 on CBS radio
Deputy Assistant Concertmaster (today's title for third chair of first
violins) 1925-1927; Assistant Concertmaster 1927-1929 (also CBS radio
house orchestra in 1930s. Bolotine came to the US in 1923 and that year
made acoustic recordings conducting the Russian Eagle Orchestra
for Victor Talking Machine Company, violin in New York Sinfonietta in
late 1950s)
Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Leopold Auer 176
in about 1916. Bolotine was later particularly known as a guitar teacher.
He taught at the guitar Mannes College of Music - Manhattan 1958-1984
176. Bolotine also taught at the Curtis Institute - Philadelphia
in the late 1930s.
1925-1929
Bracamonte, Mariano
(Guatemala 1868-before 1933)
violin (also University of California - Berkeley Orchestra 1906-1907)
Also taught at the National Conservatory of Guatemala 174.
1911-at least 1915
Brancato, Paul C.
(New York 1948- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Assistant Principal Second violin (also Oakland Symphony violin and Associate
Concertmaster 1974-1978, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1978-1980. Also active
in the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho since the 1990s, including the
Valley String Quartet with
Jeremy Constant first, Paul Brancato second,
Adam Smyla viola, and
Amos Yang cello.)
Studied at the City College of New York.
1980-present
Brandenburg, Mark
clarinet (also San Jose Symphony, Opera San Jose Principal clarinet,
Stanford Woodwind Quintet: Alexandra Hawley flute,
James Matheson oboe,
Mark Brandenburg clarinet,
Rufus Olivier
bassoon, Lawrence Ragent horn)
Studied at the Juilliard School of Music BMus, MMus. Active in summer
music festivals, including Midsummer Mozart Festival - California
Principal clarinet. Teaches at Stanford University and University of
California - Santa Cruz.
contrabassoon (also Toronto Symphony 1980-1990 and New York
freelance musician)
Studied at Queens College - New York and at the California
Institute of the Arts BMus. also State University of New York -
Stony Brook MMus. Also active in music festivals, including
the Grand Teton Festival - Wyoming, Aspen Music Festival - Colorado,
New York String Orchestra, Mohawk Trail Concerts - Massachusetts,
Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music - New Hampshire, Boulder
Bassoon Band - Colorado. Teaches at San Francisco State University.
In October 2002, Steven Braunstein performed the premier of the
Michael Tilson Thomas Urban Legend for contrabassoon and
orchestra with the composer.
clarinet 1972-1979, Assistant Principal clarinet 1979-1980, Principal
clarinet 1980-2005
Studied with his father, educator and jazz clarinetist (Harold) Leon Breeden.
University of North Texas BA 1968, MA in Music from Catholic University.
1972-2005
Brindel, Jill Rachuy
(Illinois 1950- )
Trio Navarro: (l to r) Marilyn Thompson piano, Roy Malan violin,
Jill Rachuy Brindel cello
cello (also Trio Navarro: Roy Malan violin, Jill Rachuy Brindel cello,
Marilyn Thompson piano. Also Lyric Opera of Chicago Assistant Principal
cello, Houston Symphony cello)
Studied at Indiana University and the Chicago Musical College. Also
as a student, studied at Academy of the West - California
in 1970 and was a Congress of Strings - Cincinnati Scholarship
winner. Active in music festivals, including Mendocino Music
Festival Principal cello about 1987-1993 and 2006-present.
also Russian River Chamber Festival -
California.
1980-present
Britt, Horace
(Belgium 1881-1971)
Principal cello (also Lamoureux Orchestra Paris 1897, Colonne Orchestra Paris 1898,
Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1905-1907, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal
cello 1907-1908, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal cello in 1910s,
San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1918-1924. In chamber music,
the Hans Letz Quartet:
Hans Letz first, Edwin Bachmann second (later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony), Edward Kreiner, viola (also later of
Toscanini's NBC Symphony),
Horace Britt
cello. also the Elman String Quartet in the late 1920s:
Mischa Elman first,
Adolf Bak second,
Karl Rissland viola,
Horace Britt
cello. Britt was the first cellist recorded in a
sound movie in 1927)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire 1892-1895, Premier prix
in the 1895 Concour (at age 14!). He had been preparing under the
supervision of his parents Ernst and Maria Britt since age 6. Taught at
the Curtis Institute 1925-1926 and the University of Texas, Austin
1950-1963.
1918-1924
Bubb, Charles Raymond Bubb, Jr.
(California 1913-2002)
Charles Bubb, Jr. in 1937 age 24
Principal trumpet 1944-1957, Co-Principal trumpet 1957-1959. Entered the
orchestra as Assistant Principal trumpet in the 1944-1945 season, then
during the season advanced to Principal trumpet by Pierre Monteux, remained
Principal until 1956-1957, then Co-Principal 1957-1959 with Donald Reinberg.
Studied at Sanford University B Mathematics 1936 and later work
towards a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Following Stanford, taught mathematics
at Rutgers University - New Jersey, University of California - Davis,
and the University of Oregon.
1944-1959
Burr, Michael
(California 1938- )
Principal bass
Studied first as a violinist with his teachers including
Detlev Olshausen. From his ability was invited
as a youth soloist with the San Francisco Symphony 191.
He later switched to string bass and became Principal bass of
the San Francisco Symphony. Burr premiered a number of contemporary
works, including Richard Felciano's Pieces of Eight for Organ
and Double Bass (1984) in 1986.
Charles Burrell (l) with Denver conductor Allan Miller
bass (also Denver Symphony bass 1949-1959 before San Francisco, and again
Denver Symphony bass 1965-about 1995. San Francisco Pops under Arthur
Fiedler summer season 1960, leading to SFS appointment. also as a teen played
with the Lionel Hampton band)
Studied string bass and tuba in Detroit in 1930s, and at the
Cass-Technical High School - Detroit and with Detroit classical
and jazz string bass players. Also about one year at the
New England Conservatory of Music 1941 and after World War 2,
at Wayne State University - Detroit.
1960-1965
Buyse, Leone K.
(New York 1947- )
Assistant Principal flute
(also Boston Symphony Associate Principal flute 1983-1993, and after
Doriot Anthony Dwyer retired as BSO Principal flute, Leone Buyse was
acting Principal flute of the Boston Symphony her last three years
in Boston 1990-1993, Rochester Philharmonic piccolo
and Second flute)
Studied at the Eastman School and Emporia State University -
Kansas. Fulbright scholar in Paris 1968. Also active in summer
music festivals, including the New Hampshire Musical Festival
Principal flute, and Aspen Festival - Colorado, Sarasota Festival -
Florida, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival - Washington,
Domaine Forget - Québec, Lake Placid Institute - New Yor,
Park City International Festival - Utah. After retiring
from the Boston Symphony, Leone Buyse became the Mullen Professor
of Flute at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University,
Houston.
Callahan in retirement running his piano company with his sons
horn (also Denver Symphony Orchestra 1945-about 1950, Air Force Band
Washington DC during Korean War)
Callahan was also Personnel Manager of the San Francisco Symphony.
1956-1985
Callinan, William Gale
(California 1872- )
violin (also in 1910, played in a San Francisco opera company
orchestra (which is not identified), played with the orchestra of
the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exhibition -
summer of 1915)
1915-at least 1916
Canin, Stuart V.
(New York 1926- )
Concertmaster (also San Francisco Opera Concertmaster 1970-1972,
a founder of the New Century Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless string
orchestra, with Canin as Music Director and Concertmaster. Also,
Los Angeles Opera Concertmaster and also an active Hollywood sessions
musician)
Studied violin with Ivan Galamian. Also active in summer music festivals,
including the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico Concertmaster, the Mostly Mozart
Festival - New York City Concertmaster, Aspen Music Festival - Colorado,
Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds - Italy and South Carolina.
Associate Principal Second violin (also played with Michael Tilson
Thomas - New World Symphony - Florida 2004-2005, also Phoenix Symphony)
Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus.
2006-present
Carroll, Donald
(1936- )
Bass clarinet, Eb clarinet, and saxophone (also the California Wind Quintet:
Walter Subke flute (San Francisco Opera), Raymond Duste oboe
(San Francisco Opera),
Donald Carroll
clarinet, Robert Hughes bassoon (Oakland Symphony),
and
Ross Taylor horn)
Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory
1958?-at least 1979
Cash, Nichole
(Virginia 1976- )
Associate Principal horn (also Dallas Symphony Third horn 2001-2009,
Kwa-Zulu Natal Philharmonic - South Africa Co-Principal)
Studied at Northwestern University BMus cum laude and the
Shepherd School of Music - Rice University MMus. Also active in
chamber music, including in Dallas the Nasher Sculpture Center Chamber
Music series, and the Fine Arts Chamber Players, an outreach chamber
group playing in northern Texas.
2009-present
Chandler, Charles
(Illinois but grew up in Marin County, California 1965- )
bass (also San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra as a student
1981-1983 and Chandler is said to be the first SFSYO musician to
gain a permanent position with the SFS, Phoenix Symphony Assistant
Principal bass 1988-1990, Associate Principal bass 1990-1992,
also while in Phoenix, Phoenix Symphony String Orchestra Assistant
Principal bass 1988-1990, Principal bass 1988-1990)
Studied first with his musical family, including his mother
Jeanie Chandler the Principal flute of the the Marin County
Symphony. Then to the Juilliard School in 1983. Active in music
festivals, including Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 1987 under
Leonard Bernstein.
Came to the US at age 15, locating to San Francisco. Studied at the
New England Conservatory beginning 1901, graduating in 1904.
Was director of the music department at Oregon State University
(now Western Oregon University near Salem) 1908-1912.
1912-1916
Chernyavsky, David
(Russia 1978- )
violin (also Washington National Opera Assistant Concertmaster
2005-2007, Los Angeles Philharmonic 2007-2009, St. Petersburg String
Quartet: Alla Aranovskaya first, David Chernyavsky second,
Boris Vayner viola, Leonid Shukayev cello 2003-2010)
Studied at the Special Music School at the St. Petersburg Conservatory
and then entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory. also studied at the
Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University 1997-about 2000. Then
at the Juilliard School MMus in 2003. Also active in summer music
festivals including the Spoleto USA Festival - South Carolina
Concertmaster in 2001 and 2002.
violin (with wife Marsha, performed chamber music in Pennsylvania and other
states)
As a student, studied at the National Music Camp - Interlochen
Michigan, and studied for a time at the Curtis Institute. San
Francisco State University BMus and MMus 192.
about 1970-1988
Chihuaria, Ernestine Elizabeth Riedel
(California 1930- )
violin (Gerhard Samuel, conductor of the Oakland Symphony - California said
that the violinist Eugenia Newman, Linda Ashworth, and Ernestine [Chihuaria]
Riedel all had agreed to join the Oakland Symphony, when Josef Krips
appointed them all after a November, 1964 audition 206)
Ernestine Chihuaria gave the San Francisco premier of the Walton
Violin Concerto in May 1967 under Josef Krips.
Tom Heimberg writing in San Francisco Classical Voice recounted
the recruitment in 1964: "...Maestro Josef Krips turned
to his Concertmaster, Jacob Krachmalnik, and said, 'One thing, Jake,
let us not hire any women. There are too many in the orchestra already.'
At the end of the afternoon, Krachmalnik said, 'Well, Maestro, I've heard
hundreds of auditions in my life, but never three players in a row as good
as those three women.' Krips too had been impressed, and Linda Ashworth,
Ernestine Riedel [Chihuaria], and Eugenia Newman were hired 207.
1964-1992
Chisholm, John M.
(California? 1966- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
violin (also Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra while at Eastman and
Louisville Orchestra Associate Concertmaster)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus, Performer's Certificate and
MMus. Active in summer festivals including regularly at the Sunriver Music
Festival - Oregon 1993-2001.
2002-present
Clark, Ora Ernest
(California 1879- )
Second trombone (also Odeon Cafe orchestra - San Francisco)
1912-at least 1931
Claudio, Cesare Silvio
(Canada 1914-after 2003)
Cesare Claudio teaching students - 1950s
cello (after the orchestra, was a musician teacher in
schools in San Mateo, California and at the College of
San Mateo in the 1950s-1970s)
Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father
Ernest Claudio (1877-1957). Then studied under scholarship
at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Rome starting in 1937.
at least 1939-1940
Claudio, Ferdinand Michele "Nando"
(Canada 1909-1990)
violin (also a theater violinist in San Francisco in the 1930s,
Music Lover's Society of San Francisco - 1940s)
Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father
Ernest Claudio (1877-1957). Then studied in London in the
late 1920s.
about 1947-about1980
Claudio, Silvio Dante
(Washington 1917-2003)
violin
Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father
Ernest Claudio (1877-1957).
Second trumpet, Fourth trumpet
(also "Besses o'th' Barn" a touring band from England,
on returning to Australia from California, he was a theater musician
and radio orchestra musician. Became conductor of the
Australian Broadcasting Company - later Australian Broadcasting
Commission orchestra, the Sydney Symphony, )
Studied with his father Edward Code, conductor of Code's Melbourne
Brass Band beginning in 1892, with further study in Melbourne and in
England.
1921-1923
Constant, Jeremy J.
(Canada 1959- )
violin 1984-1992, Assistant Concertmaster 1992-present
(also the Sun Valley Summer Festival including the
Valley String Quartet with Jeremy Constant first,
Paul Brancato second,
Adam Smyla viola, and
Amos Yang cello, and in Marin County California Marin Symphony
Concertmaster. Also in New York City violin with
Village Light Opera Company and the Manhattan Savoyard Orchestra)
Studied at the Juilliard School and Brooklyn College. Enjoys
building and flying lightweight airplanes.
1984-present
Cooley, Floyd O.
(Iowa 1948- )
Principal tuba (also Chicago Symphony 1992-1993 as a Permanent
Substitute, San Francisco Tuba Quartet)
Studied one year at Kansas University and then at
Indiana University receiving a Performer’s Certificate
in 1969, and studied frequently with Arnold Jacobs. Taught at the
San Francisco Conservatory in the 1970s through 1990s. Active in
music festivals, including the Aspen Festival - Colorado and
the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.
1969-2002
Cooper, Christopher
Acting Assistant Principal horn/Utility horn 2002-2008
(also extensive touring with the Empire Brass and the Canadian Brass)
Studied at Boston University and the San Francisco Conservatory.
Following San Francisco, Chris Cooper teach at UCLA - California,
and is also a studio sessions musician in the Hollywood, Los Angeles
area.
2002-2008
Crocker, Lee Ann
(Minnesota 1951- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
bass (also Miami Philharmonic about 1972-1976, Kansas City
Philharmonic about 1976-1977, Houston Symphony, San Diego
Symphony Associate Principal Bass 1978-1980, Mexico City
Philharmonic 1980-1981, back to San Diego 1981-1982. also
an organizer and musician for Chamber Music Sundaes)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music preparatory department,
Oberlin College Conservatory MM in bass performance 1973,
University of Miami music therapy.
1982-present
Crozier, Johnston
(Northern Ireland 1866- )
tuba (also a theater musician in Chicago in 1910s)
Studied in Onatrio, Canada.
1913-1913
Cunningham (Lucchesi), Margaret Ann "Peggy" wife of
Dino Lucchesi
(California 1928-1985)
percussion (also San Francisco Opera.
John Whiting on his interesting site has a recording he made
of Peggy Cunningham playing both percussion parts of Bartok's
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta at:
www.kpfahistory.info/music_home.html)
Studied at the University of California - Berkeley BMus phi beta kappa
1949, and graduate assistant teacher at Berkeley 1949-1951,
gaining a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music - London
1951-1954. San Francisco State University MMus and teachering
certificate 1957. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory and
at the University of California - Berkeley. She was an avid competitive
swimmer until later in life, but unfortunately died in the pool of
a heart attack after a race.
2004-2006 Day was acting Associate Principal flute, while
Robin McKee was acting Principal flute. Then in 2007, Timothy Day was
appointed Principal flute and Robin McKee resumed the second chair as
Associate Principal flute (also as a student, California Symphony
Principal flute, a training
orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Principal flute 1976-1988, founding member
of Pro Musica Rara, a chamber group based in Baltimore specializing in
baroque music.)
Studied as a youth at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan,
Oberlin Conservatory studying both the flute and composition -
graduated in 1974. Taught at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore,
teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory, and since 1987, in the
summers has taught at the Academy of the West - Santa Barbara,
California.
2004-2006 on an "acting" basis,
then 2006-present
Decker, William H. "Mons"
(Germany 1857- )
bassoon (also John Philip Sousa Band bassoon 1910-1911
187)
Studied in Germany before emigrating to Ohio in 1890.
1911-1913
DeCray, Marcella
(Pennsylvania 1928-2011)
harp (also Metropolitan Opera harp about 1948-1952.
Philadelphia Orchestra harp 1952-1963. While in San Francisco was a founder with
Charles Boone and Jean-Louis LeRoux of the
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 1973)
Studied in France with Henriette Renié (1875-1956) and then
at the Julliard School in 1948, but did not complete since
she had been hired by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. While in
Philadelphia, was active in teaching at the Peabody Institute -
Baltimore and the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado.
English horn and Third oboe (also Atlanta Opera Principal oboe
1996-2007, Columbus Symphony - Georgia Principal oboe 1992-2007,
Atlanta Ballet English horn. also Piedmont Winds based in Atlanta:
Kelly Via flute, Russ deLuna oboe,
Katherine White clarinet, Kathleen Wood horn, Dan Worley bassoon)
Studied at Northwestern University BMus, then Boston University MMus.
Active in summer music festivals, including the Highland Cashiers Music
Festival - North Carolina, Noe Valley Chamber Music Series - California.
2007-present
joined the San Francisco Symphony for its summer 2007 European
tour.
horn (also National Symphony of Washington DC 1935-1939,
New York City freelance musician including playing in the Bell Telephone
Hour orchestra and with the Salzburg Opera company 1939 US tour,
Pittsburgh Symphony third horn 1939-1941, US Navy Band during World War 2.
In New York City, a Broadway musician, including Showboat
1945-1946. Los Angeles Philharmonic late 1940s, and then a Hollywood
studio musician into late 1960s)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935.
1941-1944
Dering, Bert A.
(Iowa 1880-1940)
Fourth trumpet (also Odeon Cafe orchestra San Francisco in 1910s,
a theater orchestra musician in San Francisco in the
1920s, also Los Angeles Philharmonic in late 1920s)
1922-1923
Dicterow, Harold J.
(Connecticut 1919-2000)
Harold Dicterow (l) with son Glenn in 1980s
violin (also Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Second violin
for more than fifty seasons: 1946-1997)
Studied from age 7 in New York City with Vladimir Graffman.
Son Glenn Dicterow has been
long-time Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.
about 1940-1944
Dibner, Steven A.
(Michigan 1954- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
bassoon (also Evansville Philharmonic while at IU, New Jersey Symphony
Principal bassoon 1978-1986 and in New York City an active freelance musician
in the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
the New York Chamber Soloist, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Studied at Indiana University where he studied both in music and
modern languages, and the Juilliard School MMus. Active in summer
music festivals, including Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, Marlboro
Music Festival - Vermont, and San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival.
1983-present
Dietzel, Ewald
(Germany 1880-after 1954)
Principal trumpet (also Detroit Symphony Principal trumpet 1922-1923
under Ossip Gabrilowitsch 159, also the
"San Francisco Symphony Ensemble", a pick-up orchestral group
organized by
Alexander Saslavsky
)
Seems to have studied in Wiesbaden, Germany and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
but this background is unclear.
Studied at the New England Conservatory and the Curtis
Institute Class of 1989. Tanglewood Festival in 1988.
Died in his sleep in San Francisco of heart failure
on March 29, 1993, age only 26 183. His brother
Robert DiLutis plays clarinet with the
Rochester Philharmonic.
1989-1993
Dorfman, Herman
(Pennsylvania 1916-1997)
Principal horn, Co-Principal horn and third horn (Houston Symphony
Principal horn prior to the San Francisco Symphony)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Reading newspaper criticism of
Herman Dorfman in the 1960s, he was a controversial Principal, clearly a gifted
musician, but not always well-received by the critics 194 and 195,
it is said that Seiji Ozawa was determined to replace Dorfman,
which he eventually did, appointing David Krehbiel as Principal horn.
1958-1967 208
Down, Cathryn E.
(California 1963- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
violin (also SFS Youth Orchestra - California training orchestra,
SWR Baden-Baden Orchestra - Germany Associate Concertmaster,
Orchestre National de Belgique Assistant Concertmaster, and
in California prior to the SFS - New Century Chamber Orchestra
and Sacramento Symphony)
Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California summer
1986, at the San Francisco Conservatory BMus and MMus. Active
in summer festivals including Schleswig-Holstein Festival early
in her career.
2001-present
Down was an acting violin beginning in 1994-1995 and
joined the violin section in 2001-2002
Drucker, Vladimir
(Russia 1897-1974)
trumpet (Im 1913, age 14, Vladimir Drucker was third trumpet of
Serge Koussevitzky's personal hired touring orchestra with his
teacher Mikhail Tabakov (1877-1956) 94. With the Russian
revolution, Drucker went to Shanghai, China, where he played in
orchestras for two years 93. In 1919, Drucker came to
the US and was New York Symphony Principal trumpet under Walter
Damrosch 1923-1925, and with Damrosch's radio orchestra. After San
Francisco, went to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal trumpet
under Otto Klemperer and others 1931-1944.
Studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Also while in New York City,
Drucker studied with the famous teacher Max Schlossberg 93.
1925-1929
Duste, Raymond H
.
oboe and English horn (also Oakland Symphony English horn and Principal
oboe)
Studied with Marcel Tabuteau. Taught at San Francisco State College.
violin (in 1960s, Salon Piano Trio: Mona Wahle, Cicely Edmunds,
Karl Hesse)
Studied at the University of California - Berkeley.
Cicely Edmunds married the photographier Brett Weston, son of the
famous photographer Edward Weston in San Francisco in 1936,
but the marriage did not last. Weston was married four times.
Ehrlich, Don
(Ohio 1942- )
Don Ehrlich and his his ergonomic viola
Assistant Principal viola (also Aurora Quartet: Sharon Wood first,
Amy Lozano (Tyson) second,
Don Ehrlich viola,
Margaret Tait cello and
Stanford String Quartets, Mendocino Music Festival -
California Principal viola)
Studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Ohio BMus 1964,
Manhattan School of Music - New York MMus, University of Michigan
DMA.
1978-December 2006
Ellis, Nancy Ruth
(New Jersey 1949- )
viola (also Oakland Symphony about 1971-1972,
Chamber Soloists of San Francisco)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy about 1965-1967,
followed by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Ohio about 1968,
Mills College - California MA in Music about 1971. Active in summer
music festivals, including Telluride Festival - Colorado, Cheltenham
Festival - UK, Ojai Music Festival - California,
Tiberon Music Festival - California and Marlboro Music
Festival - Vermont.
1975-present
Engelkes, John R Jr.
(Iowa 1954- )
bass trombone (also Chicago Civic Orchestra training orchestra,
Florida Symphony - Orlando, Baltimore Symphony bass trombone 1980-1981,
founding member of The Bay Brass - San Francisco)
Studied at the University of Northern Iowa BMus, also Northwestern
University studying with the great Edward Kleinhammer. Teaches at
the San Francisco Conservatory. Also formerly Assistant Personnel Manager
of the San Francisco Symphony.
1981-present
Epstein, Larry
(Florida about 1948- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Associate Principal bass 1975-present, Acting Principal bass
2000-2004 (also Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg about 1970-1971,
Milwaukee Symphony about 1971-1973, Miami Philharmonic, where he
performed with his father)
As a student, Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina.
Also studied at the University of Miami School of Music BMus 1970.
Larry Epstein is the third generation of his family to play
the double bass. Visit his interesting website at
www.larryepsteinbass.com/ which includes info about his CDs,
including my Tunes! featuring his compositions.
Studied first with her musician father Karl Feinauer, and then
at Boston University and the Yale School of Music.
1992-present
Fenster, Lapos W.
(Germany 1899- )
viola
1919-at least 1937 138
Ferner, Walter Valentine
(Maryland 1880-1952)
Principal cello (also said in his artist's bio 189 to have been
Berlin Philharmonic Principal cello which would be a major achievement for
a young cellist from Baltimore, also Chicago Symphony cello 1915-1919, left the
San Francisco Symphony in 1925 to join the
Persinger String Quartet:
Louis Persinger first,
Louis Ford second,
Nathan Firestone viola and
Walter Ferner
cello - see 1928 photo at left). Also Los Angeles
Philharmonic Principal cello in the 1920s.
1921-1925
Figeroid, Marguerite Baker
(Indiana 1919-2001)
viola and violin (also Rochester Philharmonic violin while studying at
the Eastman School.
Studied at the Eastman School of Music, Performer's Degree
1941 196. Taught at the College of the Holy Names -
Oakland, California. During World War 2, Figeroid was also
a cryptographer for the War Department196.
1955-1991
Finess, Asbjörn
(Norway 1909-1997)
sketch from 1981
viola (also Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra of Norway Principal viola
and the National Theatre Orchestra of Norway Principal viola)
Studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music
1949-1974
Firestone, Nathan M.
(Minnesota 1869-after 1940)
violin 1911-1916, Principal viola 1916-1917, violin and
viola 1917-1936, Principal viola 1936-1940.
(also University of California - Berkeley orchestra 1906-1910,
Panama–Pacific International Exposition orchestra summer
of 1915 Principal viola. also the Beel String Quartet:
Sigmund Beel first, Emilio Meriz second,
Nathan Firestone viola, Wencescio Villalpando cello)
Nathan and his brother Max Firestone seem to have first studied
with their Romanian-born father William Firestone.
1911-1940
Fischer, Jonathan D.
(South Carolina 1972- )
Associate Principal oboe (also Lyric Opera of Chicago Principal oboe,
Chicago Grant Park Symphony, Canadian Opera Company - Toronto)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan and at the
Curtis Institute Class of 1992. In summers, active in the
Santa Fe Opera Company - New Mexico.
Principal trumpet 1980-2004, Associate Principal trumpet
2004-present (also National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Kansas City
Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic Principal trumpet,
San Diego Symphony Principal trumpet, and Israel Philharmonic
Principal trumpet 1976-1979. In summers, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
Principal trumpet, also founding member of The Bay Brass.
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Bernard Adelstein
and at the California Institute of Arts - Valencia.
1980-2004
Fleezanis, Jorja Kay
(Michigan 1952- )
Associate Concertmaster (also Chicago Symphony violin 1975-1976,
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster in about 1976-1977,
Trio d'Accordo based in Cincinnati: Jorja Fleezanis violin,
Yizhak Schotten viola, Karen Andrie cello in late 1970s,
San Francisco Symphony Associate Concertmaster 1981-1989.
Minnesota Orchestra Concertmaster 1989-2009)
Studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the
Cleveland Institute of Music. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory
1981-1989, and at the University of Minnesota School of Music, and at the
Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University. also at
the Interlochen Arts Academy (where she also studied as a student in
1966-1967) and the Interlochen Summer Camp. Active
in contemporary music, Fleezanis, with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted
by Edo de Waart, gave the 1994 premier of the Violin Concerto
written in 1993 by John Adams (1947- ).
1981-1989
Fleischman, Richard
acting viola (also Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Principal
viola 1987-1990, Santa Fe Opera Principal viola since 1990,
Hong Kong Philharmonic guest Principal viola 2005-2007,
Delray String Quartet, Laurel Festival of the Arts,
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Players)
Studied at the Juilliard School Pre-College Diploma, and
BMus and MMus. also Curtis Institute of Music Class of 1987.
1990-1995
Ford, Louis W.
(Utah 1889-1969)
Assistant Concertmaster (also conducted NBC radio San Francisco
orchestra in later 1930s, WPA Orchestra of San Francisco Concertmaster
in 1937)
Louis Ford was also active in the Gustav Mahler Ensemble in the 1910s
(at a time when Mahler's music was mostly unknown):
Ada Clement piano,
Louis Ford
violin,
Theadore E. Yohner-Borghese violin,
Edward Perrigo
viola and Paul M. Friedhofer cello)
1929-at least 1947
Freimuth, Ben F.
(Maryland about 1975- )
Bass clarinet (also New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra,
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra - Ohio clarinet
2010-present. also Kansas City Symphony Principal clarinet, IRIS Orchestra)
Studied as a youth at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and at
the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Shepherd School
of Music - Rice University - Houston. Active in summer music festivals,
including the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming and the Sun Valley
Summer Symphony - Idaho. Now in Ohio, Freimuth's wife Elizabeth, who in
2004 was a horn of the San Francisco Symphony is now Principal horn
of the Cincinnati Symphony 2006-present.
2003-2010
Froehlich, Raymond
(about 1957- )
percussion (also San Francisco Opera percussion, Berkeley Symphony
timpani)
Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory. Also active in summer
music festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts,
Salzburg Festival where the Messiaen opera Saint François d'Assise
was performed in 1998 with Kent Nagano. Active also in jazz groups, including
the Symphony all-star Jazz band, the Tommy Kessicker Trio, Full House Groove
and the Gary Schwantes Group.
viola (also National Youth Orchestra of Canada 1973,
Vancouver Symphony)
Studied at early at the Comox Valley Youth Music Centre in British
Columbia, then at Indiana University. Active in summer festivals
including Summer Music in Galway - Ireland, Sun Valley Summer
Symphony - Idaho.
Studied with Frank Hauser and was awarded a Musicians Union Local 6
(to which all SFS musicians belong) grant for a national string
workshop for young professionals.
1961-2006
Gilbert, Chris
(about 1957- )
bass
Studied at Southern Illinois University.
1987?-present
Giacobassi, Julie Ann
(Michigan 1949- )
photo: Norbert von der Groeben, n.d.
English horn (also the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra,
National Symphony of Washington DC, National Ballet Orchestra -
Washington DC about 1971-1981, Shreveport Symphony. active in
chamber music, including in San Francisco the Chamber Music Sundaes
and the SFS Chamber Music Series)
Played in her High School band in Muskegon, Michigan where she was an
honor student. Then studied at the University of Michigan with
Florian Mueller.
Gave a number of premiers, including in 1994 with Alasdair Neale and the
SFS of Colored Field for English horn and orchestra by
Aaron Jay Kernis (1960- ) recorded for Argo. also two works by
Harold Schiffman (1928- ) Chamber Concerto for English horn
and the Concerto for Oboe d’amore.
1981-2006
Gingras, Sébastien
(Canada about 1984- )
cello (also Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Symphony - Canada, National Youth Orchestra
of Canada Principal cello 2002, New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra
2006-2008, Saint Louis Symphony 2008-2010, co-founder of the Novarte Trio:
Hannah Shields piano, Luis Esnaola violin, Sébastien Gingras cello)
Studied at the Conservatoire de musique - Québec,
New England Conservatory MMus. active in summer festivals
including Le Domaine Forge - Québec, Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival - Vermont,
New York String Orchestra Seminar, and Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival -
Michigan.
Studied violin and theory in San Francisco with Henry Holmes and Henry Heyman,
and in Chicago with Emil Sauret and
Bernard Listemann. Taught at Drake University
College of Music 1910-1914.
1914-1915
Goldblatt, David
(1951- )
cello (also Pittsburgh Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra -
California playing on his 1665 baroque cello, which he also
plays with La Riche & Co and Gonzalo Ruiz oboe.
also Chamber Music Sundaes - California)
Studied the Curtis Institute Class of 1975. Active in summer festivals
including the New Hampshire Music Festival, Santa Fe Opera - New Mexico.
Gowen, Lloyd
flute and piccolo
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1954. Also won
the Philadelphia Musical Fund Society Award for 1954.
cello (also Oakland Symphony and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Regularly
performed with Chamber Music Sundaes in San Francisco)
Studied at the California State University - Hayward BMus 1975. He
also taught there; renamed California State University - East Bay.
Like fellow musicians Wayne Rapier and Mike Roylance of the Boston
Symphony and Philip Farkas of the Chicago Symphony, Granger also
studied to be an airline pilot.
1979-2009
Gray, Darlene
(California about 1950- )
violin (also Sarasota Music Festival orchestra 1971,
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
Studied first with her father, then University of Southern
California.
Active in summer music festivals including Sarasota Music
Festival orchestra 1971
(New York 1937- ) married to San Francisco Symphony
violinist
Sharon W. Grebanier
Principal cello
(also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal cello 1963-1977,
Cleveland Orchestra 1959-1963, also FOG trio of San Francisco with
Jorja Fleezanis violin and Garrick Ohlsson piano)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1958.
Grebanier is also active in summer festivals,
including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont and the Casals Festival -
Puerto Rico.
1977-present
Grebanier, Sharon R. W.
(Canada but raised in Seattle 1948- ) married to SFSO Principal
cello
Michael Grebanier
Studied at the University of Washington BMus, BA, MMus about 1973.
1973-present
Green, Walter
(Germany 1926-2007)
Principal bassoon (also Utah Symphony Principal bassoon about
1949-1952, Indianapolis Symphony Principal bassoon about
1952-1956, a founding member of the Mendocino Music Festival
in 1986, Marin Symphony - California Principal bassoon)
Studied first with Utah State Symphony musicians.
His family had emigrated to Salt Lake City in 1938 because of
the Nazi threat, where Green began study, then to the
Eastman School of Music in 1946.
1956-1983
Guaraldi (Hooper), Mafalda P.
(California 1910-1994)
violin (also active in Pacific Musical Club - San Francisco,
San Francisco Opera 1950-1986)
Studied at the Unlverslty of California - Berkeley.
about 1939-1975
Guterson, Aaron
(then Russia, now Belarus 1897-1988)
violin
Studied in Belarus prior to emigrating to the US in 1920.
Principal cello (also Boston Symphony cello 1904-1912)
Arthur Hadley with Jessie M. Downer-Eaton (1872-about 1954) and Louis Eaton
(1872-1852) founded the Eaton-Hadley Trio based in Boston which gave the
Boston premier of the Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque.
1914-1915
Hall, Doug
(Maryland 1971- )
acting Fourth horn 2001-2008 (also San Diego Symphony Fourth horn
2008-present, San Diego Opera orchestra,
Tucson Symphony while studying at the University
of Arizona, Rochester Symphony - Minnesota, Monterey Symphony - California,
Santa Cruz Symphony - California, Napa Symphony - Californai, Santa Rosa
Symphony - California)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan,
at the University of Arizona BA in Music and the San Francisco Conservatory
MMus.
Second trumpet, Assistant Principal trumpet, third trumpet 1979-1980
(also San Francisco Opera Principal
trumpet 1952-1985, Carmel Bach Festival Principal Baroque trumpet 1960-1985,
after retiring to British Columbia: Okanagan Symphony and the Viva Musica
Opera Company)
Studied first with his musician father, Julius Haug Principal Second violin
of the San Francisco Symphony, then with SFS musicians including Benjamin
Klatzkin, who did not have many trumpet students.
Haug taught at the San Francisco Conservatory 1946-1980.
1950-1980, also played as an extra in 1947-1950
1980 was the season when the San Francisco Opera Orchestra separated
from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and Haug selected the Opera
Principal Second violin and the principal contractor for musicians
of the San Francisco Symphony 181, and personnel
manager. later librarian. (also conductor of the Stanford University
Concert Orchestra in the 1930s 182, theater musician
at the Hobart Theater, San Francisco in the 1910s, Adelphian Quartet:
Jiulio Mlnetti first, Julius Haug second, Hans Koenig viola and Arthur
Weiss cello in 1912)
Also was contractor and performer for the Standard Hour 1935-1952,
sponsored by Standard Oil of California, featuring San Francisco Symphony
musicians, and for which Julius Haug composed This Hour Is Yours.
-after 1955
Heinsen, Charles Theodore Nicholas
(Germany 1857- )
viola (also
the Minetti String Quartet, Guilio Minetti (1866-) first,
Samuel Irving Savannah (1876-1940) second,
Charles Heinsen viola,
Arthur Weiss
cello)
1912-1915
Hemphill, Tom
(California )
percussion and Principal Percussionist
(also Toledo Symphony, San Francisco Percussion
Ensemble)
Studied Oberlin College Conservatory 1973.
1974-present
Herbert, David
(grew up in Missouri)
Principal timpani (also New World Symphony in Florida
under Michael Tilson Thomas prior to joining the San Francisco Symphony)
Studied piano initially with his pianist parents in Saint Louis,
then studied at the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music BMus and at the
Juilliard School Masters in percussion performance.
Gve the premier of William Kraft (1923- ) Concerto no. 2 for Timpani:
The Grand Encounter in 2005, and also the Kraft Concerto no. 1 for
Timpani, soloist in Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ
and Percussion, and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Island Music.
active in summer festivals, including as Principal timpani
with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho. He teaches at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
1994-present
Heyes, Eugene (originally Albert Eugene Heyes) "Pete"
From a musical family, his older brother Leonard Heyes 1896-1972) was
also a theater musician. They played together in Shanghai, China in the
1920s until "Pete" and Leonard Heyes came to San Francisco
in 1926.
Principal trombone (also while at Northwestern University, founded
the trombone quartet CT3. then National Symphony of
Washington DC acting Second trombone prior to the SFS. as a student,
played in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago - training orchestra for
the Chicago area)
Studied at Northwestern University - Chicago bachelor's degree
in Music Performance. Higgins has also transcribed a number of
works for trombone quartet, including the Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
with which CT3 won the 2005 ITA Trombone Quartet Competition.
violin (also St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra late 1980s, Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra in New York late 1980s, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1991-1999)
Studied at the Juilliard School. Active in summer music festivals including
the Caramoor Festival - New York, Bard Music Festival - New York, Olympic
Music Festival - Washington, Chamber Music West - Arizona, Santa Fe Chamber
Music Festival - New Mexico.
1999-present
Hofmann, William Frederick
(New York 1870- )
Assistant Concertmaster (also New York Symphony 193,
also in New York, member of the Philharmonic
Club of New York193. also directed the Hofmann Concert
Orchestra in theaters in San Francisco and Oakland such as the Turner &
Dahnken movie theater - Oakland, directed the Olympic Hotel Orchestra
in Seattle, Washington about 1925-1927)
Studied in New York and moved to San Francisco in 1904. Taught at the
University of Michigan School of Music - Ann Arbor 1903.
1911-1912
Holm, (Thorstein) Jensen
(Norway 1894-1948)
died two days before his 54th birthday
violin
Studied in Oslo. Seems to have died during the 1947-1948 season.
at least 1944-1948
Holtman, Herbert
violin
Hornig, Walter
(New York 1884-1970)
Walter Hornig in 1927
Principal horn 1911-1913, Second horn 1913-1914 Principal horn
1914-1930, Third horn 1930-1939.
(also Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert, Hollywood studio
musician 1939 into the 1950s)
Walter Hornig come from New York City with Henry Hadley for the
first season of the San Francisco Symphony. Hornig had been
recommended by Victor Herbert, a friend of Hadley.
1911-1939
Hotz, Ralph Preston
(California 1941- )
Third horn (also New York Philharmonic)
Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California summer 1960
and California Youth Orchestra.
Taught at Sonoma State College - California.
Studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Also studied at the
Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore and the New England Conservatory -
Boston. Active in summer music festivals, including the Andover Chamber
Music Society - Massachusetts and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.
1997-present
Houser, Frank S.
(California 1916-1973)
photo: Bill Cogan, n.d.
Concertmaster. Hired by Monteux into the Associate Concertmaster chair
in 1935-1936 season when Monteux was rebuilding the SFS. In 1957-1958,
when Naoum Blinder retired, Frank Houser became acting Concertmaster
1957-1958, and then Concertmaster 1958-1964. In 1963-1964, Josef Krips
made several changes in the violin section, including replacing
Frank Houser with Jacob Krachmalnick, with Houser moving to the
Associate Concertmaster position, but only for that season.
(also briefly in the house orchestra of NBC radio San Francisco in
1936, also the San Francisco String Quartet, whose composition changed
over the years, but was:
Naoum Blinder first,
Frank Houser second,
Ferenc Molnar viola and
Boris Blinder cello.)
Studied at the University of California-Berkeley,
1935-1964
Hull, Naomi Kazama
(Japan 1967- )
Hull, Naomi Kazama practicing in the Vienna Konzerthaus in
May, 2011. Photograph by Oliver Theil, San Francisco Symphony, 2011.
violin (also New World Symphony training orchestra - Florida
1994-1998, new Aurora String Quartet: Sharon Grebanier first,
Naomi Kazama Hull second, Adam Smyla viola, Margaret Tait cello)
Studied at the Hochschule für Musik - Vienna. Active in summer
festivals including the Pacific Music Festival - Sapporo, Japan.,
trumpet 1999-2004, Principal trumpet 2008-present
(also Houston Symphony Principal trumpet 2004-2006 and
Charleston Symphony Principal trumpet. also founding member of the
Juilliard Jazz Sextet at Lincoln Center)
Studied first at the University of California - Davis as a civil
engineer; then at the Juilliard School MMus.
Mark Inouye has been active in both the world
of the symphony orchestra and in jazz. While in New York City, he was
founding member of the Juilliard Jazz Sextet at Lincoln Center. He
has composed The Bull Behind the Horns and Find the Cheese,
both of which he has recorded (see his website www.inouyejazz.com).
1999-2004, 2008-present
Izotov, Eugene
(Russia 1973- )
Principal oboe (also Izotof was Kansas City Symphony Principal oboe
1995-1996, Associate Principal oboe San Francisco Symphony 1996-2001,
Metropolitan Opera Principal oboe 2002-2006. In New York, he was also
active in the MET Chamber Ensemble)
Studied at Gnesin Academy of Music - Moscow, also Boston University
B Fine Arts 1995. Active in summer music festivals including the
Verbier Festival Orchestra - Switzerland, Pacific Music Festival -
Japan teaching at both. Have a look at his interesting website:
www.oboesolo.com
violin (also New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra,
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra - Massachusetts
2004-2006)
Studied at Seoul National University - Korea, the Juilliard School,
and graduate studies at the New England Conservatory.
one year contract 2010-2011
Johnson-Hamilton, Joyce
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Assistant Principal trumpet (also Oregon Symphony Principal trumpet
1965-1968)
Studied conducting and early music at Stanford University doctorate
in Music.
She also pursed an active conducting career, including engagements
with the San Jose Symphony, the Oakland Symphony, and the
Nebraska Chamber Orchestra. Formerly conductor of the Napa Valley Symphony,
and the San Jose State University Orchestra. Conductor of the Diablo
Symphony Orchestra - California 31 seasons 1981-announced 2012.
viola (also toured with the International Sejong Soloists, a
chamber group based in New York City, also Janaki String Trio:
Serena McKinney violin, Katie Kadarauch viola and Arnold Choi
cello)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory
BMus and Graduate Diploma, Colburn Conservatory - Los Angeles. Active
in summer festivals including Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont,
Taos Music Festival - New Mexico, Great Lakes Music Festival - Michigan,
Soundfest - Massachusetts, Mendocino Festival - California, Banff
Music Festival - Canada and Yellow Barn Music Festival - Vermont.
2007-present
was guest Principal viola in the SFS Mahler 7 recorded
performances in June 2007
Kalthoff, George H.
(Germany 1872-1921) age only 49
viola 1911-1912, librarian 1911-1912
Taught violin in Los Angeles in late 1910s into 1920.
1911-1912
Karasik, Manfred Monia
(Russia 1905-1991)
viola (also Cincinnati Symphony. in 1929, Karasik was a
violinist on a ship sailing between New York
and San Francisco each month)
Karasik also made violins and bows in the 1980s.
1938-1960s
Karp, Philip
(Tennessee 1915-1997)
Principal bass (also Hollywood Bowl Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony,
CBS radio orchestra and NBC radio orchestra. also Bohemian Club
orchestra. also the
Al White orchestra)
Studied first with his violinist father.
about 1946-1989
Kaufman, Zelik
(Poland 1919-1972)
violin (after graduation from Curtis, played 1940-1941 in the
Southern Symphony Orchestra - South Carolina. Then,
a Hollywood recording session musician in
the 1940s and 1950s)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940. In January, 1962,
Kaufman performed in the premier of the Lou Harrison
Concerto in Slendro for violin, keyboard and percussion
composed in 1961.
1960-at least 1971
Kegel, Otto
Second trumpet, Third trumpet, Fourth trumpet. also in later years,
librarian of the orchestra (also Pittsburgh Symphony
Second trumpet under Victor Herbert prior to the San Francisco Symphony.
Otto Kegel was likely one of the musicians Henry Hadley brought with him
to San Francisco on the recommendation of Victor Herbert)
Studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Performing Arts
and the Neues Military Conservatory - Vienna.
Rudolf Kolisch after suffering an accident he could
not use his left hand for fingering, so used his left hand for
bowing. Amazingly, Kolisch was able to train himself to play
left-handed as can be seen in the photograph to the left.
1942-1971
Kim, David
David Kim has viola; will travel
viola (also Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two - New York
2006-2009)
Studied at the at the Music Academy of the West - California
summer 2002, and in Switzerland 2007-2008 as a Fulbright scholar
at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. also studied at the
Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, and the
New England Conservatory 2006. At his UK debut recital
at Wigmore Hall - London, David Kim gave the premier of
Darkness Draws In by David Matthews (1943- ).
2009-present
Kim, Kum Mo
(Korea )
Is that Kum Mo Kim's formal concert outfit?
left photo: San Francisco Symphony Archives, n.d. (but not
right photo)
violin (also National Symphony of Washington DC, while in Washington
she was a founding member of the Capital Chamber Ensemble and
she taught at American University. Active
in chamber music with Berkeley Chamber Music Sundaes)
Studied first with musical parents: her mother a concert pianist
and her father, Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic. Her
brother Dr. Won Mo Kim taught in the music department of the University
of Wisconsin. Kum Mo Kim then studied at the University of Michigan
and the Juilliard School MMus 1971. Active in summer festivals including
the Grand Teton Festival - Wyoming and Sun River Festival - Oregon.
1975-present
King, Christina
(California )
viola (also Civic Orchestra of Chicago training orchestra
Principal viola, Tucson Symphony Orchestra)
Studied at Barnard College (Columbia) - New York AB in English
cum laude, Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University MMus.
active in summer festivals, including Sierra Chamber
Society - California.
1996-present
Kirs, Rudolf
cello
1911-at least 1936
Kleinbart, Melissa Ann
(Pennsylvania 1968- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
violin (also San Francisco Opera Orchestra Associate Concertmaster,
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Assistant Concertmaster)
Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus after New England
Music Camp 1981-1983. Active in summer music festivals
including the Marlboro Music Festival
- Vermont, Olympic Music Festival - Washington.
Studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music BMus, San Francisco
Conservatory MMus.
1991-present
Kobialka, Daniel
(Massachusetts 1945- )
Principal Second violin (also Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra
Concertmaster)
Studied first with his musical parents Mary Zielinski Kobialka
and Harry Kobialka, a music professor at New York State University -
Potsdam, then studied at the Hartt College of Music - University
of Hartford, Catholic University - Washington, DC MMus and Doctorate
of Musical Arts.
Concertmaster (also United States Marine White House String Quartet
in late 1960s, National Symphony - Washington DC 1970-1972,
Orchestra of the National Ballet - Maryland Concertmaster about
1971, Baltimore Symphony Assistant Concertmaster 1972-1973,
Cleveland Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1973-1980,
San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster 1980-1998,
Pacific Symphony - Orange County California Concertmaster
1999-present)
Studied at Indiana University BMus, and at Catholic University -
Washington MMus.
1980-1998
Kohloff, Roland L.
(New York 1935-2006)
percussion, timpani (also New York Philharmonic Principal timpani
1972-2004, succeeding his teacher Saul Goodman)
Studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 1956 and going
immediately to the San Francisco Symphony under Enrique Jorda. Roland
Kohloff is still remembered in San Francisco for his premier
of the Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Concerto for Percussion and
Small Orchestra in San Francisco in 1957.
1956-1972
Kovats, Rose
violin
Krachmalnick, Jacob Morris
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1922-2001)
Assistant Concertmaster 1946-1951, 1960-1961
(also St. Louis Symphony
for several months in 1942 before being drafted, Cleveland Orchestra
Assistant Concertmaster 1946-1951, 1960-1961, Philadelphia
Orchestra Concertmaster 1951-1958 and left suddenly after disagreements
with Ormandy, Concertgebouw Orchestra Concertmaster 1958-1960 before
returning to Cleveland, New York Philharmonic on Japan tour Spring 1962,
briefly Concertmaster Dallas Symphony about 1963, San Francisco
Symphony Concertmaster 1964-1970, San Francisco Opera Concertmaster
1976-1977 177, Stringart String
Quartet while in Philadelphia)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941. Jacob Krachmalnick was
said by his colleagues to be a difficult and sarcastic leader.
Principal horn (also Fresno Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Assistant
Principal horn 1958-1963, Detroit Symphony Principal horn 1963-1972)
Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, and studied for 3
years at Fresno State University 1954-1957, in 1957 Krehbiel he went to
Northwestern University for his fourth university year to study
with Philip Farkas. Also recorded Orchestral Pro for Horn,
an interesting CD suggesting approaches to playing key audition
and performance portions of famous orchestra works.
1972-1998
Kurakata, Yukiko Kamei
(Japan about 1950- )
Yukiko Kamei when studying with Jasha Heifetz at USC
violin (also founder and Artistic Director of the
Chamber Music/LA Festival, which she created in 1986)
Studied in Japan and at the Jascha Heifetz classes at the
University of Southern California. After graduating from
USC, Yukiko Kurakata taught as an assistant to Heifetz
at USC for four years, and at UCLA and Pepperdine University.
Active in summer music festivals, including Marlboro Festival
- Vermont, Okinawa Chamber Music Festival - Japan,
and for many years the Sitka Summer Music Festival - Japan.
Principal trombone (also Denver Symphony Principal trombone,
Empire Brass Quintet)
Studied at University of Michigan and the Curtis Institute Class
of 1973. Lawrence is an active teacher at the San Francisco
Conservatory and the Colburn School - California. Mark Lawrence formed
formed MarcoPaulo Publications that specializes in publishing music
for trombone, with an interesting site at www.marco-paulo.com
violin (also Orchestre International de Paris and Orchestre de
Chambre de Paris Concertmaster in late 1980s)
Studied at the Juilliard School pre-college division and the
Curtis Institute Class of 1985.
1990-present
Leplin, Emanuel B.
(California 1917-1972)
Leplin composing at the piano in the 1940s.
viola
.
Studied at the University of California - Berkeley, where he
won the Prix de Paris, a two year scholarship to
study in Paris in about 1937-1939. Leplin had to withdraw from the symphony
having contracted polio. A composer and painter, the San Francisco
Symphony gave the premier of Leplin's Two Pieces for Orchestra
(Landscapes and Skyscrapers).
about 1940-1954
LeRoux, Jean-Louis
(France 1927- )
photo: Tony Plewik, n.d.
Assistant Principal oboe, Co-Principal oboe with Marc Lifschey
(also Belo Horizonte - Brazil orchestra in about 1950, Teatro Municipal
opera house - Rio de Janeiro 1950s, Opera in Montevideo - Uruguay
in the late 1950s. also a founder with
Charles Boone and Marcella DeCray of the
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 1973)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but left without gaining his
Prix in the 1948 Concour.
violin (also Latvian State Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster,
Alma-Alta Orchestra - Kazakhstan, Winnipeg Symphony - Canada,
Denver Symphony, also Stanford String Quartet: Sandor Toth first,
Zoya Leybin second, Bernard Zaslav viola, Stephen Harrison
cello)
Studied in the Latvian State Music School in Riga, and
at the Moscow Conservatory.
1986-2007
Lifschey, Marc
(New York 1926-2000)
Principal oboe 1965-1986 - Co-Principal oboe of the SFSO with
Jean-Louis LeRoux 1965-1970 (also Buffalo Symphony, National
Symphony - Washington DC, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal oboe
1959-1960, Cleveland Orchestra Principal oboe 1950-1959, 1960-1965.
Contemporaries said that George Szell dismissed Marc Lifschey from
the Cleveland Orchestra at the end of 1964-1965 in order to replace
him with John Mack)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. From 1993-1998,
Marc Lifschey taught at Indiana University, until retiring to Oregon.
1965-1986
Liu, Yun-jie
(China )
Associate Principal viola 1993-present and acting Principal
viola (also San Diego Symphony Principal
viola about 1993-1994, National Symphony Orchestra of
Washington DC about 1990-1993)
Studied at the Shanghai Conservatory. In California, studied at
the Music Academy of the West 1988. Then, at the University of
Southern California. With Principal viola
Geraldine Walther, in 1999 Liu gave the US premiere of the
George Benjamin (1960- ) Viola, Viola (1997). Also
active in chamber music, including Project San Francisco,
with SFS colleagues, and the SFS Chamber Music Series
violin (also the Symphony String Quartet: Florin Parvulescu first,
Leor Maltinski second, David Kim viola, Angela Lee cello)
Studied at a series of great schools: Curtis Institute, Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music BMus, Artist's Diploma and MMus,
Juilliard School, Peabody Conservatory of Music.
2009?-present
Marcus, Brian
(California 1957- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
bass (also San Diego Symphony 1980-1981)
Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California summer
1980 and the the Congress of Strings, and at the Berkshire
Music Center, Tanglewood. then California State - Northridge.
Studied at Occidental College - California and San Francisco
State University BMus. Taught at San Francisco State and
Stanford University.
1962-1980
Mautner, Ervin
(Hungary 1920-1987)
violin (also San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, International String
Quartet, Carmel Bach Festival)
Erwin Mautner founded the Amor Music Chamber Music Players
in 1975. Ervin Mautner was a soloist with the Boston Pops under Arthur
Fiedler in the 1953 Pops season playing the Violin Concerto
of Dmitri Kabalevsky.
about 1950-after 1980
Mazzi, Francesco F.
(New York 1908-1986)
violin (also NBC San Francisco staff orchestra Concertmaster,
San Carlos Symphony - California Concertmaster,
New York City Symphony Concertmaster, the Amsterdam
Ensemble and the Monterey Symphony)
Studied at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
McArdell, Mariam Moore Burroughs
(Vermont 1920-1971)
violin
Died relatively young at age 51 on July 7, 1971 in San Anselmo,
Marin County, California
McGaw, Laurie Anson
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Associate Principal trumpet and Principal trumpet: 1970-1979 Associate Principal trumpet,
in 1979-1980, elevated to Principal trumpet, with Donald Reinberg becoming
Associate Principal trumpet, and the newly appointed Chris G. Bogios becoming third
trumpet. In 1980-1981, Glenn Fischthal was appointed Principal trumpet,
Laurie McGaw again Associate Principal trumpet and Chris Bogios remaining
Third trumpet.
Studied at the University of California - Berkeley, Rutgers University -
New Jersey Master's degree in Geography.
Summer 1970-1995
McGinnis, Robert E. (Pennsylvania 1910-1976)
Co-Principal clarinet (with Philip Fath) 1964-1969
(also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1930-1940, Cleveland
Orchestra Principal Clarinet 1940-1941, during World War 2,
1942-1945 U.S. Navy Band, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Clarinet
again 1945-1946. In the 1947-1948 season, McGinnis was Principal
clarinet of the NBC Symphony under Toscanini, then New York
Philharmonic as Principal clarinet 1948-1960.
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Robert McGinnis,
Melvin Headman, and
Robert Bloom entered the
Philadelphia Orchestra directly from the Curtis Institute in
1930 upon the decision of Leopold Stokowski, although they
'officially' graduated in the Curtis Class of 1935. 1930 was the
year that Stokowski dismissed many Philadelphia Orchestra musicians,
including Principal clarinet
Daniel Bonade, seeking youth.
cello (also Chamber Music Sundaes, Porter String Quartet:
Roy Malan first, Beni Shinohara second,
Nanci Severance viola,
Carolyn McIntosh
cello, University-Community Symphony - Redlands,
California while a student, as well as the California Youth
Symphony)
Studied at University of Redlands - California graduated 1970.
about 1984-present
McKee, Robin Elise
(Oklahoma 1954- )
1984-2004 and 2006-present Associate Principal flute and 2004-2006
acting Principal flute with Timothy Day as acting Associate Principal
flute (also as a student Tulsa Youth Symphony, a
training orchestra in about 1970. also Richmond Symphony - Virginia
piccolo, Baltimore Symphony Assistant Principal flute)
Studied at the Oberlin Conservatory graduating in 1976.
1984-present
Meacham, Charles Allen
(1920-2009)
Principal Second violin, violin (also the Marin Symphony - California
Concertmaster of which he was one of the founders in 1952. also a
founding member of the Marin Arts Quartet:
Michael Gerling first,
Charles Meacham second,
Ruth Freeman viola - of the San Francisco Opera orchestra, and
Jean Maguire Mitchell cello)
Studied with Naoum Blinder. Taught at the College of Marin - California
1964-1984.
about 1945-1964
Meerloo, Samuel
(Netherlands 1868- )
Principal bassoon 1911-1914, bassoon 1915-1918 (also Chicago Opera
Company Principal bassoon under conductor Cleofonte Campanini
(1860-1919) 1914-1915. also in New York City, a theater orchestra
musician in the 1920s and 1930s)
Studied first with his father Hartog Meerloo (1827-1905).
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Melikian, Zaven
(Yugoslavia 1929- )
violin and Assistant Concertmaster (also San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Concertmaster 1977-1994.
Studied at the Ecole Normale de Music - Paris, gaining his License
de Concert. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
1969-1998.
New Orleans Symphony trombones: Ned Meredith left, Glenn Dodson, Dee Stewart,
Bruce Butler right
Second trombone (also Pennsylvania Railroad Band, New Orleans Symphony
Principal trombone in a section with Glenn Dodson, Dee Stewart, and
Bruce Butler - quite a line-up, Utah Symphony 1960-1964, San Francisco
Opera Principal trombone 1964-1980, Minnesota Orchestra 1990-1992)
Studied with Ottavio Ferrara, former Principal trombone of the
Pittsburgh Symphony, and at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
in the late 1940s and graduate work at Juilliard School.
1964-1986
Meriz, Emilio Marin
(Spain 1881-1975)
violin (also Sigmund Beel String Quartette: Slgmund Beel first,
Emilio Meriz second,
Nathan Firestone
viola, Wanceslso Villalpando
cello in San Francisco in 1910s in chamber music and orchestral
concerts)
Most of Meriz's career was as a musician in San Francisco. He may
have played in the San Francisco Symphony under Henry Hadley.
Later taught at San Diego State University - California.
about 1962-1979
Michaelian, Ernest A.
(California 1918-1994 )
violin (also Marin Arts Quartet: Charles Meacham first, Ernest Michaelian
second, Elizabeth Bell viola, Jean Maguire cello)
Studied first with his Armenian father. Active in the San
Francisco Bay area chamber music performances, such as the
Marin Arts Quartet, particularly of contemporary composers.
cello (also Houston Symphony 1950-1951, also a founder
of the Marin Symphony in 1952 and a founding member of the
Marin Arts Quartet:
Michael Gerling first,
Charles Meacham second,
Ruth Freeman viola - of the San Francisco Opera orchestra, and
Jean Maguire Mitchell cello.
before the SFS, she was a theater musician,
including at the Curran Theater, Geary Theater, and the Circle Star
Theater)
Studied with Stanislas Bem of the San Francisco Conservatory,
Willem Van den Burg and Boris Blinder and at Dominican College.
Active in summer music festivals including the Carmel Bach
Festival.
Principal bass (also Marin Symphony - California bass)
Started as a student playing with San Francisco dance bands in the late
1930s. Modell was also a long-time volunteer firefighter and fire commissioner
in Marin County in suburban San Francisco.
about 1946-about 1981
Morgan (Robinson), Virginia
Principal harp (also the Morgan Trio, with sisters Marguerite Morgan piano,
Frances Morgan violin and Virginia Morgan harp)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1930s. Succeeded by Anne Adams
as Principal harp in 1951.
1936-1951
Morris, Craig Alan
(Texas 1968- )
Associate Principal trumpet (also Chicago Symphony Principal trumpet
2001-2003, Sacramento Symphony Principal trumpet, Dallas Brass. In
San Francisco, was an active concert and sessions musician, including
with Doc Severinsen, and in Chicago with groups such as the Highland Park
Strings)
Studied first with his father, Cecil Morris who was a band director.
He then studied at the University of Texas - Austin and the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music MMus 1991. Also active in music festivals, including
the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music - California, where in 2009
Craig gave the US Premier of Desolation Wilderness for trumpet
and orchestra by Joby Talbot (1971- ) with conductor Marin Alsop.
1998-2001
Mortensen, Modesta
(Oregon 1895-1975)
violin (one of the first women of an important US symphony orchestra,
hired 1924-1925, one season after
Helen Atkinson joined the SFS. Also played
with the Lyrian Trio in San Francisco in the late 1920s)
violin (also Albert White and his Masters of Melody on
San Francisco NBC radio in the 1950s)
about 1936-about 1971
Murray, Ralph
(Washington 1892- )
tuba and Personnel director (also John Philip Sousa Band, played with
the orchestra of the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International
Exhibition - summer of 1915175, conductor of the Golden Gate
Park Band 1924-1934 175, succeeded by
Alfred Arriola)
Ralph Murray's son Earl Bernard Murray (1925-2002) was Musical Director
of the San Francisco Ballet and Associate Conductor of the San Francisco
Symphony
at least 1922-1963
Myers, Mischa (born Maurice Joel Myers)
(California 1922-1995)
violin (also chamber music in the 1960s and 1970s, also a
recording sessions musician in San Francisco in the 1960s to
1980s)
Studied as a child prodigy in Los Angeles, including performing
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1930 and with the
San Francisco Symphony191. He was born as
Maurice Joel Myers, but father changed his name to "Mischa",
and took two years off his age to present him as another famous
child prodigy (see 1931 publicity photo at left).
violin (also Seventh Army Symphony - Europe in 1959)
Studied at the University of the Pacific - California with
Naoum Blinder. Blinder had left the Soviet Union by taking
a concert tour in Japan in 1927 and met Nagata's father George
K. Nagata at at recital. The father said "...when I
have a son he shall study with you..." 184. Blinder
went to San Francisco and George K. Nagata followed him.
1963-
Neuman, David
Second clarinet (also Korean Philharmonic in about 1982-1984,
then the Columbus Symphony about 1984-1986)
Studied at Temple University - Philadelphia and at the Curtis
Institute, graduating in the Class of 1982.
1986-present
Newman, Eugenia Fichtenova (or shortened to Fichten)
(Czechoslovakia 1913-2011)
violin (also Eastbay String Quartet: Eugenia Newman first, Edward Bogas
second, Elizabeth Bell viola, and Nicolai Hohloff cello)
Studied first in Prague, coming to the US in 1929.
Gerhard Samuel, conductor of the Oakland Symphony - California said
that the violinist Eugenia Newman, Linda Ashworth, and Ernestine [Chihuaria]
Riedel all had agreed to join the Oakland Symphony, when Josef Krips
appointed them all after a November, 1964 audition 206
1964-at least 1974
Nicholeris, Diane E.
(Massachusetts 1960- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
violin (also Monterey County Symphony - California
Concertmaster)
Studied at Music Academy of the West - California summer
1982, Boston University and the Eastman School of Music
BMus. She is and instructor of violin at San José University and
coaches the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
violin (Houston Symphony violin prior to the San Francisco Symphony)
Studied
1958-
Oesterreicher, Walter
piccolo 1912-1914, flute 1914-after 1936 and personnel manager 1917-
after 1936 (also University of California - Berkeley Orchestra
1906-1907, Golden Gate Park Band
violin (also New Jersey Symphony, Sacramento Symphony Principal
Second violin, founding member of the Tilden Trio: Sarn Oliver violin, Peter Wyrick
cello, June Choi Oh piano)
Studied at the Juilliard Pre-college unit and the
Juilliard School BMus and MMus. During the 2000s
Oliver has a growing reputation as a composer for chamber
music and other groups.
1993-present
Olivier, Rufus Jr.
(Louisiana 1955- )
Second bassoon (also Los Angeles Philharmonic Co-Principal bassoon
1975-1977, San Francisco Opera Orchestra Principal bassoon
1980-present, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Principal bassoon
1992-present, Stanford Woodwind Quintet: Alexandra Hawley flute,
James Matheson oboe,
Mark Brandenburg clarinet,
Rufus Olivier
bassoon, Lawrence Ragent horn)
Studied first with his musician father and then with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic student training program. Olivier has taught at several
San Francisco area colleges and universities: Mills College,
San Francisco State University, San Francisco Conservatory, and
Stanford University.
violin (also Baltimore Symphony, than Saint Louis Symphony)
Studied at the Julliard Preparatory Division and the Peabody Conservatory.
1998-present
Pasmore (Bell), Dorothy
(California 1889-1972)
cello (also the New Music Society of California 190. also,
as with her sister Mary, Dorothy Pasmore was
one of the first women of an important US symphony orchestra,
hired 1924-1925, one season after
Helen Atkinson joined the SFS)
Studied with her father, Henry Bickford Pasmore (1857-1944) a musician
raising a musical family. Dorothy Pasmore also
studied in Berlin when her father relocated the family there.
Dorothy Pasmore was active in performance
of contemporary music, performing in concerts with
Helen Atkinson
in new compositions by Carlos Chavez, Anton Webern, Henry Cowell and Cowell's
friend, Hungarian composer Paul Arma (born Imre Weisshaus) 190.
This was in the late 1920s when Webern, Chavez and Cowell were all unknown
even to advanced listeners.
1924-at least 1925
Pasmore (Burrell), Mary Broeck
(California 1886- )
cello (as with her sister Dorothy, Mary Pasmore was
one of the first women of an important US symphony orchestra,
hired 1924-1925, one season after
Helen Atkinson joined the SFS)
Studied with her father, Henry Bickford Pasmore (1857-1944), a musician
who had had founded a conservatory in San Francisco in 1914. He
raised his three daughters as musicians, Dorothy a cellist,
Mary a violinist, and Suzanne studying piano. Mary Pasmore also
studied in Berlin when her father relocated the family there.
Married to San Francisco artist Alfred Ray Burrell (1877-1952).
1924-1957
Paterson, John Andrew
(Illinois 1874- )
John Peterson in 1923
violin (also a musician at the Rialto Theater, San Francisco in the
1910s)
John Paterson and his wife taught at the University of California -
Berkley. John Paterson taught the young Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999)
harmony and counterpoint, and his wife Anne Gertrude Paterson
taught Yaltah Menuhin (1921-2001) piano 188. Yehudi
Menuhin wrote later of good memories playing chamber music with
John Paterson and
Nathan Firestone.
1911-at least 1936
Paulson, Stephen
(1946- )
Principal bassoon (also while in Rochester, Principal bassoon of the
Rochester Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony under William Steinberg -
Co-Principal bassoon. also conducting including Music Director of
the Symphony Parnassus - California beginning 1998)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music. Stephen Paulson is also a
composer and his Bassoon Concerto has been performed by the
Rochester Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony under William
Steinberg, with the composer performing. Paulson has taught at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
1977-present
Payne, Catherine C.
(Connecticut 1964- )
Piccolo (also, with the Boston Symphony she was acting Second flute 1993-1995,
also Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra flute - the touring Boston Pops group,
also Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra - Boston Principal flute, Portland Symphony - Maine
Associate Principal flute and piccolo)
Studied at the Yale School of Music, and at the New England Conservatory
graduated summa cum laude. While in Boston, she also attended Tufts University
BA in English also summa cum laude.
Principal cello (also Tollefsen Piano Trio - New York, Philadelphia Orchestra
Principal cello 1920-1925, San Francisco Symphony Principal cello
1925-1930, California String Quartet 1925 into the 1940s, Abas String Quartet
based in San Francisco, Neah–Kah–Nie String Quartet in Oregon in 1930,
also San Francisco String Quartet founded by SFS Concertmaster
Naoum Blinder:
Naoum Blinder first,
William Wolski second,
Romain Verney viola, and
Michel Penha cello in 1938,
Roussel Trio in Los Angeles 1952.
Also MGM Studio Orchestra in Hollywood in 1950s)
Studied at the Amsterdam Conservatoire with Isaac Mossel (1870-1923)
graduating in 1905. Penha also studied with Hugo Becker (1864-1941),
perhaps at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium in Frankfurt.
1925-1930
Perrigo, (or Edouard) Edward Earl
(Nebraska 1888-1959)
viola (also theater musician Rialto Theater, San Francisco in 1918,
in 1920 he was a theater musician in Akron, Ohio, and taught at
Dana's Musical Institute. In 1930 Perrigo returned to Nebraska,
where he was a music director in Omaha, then to Arizona with
Tucson Symphony violin 1943-1944)
Perrigo was also active in the Gustav Mahler Ensemble in the 1910s
(at a time when Mahler's music was mostly unknown):
Ada Clement piano,
Louis Ford
violin,
Theadore E. Yohner-Borghese violin,
Edward Perrigo
viola and Paul M. Friedhofer cello)
1911-1913, 1915-1916
Persinger, Louis H.
(Illinois 1887-1966)
Concertmaster (also Berlin Philharmonic, Opera Royal - Brussels Belgium,
Also organized the Persinger String Quartet in about 1918, consisting
of Louis Persinger first, Louis Ford second,
Nathan Firestone viola and Walter Ferner cello (click on thumbnail to
see picture):
Studied with Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) and Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953)
in Paris during 1909-1912. Teacher of Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) whom
Persinger began teaching at age six, Ruggiero Ricci (1918- ), and
Isaac Stern (1920-2001) among others. Succeeded Leopold Auer (1845-1930)
at the Institute of Musical Art (predecessor of the Juilliard School).
1915-1925
Piastro, Mishel Boris
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1891-1970)
Concertmaster (also with Toscanini's New York Philharmonic - Concertmaster
1931-1943. Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic beginning in 1941.
One of 14 NY Philharmonic musicians fired by Artur Rodzinski in 1943.
Long-time conductor of the radio orchestra: the Longines Symphonette)
Studied first with his father, a student of Leopold Auer. Piastro also later
studied with Auer 1906-1911 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Piastro
arrived in San Francisco in April, 1920, after having toured via Shanghai
and Canada.
1925-1931
Pingel, Scott J.
(Wisconsin? 1974- )
Principal bass (also Charleston Symphony Principal bass, also
New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra)
Studied at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire BMus,
and the Manhattan School of Music MMus in orchestral performance and
Professional Studies Certificate.
Active in summer festivals including Music at Menlo - California,
Music in the Vineyards - California, Bellingham Festival - Washington,
Spoleto Festival - South Carolina, Verbier Festival - Switzerland,
Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, Attergau/Salzburg Festival - Austria.
As a jazz musician, Pingel has played with such greats as Michael Brecker,
Geoff Keezer, and James Williams.
2004-present
Pinsker, Anne P.
(California 1951- )
cello (also a sessions musician for soundtracks and other recordings,
founder and director of the Marin Music Festival that existed
in the early 1990s)
Studied Music Academy of the West - California summer 1971.
Then at the California Academy of Music and the Juilliard
School.
-present
Anne Pinsker was on sabbatical leave during the 2001-2002
season.
violin (also the ProArte String Quartet:
Alphonse Onnou first, Laurent Halleux second,
Germain Prévost viola, Robert Maas cello - see their 1938 photo
at left)
Germain Prévost studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire -
Belgium. He was also a good friend of Darius Milhaud, both
in France and in California.
Pynchon, William Edward
(California 1930)
William Pynchon presenting a scholarship check to student
Richard Hughes in 1972
Assistant Concertmaster, violin (also San Francisco Opera Assistant
Concertmaster 1974-1998. also Virtuosi of San Francisco
Concertmaster in the 1970s, San Leandro Symphony
Concertmaster. also in mid-1960s Golden Gate String Quartet:
William Pynchon first,
Linda Ashworth second,
David Smiley viola, and Sally Kell cello)
Studied with
Naoum Blinder, and in the summers of 1949 and 1950,
studied at the Pierre Monteux Music Camp in Hancock, Maine.
Principal cello (also San Francisco hotel orchestra 1900s, cellist in
the University of California - Berkeley orchestra 1905-1906
51)
Contemporary press accounts in 1907 and 1908 referred to
performances of "Dr. Arthur Regensburger", cellist, but
do not clarify where Arthur Regensburger was, like his father
Dr. John Regensburger, a physician 86.
1912-1914
Reinberg, Donald A.
(California 1933- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Principal trumpet, trumpet
In 1976, Seiji Ozawa wanted to re-seat Robert Sayre
from Principal cello, Rudolf Persinger from Principal cello, and
Donald Reinberg from Principal trumpet. Persinger accepted a
demotion but Sayre did not, and resigned 9.
Donald Reinberg remained as Acting Principal trumpet 1976-1979,
and then Associate Principal trumpet 1979-1980 with Laurie McGaw
Principal trumpet. Then 1980-1981 Glenn Fischthal became Principal
trumpet, with Laurie McGaw moving to second chair, Donald Reinberg
moving to third trumpet chair.
Studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.
Assistant Principal cello (also a frequent performer of chamber
music with SFS musicians in 1930s and 1940s, and also with a
young Isaac Stern 2)
Emigrated to US in 1926, citizen in 1931.
about 1950-about 1961
Remington, Merrill L.
(Michigan 1904-1970)
oboe 1937-1940, Principal oboe 1940-1965
(also Portland Symphony - Oregon Principal oboe 1935-1937,
San Francisco Bay area WPA orchestra Principal oboe summer of
1936)
Remington played Hollywood recording sessions in off-season 145,
including for leading singers such as Frank Sinatra.
1937-1965
Renzi, Paul E.
(New York 1926- )
Paul Renzi in 1947. photographer: Romaine, San Francisco
Principal flute (also part-time flute at the Radio City Music Hall while
a student, NBC Symphony Principal flute during Toscanini's last two
seasons 1952-1954, returned to the San Francisco Symphony 1957-2004,
a total of 51 seasons !)
Studied first with his musician father Paolo, long-time NBC Symphony oboe
under Toscanini. Then with John Wummer of the New York Philharmonic,
colleague of his father. also Queens College - New York. Paul Renzi
taught at San Francisco State University
Fourth horn and Second horn (also founding member of The Bay
Brass - San Francisco, played with the
Civic Orchestra of Chicago - the training orchestra of Chicago,
American Chamber Symphony European tour 1983, Fort Wayne Philharmonic -
Indiana Principal horn 1983-1984, Columbus Symphony - Ohio Second horn
1985-about 1991)
Studied at Northwestern University BMus 1983, Oberlin College Conservatory
of Music. Teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Active
in summer festivals, including New College Music Festival - Florida,
Colorado Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds - Italy,
Colorado Philharmonic summer orchestra.
Principal harp (also Indianapolis Symphony Principal harp 1975-1981)
As a student, studied at the National Music Camp - Interlochen Michigan
and later at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Teaches at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at the Salzedo Summer
Harp Colony - Maine. Rioth gave the San Francisco premier of the
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Harp Concerto.
1981-present
Ritchen, William
(California 1959- )
bass and also electric bass (also Syracuse Symphony Orchestra,
and a member of Symphony Bluegrass Ramblers, SFS musicians
in the bluegrass style)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music, and the Juilliard School
MMus. Active in summer music festivals including the Aspen Music
Festival - Colorado and the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.
1983-present
Roberts, Bruce A.
(California 1954- )
Assistant Principal horn 1988-1996, Third horn 1996-1999, Acting Associate
Principal horn 1999-2008, Third horn 2008-present
(also founding member of The Bay Brass,
La Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México horn 1978-1981,
Utah Symphony 1981-1988)
Studied at California State University, Northridge and
California Institute of the Arts. Teaches at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Active in summer music
festivals including the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.
1991-present
Roberts, (Francis) Chester
(Massachusetts 1921- ) still active in 2011
Principal tuba 1967-1969 (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Tuba
under Reiner, Cleveland Orchestra Principal tuba 1950-1967)
Studied at the New England Conservatory. In summers played in the
Chautauqua Symphony. Also taught at Western Reserve University -
Ohio, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory
and Boston University School of Music.
viola (also while in US Army - Army Strolling Strings,
Chamber Soloists of San Francisco)
Studied North Carolina School of the Arts including a summer session
in Siena, Italy. then Northern Illinois University BMus 1970. Active
in chamber music in summer festivals, including the Laurel Festival -
Pennsylvania and the Gerhardt Festival in his native Alabama. He
is also a devoted equestrian.
1974-present
Romasevich, Victor
(then Russia now Belarus 1956- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Associate Principal violin 1990-1992, violin 1992-present
Studied as a youth at the Gnesin Music School - Moscow, and then at
the Moscow Conservatory. also the Juilliard School about 1977-1979.
1990-present
Rosebrook, David Cobb
(Maine 1874-1937)
Principal trumpet 1912-1919, trumpet 1911-1912, 1919-1934
(founder of the D. C. Rosebrook Band, Director of the
Islam Temple Band. In 1935, following the shutdown of the San
Francisco Symphony in 1934-1935, Rosebrook played solo cornet
with the Goldman Band replacing Charles Delaware Staigers.)
1911-1934
Rosenbecker, Adolph
(Germany 1851-1919)
Adolph Rosenbecker in 1908
Concertmaster 1912-1915, Principal Second violin and Assistant
Conductor 1915-1916. (also Saalbau Orchestra of Frankfurt 1865-1866,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, German Opera of New York 1870,
Theodore Thomas Orchestra based in New York City 1870-1877,
in Chicago, conducted the "Turner Hall Concerts"
85, organized and conducted a group he called the
"Chicago Symphony Orchestra" - not today's CSO)
Studied in Frankfurt and gained further training at age 14 by
playing with the Saalbau Orchestra of Frankfurt 1865-1866. Then
to the hen went to the Leipzig Conservatory 1866-1869. Taught
at the Chicago Conservatory
1912-1916
Rossett, Emil
violin 1920-1923, 1927-1934, 1936-at least 1937 (also San Francisco Quartet
comprising Louis Ford first, Emil Rossett second, Clarence Evans viola and
Victor de Gomez cello)
1920-1923, 1927-1934, 1936-at least 1937
Rourke, Robert R.
(California 1895-1991)
violin (also NBC radio staff orchestra in 1925 playing live broadcasts
each day, also Berkeley String Quartet: Antonio de Grassi frist,
Robert Rourke second, Edward Towler viola, Willem Dehe cello in 1920s,
Honolulu Symphony in 1960s)
Studied at the Curtis Institute, but may not have graduated.
about 1946-1981 except one season in Detroit late 1950s.
Sayre, Robert
(Pennsylvania 1927- )
Principal cello (also summer programs of the Boston Pops beginning 1950,
Cleveland Orchestra cello 1949-1952,
San Antonio Symphony Principal cello 1953-1955, Pittsburgh Symphony
Assistant Principal cello, Cincinnati Symphony Principal cello 1960-1963,
founded and conducted the San Francisco Young Professionals
Orchestra in 1977)
Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. Seiji Ozawa wanted to re-seat
Robert Sayre from Principal cello, Rolf Persinger from Principal viola, and
Donald Reinberger from Principal trumpet 9. Sayre did not accept
demotion and instead resigned from the SFSO at the end of the 1975-1976 season
to pursue a solo playing career and conducting.
1963-1976
Schaffer, Peter S.
(1930- )
Associate Concertmaster (also during Korean War in US Army
Seventh Army Symphony - Germany, also San Francisco Contemporary
Music Players,
San Francisco Opera Concertmaster 1973-1976,
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster 1976-1984,
Melbourne Symphony Concertmaster - Australia 1984- )
Senior Professor of Violin at University of Illinois following his
return from Australia. Peter Schaffer was succeeded in his
position of Concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera by Jacob
Krachmalnick 177, SFS Assistant Concertmaster
1946-1951, 1960-1961.
Third oboe, English horn (also a restaurant orchestra musician in
San Francisco in 1918, Los Angeles Philharmonic English horn
1930-1960, sitting next to Bert Gassman)
viola (also Chicago Youth Orchestra training orchestra)
Studied first with his pianist mother Ruth Schoening, then at
Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduated 1971. Active
in summer music festivals including Sarasota Music Festival - Florida.
about 1976-present
Schwarzbart, Gail Ruth Denny
(California 1941-1996)
violin (also Oakland Symphony viola and then violin
1963-1967, Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra, Golden Gate
String Quartet, and Bach to Mozart)
Studied first with her parents: her mother Jeanne Gilbert
Moyle (1918-1992) was a pianist, and her father Professor
William D. Denny (1910-1980) a member of the University of
California at Berkeley music faculty where Gail Denny also
studied.
1967-April, 1995
Schwarzmann, Jascha
(then Russia, now Ukraine 1896- )
Schwarzmann with the NBC Symphony
cello (also Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner in late 1920s, Minneapolis Symphony
Principal cello under Henri Verbrugghen 1930-1934, NBC Symphony under Toscanini
in the 1940s, Detroit Symphony about 1945-1948, moved to Hollywood in 1948, where he
was a studio sessions musician in the 1950s and 1960s)
Studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Taught at the University of Minnesota
while Principal cello of the symphony.
early 1920s about 1922-1924
See, Orley Henry
(Ohio 1884-1957)
Assistant Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor. (also Cincinnati Symphony
violin section in 1910-1911 under Stokowski, founding member of Philharmonic Trio with
Orley See violin, Wenceslao Villalpando cello, Frederick Freeman piano, conductor of the
Oakland Symphony 1935-about 1953)
Studied at Denison University in Ohio 1904-1906. Taught at Indiana Normal Conservatory,
Indiana, Pennsylvania 1913-1916.
1919- at least 1920
Seiferth, (probably) August R.
(Germany 1861- )
Principal trumpet (also New York Philharmonic trumpet prior to
San Francisco 29)
Studied initially in Thuringia, Germany.
1911-1912
Sellin, Verne M.
(Washington 1900- )
violin. also San Francisco Symphony Assistant Conductor,
San Francisco Symphony Personnel Manager (also
conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Youth Orchestra in 1962-1966 and to the San Francisco Recreation
Symphony Orchestra 205, conducted the orchestra of
the College of Notre Dame - Belmont, CA 1961-1976)
Studied at the University of Oregon. Taught at the College of Notre Dame - Belmont,
California in 1950s and 1960s.
1946-at least 1970
Severance, Nanci L.
(Michigan 1957- )
viola (also Cleveland Opera Orchestra, Parlante Chamber Orchestra
- California Principal viola, San Francisco Contemporary Music
Players, Porter String Quartet:
Roy Malan first, Beni Shinohara second,
Nanci Severance viola,
Carolyn McIntosh
cello)
Studied Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1979, Northern Illinois University
MMus. Active in summer festivals, including Aspen Chamber Symphony -
Colorado Principal viola and Spoleto Festival - South Carolina,
Telluride Festival - Colorado, Grand Teton Festival - Wyoming,
and the Scaneateles Music Festival - New York.
Principal clarinet 1911-1912, (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal
clarinet 1904-1911, also played with the orchestra of the
San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exhibition -
summer of 1915)
oboe 1921-1922, 1924-1925, and 1927-1934 until the shut-down
of the SFSO in 1934-1935. Principal oboe 1935-1940, oboe into
the 1960s - read about the drama leading to Julien Shanis
appointment as Principal oboe
by clicking here.
Noted above was that father Jean Shanis played in the 1915 Panama-Pacific
Exhibition where he made the acquaintance of the legendary oboist
Marcel Tabuteau, later of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
This lead to son Julien Shanis going to Philadelphia in about 1920
to study with Tabuteau even before the Curtis Institute was opened
(read about Tabuteau in the fascinating book of Laila Storch - oboe student
of Julien Shanis and Marcel Tabuteau -
Marcel Tabuteau "How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can't
Peel a Mushroom?", Indiana University Press, 2008 51).
Shanis was also an avid fisherman, writing on the subject.
1921-1922, 1924-1925, 1927-1934 (shut-down of the SFSO in 1934-1935)
1935-into 1960s
Shapro, David R.
(Illinois 1901-1976)
violin
1940s-1967 208
Sharp, Erica (1927- )
violin (also the Bloch String Quartet, Robert Bloch first, Erica Sharp
second, David Smiley viola, Helen Stross cello. Also has played a five
string electronically enhanced violin later in her career. Married to
trombonist Miles Anderson together forming Trom-bown. See them
in the photo at left, with Erica Sharp's violin)
about 1958-about 1978
Sheinfeld, David
(Missouri 1906-2001) of parents who had just emigrated from
the Ukraine
David Sheinfeld in the 1990s
violin (also Pittsburgh Symphony viola 1944-1945,
San Francisco Opera orchestra 1945-1964)
Studied at the Chicago Conservatory, Academia Santa Cecilia - Rome
1929-1931. An active composer, Monteux premiered Sheinfeld's
Adagio and Allegro (1947) and Concerto for Orchestra
(1950) and
Anshel Brusilow
and the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered
his Violin Concerto (1955). The Kronos Quartet commissioned
and performed his String Quartet no 2 (1993).
1945-1971
Shelton, Peter Ward
(Californai 1954-2009)
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Associate Principal cello, Assistant Principal Cello, cello
(also Co-founded the
Chamber Music Sundaes concert series along with colleagues
Jorja Fleezanis, Lucy Stoltzman and Geraldine Walther 197,
also Midsummer Mozart Festival - California Principal cello)
Studied at Stanford University BA in music in 1976 and
the San Francisco Conservatory MMus 1977.
As a student at age 19, Peter Shelton performed the Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto no. 1 opus 33 in a 1973 SFS Youth Concert. He
also performed in the US premiere Demijour for Oboe, Cello
and Piano by Nicolaus Huber (1939- ) in 1990. He also gave the West Coast
premiere of the George Perle (1915-2009) quintet Sonata a cinque
(1986) in 1991.
1977-2009
died near the end of the 2008-2009 season on May 9, 2009
after a lengthy battle with HIV and cancer 198
Shoptaugh, Philip L.
Third trumpet (also co-founder of Brazzissimo, a ten piece
brass ensemble based in the San Francisco area, toured with the
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, San Francisco Opera trumpet about
1974-1975. Also played in many San Francisco theater orchestras)
(Canada 1916-2002) born in Canada, but raised in San Francisco
violin and Assistant Concertmaster
(became Assistant Concertmaster in 1958-1959 when Frank Houser was
appointed Concertmaster, also the Bohemian Club featuring music
in San Francisco)
Studied with Naoum Blinder at about the same time as Isaac Stern,
Shweid's boyhood friend was also studying. Shweid taught violin
and chamber music at Dominican College - California.
1941-1969
Simas, Jerome
(California 1966- )
acting bass clarinet/utility clarinet. (also Oakland East Bay
Symphony - California Principal clarinet, California Symphony Principal
clarinet, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - California Principal clarinet,
also San Francisco Opera Orchestra acting Principal clarinet, sessions
musician at Hollywood studios including at Skywalker Ranch - California)
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus and MMus. In the well-known
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue played by the New World Symphony conducted by
Michael Tilson-Thomas, Simas played the clarinet solo.
Simonsen (Saville), Françoise Margaret (or later Frances)
(Germany 1904-1994?)
violin (one of the first women of an important US symphony orchestra,
hired 1924-1925, one season after
Helen Atkinson joined the SFS)
Studied in Lausanne, Switzerland 1919-1920, and in 1920-1923 at the
Akademie der Tonkunst, Munich, Germany.
Sinai, Joseph M.
(Russia 1893-1985)
percussion (also Paramount Theater orchestra - New York,
Fox Theater orchestra San Francisco, 1939-1940 San Francisco
World's Fair orchestra, also the Paul Ash orchestra, his
brother-in-law, in the 1920s)
viola (also the Bloch String Quartet, Robert Bloch first, Erica Sharp second,
David Smiley viola, Helen Stross cello and the also in mid-1960s Golden Gate String Quartet:
William Pynchon first,
Linda Ashworth second,
David Smiley viola, and Sally Kell cello.
also the East-West Duo with his pianist wife Yuriko Hirai Smiley
and David Smiley viola)
David Smiley was also an officer of ICSOM, The International
Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians.
violin
and Assistant Concertmaster (also Aurora String Quartet)
Studied with her musician parents, David Smiley and Yuriko Hirai Smiley,
taking up violin with father
David Smiley
at age 6. Later studied at the Juilliard School earning
both BMus and MMus degrees.
1982-present
Smith, Pamela
(Georgia )
oboe (also San Francisco Ballet Orchestra oboe 1975-1977,
Atlanta Symphony Assistant Principal oboe about 1977-1980.
During the 1980-1981, played a one year contract with the
San Francisco Symphony, Honolulu Symphony' Associate Principal
oboe 1981-1983. In 1986-1987, Pamela Smith returned to the
San Francisco Symphony for a one year audition 1986-1987,
which as made permanent under Herbert Blomstedt in the
1987-1988 season.
Studied the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles - Belgium,
and the San Francisco Conservatory. From a musical family,
her brother was for 44 seasons bass clarinet with the
Atlanta Symphony.
1986-present
audition season of 1986-1987 became permanent in 1987-1988
viola 2000-2006, Associate Principal viola (also Polish National
Radio and Television Orchestra, Penderecki String Quartet:
Piotr Buczek first, Marius Smolij second, Adam Smyla viola and
Zbigniew Szoltysek cello. Also Assistant Principal viola - Lyric Opera
of Chicago 1995-2000, the Sun Valley Summer festival including the
Valley String Quartet with
Jeremy Constant
first,
Paul Brancato second,
Adam Smyla viola, and Amos Yang cello.)
Studied at the Szymanowski Conservatory in Katowice, Poland.
2000-present
Stanley, Betty Rae
(California about 1932- )
violin (also active in Pacific Musical Club - San Francisco,
New Orleans Symphony about 1953-1954)
Studied at San Francisco State University.
She was selected in a competition to play in the San Francisco
Symphony young peoples concert in January, 1948 playing a
movement from Wieniawski's Violin Concerto no 2.
about 1957-at least 1961
Stoltzman, Lucy Chapman
(1951- )
violin and acting Associate Concertmaster (also the
Muir String Quartet featuring fellow Curtis Institute graduates:
Lucy Chapman Stoltzman
first (later Peter Zazofsky first), Bayla Keyes second (later
Lucia Lin
second),
Steven Ansell
viola and Michael Reynolds cello)
Studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and Antioch University New
England MMus Ed. Active in the Marlboro Music
Festival - Vermont, selected by Rudolf Serkin when she was a Curtis
studied. Nominated for a Grammy for a recording of Bartok, Stravinsky
and Ives with former husband Richard Stoltzman, clarinet and
Richard Goode piano. She teaches at the New England Conservatory.
Störseth, Rolf Wilham
(Norway 1913-2007)
cello: third chair of the cello section during most of his service
(also Cleveland Orchestra cello 1950-1963)
Studied at the Oslo Conservatory and in Paris with Paul Bazelaire
(1886-1958) at the Paris Conservatoire 185. Also the
Juilliard School MMus.
piano (also Co-director of the Telluride Chamber Music Festival -
Colorado)
Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and at the
Juilliard School. Active in summer festivals, and as well as the
Telluride Chamber Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts - Maine.
Participated in the premier of the John Adams Grand Pianola Music
along with other with members of the San Francisco Symphony.
Studied Music Academy of the West - California summer 1968,
at the North Carolina School of the Arts, University of
Southern California BMus.
1974-present
Tak, Eduard (or Edward or Édouard)
(Netherlands 1881-1943)
Concertmaster (played in a surprising number of US orchestras: Chicago
Symphony first violin 1903-1905, Philadelphia Orchestra violin 1905-1906,
New York Symphony 1906-1907. After New York, Eduard Tak concertized in
Europe. Emil Paur heard Eduard Tak in Berlin 10 and engaged Tak as
Pittsburgh Symphony Concertmaster 1908-1909. Then the New York Symphony
again 1910-1911, San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster 1911-1912,
Boston Symphony violin 1912-1919, New York Philharmonic violin 1921-1931)
Studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für
Musik. Became a US national in 1921, but seems to have returned to Europe
in the late 1930s and died in Germany on December 28, 1943.
1911-1912
Taylor, Ross Whiteside
(California 1925-1964)
Principal horn (also New York Philharmonic Fourth horn 1948-1950,
San Francisco Symphony Principal horn 1955-1963, founding member
of the California Wind Quintet, consisting of Walter Subke flute
(San Francisco Opera), Raymond Duste oboe (San Francisco Opera),
Donald Carroll
clarinet, Robert Hughes bassoon (Oakland Symphony),
and
Ross Taylor horn)
Studied at the Juilliard School from about 1945-1948. Progressively
showing a more nervous and anxious attitude, Ross Taylor died in
1964 at age 39.
Studied at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute
Class of 1980. Active in summer festivals, including
Grand Teton Festival - Wyoming, Chamber Music West - Arizona,
Olympic Music Festival - Washington, Music in the Vineyards
- California and the Gualala Summer Arts Festival - California.
1980-present
Tiscione, Michael
(New York 1979- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Second trumpet (also Atlanta Symphony 2002-2010)
Studied at the Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University
BMus 2001, Northwestern University MMus 2002. Active in
summer festivals including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony -
Idaho, Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming,
Second trumpet, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival -
Texas.
Audition Year in 2010-2011
Tramontozzi, Stephen
(California 1955- )
Assistant Principal double bass (also Symphony Orchestra of Sao Paolo -
Brazil Principal bass, as a student played bass with the
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra)
Studied at the New England Conservatory BMus and the San Francisco
Conservatory MMus. Active in summer music festivals, including the
Chamber Music West Festival - California, San Luis Obispo Mozart
Festival - California, Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming and
the Cabrillo Music Festival - California featuring contemporary
music.
about 1985-present
Tsai, Elbert
(California about 1978- )
violin (also as a student, played in the San Francisco
Symphony Youth Orchestra and in the National Repertory Orchestra -
Colorado, where he was both a Co-Concertmaster and a soloist. also prior
to joining the SFS, Tsai was San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Assistant Principal Second violin and
also a substitute with the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Symphony.
Also Eos Ensemble in San Francisco)
Studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in both violin and in the
College also computer science in about 1998-1999. also Studied at the
University of Southern California - Advanced Studies Certificate.
Also active in summer music festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival
- Massachusetts, the Aspen Festival - Colorado, and Sun Valley - Idaho.
Fourth horn (also Saint Louis Symphony, Colorado Symphony
Assistant Principal horn, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra,
Artemis Chamber Brass - Chicago, Ars Viva Symphony - Illinois,
Milwaukee Symphony, Fort Wayne Symphony - Indiana, Columbus
Symphony - Ohio)
Studied at the University of Wisconsin - Madison BMus and
Northwestern University Performance Certificate and MMus.
Active in summer music festivals, including the Grand Teton
Music Festival - Wyoming.
2008-present
van den Burg, Willem
(Netherlands 1901-1992)
Principal cello (also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal cello under Stokowski
1926-1935, then back to San Francisco. conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra
at Robin Hood Dell concerts in summers of 1930s 48.
In Philadelphia in the early 1930s,
WillemVan den Berg with
Alexander Hilsberg,
David Madison and
Samuel Lifschey,
all of the Philadelphia Orchestra, formed the Guarnerius Quartet in the
1930s - not the same as the famous Guarneri Quartet formed by
Arnold Steinhardt
in 1964. Principal cello and Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic 1950-about 1954. Played cello in Hollywood
studios in the 1960s)
Studied at the Hague Conservatory, where he won the Foch medal
47. In the early 1920s he studied briefly with Pablo Casals
at L'École normale supérieure - Paris 49. Beginning 1942,
joined the faculty of Mills College in Berkley, California 46.
1924-1925, 1935-1950
Van Geem, Jack
(California about 1951- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Principal percussion and Assistant timpani (also San Francisco Ballet
Orchestra 1976-1984)
Studied at California State University – Hayward BA and MA,
and in Germany with Cristoph Caskel in about 1975.
Studied first with her grandfather Karl Duane Van Hoesen of the
Eastman School of Music, who studied
with Leopold Auer, Otakar Sevcik and Franz Kneisel. In her teens,
Van Hoesen studied at the Music Academy of the West - California
summer 1976 and at the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department.
Then at the Juilliard School BMus and Eastman School of Music MMus.
1982-present
Veen, Edward
(1910-1997)
viola (also Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl orchestra,
San Francisco Federal Music Project orchestra)
Veissi, Jascha, born Joseph Weissman
brother of Harold Veissi (1898-1983)
Principal viola (also Cleveland Orchestra multiple responsibilities
including violin 1921-1923, Assistant Concertmaster 1923-1927,
Second Concertmaster 1927-1929, keyboard 1922-1929, Principal piano 1926-1929,
also Kolisch Quartet)
1931-1934
Vendryes, Basil Courtney
(New York 1961- )
viola (also Colorado Symphony Principal viola 1993-present,
New York Philharmonic 1984-1985, Rochester Philharmonic 1979-1982.
also the Aurora String Quartet in one of its versions in 1987:
Sharon Grebanier first,
Chun-ming Mo Kobialka second,
Basil Vendryes viola,
Margaret Tait cello)
Studied with Francis Tursi (1922-1991) of the Eastman School of Music
and Heidi Castleman and Sally O'Reilly. In Colorado for the last two
decades, in April, 2008, Basil Vendryes with Jeffrey Kahane and the
Colorado Symphony gave the American premiere of Styx by
Giya Kancheli (1835- )
Principal viola 1925-1932, being Co-Principal with
Jascha Veissi in 1931-1932. (also New York Symphony Principal viola
1909-1910 and 1919-1920, Chicago Opera Principal viola during World War 1,
Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola 1920-1925. While in
Philadelphia, also a member of the Rich Quartet:
Thaddeus Rich first,
Harry Aleinikoff second,
Romain Verney viola and
Hans Kindler cello in Philadelphia. In California,
member of the California String Quartet:
Robert Pollack first,
William Wolski second,
Romain Verney viola, and
Verney's old friend and Philadelphia Orchestra colleague
Michel Penha cello.
Also a similar quartet founded
by Naoum Blinder, the San Francisco String Quartet:
Naoum Blinder first,
William Wolski second,
Romain Verney viola, and
Michel Penha cello.
Also the Abas String Quartet, also with Penha.
In 1938, he was a member of the San Francisco String Quartet)
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Premier prix in about 1896.
1925-1932
Vernon, Charles
(North Carolina 1948- )
bass trombone (also Baltimore Symphony 1971-1980, Philadelphia Orchestra
1981-1986, Chicago Symphony 1986-present, Brevard Music Center at Brevard
College 1967-1981)
Studied at Brevard College - North Carolina and Georgia State University.
In April, 1991, Charlie gave the premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939- )
Concerto for Bass Trombone commissioned by the CSO. Also in September
2006, gave the premiere of Chick’a’Bone Checkout by composer and
trombone virtuoso Christian Lindberg (1958- ). see Charlie's interesting website
www.charlievernon.com
1980-1981
Villalpando, Wenceslao (Mexico 1868-1965)
cello
In 1895-1899, Wenceslao Villalpando was professor of solfège at the National
Conservatory in Mexico City.
1911-at least 1920
Vinocour, Jonathan I.
(New York 1979- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Principal viola (also Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Germany guest Principal
viola, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa - Japan guest Principal
viola)
Studied chemistry at Princeton University graduating 2001 magna cum
laude, receiving the Sudler Prize in the Arts. Vinocour then
studied at the New England Conservatory of Music MMus 2003.
In February, 2011, Jonathan Vinocour with Michael Tilson Thomas
and the San Francisco percussion section gave the first
San Francisco performance of the Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Rothko Chapel. Vinocour is also active in summer music
festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont,
Aspen Music Festival - Colorado and the Ravinia Festival -
Illinois.
2009-present
Volkert, Mark C.
(California 1952- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
Assistant Concertmaster (past Concertmaster of the Carmel Bach
Festival - California. also the Volkert-Walther String Trio:
Mark Volkert violin, Geraldine Walther viola, Jan Volkert cello)
Studied at Stanford University. Also active as a composer.
cello (also the Riga Imperial Symphony Orchestra in Russia 213. also after the
San Francisco Symphony, played in the short-lived San Francisco People's
Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Max Bendix, also toured western
US with harpist wife)
Studied at the Riga Conservatory - Latvia and at the Dresden Conservatory
- Germany 213. Taught at the
California Conservatory of Music - San Francisco.
Alfred Wallenstein in 1920 on his way to Leipzig to study with
Julius Klengel
cello (also in summer of 1918, Wallenstein toured South America
with the Pavlowa Ballet Company, Los Angeles Philharmonic
1919-1920 leaving for Leipzig, Chicago Symphony Principal 1922-1929,
New York Philharmonic Principal cello under Arturo Toscanini
1929-1933, conductor of his Sinfonietta on radio station WOR in
New York City beginning 1933 and later his his Symphony of Strings,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director 1943-1956.
Studied under Julius Klengel (1859-1933) at the Leipzig
Conservatory. The photo at left is his passport
photo from that voyage.
1916-1917
Walther, Geraldine Lamboley
(married Thomas Walther in June, 1977
and thereafter was billed as Geraldine Walther)
(Florida 1950- )
Geraldine Lamboley in about 1976
Associate Principal viola 1976-1977, advanced to Principal viola
in 1976-2005 (also of the Baltimore Symphony Assistant Principal
viola, Pittsburgh Symphony Assistant Principal
viola 1975-1976, Miami Symphony Assistant Principal viola.
In 2005, Geraldine Walther left the San Francisco Symphony to
join the Takács String Quartet, succeeding Roger Tapping as viola)
Studied the Manhattan School of Music, then at the
Curtis Institute Class of 1972. With Associate Principal
viola Yun-jie Liu, Geraldine Walther
in 1999 gave the US premiere of the George Benjamin (1960- )
Viola, Viola (1997).
1976-2005
Ward, Robert
(New York 1956- )
Associate Principal Horn 1980-1998, Acting Principal horn 1998-2007,
Principal Horn 2007-present. When David Krehbiel retired as Principal
horn in 1998, the SFS horn section positions were listed as
"Acting" during most of then next decade.
(also founding member of The Bay Brass and
of the Foxglove Chamber Ensemble, also played with
the Atlantic Symphony - Halifax, Canada and Denver Symphony)
Studied at Oberlin College Conservatory BMus 1977. Teaches at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
University of California at Berkeley. Visit Bob Ward's interesting
website:
violin (was later a theater musician in San Francisco and Berkeley, including the
Novelty Theater, Berkeley, and music director, Columbia Theater, Oakland, music director of the
Pantages Theatre, Oakland and music director Broadway Theater, Oakland)
Studied first with his music teacher father, Samuel Weigel in Minnesota.
1911-1913
Weiler, (Abraham Jacob) Erich
(Germany 1890-1951)
violin and viola (also well-known for his renditions of opera in English,
including with the Musicomedians, with the
San Francisco Musical Club, with the Play Opera Group
- California.
Studied initially in Saarbrücken, Germany, then came to US in 1908.
about 1925-about 1951
Weir, Andrew "Rob"
(Canada about 1958- )
bassoon (also freelance bassoon in San Francisco in the 1980s,
YOA Orchestra of the Americas and San Francisco Symphony
Youth Orchestra coach working with young musicians)
Studied at the Regina Conservatory of Music - Saskatchewan,
then summers at Banff Center, School of Fine Arts, then
Curtis Institute Class of 1979.
1991-present
Weiss, Arthur
(Hungary 1869-1954)
Arthur Weiss in 1917
Principal cello 1911-1912, cello 1912-1927 (also, New York
Symphony cello in about 1896, then in San Francisco before the
formation of the San Francisco Symphony, cello with the
University of California - Berkeley Orchestra in 1905. also
the Minetti String Quartet, Guilio Minetti (1866-) first,
Samuel Irving Savannah (1876-1940) second,
Charles Heinsen viola,
Arthur Weiss
cello)
Studied with David Popper (1843-1913) at the Budapest Conservatory
in the 1890s.
1911-1927
Welcomer, Paul
(Pennsylvania 1962- )
Second trombone (also member of The Bay Brass,
Principal Trombone with the Alabama Symphony Principal
trombone about 1989-1993)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus, New England
School of Music MMus.
1993-present
Westin, Lori Elizabeth
(1954- )
Second horn (also Phoenix Symphony horn - Arizona 1976-1979;
also active in summer festivals, including the Spoleto Festival - Italy in
summer, 1976.
1979-?2001
Wetmore, Ralph Duncan
(Ohio 1883-before 1956)
Principal Second violin 1912-1915 (also a musician at the Strand Theater - San
Francisco)
Studied first with his musician mother Arabella Wetmore, and then with Robert Braine
in Springfield, Ohio. He went on to study in Germany at the the Berlin
Akademische Hochschule für Musik 212 1902-1907. He taught at the
University of California - Berkeley 211.
1912-1915
White, Albert
viola with the orchestra for about 15 years, usually third
chair viola (also San Francisco
Symphony personnel manager, San Francisco Opera manager, conductor
of the Gaslight Orchestra and Masters of Melody
- San Francisco. also concert manager for Stern Grove - San
Francisco.
viola (also played in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition Orchestra
leading to joining the San Francisco Symphony viola section, then in
a US Navy band during World War 1, formed the Paul Whitemen Orchestra in San
Francisco in 1919, playing at the Fairmont Hotel. Moving to New York City, gained
fame throught recording with the Victor Talking Machine Company when Whiteman's
Orchestra was playing at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Whiteman commissioned and premiered Rhapsody in Blue by
George Gershwin on February 12, 1924)
Studied first in Denver, Colorado, pushed on by his strict music teacher
father Wilberforce Whiteman (1863-1936), who was also supervisor of music for
the Denver public school system.
Studied at the Akademie für Musik - Vienna 1914-1916 and the
Royal Conservatory of Music - Budapest 1920-about 1921 with Jeno
Hubay (1858-1937) who also taught Joseph Szigeti, Eugene Ormandy,
Eugene Lehner.
Wright, Kimberly - married to
Mark Lawrence
, former Principal trombone of the SFS
(Arkansas 1962- )
Assistant Principal Horn/Utility horn 2008-present, Third horn
1999-2008 - "Acting",
since when David Krehbiel retired as Principal horn in 1998,
the SFS horn section positions were listed as "Acting"
during most of then next decade (Chicago Symphony
Assistant Principal Utility horn 1995-1999,
New Mexico Symphony Principal horn 1988-1995,
also member of The Bay Brass - San Francisco,
in summers Santa Fe Opera Orchestra Assistant Principal horn,
Santa Fe Symphony Fourth Horn)
Studied at Ouachita Baptist University - Arkansas 1981-1985 BMus Ed,
University of North Texas - Texas MMus Perf 1987, Northwestern University
- Illinois Certificate of Performance 1988.
Prior to joining the San Francisco Symphony, Kimberly Wright was
San Francisco Symphony substitute horn 1992-1995.
1999-present
On leave during 2009-2011
Wright, S. Mark
(born in Texas, raised in Kansas about 1964- )
bass (also San Francisco Symphony Bass Quartet)
Studied in with his musical parents, including at Interlochen Music
Camp where his father taught, and where Mark Wright also was a winner
in the University Division Concerto Competition, and then to the
University of Michigan.
1986-present
Wyatt, James Lee III "Trey"
(Kentucky 1972- )
photo: San Francisco Symphony, n.d.
percussion (also Honolulu Symphony Principal percussion 1997-2001)
As a student, studied at the National Music Camp - Interlochen
Michigan, then at the University of Michigan BMus and Temple
University - Philadelphia MMus. Active in summer music festivals,
including the Ojai Festival - California, Britt Festival - Oregon,
National Repertory Orchestra (a training orchestra for musicians)
- Oregon, Tanglewood Music Center - Massachusetts,
Pacific Music Festival - Japan, the Spoleto Festivals in both South
Carolina and Italy, and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.
Assistant Principal cello 1986-1990, Associate Principal cello
1990-present
Studied at the Juilliard School.
Active in summer music festivals including the Spoleto Festival both in
south Carolina and in Spoleto, Italy, Bard Music Festival - New York,
Chamber Music West - Arizona, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival -
New Mexico, Helsinki Festival- Finland, La Jolla Chamber Music
Festival - California.
Assistant Principal cello (also as a student, played in the
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. also the Deutsche Kammerakademie -
Dusseldorf, Germany, Buffalo Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony,
Maia String Quartet 1996-2002)
Studied at the Eastman School of Music - Performer’s Certificate, and
the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Active in summer festivals including the
Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Arizona, the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado.
wife Alicia Yang is a violinist of the American Bach Soloists - San
Francisco.
Ada Clement of the Gustav Mahler Ensemble was one
of the founders in 1917 of the the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music - initially named the Ada Clement Piano School.
Paul Mathias Friedhofer (1872- ) although San Francisco-born,
studied cello in Germany at the Dresden
Conservatory. His son, Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981) was a
Hollywood film composer, including Oscar-winning
The Best Years of Our LivesJoan of Arc
and An Affair to Remember
1913-1914
Yun, Cho
(China about 1977- )
violin (also Asian Youth Orchestra tours Concertmaster,
Santa Barbara Symphony - California Concertmaster,
American Youth Symphony training orchestra - California,
Westwood Chamber Orchestra - California Concertmaster, also
Broderick String Quartet: Chen Zhao first, Yun Cho second, Elizabeth
Prior Runnicles viola, Sarah Hong cello)
Studied first with his father the father of Yun Jie Liu and then
at the Shanghai Conservatory - China and at
the University of Southern California 1999.
clarinet (Zannini came to San Francisco in 1912, where he played in the
orchestra of the California Theater in San Francisco. Zannini was solo
clarinet of the Oakland Park Municipal Band in 1913 110. Zannini joined
the San Francisco Symphony clarinet section, probably about the
1924-1925 season 109. He may have remained in the SFSO clarinet section
until at least 1930. Nicola Zannini continued active in San Francisco
and Oakland concerts during the 1930s.
about 1924-1930
Zelnick, Robert
(New York? about 1950- )
violin (also Macalester Trio: Robert Zelnick violin, Tamas Strasser
viola, Paul Freed piano which performed in the now famous VOX recording
of Chamber Works By Women Composer, also as a string quartet:
Joseph Roche first, Robert Zelnick second, Tamas Strasser viola,
Camilla Heller cello, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in about 1978-1979)
Studied at the Juilliard School about 1970.
-present
Zhao, Chen
(China about 1974- )
violin (also New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra)
Studied first with his musician uncle, and then at the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music. Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences -
California starting in 1987. Curtis Institute of Music Class of
1996, then San Francisco Conservatory starting 1996.
2000-present
Zirbel, John brother-in-law to violinist Gil Shaham and
sister of pianist Orli Shaham
(Wisconsin 1953- )
Principal horn during audition year 1999-2000 (also
Denver Symphony 1977-1979, Principal horn Orchestre Symphonique
de Montréal 1999-present)
Studied at the University of Wisconsin. Now teaches at
McGill University - Québec. A regular at the
Aspen Music Festival - Colorado
An additional note: the San Francisco Symphony Archives
The San Francisco Symphony has available on-line some excellent coverage of the symphony
from its archives. this can be found at:
www.sfsymphony.org
Particularly interesting is a series of twelve audio programs
describing the recorded heritage of the San Francisco Symphony
made by Scott Foglesong, who not only describes and comments, but who
has also overseen the restoration of recordings since the first
January 1925 acoustic recordings by Alfred Hertz and the San Francisco
Symphony. No doubt this will not be available indefinitely, so
visit these programs now, while you can, at:
www.sfsymphony.org/music/default.aspx?id=54662&linkidentifier=id&itemid=54662
If you have any comments or questions about this Leopold Stokowski site,
please e-mail me (Larry Huffman) at e-mail address:
leopold.stokowski@gmail.com
1 Trumpet Source includes: Cooper, Stefan.
The Trumpet Players of the San Francisco Symphony 1911-1995,
February 1996 ITG Journal.
http://www.trumpetguild.org/journal/f96/9602Coop.pdf
2 page 18. Stern, Isaac and Potok, Chaim.
My First 79 Years. Da Capo Press. New York, 2001 ISBN 0-3068-1006-9.
3 page 104. Schneider, David. The San Francisco
Symphony. Music, Maestros, and Musicians. Presidio Press. San Francisco.
1983. ISBN 0-89141-296-4.
4 page 19. Stern, Isaac and Potok, Chaim.
My First 79 Years op. cit.
5 from J. Willis Sayre Photographs, University of Washington Libraries
6 Howe, Granville L. and Mathews, William Smythe Babcock
A Hundred Years of Music in America G.L. Howe, 1889
7 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians-1920.
The Macmillan Company. New York. 1920.
8 page 225. Kenneson, Claude Musical
Prodigies: Perilous Journeys, Remarkable Lives Hal Leonard Corporation.
1998 ISBN 1574670468
9 pp. 205, 225 Schneider, David. The San Francisco Symphony op. cit.
10 page 437. Heiles,
Anne Mischakoff. America's Concertmasters.
Harmonie Park Press. Sterling Heights, MI. 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-89990-139-8.
11 page 225.
Schneider, David. The San Francisco Symphony op. cit.
12 page 6. New York Times.
New York. February 6, 1912.
13 page 84.
Schneider, David. The San Francisco Symphony op. cit.
14 Kozinn, Allan. Enrique Jorda Obituary.
The New York
Times. New York. March 31, 1996
15 Forty-Third Season Notes, San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra: Enrique Jordá, Conductor.
San Francisco Symphony Association. San Francisco.
April 1955.
16 Hall, Mordaunt. Review: The New York
Times. New York. October 29, 1924.
17 pages 296, 308. Music and Maestros: The
Story of the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra. University of Minnesota. Minneapolis. 1952.
18 page 74 Vail, Joseph H. "Litchfield County Choral Union,
1900-1912" Litchfield County University Club. 1912
19 page 244. Hughes, Rupert. Contemporary American
Composers. Page and Company. Boston 1900.
20 page 166 Werner's magazine: a magazine of
expression.
Volume 19. Music Teachers National Association.
New York. 1897.
21 page 311. Apel, Willi. Harvard
Dictionary of Music, Second Edition
1969. Cambridge, MA 1944 and 1969. ISBN 0-674-37501-7
22 page 93. Hadley, Henry.
Henry Hadley Talks of Writing Music for
the Movies. Musical Courier December 9, 1926.
23 page X8. Society: Music Here and There.
New York Times. New York. October 6, 1912.
24 page 386. Krips, Harrietta and Athanasiadès, Georges.
Souvenirs: Pas de Musique Sans Amour.
25 page 9. That Symphony
Orchestra Oakland Tribune. August 10, 1910.
45 page 13. Symphony Orchestra will Give Concerts
. Berkley Daily Gazette. Berkley, California
July 7, 1937.
46 page 40. Van Den Burg Joins Faculty at
Mills. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California
March 29, 1942.
47 page 22. Cellist to be Soloist Over
KGO Tonight. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California
July 6, 1928.
48 page 5. Van Den Burg to Lead Symphony
. San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California
July 24, 1936.
49 page 24. Music Institute Plans Summer Program
. The Valley News. Van Nuys, California
May 18, 1971.
50 page 127. Canarina, John.
Pierre Monteux, Maître. op.cit.
51 email information, March, 2010, from Laila Storch, oboe student
of Julien Shanis and Marcel Tabuteau, and author of the superb biography of Tabuteau:
Storch, Laila. Marcel Tabuteau "How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe
If You Can't Peel a Mushroom?". Indiana University Press.
Bloomington. 2008. ISBN-13 978-0-253-34949-1.
52 page 125. Canarina, John.
Pierre Monteux, Maître. op.cit.
53 page 124. Canarina, John.
Pierre Monteux, Maître. op.cit.
54 page 8. Basil Cameron Due Tonight.
San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. July 18, 1935
75 National Archives and Records Administration: World War I Draft Registration
Adolph Blomstedt
76 Section 2 Conductor Making His Mark with Orchestra.
Chicago Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois November 29, 1988.
77 page 23. S.F Symphony to Open Season Friday
. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California December 3, 1939.
78 page 12. New Players in Orchestra.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California February 22, 1906.
79 page 107. Canarina, John.
Pierre Monteux, Maître. op.cit.
80 page C-3. Chamber Unit in Two Concerts.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California July 9, 1950.
81 highly recommended, and fun: Storch, Laila. Marcel Tabuteau
'How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can't Peel a Mushroom?'.
Indiana University Press. Bloomington. 2008.
ISBN-13 978-0-253-34949-1.
82Naoum and Eugenia Blinder Papers, 1909-1988.
University of California, Berkeley.
83 page 16. Stern, Isaac and Potok, Chaim.
My First 79 Years op. cit.
84 page 247. Saleski, Gdal. Famous Musicians of a Wandering
Race Kessinger Publishing. 2006. ISBN 142862516X
86 page 9. Home Club.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California May 2, 1907.
87 page 9. Orchestra Membership Announced.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California September 9, 1906.
88 page 54. Questions from the Curious.
New York Times. New York, NY October 17, 1909.
89 page 3. Hertz Acquires New Musicians.
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California September 21, 1919.
90 page 55. Thornton, Mary. Trumpet Players of
the Cleveland Orchestra 1918-1993. An Addendum.
ITG Journal. International Trumpet Guild. Manhattan, Kansas
December 1994.
91 pages 32-41. Cooper, Stefan Trumpet Players of
the San Francisco Symphony 1911-1995. International
Trumpet Guild Journal. February, 1996.
92 pages 226,227. Tarr, Edward H. Tarr, Carter, Stewart Carter,
editors. East Meets West: The Russian Trumpet Tradition from the
Time of Peter the Great to the October Revolution
. Pendragon Press. New York, New York. March, 2004.
ISBN-13: 9781576470282
93 pages 231-236. Tarr, Edward H. Tarr, Carter, Stewart Carter,
editors. East Meets West: The Russian Trumpet Tradition from the
Time of Peter the Great to the October Revolution. op. cit.
94 page 8. Iskander Akhmadullin, Iskander. The
Russian Trumpet Sonata: A Study of Selected Representative Sonatas for
Trumpet and Piano with Historic Overview. Ph.D. thesis.
University of North Texas. May 2003.
95 web page: Curtis Institute of Music. Curtis Alumni
Since 1924.
http://www.curtis.edu/about-curtis/history/full-alumni-listing/view-by-instrument.html?&group=Cello
96 Section 4, page 9. Music Notes.
The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 16, 1943.
97 Page 14A. Fremont Philharmonic Concert Set
. San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. February 11, 1967.
98 page 31. A New Orchestra of All Under-25
Professionals. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
June 28, 1977.
99 page 7-EL. New Manager, Cellist Named Opera
Orchestra. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
August 11, 1963.
100 Kosman, Joshua. He arrived as a wunderkind at
age 18. San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California.
July 26, 2004.
101 page 1. Trutner, Oakland Band Leader
Dies. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
December 27, 1961.
102 Page 20. California Symphony to Play in
Belmont. San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California.
June 18, 1958.
103 page C-3. New Audience Seen by Ballet
Maestro. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
June 27, 1954
104 Page 40. Mrs. Saroyan to Rewed
. New York Times. New York, New York. January 14, 1957.
105 Kosman, Joshua. William Bennett, top Symphony
oboist, back from beating cancer.
San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California.
July 20, 2005.
106 Kosman, Joshua. William Banovetz.
San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California.
February 2, 2001.
107 page 457. Colby, Frank Moore.
The New international Year Book, Volume 1919
. Dodd, Mead and Company. New York, New York.
1917.
108 page X-3. Aldrich, Richard.
Music. New York Times. New York, New York
October 24, 1920.
109 page 11. New Wind Ensemble Make
Debut Friday. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
February 8, 1925.
110 page 9. Signor Zannini is Given
Great Ovation. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
April 14, 1913.
111 page 113. Medicus, Emil. Twin City Flute
Club. The Flutist Magazine, Volume 1. Asheville, North Carolina.
1920.
112 page C-7. Kidney Ailment Fatal to Symphony
Flutist. Long Beach Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California.
June 21, 1957.
113 page B-4. S.F. Symphony Season Will Start
Friday. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
December 1, 1940.
114 Michael Tilson Thomas official website. Biography
. http://www.michaeltilsonthomas.com/MTTBiography.html
115 pages 186-190. Rosenberg, Deena Rosenberg, Rosenberg,
Bernard. The music Makers Columbia University Press.
New York, New York. 1979. ISBN 0-231-03953-0.
116 Section F page 1. Apone, Carl.
Steinberg Opens Farewell Season Friday.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
September 6, 1975.
117 page 9. Chamber Series in Belmont.
San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. June 28, 1977.
118 page 23. Featured Soloist at HVP
Concert. Kingston Daily Freeman. Kingston,
New York. December 3, 1975.
126 pages 286-290. Blakeman, Edward. Taffanel:
Genius of the Flute. Oxford University Press 2005.
ISBN-13 978-0-19-517098-6.
127 page 8-S. Symphony to Open Summer Series in S.F..
Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California.
July 15, 1934.
128 information from websites: Noe Valley Chamber of Commerce
http://www.nvcm.org/season/20080406.htm and San Francisco Opera
http://sfopera.com/artistbio.asp?castcrewid=1127
129 Ramsey, David. page 18. SSO Soloist
Tackles Work of American Masters.
Syracuse Herald Journal. Syracuse, New York.
February 11, 2000.
130 Midgette, Anne. Yiddish Theater Lives
in the Care of One Who Knows New York Time. New York.
April 19, 2005.
131 page 455. Colby, Frank Moore, Churchill,
Allen Leon. The New international Year Book
Volume 1919. Dodd, Mead and Company. New York, New York. 1919.
132 pages 303-304. Sherman, John K. Sherman.
Music and Maestros: The Story of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
University of Minnesota. Minneapolis. 1952.
133 page 250. Tarr, Edward H. (Stewart Carter,
editor). East Meets West: The Russian Trumpet Tradition
Historical Brass Society Series number 4. Pendragon Press, 2004.
ISBN-13 978-1576470282
134 pages 54-60. Boone, Philip Sandford.
The San Francisco Symphony, 1940-1972: Oral history
transcript (1978) Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Bancroft Library, University of California. 1978.
135 pages 130-133. Altman, Ludwig.
A well-tempered musician's unfinished journey through life: Oral
history transcript Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Bancroft Library, University of California. 1990.
136 Commanday, Robert.
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142 page 39. New Leader Pierre
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143 page 81. Monteux Los Angeles
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149 page 10. San Francisco Orpheum Dark After
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150 page 17. Popular Concert Finances Raised
. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California September 11, 1922.
151 page 5. Cathedral Choir to Sing Tonight
. Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California April 7, 1923.
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161Walter Green.
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171 page 8. Morey Amsterdam Heads
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190 pages 126-142. Mead, Rita H..
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