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(Netherlands 1896-1980)

Nathan Abas as a conductor in 1939

In the Netherlands, studied at the Amsterdam Conservatorium. He came to New York City in May, 1917, and after a début at Aeolian Hall, he performed orchestral music on the radio in New York City in 1925 and 1926. Abas came to San Francisco in 1927 for health following illness ³⁰³. Abas was one of the teachers of Isaac Stern (who said his most influental teacher was Naoum Blinder).

(New York 1919- )

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.

(Italy 1872-1957)

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. Cesar Addimando and legendary oboist and teacher Marcel Tabuteau, later of the Philadelphia Orchestra. both played in the New York Symphony Society orchestra in 1905-1908.  Cesar Addimando also recorded oboe solos for Edison records in 1908 while based in New York City - See: www.archive.org/details/CaesarAddimando-PetiteMignon1908. So, we can hear the Addimando style.  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.  Visting California during a Philadelphia Orchestra tour, Tabuteau was served a bottle of Caesar Addimando's own vineyard California wine.  Tabuteau said "...sour, just like his playing".

(1874- )

Also taught violin in Chicago about 1900.

(Adelman many not have completed the 1915-1916 season)

(California 1875-1949)

Son of Czech emigre parents; trained in San Francisco and Sacramento.

(Colorado 1945- )

Studied in the Greeley, Colorado school system as did SFS Principal keyboard musician Robin Sutherland. Also early studies at the Colorado State College of Education, and in summers at the Western State Music Camp - Colorado, and then at the University of Colorado School of Music BMus Performance. then University of Texas, where she adopted the viola studying with Andor Toth. also as a graduate student, the University of Southern California 1970. Active in summer festivals, including the Ojai Music Festival - California. After retiring from the San Francisco Symphony, she has been active as a psychotherapist.

joined during the 1970-1971 season. on sabbatical during 1983-1984 and 1991-1993

(the Russia, now Kazakhstan 1972- )

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.

(Connecticut 1905-1977)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied with Felix Winternitz of the New England Conservatory and with Jacques Gordon of the Eastman School of Music. Long-time teacher at the The Hartt School of Music - Connecticut, Also an active arranger of baroque music for full symphony orchestra.

(New York 1915-2004)

photo: Sedge LeBlanc

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.

Allen, Ernest Paul

(California 1879-about 1967)

Studied at the Prague Conservatory under Otokar (Otto) Sevcik ²³⁰ (1852-1934) who also taught such stars as as Jan Kubelík, Efrem Zimbalist and Erika Morini.

Almond, Mark

(England)

As well as studying horn, he gained his PhD in immunology and virology from Imperial College, London.

(Germany 1910-1990)

Studied at the Conservatoire Geistliche Musik - Berlin.

(Peru 1926-1999)

Studied in the National Conservatory of Music in Lima, Peru and at the Vienna Conservatory - Austria ²⁷⁵. He taught at the San Francisco Conservatory.

on sabbatical 1983-1984

(Illinois 1906-)

Max Amsterdam Jr. was father of the comedian Morey Amsterdam who trained on the cello ¹⁷⁰.

(Poland 1879-1965)

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.

(California 1960- )

Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California and at the San Francisco Conservatory and at Yale University. Andaya was also a Tanglewood Fellow - Massachusetts. Active in summer music festivals, including the Blossom Music Festival, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho and the California Summer Music, where he has taught for the last two decades.

acting member of the orchestra at the end of the 2001-2002 season and initial part of the 2002-2003 season.

(Germany 1920-1998)

Emigrated to California as a child and studied at the San Francisco Conservatory. Anders also composed several published chamber works for cello.

photo: Jeffrey Anderson

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.

(California 1937- )

Grew up in Alameda, California. Studied at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory BMus 1961 and at the University of Southern California MMus. Taught at San Fernado Valley State College in 1960s.

Miles Anderson in the 1970s

(Washington 1905-1945)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied violin in Paris 1925-1927. Died suddenly in Los Angeles July 16, 1945 having just turned 40.

(Ohio about 1954- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music 1977.

(Italy 1878-1960)

emigrated to the US in 1906.

(Prussia, now Poland 1868-1943)

Emigrated from Germany in 1884 age 14.

Argiewicz-Arthur brother-in-law of Stanislas Bem

(Poland 1881-1966)

Taught at the Institute of Musical Art (Juilliard) 1911-1913.

(Ohio 1921-2010)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1944. After retiring from the Philadelphia Orchestra, studied at Bryn Mawr College Ph.D. in Political Science in 1969. Taught at Temple University as an instructor of double bass 1960-1974. He also wrote Bach, Beethoven and Bureaucracy, an indictment of the Philadelphia Orchestra administration and Board. Joined Drexel University (Philadelphia) in 1970 and became Chairman Department of History and Politics in 1976.

performed during the second half of the SFS 1945-1946 season, prior to joining the Philadelphia Orchestra bass section.

(the Poland, now Ukraine 1922- )

His family emigrated to California to escape the Polish-Ukrainian was which followed the Russian revolution. Arkatov studied first with his musician father Alexander Arkatov and later with Emmanuel Feuermann in California

seems to have departed during the 1945-1946 season

(Mauritius, then a territory of Britain 1881-after 1930) his parents were French born.

Emigrated to the US from Mauritius in 1909. Taught at the San Antonio Conservatory - Texas in 1909-1912.

joined the orchestra in the latter part of the 1915-1916 season.

(Mexico 1882-1940 ¹⁷²) brother of Eugene Arriola

Arriola-Eugene

(Mexico 1880- ) brother of Alfred Arriola

when returning to the SFS in 1914, served in the second part of the 1914-1915 season and then through 1919, prior to returning for one more season 1921-1922.

SEE: Tait-Margaret

(California 1940- )

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.

(Michigan 1891- )

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.

(Ohio 1958- )

Studied at Indiana University BMus with High Distinction and at Northwestern University - Chicago MMus 1981. Teaches at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music - Toronto.

(Czech 1889-1976) older brother of Vojmir Attl

Kajetan Attl with harpist wife Violet Attl in 1923

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.

Injured in an automobile accident in 1952 which compelled him to retire from the San Francisco Opera ¹⁷³.

Studied harp with Czech teacher Hanus Trnecek (1858-1914).

(California 1933- )

Studied at Tulsa University and with Oscar Shumsky.

(1960- )

Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, and later at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore BMus. Luis Baez has also been active in several music festivals, including the Telluride Chamber Music Festival - Colorado and the Santa Fe Opera - New Mexico.

Luis Baez in 2012 - photo San Francisco Symphony

(California 1891-1921)

Baier died one week after his thirtieth birthday on February 14, 1921 during the 1920-1921 SFS season "...after a short illness..." ²⁹⁰.

SEE: Elizabeth A. Baker-Dowd

(Ohio 1874-1961)

May have played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic 1919-1921 in the founding years of Los Angeles, prior to returning to the San Francisco Orchestra. Also taught violin and viola at the University of Denver in the 1910s.

(Illinois 1874-1943)

Genevra Waters Baker was one of the pioneering women orchestral musicians, including her leading or orchestral groups, difficult in that era. In about 1927-1931, Genevra Waters Baker lead the Atwater-Kent Artists Ensemble music programs on San Francisco NBC radio station KPO.

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(California 1900-1953)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied with San Francisco Symphony bassoonists Eugene La Haye and Richard Kolb, who was Baker's predecessor as contrabassoon of the San Francisco Symphony 1915-1934. Baker died young after an illness August 4, 1953 age 53.

(New Jersey 1922- ) born in New Jersey but raised in Missouri

Studied the Juilliard Graduate School under a 6 year fellowhsip. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Ojai Music Festival - California. Taught at Occidental College and the California State University at Long Branch while raising her children and playing in the Glendale and Pasadena symphonies. Taught at the University of California - Berkeley.

(listed as both Elizabeth Baker and mostly as Elizabeth Baker-Dowd in San Francisco rosters, and Elizabeth Baker in Los Angeles Philharmonic rosters)

(California 1954- )

photo: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

As a student, studied at the California Institute of the Arts Preparatory School ²⁹¹. She then studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio BMus 1976 and at Indiana University MMus and Performer’s Certificate. An advocate of contemporary music, she gave the Los Angeles premiere of the Tippett (1905-1998) Triple Concerto of 1979 in 1992 conducted by André Previn.

on leave during the 1987-1988 season while in her trial season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

(Washington DC ? )

From a musical family, his brother Carl Banner is a concert pianist. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.

(Germany 1875-1951)

Emigrated to New York City from Berlin in September 1913, and became a US citizen in 1922.

left the orchestra during the 1927-1928 season

(Russia 1953- )

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- ). Excellent examples of the collaborations of Barantschik, Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony are the Also Sprach Zarathurstra recording and the Swan Lake recording shown at right.

(Hungary 1913-1996)

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.

(California 1952-2012) died suddenly July 4, 2012

Studied at Skyline High School - Oakland, then at Brandeis University - Massachusetts. Taught at Mills College - California and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he was chair of the Conservatory woodwinds department ²⁹².

(France 1891-1973)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at the Royal Brussels Conservatoire Premier prix in about the 1910 Concour. She died of a stroke October 12, 1973 not long after retiring from the Oakland Symphony

Berthe Baret in 1919 at the time of her New York debut

(California 1884-1977)

Studied first with his German-born father Robert Barton who emigrated from Hannover, Germany to Fresno, California where he built the Barton Opera House. Leland and his brothers Robert Jr. and Clarence first played in the Barton Opera House and the brothers went on to become San Francisco theater musicians.

(Minnesota 1883-1971)

Frank Bassett was also an active bird watcher.

(California about 1898- )

Studied violin with Mishel Piastro in San Francisco, but described himself as mostly "self-taught". Studied conducting with Ernst Bacon (1899-1990) of San Francisco who was then conductor of the San Francisco Civic Symphony - a training orchestra.

joined during the 1944-1945 season

(United Kingdom 1936-2005)

Studied in Aberdeen, Scotland.

(Ohio 1872-1943)

(Oregon 1974- )

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). Recorded a number of CDs, including the San Francisco Symphony and others such as music of the late Jorge Liderman (1957-2008) - see right

(Iowa 1878-1958)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Also toured with the Paul Whiteman band in summer 1926.

(Germany 1863-after 1929)

Emigrated to the USA in 1883 at age 20.

(Poland 1890-1969)

Eugenia Bem was conductor of the "Stanislas Bem's Little Orchestra", as described below:

(Poland 1887-1956)

Studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire. "Stanislas Bem's Little Orchestra" played at the Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco as shown above

Benkman, Herbert

(California 1892-1964)

Benkman in 1945 - San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied Emilio Puyans and in Los Angeles with Andre Maquarre. Taught at San Francisco State and at Mills College.

(Wyoming 1887-1964) grew up in Colorado

Studied in Salt Lake City, Utah

(New York 1956-2013) born in New York City but grew up in New Haven, Connecticut.

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 was 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.

Tragically, suffered a brain hemorrhage during the San Francisco Symphony concert of February 23, 2013 playing the Strauss Oboe Concerto; subsequently died on February 28, 2013, age only 56, and mourned by his many fans, but living on in his great recordings.

(California 1942- )

Studied at Fresno State University 1959. Taught violin and viola at Grinnell College - Iowa 1972. active in music festivals, including the Telluride Chamber Music Festival - Colorado.

(Oregon 1946- )

Studied the Juilliard School MMus about 1967. 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. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Married David Breeden in 1974. Their three children are also musicians.

(Germany 1870-before 1930) Adolph Bertram seems to have died young, prior to 1930.

Adolph Bertram was one of the core musicians that Henry Hadley brought with him to form the initial San Francisco Symphony in 1911.

Biancalana, Jeff

(Illinois about 1976- )

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.

(California 1925- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied with Reginald Kell (1906-1981) after Kell moved to the US in 1948.

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech 1882-1972)

Studied at the Prague Conservatory ²⁷³. Emigrated to the US in 1903.

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1898-1987)

Boris Blinder in 1945 photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied with two Dutch-born cello teachers: Jacques Van Lier (1875-1951) in Berlin in about 1913, and with Joseph Salmon (1864-1943) in Paris.

Blinder, Naoum

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1889-1965)

Isaac Stern (l) with his teacher Naoum Blinder

photo: San Francisco Symphony Archives circa 1937

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.

(Belgium 1949-1993)

Dusan Bobb was born in Belgium of Czech refugee parents who had left Prague after the communist assumption of power in 1948. Bobb died in San Francisco on 19 February 1993 age only 43.

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(Argentina 1935- )

Studied originally in Buenos Aires.

Bocedi does not seem to have completed the 2003-2004 season.

(California 1952- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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.

(San Francisco 1936- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at San Francisco State University BMus 1959 and MMus later, and also with Charles Bubb.

(Ukraine 1901-1988)

Bolotine playing an experimental electric cello 1932 on CBS radio

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.

(California 1917- )

Studied at the University of California - Berkeley BMus 1940, one year after Detlev Olshausen.

(Guatemala 1868-before 1933)

Also taught at the National Conservatory of Guatemala ¹⁷⁴.

(New York 1948- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the City College of New York.

Studied at the Juilliard School of Music BMus 1967, MMus. Active in summer music festivals, including Midsummer Mozart Festival - California Principal clarinet. Teaches at Stanford University and University of California - Santa Cruz. Recorded a number of CDs including music of Lou Harrison - see right.

(New York )

Steve and Willa Braunstein celebrate his 25 years with the San Francisco Symphony

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, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho, the 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.

photo: San Francisco Symphony

(Texas 1948-2005)

Studied with his father, educator and jazz clarinetist (Harold) Leon Breeden. University of North Texas BA 1968, MA in Music from Catholic University - Washington while serving in the US Navy Band. Three children are also musicians.

died during the 2004-2005 season on January 22, 2005 after a battle with cancer, sadly age only 58

(Illinois 1950- )

Trio Navarro: (l to r) Marilyn Thompson piano, Roy Malan violin, Jill Rachuy Brindel cello

Studied at Indiana University and the Chicago Musical College. Also as a student, studied at Academy of the West - California in 1970 and at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan. She 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.

(Belgium 1881-1971)

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.

(California 1913-2002)

Charles Bubb, Jr. in 1937 age 24

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.

(Germany 1890-1970)

Studied in Hamburg, Germany with Friedrich Warnecke.

(California 1938- )

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 double 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.

(Ohio 1920- ) and still going strong in 2014

Charles Burrell (l) with Denver conductor Allan Miller

Studied double bass and tuba in Detroit in 1930s, and at the Cass-Technical High School - Detroit and with Detroit classical and jazz double bass players. Also about one year at the New England Conservatory of Music 1941 and after World War 2, at Wayne State University - Detroit.

(Australia )

He made his solo debut with the Melbourne Symphony at the age of seventeen. Relocating to the USA, Temple University (Philadelphia) and the Juilliard School.

(New York 1947- )

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 York, 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 1983-present where her husband Michael Webster also teaches.

Leone Buyse has recorded several CDs, Chamber Music for Flute by Jean Rivier (1896-1987) - Crystal Records

(Pennsylvania 1928-2016)

James Callahan with Ralph Holtz and Jeremy Merrill behind him

Studied at the Catholic University - Washington DC BMus. Callahan was also Personnel Manager of the San Francisco Symphony in the 1979-1980 season. Taught at San Francisco State University. He also started the Callahan Piano Service business, initially as a piano tuner. After retiring from the San Francisco Symphony, Callahan and his sons expanded the piano business, which continues today.

James Callahan retired from the horn section during the 1978-1979 season and became the Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager for 1979-1980 and then Orchestra Personnel Manager 1980-1985.

(Germany 1879- )

Emigrated with his wife and two sons (both later musicians) from Berlin to the US in 1910.

(California 1872-1959 )

Born in the frontier mining village of Tuttletown, California. Studied in Europe in 1894.

(New York 1926- )

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.

(Cuba 1887-about 1930)

Emigrated to the US from Cuba in 1908.

(California about 1980- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts - California (now the Idyllwild Arts Foundation) as a teen, and then at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus.

(about 1904-before 1970)

(Texas? 1928- )

Studied at Los Angeles State College and California State College - San Francisco. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory

Donald Carroll retired from the orchestra during the 2003-2004 season to be succeeded as Bass clarinet by Ben Freimuth

(Pennsylvania 1950-about 1984)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1972. According to the Advocate and an e-mail from one of his fans, Carter was unfortunately one of the early victims of the HIV virus.

(Virginia 1976- )

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. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.

(Italy 1881-1967)

Emigrated to Boston from Palermo, Italy in 1897.

(1921-1999)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941.

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1979. Active in music festivals including the Telluride Chamber Music Festival - Colorado.

(Illinois but grew up in Marin County, California 1965- )

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.

SEE: Lucy Chapman Stoltzman

(England 1875- )

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.

(Russia 1978- )

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.

Chevalier, (Jon) Bernard

(California 1949- )

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.

(California 1930- )

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 Krachmalnick, 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, Krachmalnick 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.

(Poland 1901-1969)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Emigrated to Chicago from Warsaw as a child in 1905. Studied at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago and with Paul Kochanski (1887-1934) in New York.

seems not to have completed the 1945-1946 season

(California? 1966- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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.

Cho, Yun

(China about 1977- )

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.

in his official San Francisco Symphony photo.

(New Jersey 1941- )

Studied at the Juilliard School BSc and MSc 1959-1965. Taught at San Jose State University 1965-2001 where he was Chairman of the Percussion Department, as well as at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University 2001-2006. Also an active composer, with more than 100 published works ²⁹⁷. Cirone taught many percussionist, including Jack Van Geem with whom he later played in the San Francisco Symphony.

(California 1879-1944)

His son, Herbert Clark (not Herbert L. Clarke 1867-1945) studied trumpet at the Juilliard School in the 1920s.

(Canada 1914-after 2003)

Cesare Claudio circa 1945

Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father Ernesto F. Claudio (1877-1957). Then studied under scholarship at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Rome starting in 1937.

(Canada 1910-1990)

Ferdinand Claudio standing behind Assistant Concertmaster William Wolski circa 1945

Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father Ernesto F. Claudio (1877-1957). Then studied in London in the late 1920s.

SEE: Mary Hughson

(Washington 1917-2003)

Silvio Claudio in 1975

Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father Ernesto F. Claudio (1877-1957), the at San Francisco Junior College, followed by the San Francisco Conservatory.

(Illinois 1906-1964)

Frank Clawson in 1939

Studied initially in Chicago and later with William Primrose.

died at the end of the 1963-1964 season on 4 July 1964 after a brief illness.

(Missouri 1885-1963)

(Texas 1898- )

Although Ray Clow played clarinet with the San Francisco Symphony, with the Atwater-Kent radio orchestra, he is listed as timpani.

(Australia 1888-1953)

Studied with his father Edward Code, conductor of Code's Melbourne Brass Band beginning in 1892, with further study in Melbourne and in England.

(Italy 1888-about 1973 )

Emigrated to the US in 1907.

(California 1915-1990)

Sister Winifred Bullock was a cellist with the Oakland Symphony - California.

(Canada 1959- )

Studied at the Juilliard School and Brooklyn College. Enjoys building and flying lightweight airplanes.

(Ohio 1895- )

(Iowa 1948- )

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 summer music festivals, including the Aspen Festival - Colorado, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho. and the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming.

Studied at Boston University and the San Francisco Conservatory. Following San Francisco, Chris Cooper teach at UCLA - California. He is Principal Horn of the Carmel Bach Festival during summers. Chris Cooper is also a studio sessions musician in the Hollywood, Los Angeles area. He is also active in the SFSO baseball team.

(New York 1963- )

Studied first with her musician father Karl Feinauer, and then at Boston University and the Yale School of Music MMus.

(1959- )

Studied at Northwestern University, Chicago. also active in music festivals, including the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming, and Strings in the Mountains - Colorado, Saint Barts Music Festival.

(Italy about 1891-1952)

(Oregon 1881-1957)

Studied first with his older brother Louis A. Creitz (1866-1951) and then at the Hochschule für Musik - Leipzig, Germany.

(Minnesota 1951- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the Eastman School of Music preparatory department, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio MMus in bass performance 1973, University of Miami music therapy.

(Northern Ireland 1866- )

Studied in Ontario, Canada.

seems not to have finished the 1915-1916 season.

(California 1928-1985)

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 teaching 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.

(Virginia 1901-1985)

Studied first with his Italian musician father Antonio Curcio.

(Poland 1892- )

(California 1926- )

Studied at San Francisco State College BMus. Lloyd Davis perfromed on the Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz at Oberlin in 1953, and played in the Dave Brubeck Octet in the early 1950s. He was part of Brubeck's previous group called the "Jazz Workshop Ensemble" ²²⁹.

husband of Robin McKee

(California 1956- )

Studied as a youth at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio 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. He recorded a beautiful Christmas album A Very Classical Christmas (see right)

a Well Tempered CD

(Germany 1857- )

Studied in Germany before emigrating to Ohio in 1890.

(Pennsylvania 1928-2011)

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.

(California 1891-after 1969)

Studied at the University of California, Berkeley about 1908-1911.

(Netherlands 1884-1942)

Studied at the Amsterdam Conservatorium.

died suddenly on February 8, 1942 in San Francisco, age only 57 from an aortic aneurysm.

(Italy 1889-after 1937)

Emigrated to the US in 1905.

(Ohio 1969- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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.

joined the San Francisco Symphony for its summer 2007 European tour.

(Pennsylvania 1911-2008)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935.

(Iowa 1880-1940)

(Philadelphia 1910-2001)

Studied first with his musician father Vincenzo DiBianco, a flutist. Then in Italy at the Conservatory of Music, Palermo, Sicily in 1928.

(Germany 1868-1946)

Emigrated to the US in 1885 at age 17.

(Connecticut 1919-2000)

Harold Dicterow (l) with son Glenn in 1980s

Studied from age 7 in New York City with Vladimir Graffman. Son Glenn Dicterow has been long-time Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.

did not complete the 1943-1944 season, presumably due to service in World War 2.

(Michigan 1954- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

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. Among his excellent CDs is Memento Bittersweet of that group of which he was a member (see right)

(Germany 1870s-about 1943)

Franz Dierich in 1905

Taught violin at the University of Melbourne Conservatory of Music and at the Albert Street Conservatorium, Melbourne, Australia in about 1897-1906.

(Germany 1880-after 1954)

Seems to have studied in Wiesbaden, Germany and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but this background is unclear.

(Maryland 1966-1993)

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.

(Wisconsin 1908-1998)

Studied at Oshkosh State Teachers College - Wisconsin in 1939. ²⁷¹

Seems to have begun during the 1953-1954 season, succeeding Irving Steffen

(California 1969- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, the Banff Music Festival - Alberta, the Newport Music Festival - Rhode Island, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival - Rhode Island, Princeton Music Festival - New Jersey, Roycroft Chamber Music Festival - New York, Bowdoin College Music Festival - Maine, Vermont Mozart Festival, Mozaic Festival - California and the Music in the Vineyards Festival - California.

(Pennsylvania 1916-1997)

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.

(California 1963- )

photo: San Francisco 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.

Down was an acting violin beginning in 1994-1995 and joined the violin section in 2001-2002

(Russia 1897-1974)

Studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Also while in New York City, Drucker studied with the famous teacher Max Schlossberg ⁹³.

(England 1887-about 1960)

Emigrated to California with his family in 1900. During the 1920s and 1930s following World War 1, Hubert Dunn was active in musical activities to support world peace and the adoption by the US of the World Court ²⁵³.

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Studied with Marcel Tabuteau. Taught at San Francisco State College.

(California 1916-1998)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at the University of California - Berkeley. Cicely Edmunds married the photographer 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.

(North Dakota 1884-1925)

Was a musician in San Diego prior to the San Francisco Symphony. Died in San Francisco on June 24, 1925 aged only 40.

seems not to have completed the 1915-1916 season.

(Ohio 1942- )

Don Ehrlich and his his ergonomic viola

Studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio BMus 1964, Manhattan School of Music - New York MMus, University of Michigan DMA.

(New Jersey 1949- )

Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy about 1965-1967, followed by the Oberlin College 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.

(Iowa 1954- )

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.

(Florida about 1948- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

As a student, Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina and 3 summers at Tanglewood. He 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 (see right).

SEE: Anne Everingham Adams

(Italy 1878-1955)

(1959- )

Studied at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School MMus in 1983 ²⁹⁴. Active in music festivals, including the Aspen Festival - Colorado, the Grand Teton Music Festival - Wyoming, the Olympic Music Festival - Washington where she was Co-Director of the festival's Chamber Music Institute for 6 years. Farrell's career was unfortunately shortened by physical injuries which limited her ability to play ²⁹⁵. She moved to Oregon where she was a cello instructor. Then relocated to suburban New York City, teaching at Montclair State University - New Jersey)

(New York 1929- )

Taught at University of California - Berkeley, Stanford University and San Francisco State University.

Philip Fath still performing in 2013 with violinist Josepha Fath

(England 1894-1949)

Studied cello in England as a youth, and after emigrating studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago ²⁸³.  Reported to have taken his life in Los Angeles on May 2, 1949 age 54. ²⁸²

(Oklahoma 1993- )

Jessie Fellows took her first violin lessons from her musician mother. Jessie Fellows than attended the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University (Georgia). She went on to study at the Juilliard School. She has also been active in music festivals, including BRAVO Vail Festival (Colorado), the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado) where she was a Fellow from 2011-2016, the Rome Chamber Music Festival (New York), the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival (Florida), and the Spoleto Festival USA (South Carolina).

Interestingly, Jessie Fellows's oldest sister Joy Fellows is Assistant Principal viola of the San Francisco Ballet and a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, as well as being married to San Francisco Symphony Principal second Dan Carlson.

(Germany 1899- )

(Maryland 1880-1952)

(Massachusetts 1955- )

Studied first with his mother, a music teacher with a Masters degree in music education. He then gained entrance to the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1977. Also active in music festivals, including the Blossom Music Festival - Ohio, the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont, the Craftsbury Chamber Players Chamber Music Festival - Vermont, Monadnock Festival - Massachusetts, Waterloo Festival - New Jersey, and the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. For six years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, John Ferrillo taught at the University of West Virginia. While at the Metropolitan Opera, John Ferrillo taught at the Juilliard School He now teaches at Boston University and the New England Conservatory.

(Indiana 1919-2001)

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.

(Illinois 1889-1935)

Died in San Francisco November 27, 1935, age only 46.

(Norway 1909-1997)

sketch from 1981

Studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music

(Minnesota 1869-after 1943)

Nathan and his brother Max Firestone seem to have first studied with their Romanian-born father William Firestone.

Studied at Boston University BMus and at Northern Illinois University MMus.  He teaches at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. Also active in music festivals, including the Foulger International Music Festival for Strings and Piano - Utah.

(South Carolina 1968- ) born in South Carolina, grew up in North Carolina

Studied in high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts 2 years, and at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan 2 years. then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1992. As a student, also played with the New World Symphony - Florida. In summers, active in the Santa Fe Opera Company - New Mexico and in other summer music festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho where he has been Principal oboe for several seasons.

(Wisconsin 1948- ) grew up in New York

Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Bernard Adelstein and at the California Institute of Arts - Valencia.

(New York 1952- )

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Teaches at Bard College and the Juilliard School pre-college division. Active in music festivals, including the Bard Music Festival - New York where she has been Principal clarinet. With the American Symphony Orchestra, she gave the premiere of the Clarinet Concerto by Shulamit Ran (1949- ).

(Michigan 1952- )

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- ).

Studied at the Juilliard School Pre-College Diploma, and BMus and MMus. also Curtis Institute of Music Class of 1987.

(California about 1980- )

Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory BMus and the New England Conservatory, MMus. Also active in music festivals, including the Monadnock Festival - New Hampshire, Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, Tanglewood Music Center - Massachusetts, and the Yellow Barn Music Festival - Vermont.

(Utah 1889-1969)

Louis Ford in about 1945

Louis Ford studied violin in Germany with Emanuel Wirth (1842-1923), professor at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik. 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)

seems not to have completed the 1945-1946 season

Louis Ford in 1921

(Massachusetts 1871-1944)

Came to San Francisco in about 1903.

(Kansas 1879-1939)

(California 1884-about 1941)

Born in California of German emigre parents.

(Italy 1894-1955)

Studied at the Conservatorio de Musica 'Vincenzo Bellini' in Palermo, Sicily. Fragale came to the U.S. in 1911 with an Italian Military Band that was touring the Orpheum Circuit to California ⁴¹. Fragale became ill in Sacramento, and was left behind.  He then became a theater musician in Sacramento and then in San Francisco 1911-1922. Fragale's was an active composer, and his opera, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. was given its premier on August 28, 1953 in California at the Berkeley Garfield Theater ⁶³.

(New York 1880- )

In later years, Frederick was making and repairing stringed instruments in San Francisco.

(New York 1945- )

Bruce Freifeld in 1968

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Taught at the University of Kentucky.

(Maryland about 1975- )

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.

(about 1957- )

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.

(Wisconsin 1881-1955)

Relocated to Hawaii pursuing his musical activities in hotels and teaching.

(Pennsylvania 1979- )

Studied at the Interlochen Arts Camp - Michigan, and at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Active in music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, Blossom Music Festival - Ohio, Spoleto Music Festival - Italy and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.

(Canada about 1957- )

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.

(Massachusetts 1886-after 1946)

Studied first with his French-Canadian musician and band-master father, Julius George Arthur Geoffrion (1856-after 1915) in Massachusetts.

(California 1940- )

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.

Michael Gerling took his retirement during the 2005-2006 season after 25 seasons of service.

(Russia )

Studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory. He taught at the Rimsky-Korsakov Special Music School in Leningrad. Gesin emgrated to the US in 1978. He teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory and other Bay area and summer festival locations.

(Michigan 1949- )

photo: Norbert von der Groeben

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. Recorded many CDs with the San Francisco Symphony plus instructional CDs such as Orchestral Excerpts for the English horn discussing orchestral English horn solos on Summit Records (see right)

Julie Ann Giacobassi retired during the 2006-2007 season

(about 1957- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at Southern Illinois University. He has also been the chairman of the orchestra's musicians negotiating committee, a mark of his colleagues's confidence.

(Canada about 1984- )

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.

Giosi, Orlando

(Italy 1899-1959)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at the Real Collegio di San Pietro, in Naples - Italy and with Simone Manti, Principal trombone Metropolitan Opera and with Mario Falcone New York Philharmonic trombone after emigrating to New York City in 1912.

Died just prior to the 1959-1960 season on November 21, 1959 just after his 60th birthday

SEE: von Gizycki, Ernest

SEE: von Gizycki, Gisella

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1896-1982)

Studied with Max Bleyer, Christian Rodenkirchen, and Gustav Heim, all of whom were at various times Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpets. After retirement, he taught at the University of Miami Graduate School of Music 1972-1982.

(Illinois 1900-1983)

Studied first with his famous concert pianist father Leopold Godowsky Sr. Then at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA). Leo Godowsky working with fellow scientist and musician Leopold Mannes, who later founded the Mannes School of Music. The two worked for more than a decade developing color photography. They were hired by Eastman Kodak to pursue this work, leading to the development of Kodachrome in 1935 - the first practical color transparency film ²³⁹.

(Germany 1860-after 1942)

Emigrated to the US in 1887.

(Missouri 1884-1969)

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 - Iowa 1910-1914.

(1951- )

Studied the Curtis Institute Class of 1975. Active in summer festivals including the New Hampshire Music Festival, Santa Fe Opera - New Mexico. Performed on many San Francisco Symphony CDs, plus other chamber music recordings such as those featuring Laurel Zucker (see right)

on leave 2000-2001

(Russia 1889-1971)

Emigrated to San Francisco via Japan in 1916. Taught at the University of California Los Angeles in the 1930s. Played a Guadagnini violin acquired in Los Angeles.

(then Russia, now Lithuania, 1886-1957)

Studied a the Imperial Conservatory of Music, Vilnius, Lithuania. Emigrated to the US in 1906.

(New York 1924-2007)

Ph.D. in Music Education. Also taught at Mills College and the College of Holy Names in late 1950s and early 1960s, both in the San Francisco area. Later taught at the University of California - Riverside and at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

(Oregon 1892-after 1959)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives, 1945

Gough organized different San Francisco musicians into the Amati Trio and the Amati Quartet in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, named since he played on an Amati violin.

(California 1932- )

Studied first at Albany High School near Berkeley, California and then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1954. Gowen also won the Philadelphia Musical Fund Society Award for 1954.

(New York 1922-2012)

Studied with both John Amans and John Wummer under a New York Philharmonic scholarship. He also gained a bachelor's degree in economics from Brooklyn College Class of 1943. Murray Graitzer played the San Francisco premiere of the Alan Hovhaness Flute Concerto "Elibris" under Pierre Monteux in 1949. He also taught at the University of the Pacific - California. Following his 1957 re-marriage and departure from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 1956-1957 season, Murray Graitzer returned to conducting the California Symphoy youth orchestra in 1958. However, after that season, Murray Graitzer did not appear in any of the press accounts of musical activity, nor an account of his death.

(1952-2009)

photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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.

(Michigan 1917-2008)

Studied at the Jordan Conservatory in Indianapolis, at Mills College - California, and at San Francisco State University. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

(California about 1950- )

Studied first with her musician father and then at the University of Southern California. Active in summer music festivals including Sarasota Music Festival orchestra 1971

on leave 1990-1991

(Missouri 1933- )

Studied at the Eastman School of Music.

(New York 1937-2019) married to San Francisco Symphony violinist Sharon W. Grebanier

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1958. Grebanier was also active in summer festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont and the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico. Although Michael Grebanier continued to be listed on the San Francisco Symphony roster, beginning in about 2016 he suffered from prolonged illness. Michael Grebanier died on 19 December 2019 at age 82 after a long and rich career.

(Canada but raised in Seattle 1948- ) married to SFSO former Principal cello Michael Grebanier

Studied at the University of Washington BMus, BA, MMus about 1973.

(Germany 1926-2007)

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.

(England 1869-1925)

From family information, it may be that English-born Benjamin Greene, Henry A. Greene and Septimus Greene were musician brothers, with Henry Greene playing double bass with the Boston Symphony, and Septimus playing double bass with the Seattle Symphony under Henry Hadley, and again with the San Francisco Symphony under Hadley. Septimus Greene was an official of the San Francisco Musicians' Union in the 1910s.

(California 1910-1994)

Studied at the University of California - Berkeley.

(then Russia, now Belarus 1897-1988)

Studied in Belarus prior to emigrating to the US in 1920.

(Massachusetts, 1875-1936)

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.

(Germany 1878-1941)

Emil Hahl and wife Clara in 1923

Emigrated to the US from Frankfurt, Germany 1902.

Emil Hahl died during the 1940-1941 SFS season on March 5, 1941 age 62

(Maryland 1971- )

Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan, at the University of Arizona BA in Music and the San Francisco Conservatory MMus.

(California 1925-2001)

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.

1980 was the season when the San Francisco Opera Orchestra separated from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and Haug selected the Opera

(California 1882-1960)

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.

33 seasons of service

(Texas )

a native of Chandler (east of Dallas), Texas, he studied first at Stephen F. Austin State University - near his home town. He then transferred to Southern Methodist University (Dallas) earning his BMus in horn performance. Then at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music he gained his MMus.

(1878- )

(Indiana 1891-1974)

Likely met Paul Whiteman when both were musicians in San Francisco musicians in the period 1915-1919.

(Switzerland 1872-1934)

Emigrated to the US at age 14 in 1886. Taught violin at Highland Park College, Iowa ²⁴⁶ 1896-1907. Relocated to California in 1908.

(Germany 1857- )

Emigrated to the US as a child, age 9.

(Austria 1891-1950)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Emigrated to the US from Vienna in 1909.

died at the end of the 1949-1950 SFS season on May 31, 1950 age 59

(Hungary 1881-1959)

Emigrated to the US in 1890 and studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy - graduated 1899. Heller also directed the Vitaphone orchestra in several early talking picture recordings, including of Giovanni Martinelli in 1927. Later relocated as a movie studio musician in Los Angeles where he died age 79.

(California 1951- )

Studied Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio 1973.

45 seasons of service

(Missouri )

David Herbert began piano studies with his parents, both professional pianists. He studied at the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music BMus and the Juilliard School MMus. Herbert performed and recorded the world premiere William Kraft's Concerto no 2 "The Grand Encounter" for Timpani and Orchestra in 2005 (see right), and also the Kraft Concerto no. 1 for Timpani. He was soloist in Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ and Percussion, and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Island Music. Also active in summer music festivals, including as Principal timpani with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho, and since 2009 at the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado.

(Germany about 1900- )

Succeeded George Barati when Barati became the conductor of the Honolulu Symphony, and Hesse was in turn succeeded by Rolf Storseth. Hesse taught at the College of the Holy Names - Oakland, California in the 1950s and 1960s.

(England 1899-1959)

From a musical family, his older brother Leonard Heyes 1896-1972) was also a theater musician. Pete Hayes also studied in Vienna. "Pete" and Leonard Heyes played together in Shanghai, China in the 1920s until "Pete" and Leonard Heyes came to San Francisco in 1926.

(Massachusetts about 1878- )

From a musical family: his brother Ernest B. Hibbard (1881-1939) was also a San Francisco musician.

(California? 1902-2001)

Hibschle was also a bassoon soloist with the Oakland Symphony in 1958 and 1959.

(Canada 1871-1948)

Emigrated from Canada in 1896.

(Texas )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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. Higgins performs in many concerts, such as the July 23, 2010 Hong Kong recital.

Timothy Higgins in Hong Kong

SEE: Maxine Frances Kouns

Hiraga, Amy wife of Peter Wyrick

(Washington 1963- )

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. Amy Hiraga and Peter Wyrick recorded a fine CD of music of Peter Scott Lewis: Rhapsodic Images (see right)

1999-present

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech 1866- )

Emigrated to the US in 1893.

(New York 1870- )

Studied in New York and moved to San Francisco in 1904. Taught at the University of Michigan School of Music - Ann Arbor 1903.

SEE: Thorstein Jensen

(Connecticut 1935- )

Studied first with his musician father, orchestra violin (Hartford Symphony and Connecticut Opera) and conductor Lou Holtman (1905-1982). Then at the Hartt School of Music - University of Hartford, Connecticut BA Music about 1957.

(New York 1884-1970)

Walter Hornig in 1927

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.

(Missouri 1862-before 1952)

Born of French and German émigré parents.

(California 1941- )

Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California summer 1960 and California Youth Orchestra. also San Francisco State 1959-1960, Juilliard School 1960-1963 under a Naumberg Scholarship, Sonoma State University 1975 Fall Semester. Teaching at Sonoma State College - California.

(China about 1969- )

violin - went to the Chicago Symphony (also Chicago Symphony violin 1997-present, also the Lincoln String Quartet: Qing Hou first, Lei Hou second, Lawrence Neuman viola and Richard Hirschl cello. also the Ravel Piano Trio: Lawrence Neuman viola, Kenneth Olsen cello, John Novacek piano)

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.

1994-1997

Houser, Frank S.

(California 1916-1973)

photo: Bill Cogan

Studied at the University of California-Berkeley,

(California 1915-1977)

Studied with Willem Dehé in San Francisco, with Robert Maas of the Pro Arte Quartet in Belgium and with Pierre Fournier in Paris.

(Japan 1967- )

Hull, Naomi Kazama practicing in the Vienna Konzerthaus in May, 2011. Photograph by Oliver Theil, San Francisco Symphony, 2011.

Studied at the Hochschule für Musik - Vienna. Active in summer festivals including the Pacific Music Festival - Sapporo, Japan.,

(New York 1868-after 1930)

(Germany 1864-about 1939)

Emigrated to the US in 1892. He seems to have used "Emil Huske" for professional engagements and "Frank Huske" personally.

(California 1971- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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, Find the Cheese and other pieces recorded on his CD (see right and see his website www.inouyejazz.com). While in New York City, he was founding member of the Juilliard Jazz Sextet at Lincoln Center.  He also toured the United States with Toccatas and Flourishes a duo for organ and trumpet in 1994. He also toured with Empire Brass in 1995. He played his Washington Street Sidewalk Grooves with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach in 1997. With the same orchestra, he soloed in the Haydn Trumpet Concerti of Haydn and Tomasi. Mark Inouye was Principal trumpet of the Charleston Symphony 1998-1999.  Mark Inouye joined the San Francisco trumpet section for five seasons 1999-2004.  In 2004-2006 Inouye was on leave from the SFS to become Principal trumpet of the Houston Symphony.  In the 2006-2007 season, Mark Inouye returned to the San Francisco Symphony trumpet section.  He was selected as Principal trumpet of the San Francisco Symphony in the 2008-2009 season. Mark Inouye has also continued to perform regularly with the New World Symphony since 1999 and was named its Principal Trumpet in 2008.

2008-present

(Russia 1973- )

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

(California 1927-2014)

photo: Paul Bishop 1954

Studied at the State Academy of Music - Vienna 1954. She earned her BMus at the San Francisco Conservatory in 1956. Mary James taught at Pittsburg State University - Kansas. Active in summer festivals, particularly playing the viola d'amore, including the Carmel Bach Festival - California, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the Ojai Festival - California. Mary James died on August 25, 2014, at age 87.

(Korea about 1974- )

Studied at Seoul National University - Korea, the Juilliard School BMus, and graduate studies at the New England Conservatory. In 2001, invited by Isaac Stern, she performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop. In summers, she performed with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra 2004-2006. She also performed as a Violin Fellow 2006-2008 with Michael Tilson Thomas's New World Symphony in Miami Beach.

(Hungary 1865-1922)

Jaulus seems to have studied at the Budapest conservatoire.   He emigrated to San Francisco in May, 1886 and became a US citizen ten years later. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco in May, 1922 at the early age of 56.

(New York 1952- )

Studied at the Juilliard School pre-college division, and at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. He was active in summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado.

Barry Jekowsky as a conductor

(Norway 1894-1948)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at the Oslo Conservatory. Emigrated to the US in 1914. Died of cancer on April 11, 1948 age 53.

died during the 1947-1948 season April 11, 1948,

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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.

(Germany 1852-1928)

Emigrated from near Kassel, Germany to Chicago in 1882.

(New York 1928- )

Elayne Jones in the 1960s

In New York City, studied at the La Guardia Music and Art High School (now La Guardia School of the Arts) 1942-1945.  As a student, Elayne Jones was one of six winners of the Duke Ellington Scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music. She was also a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Festival - Massachusetts. In a famous controversy, Elayne Jones was not granted SFS tenure. Principal Second violin David Schneider wrote: "...the orchestra committee voted that neither Ryohei Nakagawa, Principal bassoon nor Elayne Jones, timpanist would achieve tenure..." ²⁶³ Jones continued Principal timpani of the SF Opera until her retirement in 1998.

(California 1905-1987)

Studied with William Kincaid. Taught at San Francisco State University and at the University of California - Berkeley.

(joined the orchestra during the 1945-1946 season)

(Missouri 1865- )

Studied in Cologne, Germany

(California 1978- )

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.

(Canada 1917-1996)

Grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia of Polish émigré parents. Studied in Toronto, Canada with Marcus Adeney (1900-1998).

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic 1885- )

Emigrated to the US in 1915, just as World War 1 began in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Taught violin at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio in the 1930s and 1940s.

(Germany 1872-1921)  died age only 49

Emigrated to San Francisco in 1894. Taught violin in Los Angeles in late 1910s into 1920.

(Russia 1905-1991)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago and with Mishel Piastro in New York City. Karasik also made violins and bows in the 1980s.

(Tennessee 1915-1997)

Philip Karp studied first with his violinist father, who had been a New York Symphony violin. Karp won admission to the Curtis Institute, but was unable to attend.

(Pennsylvania 1915-1968)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941. Died in California at age only 52.

(Poland 1919-1972)

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.

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic 1878- )

Emigrated from Prague to the USA in 1905.

SEE Sharp, Erica Keen

(Germany 1870-1934)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Emigrated to Pittsburgh in 1893 where he played in the Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert 1898–1904 and under Emil Paur 1904–1910 until the Pittsburgh Symphony was suspended in 1910 for financial difficulties.

Otto Kegel died during the 1933-1934 season on March 24, 1934, age 60, seven months after the death of his wife Mary Kegel.

(France 1866- )

Emigrated to San Francisco in 1899.

(Austria 1906–1991)

Kolisch Quartet: Felix Khuner violin, Eugen Lehner viola, Benar Heifetz cello, Rudolf Kolisch violin playing left-handed

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.

(Tennesee )

David Kim has viola; will travel

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- ).

His chamber music engagements have included performances at the Musée du Louvre (France), Ravinia's Rising Stars Series (Illinois), Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Massachusetts).

in his official San Francisco Symphony photo.

(Korea )

Is that Kum Mo Kim's formal concert outfit?

left photo: San Francisco Symphony Archives (but not right photo)

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.

in her official San Francisco Symphony photo.

(California )

Christina King with her electric violin when playing with the band NTL

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 and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.

(Norway 1888-after 1943)

Emigrated to the US in 1905. The Masters of Melody radio program on KPO radio playing salon music: a light classical and operetta repertoire continuously for 11 years. Harry Moulin violin and Philip Karp bass were also musicians of this small orchestra.

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic 1883-1943)

Emigrated to the US in 1905. Succeeded by Delbert Schneider during the 1943-1944 season after Kirs died of a sudden heart attack.

* died during the 1943-1944 season on November 29, 1943.

(Pennsylvania 1968- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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. With a group called San Francisco Silverwood Ensemble recorded Afternoon Tea Serenade of popular classics in a fine salon atmosphere performance (see right).

(Texas )

He studied at Southern Methodist University earning his BMus, with further graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Active in festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado), the Verbier Festival, (Switzerland), and the Center for World Music Workshop (Illinois) and Festival in Bali (Indonesia).

(Michigan 1897-1966)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied with Thomas Ingram

(California 1864-died young before 1914)

Born in San Francisco in May 1864 of German émigré parents.

(China )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music BMus, San Francisco Conservatory MMus.

(Massachusetts 1945- )

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.

(California 1945- )

Studied at Indiana University BMus, and at Catholic University - Washington MMus.

(Germany 1907-1982)

(Germany 1878-1945)

Emigrated to the US in 1903.

(New York 1935-2006)

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.

(Germany 1872- )

Emigrated to the US at age 20. Died July 15, 1934 age 62 of a heart attack following the 1933-1934 season.

died two months following the 1933-1934 season.

(California 1929- )

Studied at San Francisco State University BMus and at the Juilliard School. Active in summer festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts and the Aspen Festival - Colorado.

37 years of service

(California about 1913- )

Studied violin at Oakland High School, California 1928-1932 ²²⁶.

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1922-2001)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941. Jacob Krachmalnick was said by his colleagues to be a difficult and sarcastic leader.

Krauss, Arnold

(Romania 1866-1941)

Arnold Krauss in 1919

Studied first with his father, Max Krauss and then at the National Conservatory in Bucharest, Romania, graduating in 1884. Also studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Emigrated to US in 1891 to join the Chicago Symphony. Krauss left San Francisco in 1920 to teach and play music in Hawaii and then Japan. Later returned to San Francisco in late 1920s.

(California 1936- )

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. Chair of the Brass Department at the San Francisco Conservatory during most of his tenure with the San Francisco Symphony. He also recorded Orchestral Pro for Horn, an interesting CD suggesting approaches to playing key audition and performance portions of famous orchestra works.

Krehbiel in about 1996

(Pennsylvania 1897-1985)

Studied in San Francisco with Rudolph Felchlin. Taught at San Francisco State College.

(then Austria, now Czech 1889-1968)

Trained as a bassoonist in Vienna in his teenage years.

(then Austria-Hungary, now Czech 1879-1971)

When the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera separated, Frank Kuchynka went with the Opera orchestra in 1945. Frank Kuchynka was a Hollywood studio musician in the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily at MGM studios. Friend and colleague of Principal flute Henry Woempner, they played together as Principals in the Minneapolis Symphony, in the San Francisco Symphony and in the MGM studio orchestra in the 1940s. Frank Kuchynka died in Los Angeles on 7 August 1971, age 91.

(Ohio 1867-1947)

Played in the San Francisco Municipal Band under director John A. Keogh in the 1910s.

(Japan about 1950- )

Yukiko Kamei when studying with Jasha Heifetz at USC

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.

(California 1892-1977)

photo: Bates Studio, San Francisco circa 1921

Played a Giovanni Baptista Grancino violin.

(Switzerland 1864- )

Emigrated to the US from Switzerland in 1903.

(Massachusetts 1884-after 1944)

Studied in Boston about 1900.

SEE: Astorre Lombardi

SEE: Geraldine Lamboley Walther

(California 1892-1962)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father Rocco Laraia (1863-after 1934). Then went to Italy to study at the Bologna Conservatory, then to study with Arrigo Serato (1877-1948) in Berlin.

(California 1891-1960)

Studied first with his Italian-born music teacher father Rocco Laraia (1863-after 1934) and then at the Bologna Conservatory - Italy ²³⁷. Taught at Mills College - California.

(California 1910-1959)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied at Roosevelt High School, Oakland California and then with San Francisco Symphony percussionist Roland Wagner, whom Larew succeeded in the Orchestra. Also tudied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he played in the University Orchestra.  He graduated from Berkeley in 1933.  While studying at Berkeley, in 1932-1933, Walter Larew also directed the Oakland YMCA amateur orchestra.Larew taught percussion at San Francisco State College. Larew also owned a music store on Market Street in San Francisco for a time in the 1940s-1950s before his early death, following several years of illness.

(New York 1936- )

Studied at the Eastman School of Music.

(New York 1937- )

Studied at the Juilliard School. Taught at the College of San Mateo.

(Iowa about 1952- )

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. Recorded a number of CDs, including the complete Hindemith music for brass on Summit records (see right). Also, with Paul Welcomer, launched MarcoPaulo Publishing, a company which specializes in publishing music for trombone (http://www.marco-paulo.com/).

(Russia 1896-1964)

Emigrated to the US with his family in 1909.

(California)

Studied at the New England Conservatory BMus, Boston University MMus, and a Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Michigan 1965- )

Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus in 1987. Also participated in the New York String Orchestra Seminar in 1983.

(Michigan about 1962- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

Studied at the Juilliard School pre-college division and the Curtis Institute Class of 1985. Also studied in France 1985-1990 and toured with her pianist sister as « Les Soeurs Leon » and in summer festivals including Festival Radio France-Montpellier, Festival International de Piano - la Roque d’Anthéron. The sisters recorded with Les disques Cassiopée.

(California 1917-1972)

Leplin composing at the piano in the 1940s.

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) as well as his Prelude and Dance in 1941, with Leplin conducting, Comedy in 1947 with the composer conducting, then Symphony no 1 in 1962, and Symphony no 2 in 1966.

(France 1927- )

photo: Tony Plewik

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but left without gaining his Prix in the 1948 Concour.

(Russia 1958-2017)

Studied at the Moscow Music School and the Moscow State Music Academy. He emigrated to the USA in 1981. His concerts and recordings following the San Francisco Symphony included Jazz and Klezmer as well as classical works. Sadly, Leonid Levin died in New York City suddenly of a heart attack in 2017.

(New York 1918-1994)

Studied in Brooklyn, New York.

(Latvia 1945- )

Studied in the Latvian State Music School in Riga, and at the Moscow Conservatory.

(Michigan 1883- )

Edmund Lichtenstein in 1899 on tour as a young virtuoso

Studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatory - Belgium 1900-1905 with Premier prix in 1905.

Lichtenstein, Victor

(Missouri 1872-1940)

Studied with his Hungarian-born father Leo Lichtenstein. Then beginning in 1894, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, Germany under Hans Sitt (1850-1922). Studied in Brussels, Belgium with Marchat, Ysaye and Thomson in 1896-1897. Taught at the Lindenwood College, Saint Louis (now Lindenwood University) 1899-1901. Founded the Lichtenstein Violin School in San Francisco in 1924.

(New York 1926-2000)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. From 1993-1998, Marc Lifschey taught at Indiana University, until retiring to Oregon.

(California 1875-1957)

Studied with César Thomson (1857-1931) in the Royal Brussels Conservatory - Belgium.

(Montana 1890-1957)

newspaper photograph of Anthony Linden 1925

Studied with his father, William Linden (born April, 1839) who was also a musician, emigrating to the US from Germany in 1880. Anthony Linden also taught flute at the Metropolitan Conservatory in Chicago in 1917.

(China )

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

(California 1891-after 1945)

In the 1930s, Livingstone moved to Seattle, Washington where he pursued a clerical occupation, rather than being a professional musician.

(Italy 1873-after 1925)

Emigrated to California in 1899.

(Scotland 1887-1968)

Emigrated to the US in 1913.

seems to have joined during the later part of 1918-1919, succeeding Nicola Zannini

(Oregon 1946- )

Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music BMus.

(California 1911-1995)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied privately with Anton Horner of the Philadelphia Orchestra and with Herman Trutner.

SEE: Cunningham, Margaret

(about 1956- )

Her father was also a professional musician. She studied at Ohio State University B MusEd, University of Iowa MA. Then, under a grant from the Fondation des États-Unis studied in Paris in 1980. In 1981 studied at the École Normale de Musique - Paris - Diplôme de concertiste, followed by the Doctoral program at Northwestern Univesity. Teaches at San Francisco State University. She played and recorded with the Arioso Wind Quintet for 10 years. Also active in summer music festivals, including Principal flute in the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho for 16 years. Recorded with the San Francisco Symphony and others including the San Diego Chamber Orchestra in Barber's Capricorn Concerto on Koch.

(California about 1960- )

As a student, Tyler Mack played percussion in the Oakland Youth Orchestra - California 1975-1979, as well as studying with San Francisco Symphony percussionists. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - New Mexico, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra - Colorado.

(Hungary 1885- )

Joseph Madison, despite this name is listed as born in Hungary of Hungarian parents and grandparents.

(California 1897-1974)

Studied flute with Georges Barrère, with whom Maganini also played in the New York Philharmonic. Studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at the Conservatoire Americain 1925–1927. Composed chamber, orchestral and opera works. Taught flute and composition at Columbia University, New York City. Winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize in Music 1927.

(England 1945- )

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1968. also studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and the Juilliard School of Music. Malan was founder and director of the Telluride Chamber Music Festival - Colorado. Malan Malan joined the University of California Santa Cruz faculty in 1980.

(California 1933- )

As a student studied at the Music Academy of the West - California, then at San Francisco State University BA Music, Indiana University MA Music, University of Southern California D Mus A. Taught for several decades at California State University, Chico. Also a prolific painter and artist.

(Israel 1976- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied at a series of great schools: Curtis Institute Class of 1995, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music BMus, Artist's Diploma and MMus, Juilliard School, Peabody Conservatory of Music.

Manchester, Walter

(England 1871-1930)

Son of Mark Manchester, a wealthy London banker and art collector, after emigrating to California in 1889, Walter Manchester was able to study in 1890s at the Liege, Belgium Conservatoire ²²⁵.

(Italy 1888-after 1946)

Came to the US in 1907 with Ellery’s Royal Italian Band. Brother Frank Mancini (1886-1964) was also a clarinetist in bands and orchestras in San Francisco before becoming a long-time music teacher and bandmaster in Modesto, California.

(Mexico 1891 - )

Came to San Francisco from Mexico City in 1914.

(Germany 1919-1977)

Studied viola and violin in Switzerland and France. After San Francisco, Mann pursued a solo viola career, but was compelled to retire due to peripheral neuropathy, a deterioration of the nerves. He studied German literature at Harvard University, and taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He suffered from nervous depression and according to his biographer, committed suicide on New Year's Day, 1977.

(Italy 1882-1962)

His family moved from Rome to Quito, Ecuador in the 1890s where his father had a fabricating facility making uniforms fro the army. Ulderico Marcelli studied at the Santiago Conservatory in Chile. The family then moved to San Francisco in January, 1910. Brother Nino Marcelli (1890–1967) was also a musician: composer and conductor, and active in the founding of and orchestra which later evolved into the San Diego Symphony.

(California 1957- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony

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.

(Hungary 1879-1970)

Studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik about 1894-1897.

(Italy 1865-1952)

Emigrated to the US in 1876.

(California about 1936- )

Studied at Occidental College - California and San Francisco State College (now University) BMus 1957. Taught at San Francisco State and Stanford University.

(Hungary 1920-1987)

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.

died September 22, 1987 just before the start of the 1987-1988 season.

(California 1921-1998)

Studied at the New England Conservatory 1948-1950 where he studied with Georges Laurent. After the San Francisco Symphony, relocated to Oregon where he played in the Oregon Symphony and taught until 1990.

(New York 1908-1986)

Studied at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

(Vermont 1920-1971)

Died relatively young at age 51 on July 7, 1971 in San Anselmo, Marin County, California

(Kentucky 1970- )

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied at Boston University and at the Eastman School of Music. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied at the University of California - Berkeley, Rutgers University - New Jersey Master's degree in Geography.

(Pennsylvania 1910-1976)

Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Melvin Headman, Robert McGinnis, 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, apparently seeking youth.

(California 1948- )

Studied at University of Redlands - California graduated 1970. Has recorded many CDs with the San Francisco Symphony, and others including music of Germaine Tailleferre - see right.

(Oklahoma 1954- )

Studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music - Ohio graduating in 1976.

(1920-2009)

Studied with Naoum Blinder. Taught at the College of Marin - California 1964-1984.

(Hungary 1885- )

Emigrated to the US in 1904, following his musician brother Julius Medgyesi.

(Netherlands 1868-1954)

Studied first with his musician father Hartog Meerloo (1827-1905).

(Yugoslavia 1929- )

Studied at the Ecole Normale de Music - Paris, gaining his License de Concert. Taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1969-1998.

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1890-1948)

Emigrated to the US in 1915. After the San Francisco Symphony, played in Hollywood movie studio orchestras. Composed chamber music including Canzonetta, for Violin and Piano

(Pennsylvania 1923-2005)

New Orleans Symphony trombones: Ned Meredith left, Glenn Dodson, Dee Stewart, Bruce Butler right

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. While studying at Juilliard, Meredith was a regular sub at the Radio City Music Hall.

Following retirement from the SFS, Ned Meredith joined the symphony on its European and Far East tours in the 1990s.

(Spain 1881-1975)

Emigrated to the US in 1911, and joined the San Francisco Symphony the next year. The remainder of his career was as a musician in San Francisco. The never married and died January 3, 1975 just prior to his 98th birthday.

(California 1932- )

Joined the San Francisco Symphony at age 18 while still a student at San Mateo High School and studying horn with Herman C. Trutner. Merrill later taught at San Diego State University - California.

on leave during part of the 1989-1990 season.

SEE: Catherine Connolly

(California 1918-1994)

Studied first with his Armenian father, and then with Samuel Hungerford and Naoum Blinder. Soloist with Felix Khuner in J.S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins. Active in the San Francisco Bay area chamber music performances, such as the Marin Arts Quartet, particularly of contemporary composers.

returned to the Symphony during the 1945-1946 season following service in WW2

(Minnesota 1867- )

Seems not to have prospered as a musician and became a hotel elevator operator in Oakland.

(Italy 1866-1958)

During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Guilio Minetti lost several valuable violins, including a Guadagnini violin, an Amati, a Testore and a Marchetti.

(Iowa 1913-1989)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives, 1945

Studied with Max Aronoff (1906-1981).

41 seasons of service

(California 1921-2001)

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.

Chun-ming Mo Kobialka

(California 1918-1996)

Initial studies were at Sacramento High School, followed by study with Frank Kuchynka, then at San Francisco State University BA. Started playing with San Francisco dance bands in the late 1930s. Modell was also a long-time volunteer firefighter and fire commissioner in areas of Marin County in suburban San Francisco.

39 seasons of service

(Hungary 1895-1985)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied initially as a Mechanical Engineer, which subject he also taught at Stanford University. Molnar commissioned and premiered Chamber Concerto for Viola and String Quartet by Ellis Kohs (1916-2000), premiered at the University of California, Berkeley in 1949.

click on the image above to see a photo of the original Roth Quartet, (l to r) Feri Roth first, Jeno Antal second, Janos Scholz, cello, Ferenc Molnar viola

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1930s. Succeeded by Anne Adams as Principal harp in 1951.

(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)

Studied in Portland Oregon with Jean Elsner.

(1910-1999)

The Masters of Melody radio program on KPO radio playing salon music: a light classical and operetta repertoire continuously for 11 years. Otto King cello and Philip Karp bass were also musicians of this small orchestra.

(Switzerland 1842-about 1918)

Taught at the California Conservatory of Music - San Francisco in the 1890s. J. Louis Mundwyler and his brother Fred Mundwyler donated a large collection of chamber music scores to the University of California - Berkeley Library in 1917 ²³³. The collection was apparently massive; many hundreds of works, including all the chamber music of Beethoven, 83 string quartets by Haydn, chamber music of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Spohr, Volkmann, Raff, Gade, Hummel, Alois Schmitt, von Weber, F. Kuhlau, Schneitzhoeffer, Henry Charles Litolff, van Boom, J. C. Lobe, Reinecke, and many other now-forgotten composers.

seems to have joined during the 1914-1915 season and to have remained less than a full season. Seems likely to have been a temporary substitute for Vincent Schipilliti who was missing from the San Francisco Symphony oboe roster for the second part of the 1914-1915 season.

(California 1926-2002)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied first with his father, Ralph Murray and at the University of California - Berkeley. Earl Bernard Murray was later Musical Director of the San Francisco Ballet and Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. In education, Earl Murray was long-time active in the Cazadero Music Camp - California.

(Washington 1893-1973)

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Ralph Murray died of a heart attack in 1973 at age 80.

(California 1922-1995)

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).

(California 1933- )

Studied first with his Russian-born musician father William Nadel (1912-1977).

(Japan 1935- )

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.

(Japan 1935- )

Studied the Tokyo University of Arts BMus. then Nakagawa studied at Yale University School of Music MMus. Seiji Ozawa appointed Ryohei Nakagawa Principal bassoon in the 1972-1973 season.  At the end of the 1973-1974 season, the Orchestra voted not to grant tenure to Nakagawa, and also not to grant tenure to Elayne Jones, orchestra Principal timpanist and the only black musician in the Orchestra, which caused considerable controversy both within and without the orchestra. Ryohei Nakagawa returned to Japan to became Music Director of the Tokyo-based Bach Band, a wind instrument ensemble. In Japan, Nakagawa taught at the Aichi Prefecture University of Arts in Nagoya and since 1978 as a faculty artist to the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado ²⁸⁶.

Ryohei Nakagawa as musician and conductor in Japan

SEE Nielsen, Albert W.

(California 1930-2006)

Taught at the California State University East Bay 1962-1992.

(Japan 1956- ) born in Japan of Chinese parents

Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory. Also active in music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Chamber Music/West - Arizona, the Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, the International Musicians' Seminar - England, the Spoleto Festival in both Italy and in South Carolina, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival - Germany, and Chamber Music at the Y - New York City, Manchester Music Festival - Vermont, the North Country Chamber Players - New Hampshire, and the Bridgehampton Music Festival - New York.

(Pennsylvania )

Studied at Temple University - Philadelphia and at the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1982. Neuman has also created a successful video conferencing company: Vuports, LLC in San Francisco.

(1952- )

Teaches in the Columbus, Ohio area.

(California 1868-after 1941)

Taught at the Jenkins School of Music in Oakland - California in the 1920s.

seems to have departed during the 1927-1928 season to be succeeded as Assistant Principal flute by Walter Oesterreicher.

(then Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic 1913-2011)

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. Famous story: San Francisco conductor Josef Krips said to his Concertmaster, Jacob Krachmalnik "One thing, Jake, let's not hire any women" They went to auditions and Krachmalnik said, "Well, Maestro, I've heard hundreds of auditions but never three in a row as good as those three women." Krips agreed and Linda Ashworth, Ernestine Riedel, and Eugenia Newman were hired.

(Massachusetts 1960- )

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Studied at Music Academy of the West - California summer 1982, Boston University and the Eastman School of Music BMus. She is an instructor of violin at San José University and coaches the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

(Germany 1869-1944) ²⁸⁸

Emigrated from Leipzig, Germany to New York City at age 16. Had to withdraw from the San Francisco Symphony in 19367 after suffering a stroke ²⁸⁷.

(California 1877- )

Studied first with his Danish-born musician father William Peter Nielsen (1842- )

seems to have departed during the 1915-1916 season.

(Iowa 1983- )

Studied at Northwestern University - Chicago BMus and the Juilliard School MMus. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Verbier Festival - Switzerland, the Pacific Music Festival - Japan. While at Juilliard, Jacob Nissly co-premiered the Roberto Sierra (1953- ) Bongo +, a percussion concerto. Teaches at the Eastman School of Music.

departed Cleveland Orchestra Principal percussion position.

(Italy 1874-1954)

Emigrated to Denver, Colorado in 1900.

(California 1864- )

At outdoor band concerts in 1890s and 1900s, was a featured xylophone soloist.

(New Mexico 1933-2013)

O'Bannon was said to be a child prodigy who played violin at the New York World Fair opf 1939 at age 6 ²⁹⁶. Studied engineering at Notre Dame University and music at Stanford University BMus in 1955.

(California 1877- )

Born in California to Austrian émigré parents. Recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1911.

(California 1923-1989)

State conference orchestra from Haywood Union Hight School - California. Then studied at the Juilliard School 1942-1943 prior to entering US Navy during World War 2 and also privately with Sol Schoenbach of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

(Connecticut 1964- )

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.

Olivier, Rufus Jr.

(Louisiana 1955- )

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.

(New York 1918- )

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Studied at the University of California - Berkeley BMus 1939. Also taught at the University of California - Berkeley 1966-1996 ¹³⁷.

47 seasons of service

(Italy 1898-1971?)

Emigrated to the US with his family in 1912.

seems not to have completed the 1954-1955 season

(South Carolina 1881-1942)

Brooks Parker was likely another of the musicians from the Seattle Symphony whom Henry Hadley, previously Seattle Symphony conductor hired into the newly formed San Francisco Symphony.

(Romania )

Studied at the Julliard Preparatory Division and the Peabody Conservatory.

Pasmore (Bell), Dorothy wife of Walter Bell

(California 1889-1972)

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.

The Pasmore sisters in about 1910: Dorothy bottom left, Mary bottom right and pianist sister Suzanne

(California 1886- )

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).

(then Russia, now Moldova 1894-1956?)

Sol Patchook emigrated from Kishinev, Russia (now Moldova) as a child following the 1903 Kishinev pogrom which resulted in the emigration of thousands of Jews from Kishinev, among which was Sol Patchook's family.

Sol Patchook in a charcoal drawing from the 1938 NBC Symphony publicity book ²⁷²

(Illinois 1874-after 1956)

John Peterson in 1923

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.

41 seasons of service.

(1946- )

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.

(Connecticut 1964- )

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. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony - Idaho.

  Michel Penha in about 1920

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.

(Arizona 1887-1977)

Peralta was a film studio musician in the 1930s and 1940s. Peralta was a decendent of one of the first families to emigrate to the San Francisco Bay area.

(Nebraska 1888-1959)

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)

(Illinois 1887-1966)

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).

click on photo above to see the Persinger String Quartet

(Madagascar 1907-1991)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives

Studied with professors of the Paris Conservatoire. Emigrated to the US with her musician husband Winston Petty in 1930. The only San Francisco Symphony musician to have been born in Madagascar --- so far.

SEE: Betty Rae Stanley

(then Russia, now Ukraine 1891-1970)

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.

(about 1979- )

Studied at the Eastman School of Music 2001 and Northwestern University BMus and at the Juilliard School MMus.

(Wisconsin? 1974- )

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 in the Vineyards - California, Bellingham Festival - Washington, Spoleto Festival - South Carolina and Italy, 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. Active at music@menlo, the California chamber music festival with which he made several recordings, such as the Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schoenberg shown at right.

(California 1951- )

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Studied Music Academy of the West - California summer 1971. Then at the California Academy of Music and the Juilliard School. She has also been active in recordings both with the orchestra and with harpist Georgia Kelly in music for winter and Christmas (see right)

Anne Pinsker was on sabbatical leave during the 2001-2003 seasons.

(Connecticut )

As a student, he studied at the New Haven, Connecticut Neighborhood Music School. Also, the Northwestern University (Chicago) Bienen School of Music BMus. Active in music festivals, including the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), the Spoleto Festival USA (South Carolina), Britten-Pears Programme (UK), the National Orchestral Institute (Maryland), and the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado)

Nick Platoff, Timothy Higgins and Paul Welcomer in Tokyo 2016

(Netherlands 1870-1952)

Emigrated to the US in 1892. Later relocated to Los Angeles.

(California 1929- )

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Studied with Arthur Pabst in Los Angeles, and at Los Angeles City College.

(Italy 1884-1969)

Emigrated to New York City in 1891.

(Belgium 1891-1987)

Germain Prévost studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire - Belgium. He was also a good friend of Darius Milhaud, both in France and in California.

(Illinois 1886-1947)

Ran the Nova & Prior music store in San Francisco in the 1920s.

(Hungary 1874-1927)

Emigrated to the US in 1902. In 1918, he formed a Hungarian League to represent Californians of Hungarian heritage ²³⁴. Purt died October 7, 1927 before the beginning of the 1927-1928 season, age only 48 of complications from pneumonia and vascular disease.

(Cuba 1883-1956)

Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning a 'premier accessit' in the 1902 Concours, and winning in the 1904 Concour his Premier prix. Emilio Puyans was also the Cuban consul in San Francisco in the 1920s, and seems to have earned his living in the Cuban diplomatic service after leaving the San Francisco Symphony. He died in Paris in 1956. ¹²⁶

(California 1930- )

William Pynchon presenting a scholarship check to student Richard Hughes in 1972

Studied with Naoum Blinder, and in the summers of 1949 and 1950, studied at the Pierre Monteux Music Camp in Hancock, Maine.

(California )

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Studied at the University of Southern California. Active in summer music festivals, including Fellow at the Tanglewood Festival - Massachusetts, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival - Germany, the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival - California, and the Music Academy of the West - California.

(Massachusetts 1888-1944) age only 56.

Studied first in Boston with his theater musician father Walter Randall (1858-circa 1940).

(California 1933- )

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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.

(Poland 1898-1975)

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Studied at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt Germany. Emigrated to US in 1926, citizen in 1931.

(Louisiana 1879- )

(Michigan 1904-1970)

photo: San Francisco Symphony archives 1945

Studied with private teachers in California. Remington played Hollywood recording sessions in off-season ¹⁴⁵ in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, including for leading singers such as Frank Sinatra.

Renzi, Paul E.

(New York 1926- )

Paul Renzi in 1947. photographer: Romaine, San Francisco

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