A live concert event hosted by Scott Showalter and your Oregon Symphony musicians, honoring Carlos Kalmar in his 18th & final season as Music Director
Saturday, April 17, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Online


GALA 2021: THE MUSIC PLAYS ON

Concert Program

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Join us April 17 for a free livestream concert event packed with performances from Oregon Symphony musicians, guest artists, and friends, all celebrating Jean Vollum Music Director Carlos Kalmar as we honor his 18-year tenure at the podium with us.
Andy Akiho Emanuel Ax Joshua Bell
Yefim Bronfman Gabriela Lena Frank
Augustin Hadelich Gabriel Kahane
Jeffrey Kahane Sarah Kwak
Simone Lamsma Wynton Marsalis
Pink Martini Alicia Hall Moran
Johannes Moser Chris Thile Edna Vazquez

Your Oregon Symphony Musicians
and more

 

 
 

 

HONORARY CHAIR

 

 

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Andy Akiho, Composer

Emanuel Ax, Piano

Joshua Bell, Violin

Congressman Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. House of Representatives

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Governor Kate Brown

Colin Currie, Percussion

Ginette DePreist

Renée Fleming, Soprano

Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer

Susan & Andrew Franklin

Guadalupe Guerrero, Portland Public Schools

Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Stephen Hough, Piano

Gabriel Kahane, Singer-Songwriter

Jeffrey Kahane, Piano

Sarah Kwak, Violin

Simone Lamsma, Violin

Commissioner Mingus Mapps, Portland City Council

Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet

Alicia Hall Moran, Mezzo-Soprano

Johannes Moser, Cello

Suzanne Nance, All Classical

Ken Richardson, David Douglas Schools

Jordan Schnitzer

Ethan Sperry, Portland State University

Chris Thile, Singer-Songwriter

Stephen Thorsett, Willamette University

Jeff Tyzik, Oregon Symphony Pops

Elina Vähälä, Violin

Edna Vazquez, Singer-Songwriter

Don & Marian Vollum

Larry & Dorie Vollum

Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senate

 

EVENT CHAIRS

Courtney & David Angeli

Cliff & Karen Deveney

 

EVENT COMMITTEE

Dan & Kathleen Drinkward

Tige & Peggy Harris

Bob & Janis Harrison

Rick & Veronica Hinkes

Renée Holzman

Jerry & Beth Hulsman

Judy & Hank Hummelt

Kris & Michael Kern

Priscilla Wold Longfield

Lane & Francine Shetterly

Walt Weyler

 

 

GALA SPONSORS

 

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS

Courtney & David Angeli

Cliff & Karen Deveney

Dan & Kathleen Drinkward

Tige & Peggy Harris

Bob & Janis Harrison

Jeff Heatherington

Rick & Veronica Hinkes

Sue Horn-Caskey & Rick Caskey

Umpqua Bank

 

SPONSORS

All Classical Portland

Rabbi Michael & Cantor Ida Rae Cahana

Lauren Fox & John Williamson

Robyn & John Gastineau

Nancy & Charles Hales

Clayton & Sudee Hering

Renée Holzman

Jerry & Beth Hulsman

Judy & Hank Hummelt

International Children's Arts Network

Grady Jurrens & Emily Kurzweil

Gerri Karetsky & Larry Naughton

Kris & Michael Kern

Priscilla Wold Longfield

Roscoe & Debra Nelson

Perkins Coie

Dan Rasay & Katherine FitzGibbon

Lane & Francine Shetterly

Amanda Tucker

Walt Weyler

Wells Fargo Bank

 

 

DONORS

Anonymous (59)

Joseph Afryl

Roudabeh Akhavein

Andy Akiho

Carole Alexander

Kelly Alford-Smith

All Classical Portland

Joe Allan & Karen Saul

Mary Allen

Kristine Alpi

John & Susan Andersen

Martha Anderson

Jessica & Isaac Andrew

Angeli Law Group LLC

David & Courtney* Angeli

Laura Arcidiacono

Annette Arrieta

Janelle Asai

April Avery

Patricia Babler

Arthur & Joann Bailey

Bruce Bailey

Jeanie Baldwin

Ed & Becky Bard

Brent Barton & Liz Fuller

Meagan Bataran§

Madge & Keith Bauer

Marilyn Beach & Terence Barr

Carole Beauclerk

Chita Becker

Alexandrea Beh

Diane Bender

Alan & Sherry Bennett

Robert & Jean Bennett

Kim Bergenser

Homer & La Donna+ Berry

Dee Bierschenk

Susan & Larry Black

Hilary Blakemore§

Ruth Bloom

Suzanne Bonamici & Michael Simon

Bill Bonte & Cynthia Nichols

Douglas Bovee

Barbara Bowers

Tracy & Melody Boyce

Dean Boyd & Susan Wickizer

Tim & Mary Boyle

Audre Bratcher

Josh & Wendie Bratt

Rolf Brauchler

Carole Breck

Michael Brennan

Leslie Brenton

Rex Breunsbach & Alice Brocoum

William & Barbara Briare

Kay Bristow

Anne Brock

Patricia Brooke & James Unger

Christopher Brooks & Brittney Clark

Governor Kate Brown

Rich & Elise Brown

Patsy Bruggere

Elizabeth Bryson

Buchanan Angeli Altschul & Sullivan, LLP

Paul Buchanan

Mary Bunn

Ginny Burdick

Brenda & Scott Burg

Kristan Burkert & Lynn Larsen

Julia Buss

Craig & Karen Butler

Ann Bynum

Martin & Truddy Cable

Michael & Ida Rae* Cahana

Mark & Tracy Cahill

Eve Callahan* & Scott Taylor

Charles Calmer§ & Tom Lewis

Barbara & John Camp

Diane Carbone

Kay Carlson-Bilbao & Richard Carlson

Charles Carpenter

Melissa Carter & Nevada Jones

Kathy Carter

Duncan & Jan Castle

Amy Catanzaro

Mary Lou Cavendish

Michael & Evelyn Challis

Ilze Choi

Ina Chow & Christopher Cooper

CK Hoffman Design

The Clark Foundation

Christopher Cobey

Molly Cochran & Sam Ellingson

Mary Ann Coggins Kaza

Stanley & Cynthia Cohan

Michelle Cole & Carl Wilcox

Beverly Collins

Truman Collins, Jr.

Alison Colman

Jeffrey G. Condit

Christine Cook

Jenny Cook

Susan & Mark Cooksey

Mary Costantino & Spencer Brannan

Bill Crane

Nancy & Robert Cretsinger

Richard Crimi

Bruce Cronin

Sarah Crooks

Barbara Curtin & Dennis Miles

Don Cushing

Brian Cusick

Susan Cyganiak

Gloria Dakin

Stephen Dale & Lillian Li

James Dalrymple

Alice Davies

Brian Davis

Stephanie Davis

Bruce & Mary Deloria

Dale & Constance Denham

Xavier Denis

Richard Denman

Niel B. DePonte

René Deras & Joshua V. Burns

Cliff* & Karen Deveney

Eugene & Florence Di Loreto

Dorothy Dixon

John Dobson

Carol Doehne

Thomas & Nancy Doulis

Kay Doyle

Larissa and Kristoph Dozier

Theo Dreher

Daniel* & Kathleen Drinkward

Wayne and Julie Drinkward

Diane Pinney & Clifford Droke

James Duffy

Aaron & Irene Dunlop

Janet Dunn

Michael Dunn

Gail Durham & E. Benno Philippson

Stephanie Durham & Paul Snowden

Robert & Elizabeth Dyson

John & Evelyn Eason

Loris Eastman

Samantha Edington

Matt Edlen*

Steven Ehlbeck & Vassiliki Tsikitis

Elaine Durst

Laura Elarth

Mihail Elisman

Chandra Elser

Ronald E. & Ann H. Emmerson

Kathie England

John Etter

Robert & Shelley Everhart

Abby Farber & David Robinson

Jillian Farley

Sara & Hugh Farrington

Neil and Barb Finbloom

Kenn & Yonette Fine

Jonathan Fink & Nina DeLange

First Republic Bank

Inga Fisher Williams

Davis Fisher

Trevor Fitzpatrick‡ & Marilyn de Oliveira‡

Wayne & Loyce Forsgren

Steve Francoeur & Barbara Nicoletti

Ian Frank

Susan & Andrew Franklin

Paula Frechen

Rebecca Friedenwald

Jennifer Froistad

Joanne Fromhold Arnst

Robert & Carolyn Fuller

Eric Gonzalez

Jean Gale

Claire & Zanley Galton

Susan & Richard Garber

Helen Garber

Raelyn & Jack Garland

Hugh+ & Coleen Garrabrant

Carolyn Gassaway

Robyn* & John Gastineau

Ted & Cynthia Gaty

Charles & Charline Gebhardt

Barbara Giesy

Carole Gilbertson

Frank & Mary Gill

The William G. Gilmore Foundation

Janie Goldenberg & Steven Albert

Elinor Gollay

Jackie Gordon

Ivan & Grace Gould

Michael & Mary Grainey

Maribeth Graybill

Emil & Elaine Graziani

Lynn Green

Jonathan‡ & Yoko Greeney

Wendy & Paul Greeney

Dr. & Mrs. Price Gripekoven

Kristrun Grondal

Anna Grudzien

Chris Guntermann

Kristen Guy-Payton and Jean Guy

Don Hagge & Vicki Lewis

Charles & Nancy* Hales

Robert & Dorothy Haley

Mia Hall Miller & Matthew Miller

Christine Vogelei & Stan Halle

Jim & Karen Halliday

Rosemary Hamerton-Kelly

Drs. James & Linda Hamilton

Paul Hamilton

John & Judie Hammerstad

Jamey Hampton & Ashley Roland

Constance & Jim Hansen

Henry Happel

Steve & Cynthia Harder

Janice & Chris Hardwick

Samantha & Paul Harmno

Elicia M. Harrell

Tige* & Peggy Harris

Amelia Harris

Robert* & Janis Harrison

Rebecca Haskell & Timothy Feerer

Betsy & Gregory Hatton

Judith Hatton

Sam Hauck

Grant Hay

Nicole Haywood

Jeff Heatherington*

Patsy Heinlein

Clayton* & Sudee Hering

Patricia Heringer

Bill Herman

Don Herman & Betty Markey

JoAnne Hermens

Hibler Franke Foundation

Susan High

Rick* & Veronica Hinkes

Robert & Marilyn Hodson

John & Jodyne Holloway

Dan & Pat Holmquist

Renée Holzman*

Ava Hoover

Doug and Lori Hoover

John & Susan Hoover

Pam Horan

Rick Caskey & Sue Horn-Caskey*

Alan & Sharon Horton

Allison L. Howard

Margaret Huff-Huffman

Charles & Doris Hull

Beth & Jerry* Hulsman

Hank & Judy* Hummelt

Jon & Brenda Hummelt

Fritz and Pamela Hummelt

Jan Hurst

Kenneth and Pamela Hutchins

Joseph Ichter

Carol Ihlenburg

Lech & Elizabeth Ilem

Mindy Ing

Marita Ingalsbe

Robina Ingram-Rich

International Children's Arts Network

Jon Jaqua & Kimberly Cooper

Judy & Jim Jennings

David & Janice John

Sharon Johnson & Bill Patten

Shirley Johnson

Jeffrey and Kristen Johnson

Kathy & Steve Johnson

Kevin E. Johnson & Gowri Meda

Dennis Johnson & Steven Smith

Penelope Johnstone

Harlan Jones

Becky & Jarrett Jones

Althea Jordan

Judith Jorgensen

Bob & Gail Joseph

Kathleen and Robert Joy

Joan Jozwiak

Grady Jurrens* & Emily Kurzweil

Jonathan Kallmer

Ross & Paula Kaplan

Gerri Karetsky* & Larry Naughton

Edwin Karlow

Emily Karr & Townsend Hyatt

Sheri Katz

Julian Kaufman

Marilyn Kaufmann

Kerry Kavalo§ & Christopher Machuca

Jeffrey Kaye

Gloria Keeth

Thomas Kehner

Kurt & Catherine Kemmerer

Edward & Elaine Kemp

Nancy G. Kennaway

Charnan Kenst

Michael & Kristen* Kern

Key Bank

Margaret G. Kieweg

Lauren and Tom Kilbane

James & Lois King

Drs. Arnold & Elizabeth Klein

Scott Kocher & Mary Lu

Amie Kuttruff

Alicia LaFetra

Dan & Mary Lago

Susan Lair & Douglas Trobough

William Laird

Kate Lajtha

Nancy Lamb

Margery Lambert

Robert & Kim Lancaster

Frank Langfitt and MJ Steen

David Lasocki

John Learned

Moshin & Christina Lee

Phyllis J. Leonard

Shaul & Catherine Levi

Michael Lewellen

Mark Lewis

Mary Anne Lewis

Peter Lidskog

Eric & Hollie Lindauer

Elaine Lindberg

Craig Ling

Carol Linne & Paul Irvin

Jack Liskear & Robin Vesey

David Livengood

Martha Long‡*

Priscilla Wold Longfield*

Barbara Loste

Patrice Louie & Jeffrey Courion

Eini Lowell & James Ammeson

Qing Lu & Jeffrey Work‡

Ursula Luckert & Ravi Vedanayagam

Shawn and Amy Lyden

Peter & Allison Lyneham

Joyce Mackey

Roderic & Priscilla MacMillan

Jerome Magill

Sharon Magnuson

Philip H. Mandel

Paul & Carol Manka

Linda & Ken Mantel

Judith & Michael Marcus

Phyllis Markee

Vicci Martinazzi

Michele Mass & Jim Edwards

Sylvia Mathews

Mark Mattecheck & Julia Swanson

Raymond Allen Mayer, Jr.

James McBride & Daphne Clifton

Geoffrey McCarthy

Kermit McCarthy & Maria Hein

Sarah McCarty

Mary McClintock & Tom Balmer

John+ & Ginny McCormac

Maryellen McCulloch

James McCunney

Bill & Beth McDonald

Jill McDonald

Lani McGregor

Allan+ & Caryl McIvor

Marion McNamara

Karen McNamee

Dorene McNiece

Bill McRae

Ted Meece and Nancy Newell

Chelsea Mei

Brenda Mikota

Mary L. Milbrath

Beverly Miles & Carol Bird

Kate Milette

Gil & Peggy* Miller

Alison Paul Miller

Carol Miller

Melissa Mills

Sherry Mills

Susan Milstein

Margaret Minogue-Heyl

Merrill Ann Mixer

Lorinda Moholt

Elaine & Ted Molskness

Kristina Montaine

Cynthia Mooney

Jeffrey Morgan

Sharon Morris

Kim Morrison

Bruce Morton

Karen Moynahan & Ward Marshall

Juanita Muntz

Scott Musch

Charlie & Claudia Myers

Elizabeth Naidis

Chris & Tom Neilsen

Roscoe* & Debra Nelson

Ward & Pamela Nelson

Jeanne Newmark

Mari Nirschl

Peter & Cassie Northrup

Margot Novak

Elizabeth Oakes

James O'Keefe

Neal & Kathe Oliver

Carillon Olmsted

Kristin Olson

Michael & Janice Opton

Edward & Jane Orlowski

Joyce Osborn

Patricia O'Shea

Alison Osterberg

Barbara & Art Palmer

Thomas Palmer & Ann Carter

Jerry & Sandra Parsons

Dave & Debbie Partridge

Karen Paver

Norman Pearson

Audrey Perino & Ken Kane

Perkins Coie LLP

Robert & Arlene Perry Jr.

Robert L. & Leslie Phillips

Janice Phillips

Christin Piazza

Ellen Pitcher & Ken Wright

Andrea Plesnarski

Janet Plummer§ & Don Rushmer

Travers & Vasek Polak

Harold and Jane Pollin

Jonathan Potru

Frank & Carol Powers

Elizabeth & Nicolas Powers

Raisa Premysler

Sharron Price-Saylor

Barbara Prigohzy

Kimberly Prosser

Annalee Purdy

Nancy Pyburn

Carlos Qualls

Shelby Radcliffe

Ronald & Lee Ragen

Richard Ramer & Lisa Occhipinti

Dan Rasay* & Dr. Katherine FitzGibbon

Bonnie & Peter Reagan

Rod & Sheila Renwick

Pat Reser and Bill Westphal

Larry & Janet Richards

Edward & Katherine Richman

Michael & Susan Richmond

Sheila Richmond

Bentley & Judy Roberts

Joe Robertson

Linda Robinson & William Nelson

John+ & Charlene Rogers

Janice Romano

Mary Rondthaler

Mary Rose & Maxwell Whipps

Andy Ross

Carol & Brian Ross

David Roth & Tangela Purdom

Jeff & Kathleen Rubin

Charlotte Rubin

John Runyan

Beverly Russell

Scott & Joan Rustay

Andrey and Olga Ryabinin

Bunny & Jerry Sadis

Eileen Sakai

James H. Satterfield

Brooks & Wendi Schaener

Linda Scher

Joel Schipper

Dick & Anne Schneider

Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation

Lois Schnitzer

Clifford Schrock

Diana & Hal Scoggins

Ursula & Eric Scriven

Sheila & Gary Seitz

Patrick & Valerie Self

Christopher Selid

Peter & Penny Serrurier

Shannon Sexton

Walter & Ann Shaffer

Howard & Alice Shapiro

Matthew Sheinin

Dr. Jeffrey D. Sher

Alex Sherf

Harriet Sheridan

Lane* & Francine Shetterly

Barbara & Gilbert Shibley

Mollie Shibley

Peter Shinbach

Ryo Shohara

Christopher & Susann Shotola-Hardt

Scott Showalter§

Donna Siekmann

Ron Silver

Wendy & Ross Simmons

Peter & Gillian Smith

David Siegel & Elaine Smith

Tina Smith

Sue & Drew Snyder

Sally Sorenson

George & Molly Spencer

Evan Spiegler

David Stabler

David Staehely

Doug Stamm & Jackie Gordon

Linda Stanford & Braxton Lathrop

Alison Stauth

Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston

Joel & Pat Stevens

David & Deborah Stewart

Richard Stiggins

Robert & Barre Stoll

Edmund Stone & Cynthia Scheel

Robert Stone

George & Sue Stonecliffe

Susan Cech

Scott Strickland

Toni Strutz

Eustacia Su

Dana Sullivan & Dave Schell

Myra Sussman

Rita Swann

Bobbi & Aron Swerdlin

Story Swett & Roberta Cation

Joe Taccogna

Steve & Frosti Talley

Victoria Taylor

Edward Tenny

Leif & Marjorie Terdal

Valerie Thibodaux

Greg & Jodi Thomas

Randi Thomas

Kathryn Thompson§

John Thoren

Sharon Thorne

Elizabeth Thorpe

Stephen & Rachel Thorsett

Karyn Thrapp

Grant & Sandra Thurston

Karen Tingey

Steve & Jill Trestik

Robert Trujillo§

Amanda Tucker*

Patricia Tucker

Doug Tunnell

Leslie & Scott Tuomi

Umpqua Bank

Clark Upton

Tony & Bianca Urdes

Charles & Alice Valentino

Erica Van Baalen & David Hicks

Carla Vancleave

David & Julie Verburg

Rani Vivathanachai

The Vollum Family

Elaine & Paul VonRosenstiel

Bill & Janet Wagner

Kevin & Heidi Wahlquist

George & Marilou Waldmann

Susan Waldron

Dr. Derald Walker* & Charles Weisser

Michael Walker

Kenneth Walkky & Julia Hecht

Carol Walnum

Tim & Kelly Walton

Peg Warren

Ken and Debby Wenzel

Cole & Sarah Wex & Flake

Robert & Frances Weyant

Nancy+ & Walter* Weyler

John & Traci Wheeler

Dan G. Wieden & Priscilla Bernard Wieden

Jack* & Ginny Wilborn

Patrick Williams

Beau+ and Rosalie Williams

Lauren Fox* & John Williamson

David Wilson & Nancy Greene

David+ & Leigh Wilson

Davida & Slate Wilson

Loring & Margaret Winthrop

Lynn & Paulette Wittwer

The Wold Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. James T. Wolfe III

Nancy Wolff & E. David Booth

Richard & Leslie Wong

John Wood

Kim and Zach Wright

John & Ruth Wyse

Beth Yockey Jones§

Larry & Jo Ann Young

Brian Young

Jonathan & Pearl Yu

Elizabeth Z Cassin

Gary Zacny

Susan Zall

Chuck & Darlene Zickefoose

Charlene Zidell

David & Eliese Zonies

Thomas & Joyce Zook

Agnes Zueger

 

+ In memoriam
* Current board
‡ Current musician
§ Current staff

 

 

Gala 2021: The Music Plays On