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SEATTLECHAMBERMUSIC SOCIETY31ST SEASON

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

Seattle Chamber Music Society fosters the appreciation of chamber music in

our region by presenting performances featuring world-class musicians in

accessible and inviting formats, with an emphasis on developing a broad-based

sustainable audience through education and community outreach.

OUR MISSION

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CONTENTS //

Letter from the President

2012: The Season in Review

Engaging the Community

Ensuring Our Artistic Vision & Stability

Sponsors and Donors

Board of Directors and Staff

2012 Financial Report

2012 Summary of Activities

Festival Musicians

COVER: From left to right; violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist Robert deMaine

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Our recently completed 2012 season was the first to be programmed by new Artistic Director James Ehnes, who has continued the high standards set by SCMS founder Toby Saks. Our Winter Festival was a great success with full houses at every concert. More tickets were sold at the Summer Festival in July than have ever been sold in our 31-year history. Our first-ever free outdoor concert in Volunteer Park in July drew an astounding 1,800 people! Concert reviews were uniformly enthusiastic; our performances are now widely recognized as some of the best in the country.

Seattle Chamber Music Society lost a dear friend this year with the untimely passing of board member Max Gellert. Max’s reach in the Seattle arts community was broad and he will be missed. We dedicated our 2012 Summer Festival to Max, whose thoughtful questions and quiet generosity provided support and guidance for many years.

These are trying times for Seattle arts organizations. Once reliable contributions from foundations and corporations have declined, and the poor economy has adversely affected ticket sales for many organizations. Despite this environment, SCMS finished in the black in fiscal 2012, no small accomplishment!

With very strong finances, a talented board of directors, a skilled and dedicated staff, and a brilliant young new Artistic Director, the future of SCMS is indeed bright. We have set up a Foundation for our endowment that will ensure our financial stability long into the future. Winter Festival will expand from four concerts to six in 2013. The Board of Directors has approved a Strategic Plan to help meet the artistic vision of James Ehnes. Of course, none of this would be possible without the ongoing generous support of our enthusiastic patrons, and for that we are most grateful!

JOHN F. CRAMERBoard President


2012: SEASON IN REVIEW //

The inaugural season for our new Artistic Director, James Ehnes, ushered in many new beginnings for the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS).

Carrying on with our long-standing tradition of presenting the highest level of artistry and chamber music programming, Mr. Ehnes also expanded into new territory, introducing audiences to chamber music and musicians never heard before at our Festivals and making this great music more widely accessible throughout our community.

Joining the line-up of SCMS stalwarts this season were five artists making their debut with our Festivals: cellists Efe Baltacıgil and Julie Albers, violinist Benjamin Beilman, clarinetist Ricardo Morales, and pianist Marc-André Hamelin. These newcomers shared their amazing talents with our audiences and added freshness and excitement to our Festival concerts.

“One of the great joys of this summer series is seeing and hearing new blends of individual musicians. There are characters like violist Marcus Thompson, who has been around this festival approximately forever, next to relative newcomers like the brilliant cellist Julie Albers, a bow’s length from the young but accomplished artistic director/violinist James Ehnes, all backed by Andrew Armstrong on piano.” –MELINDA BARGREEN The Seattle Times

For each concert at the 2012 Winter and Summer Festivals, Mr. Ehnes programmed at least one work never performed before at our Festivals. Our Community Engagement and Education programs provided more ways to enjoy great chamber music in free and informal formats, including our first-ever live outdoor concert at Volunteer Park.

Thanks to the incredible support from our loyal patrons and dedicated, hard-working Board and staff, SCMS was able to present these concerts and programs with deft fiscal oversight and management to end the year in the black with no accumulated deficit.

ABOVE: Artistic Director James Ehnes


WINTER FESTIVAL: FEBRUARY 2-5

The perfect tonic to chase away the winter blues, the 2012 Winter Festival presented a compact week of exhilarating chamber music repertoire performed by 12 world-class musicians, all returning Festival regulars, who brought to the concerts “an exciting level of artistry” full of “focused, assured, and inspiring music making.” (The Seattle Times)

Over 2,000 people attended the first Winter Festival programmed by new Artistic Director James Ehnes who was warmly welcomed opening night with “a jam-packed house and a chorus of hoots, applause and shouts of approval” (Melinda Bargreen). The Festival included three main concerts and a special recital with violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong. In addition to popular chamber music repertoire and lesser-known gems, audiences were treated to seven masterful works by Shostakovich, Brahms, Strauss, Bartók and Dvořák never before performed at our Festivals.

The Festival was enthusiastically received, with thrilling performances one after another that left audiences “eagerly awaiting the first full month’s festival to be programmed by James Ehnes for this coming summer.” (Seen and Heard International)

SUMMER FESTIVAL: JULY 2-29

The 31st season of the Summer Festival attracted 5,711 people to its 12 main concerts, filling Nordstrom Recital Hall to near full capacity. The Festival featured the talents of 37 exceptional artists—soloists with major orchestras, recitalists in the world’s capitals, principals of leading orchestras, and prizewinners at international competitions.

A “scorching Bartók” opened the Festival with a “smoking hot” performance by violinist James Ehnes and pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who “sounded as if they were inventing the music as they go, so spontaneous is their musical partnership.” (Melinda Bargreen)

Showcasing the vastness and richness of chamber music repertoire, programming included traditional masterpieces, a world premiere commissioned by SCMS’s Commissioning Club, and 20 works never performed before at our Festivals by such great masters as Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bartók, Dvořák and Debussy.

Throughout the month of July, Festival concerts “hit one high note after another” and closed with a truly grand performance of a Prokofiev rarity, the recently reconstructed complete ballet music Trapeze, with

“a lineup of artists who expertly plumbed the drama and excitement of this neglected score” to make it an absolute triumph. (Melinda Bargreen)

“It’s a good example of the gratifying novelty Society director James Ehnes is bringing to the summer festival; he’s finding a good balance between familiar fare—the musical equivalent

of beach reading—and intriguing discoveries.”GAVIN BORCHERT

Seattle Weekly


COMMISSIONING CLUB

SCMS’s Commissioning Club presented the world premiere of Quartet for Piano and Strings by Canadian composer and two-time Juno award nominee Gary Kulesha at the 2012 Summer Festival. This was the sixth new work commissioned by the Club, which started in 2006 to support the creation of one new chamber work each year from an established, accomplished composer.

Commissioning Club members were invited to learn more about Kulesha’s compositional process and musical influences through three Commissioning Club Salons held throughout the season by SCMS’s Education Programs Manager Jeremy Jolley, a composer himself with a Masters in Composition from University of Washington. Gary Kulesha joined members for the final salon in May to discuss his commissioned piece with musical examples.

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS

Patrons enjoyed great chamber music and mingling with Festival musicians on a more intimate level at two House Concerts in private residences, with performances by cellist Edward Arron and pianist Jeewon Park in the fall, and violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Andrew Armstrong in the spring.

SCMS’s first-ever auction event was held at Mt. Baker Community Club in June, with 85 friends and supporters raising over $40,000 for our organization. The event included a sit-down buffet dinner, silent and live auction, wine ring toss, dessert dash, and paddle-raising to support our Community Engagement and Education Programs.

“The expectation level is high at this festival, producing

constant gems as they have. But the musicians all seem very comfortable with excellence, which makes the

experience a joy.”JOHN SUTHERLAND

The Seattle Times

“Inside the hall, it was smoking hot—especially

when James Ehnes and Jon Kimura Parker took the

stage to play Bartok in this opening program of the 31st

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival.”

MELINDA BARGREENThe Seattle Times

ABOVE: Clockwise from left: violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen, cellist Julie Albers, and oboist Nathan Hughes


Festival concert featuring violinist James Ehnes, pianist

Andrew Armstrong and clarinetist Ricardo Morales


ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY //An important part of our organization’s mission and a focus of new Artistic Director James Ehnes, Community Engagement and Education programs help us share chamber music with broader audiences and nurture a life-long love of this great art form. Programs are designed for young music students and adults, experienced concert-goers and first-time listeners of chamber music. Many of our programs are free or significantly subsidized to make chamber music accessible for all.

PRE-CONCERT RECITALSConsidered one of the Best Bets in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, SMCS’s Pre-Concert Recitals are “worth their weight in gold” (The Seattle Times). Where else can audiences hear world-class artists perform intimately in recital for free, with programs of their own design?

The highly popular 30-minute recitals before each of the Winter and Summer Festival 15 main concerts attracted 5,625 people.

Typically featuring one or two Festival artists in solo repertoire, all three Winter Festival recitals departed from the formula and featured four artists performing Brahms’ complete string quartets. This work is normally too challenging for artists to be able to perform with such little rehearsal time; however, this particular group of stalwart musicians was more than up for the task. James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Richard O’Neill, and Robert deMaine regularly perform together as an ensemble not just at our Festivals, but at other concert venues as well. Their “high-octane, impassioned reading” of the Brahms quartets was a brilliant start to the Festival season. (Seen and Heard International)

The Summer Festival pre-concert recital highlights included Festival debuting artist Marc-André Hamelin’s performance of his own piano compositions, the premiere of a string quartet by composer and Festival artist Adam Neiman, and composer Gary Kulesha’s introduction to his new piece commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Commissioning Club, Quartet for Piano and Strings.

MEET THE ARTISTSSCMS offered a new way for audiences to learn more about our Festival artists, personally and professionally. Free Meet the Artists events followed many of our Winter and Summer Festival concerts, with moderated 15-minute Q&A sessions with two or three Festival artists. Over 80 audience members participated in each of the 10 post-concert Q&A sessions.

“The expectation level is high at this festival, producing

constant gems as they have. But the musicians all seem very comfortable with excellence, which makes the

experience a joy.”JOHN SUTHERLAND

The Seattle Times

“This is the best chamber music in town!”

AUDIENCE MEMBER


CLASSICAL CONVERSATION AND OPEN REHEARSALSA new program, Classical Conversation is hosted by KUOW’s Dave Beck at Benaroya Hall’s Soundbridge Education Center. The free noon-time event allows audiences to get to know Festival musicians on a more personal level and learn about the music being performed at upcoming concerts. The first Winter Festival conversation drew 50 attendees to hear Mr. Beck talk with new Artistic Director James Ehnes. Nearly 100 people came to the three Summer Festival conversations with James Ehnes, Jeremy Denk and Andrew Armstrong. All conversations were recorded for podcast to reach wider audiences.

Free Open Rehearsals at Nordstrom Recital Hall followed each of the Classical Conversations, and allowed audiences to sit in on working rehearsals and observe the collaborative artistic process as Festival musicians prepare for upcoming concerts.

MUSIC UNDER THE STARSWe expanded our free remote live outdoor broadcasts of all Summer Festival concerts to several Seattle neighborhood parks. Along with Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, this season we presented Music Under the Stars live concert broadcasts at Cascade Playground in South Lake Union and Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill. Concert broadcasts rotated among the three parks each week throughout the month of July and attracted regular crowds.

Despite the rainy start to July, over 630 people enjoyed listening to our Summer Festival live concert broadcasts.

CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK LIVE OUTDOOR CONCERTSCMS was overwhelmed by the community response to our first live outdoor evening concert at Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill on July 25th. Over 1,800 people—many new to SCMS and to chamber music—enjoyed a free concert with Festival artists James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Marcus Thompson, Che-Yen Chen, Andrés Díaz, and Robert deMaine. The 60-minute concert featured Dvořák’s Sextet for Strings in A Major and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet. A musical instrument “petting zoo” provided by Music Center of the Northwest was set up beforehand for families to explore. With the concert’s success, we look forward to making this a regular part of our Summer Festival programming.

“I’m impressed by the variety of concert programs.”

AUDIENCE MEMBER

“The Q and A is the best; [the musicians] are personable,

generous, insightful and humorous.”

FACEBOOK COMMENT

“I came because of a review in the Seattle Times and got

hooked! Ended up buying three more concert tickets

and enjoyed them all!” AUDIENCE MEMBER

OPPOSITETop; Artistic Director James Ehnes visits

with board member Diana Carey before a Chamber Music in the Park performance

Center; Audience listens to a post-concert Q&A moderated by

Jeremy Jolley with Festival artists Adam Neiman and Orion Weiss.

Bottom; Chamber Music in the Park live outdoor concert


LIVE RADIO BROADCASTSOver 25,000 listeners in the Puget Sound area and worldwide tuned in each evening to Classic KING-FM to hear live radio broadcasts from Benaroya Hall of all 16 of our Summer and Winter Festival concerts. Rebroadcasts of 2011 and 2012 Festival concert highlights were heard on American Public Media’s Performance Today heard on 300 stations nationwide throughout the year.

FAMILY CONCERTSFor 14 years, SCMS has included Family Concerts as part of its regular Festival programming to introduce our youngest audiences to chamber music. The 40-minute concerts are designed for children ages 5-10 and affordably priced ($10 general admission) for whole families to experience together.

This season, 513 children and adults enjoyed animated storytelling with beautiful chamber music accompaniment. The Winter Festival Family Concert featured Bryan Johanson’s The Bremen Town Musicians, a whimsical musical adaptation of a tale by the brothers Grimm; and the Summer Festival Family Concert featured Peter Schickele’s delightful and humorous adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes. Music Center of the Northwest provided a “petting zoo” of musical instruments in the lobby before each concert.

STUDENT TICKETS THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP TICKET FUNDThrough our donor-supported Scholarship Ticket Fund, SCMS provided free Winter Festival tickets to 23 high school and university music students who otherwise would not have been able to experience the Festival’s enriching chamber music performances and world-class artists.


YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITIONThe Seattle Chamber Music Society partnered with Classic KING-FM to present the first annual Young Artist Award, a competition for young solo and ensemble musicians ages 8-20. Out of more than 200 entrants, this year’s winner was violinist Marié Rossano from Bellevue, Washington, and student of Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Marié earned a Seattle Young Artists Festival Medal in 2005, and since has appeared as guest soloist with many area orchestras, including the Seattle Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta and Seattle Philharmonic.

As part of her prize, the talented young artist performed for Summer Festival audiences during the July 6th pre-concert recital, along with Festival musicians Jeewon Park and Edward Arron. The Clowes Memorial Endowment Fund provided special support for this recital, plus individual coaching with Festival musicians Augustin Hadelich and Ida Levin.

CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOMTo help promote chamber music in Seattle Public Schools, SCMS provided free Chamber Music in the Classroom visits to four middle and high school music programs. Each week for three to four consecutive weeks, professional string quartet musicians worked with 480 young music students from Hamilton and Madison middle schools and Cleveland and Ballard high schools. Each school received a 45-minute chamber ensemble performance by the quartet; along with individual and small group coaching by musicians to develop technical and performance skills and improve ensemble playing and communication.

MASTER CLASS INSTRUCTIONAs part of our new partnership with Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, SCMS Festival artist and cellist Bion Tsang conducted a special master class for 60 of their young orchestra musicians in February.

“This is one of the best there is! I introduce people to you; I believe in what you are doing.”AUDIENCE MEMBER

OPPOSITE: Remote live concert broadcast // ABOVE: Family Concert’s Instrument Petting Zoo; Chamber Music in the Classroom


ENSURING OUR ARTISTICVISION AND STABILITY //

ENDOWMENT FUND CAMPAIGNSCMS has raised over $1.2 million in gifts and pledges toward a $5 million Endowment Campaign to ensure our organization’s long-term financial health and stability. A separate SCMS Foundation was established to properly manage and dispense Endowment funds.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FUNDFor the second year now, SCMS raised funds to support the Artistic Director Fund. Separate from the Endowment Campaign, this interim fund supports our organization while we transition to a new Artistic Director and continue to build the Endowment Fund to its full potential. The Artistic Director Fund allows us to provide adequate resources and support for James Ehnes’ artistic vision and initiatives, while minimizing use of our cash reserves.


SPONSORS AND DONORS //We’d like to thank you all for your support.

ORGANIZATION SPONSORS: ArtsFundSeattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs4CultureArtWorks (NEA)Washington State Arts CommissionThe Clowes FundWiegand Family FoundationR.B. and Ruth H. Dunn Charitable FoundationKreielsheimer Remainder FoundationMonika Clowes Memorial Endowment Fund

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS:Stoel Rives LLPKarr Tuttle CampbellMiller Nash LLPThe Commerce Bank of WashingtonSchultz Miller

MEDIA PARTNER:Classical KING FM

ARTIST HOUSING & REHEARSALS:Jill Bader Luther Black and Christina WrightGraham and Marijcke ClappJanice C. ConditSusan Detweiler and Alec ClowesVasiliki DwyerEvette and Dennis GlauberErica and Nason HamlinRussell HanfordJudy HerrigelAnne JohnsonJim and Jane LyonsBarbara MackAlan and Mary MorganSusan and Gary NeumannGloria PeckJames F. Roark and Stan WojcikToby Saks and Martin Greene Nancy Lee SmithLaila Storch and Martin FriedmannFletch Waller and Ann Janes-Waller

ARTIST POST-CONCERT DINNERS:Jill Bader Luther Black and Christina WrightDiana and Chuck Carey

Bill CohnShaun and Reed CorrySusan Detweiler and Alec ClowesKeith and Barbara DolliverDiana Gale and Jerry HillisSteve and Peggy GarberMartin and Ann GelfandCarolyn and Gerald GrinsteinGeoff and Laura W. GroshongLinda and Wolfram HansisLaurence Herron and Harlow SiresAndrea and Steve JonesJune KerrNed and Dana Laird Barbara MackBob Mangino and Allison KeelerSusan and Gary NeumannGil Omenn and Martha DarlingJim Penney and LauraLeigh YoungSitka and Spruce Restaurant— Matt DillonNancy Lee SmithSheila and Craig SternbergDiane StevensMarcie and David StonePatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary TakacsIrwin and Betty Lou TreigerBruno and Yvonne Vogele

FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS:Donagh AndersonGregg BauermeisterMatthew BlakeBarb ClaggettMyrna EdenDorothy ElvinsEvelyn GershenGene GershenWin HuttonWendy JacksonMarcia KindingerKathy LeffertsEmily LevySusan LevyMarcia McElvainJoan MichaelsTina MossGaret MungerJennifer NagelCarmel PopeAmanda ReynoldsJudy Robertson

Susan SchultzArt SegalCynthia SheridanMarilyn SizerMyron SizerBrendan StewartNaomi TranJean TrentKaren TsaoTheresa Van de VenJohn WeintraubNeva Yorkston

SPECIAL EVENT HOSTS:Janice C. ConditSusan and Gary NeumannJames and Sherry RaisbeckJohn StarbardThomas Vogele

IN-KIND SUPPORT: Cognition Studio, ad designDavid Dahl, harmoniumJerry Davis, rehearsal photographyMusic Center of the Northwest, Family Concert musical instrument petting zooPeterson Sullivan P.L.L.C., financial auditToby Saks and Marty Greene, amazing musician hospitalityShen Design, graphic designSilver Platters, artists CDs acquisitionWhole Foods, lemonade for Free Outdoor ConcertWilliam Traver Gallery, reception

RAFFLE DONORS:The Book BinderyBill CohnFour Seasons Hotel and Art RestaurantKING FMLecosho RestaurantPacific Science CenterJohn RobinsonSeattle OperaSeattle SymphonySpectrum Dance TheaterTeatro ZinZanniTradecraft Builders


Seattle Chamber Music Society sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following individuals, whose gifts to the Annual Fund were received between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012.

CADENZA ($10,000 or more)Nicholas BezLeopold R. Gellert Family TrustAndrea and Steve JonesTom McQuaidGladys Rubinstein

VIVACE ($5,000 to $9,999)Diana and Chuck CareyJohn Cramer and Suzanne PoppemaJane and David DavisAnn and Martin GelfandHelen GurvichLaurence W. HerronToby Saks and Dr. Martin GreeneDiane StevensJean B. Viereck and Robert S. LeventhalFrances Walton

CAPRICCIO ($2,500 to $4,999)Kim A. Anderson Warren and Anne AndersonCharles and Susan AndonianMike Callahan and Ronald WelchPamela and Oliver CobbWilliam CohnShaun and Reed CorryDrs. Susan Detweiler and Alec ClowesKeith and Barbara DolliverThe late Max GellertRuth and Bill GerberdingEvette and Dennis GlauberNason and Erica HamlinDr. Kennan HollingsworthCharles and Pat HolmesPat and Mary Ellen HughesAnn Janes-Waller and Fletch WallerRaymond and Carol KujawaNed and Dana LairdDavid Lebenbom and Cecilia BennerJames and Pamela MurraySusan and Gary NeumannGilbert Omenn and Martha Darling John C. Robinson and Maya SonenbergSandra and Robert SchwabCraig and Sheila SternbergDavid and Marcia StonePatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary TakacsBetty Lou and Irwin Treiger

FORTISSIMO ($1,750 to $2,499)Jill D. Bader and FamilyLuther Black and Christina WrightJanice C. ConditVasiliki DwyerSteve and Peggy GarberWeldon Ihrig and Susan KnoxNeil Janmohamed and Carolina de Mello e SouzaDouglas F. KingBob Mangino and Allison KeelerJim Penney and Laura Leigh YoungLyn and Hans SauterJohn and Julia ShawJudith WhetzelBob Winsor and Valerie YockeyAnonymous–1

ACCELERANDO ($1,000 to $1,749)Richard and Constance AlbrechtPeter and Jane BarrettMarilyn Brockman and David FriedtVirginia ChappelleGary and Janice EnzmannJeffrey Norman GolubGerald and Carolyn GrinsteinLenore HanauerWolfram and Linda HansisJames and Yasuko HarrisBarbara JacobsenSung Ho and Hyun Jeong LeeMay and Wah LuiBill McJohnLinda and Donald MillerAlan and Mary MorganMarr and Nancy MullenRichard and Alice RapaskyJames F. Roark, Jr.Ms. Kyle SamuelsAmy SidellElizabeth WeryNancy and Jerry WorshamZufall Family Foundation

RONDO ($500 to $999)Sumi and Mike AlmquistMarybeth AustinCharles and Nancy BagleySusan Barash and Irv WilliamsJean BlakeJ. Ray and Priscilla BowenKenneth Brown and Joyce EricksonDianne CalkinsRobert and Pamela Center

Lisa ChiouConnie CooperFrederick Davis and Harriet PlattsKaren Domino and Gene BrenowitzMarc and Maria ErlitzDr. M. Elizabeth HalloranAllan HarveyRichard and Betty HedreenJerry Hillis and Diana GaleLaura and Bernard JacobsonDr. Vincent JolivetJune KerrMarcia and Jerry KindingerStephen KnoffJeffrey and Susan LubetkinJean McTavishEric and Kitty MerrifieldCharles G. NordhoffO’Donnell Family Charitable FoundationMarlys and Ralph PalumboGloria PeckJack and Carolynn PrelutskyLucy and Herb PruzanNancy M. RobinsonJean T. RossDr. Werner and Joan SamsonJane SchallerAlexander and Jane StevensHerb and Isabel StusserChristian and Joyce ZobelAnonymous–4

PRESTO ($300-$499)Deborah Bogin CohenAnn BrandJeff and Mallee CarterGenevra GerhartFrederick and Catherine HayesJane and Jim LyonsRichard D. NewcombPatricia RebbeckJerret Sale and Rachel KlevitIrwin and Babette SchillerHugo and Gisela SchimmelbuschHerb and Elaine SelipskyHyunzoo SeungJoanne SprungerEthel and Bob StoryFrederick B. StromAnthony TrifilettiBruno and Yvonne VogeleAnonymous–1

ALLEGRETTO ($150 to $299)Sheena AebigValerie and Bill AndersKathy Andeway

Gwenyth and Fred BassettiJane Beno and Michael EdwardsAlan and Sarah BlackHerb Bridge and Edie HilliardDavid BrunellePatricia L. CarterJim ChampinSimon ChenConsuelo and Gary CorbettDot CourtisJean and the late Dr. Wayne CrillRobert W. DayAnn De LanceySusan DyerBob and Elizabeth EdgertonNoemi Epstein and Darrel VorderstrasseRichard FeinbloomEddie and Marguerite Hasson Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleDavid and Laura HeardAnne B. HowellsChun Wah HuiJulie HungarAnne Kao and Steve PoteetAlvin KatsmanPamela York KlainerTed Kohler and Hope DruckmanSteve Kunkel Master Builders, Inc.Edie LacklandBill and Jodie LeveyArni LittMark P. LutzBarbara MackLeslie MackoffDonna J. McCampbellPaul MetznerSally MizrochGordon H. OriansSimon and Carol OttenbergRobert PelzelGwen and Phil PhibbsTerrance John QuinnAndrea and Alan RabinowitzDouglass and Katherine RaffPeggy and Paul RobertsonThomas RookEric Schlegel and Mary StoutAndrea SeligJean SparksSonia SpearClara StauntonPamela and Ronald TaylorSamuel TeitzelWayne ThurmanBill and Carol Warren


Crispin WilhelmAnonymous –2

ANDANTE ($50 to $149)Frank and Nola AllenBarbara ArchboldBertha BarrigaDr. Jim BassingthwaighteKate BattuelloFrank BayleyJames BennettRich and Carol BettesworthBenjamin BevisDonald C. BillingsJane BlackwellAlice BlochDavid and Joyce BrewsterAlan and Eleanor BrownElaine Calder and William J. BennettBetty CarterMiriam CharneyHugh and Suzanne ClarkDiana DavidsonSturges and Pam DorranceDaniel and Kathleen DowLavinia DownsVirginia DunthorneMaria DurhamSusan DyerRichard EideLynda EmelPatricia EmmonsMarlene EngNoel EvansThea FeferWilliam FergusonGerald FollandWilliam and Cheryl FriedmanAnne FuttermanJames Gale and Virginia McDermottStanley and Marion GartlerDr. and Mrs. Robert P. GibbonsJohn GibsonHenry P. GodfreyJack GoldbergJudith GordonLaurie GriffithMark Gunning and Helen LaffertyBill HallMark Hammarlund and Jan PetersonBen and Dee HanichBernice HarrisRoger Harrison and Margaret HarrisMichael and Lisa HedleyErnest and Elaine HenleySandra HernshawJudith HerrigelKate HokansonJohn and Esther HolcenbergRoy L. HughesValerie HughesDale JohnsonCaroline M. JorstadBob Kaplan

Linda Kent and James CorsonJulie Kesler and Tom GrantMark and Nancy KiviatRosalie and Laurence LangAnn T. LevequeLois Lowden-LundeGwen Lundberg and David AggerholmJulie MackoffPaul and Mary Jo MartinJohn R. MasonPam McDonaldR. Hardy and Susan McDonaldMeredith Means and Douglas PalmerLindsay MichimotoKay Miller BrowneKen Miller and Sandra Fairchild-Miller Henry MillsJudith B. MitchellGlen and Vivian MorieDavid Morris and Vivian MackayChristine MossEugene and Martha NesterFrederica and James O’ConnorDavid and Rosemary O`HaraLise OrvilleAmanda OverlyDiana Peterson and Joseph LimacherSidney RainesWinifred RamstadBecky RodmanMarty RonishW. J. RorabaughJohn and Patricia RoseMichael H. Rosove, MDDr. Richard and Nancy RustNorman SandlerApril SasakiShainie and Michael SchufflerJanet and Thomas SeeryTueng ShenSill Family FoundationPeter and Penny SimkinPaul SmithRichard SonstelieJannie and David SpainRobert and Gail StagmanMorton and Luba StencheverKathleen SullivanLee and Judith TalnerJohn and Elizabeth TerreyBrian ThompsonKaren TsaoKathryn and Peter Van WagenenBrigitte and Joachim VeithCorydon and Judy WagnerSchuyler and Anita WarmflashM. J. WatanabeMargaret A. Watson and Paul B. BrownBryna Webber and Richard TompkinsConstance WentzelRobert and Erica Williams

Carol and John WolfOsamu YamamotoAlan and Denise ZulligAnonymous–3

Thank you to our donors who contributed up to $50. Every gift makes a difference.

HONORARY AND MEMORIAL GIFTSIn honor of Connie CooperSandy and Robert Gannan

In honor of Evette and Dennis Glauber’s birthdaysNoemi Epstein and Darrel Vorderstrasse Vera Metz

In honor of Evette and Dennis Glauber’s wedding anniversaryNoemi Epstein and Darrel Vorderstrasse

In honor of Ann Janes-WallerPatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

In honor and memory of Mary Kuzma and in honor of Connor and Enzo Reilly; the end and beginning of life.Ann and Martin Gelfand

In honor of Ned and Dana Laird’s marriageErica and Nason Hamlin Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

In honor of Gladys Rubinstein’s birthdayJean B. Viereck and Robert S. Leventhal

In honor of Toby SaksKatherine Hanson and Michael Schick

In honor of Vic Scott and Carol McVicar Scott Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs In honor of 20 seasons of creative collaboration with SCMSShen Design

In honor of Craig SheppardMina Miller and David Sabritt

In memory of Bill CobbOliver and Pamela Cobb Rebecca Ellison Dorothy Marston

Herb and Isabel Stusser Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Tompkins

In memory of Dr. Wayne CrillAnn and Martin Gelfand Mary Wallace

In memory of Marion DuncanSharon Duncan

In memory of Max GellertCharles and Susan Andonian Leopold R. Gellert Family Trust and the siblings of the late Max GellertDr. Kennan Hollingsworth Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

In memory of Laura GreeneAnn and Martin Gelfand David and Marcia Stone Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

In memory of David IshiiElisabeth Ely

In memory of Susan Neumann`s motherPatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

In memory of Jack SonenbergPhilip Miller and Marian Ellis

In memory of Adelaide Miles ThorntonNancy E. Hall

MATCHING GIFTSAmgen FoundationThe Boeing CompanyGE FoundationIBMMicrosoftThe Seattle Foundation’s GiveBig CampaignStarbucks

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TRANSITION FUNDAmgen FoundationGladys RubinsteinFrances Walton


ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNThank you to the following individuals who have made a commitment to the Endowment Campaign, ensuring the future success of the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

Charles and Susan AndonianJill BaderAl and Janet BergDiana and Chuck CareyOliver E. and Pamela F. CobbWilliam CohnShaun and Reed CorryJohn Cramer and Suzanne PoppemaDrs. Susan Detweiler and Alexander ClowesKeith and Barbara DolliverDavid and Amy FultonSteve and Peggy GarberThe late Max GellertRuth and Bill GerberdingEvette and Dennis GlauberJerry and Lyn GrinsteinLaura and Geoff GroshongHelen GurvichMonika HallNason and Erica HamlinLaurence W. HerronKennan H. HollingsworthChuck and Pat HolmesNeil JanmohamedAndrea and Steve JonesJune KerrNed LairdBob Mangino and Allison Keeler Eric and Kitty MerrifieldSusan and Gary NeumannJim Penney and Laura Leigh Young John C. Robinson and Maya SonenbergSheila and Craig SternbergDiane StevensDavid and Marcie StonePatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary TakacsWayne ThurmanBetty Lou and Irwin TreigerJean B. Viereck and Robert S. Leventhal Ann Janes-Waller and Fletch Waller Bob Winsor and Valerie Yockey

100 % SUBSCRIBERSThe price of tickets covers about half the actual costs of our concerts. 100% Subscribers choose to pay the full cost of their tickets.

Ann BrandMarilyn Brockman and David FriedtJim ChampinFrederick Davis and Harriet PlattsThe late Max GellertJeffrey Norman GolubGerald and Carolyn GrinsteinDr. M. Elizabeth HalloranDouglas F. KingRaymond and Carol KujawaEric and Kitty MerrifieldJames and Pamela MurrayRichard and Alice RapaskyGladys RubinsteinMs. Kyle SamuelsIrwin and Babette SchillerJoanne SprungerWayne ThurmanAnonymous–1

COMMISSIONING CLUBJill D. Bader and familyLuther Black and Christina WrightJean BlakeMarilyn Brockman and David FriedtDiana and Chuck CareyMartha Darling and Gil OmennSteve and Peggy GarberThe late Max GellertEvette and Dennis GlauberGeoffrey and Laura GroshongErica and Nason HamlinKennan HollingsworthChuck and Pat Holmes Alan and Mary MorganJohn Robinson and Maya SonenbergToby Saks and Dr. Martin GreeneRaymond and Donna SparksCraig and Sheila SternbergDiane StevensDavid and Marcie StoneJean B. Viereck and Robert S. LeventhalFletch Waller and Ann Janes-WallerBryna Webber and Richard TompkinsJudith WhetzelNancy and Jim WoodsAnonymous –1

LEGACY CLUBThank you to the following individuals for remembering SCMS in their estate plans.

John CramerNoemi Epstein and Darrel Vorderstrasse The late Max GellertAllan and the late Yveline HarveyDoug LeenEric MerrifieldTom McQuaidAlan and Mary MorganDr. Marr MullenGil OmennJames F. Roark, Jr.Wayne ThurmanBetty Lou TreigerMrs. Ruth TrubnerJean B. ViereckBob Winsor

AUCTION DONORSThe 5th Avenue Theatre10 MercerKim AndersonJill BaderBalagan TheatreKate BattuelloThe Bella TrioBetz Family WineryHenry Bischofberger ViolinsLuther Black and Christina WrightThe Book BinderyTodd Campbell and Ina ChangDiana and Charles CareyOliver CobbWilliam R. CobbWilliam CohnJan ConditConnie CooperCorday ProductionsShaun and Reed CorryJohn Cramer and Suzanne PoppemaRobert CrumbDon and Kathy DeCaprioJohn Delo and Elizabeth StokesSusan Detweiler and Alec ClowesDimitriou’s Jazz AlleyMartha DinwiddieKeith and Barbara DolliverJames and Kate EhnesElliot’s Oyster HouseGreg FingerThe Four Seasons SpaFrenchy’s Day SpaThe Frontier Room

Ann and Martin GelfandRuth and Bill GerberdingMartin Green and Toby SaksGerald and Carolyn GrinsteinMonika HallErica and Nason HamlinFrederick and Catherine HayesThe Heathman HotelHeavy Restaurant GroupLaurence HerronDurlin Hickok and Carol WallaceKen HollingsworthHuntington Botanical Gardens and LibraryMark Igra and Nancy SimonStefan JackiwAnn Janes-Waller and Fletch WallerNeil JanmohamedJet City Improv and WingIt ProductionsJeremy JolleyAndrea and Steve JonesJune KerrKaspar’s Catering and EventsKim Sparks InteriorsKING FMLouise Kincaid and Arthur MendelSabrina Knowles and Jenny PohlmanNed and Dana LairdMarie Lauritano and Richard WohnsCarol LeytonLochwood LozierSusan and Jeffrey LubetkinBarbara MackBob Mangino and Allison KeelerMcCarthy and Schiering Wine MerchantsTom McQuaidMonsoon RestaurantDeborah Nedelman and M.H.H. TrenorAdam NeimanMary NeuschwangerThe Oregon SymphonySimon and Carol OttenbergPaint the TownThe Palace Hotel, San FranciscoPande CameronCici PilgrimAnna Polonsky and Orion WeissQueen City GrillBruce RidleyJohn C. RobinsonRound Pond WineryJoan SandlerRobert and Anna Sanford


Hans and Lyn SauterSeattle Art MuseumSeattle Arts and LecturesSeattle Chamber Music SocietySeattle Modern OrchestraSeattle Repertory TheatreCarole Lexa SchaeferNancy SmithMaya SonenbergClara StauntonSheila and Craig SternbergDiane StevensDavid and Marcia StonePatricia Tall-Takacs and Gary TakacsTASTE RestaurantTown Hall SeattleBion TsangMuriel VanHousenVillage TheatreDavid Weatherford Antiques and InteriorsBob Winsor and Valerie YockeyWoodland Park ZooConrad Wouters and Glenna Olson

BOARD AND STAFF //

BOARD OF DIRECTORSJohn F. CramerPresidentDiana K. CareyFirst Vice President/SecretaryLaurence W. HerronSecond Vice PresidentNed LairdTreasurerJames A. PenneyImmediate Past President

BOARD MEMBERSKim AndersonJill D. BaderOliver E. CobbWilliam M. CohnJanice ConditShaun CorrySusan E. DetweilerKeith R. DolliverDavid L. FultonSteven GarberThe late Max Gellert

Ann GelfandRuth GerberdingEvette GlauberMonika HallErica HamlinKennan HollingsworthAnn Janes-WallerNeil JanmohamedAndrea JonesBob ManginoTom McQuaidJohn C. RobinsonGladys RubinsteinSheila SternbergDiane StevensPatricia Tall-TakacsJean Baur ViereckRobert Winsor

COUNSELGeoffrey Groshong

PAST PRESIDENTS(in chronological order)Meade Emory*Robert F. Buck*

Jeanne Ehrlichman BluechelGilbert S. OmennAlan MorganWilliam R. Cobb*Richard H. Byington*Evette GlauberBetty Lou TreigerKathleen WrightJames F. Roark, Jr.Patricia Tall-TakacsJames A. Penney*deceased

HONORARY BOARDJeanne Ehrlichman BluechelThe late William CobbDr. David DavisHelen Gurvich, Founding MemberWeldon IhrigAlan MorganGilbert S. OmennBetty Lou TreigerArlene Wade

STAFFConnie Cooper Executive DirectorJeremy Jolley Education Programs and Operations ManagerKate Maple Administrative AssistantElizabeth Nelson Box Office and Audience Services ManagerNicola Reilly Director of MarketingMolly Suhr GrantwriterBetian Webb AccountantRachel Whalen Barnett Director of Individual Giving

SEASONAL STAFFAaron Gorseth Stage ManagerJulia Guerette, Courtney Lang, Keli Nelson, Gillian Raikes, Shirley Wong Festival Guest ServicesBill Levey Recording EngineerSusan Cady, Bob Dillinger Piano TechniciansSteven Lowe Program Notes AnnotatorJoseph Dougherty, Jason Suchan, Brooks Tran, Eunhyo Woo Page TurnersTom Bennett Artist Clubhouse ChefColleen Murphy Artist Clubhouse Coordinator


2012 FINANCIAL REPORT //

2012 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS• $298,576 in individual contributions to the

Annual Fund• $84,675 in foundation, corporate, and government

agency support• $294,399 in Festival ticket sales• Expenses $40,893 under budget• $1.2 million in assets of SCMS Endowment

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (Annual Opperations)

INCOME 2012 ACTUAL

Earned Income 348,503

Contributed Income 594,988

Total Income 943,491

EXPENSES 2012 ACTUAL

Programs 715,160

Admin/General 93,428

Fundraising 129,350

Total Expenses 937,938

Net Income 5,553

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable 28,839

Deferred Revenue 19,951

Total Liabilities 48,790

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted Net Assets 317,765

Restricted Net Assets 141,693

Total Net Assets 459,458

ASSETS

Cash 25,808

Short-Term Investments 126,442

Receivables 45,243

Prepaid Expenses 8,003

Inventory 0

Fixed Assets, net 13,720

Long-Term Investments 289,032

Total Assets 508,248

Total Liabilities & Net Assets

508,248


2012 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES //

EVENTS/PROGRAMS DATES NUMBER OF EVENTS

NUMBER OF ATTENDEES

at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Winter Festival Series Concerts Winter Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) Winter Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artists” Q&A Winter Festival Family Concert Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) Open Rehearsals (free admission)

Feb 2, 3, 4, 5Feb 2, 3, 5

Feb 2, 3, 4, 5Feb 4Feb 2Feb 2

434111

2,0381,1904552125050

at Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall Summer Festival Main Series Concerts Summer Festival Pre-concert Recitals (free admission) Summer Festival Family Concert Summer Festival Free Concert at Volunteer Park Music Under the Stars at Westlake Park Music Under the Stars at Volunteer Park Music Under the Stars at Cascade Park Open Rehearsals (free admission) Classical Conversation at Soundbridge (free admission) Summer Festival Post-concert “Meet the Artists” Q&A (free admission)

July 2–29July 2–29

July 21July 25

July 2, 9, 16, 22July 3, 11, 18

July 6, 13, 20, 27, 29July 2, 11, 16, 22

July 2, 11, 22July 2, 9, 13, 18, 22, 29

121211435436

5,7114,435301

1,80016525021618394

346

other venues—additional events Commissioning Club Salons Dec 4, Mar 4, May 6 3 70

other venues—outreach Chamber Music in Classroom: Hamilton, Madison Middle Schools Chamber Music in Classroom: Cleveland High School Chamber Music in Classroom: Ballard High School Master Class (Bion Tsang) with SYSO musicians

March 6, 13, 20Feb 7, 17, 28

March 7, 15, 22, 28Feb 4

6341

21990

17260

Special Events House Concerts (2); Auction Nov 20, April 15, June 3 3 200

Also: Re-broadcast 2011 concert highlights on KING-FM Live broadcasts of 2012 Summer Festival on KING-FM Live broadcasts of 2012 Winter Festival on KING-FM Re-broadcast of 2011/2012 concert highlights on APM’s Performance Today on 300 stations nationwide

June 24–July 1July 2–29

Feb 2, 3, 4, 5

throughout the year

7124

c. 10,000/nightc. 10,000/nightc. 10,000/night

EVENTS/ATTENDEES TOTAL: 108 18,307*

* Total Attendance figure does not include KING-FM listeners


2012 FESTIVAL ARTISTS //

VIOLINJames Ehnes Benjamin BeilmanAugustin HadelichStefan JackiwErin Keefe Ida Levin Amy Schwartz Moretti Stephen RoseEmily Daggett Smith Andrew WanScott Yoo VIOLA Che-Yen Chen David Harding Richard O’Neill Cynthia Phelps Marcus Thompson Roberto Díaz CELLOJulie AlbersEdward Arron Efe Baltacıgil Robert deMaine Andrés Díaz Ronald Thomas Bion Tsang

PIANOAndrew Armstrong Inon BarnatanJeremy DenkMarc-André Hamelin Adam NeimanAnton NelJeewon Park Jon Kimura Parker Anna PolonskyOrion WeissWilliam Wolfram

FLUTELorna McGhee OBOENathan Hughes CLARINETRicardo Morales DOUBLE BASSJordan Anderson

OPPOSITE: From top to bottom; violist Richard O’Neill; violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti and cellist Robert deMaine signing autographs for young fans at Chamber Music in the Park; violinists Stefan Jackiw and Augustin Hadelich

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