December 8–9 | Sydney Goldstein Theater
In This Program
- The Song List
- Featured Soloists & Musicians Soloists
- Vocal & Specialty Ensembles
- SFGMC Staff + Contractors
- Biographies
- SFGMC Members
- Supporters
- Print Edition
- More about SFGMC
Welcome from SFGMC
Hello, and Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much for making the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus part of your holidays this year! As daylight wanes shorter and shorter, we cherish this opportunity to bring light and life to our Bay Area community.
In planning this year’s show, I sought to fill a void - to observe what’s missing, and see if we can’t create the show we need. The stories I was seeing in the news, the stories being written about our City by the Bay - and even the stories I told myself - were missing something critically important: Love.
From that, an entire concert season was born. In this production of Holiday Spectacular, you’ll hear the holiday classics and campy wonder you can always expect, but you’ll also hear what love sounds like in our voices: for our friends and family, for the trailblazers and torchbearers who came before us, and for the days still to come. I hope you’ll come back and hear us in March and June as we continue to fill San Francisco with our voices and our love.
Please enjoy the incredibly hard work our singers have put in for this production. I hope it fills you with love: for your San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, for your friends and family, and maybe most importantly: for yourself.
I end every rehearsal the same way, and it’s how I’ll close this letter: with a rallying call for radical action:
Tell someone you love them.
XOXO,
Jake
Board of Directors
Glenn DeSandre, MD, Chair
Tom Paulino, Vice Chair
Udit Sood, Secretary
Denise Geschke, Treasurer
Raymond Mark Gonzales, Chorus President
Allen Applegate
Gatanya Arnic
Brandon Baranco
Miguel Bustos
Meghan Cast
Mitzy De La Peña Medina
Adrienne Foley
Steve Gallagher
Christopher Grant
Spencer Hemphill
Don Howerton
Clint Johnson
Sally Kay
Carol Kuester
Vinney Lê
Sean Livingston
Monica MacMillan
Timothy Pavek
Our Mission
To lead by creating extraordinary music and experiences that build community, inspire activism, and foster compassion at home and around the world.
For 45 years, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus has served as an international standard bearer for a powerful mix of musical excellence and mission-driven activism. Founded in 1978, SFGMC was the first choral organization to courageously proclaim its orientation in its name and is credited with helping start the LGBTQIA+ choral movement that now spans the entire globe, galvanizing and changing the course of LGBTQIA+ history.
The Song List
“Deck the Hall”
Traditional Carol
Arranged by Chad Weirick
“Jackson 5 Christmas Medley”
Arranged by Jackson 5
Adapted by Saunder Choi
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
Words and Music by Tommie Connor
“Frosty the Snowman”
Words and Music by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Music by J. Fred Coots
Words by Haven Gillespe
“The Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth”
Originally performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Arranged by Saunder Choi
“The Little Drummer Boy”
Music and Lyrics by Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, and Katherine Davis
“Peace on Earth”
Music and Lyrics by Alan Kohan, Larry Grossman, and Ian Fraser
“We Toast the Days”
Music and Lyrics by Linda Kachelmeier
“Ripple” from Spirited
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Arranged by David Maddux for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
“The Holiday Tango”
Words and Music by Greg Gilpin
“Sleigh Ride”
Words by Mitchell Parish
Music by Leroy Anderson
Arranged by Mark Hayes
Performed by The Lollipop Guild
“Parum Parum”
Music by Peter Rycroft and Ina Wroldsen
Parody Lyrics by Ash
Arranged by Ash
Performed by The Lollipop Guild
“Where Winter Rests in Sleep”
Words by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Music by Alessio Tranchell
“The Chanukah Song (We Are Lights)”
Lyrics by Steve Young
Music by Stephen Schwartz
Arranged by Ryan Nowlin
Edited by Judith Clurman
TTBB voicing by Bill Cutter
“Hang Your Lights”
Music and Lyrics by Jamie Cullum
Arranged by Dave Volpe for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
“This Christmas”
Words and Music by Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
Arranged by Paul Langford
“Pacem”
Traditional Latin
Music by Lee Dengler
“Into the Unknown”
Originally performed by Cappella
Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Arranged by Deke Sharon
TTBB voicing by Mitch Galli and Drew Haven
Performed by HomoPhonics
“White Christmas”
Originally performed by Pentatonix and The Manhattan Transfer
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
TTBB voicing by Drew Haven
Performed by HomoPhonics
“Love Is Christmas”
Words and Music by Sara Bareilles
Arranged by Dave Volpe
“Silent Night”
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr
Music by Franz Xaver Gruber
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Arranged by Saunder Choi for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
“Britney Medley”
Parody Lyrics by Mitch Galli and Rev. Sam Lundquist
Arranged by Paul Saccone
“Oops!...I Did It Again”
Words and Music by Max Martin and Rami Yacoub
“Gimme More”
Words and Music by Floyd Hills, Keri Hilson, James Washington, and Marcella Araica
“Lucky”
Words and Music by Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, and Alexander Kronlund
“Stronger”
Words and Music by Martin Sandberg and Rami Yacoub
“Toxic”
Words and Music by Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Kenrick Jonback
“...Baby One More Time”
Words and Music by Max Martin
Featured Soloists & Musicians Soloists
Soloists listed in order of appearance
“Jackson 5 Christmas Medley”
12/8, 8pm
Yulee Newsome, Justin Nool, Corby York
12/9, 3:30pm
Yulee Newsome, Justin Nool, Corby York
12/9, 8pm
Justin Kim, Andrew Caldwell, Phillip Wilkinson
“We Toast The Days”
12/8, 8pm - J. Max Rosen, Roy Eikleberry
12/9, 3:30pm - Vinney Lê, Steven Kasparek
12/9, 8pm - Tyler Armer, Drew Haven
“The Holiday Tango”
Guest Featured Dancers - Ron Jenkins, Photis Pishiaras
“Hang Your Lights”
12/8, 8pm - Jonathan Jones
12/9, 3:30pm - Sam Brondfield
12/9, 8pm - Case Nafziger
“Pacem”
Oboe Solo - Bryan Catanzaro
“Into the Unknown”
12/8, 8pm - Juan Pablo Rico, Lucas Poliak
12/9, 3:30pm - Juan Pablo Rico, Lucas Poliak
12/9, 8pm - Mark Mezak, Kyle Fowler
“White Christmas”
12/8, 8pm - Bob Letters
12/9, 3:30pm - Bob Letters
12/9, 8pm - Mattee G. Hastings
“Britney Medley”
12/8, 8pm
Polo Gaputan, Case Nafziger, Jesse Cortez
12/9, 3:30pm
Polo Gaputan, Case Nafziger, Jesse Cortez
12/9, 8pm
Gilberto J. Esqueda, Matvey Zelyev, Louis Rogers
Musicians
Danny Sullivan, Principal Accompanist/Music Supervisor
Aaron Shaul, Bass
Matt Wrobel, Guitar
Juan Carreon, Drums
Ken Brill, Keyboard
Cory Tiffin, Clarinet
Marvin McFadden, Trumpet
John Trombetta, Trumpet
Jamie Dubberly, Trombone
ASL Interpreter
12/9, 3:30pm - Dane K. Lentz
12/9, 8pm - Dane K. Lentz
Specialty Dancers
Alex Bien
Andrew Caldwell
Sherwin Camacho
Nathaniel Cleveland
Jesse Cortez
Roy Eikleberry
Michael Friedman
Raymond Mark Gonzales
James Hang
Nick Heinzen
Rik Douglas Jeffery
Brandon Jenkins
Vinney Lê
Bob Letters
Eric Mata
Emerito A. Pacleb Jr.
Lucas Poliak
Louis Rogers
Tye Roman
Ernesto Tovar
Matvey Zelyev
Vocal & Specialty Ensembles
HomoPhonics
Mitch Galli, Music Director
Drew Haven, Assistant Music Director
Jeff Becker
Mike Devlin
Kyle Fowler
Ryan Fox-Lee
Christopher Grant
Mattee G. Hastings
Brandon Jenkins
Jonathan Jones
Steven Kasparek
Vinney Lê
Bob Letters
Mark Mezak
Justin Nool
Lucas Poliak
Thomas Reeder
Juan Pablo Rico
Ernesto Tovar
The Lollipop Guild
Paul Saccone, Music Director
Nick Harper, Administrator
W. Fran Astorga
Rylan Ayers
Ron Carranza
Eric Chau
Doug Curran
David A. Díaz
Gilberto J. Esqueda
Ray Fletcher
Josh Frazier
Michael Friedman
Polo Gaputan
Zach Gardner
Kameron Graham
Don Howerton
Rik Douglas Jeffery
Michael Lepage
Eric Mata
Butch Merideth
John O'Neill
Israel Salgado
George Shotz
Ayden Shupe
Luke Siegle
Jeff Sinclair
Jack Stehn
Sup Suh
Matvey Zelyev
SFGMC Staff + Contractors
Artistic Director
Jacob Stensberg
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Verdugo
Director of Operations & Production
Wil Wright
Director of Development
Sarah Cohan
Associate Director of Music Education & Outreach
Mitch Galli
Corporate & Institutional Giving Manager
Alison Marie Ukpabi
Rental & Sales Administrator
Tony Taylor
Production Associate
Crystal Watts
Principal Accompanist & Music Supervisor
Danny Sullivan
Marketing Consultant
Andrew Barrett
Publicist
Kevin Kopjak, Prismatic Communications LLC
Promotional Artwork
BPM Creative Labs
Season Graphic Design
Marco Ponce de Leon
Marketing Project Manager
Lisa Marie “Phoenix” Jackson
Social Media Manager
Joe Bissell
Season Photographers
Stefan Cohen and Kristen Loken
Production Team
Production & Stage Manager
Wil Wright
Assistant Stage Managers
Keith Pepper, Gary Richards, Patrick Takahashi-Keene, Crystal Watts
Lighting Design
Adam Fry
Sound Design
Corbett Kyle
Choreographer
Steve Valdez
Dance Captain
Michael Tate
Chorus Wardrobe Assistant
Nathan Cates
Chorus Logistics Coordinators
Sal Baglieri, Don Ruthroff
Event Production
Island Creative Management LLC
Leadership Team
President
Raymond Mark Gonzales
Vice President
Andrew Kwan
Secretary
Ayden Shupe
DEI Chair
Clint Johnson
Historian
Kenan Arun
Members-at-Large
Rylan Ayers, David A. Díaz, Justin Kim, Juan Pablo Rico, Jeff Sinclair, Corby York
Biographies
Jacob Stensberg
Artistic Director & Conductor
Jacob Stensberg (he/him) is thrilled to be ushering in his second season as the Artistic Director & Conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the Chan National Queer Arts Center. Prior to his appointment with SFGMC, he was the Assistant Director for Purdue Musical Organizations at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
In addition to his work at Purdue, Jake enjoyed working with Butler University (Indianapolis) choirs and orchestras, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, the Circle City Chamber Choir, the Booth Tarkington Civic Theater, Zach&Zack Productions, BOBDIREX, the Eclectic Pond Theatre Company, and the Civic Theater of Lafayette.
Jake’s inaugural season with the San Francisco Gay Men’s chorus included a record-setting Holiday Spectacular, two record-setting spring performances of Disney PRIDE in Concert, and his debut conducting the San Francisco Symphony in partnership with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus this past July on Hello Yellow Brick Road.
Jake received his formal and formative training from Dr. Kristina Boerger at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree. He earned his Master of Music degree in Conducting from Butler University where he studied with Dr. Eric Stark.
Chris Verdugo
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Verdugo (he/him) is honored to be the first CEO of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. His introduction to the gay choral movement was at the early age of 18 when he joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida. Three years later, he became Artistic Director of Paragon Productions, choreographing, directing and producing theatrical productions for cruise lines and hotels throughout the world. In 1999, he combined his event production background with his fundraising skills working with The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami Beach’s Winter Party Music Festival and was on the Board of Directors for the South Beach Gay Men’s Chorus.
Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2003, he left his artistic roots to focus on LGBT and social justice issues working with various LGBT non–profits including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Equality California, Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD, producing Queer Lounge at Sundance for four years.
In 2006, he joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles as a singer and five years later was named Executive Director. Under Verdugo, the Chorus built an international reputation for musical excellence, doubled its budget, experienced a massive expansion incorporating education programs in Los Angeles’ high schools, as well as a national music tour entitled, “It Gets Better”.
He joined the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus in 2016 as Executive Director and in 2022 was appointed Chief Executive Officer. In addition to his duties with the Chorus, he oversees the Chan National Queer Arts Center, the nation’s first Queer Arts Center.
Christopher is a proud member of The Recording Academy and serves as a Senior Advisor to Source Journeys, the leading LGBTQ luxury travel company.
Mitch Galli
Associate Director of Music Education & Outreach
Mitch Galli (he/him) is a conductor, arranger, lyricist, educator, singer, and pianist. Originally from Williamstown, MA, Mitch holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from St. Lawrence University and a Masters in Urban Education, Administration and Policy from Loyola Marymount University. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2012 as a corps member with Teach for America. Mitch taught high school Mathematics and Music for four years in Oakland, CA, and middle school music in San Francisco for one year. Mitch joined SFGMC in January 2015. He founded HomoPhonics, the Chorus’ a cappella ensemble in August 2015, which he still music directs. Mitch is also director of the Chorus’ educational outreach program, RHYTHM: Reaching Youth Through Music, which was established in February 2018. He has conducted SFGMC in performances across the country including Park City, UT, at Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles, and Charleston and Greenville, South Carolina.
Danny Sullivan
Principal Accompanist & Music Supervisor
Originally from Bellingham, WA, Danny (he/him) earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music concentrated in Piano Performance & Pedagogy. He’s held pianist positions at Boston Conservatory, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, performed on stage with SFDanceWorks, Smuin Ballet & San Francisco Ballet School, where he developed their Music Appreciation Class and continues to accompany. He has directed or performed for dozens of musical theater, cabaret and opera productions ranging from National Tours to local productions in Boston, Seattle & San Francisco. Find him annually at SF Botanical Garden’s Flower Piano. Stepping into this new role at SFGMC brings such immense pride to be able to fulfill the mission of creating change and inspiring activism through music!
Wil Wright
Director of Operations & Production
Wil Wright (he/him) is the Director of Operations & Production for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Chan National Queer Arts Center. His career started with SFGMC in 2012 as a volunteer stage manager and he has continued to grow with the organization over the past 11 years. Prior to SFGMC he worked for Feinstein’s at the Nikko and BroadwaySF. He originally fell in love with technical theatre and theatre arts administration in Atlanta, Georgia working as both a stage manager for Dad’s Garage Theatre and the box office manager for The Center for Puppetry Arts. He lives in San Francisco with his partner and their two French bulldogs. They spend much of their time attending live performances locally, on Broadway, and abroad.
SFGMC Members
TENOR 1
Dave Andrade
Tyler Armer
Kenan Arun
W. Fran Astorga
Ryan Juno Bautista
Alex Bien
Derek Blechinger
Andrew Caldwell
*Sherwin Camacho
Esteban Manuel Carabajal
Ron Carranza
Jimmy Chan
Nathaniel Cleveland
Julian Francis Clift
Sean Conner
Jesse Cortez
Mike Devlin
Jason Diopelo
Bernie Dizon
*Gilberto J. Esqueda
Jeff Ford
Ryan Fox-Lee
Polo Gaputan
Raymond Mark Gonzales
Kameron Graham
Josh Green
Curtis Griffin
James Hang
^Nick Harper
^Chip Heath
Spencer Hemphill
Eric W. Hoover
Tad Hopp
Rik Douglas Jeffery
*Brandon Jenkins
Zixuan Kang
Tyler David Lake
Victory Lê-Szarapka
Vinney Lê
James Machado
Andrew Marsh
Aaron McRae
Jason Melehani
Mark Mezak
Yulee Newsome
Michael Nguyen
Mark Nivet
Justin Nool
Newell Pangulayan
Tim Pavek
Matthew Peifer
Juan Pablo Rico
Sean Shelton
*Ayden Shupe
Luke Siegle
Jeff Sinclair
Sup Suh
Oky Sulistio
Kevin Sun
Walker Weatherly
Phillip Wilkinson
Fei Zhao
TENOR 2
*Brian Abascal
Richard Adamson
Randy Ady
Ihmar Aldana
Manuel Raguro Apolonio
Sergio Aquino
Sal Baglieri
Dale Becherer
Jeff Becker
Sam Brondfield
*Steve Burton
Chuck Calixto
Bruce Carpenter
Nathan Cates
Timothy Cavanaugh
Scott Davis
Justin Donahue
Justin Duhe
Adam Echelman
Mark Forrer
^Michael J. Fouquette
Kyle Fowler
Peter Franzi
Earl Friedberg
Steve Garber
*Brad Gibson
Michael Giles
Derek Ha
Jared M. Hansen
Tim Heidal
Don Howerton
Stephen Hylas
Arnold Icasiano
Michael Imprescia
Peter Jacobs
Martin Javier
Clint Johnson
Justin Kim
James Kinney
Sam Kohler
^Randy Laroche
Xin Li
Steve Luppino
Daniel Macri
Angelo Martinez
Eric Mata
Duran Mishler
J.R. Parish
Christian Petrangelo
Lucas Poliak
Curtis Ponzi
Joseph Pritchard
Jonathan Rosa
Will Rubin
Don Ruthroff
Joseph A. Shapiro
Chris Stevenson
Ken Sutha
^Billy Tang
*Michael Tate
Evan Vaughan
Gilbert Villareal Mendonça
Randy White
Jess Williams-Gamboa
Matt Wilson
Tauheed Zaman
BARITONE
Mark Alfaro
Allen Applegate
Rylan Ayers
Mike Bankert
Doug Brewster
Michael Bruin
Michael Castro
Eric Chau
Devlon Clouser
Chester Crisologo
Brent Dawson
Glenn DeSandre
Erick Ducut
Roy Eikleberry
Darren Foote
Josh Frazier
Robbie Frederick
Kyle French
David Frick
Jim Graham
Timothy Green
Adrien Guillaussier
*Drew Haven
^Dave Hayes Mocci
Scout Heath
Joe Hege
Nick Heinzen
Jeremy Holland
Shen Hu
Rob Jaques
*Jonathan Jones
Peter Jones
Brian Jung
Young Kang
Steven Kasparek
David Klatt
Kevin C. Koczela
Peter Kokoszka
Michael Kyle
Andre Gary-Mack
Tyler Mann
Josh Marquina
Ray McCabe
Forest McMillin
Butch Merideth
^Rob Mitchell
*Case Nafziger
Kyle Nishkian
Jason Nunan
Chris Padula
Tom Paulino
Louis Rogers
Tye Roman
J. Max Rosen
Robert Rufo
Israel Salgado
Jonathan Searle
Matthew Shear
Nicholas Slater
Diego Smith
John Stiehler
Adam Tatarsky
Jordan Tauber-Marshall
Mauricio Teixeira
Remy Todd
Ernesto Tovar
Jeremy Waldorph
Nick Weichsler
Ben White
Clint Frederic Wiater
David John Wilson
Mark Wise
Todd Yetter
*Corby York
Peter Young
Guangshuo Zang
BASS
Jeff Alder
Mike Barnes
*Jim Bohannon
Matt Bolt
Kyle Carriere
Bryan Catanzaro
David Clark
Aaron J. Clarke
Israel Cruz
Doug Curran
Nick Dahlberg
David A. Díaz
*Ray Fletcher
Michael Friedman
Andrew Fukuba
Matt Fust
Zach Gardner
^Jim Gatteau
Christopher Grant
Hao Guo
Jeffrey Haass
Alex Halbritter
Bear Hamilton
*Steven Harvey
Mattee G. Hastings
Kevin M. Healy
Will Heilbut
Steven Hirschi
Shayan Hosseinzadeh
Tim Jackson
Dennis James
Thomas Kennard
James Lange
David Laudon
Michael Lepage
Bob Letters
Anthony Levintow
J. David Lowe
Joe Madres
David Malespin
^Bernie Morrissey
John O’Neill
Emerito A. Pacleb Jr.
Thomas Reeder
Pete Rodway
*Paul Saccone
Christopher Sauvageau
George Shotz
Joseph Sigman
Eddy Skees
Kam Smith
Jack Stehn
Joseph Tomasini
Brian E. Weart
James Ye
Matvey Zelyev
^ Section Coordinator
Supporters
The Fifth Section
Skip Aiken
Jim Aiken
Jeff Alons
Paul Alsbach
Terry Althoff
Miles Amen
Steve Amos
Paul Anelli
Matthew Arietta
John Atteridg
Edwin Barlow
Crawford Barton
Craig Beachler
Robert Beale
Glenn Beardsley
Jerry Berg
Marion Besco
Sam Bittner
Kristen Bjoernfeld
Bill Blake
Allan Blasdale
John Andre Bonnemaison
Jeff Bortin
Edward Brener
Larry Brenner
Peter Brockhoff
John Brown
John Brown
John Bryant
Jay Burwick
John Cailleau
Scott Campbell
Chris Campbell
Jack Campbell
Duncan Campbell, Jr.
Nello Carlini
Terry Carlson
Albert Carter
John Cashman
Bud Castleman
Marc Chapa
Henry W. Chau
Bruce Chelini
Al Cherry
Alexsis Gregory Chew
Bob Chinen
C. Brian Christianson
Andrew Chrystall
Michael Clarke
Kevin Conduff
Richard Connelly
Leonard Conner
Bob Connett
Gregory Cooper
Jimmy Corbett
Jeff Cothran
Clayton Cowan
John Crimen
Mark Crissey
Tim Curbo
Mark D’Angelo
Alan Da Cunzo
Bobby Darnell
David Davenport
Robert del Valle
Asa DeMatteo
Walt Dennis
Douglas Dickinson
Bob Dinsmore
Scott Dowdee
Tom Doyle
Brian Duckworth
Craig Duffy
Louis Dunn
Andy Einkauf
Alan Ellis
Patrick Elvander
Bob Emery
Stephen Eschenbach
Robert Espindola
Gary Falardeau
Jim Farmer
Michael Farrell
Frank Federico
Keith Fenton
Bruce Fetherolf
Clif Fields
Steven Filice
Justin Fingado
Brian Finnegan
Wyrant Flonory
Fredrick Floyd
Ted Foster
Mark Fotopoulos
David Smith Fox
David Fox
Jon Franck
Jim Franks
John French
Robert Frey
Evan Friedman
Don Frueh
Stephen Frugoli
Ryan Furtado
Scott Galuteria
Larry Garrigan
Gary Garrison
Tangul Gene
Perry George
Don Giberson
Keith Gockel
Dave Gooding
Philip Graham
Bill Graham
Larry Griffin
Gordon Grover
Tom Gschwind
Gene Guenther
Dean Halsey
Andy Hammond
Mark Hamner
Jerry Haney
Dennis Haney
Robert Hawk
John Hawkes
Greg Hay
Frank Hecker
David Held
Mark Hermes
Paul Hernandez
Charles Herrington
Robert Hichborn
Tom Hickey
Mark Hirano
Rexford Hitchcock
Greg Holbrook
Richard Hollenbaugh
Jerry Horsting
Roger Hostetler
Clyde Howell
Douglas Jackson
Frank Jackson
Keith Jacobsen
David James
Scott Johnson
Paul Jones
Albert Jones
Michael Joyce
Keith Kamrath
Russell Kassman
Robin Kay
Carl Kimball
Lester King
Rick Kirkham
Nick Knight
Diane Ms. Kohne Schuster
John Kovach
Tony Kramedes
Dick Kramer
John Krause
Thom Kumorek
Ka Lau
Greg Lawrance
Joe Leary
Kevin Lenzen
Jeff Lettow
Don Levine
Bill Lewandowski
Jeff Lewy
Ed Lichtenstein
Robert “Bob” Litvak
Gerry Lo Presti
Frank Lobraico
Wayne Love
Joseph Loza
Ed Lucas
John Lusk
Roger Luttrell
Michael MacDonald
Darren MacGavin
John MacKintosh
Terence Maguire
Mike Maguire
Jim Mahony
Renny Marinaccio
Gerry Marquis
Curtis Marsh
Tom Martin
Mickey Martin
Gerald Martin
Leonard Matlovich
Roy McConahay
Steve McDowell
John McFarland
Mike McGavren
Tony McIntosh
Michael McIntyre
John McLeod
Pipo Micheli
Allen Midkiff
Glen Miller
Kevan Miller
Mark Mousseau
Ed Muñoz
Jim Murnan
Craig Neeley
Gary Newcomb
Al Nichols
Gregg Nicholson
Dennis Niswander
Ken Noble
David Norton
Ryan Nunez
Floyd Ohler
James Onion
Garry Osborne
Tom Pallerino
Nick Papadopoulos
Nelson Parker
Phil Pearce
Gerald Pearson
Chuck Pedersen
Roger Pelletier
John Perez
Norman Perry
Terry Peterson
Shane Petree
Rodger Pettyjohn
Donald Phillips
Harrison Pierce
George Piper
Orion Pitts
Brian Powdrill
Bill Powell
Terry Presley
Ted Printz
Steven Prokasky
Michael Pugh
Bill Pugh
Paul Pukas
Guy Rana
Lon (Quentin) Rand
Bill Randles
Douglas Randolph
Melvin Rebhahn
Robert Rekart
Bruce Reynolds
John Reynolds
John Riccardi
Cameron Robb
Jay Roberts
Jim Robison
Marty Roddell
David Keleikini Roddell
Bob Rogers
Steven Rohrer
Jon Rollins
Dave Romero
Regis Rosetta
Steven Rozell
Lane Ruoff
Jim Russell
Mark Juhan Sallimen
Charlie Salumbides
Paul Sanchez
Patrick Santiago
Bill Schade
Steve Schmorr
Frank Schumacher
Bob Scott
Roger Scroggs
Denny Sedgely
Neil Seymour
Ray Shanks
Dennis Shaw
David Shortridge
Lee Sierecki
George Silkworth
John Simo
Elliot Simon
Tom Sims
Jon Sims
Barry Singer
Fred Skau
Hal Slate
Rick Slavsky
Ted Smith
Scott Smitherum
Vince Sofia
Dale Sorensen
Scott Squires
Jeff Stiarwalt
Jay Stinson
Jerry Stokes
Audie Stoufflet
Steve Sutherland
Burleigh Sutton
Timothy Tafoya
John Tallerino
Mike Tallmadge
Gregg Tallman
Joseph Taro
Lance Taylor
Tim Taylor
Chuck Thayer
David Thomas
Lavoy Thompson
David Thormann
Robert Thrower
Eric Tiffany
Bill Toner
Jack Torres
John Trojanski
Bill Tucker
Richard Vincent
Daryl Wagner
Karl Walker
David Warrior
Samuel Weaver
Robert Weinand
Leroy Westbrook
Jimmy White
Mark Whiting
Larry Whitlock
Ric Wilson
Gary Wilson
Aaron Wimmer
Gary Wintermeyer
Jim Wolfe
Michael Wolford
Eric Worden
Douglas Wright
Jim Wright
Claude Zetty
Jim Zielinski
*List updated as of October 1, 2023
The Conductor's Society*
We salute the generous members of the Conductor’s Society, who give $150 or more annually to support our general programs. Visit sfgmc.org/conductors-society for more information.
Visionary | $25,000+
Anonymous (2)
Phillip Campbell
Bruce Carpenter
Terrence Chan + Edward Sell
Steve Gallagher + Chris Thorne
Jack A. King Living Trust
Randy Laroche + David Laudon
Sean Livingston + Jeremy Pelkey
Benefactor | $15,000 - $24,000
Janet Cluff
Joe Czuberki
James Graham
Paul Saccone + Ryan Knight
Cornerstone | $10,000 - $14,999
Bryan Catanzaro
Joe Chernesky + Mona Sabet
Justin Donahue + Aaron Smith +
Leo + Liliana
Estate of Cary Anthony Jones
Alex Kalomparis
Vinney Le + Andrew Wheeler
Monica + Andy MacMillan
Gary Richards
Guardian | $5,000 - $9,999
Kurt Calia
Paul Frantz
John + Denise Geschke
Timothy Gillihan
Andrew Ryan Hall
Nick Harper
F. D. Kendall
Helen Lin-Murphy
Chris Padula
Timothy J. Pavek
George Vail
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Camelin Blackstone
Jim Bohannon
Meghan Cast + Trevor Read
Spencer Hemphill
Samuel Kohler
Louis + Tammi Lipsky
Yulee Newsome
Michael + Marianne O’Connell
Keith Pepper + Ken Raith
Will Rubin
Ahbi Talwalkar
Michael Tate + Simon O’Mahony
Williams and Hart Rainbow Fund
Champion | $1,200 - $2,499
John Antoun
Sal Baglieri + Peter Cirincione
Michael Bankert
Desa Belyea
Timothy Cavanaugh
Brent Dawson
W.Dempke/A.Rubin
Glenn DeSandre, MD + Jeffrey Pierce Gould, Jr
Ray Fletcher
Earl Friedberg
Brad Gibson
John Gile
Sherry Ho
Rob Mitchell + Jaime Caban
Galen Panger
Teri Quick
Eddie Reynolds + Hernán Correa
Don Ruthroff + Jonathan Kronn
Joseph A. Shapiro
Ellen + Ron Shulman
Udit Sood
Dr. Betty L. Sullivan + Jennifer Viegas
Christopher Verdugo
Patron | $500 - $1,199
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Sarah Armstrong
Myrna + Stuart Aronoff
Brandon Baranco
Lauren Bernstein
Dr. Derek Blechinger
Mark L. Brown
Lorraine + Lionel Chan
John Christophel + David James Grego
William Collins
John Cunningham
Michael Cunningham
Joseph D’Alessandro
Kenyon DeVault
Denise Dinsmore
Thomas DiRenzo
Matthew Donato
Danny Field + Gary Robinson
Andrea Fontana
Ethan Friedman
Steve Garber
Ron Gristock
Alex Hachiya
Douglas Hanlin + Kelvin Lynch
Bill + Diane Harper
Mary Hellwig
Sean Higgins
Don Howerton
Mark Huebner
Rik D. Jeffery, Esq.
Glen Jett + Christopher Corcoran
Jeffrey Jordan
Leonard F. Klosinski
Dr. Richard Kuno
Rich Lang
Darryl Lee
Hanna Levitz
Patricia Liming
James Lowry
Luedde-Gajewski Gay Affirming Fund of Horizon’s Foundation
Steve Luppino
William Martin
Edward McCrone
Sabrina Mekhalfa
Jackie Mills
Mordesovich - Chase Family Charitable Gift Fund
Joshua Morgan
John + Crystal Morse
Paul Munro
Gregory Nottage
Tarak Patel
John Pearce
Ken Prag
Judy Putnam
Dean Ripley
Peter Rodway
Robert Rufo
Robert Sass
Howard Shapiro
Joseph Sigman + Dana Rees
Dan Slaughter
Angela Stalder
Dr. Kenneth + Laurel Stein Duty and Devotion Memorial Fund
Chris Stevenson
Twisted Arts Film Festival - Tulsa
Steve Valdez
Miguel + Barbara Verdugo
Judge James L. Warren (ret.)
Daniel Wehmeier + Marian Beard Fund
Joe Welter
Philip Wilder
James + Emily Wiley
Norma Yaeger
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Phillip Barber + John Alecca
Mark Barfield
Jim Bartholomew + Tin Nguyen
Tom Burtch + Neil Austin
Karyl Carlson
Bethany Chaney + Bridget Wylie
Rick Childress
Barbara Frantz Comin
James Const
Craig Coogan
Carol Cook + Susan Grieger
Easy Bake Coven
Keith Ennenga
Haakon Erichsen
Dustin Finkle
Lynne Larkin
Lura Flynn
Mary Ford
Karla Golden
Christopher Grant
Clark Haass
Katie Harkins
Dr. Mieko Hatano
Corey Hatcher
Drew Haven
Dave Hayes
Matt Hendry + Kevin Lucas
Cannon Hukins
Joyce Imprescia
Peter Jacobs
Thao + Jack Jones-Hill
Joyce Kamp
Claire Kurmel
Darrell Lewis
Jane Melnick + Eric Brondfield
David Nahmias + Ari Lipsky
Ryan Liu
Joan Miller
Rev. Peter R McGrath + Mr. Han Y Wang
Joni Norris
Dan Owen
Dustin Patenaude
Sanderson-Regen
Eric + John
Jim Rinefierd + Dan Anderson
Max Rosen
Susan Shaffer Nahmias
Stephen Shorette + Steven Chickering
Mark Short + Carl Ray
Joseph Sigman + Dana Rees
John Stiehler
Sup Suh
Kimbir Tate
Jan + Ross Taylor
Michael Tessaro
Robert Tinker
Scott Vandenberg
Gilbert + Miguel Villareal Mendonça
Mike + Janet Weeks
Allen J. Wiener
Abby + Henry Wilder
Roy Wood
Arnold Yoon
Ingu Yun
Rob Zamudio-Meyer
Friend | $150 - $249
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Carol + Chris Acker
Jacob Avidon
Kathryn Barnes
Timothy Beach
Dale Becherer + Cole Kinney
Leigh Beck
Christopher J. Bergh
Lorenda Boatwright
Capello-LaRocca
Claudia A. Case
Amy Cook
WM. R. Crain, M.D. + Lucy S. Crain, M.D.
Rick Crane + Warwick Bentley
John Cunningham
Kevin Custer
Christopher Damon
Kara DeFrias
Ken Dixon
Lisa Etling
Sean Fitts
John Peter Foertsch
Kelly Fowler
Jay + Debbie Friedman
Jonathan Funk + John Arnold
Randy Gardner + Mike Clarke
Mary E. Gaukel
Kathy Gibbons
Jeffrey + Laura Gould in honor of Glenn DeSandre
Forrest Gregg
Gary + Jenny Guerrero
Dr. Sharon A. Hansen
Jeline + John Harclerode
Craig Harter
Ryan Hayward
Allan Herzog
Michael Heyl
Lawrence Hricik + Denis Shaw
Marissa + Sarah Hutchens
Marilyn Jacobs
Terri + Toni Jones
Trinidad Juarez
Gary Kukus
Scott Lankford
Benjamin Lazarus
Nancy + Larry Ludgus
Tom + Shauna Mabey
Gregory Marks
Mary Marshall
James McCrea + Gregory Jurin
Jeffrey McEwen + James Berglund
Cameron, Susan, + Matthew McLeod + Jeff Damon
Medeiros Bosley Family
Barbara J. Meislin
Bernie Morrissey + David Gibson
Tim Morta
Katie Murphy
Andrew Nguyen
Sheryl Nicholls
Gail B. Ochoa
Paul Olsen + Mark Burns
Dorothy Over
Kirk Pessner + Russell Mill
Ali Rayl
Jann Reed
Kathleen Richter
Ronald Rohleder
Charlotte Russell
Karen Schneider + Sandy Hulse
AmpersandPeople
Verna Shaheen
Timothy Sharbaugh
Michael Shaw
Sharon Sheffield
Joe Sigman
Skibbereen Arts Festival, West Cork, Ireland
Mark W. Stout
Jamienne Studley
Ellen Takayama
Eva Thomas
Kevin Thompson
Gene Tibbetts
Steven Tierney
Charles Toller
Jena Valdez
Gary Winter
F. Ross Woodall
Craig Wooward
Robert D. Yetvin
Laurel Young
Peter Zimmerman
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Adobe
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Amazon
AT&T
The Bob Ross Foundation
Brio Financial Group
Bristol Myers Squibb
State of California
The Capital Group
City & County of San Francisco
City National Bank
Coterie Cathedral Hill
Covington & Burling
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Bill Graham Memorial Foundation
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Graton Resort & Casino
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation
Horizons Foundation
Jettison Creative
Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP
National Endowment for the Arts
Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation
PG&E
Skyline Construction, Inc.
Southwest Airlines
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
The Uplands Foundation
UserTesting
Capital Campaign Leadership Gifts*
Anonymous (2)
Amazon
American Express
Jim Bohannon
Joseph Bondi
State of California
Bruce Carpenter
Bryan Catanzaro
In memory of Pansy L. Chan + Norman P. Chan
Terrence D. Chan + Edward K. Sell
Janet Cluff
Glenn DeSandre, MD + Jeffrey Pierce Gould, Jr
Ed Eishen, in memory of Jeff Lewy
Paul Frantz + Barbara Frantz Comin, in memory of Martha + Ken Frantz
Steve Gallagher + Chris Thorne
John + Denise Geschke
The Wolfgang E. Giesecke + William E. Vastardis Family Fund
Michael Golden + Michael Levy
Nick Harper
The John C. Kish Foundation
Rich Lang
Randy Laroche + David Laudon
Sean Livingston + Jeremy Pelkey
Chris Padula + Gabriel Nuñez
Timothy J. Pavek
Keith Pepper + Ken Raith
Don Ruthroff + Jonathan Kronn
Paul Saccone + Ryan Knight
City & County of San Francisco
Chris Stevenson
Alison + Chizoba Ukpabi, in loving memory of George J. Trapp
Edward S. Utsumi
The Jon Reed Sims Legacy Giving Society*
Daniel P. Aaron
Al Abramowitz
Norman Abramson + David Beery
Neil Austin + Tom Burtch
Sal Baglieri + Peter Cirincione
Michael Bankert
Frederick Baumer
Mike Bernard
Joseph Bondi
John H.J. Cashman + Jack J. Ledbetter
Cashman Foundation
Joe Castrovinci + Gordon Smith
Pansy Chan Estate
Terrence Chan
Michael Ancil Clark Estate
Janet Cluff
Rick Crane
Joe Czuberki
Brent Dawson
Glenn DeSandre, MD + Jeffrey Pierce Gould, Jr
Bud Dillon
Robert Roy Emery Estate
André Farris
Jim Gatteau
Jerry Geller + Ken Sullivan Estate
Balaji Govindaswami + James Donald Whitaker
Dr. Mark L. Hamner
Howard Hart
James H. Jones Estate
Dan Joraanstad + Bob Hermann
Kuno-Williams Family
Rich Lang
Randy Laroche + David Laudon
Michael Levy + Michael Golden
Johnny Lewis
Sean Livingston + Jeremy Pelkey
Gregory J. Marks
Bob Michels + Stephanie Daffer
J. Robert Mitchell + Jaime L. Caban Jr.
Larry Lare Nelson
Paul Olsen + Mark Burns
Mark Short + Carl Ray
William G. Stephens Estate
Archibald Wilson Estate
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