Winter 2015
NOONTIME NEWS
Noontime Concerts Winter Season
www.noontimeconcerts.org
It’s a Celebration!
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It’s a Celebration
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You Make It Possible
celebrate our 27th anniversary. It all begins on December 1 with a
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What’s New at Noontime
concert featuring internationally renowned pianist, Sujeeva Hapugalle.
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Concert Calendar
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27 Years of Gratitude
Please plan to join us for a varied and vibrant series of performances to
Mark your calendar for December 8 when the virtuosic Alexander String
Quartet will grace the Noontime stage. Take time out on December
15 to welcome the warmth and wonder of Christmas with the Choir of
Saint Gregory of Nyssa Church led by Sanford Dole. All
performances begin at 12:30 pm in glorious Old St. Mary’s Cathedral.
You Make It Possible
What’s New at Noontime
Every week you give us the motivation to
Over the past few weeks we have invited you to
attend our Let’s Talk sessions immediately
following the weekly concerts. Those of you who
attend these talks are telling us, “Please don’t
change. We love what you do.”
present extraordinary music in an ideal
setting. Our mission is to continue to bring
you this experience, but we need your help.
We thank you for that message and we promise not
to deviate from our mission to provide you with world
class music in a serene setting. However, to make
your experience even better, we continue to assess
and improve what we do and how we do it.
Your donations will keep Noontime
sustainable for many years to come.
Our 3-year plan for a secure future
2016
2017
2018
Here are some recent and upcoming improvements.
2019
 Phase 1 website upgrade provides you with
Break
Even
easier navigation, access to the latest concert
information, concert archives, and a quick sign
up section for online news and information.
 Streaming for concerts coming soon
Look for more information on ways you can assist us
with your ongoing support or visit www.noontime
concerts.org. Help us meet our 3-year plan.
There is no substitute for seeing our live
performances, but if you happen to miss one,
you will soon be able to view the entire
performance on our website.
You can support extraordinary musical presentations with a donation of $20.15, $5, $25, $50, $100 or more. Visit www.noontimeconcerts.org and click “Donate” or mail
your check to Noontime Concerts, 660 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Concert Calendar
December 2015
January 2016
February 2016
December 1
Sujeeva Hapugalle, piano
January 5
Andrew Yang, piano
February 2
Strobe, Strings and Oboe
January 12
Laura Magnani, piano
February 9
Sarah Wood, violin
Miles Graber, piano
December 8
Alexander String Quartet
December 15
Choir of Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Church, led by Sanford Dole
Over, please
January 19
Nanette McGinnes ,soprano
Dale Tsang, piano
Laura Gaynon, cello
January 26
Peter Wyrick, cello
Britt Day, piano
February 16
Jeremy Tai, cello
Emerging Artist
February 23
Christina Mok, violin
Miles Graber, piano
Winter 2015
NOONTIME NEWS
CONTINUED…
With 27 Years of Gratitude
To our Founder, Staff, and Volunteers
Internationally renowned vocalist, Alexandra Ivanoff, fulfilled her vision of a midday concert series with the launch
of Noontime Concerts on December 6, 1988. To this day it remains a treasured Bay Area landmark and continues to
present hundreds of classical concerts performed by outstanding local and international musicians each Tuesday
afternoon in the heart of San Francisco.
Noontime Concerts’ second Executive Director, James Rittell, carried the tradition and remained an ardent advocate
for the series for the next decade and a half curating concert presentations to thousands of concert-goers
throughout the Bay Area.
Noontime Concerts is modeled after a popular series of lunch-time concerts started during World War II in Britain by
Dame Myra Hess— a version of which still takes place in the Royal Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields located
in London. Founded in Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, Noontime Concerts is recognized as a valued local institution that
enriches the community and cultural life of the Bay Area.
As we begin our 27th year we are extremely pleased to announce that, thanks to two very generous bequests,
Noontime Concerts has established an endowment fund to ensure the future of our programs for many years to
come. So it is with gratitude that we invite you to enjoy the music, celebrate our history, and share our enthusiasm
for Noontime’s bright future as one of San Francisco’s most vibrant and essential cultural organizations.
Past Board Members and Officers
David Abercrombie
Thomas Hart
Joe Prigmore
Michael Abrahams
Alexandra Ivanoff, Founder
Kay M. Reeves
Herb Alston
John R. King
David Rickey, Board President
Joanne Corbett-Barnes
Lawrence Kwong Yuen Pon
Kathryn E. Ringgold
Nancy Corsaut
Carrie LaBriola
James Rittell, Executive Director
Janice Del Fiacco, Board President
George Lewandowski
David M.J. Saslav, Board President
Alan DesRoches
Jonathan Mann
Leslie Tagorda
John Kevin Donovan
Tomar Mason
Carol Verburg, Board President
Robert R. Gavin
Seth Mausner
Helen von Ammon*
Blake Glidden, Board President
Anne O’ Brien
Robin Wirthlin, Board President
Tom Guiliano
Kevin O’Connor
Holly Young
Sonja Hanson, Board President
Sylvia Park O’Neill
Current Board of Directors and Staff
Holly Young, Board President
Robin Wirthlin, Executive Director
Michael Abrahams, Secretary
Kevin McGlynn, Production Mgr.
John Wetzl, CFO
Rosemary Nightingale, Office Mgr.
Gordon Surface, Director
Peter Suskind, Artistic Advisor
* Founder of the Helen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists
NOONTIME CONCERTSTM is an independent 501 © (3) nonprofit, arts organization Federal ID #94-3123314. We are supported by public donations; donations at concert time; grants and gifts from the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Grants for the Arts; the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation,
the Helen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists and people like you!