Author: Laura Cooper

Leader Wraps Up 22-Year Run:Marin IJ Article 4/22/23 Alasdair Neale's Final Season:SF Chronicle Article 4/18/23 Maestro Neale's Final Bows: SF Classical Voice Article 4/17/23 Alasdair Neale, Music Director of the Marin Symphony since 2001, is announcing that after two more concert seasons, he will end his tenure with the Symphony...

Contact: Gayle Peterson, Marketing Director gayle@marinsymphony.org SAN RAFAEL, CA — The Marin Symphony is excited to announce its 70th season at the Marin Center, with conductor Alasdair Neale celebrating his 21st season as Music Director. From Marin Symphony Association Executive Director Tod Brody: "Thanks to the overwhelming loyalty and generosity...

Zachariah Spellman, Principal Tuba Sponsor This Musician Zachariah Spellman is passionate about the tuba. He has been the principal tubist for Marin Symphony and the Golden Gate Brass since 1980, and for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1977. He is also a member of the Aurio Trio, an active...

Margot Golding, Principal Oboe Season Chair Sponsor: William & Lynn Callender Principal oboist Margot Golding joined the Marin Symphony in 1998. She spent 33 years as a commercial banking executive, while also performing with the Oakland Symphony, the California Symphony and the Fremont Symphony. Not one to slow down, she...

Jeremy Constant, Concertmaster Chair Endowment: The Catherine Munson Chair Sponsor This Musician Bio: After winning the Grand Prize in the 1979 Du Maurier competition in Canada, Jeremy studied in New York with Ivan Galamian and then with the great violinist Itzhak Perlman before making the San Francisco Bay Area his...

Jenny Douglass, Principal Viola Season Chair Sponsor: Steven & Sally Schroeder Chair Endowment: The Elsie Rigney Carr Chair Bio: Jenny began her musical life at age four as a Suzuki violinist in Chapel Hill, NC. She was introduced to the viola at age thirteen during a summer music camp in...

Interview by Lily O'Brien Season Chair Sponsor: Nancy Thelen Rehkopf Robert Ryan Ashley, the Principal Bassist with the Marin Symphony since 2009, is in demand. He commutes all over the Bay Area to perform with a number of orchestras, including the Silicon Valley Symphony, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Napa...

Interview by Lily O'Brien Season Chair Sponsor: The Hughes Family Oakland native Tyler Mack has always been fascinated by the sound of a symphony orchestra. He says the experience was riveting for him as a child when he attended youth concerts. His parents originally started him on piano and he...