The Guild

small image of Sipping with the Symphony 2023 flyer
Sipping with the Symphony!
Twilight Wine Tasting
Thursday September 28, 2023, 5 to 7 p.m.
Page Mill Winery, 1960 South Livermore Ave., Livermore

Join us at this special fundraising event! Support our fabulous symphony as you enjoy musical entertainment, fine wines, delicious nibbles, and unique auction items. The wine-tasting fee is $15. Ten percent of all sales wil be donated to the LAS Guild.
Print out and distribute a flyer!

small image of Pops 2023 concert flyer
POPS, Celebrating our 60th Anniversary!
Saturday September 30, 2023 at 3 p.m.

See our Pops page, and print out and distribute a flyer!

 
Join the Guild!
Membership types: Active members ($20/year) participate in all Guild activities; Associate members ($35/year) participate in at least one activity; and Friends ($50/year) are informed about Guild activities but not required to help.

To join the Guild, send your contact info (name / address / phone(s) / e-mail) and a check payable to Livermore-Amador Symphony Guild or L.A.S.G. to the Treasurer, LAS Guild, 583 Bell Ave, Livermore CA 94550. Note any areas you’d be especially interested in helping with. Or print and fill out an application form and mail it in with your check.

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For more information, please email Guild President PJ Wells at pj.wells.ca@gmail.com or phone her at 925.245.0625.

 
Symphony Notes
Read the May 2023 edition of Symphony Notes (2.2MB pdf), the newsletter published by the Guild.

view from behind a scroll at Pops 2022 by Stephanie Black

 
Pops Concert
The Guild will present this season’s annual Pops concert in downtown Livermore on September 30, 2023. Music will be performed by our LAS orchestra and by the Element 116 youth jazz band. The concert will begin at 3 o’clock outdoors in front of the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street, in Livermore. Check it out! See the Pops page for more.

 
Sipping with the Symphony
This annual fundraiser at Page Mill Winery in Livermore is organized by the Guild and supported by the winery. Sipping with the Symphony includes live background music in addition to food and wine. Join us at Page Mill Winery, 1960 South Livermore Avenue in Livermore, any time between 5 and 8 p.m. on Thursday September 28, 2023. (The photos are from 9/23/21 and 9/22/22.)

studying some of the food at Sipping 2022
Wine to sip and good food to eat, too.
2022
Lana Hodzic and friends at Sipping
LAS violin player Lana Hodzic (2nd from left)
and friends. 2021
table scene at Sipping 2022
A relaxing table scene during
Sipping with the Symphony. 2022
Linda Tinney and Carole Lince at Sipping 2021
Linda Tinney, past Guild president,
and Carole Lince, event volunteer. 2021
Tim Barry and Brad Herbert at Sipping 2022
Musicians Tim Barry (guitar/mandolin/voice)
and Brad Herbert (electric bass). 2022
Beth Wilson and Kate Fisher making music at Sipping
Beth Wilson (flute) and Kate Fisher (cello),
one of two musical duos in 2021.
May 2023 concert presentation of check from Guild to LAS Assn.
Check for $10,000 presented by
Guild President Beth Wilson to
LAS Association President Tim Barry
at the concert on 5/20/23

 
Purpose

The Guild is the highly dedicated support group and fund-raising branch of the symphony; it has been a (large, active!) auxiliary of the Symphony Association since 1963. Its purpose is to stimulate interest in the Livermore-Amador Symphony and to provide financial support. Membership is open to all who share this goal.

 
Meetings
The Guild meets four times a year (and its board meets about ten times a year); each meeting includes music and food in addition to a short business meeting. The first meeting each season is a prelude party in September, usually with a program by Valley Dance Theatre; other meetings are usually in January, April, and May.

Activities

The Guild’s activities are varied; for example, the Guild handles the annual season-ticket campaign of the Symphony, presents pops concerts, publishes a newsletter, organizes estate sales, and provides refreshments at the Association’s annual general meeting. The Guild organizes “Sipping with the Symphony,” annual late afternoon / evening events at Page Mill Winery featuring music performed by LAS-related chamber groups; the next Sipping is on 9/28/23. The Guild even raised several hundred dollars through Patxi’s Pizza in Livermore in 2018.

 
Bylaws
The current LAS Guild bylaws (89K pdf) went into effect on July 1, 2016.

 
2023–2024 Guild Officers

PJ Wells, President
Linda Miller, Vice-President
Sally Swanson, Recording Secretary
Judy McMurry, Treasurer
Beth Wilson, Immediate Past President

2022–2023 Guild Members
The 2023–2024 list will be posted in autumn 2023.

Anne Anaya
Claudia Barry
Tim Barry
Evan Branning
Joyce Brown
Lisa Burkhart
Evangeline Cadrecha
Bob Canning
Patty Canning
Sandy Clark
Dorothy Clarkson
Adela Cook
Joan Dickinson
Judy Eckart
Del Eckels
Janie Eddleman
Marcia Elchesen
Wendy Ellison-Rosenkilde
Sheila Fagliano
Alan Frank
Patricia Fredericks
Nancy Fritsch
Janet Gabrielson
Joan Green
Carol Guarnaccia
Dick Hatfield
Sandra Hodzic
Valarie Huff
Darlene Jeffries
Mary Jestice
Mary Ann Johnston
Penny Jones
Jean King
Shirley Koenig
Mary Kroesen
William Leach
Denise Leddon
Alex Lee
Leota Lee
Carole Lince
Mary Lindquist
Anne Loyola
Sally Marone
Lou Anne Martin
Nancy McKenzie
Judy McMurry
Linda Miller
Helen Moore
Barbara Morrison
Sharron Morrison
Joan Mumma
Sharon Murray
Janice Paquette
Cherie Jo Patenaude
Cherry Patterson
Donald and Judy Person
Martha Peterson
Marguerite Platt
Maria Pomares
Marie Ross
Mary Anne Rozsa
Carlotta Schauer
Jeffrey Schneider
Tania Selden
Lynn Seppala
Sonya Sheffield
Jan Soderstrom
Joie Spooner
Kathy Streeter
Sally Swanson
Kathlene V. Tabet
Linda Tinney
PJ Wells
Sarah Wharton
Patricia Wheeler
Anne White
Ayn Wieskamp
Beth Wilson
Pat Wintemute

Honorary Members
Dr. Arthur Barnes
Bev Hamlin
Maudie Kuenning

 
2022–2023 Guild Directory
The most recent Guild directory (calendar, committees, addresses, etc.) is password-protected.

Changes as of 9/13/23 (since print publication date of 10/19/22):
updated date of Sipping with the Symphony to 9/28/23; updated phone and email of Evan Branning; updated street address and phone of Janie Eddleman; noted that Joan Green died on March 10, 2023; updated email and changed to preferred name of Penny Jones; added new member Shirley Koenig; corrected misspelling of Carole Lince; added preferred phone (cell, not land line) of Judy McMurry; added new member Maria Pomares; updated email of Sarah Wharton; changed to preferred phone (cell, not land line) of Pat Wheeler.

Symphony Notes, Past Issues

In addition to the May 2023 edition of Symphony Notes (2.2MB pdf), these past issues of the Guild newsletter are also available: April 2023 (1.3MB pdf), February 2023 (1.8MB pdf), December 2022 (1.6MB pdf), June 2022 (1.7MB pdf), April 2022 (1.3MB pdf), February 2022 (1.1MB pdf), Dec. 2021 (2.2MB pdf), June 2021 (5.2MB pdf) April 2021 (3.5MB pdf), February 2021 (3.8MB pdf), December 2020 (2.8MB pdf), June 2020 (1.4MB pdf), April 2020 (2.8MB pdf), February 2020 (2.9MKB pdf), May 2019 (669KB pdf), April 2019 (635KB pdf), February 2019 (2.3MB pdf), December 2018 (1.4MB pdf), May 2018 (1.8MB pdf), April 2018 (1.7MB pdf), February 2018 (1.4MB pdf), December 2017 (3.3MB pdf), May 2017 (3.2MB pdf), April 2017 (831KB pdf), February 2017 (819KB pdf), December 2016 (853KB pdf), May 2016 (1.1MB pdf), April 2016 (887KB pdf), February 2016 (849KB pdf), December 2015 (860KB pdf), May 2015 (3.1MB pdf), April 2015 (459KB pdf), February 2015 (1.6MB pdf), December 2014 (630KB pdf), May 2014 (714KB pdf), April 2014 (359KB pdf), February 2014 (2.6MB pdf), and December 2013 (370KB pdf).

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photo credits: Stephanie Black (10/15/22), Claudia Barry (9/22/22, 5/20/23),
Lara Webber (9/23/21, 9/22/22), Beth Wilson (9/23/21)
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