Last Chance to Make an End-of-Year Donation to Festival Opera
Don't miss the opportunity to donate to Festival Opera at this important time of giving.
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Angel with the Lance
Domenico Guidi
Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome
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Won't you be an angel?
Please help us meet the challenge.
1. Mail your check to:
Festival Opera 1630 N. Main St. #61 Walnut Creek, CA 94596. 2. Donate online via PayPal. $100 or more makes you a member of Festival Opera. 3. Call 925.944.9610 to make a credit card donation by telephone. Thanks for helping us meet the challenge and for providing the foundation for the 2015 season.
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2015 Calendar
January Annual Members Meeting details TBA
SUN June 21 Opera in the Park Civic Park, Walnut Creek FRI July 10 Opening Night Party Prima Ristorante, Walnut Creek FRI July 10 Ariadne auf NaxosSUN July 12 Lesher Center for the Arts November Chamber operas: Holst's Savitri and Perla's River of Light venue TBA
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New Chorister Joins Festival Opera Family!
Longtime ch  orus members Heather Braganza-Roman and Tod Roman, welcomed their first child, Tyler Rex Roman, on May 13, 2014. They think he will be a tenor. Heather coordinated the Festival Opera children's chorus on several productions. Happy holidays and congratulations to the new family.
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Festival Opera
1630 North Main Street, #61
Walnut Creek, California 94596
925.944.9610
www.festivalopera.org
Sara Nealy - General Director
Dick Brundage, CBC - Marketing Director
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Board of Directors
Susie Hanson, Chair
Peter Johnson, Vice Chair
David Kingsbury, Treasurer
David Baer, Secretary
Nina Bancroft Dickerson
Jennifer Kwock-Lau
Diane Heald
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Musical America 30: Profiles in Courage
Festival Opera Honored
Festival Opera general director Sara Nealy was selected to be one of 30 people who have "taken a risk, spoken out where others were silent-all to the measurable benefit of their arts organizations and the field."
According to the editors of Musical America, the choices from hundreds of nominees worldwide were based on those who can show measurable results, uniqueness, persistence in the face of resistance or hardened tradition, and inventiveness... the risk-takers and innovators.
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Festival Opera's 2014 Holiday Gala
The 2014 Holiday Gala was enjoyed by even more guests this year. Festival Opera's biggest fundraiser of the year was held December 3. Shawnette Sulker and Kirk Eichelberger brought down the house with their rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside"... along with a few operatic selections! Beautiful Indian dancers did a hip hop/classical mash up, and guests wined and dined. Here are a few images from the night: 
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2014 honoree Silvia Lin
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Shawnette Sulker accompanied by Chun Mei Wilson
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Kirk Eichelberger
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Ione Gille &
some of her guests
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Susie Hanson & Janet-marie Persico
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Barbara & Gary Drummond
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Anthony & Ella Greenhouse, guests of Jennifer Kwock-Lau (center)
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Susan Dupree & Elaine Reisert
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Lisa Sanders, Joanne Drumm & Nina Dickerson
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Bill & Navid Armstrong
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Miriam Drumm welcomes guests
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Barbara &
TJ Gilmartin
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Frank Morgan with 2013 honoree
Diane Mauch
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Joan & Jack Waddell
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Pamela Philbert, Kirk Eichelberger, Jim & Bonnie Schmidt
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Mysore & Prabha Gopal, Susie Hanson and David Baer
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Frank Hanna, auctioneer
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