Symphony Supper, Symphonix and the After-Party

Symphonix Dinner Co-chairs Jerica Lee and Ariel Anaya

Michael Richter, Sara Richter and Judi Eisner

Symphony Supper Co-chairs Ellie Pollak and Andrea Palmer

David Seto and Sharon Seto

Patricia Lee-Hoffman with Symphonix Co-chairs Kevin Yeh and Catherine Meng

Remy Fisher

City Hall decor by Blueprint Studios for San Francisco Symphony Opening Night on September 5, 2018

Meredith Tan and Whitney Hudak

Marybeth La Motte, Liz Larned and Anne Laury

Katja Kapustina, Laura Jacobsen, Veronika Kapustina, Amanda Coffee, Nicholas Tan, Meredith Tan, Patrick Brennan, Lillian Jenks, Alexandra Stoelzle, Valentin Kint, Kuntal Maya, Annabel Chang, Jon Wright, Aditi Iyer and Annie Dreshfield

San Francisco Symphony celebrated the opening of its 107th season with a capacity audience of 2,775 ticketholders on September 5, 2018. Some 1,500 of those arrived early for the pre-performance dinner parties. Gala patrons dined in an elaborate tent near Davies Symphony Hall, while Symphony Supper and Symphonix Dinner guests gathered across the street at City Hall for cocktails and dinner. McCalls Catering and Events served all of the dinners with main courses of halibut, salmon, or filet mignon.

Blueprint Studios created the décor for all cocktail receptions and dinners, including a pre-concert wine reception in Davies Symphony Hall, and the After-Party. After exciting opening night performances from Michael Tilson Thomas, Itzhak Perlman, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and students of the Perlman Music Center inside Davies, the crowd moved outside for dancing to DJL! on Grove Street. The patrons’ tent transformed to a nightclub where the Cheeseballs kept the dance floor popping all night long!

Scenes from the After-Party on Opening Night:

After-Party Chair Catherine Geeslin (in green) and Frank Gogol make their way to Davies Symphony Hall

The Cheeseballs perform at San Francisco Symphony Opening Night After Party

Mandy Salzman, Brianna Haag and Carla Brenner

Cori Bates, Lisa Goldman and Eliza Cash

Lawrence Lui, Michael Tilson Thomas and Gorretti Lui

Rose Fisher

Natasha Dolby, Irit Epelbaum, Libby Marshall and Gerri Johnson

Navid Armstrong and Jennifer Walske

Photos by Andrew Caufield, Arthur Kobin, Katie Ravas, and Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography

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