San Francisco Symphony held four cocktail parties, four dinners and one big afterparty to welcome and celebrate its new season on September 24, 2015. The well-heeled crowd arrived at 5:30 pm for cocktails.
Scenes from the Pre-Show at San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala:
Lauren Fike
Daru Kawalkowski in a gown by Karen Caldwell
Ellie Brown and Theodore Brown
Iris Chan and Michael Chan
The opening night concert featured Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with vocalists Kelsey Grammar and Alexandra Silber performing favorites from Rogers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe .
More high style on the red carpet as patrons arrived for cocktails at Davies Symphony Hall:
Rose Fisher and Emily Bibb
Karen Richardson and Jon Rubinstein
Komal Shah (in a gown she designed with Christian Siriano) and her husband, Gaurav Garg
Sarah Somberg (in a gown by Emilia Wickstead) and Brad Somberg
Cori Bates and Tony Bates
Former San Francisco Symphony President Nancy Bechtle
James Tyree and Nune Worraruji
OJ Shansby, in a gown by Marchesa and jacket by Nina Ricci, with Gary Shansby
Yurie Pascarella in a gown by Andrew Gn
Jacquelyn Williams in a gown by her grandmother Loretta Roberson
Photos by Moanalani Jeffrey Photography