PARKER MONROE TO STEP DOWN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA San Francisco, December 17, 2013

After 18 years as executive director of Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra, $ar%er &onroe announced to t"e orc"estra and board 'eaders"i( t"at "e i'' ste( do n from "is (osition effective &arc" 31, 201) at t"e conc'usion of t"e ensemb'e*s 2013+201) subscri(tion season, -For t"e (ast 18 years, $ar%er &onroe "as been an outstandin. 'eader for t"e Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra succeedin. in "is or% under t"ree music directors and bot" (residents,/ said $resident &ar% Sa'%ind, -0"et"er t"rou." tourin., recordin., ne (artners"i(s, innovative education (ro.rams or commissionin. (ro.rams, $ar%er &onroe*s sta' art 'eaders"i( (ut Ne !entury on t"e musica' ma(, first "ere in t"e 1ay Area and t"en beyond into t"e nationa' musica' community, 2e i'' be .reat'y missed, At t"e start of t"e ne year, e i'' come to.et"er and be.in t"e searc" (rocess for a ne 'eader,/ -3t "as been an enormous "onor to or% it" t"e incredib'e musicians and board of directors of t"e Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra and, of course, it" t"e ins(irin. Nad4a Sa'erno Sonnenber.,/ said &r, &onroe, -After near'y t o decades it" t"is onderfu' or.ani5ation, 3*m ready for some ne c"a''en.es and t"e &aster*s $ro.ram at Stanford t"at 3 be.an in Se(tember i'' sure'y (rovide t"em, 3 am a'so 'oo%in. for ard to trave''in. it" my ife, 6eresa Darra.", and to bein. more avai'ab'e to "e'( care for my (arents on t"e 7ast !oast, 3 i'' never be far from t"is ama5in. ensemb'e and can no s(end more time in t"e audience instead of t"e office,/ &r, &onroe 4oined Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra in 1889, t"e ensemb'e*s fourt" season, :nder "is 'eaders"i(, Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra "as embar%ed on six nationa' tours under t"e 'eaders"i( of a'' t"ree music directors; commissioned and (remiered 1) ne or%s; re'eased five recordin.s it" an additiona' sixt" ('anned for &ay of 201); deve'o(ed a stron. nationa' radio (resence it" more t"an 3< broadcasts on 290 radio stations across t"e country; and deve'o(ed -Strin. =uartet 7ncounters,/ a uni>ue education (ro.ram offered at no cost to more t"an 1,<00 t"ird t"rou." fift" .rade students in &arin !ounty, -As 3*ve said many times, t"e incredib'e vita'ity, ener.y and ent"usiasm of t"e Ne !entury musicians 4ust too% my breat" a ay and made my decision to come to San Francisco an easy one,/ said Nad4a Sa'erno+Sonnenber., -1ut 3 a'so found .reat confidence in $ar%er &onroe*s ca'm executive (resence and "is vast %no 'ed.e of music, 6"ese days it is "arder and "arder to find (eo('e "o are i''in. to .o t"e distance and 3 do t"in% a .reat dea' of Ne !entury*s ("enomena' success must be attributed to t"e stabi'ity of $ar%er*s 'on. term 'eaders"i(, 0e i'' miss "im and e is" "im t"e best,/

Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra c'oses its 2013+201) season it" t o concerts t"at feature excitin. (artners"i(s, 3n February 201), Ne !entury e'comes t"e San Francisco #(era !enter*s Ad'er Fe''o s for ?aetano Doni5etti*s rare'y (resented one act o(era Rita, a comic ta'e of domestic strife, 6"e season conc'udes in &arc" 201) it" anot"er first+time co''aboration featurin. !"antic'eer, @abe'ed by The New York Times as -t"e or'd*s rei.nin. ma'e c"orus,/ t"e t o+time ?AA&&B a ard innin. ensemb'e i'' 4oin Ne !entury in a 4ourney across t"e At'antic from ?ermany to Ne Bor%, s(annin. t"e era bet een t o 0or'd 0ars it" 7uro(ean c'assics and or%s from t"e .reat American Son.boo%, Sin.'e tic%ets ran.e in (rice from C28 to C<8 and can be (urc"ased t"rou." !ity 1ox #fficeD ,cityboxoffice,com and E)1<F 382+ ))00, it" t"e exce(tion of concerts at &ountain Gie !enter for t"e Arts and 6"e 1in. !oncert 2a'', For furt"er information, ('ease visit ,ncco,or. or contact E)1<F 3<7,1111, &edia contacts are 'isted at t"e end of t"e re'ease, PHOTO CREDITS $ar%er &onroe H Ne !entury !"amber #rc"estra Press and Media Relati ns C nta!t Iaren Ames !ommunications Iaren Ames and 1renden ?uy E)1<F 9)1+7)7) %arenJ%arenames,com brendenJ%arenames,com