the Crowden Letter THE CR OWDEN MUSIC CENTER | 1475 R OSE STREE T BERKELE Y C A 94702–1255 | W W W. C R O W D E N . O R G
Music Always at the Core as Crowden Transitions Leadership After nearly two decades of leadership, Doris Fukawa announced that she is transitioning from her role as Crowden’s Artistic and Executive Director this year. Two longtime pillars of Crowden’s leadership team, EUGENE SOR (Crowden’s new Artistic Director) and MARION ATHERTON (currently our Interim Head of School and longtime Chief Operating Officer), are
already off and running in their new roles lead-
Young Composers Program, renovated our
ing our organization.
state-of-the-art Hoefer Auditorium, and estab-
“We are so pleased to have Marion and Eugene expertly step in to their expanding leadership roles,” said Jim Marks, Crowden’s
lished both our endowment and the Ann and Gordon Getty Fund. We were able to sit down recently with
Board Chair. “The Board is looking forward to
Doris, Eugene, and Marion… here’s some of
working in tandem with them as we continue
what they had to say:
to strengthen Crowden’s transformative impact
“This is my 39th year here at Crowden
on young people and move forward into a
overall, and I continue to love our school,
bright future.”
organization, and community dearly,” said
Under Doris’s leadership, Crowden has
Doris as she reminisced. “I am deeply proud
grown from serving several hundred people
of everything we have accomplished together.
each year to well in the thousands. During her
Even though I am transitioning out of active
tenure, Crowden launched the John Adams
involvement in Crowden administration, I