New Board Members

The Board of Directors of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players recently elected two new members:

Karen Gottlieb performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony as second harpist, and has appeared on their tours and on many recordings and DVDs. She has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony's AIM ensembles since 1992, and the harpist of the Skywalker Recording Symphony. She served for 20 years as principal harpist with the California Symphony, until 2008. She received a Bachelors degree from the University of Washington and a Masters in Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is on the faculty of San Francisco State University and Mills College, and is a certified repair technician of the Lyon Healy & Salvi Harp Company.


Russ Irwin is currently a member of the Ojai Music Festival Board of Directors, and the former Chair of the San Francisco Symphony Concerts for Kids Program. He was also a former member of the Oakland Symphony Chorus Board of Directors and a research toxicologist at Bayer Corporation, now retired.