Houston Symphony Magazine- February 2013 by Houston Symphony

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February | 2013

PROGRAMS

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ON STAGE AND OFF

5 Credits 35 Donors 14 Education and Community Programs 32 Endowment Trust 7 Hans Graf 6 Houston Symphony League 4 Letter to Patrons 4 New Century Society 10 Orchestra and Staff 34 Symphony Society

Houston Symphony’s The Centennial Season is star-studded 11 The Centennial Season kicks off this 22 from beginning to end. Flip to Page 22 June with the first-ever Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Read page 11 to see what other events are planned.

for the dates of all the concerts that you don’t want to miss.

FEATURES

8 Andrés Orozco-Estrada 44 Backstage Pass 22 Centennial Season Highlights 11 Centennial Special Events 12 Houston Symphony Ball 13 Special Events 15 Special Thanks 30 Spotlight on Wozzeck 21 Upcoming Performances 13 Vintage Virtuoso

Announced! Meet the Houston Symphony ‘s new 8 Just Music Director, Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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LETTER TO PATRONS Photo by Anthony Rathbun

Robert A. Peiser President Photo by bruce bennett

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

What an amazing beginning to 2013 for the Houston Symphony! In the span of just three short weeks, we successfully concluded our three-year music director search process and announced a star-studded Centennial Season that is full of one-of-a-kind celebrations. We could not be more excited about the selection of Andrés Orozco-Estrada as the Houston Symphony’s next Music Director. The surprise press conference on January 16 was a moment to remember for the several hundred people who attended, including musicians, staff, Board and League members, local media and Mayor Annise Parker. The online audience was even bigger—more than 2,100 logged-in to see the announcement event live from their computers and mobile devices! Visit our website to learn more about Andrés and to watch the announcement video. Please be sure to pick up a Centennial Season brochure while at Jones Hall this month. The actual 100th birthday will be celebrated on Friday, June 21, with a free concert for the whole city at Miller Outdoor Theatre. KTRK-TV Ch. 13, our new television partner, will broadcast the concert live, and the evening will include some of classical music’s “greatest hits,” local guest stars and a joyous rendition of “Happy Birthday.” We hope you will join us in Hermann Park for this historic occasion. Many distinguished guest artists and conductors will grace our stage during the Centennial Season, including Renée Fleming, John Adams, Midori, John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma. Plus, audiences and musicians will once again welcome past Music Directors to the podium, including Lawrence Foster, Christoph Eschenbach and Hans Graf, and Andrés Orozco-Estrada will lead four subscription programs as Music Director Designate. The Pops Series, under the guidance of Michael Krajewski, will be equally exciting with Cirque de la Symphonie, Chris Botti and a Symphonic Spectacular hosted by award-winning actress Sigourney Weaver. You probably noticed a new look to our materials this month as well. We’ve been busy preparing for our new century by redesigning our logo, website and magazine pages. We hope you enjoy exploring all of the new pieces as well as recognizing our new, fresher “face!” With so much excitement in the air at Jones Hall, we eagerly anticipate the final months of Hans Graf’s farewell season. Be sure to read page 30 for more background regarding his signature program, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, that will be performed on March 1 and 2. We hope to see you here for this rarely performed 20th-century masterpiece.

New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation The New Century Society recognizes the Houston Symphony’s most committed and loyal supporters who have pledged their leadership support over a three-year period to help secure the orchestra’s financial future. For more information or to pledge your support, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411, or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Janice H. Barrow Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Mr. Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

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Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach The Methodist Hospital System Nancy & Robert Peiser Laura & Michael Shannon Baker Botts L.L.P. Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Wells Fargo

CREDITS

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Holly Cassard Editor Carl Cunningham Program Annotator Elaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant

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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break. CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances. CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances. February 2013

HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE

Houston Symphony League: Celebrating 75 Years of Service

Amid twinkling lights in the gardens of Bayou Bend, members and friends of the Houston Symphony League gathered to celebrate the legacy of the organization’s founder, Miss Ima Hogg. Highlights of the evening included proclamations from Mayor Annise Parker and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, personal reflections by Mary Louis Kister, past president of the League and friend of Miss Ima, and a performance by the Company B choir of Clear Brook High School.

League President Susan Osterberg accepts the Mayor’s Proclamation from Houston City Council member, Ellen Cohen. Sunday, December 9, was declared Houston Symphony League Day.

The lavishly decorated tree was a perfect backdrop for holiday music played by harpist Carly Nelson. Event Co-chairs Evelyn Leightman and Barbara Scott greeted guests as they arrived at Bayou Bend.

Guests Kash Arfa, Beth Wolff and Roya Arfa were on hand for the “toast to the past, toast to the future” offered by League President Susan Osterberg.

Thirteen past presidents, whose leadership spans almost 40 years, were photographed for the League’s archives. Pictured, left to right: Kathi Rovere, Terry Brown, Roblyn Herndon, Cathy McNamara, Lucy Lewis, Nancy Strohmer, Mary Louis Kister, Barbara McCelvey, Mary Ann McKeithan, Lilly Andress, Donna Shen, Nancy Willerson, Susan Osterberg and Mary Lynn Marks.

Mary Louis Kister shared memories of sitting at the dining table with Miss Ima as she entertained guest artists and conductors.

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HANS GRAF BIOGRAPHY Photo by bruce bennett

Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-02 season. Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Graf appears regularly with the Boston Symphony during its subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in 2006 and returned with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and returned in 2012, for the Spring for Music Festival. Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In 2012, he and the Houston Symphony became the first American orchestra ever to perform at the Festival of the World’s Symphony Orchestras in Moscow, Russia. He also led a tour of the UK in 2010 to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale

Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. His U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival. An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome. Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he won first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite, a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria. Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

February 2013

JUST ANNOUNCED!

On January 16, the Symphony announced the selection of Colombianborn, Vienna-trained conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its 16th Music Director. Occupying the Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair, OrozcoEstrada will serve as Music Director Designate in the coming season, conducting four of the 2013-14 Centennial Season subscription concerts. His five-year contract as Music Director will begin in the 201415 season. The announcement brought a warm welcome from several hundred people, including orchestra members, staff, board, local media and Houston’s Mayor, the Honorable Annise D. Parker. OrozcoEstrada, who will be the Symphony’s first Hispanic music director, has been hailed as a dynamic, personable conductor and will undoubtedly bring exciting things to the orchestra in the coming years.

Andrés Orozco–Estrada, Music Director Designate Don’t miss him when he returns! October 17-20, 2013 Midori Plays Mendelssohn January 3-5, 2014 Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony January 9, 11-12, 2014 The Planets and Orbit – An HD Odyssey April 17-19, 2014 Bronfman Plays Beethoven 4

The musicians and staff were the first to hear the good news when Executive Director/CEO Mark Hanson and Orozco-Estrada surprised them at the morning rehearsal.

Orozco-Estrada and BBVA Compass President Manolo Sanchez enjoyed the view of the brand new BBVA Compass Stadium, while attending a party thrown in Orozco-Estrada’s honor.

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Following the announcement, Mayor Parker gave Orozco-Estrada a proper Texas welcome by gifting him his first Texas-sized belt buckle.

ORCHESTRA AND STAFF Hans Graf, Music Director

Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO

Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Michael Krajewski,

Robert Franz,

Principal Pops Conductor

Associate Conductor Sponsor, Beth Madison

FIRST VIOLIN: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster** Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Hewlett-Packard Company Chair Alexandra Adkins** Sergei Galperin MiHee Chung Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Oleg Chelpanov*

DOUBLE BASS: David Malone, Acting Principal Eric Larson, Acting Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray

SECOND VIOLIN: Jennifer Owen, Principal Tina Zhang, Associate Principal** Sophia Silivos, Acting Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Margaret Bragg Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly** Tong Yan Christine Pastorek Amy Teare David Brubaker*

OBOE: Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz

VIOLA: Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Chair Thomas Molloy Phyllis Herdliska CELLO: Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Haeri Ju** Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James R. Denton** Anthony Kitai Hellen Weberpal*

FLUTE: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal** Judy Dines, Acting Associate Principal Allison Jewett** Gina Hughes* Rebecca Powell Garfield* PICCOLO: Allison Jewett** Rebecca Powell Garfield*

ENGLISH HORN: Adam Dinitz CLARINET: David Peck, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET: Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET: Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON: Rian Craypo, Principal Stewart Orton Chair Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal American General Chair Elise Wagner J. Jeff Robinson** Benjamin Atherholt* CONTRABASSOON: J. Jeff Robinson** Benjamin Atherholt* HORN: William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Acting Associate Principal* Brian Thomas Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Chair Nancy Goodearl Wade Butin*

TRUMPET: Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Anthony Prisk Speros P. Martel Chair TROMBONE: Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE: Phillip Freeman TUBA: Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI: Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal PERCUSSION: Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP: Paula Page, Principal KEYBOARD: Scott Holshouser, Principal Neva Watkins West Chair ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Michael Gorman ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Open LIBRARIAN: Thomas Takaro ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray STAGE MANAGER: Donald Ray Jackson ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Kelly Morgan STAGE TECHNICIAN: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute **On Leave ***Regular Substitute

Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony. James B. Kozak, Piano Technician. Local assistance is provided by Forshey Piano Co. The Houston Symphonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert piano is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum.

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Meg Philpot, Director of Human Resources Stacey Spears, Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Amanda T. Dinitz, Director, Executive Operations Steve Wenig, Director, Community Partnerships

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General Manager Roger Daily, Director, Music Matters! Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Allison Conlan, Music Matters! Coordinator Donald Ray Jackson, Stage Manager Kelly Morgan, Assistant Stage Manager Kathryn Wene, Operations Assistant Meredith Williams, Operations Manager

Michael D. Pawson, Chief Financial Officer Sally Brassow, Controller Philip Gulla, Director, Technology Amed Hamila, Director, Database Support Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects

Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Director, Artistic Planning Merle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate

Glenn Taylor, Senior Director, Marketing Melissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Single Tickets and Group Sales Carlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Subscriptions and Digital Media/Creative Services Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Jeff Gilmer, Patron Services Coordinator, Group Sales/ Ticket Inventory Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Georgia McBride, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital Media/Young Audience Engagement Erin Mushalla, Assistant Marketing Manager, Single Tickets Sarah Rendon, Patron Services Representative Valerie Richmond, Marketing Assistant Derrick Rose, Marketing Coordinator, Group Sales and Promotions Courtney Ryan, Graphic Designer

Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Holly Cassard, Manager, Communications Clair Studdard, Assistant, Communications

David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Stephanie Jones, Senior Director, Events and League Relations Mark Folkes, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate Relations Peter Yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and Development Communications Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager Jennifer Martin, Institutional Giving Coordinator Irma Molina, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Annette Moore, Development Operations Manager Nicole Peralta, Associate Director, Events Sarah Beth Seifert, Manager, Events Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research Alexandra Yates, Development Officer, Individual Giving

Centennial Special Events

Centennial Events that Celebrate Houston This summer, the Houston Symphony invites you to join in the celebration of its Centennial Season! Experience special events designed to celebrate 100 years of Houston’s diverse musical community.

Day of Music

100th Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre On June 21, the Houston Symphony will kick-off its Centennial Season by inviting the city of Houston to attend a free concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre to celebrate the Symphony’s 100th birthday. Conducted by Associate Conductor Robert Franz, the concert will be broadcast LIVE on KTRK Channel 13 and will feature some of the most beloved classical works, pops hits and even a few surprises! Mark your calendars and bring the whole family to what just might be the biggest birthday celebration that Houston has ever seen!

Thank you to our media partners:

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The Houston Symphony will host its first all day, free event called Day of Music on July 13. The Symphony will begin the day with a family-friendly concert, followed by 30 different musical groups performing on stages around and throughout Jones Hall. Acts will include classical groups, community bands, choruses, chamber ensembles, rock bands, jazz artists, blues bands, folk and acoustic musicians, student groups and ethnic ensembles. The day will end with the annual Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert, a classical offering performed by the 87-member orchestra. The Symphony has partnered with local organizations Music Doing Good, The Houston Blues Museum, Sugar Hill Studios and Guitar Houston to help curate performances as well as share their own unique histories. Whether you stay all day or stop by to hear your favorites, the Symphony’s first Day of Music promises to be one of the most talked about events of the summer!

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SAVE THE DATES! Houston Symphony Children’s Fashion Show & Luncheon

Maestro’s Wine Dinner & Collector’s Auction—

April 21, 2013

May 19, 2013

Featuring Fashions by Neiman Marcus

On the Stage of Jones Hall

River Oaks Country Club

Chairs: Judy and Rodney Margolis, Mary Lynn and Steve Marks Wine Chairs: Lindy and John Rydman Auction Co-Chairs: Robert Sakowitz, Tom Nichols

Chairs: Catherine Baen Hennessy, Peggy Hennessy, Megan Hennessy Parker Supporting the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Engagement Programs, Music Matters!

”If music be the food of love, play on.”

Supporting the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Join us for a very special night as we celebrate Maestro Hans Graf at his final Wine Dinner as Music Director.

For more information and to purchase tickets to these and other exciting Houston Symphony Special Events: specialevents@houstonsymphony.org or (713) 238-1485

VINTAGE VIRTUOSO We’d like to extend a special thank you to Lindy and John Rydman and Lisa and Herman Key of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods for hosting their 16th Annual Vintage Virtuoso event at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on December 11. This glamorous and spirited event raises important funds in support of the Houston Symphony’s Music Matters! programs.

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EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Student Concerts—More than a Fond Memory Do you remember the last time listening skills that are correlated with you attended a concert with 2,800 increased reading ability and greater students? You may have been a child, success in school. and it was the first time you attended a Each season, Franz, who is symphony concert. nationally recognized for his achieveIn November, Houston Symphony ments in music education, creates Vice President of Education Cora Sue innovative concert programs that Mach invited 25 patrons to attend integrate musical concepts with one of the student concerts and witTexas Essential Knowledge and Skills ness the enthusiasm firsthand. After (TEKS) curricula in social studies, scithe concert, the guests were treated to ence and language arts. This integralunch with Associate Conductor Robert tion ensures that students come to Franz who spoke about how he develthe performance with a foundation ops the programs for these concerts. of understanding that boosts confiWhy is the Houston Symphony dence, reinforces previous learning so committed to music education? Associate Conductor Robert Franz with Sara Chapman, Fine and increases comprehension. According to Maestro Franz, “The Arts Administrator of Alief ISD, a Stand Partner district The goal is for students to leave Houston Symphony is involved with education because music the concerts with a sense of achievement, having recognized makes a unique and vital contribution to children’s cognitive develconcepts they are studying in school; to stay engaged, having opment.” Research shows that the study of music can have a prouncovered new ways to understand music, social studies, scifound and positive effect on speech, memory, attention and probence and language arts; and to become curious, wanting to dislem-solving. Exposure to music helps develop high-level active cover more.

The Houston Symphony would like to acknowledge those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities. Each year these activities impact the lives of more than 76,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for more than 100,000 Houstonians free-of-charge.

GUARANTOR - $100,000+ M.D. Anderson Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Symphony Endowment John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods UNDERWRITER - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation ExxonMobil Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund GDF SUEZ Energy North America JPMorgan Chase Marathon Oil Corporation John P. McGovern Foundation Shell Oil Company SPONSOR - $25,000+ The Boeing Company Sterling-Turner Foundation

PARTNER - $15,000+

Bank of America Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation CenterPoint Energy The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s Foundation Wells Fargo

PATRON - $10,000+

Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation The Powell Foundation The Schissler Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Vaughn Foundation

BENEFACTOR - $5,000+

Devon Energy Corporation Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Strake Foundation Swift Energy Company

DONOR - $1,000+

Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation

These programs are also supported by the following endowed funds which are part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs The Hearst Foundation Spec’s Charitable Foundation 14

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SPECIAL THANKS

Kay Middleton: 30 Years of Dedication The first person that guests meet when they call or visit the Houston Symphony offices is receptionist Kay Middleton. On August 5, 2012, she made her 30-year anniversary with the organization, which currently makes her the longest-serving employee on the Houston Symphony staff. Middleton manages the front desk reception area, as well as assisting with luncheons, meetings, supply orders and plenty more. Beginning at the Symphony back in 1982, Middleton has seen a living history of the comings and goings of three Music Directors, seven Executive Directors, board members, musicians and staff. Seen as a true “mother” to the Symphony staff and musicians, the organization’s appreciation for Middleton is hard to miss. Over the years, many of the staff and musicians have brought her souvenirs from the Symphony’s international tours, and her desk area is covered with pictures of the children from her “Symphony family.” “She takes care of everyone around here, before herself,” said a co-worker. The Houston Symphony will turn 100 years old on June 21, 2013, and Middleton’s tireless commitment over the last three decades has been invaluable. The entire organization, members past and present, extend its gratitude to “Ms. Kay” for all of her hard work and loyalty. It is safe to assume that “the show would not go on without her.”

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FEBRUARY 14 - 17, 2013

Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Gilbert Varga, conductor | *Vilde Frang, violin

Thursday, February 14, 2013 8 pm Saturday, February 16, 2013 8 pm Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:30 pm

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Siegfried Idyll

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Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219 (Turkish) ca. 31 I Allegro aperto II Adagio III Rondeau: Tempo di menuetto—Allegro—Tempo di menuetto I

Prokofiev Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Opus 64ter 1 Montagues and Capulets: Andante 2 The Child Juliet: Vivace Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet, Opus 64bis 5 Masks: Andante marciale Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Opus 64ter 4 Dance: Vivo 5 Romeo at Juliet’s Before Parting: Lento 6 Dance of the Antilles Girls: Andante con eleganza 7 Romeo at the Tomb of Juliet: Adagio funebre

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NOTES BY CARL CUNNINGHAM | FEBRUARY 14, 16 - 17 SIEGFRIED IDYLL Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Recording Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (EMI Classics)

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following supporters of this concert weekend:

Instrumentation flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns, trumpet and strings

ichard Wagner was hard at work on Act Three of Siegfried in June 1869 when he received the joyous news that he at last had a son. The baby was promptly named after the fearless hero of his current operatic project, just as his two daughters, that Cosima von B端low had borne him out-of-wedlock, were named Isolde and Eva. A year later, during the summer of 1870, Cosima obtained a divorce from her husband,

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NOTES | PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET | FEBRUARY 14, 16 - 17 the noted conductor Hans von Bülow, and married Wagner. If the nuptials and family came in reverse order during this six-year love affair, there was nevertheless great cause for celebration. Wagner complied by secretly composing and rehearsing the ultimate piece of “Hausmusik” over the next several months. As a surprise present to his new bride, his Siegfried Idyll was given its world premiere on Christmas morning, 1870, in the stairwell of Triebschen, the Wagner domicile on Lake Lucerne.

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The instrumental themes that wafted up to Cosima’s bedroom were those that opera audiences were to hear six years later at the world premiere of Siegfried in the newly constructed Bayreuth Festival Theater. Though these themes in the Idyll were taken from thematic motives in Siegfried the music drama, they originated six years earlier in a string quartet Wagner privately composed for Cosima at the beginning of their relationship in 1864. Thus, the first 33 measures, comprising the opening

theme of Siegfried Idyll, are composed almost solely for string quartet. Following the opening string-quartet theme, the flute enters with a motive representing the sleeping Brünnhilde. However, the next major item is not from Siegfried. It is a lullaby, stated by the oboe and accom-

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NOTES | PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET | FEBRUARY 14, 16 - 17 panied by a tiptoeing string duet that represents a pair of bleating sheep mentioned in the text of the cradle song. After an interlude of trills and coloristic flourishes from the strings, the clarinet introduces Brünnhilde’s second thematic motive from Siegfried, sung to her exclamation, “O Siegfried, glorious hero!” The horn marches in with a motive expressing the resolute character of their love. This is accompanied by a little chirping clarinet motive representing the Forest Bird, who played Cupid and led Siegfried to Brünnhilde in the music drama. Finally, several of these themes are combined in a long, glowing coda that forms the apotheosis to this charming Wagnerian potpourri.

ter disguises the elaborate ornamentation shared by the soloist and orchestra in the melody line. Only in the development section does a hint of tension and troubled feeling arise, and that is smoothly dispelled as the main theme returns. The finale harks back to Mozart’s Third and Fourth violin concertos. Like the closing movements in those concertos, it is labeled “Rondeau,” suggesting the verse/ refrain form of the earlier French rondeau rather than the smoothly joined alternation

of themes in the Italianate rondo of Mozart’s contemporaries. In the case of the Fifth Violin Concerto, this rondeau is set in the tempo of a minuet and, like the two preceding Mozart violin concertos, it is interrupted by a very different kind of music at the center of the movement. In this instance, the interruption takes the form of a pseudo-Turkish march, thought to have reached Mozart’s attention through raucous parodies of Turkish music by gypsies living in the lower Austrian empire.

The printed music for Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll was donated by Mrs. W. J. McCaine Jr.

VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR, K.219 (TURKISH) Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791) Recording Leonidas Kavakos, soloist and conductor with the Camerata Salzburg (Sony) Instrumentation two oboes, two horns and strings Mozart wrote a profusion of music for solo violin and orchestra during the first half of the 1770s, including four of his five violin concertos during the last six months of 1775. Apparently written for his own use, they serve as a reminder that Mozart’s violin playing was nearly as accomplished as his keyboard playing. As a child, his violinistic talent had astonished his father, along with several other leading violinists. The Fifth Concerto is the most mature and sophisticated of the set and the most frequently performed. The concerto opens with a typical orchestral statement of all the main themes, but when the soloist enters, it is with a completely new theme, stated in a markedly slow tempo. That said, the pace returns to its customary allegro, and the violinist restates the themes heard by the orchestra. While there is a good deal of brilliance in the first movement, the music has an effortless delicacy about it, rather than a sense of overt showmanship. Like the first movement, the central Adagio is a full-fledged sonata movement, somewhat unusual in the slow movements of Mozart concertos. Its serene characFebruary 2013 19

NOTES | PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET | FEBRUARY 14, 16 - 17 When several strains of this martial interruption have had their say, the concerto returns to its graceful minuet verses. The printed music for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Snyder.

SELECTIONS FROM ROMEO AND JULIET, OPUS 64 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Recording Mariss Jansons conducting the Oslo Philharmonics (EMI Classics) Instrumentation piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, cornet, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (alternating on celesta) and strings Sergei Prokofiev’s full-length ballet on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet represents an artistic crossroads at which many talents, trends and needs in the composer’s life came together. Its composition in 1935 coincided with Prokofiev’s return to his homeland after living as an expatriate in Western Europe and America for 20 years. Though Prokofiev completed the score rather rapidly during the spring and summer of 1935, getting it seen and heard onstage proved to be a significant problem. The premiere finally took place in far off Brno, Czechoslovakia. The ballet was not seen in the Soviet Union until the Kirov company finally danced it in 1940. In the meantime, Prokofiev extracted two suites from

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the score in 1935 and a third suite in 1946. The suite heard at this concert comprises most of the original Second Suite. It opens with the music to the Duke of Verona’s stern command that the Montagues and Capulets lay down their arms, joined to an excerpt from the Knight’s Dance in the Capulet Ball Scene. The remaining five movements concentrate more on the love and tragic death of the principals than such crowd scenes as the brutal Death of Tybalt. Juliet’s playful scene with her nurse, marked by nimble scale passages, forms the second movement. A staccato/pizzicato background of strings, harp, piano and percussion accompanies the sassy clarinet/violin duet portraying the masked Montague boys boldly sneaking past the guards as they crash the Capulet party. This movement is taken from the First Suite. A light-footed dance from the Ball Scene is combined with the second-act Marketplace Dance in the fourth movement. Woodwinds and shimmering strings depict the lovers’ sweet, sad parting in the fifth movement, which is excerpted from various parts of the long third-act Bedroom Scene in the ballet. The Dance of the Antilles Girls replicates the bridesmaids’ fourth-act dance, waving lilies over the casket of the drugged, sleeping Juliet. Romeo at The Tomb of Juliet is taken from her funeral music, the distraught Romeo’s entry into the tomb and the dramatic moment when he stabs her rejected, grieving suitor, Paris, then poisons himself just before she awakens. ©2013, Carl R. Cunningham continued on page 24

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES MARCH 2013

Wozzeck in Concert March 1, 2, 2013 Hans Graf, conductor Roman Trekel, Wozzeck Anne Schwanewilms, Marie Gordon Gietz, Drum Major Marc Molomot, Captain

Nathan Berg, Doctor Katherine Ciesinski, Margaret Calvin Griffin, Apprentice 1 Samuel Schultz, Apprentice 2 Brenton Ryan, Fool

“Alban Berg’s music is so deep, so new and so perfect. It strikes an inescapable chord of compassion and empathy for our ill-fated hero, Wozzeck.” – Hans Graf Sunday subscribers attend Friday.

Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Plus Kavakos March 7, 9, 10, 2013 Hans Graf, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique Hans Graf and Leonidas Kavakos are great friends whose partnership has produced great music-making on the Jones Hall stage and around the world. They’ll join once more to perform Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. Plus, hear Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony.

West Side Story: Film with Live Orchestra

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March 22, 23, 24, 2013 POPS Presenting Sponsor Steven Reineke, conductor Join us as the Houston Symphony performs Leonard Bernstein’s complete, electrifying score live while the remastered film is shown in hi-definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialogue intact. Winner of 10 Academy Awards®, the film, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, features Robbins’ choreography, screenplay by Ernest Lehman, book by Arthur Laurents and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All rights reserved. © A.M.P.A.S. Sponsored in part by Margaret Alkek Williams

Disney in Concert

Magical Music from the Movies March 30, 2013, 7:30 pm Robert Franz, conductor Be enchanted by the music and stunning visuals of Disney masterpieces like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Mary Poppins, The Lion King and more. Robert Franz and the orchestra will be joined by four leading vocalists who will perform the songs of your favorite princes and princesses.

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CENTENNIAL SPECIALS Opening Night with Renée Fleming

Handel’s Messiah

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

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2013-14 CLASSICAL SEASON

chaikovsky’s Piano Concerto T September 12, 14, 15, 2013 Program includes Respighi’s Pines of Rome

J oshua Bell Returns September 20, 21, 22, 2013 Program includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations

chaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 T November 21, 23, 24, 2013 Program includes Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman

eethoven’s Pastoral Symphony B November 29, 30, December 1, 2013 Conductor Laureate Hans Graf returns ozart’s Jupiter Symphony M January 3, 4, 5, 2014 See our new Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada

eethoven 7 Plus Rachmaninoff B September 26, 28, 29, 2013 Featuring the Chorus performing Rachmaninoff’s The Bells

idori Plays Mendelssohn M October 18, 19, 20, 2013 See our new Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada

ozart and Schumann M October 24, 26, 27, 2013 Program includes Schumann’s Symphony No. 2

a Triste Historia – Film and Music L November 1, 2, 3, 2013 Featuring newly created film and music, inspired by the ancient tradition of the Day of the Dead

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he Planets and Orbit – T An HD Odyssey January 9, 11, 12, 2014 See Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada conduct The Planets and Orbit !

dams Conducts Adams A January 31, February 1, 2, 2014 Featuring Gil Shaham performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto manuel Ax Plays Bach E February 13, 15, 16, 2014

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achmaninoff’s Rhapsody R February 28, March 1, 2, 2014 chaikovsky’s Serenade For Strings T March 6, 8, 9, 2014 Program includes Piazzolla’s Cuatro estaciones porteñas

eethoven’s Mass in C B March 21, 22, 23, 2014 Featuring the Chorus performing one of Beethoven’s greatest choral masterpieces

chaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet T April 10, 12, 13, 2014 Conductor Laureate Hans Graf returns

ronfman Plays Beethoven 4 B April 17, 18, 19, 2014 See Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada conduct Dvorˇak’s Eighth Symphony

eethoven’s Triple Concerto B May 1, 3, 4, 2014 Featuring the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition’s silver medalist, Joyce Yang

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BIOGRAPHIES GILBERT VARGA, conductor Gilbert Varga, son of the celebrated Hungarian violinist Tibor Varga, studied under three distinctive maestros: Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Charles Bruck. A commanding and authoritative figure on the podium, Varga is renowned for his elegant baton technique and has held positions with and guestconducted many of the world’s major orchestras. He returns to the Houston Symphony stage with these concerts. Over the past decade, Varga’s reputation in North America has grown rapidly, and the 2012-13 season sees his return to the orchestras of Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Colorado and Utah, among others. He conducts the Minnesota Orchestra every season. In Europe, Varga regularly conducts the major orchestras in musical centers such as Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Cologne, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels and Glasgow. Repeatedly acclaimed for his ability to draw a broad range of emotions from the orchestra, Varga’s programs frequently feature the ballet suites, tone poems and symphonies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the earlier part of his conducting career, Varga concentrated on work with chamber orchestras, particularly the Tibor Varga Chamber Orchestra, before developing a reputation as a symphonic conductor. He was chief conductor of the Hofer Symphoniker (1980-1985); chief conductor of the Philharmonia Hungarica in Marl (1985-1990), conducting its debut tour to Hungary with Yehudi Menuhin; permanent guest conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (1991-1995); principal guest of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (1997-2000); and music director of the Basque National Orchestra (1997-2008), leading that orchestra through 10 seasons, including tours across the UK, Germany, Spain and South America. Varga’s discography includes recordings with various labels, including ASV, Koch International and Claves Records. His latest recording, released in 2011, of concertos by Ravel and Prokofiev with Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and Anna Vinnitskaya on Naïve Records, was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine.

VILDE FRANG, violin Vilde Frang was unanimously awarded the 2012 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and made her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under Bernard Haitink at the 2012 Lucerne Summer Music Festival. These concerts mark her Houston Symphony debut. Noted particularly for her superb musical expression as well as her well-developed virtuosity, Vilde has established herself as one of the leading young violinists of her generation since she was engaged by Mariss Jansons at age 12 to perform with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights among her forthcoming and recent engagements include performances with Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. She appears as a recitalist and chamber musician at festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheingau, Lockenhaus, Gstaad, Verbier and Lucerne. Her continued on page 27

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

SYMPHONY SPECIAL

The Chieftains: 50th Anniversary Tour *Stuart Chafetz, conductor | Paddy Maloney and The Chieftains with Special Guests Paddy Moloney, tin whistle, uilleann pipes Matt Molloy, flute | Kevin Conneff, bodhrán, vocals | Triona Marshall, harp Jon Pilatzke, fiddle, dancer | Jeff White, guitar, vocals | Deanie Richardson, fiddle Alyth McCormack, vocals | Cara Butler, dancer | Nathan Pilatzke, dancer Clear Creek High School Chamber Singers James Park, director | Matthew Coffey, associate director

Friday, February 15, 2013 7:30 pm

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Arnold Four Scottish Dances I Pesante II Vivace III Allegretto IV Con brio

The remainder of the evening’s program will be announced from the stage.

*Houston Symphony debut

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BIOGRAPHIES STUART CHAFETZ, conductor Stuart Chafetz, known for his ability to engage audiences with innovative concerts, is increasingly in demand with orchestras nationwide. In addition to the Houston Symphony, his guest conducting appearances include the orchestras of Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Florida, Indianapolis, Phoenix, the San Francisco Ballet, and more. Chafetz has worked with George Benson, Richard Chamberlain, John Denver, Marvin Hamlisch, Wynonna Judd, Randy Newman, Jon Kimura Parker and Bernadette Peters, to name a few. As resident conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2011, he conducted more than 75 concerts throughout the state of Wisconsin. With the Honolulu Symphony, Chafetz stepped in at the last minute for music director Andreas Delfs to conduct American baritone Thomas Hampson performing Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer and Copland’s Songs, among others. In addition, Chafetz conducted more than 30 performances of The Nutcracker with Ballet Hawaii with principals from the American Ballet Theatre. In his fifth year as a frequent guest conductor with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, he led a 2011 Fall Fest series that celebrated great classics for modern audiences in a relaxed setting. In the summers, Chafetz spends his time at the Chautauqua Institution, where for 10 years, he has conducted the annual July 4th concert with the Chautauqua Symphony.

THE CHIEFTAINS The Chieftains are recognized for bringing traditional Irish music to the world’s attention. The group was formed in 1962 by Paddy Moloney, from the top folk musicians in Ireland. Moloney brought together fiddler Martin Fay, flutist Michael Tubridy, tin whistle virtuoso Seán Potts and bodhrán player David Fallon. They recorded a one-off instrumental album, but five years later were reunited with some additions—fiddler Seán Keane and Peader Mercier who replaced Fallon. Harpist Derek Bell came on board in 1973. In 1975, The Chieftains began playing together full time, and they marked the event with a historic performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The next few years saw the departure of Mercier and the addition of bodhrán player and vocalist, Kevin Conneff. The 1978-79 season would see the departure of Potts and Tubridy and the addition of a new flutist, Matt Molloy. Although their early following was purely a folk audience, the range and variation of their music quickly captured a much broader public, making them the best known Irish band in the world today. Never afraid to shock purists and push boundaries, The Chieftains have amassed a dizzyingly varied resume. Some of the group’s historic events include a tour of China (the first Western group to perform on the Great Wall), Roger Waters’ “The Wall” performance in Berlin in 1990, a concert in the nation’s Capital Building (at the invitation of former Speaker Tip O’ Neill) and a performance at Ground Zero for the victims of September 11. On top of their six Grammy® awards, they have been named Ireland’s Musical Ambassadors. They performed during the Pope’s 1979 visit to Ireland and, in 2011, for HRH Queen Elizabeth II during her historical visit to Ireland. 26

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BIOGRAPHIES | THE CHIEFTAINS | FEBRUARY 15 In 2010, The Chieftains released a CD with guitarist/producer Ry Cooder, San Patricio, on the Concord Music Group label. Named after The San Patricio Battalion, a group of Irish immigrant conscripts who deserted the U.S. Army in 1846 to fight on the Mexican side of the Mexican-American War, it includes some of the most distinguished Mexican and Mexican-American musicians, as well as narration by Liam Neeson and a piece featuring Linda Ronstadt. A commercial and critical success, the album charted number 37 in the Billboard 200, the highest charting of all 58 of The Chieftains’ albums. Fame has not altered The Chieftains’ loyalty to their roots—they are as comfortable playing spontaneous Irish sessions as they are headlining a concert at Carnegie Hall. After all these years of making some of the most beautiful music in the world, The Chieftains’ music remains as fresh and relevant as when they first began.

BIOGRAPHIES continued from page 24 collaborators include Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Martha Argerich, Julian Rachlin, Leif Ove Andsnes, Sol Gabetta and Maxim Vengerov. She and Anne-Sophie Mutter have toured Europe and the U.S., playing Bach’s Double Concerto with Camerata Salzburg. After her 2007 debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Frang was reengaged for a concert with the orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski at the Royal Festival Hall in the 2009 season, followed by a recital at Wigmore Hall. Her concerto recording debut as EMI Classics’ Young Artist of the Year 2010 was greeted with acclaim by critics throughout the world and received the Edison Klassiek Award and a Classic BRIT Award for Best Newcomer. Her second disc, a recital recording with duo partner Michail Lifits, received a Gramophone Award Nomination, Diapason Magazine’s “Diapason d‘Or” and the Echo Klassik Award. Her most recent release, featuring concertos by Tchaikovsky and Carl Nielsen, received the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and was named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone Magazine. Born in 1986 in Norway, Vilde Frang has studied at the Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt in Oslo, with Kolja Blacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy. She plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin on loan from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Freundeskreis Stiftung. February 2013 27

FEBRUARY 22 - 24, 2013

Songs of Simon and Garfunkel Michael Krajewski, conductor | AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle, vocalists Friday, February 22, 2013 8 pm Saturday, February 23, 2013 8 pm Sunday, February 24, 2013 7:30 pm

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Simon/G. Prechel

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Cecilia lyrics by Paul Simon

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Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel Dream, Dream, Dream Homeward Bound lyrics by Paul Simon The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Groovy) lyrics by Paul Simon I Am a Rock lyrics by Paul Simon The Sounds of Silence lyrics by Paul Simon

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A Hazy Shade of Winter lyrics by Paul Simon

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The Dangling Conversation lyrics by Paul Simon

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America lyrics by Paul Simon

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Old Friends / Bookends lyrics by Paul Simon

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Bridge Over Troubled Water lyrics by Paul Simon

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Paul Simon In Concert All I Know

Scarborough Fair / Canticle lyrics by Paul Simon-Art Garfunkel

Mrs. Robinson lyrics by Paul Simon

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Examining the Music: How to Listen to Wozzeck Anthony Brandt, Ph.D. This opera is a psychological whirlwind. What was Berg’s inspiration? In 1821, Johann Christian Woyzeck murdered his commonlaw wife. His murder case was the first in German legal history to use the insanity defense. His lawyers claimed that his jealous rage was a result of diminished mental capacity, and his execution was stayed while he was examined by specialists. Ultimately, he was beheaded in 1824. Georg Buchner’s play Woyzeck, and later Berg’s opera, use the outlines of this story to pose a provocative question: is it Wozzeck who is insane or the society he inhabits? Berg’s opera probes the life of an ordinary man in the grip of a community that seems hell-bent on crushing him. The opera explores the impossibility of remaining sane in such a dysfunctional environment. How does Wozzeck depict its characters’ struggles? Wozzeck was written at the dawn of a new conception of mind and self. Before psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the mind was regarded like a house in which consciousness could visit any room at will; we could know ourselves completely. Freud proposed a radically different view. The conscious mind lives in the tiny vestibule by the house’s front door; it sits there, waiting for signs and signals from inside, but it is forbidden to enter. In other words, we are not privy to most of our own thoughts. In Wozzeck, what the characters are saying is in their voice parts; what they are thinking is in the orchestra. And what is in the orchestra is complex, enigmatic and conflicted—it sounds like the unconscious. The challenges of Wozzeck grow from an effort to portray the inner lives of its characters.

famous orchestral crescendos in classical music. It is a truly shattering moment. How does Wozzeck differ from traditional opera? The music of Wozzeck is based on intricate thematic connections. In this regard, Berg was highly influenced by Richard Wagner. Before Wagner, operas consisted primarily of “set pieces”—arias and choruses brought to life in a particular scene and then rarely revisited. Wagner was the first composer to take the motivic connections of chamber music and symphonies and apply them to evening-long drama. His “leitmotifs” are used as totems of characters and dramatic themes (love, fate, revenge, etc.). These leitmotifs are varied and blended with each other to help underscore the evolving musical narrative. The four-part “Ring Cycle” begins with one theme and ends 15 hours later with the same theme; in between, the theme has coursed through all four operas, a constant reminder of the story’s origins. No one had ever done that before. Like Wagner, Berg conserves themes. Wozzeck’s cry, “Wir arme Leut” (“We poor people”), functions as a musical touchstone throughout the opera, becoming its emotional center of gravity. Other characters, such as the Captain, Doctor and Drum Major, are identified by musical signatures. The leitmotif technique allows Berg to refer back to earlier moments in the plot. For instance, when Wozzeck confronts Marie about earrings she is wearing, the orchestra plays the same motto heard during her tryst with the Drum Major.

“Nearly 100 years after its premiere, it hasn’t lost an ounce of its relevance or impact.”

Would you say that it’s hard to listen to the music in Wozzeck? Wozzeck is undeniably dissonant. If you hear dissonance as “ugly,” works like Wozzeck quickly become unbearable. However, another way of thinking about dissonance is to view it as “musically opaque.” The complex harmonies make it harder to analyze what is happening. Viewed that way, dissonance becomes a tool for Berg to musically render the unconscious. His dissonant harmonies help to create the “opacity” that renders a character’s inner thoughts harder to decipher. If you can tolerate the ambiguity that dissonance creates, Wozzeck gains a poignant resonance. The most striking example of this occurs in Wozzeck’s final confrontation with his wife, Marie. The pitch b-natural is sustained throughout the scene in the orchestra—a musical symbol of Wozzeck’s fixation on his wife’s infidelity. It hovers in the background until it erupts after Marie’s murder. All of a sudden, the entire orchestra converges on this pitch building to one of the most 30

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How can the audience get the most out of their listening experience? When listening to Wozzeck, follow the text. There’s not a single musical gesture that isn’t supporting the story. When Marie slams her apartment window shut, you can no longer hear the marching band on the street; in a scene with soldiers asleep in the barracks, the music sounds like snoring. In one unforgettable moment, the Captain laughs—and the orchestra laughs with him. A concert version of this opera is a great way to experience it; it allows Berg to work his magic directly on your imagination. Wozzeck is a real-time opera, so prepare yourself for a different sense of pacing. The “slow-motion” of classical opera is replaced by furious, relentless progress. Wozzeck is under assault—by his superiors, by his economic situation, by his precarious love life— and Berg’s music rarely lets up. When it premiered, audiences “got” Wozzeck right away. Wozzeck is a demanding and harrowing work; but, from the start, audiences responded to its compassion, fierce integrity, overwhelming inventiveness and psychological honesty. Nearly 100 years after its premiere, it hasn’t lost an ounce of its relevance or impact. Composer Anthony Brandt is an Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University and Artistic Director of Musiqa, winner of the 2013 CMA/ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award. His recent works include “Maternity” with a libretto by David Eagleman, premiered by soprano Karol Bennett and the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.

On March 1 and 2, the Houston Symphony will perform one of its most exciting projects to date, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. Staged as a dramatic concert opera, this project is deeply important to Houston Symphony Music Director Hans Graf. Houston Symphony Magazine asked two local experts on this material to provide some insight into the origins of this controversial piece of music and also for tips on how to listen to it.

“Someone Must Set It to Music!” Examining the Libretto Richard Spuler, Ph.D. PLACE: Residenzbühne (Royal Stage), Vienna TIME: Tuesday evening, May 5, 1914 Vienna premiere of “Wozzeck” by German writer Georg Büchner [1813-1837]. Alban Berg is in the audience [1885-1935]. The closing curtain falls. Short of breath and nearly beside himself with excitement, Berg addresses an acquaintance: “What do you say? Wasn’t it fantastic? Incredible! Someone must set it to music!” Berg hurries towards the exit. What was it that had Berg so animated? Was it the story of a simple, poverty-stricken soldier (Wozzeck), humiliated and degraded by his superiors, subjected to bizarre dietary experimentation by a “mad scientist,” betrayed by his lover and mother of their illegitimate child, who was then driven by her infidelity to commit a brutal murder? Maybe it was the depiction of a schizophrenic character suffering persecutory paranoia, a fragile psyche teetering on the knife-edge of reason and madness? Or, was it the stark portrayal of social repression of the unjust and cruel exercise of authority? Berg acknowledged that it was all of that and more, but most especially, the “musical possibilities” latent within the scenes and their interludes—an observation reminiscent of Debussy’s precept, “Music is the space between the notes.” Berg answered his own call and completed his opera, Wozzeck, in 1921. Apart from writing “good music,” he wanted to come up with the musical equivalent of the “intellectual content” of Büchner’s play—to transform Büchner’s language into music. No small task, this. And in no small measure, because Büchner’s works anticipate virtually every stylistic idiom of modern literature. No less a literary figure than the Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), who said of Büchner’s play, “This is theater. This is what theater could be like!” To paraphrase a country song, Büchner was expressionist when expressionist wasn’t cool. A composer that had been schooled in the classical tradition would be stumped looking for a musical correlative for what is a profoundly anticlassical drama. It’s important to note that Berg studied with Arnold Schoenberg—composer, musical theorist and artist affiliated with the German Expressionist movement, most noted for his revolutionary approaches to musical harmony. Instead of consonance, the play delivers only acute and less acute instances of dissonance. The language is neither elevated nor beautiful (in the classical sense). Instead, it’s down-to-earth, even harsh, and rife with vulgarisms and fractured sentences. The language of the play reveals

social disparities: the Doctor speaks in clipped, high German, while the speech of Marie and Wozzeck is colored by regional dialect and is often ungrammatical. Even though grammatically correct, the speech of the upper class is often pretentious (“Man is free. In man, individuality is transfigured into freedom!”), or it simply makes no sense (“You have no virtue! Virtue, that’s when you’re virtuous, if you see what I mean!”). For pure sensory effect, atonality is the perfect musical counterpart, and Berg’s composition is a spot-on transformation of Büchner’s work into musical language. Berg omitted several scenes in order to compress the action, but other textual issues deserve mention here. For one, Wozzeck wasn’t the title of Büchner’s play. In truth, it had no title at all! Büchner’s sudden death of typhus came just months after having begun work on the piece. It was left unfinished and fragmented (four drafts, with 49 scenes, filling roughly 35 pages, the final draft contained gaps and broke off before Marie’s death). Büchner’s brother, Ludwig, didn’t bother to include the play in his edition of Georg’s works in 1850 because the handwriting was nearly illegible. “Rescuing” Büchner’s play, like Max Brod did with the writings of Franz Kafka, was the doing of one Karl Emil Franzos, a Viennese novelist, who included it in his 1879 edition of Büchner’s works. Franzos saved Büchner’s play from almost certain oblivion, but his intervention wasn’t without consequences. For one, he used chemicals to render the faded ink on the manuscripts readable, but these only made things worse and hastened the deterioration of the paper. For another, being a writer himself, it seems Franzos couldn’t resist the temptation to add and alter as he saw fit. It was Franzos who came up with the title Wozzeck: Fragment of a Tragedy. The success of Berg’s opera then secured that name in the public’s mind. Scholars later determined that the protagonist of Büchner’s play wasn’t called “Wozzeck” but rather “Woyzeck,” and was based on at least three documented criminal histories, with one of the perpetrators actually named Johann Christian Woyzeck. Other misconceptions about Büchner’s play have persisted. Some have thought that the drafts are nothing more than a chaotic accumulation of episodes with no indication of sequencing. And people generally assume that Wozzeck, a.k.a. Woyzeck, drowns at the end. (Like Lady Macbeth, Woyzeck does try to cleanse himself of his guilt, but in Büchner’s text he simply disappears after the line, “There’s a spot—and there’s another.” The drowning occurs in Franzos’ reconstruction, and most memorably in Berg’s opera.) And finally, there’s the notion that Büchner wrote a play with an unequivocal beginning, middle and end. He didn’t, and that’s what makes his (and Berg’s) work, even today, so deliciously modern, so disconcertingly engaging, so unequivocally now.

“…a spot-on transformation of Büchner’s work into musical language.”

Richard Spuler is Senior Lecturer in German at Rice University. He’s made frequent appearances on stage in leading roles, including that of Woyzeck in a German production of Büchner’s play. February 2013 31

The Houston Symphony Endowment Trust The Houston Symphony Endowment Trust is a separate nonprofit organization that invests contributions to earn income for the benefit of the Houston Symphony Society.

Trustees Janet F. Clark Michael Mithoff

Steven P. Mach, President Prentiss Burt

Jesse B. Tutor Fredric A. Weber

An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests. For further information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525, Mark Folkes, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, at (713) 337-8521, or Stephanie Ann Jones, Senior Director, Events and League Relations, at (713) 337-8526. The Houston Symphony acknowledges with deep gratitude the following individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies who have supported the Endowment. General Endowment Funds that support operational and annual activities: Accenture (Anderson Consulting) Fund AIG American General Fund Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bahr Fund Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund Mrs. Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Fund The Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund Jane & Robert Cizik Fund Mr. Lee A. Clark Fund Cooper Industries, Inc. Fund Gene & Linda Dewhurst Fund DuPont Corporation Fund Elkins Charitable Trust Agency Fund The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund William Stamps Farish Fund Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Fund Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Fund George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Fund Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Fund Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Fund Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Fund Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Fund Martha Kleymeyer Fund Rochelle & Max Levit Fund Mr. E. W. Long Jr. Fund

M.D. Anderson Foundation Fund Rodney H. Margolis Fund Jay & Shirley Marks Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Fund/ The Marks Charitable Foundation Marian & Speros Martel Foundation Fund Barbara & Pat McCelvey Fund The Menil Foundation Fund Monroe Mendelsohn Jr. Estate Sue A. Morrison & Children Fund National Endowment for the Arts Fund Stewart Orton Fund Papadopoulos Fund Nancy & Robert Peiser Fund Rockwell Fund, Inc. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Fund Estate of Mr. Walter W. Sapp Fund Mr. & Mrs. Matt K. Schatzman Fund The Schissler Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Fund Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Fund Texas Eastern Fund Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Fund Dede & Connie Weil Fund The Wortham Foundation Fund Anonymous (5)

Designated funds to support annual performance activity: The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund The Cullen Foundation Maestroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fund General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer and Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil and Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund Fayez Sarofim Guest Violinist Fund through The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Wortham Foundation Classical Series Fund endowed in memory of Gus S. & Lyndall F. Wortham

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The Houston Symphony Endowment Trust Endowed Chairs to assist the Houston Symphony attract, retain and support world class conductors, musicians and guest artists: Janice & Thomas Barrow Chair: Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello Roy & Lillie Cullen Chair: Hans Graf, music director Fondren Foundation Chair: Qi Ming, assistant concertmaster Hewlett-Packard Company Chair: Marina Brubaker, first violin General Maurice Hirsch Chair: Aralee Dorough, principal flute Ellen E. Kelley Chair: Eric Halen, associate concertmaster Max Levine Chair: Frank Huang, concertmaster Cornelia & Meredith Long Chair: Assia Dulgerska, assistant concertmaster George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair: Mark Hughes, principal trumpet Tassie & Constantine S. Nicandros Chair: Alexander Potiomkin, bass clarinet Lucy Binyon Stude Chair: Jonathan Fischer, principal oboe Endowed funds to support the Houston Symphony’s annual education and community engagement activities: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund Endowed funds to support new commissions and innovative artistic projects: The Micajah S. Stude Special Production Fund Endowed funds to support access and expand geographic reach: The Alice & David C. Bintliff Messiah Concert fund for performances at First Methodist Church The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in honor of Hanni Orton and in memory of Stewart Orton Mach Family Audience Development Fund George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund Endowed funds to support electronic media initiatives: The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives Legacy commitments through The Brown Foundation Challenge to support artistic excellence: Janet. F Clark Gloria Goldblatt Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair: Wayne Brooks, principal viola Ms. Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Anonymous (1)

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Symphony Society Board Executive Committee President & Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser

Chairman of the Board Jesse B. Tutor

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson

Past President Robert B. Tudor III

Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby

Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Volunteers David Wuthrich

Vice President, Development Jerome Simon

Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick

Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant

General Counsel Paul R. Morico

President, Endowment Steven P. Mach

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Susan Osterberg, President, Houston Symphony League Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Stacey Spears, Assistant Secretary Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

At-Large Members Marie Bosarge Gene Dewhurst Barbara McCelvey Helen Shaffer Jim R. Smith

Governing Directors * Janice H. Barrow Danielle Batchelor Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Justice Brett Busby Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil

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Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Graham Baker Devinder Bhatia Ted Bosquez Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Prentiss Burt Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso * John T. Cater Audrey Cochran Mark Day Louis DeLone John Esquivel Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr.

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Kelli Cohen Fein Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Brian James Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach * Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks Jackie Wolens Mazow

Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Ron Rand Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon

Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Ileana Trevi単o * Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich

Mary Fusillo Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect Kathleen Hayes Catherine Kaldis Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Roslyn Larkey Nancy Littlejohn Carolyn Mann Michael Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis David Massin Brian McCabe * Gene McDavid Marilyn Miles

Michael Mithoff Dave Mueller Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Greg Powers Roman F. Reed Richard Robbins * J. Hugh Roff Jr. Donna Shen Mark Schusterman * Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith David Stanard David Tai Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas

Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams Ex-Officio Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Carole Murphy Susan Osterberg Burke Shaw Brinton Averil Smith Stacey Spears

Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar

Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley Mrs. John W. Herndon

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Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen

Houston Symphony Donors

The Sustainability Fund

The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund, whose extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of the greater Houston area and Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1412.

Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr.

Mrs. Kitty King Powell Janice H. Barrow The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts

Annual Support

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past year. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Leadership Circle Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Janice H. Barrow Dr. Ed & Mrs. Marie T. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell John & Lindy Rydman / Specâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Centennial Society $100,000 - $149,000 Jane & Robert Cizik Beth Madison Barbara & Pat McCelvey Janice & Robert McNair Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

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Houston Symphony Donors Maestro’s Society $50,000 - $74,999

Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.

Darlene & Cappy Bisso

Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian

Gene & Linda Dewhurst

Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel

Mr. Monzer Hourani

Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock

Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi

Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn

Rochelle & Max Levit

Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf

Cora Sue & Harry Mach

Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves

Joella & Steven P. Mach

Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan

Laura & Michael Shannon

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange

Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith

Cornelia & Meredith Long Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Dave & Alie Pruner Ann & Hugh Roff Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Alice & Terry Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Steven & Nancy Williams Anonymous (1)

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Houston Symphony Donors Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000-$24,999 Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Mr. Ralph Burch Justice Brett & Erin Busby Mr. & Mrs. Max Chapman Janet F. Clark

Audrey & Brandon Cochran Alexander & Lorraine Dell Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey Lobb Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney

Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Jule & Albert Smith / Julia and Albert Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. David & Paula Steakley Dede & Connie Weil

Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000-$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Rolaine & Morrie Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ruth White Brodsky Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress Dr. Scott Cutler Mr. Richard Danforth Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mrs. William Estrada Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Angel & Craig Fox Mr. David Frankfort & Ms. Erika Bermeo

Michael B. George Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark Hanson Larry & Susan Kellner Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Jay & Shirley Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Brian & Elisabeth McCabe Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III

Donna & Tim Shen Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Ms. Kelly Somoza Mr. James Stein / Bank of Houston Mr. & Mrs. Troy Thacker Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Ms. Judith Vincent Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Anonymous (1)

Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500-$9,999 Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Graham & Janet Baker Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock and Dr. Gary Brock Ms. Terry A. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Noel Coon Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. Brian James

Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Cameron Mitchell Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Sue A. Morrison Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros Peggy Overly & John Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Roman & Sally Reed

Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Dr. Carlos Rossi William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Ms. Amanda Savo Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Nancy & David Tai Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Dr. Jim T. Willerson Nancy Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000-$7,499 Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Hon. Peter & Mrs. Anne S. Brown Barry & Janet Burkholder Toba Buxbaum Marilyn Caplovitz David & Nona Carmichael Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carter IV Courtney & John Chapoton William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison

Roger & Debby Cutler J.R. & Aline Deming Ms. Sara Jo Devine Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. Robert Durst Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. Scott Ensell Mr. Shane T. Frank Ms. Beth Freeman & Mr. Dave Stanard Dr. Robert H. & Mrs. Mary M. Fusillo Mrs. Aileen Gordon William A. & Dorothy H. Grieves

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Ms. Kathleen Hayes Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mary Louis Kister Mr. Willy Kuehn Mr. Alfred Lasher III Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald February 2013 37

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. Keith McFarland Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. Gary Mercer Stephen & Marilyn Miles Ginni & Richard Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O’Donnell Jennifer Owen & Ed Benyon Mr. Howard Pieper Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. Yale Smith Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Shirley & David R. Toomim Ms. Beverly Turner McDonald Mrs. Birgitt van Wijk Stephen & Kristine Wallace Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (1)

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Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Ables Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Mrs. Nina Andrews Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. James M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Maurice & Karey Bresenhan Mr. Larry C. Brookshire Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso David Chambers & Alexander Steffler Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Day Mr. Denis A. DeBakey & Ms. Lavonne Cox Ms. Niki DeMaio James R. Denton Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Carolyn & David Edgar Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Fairbanks Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mr. & Mrs. Jason Few 38

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Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Andy Fullen Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. Bert & Mrs. Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Robert & Michele Goodmark Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. Jimmy Hubbell Marianne & Robert Ivany Marzena & Jacek Jaminski Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity William & Cynthia Koch Ms. Roslyn Larkey Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Linbeck Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Ms. Vickie McMicken Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Dr. & Mrs. John Mendelsohn Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mithoff Julia & Chris Morton Juliet Moths Mr. & Mrs. Geoffroy Petit Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Cathie Powers Mr. Timothy Presutti Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Pyne Jeremy & Linsay Radcliffe Hilda & Hershel Rich Shirley & Marvin Rich Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Richards Allyn & Jill Risley Dr. & Mrs. Richard Robbins Mr. & Mrs. James L. Robertson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Carole & Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. George A. Shannon Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos

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$1,000 - $2,499

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mrs. Harold J. Adam Joan & Stanford Alexander Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. John Alvarado Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Dr. Angela R. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Dr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Susie & John Bace Mrs. Nancy Bailey Dr. and Mrs. Christie Ballantyne Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. David Barnham Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Richard & Trish Battaglia Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Trisha Biasotti Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mrs. Mary Blake Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blitzer Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mrs. Danya M. Bogart Mrs. Joanie Bowman Mr. Sonny Brandtner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Breen Sr. Ting & John Bresnahan Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Thomas Nyle Britton Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown Mr. & Mrs. Terry Bryant Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Ms. Cathy M. Cagle Margot & John Cater Mr. Peter J. Cazamias

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. Robert L. Clarke Dr. Paul Cloutier Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Colburn Dr. Carmen Bonmati & Mr. Ben Conner Mr. Mark C. Conrad Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. William Cotting Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. Jeffrey Daniels Mr. Fulton & Mrs. Reece Davenport Mrs. Helen Davis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Ms. Elizabeth Del Pico Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Christopher & Annamarie Dewhurst Bruce B. Dice Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Erikson Mr. & Mrs. Jon Evans Mr. Mike Ezzell Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Dr. Judith Feigin & Mr. Colin Faulkner Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. & Mrs. George Ferguson Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer Barbara S. Fitch Mr. Dale Fitz Katie Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Eugene Fong William & Deborah Fowler Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Hali Ganbold Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mrs. James J. Glenn Jr. Mr. Morris Glesby Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mr. Robert Gomez Mr. Michael Gonser Samantha Gonzalez Ms. Melissa Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. Kendall Gray Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Doug Groves Mr. & Mrs. James Hackett Mr. Michael Haigh Eric & Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Hall Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Harris David & Claudia Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Bob & Yoli Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. Volker Hirsinger Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Tim Hogan Mrs. Evelyn Howell Mark & Marilyn Hughes Mrs. Julia Humphreys

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Ms. Ann Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Jessica Q. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda & Frank S. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. David Kennedy Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Kneale Lucy & Victor Kormeier Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Ms. Ilene Kramer Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Dr. Golda & Dr. Robert B. Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. Edwin N. Letzerich H. Fred & Velva G. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. W. Gregory Looser Mr. Elario Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mrs. Sasha Davis & Mr. Joseph Matulevich Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Linda & Jim McCartney Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. Edward McIntosh Barnett and Diane McLaughlin Ms. Karen McRae Mr. & Mrs. John Merrill Melba Hoekstra Miers Estate Jennifer & David Mire Mr. Jamal Mollai Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Sami & Jud Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Newman, Strug, and Wadler families in honor of Ida & Irving Wadler Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Sheila Neylon John & Leslie Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Ogden Mr. & Mrs. Staman Ogilvie Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael & Shirley Pearson Pamela & James Penny JoAnn & John Petzold Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Ms. Meg Philpot Mr. Thomas Power Michael & Darla Price Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Mr. Tom Purves Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Perry Radoff Clinton & Leigh Rappole Anne D. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Allan Reich

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. Kent Rutter Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Sand Chris & Don Sanders Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Mrs. Toni Oplt & Mr. Ed Schneider Dr. Mark A. Schusterman Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Scuseria Mr. & Mrs. John Seaberg Mr. & Mrs. Ash Sharma Jo A. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Aimee Snoots John L. Snyder Mary Louise Spencer Ms. Georgiana Stanley Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Stopnicki Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Emily C. Sundt Susman Family Foundation / Ellen & Steve Susman Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Jean & Doug Thomas Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. Roger Trandell Mr. Gerard Trione Ms. Karin Peterson Tripp Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Uzcategui Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Van Buren Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vander Lee Rachael & Jason Volz, A Fare Extraordinaire Betty & Bill Walker Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mr. & Mrs. K.C. Weiner Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Ms. Paula O. Whyte Ms. Melanie S. Wiggins Carlton & Marty Wilde Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Witte Mr. Karl Heinz Wolf Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (9)

Director $500 - $999

Mr. & Mrs. Justin Abbott Mr. William L. Ackerman Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Corbin & Char Aslakson Ms. Erin S. Asprec Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Mr. Richard Bado Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Baird Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ball Ms. Anne Barrett Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. Ricky R. Behrend

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mr. & Mrs. John Berger Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mrs. Ann M. Bixby Dr. William Black Jr., M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Mrs. Noemi Blum-Howard Mr. Edward P. Bornet Bob Frank Boydston Mr. James Bragg Ms. Sally Brassow Mr. & Mrs. Jos C. Brown Fred & Judy Brunk Mrs. Shirley Burgher Ms. Helen P. Burwell Mr. Carl Butler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mrs. H. E. Carrico Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Mr. & Mrs. David Chang Ms. Anna Charlton Virginia A. Clark Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. David Coleman Donna M. Collins Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Coon Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Dr. Edward Cox Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Dr. & Mrs. Lee Daniels Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. Joseph A. Dellinger Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Dilg Mr. Charles Dishman Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Egon & Elisa Durban John & Joyce Eagle Ms. Paula Eck Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Knut Eriksen Ms. Tanya Evanoff & Mr. Ed Spire Diane Lokey Farb Mrs. Kelli Fereday Mr. Stephen J. Folzenlogen Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Rachel Frazier Mrs. Cathy Friestch Mrs. Martha Garcia Mrs. Holly Garner Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Ms. Lucy Gebhart Ms. Elaine C. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Gottschalk Mr. Ned Graber Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gracely Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Marion S. Hargrove W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Thomas F. & Catherine Mary Hastings Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Healy Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. David Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. David Houston Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hsieh Ms. Lee M. Huber Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Ms. Rebecca Hutcheson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Jacobson

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Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Mark Johansson Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. Bill Jones Mrs. Jillian Jopling Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kelley Mr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Louise & Sherwin Kershman Mr. Ron Kesterson Ms. Malgosia Kloc Mr. Dennis Kroeger Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Dr. & Mrs. Shane Lanys Mr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Dr. & Dr. Richard A. Lewis Annie & Kenneth Li Mr. James C. Lindsey Mrs. Mary Litwin & Mr. Bruce Litwin Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Renee & Michael Locklar Mr. Alberto Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Ms. Renee Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Marion Ms. Diane Markesich & Mr. James Hamblet Ms. Faerie Marston Mr. Howard Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Dr. & Mrs. Glen E. Mattingly Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus William E. Joor, III & Rose Ann Medlin Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Meneilly Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. William R. Mowlam Daniel & Karol Musher Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Ms. Khanh Nguyen Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mrs. Caroline Osteen Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Ms. Martha Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Antoinette Post Mr. Robert W. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Mr. William E. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ramsey Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Ms. Rachaelle Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart

Milton & Jill Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mrs. Holly Rubbo Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Mr. Derek Salvino Mrs. Jennifer K. Salyer Mr. Charles King Sanders Ms. Cynthia Sanford Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Ms. Stacey Saunders & Mr. Jeff Smith Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schaeffer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schmuck Mr. David Schultz & Ms. Beth Stegle Jean & Robert Schwarz Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Ms. Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. & Mrs. George Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Russell Sherrill Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Ms. Joyce Steensrud Mr. Ronald B. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa Sakashita Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sullivan Ms. Bobbie Sumerlin Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mrs. Louise Sutton Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Ms. Carolyn Tanner

Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Van Teeters Mr. John F. Terwilliger & Ms. Laura Codman Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mr. & Mrs. M. Dale Tingleaf Mr. G. M. Tolunay David & Ann Tomatz Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Mrs. Eliot P. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Mr. & Mrs. Jon P. Valfre Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Charles Veith Dean B. Walker Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mrs. Johannah Wilkenfeld Dr. Wayne Wilner Ms. Susan N. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe Mr. Scott Wynant Anonymous (19)

Mr. & Mrs. James K. Garner Mrs. Lillian Gaylor Mr. Evan B. Glick Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Mr. & Mrs. John Matzer Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Mr. Marvin McMurrey & Mrs. Martha Rocks Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Ogden Mrs. Kay M. Onstead Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet W. R. Purifoy Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. Charles Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Ms. Virginia Torres Mr. Roger Trandell Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. Warren Dean Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Barbara Dokell Mr. & Mrs. Randy Dunn Mr. Richard Fanning Mr. John Geigel Mr. & Mrs. L. Henry Gissell Jr. Mr. Garland Gray Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Don Harrison Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Alex Howard Mr. Don E. Kingsley Ms. Amy Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. & Mrs. James D. Long Ms. Doris M. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoy Mr. James Miner Jim & Arlene Payne Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Raizner Mrs. Pamela Royal Mr. Michael Shawiak James C. Stanka Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Mrs. Patricia Twining Mr. Gary Van Rooyan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Venus Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Viancos Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Anonymous (1)

As of January 1, 2013 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529

Houston Symphony Pops Donors Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Mr. George P. Mitchell

Concertmaster’s Society $25,000-$49,999

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mrs. Sybil F. Roos

Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000-$24,999

Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey Lobb Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley

Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000-$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Ms. Judith Vincent

Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500-$9,999

Graham & Janet Baker Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Paul & Rita Morico Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000-$7,499

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Marilyn Caplovitz Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Ms. Sara Jo Devine Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge

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Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker

Grand Patron $2,500-$4,999

Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. Robert Grant & Ms. Christine Romsdahl Marianne & Robert Ivany Rex & Marillyn King Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Shirley & Marvin Rich Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. William Thweatt Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III Sally & Denney Wright Anonymous (1)

Patron $1,000-$2,499

Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Mrs. Nancy Bailey Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. John S. Beury Ellen Box Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Mr. David Carrier Mr. William V. Conover Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Ms. Ann Currens Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Ms. Jessica Ford Carol & Larry Fradkin Paula & Alfred Friedlander

Director $500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Ms. Suan Angelo Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Ann B. Beaudette Ms. Suzie Boyd Mr. Billy Bray Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Dr. Cecil Christensen Richard & Marcia Churns

As of January 1, 2013 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529

Corporations

Houston Symphony Business Council Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, MARSH Private Client Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Mike Doherty, Frost Bank Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies Roz Larkey, Cameron International Corporation Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP Billy McCartney, Vitol Inc. (retired)

Paul Morico, Baker Botts L.L.P. Robert A. Peiser, Imperial Sugar Company (retired) Geoffroy Petit, TOTAL David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass

Jerome Simon, Northern Trust Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric Weber, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Corporations As of January 1, 2013

$100,000 and above

BBVA Compass ConocoPhillips The Methodist Hospital System Spec’s Charitable Foundation * United Airlines $50,000-$99,999

American Express Philanthropic Program * Baker Botts L.L.P. Cameron International Corporation Cameron Management Chevron ExxonMobil Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * Jackson and Company JPMorgan Chase Marathon Oil Corporation * Neiman Marcus Rose Hill Meadows Corporation Shell Oil Company TOTAL

$25,000-$49,999

* Aztec Bank of America The Boeing Company * Bright Star * Christofle Chubb Group of Insurance Companies * Darryl & Co. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. * Houston Chronicle KPMG LLP Memorial Hermann Health System * PaperCity The Rand Group, LLC * Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Vinson & Elkins LLP Wells Fargo

$10,000-$24,999

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Avalon Advisors, LLC Bank of Houston Bank of Texas Beck Redden LLP Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. * Crown Castle International Corp. Enbridge Energy Company Ernst & Young Halliburton H-E-B Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation Merrill Lynch Private Bank & Investment Group MetroBank, N.A. Northern Trust

Palmetto Partners, Ltd. Regions Bank SPIR STAR, Ltd. Star Furniture UBS USI Insurance Services LLC $5,000-$9,999 Bloomberg, L.L.P. Michem International, Inc. New Era Life Insurance Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Salient Partners Spectra Energy Stewart Title Company Swift Energy Company Gifts below $4,999

Air Liquide American Corporation EOG Resources, Inc. GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Gulf Marine Product Co., Ltd JaPage Partnership La Esperanza Oil & Gas, LLC / La Esperanza Christian Foundation Louis Vuitton Martha Turner Properties SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Williams Companies, Inc. Wolff & Associates, Inc.

* Contribution includes in-kind support

Corporate Matching Gifts As of January 1, 2013 Aetna Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation

Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust

Occidental Petroleum Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.

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LEGACY SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event, featuring a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society—and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact Mark Folkes, Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts, at (713) 337-8251 or mark.folkes@houstonsymphony.org. Janice H. Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Janet F. Clark William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Randolph Lee Groninger Mrs. Gloria Herman

Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita

Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada

Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich Anonymous (9) As of January 1, 2013 sDeceased

IN MEMORIAM We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come! Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler

Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan

Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides

John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more As of January 1, 2013

Erin Asprec Paul & Vickie Davis Steve Dukes

Robert Lee Gomez Ken Mathews Bryan & Vickie McMicken Dave B. Nussmann

Nina & Peter Peropoulos Jennifer Klein Salyer Susan Scarrow Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. James

Pam & Jim Wilhite Anonymous

DocuData Solutions Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael Festari Foster Quan LLP Gucci H.E.B. Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Chronicle Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston Jackson and Company

JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin PaperCity Pro/Sound

Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery Shecky’s Media, Inc. Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Staging Solutions Stewart Title Tony’s Tootsies United Airlines Valobra Jewlery & Antiques VISION Production Group Yahama

IN KIND DONORS As of January 1, 2013

A Fare Extraordinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Aztec Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Bright Star Christofle Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Culinaire Darryl & Co. DLG Research & Marketing Solutions

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BIOGRAPHIES continued from page 29 video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker that aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. This season, he conducts his original Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel program all over North America. He has collaborated with an eclectic group of artists, including flutist Sir James Galway, Marilyn Horne, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Kenny Loggins, Ben Folds, Doc Severinsen, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Chieftains, Pink Martini, Cirque de la Symphonie, Classical Mystery Tour and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. With degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony, and for 11 years served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

AJ SWEARINGEN AND JONATHAN BEEDLE, vocalists AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle have been performing this remarkable tribute to the music of Simon and Garfunkel for more than a decade. Their sold-out shows prove the effect on their audiences is undeniable. A chance meeting in 1991, in a local club in Bethlehem, PA, brought these two talented artists together. A brief introduction, and moments later they were blending their voices as if they had been performing together for a lifetime. Swearingen’s warm baritone and Beedle’s soaring tenor combine flawlessly to capture the essence and magic of Simon and Garfunkel’s sound of the early years in Greenwich Village. With a quiet stage and an acoustic guitar, Swearingen and Beedle recreate the memories of the classic hits and obscure songs of Simon and Garfunkel. Tonight, you will discover why audiences cheer for this duo as they capture the Simon and Garfunkel magic.

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As of January 1, 2013

$1,000,000 & above

Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. $500,000-$999,999 City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts $100,000-$499,999

Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation M.D. Anderson Foundation The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

John P. McGovern Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation $25,000-$49,999

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sterling-Turner Foundation

$10,000-$24,999 Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area Jack S. & Donna P. Josey Foundation Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation The Powell Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation Vaughn Foundation

$2,500-$9,999 LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust The Hood-Barrow Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Nightingale Code Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts $1,000-$2,499 Diamond Family Foundation The Mary & Thomas Graselli Endowment Foundation The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation The Lilian Kaiser Lewis Foundation The Oshman Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

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BACKSTAGE PASS Vicki West, musician sponsor

Rodica Gonzalez, violin

Birthplace: San Antonio, TX. My father was an Air Force doctor.

Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

Education: I attended the University of Texas and South Texas College of Law; I have a BA and JD.

Education: Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest; Master of Music in violin performance from Rice University

Earliest musical memory: I have two early memories. One is riding the school bus with Susan Hansen to the Music Hall for Symphony concerts and the second is piano lessons very early on Saturday mornings.

Joined the Houston Symphony: 1990

First became involved with the Houston Symphony: In 2002, I was very involved in Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and I was asked to chair the 2003 Symphony Ball. That year, I joined the orchestra’s Board of Trustees and the Houston Symphony League. I have been involved ever since. Current listening: Andrea Bocelli I’m looking forward to: On March 1 and 2, Hans Graf is conducting Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. It is a special project Hans is working on, and I am looking forward to seeing it come to life under his direction.

Beginnings: I started playing the violin at age 4, after my grandmother saw me singing to my pre-school friends in a recital setting. Her reason for starting me on violin was that there are more violins in the orchestra than pianos. All in the family: Though my parents aren’t musicians, my sister, Mihaela, is also a violinist in this orchestra. My husband, Robert, plays the violin as well as my 5-year-old son, Matthew. Best thing about being a musician: The most wonderful thing about being a musician is the variety of music-making. Besides playing in the orchestra with my amazing colleagues, I love playing chamber music with the Fidelis Quartet (Mihaela Frusina, violin; Wei Jiang, viola; and Jeffrey Butler, cello) and the Tre Voci trio (Ilgin Aka, piano) in venues like Carnegie Hall. Fidelis Quartet is in the process of editing its first CD with Houston Symphony Flutist Judy Dines and Clarinetist Danny Granados.

I love the Houston Symphony because: Our Symphony is very important to Houston as an international city; it helps attract both businesses and sought-after professors to our city. People looking to move here want to know we have world-class arts available for themselves and their children.

Current listening: In my car, I am listening to Dvorˇák’s American String Quartet and Brahms’ Viola Quintet.

Favorite part of the Symphony experience: I love to watch the musicians getting ready to perform and interacting with each other. There is a sense of community on stage as they prepare for Hans Graf’s arrival. I like to arrive early to observe this and get into the mood to hear a great concert.

If I weren’t a musician: I would be an attorney.

Hobbies & interests: My greatest passion outside the Symphony is travel. Meeting my musician: I have a wonderful story of how I met Rodica. She came to my home for a Houston Symphony Magazine photo shoot and stayed for dinner. During dinner, she told everyone the story of how she and her sister (Houston Symphony violinist Mihaela Frusina) defected to the U.S. from Eastern Europe. It was an amazing story of courage, and I have loved her and felt so close to her ever since that night. She is a very strong and courageous person. When I was asked to be a musician sponsor, I asked if I could have Rodica, as I already knew I liked her. I’m a musician sponsor: Because of my affection for Rodica and for the orchestra as a whole. It is a great way to get to know our musicians and become closer to the entire orchestra. 44

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Keeping the music-making fresh: I always try to perform a few solo and chamber music recitals every year.

Meeting my sponsors: I met Vicki West at a Symphony dinner/photo shoot she hosted. She was very interested in my life story, and we immediately became friends. Career highlights: One of the notable moments in my career and personal life was in 1985 in Switzerland when I met Sergiu Luca, my mentor and amazing teacher. He invited me to study with him at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Hobbies & interests: I love traveling with my family.