Houston Symphony Magazine June 2011

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Michael Krajewski leads the winners of the 2011 Young Artist Competition at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

On Stage and Off 3 Credits 25-32 Donors 7 From the Orchestra 5 Hans Graf 6 Orchestra and Staff 24 Symphony Society

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Salute to Sponsors.................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gives a standing ovation to the following corporations, business and organizations for their financial support in helping us achieve an outstanding 2010–2011 Season:

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Hans Graf Biography..........................................................................................

Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, dis- he conducted the opening concert of the Aspen Music Festival tinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s and returned to Tanglewood and Chicago’s Grant Park Festival. He 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. returns to Tanglewood and the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Festival He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season. this summer.

Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres.

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Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zürich Opera and Boris A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg.

Graf has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He appears regularly with earned diplomas in piano Hans Graf conducting the Houston Symphony in an all Richard Strauss program on March 24, 2011: the orchestra during and conducting from the subscription season Musikhochschule “Graf’s conducting showed a thoughtfulness and delicacy the and at the Tanglewood in Graz and continappropriate to the work’s meaning.”

Music Festival. ued his studies with He made his Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle Carnegie Hall debut Celibidache and Arvid with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned leading the Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and will return on Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók May 5, 2012. and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of the Lyric Suite and a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

Europe, Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music of The Planets—An HD Odyssey—a project that has been picked up around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for by the Cleveland, Seattle and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. He has Services to the Republic of Austria. participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz and Aix en Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston.

Provence and appeared at the Salzburg Festival. In summer 2010, They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO

Hans Graf, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski,

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double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray Flute: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal Judy Dines Allison Garza**

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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 Denton Anthony Kitai

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

Piccolo: Allison Garza**

English Horn: Adam Dinitz

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On behalf of my fellow musicians, welcome to the Houston Symphony! For the orchestra, June is our “road warrior” month. We pack all of the orchestra’s equipment—stands, lights, music, chairs, piano, harp, basses, celli, etc.... into a large truck and take our family-friendly Sounds Like Fun! concerts to far-flung corners of our city. Performing in churches, community centers and schools brings with it a distinct set of challenges— particularly for our good-natured and hard-working stage crew, who put in many 12-hour days this month!

But it’s well worth the effort when we see young families, school children and many others who have never had the opportunity to gather in their own neighborhood to experience the power of incredible live music performed by their symphony. The looks on the faces of the young people in the audience show the ability of this music to cross all borders of culture and age and speak to our common humanity.

Also this month, we perform here in Miller Outdoor Theatre, where our six concerts offer more opportunities for a relaxed introduction to symphonic music. After all, what could make for a better evening than sitting under the stars with a picnic basket and your loved ones, listening to great art? Two of these concerts feature talented young competition winners performing alongside the Houston Symphony. The Silver Medalist of the 2011 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition performs on Saturday, June 25, while the winners of the 2011 Young Artists Competition at the Houston Symphony, presented by Fidelity Charitable, perform on Wednesday, June 29. The Ima Hogg Competition brings gifted conservatory students to Houston Brinton Averil Smith from around the world while the Fidelity Charitable Competition provides opportunities for local high school Principal Cello musicians, and both offer contestants a chance not just to compete for prizes, but also to perform with a major symphony orchestra.

At the top levels, where almost all contestants are well qualified technically, competition in music becomes very subjective. Just as you couldn’t choose a “winner” between Monet and Picasso, it is usually impossible to objectively pick the “best” player in a field of talented and accomplished musicians. And yet, competitions have been a part of our musical landscape from the beginning as even Bach, Beethoven and Lizst were all challenged to “play-offs.” For the musicians, while the rewards of winning are sweet, it’s not always about the results. Ravel lost his conservatory’s composition contest, the Prix de Rome, five times, but learned more in losing than all of the forgotten winners! The excitement and pressure of being judged helps build the nerves and self confidence that we need as professional musicians, and even in unsuccessful outings, the chance to perform helps us keep improving. While we musicians often have our personal favorites, we always take pleasure in the high level of all of our contestants and the fact that we are able to give all of them an experience that will help them continue to grow as musicians and allow them to connect with our wonderful Houston audiences. Enjoy the concert!

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ROMEO AND JULIET, OVERTURE-FANTASY Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia

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Work composed: 1869; revised: 1870, 1880

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Died: Nov 6, 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Recording: Gustavo Dudamel with the Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Beethoven 5 plus Rhapsody in Blue

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Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings

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Tchaikovsky’s descriptive orchestral music includes pieces based on literary works by Ostrovsky, Lord Byron and Dante, plus three works based on Shakespeare plays: The Tempest, the Hamlet Fantasy and his enormously popular Romeo and Juliet.

This passionate overture-fantasy was among his early orchestral works, and the idea of Russian composer Mily Balakirev. In fact, Balakirev pestered Tchaikovsky, even writing out suggested themes and offering critiques as it progressed. Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky felt indebted to Balakirev and dedicated the work to him.

Having completed a first version of Romeo and Juliet in 1869, Tchaikovsky revised it extensively the following year and made revisions again in 1880. Though the famed piece is now frequently performed, it was not well received by audiences at first; concertgoers even hissed at its Vienna premiere.

Tchaikovsky set the work as a large sonata form, whose slow, prayerful introduction represents Friar Laurence in his cell. The turbulent opening theme depicts the warring Montagues and Capulets, while the famous lyrical theme following this section portrays Romeo and Juliet in love. The development is taken up with further clashes between the families, followed by an expanded restatement of their themes and the love theme in the recapitulation, leading to a short, gloomy coda representing the death of the lovers.

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE George Gershwin

This concert is sponsored in part by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board.

The Houston Symphony’s Miller Outdoor Theatre concerts are endowed by The Brown Foundations, Inc. in memory of Stewart and Hanni Orton.

The printed music for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 was donated by Miss Catherine Jane Merchant.

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Died: Jul 11, 1937, Beverly Hills, California

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Born: Sep 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York Work composed: 1924; symphonic arrangement, 1942 Recording: André Previn, soloist and conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (EMI) Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, three horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, two alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, timpani, percussion, banjo and strings

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George Gershwin’s most famous piece was prompted by bandleader Paul Whiteman, whose orchestrated jazz swept the U.S. and Europe following World War I. Returning from a successful engagement abroad, Whiteman commissioned Gershwin to write and perform a piece for solo piano and jazz ensemble, with the purpose of giving jazz respectability on an experimental concert of new popular music he was planning.

Since Gershwin was working with a tight deadline (he composed the piece in about three weeks) and had limited orchestral skills, Whiteman engaged his longtime arranger, Ferde Grofé, to arrange it for his dance band. Rhapsody in Blue was an immediate hit at its premiere on February 12, 1924, in New York’s Aeolian Hall and remains so to this day. Grofé made two further arrangements for a larger ensemble; his 1942 symphonic orchestration is the one used tonight.

The wailing, bluesy clarinet glissando (upward slide) opening Rhapsody in Blue is its most famous musical gesture. Originally, it was written as a 17-note scale passage, but the clarinetist slid up to the high note during a rehearsal and the composer kept it. While Gershwin titled it as a rhapsody, intending a free-form piece, his limited talent at reworking and developing musical ideas forced him into numerous repetitions of its thematic material.

Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski tells us the title of the piece was dreamed up by Ira Gershwin, who had been viewing a James Whistler art exhibit while George was composing the work. If Whistler could title his paintings Nocturne in Black and Gold or Arrangement in Gray and Black (better known as Whistler’s Mother), Ira saw no reason why George couldn’t call his musical composition Rhapsody in Blue.

mance at the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. The Pastoral Symphony, with its descriptive portrayal of the joys of rural life, pointed the way to numerous descriptive symphonies by Berlioz, Liszt, Mahler, Strauss and a host of lesser composers.

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is important for several reasons, above all for its concentrated release of energy. Never in any symphony did the composer hammer away so incessantly at one single theme as in the short-short-short-long rhythmic motto that dominates the first movement of the Fifth Symphony. Musical analysts have often claimed (not without controversy)

that he unified the entire symphony by echoing that rhythm in its later movements, particularly during its frowning third-movement Scherzo.

The Fifth Symphony also owes its concentrated power to the fact that it is one of Beethoven’s shorter symphonies. Though manuscript documents indicate he once considered expanding the three-part Scherzo and Trio to a five-part form (as he did with his Fourth, Seventh and Ninth symphonies), he left little fat in the tissue of this muscular symphonic score.

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SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OPUS 67 Ludwig Van Beethoven Born: Dec 16, 1770, Bonn, Germany Died: Mar 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria Work composed: 1807-08 Recording: Kurt Masur conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Pentatone) Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings Individual Beethoven symphonies are remarkable for so many reasons that it is hard to single out the special importance of any one of them.

Beethoven named the Eroica Symphony as his favorite, perhaps because it represented a breakthrough in establishing the large, monumental genre of symphony that prevailed throughout the 19th century. Wagner paid special homage to the Ninth Symphony, with its vocal-choral message of human brotherhood—a message that echoed all the way down to Leonard Bernstein’s perforMiller 2011

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Finally, his dramatic gesture in physically joining the moody C minor Scherzo to the triumphant C major finale (at the exact moment those trombones sound) has doubtless brought a spinetingling thrill to every listener.

For all these innovations, the Fifth Symphony owes some things to symphonic traditions that developed during the 18th century. Its rare use of a minor key harks back to the urgent “stormand-stress” symphonies of the 1770s, of which Mozart’s explosive Symphony No. 25 in G minor is a prime example. And its concentration on a single theme in the first movement recalls several monothematic symphonies of Haydn, where most or all of the themes in a movement derive from a single musical idea. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham

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Francis Michael Francis, conductor

Rising British conductor Michael Francis is receiving conducting engagements and accolades around the world. Francis came to prominence in 2007 when he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra as a replacement for an indisposed Valery Gergiev during the BBC Gubaidulina festival and for composer/conductor John Adams in a performance of his own works at the Philharmonie Luxembourg.

The 2010-11 season held successful debuts with the New York Philharmonic; the San Francisco and Seattle symphonies; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Munchner Symphoniker; and the Indianapolis and Oregon symphony orchestras. He has appeared with the Norrkoping Symfoniorkester, conducted the Orchestre de Paul and will conduct the 10 classical programs in each of the San Francisco Symphony’s summer festivals in 2011 and 2012.

In 2012, he will tour Europe with the RadioSinfonieorchester Stuttgart, return to Japan for a concerto festival, make his debut with the Cincinnati, Vancouver and Toronto symphonies, and will return to the Oregon and Seattle symphonies. Tonight, he makes his Houston Symphony debut.

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OVERTURE TO DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT), OPUS 362 Johann Strauss Jr.

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Bernstein’s West Side Story

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Although Johann Strauss Jr. is famous for dozens of waltzes, his fame for stage works rests largely on Die Fledermaus, the only genuine hit among his long string of operettas.

The story tells of a masquerading couple who carry on extramarital romances behind the backs of their spouses, only to be exposed after a night behind bars. Its plot stems from a mid-19th-century Viennese farce adapted for the Parisian stage in 1872. Its string of charming melodies includes several tunes from the third act where Rosalinda’s husband and her lover both wind up in jail, the bubbling second-act waltz and a mock-mournful oboe melody from the first-act Trio where Gabriel von Eisenstein tells his wife that he has to serve his jail term, without admitting that he is sneaking out to a fancy ball beforehand.

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VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR, OPUS 26 Max Bruch Born: Jan 6, 1838, Cologne, Germany

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This concert is sponsored in part by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board.

The Houston Symphony’s Miller Outdoor Theatre concerts are endowed by The Brown Foundations, Inc. in memory of Stewart and Hanni Orton.

The printed music for J. Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat) was donated by Mr. James Matthews.

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The scores for Symphonic Dances from West Side Story was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Chaoul.

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Notwithstanding the seemingly spontaneous flow of beautiful melody in Bruch’s G minor Concerto, the piece cost him four years of labor and six drafts of the score. In that long process, two famous violinists, Joseph Joachim and Ferdinand David had been consulted to make sure the solo part was playable.

The first movement of Bruch’s concerto flows into the slow movement without a break, as it does in Mendelssohn’s famed Violin Concerto in E minor. But the movement is a less complete, fully-rounded sonata-allegro movement than its counterpart in the Mendelssohn concerto. An introductory section, alternating Miller 2011 11

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The second theme, also introduced by the soloist, has a similar profile but a more lyrical character and more intricate, decorative rhythms.

Both themes are discussed and reworked in an impassioned development section, but the chorale phrases and cadenzas marking the return of the main key merely dissolve in a transition to the slow movement, instead of heralding a full recapitulation section.

The middle movement offers an unbroken

string of beautiful melodies. Its three themes hauntingly anticipate the styles of Mahler and Strauss by about 25-30 years. As the orchestra begins the last of them, the violin embarks on an extended filigree passage that takes up most of the movement’s middle section. This leads to a more elaborate return of all three themes.

In his biography of Bruch, Christopher Fifield notes that the main themes in the final movements of the Bruch and Brahms violin concertos share similar “Hungarian” traits, noting that Joachim, a Hungarian violinist, served as adviser to both composers. After a lengthy presentation, this lively G major theme gives way

to a broad second theme in D major. The main theme is extensively developed under figurative display by the violin, followed by a return of the second theme (this time chasing itself in canonic imitation) and an exuberant burst of the opening “Hungarian-theme” materials as the concerto comes to a close.

VORSPIEL UND ISOLDENS LIEBESTOD (PRELUDE AND ISOLDE’S LOVE-DEATH) FROM TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Richard Wagner Born: May 22, 1813, Leipzig, Germany Died: Feb 13, 1883, Venice, Italy Work composed: 1857-59 Recording: Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony (Warner Classics) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, harp and strings Love and death are inextricably intertwined in Wagner’s revolutionary music drama about the warrior, Tristan, who falls in love with Isolde, the Celtic princess he has brought to the castle of Cornwall as an unwilling bride for his uncle, King Mark. The potion they drank during their sea voyage was supposed to kill them, but instead it made them fall passionately in love.

That love is only fulfilled when the wounded Tristan dies at the end of the opera and Isolde sees him transfigured.

While waiting six years for the first stage performance, Wagner popularized the music by joining the opening Prelude (which he titled “Love Death”) and Isolde’s triumphant monologue in the concluding Transfiguration Scene, so they could be performed in concerts of orchestral excerpts from his stage works. The moody opening “Love-Death,” with its yearning chromatic melody line and its harmonies perpetually suspended in an unresolved state, was far in advance of its time, and it has been a source of fascination to musical scholars ever since it was composed. Isolde’s soaring vocal line in the final scene is one of the glories of the music drama, both in staged productions and in the instrumental concert arrangement.

SYMPHONIC DANCES FROM WEST SIDE STORY Leonard Bernstein Born: Aug 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts Died: Oct 14, 1990, New York, New York Work composed: (1955-56) Recording: Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic (Sony) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling

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..................................................................................................................... the Americas (2007-08) and has toured in South America (summer 2008).

Lehninger made his BSO debut in 2010, and in 2011, stepped in for Maestro Levine to conduct the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s Violin Concerto and debuted at Carnegie Hall with the orchestra. He debuts at Tanglewood in 2012. He has led Brazil’s top orchestras, regularly guest conducted in Argentina and, in the United States, has led the Boston, New West, Hartford, Fairfax and Jacksonville symphony orchestras.

An alumnus of the National Conducting Institute, his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra (2007) resulted in a return invitation.

piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta) and strings Many of Leonard Bernstein’s major theatrical works were completed in the 1950s, including his light operas, Trouble in Tahiti and Candide, his film score, On the Waterfront, and his musicals, On the Town and West Side Story. The Romeo-and-Juliet musical about lovers caught between warring gangs in West Side New York opened on August 19, 1957, in Washington’s National Theater for a smash-hit run of two years, then toured nationally and ran another 253 performances in New York. A film version appeared in 1961, scored by Bernstein assistants Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal.

That same year, Bernstein and the pair selected and ordered eight numbers from the score to make up an orchestral suite. It tells the tale of Tony and Maria falling in love amid the conflict of rival gangs and the tragic murders of her brother and Tony.

The Prologue sets a scenario of gang rivalry. It is followed by the dream song, “Somewhere,” proposing that love and friendship also have their place in this rough milieu.

The Scherzo suggests an escape from this environment, but the Mambo puts the two gangs right back in it, doing a competitive dance in the school gym. The hit tune, “Maria,” is set to a gentle cha-cha rhythm. Followed by the ominous “Cool” Fugue as the Jets gang plans battle strategy against the Sharks. The battle itself takes place in the climactic Rumble, and the suite ends in a mood of sad, quiet reflection, highlighted by a flute solo playing the melody of “I had a love.” © 2011, Carl R. Cunningham

Lehninger was awarded the First Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship, spending one month as Kurt Masur’s assistant. He placed second in the first Eleazar de Carvalho National Conducting Competition (2001), participated in the Malko Competition for Young Conductors (2009) and in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview (2011).

Lehninger studied violin and piano, and holds a master’s degree from the Conductors Institute at Bard College, where he studied conducting with Harold Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach.

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Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by James Levine. He has served as cover conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra in Brazil, music advisor of the Youth Orchestra of Miller 2011 13

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Prominent Mexican composer Arturo Márquez has composed at least four works titled Danzón. While the other three either involve small instrumental groups or instrumental soloists featured with an orchestra, Danzón No. 2 features the orchestra itself in a varied palette of instrumental colors.

The 10-minute piece begins with a beguiling solo clarinet melody spun out over a layer of Latin rhythms in the percussion and strings. New themes enter as other orchestral instruments gather and the pace of the music picks up, culminating in a forceful climactic section ending the first half. Orchestral colors change as the first violins and bassoon return to the opening melody, and the remaining themes return in an even greater display of orchestral brilliance.

Márquez, who was educated in Mexico, Paris and the California Institute of the Arts, has displayed his versatile talent in all the traditional stage and concert forms of music, as well as electronic music. He has won numerous awards and commissions and has taught at leading Mexican conservatories.

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PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23 IN A MAJOR, K.488 Wolfgang Amadè Mozart Born: Jan 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria Died: Dec 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria Work composed: 1786

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Of Mozart’s 23 piano concertos, 17 were composed in Vienna during the last decade of his life, and 16 of those were completed within an short span of six years. The A major Concerto, K.488, was the last of three concertos Mozart completed between December 1785 and March 1786.

Written in the same key and spirit as the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, the A major Concerto is noted for its elegance and lyricism. Significantly, Mozart preferred the sound of clarinets rather than oboes as the dominant tone color in this woodwind choir.

Formally, the concerto exhibits a seamless

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.......................................... fusion of the organic growth inherent in the classical symphonic tradition with the alternation between solo and ensemble playing inherited from the baroque concerto. In the first movement, all the themes announced by the orchestra are restated by the soloist in the second exposition, which then flows into a gentle, decorative development of some of the movement’s secondary themes. Once again, the various tonal adjustments and solo/orchestral priorities fit hand-toglove in the recapitulation, which is capped by an unusual written-out cadenza Mozart left in the autograph manuscript to this concerto.

The plaintive F-sharp minor slow movement has aroused some commentary, since it came in the midst of several minor-mode serenades, sonatas, concertos, symphonies, operatic and choral works over the last decade of Mozart’s life. One physician even theorized that these minor-mode works suggest manic-depressive tendencies in Mozart’s personality. Whatever the implications, the sad mood of this large, threepart slow movement is quickly tossed out in the joyous finale, which blends the principles of rondo and sonata form in a profusion of sparkling themes. Among other things, this long movement provides the soloist with an almost unbroken session of brilliant, sportive playing.

SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN G MAJOR, OPUS 88 Antonín Dvorˇák Born: Sep 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia Died: May 1, 1904, Prague, Bohemia Work composed: 1889 Recording: Libor Pesˇek conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Virgin Classics) Instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings The last three symphonies of Antonín Dvorˇák are the most frequently performed among his nine symphonies. Although the bucolic Eighth Symphony has lived in the shadow of the popular New World Symphony and the serious-minded Seventh Symphony in D minor, it is the most relaxed, most poetic and loveliest of the three.

It was composed in less than three months between the end of August and early November 1889, at a time when Dvorˇák had achieved long-sought recognition internationally and established himself as a major voice in expressing Czech nationalism in music. Though he had little success in gaining a foothold for his Czech-language operas at the Germanlanguage Vienna Opera, his symphonies were taking hold in German and Austrian concert halls. A London Philharmonic commission for his D minor Symphony brought major exposure Continued on page 18 Miller 2011 15

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Immediately after completing his Bachelor of Music in violin performance at the New England Conservatory (May 2009), then 22-year-old Joshua Weilerstein was named the winner of the 2009 Malko Competition for Young Conductors.

Highlights of Weilerstein’s 2010-11 season included a return engagement to the South Jutland Symphony and concerts with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Malmö and Norrköping symphonies, and CityMusic Cleveland, among others. In February 2011, he served as a Dudamel Fellow, performing as cover conductor for multiple concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and working with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel.

Weilerstein soloed with the Boston New Music Initiative and was a guest member of A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra.

In previous seasons, he led the Danish National and Indianapolis symphonies, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Festival Chamber Orchestra of the Skaneatelles Festival, among others. Weilerstein has participated in the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) (summer 2009), where he was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize. Named the winner of the Aspen Conducting Prize (2010), he served as the AMFS Assistant Conductor the following summer. Becoming the Símon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela’s (SBYOV) first nonVenezuelan guest member, Weilerstein appeared as violin soloist on the orchestra’s American tour with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel (2007), and had for his conducting debut in 2007.

Currently in Boston, he serves as concertmaster of Discovery Ensemble, a Boston-based chamber orchestra established by young musicians dedicated to bringing music to children through interactive workshops in schools and community concerts. Weilerstein has just completed his second year of graduate study, pursuing dual Master of Music degrees in orchestral conducting with Hugh Wolff and in violin with Lucy Chapman.

Benjamin Hochman, piano

Benjamin Hochman has earned widespread acclaim for his performances with the New

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York and Israel philharmonics, and the Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Vancouver symphonies, among others. He has collaborated with the Tokyo, Mendelssohn, Casals, Prazák and Daedalus quartets; the Zukerman Chamber Players; members of the Guarneri and Orion Quartets; and with Miklós Perényi, Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin and Ani Kavafian. In 2010, he released his first album featuring solo works of Bach, Berg and Webern (Artek).

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for his orchestral, choral and chamber-music works in England. A Russian tour at the invitation of Tchaikovsky, repeated invitations to join the Prague Conservatory faculty and honorary doctorates awarded by the universities of Prague and Cambridge soon followed in the early 1890s, along with Dvorˇák’s three-year residency in the United States.

The symphony shares an interesting feature with two other major symphonies written within the preceding 11 years. Like the Fourth Symphony of Tchaikovsky and the Third Symphony of Brahms, the first movement of Dvorˇák’s Eighth Symphony opens with a motto theme that recurs later as a structural pillar separating the exposition, development and recapitulation sections of the movement. However, the somber character of this beautiful modal theme is brushed aside in the flow of bouncing flute melodies and lyrical cello themes that dominate the movement.

The slow movement is an expression of sheer poetry and deep mystery. Once again, a lovely opening string theme, rising and falling evenly, gives way to quiet bird-call motifs, first stated by the flutes, and eventually to a soaring theme accompanied by majestic scale passages.

For the third movement, Dvorˇák composed a breezy, lyrical Scherzo, framing a light, innocent melody derived from one of Dvorˇák’s operas in the Trio section. Unexpectedly, this tune is transformed into a quick two-step variant in an abrupt coda to the movement.

The fourth movement is a most extraordinary piece, superimposing implications of sonata form and a chain of rustic dance tunes upon a theme and six variations. For all its complicated structural implications, the music is colorful and zestful, right through its exuberant coda.

Dvorˇák conducted the premiere of the Eighth Symphony in Prague three months after its completion. Though the Vienna premiere was twice postponed by schedule conflicts, the symphony was quickly taken up in Germany and England, then in Boston and New York shortly after Dvorˇák began his American residency.

The wily composer also used the work to quell complaints by his Berlin publisher, Fritz Simrock, who balked at paying much money for his works and kept requesting lighter, shorter, more ready salable pieces like a second set of Slavonic Dances. In retaliation, Dvorˇák had the symphony published by the London firm of Vincent Novello, prompting the Czech populace to dub it the “Anglian” Symphony. A few years later, when Dvorˇák’s New World Symphony and his famed Dumky Piano Trio were ready for publication, Simrock readily capitulated and Dvorˇák quietly boasted: “At last, Simrock has eaten humble pie and says he will take all my works.”

In a second long-sought victory, the titles of Dvorˇák’s works were finally printed in Czech as well as German. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham

Hochman’s 2010-2011 season included his San Francisco Symphony debut, a solo recital at New York’s 92nd Street Y, and festival appearances at Ravinia, Charlottesville, Salt Bay and Appalachian Summer. He performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, San Juan Symphony (Colorado), Tel Aviv Soloists, New York String Orchestra and Prague Philharmonia on tour in Spain. Chamber music projects included those at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Philadelphia and Boston Chamber Music Societies, and at East Carolina University—where he was recently appointed to the piano faculty. He joined Efe Baltacigil for complete cycles of Beethoven Cello Sonatas (Istanbul and Philadelphia), and performed Concertante in works by Schumann and Chopin (New York, Baltimore, Harrisburg and Alaska).

A regular guest at international music festivals, Hochman has appeared at Gilmore, Lucerne, Marlboro, Prussia Cove, Spoleto, Vancouver and many others. His residencies have included Chamber Music Society Two (Lincoln Center), Isaac Stern’s International Chamber Music Encounters (Israel), and Professional Training Workshops (Carnegie Hall). In March 2009, Hochman performed Bach’s Goldberg variations as part of the Houston Symphony’s Bach vs.

Vivaldi Festival.

Born in Jerusalem, Hochman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music, studying with principal teachers Claude Frank and Richard Goode. His studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Hochman is a Steinway Artist and a proud recipient of a 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant, awarded to talented instrumentalists with great potential for solo careers. He is represented by Kirshbaum, Demler & Associates, Inc.

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OVERTURE TO MASKARADE Carl Nielsen Born: Jun 9, 1865, Nørre-Lyndelse, Island of Fyn, Denmark

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Though Danish composer Carl Nielsen is far more famous for his six symphonies than his two operas, his romantic comedy, Maskarade (Masquerade Ball) is a joyously melodic stage work that merits more exposure than it has attained on the world’s opera stages.

The lighthearted opera is based on a nationally popular play by leading 18th-century Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg. The plot concerns the effort of young Leander to avoid the marriage his father arranged to an unknown woman because he has just met a girl at last night’s masquerade ball. But when the masks are taken off at the following evening’s masquerade, that girl turns out to be the same one his father chose for him.

The brief overture opens with the frothy music from the third-act masked-ball scene. It continues with two other themes not employed in the opera—a more delicate, lightly-scored theme and a bold, brassy fugal section that eventually incorporates the opening ball theme in an exuberant potpourri.

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SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN E MINOR, OPUS 64 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Viatka, Russia Died: Nov 6, 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia Work composed: 1888

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If one were to single out an orchestral work representing Tchaikovsky’s talent in its fullest flower, the composer’s Fifth Symphony would probably be the choice. Its melodies are as surging as anything heard in Tchaikovsky’s masterly ballet scores while its harmony and orchestration represent the composer at the height of his maturity.

Most important, the Fifth Symphony was the work in which Tchaikovsky achieved his fullest control over the large-scale symphonic form, maintaining a sense of momentum and musical

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Biographies continued from page 10 Francis has conducted the Netherlands, Rotterdam, Seoul and Tokyo City philharmonics; the Orchestre Philharmonie du Luxembourg; and the Mariinsky, National Taipei and Tokyo Symphony orchestras, among others. He has worked with Nelson Friere, Janine Jansen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mariusz Kwiecien, Solveig Kringelborn and the Swedish Radio Choir.

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Robert Franz, conductor

Since beginning his tenure as associate conductor of the Houston Symphony in June 2008, Robert Franz has led a broad range of creative educational and family concerts.

With a vast knowledge of symphonic and operatic works, Franz has worked with some of today’s finest artists. He holds the posts of music director of the Boise Philharmonic and music director emeritus of the Carolina Chamber Symphony Orchestra. He previously served as music director of the Mansfield Symphony, resident conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and associate conductor of the Louisville Orchestra.

He has appeared with the Asheville Lyric Opera, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Portland Symphony (ME), Idaho Ballet, and the South Bend and Idaho Falls symphonies this season.

A champion of new music, Franz has conducted world premieres, works by living composers, the ASCAP new music concert series and co-hosted In a Different Key. Franz has forged partnerships with leading arts organizations and educational institutions, and maintains a continuing relationship with Radio Disney®. He twice received the ASCAP Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming, received the BPO/ECMEA Music Educators Award for Excellence, created the Kentucky Educational Television’s Creating Music and Stories program, and participated in Children’s Center and Enrichment Center chamber music residencies.

Franz received his masters degree in conducting and a bachelors in oboe performance from North Carolina School of the Arts. He was a participant in the 1997 National Conductor Preview (ASOL).

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to the aged chairman of the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, Theodor Ave-Lallemant, who had recognized his natural talent, but criticized his noisy orchestration at a concert Tchaikovsky had recently conducted there.

Tchaikovsky accorded his well-meaning critic a high honor with the dedication, making him a footnote to history. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham

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Principal keyboardist of the Houston Symphony since 1980, Scott Holshouser has appeared as soloist with the symphonies of Dallas, Atlanta and Stavanger, Norway. With the Houston Symphony, he has played more than 25 solo performances, including the Schubert F minor Fantasy for two pianists with Christoph Eschenbach.

Appearances have included Salieri’s Piano Concerto with the Houston Symphony, Rhapsody in Blue with the San Antonio Symphony and concerti appearances with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. He last appeared on the Houston Symphony’s classical season performing the Schubert-Liszt Wanderer Fantasy under Hans Graf.

As a recitalist, he played a solo concert on the Virtuoso Series of the University of North Alabama and was immediately asked to return in 2010. He is featured on recordings with clarinetist Richard Nunemaker, violinist Pip Clarke and bassonist Benjamin Kamins.

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Holshouser began his musical training in Athens, Georgia with Ina Gerchefski. While attending Florida State University, he studied with Leonard Mastrogiacomo and continued studies in Houston with Abbey Simon. He was a prize-winner in the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition, the Dallas Symphony young artist competition, and the San Angelo Symphony and the Music Teachers National Association competitions.

Holshouser has taught piano at the University of Houston, and been a staff pianist for the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet.

He currently serves as staff accompanist for the Houston Symphony’s Ima Hogg Competition and competitions in Corpus Christi, San Angelo and Kingsville, Texas. He serves as accompanist for the Houston Symphony Chorus. He met his wife, Eileen, when she was a member of the Chorus; they have one son, Sean.

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Holshouser Scott Holshouser, piano

interest throughout its many complex procedures of thematic statement and development.

The Fifth Symphony shares some important traits explored in the Fourth Symphony a decade earlier. A strong sense of tragedy pervades both symphonies, an emotion Tchaikovsky expressed even more intensely in the brooding Pathétique Symphony several years later. Thematic “fate” motives provide the basis for these tragic sentiments and these introductory “fate” motives recur at strategic points to unify various movements in each work. This device is carried out more systematically in the Fifth Symphony, where the gloomy “fate” motive dramatically interrupts the lyrical slow movement on two occasions and brings a chilling reminder of fate at the very end of the lilting third-movement waltz. But in the fourth movement, Tchaikovsky turns fate into providence by changing the key of the theme and giving it the character of a triumphant slow march.

Once the opening “fate” motive has spun itself out in the low, murmuring register of the clarinet, the body of the first movement begins with an extended statement of the main theme— an urgent E minor melody punctuated by jerky rhythms. As this theme gives way, there is a delightful dialogue between winds and strings that evokes the colorful style of Tchaikovsky’s ballet music.

The second theme is the first of several soaring melodies heard in this symphony and its rich, full orchestration attests to the mature style Tchaikovsky was soon to echo in the scores to The Sleeping Beauty and his last opera, The Queen of Spades. Following a complex development of fragments from the first theme and an extended bassoon solo, all the themes return, leading to an exciting conclusion.

The second movement introduces one of the most famous horn solos in the entire orchestral literature, a lyrical theme that gained added fame as a popular romantic song. In a device typical of Tchaikovsky, the horn theme is soon joined by an accompanying melody in the clarinet. Related themes in the strings and clarinet bring the music to a series of climaxes punctuated by the two aforementioned interruptions of the “fate” motive.

The world of the dance holds sway in the swirling, airy third-movement waltz, one of numerous instances in which Tchaikovsky substituted a beautiful waltz for the traditional thirdmovement symphonic scherzo. Then, after the transformed “fate” theme heralds the finale in a noble processional, the work concludes with a large symphonic sonata movement headed up by a stamping Russian dance theme. An enormous coda, much larger than the one in the first movement, brings the symphony to its final climax, reintroducing both the transformed “fate” motive and the main theme of the first movement in a majestic conclusion.

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Overture to Candide

Bernstein Oh, Happy We from Candide Nicole Copeland, mezzo-soprano, Zachery Colt Lacy, tenor Falla

Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo

Whitney Rumba Cayman Harris, alto saxophone, Auburn Lee, piano J. Williams The Cowboys Overture

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Much in demand across the United States and Canada, Michael Krajewski delights concertgoers with his imaginative, entertaining programs and wry sense of humor. Audiences leave his concerts smiling, remembering the evening’s music and surprises.

Maestro Krajewski joined the Houston Symphony as Principal Pops Conductor at the beginning of the 2000-01 season. His fans especially enjoy his Star-Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theatre and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and the Houston holiday tradition, Very Merry Pops.

He also serves as principal pops conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra.

He was recently promoted to Principal Pops Conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra —the first in Atlanta! He previously held principal pops conductor positions with the Long Beach and New Mexico Symphonies.

As a guest conductor, he has performed with the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl orchestras, and has appeared with symphonies across the U.S., including those of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco and more. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, as well as the Edmonton and Winnipeg symphonies.

Krajewski has performed with an eclectic group of artists including Sir James Galway, Marilyn Horne, Alicia de Larrocha, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Al Hirt, Cab Calloway, The Kingston Trio, Ben E. King, Mary Wilson, Patti Austin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Canadian Brass and Pink Martini.

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. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor.

Michael Krajewski lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography, jogging, bicycling and solving The New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle.

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The printed music for Tchaikovsky’s Marche slave was donated by an anonymous donor.

The printed music for Williams’ The Cowboys Overture was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Randy Dunn.

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The printed music for Bernstein’s Overture to Candide was donated by Mr. A. Nelson Rusche.

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Liberty for All

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Southern Comfort

E. T. Rouse/Wendel

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D. Hadfield/D. Yackley Big Smoke Chris Hadfield, vocals and guitar Service Medley

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God Bless America

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Founder, president and creative director of Kids Backporch Productions, Ron Solomon started in theatre at age 6, when he discovered puppets (marionettes) and spent hours putting together shows in several wooden theatres his father built. Around age 8, Solomon began creating plays with the kids in his neighborhood, using a back porch as a stage. At 12, he started performing with the Bonfils Children’s Theatre (Denver), playing “Roo” in its first production of Winnie the Pooh. Solomon advanced to performing adult musicals, dramas and comedies, and created a children’s church program called Caraway St. that has been sold in 42 states and seven foreign countries.

In 1996, Solomon added directing to his credits by leading three productions a year for five years at Plymouth Middle School (Minnesota), and taught drama classes to children in various Minnesota cities. Local community theatres, two of which he started, began requesting his directorial talents in productions such as Cheaper by the Dozen, Meet Me In St. Louis and Harvey.

Solomon has been a drama director at three churches; most recently Crosspoint Fellowship (Pearland), and has taught drama to children at Sing & Play Fine Arts Studios. He has worked as an actor with Theatre Under the Stars in productions such as Brigadoon and Anything Goes!, has appeared as a guest artist with the A.D. Players, a baritone soloist with the Houston Symphony and, most recently, at the Alley Theatre.

Solomon enjoys teaching young performers, believes every actor is important—whether in a leading role or part of the chorus—and strives to make everyone feel connected to the play or musical. His goal is to ensure that his students learn, grow and improve while having fun. As a result, kids come out of their shell, develop self-confidence, make new friends and feel proud of their contributions and accomplishments.

Michael Krajewski’s biography appears on page 21.

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The printed music for Berlin’s God Bless America was donated by Mr. and Mrs. David Wuthrich.

The printed music for Tchaivoksky’s 1812 Overture was donated by Mr. Gary Clark.

This concert is sponsored in part by, and the fireworks display is provided by, the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board.

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The Houston Symphony’s Miller Outdoor Theatre concerts are endowed by The Brown Foundations, Inc. in memory of Stewart and Hanni Orton.

Appearances by Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski are generously sponsored by Cameron Management.

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Chris Hadfield, vocals and guitar

Ontario native Chris Hadfield joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 18, studying engineering and aviation systems while playing bass trombone and singing with college bands.

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Hadfield graduated as a top pilot from basic flight training and the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and was a top graduate from Jet Training. He served as a NORAD CF-18 fighter pilot, an exchange test pilot (U.S. Navy) and performed research with NASA, among other accomplishments. © NASA

Chad Hoopes, violin

The world of education through music is multi-faceted, immersing students through the arts. Educational support from the Houston Symphony, NASA and international space agencies is established through the Building Cultural Bridges (BCB) program designed by music educators Jami Lupold, Pat Surface and Seth Fewell.

BCB has allowed 58 musicians, astronauts and scientists from 23 countries to make daily connections and create real-life learning experiences for students through an innovative, musical environment.

International music is infused into the Pearl Hall Elementary Choir curriculum by inviting people from around the world to the school to share their careers, cultures, folk music and favorite children’s literature—making it more relevant and helping students connect with their community and world. The entire school has been elevated to a higher level of inspired learning and teaching through the generosity and commitment of BCB contributors. The teachers and students are grateful for the support of their biggest fan, Principal Marilyn Pavone.

Visit buildingculturalbridges.net.

At 16, Chad Hoopes has performed with ensembles worldwide, including the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera.

His 2010-11 season included performances throughout North America. Recent European appearances include at the Tuscan Sun Festival and recitals in Italy and Germany. © donna wheatley

Pasadena Independent School District’s Pearl Hall Elementary Choir has enjoyed many unique performance opportunities—bi-annual music festivals, the National Anthem for the Houston Astros, on-site at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the world-premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

Other performances include opening cer-

A citizen of Brazil and Germany, Lehninger is the son of pianist Sônia Goulart and violinist Erich Lehninger. He is married to Laura Anne Krech and lives in Boston.

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Pearl Hall Elementary Choir

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emonies for Arts Day at the Capitol, the World Space Congress, the Hear the Future music festival and the International Space Station Educators Conference, among others. The singers have performed in multiple languages to the crew aboard the International Space Station, in concerts accompanied by astronauts, for the NEEMO XIV crew living in the Aquarius underwater habitat and to explorers and researchers on Mount Everest and Space School South Africa via video conference. © jami lupold

Hadfield

One of four Canadian astronauts selected to train at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), Hadfield has served as chief CAPCOM for 25 consecutive space shuttle missions, director of operations (Star City, Russia) and chief of International Space Station Operations (NASA); and chief of robotics (JSC). He was the first Canadian mission specialist, the first Canadian to operate the Canadarm in orbit and the only Canadian to ever board the Space Station Mir. Hadfield has performed two spacewalks, the first Canadian to do so.

Hadfield is a civilian CSA astronaut, having retired as a colonel from the Canadian Air Force after 25 years of military service (2003). He has flown more than 90 types of aircraft; was named a U.S. Navy Test Pilot of the Year; and has been inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame.

He has been a member of several bands in Texas, including MaxQ, the all-astronaut rock and roll band, and Bandella, a five-piece acoustic band. He has played on Good Morning America, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and for the Russian Prime Minister from onboard the Space Station Mir. He is currently assigned to Expedition 34/35, launching in 2012, for a long-duration spaceflight which will see him become the first Canadian to command a spaceship. Hadfield looks forward to inspiration to write and play music using the onboard Larrivee acoustic guitar while orbiting Earth at five miles per second.

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Hoopes has been featured on the CBS Early Show, several radio stations and on PBS’ From the Top: Live at Carnegie Hall. He was the soloist in an Emmy Award-winning TV commercial for the Cleveland Indians, was a featured artist in the Cincinnati Pops Telarc recording (2009) and has collaborated with NPR’s From the Top. Hoopes began violin studies at age 4. In April 2008, he won first prize in the Young Artists Division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.

He performs in a trio with his two sisters.

Hoopes plays the 1713 Antonio Stradivari Cooper, Hakkert, ex Ceci violin, courtesy of Jonathan Moulds.

A Note From Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.........

For many years, Fidelity Investments and the Houston Symphony have proudly worked together to bring wonderful performances to audiences in Houston and beyond. As the partnership grows, so does our investment in the community we share. For the second year, students from Houston-area public schools were given the opportunity to compete in the Young Artist Competition for a chance to perform with the Houston Symphony.

In anticipation of their big night, the four winning musical acts worked directly with musicians of the Houston Symphony and select professional coaches, who helped them prepare for their performances.

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Houston winners of the 2011 Young Artist Competition, presented by Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund®: • Ashley Hunter, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) • Erik Wheeler, HSPVA • Nicole Copeland and Zachery Colt Lacy, Kingwood Park High School and HSPVA • Auburn Lee and Cayman Harris, HSPVA and Sterling High School • Maddie Marlow, George Ranch High School

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Symphony Society Board. .................................................................................

Executive Committee...............................................................................................

President Chairman of the Board Bobby Tudor Jesse B. Tutor President-elect and Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Brett Busby

Vice President Board Governance, and Secretary Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Volunteers Barbara McCelvey

Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick

Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach

Vice President, Development David Wuthrich

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria Pryzant

General Counsel Paul R. Morico

President, Endowment Gene Dewhurst

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Martha GarcĂ­a, Assistant Secretary Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Donna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

At-Large Members Ulyesse LeGrange Jay Marks Helen Shaffer

Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein

Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn April Lykos Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks

Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez

Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Bobby Tudor * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Cary P. Yates Robert A. Yekovich

Trustees. .................................................................................................................

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Nancy Bumgarner Lynn Caruso Brandon Cochran Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Kathleen Hayes

Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Elisabeth McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr.

J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Martha GarcĂ­a Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Carole Murphy Burke Shaw Brinton Averil Smith * Life Trustee

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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.

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J. Hugh Roff Jr. 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 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 Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer

Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy Willerson Jane Clark

Annual Campaign Donors. ...............................................................................

The Houston Symphony expresses appreciation to the donors listed on this and the following pages for their generous contributions in support of Symphony programs. More information is available from the Individual Giving Department at (713) 337-8500, the Corporate Support Department at (713) 337-8520 or at houstonsymphony.org.

Corporations........................................................................................................ $25,000-$49,999

As of May 19, 2011

$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments United Airlines

$50,000-$99,999

American Express * Cameron Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Frost * GDF SUEZ Energy North America Marathon Oil Corporation The Methodist Hospital System Shell Oil Company Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods TOTAL UBS * Weatherford International Ltd.

Andrews Kurth, LLP Baker Botts LLP Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP

$10,000-$24,999

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * Bank of America * Boeing Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. * Devon Energy Corporation Ernst & Young * Fluor Corporation H. E. Butt Grocery Company Margolis, Phipps & Wright, P.C. Memorial Hermann Northern Trust The Rand Group, LLC Spir Star, Inc. Star Furniture

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital USI Insurance Services LLC * Vitol Inc. * Wells Fargo * Wood Group Management Services

$500-$9,999

Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP * Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP * Bloomberg L.L.P. GEM Insurance Agencies, L.P. Intercontinental Exchange Ironshore Insurance Services, LLP Lockton Companies Marvin Consulting, Inc. Neiman Marcus Oceaneering International, Inc. Porter & Hedges, LLP * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Seyfarth Shaw LLP * Smith, Graham & Company * South Texas College of Law Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company Texas Children’s Hospital Wortham Insurance & Risk Management * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Foundations. ......................................................................................................... $50,000-$99,999

As of May 15, 2011

$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment, Inc.

* Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation Inc.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation

$500,000-$999,999

$25,000-$49,999

* M. D. Anderson Foundation

$100,000-$499,999

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Alkek & Williams Foundation

* The Brown Foundation The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation

$2,500-$9,999

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation * 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 * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation * The Becker Family Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation

Government Donors

* City of Houston through the Houston Downtown Alliance, Houston Arts Alliance & Miller Theatre Advisory Board National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................

Aetna Akzo Nobel AT&T Bank of America Boeing Caterpillar

Chevron Coca-Cola El Paso Corporation Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil Fannie Mae

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Co. Halliburton Hewlett-Packard IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation JPMorgan Chase KBR Kirby Corporation Occidental Petroleum

SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. Spectra Energy

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Leadership Gifts................................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those individuals who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs with Leadership Gifts at the highest levels. Donors at these levels set the standard for supporting the Symphony and we are proud to list them here.

Ima Hogg Society – $150,000 or More Anonymous (1) Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Ms. Beth Madison Madison Benefits Group Inc. Mr. George P. Mitchell Mr. M. S. Stude Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Mrs. Margaret Alkek Williams President’s Society – $75,000 - $149,999 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Maestro’s Society – $50,000 - $74,999 Anonymous (1) Gene & Linda Dewhurst Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Rochelle & Max Levit Nancy & Robert Peiser Laura & Michael Shannon

Concertmaster Society – $25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous (1) Janice Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Ms. Sharin Shafer Gaille Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Jay & Shirley Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Ann & Hugh Roff Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. 26 www.houstonsymphony.org

Patron Donor Society........................................................................................

Members of the Patron Donor Society support the Houston Symphony with gifts to the Annual Fund and Events.

Members of the Society are offered a wide array of benefits and recognition including invitations to special events and more. For more information on how to become a member of the Houston Symphony Patron Donor Society, please call the Development Department at (713) 337-8523.

Principal Musician Society $15,000 - $24,999

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby Janet F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. Richard Danforth Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies

Mrs. Aileen Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Sue A. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Julia & Albert Smith Foundation David & Paula Steakley Alice & Terry Thomas

Artist/Conductor Sponsor $10,000 - $14,999

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso III Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Ruth White Brodsky Marilyn & Coleman Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Ms. Jan Cohen Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Scott Cutler Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mrs. William Estrada Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mr. George B. Geary Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr. Mr. Brian James Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Meredith J. Long Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. McCabe Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney Betty & Gene McDavid Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Stephen & Marilyn Miles Mr. Cameron Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Mr. Howard Pieper

Musician Sponsor Society $7,500 - $9,999

Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Mr. Alan Aronstein Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ms. Terry Ann Brown Mrs. George L. Brundrett Jr. The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Chris Flood Angel & Craig Fox Mr. S. David Frankfort Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark

Mrs. James J. Glenn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Irvine Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mrs. Margaret H. Ley Mr. & Mrs. Erik P. Littlejohn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mike & Kathleen Moore Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros

Paul Strand Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr. Vicki & Paul West Dr. Jim T. Willerson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams Isabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson

Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Ann Trammell Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe Erla & Harry Zuber

Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Mrs. Philip M. Peterson Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr. Donna & Tim Shen Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Ann & Joel Wahlberg C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Stephen & Kristine Wallace Nancy Willerson Nina & Michael Zilkha Miller 2011 27

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Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Anonymous (1) Joan & Stanford Alexander Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mr. Ronald C. Borschow Ms. Dianne Bowman Joe Brazzatti Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bumgarner Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Burguieres Alan & Toba Buxbaum David & Nona Carmichael Margot & John Cater William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cutsinger Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum J.R. & Aline Deming Ms. Sara J. Devine Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr. Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Diane Lokey Farb Ms. Bernice Feld Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Thomas & Patricia Geddy Dr. & Mrs. William D. George Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. David Gow William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Mary Louis Kister William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Lasher Mr. Clyde Lea & Ms. Pamela Fazzone Mr. E.W. Long Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George McCullough Mr. Robert Mc Nair Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. John M. Petrosky Mr. Michael H. Price Ms. Karen S. Pulaski Mrs. Lila Rauch Michael & Vicky Richker Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Drs. Alejandro & Lynn Rosas Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Mr. Brian Teichman Shirley & David Toomim Robert G. Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr. Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich 28 www.houstonsymphony.org

Edith & Robert Zinn

Grand Patron $2,500 - $4,999

Mr. & Mrs. N.T. Adams Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. & Mrs. Ken Barrow Mrs. John Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Brad Beitler Jim & Ellen Box Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman The Honorable & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. Ralph Burch Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. William Choice & Mrs. Linda Able Choice Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. James G. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Cochran Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone Mr. James Denton Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. Mike Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dror Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Ron & Tricia Fredman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Glanville Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Haas Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr. Marion & Jim Hargrove Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. Doug R. Hinzie Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Krogmeier Mrs. Barry Lewis Kevin & Lesley Lilly Mr. James Lokay Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. Bradley H. Marks Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland James & Mary McMartin Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff

Julia & Chris Morton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Edward Oppenheimer Mr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie Sherlock Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Petrello Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pryor Mr. Peter A. Ragauss & Ms. Jennifer Smith Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mrs. Annetta Rose Beth & Lee Schlanger Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Joel V. & Mary M. Staff Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tenzer Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Wil VanLoh Mrs. Naomi Warren Mr. David Ashley White Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Judge Clarease R. Yates & Mr. Cary Yates Mrs. Betsy I. Zimmer Patron $1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous (10) Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Ackerman Mrs. Harold J. Adam Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree Fund John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Mr. Maurice J. Aresty Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Mr. Jeff Autor Stanley & Martha Bair Ms. Marion Barthelme & Mr. Jeff Fort Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Joan H. Bitar John Blomquist Dr. & Mrs. Milton Boniuk Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brackett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Bresenhan Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Brophy Steve & Diana Brown Susan & Richard Brown Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Mr. William Caudill Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Mrs. Cielle Clemenceau

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Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Charles Comiskey Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox Sylvia & Andre Crispin Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Vince D. Foster Ms. Beth Freeman Paula & Alfred Friedlander Mr. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Mr. Michael B. George Mrs. Joan M. Giese Ms. Nancy D. Giles Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Mr. & Mrs. Bert H. Golding Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Robert and Michelle Goodmark Dr. & Mrs. Brad Goodwin Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. Charles H. Gregory Ms. Christine R. Griffith Mr. Michael Haigh Ms. Carmen C. Halden Mrs. Thalia Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Ms. Margaret W. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Mr. & Judge Frank Harmon III Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Hawk Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hoffert Mrs. Holly Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Eileen & George Hricik Mr. Mark Hughes Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kase Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Sam & Cele Keeper Linda & Frank S. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kenney Dr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kridel Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lane Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene Lehrer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Ms. Barbara Lister Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Ms. Nancey Lobb Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire

Mr. & Mrs. Martin McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Gerarld Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newman Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Orton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. & Mrs. James L. Payne Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Mr. John Petzold Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Pinera Mr. James D. Pitcock Dr. & Dr. Eduardo Plantilla Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Mr. John Potts Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Record Family Anne D. Reed Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Dr. Madaiah Revana, MD Mr. & Mrs. Allyn Risley Ms. Regina J. Rogers Mr. Edward Ross Mr. Carlos Rossi Mr. Kent Rutter Mary Louise & David Sanderson Ms. Paula Santoski Mr. & Mrs. David Saperstein Dr. Raymond E. Sawaya Mrs. Myrna Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Russell Sherrill Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Kelly Somoza Mr. Richard P. Steele & Ms. Mary J. McKerall Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Louise Sutton Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Mark Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Thielke Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Ms. Virginia Torres Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vallee Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vander Lee Mr. & Mrs. William Visinsky

Mr. David Waddell Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wahrlich Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. James D. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Whelan Carlton & Marty Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Ms. Beth Wolff Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yankowsky Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell Mr. Sam M. Yates III Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mr. Terry Zmyslo

Composer’s Circle $500 - $999

Anonymous (12) Wade & Mert Adams Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Corbin & Char Aslakson Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Mr. & Mrs. James A. Baker III Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Dr. David Barry Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Ann B. Beaudette Ms. Bernice Beckerman Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. Mark Berkstresser Carolyn & Arthur Berner Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. Arno S. Bommer Ms. Joan Boss Mr. & Mrs. Danny J. Bowers Jr. Bob F. Boydston Ms. Sally Brassow Ms. Lisa Brenskelle Katherine M. Briggs Dr. Bob Brown & Ms. Dena Rafte Fred & Judy Brunk Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Ms. Cheryl Byington Virginia & William Camfield Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mrs. Marjorie Capshaw Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Virginia A. Clark Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Todd Colter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Ms. Mary H. Cook & Mr. Scott R. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Dave Coolidge Michael T. Coppinger Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Ms. Ann Currens Ms. Anna M. Dean Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Bruce B. Dice Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Dobbins Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner

Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Ms. Paula Eck Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Dr. Kenneth L Euler Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. Dale Fitz Rachel Frazier Ms. Diane L. Freeman Ms. Martha Garcia Mr. Richard L. Garnett Mr. Douglas Garrison Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Lucy Gebhart William E. Gipson Gen. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Gary & Marion Glober Lee & Sandy Godfrey Ms. Heidi Good Mr. Bert Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Mr. Doug Groves Zahava Haenosh Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Rita & John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon William & Lana Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Hecht Mr & Mrs. Dean Hennings Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heumann Mr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill Mr. John Hodgin Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Hogan Jacque Holland Mr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Holloway Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Steve Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hutton Mr. & Mrs. Wesley A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Mr. Scot W. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. Guido Kanschat Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Kant Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley Ms. Karen Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. Sherwin Kershman Lucy & Victor Kormeier Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr. Mr. Rodney Kubicek Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. James Leatherby Ms. Golda K. Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Mr. James C. Lindsey Lisle Violin Shop Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Louise & Oscar Lui Miller 2011 29

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Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. Kemp Maer Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. Christopher Mancini Ms. Renee Margolin Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. Mark Matovich Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mattix Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoy Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus William E. Joor, III & Rose Ann Medlin Mrs. Dorri Melvin Mrs. Diane Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. Richard Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Mr. Robert Nichols Nils & Stephanie Normann Mr. & Mrs. D. D. Oldham Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Katy Optiks Ms. Margie Ortega Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mrs. Caroline Osteen Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Mr. Jonathan Palmer Mr. Robert Pastorek Rachel & Michael Pawson Mrs. Preston A. Peak Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Penn Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Meg Philpot Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. Robert W. Powell Mr. Arthur Preisinger Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita Pyle Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mrs. Carole Qunsielt Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Reans Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Redden Mrs. Edith G. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Louisa B. Reid Mrs. Constance Rhebergen Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. James L. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Roche Drs. Herbert & Manuela Roeller Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Ms. Franelle Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rubbo Garry & Margaret Schoonover Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Schwaab Charles & Andrea Seay 30 www.houstonsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Mr. Barry E. Silverman & Ms. Shara Fryer Mrs. Ray Simpson Ms. Marcia Smart Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. Nicholas Sollenne Mrs. Donna Sprudzs Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Dr. & Mrs. James H. Steele Mr. Myron F. Steves Ms. Lori Summa Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Taylor Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thweatt David & Ann Tomatz Mr. Daniel S. Trachtenberg Mr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr. Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Earl Vanzant Jan & Don Wagner Betty & Bill Walker Ms. Sandria Ward Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wareing Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt J. M. Weltzien Drs. A. & J. Werch Ms. Laura Woods Mrs. Peggy J. Wylie Mr. Le Roy Yeager Mr. Ray Young Mr. William A. Young

Sustaining Member $250 - $499

Anonymous (18) Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. John E. Adkins Jr. Ms. Lina Amador Ms. Sheila Aron Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Mr. Rudy Avelar Mr. & Mrs. David Baggett Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Mr. & Mrs. John Baker Ms. Jane Baker Mr. & Mrs. Saul Balagura Ms. Virginia C. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnhill Mr. & Mrs. Seth Barrett Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Mr. Daniel Barretto Mr. Steve A. Bavousett Father Albert J. Beck Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beshears Mr. & Mrs. Randall Beste Mr. & Mrs. Ed Billings Ms. Fannette Blum Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Boggio Mr. Philip Booth Ms. Suzie Boyd Dr. Arthur W. Bracey Mrs. Barbara Britt Ms. Zu Dell Broadwater Mr. Chester Brooke &

Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. J. W. Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Ms. Courtney Brynes Mr. Philip R. Bullington Mr. & Mrs. William Bumpus Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Burns Ms. Jodi Byerly Mrs. Miriam Byrd Mr. Eugene Byrd Mr. Gary Cacciatore Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. Carlos Campo Ms. Sandra Campos Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Kathy & Gary Chandler K.D. Charalampous, M.D. Mr. Kenneth Chin Dr. Diana S. Chow Mr. & Mrs. William L. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Ms. Erin Connally Mr. Cecil C. Conner Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. David Corder Ms. Jeanne A. Cox Mr. Alan Dale Mr. & Mrs. Steven Dalicandro Mr. Pablo De la Torre Mr. Michael Deavers Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Demeter Ms. Kay S. Derry Ms. Dora Dillistone Ms. Judy Dines Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ditto Patrick & Risha Dozark Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Mr. & Mrs. James H. Dupree Mr. Kevin F. Dvorak Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr. Mrs. Karen A. Edgmon Mr. & Mrs. William J. Eggleston Mr. Paul Ehrsam Mr. & Mrs. Dean Eicher Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Dr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James Turley Mr. Mike Ezzell Mr. Tom R. Fannin Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Ann S. Farrell Ms. Barbara Faulkner Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Fishel Mr. & Mrs. James Flannigan Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Flick Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Mr. Richard L. Flowers Jr. Mrs. Lisa Forgan Dewitts Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forney Mr. Joe Fowler Joyce & David Fox Ms. Johnella V. Franklin J. Kent & Ann Friedman Robert A. Furse, M.D. Dr. Abdel K. Fustok Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mrs. Holly Garner

Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Mr. & Mrs. Duane V. Geis Mr. & Mrs. James E. Gerhardt Mr. Glen Gettemy Mr. Charles J. Gillman Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Mr. Ned Graber Mrs. Howard Grekel Mr. Steve K. Grimsley Ms. Jo Ann C. Guillory Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gutstein Mr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Haines Ms. Vickie Hamley Michael D. Hardin Mr. & Mrs. Tod P. Harding Ms. Karen Harding Mr. Paul Harmon Mr. & Mrs. William Haskins Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Mr. John Heiny Jess Hines Jr. Howard & Dorothy Homeyer Mr. & Mrs. John Homier S.y. & Y.j. Kim Hong Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hopson Elizabeth & Bob Houston Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Howes Ms. Vicki Huff Mr. James M. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ingham Ms. Jennifer Isadore Mr. Joseph Ivey Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Janes Mrs. Paula Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Raymond Jones Mr. James H. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kantor Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Kasschau Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Kayem Dr. Helen K. Kee Ms. Arlette Keene Mr. & Mrs. James A. Keller Mr. & Mrs. David Kendall Mr. & Mrs. Hermen Key Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. Kindall Ms. Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska Dr. & Mrs. Michael Koehl Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koski Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Ms. Cynthia Kretlow Ms. Anna Kuo Ms. Anita Kusnoor Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Latham Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Sharon Lipsky, M.D. J. M. Little & Asso.

Mr. William Looser Mr. Carlos J. Lopez Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Ms. Doris M. Magee Sandy Vander Kam Mr. John Maguire Ms. Kelly Malek Mrs. D.B. Marchant Dr. & Dr. A. J. Marian Mr. & Mrs. Laban Marsh Mr. Ronald S. Marta

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Dr. Toshimatsu Matsumoto Ms. Suzanne McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCullough Ms. Judi McGee Mr. Daniel McHenry Mr. & Mrs. James L. Mc Nett Mr. Guy W. Meaders Ms. Georgette M. Michko Mary & Tom Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr. Mr. Clyde W. Moore Jr. Ms. Kathleen Moore & Mr. Steven T. Homer Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Morgan Ms. Lauren Morgan Susie & SI Morris Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Moss Mr. Arturo Narro Mr. Joel Ray Needham Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ofner Marjory & Barry Okin Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Julie & Chip Oudin III Ms. Jennifer Owen Ms. Linda Peterson Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd G. Posey Jr. Ms. Deborah Posso Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Manuel E. Quintana Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Ms. Joanna Raynes Loreta & Ronald Rea Vicki & J.B. Reber Ralph & Becky Reed Robert & Anne Reed Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rhodes Mr. H. A. Ricards Jr. Hilda & Hershel Rich Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mrs. George Risman Ms. Shari Rochen Mr. Daniel J. Romero Mr. & Mrs. Jules H. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Rosenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scherer Mr. Donald Schmuck Mr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. Oplt Ms. Elizabeth Schwarze Pamela & Richard Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Shumaker Mr. Barrett Sides

Mr. Stephen C. Smith & Mr. Ronald Jenson Mrs. Lynn Snyder Hans C. Sonneborn Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Spindler Ms. Blanche Stastny Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman William F. Stern Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Dr. & Mrs. Richard Strax Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Ms. Cili Sun Mr. & Mrs. John L. Sutterby Ms. Barbara Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Ms. Jessica Taylor Howard Tellepsen Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. P. H. G. Thompson Mr. John Thorne Mr. Tom Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Mr. Jon D. Totz Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Trowbridge Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. Viet Van Mr. David Vannauker Dr. Allen R. Vogt Mr. Eugene Wagenecht Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Mr. & Mrs. John Wardell Ms. Allyson Weathers Leone Buyse & Michael Webster Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. Richard White Mr. & Mrs. Gordon White Mr. Russell White Mrs. Amber Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wilkomirski Mr. & Mrs. Cornel Williams Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Williams Mr. Patrick Wilson Miriam & Marcos Witt Miss Susan Wood Robert & Rhoda Workin

Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or More Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Allen & Almira Gelwick Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Paul & Rita Morico Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. Robert J. Pilegge

Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga Meneilly Ms. Phyllis Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith

Grand Patron Pops $2,500-$4,999

Mr. Jay T. Brown Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Mr. T. J. Doggett Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grant Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gunther Mr. & Mrs. Bill Johnston Ms. Mary Keathley Dr. George S. Knapp Charles C. & Patricia Kubin Mr. Richard S. Ledermann Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnis Patrick & Peggy Mc Kinney Mr. James Miner Judy & Bill Pursell Ms. Er’Ron Robinson Mr. Robert Schick Dr. & Mrs. A. Carl Schmulen Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Siegele Ms. Beth Stegle Ms. Jane B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. Lam Tran Donna Tromblee Dr. Holly & Mr. Michael Varner Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton

Ms. Dianne Bowman Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mrs. Barry Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Pops Patron $1,500-$2,499

Jim & Ellen Box Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. Robert Grant Michael & Darcy Krajewski Shirley & Marvin Rich Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III Sally & Denney WrightI

Headliner $1,000-$1,499

Ms. Tara Black Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Carroll Mrs. Alan Gaylor Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan W. R. Purifoy Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Ms. Amanda Tozzi Mr. Roger Trandell

Director $250-$499

As of May 16, 2011

Producer $500-$999

Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. John S. Beury Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Buhler Barbara Dokell John & Joyce Eagle Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. Larry January

In Kind Donors.........................................................................................................

As of January 10, 2011

Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Baker Botts Be Friends Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Bright Star Casi Cielo Productions Cognetic Mr. Carl R. Cunningham

Darryl & Co. Deville Fine Jewelry DocuData Solutions The Events Company Hilton Americas - Houston Houston Chronicle Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas Jim Benton of Houston LLC JR’s Bar & Grill

KUHF 88.7 FM The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Morton’s The Steakhouse Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. PaperCity Pride Houston Pro/Sound

Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Silver Eagle Distributors Sky Bar Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Strip House Valobra Jewelry & Antiques John Wright/Texprint

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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 with a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the members of the Society, and with their permission, is pleased to acknowledge them.

Anonymous (10) Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Anneliese Bosseler Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll 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 Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Randolph Lee Groninger 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 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 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 Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich As of May 27, 2011 sDeceased

Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Donors........................................... $1,000 or More Paul & Vickie Davis ExxonMobil

David & Joyce Fox Robert Lee Gomez Philip & Audrey Lewis

Dave Nussmann Susan Scarrow

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

For more information on creating a legacy for the benefit of the Symphony, please contact the Planned Giving Office at (713) 337-8524 or e-mail plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org.

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