InTune — The Houston Symphony Magazine — April 2017 by Houston Symphony

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

APRIL 2017

FALLA & ESPAÑA 20

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE 26

April 13, 14, 15

Exploring Mars: The Next Generation April 18

THE PINES OF ROME 28

SPEC’S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 34 SALUTE TO EDUCATORS

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HELLO LETTER TO PATRONS

APRIL 2017

Welcome to your Houston Symphony! By now, you may have heard the exciting news we announced last month about the extension of Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s contract for another three seasons, which will take him through the 2021-22 season. We’re very enthusiastic about our future under the charismatic leadership of Andrés and look forward to continuing our upward trajectory of bringing worldclass musicianship and entertaining, enriching programming together to make orchestral music relevant and accessible to all. This month, we celebrate one of our own, Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith, as he steps into the spotlight to showcase a tuneful, but long-neglected Cello Concerto from Italian composer Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco, which premiered more than 80 years ago. Please join Brinton and the orchestra on April 13-15 and witness history in the making as this gifted work is revived and performed again on a professional stage. The following weekend, we welcome acclaimed Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko back to the Jones Hall stage to lead a program of Respighi symphonic poems and John Corigliano’s The Red Violin Concerto, based on the composer’s Oscar®-winning score. Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä makes her Houston Symphony debut in this program, April 20 and 22-23. On the POPS side, we welcome our beloved Mike Krajewski back to the podium later this month as we celebrate the best of 007 with Bond & Beyond on April 28-30. Tony Award® winner Debbie Gravitte joins Mike and the orchestra to perform select works, including Adele’s Academy Award®-winning song “Skyfall.” Finally, as our incredible 2016-17 season comes to a near end, our wonderful staff is already hard at work to launch the upcoming season with a very entertaining lineup of concerts this summer, both at Jones Hall and in community venues across Greater Houston. This year’s Bank of America Summer Series at Jones Hall begins Junes 15 and 16 with the high-definition screening of Jurassic Park, one of the most thrilling science fiction films ever made, accompanied by a full orchestra. The immersive video game concert experience Video Games Live™ also returns to the Houston Symphony July 14, followed by a July 15 tribute to Prince, one of the most influential and multifaceted American artists of all time. Tickets are now on sale to the general public by visiting houstonsymphony.org or calling 713-224-7575.

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Programs

Falla & España April 13, 14, 15 ��20 Exploring Mars: The Next Generation April 18 ��26 The Pines of Rome April 20, 22, 23 ��28 Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators April 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bond & Beyond April 28, 29, 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Features

Letter to Patrons �� 1 A Conversation with Barbara McCelvey �� 16 16th Annual Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction . . . . . . . 17 End-of-Year Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bringing Hope Through the Common Bond of Music . . . . 18 Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith Revives Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Cello Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Spec’s Inspires with a Salute to Educators Concert . . . . . . . 38 Meet Robert Walp, Trumpet ��56

Events

2017 Houston Symphony Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Upcoming Broadcasts on Houston Public Media ��33

Your Houston Symphony

Ima Hogg Chair Barbara McCelvey is looking forward to this year’s competition. Read why on page 16.

18 Principal Percussionist Brian Del Signore and José Tovar have become fast friends. Turn to page 18 to read their heart-warming story.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Orchestra Roster ��8

Our Supporters

New Century Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Leadership Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Vision 2025 Implementation Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Board of Directors ��42 Houston Symphony Endowment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sustainability Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Legacy Society and In Memoriam ��45 Education and Community Engagement Donors . . . . . . . . . 46 Houston Symphony Donors ��47 Vintage Virtuoso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Corporate, Foundation and Government Partners ��53 2 | Houston Symphony

Houston Symphony audiences will hear Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Cello Concerto this month thanks to the work of Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith. See page 23.

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Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his tenure in the 2014–15 season. He immediately established a dynamic presence on the podium and a deep bond with the musicians of the orchestra. Andrés carefully curates his programs to feature engaging combinations of classical masterworks paired with the music of today, significant artistic collaborations with composers and guest artists, and innovative use of multimedia and visual effects, all in order to make meaningful connections with the audience. In the 2016–17 season, Andrés continues to engage with audiences both with casual commentary from the stage and discussions with guests in “Behind the Scenes with Andrés” videos. On the recording front, Andrés and the Symphony released the third disc in their critically-acclaimed series featuring Dvořák’s last four symphonies. The series marks Andrés’ first commercial recording project with the orchestra. Born in Medellín, Colombia, Andrés began his musical studies on the violin and started conducting at age 15. At 19, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied with Uroš Lajovic (pupil of the legendary Hans Swarowsky) and completed his degree with distinction conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. Andrés burst on the international scene with two substitutions with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: the first, his debut in 2010, standing in for Esa-Pekka Salonen, and then in 2012, substituting for Riccardo Muti at the Musikverein. Andrés now regularly appears with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome and the Orchestre National de France. Recent debuts have included the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic in New York. In the summer of 2014, he also made his debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducting Don Giovanni, which immediately led to an invitation to conduct La traviata in 2017. The 2016–17 season includes debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to his post in Houston, Andrés is chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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

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HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Jesse Clevenger*, Assistant Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Caroline Schafer TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal

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

Michael Krajewski Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Designate Robert Franz Associate Conductor, Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin

TIMPANI Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss

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Now in his tenth season, Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical ride on Saturday mornings.

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Robert Franz, Associate Conductor

1 | OCTOBER 7, 2017

HOOK’D: PIRATES IN CONCERT Robert Franz, conductor

Ahoy matey! ’Tis time to grab your parrot and walk the plank into Jones Hall with your little Jack Sparrow for a morning of heroic music. Let your imagination set sail with our pirate program that includes a medley from Pirates of the Caribbean and a selection from The Flying Dutchman. We’re also inviting you on a magical journey with Peter Pan as we take the “Flight to Neverland” by John Williams.

2 | DECEMBER 2, 2017

A GRINCH CHRISTMAS Robert Franz, conductor

It’s the holiday season in Dr. Seuss’ zany world of Whoville. Although the Grinch is in town, this Christmas will surely not be stolen! Join the Houston Symphony and local high school singers as we present the classic story of the grouchy, green creature. The festive fun also includes a holiday sing-along and the hit “Believe” from the movie Polar Express.

3 | MARCH 3, 2018

BE OUR GUEST Robert Franz, conductor Dave Kirk, tuba

Enter a land of enchantment with horses, castles and the unforgettable music from Beauty and the Beast as the Houston Symphony performs along with a local high school chorus. In our fairytale fantasy, we discover that things are not always as they seem, as in the adventure of Tubby the Tuba. Meet Tubby and his orchestra friends, including Peepo the Piccolo, as we learn what it’s like to find your own song.

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Robert Franz, conductor

You’re invited to our Symphony fiesta! Bring your passport as we head south of the border for a colorful, cultural celebration. We’re highlighting the vibrant sounds of the Americas, including Brazil (Tico Tico) and Mexico (Conga del Fuego Nuevo). The party continues with a mariachi band as well as the Flamenco-inspired dance hit, “Macarena”!

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Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp Barbara J. Burger The Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Joan and Marvin Kaplan Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Houston Methodist Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Rand Group Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Steven & Nancy Williams

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Leadership COUNCIL Leadership Council donors have committed $45,000 or more in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events over a three-year period ($15,000+ annually). Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Janet F. Clark Billy & Christie McCartney The Estate of Terence Murphree Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel & Craig Fox Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark C. Hanson The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange

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EARLY ADOPTERS Vision 2025 Implementation Fund

Vision 2025, the Houston Symphony’s ten-year Strategic Plan, will allow the Houston Symphony to be America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra by 2025. Vision 2025 was kick-started by early adopters in 2015. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following Early Adopters for their initial investments in support of our ambitious vision. Vision 2025 Implementation Fund The Vision 2025 Implementation Fund will catalyze the transformative growth outlined within Vision 2025. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following supporters of the Vision 2025 Implementation Fund.

OPERATING SUPPORT Rochelle & Max Levit Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Barbara J. Burger John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Anonymous C. Howard Pieper Foundation Clare Attwell Glassell Janet F. Clark The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. John N. Neighbors Barbara & Pat McCelvey Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Joella & Steven P. Mach Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Beauchamp Foundation Lisa & Jerry Simon Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Jay & Shirley Marks Nancy & Robert Peiser Dave & Alie Pruner Michael J. Shawiak BBVA Compass Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan The Boeing Company

Justice Brett & Erin Busby Carol & Michael Linn and The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Beth Madison Rita & Paul Morico Mr. Jay Steinfield & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell, in memory of Virginia S. Anderson and in honor of Cora Sue Mach

Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Eugene Fong Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Kenneth J. Hyde Mr. Jackson D. Hicks Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Gary Mercer Mike Stude Stephen & Kristine Wallace Texas Commission on the Arts

The Brown Foundation, Inc. Cora Sue & Harry Mach Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Rochelle & Max Levit Steven & Nancy Williams Robin Angly & Miles Smith Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Baker Botts L.L.P. Nancy & Robert Peiser Barbara & Pat McCelvey The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners, Ltd. John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Danielle & Josh Batchelor BBVA Compass Dave & Alie Pruner

PLANNED AND Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann ENDOWMENT GIFTS Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Evan B. Glick Robin Angly Viviana & David Denechaud James Barton Christina & Mark C. Hanson Paul M. Basinski Debbie & Frank G. Jones Michael J. Shawiak Dr. Stewart Morris C. Howard Pieper Foundation Donna & Tim Shen Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Tad & Suzanne Smith The Hon. Stella G. & Judith Vincent Richard C. Nelson Vicki West & Mrs. Liv Estrada Susan Gail Wood BB&T / Courtney & Bill Toomey The Estate of Dorothy H. Grieves Marzena & Jacek Jaminski The Estate of David L. Hyde Cora Sue & Harry Mach Catherine & Bob Orr EARLY ADOPTERS Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Margaret Alkek Williams Shirley Wolff Toomim Janice Barrow Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Brad & Joan Corson Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor For more information or to pledge your support for Vision 2025, please contact: Estate of Freddie L. Anderson Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540

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Guests photographed from left to right: Donna Shen, Guest Conductor Mei-Ann Chen, Tim Shen.

On February 11, Conductor Mei-Ann Chen returned to the Joella & Stewart Morris Cultural Arts Center’s Linda & Archie Dunham Theater at Houston Baptist University for the Houston Symphony’s Celebrate Asia, a special concert featuring music from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The performance was followed by an intimate reception with members of the Houston Symphony Asian Leadership Council, including Donna Shen, Governing Director and Community Partnerships Chair, and her husband, Tim. Thanks to their generous support of the Symphony’s Implementation Fund, Donna and Tim Shen have enabled the Houston Symphony to invest in strategic initiatives that support Vision 2025’s goal to be more relevant and accessible to our diverse city. InTUNE — April 2017 | 15

A Conversation with

BARBARA MCCELVEY

C h ai r o f t h e 2017 Houston Symphon y Ima Hog g Comp etition

How did you become involved with the Ima Hogg Competition? The Ima Hogg Competition is a huge project for the Houston Symphony League, so when I became President of the League 10 years ago, I got involved in many ways. I had supplied food for the hospitality committee, but that was the first year I attended. Then, I was asked to host a couple of Judges’ Dinners at my house. Sitting down with the judges and conductor hooked me completely. It’s so eye-opening to speak with these fascinating people about their processes and what they go through as they choose the winners. It was a lot of fun, and that’s really how I got more involved. I love the opportunity to get to know musicians and conductors.

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What are your duties as Chair? Everything! Mainly though, I represent the Houston Symphony League and show the staff and musicians that we’re there to support them. My job is to be that liaison, to be enthusiastic and positive, and to have a vision for the competition. I have a great group of 20 committee members, and they organize the volunteers who handle the extensive set-up for the events as well as house, drive and assist our semi-finalists during the competition days. The Symphony’s staff members have so much to do, we try to help as much as we can on the volunteer side. We’re also trying to increase the involvement of the Houston Symphony League Bay Area. Its members will supply the lunch on Friday when the orchestra rehearses with the finalists. The League Bay Area provides the third-place prize, so it is a significant contributor to the competition, and it’s important to recognize the League for that. I hope many of its members will come to be a part of the competition. Our fundraising goal is a big one, so part of my job is calling people to make sure we reach it. Thankfully, I have a fabulous Underwriting Chair, Vicki West. I’m really leaning on her, and I know she’s going to be fantastic.

Why should people attend the Ima Hogg Competition?

What one piece of advice would you give competitors?

Attending the two days of the competition—the semifinals and the finals—is wonderful for several reasons. At the semifinals, you can be in your own world, just listening to the competitors perform all day long. You’ll be amazed by the music these young people make with their instruments, and you also get a whole day of listening to great concerti—for free. It’s a day for reenergizing the soul.

From my observation of the last few competitions, it seems the judges are looking for someone with stage presence. So, I would suggest that competitors—even though I know they’re nervous— acknowledge and connect with the audience. The audience reacts to that connection, and it influences the judges. How can people get involved with the competition?

A few days later, the finals round takes place, which is a unique and special experience. When do you otherwise get to hear four concerti in one concert? Well, you don’t! And not every concerto is for the same instrument. The young musicians, also, are very different in how they approach the music. You’ll see different interpretations, abilities and manners of stage presence, but all the musicians are truly excellent. Having the Houston Symphony performing with the finalists makes for a breath-taking experience, for both the audience and finalists!

Call me! Well, actually, call Vickie Hamley, the Houston Symphony Director of Volunteer Services, at 713.337.8585. We’d love to have new people involved. There are jobs where you can sit, there are jobs that use muscles, there are even jobs in which you can cook. There’s just about everything you can imagine! But don’t forget to come hear these wonderful young musicians!

You also get to cast your vote for Audience Choice. The finalist who wins that vote receives an award and recognition. It’s always fun to compare your choice to the judges’ choice. BARBARA MCCELVEY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF GITTINGS

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For more information and to donate to the Ima Hogg Competition, please contact Molly Simpson at molly.simpson@ houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8526 or Liam Bonner at liam.bonner@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8536. The Ima Hogg Competition is sponsored in part by

NEWS & EVENTS 16 th Annual Wine Dinner AND COLLECTOR’S AUCTION

Chairs Tara and David Wuthrich and Honorary Chair Margaret Alkek Williams welcomed more than 300 guests to the 16th annual Houston Symphony Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction on March 10. Guests bid on more than 130 lots of vintage and fine wines. In total, the evening raised more than $485,000 for the Symphony’s Education and Community Programming.

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The four course dinner by Jackson and Company was paired with wines selected by Lindy and John Rydman of Spec’s Wines, Sprits & Finer Foods, the Houston Symphony’s Principal Corporate Guarantor. The Jones Hall stage was transformed into an intimate wine cave by Richard Flowers and The Events Company.

David & Tara Wuthrich, Chairs

Margaret Alkek Williams, Honorary Chair, & Jim Daniel

The Houston Symphony was proud to honor Jackson Hicks, on the occasion of his retirement, for his extraordinary contributions, not only to the Houston Symphony, but to Houston’s performing and visual arts community.

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BRINGING

HOPE

Through the Common Bond of Music

B Y A L L I S O N C O N L A N , A S S O C I AT E D I R E C T O R , E D U C AT I O N

We are always amazed by the students we work with as part of the Houston Symphony’s education and community programs, but sometimes we encounter something so remarkable it takes our breath away. Through our High School Residency program at Houston ISD’s Waltrip High School, we recently learned of a story we feel compelled to share about the power of music to unite a community. “I’m just a simple high school student who likes being in band, playing percussion instruments,” says José Tovar, a 15-year-old Waltrip student. “Oh, and something else,” he continues, “I have a heart problem, but that doesn’t really bother me since I am with the band. They have been like a real family since the first day I walked in. They have always been there for me when I needed help most.” Now is definitely one of those times. José suffers from a complete atrioventricular canal defect, which means there is a big hole in his heart that allows blood from different chambers to mix. A healthy human heart has chambers that separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to maximize efficiency. When oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix, the heart is required to work extra hard to try to get the correct amount of oxygen out to the body so it can function. This leads to a number of complications, including hypertension and, ultimately, heart failure. 18 | Houston Symphony

After four surgeries, doctors have determined José urgently needs a new heart. Unfortunately, heart transplants are prohibitively expensive. José’s family is looking at a bill for half a million dollars. Fortunately for José, he’s in the band. As he told us, “If you want extra brothers and sisters, come to the Waltrip Ram Band, and trust me, you won’t turn back.” The band has taken José’s diagnosis as a call to action. Its members are currently fundraising in every way they can imagine to help the Tovar family raise $500,000 for the heart transplant. “I’ve been a part of a few occasions where I have seen the power of this community come together so fast and so strong to make things happen,” says WHS band director, Jesse Espinosa. “I’m hoping it can do the same for José Tovar. We need a miracle—José deserves it.” “What inspires me to fundraise for José,” classmate Jesus Del Campo says, “is the fact that even through his darkest moments, he manages to push forward and have the will to live. When José isn’t there, it feels as though a familiar and warm positivity that usually lives here is gone.” And from another classmate, Teresa Landeros: “You hear stories like this every day, but when it’s one of your own people, it hurts to see them suffer such great pain. I miss his fun, spirited personality.” When the Waltrip Ram Band performs—whether on the marching field, at City Hall, entertaining spectators at the Super Bowl or performing in concert—music clearly means so much more than just notes on the page—it’s about connecting with one another. Whenever there is a triumph, the whole band of 300 cheers in support. Likewise, whenever there is a hardship, the 300 rally in support.

While the Houston Symphony’s relationship with the Ram Band stretches back years, this year’s work has been extensive. The band was selected as one of the High School Residencies presented by Occidental Petroleum. Our musicians have made regular visits to the school to help students take their musicmaking to the next level, and Waltrip band students regularly attend Houston Symphony concerts, perform in the Jones Hall lobby, volunteer with the instrument petting zoo and attend Symphony rehearsals and masterclasses. In September, 28 Waltrip students played traditional Peruvian instruments as part of the Houston Symphony’s Fiesta Sinfónica concert at Jones Hall, conducted by Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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The Legacy Lives On

Our musicians are constantly inspired by Waltrip’s incredible students and overall culture. “The band program at Waltrip is admirable,” says Principal Tubist Dave Kirk. “After a few moments of interacting with the students, it’s evident they share a strong passion for hard work and musical knowledge.” Principal Percussionist Brian Del Signore has worked with WHS percussionists through the Houston Symphony’s ENGIE Community Connections program, and he visits José at Texas Children’s Hospital. Through our partnership with Purple Songs Can Fly, a partner of the Periwinkle Arts In Medicine program at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Brian and José wrote a song called “Texas Children’s Freestyle,” using instruments Brian provided and the percussion pad José keeps by his bed. “It has been inspiring for me to visit José and play drums with him in his hospital room,” Brian reflects. “This young man has a weak heart, but a strong, young spirit. I hope to keep him inspired too, as he goes through this life and death ordeal awaiting a new heart.” While waiting around the hospital for weeks or months at a time, hoping and praying for a new heart, it takes something very powerful to make the situation uplifting. In this case, it has taken the power of family, friends and music. It is truly special to witness the Waltrip Family doing everything it can to help José, and we are grateful to play a part. To help the Waltrip Ram Band family and José Tovar, visit José’s GoFundMe page. www.gofundme.com/jose-tovars-heart

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FALLA & ESPAÑA Thursday Friday Saturday

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*Kazuki Yamada, conductor Brinton Averil Smith, cello Sofia Selowsky, mezzo-soprano *Houston Symphony debut

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• This is the first professional performance of Mario CastelnuovoTedesco’s Cello Concerto since its premiere in 1935 when Arturo Toscanini led the New York Philharmonic and soloist Gregor Piatigorsky. New York Times critic Olin Downes remarked, “The concerto served him as a vehicle for brilliant, yea, formidable ‘cello playing. Right worthily was he applauded and repeatedly called back to the stage.”

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El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) Introduction: Allegro ma non troppo— Part I Afternoon: Allegretto mosso— Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango): Allegro ma non troppo— The Grapes: Vivo Part II The Neighbor’s Dance (Seguidillas): Allegro ma non troppo The Miller’s Dance (Farruca): Poco vivo—moderato assai— The Corregidor’s Dance: Allegretto Final Dance (Jota): Poco mosso—Allegro ritmico, molto moderato e pesante

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• Manuel de Falla included two songs for mezzosoprano in the score of The Three-Cornered Hat. These songs imitate the cante jondo style of folk music from Andalusia. Canto jondo is Andalusian dialect for “deep song.”

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Kazuki Yamada | conductor

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This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and streaming online at houstonpublicmedia.org.

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Kazuki Yamada is in his first season as principal conductor and artistic director of Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. He also is principal guest conductor of Orchestre de la Suisse Romande since his sensational debut with the orchestra in 2010, one of his first appearances in Europe. In Japan, he is permanent conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, music partner with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and music director of Yokohama Sinfonietta, an ensemble he founded as a student. Kazuki appears as a guest with leading orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris; Staatskapelle Dresden; St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Royal Stockholm and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras; Czech Philharmonic; RAI National Symphony Orchestra and Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein. He has conducted many of today’s foremost musicians, including Emanuel Ax, Boris Berezovsky, Håkan Hardenberger, Nobuko Imai, Daishin Kashimoto, Alexander Kniazev, Xavier de Maistre, Steven Osborne, Vadim Repin, Baiba Skride, JeanYves Thibaudet, Simon Trpčeski and Frank Peter Zimmermann. Kazuki Yamada concluded the 2015–16 season on a tour to Japan with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Having made a successful Australian debut with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, he returns to Australia this season to conduct the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. In the United States, in addition to this debut with the Houston Symphony, he returns to conduct the Utah Symphony. Active in opera houses, he conducts La traviata, Carmen and Rusalka in Japan in coming seasons. In 2012, he conducted a semi-staged production of Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d´Arc du bûcher, with the Saito Kinen Orchestra. The Joan of Arc project was also a huge hit in 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s staged version at the new Philharmonie de Paris, with the Orchestre de Paris. The character of Joan of Arc was performed by the French actress Marion Cotillard, and the production was critically acclaimed. On the Pentatone label, Kazuki and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande are releasing a series of dance-inspired CDs, continuing this season with a recording of French ballet works and another of music by Manuel de Falla. Kazuki and the Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus have released 10 CDs on Fontec. Now a resident of Berlin, Kazuki Yamada was born in Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979. In 2009, he won the 51st Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors.

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Brinton Averil Smith | cello

Sofia Selowsky | mezzo-soprano

Hailed for “stunningly beautiful” performances by the American Record Guide, Houston Symphony Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith garners rave reviews, praising virtuosic performances with musical ideals rooted in the golden age of string playing. His debut recording of Miklós Rózsa’s Cello Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Koch Classics) won international critical acclaim, with Gramophone praising Brinton as a “hugely eloquent, impassioned soloist.” A passionate advocate of compelling unfamiliar repertoire, Brinton recently gave the North American premieres of rediscovered works of Jean Sibelius and Alexander Zemlinsky. His performances have been broadcast on CBS’ Sunday Morning and on NPR’s Performance Today and SymphonyCast.

Praised by Opera News as a “silveryluminescent mezzo-soprano of power and poise,” Maryland native Sofia Selowsky is a recent graduate of the famed Houston Grand Opera Studio. This season, she made several significant concert debuts. She joined Houston-based Ars Lyrica for performances of Handel’s Jephtha and was heard in concert at The Menil Collection in Falla’s Siete canciones populares españolas under the auspices of Da Camera. She also made her debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah and with Sarasota Orchestra in performances of Mozart’s Requiem with Music Director Anu Tali.

Brinton has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Houston Symphony since joining the orchestra in 2005. Previously, he was the first musician chosen by Lorin Maazel to join the New York Philharmonic and was the principal cellist of the San Diego Symphony and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his solo activities, he has collaborated in chamber music performances with musicians, including Gil Shaham, Yo-Yo Ma, Cho-Liang Lin, James Ehnes, Lynn Harrell, Sarah Chang, Dawn Upshaw and members of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri, Emerson String, Juilliard String, Cleveland and Alban Berg Quartets. He is a faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Aspen Music Festival and School. The son of a mathematician and a pianist, Brinton Averil Smith was admitted to Arizona State University at age 10, taking courses in mathematics and German. At age 17, he completed a B.A. in mathematics. He became a student of Eleonore Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California, where he was also a teaching assistant in the mathematics department and completed work for an M.A. in mathematics at age 19. He subsequently studied with the renowned cellist Zara Nelsova at The Juilliard School and earned a doctorate, writing on the playing of Emanuel Feuermann. He lives in Houston with his wife, pianist Evelyn Chen, their daughter, Calista, and two slightly evil but kind-hearted dogs. Please visit brintonaverilsmith.com.

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In addition to this return with the Houston Symphony, she finishes the season in residence with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she will be heard as Mae in the updated version of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath. In the 2017–18 season, Sofia returns to Houston Grand Opera where she will make her role debut as Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, joins the Lexington Philharmonic for Argento’s Casa Guidi and makes her North Carolina Symphony debut in performances of Mozart’s Requiem. During her time in the HGO Studio, Sofia was heard as The Fox in Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince, the Second Wood Nymph in Rusalka, Nell Gwynn in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s new opera, Prince of Players and Eliza in the premiere of David Hanlon’s After the Storm. She also covered the roles of Olga in Eugene Onegin and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. In the 2014–15 season, she made her HGO debut as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly opposite Ana María Martínez, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. In fall 2015, she made her debut with the Houston Symphony in Schumann’s The Pilgrimage of the Rose under the baton of Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada. A regular at the Aspen Music Festival, she was heard in the 2016 festival season as Antonia in William Bolcom’s A Wedding under the baton of Scott Terrell and was heard in concert in Berlioz’ La mort de Cléopâtre. During the 2015 festival, she performed the role of Despina in Così fan tutte conducted by Jane Glover.

Principal Cellist BRINTON AVERIL SMITH

REVIVES CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO’S CELLO CONCERTO BY STEVEN BROWN Soloing in front of his Houston Symphony colleagues is always a big deal, but Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith has cause to be especially excited this month. In the orchestra’s Falla & España concerts on April 13–15, he will finally get to play a concerto that has tantalized him since he was a youngster: Mario CastelnuovoTedesco’s Cello Concerto.

“We had to put this together from almost nothing,” Brinton says. “The only way to find out what it sounded like was to learn it and play it with the piano reduction, which my pianist wife Evelyn did.

Eight decades have passed since Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s concerto had its world premiere. Despite being launched by powerful advocates—cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and conductor Arturo Toscanini—and being the work of a gifted composer, the concerto hasn’t had a professional performance since it was practically new.

The concerto’s strengths, he found, are tunefulness and orchestral color. “Castelnuovo-Tedesco is in many ways like playing a piece by Brahms or Tchaikovsky,” Brinton says, in that melodies hold the key. That’s especially true of the second movement. “It’s tuneful and simple. When I’ve played it for my family, they say, ‘Oh, I like that.’ It’s very accessible.”

“It deserves a second chance,” Brinton says. He says that now, but for years, all he could do was wonder what the concerto might sound like. Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born in Florence in 1895, and his career advanced quickly. When he was in his 30s, two of the most celebrated musicians of the day—violinist Jascha Heifetz and guitarist Andrés Segovia—asked him to compose concertos for them. In the mid-1930s, a few years before the Fascists’ persecution of Jews drove him from Italy, Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote a work for another luminary: Piatigorsky. The resulting Cello Concerto enjoyed its brightest moment in the spotlight when Piatigorsky and Toscanini premiered it with the New York Philharmonic in 1935. But after a few more performances, Brinton says, Piatigorsky let the work drop, and with the work never having been recorded and the music available only by rental, it quickly lapsed into obscurity. Piatigorsky did, however, mention the concerto in his autobiography. Brinton, as a youth immersing himself in music, read the book and zeroed in on the unfamiliar piece. “At first, I just wanted to hear it,” Brinton recalls. “I just wanted to know what it sounded like.” His curiosity was more than a whim. Brinton idolized Piatigorsky and Heifetz, and he had learned about composers who created works for Heifetz, such as Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Miklós Rózsa and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. And those three composers shared another link. They were all Europeans who moved to California and established themselves in the film industry. Their music— much of it uncredited in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s case—helped define Hollywood’s Golden Age. “I grew up loving this style of composition,” Brinton says. “I don’t know if this makes me reactionary, but I like melody.” As his career unfolded, Brinton let that affection lead him. He and the Houston Symphony played Korngold’s lush Cello Concerto, written for the Bette Davis–Paul Henreid movie Deception, in 2009. Brinton recorded Rózsa’s concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. And his recitals have included CastelnuovoTedesco’s cello showpiece based on Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. But Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s concerto eluded him. Brinton hunted through archives, but none contained it. The score’s publisher didn’t make it easy to get. In September 2015, he persuaded the publisher to loan him the score for a trial examination.

“It was a new experience for me to learn a score with no recording to reference, no metronome marks, no ability to ask the composer, and only musical intuition and general markings to go by,” Brinton explains.

In Castlenuovo-Tedesco’s own words, “the second movement, which would be, in most cases for the cello, a lyrical Adagio, is instead an Allegretto gentile. I believe myself to have been the first one to invent this ‘epithet,’ and the music truly has an unusual grace and gentleness, in both the orchestration and in the agile counterpoint. It also has a brief, but curious cadenza accompanied by a celesta and timpani.” Nevertheless, the concerto is challenging for the soloist. “It’s an almost crazy virtuoso cello part,” Brinton says. “There are things that are virtuosic-slash-awkward; things that jump around a lot.” Some spots make him wonder if Piatigorsky really played what’s printed. And since the score contains verbal tempo instructions but no metronome marks, it takes experimentation to find what works. Brinton enjoys the search. “When there’s nothing there except words, and you have to figure it all out, it’s kind of refreshing,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun, actually.” So, why did the concerto disappear? Castelnuovo-Tedesco gave Piatigorsky exclusive rights to performing it, Brinton says. When the dedicatee went on to other things, no other cellists could step in. Musical trends also militated against the work. When it appeared, Smith notes, influential parts of the music world favored edgier music. After Heifetz premiered Korngold’s Violin Concerto, for example, a detractor retorted that it was more corn than gold. But look what happened: Korngold’s concerto has become a familiar presence in concert halls, Brinton says, and other works of his are being rediscovered. Naxos, a prolific recording label, is turning to Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s music, and it will put out a disc featuring Smith and the Houston Symphony playing the concerto. Engineers will get it on tape during the performances this month, and Brinton and Evelyn will add a sampling of the composer’s cello-and-piano works. Some of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s descendants will come to Houston to hear the concerto, Brinton says. He thanks Aurelie Desmarais, the Houston Symphony’s Senior Artistic Advisor, and guest conductor Kazuki Yamada for agreeing to program the longneglected work. He hopes its revival will make an impact. Brinton Averil Smith is sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce

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Cello Concerto, Opus 72

Emmanuel Chabrier’s gifts as a composer and virtuoso pianist appeared in his youth, but family tradition demanded that he study law, and the budding artist complied. For 19 years, Chabrier worked as a French civil servant, relegating music to his off-duty hours. Nevertheless, his vivacious operettas and other works gained him attention and won him artistic friends. One of them, poet Paul Verlaine, wrote a sonnet titled To Emmanuel Chabrier, which saluted the “glowing ring of attraction and amiable comfort” that enveloped the composer and his circle.

The concerto form resonated with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Composing for a solo instrument with orchestra, he wrote in an essay, helped him express his “personal feeling in relation to the world”—an attitude based on his “confidence in life.”

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

At age 39, Chabrier bid adieu to his government job and took a long trip to Spain with his wife. When he returned home, geared up to become a full-time composer, his impressions inspired the zesty España. It began as a piano piece he soon arranged for orchestra, yielding the glittery showpiece that now is Chabrier’s best-known work. España’s opening evokes the guitar’s gusto, but the orchestra magnifies it beyond anything a guitarist could summon. Plucked strings tap out a syncopated rhythm. Within moments, a few of the winds join in, intensifying the pulse. The harps and yet more winds add buoyant cross-play, and the music swirls and swells as the rest of the orchestra jumps in. After a brisk fortissimo cadence, Chabrier finally gives us a melody. Light and crisp, it bubbles up from trumpet and bassoon. A solo French horn soon takes over, and the entire orchestra lustily joins the dance. España has mostly been clipped and staccato to this point, so the bassoons and French horns make an impact when they sing out a full-throated melody that builds to a flamboyant upward surge. The trumpets and oboe fire back with a brisk, swaggering tune, and one of España’s most distinctive episodes comes as four bassoons step forth with a bustling theme that Chabrier marks “playful and always impetuous.” When the bassoons rumble up from the depths as a flourish, they push the music’s rowdiness to its peak. The musical fiesta gains more participants by ways of a chattering tune that bounces between the violins and the winds, a sleek violin melody and a swaggering theme from the brasses. As all these catchy tunes vie for the spotlight, España surges to its jubilant finish. The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 harps, percussion and strings

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Concertos he wrote for two iconic musicians—violinist Jascha Heifetz and guitarist Andrés Segovia—helped launch CastelnuovoTedesco’s career. Soon after that, he created his cello concerto for the Russian virtuoso Gregor Piatigorsky. In the composer’s autobiography, which is being translated by musicologist James Westby, he saluted the Russian virtuoso by declaring that “his sound is a rare beauty, his technique is prodigious, his warmth is irresistibly communicated.” The concerto demands all those qualities, and it also embodies Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s confidence in life. In its opening movement and finale, turbulence and brooding give way to optimism. Though the orchestra’s color and atmosphere enrich the concerto, the cello is clearly the protagonist. Entering alone, the soloist flings out the vehement main theme, which will undergo many changes of mood as the first movement unfolds. The orchestra soon adds some of its deepest sonorities, including those of the trombones and double basses. After the rest of the orchestra comes into play, the opening theme begins to evolve, and the cello gives it a gentler cast. But the music rouses as the soloist introduces a snappy, march-like theme at which the opening solo hinted. Then lyricism appears, in the form of a melody whose downward contours help lend it soulfulness and impact. As these themes interact, the movement passes through pensiveness, intensity and drama, climaxing in the cello’s cadenza, replete with bold gestures and biting chords. After the orchestra reenters, softer sounds emerge, the music shifts to a major key, and the cello soars to a serene finish. The second movement picks up on the luminous aura. It begins with the gleam of woodwinds, harp and celesta. The lilt of the cello’s melody launches a graceful, airy dance. A melody with more yearning comes into the picture, first from the cello, and then from the lush string section. But the music’s gentle swing returns. An orchestral outburst launches the finale, and the cello quickly steps in with another big, dramatic solo. After taking a more lyrical turn, it builds up to the bold, bounding theme that propels the finale. The orchestra adds its own gusto. Then the cello brings back the restless melody from its solo, which the orchestra’s weight makes even more compelling. The vigor returns, and the cello part gains a new ardor that leads to a shining, major-key finish. The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, celesta and strings

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Falla & España | Program Notes

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Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Manuel de Falla helped pioneer the combination of his native Spain’s dance and vocal music with classical traditions. In 1913, he landed a choir assignment: Sergei Diaghilev, the Russian impresario who commissioned Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and other now-historic works, tapped him for a ballet on a Spanish subject. They picked The Corregidor and the Miller’s Wife, a comic tale about a small-town magistrate who gets his comeuppance when he woos a woman who wants no part of him. The ballet’s title came from the corregidor’s three-cornered hat. After a trumpets-and-drums fanfare, a singer’s flamenco-tinged solo hints at the events to come: “Little wife, secure your door! The devil may now be sleeping, but you can be sure he will awaken!” The strings’ murmuring, dry tone—created by playing ponticello, with the bows stroking the strings near the bridge that supports them—evokes a sun-baked day. In an opening vignette, the couple teach their blackbird to announce the time. You’ll hear its chirps come from the piccolo and solo violin. The hot-day music returns, followed by two themes that represent the miller and his wife. The first is a surge of melody from the violins, now playing arco, and the second is a springy, staccato theme in the bass range. Their ardor and energy help animate the ballet. A little march led by the strings heralds the corregidor, promenading down the street. The miller and his wife return to work. But the corregidor, who has noticed the miller’s wife, tiptoes back, as represented by a solo bassoon, the corregidor’s musical avatar throughout the ballet. After the miller’s wife dances a spirited fandango, the lumbering bassoon describes the corregidor approaching her. The music grows breezy and playful as she eludes him, and Act 1 ends as she celebrates running him off. Act 2 takes place that evening. The miller and his wife join their neighbors in a buoyant, airy dance, then a ringing French horn solo announces the miller’s turn in the spotlight. The orchestra’s pounding rhythms conjure up the stamping of heels against the floor, and the oboe introduces a more sensual turn. The closing barrage of fortissimo chords mimics a dancer’s accelerating finish. Soon, trouble arrives: Listen for the French horns’ tongue-in-cheek quote of the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. A weighty, rugged theme represents the town constable, who hauls the miller to jail on the corregidor’s orders. The singer again hints at what’s coming: “In the night the cuckoo sings, warning husbands to secure their latches, for the devil is vigilant.” With the miller locked, the corregidor—again announced by the furtive bassoon—returns for another try at the miller’s wife. The antics, including mistaken identities, are too complicated to recount. But the music vividly describes the agitation, excitement and fun, including a crashing fortissimo when the corregidor falls into the mill stream. A swaggering final dance celebrates his defeat. The Instruments: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta) and strings — Steven Brown The conductor’s scores for this work were donated by Mr. Randall W. Spalinger.

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EXPLORING MARS: THE NEXT GENERATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE Speaker Series Tuesday

April 18, 2017 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

*Kobie Boykins, NASA engineer *Houston Symphony debut

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Program BIOGRAPHY

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Kobie Boykins | NASA engineer

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Few events in the last decade of space exploration have captured the world’s imagination like NASA’s ongoing Mars Exploration Program. In 2004, the successful deployment of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity launched a new era of scientific investigation of our nearest planetary neighbor. For Kobie Boykins, a mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the rovers’ success was also a personal triumph. He helped design and build the solar arrays that enabled the rovers to keep going long after their planned 90-day life. Indeed, Opportunity is still roaming Mars today and sending back images, more than nine years later. Now, Kobie is intimately involved with our latest venture to Mars as supervisor of the mobility and remote sensing mast teams for the Mars Science Laboratory, better known as Curiosity. Curiosity landed on Mars last August and has already made headlines with evidence that conditions on Mars, including the presence of water, once could have supported life. For work on this and other compelling projects, Kobie last year received a NASA Exceptional Service Medal, one of the highest honors given to NASA employees and contractors.

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Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Kobie Boykins graduated cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, before becoming a mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Kobie has worked on a variety of projects, from Pathfinder and Mars exploration rovers to the ocean surface topography mission, in his more than 10 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was involved in the MUSES-CN nanorover technology and flight task and has worked many pre-proposal and proposals as a member of Team X. He served as the CogE of the Mars exploration rover’s solar array mechanisms and structures team and as a member of the ATLO team. Currently, Kobie Boykins supervises the mobility and remote sensing mast teams for the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity.

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THE PINES OF ROME Thursday Saturday Sunday

April 20, 2017 April 22, 2017 April 23, 2017

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Jones Hall

Vasily Petrenko, conductor *Elina Vähälä, violin *Houston Symphony debut

Verdi Corigliano

Overture to Un Giorno di Regno (King for a Day)

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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (The Red Violin) I (Chaconne): N = 60 II (Pianissimo Scherzo): L = 156-160 III (Andante Flautando): Lento IV (Accelerando Finale): L = 138

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• Originally, composer John Corigliano composed the first movement of The Red Violin Concerto as a stand-alone piece while the film was being shot in the summer of 1997. He later added the other three movements to create a full-fledged violin concerto.

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Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) ca. 15 I La fontana di Valle Giulia all’alba (The fountain of the Valle Giulia at dawn): Andante mosso— II La fontana del Tritone al mattino (The Triton Fountain in early morning): Vivo— III La fontana di Trevi al meriggio (The Trevi Fountain at midday): Allegro moderato— IV La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto (The fountain of the Villa Medici at sunset): Andante Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) I I pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese): Allegretto vivace— II Pini presso una catacomba (Pines near a catacomb): Lento— III I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum): Lento— IV I pini della via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way): Tempo di Marcia

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• Ottorino Respighi’s music is famous for its brilliant orchestral colors. In addition to his natural talent, Respighi likely learned a few tricks from another great orchestrator, Nikolai RimskyKorsakov. As a student, Respighi traveled to St. Petersburg to study with the Russian master.

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Born in 1976, Vasily Petrenko has studied at the St. Petersburg Capella Boys Music School (the oldest music school in Russia), the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and important masterclasses. Following considerable success in a number of international conducting competitions, including the Fourth International Sergei Prokofiev Competition of Conductors (2003), first prize in the Shostakovich Choral Conducting Competition (1997) and first prize in the Sixth Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition, he was appointed chief conductor of the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (2004-2007). Vasily is chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (following a period as principal conductor), chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation. He has also served as principal conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and principal guest conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre where he began his career as resident conductor. Having worked with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and music festivals, this and upcoming seasons include tours with the European Union Youth Orchestra and return visits throughout Europe and North America. He debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival. At home in the opera house, Vasily has more than 30 operas in his repertoire. Last year saw a highly successful debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper with Boris Godunov, and future plans include performances of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with Zürich Opera. Vasily has established an award-winning profile as a recording artist, including the Shostakovich symphony cycle for Naxos Records with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Rachmaninoff’s symphonies, orchestral works and piano concertos with Simon Trpčeski, among others. Several 2016 releases included Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet (Lawo Classics). In 2007, Vasily Petrenko was named Young Artist of the Year at the annual Gramophone Awards; and in 2010, he won the Male Artist of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards. He is the second person to have been awarded honorary doctorates by both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University (in 2009) and an honorary fellowship of the Liverpool John Moores University (in 2012), awards that recognize the immense impact he has had on the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the city’s cultural scene.

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Elina Vähälä | violin Born in the United States and raised in Finland, Elina Vähälä made her orchestral debut with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra at age 12 and was later chosen by Osmo Vänskä as the orchestra’s young master soloist. Her career continues to expand on the international stage as she wins praise from audiences and musicians alike. Elina has appeared with prestigious orchestras and worked with leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, Carlos Kalmar, JukkaPekka Saraste, Okko Kamu, Jakob Hrůša, Thierry Fischer and Leif Segerstam. She has toured throughout the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, China, Korea and South America. In 2008, she was chosen to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, televised to a worldwide audience. Last season, she performed throughout Finland with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performing the early version of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and enjoyed a tour with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, including concerts in Vienna and Salzburg. She returned to North America performing with orchestras in Buffalo and Colorado. Elina will debut with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Japan as well as with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra performing John Corigliano’s The Red Violin Concerto under conductor Jeffrey Tate. With a repertoire that ranges from Baroque to contemporary, Elina has given world premieres of Aulis Sallinen’s Chamber Concerto and Curtis-Smith’s Double Concerto, both written for her and pianist-conductor Ralf Gothóni. In addition, she gave the Nordic first performance of Corigliano’s The Red Violin and commissioned a violin concerto from composer Jaakko Kuusisto. Both the Corgiliano and Kuusisto concertos were recorded for BIS in 2013. Educational activities play an important role in her commitment to music. In 2009, she launched the Violin Academy. Funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the academy is a masterclassbased educational project for select, highly talented young Finnish violinists. As a devoted chamber musician, Elina Vähälä performs with András Adorján, Yuri Bashmet, Ana Chumachenco, Kim Chee-Yun, Péter Csaba, Itamar Golan, Gothóni, Ivry Gitlis, Bruno Giuranna, Gary Hoffman, Steven Isserlis, Frans Helmerson, Cho-Liang Lin, Adam Neiman, Arto Noras, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Alisa Weilerstein. Please visit elinavahala.com.

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Italian creativity ties together this weekend’s Houston Symphony program. With the Overture to King for a Day, the orchestra spotlights a little-known work by an Italian icon, Giuseppe Verdi. John Corigliano’s concerto, The Red Violin, grows from the ItalianAmerican’s film score for a saga that begins during Italy’s golden age of violin-making. Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome conjure up not only the Eternal City’s landmarks, but the vibrant life that has unfolded amid them.

Overture to Un Giorno di Regno (King for a Day)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

King for a Day, Verdi’s second opera, nearly turned out to be his last. He created it as a series of personal heartbreaks reached their climax. Both of the young composer’s children had died within the previous two years. During his work on King for a Day, encephalitis killed his wife. Verdi, devastated, pleaded with the impresario of Milan’s La Scala opera house to release him from his contract, but the answer was no. So, Verdi labored to put himself in the frame of mind for a comedy—the story of a military officer called on to impersonate the king of Poland. At its premiere, King for a Day flopped so badly that La Scala canceled the remaining performances. Verdi swore he’d never write another opera. Luckily for the rest of us, the same impresario lured him back to work, and Verdi’s next work, Nabucco, made him a star. King for a Day’s overture sparkles. Rather than showing off any of the opera’s graceful tunes, this five-minute curtain-raiser zips ahead with unflagging high spirits. Three quick, ringing chords launch the introduction, but the gusto soon gives way to a moment of silence. Then, the woodwinds spring into action with the first of the overture’s two main themes. This one has the crispness and momentum of an eager dance, and it grows even breezier when the violins take the lead. The orchestra fires up the excitement, then breaks off for another moment of suspense. The spotlight returns to the woodwinds, and the overture’s second theme takes off. With its jauntiness and glitter, it looks forward to the party-scene music in Verdi’s La traviata and Rigoletto. Its phrases are punctuated by short gaps, and Verdi promptly puts those breaks to use in the service of humor. When the winds repeat the theme, some of the orchestra’s lowest instruments, including bassoon, trombone and tuba, fire back at them. The strings jump in, bringing back their part of the first theme, and the boisterousness continues until a rousing buildup caps off the fun. The Instruments: flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings

The Pines of Rome | Program Notes

Program NOTES , continued Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (The Red Violin) John Corigliano (1938- )

As the son of the New York Philharmonic’s concertmaster, John Corigliano grew up hearing violin exercises and repertoire. The instrument became his first musical love, and he returned to it with his Oscar-winning soundtrack for The Red Violin, the 300-year saga of an ill-fated instrument. The film’s score was the jumping-off point for Corigliano’s concerto. The first movement is a chaconne, a favorite genre of composers in the 17th century. A chaconne grows from a short theme that is repeated at length, fitted out on each appearance with different colors and textures. Using the venerable form, Corigliano says, freed him to compose a “passionate and romantic essay.” The solo violin enters alone, whispering the first two chords of the chaconne theme, and a few glistening threads of sound swirl upward from the orchestra. Listen for the entrance of the bassoons, weighty and dark; they intone the chaconne theme. After the strings bring a new, ethereal aura, the solo violin sings out an ardent melody that comes from the film score, where it represents the violin maker’s doomed wife. That melody and the chaconne theme propel the first movement’s drama and lyricism. The violin grows passionate, then fierce, and percussive thunderclaps punctuate its bold strokes. When the music quiets, the woodwinds spin out plaintive solos, and the solo violin soars. But vehemence returns, and after an agitated soliloquy for the soloist, the movement builds to a walloping finish. The second movement brings a rush of phantasmagorical sounds. At the start, the score tells the woodwinds to play as rapidly as possible within a given range. The violin chatters in the stratosphere, and scintillating byplay bubbles up throughout the orchestra. A delicate little waltz appears and vanishes. The strings’ richness sets the scene for the lyrical third movement. The solo violin harks back to its first-movement melody, spinning it out spaciously. Then the alto flute joins the violin in a lilting duet. Corigliano tells the violinist to play with a technique called flautando, which yields a light, pure sound akin to the flute’s. The finale starts with another string sound effect: The players press their bows against the strings so hard they create a crunch with no pitch. That percussive sound helps drive an explosive contest between the violin’s dynamism and the orchestra’s power. The violin interrupts the tumult with a wistful melody that, in the movie, represents a modern-day violin expert. Then the excitement returns. The Instruments: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo, 1 doubling alto flute), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta) and strings

Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) and Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Frustrated by the career prospects in his native Bologna, Italy, 32-year-old Ottorino Respighi moved to Rome for a teaching job.

The scenic city inspired the tone paintings that would become his most famous works. Fountains of Rome evokes the feelings and visions the sights inspired in him; Pines of Rome depicts Roman life of past and present.

Fountains of Rome In the score’s preface, Respighi writes that he “endeavored to give expression to the sentiments and visions suggested to him by four of Rome’s fountains, contemplated during the hour in which their character is most in harmony with the surrounding landscape, or… their beauty appears most impressive.” The Fountain of the Valle Giulia at dawn takes us to a rural area. High, luminous violins and a peaceful oboe melody set the scene. The clarinet takes over the lead, then the rest of the winds join in, and murmuring strings suggest the gentle motion of animals grazing. Things stir a bit as the oboe brings in a new, sinuous theme, and the music gains luster as the solo cello and oboe sing out in tandem. A lusty horn call summons us to The Triton Fountain in early morning, where Respighi imagines water nymphs at play. Glistening trills capture the water’s sparkle, and the woodwinds lead a sprightly dance. Soon after the strings join, the winds take off with an even livelier theme, and the harp’s upward and downward sweeps enhance the motion. The music calms, setting us up for The Trevi Fountain at midday. The English horn and bassoons launch into a theme whose upward surge draws in more and more of the orchestra, and the music swells into a portrait of the sea god Neptune—the actual fountain’s central figure—bounding across the waves in his chariot. The brasses let fly with a ringing, triumphant theme that helps propel the score to its climax. Then the music calms, and Respighi divides the string section into many strands, making the pianissimo close both lush and transparent. The Fountain of the Villa Medici at sunset builds on that delicacy. The flute and English horn sing out serenely, accompanied by the starry glimmer of winds, harps, strings and celesta. A solo violin floats in the stratosphere, and a clarinet melody has a bit of birdcall about it. The flute warbles in response. As the light dies away, cellos and basses divided into multiple parts conjure up the arrival of velvety night.

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Program NOTES , continued The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, piano, celesta and strings The printed music for this work was donated by Dr. and Mrs. William S. Harwell in honor of their grandchildren, Mallory Catherine Frewer and Joseph Harwell Frewer.

Pines of Rome The Pines of the Villa Borghese thrusts us into the midst of children at play in a park. The orchestra unleashes a salvo of its most glittering sounds with winds and strings in their highest registers, trilling and swirling. French horns and other winds cry out an opening melody that exudes youthful excitement, and zesty new themes keep bubbling up. The flutes offer a buoyant theme, the winds and violins chatter with another theme, and three trumpets add a breezier note. Stillness suddenly takes over as we behold Pines near a catacomb. The strings’ depth creates a somber aura, and the French horns intone a theme redolent of a medieval chant. The strings take it over, then a trumpet’s melody floats in from the distance. A trudging motion begins in the strings, as if a procession is approaching, and the music swells until the trombones issue a ringing proclamation. The procession fades into the distance.

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The Instruments: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, offstage trumpet, 6 offstage brass, 3 trombones, tuba, nightingale recording (doubling organ), timpani, percussion, harp, piano, celesta and strings —Steven Brown The conductor’s scores for this work were donated by Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth and Dr. Ken Hyde.

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A piano’s strumming leads us to The Pines of the Janiculum, a nocturne. “There is a thrill in the air,” Respighi’s preface says. “The full moon reveals the profile of the pines.” Silky strings back up an ardent, long-breathed clarinet solo, and the music grows even more luxurious when the strings divide into a dozen strands. Sleek solos feature violin, oboe and cello, but the last word goes to a nightingale’s song, captured in a recording. The Pines of the Appian Way begins with a quiet but insistent pulse in the orchestra’s depths. The French horns launch into a martial theme, catapulting a massive orchestra crescendo that evokes an ancient Roman legion on the march. To heighten the triumphant effect, Respighi asks for six archaic trumpets called buccine. This weekend, trumpets and trombones stand in for them.

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Upcoming Broadcasts on Houston Public Media Tune in to News 88.7 Sundays at 8PM for broadcasts of recent concerts as well as old favorites from the archives. Highlights this month include the return of former Music Directors Hans Graf and Christoph Eschenbach, plus an improvised encore from pianist Gabriela Montero and a fiery performance of Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique from Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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James Gaffigan, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, (Emperor) R. Strauss: Don Juan Liszt: Les préludes

Hans Graf, conductor Timothy McAllister, saxophone Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments John Adams: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra Mussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Lindsay Russell, soprano Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano Jack Swanson, tenor Kyle Albertson, bass-baritone Houston Symphony Chorus— Betsy Cook Weber, director Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 Bruckner: Te Deum

Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Frank Huang, violin Brinton Averil Smith, cello Joyce Yang, piano Bax: Tintagel Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, (Triple) Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Gabriela Montero, piano Gabriela Lena Frank: Escaramuza Grieg: Piano Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

May 19, 21 & 22, 2016

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SALUTE TO EDUCATORS Wednesday April 26, 2017

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Robert Franz, conductor Steven Dong, piano, Gold medal winner, 2016 Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition Houston Youth Symphony —Michael Webster, director

Mendelssohn Rachmaninoff

Die Hebriden (The Hebrides), Opus 26

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43

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La mer I De l’aube à midi sur la mer: Très lent II Jeux des vagues: Allegro III Dialogue du vent et de la mer: Animé et tumultueux

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Salute to Educators | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES Robert Franz | conductor As Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony and Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, Robert Franz’ appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers and audiences of all ages.

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JEFF FITLOW

Tonight we honor the dedicated men and women who work in Greater Houston-area schools for their devotion and the crucial difference they may in the lives of young people.

In Houston, Robert was recently honored with the Raphael Fliegel Award for Visionary Leadership, the first member of the Symphony’s conducting staff to receive the honor. He continues to lead the Symphony in a broad range of creative educational and family concerts, including its summer neighborhood concert series, an outreach program dedicated to bringing music to all of Houston’s communities. Recent highlights include the world premiere of music from the iconic TV series Schoolhouse Rock! During his tenure, attendance at family and educational concerts has almost doubled. In his fourth season with the Windsor Symphony, he has made a positive impact on the community resulting in an extended subscription schedule and has developed collaborations with the Windsor International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Canadian Historical Aviation Association, the University of Windsor and St. Clair College. Marking his seventh year as Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra Music Director, Robert continues to direct the festival orchestra and mentor aspiring conductors with his newly created The Art of Conducting workshop. A champion of new music, this season Franz leads the festival chorus in the world premiere of Emerson Eads’ Mass for the Oppressed. Robert is in increasing demand as a guest conductor whose recent engagements include appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina in Italy. ASCAP has recognized Robert on two occasions for his advocacy in arts education. Under his direction, both the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra were awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming. His expertise in music education was recognized by the Idaho Legislature when he was invited to speak about its importance. He also addressed the League of American Orchestra conference on the topic of New Music: Opportunities to Broaden Audiences. Visit robertfranz.com.

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Program NOTES

Steven Dong | piano — Gold medal winner of the

Die Hebriden (The Hebrides), Opus 26

Steven is 16 years old and a junior at Clear Lake High School. Having started piano lessons at age 5, he placed in the Iowa Music Teacher’s Association State Competition in 2011. Under the guidance of his piano teacher, John Weems, he placed first in the Houston Forum Young Artist Competition (2013 and 2014), and he won top awards in the Texas Music Teacher’s Association Student Affiliate Performance Contest (2015 and 2016). In 2015, he collected top prizes at the Clear Lake Symphony Youth Concerto Competition, the Texas State University Young Artist Piano Competition, the Paul Schmitt Piano Competition and the Austin Piano Festival Competition. In 2016, he won first and grand prizes at the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition, the Juanita Miller Concerto Competition, the Clear Lake Symphony Youth Concerto Competition and the Blinn College Young Pianist Competition. He received Music Doing Good scholarships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Even when Felix Mendelssohn took a vacation, his creativity kept percolating. As a 20-year-old who already had earned international acclaim, he capped off his first tour of Britain with a sightseeing trip through England and Scotland. The rugged Hebrides islands off Scotland affected him “extraordinarily,” he wrote home to Germany. Rather than explain in words, Mendelssohn wrote out two lines of music that had come to him on the spot: the restless theme that would eventually open The Hebrides.

Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition

Steven wants to study piano in college and to be a concert pianist.

Houston Youth Symphony

Michael Webster, artistic director and conductor

Founded in 1946, Houston Youth Symphony has received much national acclaim, including winning first prize, the Mark of Excellence Award, from The Foundation for Music Education in 2016. Under the direction of Artistic Director Dr. Michael Webster, this season’s 388 musicians, between the ages of 7 and 18, come from across Greater Houston to perform in one of five HYS orchestras. In addition to the core orchestra program, HYS offers advanced musicians a chamber music training program and an annual concerto competition. In the community, HYS provides free private music lessons for talented youth in select economically disadvantaged communities through the Melody Program. In January 2015, HYS launched the Coda Music Program, an after-school effort modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema that brings graduated, intensive string instruction to three elementary schools in Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood, using classical music and group instruction to build community and social transformation.

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Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

The next day’s itinerary took Mendelssohn to Staffa, an uninhabited island bounded by towering cliffs. On the way, a storm kicked up, buffeting the boat and making Mendelssohn seasick. “He is on better terms with the sea as a musician than as an individual or a stomach,” Mendelssohn’s traveling companion wrote. The tourists ventured through an opening in Staffa’s cliffs to enter the capacious Fingal’s Cave. The 60-foot-high cavern enveloped visitors in a “lurking gloom of purple,” as an earlier visitor, poet John Keats, described it. “For solemnity and grandeur,” Keats added, “it far surpasses the finest cathedral.” Two years after Mendelssohn returned home, he completed The Hebrides, building a 10-minute tone-painting from that musical snippet he dreamed up in Scotland. The title stumped him, though. He also called the work Fingal’s Cave. Subdued colors evoke a grey Scottish sky, and the strings’ undulating lines conjure up restless waters. Brief crescendos hint at turbulence in the offing, and the woodwinds for a moment sing out plaintively. The violins continue murmuring even as a fervent melody wells up from the cellos: Some commentators think it suggests a human in the midst of the scene, beholding nature’s spectacle. When the melody moves up to the violins, the music finds a few moments of sweetness and calm. The strings churn up the first of the squalls that Mendelssohn will unleash. It quickly subsides, but a bit of its agitation carries over into staccato outbursts from the woodwinds—which to some listeners suggest sea birds’ cries. As the orchestra begins another buildup, the oboes stand apart: Composer Richard Wagner said their wail evoked the wind howling above the waves. Stillness makes another brief return, and the clarinets whisper the work’s lyrical theme. Then the orchestra unleashes the work’s climactic tempest. Though a brief recollection of the opening concludes The Hebrides quietly, it sounds as though another storm could break out any moment. The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Niccolò Paganini’s dazzling violin virtuosity made him a 19thcentury superstar, and it even inspired a theory that he owed his gifts to a pact with the devil. That old wives’ tale evidently clicked with Sergei Rachmaninoff when he created Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Crafting two dozen variations on Paganini’s Caprice No. 24, Rachmaninoff packed them with satiric bite and fire-andbrimstone ferocity. To drive home the diabolical overtones, he worked in a second theme: the Dies Irae chant from the medieval Mass for the Dead, which had appeared to devilish effect in such works as Hector Berlioz’ Fantastic Symphony. A couple of years after composing the Rhapsody, Rachmaninoff devised a ballet scenario centering on Paganini and Satan, whose musical symbol would be the Dies Irae. The Rhapsody begins with a twist: Its brisk, terse introduction leads to the equally tart first variation. Only after that does the orchestra— led off by the violins, fittingly—launch into Paganini’s dynamic theme. Though the piano steps breezily to the fore in Variation 2, the dashing Variation 3 gives the orchestra the Rhapsody’s first virtuoso workout. The piano brings the music more punch in Variations 4 and 5, then Variation 6 breaks the headlong momentum as the piano repeatedly drifts off into brief introspections. The Dies irae enters the picture in Variation 7, intoned soberly by the keyboard. Paganini’s theme takes over again as the piano bounds into action in Variations 8 and 9, but the Dies Irae returns in force in Variation 10—it’s pounded out by the piano, then trumpeted by the orchestra, then enveloped in phantasmagorical swirls and chimes. The devilry recedes in the muted Variation 11. The piano leads the way in Variation 12, a lilting minuet that just hints at the Rhapsody’s main theme. The piano and orchestra return to Paganini with gusto in Variations 13 and 14, and the piano all but leaves the orchestra behind in the scintillating Variation 15. Then shadows fall. Solo winds and the orchestra’s concertmaster spin out an ethereal transformation of Paganini in Variation 16; in Variation 17, the winds suggest the bare outlines of the theme as the piano strums in the background. The piano flows from there into Variation 18’s famous, suave melody, which is based on Paganini’s first phrase, upside-down and slower. Variation 19 brings back the devilry, and the last five variations are a surge of glittering, rumbling pyrotechnics, including the Dies Irae’s ferocious return mere moments before the end. The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings

La mer

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Claude Debussy was hundreds of miles from the French coast when he created La mer, his glorification of the sea. Yet even when the

countryside south of Paris surrounded him, Debussy had everything he needed to stir his imagination. After all, the sea had bewitched him ever since he was young. “I was destined for the happy life of a sailor, and … only the hazards of existence led me in another direction,” he wrote a friend as he worked on La mer. “Nevertheless, I have always retained a sincere passion for (the sea). You will say that the ocean does not exactly wash the Burgundian hillsides—and my seascapes might be studio landscapes! But I have an endless store of memories. To my mind, this is worth more than reality.” La mer includes vivid tone-painting. Yet even when the music doesn’t mimic undulating waters or crashing waves, it conjures up the sea’s breadth, volatility and power. Debussy’s subtitle says La mer comprises three “symphonic sketches.” “From Dawn to Noon at Sea.” Stillness and half-shades set the scene. The low strings, pianissimo, create faint hints of movement, then a few solo winds call out. A spacious, arching melody floats from the English horn and trumpet: This is one of La mer’s main themes, and after evoking the sea’s breadth here, it will take very different guises later. The music stirs and brightens, and the strings settle into a steady, rippling motion. A sinuous woodwind theme floats atop it, and the music’s swirl intensifies. After it settles down, the cellos step to the fore: Divided into four parts, they launch into a theme whose vigor and swing almost suggest a jig. The excitement takes over the entire orchestra. The music stills again, and the French horns intone a quiet but stately theme that will return in the finale. The movement ends in a blaze of noontime sun. “Play of the Waves.” Darting woodwinds create bursts of motion, and a sinuous English horn theme floats atop them. The momentum picks up as the violins scurry into action; the English horn adds another flowing theme, and other winds chatter in the background. As the waves surge, the violins divide into six nimble parts, making the music as lush as it is dashing, before it fades out in wisps. “Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea.” The cellos and double basses rumble into action, and the violas soon join them: Debussy reminds us that the sea can be dark and ominous. The woodwinds wail, and the trumpet adds its own alarm—a transformation of the calm theme from La mer’s very beginning. The winds cry out with a broad but urgent new theme, and as the churning continues, that opening theme morphs again. Now the cellos and basses, playing it staccato, make it part of the sonic undertow. The storm suddenly calms, and the horns bring back their stately first-movement theme. Then the music erupts again, and La mer surges to a grand, walloping finish. The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps and strings —Steven Brown

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with a Salute to Educators Concert The Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert bears the name of one of Houston’s most popular businesses: Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods. Spec’s is the Houston Symphony’s largest corporate donor, and we are proud to recognize it as the Symphony’s Principal Corporate Guarantor. A retail chain with 168 stores throughout Texas, Spec’s is a family business led by owners John and Lindy Rydman, and their daughter, Lisa. The company was founded in 1962 by Lindy’s parents, Carroll and Carolynn Jackson. In their honor, the Rydmans established the Spec’s Charitable Foundation. John and Lindy met as music majors at the University of North Texas in Denton—John was an instrumentalist and conductor; Lindy was a singer. The couple is dedicated to music education; as John said, “We want to educate as many people as possible about the beauty and power of live music.” Since 1996, Spec’s has contributed more than $4.2 million to the Houston Symphony—not including in-kind support; and John serves on the Symphony’s Board of Trustees as a Governing

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Director. John brings his characteristic hands-on style to ensuring that events like the annual Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction are outstanding experiences. The annual wine industry fundraiser, Vintage Virtuoso, has become a highlight of the December social calendar, raising a cumulative $2.5 million for the Symphony’s education and community programs. The Rydmans’ support extends to many other organizations, including the Alley Theatre, Art League Houston, the Houston Museum of African American Culture and Houston-area Catholic schools. Spec’s is also the lifetime underwriter of the One O’Clock Lab Band, UNT’s renowned jazz ensemble. In 2015, Spec’s was one of 10 companies to receive a BCA 10 Award for exemplary involvement in the arts nationwide. The Houston Symphony thanks the Rydmans and Spec’s for honoring Houston-area teachers through this performance.

FEATURED PROGRAM

BOND & BEYOND Friday Saturday Sunday

April 28, 2017 April 29, 2017 April 30, 2017

8pm 8pm 7:30pm

Jones Hall

Michael Krajewski, conductor Debbie Gravitte, vocalist

Arr. J. Tyzik J. Barry / W.Smith Barry / N. Raine Barry / Smith Hamlisch / Raine Arnold / G. Prechel Barry / T. Berens

James Bond Theme Theme from From Russia With Love Theme from You Only Live Twice Theme from Diamonds Are Forever Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me

lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager

lyrics by Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse

Themes from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace Suite from Goldfinger

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Theme from Mission: Impossible Shagadelic Suite: The Music of Austin Powers Sooner or Later from Dick Tracy Inspector Clouseau Theme from The Pink Panther Strikes Again Skyfall from Skyfall The Best of Bond

Did you know? • The guitar riff that became the iconic James Bond theme was written by Monty Norman. Norman first used the riff in a musical called A House for Mr. Biswas, which was set in Trinidad’s Indian community. This may account for the riff’s recognizable “surf rock” style. • The first James Bond film to feature a vocal title theme was 1964’s Goldfinger, which featured Welsh singer Shirley Bassey. Bassey also provided vocals for Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker, making her the most-often featured singer in the James Bond title themes.

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Program BIOGRAPHIES These performances are generously supported in part by:

Michael Krajewski | conductor Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops. In addition to his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston Symphony, he is music director of The Philly Pops and principal pops conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Jacksonville Symphony.

Underwriter

Supporter Mr. William L. Ackerman / Kero-Jet Corporation

Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation’s 50th anniversary in 2015.

For more than 100 years, the attorneys of Kirkland & Ellis LLP have been trusted advisers in corporate law, representing clients around the world in complex transactions. That tradition came to Houston in 2014 with the opening of Kirkland’s local office. The office was established to complement and enhance the service provided to existing and prospective clients in Texas, the United States and abroad. It is Kirkland’s seventh U.S. office and twelfth worldwide. Kirkland’s principal goals are to provide the highest quality legal services available anywhere; to be an instrumental part of each client’s success; and to recruit, retain and advance the brightest legal talent. The firm seeks long-term, partnering relationships with clients, with the goal of providing the best total solution to the client’s legal needs.

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MICHAEL TAMMARO

Partner Susan and Dick Hansen

As a guest conductor, Michael has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis Symphonies; the Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Dallas, Pittsburgh and National Symphony Orchestra and numerous other orchestras across the nation. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; the Toronto, Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras; Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Other international appearances include Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra and performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra. Michael is the conductor of the video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker that aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. In 2016, he conducted his original Carole King Songbook across North America featuring Broadway's Liz Callaway, Allison Blackwell and Bryce Ryness. Michael’s other collaborative programs have included flutist James Galway, mezzo Marilyn Horne, pianist Alicia de Larrocha, guitarist Angel Romero and pop artists Jason Alexander, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Wynonna Judd, Kenny Loggins, Ben Folds, Doc Severinsen, Patti Austin, Sandi Patty, Ann Hampton Callaway, Chicago, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Chieftains, Pink Martini, Rockapella, Cirque de la Symphonie, Classical Mystery Tour, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and The Midtown Men. With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Orchestra and, for 11 years, served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra. Michael lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

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KEVIN MERRILL

Debbie Gravitte | vocalist Debbie Gravitte’s varied career has taken her from the Broadway stage to the symphony hall and points between. She won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, along with a Drama Desk Award nomination and the New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she went on to appear in Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award nomination), Blues in the Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Zorba, Chicago and Les Misérables. Debbie has appeared in the Encores series productions of The Boys from Syracuse, Tenderloin and Carnival! at New York’s City Center. She has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York City’s Rainbow & Stars, to London’s Pizza on the Park, and back home again to Atlantic City, where she’s had the honor to perform with notable talents such as Jay Leno, Harry Anderson and the legendary George Burns.

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Debbie, who returns to the Jones Hall stage with these performances, has performed with many symphony orchestras around the world. On television, Debbie co-starred on the CBS series Trial and Error and NBC’s The Pursuit of Happiness, and she starred in several specials for PBS, including Live from the Kennedy Center, Boston Pops Celebrates Bernstein, Rodgers & Hart for Great Performances, and Ira Gershwin’s 100th Birthday Celebration from London’s The Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. She returned to Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and The New York Pops. Debbie recently finished her latest CD, Defying Gravity, a followup to Part of Your World: The Alan Menken Album. Her other recordings include Calamity Jane, Unsung Sondheim, Lucky Stiff, Miss Spectacular, Louisiana Purchase, Broadway Christmas, Mack and Mabel in Concert, Tenderloin, Lucky in the Rain, Zorba, Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, The Boys from Syracuse, Billion Dollar Baby and The Musicality of Porter. She recently debuted with the New York City Ballet singing in Peter Martin’s Thou Swell. She appeared with Bette Midler in the Universal Film Isn’t She Great, and she can be heard as one of the voices in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

The entire organization of Mann Eye Institute is pleased to continue its support of the Houston Symphony. Dr. and Mrs. Mike Mann, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mann and Dr. Dana Ondrias, along with their respective teams, support the Symphony’s vision for excellence in the arts and service to the community. The distinguished LASIK and cataract specialists at Mann Eye Institute have been at the forefront of vision correction for more than 35 years. They are committed to providing exemplary patient care, advanced surgical expertise and outstanding vision results.

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Board of DIRECTORS

(2016-17 SEASON)

Steven P. Mach*

Bobby Tudor*

Paul R. Morico*

Janet F. Clark*

Jesse B. Tutor*^

Barbara McCelvey*

President

Chairman

President-Elect

Immediate Past Chairman

Robert A. Peiser*

Mike S. Stude*

Immediate Past President

Chairman Emeritus

Gene Dewhurst*

Chair, Board Governance & Leadership

Justice Brett Busby

Jerry Simon*

Chair, Development

Viviana Denechaud

Co-Chair, Development

Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Danielle Batchelor Donna Shen Chair, Popular Programming Chair, Community Partnerships Alexandra Pruner Gene Dewhurst President, Chair, Pension Houston Symphony Endowment

Barbara J. Burger*

Andrés Orozco-Estrada*^

Gloria G. Pryzant

Sergei Galperin*^

Chair, Finance

Music Director

Chair, Marketing & Communications

Musician Representative

Mark Hughes*^

Mark C. Hanson*^

Musician Representative

Executive Director/CEO

General Counsel Secretary

David Pruner*

Chair, Strategic Planning

Anthony Bohnert Chair, Audit

Billy McCartney Chair, Education

Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

Darlene Clark

President, Houston Symphony League

Adam Dinitz*^

Musician Representative

Christine Kelly-Weaver Assistant Secretary *Executive Committee ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Farida Abjani Marcia Backus Janice Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Anthony Bohnert Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara J. Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Donna Josey Chapman Michael H. Clark Janet F. Clark Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst

Michael Doherty Julia Anderson Frankel David Frankfort Ronald G. Franklin Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Joan Kaplan Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Paul M. Mann, M.D. Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan **

Paul R. Morico Kevin O’Gorman Robert Orr Robert A. Peiser David Pruner Ron Rand John Rydman Manolo Sánchez Helen Shaffer ** Jerry Simon Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith James Stein Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor **

Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams ** Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich

Allen Gelwick Evan B. Glick Julianne K. Gorte Eric Haufrect, M.D. Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Marianne Ivany Brian James Rita Justice I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Jud Morrison Bobbie Newman

Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant Richard A. Rabinow Roman Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Ed Schneider Michael E. Shannon ** Donna Shen Robert Sloan, Ph.D. Tad Smith David Stanard David Tai Brian J. Thomas L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Shirley W. Toomim

Andrew Truscott Margaret Waisman, M.D. Robert Weiner James T. Willerson, M.D. Fredric Weber Steven J. Williams Beth Wolff Ed Wulfe ** Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Ex-Officio Darlene Clark Rodney Margolis Gloria G. Pryzant Donna Shen Mary Voigt **Lifetime Trustee

TRUSTEES Samuel Abraham William L. Ackerman Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. James M. Bell Meherwan Boyce Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington Dougal Cameron Mary Kathryn Campion, M.D. John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis Ronald DePinho, M.D. Tracy Dieterich Terry Elizabeth Everett Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Craig Fox

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Justice Brett Busby 42 | Houston Symphony

Janet F. Clark

Barbara McCelvey

Ex-Officio Audrey Chang Alexandra Gottschalk Alexandra Pruner Ishwaria Subbiah Art Vivar **Lifetime Trustee

PAST PRESIDENTS OF HOUSTON SYMPHONY 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

THE SOCIETY E.C. Vandagrift Jr. 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 Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mrs. Stuart Sherar Terry Ann Brown Mrs. Julian Barrows Nancy Strohmer Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mary Ann McKeithan Mrs. Albert P. Jones Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Lucy H. Lewis Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Catherine McNamara Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Shirley McGregor Pearson Mrs. Leon Jaworski Paula Jarrett Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Cora Sue Mach Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Kathi Rovere Mrs. Thompson McCleary Norma Jean Brown Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Barbara McCelvey Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Lori Sorcic Jansen Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Nancy B. Willerson Mary Louis Kister Jane Clark Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Nancy Littlejohn Mrs. John W. Herndon Donna Shen Mrs. Charles Franzen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Vicki West Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Mrs. Jesse Tutor Ms. Marilou Bonner PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE BAY AREA Fran Strong Dana Puddy Selma Neumann Angela Buell Julia Wells Pat Brackett Dagmar Meeh Joan Wade Priscilla Heidbreder Yvonne Herring Harriett Small Deanna Lamoreux Nina Spencer Glenda Toole Elizabeth Glenn Carole Murphy Ebby Creden Patience Myers Charlotte Gaunt James Moore Norma Brady Cindy Kuenneke Helen Powell Sharon Dillard Diane McLaughlin Roberta Liston Suzanne Hicks Sue Smith Shirley Wettling Jo Anne Mills Phyllis Molnar Pat Bertelli Emyre B. Robinson

Houston Symphony ENDOWMENT The Houston Symphony Endowment is a separate nonprofit organization that invests contributions to earn income for the benefit of the Houston Symphony Society. TRUSTEES Alexandra Pruner, President Gene Dewhurst

James Lee Michael Mithoff

William J. Toomey II Fredric A. Weber

An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests. For more information, please contact: Patrick T. Quinn, Director, Planned Giving 713.337.8532, patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS Janice Barrow Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Chavanelle Roger & Debby Cutler Robert Lee Gomez

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

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$500 or more

Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Henderson Beth Weidler & Stephen James Natalia Rawle Gabriel & Mona Rio Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rodenberger Ms. Carolyn Rogan

Michael J. Shawiak Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Weber Anonymous (2)

The Houston Symphony thanks the generous donors who, since 2012, have made possible infrastructure additions to further enhance the sound and quality of our orchestral performances.

Beauchamp Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling and Portativ Organ Berlioz Bells Orchestra Synthesizer Adam's Vibraphone Zildjian Crotales Waterphone Small percussion and other instruments

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano

The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling

Silver Circle Audio Enhancements to Jones Hall Recording Suite

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Enhancements to Jones Hall Video System

Beverly Johnson, Ralph Wyman and Jim Foti, and Thane & Nicole Wyman in memory of Winthrop Wyman Basset Horns and Rotary Trumpets

Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo

LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Lyons & Healy Harp Vicky & Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductor’s Podium

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Sustainability

FUND

The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to the 137 donors who made transformational gifts to complete the Sustainability Fund. On December 31, 2015, the Houston Symphony celebrated an extraordinary achievement: the completion of a five-year, $15 million Sustainability Fund, which has transformed the orchestra’s financial position. The Symphony was able to close out the campaign thanks to challenge grant funds totaling $1,050,000 provided by Bobby & Phoebe Tudor, Cora Sue & Harry Mach, Janice Barrow, Steve & Joella Mach and Robert & Jane Cizik. The Ciziks provided the final $500,000 to allow the Symphony to reach its $15 million Sustainability Fund goal. Houston Endowment Estate of Jean R. Sides Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Janice Barrow Margaret Alkek Williams Jane & Robert Cizik

Clare Attwell Glassell Mrs. Kitty King Powell The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. Cora Sue & Harry Mach The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation MD Anderson Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Barbara J. Burger Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Barbara & Pat McCelvey Estate of Mary Ann Holloway Phillips Sybil F. Roos

Steven & Nancy Williams Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Nancy & Walter Bratic Janet F. Clark Linda & Gene Dewhurst

Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Marilyn & Robert Hermance C. Howard Pieper Foundation Tad & Suzanne Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Janet & Tom Walker

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Billy & Christie McCartney Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Geo. H. Lewis & Sons

Ms. Judith Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Ralph Burch Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Evan D. Collins Erika & S. David Frankfort Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange

Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Jay & Shirley Marks James D. Stein Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells BB&T / Courtney & Bill Toomey Scott & Lori Wulfe Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Tyler & Kat Murphy Justice Brett & Erin Busby Laurie & Ryan Colburn Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Corson Susan & Dick Hansen Christina & Mark C. Hanson Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Ann & Hugh Roff Vicky & Michael Richker Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Gloria & Joe Pryzant Margot & John Cater Virginia A. Clark Mr. Andrew Davis & Ms. Corey Tu Viviana & David Denechaud Amanda & Adam Dinitz David & Heidi Massin Bobbie Newman

Lisa & Jerry Simon Vicki West The Brodsky Foundation David Chambers & Alex Steffler Vicky Dominguez Mr. Colin C. Gatwood & Ms. Aralee Dorough Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Julianne & David Gorte Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Pam & Chad Blaine Mr. Wayne Brooks Terry Ann Brown Aurelie Desmarais & Ed Struzynski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Martin & Kelli Cohen Fein Ms. Megan Conley Rian & Sean Craypo Brian & Leah Del Signore Eric & Angelea Halen Mark & Marilyn Hughes

Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mary Beth Mosley Scott & Judy Nyquist Mr. Matthew D. Roitstein Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Arbiter Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. Erik T. Gronfor & Ms. Joan DerHovsepian Mr. & Mrs. Thomas LeGrand Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Mr. & Mrs. Scott Holshouser Mr. Robin Kesselman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany Ms. Anne C. Leek Mr. & Mrs. William K. VerMeulen Martha & Stanley* Bair Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Brewer Ms. Joyce Perkins David & Tara Wuthrich Anonymous (3)

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*Deceased

Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through bequests, lifeincome gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony Endowment in your estate plans, please contact Patrick T. Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at 713.337.8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable & Mrs. William Crassas Patricia Cunningham Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ginny Garrett Lila-Gene George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Randolph Lee Groninger Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker

Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mrs. Frances E. Leland Mrs. Lucy Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley Marks James G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. John H. Matzer III Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams

Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. Georgette M. Michko Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers Mr. John N. Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave G. Nussmann John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Evie Ronald

Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6)

Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Clive Runnells, in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder

Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Jo Dee Wright Susan Gail Wood Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (2)

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000+ Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Janice Barrow James Barton Paul M. Basinski Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Harrison R.T. Davis Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong

Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Joella & Steven P. Mach Bill & Karinne McCullough Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs.* Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Ronald Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Ione Moran

*Deceased

In MEMORIAM We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come. Mr. Thomas D. Barrow George Bashen W. P. Beard Ronald C. Borschow 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 Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder

Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott John Wesley Graham Dorothy H. Grieves Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris Gen. & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman David L. Hyde Dr. Blair Justice Dr. Mary R. Lewis Mrs. L. F. McCollum

Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. McKerley Doretha Melvin Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan Terrence Murphree Arthur Newman Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Mary Anne H. Phillips

Mr. Howard Pieper Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides Blanche Stastny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

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Education & Community Engagement DONORS The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement initiatives. Each year, these activities impact the lives of more than 97,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for more than 150,000 Houstonians free of charge.

Principal Guarantor $250,000+

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John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation

Guarantor

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$100,000+

BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Mr. John N. Neighbors

Underwriter

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$50,000+

Cameron International Corporation Chevron The Elkins Foundation ENGIE Exxon Mobil Corporation The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation

Sponsor

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$25,000+

The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo

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Partner

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$15,000+

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation H-E-B Tournament of Champions The Newfield Foundation Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Texas Commission on the Arts Ellen A. Yarrell in memory of Virginia S. Anderson and in honor of Cora Sue Mach

Supporter

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$10,000+

CenterPoint Energy George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Nancy & Robert Peiser The Powell Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Union Pacific Foundation

Benefactor

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$5,000+

Houston Symphony League Bay Area LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Macy’s Marathon Oil Corporation Nordstrom Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation

Donor

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$1,000+

Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Tricia & March Rauch

Support by Endowed Funds Education and Community programs are also supported by the following endowed funds, which are a part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund The Brown Foundation's Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in honor of Hanni & Stewart Orton The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Endowed Fund Selma S. Neumann Fund

Support for Symphony Scouts Cora Sue & Harry Mach in honor of Roger Daily’s 13 years of service as Director of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs

Support for the CommunityEmbedded Musician Program The Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary is presented by BBVA Compass and the BBVA Compass Foundation. We are also thankful to HISD and these lead supporters of the Community-Embedded Musician program: Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Medistar Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop H-E-B Tournament of Champions Union Pacific Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation

you

THANK

Our DONORS ANNUAL SUPPORT

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events.

For more information, please contact: Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540 David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526

Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or more 

Janice Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Barbara J. Burger Jane & Robert Cizik Janet F. Clark Rochelle & Max Levit

Centennial Society Mr. Monzer Hourani Barbara & Pat McCelvey

Founder’s Society

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Maestro’s Society

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Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. John N. Neighbors John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation

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$100,000-$149,999

Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

Sybil F. Roos Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Billy & Christie McCartney

Nancy & Robert Peiser

$75,000-$99,999

Robin Angly & Miles Smith Darlene & Cappy* Bisso

$50,000-$74,999

Jana & Scotty Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch Lila-Gene George Clare Attwell Glassell Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. Jackson Hicks / Jackson and Company

Concertmaster’s Society Mr. John Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Nancy & Walter Bratic Ralph Burch Justice Brett & Erin Busby Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Viviana & David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III / WoodRock & Co. Linda & Gene Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. M. G. Glasscock Evan B. Glick Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Susan & Dick Hansen Christina & Mark Hanson

The Estate of Miss Ima Hogg The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Dr. Sippi & Mr. Ajay Khurana Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Jay & Shirley Marks Janice & Robert McNair 

Dave & Alie Pruner Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lisa & Jerry Simon Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Ms. Judith Vincent Steven & Nancy Williams

$25,000-$49,999

Marilyn & Bob Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Dr. Rita Justice Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mrs. Mary Catherine Miller Rita & Paul Morico Catherine & Bob Orr Mr. Jason Poon / Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Louisa Stude Sarofim Laura & Michael Shannon Michael J. Shawiak Donna & Tim Shen

Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. James D. Stein Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Nancy & David Tai Shirley Wolff Toomim Janet & Tom Walker Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Scott & Lori Wulfe Ms. Ellen A. Yarrel

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Our DONORS continued Conductor’s Circle

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Platinum Baton

Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor James M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Dr. M.K. Campion Donna & Max Chapman Mr. Richard Danforth Dr. Alex Dell Mrs. William Estrada Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Angel & Craig Fox

Conductor’s Circle

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Conductor’s Circle

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Conductor’s Circle

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Ms. Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Adam Altsuler Lilly & Thurmon Andress Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Ed Banner Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Ruth White Brodsky Mr. Ken D. Brownlee & Ms. Caroline Deetjen Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Marilyn Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Coneway Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Ms. Miquel A. Correll Lois & David Coyle 48 | Houston Symphony

Carol & Kamal Sandarusi Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Thomas Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Stephen & Kristine Wallace Dede & Connie Weil Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Ralph Wyman & Jim Foti Thane & Nicole Wyman

Betty & Gene McDavid Martha & Marvin McMurrey Mr. Gary Mercer Sami & Jud Morrison Scott & Judy Nyquist Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Lila Rauch Kathy & Wayne Richards Vicky & Michael Richker Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Mr. Wolfgang Schmidt & Mrs. Angelika Schmidt-Lange Mr. & Mrs. Shalin Shah Tad & Suzanne Smith Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Trent Tellepsen

Ms. Laura Codman & Mr. John F. Terwilliger Mrs. Jennifer Chang & Mr. Aaron J. Thomas Pamalah & Stephen Tipps Courtney & Bill Toomey Susan & Andrew Truscott Birgitt van Wijk Mr. & Ms. Frank Verducci Mr. & Mrs. Sean Waggoner Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Dr. Jim T. Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb April Lykos David & Heidi Massin Dr. Robert M. Mihalo Dr. Cameron Mitchell Jean & Allan Quiat Radoff Family Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Lee H. Staley

Kimberly & David Sterling Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Candace & Brian Thomas Ms. Hallie A. Vanderhider Nancy B. Willerson Anonymous (1)

Maureen Y. Higdon Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Beverly Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Klein William & Cynthia Koch Mr. William L. Kopp Willy Kuehn Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Jim & Amy Lee Mr. William McDugald Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Mr. & Mrs. William Monteleone Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Montz Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sidney & Ione Moran

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Richard & Juliet Moynihan Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Murphy John & Bobbie Nau Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. C. Robert Palmer Dr. & Mrs. Robert Parker Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Tim & Katherine Pownell Ms. Emily Reaser Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Allyn & Jill Risley Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Carole & Barry Samuels Dr. & Mrs. Todd Scheyer Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Ms. Angela Sherman Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Smith Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Somerville

$7,500-$9,999

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Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Scott Ensell & Family Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Ms. Emily Keeton

Bronze Baton

Dr. Stewart Morris The Estate of Terence Murphree Bobbie Newman Susan & Edward Osterberg Gary Petersen Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ron & Demi Rand Gabriel & Mona Rio Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Hugh & Ann Roff William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere

$10,000-$14,999

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J.R. & Aline Deming Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Archie & Linda Dunham Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Eugene Fong Ms. Nan Garrett Michael B. George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Mrs. James E. Hooks Catherine & Brian James Jacek & Marzena Jaminski Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Drs. Golda Anne & Robert Leonard Marilyn G. Lummis Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Martin Dr. & Mrs. E. K. Massin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow

Silver Baton

Anne Morgan Barrett Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Mr. & Dr. Karl-Heinz Becker Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Calder David Chambers & Alex Steffler Albert & Anne Chao Molly & Jim Crownover

$15,000-$24,999

Erika & S. David Frankfort Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Debbie & Frank Jones Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Stephen & Marilyn Miles/ Steven Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation

Gold Baton

Mr. William L. Ackerman, Kero-Jet Corporation Frances & Ira Anderson Edward H. Andrews III Nina Andrews & David Karohl Dr. Angela R. Apollo Sr. Judge Mary Bacon Consurgo Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Astley Blair Anne & George Boss Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Terry Ann Brown Cheryl & Sam Byington Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Clark Jr. Virginia A. Clark Laurie & Ryan Colburn Dr. Evan D. Collins Brad & Joan Corson Dr. Scott Cutler Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice

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$5,000-$7,499

Andrew Davis & Corey Tu Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. William P. Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Hon. & Mrs. John D. Ellis Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Diane Lokey Farb Ms. Carolyn Faulk Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foltz Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Shane T. Frank Kevin & Sherrill Garland Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Wm. David George Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Gongre Mr. Alan Goodrich Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hardison

Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Tellepsen Family Ann Trammell Mr. John G. Turner & Mr. Jerry G. Fischer

Grand Patron’s Circle

Jeanine Van Wagenen Mr. & Ms. Luciano Vasconcellos Ms. Becky Cottrell & Mr. Thomas Warden Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Clint S. Wetmore Ms. Ibolya Ernyey Weyler 

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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Mr. R. Brent Young & Ms. Sue Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Ziegler Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (4)

Ms. Victoria E. Dominguez Bob & Mary Doyle David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. Stephen Elison Annette & Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mrs. Ronald Fischer James H. & Beverly W. Fish Mr. & Mrs. Gary Fritzhand Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Thomas & Patricia Geddy Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Julianne & David Gorte Mr. Danny A. Granados Mrs. Holly Haire Eric & Angelea Halen Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Ms. Christine Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hoffer Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mark & Marilyn Hughes Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Jee Mrs. Ann B. Jennings Mr. & Mrs. John Juneau

Hoole & Kramr CPAs Samantha & Chris Kramr Jane & Kevin Kremer Mr. Alfred Lasher III Ms. Leslie Siller & Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Ms. Brenda Love Barbara J. Manering Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Will L. McLendon Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Ms. Trazanna Moreno Julia & Chris Morton Mary Beth Mosley Melissa L. Nance Franci Neely Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Dr. Thomas D. Nichols Mr. Kevin O’Gorman Pat & Sarah Olfers Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael P. & Shirley Pearson Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Mr. & Mrs. Henry Rachford Dr. & Mrs. Albert Raizner

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rawson Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Doug Williams & Janice Robertson Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Yasuhiko Saitoh Gina & Saib Saour Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Dr. Paulina Sergot & Dr. Theo Shybut Hinda Simon Dr. & Mrs. John Slater Steve & Judy Sohn Richard & Mary Spies Walter O. Stanford Georgiana Stanley Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Mr. & Mrs. Garry Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Van W. Teeters Ms. Georgeta Teodorescu Dan C. & Kimberly Tutcher Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Ms. Jana Vander Lee Dr. & Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Ms. Karen M. Whitlock Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Jerry S. & Gerlind Wolinksy Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Robert & Michele Yekovich Anonymous (2)

Crystal & Mike Cox Brian & Leah Del Signore Catherine Delano & Wirt Blaffer Dr. & Ms. Peter J. Dempsey Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Mike & Debra Dishberger Jennifer & Steve Dolman Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Emily Duncan Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. & Mrs. Gary Edwards Sally Evans & Brian Rodgers Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Nijad I. Fares Ms. Marcia Fiman Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Harvey O. Fleisher Patrick & Jeannine Flynn Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Michelle & Deane Foss Mr. & Mrs. Phil Frederickson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Ms. Aralee Dorough & Mr. Colin C. Gatwood Ms. Lucy Gebhart

Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Joan M. Giese Mr. & Ms. Robert W. Goldman Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Mr. Allen Goodling Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Timothy & Janet Graham Kendall & Pauline Gray Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Claudio Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Haley Mr. & Mrs. William R. Hamm Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Hasler John Heiny Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Mr. & Mrs. William T. Heller IV Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Dr. Suzanne M. Hite Susan Hodge & Mike Stocker Mr. Robert Hoff Dr. Holly Holmes & Mr. Paul Otremba Mr. & Mrs. John Homier George E. Howe Mickie & Ron Huebsch

Mr. & Mrs. Burdette Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany / University of St. Thomas Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Arlene J. Johnson Shamika Johnson – Van Cleef & Arpels Stacy & Jason Johnson Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kades Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kelly Sara Kelly Mr. David O. Kem & Mrs. Judith L. Raines Kendall R. Kessel & Harlan Johnson Ms. Carla Knobloch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Knudson Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ann & Sam Koster Michael & Darcy Krajewski Connie Kwan-Wong Mr. Thomas D. Lane Dr. Nashat Latib & Dr. Vinodh Kumar Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer

$2,500-$4,999

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice Lindley & Jason Arnoldy John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Ann & Jonathan Ayre Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Ganesh H. Betanabhatla Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Drs. Desmond & Tiffany Bourgeois James & Judy Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Nicole & Rueben Cásarez Margot & John Cater Dr. Robert N. Chanon Rhoda & Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. & Mrs. Ray G. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mr. Darrin Davis & Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Mandy & Rafael Diaz Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty

Patron

Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Ms. Barbara Williams Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Wizel Ms. Beth Wolff Woodell Family Foundation Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. David Wynne

$1,500-$2,499

Mr. & Mrs. Truett B. Akin Dr. Genevera Allen Dr. & Mrs. Scott Allison Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Pat & John Anderson Carol Ann & Bill Anderson Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. Samih Baaklini Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel George & Florence Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bolam Mr. & Mrs. Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Brownlee Mr. & Mrs. Cezary Brylski Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Mrs. Mary Ann Carrico Mr. Steve Carroll & Ms. Rachel Dolbier Ms. Barbara A. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Jimmy & Lynn Coe Mr. John P. Cogan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Coronado

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Our DONORS continued John & Suzy Lattin Mr. Joshua Lee & Ms. Julie Van Dr. Daniel Lemke Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Cynthia & Richard Loewenstern Ms. Marilyn Maloney & Mr. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Bob J. Lunn Kathleen & Tom Mach Catherine & Matt Matthews Linda & Jim McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Rob McKee Mr. Andrew McKinney Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Ms. Jennifer McLaughlin Doug & Sarah McMurrey Ms. Ashley McPhail Mr. Adam Miller & Ms. Michelina Cairo Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. Shane Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Mrs. Alette K. Morch Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Amber Winsor Mullins Dr. D. Patricia Nelson

The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Courtney & Jose Obregon Mr. & Mrs. John Oehler Mr. & Mrs. John Ogren Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Ms. Martha Palmer George & Elizabeth Passela Peter & Nina Peropoulos Mrs. Linda K. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Alex Popp Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Porter Ms. Linda Posey Mr. & Mrs. King Pouw Penny Prater Rosemin Premji Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III Mr. Serge G. Ribot Kate & Christopher Robart Beth Robertson Mr. James L. Robertson Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Kent Rutter & David Baumann Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Ramon & Chula Sanchez

Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Ms. Sally Schott Donna Scott & Mitch Glassman Mr. Victor E. Serrato Art & Ellen Shelton Valerie J. Sherlock Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson & Jeffrey Miles Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Rebeca & Chad Spencer Mr. & Mrs. John Steen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Mr. & Dr. J. Michael Stinson Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Stone Skipper & Betsy Strong Mrs. Mary Swafford Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Carol Tai Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Theede Jean & Doug Thomas Ms. Susan L. Thompson Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf

Mr. Joel Towner Dr. Shilpa Trivedi Jovon Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Susan J. & Gary W. Valka Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Van Veldhoven Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Elise Wagner H. Richard Walton Ms. Nancy Ames & Mr. Danny Ward Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Beth Weidler & Stephen James Mr. Michael Weir & Mrs. Melanie Ford Weir Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Hon. & Mrs. Bill White Mrs. Deanne White Charline & Bill Wilkins Gene & Sandra Williams Loretta & Lawrence Williams Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Williford Dr. Alice Gates & Dr. Wayne Wilner Ms. Charlene Wright Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mr. & Mrs. Bret Zorich Anonymous (8)

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL Young Associate Premium Ann & Jonathan Ayre James M. Bell Ganesh Betanabhatla Eric Brueggeman David Chambers & Alex Steffler Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson

Young Associate

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The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within the confines of Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music. 

$2,500 or more

Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Amanda & Adam Dinitz Vicky Dominguez Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee

Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Sami & Jud Morrison Melissa L. Nance Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Dr. Paulina Sergot & Dr. Theo Shybut

Tony Shih – Norton Rose Fulbright Judy & Steve Sohn Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Georgeta Teodorescu Candace & Brian Thomas

Stacy & Jason Johnson Sara Kelly Mr. Kendall Kessel & Mr. Harlan Johnson Connie Kwan-Wong Dr. Nashat Latib & Dr. Vinodh Kumar Joshua Lee & Julie Van Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Ashley McPhail Shane Miller Amber Winsor Mullins

Courtney & Jose Obregon Rosemin Premji Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Kate & Christopher Robart Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson Rebeca & Chad Spencer Carol Tai Joel Towner Dr. Shilpa Trivedi Jovon Tyler Elise Wagner

$1,500 - $2,499

Farida Abjani Dr. Genevera Allen Drs. Laura & William Black Ryan Boehner Drs. Tiffany & Desmond Bourgeois Sverre & Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Pamela & Cezary Brylski Jacquelyn & Kevin Coronado Crystal & Mike Cox Nina Delano & Wirt Blaffer Jennifer & Steve Dolman

Emily Duncan Christine Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Claudio Gutierrez Monica & Burdette Huffman Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Shamika Johnson – Van Cleef & Arpels

The Young Associates Council is supported in part by BB&T. For more information, please contact: Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526 Liam Bonner, Development Officer, Individual Giving, 713.337.8536. 50 | Houston Symphony

Director

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$1,000-$1,499

Joan & Stanford Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Hugh D. Allen Tara Maria Amavi Mr. & Mrs. Greg Anderson Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Matthew Assiff Jerry Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Trace Trahan Bannerman Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Carole Shivers Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Ms. Nancy H. Bihlmaier Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mr. & Mrs. Chad Blaine Mr. Jay Blinderman James & Dale Brannon Breland Law Firm Mr. Wayne A. Brooks Sally & Laurence Brown Anne H. Bushman Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh Mr. F. Martin Caylor Ms. Debbie Chance Mr. & Mrs. Chris Chandler Ms. Tatiana Chavanelle Mrs. Victoria Chin Dr. & Mrs. Gary Clark Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Donna M. Collins Shawn & Megan Conley George W. Connelly Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Nigel Curlet Mr. & Mrs. Michael Curry Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Joyce & Arthur Dauber Mr. Darryl de Mello Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner

Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Charles Dishman Mr. John F. Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Duncan Mrs. William H. Dwyer III Lee & Christie Eubanks Ms. Caroline Fant Dale & Anne Fitz Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Bill & Diana Freeman Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. & Mrs. David B. Garten Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gladstein L. Rusty Goetz Susan & Kevin Golden Kathy & Marty Goossen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gossett Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Dean & Beth Hennings Eliane Herring & Jim Goltz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Herron Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hickey Dr. Volker Hirsinger Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. & Mrs. John Horstman Mr. John Horstman Patricia P. Hubbard Mrs. Kerry Incavo Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda & Frank Kelly Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ketelsen Deborah Kosich Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Ms. Dawn Krieg Ms. Mary Leba Velva G. & H. Fred Levine James C. Lindsey Priscilla L. List Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Loyd Ms. Barbara Manna Mr. & Mrs. David Martin Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Ernie & Martha McWilliams Ellen Ochoa & Coe Miles Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. William Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. Cliff Nash & Dr. Lee Bar-Eli Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Neumann Leslie & John Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy W. Nokes Mr. & Mrs. Eric L. Oshlo Linda Popkin-Paine & Stephen Paine Mrs. Kusum Patel Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sam Philpot Mrs. Ruth Newberry Porterfield Ms. Kelly Provine Mrs. Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. Vince Reina Ms. Ann Rhoads H. John & Diane Riley Robertson Wealth Management Mr. Matthew D. Roitstein Mrs. Evie Ronald Jill & Milt Rose Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Ross Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein John & Zhanna Russo Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Sandlin Mrs. Holly Sansing Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Ms. Janet Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schiefelbein Beth & Lee D. Schlanger

Charles & Andrea Seay Ms. Monica Simon Mr. & Mrs. Lance Smith Dean & Kay Snider Sherry Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Standish Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Streett David & Beverly Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Monsour Taghdisi Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Tallerine Mr. & Mrs. James G. Theus Mrs. Glenda C. Toole Ms. Chung-Nan N. Tsai Dr. & Mrs. Michael Underbrink Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Veith Mr. James Walker Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Walstad Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Westfall Ms. Sara E. White Carlton Wilde Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Wilkerson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Winkle Ms. Susan G. Wood Marvin & Terry Woskow Family Fund Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Anonymous (6) *Deceased The Houston Symphony thanks the 3,352 donors who gave up to $1,000 over the past year. To note any errors or omissions, please contact Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund at 713.337.8559.

VINTAGE VIRTUOSO This past holiday season, for the 20th consecutive year, Lindy and John Rydman, the owners of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods and founders of Spec’s Charitable Foundation, worked closely with its suppliers and distributors to host Vintage Virtuoso, a collaborative and superlative evening of great wine and great food to support the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community programs. Over the past two decades, the event has raised almost $2.5 million. This event is part of the reason Spec’s, our Principal Corporate Guarantor, is the Houston Symphony’s largest corporate donor. For its dedication to music education for Houston-area students, Spec’s was recognized with the 2015 BCA 10 award from Americans for the Arts.

Platinum

Southern Glazer’s Republic National Distributing Company

Gold

Bacardi USA Beam Suntory Brown Forman Campari USA Diageo E&J Gallo Freixenet USA Proximo

Silver

William Grant & Sons

Bronze

Anheuser-Busch & Silver Eagle Anchor Distilling Bank of American-Merrill Lynch Ben E Keith Constellation Brands International Classified Wines Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits Favorite Brands Moet Hennessy USA Palm Bay International

Patron Spirits Schwepps/Pepsi Serendipity Serralles & Southwest Distilling Tito’s Handmade Vodka Truno Zonin USA

Underwriters

Santa Margherita USA Luxco Lee Tilford Agency Phillips Distilling Harco Insurance Services Wagner Family Wines

Symphony Guests

David Chambers Darlene Clark Mark Hanson Mary Lynn & Steve Marks Vicki West Tara & David Wuthrich Rini & Edward Ziegler This year’s Vintage Virtuoso was held on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. The Houston Symphony and Spec’s Charitable Foundation thank all of the donors to this event.

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POPS DONORS Centennial Society

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$100,000-$149,999

Sybil F. Roos

Founder’s Society

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$75,000-$99,999

Darlene & Cappy* Bisso

Concertmaster’s Society

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$25,000-$49,999

Evan B. Glick Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Rita & Paul Morico John & Bobbie Nau Michael J. Shawiak Shirley Wolff Toomim Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Conductor’s Circle Platinum Baton  $15,000-$24,999 Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Michelle & Jack Matzer Ken & Carol Lee Robertson

Conductor’s Circle Gold Baton  $10,000-$14,999 Consurgo Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Anne & George Boss Brad & Joan Corson Martha & Marvin McMurrey Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Shirley & Joel Wahlberg

Conductor’s Circle Silver Baton  $7,500-$9,999 Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Scott Ensell & Family Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Dr. Cameron Mitchell Jean & Allan Quiat Radoff Family Anonymous (1)

Conductor’s Circle Bronze Baton  $5,000-$7,499 Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Ms. Miquel A. Correll Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee 52 | Houston Symphony

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kellogg Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Terry & Kandee McGill Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Ms. Angela Sherman Jeanine Van Wagenen Sally & Denney Wright Anonymous (1)

Grand Patron’s Circle  $2,500-$4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Beth & Jim Barton Donald & Dottie Bates John S. Beury Drs. Laura & William Black Robert & Gwen Bray Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Brady F. Carruth Joseph & Rebecca Demeter Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis William D. & Karinne McCullough Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Shirley & Marvin Rich Dr. & Mrs. Richard Robbins Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Dean B. Walker Doug & Kay Wilson

Patron’s Circle  $1,500-$2,499 Suan Angelo Sue Sue & Don Aron Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. Jim Barton Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bertus Michael & Diana Bonin Mr. Thomas N. Britton & Ms. Debra A. Ewing Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook

Mrs. Jeanette Coon & Mr. Thomas Collins Cynthia & Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. J. Richard Espinosa Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Kemper Rex & Marillyn King Gerrit Leeftink Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Sue Ann Lurcott Ms. Nancy Ann Mann Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Danny Mei Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson Joy & Gary Noble Ms. Kathryn O’Brien Mrs. Kay Onstead Mr. & Mrs. Kim Parker Ms. Darla P. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. & Dr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Jonathan & Susan Symko Dr. & Mrs. Brad Wertman Anonymous (3)

Director  $1,000-$1,499 Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Ms. Deborah Butler Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Kelly & Julie Conner Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Barbara Dokell & Larry Finger Paula & Alfred Friedlander Betsy Garlinger Gary T. Leach Mr. & Ms. Hubert Magee Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mr. William Mendel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Mosbacher Terri & Bert Neece Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rasmussen Chris & Don Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Anonymous (2)

Principal  $500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Ms. Stephanie Ayala Martha C. Bair Mr. & Mrs. Robert Balhoff Mr. & Mrs. John P. Beall Betty & Gerald Beathard Dr. & Mrs. Larry Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Mr. & Mrs. Ray Butler Vicki Buxton Bill & Marion Calvert Dorothy E.F. Caram, Ed.D Mr. & Mrs. Jim Chandler Ms. Donna J. Charleson Richard & Marcia Churns

Carlo & Vicki Corso Jeanette & John DiFilippo Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ericsson Mr. John Eymann Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Lynne Liberato & James B. Flodine Ms. Dawn Folsom Jessica Ford Robert J. Grant Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Ann & Bill Heim Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Don Hubbard Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Dave & Laura Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Ms. Nancy W. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Levinson Dr. & Mrs. James Lewis Ms. Joyce Lindler Mr. Khambrel Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Noland Joe & Ann Palm Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Parkey Kim & Ted A. Powell Roland & Linda Pringle Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Ms. Stacey Saunders & Mr. Jeff Smith Ms. Roc’C Semmelbeck Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. William Siegel Jerry Siemers Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Thomas W. Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stuart Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mr. Roger Trandell Larry & Cheryl Walter Wear Family Douglas & Carolynne White Mrs. Elizabeth White Mr. & Mrs. George R. Williams Roland & Charlene Wise Mr. Eric Wooten Mr. & Mrs. Alan Young Anonymous (3) *Deceased The Houston Symphony thanks the 985 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year. To note any errors or omissions, please contact Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund, at 713.337.8559.

Corporate, Foundation & Government PARTNERS

The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation and government partners that allow the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education and community engagement for Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast Region. For more information on becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, at 713.337.8521 or marybeth.mosley@houstonsymphony.org. For more information on becoming a Houston Symphony corporate donor, please contact Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations, at 713.337.8522 or leticia.konigsberg@houstonsymphony.org.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY BUSINESS COUNCIL The Houston Symphony is grateful for the philanthropic support of its Corporate Partners. With the foresight of Houston’s business community, our organization will fulfill its vision of becoming America’s most relevant and accessible topten orchestra by 2025. If your company is interested in deepening its connection with the Houston Symphony, consider our Business Council.

Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, Civic/Cultural Leader

Business Council Host Committee

Prentiss Burt, JP Morgan Chase Justice Brett Busby, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation (retired) Bradley Corson, Exxon Mobil Corporation Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Diversified Mike Doherty, Frost Bank David Frankfort, Deutsche Bank Ron Franklin, McGuireWoods, LLP Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies, LLC Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP Michael Mann, Mann Eye Institute Paul Mann, Mann Eye Institute David Massin, Wells Fargo

Open to current subscribers, donors and Board members affiliated with a business, the council provides opportunities to increase corporate participation by offering networking and special behind-the-scenes events. To learn more about how to get involved, please contact Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations, at 713.337.8522 or leticia.konigsberg@houstonsymphony.org. Billy McCartney, Flat Rock Development, LLC Paul Morico, Baker Botts L.L.P. Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Parkton Group Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Heidrick & Struggles Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sánchez, BBVA Compass Jerry Simon, Northern Trust L. Proctor Thomas, Baker Botts L.L.P. (retired) William J. Toomey, BB&T Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse B. Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric A. Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Beth Wolff Realtors Ed Wulfe, Wulfe & Co. Frank Yonish, Bank of Texas

Corporate, Foundation & Government PARTNERS continued

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CORPORATE PARTNERS

(as of March 1, 2017)

Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above *Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above BBVA Compass ConocoPhillips *Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS *KTRK ABC-13 Phillips 66 *Oliver Wyman Guarantor  $100,000 and above Bank of America Chevron *Houston Methodist Medistar Corporation PaperCity *Telemundo *United Airlines Underwriter  $50,000 and above *Baker Botts L.L.P. *BB&T Cameron International Corporation *Cameron Management *Dignity Memorial Funeral Homes and Cemetaries ENGIE *The Events Company Exxon Mobil Corporation Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo *Jackson and Company Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mann Eye Institute Occidental Petroleum Corporation Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation *Rand Group, LLC Shell Oil Company

Vinson & Elkins LLP Sponsor  $25,000 and above Bank of Texas The Boeing Company *Bright Star *Bulgari Enterprise Product Partners L.P. *Gittings *Houston Chronicle *Houston First Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kalsi Engineering KPMG LLP Marine Foods Express, Ltd. McGuireWoods, LLP *Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Sidley Austin LLP *Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo WoodRock & Co. Partner  $15,000 and above Anadarko Petroleum Corporation *City Kitchen *Glazier’s Distributors Gorman’s Uniform Service Halliburton H-E-B Independent Bank Laredo Construction, Inc. Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Republic National Distributing Company, LLP The Newfield Foundation USI Southwest

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass BHP Billiton The Boeing Company BP Foundation Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola

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Supporter  $10,000 and above *Abraham’s Oriental Rugs *Agua Hispanic Marketing CenterPoint Energy Emerson Enbridge Energy Company Goldman, Sachs & Co. Marathon Oil Corporation *Silver Eagle Distributors Star Furniture Union Pacific Foundation *Zenfilm Benefactor  $5,000 and above Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP Louis Vuitton Macy's Nordstrom Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Plains All American *Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Spectra Energy *University of St. Thomas Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Adolph Locklar, Intellectual Property Law Firm Beth Wolff Realtors Intertek SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc. * Includes in-kind support

(as of March 1, 2017)

ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company EOG Resources Exxon Mobil Corporation Freeport – McMoRan Oil & Gas General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum Corporation Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Williams Companies, Inc.

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor  $500,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Principal Guarantor  $250,000 and above The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation Guarantor  $100,000 and above Houston Endowment MD Anderson Foundation

IN-KIND DONORS

(as of March 1, 2017)

Underwriter  $50,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundations Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Humphreys Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Robbins Foundation Sponsor  $25,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts Partner  $15,000 and above Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Vaughn Foundation

Supporter  $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Powell Foundation Radoff Family Foundation The Schissler Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous Benefactor  $5,000 and above William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Patron  Gifts below $5,000 The Cockrell Foundation Diamond Family Foundation First Junior Woman’s Club of Houston The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

(as of March 1, 2017)

A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Baanou Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s Bistro Menil BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Complete Eats Cullnaire Carl R. Cunningham Donoho's Jewellers DLG Research & Marketing Solutions Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP

Grotto in the Woodlands Gucci Hermann Park Conservancy Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans InterContinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Worthan & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint JW Marriott Houston Downtown Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel LG Entertainers Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts

New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin Pax Americana Pro/Sound Randalls Food Markets Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title The Events Company The Parson Family, in memory of Dorothy Anne Parson Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenway Vision Production Group Yahama InTUNE — April 2017 | 55

Backstage PASS

Robert Walp joined the Houston Symphony as Assistant Principal Trumpet in 1983. Originally from Pasadena, California, he studied with Thomas Stevens before working with Vincent Cichowicz at Northwestern University. Robert studied with Adolph Herseth and Arnold Jacobs as a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra then worked with Albert Calvayrac and Timofei Dokschitzer in Europe following graduation. Robert teaches at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. He has performed with the Carmel Bach Festival; Rheingau Musik Festival; Festival Pause Guitare in Albi, France; and the Laurie Festival in Köln, Germany, and St. Petersburg, Russia. His solo appearances include concerti with the Houston Symphony. He conducts the Houston Brass Band and is a Yamaha Performing Artist. First musical inspiration: My father. I saw his complete emotional involvement when attending concerts and listening to recordings. Inspiration today: People, at any age and in any genre, who commit themselves to a particular view or voice. Even if I disagree with the musical choices they make, I respect their integrity for having an identifiable musical character. Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Oscar Peterson, Timofei Dokschitzer, Desmond Hoebig, Dennis Dotson, and Christoph Eschenbach all come to mind, as do my colleagues in the orchestra. If I weren’t a professional musician: I made a deal with myself, that, should I not get a job in a full-time orchestra within two years of college graduation, I’d take the LSAT. So, I imagine I’d be an attorney, perhaps sitting on a symphony board somewhere. Notable performance: I had the immense pleasure of conducting the Stavanger Brass Band in Norway last summer. From the moment I dropped my hands to bring in the group for a pianissimo entrance, the hall filled with a soft, full sound that seemed to travel faster than any other ensemble’s— that is, the room was immediately filled with the most beautiful brass tutti, at a very soft level. I’ve only experienced that when listening to great orchestras, including playing in our own.

Passion for teaching: I do love teaching. Working with young people, I’m reminded of all I went through learning to play and how worthwhile that work can be. And this isn’t just for those who become professionals. My father noted that musicians, unlike many in other professions, sit alone in a room for hours each day, learning to deal with themselves by working on what they assess is not yet good enough. This builds an essential honesty and integrity that we need in society today. Outside Jones Hall: I’m learning to tune the SU carburetors on the Austin Healey I inherited from my dad. I was the only one of five kids who made sure there was gas, oil and water in it before driving it, so he left it to me. I also was the only one who polished the chrome, something I still do. What music means to me: Christoph Eschenbach said something to the effect that “music is essential to life itself.” Since not having music is inconceivable to me, I suppose I agree. Robert Walp is sponsored by Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde. Top: Houston Symphony portrait Middle: Me conducting the Stavanger Brass Band in concert last summer Bottom: My father, at age 50, rock-climbing during a trip to California’s Sierra Nevada

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Meet Robert Walp, trumpet

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