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THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

FEBRUARY 2022

FEB. 25–27

CLASSIC ROCK: THE SOUND OF A GENERATION

LET’S BE PIRATES!

VALENTINE’S WEEKEND: ROMANTIC FRENCH MASTERWORKS

February 4, 5 & 6 February 5

February 11 & 12

AN AFTERNOON WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN

ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS

February 13

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2022

Your Houston Symphony

Your Symphony Experience ��4 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director �� 6 Orchestra Roster ��8 Society Board of Trustees �� 10 Administrative Staff �� 12

Programs

Classic Rock: The Sound of a Generation February 4, 5 & 6 �� 14 Let’s Be Pirates! February 5 ��20 Valentine’s Weekend: Romantic French Masterworks February 11 & 12 ��26 An Afternoon with Itzhak Perlman February 13 ��34 Elgar’s Enigma Variations February 25, 26 & 27 ��38

Our Supporters

Houston Symphony Donors ��42 Young Associates Council ��47 Corporate, Foundation, & Government Partners ��48 Legacy Society �� 51 Musician Sponsorships �� 52

Classic Rock: The Sound of a Generation

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YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE JONES HALL

ETIQUETTE

Since the opening of Jones Hall in 1966, millions of arts patrons have enjoyed countless musical and stage performances at the venue. Dominating an entire city block, Jones Hall features a stunning travertine marble facade, sixty-six foot ceilings, and a brilliantly lit grand entrance. Jones Hall is a monument to the memory of Jesse Holman Jones, a towering figure in Houston during the first half of the 20th century.

For Classical concerts, if a work has several movements it is traditional to hold applause until the end of the last movement. If you are unsure when a piece ends, check the program or wait for the conductor to face the audience. If you feel truly inspired, however, do not be afraid to applaud! Brief applause between movements after an exceptional performance is always appreciated.

DEVICES Please silence all electronic devices before the performance. Photography and audio/video recordings of these performances are strictly prohibited.

FOOD & DRINK POLICY Encore Café offers a selection of prepackaged food options, and wine, beer, and mixed drinks are available at bars throughout the lobby. Please note that, in accordance with current safety plans, food and drinks are prohibited in the auditorium for all performances. Patrons may unmask while eating or drinking in bar areas only.

LOST AND FOUND For lost and found inquiries, please contact Front of House Coordinator Freddie Piegsa during the performance. He also can be reached at freddie. piegsa@houstonsymphony.org. You also may contact Houston First after the performances at 832.487.7050.

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OROZCO-ESTRADA MUSIC DIRECTOR

ROY AND LILLIE CULLEN CHAIR

Energy, elegance, and spirit—that is what particularly distinguishes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a musician. Since the 2020–21 Season, he has brought these strengths to bear as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has been Music Director of the Houston Symphony since the 2014–15 Season, and after eight outstanding years, the 2021–22 Season will be his last as Music Director. Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2014 to July 2021 and said goodbye in June 2021 with a major concert at the Alte Oper, about which the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote: "The image of a balance of human impeccability, communicative passion, and the highest professionalism emerged.It is precisely the combination of dancelike playfulness and an unconditional search for perfection that obviously distinguishes the Colombian's work." Orozco-Estrada regularly conducts Europe's leading orchestras, 6 | Houston Symphony

including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestre National de France, as well as major U.S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and opera performances at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival with outstanding success. In the 2021–22 Season, he tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Austria, Europe, and Asia. Additionally, he conducts a new production with his orchestra at the Theater an der Wien and takes the podium at the open-air concert in the Museumsquartier. Orozco-Estrada also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he conducted the New Year's Concert 2021–22 and a revival of Tosca, as well as with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Also this season, he tours with the Filarmonica della Scala to Bucharest, the Grafenegg Festival, and to the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival, where the orchestra will open the festival under his direction, accompanied by a TV broadcast. Orozco-Estrada is particularly committed to new concert and media formats, as well as premieres of young composers. The inaugural concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra featured the world premiere of a commissioned composition

by Dutch composer Carlijn Metselaar. Another world premiere of a work by the Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud follows in 2022. The Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent also recently celebrated its premiere. There will be another Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent in June 2022. Working with young musicians is very close to his heart, and in 2019 he went on tour in Europe with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, of which he has been principal conductor since 2021. Since November 2018, Orozco-Estrada has also been principal conductor of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. He will tour Europe with both orchestras in the 2021–22 Season. His CD releases on the Pentatone label have received much attention: with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, he made recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring, which were praised by critics as "hauntingly beautiful" (Gramophone). His concert recordings of Richard Strauss's operas Salome and Elektra have also enjoyed great success. With the Houston Symphony, he released a “zestful” Dvořák cycle “with warm colours” (Pizzicato). He has also recorded all Brahms and Mendelssohn symphonies. Born in Medellín (Colombia), Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his musical education by playing the violin, receiving his first conducting lessons at age 15. In 1997, he moved to Vienna, where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic, a student of the legendary Hans Swarowsky, at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. OrozcoEstrada lives in Vienna. InTUNE — February 2022 | 7

ROSTER

ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Juraj Valčuha Music Director Designate Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Yue Bao Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Assistant Conductor Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin

VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal George Pascal*, Assistant Principal Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Phyllis Herdliska

Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Amy Semes, Associate Principal Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Anastasia Ehrlich Tina Zhang Boson Mo COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIANS David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS Luke Bryson Hae-a Lee

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CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler * Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey

STAGE PERSONNEL

Stefan Stout, Stage Manager José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Nicholas DiFonzo, Justin Herriford, Armando Rodriguez, Stage Technicians Giancarlo Minotti, Recording Assistant

FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Issac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate 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 Richard Harris TROMBONE Bradley White, Acting Principal Phillip Freeman* BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman* TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal LIBRARIAN Thomas Takaro *on leave

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TRUSTEES

2021–22 SEASON

SOCIETY BOARD of

Executive Committee John Rydman President Steven P. Mach Chairman

Janet F. Clark Immediate Past President Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel

Barbara McCelvey Secretary John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Lidiya Gold Co-Chair, Development Sippi Khurana Chair, Education Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning

Leslie Siller^ President, Houston Symphony League Manuel Delgado Chair, Marketing & Communications Ed Schneider Chair, Community Partnerships Miles O. Smith Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs William J. Toomey II^ President, Houston Symphony Endowment Bobby Tudor^ Immediate Past Chairman

Jesse B. Tutor Chair, Audit Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Joan DerHovsepian^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative Kathryn Ladner^ Musician Representative Katie Salvatore^ Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Marcia Backus Gary Beauchamp Tony Bradfield Bill Bullock Barbara J. Burger Terry Cheyney Janet F. Clark Lidiya Gold William Dee Hunt Rick Jaramillo Sippi Khurana, M.D. Carey Kirkpatrick Kenny Kurtzman Rochelle Levit, Ph.D.

Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Rodney Margolis** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Paul R. Morico Robert Orr Chris Powers John Rydman** Miles O. Smith Quentin Smith Anthony Speier

William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Robert Weiner Margaret Alkek Williams **

Ex-Officio Brad W. Corson Joan DerHovsepian Evan B. Glick Mark Hughes Kathryn Ladner John Mangum Mark Nuccio Andrés Orozco-Estrada Katie Salvatore Manuel Delgado Ed Schneider Leslie Siller

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Ronald G. Franklin

Steven P. Mach

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Barbara McCelvey

Robert Orr

TRUSTEES Jonathan Ayre Janice Barrow ** David J. Beck James M. Bell Jr. Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Eric Brueggeman Ralph Burch Dougal Cameron John T. Cater** Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Evan D. Collins, M.D., MBA Brad W. Corson Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Manuel Delgado Tracy Dieterich Bob Duff Joan Duff Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster Julia Anderson Frankel Ronald G. Franklin

Evan B. Glick Gary L. Hollingsworth Stephen Incavo, M.D. Brian James I. Ray Kirk, M.D. David Krieger Andrew Go Lee, M.D. Ulyesse J. LeGrange** Matthew Loden Carlos J. López Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Alexander K. McLanahan** Marilyn Miles Shane A. Miller Aprill Nelson Tammy Tran Nguyen Leslie Nossaman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. David Pruner Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider

Christian Schwartz Dilanka Seimon Helen Shaffer** Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol. Jim R. Smith Mike S. Stude ** Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas III Shirley W. Toomim Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Ex-Officio John S. Cisneros Kusum Patel Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim

John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E.C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. 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 Steven P. Mach Janet F. Clark

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr.

Mary Louis Kister Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara

Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff Maureen Higdon Fran Fawcett Peterson

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STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO, Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Engagement Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Nancy Giles, Chief Development Officer Gwen Watkins, Chief Marketing Officer

DEVELOPMENT Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment and Administration Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations Amanda T. Dinitz, Major Gifts Officer Zitlaly Jimenez, Annual Fund Manager Erika Jordan, Director, Individual Giving Elena Klein, Development Ticket Concierge Maddy Morris, Development Associate, Institutional Giving Katie Salvatore, Development Officer and Board Liaison Martin Schleuse, Senior Manager, Development Communications Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer Ikayani Soemampauw, Development Associate, Gifts & Records Lena Streetman, Research Analyst Stacey Swift, Director, Special Events Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations Natalie Wheeler, Development Officer EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Allison Conlan, Director, Education Rovion Reed, Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement FINANCE | ADMINISTRATION | IT | HR Jose Arriaga, Junior System Administrator Kimberly Cegielski, Staff Accountant Richard Jackson, Database Administrator Joel James, Director of Human Resources Tanya Lovetro, Director of Budgeting and Financial Reporting

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Morgana Rickard, Controller Gabriela Rivera, Senior Accountant Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/Human Resources Coordinator Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT and Analytics MARKETING | COMMUNICATIONS | PATRON SERVICES Mark Bailes, Marketing Revenue Manager Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Yen Le, Junior Graphic Designer Freddie Piegsa, Front of House Coordinator John B. Pollard II, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications Paula Wilson, Digital Marketing Coordinator Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services

OPERATIONS | ARTISTIC Lila Atchison, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador Becky Brown, Director, Operations Luke Bryson, Assistant Librarian Stephanie Calascione, Artistic Operations Manager Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Brian Miller, Chorus Manager Lauren Moore, Associate Director of Digital Concert Production José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Brad Sayles, Senior Recording Engineer Stefan Stout, Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Director, Artistic Planning

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FEATURED PROGRAM

CLASSIC ROCK: THE SOUND OF A GENERATION Friday

February 4

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

February 5

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

February 6

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Michael Krajewski, conductor Shem von Schroeck, Micah Wilshire, & *Julie Reiber, vocalists *Houston Symphony debut

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Program to be announced from the stage

These performances are part of the

About the MUSIC Classic Rock: The Sound of a Generation •

Fleetwood Mac made its debut in 1967 at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival in England. The four original members were Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer.

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Before landing on its iconic name Led Zeppelin had previously performed as the Nobs and the New Yardbirds.

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While many people believe the name to be an homage to Dorothy Gale’s four-legged friend, TOTO actually chose its band name from the Latin phrase “In Toto” which translates to “all encompassing.”

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After leaving The Doobie Brothers in 1979, lead guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter took an interest in missile defense systems, eventually being appointed as chair of the Civilian Advisory Board for Ballistic Missile Defense in 1995.

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Throughout the band’s history, Styx has had 10 members, but lead guitarist James Young is the only member to appear on all 15 of the band’s studio albums.

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Program BIOS Michael Krajewski | conductor Known for his entertaining programs and engaging personality, Michael Krajewski is a much sought-after pops conductor in the United States, Canada, and abroad. His 20-year relationship with the Houston Symphony includes 17 years as Principal Pops Conductor. He also served as principal pops conductor of the Long Beach Symphony for 11 years, principal pops conductor of the Atlanta Symphony for eight years, music director of the Philly Pops for six years, and principal pops conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony for 25 years. Michael’s busy schedule as a guest conductor includes concerts with major and regional orchestras across the United States. In Canada, he has appeared with the orchestras of Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Overseas, he has performed in Ireland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Malaysia, and China. Michael has conducted concerts featuring notable musicians and entertainers from many diverse styles of music. He has worked with classical luminaries such as vocalist Marilyn Horne, flutist James Galway, pianist Alicia de Larrocha, and guitarists Pepe and Angel Romero. In the field of popular music, he has performed with Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Kenny Loggins, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainright, Jason Alexander, Patti Austin, Sandi Patty, Megan Hilty, Matthew Morrison, Doc Severinsen, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Chieftains, Chicago, Pink Martini, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Born in Detroit, Michael studied music education at Wayne State University and conducting at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He was an Antal Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and subsequently served as the DSO’s assistant conductor for four years. Michael now lives in Florida with his wife, Darcy. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, photography, and solving crossword puzzles.

Shem von Schroeck | vocalist Shem von Schroeck has entertained audiences since he was 3 years old. A veteran of the stage and recording studio, he has performed in all 50 states and 66 countries around the world as a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and music director in a diverse range of genres. Most recently, he performed as the bassist and principal backing vocalist for the legendary band TOTO. Shem has toured and recorded with several international and Grammy Award-winning artists, including Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, David Paich, David Foster, Christopher Cross, Richard Marx, Don Felder (The Eagles), Al Stewart, Patti Austin, Stephen Stills, Tom Jones, Loggins & Messina, Gary Wright, Spooky Tooth, Ambrosia, and many others.

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Shem made his professional opera debut in Germany with the Döbeln-Freiberg Mittelsächsisches Theatre as Spoletta in Puccini's Tosca. His operatic repertoire includes Parsifal, Siegmund, Florestan, Peter Grimes, and Canio. He is a regular tenor soloist with the Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philly Pops, and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted several pops concerts with the Columbus Symphony, Oklahoma Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Little Rock Symphony, and Toledo Symphony.  As a composer, Shem’s experience spans three decades. Majoring in composition and double bass studies at The Manhattan School of Music, his bicoastal career began in New York City as composer/producer for the legendary Sid Woloshin, Inc and Avalon Recording, producing more than 350 radio and TV commercials, industrial films, and television specials for the Clio Award-winning production firm. His composer credits include multiple film scores for Emmy Award-winning director Robert Ham – Stop the Line, Restoring the Soldiers Home of Los Angeles, and The 1887 Project. Recent projects include Australian filmmaker Tony Spencer’s time travel thriller, Out of Time; the upcoming RTV show, The Athena Challenge; Carson Ulrich’s Behind Every Blade of Grass, and VanTech’s new gaming adventure, Rise of Babylon. Shem brings to his compositions and productions his talents as a sound designer, “always searching for newer sound sources in the creation of unique soundscapes and otherworldly textures, all in the name of better storytelling.”

Micah Wilshire | vocalist Micah Wilshire’s voice, writing, and production are heard on many pieces of music on TV, film, and radio around the world. As a background vocalist, listeners hear Micah’s voice on #1 Country hits by Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldridge, Darius Rucker, and David Nail. He mixed the #1 single “Drunk on Your Love” by Eldredge. He is heard on national commercials for Nissan, Ford, The Oscars, and many more. Raised under the mentorship of his professional-musician father, Micah fell in love with all styles of music at an early age. He began singing at age 3 and playing drums in his father’s band by the time he was 8. He moved to Nashville at 19 and began his studio musician experience as a guitar player and vocalist. A few years later, he moved to Los Angeles where his band signed with Columbia Records and swiftly had a top 20 single, which propelled the group to tour the country with Seal and Train. Micah has played guitar and sung background vocals on multi-platinum and successful albums for many artists: Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Brett Eldridge, Darius Rucker, Michael Bolton, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Michael W. Smith, Steve Winwood, and others. Most recently, Micah co-wrote nine songs on the MusicKnox/Broken Bow debut album for Tim Montana to be released this summer and has had many songs featured on TV shows: the CW’s Riverdale, Legacies, Grey’s Anatomy, The Blacklist, Yellowstone (under his band Mississippi Twilight), Million Little Things, Vampire Diaries, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, InTUNE — February 2022 | 17

Program BIOS American Idol, the Olympics, and many more. Movies and trailers that feature Micah’s songs include Google Stadia, MAX, Keeping up with the Jones’, Bad Moms, Ubisoft games, Xbox Video, For Honor, The Crew 2, and Apple.

Julie Reiber | vocalist Julie Reiber currently stars in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Come From Away. She is best known for playing the iconic green girl Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Brooklyn in BKLYN The Musical, Natalie/Ed in All Shook Up, Marion in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Medda in Newsies. She has also been seen on TV in The Americans, in the feature film Freeheld, and in numerous national commercials. Julie has performed as a soloist with symphonies across the United States and Canada as well as performing with the Korean Symphony in the Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Her debut album Love Travels can be found on iTunes and heard on Spotify. Visit: www.JulieReiber.com, Twitter: JulieReiber, FB: JulieReiber, Insta: purplejulie2

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FEATURED PROGRAM

LET'S BE PIRATES! Saturday

February 5

10:00 a.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

February 5

11:30 a.m.

Jones Hall

Nicholas Hersh, conductor *Blake Denson, baritone Houston Symphony Men’s Pirate Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director Members of The S.P. Waltrip High School Roaring Red Ram Band *Houston Symphony debut

J. WILLIAMS KHACHATURIAN S. NEWBOLD/C. RYDLUND TCHAIKOVSKY ANDERSON SULLIVAN SOUSA SULLIVAN K. BADELT/T. RICKETTS

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The Flight to Neverland from Hook

Saber Dance from Suite No. 3 from Gayane

A Pirate’s Legend

1812 Overture, opus 49

Plink, Plank, Plunk!

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General from The Pirates of Penzance

Hands Across the Sea

With Cat-Like Tread from The Pirates of Penzance

Medley from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

These performances are part of the

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PA RT N E R

UNDERWRITER

The Houston Symphony's Education, Family and Community Engagement concerts are supported in part by the Margarett and Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education

Program BIOS Nicholas Hersh | conductor

variety of new repertoire.

Over a remarkable tenure as associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, Nicholas Hersh earned critical acclaim for his innovative programming and natural ability to connect with musicians and audiences. He created the BSO Pulse series, bringing together indie bands and orchestral musicians in unique collaborations; led the BSO in concerts in and around Baltimore; and directed the BSO’s educational and family programming, including the celebrated Academy for adult amateur musicians. During the pandemic, Nicholas developed and conducted the BSO’s digital concert series, BSO Sessions. Mixing performance with documentary-style interviews, he introduced the BSO and online audiences to a wide

Nicholas appears regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra. Other guest conducting appearances include the Houston Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and New World Symphony. He is frequently in demand as an arranger and orchestrator, with commissions from orchestras around the globe for adaptations of everything from classical solo and chamber music to popular songs. His orchestration of Beethoven’s Cello Sonata Opus 69 received its premiere by the Philharmonie Zuidnederland in January, while his symphonic arrangement of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” continues to see worldwide success as a viral YouTube hit. He serves as arranger and editor for the James P. Johnson Orchestra Edition. An avid educator, Nicholas has embraced the Young Persons Concert format as a crucial method for orchestras to serve their communities. He served as artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras (2016-20) and continues to be a collaborator and InTUNE — February 2022 | 21

Program BIOS guest faculty at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Nicholas grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and started his musical training as a cellist. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Stanford University and a master’s in conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In 2011 and 2012, he was a conducting fellow with the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. He is a two-time recipient of the Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award. Nicholas lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Caitlin, and their two cats; in his free time enjoys baking (and eating) sourdough bread.

Blake Denson | baritone Winner of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 25-year-old baritone Blake Denson has been praised for his “striking upper register” and his “sound that boomed to the back of the house” (Opera Wire). He is a member of the prestigious Houston Grand Opera Studio, after being offered a place in every single major young artist program in the United States. His roles in his first years in Houston included Morales in Carmen, Peter in Hansel und Gretel, and Daddy/Tim in The Snowy Day. In the 2021-22 season, he can be seen as Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette and Jailor in Dialogues des Carmélites. Next season, Blake will make his company debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in La Fanciulla del West and as Angelotti in a new production of Tosca at Santa Fe. Blake is an alumnus of Wolf Trap Opera, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, and the University of Kentucky. His awards include Grand Finalist of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, First Prize/Legacy Award at the National Opera Association, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston, the Orpheus Vocal Competition, the Perfect Day competition, and the Pasadena Vocal Competition.

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CHORUS

HOUSTON SYMPHONY Betsy Cook Weber Director

Brian Miller Chorus Manager Scott Holshouser Pianist Tony Sessions Librarian/Stage Manager

Houston Symphony Chorus | choral unit The Houston Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber since 2014, is the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony and consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, members of this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world’s great choral-orchestral masterworks under the batons of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Shaw, and Helmut Rilling, among many others. In addition, the Chorus enjoys participating in the Houston Symphony’s popular programming under the batons of conductors such as Steven Reineke and Michael Krajewski. Recently, the ensemble sang the closing subscription concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Singers are selected for specific programs for which they have indicated interest. A singer might choose to perform in all 45 concerts, as was the case in a recent season, or might elect to participate in a single series. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.

Betsy Cook Weber | director Dr. Betsy Cook Weber was appointed director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 2014. Under her leadership, the Chorus has performed more than 200 concerts with repertoire as varied as Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Video Games Live. She has collaborated with some of the world’s best conductors, including Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Steven Reineke, Michael Krajewski, Jane Glover, Christoph Eschenbach, and Nicholas McGegan. She has led the HSC and HS Chamber Singers on two European tours to the Czech Republic in 2017 and to Poland and Germany in 2019, including a performance at the world-renowned Bachfest in Leipzig. Betsy also serves as a Madison Endowed Professor of Music and director of choral studies at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. There, she teaches a full load of coursework, oversees the large and varied choral area at the Moores School, and is internationally active as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and lecturer. In addition to appearances throughout the United States, she looks forward to engagements in the United Kingdom, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Czechia, Hungary, and Germany in the coming year. InTUNE — February 2022 | 23

The University of Houston Moores School Concert Chorale, which she directs, has established a reputation as one of the world’s finest collegiate choirs and has been a featured choir at multiple state (2002, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2017) and national conventions (ACDA 2007, 2017, NCCO 2017). Internationally, Chorale has received acclaim at six prestigious competitions in Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, and Italy, winning or placing in every category in which it was entered. In 2015, Musica mundi, in its ranking of the top 1,000 choirs in the world, placed UH Concert Chorale #1 in its age category and #3 among all choirs worldwide. In 2013, Betsy became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ), and the University of Houston.

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VALENTINE’S WEEKEND: ROMANTIC FRENCH MASTERWORKS Friday

February 11

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

February 12

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Fabien Gabel, conductor Alexandra Dariescu, piano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

STRAVINSKY N. BOULANGER

*Matthew White, tenor Joshua Hopkins, baritone *Houston Symphony debut

Funeral Song

Fantasie variée for Piano and Orchestra

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FRANCK L. BOULANGER

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Variations symphoniques for Piano and Orchestra

Faust & Hélène, Episode lyrique

These performances are part of the

About the MUSIC STRAVINSKY

Chant funébre (Funeral Song) Igor Stravinsky, composer (1882 – 1971) FAV O R I T E M A S T E R S

General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund

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Igor Stravinsky composed his Chant funébre in 1908 in memory of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a mentor and friend of Stravinsky.

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Upon completion, the piece was performed only once, in 1909, before the manuscript was lost during the Russian Revolution. It wasn’t until 2015 that the orchestral parts were discovered in storage at the St. Petersburg Conservatory by musicologist Natalia Braginskaya.

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Chant funébre was re-premiered in 2016 at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the same place it had been performed more than a century before.

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The piece begins solemnly, with the low rumbling of the tuba and strings set against mournful interjections by the winds. A pensive horn melody emerges from this texture and is delicately carried between instruments throughout the remainder of the piece. The piece concludes with several anguished outbursts by the orchestra, before returning to the low, grave texture from the opening.

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In writing about the Chant funébre, Stravinsky described a funeral procession, with mourners played by different instruments. As they pass the tomb of Rimsky-Korsakov, each mourner lays a wreath, represented by the melodies that are passed between instruments. According to Stravinsky, the low rumbling of the strings is meant to resemble a mournful bass chorus that is heard in the background of the procession.

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Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by BARBARA J. BURGER

Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is supported by the

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc., in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham

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About the MUSIC N. BOULANGER

Fantasie variée pour piano et orchestra Nadia Boulanger, composer (1887 – 1979) •

Nadia Boulanger was a French teacher, conductor, pianist, and composer. An influential figure in composition, Boulanger taught many of the leading composers of the 20th century. Some of her many notable pupils include Aaron Copland, Phillip Glass, and Elliot Carter.

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Although she was a talented composer and won second place in the prestigious Prix de Rome contest in 1908, Boulanger felt her own works lacked merit, and largely abandoned composition after the death of her younger sister, Lili Boulanger.

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In addition to her roles as a composer and teacher, Boulanger was also an active conductor and pianist. She was the first woman to conduct several major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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True to its name, Boulger’s Fantaisie is a sprawling free-form work, which is improvisatory in character. The piece can be divided into a series of variations on the opening theme, which begins in the strings before being taken up by the piano.

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The recurring and varied use of this theme, as well as the theme itself, bears a strong resemblance to César Franck’s Variations symphoniques, also for piano and orchestra. Boulanger was an admirer of Franck, and his influence on her compositional style, as well as that of her teacher Gabriel Fauré, can be heard throughout this piece.

FRANCK

Variations symphoniques César Franck, composer (1822 – 1890) •

In addition to his long career writing music, Belgian composer César Franck was known for his improvisatory skills on the piano and organ. He also was a respected teacher and served as the organ professor at the Paris Conservatory.

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Although he experienced success as both a pianist and organist, Franck’s compositions never garnered widespread recognition until after his death. Pieces composed in the last years of his life, including his Symphony in D minor and his symphonic poem Les Djinns, have since earned him respect and entered into the international orchestral repertoire.

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Franck’s Variations symphoniques was composed in 1885 and premiered the following year by pianist Louis Diémer, to whom the piece was dedicated. Although it achieved little success during Franck’s lifetime, the piece was posthumously recognized for its thematic unity and masterful orchestration and has since become an established part of the piano repertoire.

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Variations symphoniques comprises three movements, which continue without pause. The combination of the fast-slow-fast structure of the three movements, along with the

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difficult and virtuosic piano part, makes the piece resemble a miniature piano concerto. •

Like Nadia Boulanger’s Fantaisie variée, also heard in this program, Franck’s Variations symphoniques is a continuous work, which is closely derived from a few short themes. Franck’s meandering variations and improvisatory piano writing also resemble elements of Boulanger’s work.

L. BOULANGER

Scenes from Faust & Hélène Lili Boulanger, composer (1893 – 1918) •

Lili Boulanger was a French composer and musical prodigy, and the younger sister of composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger. She struggled with chronic illness her entire life and died at the young age of 24. Despite her short life, she was a prolific composer, and several of her works enjoy frequent performances to this day.

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Lili’s poor health largely prevented her from attending school or becoming an active performer, leading her to learn mostly from private instructors. When her travels in Rome were interrupted by the onset of World War I, she devoted her time to supporting French soldiers and the war effort. As her health worsened, Lili continued to compose, and even verbally dictated her compositions to her sister once she became too weak to write them down.

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At age 19, Lili won the prestigious Prix de Rome competition with her cantata Faust et Hélène, becoming the first female composer to win the prize. This cantata was immediately successful and was performed several times during her lifetime.

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Faust et Hélène, dedicated to Lili’s sister, Nadia, was based on a tragic play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The text, set for three voices, describes the plight of Doctor Faust, who sells his soul to the demon Méphistophélès to see the beautiful Helen of Troy, whose soul is pulled from beyond the grave.

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The piece begins ominously, low murmurings in the strings foreshadowing the trouble to come. This gives way to a gentle and heroic theme in the horns, which introduces a lyrical dialogue between Méphistophélès and Faust. Hélène is awoken, and she and Faust engage in a melancholy duet. Their dialogue is interrupted by a tense orchestral interlude, meant to depict a growing storm that builds in intensity and culminates in the tragic end of both Faust and Hélène.

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Program BIOS Fabien Gabel | conductor Hailed as “boldly evocative,” Fabien Gabel is internationally recognized as one of the stars of a new generation of conductors, having established a broad repertoire ranging from core symphonic works to contemporary new works and championing lesser-known works by French composers. His conducting has taken him across the globe to lead top orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Seoul Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Warsaw Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Orchestre National de France, and Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In addition to these concerts, his 2021-22 season includes performances with the New Jersey and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as two appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra. Internationally, he appears throughout Europe with the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Malmo Symphony, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, City of Birmingham Symphony, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Dortmund Philharmoniker, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. In France, he gives concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and Orchestre National de France, and travels to Australia in 2022 for performances with the Melbourne and West Australian symphonies. Born in Paris into a family of accomplished musicians, Fabien began studying trumpet at age 6, honing his skills at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, which awarded him a First Prize in trumpet in 1996, and later at the Musik Hochschule of Karlsruhe. He played in several Parisian orchestras under the direction of prominent conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, and Bernard Haitink. In 2002, he pursued his interest in conducting at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, where he studied with David Zinman, who invited him to appear as a guest conductor at the Festival in 2009. In 2020, Fabien was awarded the rank of Chevalier (Knight) by the Conseil de l’Ordes des Arts et des Lettres, a recognition given by France’s Ministry of Culture.

Alexandra Dariescu | piano Pianist and creator of The Nutcracker and I, Alexandra Dariescu is an original voice whose fundamental values are shining a light on gender equality in her concerto and recital programs as well as championing lesser-known works, advocating for diversity and inclusion. She is in demand as a soloist with leading orchestras around the globe and has worked with the world’s foremost conductors. Highlights of Alexandra’s 2021-22 season include this Houston Symphony debut and U.S. premiere of Nadia Boulanger’s Fantaisie

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as well as the U.S. premiere of the newly discovered Piano Concerto by George Enescu for her debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Further debuts include Basel Chamber Orchestra, Lapland Chamber Orchestra, and Turku Philharmonic Orchestra for the Finnish premiere of Fantaisie. She gives the German and Polish premieres of Enescu’s Concerto with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen and the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie. In recital, Alexandra juxtaposes Paris in the 1920s with today’s musical scene in a fascinating journey featuring Camille Pepin, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre, Betsy Jolas, and Missy Mazzoli alongside Debussy and Ravel. In 2017, she took the world by storm with her successful piano recital production The Nutcracker and I, an original ground-breaking multimedia performance for piano solo with dance and digital animation, which has since enjoyed international acclaim and has attracted young audiences across Europe, Australia, China, the Emirates, and the U.S., realizing her vision of building bridges and making classical music more accessible to the wider public. She has released eight CDs to critical acclaim. Mentored by Sir András Schiff and Dame Imogen Cooper, Alexandra graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) with the Gold Medal and pursued her masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. A former artist of the Young Classical Artists Trust, she was a Laureate at the Verbier Festival Academy and received the UK’s Women of the Future Award in the Arts and Culture category. Other recognition includes Patron of Music in Lyddington, Cultural Ambassador of Romania, RNCM Honorary Associate Artist, Officer of the Romanian Crown, Young European Leader, and Order “Cultural Merit” in the rank of Knight.

Sasha Cooke | mezzo-soprano Two-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has been called a “luminous standout” by the New York Times. She is sought after by the world’s leading orchestras, opera companies, and chamber music ensembles for her versatile repertoire and commitment to new music.

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This season, Sasha returns to the Metropolitan Opera for her role debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro as well as important performances on concert stages from Boston to Los Angeles. She gives a solo recital at the Tucson Desert Song Festival, joined by pianist Myra Huang, where she premieres a new work by Jennifer

This season marks the release of Sasha’s CD, how do I find you, on the Pentatone label. The recording, which features songs by Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli, and Jimmy Lopez, among others, is a tribute to the struggles and hopes of artists who have been wrought by the pandemic. All 17 songs were written in 2020. She performed the world premiere on January 30, 2022, as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers Series. Sasha has performed with opera companies worldwide, has been engaged by more than 70 orchestras with leading conductors, and has performed at prestigious venues and festivals. A devoted interpreter of new music, she often premieres new works. As a dedicated recitalist, she was presented by Young Concert Artists in her widely acclaimed New York and InTUNE — February 2022 | 31

Program BIOS Washington debuts. Her recordings can be found on many labels, including Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, which won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording; Thomas’s Meditations on Rilke with the San Francisco Symphony, which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium; and Sasha Cooke LIVE, a collection of her performances at the Music@Menlo chamber music festival released on its label. Sasha Cooke is a graduate of Rice University and The Juilliard School. She also attended the Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, Wolf Trap Foundation, Marlboro Music Festival, Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, and Seattle Opera and Central City Opera’s Young Artist Training Programs.

Matthew White | tenor American tenor Matthew White, whom the New York Classical Review said had a “distinctive tenor [with a] dark and powerful lyric sound,” recently made critically acclaimed debuts as Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juiliette with Cincinnati Opera, the Duca in Rigoletto with Edmonton Opera, and Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the Princeton Festival. In the 2021-22 season, he joins Michigan Opera Theatre as Rodolfo in Yuval Sharon’s new production of La bohème, told in reverse; the production later plays at the Spoleto Festival USA. He also sings Don José in Carmen with Arizona Opera, Lancelot in Chausson’s Le roi Arthus with Bard SummerScape, and Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance with Cincinnati Opera. Last season, amid many cancellations due to the pandemic, Matthew performed Pinkerton with Tulsa Opera and toured with The Bad Boys of Opera. Highlights of the 2019-20 season included his role and house debuts as Rodolfo with Opera Naples; in concert, he performed with the Florida Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah. A graduate of Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts, Matthew performed Roméo, the title role in Werther, Roberto in Puccini’s Le Villi, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Avito in Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re, and Faust in Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène. He debuted with Opera Maine as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and has appeared with Palm Beach Opera and Vero Beach Opera. Concert credits include performances with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Ocean City Pops, and the Longfellow Chorus Festival. A favorite of competitions, he competed in the 2019 Operalia Competion in Prague. He was awarded Grand Prize of the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, first place in the Deborah Voigt International Vocal Competition, second place in the Metropolitan Opera MidAtlantic region, Grand Prize in the Mario Lanza Vocal Competition, an Encouragement Award from the George London Foundation, and the Alfonso Cavaliere Award. He has participated in

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the training programs of Bel Canto at Caramoor, PORTopera, and Seagle Music Colony. A trained violinist, Matthew is also an avid surfer and runs his own surfboard business, which has clients around the world.

Joshua Hopkins | baritone JUNO award-winning Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins is known as one of the finest singer-actors of his generation. He is in demand on opera and concert stages throughout North America and Europe. In the 2021-22 season, Joshua returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Orpheus in the New York premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, joins Lyric Opera of Chicago for his role debut as Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, makes his house debut at Seattle Opera as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and returns to Santa Fe Opera for his signature role of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. On the concert stage, he performs Songs for Murdered Sisters – a collaboration between composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood, personally conceived by Joshua in remembrance of his sister, Nathalie Warmerdam – with both Houston Grand Opera and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He also presents a new song cycle as part of a full recital with pianist Myra Huang, streamed online with Vocal Arts D.C. His role debut as Athanaël in a concert version of Thaïs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and recorded for Chandos Records. The CD later garnered the 2021 JUNO Award for Best Classical Album: Vocal or Choral. In Houston, Joshua has developed a following as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Marcello in La bohème with Houston Grand Opera. He returned to HGO as Valentin in Faust and originated the role of Harry Bailey in the world premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life, conducted by Patrick Summers, recorded by Pentatone. With the Houston Symphony, he sang Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem under the direction of Hans Graf. Joshua has won numerous awards and distinctions, including winner of the Verbier Festival Academy’s 2008 Prix d’Honneur and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award (2006), prizewinner at the ARD Musikwettbewerb (2006), the Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition (2005), and first-place prize in the Julián Gayarre International Singing Competition (2002). He has also received prizes from the George London Foundation, the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, and the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award from the Canada Council for the Arts.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

AN AFTERNOON WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN Sunday

February 13

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Itzhak Perlman, violin Rohan De Silva, piano Elliott Forrest & Max Szadek, producers Elliott Forrest, production designer Helen Yum, video editor Dan Sullivan, consultant

David Lai & Alison Chernick, advisors Ann SunHyung Kim, production assistant Charlotte Lee, executive producer

Program to be announced from the stage

Mr. Perlman’s recordings can be found on the Deutsche Grammophon, Warner/EMI, Sony Classical, London/ Decca, Erato/Elektra International Classics and Telarc labels For more information on Itzhak Perlman, visit www.itzhakperlman.com Management for Itzhak Perlman: Primo Artists, New York, NY www.primoartists.com 34 | Houston Symphony

Program BIOS Itzhak Perlman | violin Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm, humanity, and talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond to his remarkable artistry and irrepressible joy for making music. Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, Perlman has been honored with 16 Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Genesis Prize. He has received multiple distinctions from U.S. presidents: A Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Obama (2015); a Kennedy Center Honor (2003); a National Medal of Arts by President Clinton (2000); and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan (1986). In 2021, Perlman commenced a three-season partnership with the Houston Symphony as Artistic Partner. The first program featured him leading the orchestra in a play/conduct all-Beethoven program in celebration of the composer’s 250th anniversary. Further programs feature him as performer, conductor, and recitalist. Highlights of this season include opening the Baltimore Symphony season; appearing in recital at venues, including Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Jones Hall in Houston; and taking his new multi-media program An Evening with Itzhak Perlman to several U.S. cities. Perlman has delighted audiences on the conductor’s podium and at speaking engagements. An award-winning documentary, Itzhak, details the virtuoso’s struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré and is a reminder why art is vital to life. His extensive discography includes his most recent album, a special collaboration with Martha Argerich. His long association with the Israel Philharmonic led to, among other tours, an appearance in Moscow, captured by PBS on Perlman in Russia. Born in Israel in 1945, he completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. An early recipient of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, he came to New York and soon was propelled to national recognition with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Following his studies at The Juilliard School, he won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career.

Rohan De Silva | piano Rohan De Silva’s partnerships with violin virtuosos Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Joshua Bell, Benny Kim, Kyoko Takezawa, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Nadja SalernoSonnenberg, and James Ehnes have led to highly acclaimed performances at recital venues all over the world. He has performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre in London, InTUNE — February 2022 | 35

Program BIOS Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Philharmonie de Paris, Munich Gasteig, Mozarteum Salzburg, La Scala in Milan, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Alongside Perlman, Rohan has appeared worldwide in recital and performed multiple times at the White House, most recently in 2012 at the invitation of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama for Israeli President and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Shimon Peres and at a State Dinner in 2007, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. A native of Sri Lanka, Rohan was invited in 2015 by the prime minister of his country to perform at a luncheon for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his historic visit to Sri Lanka. Rohan began his piano studies with his mother, the late Primrose De Silva, and with the late Mary Billimoria. He spent six years at the Royal Academy of Music in London as a student of Hamish Milne, Sydney Griller, and Wilfred Parry. He received both his bachelor and master of music degrees at The Juilliard School, studying piano with Martin Canin, exploring chamber music with Felix Galimir, and working closely with violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay. He was awarded a special prize as Best Accompanist at the 1990 Ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award, presented to him by Itzhak Perlman at the 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Awards Ceremony at Carnegie Hall. Rohan De Silva has recordings available on Deutsche Grammophon, Universal, CBS/SONY Classical, Collins Classics, Chandos, and RCA Victor.

Elliott Forrest | producer, projection designer Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, director, and producer. He is the producer and projection designer for An Evening with Itzhak Perlman. He is the afternoon host on New York City’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM, WQXR, host of the radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and has hosted more than 60 concerts on-stage at Carnegie Hall. Elliott is director and projection designer of the PBS TV special, Considering Matthew Shepard, and co-director and projection designer of the live tour. He regularly produces, directs, and designs symphony concerts around the country: Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Pasadena Pops, and the Little Orchestra Society in venues that include the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center. He is the founding executive artistic director of ArtsRock.org of Rockland County, NY. His orchestra narration includes Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, Peter and the Wolf, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide. For 12 years, he was on A&E Television as host of Breakfast with the Arts. He appeared on the original Gong Show on NBC. Elliott earned a bachelor of arts in theater from the University of Texas, Austin.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS Friday

February 25

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

February 26

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

February 27

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Ryan Bancroft, conductor A. R. THOMAS COPLAND

Dance Foldings

Suite from Appalachian Spring

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ELGAR

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Enigma Variations, Opus 36 Theme: Andante— Variation I (C.A.E.): L’istesso tempo Variation II (H.D.S.-P.): Allegro Variation III (R.B.T.): Allegretto Variation IV (W.M.B.): Allegro di molto Variation V (R.P.A.): Moderato— Variation VI (Ysobel): Andantino Variation VII (Troyte): Presto Variation VIII (W.N.): Allegretto— Variation IX (Nimrod): Adagio Variation X (Dorabella): Intermezzo: Allegretto Variation XI (G.R.S.): Allegro di molto Variation XII (B.G.N.): Andante— Variation XIII (* * *): Romanza: Moderato Variation XIV (E.D.U.): Finale: Allegro

These performances are part of the

About the MUSIC A. R. THOMAS Dance Foldings

GOLD CLASSICS

A special Salute to Educators Concert on Sunday is made possible by the Spec's Charitable Foundation

Augusta Read Thomas, composer (b. 1964) •

Augusta Read Thomas is an American composer and music professor. She first served as a professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music, while simultaneously working as the Mead Composer in Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She then moved on to teach at Northwestern University, before joining the University of Chicago, where she founded the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition.

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“I like my music to have the feeling that it is organically being self-propelled - on the spot. As if we listeners are overhearing a captured improvisation,” she writes on her website. “The music I create is passionate, involving risk and adventure, such that a given musical moment might seem like a surprise right when you hear it but, only a millisecond later, seems inevitable.”

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Thomas composed Dance Foldings upon receiving a commission from BBC Radio 3, with the instruction that the music “reflect on the arts and sciences as they are now.” Her piece was premiered in August 2021 by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, under the direction of conductor Ryan Bancroft.

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“Dance Foldings is an example of the many synergies between science (nature) and music,” Thomas writes in her program notes. “The musical materials of Dance Foldings for orchestra take as their starting point the metaphors, pairings, counterpoints, foldings, forms, and images inspired by the biological ‘ballet’ of proteins being assembled and folded in our bodies.”

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About the MUSIC COPLAND

Suite from Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland, composer (1900-1990) •

When American composer Aaron Copland began composing the music for Appalachian Spring, he didn’t even know the title of the ballet. “I knew certain crucial things—” Copland wrote— “that it had to do with the pioneer American spirit, with youth and spring, with optimism and hope.”

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With only a bare outline to work with, he began work on the music, in collaboration with choreographer and dancer Martha Graham. The resulting ballet, completed in 1944, told the story of a young American pioneer couple, who begin their life together in a colony in Pennsylvania.

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Although the ballet was written for a chamber orchestra of only 13 instruments, Copland released an instrumental suite one year later which he scored for full orchestra. This suite, organized in eight sections, has become an iconic piece of American music. The seventh section, a series of variations on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts,” is particularly well-known.

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The suite begins slowly and tenderly, as each character is introduced. The second section opens with a lively, jumping motive in the strings, which passes around the orchestra. A sweet and passionate third movement gives way to an energetic, dancelike fourth movement. The fifth section, even faster than the last, captures the fear and excitement of motherhood, before entering a tranquil transition in preparation for the finale. After the joyous “Simple Gifts” variations, the suite is concluded with a hushed and resolute chorale which echoes of passages from the opening.

ELGAR

Enigma Variations Edward Elgar, composer (1857 – 1934) •

Edward Elgar was an English composer, conductor, and teacher. Despite demonstrating considerable musical talent as a child, Elgar did not gain serious recognition until he was in his 40s, at which time he composed several successful works in quick succession. This period includes his “Enigma Variations,” which he completed in 1899.

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Although popularly referred to as the Enigma Variations, Elgar formally titled the piece “Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36,” with the word “enigma” only appearing in pencil on his score. The “enigma” of the work, according to Elgar, is the main theme of the piece, of which only traces are found in the music and which Elgar never identified. Many popular theories exist as to what this theme might be, but to date there are no definitive solutions to Elgar’s famous musical riddle.

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Elgar dedicated his Variations “to my friends pictured within,” referring to his closest circle of friends, each of whom are depicted in a different variation. Elgar based the music on a specific aspect of each person he sought to capture, whether it was emotion,

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habit of speech, or a shared memory. •

The piece begins with a brief theme, a tune which Elgar used to whistle to himself before being encouraged by his wife to write it down. His wife, Alice, is honored in the tender first variation, “C.A.E.,” with an extension of the opening theme. Hints of this theme appear throughout the other variations, including in the well-known ninth variation, “Nimrod,” which depicts his closest friend, music editor Augustus J. Jaeger.

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The final variation depicts Elgar himself, recalling material from both “C.A.E.” and “Nimrod,” the two people whom Elgar described as “the greatest influences” on his life and art. Elgar later expanded the finale, bringing the piece to a grand, triumphant close.

Program BIOS

Ryan Bancroft | conductor Ryan Bancroft grew up in Los Angeles and first came to international attention in April 2018 when he won both First Prize and Audience Prize at the prestigious Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen. In September 2019, it was announced that Ryan had been appointed principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. This role began in the 2020-21 season. Following his first visit to work with the Tapiola Sinfonietta in Finland, he was invited to become its Artist in Association from the 2021-22 season. Since winning the Malko Competition, Ryan has made debuts with several international orchestras, including the BBC Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Rai Torino, and Norwegian National Opera Orchestras. In North America, he has been invited by the Toronto Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Forthcoming debuts include those with the City of Birmingham Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and Iceland Symphony. In 2021, he was announced as chief conductor designate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Ryan has a passion for contemporary music and has performed with Amsterdam’s acclaimed Nieuw Ensemble; assisted Pierre Boulez in a performance of his Sur Incises in Los Angeles; premiered works by Sofia Gubaidulina, John Cage, James Tenney, and Anne LeBaron; and has worked closely with improvisers such as Wadada Leo Smith and Charlie Haden. In the 202122 season, he makes his debut with the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris. Ryan studied trumpet at the California Institute of the Arts, alongside additional studies in harp, flute, cello, and Ghanaian music and dance. He received an MMus in orchestral conducting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. While studying in Scotland, he played trumpet with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on many occasions. He continued his conducting studies in the Netherlands and is a graduate of the prestigious Nationale Master Orkestdirectie run jointly by the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. As a student, his main mentors were Edward Carroll, Kenneth Montgomery, Ed Spanjaard, and Jac van Steen.

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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 Special Events. For more information, please contact Erika Jordan, Director, Individual Giving, at erika.jordan@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8531.

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$10,000+

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Mary N. Hankey Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herzog Mrs. Ann G. Hightower Ronny Hofmann Steve and Kerry Incavo Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Stephen Jeu and Susanna Calvo Phil and Josephine John Beverly Johnson Dr. Charles Johnson and Tammie Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie and Frank Jones Dr. Rita Justice Ms. Linda R. Katz Gwen and Dan Kellogg Mr. Mark Klitzke and Dr. Angela Chen Golda Anne Leonard Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Richard and Cynthia* Loewenstern Patricia and Bob Lunn Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Ms. Kathy McCraigh Terry and Kandee McGill Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. and Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. Stephen Mendoza Shane A. Miller Mr. William Montgomery Dr. and Mrs. Jack Moore Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Rochelle and Sheldon Oster Katherine and Jonathan Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael P. and Shirley Pearson Mr. David Peavy and Mr. Stephen McCauley Mrs. Fran Fawcett Peterson ** Mr. Robert J. Pilegge

Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Tim and Katherine Pownell Edlyn and David Pursell Cris and Elisa Pye Dr. & Mrs. Miguel Miro-Quesada Ms. Valerie Miro-Quesada Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Laurie A. Rachford Vicky and Michael Richker Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Dr. Douglas and Alicia Rodenberger Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. Tony W. Schlicht Garry and Margaret Schoonover Dr. Mark A. Schusterman Susan and Ed Septimus Donna and Tim Shen Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sherman Leslie Siller ** Dr. and Mrs. John Slater Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Smith Sam and Linda Snyder Georgiana Stanley Janet and Edward Stones Drs. Ishwaria and Vivek Subbiah Mrs. Marguerite M. Swartz Susan L. Thompson Eric and Carol Timmreck Nanako and Dale Tingleaf Pamalah and Stephen Tipps Ms. Carol Vobach Jay and Gretchen Watkins General and Mrs. Jasper Welch Nancy B. Willerson ** Doug Williams and Janice Robertson Loretta and Lawrence Williams Mr. and Mrs. Tony Williford Woodell Family Foundation Mrs. Lorraine Wulfe Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Robert and Michele Yekovich Edith and Robert Zinn Anonymous (6)

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Jane and Kevin Kremer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Langenstein Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Mr. and Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mason David and Heidi Massin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matovich William D. and Karinne McCullough ** Ernie and Martha McWilliams Larry and Lyn Miller Mrs. Suzanne Miller Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Denise Monteleone Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Moynier Richard and Juliet Moynihan Jo Ann and Marvin Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Murphy Bobbie Newman Macky Osorio Mr. Joe Pacetti-De'Medici Jason and Andrea Penner Dr. Vanitha Pothuri Roland and Linda Pringle Mrs. Dana Puddy Tadd Pullin Clinton and Leigh Rappole

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shack Becky Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simms Lisa and Jerry Simon Ms. Diana Skerl Barbara and Louis Sklar Mrs. Becky Smith Emily D. Smith Lawrence Smith Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Mr. William T. Snypes and Ms. Suzanne Suter Mr. David Stanard and Ms. Beth Freeman Ms. Claudia Standiford Richard P. Steele and Mary J. McKerall Bill Stevens Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stevens Jr. Meredith and Ralph Stone Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Emily H. and David K. Terry Linda and Paul Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Unger John and Mary Untereker Dr. Brad and Mrs. Frances Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. William Van Wie Hallie A. Vanderhider Mr. James Walker Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace Larry and Connie Wallace Nancy Ames and Danny Ward Douglas and Carolynne White Ms. Lorri White Sara White Dr. Simon Whitney Carlton Wilde Dr. Robert Wilkins and Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds-Wilkins Ms. Dodi Willingham Jennifer R. Wittman Patricia Wolfe Ms. Cynthia Wolff Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff Mr. Jessie Woods Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright Thomas Yarbrough Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (16)

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Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council (YAC) is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados, and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within 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.

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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.

CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation* ** Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above ConocoPhillips** Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS* KTRK ABC-13* Phillips 66** Guarantor  $100,000 and above Houston Methodist* Kalsi Engineering PaperCity* Tenenbaum Jewelers* United Airlines* Underwriter  $50,000 and above Baker Botts L.L.P.* Bank of America Boston Consulting Group* Cameron Management* Chevron** CKP Group* ENGIE** Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo** Kinder Morgan Foundation** Kirkland & Ellis The Lancaster Hotel* Occidental** PNC** Rand Group, LLC*

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Shell Oil Company** Vinson & Elkins LLP Sponsor  $25,000 and above EOG Resources The Events Company* H-E-B/H-E-B Tournament of Champions** Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Neiman Marcus* One Market Square Garage* Perry Homes Sidley Austin LLP SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Univision Houston & Amor 106.5FM Wells Fargo Partner  $15,000 and above City Kitchen* Glazier’s Distributors* Gorman’s Uniform Service Jackson & Company* Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston USI Southwest

Quantum Energy Partners Silver Eagle Distributors* Sire Spirits Zenfilm* Benefactor  $5,000 and above Bank of Texas Barclay’s Wealth & Investment Management Beck Redden LLP The Master Caregiver Company Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. University of Houston University of St. Thomas* Wortham Insurance & Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Amazon Baker Hughes BeDESIGN* Beth Wolff Realtors Christian Dior Gulf Coast Distillers * KPMG US Foundation, Inc. The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation** Mercantil ONEOK, Inc. Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc.

Supporter  $10,000 and above Houston First Corporation* Macy’s** * Includes in-kind support Mark Kamin & Associates New Timmy Chan Corporation **Education and Community Engagement Support Nordstrom** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P.

For information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations, at timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8538.

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FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Endowment** Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor  $500,000 and above The Alkek and Williams Foundation City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance The Cullen Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board** The Hearst Foundation** The Humphreys Foundation MD Anderson Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts** Guarantor  $100,000 and above The Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation

Underwriter  $50,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation** The Powell Foundation** The Robbins Foundation**

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation** The Hood-Barrow Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Schissler Foundation The Vaughn Foundation

Sponsor  $25,000 and above The Martine and Dan Drackett Family Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation** The William Stamps Farish Fund Partner  $15,000 and above Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation** Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation** The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation**

(as of Jan.1, 2022)

Supporter  $10,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Pierce Runnells Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Anonymous Benefactor  $5,000 and above Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation** Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Leon Jaworski Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Scurlock Foundation

**Education and Community Engagement Support For information about becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations, at christina.trunzo@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8530.

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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through a bequest in a will, life-income gifts, or other deferred-giving arrangements.

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000 + Dr. and Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Jonathan and Ann Ayre Janice Barrow Jim Barton James Bell Joe Anne Berwick* James and S. Dale Brannon Walter and Nancy Bratic Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Mary Kathryn Campion and Stephen Liston Drs. Dennis and Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Harrison R.T. Davis Andria N. Elkins Jean and Jack* Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong

Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George Stephen and Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. and Billie Jo Graves Mario Gudmundsson Deborah Happ and Richard Rost Jacquelyn Harrison and Thomas Damgaard Marilyn and Bob Hermance Dr. Charles and Tammie Johnson Dr. Rita Justice Mr. and Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Joella and Steven P. Mach Michelle and Jack Matzer Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Bill and Karinne McCullough Muffy and Mike McLanahan Dr. Georgette M. Michko Dr. Robert M. Mihalo* Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller

Drs. John and Dorothy Oehler Gloria G. Pryzant Evie Ronald* Donna Scott Charles and Andrea Seay Michael J. Shawiak Jule* and Albert* Smith Louis* and Mary Kay Snyder Mr. Rex Spikes Mike and Anita* Stude Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. and Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Susan Gail Wood Jo Dee Wright Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (2)

Farida Abjani Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Myra W. Barber Daniel B. Barnum* George* and Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Kerry Levine Bollmann Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Mr. Christopher and Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl and Sam* Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton and Margaret A. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable* and Mrs. William Crassas Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge* and Mrs.* Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert Ginny Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez and Connie A. Coulomb Bill Grieves*

Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Gloria L. Herman* Timothy Hogan and Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. and Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian and Catherine James Barbara and Raymond Kalmans Dr. James E. and Betty W. Key Dr. and Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Enid Knobler* Mrs. Frances E. Leland Samuel J. Levine Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers David Ray Malone and David J. Sloat Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay and Shirley* Marks James G. Matthews Mary Ann and David McKeithan Dr. Tracey Samuels and Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant

Marilyn Ross Miles and Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Sidney and Ione Moran Janet Moynihan* Richard and Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John N. Neighbors*, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr.* and Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John and Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann* John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine and Red Pastorek Peter* and Nina Peropoulos Linda Tarpley Peterson Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy

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Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed and Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Walter Ross Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. and Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa and Jerry Simon Tad and Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder

Marie Speziale Emily H. and David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill and Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen and Kristine Wallace Geoffrey Westergaard

Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Lorraine and Ed* Wulfe David and Tara Wuthrich Katherine and Mark Yzaguirre Edith and Robert Zinn Anonymous (8) *Deceased

If you are interested in learning more about joining the Legacy Society by making the Houston Symphony part of your estate plans, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Sponsorship Circle level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer, at samantha.sheats@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8534. Dr. Saul and Ursula Balagura Charles Seo, Cello

Virginia A. Clark Julia Churchill, Violin – Shepherd School-Houston Janice Barrow Symphony Brown Foundation Sophia Silivos, First Violin Community-Embedded Gary and Marian Beauchamp/The Musician Fellow Beauchamp Foundation Roger and Debby Cutler Martha Chapman, Tong Yan, First Violin Second Violin Joan and Bob Duff Nancy and Walter Bratic Robert Johnson, Christopher Neal, First Violin Associate Principal Horn Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer The Ensell Family Maki Kubota, Cello Donald Howey, Double Bass Ralph Burch Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Robin Kesselman, Judy Dines, Flute Principal Double Bass Stephen and Mariglyn Glenn Barbara J. Burger Christian Schubert, Clarinet Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Evan B. Glick Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Tong Yan, First Violin Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Drs. Dennis and Susan Carlyle Christopher French, Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Associate Principal Cello Jane Cizik Gary L. Hollingsworth and Qi Ming, Assistant Kenneth J. Hyde Concertmaster Robert Walp, Janet F. Clark Assistant Principal Trumpet MuChen Hsieh, Drs. M.S. and Marie-Luise Kalsi Principal Second Violin Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Michael H. Clark and Joan Kaplan Sallie Morian Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet George W. Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Dr. Sippi and Mr. Ajay Khurana David Connor, Double Bass – Community-Embedded Musician 52 | Houston Symphony

Dr. and Mrs. I. Ray Kirk John C. Parker, Associate Principal Trumpet Dr. William and Alice Kopp Leonardo Soto, Principal Timpani Rochelle and Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cora Sue and Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Viola Joella and Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Mrs. Carolyn and Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion Mr. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle and Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Barbara and Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Muffy and Mike McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Martha and Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Rita and Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon

Linda and Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin John and Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Scott and Judy Nyquist Finer Foods Sheldon Person, Viola Anthony Kitai, Cello Dr. Susan Osterberg and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster MiHee Chung, First Violin Margaret and Joel Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Rainel Joubert, Violin – Nancy Goodearl, Horn Community-Embedded Gloria and Joe Pryzant Musician Matthew Strauss, Percussion Tad and Suzanne Smith Jean and Allan Quiat Marina Brubaker, First Violin Phillip Freeman, Bass Trombone Alana R. Spiwak and Sam L. Ron and Demi Rand Stolbun Annie Chen, Second Violin Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal Viola Lila Rauch Christopher French, Mike Stude Associate Principal Cello Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Bobby and Phoebe Tudor Principal Trumpet Bradley White, Acting Principal Trombone Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute

Margaret Waisman, M.D. and Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion Stephen and Kristine Wallace Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp Robert G. Weiner and Toni Blankman Anastasia Ehrlich, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Steven and Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson and Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Bequest from the Estate of Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina and Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Tenenbaum Jewelers, Houston's leading modern, estate, and fine antique jewelry store, offers a diverse and ever-changing selection of elegant jewelry and watches. Its in-house workshop provides a multitude of services from ring sizing to custom design. As a local business, Tenenbaum proudly invests back in Houston and is a generous supporter of the arts, the medical community, and a myriad of other non-profit organizations. Tenenbaum is honored to give back to the city that so graciously supports it. The Houston Symphony is proud to call Tenenbaum its Preferred Jewelry Partner.

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Join Us! Donating to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund connects donors to the production and presentation of concerts, music education programs for students, family programming, and initiatives that serve people across our community. Donors see their contributions come to life each time they are in Jones Hall or when watching a concert from their home. Support from the community is the lifeblood of our organization. Be a part of the Houston Symphony family and give the joy of live music!

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Enhance your concert experience as a donor to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund!

Houston Symphony donors enjoy exclusive benefits in appreciation for their generous support. Join one of our donor groups today and you can enjoy these benefits, too! •

Complimentary beverages in the Virtuoso Lounge before concerts and during intermission.

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Drink vouchers and invitations to private rehearsals.

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Conductor’s Circle members ($5,000+) enjoy further benefits like complimentary valet parking, VIP Green Room access, and special insider event invitations.

Supporting the Houston Symphony brings you closer to the music you love.

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