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INSIDE September 2016 Programs The Music of Queen September 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Seth MacFarlane with the Houston Symphony September 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Linda Eder sings Judy Garland September 9, 10, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Opening Night September 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Fiesta Sinfónica September 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mahler Symphony No. 1 September 23, 24, 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Itzhak Perlman joins Andrés and the orchestra on October 22, 2016.

Features

Young composers are the future of orchestral music.

Letter to Patrons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition. . . . . . . 16 Arts Education for All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Upcoming Performances and Broadcasts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Meet Mark Nuccio, principal clarinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Events Jones Hall 50th Anniversary Ball and Concert. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2016 Houston Symphony Ball Retrospective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Young Associates Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Your Houston Symphony Orchestra Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Staff Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Houston Symphony participates in city-wide Arts Access Initiative.

Our Supporters Vision 2025 Implementation Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 New Century Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Sustainability Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Leadership Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Houston Symphony Endowment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Houston Symphony Donors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Education and Community Engagement Donors. . . . . . . . . . 58 Musician Sponsorship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Legacy Society and In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Corporate, Foundation and Government Partners . . . . . . . . 61 2

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LETTER TO PATRONS September 2016

elcome back to Jones Hall for the opening of the Houston Symphony’s 2016–17 performance season. And for those of you who are joining us for the first time since the end of our last subscription season in May, welcome to In Tune magazine! We hope you enjoy the refreshed editorial focus and vibrant creative direction of the new magazine, now produced in-house by the Symphony’s Marketing Communications team. Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada has exciting, ambitious and innovative programming in store for the new season. “As I embark on my third season as Music Director,” says Andrés, “I feel more confident than ever that this orchestra is reaching new artistic heights with an impressive 2016–17 season filled with a stellar group of guest artists, conductors and a wide range of exciting repertoire.” Please join Andrés and the orchestra on this enriching musical journey that begins on Opening Night, September 17, as Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley narrates Prokofiev’s enduring classic, Peter and the Wolf. The Opening Night Concert at Jones Hall and the Gala at The Corinthian are chaired by Ralph Burch and generously supported by ConocoPhillips, the lead corporate supporter of the Opening Night Concert and Gala for 30 consecutive years. Andrés also leads our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Symphony’s 24th annual free Fiesta Sinfónica concert on Sunday, September 18 in Jones Hall. Supported in part by Chevron, the program features Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo, who hails from the Dominican Republic. Also on the program is América Salvaje, a work by acclaimed Peruvian composer Jimmy López, whom the Chicago Sun Times considers “one of the most interesting composers anywhere today.” Next, on September 23-25, in the first Classical subscription program of the season led by Andrés, the orchestra premieres the works of two young composers as part of the first-ever Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition. These impressive compositions will be performed during the first half of the program, followed by Mahler’s titanic Symphony No. 1. To learn more about this inaugural competition and the rigorous selection process, please enjoy this month’s feature story, “The Future of Orchestral Music is Now,” on page 16. And the “firsts” continue next month with the Houston Symphony’s opening presentation of a new speaker series, National Geographic Live. Wildlife photographer Steve Winter joins us in Jones Hall on October 25 to share tails of his adventures with mountain lions in the Hollywood Hills, rhinos in India and jaguars in Brazil. Behind every adventure is an incredible story! For previews of all the speaker programs in the series, please see page 20. Finally, anticipation is growing for next month’s Jones Hall 50th Anniversary Ball and Concert. Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman joins Andrés and the orchestra on October 22 to celebrate the landmark anniversary of the iconic building that launched the city’s leading performing arts organizations. For details and ticket information for both the concert and the gala, please see pages 12-13. Once again, welcome back, and we hope you enjoy all that’s in store for the 2016–17 season of your Houston Symphony.

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ORCHESTRA AndrÃ©s Orozco-Estrada Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair FIRST VIOLIN 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 Anastasia Sukhopara*

DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal David Malone, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner

SECOND VIOLIN Rebecca Reale, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh** Mihaela Frusina Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Lisa Ji Eun Kim Tina Zhang Amy Teare** Evgenia Zharzhavskaya* Jenna Barghouti* Jordan Koransky*

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

Community-Embedded Musicians David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin Anthony Parce, viola Hellen Weberpal, cello 6

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

ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz

VIOLA Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba 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

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

E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand

HARP Megan Conley, Principal

BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair

KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal

BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Micah Doherty*

*Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

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STAFF Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Amanda Dinitz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Danny Granados, Chief Financial Officer Trazanna Moreno, Chief Marketing Officer Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador/Assistant Conductor Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Artistic Advisor Christine Kelly-Weaver, Executive Assistant/Board Liaison

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 will continue 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 will release the third disc in their critically acclaimed Dvořák Symphony series. Additional projects with Dutch recording label Pentatone are recordings of the Music of the Americas, which will include Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Revueltas’ Sensemayá; Rachmaninoff’s complete orchestral piano works with Denis Kozhukhin; and Haydn’s The Creation. 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. Orozco-Estrada 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. 8

Development Liam Bonner, Development Officer, Individual Giving Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund Julie Busch, Development Executive Assistant/Office Services Coordinator Irma M. Carrillo, Development Associate, Gifts and Records Noureen Faizullah, Development Director, Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects Denise Furlough, Manager, Special Events Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Assistant, Institutional Giving Kendall Kessel, Associate Director, Foundation and Government Grants Rachel Klaassen, Development Assistant, Gifts, Records and Planned Giving Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Monica Simon, Director, Special Events Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Rhemé Sloan, Manager, Research and Prospect Management Education and Community Programming Keisha Cassel, Manager, Education Allison Conlan, Associate Director, Education Joshua Dada, Manager, Community Programming Emily Nelson, Education and Community Programming Manager Ragan Rhodes, Education and Community Programming Associate Finance/Administration/IT/HR Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Mateo Lopez, Finance/HR Associate Kay Middleton, Receptionist Meg Philpot, Director, Human Resources Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Joann Tamayo, Human Resources Assistant Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Business Analytics Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects Karen Whitlock, Director of Finance Marketing/Communications Vanessa Astros-Young, Senior Director, Communications Kristen Bennett, PR Coordinator Jeffrey Block, Marketing Manager Lorena Cozzari, Publicist Tricia Cramblet, Publications Designer Leonard DiFranza, Digital Marketing and Design Assistant Calvin Dotsey, Digital Marketing Coordinator Elizabeth Faulkinberry, Front of House Coordinator Brian Glass, Patron Services Coordinator James Grant, Graphic Designer Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez, Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Keith Nickerson, Managing Editor, Publications Sarah Rendón, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Operations/Artistic Shana Bey, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Becky Brown, Director, Operations Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager/Artistic Coordinator Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Hae-a Lee, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lauren Moore, Operations Assistant Kelly Morgan, Stage Manager Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Roxanna Tehrani, Artistic Assistant Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Administrator

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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 Barbara J. Burger C. Howard Pieper Foundation Janet F. Clark Christina & Mark C. Hanson Debbie & Frank Jones Barbara & Pat McCelvey

Planned and Endowment Gifts Robin Angly James Barton

Early Adopters Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow 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 John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Charitable Foundation / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Danielle & Josh Batchelor BBVA Compass Dave & Alie Pruner

New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation The New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation recognizes the Houston Symphony’s most committed and loyal supporters who have pledged their leadership support over a three-year period to help secure the orchestra’s financial future. Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Bobby & Phoebe Tudor The Honorable David H. Dewhurst Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp / Beauchamp Foundation Barbara J. Burger The Hearst Foundation, Inc. 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 Baker Botts L.L.P. Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III / WoodRock & Co. Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Barbara & Pat McCelvey John B. Onstott / Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Wells Fargo

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JONES HALL 50TH ANNIVERSARY BALL AND CONCERT Saturday, October 22, 2016, 7pm Jones Plaza and Jones Hall

A MAD MID-CENTURY CELEBRATION

CO-CHAIRS, JONES HALL 50TH BALL James Postl Alexandra & David Pruner

Join us in celebrating the landmark 50th anniversary of Jones Hall, an iconic building that launched our great city’s leading performing arts organizations.

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CONCERT TICKETS ONLY

Single Tickets: $53–$178 For Concert tickets only, please visit houstonsymphony.org or call 713.224.7575.

BALL, INCLUDING CONCERT TICKETS

Tables for 10: $100,000; $50,000; $25,000 and $15,000 Individual Tickets: $5,000 per couple and $1,500 per individual ticket For Ball and Concert tickets, please contact Patricia Lawson at patricia@JonesHall50th.org or 713.807.1411, ext. 112. For more information about the Jones Hall 50th Ball, please visit joneshall50th.org. 12

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The concert will be followed by a gala dinner and dancing to New York’s timeless Lester Lanin Orchestra under a spacious tent on Jones Plaza. In addition to the Houston Symphony, the Ball will pay tribute to the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera and the Society for the Performing Arts in a program that looks back at these organizations in 1966 and celebrates all they have become today. Guest are encouraged to dress mid-century, in full Mad Men attire: white dinner jackets, white gloves and all!

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Internationally acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to Houston to celebrate the legacy of the Jones family and the Houston Endowment, who gave the Hall to the City of Houston in an act of unparalleled generosity. Itzhak joins the Houston Symphony to perform under the direction of Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

A MAD MID-CENTURY CELEBRATION

CO-CHAIRS James Postl Alexandra & David Pruner

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Featuring SPA recitalist Itzhak Perlman performing with the Houston Symphony, followed by a stunning dinner under a tent at Jones Plaza with dinner by City Kitchen and dancing to the Lester Lanin Band from New York! For more information, please visit joneshall50th.org September 2016 | 13 For Concert tickets only, call 713-224-7575.

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The 2016 Houston Symphony Ball on May 14 was a memorable southern hemisphere spectacular. Nearly 600 guests dressed for the Carnaval-themed festivities and enjoyed salsa dancers, stiltwalkers and a flawless Brazilian atmosphere. Thanks to the phenomenal efforts of chairs Jana and Scotty Arnoldy, the Ball raised nearly $1.5 million, including a silent auction that brought in almost $170,000 5 for the Symphony’s Education and Community Programming. In addition, the Houston Symphony honored some of the most dedicated members of its family. The Symphony presented the Ima Hogg Award for Philanthropy to Sybil Roos, one of its leading ladies. Lindy and John Rydman (of the orchestra’s largest corporate sponsor Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods) were duly honored with the Mike Stude Award for Enduring Artistic Vision.

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1. Steve and Joella Mach with Chairs Jana and Scotty Arnoldy 2. Ping Ni and Gene Chen 3.

Brandon Atkins with honorees Robert Franz, Sybil Roos, Lindy Rydman and John Rydman

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4. Jim and Helen Shaffer 5. Margaret Alkek Williams 6. Sonya Reed, Bebel Gilberto and Judith Vincent 7. 8.

Mary Ann McKeithan, Cheryl Byington and Beth Wolff Candace Lyons, Kari Anderson, Julie Moulas and Jaci Smith

9. Barbara J. Burger 10. Mark Hanson, Christina Hanson, Daniel Paltridge, Stephanie von Stein, Ralph Burch and Nathalie Diamantis 14

PRISCILLA DICKSON, ANTHONY RATHBUN, DAVE ROSSMAN

13 The Symphony’s own Associate Conductor Robert Franz received the Raphael Fliegel Award for Visionary Leadership for his work on behalf of our youngest audiences. During the pre-dinner reception, guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the lobby and perused the silent auction. Auction Chairs Mary Ann and David McKeithan created packages ranging from luxurious trips to a priceless opportunity to sit on stage with the Symphony during a performance at Jones Hall.

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When the dinner chimes rang, guests entered the auditorium by way of a samba line led by Jana and Scotty. The room was masterminded by Richard Flowers of The Events Company, providing the setting for a sophisticated, multi-course dinner by Jackson and Company and a memorable performance by Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto. As they enjoyed select wines from Spec’s Wines, Spirits, and Finer Foods with dinner, guests were entertained by saucy salsa dancers. With entertainment and energy escalating throughout the night, guests hit the dance floor to the tunes of the David Caceres Band. When the clock struck 11pm, worldrenowned DJ Kalkutta hit the stage and the Ball After-Party began, chaired by Valerie and Tracy Dieterich. As the night heated up, the dance floor overflowed 18 onto the stage. Fueled by late-night bites, guests danced the night away.

11. Phoebe and Bobby Tudor 12. Betty and Jesse Tutor 13. Faith and Lee Majors 14. Dancing to the tunes of the David Caceres Band 15. Edward and Rini Ziegler

16. Lisa Rydman and honorees John and Lindy Rydman

17. Cora Sue and Harry Mach 18. Ishwaria and Vivek Subbiah 19. Valerie Dieterich, DJ Kalkutta and Tracy Dieterich 20. Carnaval Fun at the Ball After-Party

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The Future of Orchestral Music is Now The Orchestra Performs Works Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition

Illustration: Tricia Cramblet

by the Winners of the

ave you ever wondered what it takes to be a composer? Picture a blank manuscript page, whether on a computer screen or old-fashioned paper, with endless sets of five lines marching across the page…empty. Now imagine filling that space with notations that define sounds, melodies, harmonies, dissonances and instrumental effects. You must make thousands of decisions: Which instruments play when? How long is a note? How loud should it be played? How many instruments play at the same time? Will this music be fast and driving with spiky harmonies, or will it be lyrical and melodic? Will it use familiar harmonies, or will it explore new sound combinations? Is an instrument even capable of making the music you’ve written for it? Can a musician play that fast or will she end up in a twisted and tortured pile of flesh? Is there a story to the music, or is it a pure exercise in sound? Imagine you are responsible for providing all of this musical information to 90 musicians in an orchestra, and somehow it all has to make sonic sense. Sounds pretty intimidating, right? Now you can begin to imagine the task of a composer writing for an orchestra. Success as a composer definitely requires skill, talent, imagination, a point of view and perseverance. Then there are the factors of opportunity and luck. At least one of these factors— opportunity—is being provided by Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony during the first Classical subscription concerts of this season. Two lucky composers will each have a work performed on the first half of the opening Classical series program on September 23, 24 and 25, 2016. The second half of the program is Mahler’s Symphony No. 1—impressive company for these young composers, if a bit daunting. “I wanted to give a chance to young composers who have been studying and working very hard to have their music performed,” says Andrés. “One of the most important things for composers is to have their music played for as many people as many times as is possible. For the Houston Symphony’s Young Composer Competition, I chose to concentrate on supporting and rewarding the work of composers in three cities that have been very important in my musical life: Medellín, Bogotá and Houston.” Emerging composers from five music schools in these three cities, who are currently studying or have recently completed their studies, were invited to submit scores for consideration. The schools are Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia; Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia; and, in Houston, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. The compositions would be between six and 12 minutes in length and

make use of an orchestra no larger than is being used for Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. The Houston Symphony’s Musical Ambassador/Assistant Conductor Carlos Andrés Botero and Senior Artistic Advisor Aurelie Desmarais combed through the 56 scores submitted by 46 composers. Carlos comments, “We were looking for pieces that are well-composed for the orchestra and have a point of view. As a young composer, you can concentrate so much on technique that the music sounds too academic. You can also be greatly influenced by music of other composers to the point your music sounds like theirs. We wanted to discover a composer who is developing his or her own voice—someone who writes original music with something fresh to say.” From the many scores, Carlos and Aurelie then narrowed the field to a handful of works for Andrés to consider. Two compositions have been selected by Andrés: one by a Colombian composer and one by a composer who studied in Houston. Both composers will attend rehearsals as well as performances of their pieces in September. They will each receive a composition encouragement prize of $5,000 and, if the sheet music of their piece hasn’t been professionally printed, they will receive a full set of orchestra parts. Aurelie, who works closely with the Symphony’s music director to select guest conductors, guest artists and repertoire for the Classical season, believes in the importance of performing music of today. “It’s wonderful to hear music written in this century. That it is influenced by what is happening in today’s culture can be very energizing. More and more, audiences are searching for genuine musical experiences that are relevant to them, whether the music was written in the last decade or 128 years ago, as was Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.” Andrés will speak with both composers during the performances to learn about them and their hopes for the music the audience will hear. Although both pieces have been performed by orchestras, this will be the first time the Houston Symphony and Andrés will turn their artistry to this music. This is all in the hopes of discovering and supporting orchestral repertoire for the future. Perhaps the Houston Symphony is playing the music of the next great composer. After all, even John Adams, Igor Stravinsky and Gustav Mahler were at one time in the position of these young composers. Join us at Jones Hall to venture into the future of orchestral music, courtesy of the winners of the first Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition.

Noteworthy Composers — AT JONES HALL — SEPTEMBER 23, 24, 25, 2016

Join Andrés and the orchestra to celebrate the winners of the first Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition. Andrés will speak with both composers onstage to learn more about them, as well as to gain insight into their works. Also on the program is Mahler’s titanic Symphony No. 1. See page 42 for concert program. September 2016 | 17

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ARTS EDUCATION FOR ALL

HOUSTON SYMPHONY PARTICIPATES IN CITY-WIDE ARTS ACCESS INITIATIVE

by Kristen Bennett

iking in the desert without water is not an ideal situation. Neither is attending school in a cultural desert without access to arts education. In a perfect world, every child would have abundant access to arts resources and education. But in reality, funding is limited in many schools, and arts education is often first to be eliminated from the curriculum. In local cases, Houston’s Arts Access Initiative (AAI) steps in. The initiative is a Houston-specific coalition working to ensure equitable arts access in music, dance, theatre, literary, visual and media arts for every K-8 student in the Houston Independent School District (HISD).

The Houston Symphony places an emphasis on improving education, inclusivity and accessibility for Houstonians of all ages, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. Executive Director/CEO Mark Hanson serves on the steering committee of the Arts Access Initiative and believes joining forces can only produce positive results.

“We are proud to be associated with the Arts Access Initiative because we share the Community-Embedded Musician goal of making art accessible to all children Anthony Parse visits with a student throughout the Houston region,” Mark says. in the classroom. “We are excited to collaborate with AAI and to contribute our artistic and educational resources to this very The coalition uses the collective impact approach, collaborating with important pursuit.” many different actors to help solve the problem of arts education The Houston Symphony’s 2016-17 season is its second working access. The collaborative’s key players are HISD, the City of Houston with AAI, and the Symphony will continue building on last and more than 30 local arts organizations, including the Alley year’s success. “We believe the arts are a birthright,” says Pam Theatre, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming. “The Symphony. In particular, we have partnered with AAI to provide Symphony is committed to continue working with our colleagues pre- and post-concert classroom visits to participating schools’ throughout Houston to ensure all students have access to a grades 4-5 and 6-8. quality arts education.” Before a concert, the Symphony’s Community-Embedded The Houston Symphony thanks our many donors for their generous Musicians (CEMs) prepare students for the orchestra concert support of our Education and Community Engagement activities. experience with discussion and listening activities. At the For a full list of donors, please see page 58. concert, students observe “their” CEM performing onstage with the orchestra. Then, in the post-concert visit, the CEM and students discuss the concert in detail, and the CEM asks students about their reactions to the concert. Students also build new skills through musical exercises led by the CEM. According to Community-Embedded Musician Anthony Parce, one of the most effective aspects of the pre- and post-concert visits is that musicians are in the students’ space, where the students feel comfortable. The approach, Anthony says, makes the students’ concert-going experience more meaningful because of the relationship they’ve built with the musician they see onstage, thus helping to break down the fourth wall, the space that separates a performer or performance from the audience. Recalling a post-concert visit, Anthony describes a group exercise during which the students composed a piece of music and were then tasked with developing a story to accompany it. “One student, who is very shy, told a lengthy, detailed story to go with the music, and his teacher later told me that she had barely even heard him speak before that day. Something about the music and engagement just had him on his feet wanting to participate for the first time.” Studies have long supported the notion that arts education is linked to self-expression and improved behavior, grades and overall performance in school. Data from HISD’s Research and Accountability Department reflect decreased disciplinary actions and incidences of truancy, as well as increased standardized testing scores for those with high arts involvement. Deborah Lugo, AAI director, says one of the most rewarding parts of her job is seeing students’ joy when they discover something new through the arts, something they perhaps might not have been able to experience without the Initiative's work. “Our work together is playing a crucial role in strengthening the overall education of every student and reshaping our community through the arts,” she says.

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Young Associates Council The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council is a lively group of donors, 45 and under, who share a passion for orchestral music. Throughout the season, we gather for phenomenal performances, exclusive behind-the-scenes activities and intimate salon concerts.

And there are plenty of occasions to celebrate with the larger Houston Symphony family: • Opening Night Concert and Gala on Saturday,

September 17, with Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducting Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley • In October, an exclusive party at a private home with an amazing collection of Pop Art and musical selections by Houston Symphony musicians • Looking ahead to 2017, an event celebrating Mike Krajewski’s 17 years as Principal POPS Conductor, a Wine + Music Pairing mixer— and more

We love to have a good time, but more important, we are ambassadors for the Houston Symphony and support its core activities. Annual contributions of $1,500, or $2,500 for premium access, provide opportunities to participate in unique, members-only events and subscriptions to three Young Professional concerts: • Daniil Trifonov—Saturday, November 5, 2016 • Pink Martini Returns—Friday, March 17, 2017 • Gil Shaham—Saturday, May 20, 2017

This season promises to be an exciting one. Mark your calendars for two very special Young Associates Council happenings: • Kick-off event on Thursday, September 22 • Festive holiday party in December

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Join us! We look forward to getting to know you as we share music and fun. To learn more, please contact: Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts molly.simpson@houstonsymphony.org | 713.337.8526 Liam Bonner, Development Officer, Individual Giving liam.bonner@houstonsymphony.org | 713.337.8536

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FEATURED PROGRAM

WE WILL ROCK YOU THE MUSIC OF QUEEN Saturday

September 3, 2016

7:30pm Jones Hall

Brent Havens, conductor Brody Dolyniuk, vocalist George Cintron, guitar and vocalist Justin Avery, keyboards and vocalist Dan Clemens, bass and vocalist Powell Randolph, drums

B. May Tie Your Mother Down F. Mercury Play the Game May-Mercury-Taylor-Deacon I Want It All May-Mercury-Taylor-Deacon These Are the Days of Our Lives Deacon Another One Bites the Dust May-Mercury-Taylor-Deacon-D. Bowie Under Pressure Mercury Killer Queen Mercury My Melancholy Blues May-Mercury-Taylor-Deacon Stone Cold Crazy May-Mercury-Taylor-Deacon The Show Must Go On

I N T E R M I S S I O N May Fat Bottomed Girls Deacon You're My Best Friend May Who Wants To Live Forever? Mercury Crazy Little Thing Called Love May-E. Lamers-F. Musker Too Much Love Will Kill You May Hammer To Fall Mercury Somebody To Love Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody

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Did you know? • “Bohemian Rhapsody” stayed at the top of the UK singles chart for nine weeks after its release in 1975. It is the third best-selling British single of all time, beaten only by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind.” • Queen's collaboration with David Bowie on “Under Pressure” wasn't planned—Bowie just happened to be at the studio while Queen was recording the song. • “Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are the Days of Our Lives” was released as a single upon Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, and the initial proceeds from the single (nearly £1,000,000) were donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust (a charity relating to HIV/AIDS).

The Music of Queen | Program Biographies

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

Brent Havens | conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every kind of television show. His TV work includes movies for ABC, CBS and ABC Family Channel Network; commercials; music for sports networks such as ESPN and even cartoons. Brent has also worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Houston Symphony; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London; the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Fort Worth and Dallas Symphony Orchestras; the Minnesota Orchestra; the Nashville Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and countless others. In 2013, Brent conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic for the Music of Michael Jackson show and returned to Kuala Lumpur with the Music of Led Zeppelin (2014) and the Music of Queen (2015). He recently completed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013, he worked with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock songs into a single four-minute show. Brent is arranger/guest conductor for 13 symphonic rock programs—Music of Led Zeppelin, Music of the Doors, Music of Pink Floyd, Music of the Eagles, Music of Queen, Music of Michael Jackson, Music of The Who, Music of Whitney Houston, Music of The Rolling Stones, Music of U2, Music of Journey, and most recently, Music of Elton John and David Bowie. He also premiered a full orchestral show for Lou Gramm, The Voice of Foreigner, with Lou singing out front.

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Program BIOGRAPHIES Brody Dolyniuk | vocalist Brody Dolyniuk remembers mimicking voices even as a child, listening to old records and tapes. He is a gifted, self-taught musician, capable of playing several instruments, with a particular knack for capturing the voices and mannerisms of classic characters from music, TV and movies. His first professional gigs were at piano bars in several U.S. cities, where he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical repertoire. With a longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, Brody assembled Yellow Brick Road, unquestionably Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band. Since 1997, YBR has been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by bringing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms previously reserved for Top-40-style lounge acts. Along the way, Brody has made numerous radio and TV appearances, earned a spot in the finals of two national singing competitions and

self-produced several large rock production-style shows using multimedia, lasers, comedy and special effects. In 2007, he lent his vocal talents by singing several tracks on the mega-hit video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. He has already done several more for the new Konami game Rock Revolution. Brody joined Windborne Music in 2009 as vocalist for the Music of Queen show and has since performed the lead on Rolling Stones, The Who, U2, Journey and Elton John shows. He is an on-call stand-in for several other shows, including Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. As a devout classic rock fan, Brody’s enthusiasm, vocal ability and onstage energy continue to win over audiences around the globe.

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SETH MacFARLANE with the Houston Symphony Sunday

September 4, 2016

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Seth MacFarlane, vocalist Joel McNeely, conductor Thomas Ranier, piano Dan Higgins, saxophone Dan Fornero, trumpet Sam Schlosser, trombone Charles Berghofer, bass Peter Erskine, drums

Tonight's program will be announced from the stage.

Did you know? • Seth, a skilled pianist, was given voice training by a 90-year-old couple who also trained Frank Sinatra. • According to a Penthouse interview, Seth says he was supposed to be on American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston on 9/11. He apparently was given the wrong departure time by his agent, and when he arrived at the airport, the terminal had been closed. • Seth is lactose-intolerant, loves to play golf and is a supporter of gay rights.

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Program BIOGRAPHIES This performance is generously supported in part by:

Seth MacFarlane | vocalist Seth MacFarlane is a creator, writer, director and singer of some of today’s most popular content, garnering two Emmy awards, four Grammy award nominations and an Academy award nomination for his work in television, music and motion pictures.

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In addition to this debut with the Houston Symphony, he has traveled the world to sing with other renowned orchestras, such as The BBC Proms, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, lending his baritone voice to the hidden gems of the ’40s and ’50s swing era. Seth has released two successful albums, and his third, No One Ever Tells You, debuted at number one on the iTunes jazz charts this past October. He also created the hugely successful television shows Family Guy and American Dad, executive produced the Emmy-winning Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey and Starz’ original show, Blunt Talk. His directorial debut, Ted, is the highest grossing original R-rated comedy, and he has since gone on to write, direct and produce A Million Ways to Die in the West and Ted 2. Next up for Seth is Illumination Entertainment’s animated musical family comedy, Sing, in which MacFarlane voices Mike, a small mouse with a big Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude. The film hits theaters December 21.

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Joel McNeely | conductor Joel McNeely is an Emmy awardwinning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits. He maintains a busy schedule recording, producing, conducting and composing for film, television and concerts.

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OVER THE RAINBOW LINDA EDER sings JUDY GARLAND Friday September 9, 2016 8pm Saturday September 10, 2016 8pm Sunday September 11, 2016 7:30pm

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Billy Jay Stein, piano and music director David Finck, bass Clint de Ganon, drums

A Judy Garland Overture Arr. K. Scharnberg Almost Like Being In Love/This Can’t Be Love Arr. J. Roberts-J. Oddo The Boy Next Door/You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It) A. Jolson-D. Dreyer/B. Olson Me and My Shadow lyrics by Billy Rose F. Wildhorn/Scharnberg Someone Like You from Jekyll and Hyde lyrics by Leslie Bricusse J. Meyer I’d Like to Hate Myself in the Morning Rodgers/N. Riddle-Reineke The Lady Is a Tramp from Babes In Arms Lloyd Webber/Scharnberg Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina from Evita lyrics by Tim Rice Arr. Scharnberg Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart/ The Trolley Song

I N T E R M I S S I O N The Wizard of Oz Symphonic Suite B. Andersson-B. Ulvaeus/ Anthem from Chess Scharnberg lyrics by Tim Rice Weill/B. Olson It Never Was You from Knickerbocker Holiday lyrics by Maxwell Anderson J. Schwartz/Scharnberg Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody lyrics by Sam Lewis-Joe Young Gershwin/D. Rose Overture to Girl Crazy Arr. Roberts I’m Always Chasing Rainbows/Over the Rainbow Wildhorn/Roberts-Scharnberg Vienna lyrics by Gary Benson M. Leigh/Roberts Man of La Mancha from Man of La Mancha lyrics by Joe Darion

Arlen-H. Stothart/F. Barton

Did you know? • TrailMIX, Linda’s prime-time Animal Planet special about singers with a passion for horses, was a natural extension of her love for animals and featured her interviewing fellow recording artists and performers Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, Rob Thomas and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry. • Linda appeared on VH1’s The RuPaul Show in 1996.

Linda Eder sings Judy Garland | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES These performances are generously supported in part by: Underwriter Margaret Alkek Williams Supporter Vicky & Michael Richker Benefactor Michael J. Shawiak

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

Linda Eder | vocalist Showcasing one of the greatest voices of our time, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. Concertgoers are amazed at the ease with which she moves back and forth from one genre to another. Born in Tucson, Arizona and raised in Brainerd, Minnesota, Linda began her career after high school singing around her home state. It was her appearance on the 1987 season of Star Search, during which she won an unprecedented 12 straight weeks, which attracted the attention of audiences and record companies alike. She launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a niche as America’s most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop, standard and theatrical genres. Two more solo albums preceded the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde in 1997. Starring as Lucy, Linda blew the roof off New York City’s Plymouth Theatre eight times a week as she belted out her signature songs “Someone Like You” and “A New Life.” Her Broadway debut, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination, sent her already rapidly rising star blazing across the sky securing her a spot as one of America’s most beloved singers. Today, her discography includes 16 solo albums and numerous musical recordings. They highlight her abundant vocal gifts and her dramatic interpretations of mostly familiar songs while making them her own. In 2008, she stepped outside the box to record The Other Side of Me, a country pop blend of contemporary music, which included a song written by Linda. In 2010, she and Clay Aiken covered Roy Orbison’s “Crying” as a duet on Aiken’s album, Tried & True. In 2013, Linda established her own record company, Tressamail, Inc., and released her first recording on the label, Christmas Where You Are. It featured a unique twist on the classic, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” which she recorded with her teenage son, Jake. She has since released LindaLIVE and Retro Volume 1. While she has appeared on numerous television specials, the concert stage remains her career mainstay as she performs for sold-out crowds across this country and Europe. Linda Eder is happiest on stage spreading the joy she exudes.

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Steven Reineke | conductor Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. Steven is the Houston Symphony’s Principal POPS Conductor Designate, music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and principal pops conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the posts of principal pops conductor of the Long Beach Symphony and Modesto Symphony Orchestra and associate conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has been on the podium with the Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. His extensive North American conducting appearances include San Francisco, Seattle, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Detroit, Milwaukee and Calgary.

On stage, Steven has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from Hip Hop, Broadway, television and rock, including: Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton and Ben Folds, among others. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops 22 Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide. A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.

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Classical Series Kick Off a New Season of Houston Symphony Radio Broadcasts

SEPTEMBER 29, OCTOBER 1, 2, 2016

HAYDN’S THE CREATION

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Nicole Heaston, soprano Toby Spence, tenor Peter Rose, bass Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Haydn: The Creation

It’s time to say farewell to summer and welcome the new performance season!

OCTOBER 28, 29, 30, 2016

Then we feature the annual Season Preview show where Aurelie Desmarais, Houston Symphony Senior Artistic Advisor, joins us as a special guest to highlight the upcoming Jones Hall season.

This month’s Houston Symphony broadcasts include a concert from this past June, featuring 2016 Ima Hogg Competition second place winner, Christine J. Lee. The gifted Juilliard graduate performs the piece that won her the Silver Medal under the baton of Yaniv Dinur in his Houston Symphony debut.

KAVAKOS PLAYS & CONDUCTS Leonidas Kavakos, violin and leader Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz Brahms: Symphony No. 4

The month comes to an exciting close with recently recorded concerts, featuring the new horn concerto by Oscar-winning composer James Horner, as well as timeless favorites like Boléro and Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Grammy-nominated Caroline Goulding. Tune in!

Leonidas Kavakos violin and leader

SEPTEMBER 2016 BROADCAST SCHEDULE ALL BROADCASTS AIR AT 8PM

Daniil Trifonov piano

NOVEMBER 3, 5, 6, 2016

TRIFONOV PLUS RACHMANINOFF Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Schumann: Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 NOVEMBER 25, 26, 27, 2016

A MOZART THANKSGIVING Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 DECEMBER 15*, 16, 17, 18, 2016

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Stephen Stubbs, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Handel: Messiah * The December 15 performance is part of the Sugar Land Series at Sugar Land Baptist Church.

MARCO BORGGREVE

DARIO ACOSTA / DG

September 4 News 88.7 September 7 Classical RECORDED:

June 25, 2016 (Miller)

Yaniv Dinur, conductor Christine J. Lee, cello (2016 Ima Hogg Competition Silver Medalist) Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

September 11 News 88.7 September 14 Classical

A preview program of the Houston Symphony’s 2016-2017 season, featuring interviews, insights and musical selections to highlight the upcoming season at Jones Hall

September 18 News 88.7 September 21 Classical

Michael Francis, conductor David Pyatt, horn William VerMeulen, horn Richard Watkins, horn Robert Johnson, horn Korngold: Overture to The Sea Hawk J. Horner: Collage, A Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra (North American premiere) Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

RECORDED:

March 31, April 2, 3, 2016

September 25 News 88.7 September 28 Classical RECORDED:

April 8-10, 2016

Fabien Gabel, conductor Caroline Goulding, violin Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26 Poulenc: Suite from Les animaux modèles Ravel: Boléro September 2016 | 31

FEATURED PROGRAM

OPENING NIGHT with SIR BEN KINGSLEY Saturday September 17, 2016 7:30pm

Jones Hall

AndrĂŠs Orozco-Estrada, conductor *Sir Ben Kingsley, narrator *Houston Symphony debut

Rossini Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67 R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Opus 59

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Did you know? â&#x20AC;˘ Sir Ben made his London stage debut in 1966 as the narrator of "A Smashing Day," produced by The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein. He wrote the music for the production as well as sang and played guitar. After one performance, John Lennon and Ringo Starr came backstage and told him that he should go into music and that if he didn't, he would regret it for the rest of his life. He was subsequently offered a deal by the same publishers who handled The Beatles, but he chose to remain an actor. The next year, he was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, and his choice was made.

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Corporate Sponsor & Lead Corporate Gala Underwriter Opening Night Gala Ralph Burch, Chair Lisa & Ryan Lance, Honorary Chairs Robin Angly & Miles Smith, Underwriting Chairs Celebrating the 30th anniversary of ConocoPhillip’s support as the Opening Night Concert Sponsor and Opening Night Gala Lead Corporate Underwriter. The Opening Night Gala has also received leadership support from: ConocoPhillips Margaret Alkek Williams Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Janet F. Clark Jackson and Company Cora Sue & Harry Mach/Joella & Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Paper City Magazine Phoebe & Bobby Tudor Accenture Cameron Management Chevron Kirkland & Ellis LLP Barbara & Ulyesse LeGrange/Carol Lee & Ken Robertson Norton Rose Fulbright United Airlines—Official Airline of the Houston Symphony Judith Vincent Vinson & Elkins LLP Robin Angly & Miles Smith Baker Botts L.L.P. Bank of America BB&T/Courtney & Bill Toomey Alex & Astley Blair Lockton Companies LLC/Almira & Allen Gelwick Nancy & Robert Peiser Alie & Dave Pruner Sybil F. Roos Nancy & David Tai Betty & Jesse B. Tutor List is current as of August 24,2016

Flowers on stage are generously underwritten by Bergner & Johnson Design. 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.

OUR THANKS

ConocoPhillips has been a proud supporter of the Houston Symphony for more than four decades. In addition, this month marks the 30th anniversary of ConocoPhillips’ sponsorship of the Opening Night Concert. As one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, ConocoPhillips is proud to support its hometown’s cultural arts. The company supports the Houston Symphony’s efforts in promoting music education, cultural awareness and Houston’s vibrant arts community. September 2016 | 33

Program BIOGRAPHY Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor

Please see Andrés Orozco-Estrada's biography on page 8.

Sir Ben Kingsley | narrator After earning an Academy Award, two Golden Globe awards, and two BAFTA awards for his riveting portrayal of Indian social leader Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Ben Kingsley has continued to bring unequaled detail and nuance to each role he portrays, remaining a coveted and ubiquitous talent. Steeped in British theatre, he marked the beginning of his professional acting career with his acceptance into the Royal Shakespeare Company in l967. He performed in the RSC’s productions A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Julius Caesar and—playing the title roles—Othello and Hamlet, among others. Over the years, his diverse theatrical portfolio has also encompassed stagings of The Country Wife, The Cherry Orchard, A Betrothal and Waiting for Godot. Sir Ben’s film career began in l972 with the thriller Fear is the Key, directed by Michael Tuchner, but his first major role came a decade later in Gandhi, directed by Lord Richard Attenborough; in addition to his Best Actor Oscar, the epic won seven other Academy awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Eleven years later, he would star in another Academy award winner for Best Picture and Best Director, Steven Spielberg’s unforgettable Schindler’s List, for which his performance as Itzhak Stern brought him a BAFTA Award nomination. He was again an Academy award nominee for his portrayals in Barry Levinson’s Bugsy, Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast and Vadim Perelman’s House of Sand and Fog. Among his many other feature films are David Hugh Jones’ Betrayal, adapted by Harold Pinter from the latter’s play; John Irvin’s Turtle Diary, again from a script by Pinter; Thom Eberhardt’s Without a Clue, as Dr. Watson to Michael Caine’s Sherlock Holmes; Ivan Reitman’s Dave; Steven Zaillian’s Searching for Bobby Fischer; Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and, as Fagin, Oliver Twist; Jonathan Levine’s The Wackness, which won the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; Isabel Coixet’s Elegy, for which he received a London Critics Circle Film award nomination; Prince of Persia with Jake Gyllenhaal; Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and Hugo, portraying cinema pioneer Georges Méliès in the latter film which won five Academy awards; Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator; Gavin Hood’s Ender’s Game; Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings; Shawn Levy’s Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb; The Boxtrolls, Oscar nominated for Best Animated Feature Film and for which he won the Annie award (the animation community’s Oscars equivalent) for Outstanding

Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production; and Learning to Drive, reteaming him with his Elegy director Coixet and costar Patricia Clarkson. In 2013, he starred in his first $1 billion-grossing movie, Shane Black’s Iron Man 3, as The Mandarin. Returning to the Marvel universe, he expanded upon the unique characterization in the short film All Hail the King, written and directed by Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce. He also starred in another recent box office blockbuster, Disney’s The Jungle Book, where he lent his voice as Bagheera which grossed close to $1 billion internationally. Sir Ben most recently completed production on Eran Creevy’s Collide with Anthony Hopkins; Backstabbing for Beginners opposite Theo James; An Ordinary Man directed by Brad Silberling and War Machine opposite Brad Pitt. His notable television work includes Phyllis Nagy’s telefilm Mrs. Harris, for which he was an Emmy Award nominee; Brian Gibson’s telefilm Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, in which Sir Ben portrayed the real-life hero and for which he received an Emmy award nomination; John Schlesinger’s telefilm The Tale of Sweeney Todd, for which his performance in the title role earned him a Screen Actors Guild award nomination; Anne Frank: The Whole Story, directed by Robert Dornhelm, which won the Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. His portrayal of Anne Frank’s father Otto Frank brought him a Screen Actors Guild award; and most recently, the Spike event television series Tut, where he portrayed Grand Vizier Ay opposite Avan Jogia as King Tutankhamun, in which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award. In 1984, he was awarded the Padma Shri by Indira Gandhi and the government of India. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year’s Eve Honors List 2001. Sir Ben was honored in 2014 by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with its National Leadership Award, recognizing his exceptional contributions to keeping Holocaust memory alive.

Opening Night | Program Biographies & Notes

Program NOTES Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

The story sounds farfetched, but historians say it’s true. A young French woman was convicted of theft and executed, but her name was posthumously cleared by the discovery that the culprit was a bird: a magpie, one of the animal kingdom’s most intelligent creatures. Naturally, writers couldn’t resist capitalizing on the saga. A melodrama based on it became a theatrical hit in 1915 Paris, and the tale then became operatic fodder for Gioachino Rossini. Rossini’s tuneful and dramatic The Thieving Magpie gave the story a happy ending, with villagers identifying the avian crook just in time to save the heroine’s life. The French novelist Stendhal, who attended the premiere, wrote that the opera enjoyed “one of the most glittering, the most single-minded triumphs I have ever witnessed.” The excitement began with the overture. The first-night crowd began chattering with delight as soon as the nine-minute curtain-raiser ended, according to Stendhal, and Rossini told his parents that audiences were “intoxicated” by its opening salvo: a pair of snare drums ringing out from opposite sides of the theater. Despite the first-night acclaim, La gazza ladra has long since faded from view. But its rousing overture has kept the opera’s name alive. The first drum-roll is one of the simplest yet most attentiongetting openings in classical music. After a second percussionist joins in, their crashing drumbeats help propel a ringing military march—perhaps a hint about the opera’s opening scene, in which the heroine’s sweetheart comes home from the army. Another resounding drum-roll heralds a change of tone. For a few moments, the overture hints at the danger the opera’s heroine will face: Rossini brings in a rushing, tense motif from her scene in jail. But the music brightens as the minor key gives way to major, and after a little orchestral muscle-flexing, instrumental crossplay makes the music even breezier. Lilting woodwinds square off against scurrying violins, and quiet horn calls face a new violin retort. Rossini cranks that up into one of his trademark crescendos, and momentum propels the overture to its ringing, rowdy finish. The Houston Symphony will revisit the lively world of Italian opera in April, performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Un giorno di regna. The Instruments: flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion and strings

Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

When Sergei Prokofiev took his two young sons to a children’s theater in Moscow, he was acting simply as a father. Nevertheless, word of the celebrated composer’s presence spread backstage, making the intimidated performers miss cues and commit other flubs. When the theater’s director greeted the family afterward, Prokofiev’s curt manner convinced her that he had hated the show. Actually, that was just his demeanor. The family soon returned to the theater, and as the director watched Prokofiev during the performance, she noticed that he laughed and reacted more eagerly than any of the children. After yet another visit, she got up the nerve to ask: Would he consider composing a work for her group? Prokofiev seized on the idea. “We should not be afraid of the most elementary childish fantasy,” he said. “The most important thing is to find a common language with the children.” In two weeks, he turned out the text and music of Peter and the Wolf, the story of an intrepid boy who helps his animal friends outfox a predator from the forest. Though a narrator recounts the events, the orchestra brings the tale to life. Each character has a musical alter ego. A jaunty theme in the strings represents Peter. Among his animal pals, a flute’s tweets and chirps embody the bird, a clarinet’s soft tread describes the cat and an oboe’s lilting melody portrays the duck. The ungainly motion of a bassoon describes Peter’s worrywart grandfather. And from the moment three French horns spring into action as the wolf, their snarls show that he intends to cause trouble. As Peter and friends confront the intruder, Prokofiev transforms their musical equivalents, sketching the action in quick, deft brushstrokes. When the wolf prepares to attack, rumbling strings redouble the horns’ ferocity. The flute’s swirls describe the bird’s attempt to distract the attacker. When Peter and his pals realize they’ve defeated their nemesis, his tune turns into a breezy dance of celebration—and then changes into a triumphal march as they parade through the village with the captive wolf. The music’s directness and charm speak to listeners of all ages. The Houston Symphony showcases the splashier storytelling of Igor Stravinsky’s Petrouchka next spring. The Instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussion and strings Continued on next page

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Program NOTES , continued Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Opus 59 Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Richard Strauss needed a change. He had shaken the opera world with a pair of cataclysmic dramas: Salome, tale of a lustridden Biblical princess, and Elektra, story of a revenge-crazed mythological princess. The situation called for “a Mozart opera,” Strauss said. His collaborator, Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal, took him at his word. Choosing the Vienna of Mozart’s day as the setting, they created Der Rosenkavalier—a comedy-romance unfolding in a flood of opulent, boisterous, lilting music. The curtain rises on a Viennese noblewoman and her younger paramour, who have just spent the night together. By the final scene, he has fallen in love with a girl his own age and helped her dodge an arranged marriage. The older woman, who believes in taking life’s delights and setbacks gracefully, steps aside. The Rosenkavalier suite offers a juicy sampling of the score. The French horns spring into action with a flourish, and the orchestra bounds in alongside them in the opera’s introduction—the first taste of Rosenkavalier’s exuberance and ardor. Then the strings’ warmth helps evoke the coziness that links the Marschallin, the

opera’s heroine, and young Octavian. Another burst of energy sets up the luminous music of the Presentation of the Rose, the scene in which Octavian meets and begins falling for the already engaged Sophie. With solo winds standing in at times for the singers, the orchestra’s flights of lyricism conjure up the young pair’s first rush of love. A crash of dissonance heralds a turn to Sophie’s fiancé, the skirtchasing Baron Ochs. The orchestra weaves together the lusty, lilting waltzes that accompany his attempt to seduce a servant girl who, to his horror, turns out to be Octavian in disguise. And the suite climaxes with the opera’s most powerful outpouring: the soaring trio in which the voices of the Marschallin, Octavian and Sophie well up with the emotions their transformed relationships have set off. After a taste of Octavian and Sophie’s mellifluous love duet, the orchestra flings out one last waltz. The Houston Symphony has more of Strauss’ splashiness in store for January, when it performs his tone poem Don Juan. The Instruments. 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (1 doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, celesta and strings —Steven Brown

There’s Your Typical Thanksgiving Weekend. Or, Your Mozart One. AN ALL-MOZART PROGRAM: Piano Concerto No. 24 • Symphony No. 38, Prague • Piano Concerto No. 21 The Houston Symphony’s Thanksgiving weekend features 2 stunning piano concertos and a symphony—all by the brilliant composer. Featured Program:

A MOZART THANKSGIVING November 25, 26, 27, 2016 Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 Jeffrey Kahane “has always been a superb pianist.” —The New York Times 36

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OPENING NIGHT for the ANTHONY RATHBU

30TH YEAR

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Ryan & Lisa Lance

Chair, Opening Night Deputy General Counsel, ConocoPhillips

In the Houston Symphony’s remarkable and loyal family of donors, few corporate partners have a relationship with the Symphony deeper than that of ConocoPhillips. A sponsor of the orchestra for more than four decades and a $2.5 million lifetime donor, this Houston-based company has ensured that generations of patrons have begun each Houston Symphony season with fanfare and great music. This month, the Houston Symphony and ConocoPhillips celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary as Opening Night Concert Sponsor and Opening Night Gala Lead Corporate Underwriter. We’re thrilled the chair of this Opening Night is one of the Houston Symphony’s own Board members, ConocoPhillips’ Deputy General Counsel, International and Corporate Security Ralph Burch. Ralph serves as a Governing Director of the Board, a member of the Popular Programming Committee and Co-Chair of the Business Council. He has been with ConocoPhillips since 2000, serving as

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Deputy General Counsel since 2010. Ralph is a member of the Texas Bar Association and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Houston Grand Opera. It’s also fitting that, as we celebrate this 30-year partnership, ConocoPhillips Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance and his wife, Lisa, are Honorary Chairs of the 2016 Opening Night Concert and Gala. ConocoPhillips’ support of Opening Night directly benefits the Symphony’s innovative and rapidly expanding education and community programming—and the company has also supported the Symphony’s general operations, the Houston Symphony Endowment and more. In addition, the Symphony has a decades-long tradition of performing annual holiday concerts for ConocoPhillips employees and families. We thank everyone at ConocoPhillips for their decades of support for the Houston Symphony and the arts in Houston!

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FEATURED PROGRAM

CORAZÓN LATINO FIESTA SINFÓNICA Sunday

September 18, 2016 6pm

Jones Hall

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor *Michel Camilo, piano *Houston Symphony debut

Bernstein/ M. Peress

Overture to West Side Story Gershwin/ F. Grofé Rhapsody in Blue I N T E R M I S S I O N

J. López

América Salvaje

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Ginastera Danzas del Ballet Estancia, Opus 8a ca. 12 I Los trabajadores agrícolas (The Land Workers): Tempo giusto II Danza del trigo (Wheat Dance): Tranquillo III Los peones de hacienda (The Cattlemen): Mosso e rúvido IV Danza final (Malambo): Allegro

Did you know? • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, today’s concert marks the 24th annual free Fiesta Sinfónica performance of the Houston Symphony. • Last month in Germany, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Michel Camilo performed Rhapsody in Blue with the Frankfort Radio Symphony Orchestra in an open air concert. Also on the program was composer Jimmy López’ América Salvaje.

Fiesta Sinfónica | Program Biographies

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Program BIOGRAPHIES Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor

Please see Andrés Orozco-Estrada's biography on page 8.

Michel Camilo | piano Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Michel Camilo studied at the National Conservatory earning a Professorship in Music degree, and at 16, became a member of his country’s National Symphony Orchestra. Michel moved to New York in 1979 and continued his studies at Mannes School of Music and The Juilliard School. Since his 1985 Carnegie Hall debut, he has become a prominent figure performing regularly throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He moves with ease between jazz, Latin, world beat and classical music. His 21 recordings have been recognized with Grammy and Emmy awards, three Latin Grammy awards, two Grammy nominations and two Premios de la Música (Spain). Michel’s career highlights are many, including appointments as jazz creative director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, musical director of the Dominican Republic’s Heineken Jazz Fest and jury president at the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition. He participated in the 55th anniversary celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival.

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He was featured in the award-winning Latin Jazz documentary Calle 54, was named JazzWeek Artist of the Year and voted among the Top 10 Jazz Pianists of the Year by DownBeat magazine. He was named the Herb Alpert Professorship at Berklee College of Music, received Meet the Composer and NYSCA composition grants, served as co-artistic director of the first Latin-Caribbean Music Festival at The Kennedy Center performing the world premiere of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, and saw the premiere of his Rhapsody for Two Pianos and Orchestra performed by Katia and Marielle Labèque at the Royal Festival Hall. In 2009, he performed the world premiere of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, Tenerife, as guest soloist with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Michel received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña and UTESA University of Santiago, as well as an honorary professorship and doctorate from his alma mater, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. The Dominican government awarded him its highest civilian honors: the Silver Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella; a Cultural Personality award; and Knight of the Heraldic Order of Christopher Columbus. Please visit michelcamilo.com.

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Program BIOGRAPHIES Jimmy López | composer Award-winning composer Jimmy López (1978–) is considered “one of the most interesting composers anywhere today” (Chicago Sun-Times). His works have been performed by leading orchestras around the world, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony and Radio France Philharmonic, as well as the National Symphony Orchestras of Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina. Other engagements include Carnegie Hall; Germany’s Darmstadt and Donaueschingen music festivals; the Aspen, Tanglewood and Grant Park music festivals; and the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Fiesta!, one of his most famous works, has received more than 70 performances worldwide by the major orchestras of Sydney, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Leipzig, The Hague, Seattle, Colorado and Spokane, among others.

Among his recent works are Perú Negro, Lord of the Air and Bel Canto, a full-length opera commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago as part of the Renée Fleming initiative, based on the bestselling novel of the same name. It premiered to critical acclaim on December 7, 2015. His first symphony, Los Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, will premiere in Madrid on September 30, 2016, performed by the National Orchestra of Spain under the baton of David Afkham. It will be later performed in Mexico during the 2016 Festival Internacional Cervantino. Jimmy has received numerous prestigious awards, including the 2014 Antara Award in recognition of his outstanding career, given by the Lima Contemporary Music Festival in Peru; the 2013 Prince Prize from the Prince Charitable Trusts; and the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the 2008 Darmstadt Festival of Contemporary Music. A native of Lima, he studied at the city’s National Conservatory of Music with Enrique Iturriaga prior to graduating from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with a Master of Music degree. He completed his Ph.D. in Music at the University of California, Berkeley. Jimmy López is published by Filarmonika Music Publishing. Please visit jimmylopez.com.

Program NOTES Overture to West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Arr. Maurice Peress (1930- )

If Leonard Bernstein and his collaborators had stuck with their original plan, West Side Story wouldn’t exist. They would have created East Side Story instead. When choreographer Jerome Robbins first proposed transplanting Romeo and Juliet to contemporary New York City, he intended for the young lovers to be divided by religion, rather than family hatred as in Shakespeare. The modern-day Juliet would have been a Jewish girl from the Lower East Side; her sweetheart, an Irish-American Catholic. But real-life gang warfare in 1950s America gave the theatrical team another idea: If one of the sweethearts were Puerto Rican, ripped-from-the-headlines urban tensions would increase the show’s resonance. The concept clicked with Bernstein when he saw a newspaper report about Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles. “I hear rhythms and pulses,” he wrote in his journal, evidently sensing that Latin music and dance could help animate the show. Bernstein and company changed the setting to a Puerto Rican neighborhood on New York’s West Side, and the dynamism of the mambo and jazz helped propel West Side Story into theatrical history. That vitality also powers the overture arranged by Maurice Peress, a onetime assistant of Bernstein’s who went on to conduct the world premiere of Bernstein’s Mass. The overture begins with the agitation and bite of “The Jets are gonna have their way,” the ensemble the gang members sing as they rev up for their first confrontation. Maintaining the energy but transforming the 40

mood, the violins launch into the show’s most magnetic number, “Tonight,” whose surging melody embodies the young-love excitement of Tony and Maria, West Side Story’s incarnation of Romeo and Juliet. The warmth and lyricism of “Somewhere”—West Side Story’s hymn to hope—offer a respite from the violence that propels much of the story. Then the orchestra cuts loose with the “Mambo,” the most explosive of the dances from the Act 1 scene in which the Sharks and Jets warily share a party in the gym. The orchestra members do double duty when Bernstein calls on them to punctuate the music by shouting, “Mambo!” Another powerful offshoot of the the show is in store for February, when the Houston Symphony plays Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. The Instruments: 2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 2 clarinets (1 doubling E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, guitar and strings

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin (1898-1937) Orchestrated Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) George Gershwin had his hands full. Among other things, he had to shepherd one of his first Broadway shows through rehearsals. Nevertheless, when dance-band king Paul Whiteman asked him to compose a jazz-style piano concerto, Gershwin agreed. The piece began coalescing as he traveled to the stage show’s Boston tryout. “It was on the train, with its steely rhythms,

Fiesta Sinfónica | Program Notes

Program NOTES , continued its rattle-ty-bang that is often so stimulating to a composer,” Gershwin said. As he rode, he envisioned the work’s start-tofinish layout, “a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America—of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our blues, our metropolitan madness.” But the show’s needs distracted him until one night when he and the show’s lyricist were relaxing with a game of pool. Gershwin’s brother Ira, reading a newspaper nearby, spotted a report about a Whiteman concert featuring the new concerto’s premiere—little more than a month away. Surprise! Gershwin got busy, and after about three weeks’ work, the Rhapsody in Blue was essentially complete. Whiteman’s clarinetist helped Gershwin devise the work’s opening salvo: a solo-clarinet flourish that climaxes in a long, wailing slide up to the opening theme’s first note. That free-wheeling spirit runs through the entire piece, with its catchy themes, zesty piano solos and rowdy interplay. In his wideranging Gershwin biography, the University of Houston’s Howard Pollack notes that some scholars think the Rhapsody condenses the form of a four-movement symphony into one continuous span. The first, longest section is dynamic and multifaceted. The zippy second part, including a flashy trumpet theme and a bouncy cello tune, parallels a symphony’s scherzo. The broad, rich melody sung out by the strings opens the Rhapsody’s equivalent of a slow movement. And a rapid-fire piano solo launches the dashing finale. Another key to the Rhapsody’s richness: It grows mainly from themes that are lively and memorable but open-ended. They come to life as Gershwin spins them out—building on their energy, adding crossplay, changing their colors or transforming their moods. For instance, the clarinet theme that gives the Rhapsody such a smartalecky opening becomes a triumphant declaration at the end. Gershwin’s Jazz Age spirit returns in January, when the Houston Symphony plays An American in Paris. The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, banjo and strings

América Salvaje

Jimmy López (1978–) Composer’s Note. This composition originated as a commission from the Minister of Education of Peru, Javier Sota Nadal, on the occasion of the inauguration of the National Library in March 2006. I was convinced that the occasion called for the use of a musical genre with strong links to literature, thus I decided to base my piece upon the poem “Blasón” by José Santos Chocano. The result is a symphonic poem that aims at reflecting Peru’s multicultural roots with the same clarity and strength as the original text. América Salvaje travels across several sonic landscapes of diverse origin in which Andean and European instruments are used. Each section surpasses the previous one in energy and so the whole piece constitutes a permanent crescendo whose culmination is only achieved in the very last section. This piece in which millenary Andean instruments, contemporary techniques, Afro-Peruvian folklore and modal/ tonal harmonies converge, is an ambitious attempt to reflect the richness and complexity of Peruvian musical heritage. The first sound in the piece is produced by the pututo, an Andean ceremonial instrument that was used to summon the people to events of great relevance, and, generally, of ritual character. In

the same way, the pututos are used here to summon the people to an event of historic importance, the opening of an essential cultural institution, the National Library of Peru. This piece was premiered on March 27, 2006, by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer himself. Among those present were Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru; Javier Sota Nadal, Minister of Education, and Sinesio López, Director of the National Library. —Jimmy López The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano and strings (woodwinds double ocarinas and wind whistles; brass double pututos)

Danzas del Ballet Estancia, Opus 8a Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Alberto Ginastera grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as it was blossoming into one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities. Yet the neighboring prairie—the pampa—cast a spell over him. “Whenever I have crossed the pampa or have lived in it for a time, my spirit felt itself inundated by changing impressions, now joyful, now melancholy … produced by its limitless immensity and by the transformation that the countryside undergoes in the course of a day,” he explained. Those visions helped inspire his ballet Estancia. Depicting a day of toil and romance on a ranch—estancia in Spanish—the ballet celebrates the gaucho, the iconic ranch hand of the pampas. Folk-dance dynamism drives the music, and Ginastera enhances the homegrown flavor with narration drawn from a cornerstone of Argentine literature: José Hernández’ Martín Fierro, an epic depiction of the gaucho’s life. The orchestral suite, which Ginastera assembled when World War II delayed the ballet’s premiere, features four colorful sections. Estancia begins at dawn, and “The Land Workers” describes the ranch bursting to life. “Scarcely had the horizon begun to take color, the birds to sing and the hens to cluck, when it was time to get moving, everyone off to work,” the narration says. The music crackles with bold rhythms, staccato themes and vivid colors, and Ginastera plays off the flashy opening against a light, chattering woodwind motif. Stillness reigns in “Wheat Dance,” which precedes “The Land Workers” in the ballet. A lilting flute melody sets the scene, with plucked strings suggesting the gentle strumming of a guitar; soaring violins take over, gleaming like dawn’s first light. Pounding drums and lusty French horns conjure up the vigor of “The Cattlemen.” And the “Final Dance” is the most riveting sequence of all. It grows from the malambo, a folk dance traditionally performed by men to show off their agility. Sparkling woodwinds and buoyant rhythms animate the opening, and the excitement ratchets up when the full orchestra cuts loose with a bounding dance that could be the Latin American cousin of an Irish jig. Accented by French horn whoops and piccolo shrieks, the music drives headlong to its close. The Houston Symphony will dip into Argentine culture again in February, performing Astor Piazzolla’s soulful Tangazo. The Instruments: 1 flute (doubling piccolo), 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion and strings —Steven Brown September 2016 | 41

FEATURED PROGRAM

NOTEWORTHY COMPOSERS MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 1 Friday September 23, 2016 Saturday September 24, 2016 Sunday September 25, 2016

8pm 8pm 2:30pm

Jones Hall

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

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? Compositions by the winners of the Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition

I N T E R M I S S I O N Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major (The Titan) I Langsam, Schleppend—Im Anfang sehr gemächlich II Kräftig bewegt III Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen— IV Stürmisch bewegt

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Did you know? • Forty-six composers submitted 56 works to ultimately be considered by Music Director Andrés Orozco Estrada in the first Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition. To learn more about the competition and the judging process, please see the feature article on page 16. • Twentieth-century composers who admired and were influenced by Mahler’s compositions include Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten.

Mahler Symphony No. 1 | Program Biography

SHELL FAVORITE MASTERS SERIES

These performances are generously supported in part by: “Campaign for a Sound Future” fund for new works in honor of Winifred Safford Wallace. The Houston Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence and commissioning initiatives are supported in part by Robin Angly and Miles Smith. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation's 50th anniversary in 2015. Enhancements to the Jones Hall recording suite generously provided by Silver Circle Audio. 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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Shell Oil Company, a longtime leadership contributor to the Houston Symphony, underwrites the Houston Symphony’s Favorite Masters Series of classical subscription concerts as part of the company’s continuing commitment to the communities it serves. Since it was founded, Shell Oil Company has invested more than $1 billion in charitable, cultural and educational organizations throughout Houston and the United States. Shell’s support of culture and the arts encompasses a wide range of symphony, opera and theater groups, as well as visual arts and science museums. In recognition of its broad range of award-winning support, the Houston Symphony salutes Shell Oil Company and applauds its support of the Symphony and other arts and culture institutions.

Program BIOGRAPHY Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor

Please see Andrés Orozco-Estrada's biography on page 8.

Winners of the Houston Symphony Young Composer Competition | composers

Please see the program insert for bios and composers' notes.

Program NOTES Symphony No. 1 in D major (The Titan) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

The young Gustav Mahler was a staff-conductor workhorse in opera houses. During one season in Germany, he led 214 performances, yet still found time to compose and fall in love with a married woman. Then Mahler’s boss noticed him shirking his duties. “Trilogy of passion and whirlwind of life!” Mahler wrote a friend. “Just give me a little longer! Then you shall hear all!” Mahler was stealing time to create his Symphony No. 1. Premiered in 1889, this cataclysmic work bewildered most everyone. Mahler drew ingredients from far outside the symphonic realm. This whirlwind of life sweeps up sounds from Mahler’s childhood, especially those of the military band in his Czech village and the folk musicians who played in his father’s tavern. Mahler quotes his own Songs of a Wayfarer, portrait of a youth agonizing over lost love—a plight he knew well. The symphony begins by evoking Mahler’s lifelong fount of inspiration. “Like the sound of nature,” he instructs on the first page. Motifs that will drive the symphony begin stirring, and a clarinet’s cuckoo-call leads into the Wayfarer theme that dominates the first movement. In the songs, the theme describes the woebegone youth taking solace in nature, and its jauntiness gets the message across here. Turbulence intrudes, but jubilant fanfares win out—for now. The lusty second movement grows from the Austrian dances that inspired generations of composers. But in the third, Mahler follows his own path. A solo double bass leads a macabre, minor-key version of the children’s song Frere Jacques; raucous reminiscences of military and tavern music break in, and another Wayfarer quote does, too. The musical collision grows from one of Mahler’s childhood experiences. Upset by an argument between his parents, he fled their home and encountered a street musician playing a folk tune on a barrel organ. That clash between the fearsome and the banal haunted him permanently. No wonder the finale begins with another upheaval. But echoes of the first movement’s optimism prevail, and the symphony ends in an exultant blaze. The Houston Symphony will play the Symphony No. 1 by Anton Bruckner, whose sonorous works helped inspire the young Mahler, in March. The Instruments: 4 flutes (3 doubling piccolo), 4 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (1 doubling E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet), E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon), 7 horns, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, percussion, 2 timpanists, harp and strings —Steven Brown The printed music for this work was purchased by Janice Barrow.

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Board of DIRECTORS

(2016-17 SEASON)

Steven P. Mach*

Bobby Tudor*

Janet F. Clark*

Mike S. Stude*

President, Houston Symphony Endowment

Mark C. Hanson*^

Music Director

President, Houston Symphony League

Musician Representative

President

Jesse B. Tutor*^

Chairman

Chairman Emeritus

Andrés Orozco-Estrada*^

Executive Director/CEO

Mark Hughes*^

Musician Representative

Paul R. Morico*

Chair, Finance

Barbara McCelvey*

Chair, Community Partnerships

Chair, Audience Development & Marketing

David Pruner*

Chair, Pension

Chair, Development

Chair, Audit

President-Elect

Robert A. Peiser*

Immediate Past President

Gene Dewhurst*

Sergei Galperin*^

Chair, Board Governance & Leadership

Barbara J. Burger*

Justice Brett Busby

Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs

Donna Shen

Gene Dewhurst

Jesse B. Tutor*^

Immediate Past Chairman

Secretary

Gloria G. Pryzant Jerry Simon*

Danielle Batchelor

General Counsel

Chair, Popular Programming

Chair, Strategic Planning

Mary Lynn Marks

Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

Darlene Clark

Adam Dinitz*^

Christine Kelly-Weaver Assistant Secretary

*Executive Committee ^Ex-Officio

Anthony Bohnert Billy McCartney Chair, Education

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Janice H. Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Anthony Bohnert Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara J. Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Zane Carruth Donna Josey Chapman 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. Michael C. Linn 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 John Onstott 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

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

Craig Fox Allen Gelwick Evan 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. John Matzer III Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles

Janet Moore Bobbie Newman Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Chester M. Pitts II Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant Richard A. Rabinow 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

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The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to the donors who made a significant investment in our orchestra’s future, positioning the Symphony for success as we continue to pursue the ambitions outlined in our strategic plan, Vision 2025, to be an orchestra for all Houstonians, and to become America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra by 2025.

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Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. 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 Charitable Foundation / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods 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

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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 Jesse B. Tutor, President Gene Dewhurst

James Lee Michael Mithoff

Alexandra Pruner Fredric A. Weber

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

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more Janice H. Barrow Mr. Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Roger & Debby Cutler Steve Dukes Mr. Paul Ehrsam

Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Henderson Beth Weidler & Stephen James Nobuhide Kobori Natalia Rawle Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Rio

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rodenberger Ms. Carolyn Rogan Michael J. Shawiak Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Weber Anonymous (2)

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 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 The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Enhancements to Jones Hall Video System

Vicky & Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets Silver Circle Audio Enhancements to Jones Hall Recording Suite

Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo

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

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Podium

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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 our Special Events.

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Marilyn G. Lummis Mr. William McDugald Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. William Monteleone Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Montz Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sidney & Ione Moran Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Parker Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Tim & Katherine Pownell Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Allyn & Jill Risley Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Dr. & Mrs. Todd Scheyer Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Ms. Sue Schwartz Michael J. Shawiak Ms. Angela Sherman Hinda Simon Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Smith Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Somerville 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 Jeanine Van Wagenen Mr. Thomas Warden & Ms. Becky Cottrell Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Clint S. Wetmore Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Nancy B. Willerson Ms. Barbara Williams Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Wizel Woodell Family Foundation Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. David Wynne Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (3)

Annette & Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mrs. Ronald Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Thomas & Patricia Geddy Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Mr. Danny A. Granados Eric & Angelea Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Ms. Christine Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hoffer Mr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Holmes Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. & Mrs. John Hrncir

Mark & Marilyn Hughes Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mrs. Ann B. Jennings Jessica Q. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. John Juneau Jane & Kevin Kremer Mr. & Mrs. Chris Laporte Mr. Alfred Lasher III Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Ms. Brenda Love Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Will L. McLendon Ms. Trazanna Moreno Julia & Chris Morton Richard & Juliet Moynihan Franci Neely Mr. & Mrs. Travis Nichols Mr. Kevin O'Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Olfers Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley

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Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice Dr. Angela R. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Ann & Jonathan Ayre Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Ganesh H. Betanabhatla Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Mrs. Ann M. Bixby Mr. John & Monica Blaisdell Mr. & Mrs. Myron G. Blalock III Drs. Desmond & Tiffany Bourgeois James & Judy Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown 50

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Diane Lokey Farb Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foltz Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Shane T. Frank Kevin & Sherrill Garland Ms. Nan Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Wm. David George Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Gibson Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. Alan Goodrich Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hardison Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Beverly Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Klein William & Cynthia Koch Willy Kuehn Mr. & Mrs. Marc Laird Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Ms. Lynne Lipsitz

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Adam Altsuler Lilly & Thurmon Andress Christine Smith & Ben Andrews Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Sr. Judge Mary Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Ed Banner Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski 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. Larry Corbin Lois & David Coyle Andrew Davis & Corey Tu Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. William P. Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Aubrey & Sylvia Farb

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Mr. Eric Brueggeman Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Nicole & Rueben Cásarez Margot & John Cater Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Dr. & Mrs. Gary M. Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cook Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Ms. Miquel A. Correll Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mr. Darrin Davis & Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Mandy & Rafael Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Ms. Victoria E. Dominguez Robert J. Doyle David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. Stephen Elison

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Shirley & Michael P. Pearson Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rawson Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Alexander Robart Doug Williams & Janice Robertson

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Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Ruez Mr. & Mrs. Yasuhiko Saitoh Dr. & Mrs. Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Saib Saour Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Dr. & Mrs. John Slater Steve & Judy Sohn Richard & Mary Spies Dr. Walter Stanford

Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Mr. & Mrs. Garry Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Van W. Teeters Dan C. & Kimberly Tutcher Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Ms. Jana Vander Lee Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Mr. Clinton Wetmore Ms. Karen M. Whitlock Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman

Ms. Beth Wolff Gerlind & Jerry S. Wolinksy Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell Robert & Michele Yekovich Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Ziegler Anonymous (4)

Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Pat & John Anderson Carol Ann & Bill Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Sandy P. Aron Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo

Mr. Jeff Autor Cristina & Tanner Bailey Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bolam

Sverre & Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Joe Brazzatti Katherine M. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Brownlee Pamela & Cezary Brylski Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse

$1,500-$2,499

Ms. Farida Abjani Ms. Sofia Adrogue & Mr. Sten Gustafson Mr. & Mrs. Truett B. Akin Dr. Genevera Allen Dr. & Mrs. Scott Allison

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL

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

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

Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich 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 Tony Shih – Norton Rose Fulbright Judy & Steve Sohn Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Candace & Brian Thomas

Claudio Gutierrez Monica & Burdette Huffman Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Stacy & Jason Johnson Mr. Kendall Kessel & Mr. Harlan Johnson Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Amber Winsor Mullins Rosemin Premji

Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Kate & Christopher Robart Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson & Jeffrey Miles Carol Tai Joel Towner Elise Wagner

$1,500 - $2,499

Farida Abjani Dr. Genevera Allen William & Laura Black Ryan Boehner Drs. Tiffany & Desmond Bourgeois Sverre & Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Pamela & Cezary Brylski Crystal & Mike Cox

Nina Delano & Wirt Blaffer Amanda & Adam Dinitz Jennifer & Steve Dolman Christine Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk

The Young Associates Council is supported in part by BB&T. For more information, please contact Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts, at 713.337.8526 or Liam Bonner, Development Officer, Individual Giving, at 713.337.8536. September 2016 | 51

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Jeff Caley Mrs. Charles Callery Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Mrs. Mary Ann Carrico Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Jimmy & Lynn Coe Mr. John P. Cogan Jr. Mr. Mark C. Conrad Crystal & Mike Cox Brian & Leah Del Signore Ms. Catherine Delano Dr. & Ms. Peter J. Dempsey Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Mike & Debra Dishberger Jennifer & Steve Dolman Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mrs. Fredell Lack Eichhorn Sally Evans & Brian Rodgers Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Ms. Marcia Fiman Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Harvey O. Fleisher Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Michelle & Deane Foss Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Rauli & Danna Garcia Mr. Colin C. Gatwood & Ms. Aralee Dorough Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Joan M. Giese Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Timothy & Janet Graham Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Claudio Gutierrez Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Hasler Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon John Heiny

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Miss Maureen Y. Higdon Ann & Joe Hightower Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Dr. Suzanne M. Hite Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. & Mrs. John Homier George E. Howe Mr. Frank Huang Mickie & Ron Huebsch Mr. & Mrs. Burdette Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany / University of St. Thomas Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Arlene J. Johnson Stacy & Jason Johnson Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kades Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kelly Kendall R. Kessel & Harlan Johnson Ms. Carla Knobloch Ann & Sam Koster Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mrs. Samantha Kramr Mr. Marc E. Laborde Mr. Thomas Lane Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer John & Suzy Lattin Dr. Daniel Lemke Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. Jeff H. Lippold & Ms. Leslie Siller Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Ms. Marilyn Maloney & Mr. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Bob J. Lunn Ms. Sue Ann Lurcott Kathleen & Tom Mach Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marx Catherine & Matt Matthews Georgia Braun McBride Kristen & Steve McDaniel Mr. Andrew McKinney Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight

Ms. Jennifer McLaughlin Doug & Sarah McMurrey Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Mr. Adam Miller & Ms. Michelina Cairo Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. James Moore Mrs. Alette K. Morch Mary Beth Mosley Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Amber Winsor Mullins The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Khanh Nguyen Ms. Kathryn O'Brien Mr. Reymundo Ocanas & Mr. Orlando Manzo-Ocanas Mr. & Mrs. John Oehler Steve & Sue Olson Jane & Kenneth Owen Ms. Martha Palmer Mrs. Linda K. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Alex Popp Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Porter Ms. Linda Posey Ms. Penny Prater Rosemin Premji Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III 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 Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson & Jeffrey Miles Louis H. Skidmore Jr.

Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Mark Stadnyk Georgiana Stanley Mr. & Mrs. John Steen Karen & Bruce Steffler Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Jack & Karen Stopnicki Skipper & Betsy Strong Dr. Navin Subramanian & Dr. Melissa Dupree Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mrs. Mary Swafford Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Carol Tai Glenn Taylor Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Ms. Susan L. Thompson Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mrs. Glenda C. Toole Mr. Joel Towner 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. Maria Cecilia Vasconcellos Ms. Elise Wagner Dean B. Walker H. Richard Walton Mr. & Mrs. Brad Wander Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Hon. & Mrs. Bill White Mrs. Deanne White Gene & Sandra Williams Loretta & Lawrence Williams Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Williford Dr. Wayne Wilner Ms. Charlene Wright Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mr. & Mrs. Bret Zorich Anonymous (7)

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Joan & Stanford Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Hugh D. Allen Tara Maria Amavi Mr. & Mrs. Greg Anderson Ms. Anna Arispe & Mr. John Reger Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Matthew Assiff Jerry Axelrod Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura 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 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Ms. Nancy H. Bihlmaier Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mr. & Mrs. Chad Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Astley Blair Mr. Jay Blinderman James & Dale Brannon Breland Law Firm Mr. Wayne A. Brooks Sally & Laurence Brown Anne H. Bushman Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. Chris Chandler Mrs. Victoria Chin Dr. & Mrs. Gary Clark Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Donna M. Collins Shawn & Megan Conley George W. Connelly Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. David Crowley Mr. Michael Curry Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Dauber Mr. Darryl de Mello Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve James R. Denton Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner

Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Charles Dishman Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. John F. Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Larry Dundee Mrs. William H. Dwyer III Hon. & Mrs. John D. Ellis Ms. Caroline Fant Mr. & Mrs. Tilman J. Fertitta Dale & Anne Fitz Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Bill & Diana Freeman Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. & Mrs. David B. Garten L. Rusty Goetz Kathy & Marty Goossen Ms. Shelley Gorson Kendall & Pauline Gray Mrs. Adriana Greene Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Roy Haun Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. John Heghinian & Ms. Isabelle Bedrosian Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Dean & Beth Hennings 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 Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda & Frank Kelly Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Kathryn & James Ketelsen Mr. & Mrs. David Key Lucy & Victor Kormeier Deborah Kosich Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Ms. Dawn Krieg

Ms. Mary Leba Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Velva G. & H. Fred Levine James C. Lindsey Priscilla L. List Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Ms. Penny Loyd Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Lubanko Barbara J. Manering Ms. Barbara Manna Mr. & Mrs. David Martin Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich Linda & Jim McCartney Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Ernie & Martha McWilliams Ms. Susan D. Menke 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 Melissa L. Nance Mr. Cliff Nash & Dr. Lee Bar-Eli Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Neumann Leslie & John Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Valerie J. Sherlock Linda Popkin-Paine & Stephen Paine Pamela & James Penny Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sam Philpot Mrs. Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Reasor 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 Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mrs. Holly Sansing Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scheurich 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. James R. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Streett Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Monsour Taghdisi Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Tallerine Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Mr. Jim Thompson Ms. Chung-Nan N. Tsai Dr. & Mrs. Michael Underbrink Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Veith Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Walstad Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray Beth Weidler & Stephen James General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. Brian K. Westfall Ms. Sara E. White Ms. Tracy Wilkerson Charline & Bill Wilkins Ms. Susan G. Wood Ms. Alexandra Yates Anonymous (7)

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Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alexander Mr. Robert J. Alexander & Ms. Becky A. Stemper Mrs. Ramona Alms Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Tom Amonett Ms. Sally S. Andrews & Mr. James Nelson Les & Barbara Antalffy Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Arbiter Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Mr. & Mrs. R. Corbin Aslakson Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Robert E. Ayers Mr. & Mrs. Bill Barnett Don & Katharine Droge Barnhill Mr. Greg P. Barra Mr. & Mrs. Max Barrett Dr. & Mrs. David Barry Susan & Bob Beeley Mr. Walter F. Bell Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Blum George & Florence Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Boesel Ms. Adrienne R. Bond Chris & Ruth Borman Anne & Edward Bornet Bob Frank Boydston Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Bradshaw Sally & Carl Brassow Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brougher Hon. Peter H. Brown Mrs. Shirley E. Burgher Ms. Valeria Burguieres Mrs. Olga F. Bush Kathy & Emile Bussemey Vicki P. Buxton Mr. & Mrs. George Cairnes Dr. Maria Calcina Virginia & William Camfield Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Rod Canion Marjorie H. Capshaw Dorothy E.F. Caram, Ed.D Phil & Michele Carey Mr. & Mrs. Manny Chana Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Ms. Audrey Chang Ms. Irene Chang Honorable Theresa Chang & Dr. Peter Chang

Ms. Donna J. Charleson Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Mr. & Mrs. John Clarke Ms. Carrie Colbert Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Otis & Sherida Coney Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Ms. Marsha K. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. Larry Cullen Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Dr. Lida S. Dahm Mr. Musa Dakri Mr. & Mrs. Steven Dalicandro Mr. Arthur Davies Ms. Susan S. De Courcy Mr. & Mrs. Paul Destephano Dr. & Mrs. Russell L. Deter II Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Deyerle Mr. Jeff Dodson Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Ms. Rachel Dolbier Karen M. Doolittle T. Michael Dossey Ms. Emma Dunch & Ms. Elizabeth Scott Mrs. Deborah Dunkum Mr. & Mrs. Tom Elliott Mrs. Priscilla Ennis Ruth W. Ereli Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Erwin Robert & Susan Estill Mr. & Mrs. Chris Estrada Lee & Christie Eubanks Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mr. & Mrs. Mike Farley Kay & Sam Feldt Sandra & Steven Finkelman Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Fong Ms. Diane L. Freeman Mr. Phillip Freeman & Ms. Brandy Skillern Ms. Lee Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Javier Fuentes Mr. Donn C. Fullenweider Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Fussell Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Garner Mr. & Mrs. Monty Garner Mr. Bernardo Garza Mr. & Mrs. Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Mrs. & Mr. Stephen Gill

Gary & Marion Glober Barbara C. Goedecke Albrecht & Kathy Goethe Mr. Irving L. Gold, M.D.P.A. Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Ms. Paula Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gonzalez Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Dr. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. David M. Gray Jr. & Ms. Mary A. Pearce Mr. Gerald Greiner Mr. Dane C. Grenoble Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Joan DerHovsepian & Erik Gronfor Ms. Eileen Gu Mr. & Mrs. David Guenther Mr. & Mrs. Jay Guerrero Mr. & Mrs. Brent W. Gwaltney Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Gaye & Dennis Halpin Mr. Brett L. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown Mr. Michael J. Harling Mr. & Mrs. David Harris Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. & Mrs. William T. Heller IV Dr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mendell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hennessy Ms. Leslie Herald Mr. & Mrs. David D. Hergert Hope L. Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Susan Hodge Hoffman Insurance Group Mr. Jeffery Hoffman Dr. Holly Holmes & Mr. Paul Otremba Mr. Todd Holowisky Mr. Scott Holshouser Mr. & Mrs. Allen R. Houk Dr. Wilbur & Jane Howard Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Mr. Craig Ignacio Mr. Francisco J. Izaguirre Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Ms. Karen Jones Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Kent

Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Kercho Mr. Robin Kesselman Mr. Bill Kiker Dr. & Mrs. James Killian Mr. Steven J. Killworth Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Steve Dukes & Nobuhide Kobori Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Koehl Ms. Leticia Konigsberg & Mr. Michael Olson Mr. Dennis Kroeger Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Karen Labat Mr. & Mrs. Randall B. Lake Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Landgren Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Landis Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Laraway Mr. & Mrs. Ryan LaRue Ramille Law Mr. Robert Leech Mr. & Mrs. Thomas LeGrand Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lemmer Mr. James Leonard & Ms. Delores Dunham Charles H. (Eric) & Lucy Lewis Ms. Joyce Lindler Mr. Daniel J. Linscomb Cynthia & Richard Loewenstern Mr. & Ms. David Lopez Mr. Wesley Lotz Kimberly Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Luck Ms. Nina K. Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. Patrick Manning Ms. Faerie Marston Mrs. Mariquita Masterson Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mayer Mr. Albert Mc Intyre Mr. R. Scott McCay Ms. Judi A. McGee Mr. W. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. Thomas J. McNulty Mr. & Mrs. R. Talley Melton Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Melissa & Michael Mithoff Ginni & Richard Mithoff Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Walker N. Moody

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Ms. T.L. Morton Ms. Joan B. Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Mr. Dick Nagaki & Ms. Leah Patterson Ms. Amy Ng Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth O. Nilsson Ms. Charlene B. Nix Mary & Don North Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. O'Connor Mr. Charles Odom Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ong Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orr Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mr. George L. Otis Jr. Julie & Chip Oudin Mr. & Mrs. Matthew R. Pacey Ms. Dianne Padgett Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Paul E. Pardaen Dr. Cora B. Parker-Dubose & Dr. Ralph Dubose Prof. & Mrs. Jordan Paust Mr. Miguel A. Pedroza Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Penn Ed & Heidi Perkins Peter & Nina Peropoulos Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Ronald & Carol Poole Ms. Antoinette Post Mr. & Mrs. Ben H. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. Thomas Power Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Pratt Mr. Mike Prichard Mr. & Mrs. David Pustka Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Elias Qumsieh Mr. Randy Ramdass Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Natalia Rawle Mr. Eric Rechlin

Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Lynne & Allan Reich Mr. Serge G. Ribot Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rice Mr. Lake Robertson Ms. Carolyn Rogan Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rosen Mr. Autry W. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rothwell Mr. Grant Rowe Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ruisard Mr. Charles K. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Sandlin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Saunders Ms. Janet Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. W. Russell Scheirman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Scheliga Mr. Martin Schleuse Charles & Dora Schneider Jurgen Schroder Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz H. Irving Schweppe Jr., M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Dylan Seff Mr. Blake Segura Vance & Jane Senter Ms. Elizabeth Shack Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Mr. Don W. Shackelford Marcia & Victor Shainock Becky Shaw Mrs. Lorie Sheffey Dr. Lynne F. Shepard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Siegele Eugene & Aaryn Silva Mr. Steve Smetana Lois & David K. Smith John L. Snyder Ms. Kelly Somoza Mr. Anthony Speier Mr. Robert L. Stark Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stein Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson

Mr. Robert M. Stephens Mr. Paul Stewart Mr. Alan Stuckert Ms. Margaret M. Sullivan Mr. Roger Suter & Ms. Lakessia Fry Amy Sutton & Gary Chiles Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Mr. & Mrs. Alan Taghdisi Dr. & Mrs. James Tang Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Ms. Joy Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. David K. Terry Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mrs. Alisa Thomads Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Thorburn Mrs. Roy A. Thornock Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Thornton Ann & Gerald Thurmond Richard V. Tobin Linda Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Trainer Jr. Mr. James F. Trippett Ms. Janae Tsai Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tsuchida Ms. Patricia Van Allan Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. Chief Veith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vermillion Mrs. Mary Voigt Pieter & Janet Vrancken Mrs. Vera Vujicic Milton L. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. John B. Wallace Sandria Ward Alton & Carolyn Warren Terence & Kathryn Washington Mr. Frank Watson Ms. Virginia S. Watt Leone Buyse & Michael Webster

Ms. Susan Wedelich Mr. & Mrs. Larry Weis Buford & Julia Wells Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Ms. Amy E. Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. Bradley White Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Carlton Wilde Daniel Willett Mr. & Ms. B. T. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Jim Winget Grace Picton Wise Shelley Wisner Dr. Dorothy Wong Marvin & Terry Woskow Family Fund Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright Maxine & Emil Wulfe Mr. Michael Wynoff & Lauren Wynhoff Mr. & Mrs. Haresh Yalamanchili Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Zarrow Ms. Susan Zollers Mr. Ausonio Zubiani & Ms. Joan Straub Mr. & Mrs. John Zuklic Anonymous (18) The Houston Symphony thanks the 2,659 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. *Deceased

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POPS DONORS Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More 

Sybil F. Roos

Founder’s Society $75,000-$99,999 

Darlene & Cappy Bisso

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

Allen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange John & Bobbie Nau Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr.

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

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

Graham & Janet Baker Evan B. Glick Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Ken & Carol Lee Robertson

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Janie & Carr Dishroon Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Terry & Kandee McGill Alice McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Michael J. Shawiak Ms. Angela Sherman Jeanine Van Wagenen Sally & Denney Wright Anonymous

Conductor’s Circle Gold Baton  $10,000-$14,999 Consurgo Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Anne & George Boss John & Minerva Esquivel 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 Rita & Paul Morico Jean & Allan Quiat Radoff Family 56

Grand Patron’s Circle  $2,500-$4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Beth & Jim Barton Donald & Dottie Bates John S. Beury William & Laura Black Robert & Gwen Bray Mr. & Mrs. Brady F. Carruth Becky & Joe Demeter Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ezzell Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company Julius & Suzan Glickman William D. & Karinne McCullough Edward Lee McIntosh, C.P.M. Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Shirley & Marvin Rich Richard & Anne Robbins Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz Seth Williams

Patron’s Circle  $1,500-$2,499 Suan Angelo Sue Sue & Don Aron Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bertus Mr. & Mrs. W. Carter Bliss Michael & Diana Bonin Mr. Thomas N. Britton & Ms. Debra A. Ewing Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Cynthia & Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. J. Richard Espinosa Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fanning Carol & Larry Fradkin Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill

Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Rex & Marillyn King Gerrit Leeftink Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson Joy & Gary Noble Mrs. Kay Onstead Mr. & Mrs. Kim Parker Ms. Darla P. Phillips Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Soren & Annetta Rose Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Jonathan & Susan Symko Larry & Connie Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Brad Wertman Anonymous (3)

Director  $1,000-$1,499 Martha & Stanley* Bair Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Mr. Jim Barton Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Kelly & Julie Conner Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen

Ms. Ann Currens Barbara Dokell & Larry Finger Paula & Alfred Friedlander Gary T. Leach Ms. Doris S. Magee Ms. Nancy Mann Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mr. William Mendel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Mosbacher Dr. Jonathan Penchas Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rasmussen Chris & Don Sanders Jerry Siemers Mr. Ralph Tamper Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Wolin

Anonymous

Principal ď ľ $500-$999 Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Ms. Stephanie Ayala Mr. & Mrs. John P. Beall Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beard Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Beathard Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. Jay T. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Ms. Deborah Butler Mr. & Mrs. Ray Butler Bill & Marion Calvert Mrs. Anne Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Richard & Marcia Churns Mrs. Midge Colton Carlo & Vicki Corso Joyce & Jack Eagle Evelyn Earlougher Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ericsson Mr. John Eymann Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina

Ms. Marilyn Farrell Ms. Dawn Folsom Jessica Ford Betsy Garlinger Dr. Truett Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Giardino Mr. Joseph J. Gugenheim Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Ann & Bill Heim Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill Jess Hines Jr. Elizabeth Kaufman & David Goeken Mr. & Mrs. John Kemper Dave & Laura Kirk Dr. George S. Knapp, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Levinson Dr. & Mrs. James Lewis Mr. Robert McNamara & Dr. Tracey Samuels Ms. Dinah Mei Margaret & Elmer Milz Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Paul & Molly Mugnier Terri & Bert Neece Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Noland Joe & Ann Palm Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Parkey Roland & Linda Pringle Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. O. M. Rogers Ms. Roc'C Semmelbeck Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. William Siegel Mr. James Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Smith Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Thomas W. Snodgrass Ms. Joan Stoerner Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mr. Roger Trandell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal

Wear Family Mrs. Elizabeth White Erwin & Ann Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. George R. Williams Roland & Charlene Wise Mr. Eric Wooten Mr. & Mrs. Alan Young Anonymous (3)

The Houston Symphony thanks the 710 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.

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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.

Guarantor—$100,000+

Partner—$15,000+

Support by Endowed Funds

BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Honorable David H. Dewhurst City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods

Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation H-E-B Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop

Education and Community programs are also supported by the following endowed funds, which are a part of the Houston Symphony Endowment:

Underwriter—$50,000+ Cameron International Corporation Chevron The Elkins Foundation ENGIE Exxon Mobil Corporation Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan/ Houston Baptist University The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation

Sponsor—$25,000+ The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo

Supporter—$10,000+ Anadarko Petroleum Corporation CenterPoint Energy East West Bank Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Marathon Oil Corporation Nancy & Robert Peiser The Powell Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Union Pacific Foundation

Benefactor—$5,000+

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

Donor—$1,000+ Chester Pitts Foundation 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 Chester Pitts Foundation Tricia & March Rauch Texas Commission on the Arts

Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Selma S. Neumann Fund Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Endowed 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 Charitable Foundation Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Nancy & Robert Peiser H-E-B Union Pacific Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Conductorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circle Silver Baton level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts, at 713.337.8526 or molly.simpson@houstonsymphony.org. Mr. William L. Ackerman Megan Conley, Harp, Principal Mrs. Janice H. Barrow Sophia S. Silivos, Second Violin, Acting Associate Principal Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Fay L. Shapiro, Viola Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Brinton A. Smith, Cello, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Ms. Terry A. Brown James R. Denton, Cello Mr. Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Double Bass Mr. and Mrs. Dougal A. Cameron Brian E. Thomas, Horn Dr. Mary Kathryn Campion & Mr. Stephen Liston Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cizik Qi Ming, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster

Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Fox David R. Malone, Double Bass, Acting Principal Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet, Acting Associate principal Mr. Evan B. Glick Yan Tong, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Robert M. Walp, Trumpet, Assistant Principal Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster

Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Mr. & Mrs. John Onstott Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. & Dr. Susan Osterberg Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Clarinet, Acting Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Mr. Max Levit & Dr. Rochelle Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Cutler Yan Tong, Second Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster

Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, Keyboard, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal

Mr. Richard L. Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Ms. Leslie B. Davidson & Mr. W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe

Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Mr. Martin J. Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin

Mrs. Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Viola, Associate Principal

Mr. & Mrs. John Esquivel Eric Larson, Double Bass

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin

Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda A. Goldstein, Viola

Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Viola, Assitant Principal

Mr. Duke Ensell Donald E. Howey III, Double Bass

Mrs. Nancy Morrison Wayne A. Brooks, Viola, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Oboe, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Meredith J. Long Brinton A. Smith, Cello, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone

Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Mark Nuccio, Clarinet, Principal

Ms. Janet F. Clark Kevin F. Dvorak, Cello

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Judy Dines, Flute

Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Brian E. Thomas, Horn

Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Linda A. Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William K. VerMeulen, Horn, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello Mrs. Lila Rauch Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal

Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Mr. Sam Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stamatedes Eric Larson, Double Bass Mr. Mike S. Stude Ruth E. Zeger, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. L. Proctor Thomas III John A. DeWitt, Trumpet, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Thomas Robert E. Johnson, Horn, Associate Principal Ms. Susan L. Thompson George W. Pascal, Viola, Assitant Principal Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Tipps Allen Barnhill, Trombone, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Bradley White, Trombone, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel S. Strba, Viola Ms. Judith Vincent Matthew D. Roitstein, Flute, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wahlberg Alexander Potiomkin, Clarinet

Mr.& Mrs. Roman F. Reed Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Dr. Margaret Waisman & Dr. Steven S. Callahan Mark Griffith, Percussion

Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Trumpet, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Wallace Ronald Holdman, Timpani

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Harp, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr. Amy E. Teare, Second Violin

Mr. & Mrs. John Rydman Anthony Kitai, Cello

Ms. Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola

Dr. James T. Willerson Anne C. Leek, Oboe, Associate Principal

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster

Mrs. Margaret Alkek Williams Frank Huang, First Violin, Concertmaster

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Shannon Rian Craypo, Bassoon, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Williams Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Tim Shen Tiantian Zhang, Second Violin

Mr. Wallace S. Wilson & Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello

Mr. Albert J. Smith Jr. Eric Arbiter, Bassoon, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin

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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 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 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 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. & 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 Charles E. McKerley 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 John 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 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 Dean B. Walker David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Susan Gail Wood Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (7)

Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & Children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Mr. & Mrs.* Clive Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer 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 Ellen A. Yarell Anonymous (2)

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000+ Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Janice Barrow James Barton Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar 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 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 60

Christine E. George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott John Wesley Graham 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 Joan B. 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 Stasny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

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 top-ten orchestra by 2025. If your company is interested in deepening its connection with the Houston Symphony, consider our Business Council. 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.

Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, Cadence Bank

Business Council Host Committee Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Chase 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 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 Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Beth Wolff Realtors Ed Wulfe, Wulfe & Co. Frank Yonish, Bank of Texas

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CORPORATE PARTNERS

(As of August 1, 2016)

Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above BBVA Compass ConocoPhillips *Houston First Corporation *Houston Public Media— Classical 91.7 FM; News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS *KTRK ABC-13 *Oliver Wyman *Spec’s Charitable Foundation/Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Guarantor  $100,000 and above Bank of America Chevron *Houston Methodist Medistar Corporation PaperCity Phillips 66 *Telemundo *United Airlines Underwriter  $50,000 and above *Baker Botts L.L.P. *BB&T Cameron International Corporation *Cameron Management *Dignity Memorial Funeral Homes & Cemeteries ENGIE *The Events Company Exxon Mobil Corporation Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo *Jackson and Company Kalsi Engineering Kirkland & Ellis LLP Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation *Rand Group, LLC Shell Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

Sponsor  $25,000 and above Andrews Kurth LLP Bank of Texas The Boeing Company *Bright Star *Bulgari Enterprise Product Partners L.P. *Gittings *Houston Chronicle JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center Marathon Oil Corporation 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 *City Kitchen East West Bank Ernst & Young LLP *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 USI Southwest

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass The Boeing Company BP Foundation Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips 62

Supporter  $10,000 and above *Abraham’s Oriental Rugs *Agua Hispanic Marketing Anadarko Petroleum Corporation CenterPoint Energy *Crown Castle International Corp. Emerson Enbridge Energy Company Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center Goldman, Sachs & Co. Macy’s *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 Nordstrom 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 Boulware & Valoir Intertek Marsh & McLennan SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc. * Includes in-kind support

(As of August 1, 2016)

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 Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (As of August 1, 2016) 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

The Humphreys 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

Partner  $15,000 and above Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation Principal Guarantor The Melbern G. &  $250,000 and above Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Grand Guarantor Houston Symphony League  $150,000 and above Bay Area City of Houston through the William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Miller Theatre Advisory Board Foundation The Cullen Foundation National Endowment on the Arts Guarantor  $100,000 and above Texas Commission on the Arts Houston Endowment The Vaughn Foundation MD Anderson Foundation Supporter  $10,000 and above Underwriter  $50,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation The Elkins Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Powell Foundation The Hearst Foundations Radoff Family Foundation

IN-KIND DONORS

The Schissler Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous Benefactor  $5,000 and above LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation 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 Chester Pitts Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

(As of August 1, 2016)

A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Cullnaire Carl R. Cunningham 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 Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenway Vision Production Group Yahama September 2016 | 63

Backstage PASS Meet our musicians... Mark Nuccio, principal clarinet Colorado native Mark Nuccio begins his tenure as Principal Clarinet this season after 17 years with the New York Philharmonic, first as associate principal, then as acting principal clarinet. He will also serve as clarinet faculty at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. In addition to holding positions with orchestras in Pittsburgh, Denver, Savannah and Florida, he has toured extensively, is an active solo and chamber musician and can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks. His album, Opening Night, features clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms. A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, he also holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University. Houston Symphony attraction—and the transition: My colleagues in the clarinet section urged me to “try it out and see if you like it.” I realized there are many very talented musicians in this orchestra, led by a fantastic musician in Andrés OrozcoEstrada. I decided that maybe it was time for a bit calmer lifestyle, compared to New York’s long commutes and concert schedule. Professionally, the transition has been very rewarding. I have unbelievable colleagues who are supportive and already quite friendly. It feels more family-like than I would have guessed after just a few weeks of playing together. Personally, my wife and I appreciate the kindness of Houstonians, the lower cost of living, the potential for easier commutes and the year-around warm weather with outdoor sporting. Don’t get me wrong, we had many great times in New York, but it is a much more difficult lifestyle and much more expensive. All in the family: My earliest musical memory was watching my father perform with Arthur Fiedler and many dance band gigs. My father, a clarinetist turned conductor, passed in April. My mother is an amateur clarinetist who continues to play in the New Horizon’s Band in Colorado Springs. Until my brother pursued a marketing career, he played clarinet and saxophone with Up with People. 64

Music was part of our day. Though I was embarrassed to be a clarinetist in middle and high school (to the point of hiding my clarinet in a backpack), I came to realize it’s cool to be recognized for excelling at something. Best and most difficult aspect of being a musician: The lifestyle and variety of schedule—money can’t buy that. We offer something that is gratifying to others and makes people happy. What is better than that? The most difficult—having reeds that work in every weather condition and concert hall. It’s always our biggest challenge. Most notable moment: In 2008, I traveled with the New York Philharmonic to North Korea. We were there for 48 hours, and of more than 50 international tours, it was the most memorable. The story is long, but suffice to say, I don’t need to go back. Looking forward to this season: It’s a terrific line-up. I’m a sucker for romantic music, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 is probably my favorite piece of music. Current listening: I love jazz and typically listen to jazz piano. Outside of Jones Hall: I love the bayou and the potential for some beautiful bike rides, the wonderful golf courses and the terrific restaurants, not to mention the people with smiles on their faces. If I’m not in the hall, you’ll find me on a golf course or spending time with my new colleagues. The bigger picture: I am happy to say I have a wonderful family: my wife, Suzi; two children, Dominic and Mikala; mother, Mary; brother, Brad, and his wife and kids. We enjoy spending time with people and doing outdoor activities. Suzi has degrees in theatre, dance and elementary education—we’re interested to see what life in Houston has in store for us.

Top: At David Geffen Hall in New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Middle: At Hidden Valley Masters’ Festival Series in Carmel Valley, CA Bottom: With students in his master class at Rice University Mark Nuccio is sponsored by Joan & Marvin Kaplan.

Sponsoring 30 years of remarkable opening nights ConocoPhillips has been proud to sponsor the Houston Symphony’s Opening Night Concert for the past 30 years. Committed to being a great neighbor and responsible citizen in the communities in which we live and work, ConocoPhillips’ support of the Houston Symphony is just one example of how we give back to the community. We applaud the Symphony’s efforts to promote music education and cultural awareness and for their continued leadership in advancing the vibrant arts in our community. To learn more, visit www.conocophillips.com.

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Launching in September 2016 at British International School of Houston The Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Programme.

To learn more about our innovative performing arts curriculum developed by The Juilliard School in collaboration with Nord Anglia Education, our new campus opening in August 2016 in Katy, or to attend an information session visit www.bishouston.org or call 713 290 9025. Now accepting applications for students from Pre-Kindergarten through High School. 66