Houston Symphony Magazine — October 2015 by Houston Symphony

OCTOBER 2015

PROGRAM GUIDE October 1 p.16 | October 3-4 p.18 | October 16-18 p.24 | October 21-22 p.28 | October 30-November 1 p.30

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PROGRAMS

16 October 1 18 October 3-4 24 October 16-18 28 October 21-22 30 October 30-November 1

FEATURES

6 Letter to Patrons 11 Charles Ives’ Music 14 New Community-Embedded Musicians 44 Backstage Pass—Meet the Musicians

bring music and its educational Principal Pops 14 Musicians 30 Join benefits outside of the concert hall and Conductor Designate Steven into the community.

Reineke and the orchestra to celebrate Sinatra’s Centennial, Oct. 30–Nov. 1.

EVENTS

8 Save the Dates! 22 Upcoming Performances

YOUR HOUSTON SYMPHONY

4 Orchestra and Staff 10 Houston Symphony Chorus 12 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director 13 Chief Conductors and Music Directors

OUR SUPPORTERS

7 New Century Society 13 New Music Director Fund 15 Education and Community Engagement Donors 27 Symphony Society Board 33 Houston Symphony Donors 40 Houston Symphony Endowment 40 Chorus Endowment Donors 40 Leadership Council

holiday season will be here before you know 22 The it! Make plans now to join us in December for Very Merry Pops, A Frosty & Frozen Christmas and Handel’s Messiah.

On the cover Photo by Anthony Rathbun

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada kicked off his second season as Music Director of the Houston Symphony at the Opening Night Concert with violinist Joshua Bell on Sept. 12, 2015.

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ORCHESTRA AND STAFF Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor Robert Franz, Associate Conductor Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge FIRST VIOLIN Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Anastasia Sukhopara* Evgenia Zharzhavskaya* SECOND VIOLIN Jennifer Owen, Principal** Rodica Gonzalez, Acting Principal Hitai Lee, Acting Associate Principal Kiju Joh** Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tina Zhang Amy Teare** Oleg Chelpanov* Michelle Black* Tianjie Lu* Annie Kuan-Yu Chen* 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

Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor Designate Betsy Cook Weber, D irector, Houston Symphony Chorus

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 Rebecca Powell Garfield*

TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Caroline Schafer* TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman

PICCOLO Rebecca Powell Garfield*

TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal

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

TIMPANI Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal

ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin

PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal

E-FLAT CLARINET Christian Schubert

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Michael Gorman

BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair

ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Shana Bey

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

LIBRARIAN Thomas Takaro ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray

CONTRABASSOON Micah Doherty*

STAGE MANAGER Kelly Morgan

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Position Open STAGE TECHNICIANS Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony and James B. Kozak serves as Piano Technician. The Houston Symphony has two Steinway concert grand pianos. One is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum in 2001. The other is a Centennial gift from the Houston Symphony Central and Bay Area Leagues in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Houston Symphony League which was celebrated during the 2012-13 season.

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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Aurelie Desmarais, Chief of Artistic Planning Amanda Dinitz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Vicky Dominguez, General Manager Glenn Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer Carlos André Botero, Musical Ambassador/ Assistant Conductor Meg Philpot, Director, Human Resources Stacey Spears, Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Joann Tamayo, Human Resources Assistant Artistic Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Roxanna Tehrani, Artistic Assistant Rebecca Zabinski, Manager, Artistic Administration Development Darryl de Mello, Director, Annual Fund Noureen Faizullah, Development Director, Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Assistant, Institutional Giving Irma Molina, Development Associate, Gifts and Records Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Tyler Murphy, Assistant, Special Events Laura Neiman, Associate Director, League Relations Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Rhemé Sloan, Manager, Research and Prospect Management Education and Community Programming Allison Conlan, Associate Director, Education Melissa Fuller, Education & Community Programming Assistant Emily Nelson, Education and Community Programming Manager Ragan Rhodes, Education and Community Programming Associate Steve Wenig, Director, Community Partnerships Finance/Administration/IT Sally Brassow, Controller Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Desmond Robinson, Director, IT Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Business Analytics Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects Marketing/Communications Vanessa Astros-Young, Senior Director, Communications Kristen Bennett, PR Coordinator Jeffrey Block, Marketing Manager Sara Carr, Graphic Designer Calvin Dotsey, Digital Marketing Coordinator Jeff Gilmer, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez, Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Keith Nickerson, Managing Editor, Publications Sarah Rendón, Patron Services Coordinator Jacqueline Shumate, Marketing Manager Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Operations Shana Bey, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Becky Brown, Director, Operations Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Lauren Moore, Operations Assistant Kelly Morgan, Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Associate Director of Operations

CREDITS

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Keith Nickerson Managing Editor Elaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant

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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break. CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances. CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances. October 2015

LETTER TO PATRONS

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Steven P. Mach President

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek WIlliams Chair

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The Houston Symphony’s October schedule is a great example of the full range of programming we believe is so important to inspire our diverse community through exceptional orchestral music, education activities and community engagement initiatives. With Classical, POPS, Specials and Family concerts on deck, as well as commentary concerts and student performances, there is something for everyone! We’re kicking off the month with Schumann’s choral work The Pilgrimage of the Rose at Rice University’s Stude Concert Hall for the season’s first “Musically Speaking with Andrés” concert. Now in its second season, the series offers an intimate concert experience focused on a single work with commentary from Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero. Each “Musically Speaking” concert will now cost only $20 for subscribers and $25 for non-subscribers. Two weekends later, legendary pianist Emanuel Ax joins us in Jones Hall to perform Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, thanks to the generous underwriting support of Rochelle and Max Levit, longtime members of the Houston Symphony family. On October 21-22, “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest” concert tour stops at Jones Hall to wow audiences with more than 28 years of the franchise’s music, complete with exciting visuals. Later this month, we celebrate what would have been Sinatra’s 100th birthday with “Sinatra’s Centennial” and two accomplished guest vocalists. On Halloween day, Associate Conductor Robert Franz leads a fun Family concert titled “Ghostbusters & Ghouls.” Costumes are encouraged! Last month, we welcomed our four new Community-Embedded Musicians to Houston. Since then, they have been busy visiting schools and preparing for a season of expanded community and education programming. Please turn to page 14 to learn more about their backgrounds and passion for sharing orchestral music with the community. If you can’t join us at the Hall, we’re excited to announce that our friends at Houston Public Media will now broadcast Houston Symphony concerts on Sunday evenings at 8pm on News 88.7 as part of an expanded broadcast schedule. The new broadcasts will help us reach a larger, more diverse audience in Houston. We hope you can tune in! We thank you for your continuing concert attendance and support of our vision to become America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra.

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Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice H. Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell 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 The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Houston Methodist

Nancy & Robert Peiser Rand Group Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Laura & Michael Shannon Steven & Nancy Williams Baker Botts L.L.P. Beauchamp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation 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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EVENTS

Save the Dates for these Special Events Magical Musical Morning Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:30am to 1:30pm River Oaks Country Club Carolyn Mann, Chair Kathy Mann, Chair This Jingle Bell Rock morning will include a delectable brunch as well as plenty of fun activities for your young guests, including a visit and photo with Santa, the Instrument Petting Zoo, and arts and crafts stations. Proceeds from Magical Musical Morning support the Houston Symphony’s Education Carolyn and Kathy Mann and Community Programming. Through educational concerts, school presentations by Symphony musicians and family concerts, the Houston Symphony reaches more than 97,000 children and students each year. Tables for 10 (reserved seating): $5,000; $2,500 and $1,250 Individual Tickets (unreserved seating): $150 for adults and $75 for children For more information, please contact Laura Neiman, Associate Director, League Relations at (713) 337-8524 or laura.neiman@houstonsymphony.org.

Vintage Virtuoso Wednesday, December 9, 2015 The Royal Sonesta Hotel Lindy & John Rydman, Chairs Take part in a delightful, culinary experience hosted by the Spec’s Charitable Foundation. Guests are invited to a tasting followed by a seated dinner. This glamorous and spirited event raises important funds in support of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs. For more information, please contact Kylie Boaz at (713) 526-8787 or kylieb@specsonline.com.

Lisa, John & Lindy Rydman

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Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon Sunday, March 6, 2016 11:30am to 1:30pm River Oaks Country Club Lindley Arnoldy, Chair Rachael Volz, Chair Take part in our annual springtime family celebration as toddlers to teens take the runway at the Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon to model stylish spring fashions. Don’t Jason & Lindley Arnoldy Jason & Rachael Volz miss this festive event featuring an Instrument Petting Zoo, arts and craft activities, and entertainment that are sure to delight young audiences.

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Tables for 10: $5,000 (up to six models in the show); $2,500 (up to four models) and $1,500 (up to two models) Individual Tickets: $150 for adults and $75 for children (non-models) For more information and to purchase tables and tickets, contact Laura Neiman, Associate Director, League Relations at (713) 337-8524 or laura.neiman@houstonsymphony.org. JJ Holiday

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HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHORUS The Houston Symphony Chorus, the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony, consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, singers in this historic ensemble have had the opportunity to learn and perform the world’s great choral-orchestral masterpieces under the batons of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Michael Krajewski, Hans Graf, Robert Shaw, Roger Wagner, Mitch Miller, Peter Schrier, Helmut Rilling and Nicholas McGegan, among many others. Under the leadership of Director Emeritus Charles Hausmann, the Chorus made several European concert tours performing with orchestras in Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, England and Mexico. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.

Betsy Cook Weber, Director Anna Diemer Chorus Manager Beth Casey Keith Dixon Benjamin May Rehearsal Conductors

BETSY COOK WEBER, director Dr. Betsy Cook Weber is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music and is also internationally active as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer. In 2013, Weber became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. She is editor of the Betsy Cook Weber choral series with Alliance Music Publishing. Choirs under Weber’s direction, including the Moores School Concert Chorale, have been featured at multiple state and national conventions. Internationally, Chorale has won prizes and received acclaim at prestigious competitions in Wales, France and Germany. Weber has prepared singers for Da Camera of Houston and for early music orchestras ARS Lyrica Houston and Mercury. She prepares singers for touring shows, including Josh Groban, NBC’s Clash of the Choirs, Telemundo’s Latin Grammy, Star Wars: In Concert and Andrea Bocelli. Before joining the University of Houston, Weber taught vocal music, K-12, in public schools. Prior to her appointment as Houston Symphony Chorus Director, she served from 1990 to 1997 as Assistant and, later, Associate Director of the Chorus. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) and the University of Houston. 10

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Steve Abercia Wilton Adams Bob Alban Yoset Altamirano Joe Anzaldua Stuart Aron R. Ellis Bardin Justin Becker Eldo Bergman Nicholas Berkley Chelsea Berner Claude Bitner Randy Boatright ^ Cris Bocanegra John Bond ^ Harvey Bongers Jonathan Bordelon Nancy Shelton Bratic Mischa Brinkmeyer ^ Patricia Bumpus James R. Carazola Beth Casey Susan Casper Thea Chapman Tatiana Chavanelle William K. Cheadle Elizabeth Chrisman Peter Christian Nancy Christopherson Sarah Wilson Clark M. Evelyn Clift Nicole Colby ^ John Colson Jeffrey Cooper Andrea Creath Roger Cutler Kyle Damron Henry Dang Kevin Di Filippo Anna Diemer Keith Dixon Donn Dubois Steve Dukes Randy Eckman Deborah Edwin Paul Ehrsam Chris Fair Ian Fetterley David Fox Joseph S. Frybert Mary Gahr Chase Gaines John Gallagher Katura Gilmore Michael Ging Robert Gomez Heather Goodwin Hannah Gronseth

Scott Holshouser Accompanist Akash Gulati Thi Ha Natalie Hale Susan Hall Earl Harper Jennifer Harris Jen Hart L. Scott Hassett Matthew Henderson Terry Henderson Megan Henry Liley López Hernández Judy Hill Chip Hinkel Eileen G. Holshouser Sean Holshouser Blythe Hopson George Howe Donald Howie Stephen James Timothy Joya Christopher Kersten Nobuhide Kobori Karen Lach Yoka Larasati Hojung Lee Joyce Lewis Shelby Lollar Jay Lopez Pamela Magnuson Sarah Malin Ken Mathews Ben May Melissa Medina Janet Menzie Scott Mermelstein Margaret Winchell Miller Jim Moore Theresa Olin Janwin Overstreet-Goode Bill Parker Corita Parker-Dubose Charnele Pendarvis Greg Railsback Natalia Rawle Linda Renner Kirk Rich John Richardson Gabriel Rio Douglas Rodenberger Carolyn Rogan Tyson Ruhmann Doug Sander Kali Schiska David Schoen Amy Schramm Sybil Scott Gary Scullin Tony Sessions Jeff Simmons Brian Smith Lauren Smith Karla Sosa Katie Spanos

Tony Sessions Librarian/Stage Manager Dewell Springer Mark Standridge Meridith Steiniger Suzanne Thacker Carol Ostlind Thornburg Charles Thornburg Alisa Tobin Lisa Rai Trewin Yen-Kuei (Peter) Tu Paul Van Dorn Jeanna Villanueva Mary Voigt Amanda A. Wade Lori Wagner Heidi Walton Jenny Warkentin Carolee Weber Beth Weidler Brady Weldon Vicki Westbrook Lance Wilcox Lee Williams Kaye Windel-Garza Emeritus Members Barbara Bush Carol Carthel James Carthel Rochella Cooper Debby Cutler Marilyn S. Dyess Sally Evans Richard Field Clarice Gatlin Bill Goddard John Grady Chuck Izzo Berma Kinsey David Knoll John MacDonald Joan Mercado Dave Nussmann Janis Parish Nina Peropoulos Peter Peropoulos Jan Russell Tony Vazquez Jim Wilhite Pam Wilhite Patsy Wilson ^ Section Leaders As of September 14, 2015

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Musicians hail Charles Ives as an innovator, thanks to his revolutionary use of harmony and rhythm, as well as music’s other ingredients. But don’t focus on that if you’re a newcomer to his works. Begin instead with this: Ives’ music celebrates being American. As a precocious teenaged organist, Ives composed a set of variations on “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” and he said his concluding burst of fancy footwork on the organ pedals was “almost as much fun as playing baseball.” He went on to evoke the sights, sounds and aspirations of late 19th-century America repeatedly in his works: tone paintings of a Massachusetts river veiled in mists and of a Yale-Princeton football game; a piano sonata paying tribute to transcendentalist authors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau; and orchestral depictions of Fourth of July celebrations and Memorial Day salutes. Ives discovered music through his father, George Ives, who had been the U.S. Army’s youngest bandmaster during the Civil War. Growing up in small-town Connecticut, the youngster watched and listened as George conducted local bands and directed the music in summertime church revivals. “Father, who led the singing, often with his cornet…would always encourage the people to sing their own way,” Ives recalled. The elder Ives whipped up the congregations so much that the fervor would drive their voices’ pitch higher than the key in which they began. Rather than try to hold them down, he had a special cornet built that could also slip upward in pitch. When someone criticized a local stonemason’s off-key singing, George Ives declared the man a “supreme musician:” “Look into his face and hear the music of the ages,” George said. “Don’t pay too much attention to the sound—for if you do, you may miss the music. You won’t get a wild, heroic ride to heaven on pretty little sounds.” Those words resonated with Charles. He gave them a patriotic spin in the rootin’-tootin’ finish of his Symphony No. 2, where the trombones sing out the anthem “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean” at the tops of their lungs as the rest of the orchestra adds its own rowdiness. But most of the symphony stays well within the bounds of tonality and other traditions. “Why tonality as such should be thrown out for good, I can’t see,” Ives wrote. “Why it should always be present, I can’t see. It depends, it seems to me, a good deal—as clothes depend on the thermometer—on what one is trying to do.” In his Symphony No. 2, Ives evoked the small-town life of his day. His Symphony No. 3, which continues the Houston Symphony’s Ives cycle next season, looked back to those summertime revival meetings. And his later works, including his epic Symphony No. 4, drew on a view of Americans’ lives he gained as an adult. Ives made a fortune as a partner in a New York insurance agency, where his humanitarian ideals inspired his employees, and his customers’ experiences opened his eyes. “My business experience revealed life to me in many aspects that I might otherwise have missed,” Ives said. “In it one sees tragedy, nobility, meanness, high aims, low aims, brave hopes, faint hopes, great ideals, no ideals.” His music benefited. “The fabric of existence weaves itself whole,” concluded Ives. “You cannot set an art off in the corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality and substance. … It comes directly out of the heart of experience of life and thinking about life and living life.”

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Charles Ives’ Music Celebrates Being American

Charles Ives outside his summer home in West Redding, CT, ca. 1950.

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ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his tenure in the 2014-15 season. He immediately established a dynamic presence on the podium and a deep bond with the musicians of the orchestra. Andrés carefully curates his programs to feature engaging combinations of classical masterworks paired with the music of today, significant artistic collaborations with composers and guest artists, and innovative use of multimedia and visual effects, all in order to make meaningful connections with the audience. A natural communicator, Andrés will expand on this foundation in the 2015-16 season and plans to engage even more in direct conversation about music with the audience. Among his new initiatives will be “OnStage Insights with Andrés,” which will feature casual commentary by Andrés and soloists from the stage. On the recording front, Andrés and the Symphony are recording the last four great symphonies of Antonín Dvorˇ ák. Andrés has also spearheaded a cultural exchange and partnership with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia. Born in Medellín, Colombia, Andrés began his musical studies on the violin and started conducting at age 15. At

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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. He has worked with the most prominent European orchestras, most recently the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestre National de France and Oslo Philharmonic. In addition to his post in Houston, Andrés is chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. In the 2015-16 season, he will make his official subscription series debut with the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and he will become principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR FUND The New Music Director Fund supports the concert activities of Andrés Orozco-Estrada in his year as Music Director Designate (201314 Centennial Season) and his first years as Music Director of the Houston Symphony (2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons). Andrés, appointed in January 2013, is a young, dynamic conductor who radiates charm and energy both on and off the podium. He is the orchestra’s first Hispanic music director. photo by julie soefer

For information on how to become involved, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

Janice H. Barrow Gary and Marian Beauchamp Barbara & Pat McCelvey Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

CHIEF CONDUCTORS AND MUSIC DIRECTORS Julien Paul Blitz (1913-16)

Sir John Barbirolli (1961-67)

Paul Bergé (1916-18)

André Previn (1967-69)

Uriel Nespoli (1931-32)

Lawrence Foster (1971-78)

Frank St. Leger (1932-35)

Sergiu Comissiona (1980-88)

Ernst Hoffmann (1936-47)

Christoph Eschenbach (1988-99)

Efrem Kurtz (1948-54) Ferenc Fricsay (1954) Leopold Stokowski (1955-61)

Hans Graf (2001-13) Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2014-)

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Education and Community engagement

New Musicians Bring the Power of Music to Greater Houston

Jenna Barghouti

David Connor

Tony Parce

Most full-time Houston Symphony musicians spend 80 percent of their time performing on stage and 20 percent devoted to community and educational activities, but there are four new members who will do just the opposite. After an intense, month-long audition and interview process, the Houston Symphony is thrilled to turn its community-focused vision into a continued reality in the 2015-16 season by welcoming new Community-Embedded Musicians Jenna Barghouti, David Connor, Anthony Parce and Hellen Weberpal. If you’ve never heard of a Community-Embedded Musician (CEM), it’s because this concept is unique to the Houston Symphony. While the four new musicians are full-time, permanent and salaried employees of the institution, their role will be part educator and part performer, with a focus on bringing music and its educational benefits outside of the concert hall and into schools, neighborhoods and healthcare settings. Mark Hanson, Houston Symphony Executive Director and CEO, said the Community-Embedded Musicians will “fill an unprecedented and critical role in extending the Houston Symphony’s impact deeper into the community.” From participating in a music and wellness program designed to increase the quality of health through music, to working in Houston schools to help students improve problem solving and critical thinking, the musicians will stay busy. Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming, is passionate about the positive change the musicians will bring to the city. “We know music can change people’s lives, whether it’s improving the minds of children at school or helping to heal folks in a healthcare setting,” Pam said. “By inviting and welcoming people to learn about and hear our beautiful music, we can make Houston a better place to live.” With more than 100 hopeful applicants, competition for the four positions was stiff. The hiring process required candidates to meet the Houston Symphony’s exceptional standards of musicianship while also proving a passion and aptitude for education and community 14

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engagement. The search produced four extremely talented and qualified individuals who are eager to pioneer the concept. “I could not be more thrilled to be part of the inaugural year of the CEM program,” said Anthony Parce, violist. “Putting so much emphasis and so many resources toward fostering teaching artists is unprecedented in the orchestra landscape. This is exactly the kind of activity that will make orchestras relevant in the 21st century.” Parce joins the Houston Symphony from the New World Symphony. He is a fluent Spanish speaker and experienced educator, particularly with those who have lacked opportunities to engage with music. Also coming from the New World Symphony is bassist David Connor, who has worked with young musicians in Colombia as well as children with neurological disorders through a residency at the Monarch School. Cellist Hellen Weberpal also has extensive playing experience as a cello teacher and sectional coach throughout Houston schools. She offers private cello lessons to a wide array of students, including those with neurological disorders and autism. Jenna Barghouti, violinist, is from the West Bank of Palestine and called being part of the first CEM team “a dream come true.” “Playing with one of the leading orchestras in the country while empowering the local community through music is an ideal start to my career as a performer and educator,” she said. “I am fortunate to be given this opportunity to professionally fulfill both of my passions.” The Symphony intends to continue expanding the program by adding more Community-Embedded Musicians to the lineup within the next two seasons, providing more service and educational efforts to the rapidly growing Houston community. We are indebted to these visionary funders who are providing the seed money for Community-Embedded Musicians: Spec’s Charitable Foundation, The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, BBVA Compass, Mr. Monzer Hourani, and Jay Steinfield and Barbara Winthrop-Rose.

EducaTIon and Community Engagement The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities. 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+ 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

These programs are also supported by the following endowed funds which are part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for the 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

UNDERWRITER - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation The Elkins Foundation ExxonMobil GDF SUEZ Energy North America The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company SPONSOR - $25,000+ The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Mr. John N. Neighbors Sterling-Turner Foundation PARTNER - $15,000+ Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s Wells Fargo SUPPORTER - $10,000+ CenterPoint Energy East West Bank Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Marathon Oil Corporation The Powell Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation BENEFACTOR - $5,000+ Houston Symphony League Bay Area Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation DONOR - $1,000+ Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Nancy & Robert Peiser Chester Pitts Foundation Tricia & Mark Rauch Texas Commission on the Arts Symphony Scouts is supported by Cora Sue and Harry Mach in honor of Roger Daily’s 13 years of service as Director of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs. October 2015 15

october 1, 2015

Musically Speaking with Andrés Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Carlos Andrés Botero, co-host Yulia Van Doren, soprano Elizabeth Toy Botero, soprano Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano Brian Stucki, tenor Michael Kelly, bass baritone John Gallagher, bass baritone Thursday, October 1, 2015 7:30pm

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S chumann Der Rose Pilgerfahrt (The Pilgrimage of the Rose), Opus 112 Part 1 1 Die Frülingslüfte bringen: Im fröhlichen Ton 2 Johannis war gekommen: Ziemlich lebhaft— 3 Wir tanzen in lieblicher Nacht: Elfenreigen— 4 Und wie sie sangen: Dasselbe Tempo— 5 So sangen sie, da dämmert’s schon: Ziemlich langsam— 6 Bin ein armes Waisenkind: Etwas schneller— 7 Es war der Rose erster Schmerz: Etwas langsamer— 8 Wie Blätter am Baum: Dasselbe Tempo 9 Die letzte Scholl’ hinunter rollt: Um die Hälfte langsamer— 10 Dank, Herr, dir dort im Sternenland: Gebet

Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s biography appears on page 12. Please see page 21 for the biographies of tonight’s vocalists. Program notes may be found on page 20.

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Part 2 11 Ins Haus des Totengräbers: Nicht schnell, sehr getragen— 12 Zwischen grünen Bäumen: Lebhaft— 13 Von dem Greis geleitet— 14 Bald hat des neue Töchterlein: Mässig— 15 Bist du im Wald gewandelt: Frisch 16 Im Wald, gelehnt am Stamme: Ziemlich langsam 17 Der Abendschlummer umarmt die Flur 18 O sel’ge Zeit, da in der Brust: Ziemlich langsam 19 Wer kommt am Sonntagsmorgen: Ziemlich lebhaft 20 Ei Mühle, liebe Mühle: Im muntern Tempo 21 Was klingen denn die Hörner: Kräftig— 22 Im Hause des Müllers: Etwas lebhafter 23 Und wie ein Jahr verronnen ist: Langsam— 24 Röslein! zu deinen Blumen nicht (Engelstimmen): Etwas bewegter

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M U S I C A L LY S P E A K I N G W I T H A N D R É S S E R I E S

This performance is generously supported in part by: Supporter Mach Family Audience Development Fund This concert is also supported by Donors to the New Music Director Fund. For a full listing of supporters, please refer to page 13. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. Recent enhancements to the Jones Hall recording suite are generously provided by Silver Circle Audio.

The Mach Family Audience Development Fund The Mach family—Harry and Cora Sue, their son Steve and his wife Joella—are among Houston’s most noteworthy philanthropists. They have enhanced the lives of thousands through their work in healthcare, education, social services, and arts and culture. In 2006, the Machs established the Mach Family Audience Development Fund within the Houston Symphony Endowment. This season, the Fund again supports the Symphony’s Musically Speaking with Andrés performances, which provides a deeper understanding and connection between audience and music. The Fund is only one part of the Machs’ transformative involvement with the Houston Symphony. Steve currently serves as President of the Houston Symphony Society’s Board of Trustees. Cora Sue and Harry, along with Joella and Steve, cochaired the Centennial Ball, which raised a record $2.6 million for education and community programs.

CARLOS ANDRÉS BOTERO, co-host Born in Medellín, Colombia, Carlos Botero received a bachelor’s degree in viola performance, with honors, from EAFIT University in Medellín, and master’s degrees from the Soto Mesa in Madrid, Spain, and from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He completed the orchestral conducting doctoral program at Michigan State University (MSU) in 2012. Botero strives to change lives through music making. He serves as orchestra consultant, music education lecturer, string clinician, guest conductor and research coordinator for the Batuta and Bolivar Davivienda Foundations, the Pontifical Xavierian University in Colombia and the latin american music publishing house Filarmonika. As assistant and resident conductor of the Colombian Youth Philharmonic, he led the group on its first international tour in Colombia and Brazil, sharing the podium with Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Botero has conducted the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Medellín’s EAFIT Symphony Orchestra, the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra, the Meeting of Pontifical Xavierian University Youth Orchestras in Bogotá, and the EMU and MSU symphonic programs. In 2008, he conducted an all- Spanish choir and orchestra program with EMU Collegium Musicum, featuring 15 villancicos from the Guatemala City Cathedral Archive. Each piece was transcribed and edited from original manuscripts during a research project he directed. An active instrumentalist and chamber musician, he is a founding member of the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra, Diez Cuerdas Duo, Siakoro String Quartet and the ContraTiempo Chamber Ensemble. October 2015 17

october 3, 4, 2015

Schumann and Bartók Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Yulia Van Doren, soprano | *Elizabeth Toy Botero, soprano Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano | *Brian Stucki, tenor *Michael Kelly, bass-baritone | *John Gallagher, bass-baritone Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Jim Johnson, Teresa Chapman, co-directors | Barbara Niederer, costume designer Gillian Bowen, Josh Eguia, Kara Stenz, dancers Saturday, October 3, 2015 8pm Sunday, October 4, 2015 2:30pm

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Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra I Allegro non troppo II Molto adagio III Allegro assai I

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Schumann Der Rose Pilgerfahrt (The Pilgrimage of the Rose), Opus 112

Part 1 1 Die Frülingslüfte bringen: Im fröhlichen Ton 2 Johannis war gekommen: Ziemlich lebhaft— 3 Wir tanzen in lieblicher Nacht: Elfenreigen— 4 Und wie sie sangen: Dasselbe Tempo— 5 So sangen sie, da dämmert’s schon: Ziemlich langsam— 6 Bin ein armes Waisenkind: Etwas schneller— 7 Es war der Rose erster Schmerz: Etwas langsamer— 8 Wie Blätter am Baum: Dasselbe Tempo 9 Die letzte Scholl’ hinunter rollt: Um die Hälfte langsamer— 10 Dank, Herr, dir dort im Sternenland: Gebet

Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s biography appears on page 12. *Houston Symphony debut

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These concerts are also supported by Donors to the New Music Director Fund. For a full listing of supporters, please refer to page 13.

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. Part of the Margaret Alkek Williams SoundPlusVision Series, which is also supported by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Endowed Fund for Creative Initiatives. Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation. Recent enhancements to the Jones Hall recording suite are generously provided by Silver Circle Audio.

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notes | Schumann and Bartók | october 3, 4 DIVERTIMENTO FOR STRING ORCHESTRA Béla Bartók (1881-1945) In a Tweet. The creator of bold, bracing string quartets and piano works takes a break in this easygoing chamber-orchestra piece. The Back Story. Bartók traveled internationally in the 1930s as a composer and pianist, but Hungary was home, and what he saw there late in the decade weighed on him. As parts of Hungarian society fell under the Nazis’ spell, Europe’s rising tensions came right to Bartok’s doorstep. He began thinking of moving his family abroad, perhaps to the United States. A temporary respite came from Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor whose personal wealth enabled him to put an array of leading composers to work. Sacher had already commissioned Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, and he now wanted a string-orchestra piece. Not only did Sacher cover the fee, but he set Bartok up in a Swiss chalet, with all daily needs provided, to spend summer 1939 composing. Even in the Alpine retreat, Bartok saw signs of the international troubles, but he could put them out of mind when he worked. Describing his surroundings in a letter to his son, Bartók invoked past eras of well-heeled arts patrons: “Somehow I feel like an oldtime musician summoned as the guest of a Maecenas.” The Instruments. strings What to Listen For. Bartók not only felt like “old-time” musicians but took his lead from them. The divertimento genre had its heyday in the 18th century, when composers usually meant it to be diverting—hence the name—rather than profound. Bartók tipped his hat to that not by creating one of his most easygoing works, but by marshaling the instruments as J.S. Bach or Mozart might have: contrasting a handful of players against the full group. The first movement bustles along contentedly, and a few moments with tangier harmonies complement the mood without overpowering it. The slow movement harks back to a favorite Bartók motif, the nocturnal atmosphere: The dark-hued music is laced with things that go bump—or buzz, as the strings trill and churn—in the night. The finale is buoyant and lighthearted, and the sudden appearance of a polka caps off the fun. The Houston Symphony will showcase another innovator’s not-so-edgy side when it plays Anton Webern’s lyrical Langsamer Satz, or slow movement, in November. ©2015 Steven Brown

DER ROSE PILGERFAHRT (THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE ROSE), OPUS 112 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) In a Tweet. A fairy tale about a rose that longs to know human love inspired a neglected gem of gentle lyricism. The Back Story. Schumann’s friend and colleague Felix Mendelssohn spearheaded the rediscovery of J.S. Bach’s music after decades of neglect, and Schumann pitched in by conducting performances of Bach sacred works. As a composer, Schumann grappled for a way to revamp the oratorio as Bach and Handel knew it—which typically was long and musically intricate—so 20

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audiences of his day would respond to it. As he considered writing an oratorio about Martin Luther, he mused: “I should strive to make my music as little artificial, complicated and contrapuntal as possible, but (instead) simple and impressive, relying on rhythm and melody.” The Luther oratorio never materialized, but Schumann seized on a poem sent by a fledgling author named Moritz Horn. “The Pilgrimage of the Rose” told the story of a rose granted its wish to become human to experience love, and as soon as Schumann read it, melodies began forming in his mind. Schumann’s first version—for choir, soloists and piano—premiered in his home’s music room in front of friends. Some of them persuaded him to expand the accompaniment for orchestra, and that’s the version the Houston Symphony and Chorus perform. The Instruments. 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings What to Listen For. “The Pilgrimage of the Rose” begins in springtime. A rose realizes that, despite the season’s beauties, it is denied one reserved for humans: love. A fairy princess grants its wish to become human, turning it into a young woman, Rose. When a woman refuses Rose shelter for the night, pain becomes the first human emotion she feels. As the story unfolds, though, a couple whose young daughter has died takes Rose in, a forester’s son falls in love with her, and she experiences the bliss of marriage and motherhood. Schumann tells the story through music as simple and melodious as his comments promised. The solos for Rose and the characters she encounters hark back to the poignancy of Schumann’s art songs, and the choruses offer special charms, from the mellow men’s chorus hailing the forest’s beauty to the delicate finale welcoming Rose to the ranks of angels. “The gradation—rose, maiden, angel—is very poetic, and hints at that doctrine of transmutation to a higher state, which we all cling to so fondly,” Schumann wrote. In January, the Houston Symphony and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja will perform another underappreciated Schumann work, his Violin Concerto. ©2015 Steven Brown

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YULIA VAN DOREN, soprano Recognized by Opera magazine as “a star-tobe” following her Lincoln Center debut, young Russian-American soprano Yulia Van Doren’s debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra was acclaimed as a “revelation...a ravishing lyric voice and an ease with vocal ornamentation that turned her into an enchanted songbird” (Toronto Star). Van Doren’s career highlights include creating the lead female role in the world premiere of Shostakovich’s Orango with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, directed by Peter Sellars and released on Deutsche Grammophon; two Grammy-nominated opera recordings with the Boston Early Music Festival; the modern revival of Monsigny’s opera Le roi et le fermier at Royal Opera of Versailles, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center (recorded for Naxos); and a tour of Handel’s Orlando with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to the Mostly Mozart, Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals. Highlights of Van Doren’s upcoming season include appearances with the Cincinnati and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra, and tours with the Mark Morris Dance Group, including performances of Handel’s Acis and Galatea and L’Allegro.

ELIZABETH TOY BOTERO, soprano American soprano Elizabeth Toy Botero recently completed her final year of doctoral studies at Indiana University. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Michigan State University and a Master of Music degree in voice from Indiana University. At Indiana University’s Opera and Ballet Theater, Botero performed the title roles in Handel’s Alcina and Die Lustige Witwe, October 2015 21

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES 2015-16 Season Highlights

Something special happens at the Symphony during the holidays. Home Alone—Film with Live Orchestra

December 4, 2015 Steven Reineke, conductor The Houston School of the Performing and Visual Arts Chorus— Shannon Carter and Julia Hall, directors Pat Bonner, vocal music chair

Very Merry Pops

December 11, 12, 13, 2015 Michael Krajewski, conductor Reginald Smith Jr., vocalist Houston Symphony Chorus— Betsy Cook Weber, director

A Frosty & Frozen Christmas December 12, 2015

Handel’s Messiah

December 18, 19, 20, 2015 Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus— Betsy Cook Weber, director

3 Weeks of Beethoven Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Beethoven 2 & 8

March 4, 5, 6, 2016

Beethoven’s Eroica Plus Shostakovich

Beethoven 9 & Bernstein March 18, 19, 20, 2016

March 10, 12, 13, 2016 (Jones Hall) March 11, 2016 (Sugar Land Baptist Church)

Houston Symphony Broadcast Series Now Airing on Houston Public Media News 88.7 Houston Public Media is expanding its partnership with the Houston Symphony by now airing its Houston Symphony broadcast series on News 88.7, Sundays at 8pm. The series will also be rebroadcast on Classical 91.7 on Wednesdays at 8pm. The weekly series will feature the Houston Symphony’s current season as well as favorite past performances. Recorded from a multi-track studio tucked away in the rear of the Jones Hall auditorium, Houston Public Media’s senior recording engineer, Brad Sayles, captures each concert. Hosted by Houston Public Media’s arts and culture director, St.John Flynn, each program features the orchestra in concert with introductions and special commentary from Andrés Orozco-Estrada or the concert’s guest conductor and guest soloist. Members of the orchestra and some of the people behind the scenes at Jones Hall will also share their insights. Houston Public Media and the Houston Symphony have a long-standing relationship that began almost 30 years ago. From the outset, Houston Public Media has recorded the orchestra’s classical subscription concerts, specials and Miller Outdoor Theatre performances to bring these world-class Houston Symphony performances to a much wider audience beyond Jones Hall.

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biographes | Schumann and Bartók | october 3, 4 Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and Catherine in Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge. Also, Botero performed the title role in Handel’s Esther as part of the Joshi Handel Project in Bloomington and Charleston, SC. Other stage credits include Cunegonde in Candide and the title roles in Susannah and Romeo et Juliette at Michigan State University’s Opera Theatre. Botero has appeared as a soloist with the Jackson Symphony, the Lansing Symphony, the Bloomington Chamber Singers, the Pro Arte Vocal Ensemble and the Indiana University Latin American Music Ensemble. She has also performed in new music concerts with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble at Indiana University. She is the 2013 winner of the Kentucky Bach Choir Vocal Competition. Botero is married to orchestral conductor Carlos Botero and resides in Houston with their one-year-old daughter. She currently sings professionally with the Houston Chamber Choir.

MEG BRAGLE, mezzo-soprano Widely praised for her musical intelligence and “expressive virtuosity” (San Francisco Chronicle), Meg Bragle is earning an international reputation as one of today’s most gifted mezzo-sopranos. Frequently a featured soloist with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, Bragle has sung throughout North America and Europe with leading orchestras, including the Houston Symphony. This season, her performances include Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts, where she is a member of the voice faculty. Recently, she sang the title role in Handel’s Susanna with ARS Lyrica Houston, Bruno Moretti’s Vespro with New York City Ballet, and she has toured with the Netherlands Bach Society. Her opera roles include Dido and the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Dardano in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, Amastre in Handel’s Serse, Speranza in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Ippolita in Cavalli’s Elena and Elpina in Vivaldi’s La Fida Ninfa. In addition to several recordings with Apollo’s Fire, Bragle’s recordings include Cozzolani’s Vespro della Beata Vergine and Messa Paschale with Magnificat (Musica Omnia), Music of Medieval Love with New York’s Ensemble for Early Music (Ex Cathedra Records) and Toby Twining’s Chrysalid Requiem (Cantaloupe Music).

BRIAN STUCKI, tenor In addition to this debut with the Houston Symphony, Brian Stucki debuts this season with the San Francisco Symphony in Handel’s Messiah. He also sings his first performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Handel’s Judas Maccabeus with Boise Baroque. Last season, his engagements included returns to Utah Opera for Nadir in Les pêcheur de perles and to the Indianapolis Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and Bruch’s Flight into Egypt. CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 October 2015 23

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Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Friday, October 16, 2015 8pm Saturday, October 17, 2015 8pm Sunday, October 18, 2015 2:30pm

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Ives Symphony No. 2 I Andante moderato— II Allegro molto (con spirito) III Adagio cantabile IV Lento maestoso— V Allegro molto vivace I

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Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 83 I Allegro non troppo II Allegro appassionato III Andante IV Allegretto grazioso

Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s biography appears on page 12.

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Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms | october 16, 17, 18 SYMPHONY NO. 2 Charles Ives (1874-1954) In a Tweet. Ives celebrates being an American by building a symphony from patriotic melodies, gospel hymns and other homegrown tunes.

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These performances are generously supported in part by: Guarantor Rochelle and Max Levit These concerts are also supported by Donors to the New Music Director Fund. For a full listing of supporters, please refer to page 13.

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The Back Story. Ives grew up relishing American culture, from gospel hymns to transcendentalist literature to baseball. But he couldn’t show that in his Symphony No. 1, which last spring opened the Houston Symphony’s Ives cycle. Ives wrote the work as his senior thesis at Yale, and his composition teacher, obsessed with classical-music norms, nixed his plan to weave in American tunes. That was the last time Ives had to submit to someone else’s taste. After graduating, he launched a lucrative career in insurance, and music became his avocation. Free to do as he pleased, he seized on a host of his beloved American melodies—such as “Bringing in the Sheaves” and “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”—as building blocks of his Symphony No. 2. “It expresses the musical feelings of the Connecticut country…in the 1890s, the music of the country folk. It is full of the tunes they sang and played then,” Ives said. The Instruments. 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings What to Listen For. The warm, spacious opening could pass for the work of a 19th-century European. But the flowing melody comes from a Stephen Foster song, “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground,” as reworked by Ives. Practically the entire five-movement symphony grows from popular and sacred tunes from Ives’ America. Some are familiar to us today, while some are forgotten. A few are quoted recognizably, while others are transformed. The second movement includes a march theme based on “Bringing In the Sheaves.” The peaceful third movement draws on another gospel hymn, “Beulah Land,” and the tune we know today as “America the Beautiful.” The finale whips up a celebration that peaks with the trombones blasting “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” Ives said the startling last chord mimicked the way bands used to signal the end of a night of dancing: “The players played any old note, good and loud, for the last chord.” The Houston Symphony will continue its Ives cycle next season with the Symphony No. 3, subtitled The Camp Meeting. ©2015 Steven Brown The printed music for this work was donated by Mr. Joseph J. VodVarka.

PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 83 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) In a Tweet. The piano pours out as much sound as the orchestra in a concerto that combines lyricism and drama. The Back Story. Brahms had created some of music’s most volcanic works, notably his Piano Concerto No. 1, by the time he reached his late 40s. So a close friend must have

Rochelle and Max Levit Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms is generously underwritten by Rochelle and Max Levit, members of the Houston Symphony family for more than 30 years, and current members of the New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation. Rochelle serves as a Governing Director of the Symphony’s Board of Trustees and is a member of the Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Committee. In recent seasons, Max and Rochelle have supported the orchestra’s performances of Berg’s Wozzeck in concert, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and last season’s performance with Itzhak Perlman. They also sponsor First Violinist Sergei Galperin. Rochelle and Max are especially excited by the Symphony’s artistic direction under the leadership of Andrés Orozco-Estrada. The Houston Symphony thanks the Levits for making possible these performances by Emanuel Ax and the orchestra. October 2015 25

notes | Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms | october 16, 17, 18 smiled when he wrote her in a letter: “I have written a tiny, tiny piano concerto with a tiny, tiny wisp of a scherzo.” Chalk one up for Brahms’ wry humor. In fact, another titanic work was ready to go. Though Brahms stepped back from the sheer ferocity of his Concerto No. 1, which he had written as a 20-something hothead, he gave his Concerto No. 2 a richer combination of vigor, lyricism and grandeur. When Brahms took the concerto on tour, playing the piano part himself, his friend and colleague Clara Schumann wrote in her diary: “Brahms is celebrating such triumphs everywhere as seldom fall to the lot of a composer.” The Instruments. 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings What to Listen For. A spacious French horn melody, echoed quietly by the piano, begins the concerto meditatively. An eruption from the piano changes the mood, leading the orchestra to transform that opening theme into a ringing, powerful statement. The concerto becomes a grand-scale drama setting passion against introspection, and the turbulence spills over into the even stormier second movement—the scherzo—which could hardly be farther from the wisp Brahms’ letter suggested. Serenity arrives when a solo cello’s song begins the slow movement, and the piano responds with its own gentle lyricism. The finale captures Brahms in a breezy mood that his music doesn’t often display. Especially in the first two movements, the solo part puts pianists to one of the supreme tests of their agility, sonorousness and rhythmic drive. British composer Charles Villiers Stanford heard Brahms play the concerto when it was new, and he recalled later that he heard “handfuls of wrong notes.” But he saw past them. “Never since have I heard a rendering of the concerto so complete in its outlook or so big in its interpretation,” Stanford wrote. Brahms’ melodious side will come to the fore in January, when Music Director Andrés OrozcoEstrada leads the Houston Symphony in Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. ©2015 Steven Brown

biographes continued from page 23 | Schumann and Bartók | october 3, 4 Stucki’s numerous recent engagements include his international debut as Ferrando in Così fan tutte with New Israeli Opera, Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher with Polish National Opera, Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Compañía Nacional de Opera at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and in Tijuana, and Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Fuoco. He has also sung Nadir in Les pêcheur de perles with Seattle Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Syracuse Opera; Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Colorado and Arizona Opera; and Ramiro in La cenerentola with Pacific Opera Victoria, Michigan Opera Theater and North Carolina Opera. Stucki holds a master’s degree in music from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in music from Brigham Young University. Additionally, he is a former member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. An accomplished cellist, he has released a recording of Rachmaninoff works on the Tantara label.

biography EMANUEL AX, piano Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition. He later won the Young Concert Artists Michaels Award (1975) and the Avery Fisher Prize (1979). Three prominent duo collaborations will carry through Ax’ current season. Beginning with the release of sonatas by Fauré and Strauss (Deutsche Grammophon), he will partner with his friend and colleague Itzhak Perlman for concerts in Kansas City, Ravinia, Dallas, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and La Jolla in the first half of the season. A return visit to Japan will be followed by concerts in Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam. As an annual guest with the New York Philharmonic, he will play Brahms with Alan Gilbert. In addition to his visit with the Houston Symphony, he returns to Chicago and Pittsburgh, as well as duos in Philadelphia and New York with violinist Pamela Frank in a program of Mozart sonatas. Long-standing partner Yo-Yo Ma will join him in Norfolk, Washington and Carnegie Hall where they will program all the Beethoven sonatas for cello and piano. Solo recitals in Tokyo, Arizona, Florida, Texas and Boston will culminate in Carnegie Hall as part of the hall’s 125th anniversary celebrations in May. A Grammy-winning artist exclusive to Sony Classical since 1987, his most recent release is a recital disc exploring “variations” by composers, including Haydn, Schumann and Copland. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and holds honorary doctorates from Yale and Columbia Universities. 26

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MICHAEL KELLY, bass-baritone American baritone Michael Kelly continues to distinguish himself as a consummate artist, sought after for his riveting interpretations of recital, concert and operatic repertoire. This season, he will perform world premieres by Matthew Aucoin and Mohammed Fairouz and will appear in Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Orff’s Carmina Burana. A passionate recital and chamber music interpreter, he can be found on three soon-to-be released recordings of Schubert’s Winterreise, David Del Tredici’s A Field Manual and a recording of Britten’s folk song settings. Captivating audiences with his “exquisitely self-effacing” artistry, Kelly is a versatile CONTINUED ON PAGE 32

Symphony Society Board President Steven P. Mach*

Chairman Robert B. Tudor III*

General Counsel Paul R. Morico*

Immediate Past President Robert A. Peiser*

Chairman Emeritus Mike S. Stude*

Secretary Barbara McCelvey*

Chair, Board Governance and Leadership Gene Dewhurst*

Chair, Finance Barbara Burger*

Chair, Strategic Planning Janet F. Clark*

Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby

Chair, Audience Development & Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant

Chair, Audit Anthony Bohnert

Chair, Community Partnerships Donna Shen

Chair, Development Jerry Simon

Chair, Education Billy McCartney

Chair, Pension Gene Dewhurst

Chair, Popular Programming Danielle Batchelor

Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Mary Lynn Marks

Immediate Past Chairman Jesse B. Tutor*^

President, Houston Symphony Endowment Jesse B. Tutor*^

President, Houston Symphony League Betty Tutor*^

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson*^

Music Director AndrĂŠs Orozco-Estrada*^

Musician Representative Adam Dinitz*^

Musician Representative Sergei Galperin*^

Musician Representative Mark Hughes*^

Assistant Secretary Stacey C. Spears*^ *Executive Committee ^Ex-Officio

Governing Directors Jan Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara Burger Justice Brett Busby Donna Josey Chapman Janet F. Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn

Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil David Frankfort Julia Frankel Ronald G. Franklin Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Joan Kaplan Rochelle Levit, Ph.D.

Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Paul M. Mann, M.D. Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan ** Paul R. Morico Kevin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Gorman John Onstott Robert A. Peiser

David Pruner Ron Rand John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer ** Jerry Simon Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith James Stein Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Robert B. Tudor III ** Betty Tutor **

Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Fredric Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams ** Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich Ex-Officio James Moore Gloria G. Pryzant Donna Shen

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Meherwan Boyce Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis Cindy Deere Azar Delpassand Ronald DePinho, M.D.

Tracy Dieterich Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Craig Fox Allen Gelwick Evan Glick Julianne K. Gorte Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect, M.D. Stephanie Hildebrant Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Marianne Ivany Brian James Rita Justice I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez

Carolyn Mann Michael Mann, M.D. Judy Margolis Rodney Margolis ** John Matzer III Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Bobbie Newman Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Dana Ondrias Edward Osterberg Jr. Chester M. Pitts II

Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant Richard A. Rabinow Roman F. Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Michael E. Shannon ** Donna Shen Robert Sloan David Stanard David Tai Brian J. Thomas L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Andrew Truscott Art Vivar

Margaret Waisman, M.D. Robert Weiner James T. Willerson, M.D. Steven J. Williams Ed Wulfe ** Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early

Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser

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

Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Susan Osterberg Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West

Ebby Creden Charlotte Gaunt Norma Brady Cindy Kuenneke Helen Powell Sharon Dillard Diane McLaughlin Roberta Liston Suzanne Hicks Sue Smith Shirley Wettling Jo Anne Mills Phyllis Molnar Pat Bertelli Emyre B. Robinson Dana Puddy Angela Buell Pat Brackett Joan Wade Yvonne Herring Deanna Lamoreux Glenda Toole Carole Murphy Patience Myers

Trustees

Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE Houston Symphony League BaY AREA Fran Strong Selma Neumann Julia Wells Dagmar Meeh Priscilla Heidbreder Harriett Small Nina Spencer Elizabeth Glenn

Ex-Officio Ting Bresnahan Audrey Chang John Esquivel Dr. A. Jan Taylor Lifetime Trustee **

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The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest Amy Andersson, conductor Members of the Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Wednesday, October 21, 2015 7:30 pm Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:30pm

Jones Hall

Act I

Overture

Interludes Gerudo Valley Boss Battle Medley Suite from Majora’s Mask A Link Between Worlds The Symphony Prelude: The Creation of Hyrule Movement I: Ocarina of Time Movement II: The Wind Waker I

Act II

Intermezzo: Great Fairy’s Fountain Movement III: Twilight Princess Movement IV: Time of the Falling Rain Finale The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses is produced by Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc., and Nintendo. The Legend of Zelda is a trademark of Nintendo. All associated trademarks are owned and used under license from Nintendo.

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Biographies JASON MICHAEL PAUL, executive producer

POPS POPS

Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall

Part of the BBVA Compass POPS

Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Foundation through a special gift celebrating the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th Anniversary in 2015.

Jason Michael Paul is an American-born concert producer, promoter and entrepreneur. Paul introduced Dear Friends, More Friends: Music from Final Fantasy, PLAY! A Video Game Symphony, the 25th Anniversary Legend of Zelda, Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Second Quest, Master Quest and rePLAY: Symphony of Heroes that is currently touring the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. He has worked with co-producers and contributors such as Luciano Pavarotti and the Three Tenors and video game manufacturer, Nintendo.

AMY ANDERSSON, principal conductor At home in both the operatic and symphonic repertoires, Amy Andersson has conducted throughout Europe and the United States. She has led opera productions at the German Opera on the Rhine, National Theater of Mannheim, Theater Aachen, Weikersheim Opera Festival, Rheinsberg Chamber Opera and Colorado Light Opera. She has made concert appearances with the Niederrheinische Symphony, Orchesta Sonderhausen, Berlin Symphony, Giessen State Theatre Philharmonic Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic, Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland, Les Musicales du Trophee and at the Colorado Music Festival. Anderssonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many engagements included a five-week concert tour with the Jeunesses Musicales to Germany, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and a debut at the Gewandhaus at the Leipzig Bach Festival. Amy Andersson is currently associate conductor for rePLAY: Symphony of Heroes.

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Sinatra’s Centennial Steven Reineke, conductor *Montego Glover, vocalist Tony DeSare, vocalist and piano Friday, October 30, 2015 8pm Saturday, October 31, 2015 8pm Sunday, November 1, 2015 7:30pm

J. Kander/B. Elliott Rodgers/N. Riddle-Reineke Arr. C. Jahnke C. Coleman/Q. Jones

New York, New York The Lady Is a Tramp from Babes In Arms Almost Like Being In Love/This Can’t Be Love The Best Is Yet to Come

lyrics by Carolyn Leigh

Porter/Riddle-T. Berens Night and Day from Gay Divorce Rodgers/T. Firth I Have Dreamed from The King and I

lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Porter/Riddle-J. Price I’ve Got You Under My Skin from Born To Dance Mercer/DeSare-Firth Something’s Gotta Give H. Carmichael Two Sleepy People

lyrics by Joe DiPietro

Bryan Colored Woman from Memphis

lyrics by Joe DiPietro

C. Walker-E. Arnold/DeSare You Don’t Know Me J. Styne/F. Barton Just In Time from Bells Are Ringing

lyrics by Betty Comden-Adolph Green

Arlen-Mercer One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) Arlen/S. Henderson Come Rain or Come Shine from St. Louis Woman

lyrics by Johnny Mercer

J. Revaux/Firth My Way

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Weill/Reineke Mack the Knife from Die Dreigroschenoper D. Bryan Ain’t Nothin’ But a Kiss from Memphis

lyrics by Frank Loesser

C. C. Parks/Berens Somethin’ Stupid Berlin/DeSare-Firth I Love a Piano I

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POPS POPS

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STEVEN REINEKE, conductor These performances are generously supported in part by: Partner Goldman Sachs & Co. Supporter Jennifer and Steve Dolman Lila Rauch

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

Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. In addition to being Principal Pops Conductor Designate of the Houston Symphony, he is music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the posts of principal pops conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras 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, among other leading orchestras. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, his works have been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous CPO recordings (Telarc). His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion. This season, the National Symphony Orchestra will premiere his The True Story of The Three Little Pigs. A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in trumpet performance and music composition. He currently lives in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard. October 2015 31

biographies | Sinatra’s Centennial | october 30, 31, November 1 MONTEGO GLOVER, vocalist Tony Award-nominee and award-winning actress Montego Glover is currently appearing in It Shoulda Been You at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway. Glover originated the starring role of Felicia Farrell on Broadway in Memphis (Tony Award, Best Musical 2010) for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Lead Actress in a Musical, a Drama League nomination and won both the Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance. She made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple and has been a guest artist at the Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Huntington Theater and the Geffen Playhouse, among others. Her concert work includes performances with the New York Pops, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Theater, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Caramoor Music Festival, the Delacorte Theatre and the Smith Center (PBS Special). Television and film roles include FOX’s The Following, ABC’s Black Box, Hostages, Smash, Golden Boy, The Good Wife, White Collar, NYC 22, Law & Order, Made In Jersey and the upcoming feature Alone. She’s heard in numerous commercials and voiceovers, as well as many animated characters. Montego Glover has served as a member of the Artists’ Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and is a New York PopsEd Ambassador. Visit @montegoglover and MontegoGlover.com.

biographes continued from page 26 | october 3, 4 and innovative vocalist who has performed with leading orchestras, chamber ensembles and opera companies, as well as under the batons of today’s foremost conductors. His repertoire ranges from baroque to modern, in collaboration with some of today’s most exciting composers, premiering works for Tom Cipullo, Ricky Ian Gordon, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann, Ben Moore, Reinaldo Moya, John Musto and David Sisco. Kelly has collaborated in recital with celebrated pianists Martin Katz, Kathleen Kelly, Malcolm Martineau, Spencer Myer, Jonathan Ware and Brian Zeger. He has won prizes in several prominent competitions, including first prizes in the Francis Poulenc International Piano Competition (2013) and Joy in Singing (2011). A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School, he was a member of the Opera Studio at The Zürich Opera House. He co-founded SongFusion, a song recital series based in Manhattan. Visitmichaelkellysings.com for more.

TONY DESARE, vocalist and piano Tony DeSare performs with infectious joy, wry playfulness and robust musicality. Named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in DownBeat magazine, DeSare has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class. He has three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on CBS’ Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion and Today. His music has been posted by social media celebrity juggernaut, George Takei. Notwithstanding his critically acclaimed turns as a singer/pianist, DeSare is also an award-winning composer. He won first place in the USA Songwriting Competition and wrote the theme song for the motion picture, My Date with Drew, along with several broadcast commercials. His sound is romantic, swinging and sensual. His music is fresh and contemporary, yet pays homage to the Great American Songbook. His compositions include a wide-range of romantic, funny and soulful sounds that can be found on his top-selling recordings. DeSare releases new recordings, videos of standards and new originals every few weeks on his YouTube channel, iTunes and Spotify. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter and subscribe on YouTube to stay connected. Tony DeSare is a Yamaha Artist. 32

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JOHN GALLAGHER, bass-baritone John Gallagher graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. He studied voice with Timothy Jones and rehearsal technique with Betsy Weber. Gallagher has taught high school choir for seven years, and he is currently the head choir director at Manvel High School in Alvin ISD. Gallagher has sung professionally with the Houston Chamber Choir, CANTARE Houston and the Houston Ballet. Also, he has sung with the Houston Symphony Chorus for two seasons. Gallagher currently lives in Pearland with his wife, Jennifer, and their three dachshunds.

Houston Symphony Donors

The Sustainability Fund

The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund. Their extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411.

Jane and Robert Cizik Sustainability Fund Challenge Grant

Thanks to a generous challenge grant by Jane and Robert Cizik, the Houston Symphony will receive an additional $500,000 if we can secure $2.7 million in new commitments for the Sustainability Fund by December 31, 2015. This will successfully close the $15 million campaign started in 2010. The effort to complete the campaign is being led by Bobby Tudor, Chairman of the Houston Symphony Society Board, and Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO. For more information on how to be part of this donor group please contact Mark C. Hanson at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp

Mrs. Kitty King Powell Janice H. Barrow The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. M.D. Anderson Foundation

Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Joella & Steven P. Mach

Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Steven & Nancy Williams

Annual Support

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Ima Hogg Society, $150,000 or More

Janice H. Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Honorable David H. Dewhurst Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Specâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

Centennial Society, $100,000 - $149,000 Mr. Monzer Hourani

Founderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society, $75,000 - $99,999 Robin Angly & Miles Smith Darlene & Cappy Bisso Dr. Mary R. Lewis Joella & Steven P. Mach Billy & Christie McCartney

Mr. John N. Neighbors Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Steven & Nancy Williams

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Houston Symphony Donors Maestro’s Society, $50,000 - $74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Janet F. Clark Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi

Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Janice & Robert McNair Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation

Louisa Stude Sarofim Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Laura & Michael Shannon Alice & Terry Thomas Ms. Judith Vincent

Concertmaster’s Society, $25,000 - $49,999 John Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Todd & JoAnna Brooks Mr. Ralph Burch Ms. Barbara Burger Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Donna & Max Chapman Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Dr. Alex Dell Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Gene & Linda Dewhurst Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company, Inc. Diane Lokey Farb Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Allen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies

Lila Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Susan & Dick Hansen Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James H. Lee Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Cornelia & Meredith Long Carolyn & Mike Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan John & Bobbie Nau John & Cynthia Onstott Mr. & Mrs. Odis Peavy

Dave & Alie Pruner Lisa & Jerry Simon Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Jay Steinfield & Barbara Winthorp-Rose Nancy & David Tai Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Susan L. Thompson Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Anonymous

Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000 - $24,999 Rolaine & Morrie Abramson Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Ken Barrow Danielle & Josh Batchelor James M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Richard Danforth Mrs. William Estrada Martin & Kelli Cohen Fein Angel & Craig Fox Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Franklin Jr. Janet Gurwitch & Ron Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb

Jay & Shirley Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. Keith McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Connelly T. McGreevy Stephen & Marilyn Miles/Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation Ginni & Richard Mithoff Stewart Morris & Kay Shoppa Estate of Terence Murphree* Susan & Edward Osterberg Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Ann & Hugh Roff William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Donna & Tim Shen

The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Ms. Kelly Somoza James Stein / Independent Bank Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tate Paul Strand Thomas Ms. Hallie A. Vanderhider Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Dede & Connie Weil Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Nancy B. Willerson Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe Ralph Wyman & Jim Foti Thane & Nicole Wyman Nina & Michael Zilkha

Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000 - $14,999 Frances & Ira Anderson Lilly & Thurmon Andress Edward H. Andrews III Nina Andrews & David Karohl Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. Giorgio Borlenghi Mr. & Mrs. George Boss Nancy & Walter Bratic Terry Ann Brown Cheryl & Sam Byington John & Candace Caley Albert & Anne Chao Mr. & Mrs. James Chao Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Clark Jr. Virginia A. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler 34

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Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Marianne & Robert Ivany, University of St. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Jaminski Beverly Johnson Dr. Rita Justice Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Michael & Kelley Lang Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Martha & Marvin McMurrey

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. Gary Mercer Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Mischer Jr. Nancy Morrison Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Ron & Demi Rand Lila Rauch Roman & Sally Reed Gabriel & Mona Rio Beth Robertson

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun David & Paula Steakley Pamalah & Stephen Tipps Shirley Toomim John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer Birgitt van Wijk

Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Janet & Tom Walker Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Wands David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Dr. Jim T. Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Anonymous (2)

Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500 - $9,999 Mr. William L. Ackerman, Kero-Jet Corporation Josie & Joe Amador Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Mr. & Dr. Karl-Heinz Becker Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Ruth White Brodsky Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Dr. M.K. Campion David Chambers & Alex Steffler Audrey & Brandon Cochran Laurie & Ryan Colburn Mr. Andrew Davis & Ms. Corey Tu J.R. & Aline Deming

Judge & Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Viviana & David Denechaud Erika & S. David Frankfort Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. Jackson Hicks Brian James Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton April & Tom Lykos Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Bryan & Vickie McMicken Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Dr. Cameron Mitchell

Rita & Paul Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Bobbie Newman Scott & Judy Nyquist Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Catherine Powers Radoff Family Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Truscott Mr. Art Vivar

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000 - $7,499 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Christine Smith & Ben Andrews Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Anne Morgan Barrett Beth & Jim Barton Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Boesel Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Marilyn Caplovitz Rhona & Bruce Caress Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Coneway Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Lois & David Coyle Janie & Carr Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Dupre’ II Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner In memory of Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Stephen Elison Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Maestro Christoph Eschenbach Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Eugene Fong Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Shane T. Frank

Mr. & Mrs. C. K. Garland Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Kathleen & Dick Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee Marilyn & Bob Hermance Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Mrs. Ann B. Jennings Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Dr. Milton & Gail Danziger Klein, in memory of Renee & Benjamin Danziger William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Willy Kuehn Mr. & Mrs. Marc Laird Ms. Lynne Lipsitz Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. Bruce March Mr. William McDugald Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sidney & Ione Moran Sami & Jud Morrison Gerald & Barbara Moynier Richard & Juliet Moynihan David G. Nussman Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge

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 Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano Vicky and Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets Silver Circle Audio Enhancements to Jones Hall Recording Suite Beverly Johnson, Ralph Wyman and Jim Foti, and Thane & Nicole Wyman in memory of Winthrop Wyman Basset Horns and Rotary Trumpets Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductor’s Podium

Tim & Katherine Pownell Jean & Allan Quiat Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Dr. & Mrs. Barry Samuels October 2015 35

Houston Symphony Donors Young Associates Council Young Associate, Premium $2,500 or more James M. Bell David Chambers & Alex Steffler Valerie Palmquist Dieterich and Tracy Dieterich Jennifer & Steve Dolman Katie Flaherty Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Sami and Jud Morrison Juliet Moths - Louis Vuitton Melissa L. Nance Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Emily Paull - Louis Vuitton Alexander Robart Christopher Robart and Katelyn Bracksieck Seth Williams Young Associate $1,500 - $2,499 Dr. Genevera Allen Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Ann & Jonathan Ayre Cristina & Tanner Bailey William & Laura Black Ting and John Bresnahan Divya and Chris Brown Pamela Brylski Jeff Caley Audrey & Brandon Cochran Mike Cox Mandy & Rafael Diaz Amanda & Adam Dinitz Evin Ashley Erdowdu Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc.

Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Courtney Fretz Rauli & Danna Garcia Michael A. Gonser Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Claudio Gutierrez Monica & Burdette Huffman Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Jessica Q. Johnston Stacy and Jason Johnson Mackenzie Kemp Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Brian McCulloch - Burberry Kristen & Steve McDaniel Cara & Tanner Moran Amanda & Justin Morton Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Ahmed Saleh Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Justin and Caroline Simons Steve & Judy Sohn Mark Stadnyk Norton Rose Fulbright Erin & James Stewart Ishwaria and Vivek Subbiah Carol Tai Glenn Taylor Candace & Brian Thomas Rachael and Jason Volz - A Fare Extraordinaire The Young Associates Council is supported in part by Bank of America.

For more information, please contact Darryl de Mello, Director, Annual Fund at (713) 337-8529.

Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Carol & Kamal Sandarusi Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. Wolfgang Schmidt & Ms. Angelika Schmidt-Lange Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Shidler Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Ms. Maria Cecilia Vasconcellos Ms. Barbara Williams Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Sally & Denney Wright Robert & Michele Yekovich Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (3)

Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Gerhard & Birgit Adenacker Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten

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Mrs. John Bace Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Mrs. Ann M. Bixby Mr. John Blaisdell Mr. & Mrs. Murry Bowden James & Judy Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Pamela Brylski Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Nicole & Rueben Casarez Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Cleary Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Gary M. Coleman Dr. & Mrs. Evan D. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Day Ms. Niki DeMaio Mandy & Rafael Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Nijad I. Fares Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet

Mrs. Ronald Fischer Katie Flaherty Courtney Fretz Thomas & Patricia Geddy Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Ms. Christine Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Miss Maureen Y. Higdon Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hildebrandt Mr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Holmes Mr. & Mrs. John Hrncir Mark & Marilyn Hughes Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Jessica Q. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Chris Laporte Mr. Edward T. Lee Golda Anne & Bob Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Carlos J. López Kimberly Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mattix Mr. Derek Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Will L. McLendon Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Julia & Chris Morton Melissa L. Nance Newman/Strug/Wadler families in honor of Ida & Irving Wadler Mr. & Mrs. Travis Nichols Mr. Kevin O’Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Olfers Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth F. Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Emily Paull, Louis Vuitton Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Jeff & Pat Ponthier Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Ed & Janet Rinehart Allyn & Jill Risley Alexander Robart Katelyn Bracksieck & Christopher Robart Mr. & Mrs. James L. Robertson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Ruez Mr. & Mrs. Yasuhiko Saitoh Mr. & Mrs. Saib Saour Lori & Phillip Sarofim Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Hinda Simon Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Ellie & Eric Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard Spies Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Standish Georgiana Stanley Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stewart Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Susman Family Foundation/Ellen & Steve Susman Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Carolyn Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Van W. Teeters Candace & Brian Thomas Mr. & Mrs. William Toomey II Ann G. Trammell Mr. & Mrs. Tyson Voelkel Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. Thomas Warden & Mrs. Becky Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ware Mr. Clinton Wetmore Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Mr. Jim P. Wise Ms. Beth Wolff

David & Tara Wuthrich Mr. & Mrs. Dan Yates Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Anonymous (3)

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$1,500-$2,499

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Ms. Sofia Adrogue & Mr. Sten Gustafson Joan & Stanford Alexander Dr. Genevera Allen John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William L. Anderson Jr. Dr. Angela R. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. Sandy P. Aron Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Ann & Jonathan Ayre Cristina & Tanner Bailey Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Mr. & Mrs. J. Kirby Barry II Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Ms. Nancy H. Bihlmaier Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Ms. Pam Blaine Mr. Jay Blinderman Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton / Boulware & Valoir Mrs. Linda K. Brahaney Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown Hon. Peter H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Jeff Caley Mrs. Charles Callery Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Mrs. Mary Ann Carrico Margot & John Cater Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Ernest D. Cockrell II Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. John P. Cogan Jr. Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mike Cox Ms. Marsha K. Crawford Katie & Harry Cullen Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Dr. & Ms. Peter Dempsey Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Mr. & Mrs. Ralph DeVore Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mike & Debra Dishberger Ms. Victoria Dominguez Robert J. Doyle Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Evin Ashley Erdowdu Annette & Knut Eriksen Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Paula & Louis Faillace Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Rauli & Danna Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Rebecca Gentry Joan M. Giese Michael A. Gonser Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Kathy & Martyn Goossen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gossett Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Claudio Gutierrez Eric & Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. John Havens Mr. & Mrs. William T. Heller IV Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Dr. Volker Hirsinger Dr. Suzanne M. Hite Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Frank & Sarah Huang Monica & Burdette Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Stacy & Jason Johnson Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Steve Johnson Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Carl Jones Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kades Rex & Marillyn King Ms. Carla Knobloch Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ann & Sam Koster Jane & Kevin Kremer Mr. Marc E. Laborde Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Seth & Karen Lerner Mr. & Mrs. Bob Licato Mr. William W. Lindley James C. Lindsey Mr. Jeff Lippold Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Renee & Michael Locklar Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. Paul F. Longstreth & Ms. Marilyn Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Ms. Sue Ann Lurcott Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marx Catherine & Matt Matthews Mr. William L. Maynard Georgia Braun McBride Linda & Jim McCartney Brian McCulloch / Burberry Kristen & Steve McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Martin McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Cara & Tanner Moran Amanda & Justin Morton Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. William J. Napier Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Khanh Nguyen Mr. Reymundo Ocanas & Mr. Orlando Manzo-Ocanas Mr. & Mrs. John Oehler Steve & Sue Olson Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Palmer Ms. Martha Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Bob G. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Chester M. Pitts II Ms. Linda Posey Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Mrs. Dana Puddy Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Clinton & Leigh Rappole Ms. Natalia Rawle Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Kent Rutter & David Baumann Ahmed Saleh Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schaeffer Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Mr. Victor E. Serrato Justin & Caroline Simons Mr. Geoff Simpson Mr. David Siverling Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Steve & Judy Sohn Mark Stadnyk, Norton Rose Fulbright Charlotte Stafford Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Karen & Bruce Steffler Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Erin & James Stewart Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Jack & Karen Stopnicki Dr. Navin Subramanian & Dr. Melissa Dupree Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Adam Szczepanski Mr. & Mrs. Alan Taghdisi Carol Tai Glenn Taylor Jean & Doug Thomas Eric & Carol Timmreck Mrs. Glenda C. Toole Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Ms. Jana Vander Lee Rachael & Jason Volz / A Fare Extraordinaire Dr. & Mrs. Edward C. Wade Mr. H. Richard Walton Mr. & Mrs. Brad Wander General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. & Mrs. Andrew White Mrs. Deanne White James & Pamela Wilhite Gene & Sandra Williams Loretta & Lawrence Williams Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Wizel Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (6)

Director $1,000 - $1,499

Mrs. Suzon Adam Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Mrs. Sally Alcorn Marcia & Ed Ambs Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Mr. William J. Anderson Ms. Anna Arispe & Mr. John Reger Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Ms. Regina Balderas Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Trace Trahan Bannerman Mr. & Mrs. Bill Barnett Ms. Deborah S. Bautch & Ms. Mary Lavender Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Eldo Bergman/Family Literacy Network Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mr. & Mrs. Chris Birdsall Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bowden Bob Frank Boydston Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Brass Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Dr. & Mrs. Gary Clark Ms. Kay Hanson-Clerc Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats

Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Ms. Ellen T. Cokinos Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cook Ms. Miquel A. Correll Joe & Nancy Crabb The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. David Crowley Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Brian & Leah Del Signore James R. Denton Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Ms. Cynthia Diller Charles Dishman Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Larry Dundee Egon & Elisa Durban Mrs. William H. Dwyer III Mr. Paul Ehrsam Mrs. Fredell Lack Eichhorn Mr. & Mrs. Jack Ellis Hon. & Mrs. John D. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Elsenbrook Jenny & Wendell Erwin, M.D. Ms. Caroline Fant Mrs. Fran Fawcett Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Tilman J. Fertitta Barbara Dokell & Larry Finger Mr. Dale Fitz Michelle & Deane Foss Joyce & David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Mr. & Mrs. James K. Garner Mr. Colin Gatwood & Ms. Aralee Dorough Mrs. Rosanne Hudson & Mr. Jim Gensheimer Mr. & Dr. David K. Gibbs Walter Gilmore Drs. Nancy Glass & John Belmont Ms. Shari Glover & Mr. James King L. Rusty Goetz Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Ms. Shelley Gorson Kendall & Pauline Gray Mrs. Adriana Greene Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Roy Haun Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. John Heghinian & Ms. Isabelle Bedrosian John Heiny Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Mr. & Mrs. Donald Herron Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. Holly Holmes & Mr. Paul Otremba Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. John Horstman Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Arlene J. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Ms. Margy Keaton Ms. Carolyn C. Keeble Lynda & Frank Kelly Kathryn & James Ketelsen Mr. & Mrs. David Key Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Kneale Deborah Kosich Mr. Richard Lang Mr. David Leebron & Mrs. Y. Ping Sun

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Lehane Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Ms. Cindy Levit Priscilla L. List Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Lubanko Mr. & Mrs. Frederic V. Malek Ms. Barbara Manering Mr. Michael Mankins Mr. & Mrs. David K. Martin Pinet & Jim McBride Dr. William McCallum Laurence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Ernie & Martha McWilliams Dr. Gabriel E. Mena Ms. Susan D. Menke Ellen Ochoa & Coe F. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. James Moore Mr. & Mrs. William Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Keith Mosing Mary Beth Mosley Mr. William R. Mowlam Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Joe Murray Daniel & Karol Musher Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Ms. Dorothy Nicholson Leslie & John Niemand Ms. Kathryn Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Marie-Theres F. Odermatt Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Valerie J. Sherlock Ms. Jennifer Owen & Mr. Ed Benyon Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Peter & Nina Peropoulos JoAnn & John Petzold Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Sam Philpot Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. W. R. Purifoy Mr. Patrick Quinn Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Raizner Ms. Ranelle Randles Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Reasor Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Hank & Karen Rennar Mr. James L. Robertson Mrs. Evie Ronald Milton & Jill Rose Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Ross Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing John & Mary Ryder Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mrs. Holly Sansing Ms. Cinda Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scheurich Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schiefelbein Beth & Lee Schlanger Ms. Sally Schott Mr. Joe L. Scott Marcia & Victor Shainock Arthur & Ellen Shelton Ms. Angela Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Steve B. Sims Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Dean & Kay Snider Mr. Charles E. Soderstrom Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Joyce Steensrud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Skipper & Betsy Strong Mr. Mark Sullivan Barb Swartz Ms. Jeanine Swift

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Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Garry Tanner Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. Jim Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mr. & Mrs. Charles Trinh Mr. Gerard Trione Mr. Eddie Turner Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Valente Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Matthew VanBesien & Rosanne Jowitt Milton L. Wagner Betty & Bill Walker Alton & Carolyn Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Ms. Sara E. White Ms. Tracy Wilkerson Charline & Bill Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. Sidney B. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr. Nancy & Scott Wynant Mr. & Mrs. Haresh Yalamanchili Jenny & Chris Yarrow Ms. Alexandra Yates Mrs. Mary. V. Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yzaguirre Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Zarrow Anonymous (8)

Principal $500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ahuero William & Nancy Akers Mr. & Mrs. Jon Akkerman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alexander Mr. Robert J. Alexander & Ms. Becky A. Stemper Mr. & Mrs. William R. Allen Ms. Joan Ambrogi Ms. Sally S. Andrews & Mr. James Nelson Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Les Antalffy Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Dan Barnum & Marilyn Lewis Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. & Mrs. David Barringer Dr. & Mrs. David Barry Ms. Bernice L. Beckerman Mr. Walter F. Bell Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. Benedict Bertrand Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Bigman Ms. Dorothy G. Blackwell Mr. Philip Booth Chris & Ruth Borman Anne & Edward Bornet Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Bozeman Ms. Margaret Bragg James & Dale Brannon Sally & Carl Brassow Maurice & Karey Bresenhan Mr. Thomas N. Britton & Ms. Debra A. Ewing Mr. J. W. Brougher Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Mr. Kurt Brungardt Mrs. Shirley Burgher Dr. Maria Calcina Virginia & William Camfield

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Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod Canion Dr. Dorothy Caram Phil & Michele Carey Mr. Steven E. Chancellor Mr. & Mrs. Jim Chandler Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Ms. Irene Chang Mr. Michael Chang / Directron.com Honorable Theresa Chang & Dr. Peter Chang Dr. Cecil Christensen Mr. & Mrs. David A. Cockrell Ms. Carrie Colbert Mr. & Mrs. Tulio Colmenares Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Otis & Sherida Coney Mr. George Connelly P.C. Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Coumont Mr. Calvin Crossley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. Larry Cullen Mrs. Deborah Culp Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Dr. Lida S. Dahm Mr. Musa Dakri Mr. Arthur Davies Masden & Lupita Davis Mr. Darryl de Mello Mr. Joseph A. Dellinger Mr. & Mrs. Paul Destephano Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Devany Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mrs. Julie Dokell Leland A. Dolan Ms. Karen Doolittle Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. Jean-Claude Dulac & Mrs. Nathalie Dulac-Forestier Ms. Emma Dunch & Ms. Elizabeth Scott Mrs. Deborah Dunkum Mr. & Mrs. Bill Edgmon Carolyn & Russell Egan Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mr. & Mrs. Billie Ellis Ruth W. Ereli Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Erwin Robert & Susan Estill Mr. & Mrs. James Etherton Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Eury Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Fertitta Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foltz Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Fong Mr. & Mrs. David Fortner Ms. Diane L. Freeman Mr. Phillip Freeman & Ms. Brandy Skillern Bill & Diana Freeman Ms. Lee Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Fussell Ms. Sharon Garner Mr. Bernardo Garza Mr. & Mrs. Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Ms. Josephine Gilmore Nancy Glanville Jewell Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mrs. Barbara Goedecke Mr. Irving L. Gold, M.D.P.A. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gonzalez Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Dr. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. Mark Gordon & Mrs. Ilona C. Pall Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Grafton Ms. Adelma Graham Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. David M. Gray Jr. & Ms. Mary A. Pearce

Mr. Gerald Greiner Mr. Erik Gronfor & Ms. Joan DerHovsepian Mr. & Mrs. Weilai Gu Mr. & Mrs. Jay Guerrero Mr. & Mrs. Brent W. Gwaltney Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Gaye & Dennis Halpin Mr. Brett L. Hamilton Mrs. Vickie Hamley Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hammonds Rita & John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Mr. & Mrs. Tod P. Harding Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Thomas F. & Catherine Mary Hastings Mr. Michael Heath Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. & Mrs. Jared N. Heindel Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hennessy Ms. Leslie Herald Mr. & Mrs. David Hergert Ms. Hope Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill Susan Hodge Mr. Robert Hogan Mr. Todd Holowisky Mr. Scott Holshouser Elizabeth & Bob Houston Patricia P. Hubbard Dr.Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hull Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Mr. Craig Ignacio Ms. Kimberly Isaac Mr. & Mrs. M. R. Isak Ms. Kathy Jackson Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Ms. Karen Jones Mr. & Mrs. Randal E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Kaestner Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Kercho Louise & Sherwin Kershman Mr. Robin Kesselman Mr. Bill Kiker Dr. & Mrs. James Killian Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. Kindall Mr. Curtis Knobbe Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Steve Dukes & Nobuhide Kobori Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Koehl Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Mr. Dennis Kroeger Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kuenneke Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Mr. & Mrs. Todd Lachenmyer Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lack Mr. Kent Lacy Mrs. Deanna Lamoreux Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Landgren Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Landis Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Laraway Mr. Alfred Lasher III Mr. Bryan LeBlanc Mr. Robert Leech Mr. Manuel Lemelle Dr. Daniel Lemke Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lemmer Dr. Monica Lett Ms. Megan Light Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. Scott Link Mr. Daniel J. Linscomb Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lucas Ms. Nina K. Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Kathleen & Tom Mach Mr. Rocky Mafrige Ms. Barbara Manna Mr. Patrick Manning Ms. Karen E. Manyak

Ms. Renee Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Marion Dr. & Mrs. E. K. Massin Mrs. Mariquita Masterson Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich James G. Matthews Mr. R. Scott McCay Mr. & Mrs. Scott McCool Ms. Judi A. McGee Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGinity Dr. & Mrs. Robert McGlashan Ms. L. Dianne McGreevy Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. Thomas J. McNulty Mr. & Mrs. R. Talley Melton Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Jennifer & David Mire Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Melissa & Michael Mithoff Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Jim K. Moore Mr. & Mrs. James T. Murphy Ms. Joan B. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Dorothy Sharp Myers Patience Myers & Murray Herbert Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. David S. Neuberger Mr. Timothy Neumann Ms. Sheila Neylon Ms. Amy Ng Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Mr. C. Odom Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Mr. Michael Ondrias & Dr. Dana Ondrias Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Julie & Chip Oudin Ms. Dianne Padgett Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Linda Popkin-Paine & Stephen Paine Dr. Corita B. Parker-Dubose & Dr. Ralph Dubose John E. (Sandy) Parkerson Prof. & Mrs. Jordan Paust Jim & Arlene Payne Mr. & Mrs. Philip Peacock Mr. Miguel A. Pedroza Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Penn Ed & Heidi Perkins Mr. & Mrs. William Phelps Esther & Gary Polland Mr. & Mrs. Ben H. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. Thomas Power Mr. Mike Prichard Mr. & Mrs. David Pustka Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Manuel E. Quintana Mr. & Mrs. Elias Qumsieh Agnieszka & Marat Rakhmatullaev Mr. Randy Ramdass Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. Eric Rechlin Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Lynne & Allan Reich Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Guy Ridout J. Jeff Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rockwell Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Rodenberger Mr. Manuel Rodriguez Ms. Emily L. Rogacion Ms. Carolyn Rogan Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Mr. Autry W. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rossiter Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ruisard Ms. Kimberly Ruona John W. Russo

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. Robert Ryan Ramon & Chula Sanchez Mr. Charles K. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Sandlin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Saunders Ms. Cynthia Scanland Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Ms. Janet Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. W. Russell Scheirman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Scheliga Mr. Martin Schleuse Mr. & Mrs. Charles Schneider III Jennifer & Ross Schoppe Jurgen Schroder Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. Blake Segura Vance & Jane Senter Ms. Elizabeth Shack Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Ms. Becky V. Shaw Mrs. Lorie Sheffey Mr. & Mrs. Richard Shell Dr. Lynne F. Shepard Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith John L. Snyder Sherry Snyder

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Sommer Mary Louise Spencer Ms. Judith Starr Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stein Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Jim Stoa Ms. Kathy Suave Mr. Roger Suter & Ms. Lakessia Fry Mr. John L. Sutterby Amy Sutton & Gary Chiles Mr. & Mrs. Eric Swanson Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Dr. & Mrs. Heinrich Taegtmeyer Mr. Monsour Taghdisi Dr. & Mrs. James Tang Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. David K. Terry Mr. & Mrs. Troy Thacker Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mrs. Marjorie Therrell Mrs. Alisa Thomads Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Thompson Nancy & Peter Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Thornton

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thurmond Richard V. Tobin Linda Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Roger Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Trainer Jr. Mr. James Trippett Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tsuchida Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Ms. Patricia Van Allan Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. Chief Veith Ms. Laurette Veres Mr. & Mrs. Robert Voigt Pieter & Janet Vrancken Ms. Elise Wagner Mr. William Walker Mr. & Mrs. John B. Wallace Sandria Ward Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Warren Terence & Kathryn Washington Mr. Frank Watson Ms. Virginia S. Watt Mr. & Mrs. K.C. Weiner Don & Linda Weinmann Mr. & Mrs. Larry Weis Buford & Julia Wells Ms. Amy E. Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. Bradley White

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton Grace Picton Wise Ms. Shelley Wisner Mr. Gerhard R. Wittich Dr. Dorothy Wong Ms. Susan Wood Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wootton Marvin & Terry Woskow Family Fund Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright Mr. Michael Wynhoff Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell Mrs. Traci Young Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Zerke Mr. Dave Zinni Ms. Susan Zollers Mr. Ausonio Zubiani & Ms. Joan Straub Mr. & Mrs. John Zuklic Anonymous (25)

Edward Lee McIntosh, C.P.M. Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Joy & Gary Noble Shirley & Marvin Rich Richard & Anne Robbins Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Ms. Jeanine M. Van Wagenen Seth Williams Anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. Brad Wertman Anonymous (2)

The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4022 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year. As of August 1, 2015 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

Houston Symphony POPS Donors Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Mr. George P. Mitchell Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Founder’s Society $75,000 - $99,000 Darlene & Cappy Bisso Maestro’s Society $50,000 -$74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Ms. Judith Vincent Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. Ralph Burch Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange John & Bobbie Nau Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000 - $24,999 Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. George Boss John & Candace Caley Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison David & Cindy Deere Jennifer & Steve Dolman Scott Ensell & Family John & Minerva Esquivel Evan B. Glick Marianne & Robert Ivany, University of St. Thomas Janice & Allan King Michael & Kelley Lang

Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Martha & Marvin McMurrey Roman & Sally Reed Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500 - $9,999 Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Rita & Paul Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Radoff Family Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000 - $7,499 Beth & Jim Barton Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Rhona & Bruce Caress Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Janie & Carr Dishroon Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Kathleen & Dick Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Sally & Denney Wright Grand Patron $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. John S. Beury Robert & Gwen Bray Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Becky & Joe Demeter Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ezzell Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall

Patron $1,500 - $2,499 Friends of Houston Symphony Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Donald & Dottie Bates Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bertus William & Laura Black Mr. & Mrs. W. Carter Bliss Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fanning Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. John Geigel Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Julius & Suzan Glickman Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Michael & Darcy Krajewski Gerrit Leeftink Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason William D. & Karinne McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Bert Neece Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Soren & Annetta Rose Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Susan J. & Gary W. Valka Ms. Jody Verwers Larry & Connie Wallace

Director $1,000 - $1,499 Sue Sue & Don Aron Martha & Stanley Bair Ellen Box Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Ms. Vicki P. Buxton Ms. Julie Conner Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Ms. Ann Currens Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Dauber Betsy Garlinger Ann & Bill Heim Ms. Doris M. Magee Ms. Nancy Mann Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson Mrs. Kay Onstead Capt. & Mrs. Kim Parker Dr. Jonathan Penchas Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rasmussen Jerry Siemers Mr. Ralph Tamper Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Wolin Anonymous (2) Principal $500 - $999 Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. Rana Basu Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beard Mr. Jay T. Brown Ms. Deborah Butler Mr. & Mrs. Ray Butler Bill & Marion Calvert Mrs. Anne Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Richard & Marcia Churns Mr. & Mrs. Marion Collins Mrs. Midge Colton Carlo & Vicki Corso Mr. Warren Dean

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Houston Symphony Donors Joyce & Jack Eagle Evelyn Earlougher Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ericsson Mr. John Eymann Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Marilyn Farrell Sandra & Steven Finkelman Jessica Ford Dr. Truett Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Giardino Mr. Joseph J. Gugenheim Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Richard & Beverly Hickman Jess Hines Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Kaufman & Dr. David Goeken Dave & Laura Kirk Dr. George S. Knapp, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Gary T. Leach Dr. & Mrs. James Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. Robert McNamara & Dr. Tracey Samuels Ms. Dinah Mei Mr. William Mendel Margaret & Elmer Milz Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson Joe & Ann Palm Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. O. M. Rogers

Mr. Don W. Shackelford Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. Michael Shawiak Mr. James Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Smith Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Jerilyn Stanka Dr. Joan Stoerner Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stuart Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mr. Roger Trandell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Erwin & Ann Wilbanks Maxine & Emil Wulfe Anonymous (3)

The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4022 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year. As of August 1, 2015 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more

Mrs. Janice H. Barrow Mr. Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Steve Dukes Joyce & David Fox Robert Lee Gomez Christina & Mark Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Henderson Nobuhide Kobori Alan L. McAdams & Vicki L. Colvin Dr. William McCallum Bryan & Vickie McMicken David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Rio Ms. Carolyn Rogan Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Sommer Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Leadership Council donors have committed $45,000 or more in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events over a three-year period ($15,000+ annually). For more information or to pledge your support, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Graham & Janet Baker Danielle and Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Janet F. Clark Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel and Craig Fox Allen and Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Terence Murphree* Mr. John N. Neighbors Susan and Edward Osterberg Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ken and Carol Lee Robertson Donna and Tim Shen Lisa & Jerry Simon Nancy and David Tai Stephen and Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr.

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 Alexandra Pruner James Lee Fredric A. Weber Michael Mithoff

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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, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event. The Houston Symphony Endowment would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society, and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony Endowment in your estate plans, please contact Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at (713) 337-8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org. Daniel B. Barnum George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown 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 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. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian James

Dr. and Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mrs. Frances E. Leland E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley Marks James G. Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave G. Nussmann John & Cynthia Onstott Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Chris & Red Pastorek

Imogen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Immyâ&#x20AC;? Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Geraldine Smith Priest Evie Ronald Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon 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 Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (5)

Crescendo Circle $100,000+ Dr. and Mrs. George J. Abdo Janice H. Barrow Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Joe Brazzatti 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 Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & Children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Mr. and Mrs. Clive Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Jule* and Albert Smith Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Jo Dee Wright Anonymous (2) As of August 1, 2015 *Deceased

IN MEMORIAM We honor the memory or 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 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 Murpphree 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

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND 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 further information on becoming a corporate donor to the Houston Symphony, please contact Martin Schleuse at (713) 337-8537 or martin.schleuse@houstonsymphony.org.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY BUSINESS COUNCIL 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) Ryan Colburn, Regions Bank Cindy Deere, Shell Oil Company Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Diversified Mike Doherty, Frost Bank David Frankfort, Deutsche Bank Ron Franklin, McGuireWoods, LLP Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies, LLC Mauro Gimenez, Russell Reynolds Associates Kathleen Hayes, Merrill Lynch

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. Dana Ondrias, Mann Eye Institute Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Parkton Group Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Stephen Pryor, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC

John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sanchez, 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

Corporate partners As of August 1, 2015

Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above BBVA Compass * Houston First Corporation * KTRK ABC-13 * Oliver Wyman * Spec’s Charitable Foundation/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Guarantor, $100,000 and above Chevron ConocoPhillips * Houston Methodist * Houston Public Media – Classical 91.7 FM; News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS 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 * The Events Company ExxonMobil Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * Jackson and Company Kalsi Engineering Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation * Rand Group, LLC Shell Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

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Sponsor, $25,000 and above Andrews Kurth LLP Bank of America Bank of Texas The Boeing Company * Bright Star Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Enterprise Product Partners L.P. * Gittings Houston Baptist University * Houston Chronicle JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center Marathon Oil Corporation McGuireWoods, LLP * Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Regions Bank Sidley Austin LLP * Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. Wells Fargo Partner, $15,000 and above Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * City Kitchen East West Bank Ernst & Young LLP Gorman’s Uniform Service Halliburton H-E-B Independent Bank Laredo Construction, Inc. Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Macy’s Marine Foods Express, LTD. USI Insurance Services LLC

Supporter, $10,000 and above * Abrahams Oriental Rugs * Agua Hispanic Marketing CenterPoint Energy * Crown Castle International Corp. Emerson Enbridge Energy Company Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center Goldman, Sachs & Co. Nordstrom Star Furniture * Zenfilm Benefactor, $5,000 and above Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP Louis Vuitton 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

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS As of August 1, 2015 Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation

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

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.

IN KIND DONORS As of August 1, 2015 A Fare Extraordinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Culinaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions

Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP Gucci Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint

JW Marriott Houston Downtown Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel 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 Pro/Sound Randalls Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra

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FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As of August 1, 2015

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. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Principal Guarantor, $250,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above M. D. Anderson Foundation Guarantor, $100,000 and above Houston Endowment

Underwriter, $50,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Humphreys Foundation The 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 and Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sterling-Turner Foundation Partner, $15,000 and above Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Cockrell Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Houston Symphony League Bay Area William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Strake Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts The Vaughn Foundation

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

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BACKSTAGE PASS

George Howe, chorus member George Howe first performed with the Houston Symphony in 1980 as a bass fill-in for Virginia Babikian. He has since sung and directed a number of choral ensembles and has even competed internationally. George earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Construction Management from Stanford University.

Beginnings: I became enamored of choral and ensemble singing at Stanford, where I sang in the Memorial Church Choir (my first Verdi Requiem was with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus under Maestro Josef Krebs in 1967) and the Stanford Mendicants (founded by a Whiffenpoof grad, and for whom I was Pitchpipe in ’68-’69). In the 1970s, I sang with and directed the Houston Tidelanders Barbershop Chorus (competing twice at International) and in the 1980 Southwestern District Champion Quartet, The Lone Star Statesmen. That was followed by performing in the barbershop quartet for SPA’s The Music Man at Miller Outdoor Theatre, with Diane Tobola as Marian. More recently, I have enjoyed performing as Balthazzar in the Epiphany operetta Amahl and the Night Visitors at First Congregational Church, and a number of times for Joseph Painter and Tracy Shirk at churches in Conroe and southwest Houston. I also sang in the first couple of years with Cantare, for Kevin Riehle. Inspiration for auditioning for the Chorus: I had been attending occasional Houston Symphony concerts as a piano student since the mid-1950s, but had never heard the Chorus until I sang with the Symphony in the early 1980s. In 1991, I saw a repertoire list for the Chorus’ next season that included an allGershwin program. I wanted to be part of that! What attracted you most to the Houston Symphony: At the first rehearsal, I was blown away by the unbelievable accompaniment of Scott Holshouser. After a few rehearsals, and getting to know some people in the Symphony, the marvelous quality musicianship of my fellow choristers became very evident. That experience and the friendships formed thereby are very important parts of my life. Most fulfilling moment with the Houston Symphony Chorus thus far: Singing the Mahler Symphony No. 8 both times for Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, and singing on a couple of occasions for the greatest choral conductor of all time (in my view), Robert Shaw. Outside Jones Hall: My profession is that of a general contractor and senior estimator for long established commercial building contractors in Houston. I am proud that most of my 40-plus year career enjoyed associations with companies founded either by someone named Howe or Spaw. Two recognizable projects in which I was involved are the Mickey Leland Terminal D at IAH and the expansion and restoration of the Julia Ideson Library in downtown Houston. For fun, there is much to do in Houston, but for me, I would list jazz and light classical piano, birding and golf (in significantly descending order of ability). Also travelling with my wife on a few of her many annual trips in and out of the country on MFAH business, which is fun-fun for me and work-work for her. We have the hardest time convincing our friends that what she’s doing really is work-work – we are truly blessed that she loves doing it.

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