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Energy, elegance, and spirit—that is what particularly distinguishes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a musician. Since the 2020–21 Season, he has brought these strengths to bear as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has been Music Director of the Houston Symphony since the 2014–15 Season, and after eight outstanding years, the 2021–22 Season will be his last as Music Director. Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2014 to July 2021 and said goodbye in June 2021 with a major concert at the Alte Oper, about which the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote: "The image of a balance of human impeccability, communicative passion, and the highest professionalism emerged. It is precisely the combination of dancelike playfulness and an unconditional search for perfection that obviously distinguishes the Colombian's work."
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Orozco-Estrada regularly conducts Europe's leading orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig,
the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestre National de France, as well as major U.S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and opera performances at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival with outstanding success. In the 2021–22 Season, he tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Austria, Europe, and Asia. Additionally, he conducts a new production with his orchestra at the Theater an der Wien and takes the podium at the open-air concert in the Museumsquartier. Orozco-Estrada also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he conducted the New Year's Concert 2021–22 and a revival of Tosca, as well as with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Also this season, he tours with the Filarmonica della Scala to Bucharest, the Grafenegg Festival, and to the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival, where the orchestra will open the festival under his direction, accompanied by a TV broadcast. Orozco-Estrada is particularly committed to new concert and media formats, as well as premieres of young composers. The inaugural concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra featured the world premiere of a commissioned composition by Dutch composer Carlijn Metselaar. Another world premiere of a work by the Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud follows in 2022. The Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent also recently celebrated its premiere. There will be another Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent in June 2022. 7 | Houston Symphony
Working with young musicians is very close to his heart, and in 2019 he went on tour in Europe with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, of which he has been principal conductor since 2021. Since November 2018, Orozco-Estrada has also been principal conductor of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. He will tour Europe with both orchestras in the 2021–22 Season. His CD releases on the Pentatone label have received much attention: with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, he made recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring, which were praised by critics as "hauntingly beautiful" (Gramophone). His concert recordings of Richard Strauss's operas Salome and Elektra have also enjoyed great success. With the Houston Symphony, he released a “zestful” Dvořák cycle “with warm colours” (Pizzicato). He has also recorded all Brahms and Mendelssohn symphonies. Born in Medellín (Colombia), Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his musical education by playing the violin, receiving his first conducting lessons at age 15. In 1997, he moved to Vienna, where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic, a student of the legendary Hans Swarowsky, at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. OrozcoEstrada lives in Vienna.
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HIGHLIGHTS “ My impression is that this city is bold, creative, hard-working, and willing to take risks. I’m a little like that too. I can’t wait to get started. ” —Andrés Orozco-Estrada, January 2013
OCT. 2012
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Andrés makes his U.S. professional orchestra debut with the Houston Symphony, leading the orchestra in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique alongside Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1.
“ This concert weekend was my first time working with Andrés. I was immediately struck by his vitality, happy demeanor, and energy. I knew immediately that he was a great candidate for Music Director. ” —William VerMeulen, Principal Horn
JAN. 2013
MAY 2015 Mahler 3
This performance starts a multi-season journey through the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Under Andrés’s baton, the orchestra has performed Mahler 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Andrés is announced as the next Music Director of the Houston Symphony.
SEPT. 2014
Andrés’s inaugural season begins with a free concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre and Opening Night at Jones Hall.
NOV. 2014 Beethoven 5
The beginning of a three-season cycle through all nine Beethoven symphonies.
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MAR. 2016 JUNE & JULY 2015 Colombian Connections
14 Symphony musicians travel to Paipa, Colombia, to work with the Colombian Youth Philharmonic. Under native Colombian Andrés's leadership, the initiative culminates in the Youth Orchestra traveling to Texas for a side-by-side performance of Carmina Burana with the Symphony and Chorus in Jones Hall—a performance featuring more than 300 musicians on stage!
First Disc in Dvořák Recording Series Released The Symphony releases a recording of Dvořák’s Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, the first in a three-album mini-series highlighting the composer’s last four symphonies. “When it comes to sheer vitality and warmth, this Texan ensemble doesn’t hold back,” says a Gramophone review. “Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s is an interpretation full of theatricality, with a sure sense of the monumental.”
OCT. 2016
Andrés and the orchestra celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jones Hall with a special performance featuring Itzhak Perlman.
MAR. & APR. 2017 Beethoven's Fidelio
An all-star cast, including Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad, joins the Symphony and Chorus for a presentation of Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio. The result of a collaboration between Andrés and opera director Tara Faircloth, the unique production uses specially designed projections, lighting, and video effects to bring to life Beethoven’s powerful story of freedom, acceptance, and tolerance.
MAY 2017
Composer-in-Residence Gabriela Lena Frank’s Conquest Requiem The Houston Symphony and Chorus present the world premiere of Frank’s Conquest Requiem. The final composition of Frank’s threeyear tenure as the orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence, the work mixes traditional Latin and Meso-American texts with contemporary settings by Cuban-American writer Cruz. Symphony 9 | Nilo Houston
MAY 2017
Stravinsky's Petrushka Andrés and the Symphony present a contemporary interpretation of Stravinsky’s Petrushka featuring students from Houston ISD’s Crespo Elementary School and Meyerland Middle School.
SEPT. 2017 Hurricane Harvey
Following the hurricane, the orchestra relocates to Rice University’s Stude Concert Hall due to damage at Jones Hall, opening the season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Dvořák’s Te Deum, followed by a free performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.
“ On stage we always try to connect, and when everyone's playing the right part at the end everything is beautiful. I think that's what happened with Harvey. After this difficult and horrible situation, everyone in the orchestra and out in the city was playing the right part— helping each other—and this helped us create a great moment from a difficult one. ”
SEPT. 2018
35 Houston Symphony musicians travel to Andrés’s hometown of Medellín, Colombia, to help the Orquesta Filarmonica de Medellín celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Teatro Metropolitano José Gutiérrez Gómez with a concert featuring violinist Hilary Hahn.
—Andrés Orozco-Estrada
MAR. 2018 European Tour
Joined by superstar violinist Hilary Hahn, the orchestra embarks on a two-week European tour, our first international tour of this century, performing for enthusiastic audiences in eight of the world’s most renowned concert halls.
SEPT. 2018
Andrés begins the annual “Share the Stage” event inviting local amateur musicians to play side-by-side with Symphony musicians in a workshop performance.
JUNE 2018 Recording Release: Haydn’s The Creation
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The Symphony announces the international release of a live recording of Haydn’s The Creation. Led by Andrés, the performance features the Chorus, under the leadership of Betsy Cook Weber, and soloists Nicole Heaston, Toby Spence, and Peter Rose.
MAY 2019
Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle in Concert Two of the world’s most in-demand singers, Michelle DeYoung and Matthias Goerne, join Andrés and the orchestra for Bartók’s operatic thriller. The concert performance employs animated visual projections by Creative Director Adam Larsen to immerse audience members in the action and transform Jones Hall into Duke Bluebeard’s dark, foreboding castle.
DEC. 2019
Ad Astra world premiere by Jimmy López Bellido Jimmy López Bellido’s three-year tenure as Houston Symphony Composer-in-Residence culminates in the world premiere of his Symphony No. 2, Ad Astra, a work dedicated to the people of NASA and to Houston’s role in bringing humankind closer to the stars.
SEPT. 2019
Stravinsky’s The Firebird This performance marks the Symphony’s first-ever livestreamed concert from Jones Hall.
DEC. 2019
Andrés workshops with orchestra students at HSPVA Andrés visits Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts to lead orchestra students in a rehearsal in preparation for their next school concert.
FEB. 2020 Schumann Festival
A two-week Robert Schumann Festival celebrates the composer’s work through performances of his symphonies and concertos, lectures, a popup performance at Houston Methodist, and chamber performances around Houston.
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SPECTACULAR
GUEST ARTISTS THROUGH THE YEARS
H E RE A R E J U S T A FE W O F T H E IN CREDI BLE ARTI STS TO GRA CE T H E J ON E S H A LL S TA G E D URI NG ANDRÉS’S TENURE JOSHUA BELL
S E P T. 2 0 1 5 West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra
A NDRÉ WAT T S
SEPT. 2014 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
LANG LANG
MAY 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
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PAT RIC IA KOPAT C HINS KA JA JAN. 2016 Schumann Violin Concerto
G A B RI E L A M O N T E R O M AY 2 0 1 6 Grieg Piano Concerto
S IR BE N KINGS L E Y
SEPT. 2016 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf (narrator)
E M A N U EL AX
O CT. 2 0 1 5 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
YEFI M B R O NF MA N M AY 2 0 1 7 Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2
Y O - Y O MA
FEB . 20 1 7 Dvořák Cello Concerto
H I L A RY H A H N M A R . 2 0 18 Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
AU G U S T IN HA DE L IC H
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M AY 2 0 1 8 Sibelius Violin Concerto
World-Class Talent Plays Here
HOUSTON SYMPHONY MUSICIANS APPOINTED BY ANDRÉS 14–15 SEASON
16–17 SEASON
MEGAN CONLEY, Principal Harp
KATHRYN LADNER, Piccolo/Flute
LOUIS-MARIE FARDET, Cello ROBIN KESSELMAN, Principal Bass
17–18 SEASON
IAN MAYTON, Horn MATTHEW ROITSTEIN, Associate Principal Flute
15–16 SEASON ANNIE KUAN-YU CHEN, Second Violin TIANJIE LU, Second Violin MARK NUCCIO, Principal Clarinet JOHN PARKER, Associate Principal Trumpet JING ZHENG, Second Violin
ANASTASIA EHRLICH, Second Violin RICHARD HARRIS, Trumpet MUCHEN HSIEH, Principal Second Violin MAKI KUBOTA, Cello ANDREW PEDERSEN, Bass
18–19 SEASON TIMOTHY DILENSCHNEIDER, Associate Principal Bass CHARLES SEO, Cello LEONARDO SOTO, Principal Timpani
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19–20 SEASON BOSON MO, Second Violin ISAAC SCHULTZ, Associate Principal Bassoon AMY SEMES, Associate Principal Second Violin YOONSHIN SONG, Concertmaster ADAM TRUSSELL, Contrabassoon/Bassoon
20–21 SEASON JEREMY KREUTZ, Cello
The unspoken connection between the musicians and conductor of an orchestra is truly special. On stage, a great conductor can communicate through a glance, gesture, or flick of the wrist, while the phenomenal musicians who make up a professional orchestra not only nail the most demanding of passages, but respond in the moment to the music-making of their colleagues, seamlessly blending each and every note and transforming an ordinary musical phrase into something extraordinary and unforgettable. This is a bond that deepens over time, and that is augmented by the countless hours musicians and conductors spend together in rehearsal, performance, and off stage. As we celebrate Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s final year as Music Director, we honor his enduring impact on this incredible orchestra, both as a curator of international talent through his 25 new hires, and as an enthusiastic cultivator of, and partner to, the 88 musicians of the Houston Symphony.
Andrés and Principal Cello Brinton Averil Smith together at a rehearsal in Warsaw during the European Tour.
Principal Second Violin MuChen Hsieh, Cellist Maki Kubota, Violist Sheldon Person, and Principal Oboe Jonathan Fischer at the airport prior to visiting Mexico City to promote Houston as an arts tourism destination.
The Symphony’s trumpet section poses for a photo before a European Tour performance. Left to right: Richard Harris; Principal Trumpet Mark Hughes; Associate Principal Trumpet John Parker; Assistant Principal Trumpet Robert Walp
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“ I will miss Andrés’s energy and spontaneity, but most of all his joy in music making. While we always strive for perfection, it is the joy and the sense of connection that really make the magic. ” — Megan Conley, Principal Harp
“ There is no doubt that Andrés’s care and love for the music is genuine. This becomes obvious as soon as you are on stage with him and is enough to earn my respect. ” — Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster
“ Andrés’s leadership was crucial to my decision to leave the New York Philharmonic. I look forward to every rehearsal and concert with him as this is at the highest level of music making in the industry. It is an honor having been hired by such a musician! ” — Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet 16 | Houston Symphony
“ It always feels tremendous to see Andrés’s vision for a program that is so firmly focused that he brings everyone along with him, and intoxicates everybody to have that same level of commitment and excitement.” — Robin Kesselman, Principal Bass
“ When thinking about how to describe Andrés, energetic and passionate come to mind right away. He holds everyone, including himself, to a high standard, which inspires us to be creative in our music making. ” — MuChen Hsieh, Principal Second Violin
“ It’s always special for me to cross paths with another Hispanic musician, and I knew of Andrés way before I came to Houston—I had heard of his musicality, clear and clean conducting, and his bright personality. Once we had the opportunity to make music together, I realized what a great musician and beautiful human being he is. Andrés is a true musician in every way, and I will always be thankful for the chance he took to hire me for this great orchestra. ” — Leonardo Soto, Principal Timpani 17 | Houston Symphony
ROSTER
ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Juraj Valčuha Music Director Designate Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Yue Bao Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Assistant Conductor Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus
FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin
VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal George Pascal*, Assistant Principal Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Phyllis Herdliska Elizabeth Golofeev+ Suzanne LeFevre+ Samuel Pedersen+ Yvonne Smith+
Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair
SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Amy Semes, Associate Principal Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Martha Chapman* Tianjie Lu Anastasia Ehrlich Tina Zhang Boson Mo Teresa Wang+
COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIANS David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin
ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS Luke Bryson Hae-a Lee
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CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey
STAGE PERSONNEL
Stefan Stout, Stage Manager José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Nicholas DiFonzo, Justin Herriford, Armando Rodriguez, Stage Technicians Giancarlo Minotti, Recording Assistant
PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner
HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton Jesse Clevenger+
OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz
TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Richard Harris
ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz
TROMBONE Bradley White, Acting Principal Phillip Freeman
FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner
CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Issac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell
BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal LIBRARIAN Thomas Takaro
*on leave + season substitute
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TRUSTEES
2021–22 SEASON
SOCIETY BOARD of
Executive Committee John Rydman President Steven P. Mach Chairman
Janet F. Clark Immediate Past President Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel
Barbara McCelvey Secretary John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair
Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Lidiya Gold Co-Chair, Development Sippi Khurana Chair, Education Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning
Leslie Siller^ President, Houston Symphony League Manuel Delgado Chair, Marketing & Communications Ed Schneider Chair, Community Partnerships Miles O. Smith Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs William J. Toomey II^ President, Houston Symphony Endowment Bobby Tudor^ Immediate Past Chairman
Jesse B. Tutor Chair, Audit Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Joan DerHovsepian^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative Kathryn Ladner^ Musician Representative Katie Salvatore^ Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio
GOVERNING DIRECTORS Marcia Backus Gary Beauchamp Tony Bradfield Bill Bullock Barbara J. Burger Terry Cheyney Janet F. Clark Lidiya Gold William Dee Hunt Rick Jaramillo Sippi Khurana, M.D. Carey Kirkpatrick Kenny Kurtzman Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Isabel Lummis Cora Sue Mach **
Steven P. Mach Rodney Margolis** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Paul R. Morico Robert Orr Chris Powers John Rydman** Miles O. Smith Quentin Smith Anthony Speier William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor **
Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Gretchen Watkins Robert Weiner Margaret Alkek Williams **
Ex-Officio Brad W. Corson Manuel Delgado Joan DerHovsepian Evan B. Glick Mark Hughes Kathryn Ladner John Mangum Mark Nuccio Andrés Orozco-Estrada Katie Salvatore Ed Schneider Leslie Siller
FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Ronald G. Franklin
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Steven P. Mach
Barbara McCelvey
Robert Orr
TRUSTEES Jonathan Ayre Janice Barrow ** David J. Beck James M. Bell Jr. Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Eric Brueggeman Ralph Burch Dougal Cameron John T. Cater** Robert Chanon Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Evan D. Collins, M.D., MBA Brad W. Corson Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Manuel Delgado Tracy Dieterich Bob Duff Joan Duff Connie Dyer Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster Julia Anderson Frankel Ronald G. Franklin
Evan B. Glick Gary L. Hollingsworth Stephen Incavo, M.D. Brian James I. Ray Kirk, M.D. David Krieger Andrew Go Lee, M.D. Ulyesse J. LeGrange** Matthew Loden Carlos J. López Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Alexander K. McLanahan** Marilyn Miles Shane A. Miller Aprill Nelson Tammy Tran Nguyen Leslie Nossaman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. David Pruner Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Christian Schwartz Dilanka Seimon Helen Shaffer**
Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol. Jim R. Smith Mike S. Stude ** Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas III Shirley W. Toomim Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich
John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E.C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder
Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach Janet F. Clark
Mary Louis Kister Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara
Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff Maureen Higdon Fran Fawcett Peterson
Ex-Officio John S. Cisneros Kusum Patel Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee
PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr.
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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Ana María Martínez, soprano Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano Houston Symphony Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director
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Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection) I. A llegro maestoso, Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck II. Andante moderato, Sehr gemächlich, Nie eilen III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung— IV. Urlicht: Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht— V. Im Tempo des Scherzo, Wild herausfahrend—Langsam
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Symphony No. 2, Resurrection GOLD CLASSICS
Gustav Mahler, composer (1860–1911)
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Gustav Mahler’s second symphony, Resurrection, was completed in 1894 and was one of his most successful works during his lifetime.
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Mahler composed the solemn first movement in 1888, which he had initially intended to be a standalone symphonic poem called Totenfeier (Funeral Rites). In a letter to a friend, Mahler describes the first movement as posing the questions the rest of the symphony must answer: “Why have you lived? Why have you suffered? Is it all one great horrible joke?’’ These dark musings, represented by the thunderous opening of the piece, are countered by a lyrical secondary melody that foreshadows themes in the final two movements.
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The second movement serves as a nostalgic interlude, using a folk-like dance to reminisce about days long past. According to Mahler, it “interrupts the stern, relentless course of events” of the rest of the symphony, although on two occasions the ominous turmoil of the first movement returns to these melodic reveries.
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Mahler based the waltzing third movement on his own setting of “St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fishes,” a text from the German poetry collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The superficial happiness of the movement is undermined by sinister interruptions of its dancelike melodies.
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The fourth movement is another setting from the Wunderhorn text, “Primeval Light,” a heartfelt prayer sung by a mezzosoprano soloist, which serves as a delicate bridge to the finale.
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The finale begins fiercely, repeating the despairing questions of the opening. An offstage brass chorale trades dialogue with the orchestra, which references material from the previous movements. Finally, Mahler provides the answer to the questions of the opening, the promise of resurrection which is celebrated by the chorus. The voices emerge from silence, building slowly into a triumphant conclusion, with the full orchestra, massive wind sections, and pealing church bells joining in the jubilation.
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Program BIOS Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor Please view his bio on page 6
Ana María Martínez | soprano Grammy Award-winner Ana María Martínez is considered to be one of today’s foremost sopranos, with an international career that spans the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls. A winner of the 15th Annual Opera News Awards, her repertoire encompasses opera’s most intriguing and diverse leading ladies, and she engages her audiences with signature roles, spellbinding debuts, and captivating recordings. In 2019, Ana María joined Houston Grand Opera as its first artistic advisor. In that role, she works with the artistic team on casting and production decisions, adjudicates the annual Concert of Arias competition, mentors and coaches HGO Studio artists, and engages with the larger Houston community on behalf of HGO. Following a two-year appointment as artist-inresidence at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, she became a professor in the Department of Voice in 2021. Performance highlights of the 2021–22 season include the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas with Lyric Opera of Chicago and a role debut as Despina in Così fan tutte with Washington National Opera. Additional performances included her role debut as Tosca with Opera Philadelphia, which she performed again later in the season with Cincinnati Opera, as well as Nedda in Pagliacci with Palm Beach Opera. Born in Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father, Ana María spent her formative years in Puerto Rico and New York City. She graduated from The Juilliard School with bachelor and master of music degrees. An alumna of the HGO Studio, she won the Pepita Embil Award at the 1995 Operalia II and first prize in the 1994 HGO Eleanor McCollum Auditions and Awards. In the 1993 Metropolitan Opera National Council 26 | Houston Symphony
Auditions, she was a first place district and first place regional winner and national finalist. She is the recipient of the National Association of Latina Leaders’ Groundbreaking Latina in Music award. She has provided encouragement to young singers as a contributing editor to Classical Singer magazine, and her reflections were profiled in Latino Wisdom: Celebrity Stories of Hope, Inspiration, and Success to Recharge our Mind, Body, and Soul by Cathy Areu (Barricade Books).
Kelley O'Connor | mezzo-soprano Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, the Grammy Awardwinning mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor is one of the most compelling performers of her generation. In addition to these concerts, the 2021-22 season has included Kelley’s returns to the Concertgebouworkest for performances of Lieberson’s Neruda Songs led by Stéphane Denève and a robust North American concert calendar, including performances of the Mozart Requiem with Fabio Luisi conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Jun Markl and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Juraj Valčuha and the Minnesota Orchestra, and Mahler’s Third Symphony with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Sought after by many of the most heralded composers of the modern day, Kelley has given the world premieres of Joby Talbot’s A Sheen of Dew on Flowers with the Britten Sinfonia, Bryce Dessner’s Voy a Dormir with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar at the Tanglewood Music Festival, and John Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary, written for Kelley O’Connor, which has been performed under the batons of John Adams, Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Robertson. She continues to be the eminent living interpreter of Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs having given this moving set of songs with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra, with Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Robert Spano and the Minnesota Orchestra, and with David Zinman and the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, among many others. Her vivid discography includes Mahler’s Third Symphony with Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, Golijov’s Ainadamar, and Michael Kurth’s Everything Lasts Forever with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony, Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Symphony No. 2 in C minor
(RESURRECTION) Gustav Mahler (1860—1911) A towering work of the classical repertoire, Mahler’s Second Symphony takes listeners on an epic spiritual journey through death, the apocalypse, and eternal bliss. Mahler began composing it in 1888, shortly after completing his First Symphony, but he would not complete it until 1894. In preparation for a performance in Dresden in 1901, Mahler wrote his own note for this piece. Although Mahler viewed it as only “a superficial indication” of the symphony’s meaning, it still provides insights for those new to the work.
4TH MOVEMENT The moving voice of naïve faith sounds in his ear.
1ST MOVEMENT We stand by the coffin of a well-loved person. His life, struggles, passions and aspirations once more, for the last time, pass before our mind’s eye.—And now in this moment of gravity and of emotion which convulses our deepest being, when we lay aside like a covering everything that from day to day perplexes us and drags us down, our heart is gripped by a dreadfully serious voice which always passes us by in the deafening bustle of daily life: What now? What is this life—and this death? Do we have an existence beyond it? Is all this only a confused dream, or do life and this death have a meaning?— And we must answer this question if we are to live on. Mahler also gave an alternative program to a friend: “The first movement depicts the titanic struggles of a mighty being still caught in the toils of this world; grappling with life and with the fate to which he must succumb—his death.”
2ND MOVEMENT A happy moment from the life of his beloved departed one, and a sad recollection of his youth and lost innocence. Privately, Mahler added a telling detail: “The Andante tells of love.”
3RD MOVEMENT The spirit of unbelief, of presumption, has taken possession of him, he beholds the tumult of appearances and together with the child’s pure understanding he loses the firm footing that love alone affords; he despairs of himself and of God. The world and his life become for him a disorderly apparition; disgust for all being and becoming lays hold of him with an iron grip and drives him to cry out in desperation. This movement was adapted from a song Mahler wrote when he resumed work on the symphony in 1893. The song describes how St. Anthony, finding his church empty, went to preach to the fishes. The various kinds of fish (which resemble various kinds of people) all enjoy his sermon, but forget it and return to their sinful ways as soon as it ends.
“I am of God, and desire to return to God! God will give me a lamp, will light me unto the life of eternal bliss!” Like the previous movement, this one began as a song, “Urlicht,” or “Primordial Light.” In this case, however, Mahler retained the vocalist and the words, taking up the gauntlet laid down by Beethoven with the choral finale of his Ninth Symphony.
5TH MOVEMENT We again confront all the dreadful questions and the mood of the end of the 1st movement.—The voice of the caller is heard: the end of all living things is at hand, the last judgement is announced, and the whole horror of that day of days has set in.—The earth trembles, graves burst open, the dead arise and step forth in endless files. The great and the small of this earth, kings and beggars, the just and ungodly— all are making the pilgrimage; the cry for mercy and grace falls terrifyingly on our ear.—The crying becomes ever more dreadful—our senses forsake us and all consciousness fades at the approach of eternal judgment. The ‘great summons’ is heard; the trumpets from the Apocalypse call;—in the midst of the awful silence we think we hear in the farthest distance a nightingale, like the last quivering echo of earthly life! Softly there rings out a chorus of the holy and the heavenly: “Risen again, yea thou shalt be risen again!” There appears the glory of God! A wonderful gentle light permeates us to our very heart—all is quiet and blissful!—And behold: there is no judgement.—There is no sinner, no righteous man—no great and small.—There is no punishment and no reward! An almighty feeling of love illuminates us with blessed knowing and being! Mahler struggled with the finale of the symphony; it was not until he heard the text of Klopstock’s poem Resurrection sung by a choir at the funeral of his mentor, the eminent conductor Hans von Bülow, that he knew how to end the work. Mahler used the beginning of Klopstock’s poem for the entrance of the chorus, although he supplemented it with verses of his own. Raised in the Jewish faith, Mahler faced anti-Semitism throughout his life, and his vision of an all-embracing divine love is undoubtedly meant to include people of all religions. “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it,” Mahler later reflected.
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Houston Symphony Chorus The Houston Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber since 2014, is the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony and consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, members of this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world’s great choral-orchestral masterworks under the batons of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Shaw, and Helmut Rilling, among many others. In addition, the Chorus enjoys participating in the Houston Symphony’s popular programming under the batons of conductors such as Steven Reineke and Michael Krajewski. Recently, the ensemble sang the closing subscription concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Singers are selected for specific programs for which they have indicated interest. A singer might choose to perform in all 45 concerts, as was the case in a recent season, or might elect to participate in a single series. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.
Betsy Cook Weber | director Dr. Betsy Cook Weber was appointed director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 2014. Under her leadership, the Chorus has performed more than 200 concerts with repertoire as varied as Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Video Games Live. She has collaborated with some of the world’s best conductors, including Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Steven Reineke, Michael Krajewski, Jane Glover, Christoph Eschenbach, and Nicholas McGegan. She has led the HSC and HS Chamber Singers on two European tours to the Czech Republic in 2017 and to Poland and Germany in 2019, including a performance at the world-renowned Bachfest in Leipzig. Betsy also serves as a Madison Endowed Professor of Music and director of choral studies at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. There, she teaches a full load of coursework, oversees the large and varied choral area at the Moores School, and is internationally active as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and lecturer. In addition to appearances throughout the United States, she looks forward to engagements in the United Kingdom, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Czechia, Hungary, and Germany in the coming year. 30 | Houston Symphony
The University of Houston Moores School Concert Chorale, which she directs, has established a reputation as one of the world’s finest collegiate choirs and has been a featured choir at multiple state (2002, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2017) and national conventions (ACDA 2007, 2017, NCCO 2017). Internationally, Chorale has received acclaim at six prestigious competitions in Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, and Italy, winning or placing in every category in which it was entered. In 2015, Musica mundi, in its ranking of the top 1,000 choirs in the world, placed UH Concert Chorale #1 in its age category and #3 among all choirs worldwide. In 2013, Betsy became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ), and the University of Houston.
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Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council (YAC) is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados, and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes, and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music.
Young Associate Premium Christopher P. Armstrong and Laura Schaffer Ann and Jonathan Ayre Lauren and Mark Bahorich Tim Ong and Michael Baugh Kimberly and James Bell Jr. Emily Bivona and Ryan Manser Carrie and Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl# Eric Brueggeman Haydée del Calvo and Esteban Montero Taylor Chambers Eric and Terry Cheyney
Young Associate
Amanda Beatriz Laura and William Black Lindsay Buchanan# Adair and Kevin Brueggeman Greta Carlson Tatiana Chavanelle# Parker Cragg Jackson Davis Megan and John Degenstein Laurel Flores# Carolyn and Patrick Gaidos Patrick B. Garvey
$2,500+
Kendall and Jim Cross Denise Davis Valerie Palmquist Dieterich and Tracy Dieterich Vicky Dominguez Jamie Everett Claudio Gutierrez Elaine and Jeff Hiller# Mariana and James O. Huff III# Carey Kirkpatrick Joel Luks Elissa and Jarrod Martin Kelser McMiller# Shane Miller#
$1,500+
Amy Goodpasture Rebecca and Andrew Gould Nicholas Gruy Ashley and John Horstman C. Birk Hutchens Anna Kaplan Allegra Lilly and Robin Kesselman Kirby and David Lodholz# Charyn McGinnis Miriam Meriwani Zoe Miller Paul Muri and Stephanie Weber
Emily and Joseph Morrel - Porter Hedges LLP Juliet Moths Aprill Nelson# Toni Oplt and Ed Schneider Kusum and K. Cody Patel# Liana and Andrew Schwaitzberg# Nadhisha and Dilanka Seimon Quentin and Aerin Smith# Justin Stenberg# Ishwaria and Vivek Subbiah
Trevor Myers Blake Plaster Leo Soto Michelle Stair# Elise Wagner# Isabela Walkin Genevera Allen and Michael Weylandt Hannah Whitney Leonard and Kristin Wood
# Steering Committee For more information, please contact Katie Salvatore, Development Officer & Board Liaison, at katie.salvatore@houstonsymphony.org, 713.337.8544.
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Corporate, Foundation, & Government PARTNERS The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation, and government partners that allows the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education, and community engagement, for Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast Region.
CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor $250,000 and above Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation* ** Grand Guarantor $150,000 and above ConocoPhillips** Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS* KTRK ABC-13* Phillips 66** Guarantor $100,000 and above Houston Methodist* Kalsi Engineering PaperCity* Tenenbaum Jewelers* United Airlines* Underwriter $50,000 and above Accordant Advisors* Baker Botts L.L.P.* Bank of America Boston Consulting Group* Cameron Management* Chevron** CKP Group* ENGIE** Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo** Kinder Morgan Foundation** Kirkland & Ellis The Lancaster Hotel* Occidental** PNC**
(as of Mar.1, 2022)
Rand Group, LLC* Shell Oil Company** Truist Vinson & Elkins LLP
Silver Eagle Beverages* Sire Spirits Beth Wolff Realtors Zenfilm*
Sponsor $25,000 and above EOG Resources The Events Company* H-E-B/H-E-B Tournament of Champions** Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Neiman Marcus* One Market Square Garage* Perry Homes Sidley Austin LLP Silver Eagle Distributors Houston, LLC SPIR STAR, Ltd. Univision Houston & Amor 106.5FM
Benefactor $5,000 and above Bank of Texas Beck Redden LLP BHP Frankly Organic Vodka Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. University of Houston University of St. Thomas* Wortham Insurance & Risk Management
Partner $15,000 and above City Kitchen* Glazier’s Distributors* Gorman’s Uniform Service Jackson & Company* Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston USI Southwest
Patron Gifts below $5,000 Amazon Baker Hughes BeDESIGN* Christian Dior Gulf Coast Distillers * KPMG US Foundation, Inc. Mercantil ONEOK, Inc. Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc.
* Includes in-kind support Supporter **Education and Community $10,000 and above Engagement Support Houston First Corporation* Macy’s** Mark Kamin & Associates New Timmy Chan Corporation Nordstrom** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Quantum Energy Partners
For information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations, at timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8538.
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FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Diamond Guarantor
$1,000,000 and above
The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Endowment** Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor
$500,000 and above
The Alkek and Williams Foundation City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance The Cullen Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor
$150,000 and above
City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board** The Hearst Foundation** The Humphreys Foundation MD Anderson Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Texas Commission on the Arts** Guarantor $100,000 and above The Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation
Underwriter
$50,000 and above
Beauchamp Foundation The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation** The Powell Foundation** The Robbins Foundation**
Sponsor $25,000 and above The Martine and Dan Drackett Family Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation** The William Stamps Farish Fund Partner $15,000 and above Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation** Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation** The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation**
(as of Mar.1, 2022)
William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation** The Hood-Barrow Foundation The Schissler Foundation The Vaughn Foundation Supporter $10,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Pierce Runnells Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Strake Foundation** Anonymous Benefactor
$5,000 and above
Leon Jaworski Foundation The Radoff Family Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation
Patron Gifts below $5,000 The Lubrizol Foundation The Scurlock Foundation
**Education and Community Engagement Support For information about becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations, at christina.trunzo@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8530.
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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through a bequest in a will, life-income gifts, or other deferred-giving arrangements.
CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000 + Dr. and Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Jonathan and Ann Ayre Myra W. Barber Janice Barrow Jim Barton James Bell Joe Anne Berwick* James and S. Dale Brannon Walter and Nancy Bratic Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Mary Kathryn Campion and Stephen Liston Drs. Dennis and Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Andria N. Elkins Jean and Jack* Ellis The Aubrey* and Sylvia Farb Family Helen Hudspeth Flores* Eugene Fong
Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George Stephen and Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. and Billie Jo Graves Mario Gudmundsson Deborah Happ and Richard Rost Jacquelyn Harrison and Thomas Damgaard Marilyn and Bob Hermance Dr. Charles and Tammie Johnson Dr. Rita Justice Mr. and Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Joella and Steven P. Mach Michelle and Jack Matzer Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Bill and Karinne McCullough Muffy and Mike McLanahan Dr. Georgette M. Michko Dr. Robert M. Mihalo* Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Drs. John and Dorothy Oehler Gloria G. Pryzant
Evie Ronald* Constance E. Roy Donna Scott Charles and Andrea Seay Michael J. Shawiak Jule* and Albert* Smith Louis* and Mary Kay Snyder Mr. Rex Spikes Frank Shroeder Stanford in memory of Dr. Walter O. Stanford Mike and Anita* Stude Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. and Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Susan Gail Wood Jo Dee Wright Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (2)
Farida Abjani Dr. Antonio Arana* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Daniel B. Barnum* George* and Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black* Kerry Levine Bollmann Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Mr. Christopher and Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl and Sam* Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton and Margaret A. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable* and Mrs. William Crassas Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge* and Mrs.* Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert Ginny Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez and Connie A. Coulomb Bill Grieves* Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Gloria L. Herman* Timothy Hogan and Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth
Dr. Edward J. and Mrs. Patti* Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian and Catherine James Barbara and Raymond Kalmans Dr. James E. and Betty W. Key Dr. and Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Enid Knobler* Mrs. Frances E. Leland Samuel J. Levine Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers David Ray Malone and David J. Sloat Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay and Shirley* Marks James G. Matthews Mary Ann and David McKeithan Dr. Tracey Samuels and Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant Marilyn Ross Miles and Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Sidney and Ione Moran Janet Moynihan* Richard and Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John N. Neighbors* in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr.* and Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John and Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann* John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine and Red Pastorek Peter* and Nina Peropoulos Linda Tarpley Peterson Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed and Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Walter Ross Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. and Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa and Jerry Simon Tad and Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. and David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill and Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen and Kristine Wallace Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Lorraine and Ed* Wulfe David and Tara Wuthrich Katherine and Mark Yzaguirre Edith and Robert Zinn Anonymous (8) *Deceased
If you are interested in learning more about joining the Legacy Society by making the Houston Symphony part of your estate plans, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.
MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Sponsorship Circle level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer, at samantha.sheats@ houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8534. Dr. Saul and Ursula Balagura Charles Seo, Cello
Joan Kaplan Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet
Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin
Dr. Sippi and Mr. Ajay Khurana David Connor, Double Bass – Community-Embedded Musician
Gary and Marian Beauchamp/The Beauchamp Foundation Martha Chapman, Second Violin Nancy and Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer Maki Kubota, Cello Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Principal Double Bass Barbara J. Burger Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Drs. Dennis and Susan Carlyle Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Jane Cizik Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Janet F. Clark MuChen Hsieh, Principal Second Violin Michael H. Clark and Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Virginia A. Clark Julia Churchill, Violin – Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Brown Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellow Roger and Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin Joan and Bob Duff Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Horn The Ensell Family Donald Howey, Double Bass Steve and Mary Gangelhoff Judy Dines, Flute Stephen and Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet Evan B. Glick Tong Yan, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello Gary L. Hollingsworth and Kenneth J. Hyde Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Trumpet Drs. M.S. and Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster
Dr. and Mrs. I. Ray Kirk John C. Parker, Associate Principal Trumpet Dr. William and Alice Kopp Leonardo Soto, Principal Timpani Rochelle and Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cora Sue and Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Viola Joella and Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Mrs. Carolyn and Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion Mr. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle and Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Barbara and Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Muffy and Mike McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Dr. Eric McLaughlin and Mr. Eliodoro Castillo Jonathan Fischer, Principal Oboe Martha and Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Rita and Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Scott and Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Dr. Susan Osterberg and Mr. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. MiHee Chung, First Violin
Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello Ed & Janet Rinehart Amy Semes, Associate Principal Violin Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute John and Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Margaret and Joel Shannon Rainel Joubert, Violin – CommunityEmbedded Musician Tad and Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin Alana R. Spiwak and Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal Viola Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Bobby and Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Acting Principal Trombone Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute Margaret Waisman, M.D. and Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion Stephen and Kristine Wallace Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp Robert G. Weiner and Toni Blankman Anastasia Ehrlich, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn
Steven and Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin
Gloria and Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion
Jeanie Kilroy Wilson and Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello
Jean and Allan Quiat Phillip Freeman, Bass Trombone Ron and Demi Rand Annie Chen, Second Violin
Bequest from the Estate of Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina and Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin
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224
PERFORMANCES
25
ORCHESTRA HIRES
17
PERFORMANCES WITH THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHORUS
87
GUEST ARTIST DEBUTS
6
COMMERCIAL RECORDS
10
WORLD PREMIERES
THANK YOU, ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA
