FWSO program book | December 2022

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Letter from the Chairman 3

Letter from the President & CEO 4 About Robert Spano 5

About Kevin John Edusei 6 About Taichi Fukumura

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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Roster

FWSO STAFF

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Keith Cerny, Ph.D. President and CEO

Juanita Delgado Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

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Program 1: Messiah

Artist Profiles: George Jackson Molly Netter

Luthien Brackett

Steven Soph

Jonathan Woody

University of Texas A Cappella Choir

19 Program 2: Star Wars: A New Hope

Artist Profiles: Miguel Harth- Bedoya

23 Program 3: ABBA The Concert: New Year’s Eve Celebration

Artist Profiles: Robert Franz

28 Board of Directors

John Clapp Vice President of Operations

Matthew Glover Director of Operations

Gillian Boley Artistic Services Coordinator

Joseph Dubas Interim Orchestra Personnel Manager

Christopher Hawn Orchestra Librarian

David Sterrett Assistant Orchestra Librarian

Branson White Production Stage Manager

Wilson Armstrong Assistant Stage Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Meagan Hemenway Vice President of Development

Jennifer Yorek Director of Development

Courtney Mayden Grants Manager

Malia Nelson Development Associate Veronika Perez Development Coordinator

FINANCE

Bennett Cepak Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Lucas Baldwin Staff Accountant James Gonzalez Controller

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jacque Carpenter Vice President of Human Resources

MARKETING

Carrie Ellen Adamian Chief Marketing Officer

Melanie Boma Tessitura Database Manager

Jacob Clodfelter Box Office Associate

Laura Corley Box Office Associate

Katie Kelly Senior Communications and Digital Marketing Manager

Josselin Garibo Pendleton Education & Community Programs Senior Manager

Stephanie Hartley Marketing and Communications Specialist

Sydney Palomo Box Office Associate

Paul Taylor Box Office Associate

Amelia Webber Director of Ticketing and Customer Services

RO B ER T SP ANO, MUSIC DI RE CTOR K E V IN JOHN EDU S EI , P R IN CIPAL GUE ST COND U C TOR K E ITH CERNY, Ph.D., PRESIDENT AND CE O Keith Cerny,Ph.D., President and CEO

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us for the inaugural season with new Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Kevin John Edusei. The 2022/2023 season has already enjoyed many highlights, with more to come. In addition to an exhilarating Symphonic and Pops lineup, we are pleased that internationally celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be the star of the FWSO Gala on February 25, 2023. Mark your calendars and reserve your event sponsorship, and concert tickets now for this one-night-only event. It is certain to sell out.

In addition to great music, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is a vital resource of music education for over 60,000 students and families in FWISD and North Texas. Music is a catalyst for learning, helping to promote concentration, memorization and a broader ability to learn and retain information. These programs are not just developing the next generation of musicians, they are contributing to the development of strong community leaders, cultural supporters, and arts advocates. Your continued support and patronage helps make this possible and we applaud your commitment to this important work.

During this season of thanks, the Board of Directors and I recognize you, our donors, patrons, and volunteers, for your sincere loyalty, enthusiasm, and encouragement. We are thrilled you are joining us for this concert weekend.

With much appreciation and gratitude,

T. Bass Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mercedes

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO KEITH CERNY

Dear Patron,

We are delighted to welcome you back to Bass Performance Hall for our landmark 2022-2023 season! This is an especially important year for the FWSO, as Robert Spano officially begins his tenure as Music Director. In February, we welcome our new Principal Guest Conductor Kevin John Edusei with the first of two special concerts. I cannot imagine two more gifted conductors leading this magnificent orchestra, who both possess the artistic vision and broad experience to take the FWSO to new heights.

For the 2022-2023 Symphonic season, Maestro Spano and I worked intensively to create a season that we know you will find musically inspiring and enjoyable. This season breaks ground in several new ways, as we advance the new artistic vision incorporating more theatrical and visual experiences, important new artistic collaborations, and world premieres. We are also featuring four of our own exceptional musicians as soloists with the orchestra, including our beloved Concertmaster Michael Shih. Along the way, we will feature extraordinary guest artists and conductors, including the renowned conductor Dame Jane Glover, the incomparable violinist Gil Shaham, versatile projection designer Elaine J. McCarthy, and many others. Headlining our gala in February will be one of the finest artists performing today, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, in a program conducted by Maestro Spano.

The lineup is just as exciting on the Pops Series, with guest performances by gifted artists and ensembles including Pink Martini. We will ring in the New Year with an ABBA tribute, and present the FWSO’s first-ever Star Wars film in concert, conducted by our Music Director Laureate Miguel Harth-Bedoya. We will also present the second year of our Chamber Music series at the Kimbell Art Museum, featuring Maestro Spano and members of our orchestra.

Please join us for a memorable year at the FWSO, including these and many more special projects. We look forward to seeing you!

Yours sincerely,

Cerny, Ph.D. President and CEO

Keith

Robert Spano, conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher, is known worldwide for the intensity of his artistry and distinctive communicative abilities, creating a sense of inclusion and warmth among musicians and audiences that is unique among American orchestras. After twenty seasons as Music Director, he will continue his association with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Music Director Laureate. An avid mentor to rising artists, he is responsible for nurturing the careers of numerous celebrated composers, conductors, and performers. As Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 2011, he oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs for 630 students and young performers. Principal Guest Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra since 2019, Spano became Music Director Designate on April 1, 2021, and begins an initial three-year term as Music Director in August 2022. He is the tenth Music Director in the orchestra’s history, which was founded in 1912.

Spano leads the Fort Worth Symphony in six symphonic programs, three chamber music programs, and a gala concert with Yo-Yo Ma, in addition to overseeing the orchestra and music staff and shaping the artistic direction of the orchestra and driving its continued growth. Additional engagements in the 2022-23 season include a return to Houston Grand Opera to conduct Werther.

Maestro Spano made his highlyacclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in 2019, leading the US premiere of Marnie, the second opera by American composer Nico Muhly. Recent concert highlights have included several world premiere performances, including Voy a Dormir by Bryce Dessner at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and mezzosoprano Kelley O’Connor; George Tsontakis’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Dimitrios Skyllas’s Kyrie eleison with the BBC Symphony Orchestra; the Tuba Concerto by Jennifer Higdon, performed by Craig Knox and the Pittsburgh Symphony; Melodia, For Piano and Orchestra, by Canadian composer Matthew Ricketts at the Aspen Music Festival; and Miserere, by ASO bassist Michael Kurth.

The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Spano’s commitment to American contemporary music. He has led ASO performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Ravinia, Ojai, and Savannah Music Festivals. Guest engagements have included the Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Minnesota Orchestras, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New World, San Diego, Oregon, Utah, and Kansas City Symphonies. His opera performances include Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera productions of Wagner’s Ring cycles.

German conductor Kevin John Edusei is praised repeatedly for the drama and tension that he brings to his music-making, for his clear sense of architecture and attention to detail. A commanding, suave and elegant figure on the podium, he has conducted widely across Europe, dividing his time equally between the concert hall and opera house. Edusei is deeply committed to the creative elements of performance, presenting classical music in new formats, cultivating audiences, introducing music by under-represented composers and conducting an eclectic range of repertoire from the baroque to the contemporary.

In 2021/22 Edusei will make many debuts - in North America these include the Dallas, Baltimore, Forth Worth, Indianapolis Symphony and Minnesota orchestras and at Alice Tully Hall (New York City) with the Juilliard Orchestra; in Europe debuts include the Royal Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras and Essen Philharmonic amongst others. The 21/22 season will also mark Edusei’s eighth and final season as Chief Conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra and following his debut with the Fort Worth Symphony in September 2021, Edusei takes

ABOUT KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI

up the position of Principal Guest Conductor with them from the 22/23 season.

Highlights from past seasons include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Chineke! Orchestra at the BBC Proms and Royal Festival Hall.

In 2019 Edusei concluded his tenure as Chief Conductor of Bern Opera House, where he led many new productions.

ABOUT TAICHI FUKUMURA

Mei-Ann Chen as a Freeman Conducting Fellow.

Past engagements include guest conducting in the Boston Symphony’s Community Chamber Concerts, leading members of the BSO in Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat. Fukumura assisted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Philharmonic as cover conductor. Equally adept in opera conducting, he has led full productions of Britten’s Turn of the Screw and Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Northwestern University Opera Theatre.

Taichi Fukumura is a rising JapaneseAmerican conductor known for his dynamic stage presence, resulting in a growing international career. Acclaimed for his musical finesse and passionate interpretations, he is praised by musicians and audiences alike across the United States, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and Japan. A two-time recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award in 2021 and 2022, Fukumura is the newly appointed Assistant Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the 2022-2024 seasons.

Highlights from the 2021/22 season include guest conducting debuts with La Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Selected by the Berlin Philharmonic as one of 10 Assistant Conductor Candidates, Fukumura conducted in the Siemens Conductors Scholarship Competition. Fukumura served as the Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Sinfonietta, where he previously received mentorship from Music Director

Born in Tokyo, Taichi Fukumura grew up in Boston and began music studies at age three on the violin. Professionally trained on the instrument, he received a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Boston University, studying with Peter Zazofsky. Fukumura received both his Doctoral and Masters degrees in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University, studying with Victor Yampolsky. Additional conducting studies include Aspen Music Festival Conducting Academy, Pierre Monteux School and Festival, Paris Conducting Workshop, and Hong Kong International Conducting Workshop.

ABOUT ROBERT SPANO

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With a discography of critically-acclaimed recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon, and ASO Media, Robert Spano has garnered four Grammy™ Awards and eight nominations with the Atlanta Symphony. Spano is on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory and has received honorary doctorates from Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Emory University, and Oberlin. Maestro Spano is a recipient of the Georgia Governor’s Award For The Arts And Humanities and is one of two classical musicians inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. He makes his home in Atlanta and Fort Worth.

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Robert Spano, Music Director

Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Chair

Kevin John Edusei, Principal Guest Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director Laureate

VIOLIN I

Michael Shih, Concertmaster

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair

Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair

Swang Lin, Associate Concertmaster Ann Koonsman+ Chair

Eugene Cherkasov, Assistant Concertmaster Mollie & Garland Lasater Chair

Jennifer Y. Betz

Ordabek Duissen

Qiong Hulsey

Ivo Ivanov

Izumi Lund

Ke Mai

Rosalyn Story Kimberly Torgul Albert Yamamoto

VIOLIN II

Adriana Voirin DeCosta, Principal Steven Li, Associate Principal Janine Geisel, Assistant Principal Symphony League of Fort Worth Chair

Molly Baer

Tatyana Smith

Matt Milewski

Sue Jacobson°

Kathryn Perry

Andrea Tullis Camilla Wojciechowska

VIOLA

DJ Cheek, Principal

Linda Numagami, Associate Principal° HeeSun Yang, Assistant Principal Joni Baczewski

Sorin Guttman

Aleksandra Holowka

Dmitry Kustanovich Daniel Sigale

CELLO

Allan Steele, Principal Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair

Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair

Emileigh Vandiver, Associate Principal Keira Fullerton, Assistant Principal Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Chair

John Belk

Deborah Brooks

Shelley Jessup

Jenny Kwak

BASS

William Clay, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bass Chair

Paul Unger, Assistant Principal Jeffery Hall

Julie Vinsant

The seating positions of all string section

musicians listed alphabetically change on a regular basis.

FLUTE

Jake Fridkis, Principal Shirley F. Garvey Chair

Gabriel Fridkis, Assistant Principal Pam Holland Adams

PICCOLO

Pam Holland Adams

OBOE

Jennifer Corning Lucio, Principal Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr., Chair

Tamer Edlebi, Assistant Principal Tim Daniels

ENGLISH HORN Tim Daniels

CLARINET

Stanislav Chernyshev, Principal Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair*

Ivan Petruzziello, Assistant Principal Gary Whitman

E-FLAT CLARINET Ivan Petruzziello

BASS CLARINET Gary Whitman

BASSOON

Joshua Elmore, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair

Cara Owens, Assistant Principal Samuel Watson

CONTRA BASSOON Samuel Watson

HORN

Gerald Wood, Principal Elizabeth H. Ledyard Chair

Alton F. Adkins, Associate Principal Drs. Jeff and Rosemary Detweiler Chair

Kelly Cornell, Associate Principal Aaron Pino

TRUMPET

Kyle Sherman, Principal Cody McClarty, Assistant Principal Dorothy Rhea Chair Oscar Garcia

TROMBONE

Joseph Dubas, Principal Mr. & Mrs. John Kleinheinz Chair Steve Peterson, Principal° John Michael Hayes, Assistant Principal Dennis Bubert

BASS TROMBONE

Dennis Bubert Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair

TUBA Edward Jones, Principal

TIMPANI

Seth McConnell, Principal Madilyn Bass Chair

Nicholas Sakakeeny, Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Keith Williams, Principal Shirley F. Garvey Chair

Nicholas Sakakeeny, Assistant Principal Adele Hart Chair

Deborah Mashburn Brad Wagner

HARP

Position vacant Bayard H. Friedman Chair

KEYBOARD

Shields-Collins Bray, Principal Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn & Van Cliburn Chair

STAGE MANAGER Branson White

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Joseph Dubas

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIANS

Christopher Hawn David Sterrett

*In Memory of Manny Rosenthal °2022/2023 Season Only

+Denotes Deceased

The Concertmaster performs on the 1710 Davis Stradivarius violin.

The Associate Concertmaster performs on the 1685 Eugenie Stradivarius violin.

FORT

WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ROBERT SPANO,

MUSIC DIREC TOR

KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR KEITH CERNY, Ph.D., PRESIDENT AND CEO

Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. Will Rogers Auditorium Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

George Jackson, Conductor Molly Netter, Soprano

Luthien Brackett, Mezzo-soprano Steven Soph, Tenor Jonathan Woody, Bass

The University of North Texas A Cappella Choir

HÄNDEL’s Messiah

Sinfonia

PART, THE FIRST

Arioso (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people Aria (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord Recitative (Bass): Thus saith the Lord Aria (Alto): But who may abide the day of His coming Chorus: And He shall purify Recitative (Alto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive Air (Alto) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion Arioso (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth Air (Bass): The people that walked in darkness

Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field Arioso (Soprano): And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them Arioso (Soprano): And suddenly, there was with the angel FORT WORTH SYMPHONY

Chorus: Glory to God Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Recitative (Alto): Then shall the eyes of the blind Air (Alto & Soprano): He shall feed his flock like a shepherd Chorus: His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light

Intermission

PART, THE SECOND

Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God Air (Alto): He was despised Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray Recitative (Soprano): He was cut off out of the land of the living Air (Soprano): But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell Air (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage together Air (Tenor): Thou shalt break them Chorus: Hallelujah

PART, THE THIRD Air (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer liveth Chorus: Since by man came death Recitative (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery Air (Bass): The trumpet shall sound Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain / Amen

Video or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. Patrons arriving late will be seated during the first convenient pause. Program and artists are subject to change.

PROGRAM NOTES : GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

by Jeremy Reynolds

MESSIAH

Part I Part II Part III

DURATION: About 105 minutes

PREMIERED: Dublin, 1742

INSTRUMENTATION: Two oboes, two bassoons, two trumpets, timpani and strings, harpsichord, organ, chorus, and soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists

“I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wish to make them better.”

— George Frideric Handel (Born 1685 Germany; died 1759)

ORATORIO: a long dramatic composition based on a religious theme for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume or scenery.

FURTHER LISTENING:

Handel: Deidamia (HWV 42) Samson (HWV 57) Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen in D major, HWV 283

Mendelssohn: Elijah

The difference between opera and oratorio is simple: operas are fully staged productions with costumes and sets and narrative. Oratorios are more often dramatized religious works performed as concert works.

Handel was a master of both genres. The German composer decided in 1712 to make England his home, supported by a healthy salary of £200 a year from Queen Anne. His early operas, written in the Italian opera seria style, delighted and captivated the British public, but tastes evolved over the decades — by the time he composed his ill-fated Deidamia, its 1741 premiere only received two follow-up performances, rendering the work an artistic and financial failure.

He abandoned opera for oratorio. Handel had already written a couple of successful oratorios, and after the disastrous Deidamia debacle, a previous collaborator, Charles Jennens, sent Handel the oratorical text that would become Messiah. Handel attacked the project with fervor — the speed with which he set the text to music is legendary. Some have attributed that efficiency to religious ecstasy. Really, while Handel was a practicing member of the Church of England, much of the speed can be attributed to the fact that Handel borrowed melodies from many of his previous works, adjusting them into a brilliant, cohesive whole.

(Jennens, a catty writer of middling talent and lofty ego, disagreed, remarking: “a fine Entertainment, tho’ not near so good as he might & ought to have done.” Curmudgeon.)

The music, written for a smaller complement of musicians than in his previous operas, begins with stately dotted rhythms, traditionally associated with royalty. Messiah, of course, draws on Biblical texts, a blend of Old Testament and New to detail the story of the birth and resurrection of Christ. Part I details the prophesies and annunciation to the shepherds. Part II centers on the Passion of Jesus, culminating in the famous Hallelujah Chorus. Part III is about the resurrection and Christ’s heavenly glorification. To illustrate these texts, Handel composed an inventive series of aria-like songs and choruses, all with captivating melodies and contrapuntal trappings.

At nearly two hours of music, there’s not a single dominating tonal center. That said, Handel bases much of the dramatic drive around a push toward the key of D Major, musically illustrating Christ’s ascension by associating this key with the glory of Christ in heaven. The Part I aria, “But who may abide,” fixes on D minor, and from there, the music pushes toward the brilliant D major of the chorus “Glory to God in the Highest,” where the trumpets enter for the first time. Part II features music as far away from D as possible as Christ wanders the earth (“He was despised” is in E-flat major, a key that wouldn’t appear at all in music in D), but this part finishes with the Hallelujah Chorus in a resplendent D major. Part III features the famous “The Trumpet Shall Sound” and wraps with a D major “Amen.”

Messiah is Handel’s most famous work, regularly performed around Christmas time to this day and one of the best-loved works in the classical canon.

George Jackson is quickly making a name for the breadth and commitment of his work, whether in opera, symphonic repertoire or contemporary scores, building strong relationships with the orchestras he conducts. Jackson is Music Director of the Amarillo Symphony, and will lead them in their Centenary year in 2023-24.

Jackson’s skill in preparing complex scores has led to an ongoing relationship with Ensemble Intercontemporain. Together they released the world premiere recording of Steve Reich’s Reich/ Richter on Nonesuch Records, following successful performances of the work in Rome, Paris and Luxembourg. He also conducted the group for the French premieres of works by Rebecca Saunders and James Dillon at the 2019 Festival d’Automne à Paris. With Collegium Novum Zürich Jackson conducted Noli me tangere, a new work by Isabel Mundry, and with Brussels Philharmonic he led the world premiere of Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber’s new work, Chahut

He is increasingly sought-after as a guest with European orchestras, who appreciate his fearless

conducting and thorough rehearsal technique. Recent engagements include Orchestre de Paris, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and the orchestra of Opéra de Rouen.

Praised for his natural affinity for opera, he has received acclaim for his work in productions of Hänsel und Gretel and The Excursions of Mr Brouček (Grange Park Opera), Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Holland Park), and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Theater an der Wien). Future plans include the world premiere of Gods of the Game, a collaborative opera commissioned by Sky Arts for Grange Park Opera.

“George Jackson raised the stature of the music to a rarely-encoun tered level, absolutely enthralling from first bar to last.”

-Robert

The son of actor parents, Jackson began inventing theatrical entertainments with his sister at an early age, as well as learning the violin, and later served as a drummer and guitarist in post-punk, rock and Irish folk bands, developing broad musical tastes that he retains to this day.

Jackson's formative experiences include his participation at Lucerne Festival Academy and at Aspen Music Festival, where he was awarded the Aspen Conducting Prize in 2015. He is passionate and informed about the art and traditions of conducting, and regularly passes on his enthusiasm through podcasts on the subject.

Matthew-Walker, Classical Source

ABOUT MOLLY NETTER

A versatile and joyous musician, Canadian-American soprano Molly Netter enlivens complex and beautiful music, both old and new, with “a natural warmth” (LA Times) and “clear, beautiful tone and vivacious personality” (NY Times). She can be heard on five GRAMMYnominated albums since 2017 and has performed as a soloist with ensembles such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, the Boston Early Music Festival, Apollo’s Fire, Musica Angelica, Contemporaneous, Juilliard415, Heartbeat Opera, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. She has been a full-time member of the Choir at Trinity Wall Street since 2015.

Molly is an active performer, curator, educator and advocate of new music, regularly commissioning new works by living composers. Recent collaborators include David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Amy Beth Kirsten, Doug Balliett, Katherine Balch, Molly Joyce, and Jessica Meyer, among others. Notable chamber performance highlights include inaugural casts of Pulitzerwinning operas Angel’s Bone (Du Yun, 2015) and PRISM (Ellen Reid, 2017). She was a featured curator/performer on Trinity Wall Street’s 2018 acclaimed “Time’s Arrow Festival,” programming an eclectic evening of Barbara Strozzi paired with newly commissioned contemporary works. In 2020 she began commissioning an entirely new repertoire for self-accompanied singer and clavicytherium, emphasizing the florid voice, early music vocal techniques and improvisation as a bridge between style and genre.

Molly holds a BM in composition and contemporary voice from Oberlin Conservatory and an MM in early music voice from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. She is currently on voice faculty at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute.

ABOUT LUTHIEN BRACKETT

Born in San Diego, California to parents who loved to read, Luthien was named for the character of the elf princess Lúthien Tinùviel in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. According to her mother and father, at the age of two, she clambered up onto the table during a dinner party and sang “You Light Up My Life” from start to finish with perfect pitch. That was probably her first public performance.

Praised by the press for her “lushness and delicacy,” “easy, appealing alto” and “silky tone among all registers,” Luthien is in great demand as a concert soloist and professional chorister. She received her undergraduate training at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, where she was a member of the Westminster Choir and sang under the batons of some of the world’s most respected conductors, including Wolfgang Sawallisch and Kurt Masur. After completing her Bachelors degree, she entered the professional arena, and spent many years building a distinguished career, with performing engagements across the U.S. and abroad. She has recently completed her post-graduate studies at the University of York in the United Kingdom.

ABOUT STEVEN SOPH

In 2022, Steven debuts with the Seattle, Fort Worth, and Aiken Symphony Orchestras in Handel’s Messiah, with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, in the Baldwin Wallace University Bach Festival as Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and as a member of Vancouver, B.C.’s The Leonids and Louisville’s Artefact. Steven returns to the Charlotte Bach Festival as Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion and as a soloist in Bach’s Easter Oratorio, to Baltimore Choral Arts to perform and record Anthony Blake Clark’s completion of Mozart’s Requiem, to Providence’s Ensemble Altera for their debut recording, to the Oregon Bach Festival covering St. John and St. Matthew Passion Evangelists, to Tucson’s True Concord Voices and Orchestra for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Finale, and to the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Summer Festival.

An active Bach interpreter, Steven has “expertly inhabited” (Chicago

Classical Review) and “intoned the long, intricate and gruelingly difficult lines of the Evangelist with precision of pitch and rhythm” (Palm Beach Arts Paper) in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Chicago Chorale and Seraphic Fire (Mendelssohn version). He performed “with a tenor ranging from feathered intimacies to powerful, glinting top notes” (The Dallas Morning News) and was deemed “first-class across the board” (Chicago Classical Review) as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion with the University of North Texas’ Collegium (1725 version) and Chicago Chorale. Steven appeared in Bach’s B minor Mass with Symphony Orchestra Augusta, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Spire Chamber Ensemble (Kansas City), and Chicago Chorale; Bach’s Magnificat with Voices of Ascension (NYC), True Concord Voices & Orchestra (Tucson), and Seraphic Fire; and employed “brilliant clarity and warm color” (South Florida Classical Review) in Bach’s Easter Oratorio with Seraphic Fire.

Steven holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Yale School of Music where he studied at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music with renowned tenor James Taylor. Steven attended the American Bach Soloists Academy in 2011, was a 2014 Carmel Bach Festival Adams Fellow, and a 2016 Oregon Bach Festival Young Artist. www. stevensoph.com

ABOUT JONATHAN WOODY

Bass-baritone Jonathan Woody is a sought-after performer of early and new music in New York and across North America. In increasing demand as a soloist, Jonathan has made appearances in recent seasons with historically-informed orchestras such as Boston Early Music Festival, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, Portland Baroque Orchestra and New York Baroque Incorporated. In the 2017/18 season, Jonathan appeared with Apollo’s Fire on a national tour of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeoin the role of Caronte and participated in the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh, UK.

Jonathan is also committed to ensemble singing at the highest level and is regularly featured as a member of the Grammy®-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street, where he has earned praise as “charismatic” and “riveting” from the New York Times for his solo work. In 2019, Jonathan

will join the Clarion Music Society and the English Concert on a fournation tour of Handel’s Semele, covering the roles of Somnus and Cadmus. An avid performer of new music, Jonathan has premiered several works in recent years, including Ted Hearne’s The Source (2014), a seminal work on the subject of Pvt. Chelsea Manning’s actions regarding the leak of classified U.S. documents. He is also featured on the cast recording of that work (New Amsterdam) and has reprised it in 2016 at LA Opera’s REDCAT and SF Opera Lab in 2017. Other recent premieres include works by Ellen Reid (p r i s m), NYC premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves, Du Yun (2017 Pulitzer-Prize winner Angel’s Bone), Zachary Wadsworth and Laura Schwendiger. Festival appearances include Staunton Music Festival, Portland Bach Festival, Carmel Bach Festival (as 2013 Virginia Best Adams Fellow), Oregon Bach Festival (as 2014 Vocal Fellow), American Bach Soloists Academy, and Amherst Early Music (appearing with New York Polyphony).

On the operatic stage, Jonathan has joined Opera Lafayette, Gotham Chamber Opera, New Amsterdam Presents and Beth Morrison Projects for recent productions, and he was a 2015-2016 Vocal Fellow for American Opera Projects’ Composers and the Voice forum. Jonathan has recorded with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street under the Musica Omnia label and is featured on their Grammy® recording of Israel in Egypt.

Allen Hightower is the director of Choral Studies at the University of North Texas, where he leads the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting, and oversees a comprehensive choral program of ten ensembles. Allen serves as the conductor of the UNT A Cappella Choir, and the UNT Grand Chorus which collaborates annually with the UNT Symphony Orchestra in performances of major choral-orchestral works. As a member of UNT’s Early Music faculty, he leads the vocal ensemble Vox Aquilae, an artistic partner of the UNT Baroque Orchestra. Since arriving at UNT in 2016, the A Cappella Choir has received invitations to perform for the Texas Music Educators Association in 2020, the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association in 2021, and the Southwestern Region of ACDA in 2022. Vox Aquilae and the Baroque Orchestra were featured in the 2022 virtual conference of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Dr. Hightower serves on the music staff of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. He was recently appointed Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus.

Prior to his appointment at UNT, Dr. Hightower held the Weston Noble Endowed Chair in Music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he served as conductor of the renowned Nordic Choir and artistic director of Christmas at Luther. As Luther’s Director of Choral Activities, he gave leadership to a choral program that included four conductors, six choirs, and over 530 singers. Under Dr. Hightower’s direction, the Nordic Choir performed at the 2014 North Central Division of ACDA, recorded six compact discs, made annual concert tours throughout the United States, and toured Europe on two occasions. From 2000-2010, Dr. Hightower served as Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Sam Houston State University. During his tenure, the SHSU Chorale toured Europe, performed for the 2007 National Convention of the American

Choral Directors Association, the 2010 Southwestern Division of ACDA, and the 2003, 2006, and 2010 conventions of the Texas Music Educators Association.

As a conducting student of the Texas choral legend Bev Henson, Allen earned his undergraduate degree in music education and piano from Sam Houston State University. He went on to earn a master’s degree in choral conducting from the Eastman School of Music where he was a student of Baroque scholar Alfred Mann, and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Baylor University, where he served as assistant conductor to Stephen Heyde and accompanist to Donald Bailey and the Baylor Chamber Singers. Allen earned his doctorate in conducting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he served as assistant conductor to Donald Neuen. Hightower pursued additional orchestral conducting studies with Jung-Ho Pak at the University of Southern California, additional choral conducting studies with Joseph Flummerfelt at Westminster Choir College, and choral-orchestral conducting with Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival. After winning first prize in the graduate division of the American Choral Directors Association’s Conducting Competition in 1997, Allen served as assistant to Paul Salamunovich, conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

UNT A CAPPELLA CHOIR

Soprano

Danah Berry

Harli Daniel Reagan Dunn Taylor Fenner

Emma Garcia

Marissa Guerrero Danielle Harrington Madison Lang Hyejin Lee

Kyuyim Lee Katelyn Spivey Katherine Stedman Ruth Sytsma

Hannah Watkins

Alto Nicole Barbeau Sarah Decker Trinity Del Regno Madeline Friesen Raquel Guest Meredith Hinshaw Elizabeth King Kassidy Montan Brianna Nelson Madison Pfaffenberger Anna Schmelter Savanna Singleton Chloe Spellmann

Hightower, director Dong Hyun Kang, rehearsal pianist

Tenor

Caleb Aguirre Samuel Benavidez Ezechiel Daos Joshua Durrwachter Jack Forden Cecil Garrison Xavier Howard Benjamin Johnson Marquis McBride Chase Shaw Kenneth Sieloff Craig Smith William Swinney Nicholas Veazey

Bass Jacob Augsten Seth Bazan Joseph Boatwright Hawkins Burns Brian DeStefano Matthew Dexter Xavier Garcia Peter Mooney Cameron Purcell Zachary Rohwer Max Rubenstein-Miller Timothy Sanchez Avery Sanderlin

Founded in 1938, the University of North Texas A Cappella Choir has a distinguished history of conductors that includes Wilfred Bain, Frank McKinley, Hal Gibbons, Mel Ivey, and Jerry McCoy. Allen Hightower assumed leadership of the choir upon his appointment as Director of Choral Studies at UNT in the Fall of 2016. The A Cappella Choir is frequently invited to regional, national, and international conferences. Most recent engagements include National ACDA in 2021 (live-streamed), 2013 (Dallas), 2005 (Los Angeles), and 1999 (Chicago); NCCO in 2008 (Cincinnati); and the International Choral Festival in 2012 (Daejeon, South Korea) and in 2009 (Taipei). The A Cappella Choir is one of ten choral ensembles at UNT which includes the University Singers, Concert Choir, Kalandra, Chorale, Camerata, Vox Aquilae, Grand Chorus, Conductor’s Chorus, and UpFront!. The Choral Studies program works closely with the renowned Vocal Studies and Opera programs at UNT, creating an ideal environment for student singers.

Allen

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ROBERT SPANO, MUSIC DIREC TOR KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR KEITH CERNY, Ph.D., PRESIDENT AND

Dec. 16–18, 2022 Will Rogers Auditorium Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor JOHN WILLIAMS

Star Wars Film Concert Series Star Wars: A New Hope

Twentieth Century Fox Presents A Lucasfilm Ltd. production

Starring Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness

Written and Directed by George Lucas Produced by Gary Kurtz

Music by John Williams

Panavision Prints by Deluxe Technicolor

MPAA PG Rating Logo: Dolby Logo: Twentieth Century Fox Logo: Disney Concerts

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available at Disneymusicemporium.com

Star Wars Film Concert Series Production Credits

President, Disney Music Group Ken Bunt

SVP/GM, Disney Concerts

Chip McLean

Supervising Technical Director Alex Levy – Epilogue Media

Film Preparation

Ramiro Belgardt

Business Affairs, Lucasfilm Rhonda Hjort

Chris Holm

Music Preparation

Mark Graham

Matthew Voogt Joann Kane Music Service

Disney Music Library Operations, Disney Concerts Brannon Fells

Royd Haston

Jonathan Heely

For Booking Inquires: Emily.Yoon@ICMPartners.com

Business Affairs, Disney Concerts Darryl Franklin Gina Lorscheider Phil Woods Elena Contreras Addison Granillo

Business Affairs, Warner-Chappell Scott McDowell

Marketing & Publicity

Lisa Linares Maria Kleinman

ABOUT JOHN WILLIAMS

In a career spanning more than six decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than one hundred films, including all nine Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Home Alone and The Book Thief.

His nearly 50-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, The BFG and The Post. Mr. Williams has composed themes for four Olympic Games.

He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains their Laureate Conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage including two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by many of America’s most prominent

orchestras. Mr. Williams has received five Academy Awards and 52 Oscar nominations (making him the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars), seven British Academy Awards, 25 Grammys, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys.

In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. In 2004, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2009 he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016 he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time a composer was honored with this award. And in 2020 he received Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts as well as the Gold Medal from the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society in the UK.

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Emmy awardwinning and Grammy-nominated conductor, is a master of color, drawing idiomatic interpretations from a diverse and wide range of repertoire in concerts across the globe.

Celebrating more than 30 years of professional conducting, and with a deep commitment to passing his experience on to the next generation of musicians, he is currently the Mary Franks Thompson Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University, and Music Director of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra where in addition to performing, he teaches orchestral conducting at the undergraduate and graduate level.

He has also established The Conducting Institute to teach the fundamentals of conducting to students ages high school and up, of all levels, through an intensive summer and winter programs, workshops, courses, and seminars.

Harth-Bedoya has amassed considerable experience at the helm of orchestras, including recently completing tenures as Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra - a post he held for seven seasons - and 20 seasons as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, where he now holds the title of Music Director Laureate and will

conduct regularly. Previously he has held Music Director positions with the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand and the Eugene Symphony in Oregon, and the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra in Peru. Previously he held the position of Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

Harth-Bedoya guest conducts with orchestras around the world. In the United States, he has conducted the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony, among others. He is also frequently a guest at summer festivals such as Aspen Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Grant Park Festival, and Hollywood Bowl and the New Zealand Festival. Following his exceptional tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the early years of his career, Harth-Bedoya’s “special chemistry” (LA Times) with the orchestra remains strong and he returns often as a guest conductor.

Worldwide he is a frequent guest of the Helsinki Philharmonic, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, National Orchestra of Spain, New Zealand Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, and has appeared with the Melbourne Symphony, London Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony and Barcelona Orchestras, among others. In the summer of 2016, Harth-Bedoya made his Japanese debut conducting both the NHK Symphony and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras.

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TOR

KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI, PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR KEITH CERNY, Ph.D., PRESIDENT AND CEO

Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Robert Franz, Conductor

THE CONCERT: A TRIBUTE TO ABBA

Summer Night City Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Knowing Me, Knowing You Money, Money, Money Chiquitita I Have a Dream Don't Shut Me Down Waterloo S.O.S. Super Trouper Mamma Mia!

Intermission Voulez-Vous Fernando

Take a Chance on Me

The Winner Takes It All

The Visitors / Lay All Your Love On Me / When All is Said and Done Does Your Mother Know?

Dancing Queen

Video or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. Patrons arriving late will be seated during the first convenient pause. Program and artists are subject to change.

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY

ABOUT ROBERT FRANZ

Acclaimed conductor, Robert Franz, recognized as “an outstanding musician with profound intelligence,” has held to three principles throughout his career: a commitment to the highest artistic standards, to creating alliances and building bridges in each community he serves, and a dedication to being a strong force in music education. As Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, and Artistic Director of the Boise Baroque Orchestra, he has achieved success through his focus on each of these principles.

His appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers and audiences of all ages. Composer Bright Sheng praised Franz for his “extremely musical and passionate approach towards music making.” Franz is in increasing demand as a guest conductor, having collaborated with the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and Italy’s Orchestra da Camera Fiorentinas. 2021 marks his debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. His versatility has led to performances with a wide array of artists, including James Galway, Joshua Bell, Rachel Barton Pine, Chris Botti, Idina Menzel and Judy Collins as well as his work with composers such as John Harbison, Jennifer Higdon and Jordan Pal. An eloquent speaker, Franz recently presented a TEDx Talk entitled Active Listening and Our Perception of Time.

Music Director the Windsor Symphony Orchestra since 2013, Franz was recognized by The Windsor Endowment for the Arts with its Arts Leadership Award. Faced with the challenge of maintaining an active and successful arts organization in the face of a pandemic, the past two seasons have included two curated digital concert series that he led and hosted. Recent collaborations include the Windsor International Film Festival, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Public Library, Canadian Historical Aviation Association, and the University of Windsor.

Franz’ serves as Artistic Director of the Boise Baroque Orchestra where he successfully launched an outdoor summer concert series at the Chateau des Fleurs in Eagle, Idaho. Curated digital concert series, partnerships with Opera Idaho and the Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale as well as with various educational institutions have been a hallmark of his time at BBO.

Franz just concluded his fourteen-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony where he was recently honored with the Raphael Fliegel Award for Visionary Leadership, celebrating his immense success in advancing the organization’s education and community engagement activities. The 2020-2021 season featured Franz leading the North American premiere of Author Dan Brown’s musical children’s book, Wild Symphony.

As Co-founder and Conductor of the Idaho Orchestra Institute, now in its sixth year, Franz takes young musicians on an exploration of major orchestral repertoire that explores the complete musician.

In addition to his current posts, Franz served as Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic from 2008-2016, and the Mansfield Symphony (OH) from 20032010. When not on the podium he can be found on the slopes, skiing slowly and carefully, stretching in a yoga class, and non-competitively trying his hardest to win at a game of cards with his family.

ABOUT The Concert: A tribute to ABBA

21st Century Artists, Inc. has been presenting its ABBA tribute show throughout North America for well over a decade, known as ABBA The Music, ABBA The Concert, and ABBA The Hits. The audience and press all agree –“This is the closest to ABBA you’ll ever get.” ABBA The Concert brings one of the greatest pop phenomena back to life…

Here are a few highlights from its many successful US tours…

• Sold-out shows at the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (15,000 people)

• Highland Park in Chicago (20,000 people)

• Seaside Summer Concert Series in Brooklyn, NY (11,000+ people)

• Sold-out nights at both the

Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce, FL and at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL

• Sold-out performance at the Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA

ABBA The Concert continues to be the top ABBA tribute group in the world, dazzling all who see with their fantastic performance while playing the most iconic hits from ABBA, including “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Money, Money, Money,” “The Winner Takes All,” “Waterloo,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and “Dancing Queen.” Many critics agree, ABBA The Concert is the most amazing and authentic ABBA tribute show in the world. Come dance, come sing, having the time of your life at THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE CELEBRATION!

How to Support the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

Annual Fund

Your gift to the annual fund allows the FWSO to bring the joy of music to 150,000 adults and children through the nearly 200 performances each season. Make a one-time gift or join Metronome, FWSO’s monthly giving club! Each month, your ongoing gift will be automatically charged to your credit or debit card.

Patrons of the Symphony

Elevate your FWSO experience to VIP with a membership to Patrons of the Symphony. Your generous donation of $2,000 or more annually, or $167 a month through our Metronome program, grants you extraordinary benefits designed to enhance your FWSO experience.

Tribute Gifts

Honor or memorialize friends or loved ones with a tribute gift to the Symphony. A special acknowledgment is sent to the person or family informing them of your generosity and thoughtfulness.

Brooks Morris

Society

Leave a lasting legacy and invest in the future of the Symphony by including the FWSO in your will or estate plans. Contact Meagan Hemenway, VP of Development at 817-665-6008 or mhemenway@fwsymphony.org to talk about investing in the future of the FWSO.

Endowment Fund

Established in 1984, the Endowment Fund was created to preserve the FWSO’s rich artistic tradition and ensure financial security for live symphonic music in our city. Named gift opportunities recognize significant contributions to the Endowment Fund.

Centurion Society

The Centurion Society salutes extraordinary individuals who have given $100,000 or more to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in cumulative lifetime gifts. Organizations are welcomed into the Centurion Society with lifetimem gifts of $500,000 or more.

Donor

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Mercedes T. Bass +, Chairman of the Board

Marianne Auld +, Chairman of the Executive Committee Teresa King +, Secretary J.W. Wilson +, Treasurer Keith Cerny, Ph.D., President and CEO

Amy Roach Bailey

Connie Beck + Ashli Blumenfeld

Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr. + Anne Marie Bratton + Karen Burchfield Brenda Cline Barbara Cox Juana-Rosa Daniell Mitzi Davis Dr. Asad Dean + Vance A. Duffy Charlotte French Tera Garvey Gail Aronoff Granek Genie Guynn Dotty Hall Lee Hallman Kathleen Hicks Aaron Howard + Qiong Hulsey Kim Johnson Dee J. Kelly, Jr.+ Mollie Lasater + Mary Hart Lipscomb Misty Locke Michelle Marlow Louella Martin + Priscilla Martin Colin McConnell Dr. Stuart D. McDonald Ellen Messman Dr. Till M. Meyn Erin Moseley Don C. Plattsmier +

Dana Porter + Jean Roach + Henry Robinson + Jude Ryan Alann B. Sampson + Jeff Schmeltekopf Dan Sigale Kal Silverberg Kathleen B. Stevens Clare Stonesifer + Jonathan T. Suder + Carla Thompson +

Chairmen Emerita

William P. Hallman, Jr. * Adele Hart * Ed Schollmaier * Frank H. Sherwood

Life Trustee Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Rae and Ed Schollmaier *

FWSO President Emerita Ann Koonsman*

* Denotes Deceased + Executive Committee Member

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

$1,000,000 and above Sid W. Richardson Foundation

$150,000- $999,999 Amon G. Carter Foundation Mary Potishman Lard Trust

$50,000- $149,999

American Airlines Arts Fort Worth Lowe Foundation Adeline & George McQueen Foundation Leo Potishman Foundation Qurumbli Foundation

$25,000- $49,999

North Texas Giving Day Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas Helene Bare & W. Glenn Embry Charitable Trust Neiman Marcus Fort Worth Omni Hotel Fort Worth The Thomas M., Helen McKee & John P. Ryan Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts

$10,000–$24,999

Alcon Anonymous U.S. Trust

Bratton Family Foundation | Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton Buehler Family Foundation Central Market / H.E.B. City Club of Fort Worth Fifth Avenue Foundation Heart Of Neiman Marcus Foundation MJR Foundation Piranesi

The Roach Foundation

Symphony League of Fort Worth Wells Fargo

$5,000–$9,999 JPMorgan Chase Ben E. Keith Beverages Anonymous Metroplex Piano Garvey Texas Foundation Texas Women for the Arts The Felucca Fund The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel

$3,000–$4,999

Fort Worth Tourism Public Improvement District Johnson Controls Foundation Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP Kimbell Art Foundation Texas Christian University Pinnacle Bank

$2,000–$2,999 Fash Foundation Kenny G. Inc. Once Upon A Time... Prospera Financial Robert D. & Catherine R. Alexander Foundation

$500-$1,999

Albertsons Safeway Ben E. Keith Foods National Philanthropic Trust The Pace Fund Park Hill Portraits Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. WFAA-TV Channel 8

SUPPORTERS OF THE FWSO

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra expresses its deepest gratitude to the following donors for their extraordinary annual financial support that sustains the FWSO as a world-class orchestra and valuable community asset. This listing reflects annual giving between November 1, 2021 through November 1, 2022. *Denotes Deceased.

President’s Level

$500,000–$999,999

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass

Maestro’s Level

$150,000–$499,999 Sasha and Edward P. Bass

Guest Conductor’s Level

$50,000–$149,999

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis; Davoil, Inc.

Priscilla & Joe Martin Nancy & Don Plattsmier Dana & David Porter Rosalyn Rosenthal

Concertmaster’s Level

$25,000–$49,999

Carol Margaret Allen Ramona & Lee Bass Aaron & Corrie Howard Mollie & Garland Lasater at the NTCF Fund

Alann Bedford Sampson

Artist’s Level

$10,000–$24,999

Connie Beck & Frank Tilley

Steve Brauer

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Burchfield Barbara A. & Ralph F. Cox Deborah & Tom Deas

Althea L. Duersten

Dr. Jennifer Freeman George & Jeanne Jaggers Charitable Trust Cami & John Goff Gail Aronoff Granek Eugenie Guynn Gary & Judy Havener Mrs. Edward R. Hudson, Jr. Marguerite Bridges Charitable Trust

Mrs. Louella Martin Deborah Mashburn & David Boddie

Estate of James W. McCartney

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart D. McDonald Ellen F. Messman Nesha & George Morey Stephen & Brenda Neuse Estate of Virginia & James O’Donnell

Frasher H. & John F. Pergande Mrs. Susan S. Pratt

Karen Rainwater Charitable Fund at the NTCF The Roach Foundation

Jonathan and Medea Suder; MJR Foundation

Mr. Gerald E. Thiel

Mr. & Mrs. Kelly R. Thompson Charles White Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Wilson

Benefactor| $5,000–$9,999

Elaine & Neils Agather

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Atnip

Mr. & Mrs. Tull Bailey

Ashli & Todd Blumenfeld Greg & Pam Braak

Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Brightbill III

James Brooks Mary Cauble Sue & John Allen Chalk, Sr. Brenda & Chad Cline Dean & Emily Crocker

Dr. & Mrs. Atlee Cunningham, Jr. Dr. Ron & Juana-Rosa Daniell Kim & Glenn Darden

Asad Dean M.D.; Texas Oncology

Margaret & Craig Dearden

Ms. Jo Ellard

Charlotte and Kirk French Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fridkis Tera & Richard Garvey Susan & Tommy Green Mr. & Mrs. Holman Harvey Matthew & Kimbery Johnson

Dee Kelly Foundation James & Dorothy Doss Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Koonsman Mr. & Mrs. William Leavitt Mary & Blake Lipscomb Tim & Misty Locke Mrs. Erin Moseley

Anonymous Don & Melissa Reid Peggy Rixie

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rosenthal Jeff & Judy Schmeltekopf Thomas L. Smith Clare and Tim Stonesifer

Ronda & Walter Stucker

Anonymous Dr. Richard Turner

Laurie & Lon Werner Ms. Virginia Wheat Dan Wilkirson

Dr. James C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Williamson

Contributor | $3,000–$4,999

Dr. Joyce Beck

Ellen & Larry Bell Mr. Bill Bond

Judge Tim & Celia Boswell

Debbie Brooks; DFW Musicians Services LLC Frances Jean Browning Jeanne Cochran Gary Cole Susan Jackson Davis Mr. Vance A. Duffy Doug & Carol English Mr. & Mrs. John B. Giordano Gary Glaser and Christine Miller Kay Glenday

Steve* & Jean Hadley Dr. Christy L. Hanson Richard Hubbard, M.D. Gordon & Aileen Kanan L. Lumley Mr. & Mrs. Colin McConnell Anonymous Berlene T. & Jarrell R. Milburn In memory of Marie A. Moore Dr. William & Mary Morton Wade & Lisa Myers Mr. & Mrs. Omas Peterson Ms. Jane Rector Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Reynolds Dr. Deborah Rhea & Ms. Carol Bollinger Rosemary Riney Jude & Terry Ryan Gayla & Blaine Scheideman Dr. & Mrs. Russ A. Schultz Kal & Karen Silverberg Emmet G. & Judith O. Smith Jim & Judy Summersgill Mary & Reuben Taniguchi Becky & Stephen Tobin John Wells

Sustainer | $2,000–$2,999

William & Kathryn Adams Mr. Timothy Ankersen Mr. Dan Besse & Ms. Erin Lloyd John Broude & Judy Rosenblum Henry & Diana Burks Daniel & Soraya Caulkins Honorable H.D. Clark III and Mrs. Peggy Sue Branch-Clark

Karen Fortson Davis

Dedrick Family

Dr. Fred Erisman

Angela L. Evans

Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Fortson, Jr.

Dr. Oscar L. Frick

Ms. Clara Gamache

Dr. & Mrs. William H. Gibson

Mr. Joseph Gonzales

Dotty & Gary Hall

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Harris

Peggy Harwood

Ms. Trina Krausse

Amy Faires & Swang Lin

In memory of Laura Elizabeth Bruton

McCraw Family Charitable Fund

Shannon McGovern

Barbara Measter

Cecile Montgomery Charitable Account

John & Anita O’Carroll

Bill & Jeanne O’Connor

Mr. Stan O’Neil

Harris Franklin Pearson Private Foundation

Mary Pencis

Lynne B. Prater

William Proenza

Barbara Roels

Punch Shaw & Julie Hedden

Tzu-Ying & Michael Shih in tribute of Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis Anonymous

Marilyn Wiley & Terry Skantz

Susan & James Smith

Mary C. Smith; Clark Educational Services

Dr. Mary Alice Stanford & Mr. Don Jones

Brian Steidinger

Mack Ed & Sharon Swindle

Sallie & Joseph Tarride

Hon. and Mrs. Christopher Taylor

Dr. Stuart N. Thomas; In memory of Dr. Gaby Thomas

Joy & Johnnie Thompson

Joan T. Trew

David Turpin

Mr. John Molyneaux & Ms. Kay West

John Williams & Suzy Williams

Suzy Williams & John Williams

Arthur & Carolyn Wright

Stuart Yarus & Judith Williams Anonymous

Gene & Kathleen* Walker

Donor | $500–$1,999

Tony & Rhonda Ackley Kathryn Anderson Mrs. Mary Frances Antweil Henry & Barbara Armstrong Roy I. Bacus, Jr. Mary Frances & George Barlow Charitable Fund at the NTCF Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Bartel Mr. & Mrs. Harper Bartolomei Ms. Anne H. Bass Mrs. Betty R. Baugh Glenn & Sherry Bernhoft Mr. Stephen Berry Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Blanton Annette & Jerry W. Blaschke Mr. Kenneth Blasingame Blaine & Brian Bolton Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wayne Brassell Art & Lynda Brender Ben & Diana Broadwater Lowell & Kathryn Bryan John L. Bryant

Anonymous In memory of Jack & Mildred Malone Antonio & Carla Castañeda Barry & Paulette Cavitt

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Cecere, DMD Mr. & Mrs. Bennett Cepak Dr. & Mrs. Lincoln Chin LRS Construction Services, L.P. Judith Singer Cohen Donna Coldiron

Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. Conroy Ms. Annabelle Corboy & Mr. Michael Poteet

Anonymous Dr. desAnges Cruser Stacy & Steve Dellasega Scott & Laney Denbina Mr. & Mrs. C.D. Dickerson Jean & Tom Dodson John Driggers & Barbara Gibbs Jack R. Driscoll Ms. Tori Adams & Mr. Jim DuBose Dawn Ellison Charlene & Dave Ernst Ann & Ronnie Erwin Anonymous Mrs. Gretchen Finn

Robert Fortenbaugh

Mrs. Benjamin J. Fortson, III

Leslie Fraser

Cynthia J. Frey

Sharon Godwin

Shawn & Victoria Furniss

Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Gault

Mr. Robert Genzel Ms. Kathryn Gerland

Aubrey Gideon Anonymous

Mr. & Mrs. John Giordano Drs. Daniel & Lyn Hunt Goggin Eric & Jannene Gunter

David & Lori Haley Ms. Lee Hallman

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hamacher Mrs. Phil Harris, Jr. Jo & Don Hawthorne

Janet Heath

Carolyn & Larry Heath

Mr. & Mrs. Owen F. Hedden

J. Kirston and Dot Henderson Michelle & Reagan Horton

Colonel Jonathan W. House

Mr. & Mrs. Allan Howeth Carolyn & Randall Hudson Judy & Price Hulsey

Amy and Randy Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Hunter B. Johnson Roland R. Johnson, Jr. Ed & Carol Jones Ms. Sue Jones

Walter D. Juliff Mr. Byron Keil

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Kelly III Dione Kennedy & Daniel Hagwood Mrs. Patricia Key Philip King

Mr. & Mrs. John B. Kleinheinz

Laura & Bill Lace

Colonel Leonard S Y Lai

Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lane

Mike & Carolyn Law Mr. Tony Lester

E. Donovan Lewis

Barbara Lind Art & Cheryl Litke

Dr. S. David & Mrs. Jennifer Lloyd

Ricky & Charlene Locke Rev. Elizabeth Lockhart Dr. Brad Loeffelholz Mr. Andrew Lombardi Kerry Lowery Guy & Helen Mabee Dr. & Mrs. James D. Maberry James M. Makens John Marion Ms. Sandra Doan & Mr. Jacques Marquis Chuck Marsh

Robert & Joanne McClendon Dr. & Rev. M. Dwain McDonald Gay & Urbin McKeever

Edward & Marilyn McNertney Ms. Barbara Mehta Dr. Bernard N. Meisner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mendenhall Terry L. Meyer Dr. & Mrs. Till M. Meyn Mr. Thomas Michel B. Dan and Jennifer B. Miller Pat Miller & Ann Rice Dr. & Mrs. Will Miller John & Kay Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. W.A. Moncrief III Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Moncrief Mr. and Mrs. David Moore Mr. & Mrs. David Moore Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Morgan Ms. Susan Morgan Mr. Bruce Morris Mr. & Mrs. David Motley Sandy Mulcahy and Lee Mulcahy John Myers

Lynn Nesbit Charitable Trust Mr. Greg Nicholas & Dr. Catherine M. Nicholas Betty G Norvell

Laura & Michael O’Brien Drs. Jeffrey & Raquel Oxford Paul & Mary Kay Park Ms. Bonnie J. Parker Dr. Beatriz Parra

Anonymous

Laura Potts & Don Ritter Max & Susan Poynor

Mr. & Mrs. Dean Pritchard

Virginia R. Pumphrey

Dr. & Mrs. David Quam

Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Rabalais

Jeremy Raines

Carol Ray

Greg & Wendy Reese

Colleen & Jack Reigh

Mr. & Mrs. John Richmond

Laura E. Potts & Don L. Ritter

Ann Rivera

Mr. Gordon Roberts

Laurie & Len Roberts Madelyn Rosenthal Paige & Bob Russey Capera Ryan

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schmidt

Catherine & Wallace Schmuck

The Seger Family

Marisa Selkirk

Dr. D.D. (Darcy) Sety Ms. Rita Shelton

Betty Sherman Anne & Danny Simpson

Anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. David C. Smith Mary Alice Denmon Smith Robert Snider

Mr. John David Sterrett, Jr. Kathleen & Richard Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. Paul M Stouffer Jerry & James Taylor John* & Camille Thomason Randy & Jo Thomson Bob & Sharon Timmons Mr. Sean L. Toye Steve & Linda Trine Lola LaCrosse & Jerry Tutt

Anonymous Mr. Robert G. VanStryland Mrs. Lorna de Wangen Mrs. Susy Weaver Dave & Julie Wende Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Williams Lyn Clayton Willis Henry & Gail Wilson Beth Wimpy Mr. Adrian Wright Robert & Ann Wright Ms. Trisha Wright Dr. & Mrs. Bobby J. Wroten Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Wynne David & Maureen Yett Ms. Kelly Yost Dr. & Mrs. Shawn Zarr Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Ziegler Patsy C. & Bill J. Zimmerman

ENDOWED CHAIRS AND PROGRAMS

The Board of Directors extends sincere gratitude to the following donors who have demonstrated exceptional generosity and commitment to the FWSO by endowing the following chairs and programs.

Music Director Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass* Chair

Guest Conductors Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair

Associate Conductor Rae & Ed Schollmaier*/Schollmaier Foundation Chair

Concertmaster Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair

Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair

Associate Concertmaster Ann Koonsman* Chair

Assistant Concertmaster Mollie & Garland Lasater Chair

Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Symphony League of Fort Worth Chair

Principal Cello Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair

Assistant Principal Cello Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Chair

Principal Bass Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bass Chair

Principal Oboe Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr. Chair

Principal Flute Shirley F. Garvey* Chair

Principal Clarinet Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair

In Memory of Manny Rosenthal

Assistant Principal Trumpet Dorothy Rhea* Chair

Principal Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair

Principal Horn Elizabeth H. Ledyard* Chair

Associate Principal Horn Drs. Jeff and Rosemary Detweiler Chair

Principal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. John Kleinheinz Chair Bass Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair

Principal Percussion Shirley F. Garvey* Chair

Assistant Principal Percussion Adele Hart* Chair

Timpani Madilyn Bass Chair Harp Bayard H. Friedman * Chair

Keyboard Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn & Van Cliburn* Chair

Great Performance Fund Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair

In Memory of Manny Rosenthal

Pops Performance Fund The Burnett Foundation

Adventures in Music The Ryan Foundation

Symphonic Insight Teresa & Luther King * Denotes Deceased

CONTRIBUTERS TO THE ENDOWMENT

The Endowment Fund provides the institutional bedrock upon which the Orchestra is able to achieve long-term artistic growth and financial stability. Your support of the Endowment Fund is crucial. Please contact Meagan Hemenway, VP of Development at 817-665-6008 or mhemenway@fwsymphony.org.

$5,000,000 and above Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Nancy Lee* & Perry R. Bass* Mr. Sid Bass

$1,000,000–$4,999,999

Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation

Sasha and Edward P. Bass

The Burnett Foundation Garvey Texas Foundation Kimbell Art Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John Kleinheinz Elizabeth H. Ledyard Rosalyn Rosenthal Rae & Ed Schollmaier*

$500,000–$999,999

Mollie & Garland Lasater

The Thomas M., Helen McKee & John P. Ryan Foundation T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Foundation

$250,000–$499,999

BNSF Railway

Drs. Jeff & Rosemary Detweiler Estate of Dorothy Rhea

Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Hart III Mr. & Mrs. J. Luther King, Jr. Luther King Capital Management Qurumbli Foundation

$100,000–$249,999 Alcon American Airlines Amon G. Carter Foundation Ramona & Lee Bass Althea L. Duersten Estate of Peggy L. Rayzor Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Fortson, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. Dee J. Kelly, Sr. Luther King Capital Management John Marion Mr. & Mrs. John V. Roach II / The Roach Foundation Anna Belle P. Thomas

$50,000–$99,999

Michael and Nancy Barrington Van Cliburn* Mrs. Gunhild Corbett Mrs. Edward R. Hudson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs.* Ronald Koonsman Scurlock Foundation Symphony League of Fort Worth Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Estate of Linda Reimers Mixson Dee Kelly Foundation

$25,000–$49,999 Estate of Linda Reimers Mixson Estate of Michael Boyd Milligan Garvey Texas Foundation Colleen* and Preston Geren Mrs. Adele Hart

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Kelly Dee Kelly Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Krebs Mr. Eddie M. Lesok Mr. & Mrs. Duer Wagner Jr. Laurie & Lon Werner

$10,000–$24,999

Mr. & Mrs. William L. Adams* Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm K. Brachman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton Mr. Carroll W. Collins* Mary Ann and Robert Cotham Mrs. Norwood P. Dixon* Elizabeth L. and Russell F. Hallberg Foundation

Estate of Ernest Allen, Jr. Fifth Avenue Foundation Mrs. Dora Lee Langdon Carol V. Lukert

Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Moncrief Stephen & Brenda Neuse Peggy L. Rayzor Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Reynolds William E. Scott Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor Donna* & Bryan Whitworth William S. Davis Family Foundation Mr. Thomas L. Smith

$5,000–$9,999

Anonymous

Mrs. Charles Anton* Ms. Lou Ann Blaylock Sue & John Allen Chalk, Sr. Nelson & Enid Cleary Barbara A. & Ralph F. Cox Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis; Davoil, Inc. Estate of Whitfield J. Collins Francis M. Allen Trust Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jeffrey Gerrish Felice and Marvin Girouard Jann Green Maritza Cáceres & Miguel Harth-Bedoya Richard Hubbard, M.D. JPMorgan Chase Klabzuba Family Foundation Priscilla & Joe Martin Miss Louise McFarland* RadioShack Corporation

Karen Rainwater Charitable Fund at the NTCF Alann Bedford Sampson Betty J. Sanders Save Our Symphony Fort Worth Mr. Gerald E. Thiel John* & Frances Wasilchak Charitable Fund at the NTCF Peggy Meade-Cohen Crut H. Paul Dorman

* Denotes deceased

CENTURION SOCIETY

Centurion Society members have achieved lifetime giving of $100,000+ (individuals) or $500,000+ (organizations)

Alann P. & Charles F. Bedford Fund at The NTX Community Foundation

Alcon

American Airlines

Amon G. Carter Foundation

Anonymous

Arts Fort Worth

Ms. Marianne M. Auld

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bahan F. Robert* & Mona Tull Ball

Michael and Nancy Barrington Bass Foundation

Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation

Linda Taylor

Sasha and Edward P. Bass Ramona & Lee Bass

Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Mrs. Perry R. Bass*

Robert & Ann Bass Household Ben E. Keith Beverages

Marvin & Laurie Blum

BNSF Railway

Mr. and Mrs. Clive D. Bode

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton

Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Brightbill III

The William & Catherine Bryce Memorial Fund

Estate of Frank X. Buhler

The Burnett Foundation

Sue & John Allen Chalk, Sr. Van Cliburn*

Mary Ann and Robert Cotham

Barbara A. & Ralph F. Cox

Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee

Dr. Ron+ & Juana-Rosa Daniell

Kim & Glenn Darden

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis; Davoil, Inc.

Katrine Menzing Deakins Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee Drs. Jeff & Rosemary Detweiler

Althea L. Duersten

Mr. Vance A. Duffy

Elizabeth L. and Russell F. Hallberg Foundation

Estate of Dorothy Rhea Estate of Linda Reimers Mixson Estate of Mildred G. Walters Estate of Peggy L. Rayzor

Katie & Jeff Farmer John E. Forestner

Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Fortson, Jr. Frank Kent Cadillac

Cornelia Cheney Friedman

Mr. & Mrs. Walker C. Friedman

William M. Fuller Foundation Paula & George Fultz

Tera & Richard Garvey Garvey Texas Foundation

George & Jeanne Jaggers Charitable Trust Cami & John Goff Eugenie Guynn Helene Bare & W. Glenn Embry Charitable Trust Qurumbli Foundation

Mrs. Adele Hart

Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Hart III Gary & Judy Havener Aaron & Corrie Howard Mrs. Edward R. Hudson, Jr. JPMorgan Chase

Kathleen E. Connors Trust Dee Kelly Foundation

Mr. * & Mrs. Dee J. Kelly, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Roby Key Kimbell Art Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. J. Luther King, Jr. / Luther King Capital Management

Mr. and Mrs. John Kleinheinz

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Koonsman

Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. Memorial Fund at the NTCF Mollie & Garland Lasater at the NTCF Fund

Elizabeth H. Ledyard

Mr. Eddie M. Lesok

Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Lorimer, Jr. Mrs. Robert Lowdon

Jeff & Judy Schmeltekopf

Rae & Ed Schollmaier *; Schollmaier Foundation

William E. Scott Foundation

Sid W. Richardson Foundation Mr. Charles M. Simmons*

Thomas L. Smith Star-Telegram

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sterling Mr. Paul Stevens

Kathleen & Richard Stevens

Jonathan and Medea Suder; MJR Foundation

Symphony League of Fort Worth T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Foundation Mary & Reuben Taniguchi

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor

Texas Commission on the Arts Anna Belle P. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Kelly R. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Marion L. Walden John* & Frances Wasilchak

Charitable Fund at the NTCF Web Maddox Trust Wells Fargo Laurie & Lon Werner Donna* & Bryan Whitworth Ulla & K.P. Wilska Worthington Renaissance Hotel

* Denotes deceased

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