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Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 • www.houstonsymphony.org
April • 2012
Programs 10 March 29 11 March 30 12 March 31, April 1 15 April 5-7 18 April 13-15 20 April 27-29
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Pianist and Rice University Professor Jon Kimura Parker takes the Jones Hall stage to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
On Stage and Off
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Former Houston Symphony Assistant Conductor Brett Mitchell returns to Jones Hall this month performing an evening of Cole Porter’s greatest hits.
$1 Million Challenge Grant—Your Gift Counts!
5 Credits 23-31 Donors 7 From the Orchestra 9 Hans Graf 9 Letter to Patrons 6 Orchestra and Staff 22 Symphony Society
Houston Endowment has challenged the Houston Symphony to raise $9 million from 5,000 donors by May 31st in order to receive a second $1 million grant to support the innovative programming you’ve come to expect at Jones Hall and beyond.
Your gift of any amount will count towards the challenge! Call Darryl at (713) 337-8529 or give online at www.houstonsymphony.org.
Features 32 Backstage Pass 4 People in Action 4 Spring Soirees 16 Upcoming Performances
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Celebrating People in Action!.......................................................................... National Volunteer Week April 15-21, 2012 For more than 70 years, beginning with the dedicated women of the Houston Symphony League, volunteers have answered the call to serve by providing essential support to the Symphony’s programs and activities. Some have found their niche in our education programs: working with children in the cacophony of the Instrument Petting Zoo or the creatively sticky situation of craft activities at the family concerts, ushering thousands of school children in and out of Jones Hall for student concerts or entertaining young elementary students with a music education puppet show. Other volunteers share their vocal talents in the Houston Symphony Chorus, and still others provide essential support and guidance as Houston Symphony Society board members. In addition to the long standing support of the Houston Symphony League and Houston Symphony League-Bay Area, the Symphony has volunteers from corporate sponsors such as Cameron, philanthropic organizations such as First Junior Women and National Charity League as well as inspired individuals in the community who enjoy sharing their love of music as they share their time and talents. We celebrate the dedication of all of our volunteers and appreciate their enthusiastic efforts on behalf of the Houston Symphony!
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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break. CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances. CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances. April 2012
Orchestra and Staff. .......................................................................................... Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO
Hans Graf, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski,
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Roger Daily, Director, Music Matters! Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Steve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel Manager Allison Conlan, Music Matters! Coordinator Michael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Donald Ray Jackson, Stage Manager Kelly Morgan, Assistant Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Operations Assistant
double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray
First Violin: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker, Hewlett-Packard Company Chair Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin
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Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Director, Artistic Planning Merle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Lesley Sabol, Manager, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate
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From the Orchestra........................................................................................... There are many things that I love about being a Houston Symphony musician, and one in particular is participating in the GDF SUEZ Community Connections program. This program is voluntary for orchestra musicians, and its goal is to broaden our musical footprint throughout Houston at no cost to the community. Many of my colleagues coach music students in schools while others play at area hospitals, nursing homes, shelters and libraries. Some have formed ensembles to participate in Community Connections. Three other members of the bass section and I have formed a quartet called “Bass Center Houston.” Our goal is to teach the community about our instrument. The music we perform encapsulates all genres ranging from Bach to The Beatles. We give a history of the instrument and explain what it’s made from and how its sound is created. We follow each performance with a question and answer session; in addition to answering questions, these sessions allow us to get to know our audience better. It doesn’t matter if we’re playing at an elementary school or a nursing home, many of the questions are the same. “Bass Center Houston” will not be featured on tonight’s performance, so I would like to answer a few of the most commonly asked questions about our instrument: Q: Why do some bass players in your section hold the bow overhand and others underhand? Eric Larson double bass
A: When starting the bass, we all had a choice of playing the German Bow or the French Bow. The German is held underhand and the French is held overhand. The German Bow is quite a bit wider than the French. Both have their strengths and weaknesses; however, their differences are minute.
Q: What’s the purpose of the dark piece of wood attached to the top of the bass that extends past the scroll (the scroll is the curled wood piece that houses the tuning pegs at the top of the instrument)? A: This is an attachment to our fingerboard called a C extension. Our lowest string on the instrument is an E; by opening a gate at the base of the scroll, the string becomes a low C, expanding the range of the instrument. Q: Why do some bass players stand while others sit during a performance? A: It really is personal preference.
April 2012
Letter to Patrons................................................................................................ Photo by Alexander Portraits
Bobby Tudor President Photo by bruce bennett
Welcome to the penultimate month of our 2011-12 season! We look forward to April concerts featuring Violinist Hilary Hahn, Pianist Jon Kimura Parker, Guest Conductors Alexander Shelley and Pablo HerasCasado and a tribute to the legendary John Denver. In the final month of the season, the Orchestra is returning to Carnegie Hall for our 16th appearance at the famed American venue. Our May 7th concert will kick-off the week-long Spring For Music Festival, a series of performances by North American orchestras featuring unique programming with a low ticket price of just $25. We are also very excited to report that Mayor Annise Parker will be joining us and delivering the official introduction of the Houston Symphony before our Carnegie Hall concert. We’ve assembled wonderful tour packages for Houston fans who would like to go with us. If a trip to the Big Apple is on your horizon, please make plans to be with us! For more details, please contact our Patron Services Center at (713) 224-7575. With this issue, we conclude the inaugural season of our new Sugar Land Series with a dramatic concert featuring Elgar’s Enigma Variations. We want to extend our thanks to Symphony fans in Fort Bend County for making this first season such a success. We are excited to announce that the Houston Symphony will be returning to Sugar Land during the 2012-13 season with another three concerts including Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. Again this year, Houston Endowment has challenged our community to increase philanthropic support of the Houston Symphony. Last year, the goal was to raise $8 million from 4,000 donors. Together we rose to the challenge, accomplished the goals presented, and the Houston Symphony received our first $1 million challenge grant. This year, the challenge is even greater. When we raise $9 million from 5,000 donors by May 31st, the Symphony will receive our second $1 million challenge grant to support the innovative programming you’ve come to expect at Jones Hall and beyond. Your support demonstrates what we all believe—that the Houston Symphony is an important part of our community. If you feel inspired by your experience at Jones Hall, we invite you to make a gift of any amount to the Houston Symphony so that we can secure this vital challenge grant.
Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO
Hans Graf Biography.......................................................................................... Photo by Sandy Lankford
Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season. Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Graf has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and will return in May 2012 to participate in Carnegie’s Spring for Music Festival. Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. His U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago. An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres. Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera and Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg. Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite, a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and most recently, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria. Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna. www.houstonsymphony.org
Program
Miles Hoffman, host *Alexander Shelley, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19 I Andantino II Scherzo: Vivacissimo III Moderato INTERMISSION Elgar Enigma Variations, Opus 36 Theme: Andante— Variation I (C.A.E.): L’istesso tempo Variation II (H.D.S.-P.): Allegro Variation III (R.B.T.): Allegretto Variation IV (W.M.B.): Allegro di molto Variation V (R.P.A.): Moderato— Variation VI (Ysobel): Andantino Variation VII (Troyte): Presto Variation VIII (W.N.): Allegretto— Variation IX (Nimrod): Adagio Variation X (Dorabella): Intermezzo: Allegretto Variation XI (G.R.S.): Allegro di molto Variation XII (B.G.N.): Andante— Variation XIII (* * *): Romanza: Moderato Variation XIV (E.D.U.): Finale: Allegro *Houston Symphony debut Program notes begin on page 12.
Miles Hoffman, host
As music commentator for Morning Edition, National Public Radio’s flagship news program, Miles Hoffman is heard regularly by a national audience of some 14 million people. His sparkling feature, “Coming to Terms,” was a weekly favorite for 13 years (1989-2002) on NPR’s Performance Today, and he is the author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its 10th printing (Houghton Mifflin Company). Hoffman has been a featured speaker for universities, orchestras, festivals, chamber music series and community organizations throughout the United States. He has presented keynote addresses for the International Viola Congress, the American String Teachers Association National Conference and the National Conference of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio. In 2003, he gave the commencement address at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. The previous year, Hoffman served as host and commentator for the National Symphony Orchestra’s Festival of Favorites. On several occasions, he has delivered the Bach Lecture at the Annual Winter Park Bach Festival and served in residence to perform a solo recital (2005). He has also delivered the President’s Lecture at the University of Montana and a University Convocation address at Southern Adventist University. During the 1999-2000 season, Hoffman appeared as onstage host and commentator, as well as pre-concert lecturer, for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has given special lectures for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony, in addition to numerous talks in connection with his solo viola performances and his appearances with the American Chamber Players.
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Thursday evening’s performance at Sugar Land Baptist Church is sponsored by
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Thirty-two-year-old English conductor Alexander Shelley was unanimously awarded first prize in the 2005 Leeds Conductors Competition and described in the press as “the most exciting and gifted young conductor to have taken this
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Biographies continued....... highly prestigious award.” In recent seasons, Shelley has performed with leading orchestras throughout Europe. He is a regular guest of the Melbourne Symphony and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. These performances mark his debut with the Houston Symphony.
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8:30 pm P ost-Concert discussion with the artists Location: Theater Miles Hoffman, host Alexander Shelley, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19 I Andantino II Scherzo: Vivacissimo III Moderato INTERMISSION
In 2011, Shelley completed his second year as principal conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra. He has extended his contract until 2017, including tours to Italy, Belgium, China and a re-invitation to Vienna’s Musikverein. He enjoys a close relationship with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, with whom he performs regularly. He is artistic director of its Zukunftslabor project—an award-winning series which aims to build a lasting relationship between the orchestra and a new generation of concert-goers. The son of professional musicians, Shelley studied cello at the Royal College of Music and the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf. He studied conducting with Thomas Gabrisch. In 2001, he founded the Schumann Camerata in Düsseldorf. Last season, this chamber orchestra presented the third edition of “440Hz,” an innovative series of concerts that Shelley conceived as a major initiative to attract young adults to the concert hall. © Peter Miller
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Elgar Enigma Variations, Opus 36 Theme: Andante— Variation I (C.A.E.): L’istesso tempo Variation II (H.D.S.-P.): Allegro Variation III (R.B.T.): Allegretto Variation IV (W.M.B.): Allegro di molto Variation V (R.P.A.): Moderato— Variation VI (Ysobel): Andantino Variation VII (Troyte): Presto Variation VIII (W.N.): Allegretto— Variation IX (Nimrod): Adagio Variation X (Dorabella): Intermezzo: Allegretto Variation XI (G.R.S.): Allegro di molto Variation XII (B.G.N.): Andante— Variation XIII (* * *): Romanza: Moderato Variation XIV (E.D.U.): Finale: Allegro
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Friday, March 30, 2012 7 pm Jones Hall
Biographies begin on page 10. Program notes begin on page 12. ACCESS Series is sponsored in part by American Express. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.
Hilary Hahn, violin
Violinist Hilary Hahn’s probing interpretations and technical brilliance have made her one of the most sought-after artists for a diverse audience. At 31, her international fame and recognition, including two Grammies, multiple Diapason “d’Or of the Year” and “Preis der deutschen April 2012 11
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Fidelity Investments Classical Series Saturday, March 31, 2012 8 pm Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:30 pm Jones Hall
Hilary Hahn & Enigma Variations Alexander Shelley, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Opus 33a I Dawn: Lento e tranquillo— II Sunday morning: Allegro spiritoso— III Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubato— IV Storm: Presto con fuoco Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19 I Andantino II Scherzo: Vivacissimo III Moderato INTERMISSION Elgar Sospiri, Opus 70 Elgar Enigma Variations, Opus 36 Theme: Andante— Variation I (C.A.E.): L’istesso tempo Variation II (H.D.S.-P.): Allegro Variation III (R.B.T.): Allegretto Variation IV (W.M.B.): Allegro di molto Variation V (R.P.A.): Moderato— Variation VI (Ysobel): Andantino Variation VII (Troyte): Presto Variation VIII (W.N.): Allegretto— Variation IX (Nimrod): Adagio Variation X (Dorabella): Intermezzo: Allegretto Variation XI (G.R.S.): Allegro di molto Variation XII (B.G.N.): Andante— Variation XIII (* * *): Romanza: Moderato Variation XIV (E.D.U.): Finale: Allegro
Weekend performances are generously sponsored by United Airlines. Saturday’s performance is supported in part by Mrs. William Estrada. Sunday’s performance is sponsored in part by Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor. 12 www.houstonsymphony.org
Biographies continued....... Schallplattenkritik” prizes, and the 2008 Classic FM/Gramophone Artist of the Year, are a testament to her talent and drive. Hahn appears regularly with the world’s elite orchestras and on the most prestigious recital series. During the 2010-2011 season, she performed in 56 cities across four continents. After a tour in Japan was canceled due to the tsunami disaster, she organized four benefit concerts to help aid the recovery. In the 15 years since she began recording, Hahn has released 12 feature albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels. Her recordings have received every critical prize in the international press and have met with equal popular success. Her first Grammy® win came in 2003 for her Brahms and Stravinsky concerto album. Last fall, she released her newest album, Charles Ives: Four Sonatas. Hahn shows her commitment to contemporary music with In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores. For this project, she commissioned more than two dozen composers to write short-form pieces for acoustic violin and piano. She remains one of the few performers dedicated to recording every new piece she commissions. An avid writer and interviewer, Hahn posts journal entries at hilaryhahn.com and videos at youtube.com/hilaryhahnvideos, hosts the contemporary classical music blog Sequenza21 and comments on life as a traveling companion, on Twitter: twitter.com/violincase.
Notes......................... by Carl Cunningham FOUR SEA INTERLUDES FROM PETER GRIMES, OPUS 33a Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Recording: Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Apex) Instrumentation: two flutes (both doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets (one doubling E-flat clarinet), two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings Peter Grimes was Benjamin Britten’s first and greatest success in the world of opera. His setting of George Crabbe’s tale of an irascible, reckless fisherman, called to account for the deaths of young apprentices in his care, became one of the few 20th-century operas to enter the standard repertory. As part of the score, Britten composed six orchestral pieces: three preludes to each act and another three to connect the two scenes in each act. After the premiere, he extracted four of the pieces and arranged them into a symphonic suite titled Four Sea Interludes.
Notes continued........................................................................................... Dawn, the first interlude, connects the opera’s Prologue to Act One. Its high, piquant melody in the high flutes and strings, alternating with quietly heaving low brass chords and sudden flourishes on the harp, evoke the image of a lone seagull, gliding high above the swells during a golden sunrise. Sunday Morning precedes Act Two, and it sets the stage for a scene of villagers heeding the call of church bells and primly marching off to Sunday services. At the center of the interlude, the low strings take up the melody of “Glitter of waves, glitter of sunlight,” sung by the schoolteacher, Ellen Orford, the only villager who shows any compassion for the outcast Grimes. Moonlight, the third interlude, precedes Act Three and is the most haunting tone picture in the set. Its orchestral suggestion of a dark night and an ominously quiet sea precedes a scene in which the angry villagers finally organize a manhunt for the missing Grimes, fearing the worst for his newest apprentice. The final interlude, Storm, is transferred from its original placement as the second interlude in the opera. As an orchestral sea storm, it is a worthy successor to those of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman and Verdi’s Otello. Its fury is punctuated at the center by a reference to Grimes’ pleading aria, “What harbour shelters peace?” from the opera’s opening scene, which directly precedes it in the complete stage work.
orchestra, Marcel Darrieux, as soloist. The large design of the First Violin Concerto has traditional as well as novel attributes. It is cast in three movements: a large sonata form, but one whose tempo is slow rather than fast; a central Scherzo; and a slower finale, again lyrical like the opening movement. The opening theme of the concerto is immediately presented by the solo violin, and then repeated by the oboe over the first of many elaborate filigree passages played by the soloist. After a sprightly, piquant second theme, three plucked chords by the lower strings bring on a moment of silence,
concluding the exposition. Both themes are extensively reworked in the development section, and are soon joined by a constant run of rapid, technically challenging passages on the part of the soloist. After a climactic point, this section dies away in another brief pause. Then the main theme resumes in the flute and piccolo, accompanied by delicate filigree from the harp and solo violinist, so that the recapitulation takes on the character of a slow reflective coda. Biting, sardonic staccato music dominates the central Scherzo, though this mood
VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MAJOR, OPUS 19 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Recording: Recording Maxim Vengerov with Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Teldec) Instrumentation: pairs of flutes (second doubling piccolo), oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings Although the young Sergei Prokofiev established a reputation for composing iconoclastic, satirical music, full of pounding dissonance, a conservative vein ran quietly alongside his youthful penchant for sensationalism. We know it best from the ballets of his late years, Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, but it could be heard as early as his lyrical First Violin Concerto and his Haydnesque “Classical” Symphony. Amazingly, both works were composed during the violence of World War I and on the cusp of the upheaval brought by the Russian Revolution. He began composing the First Violin Concerto in 1915, and during the summer of 1917, he visited a country estate where he composed the “Classical” Symphony and orchestrated most of the concerto. But the revolution intervened, and the concerto was not heard anywhere until 1923 when Serge Koussevitzky gave the belated premiere in Paris, with the concertmaster of his April 2012 13
Notes continued........................................................................................... is relieved in its two trio sections. The first is a duet for the clarinet and solo violinist over a light accompaniment of strings and percussion, the second is a muted running passage in the soloist’s low register, again accompanied by strings. The third movement also begins as a brusque, brilliant, sharp-pointed finale, but gradually mutates into a calm, shimmering apotheosis. At this moment, its leaping principal theme is combined with the main theme of the first movement, presented in quiet, reflective trills by the solo violinist as the music slowly fades away.
SOSPIRI, OPUS 70 Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Recording: Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Decca) Instrumentation: harp, harmonium and strings In 1914, Elgar was commissioned to compose a pair of companion pieces to be published together with his popular Salut d’amour, which he had written some 25 years earlier, while courting his future wife. The first new piece, titled Carissimi, fit nicely with its pre-existing companion, but Soupir d’amour (Sighs of Love)
did not. So, Elgar composed a replacement work and subsequently published Soupir d’amour separately under the simpler Italian title, Sospiri. This short adagio movement has appeared in arrangements for several solo stringed instruments and/or piano, as well as the present arrangement for harp and string ensemble. Its special charm lies in Elgar’s subtle crafting of its melody line, recreating the gentle sound of an ancient modal scale by avoiding telltale tones that identify the modern major/minor scale system at certain points in the piece. ENIGMA VARIATIONS, OPUS 36 Sir Edward Elgar Recording: Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live) Instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo) two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, organ and strings Friday, October 21, 1898, had been another hard day of teaching violin students for Edward Elgar. After dinner, he sat down at the piano and started musing over the keys. All of a sudden, his wife, Alice, roused him from his woolgathering. “Edward, that’s a good tune,” she said. “Play it again; I like that tune.” Fortunately, Elgar collected his thoughts and the tune became the theme of his celebrated Enigma Variations, in which he composed 13 musical character sketches of his cherished wife and friends, plus a self-portrait in the grandiose finale. By February 5, the piece was finished, and he orchestrated it over the next 13 days. Each variation is labeled with the initials, nickname or surname of the person described, beginning with a lyrical tribute to Elgar’s wife, Alice (C. A. E.). Frivolous, abrupt and gentle moods pass in parade as Elgar describes the idiosyncrasies of his 13 friends. Among the most striking are the delicate sixth variation (Ysobel) characterizing Isabel Fitton, one of Elgar’s viola students, the rambunctious seventh variation (Troyte) describing the jerky, harried piano playing of architect/painter Troyte Griffith, and the buoyant tenth variation (Dorabella) imitating the light-footed dancing of Dora Penny, whom Elgar nicknamed after a character in Mozart’s opera, Così fan tutte. Variation 13 (labeled with three asterisks and titled Romanza) secretly describes Lady Mary Lygon, an amateur choir director. In this variation, the clarinet quotes a melody from Mendelssohn’s choral work, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Elgar dedicated the noble, soaring ninth variation (Nimrod) to his great friend August Johannes Jaeger of the Novello music publishing firm. It is a special moment in the set of variations and is sometimes performed as a memorial to famous personalities in the world of music. ©2012, Carl R. Cunningham
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Program
Music of John Denver Michael Krajewski, conductor Jim Curry, vocalist Arr. S. Reineke
Songs of John Denver
J. Beckel
Colorado Vistas
Grofé Grand Canyon Suite 1 Sunrise: Andantino 3 On the Trail: Andantino moderato—Allegretto poco mosso Barry/G. Prechel Theme from Dances With Wolves S. A. Ward/Dragon
America the Beautiful
INTERMISSION Denver-M. Taylor/ L. Holdridge
Rocky Mountain High
Denver/Holdridge
Annie’s Song
Denver/Holdridge
Sweet Surrender
Denver-Taylor- Sunshine On My Shoulder R. Kniss/L. Niehaus A. Clausen-Holdridge Denver/Holdridge
Yellowstone (Coming Home)
Denver/Holdridge
Fly Away
Denver/Holdridge
Rhymes and Reasons
Denver/Holdridge
Wild Montana Skies
Denver/G. Lustig
Love Song Medley
Denver/Holdridge
Matthew
Denver-B. Danoff- Take Me Home, Country Roads T. Nivert/Holdridge Denver/Holdridge
Calypso
Pops Presenting Sponsor This weekend’s performances are sponsored in part by SPIR STAR, Ltd. Appearances of Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski are generously sponsored by Cameron Management. Thursday’s performance is sponsored in part by Cora Sue and Harry Mach. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 8 pm Friday, April 6, 2012 8 pm Saturday, April 7, 2012 8 pm Jones Hall
Krajewski
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Michael Krajewski, conductor
Much in demand across the United States and Canada, Michael Krajewski delights concertgoers with his imaginative and entertaining programs and his wry sense of humor. Audiences leave his concerts smiling, remembering the evening’s music and surprises. Maestro Krajewski joined the Houston
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Two Faces of Shostakovich
May 3, 4, 2012 Fidelity Investments Hans Graf, conductor Classical Series Mikhail Svetlov, baritone TOTAL Gold Classics Series Shostakovich: Anti-Formalist Rayok Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905 For his entire life, Shostakovich struggled with various political regimes, falling in and out of favor many times. In Anti-Formalist Rayok, hear Shostakovich railing against his oppressors with biting sarcasm. The 11th Symphony represents the politically accepted Shostakovich, yet still full of searingly powerful commentary. Tickets from: $20
Totally Mozart
May 11, 12, 13, 2012 Fidelity Investments Hans Graf, conductor Classical Series Albina Shagimuratova, soprano Rian Craypo, bassoon Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio Shell Favorite Mozart: Bella mia fiamma—Resta, oh cara Masters Series Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague In this delightful all-Mozart evening led by Maestro Hans Graf, experience a musical ride from Paris to Prague. Plus, hear two awe-inspiring concert arias with internationally acclaimed coloratura, soprano Albina Shagimuratova. It’s Totally Mozart! Tickets from: $25 © Jeff Fitlow
Carmina Burana
May 17, 18*, 19, 20, 2012 Fidelity Investments Hans Graf, conductor Classical Series Frank Huang, violin Marc Molomot, tenor Hugh Russell, baritone Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director J. R. Ahle/Bach: Es ist genug Berg: Violin Concerto *Orff: Carmina Burana By popular demand, the Houston Symphony will close its season with Carmina Burana, a giant of the classical repertoire. The theme “O Fortuna” from the cantata has become a staple in popular culture wherever there’s need for drama. Tickets from: $25 *Friday ACCESS Concert includes this work only.
Tiempo Libre: Hot in Havana!
May 25, 26, 27, 2012 Michael Krajewski, conductor Tiempo Libre, the sizzling, dance-inducing Latin music group will throw one big Cuban party with Mike and your Houston Symphony. The infectious, symphonic-infused tropical rhythms of these classically-trained musicians will make you feel like you’re on vacation, right in Jones Hall. Come celebrate, Cuban style! Tickets from: $25
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Biographies continued....... Symphony as Principal Pops Conductor in 2000. His fans especially enjoy his Star Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theatre and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and the Houston holiday tradition, Very Merry Pops. Krajewski also serves as principal pops conductor of the Jacksonville and Atlanta symphony orchestras. He previously held that position with the Long Beach, New Hampshire and New Mexico symphony orchestras. With degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor.
Curry Jim Curry, vocalist
Jim Curry’s music career began after receiving a Rotary Scholarship for writing and performing his senior class song in 1975 at Dickinson High School in Dickinson, Texas. Although trained in classical music, Curry’s natural voice resembled the voice of one of the most popular singers on the radio at the time, John Denver. Over the years, Curry has sung Denver’s songs, sharing his positive messages of love, humanity and environmental awareness. John Denver’s untimely death in 1997 was a tragedy that was felt the world over. Such a void in the musical world left Denver’s ardent fans demanding that the music survive. CBS television produced the made-forTV movie, Take Me Home: the John Denver Story, in which Curry sang off-camera as the voice of Denver. Curry joined forces with Grammy®-nominated and Emmy® award-winning arranger, composer and conductor Lee Holdridge. It was Holdridge’s symphony arrangements, along with Denver’s songs that became the trademark sound of many of Denver’s multiplatinum radio hits in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Curry and Holdridge had to rebuild the original scores and have now made them available for orchestra performances. April 2012 17
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OVERTURE TO MANFRED, OPUS 115 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fidelity Investments Classical Series Friday, April 13, 2012 8 pm Saturday, April 14, 2012 8 pm Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:30 pm Jones Hall
Pétrouchka & Beethoven Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano Schumann Overture to Manfred, Opus 115 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Opus 15 I Allegro con brio II Largo III Rondo: Allegro INTERMISSION Stravinksy Pétrouchka First Part The Shrovetide Fair: Vivace— Danse Russe: Allegro giusto Second Part Pétrouchka: Impetuoso—Andantino—Allegro—Vivo— Third Part The Blackamoor: L’istesso tempo— Valse: Lento cantabile—Vivo— Fourth Part The Shrovetide Fair and the Death of Pétrouchka: Tempo giusto— Wet Nurses’ Dance: Allegretto— Peasant With Bear: Poco accelerando—Tempo giusto— Gypsies and a Rake Vendor— Dance of the Coachmen: Allegro moderato— Masqueraders: L’istesso tempo ma poco a poco agitato Shell Favorite Masters Series Friday’s performance is generously sponsored in part by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. Saturday’s performance is generously sponsored in part by Angel and Craig Fox. Sunday’s performance is generously sponsored in part by Mariglyn and Stephen Glenn. The Katherine Cullen Burton Guest Conductor Series is supported by a generous gift from The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts. Jon Kimura Parker’s appearance is sponsored by The Brown Foundation, Inc. The SoundPlusVision series is supported in part by by Margaret Alkek Williams and is supported in part by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Endowed Fund for Creative Initiatives, part of the Houston Symphony Endowment. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. The printed music for Schumann’s Overture to Manfred, Opus 115 was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Neil N. Fahmy. The printed music for Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Opus 15 was donated by Mr. James G. Matthews. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor. 18 www.houstonsymphony.org
Recording: Bernard Haitink conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips) Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, three trumpets and trombones, timpani and strings Schumann had a checkered career as a composer of dramatic music. His only opera, based on the life of the sixth-century French saint, Genevieve, failed for lack of a strong, exciting plot to sustain its beautiful music. His other two completed works, excerpted from Goethe’s Faust and Byron’s Manfred, have both been admired but are seldom performed. Manfred was composed in a burst of creativity immediately after Schumann completed the opera. In addition to its overture, it consists of 15 short instrumental pieces, solo and ensemble vocal numbers, choruses and brief spoken melodramas accompanied by music. The overture is a highly charged sonataform movement based on a series of short, often inter-related thematic ideas. It seems to encapsulate Lord Byron’s quasi-autobiographical dramatic poem in which the antihero,
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............................................................................... Manfred, grieves throughout his life over the death of his beloved half-sister, Astarte. They committed some unnamed reprehensible act (thought to be incest), and he resolutely faces his own death without ever seeking forgiveness. The overture is full of passionate music and is considered one of Schumann’s best works in that form. PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MAJOR, OPUS 15 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Recording: Pianist Stephen Kovacevich, with Sir Colin Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Philips) Instrumentation: flute, pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings As a young musician in Vienna’s highly competitive musical community during the 1790s, Ludwig van Beethoven inclined toward works in which he himself could show off his dual talents as a composer and performer. Thus, the first works in his catalog are all built around his chosen instrument, the newly popular piano. Those works included the C major Piano Concerto, composed and first performed in 1795. In terms of its pianistic style and technical demands, one would have to concede that the C major Concerto does not proceed very far beyond the style of Mozart’s mature piano concertos. A broken-chord “Alberti bass” left-hand accompaniment prevails throughout much of the music and right-hand themes are carried on a single-note melodic line much of the way, without being reinforced by octave notes or thick chords. For all the huge scale of this concerto, its solo line floats on a rather slender sound, like a large building supported by delicate columns. The aspects that mark it as Beethoven’s work are heard more in the music than the keyboard style: sudden loud, dramatic accents, stubborn offbeat rhythms and equally stubborn passages where the performer must reconcile different rhythms played by the right and left hands. Haunting chromatic scale passages suddenly emerge and emotions flare in quickly drawn changes between major and minor keys. Above all, there is a bold, brusque insistence about the music that tells the listener it belongs to the era of Beethoven rather than Mozart. A martial theme dominates the beginning of the long orchestral passage opening the concerto, and it is followed by the other two main themes. However, the piano enters with a new theme and the previous orchestral themes are only gradually absorbed into its solo passage. A sense of mystery overtakes the development section, as the soloist launches on a free fantasia built around motives from one or another of the themes. But the minor-key
harmonies give way to a triumphant C major as the main theme returns with its imposing scale passages and the restatement eventually leads to an elaborate cadenza and coda. The slow movement, in the hauntingly remote key of A-flat, is set as a lyrical song form decorated with delicate filigree in the solo piano melody. The movement is extended with a long, effusive coda that finally brings it to a breathtaking close. By contrast, the closing rondo is full of Beethoven’s jolliest music, including a quasi-Hungarian theme in the minor key at the center of the movement. PÉTROUCHKA (1947 version) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Recording: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony) Instrumentation: three flutes (third doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, three clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet), two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, celesta and strings Pétrouchka is one of Stravinsky’s most famous ballet scores, but it began its existence as a short work for piano and orchestra. While taking a respite in 1911 between the composition of The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky started writing the piece, eventually planning to title it after the grotesque clown, Pierrot, who figures into the lore of all circuses and fairs. When Stravinsky’s mentor and patron, impresario Serge Diaghilev, heard a draft of the piece, he immediately persuaded Stravinsky to turn it into a full ballet. At Diaghilev’s suggestion, Stravinsky collaborated on the scenario with designer Alexandre Benois, who was an expert on puppet theater, according to the composer’s biographer, Eric Walter White. Pierre Monteux conducted the premiere by the Ballets Russes on June 13, 1911, at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet. Performances of Pétrouchka aroused controversy on the European continent, but the ballet was popular in London and was staged throughout the United States (including some Texas cities) during the company’s vast American debut tour in 1916. While Pétrouchka was popular as a staged ballet during its early years, it has been heard mostly as an orchestral concert piece since 1947, when Stravinsky revised the score and reduced its huge orchestral ensemble to the smaller, more practical proportions heard at tonight’s performance. The score is divided into four interconnected scenes. The first and last depict crowds milling outside the puppeteer’s booth at the Shrovetide carnival. The second and third are interior scenes showing that the three carnival puppets are actually real, living creaContinued on page 21 April 2012 19
Program
Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook Brett Mitchell, conductor Jennifer Hope Wills, vocalist Ryan Silverman, vocalist Porter/L. Moore
Overture to Jubilee
Porter/P. Lang
Begin the Beguine from Jubilee
Porter/J. Mason
All of You from Silk Stockings
Porter/J. Blackton
I’ve Got You Under My Skin from Born To Dance
Porter/Bennett
Easy To Love from Born To Dance
Porter/Bennett
Selections from Can-Can
Porter/Mason
I Love Paris from Can-Can
Porter/Lang
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) from Paris
Gershwin
An American in Paris
INTERMISSION Porter/Bennett
Selections from Kiss Me, Kate
Porter/Bennett
So In Love from Kiss Me, Kate
Porter/Bennett
Always True To You In My Fashion from Kiss Me, Kate
Porter/Bennett
I Am Loved from Out of This World
Porter/Bennett
Night and Day from Gay Divorce
Porter/Bennett
Anything Goes from Anything Goes
Porter/E. Anderson
I Get a Kick Out of You from Anything Goes
Porter/Bennett
You’re the Top from Anything Goes
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This weekend’s performances are sponsored in part by United Airlines. Friday’s performance is generously sponsored in part by Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP. Sunday’s performance is generously supported in part by Star Furniture. Friday’s appearance of guest artists Jennifer Hope Wills and Ryan Silverman is supported in part by Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange as well as Susan and Dick Hansen. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. 20 www.houstonsymphony.org
Brett Mitchell, conductor
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One of America’s most exciting and promising young conductors, Brett Mitchell is now in his second season as music director of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. In that short time, his deep and immediate impact both on and off the podium
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Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Pablo Heras-Casado enjoys a multi-faceted conducting career of unusual breadth and variety, from early music to cutting-edge contemporary scores, intimate chamber programs and grand opera. Recently named principal conductor of New York’s Orchestra of St. Luke’s, this season also sees a number of significant guest conducting debuts—including the Berlin Philharmonic, The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, New World Symphony, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra and Staatskapelle Berlin. In demand as an opera conductor, this season’s plans include Iphigénie en Tauride with the Canadian Opera Company and L’elisir d’amore for the Baden-Baden Festival Theatre. Other projects include last month’s tour with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, an invitation for significant new music projects
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tures involved in an intense rivalry between Pétrouchka and the Blackmoor over the Ballerina. Reality shatters illusion in the closing scene when the Blackmoor chases Pétrouchka out of his dressing room and slashes him to death in front of the horrified crowd. The musical score to Pétrouchka offers a compendium of colorful effects. The pounding, offbeat syncopated rhythms and repetitive melodies, confined to a narrow range of notes, are hallmarks of Stravinsky’s musical style. The same is true of the sharp dissonance and the bitonal effects, when two instruments play in different keys as they do at the very beginning of the piece. Stravinsky borrowed music from other composers and incorporated it into his own works throughout his life, and Pétrouchka is full of such borrowings, especially from old Russian folk songs. One of them, a “Song for St. John’s Eve,” became the popular Russian Dance in the opening scene, according to White. Stravinsky even borrowed two Viennese waltz tunes by Joseph Lanner, parodying them in the hesitant third-scene waltz between the Ballerina and the Blackmoor. ©2012, Carl R. Cunningham
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have been evidenced by energetic performances that have shattered 75-year-old attendance records, including the organization’s first-ever sell-out concert. Mitchell also recently concluded his successful, fouryear tenure as assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony, with whom he led more than 100 performances from 2007 to 2011. In recent seasons, Mitchell has led the London Philharmonic Orchestra; the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; The Philadelphia Orchestra; the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, National, Memphis, Peoria, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestras; the Oregon Symphony; the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra. Mitchell has also acted as musical assistant and cover conductor for The Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. From 2006 to 2009, Mitchell was assistant conductor of the Orchestre National de France, and he was director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University from 2005 to 2007. He was associate conductor of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble from 2002 to 2006, where he led many subscription programs, six world premieres, and several recording projects. He has served as music director of numerous opera productions, including Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Verdi’s Falstaff and Mozart’s The Magic Flute. A native of Seattle, Mitchell holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Western Washington University. He participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., and studied extensively with both Lorin Maazel and Kurt Masur. He was also one of five recipients of the League of American Orchestras’ prestigious American Conducting Fellowship from 2007 to 2010.
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Jon Kimura Parker, piano
One of the most sought-after performing pianists today, Jon Kimura Parker, has performed for Queen Elizabeth II, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan and as a guest soloist with major orchestras worldwide. An unusually versatile artist, Parker has jammed with Audra McDonald, Bobby McFerrin and Doc Severinsen. As a member of the outreach project, Piano Plus, he has toured remote areas, including the Canadian Arctic, performing classical music and rock ‘n’ roll on upright pianos to electronic keyboards. To commemorate his 1995 performance in war-torn Sarajevo, he was a featured speaker at the 50th Anniversary of AmeriCares. An active media personality, Parker hosted the television series Whole Notes on Bravo! Canada, and CBC Radio Two’s Up and Coming. His YouTube channel features the Concerto Chat videos, in which he discusses the piano concerto repertoire. A committed educator, Parker is professor of piano at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He has lectured at The Juilliard School, The Steans Music Institute, New York University and Yale University; and he frequently brings music to public schools in informal concert presentations. Jackie Parker studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, the Banff Centre and at The Juilliard School. He won the Gold Medal at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition. He is an Officer of The Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian honor. Born, raised and educated in Vancouver, he now lives in Houston with his wife, violinist Aloysia Friedmann, and their daughter, Sophie. April 2012 21
Symphony Society Board. ................................................................................. Executive Committee............................................................................................... President Chairman of the Board Robert B. Tudor III Jesse B. Tutor President-elect and Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser
Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude
Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Brett Busby
Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach
Vice President, Volunteers Barbara McCelvey
Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick
Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach
Vice President, Development David Wuthrich
Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant
General Counsel Paul R. Morico
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Martha GarcĂa, Assistant Secretary Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Donna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair
At-Large Members Ulyesse LeGrange Jay Marks Helen Shaffer
President, Endowment Gene Dewhurst
Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein
Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks Jackie Wolens Mazow
Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer
Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich
Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Anthony Bohnert Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Lynn Caruso Audrey Cochran Ryan Colburn Mark Day Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Stanley Haas
Eric Haufrect Kathleen Hayes Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Roslyn Larkey Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Brian McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist
Edward Osterberg Jr. Ron Rand J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams
Ex-Officio Martha GarcĂa Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Susan Osterberg Burke Shaw Donna Shen Brinton Averil Smith Glenda Toole
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* Life Trustee
............................................................................................................................ ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES Gene Dewhurst, President Prentiss Burt Janet Clark Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff Jesse B. Tutor 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
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Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor
Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr.
Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks
Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn
Houston Symphony Donors.............................................................................. The Sustainability Fund
The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund, whose extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of the greater Houston area and Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1412.
Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides
Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr.
Annual Support
The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Donors receive a wide array of benefits for the current season and recognition for one year following the date of their gifts. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past 12 months. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.
Leadership Gifts
Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More
Dr. & Mrs. W. E. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Beth Madison Mr. George Mitchell John & Lindy Rydman/Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. M. S. Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Alkek Williams Anonymous President’s Society $75,000 - $99,999 Nancy & Robert Peiser
Maestro’s Society $50,000 - $74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Janice Barrow Gene & Linda Dewhurst Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Rochelle & Max Levit Anonymous
Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999 Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso III Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Joella & Steven P. Mach
Jay & Shirley Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. & Mrs. Larry Norman Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Anonymous (2) April 2012 23
Houston Symphony Donors........................................................................................ Principal Musician’s Society $15,000 - $24,999 Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. Ralph Burch Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby Janet F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Cochran Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Angel & Craig Fox
Mr. Monzer Hourani Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Bill McCartney Ann & Hugh Roff Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells
Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Dede & Connie Weil Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams
Artist/Conductor’s Society $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Ms. Jan Cohen Dr. Scott Cutler Mr. Richard Danforth Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mrs. William Estrada Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein
Mr. David Frankfort & Ms. Erika Bermeo Dr. & Mrs. William D. George Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr. Mr. Brian James Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Meredith & Cornelia Long Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Betty & Gene McDavid Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Gloria & Joe Pryzant
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr. Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith David & Paula Steakley Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Vicki West Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe Anonymous (2)
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Ms. Amanda Savo Donna & Tim Shen Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun
Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Ann & Joel Wahlberg Stephen & Kristine Wallace Robert G. Weiner Dr. Jim T. Willerson Nancy Willerson Isabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Nina & Michael Zilkha Anonymous (1)
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cutsinger Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Mr. Denis A. DeBakey & Ms. Lavonne Cox J.R. & Aline Deming Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ms. Sara J. Devine Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr. Mr. Roger Eichhorn Diane Lokey Farb Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Ms. Bernice Feld Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. George B. Geary
Mrs. Aileen Gordon William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mary Louis Kister Mr. Alfred Lasher III Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard
Musician’s Society $7,500 - $9,999 Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ms. Terry A. Brown Roger & Debby Cutler Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Christina & Mark Hanson Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Cameron Mitchell Sue A. Morrison Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Ruth White Brodsky Mrs. George L. Brundrett Jr. Barry & Janet Burkholder Marilyn Caplovitz David & Nona Carmichael Mrs. Lily Carrigan Margot & John Cater Ms. Donna Chapman William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes 24 www.houstonsymphony.org
..................................................................................................................................... Mr. & Mrs. George McCullough Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. Gary Mercer Stephen & Marilyn Miles Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Mr. Howard Pieper Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Drs. Clyde & Mary Ann Reynolds Dr. Carlos Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. Yale Smith Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Mr. Jonathan Tinkle Shirley & David R. Toomim Ann Trammell Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Warren Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (1)
Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999
Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock The Honorable & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bumgarner Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Toba Buxbaum Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone Mr. James R. Denton Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Few Ron & Tricia Fredman Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Glanville Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Mr. & Mrs. Bert H. Golding Robert & Michele Goodmark Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Marianne & Robert Ivany Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mrs. Donna P. Josey-Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kenney William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Krogmeier Mr. Willy Kuehn Mrs. Barry Lewis Mrs. Margaret H. Ley Mr. James Lokay Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moore Julia & Chris Morton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Edward Oppenheimer Mr. Michael H. Price Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Jeremy & Linsay Radcliffe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Michael & Vicky Richker Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Joel V. & Mary M. Staff Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Wil VanLoh C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Ms. Elizabeth Wolff Cyvia & Melvyn Wolf Mr. Keith Yanez Mr. & Judge Cary P. Yates Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (1) Sustaining Patron’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499
Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Ackerman Mrs. Harold J. Adam Joan & Stanford Alexander Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree Fund Mr. John Alvarado
Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Anderson Mr. Maurice J. Aresty Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Mr. Alan Aronstein Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Mrs. Nancy Bailey Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Dr. & Mrs. Christie Ballantyne Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Mr. Paul Basinski Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Betty Bellamy Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Dr. Joan H. Bitar Monica & John Blaisdell Mrs. Thomas W. Blake Dr. & Mrs. Milton Boniuk Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Bresenhan Mr. Malcolm Brewer & Mrs. Irina S. Dudley Katherine M. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Brophy Steve & Diana Brown Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Ms. Cheryl Byington Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Ms. Cathy M. Cagle Ms. Marjorie Carter Cain Mr. William Caudill Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. James G. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Todd Colter Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Colvin Dr. Carmen Bonmati & Mr. Ben Conner Mr. Mark C. Conrad Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Sylvia & Andre Crispin Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Ms. Elizabeth Del Pico John & Tracy Dennis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Paul & Debbie Dougharty Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin John & Joyce Eagle Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Carolyn & David Edgar Tiffany Edwards Mr. Scott Ensell April 2012 25
Houston Symphony Donors........................................................................................ Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Dr. Judith Feigin & Mr. Colin Faulkner Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Mr. Jeff Fort Mr. & Mrs. Vince D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. William H. Fowler Ms. Beth Freeman & Mr. Dave Stanard Paula & Alfred Friedlander Adrienne Gardner & Michael Zatorski Mr. John Gee Mr. Jerry George Mr. Michael B. George Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Gary & Marion Glober Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. Carlos Gorrichategui Mr. Kendall Gray Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr. Mr. Michael Haigh Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Hall Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hammann Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Marion S. Hargrove Mr. & Judge Frank Harmon III Ms. Claudia Hatcher Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. David L. Haug Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. Azteca Henry Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Doug R. Hinzie Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. Holly Holmes & Dr. Paul Otremba Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Mrs. Evelyn Howell Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. Mark Hughes Mr. Bradford Irelan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Isham Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Marzena & Jacek Jaminski Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kase Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Linda & Frank S. Kelley 26 www.houstonsymphony.org
Mr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr. Samantha Kennedy Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ms. Deborah Kosich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lane Ms. Joni Latimer Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene Lehrer Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Ms. Golda K. Leonard H. Fred & Velva G. Levine Mrs. Ann Lewis Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Ms. Barbara Lister Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Ms. Nancey Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John Lollar Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Tom & Kathleen Mach Ms. Alissa Maples Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartney Mr. Allen McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland Mr. & Mrs. John M. McGill Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. John Merrill Melba Hoekstra Miers Estate Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. David Monk Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newman Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Orton Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Mr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie Sherlock Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael & Shirley Pearson Pamela & James Penny Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Perry Mr. Carlton Perry JoAnn & John Petzold Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Ms. Meg Philpot Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Pinera Mr. James D. Pitcock Dr. & Dr. Eduardo Plantilla Mr. John Potts Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. Dale Qualls & Mrs. Melissa McWilliams Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr.
Mr. Thomas P. Randt Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Anne D. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. Charles M. Reimer Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Allyn & Jill Risley Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Mr. & Mrs. James T. Robinson Ms. Franelle Rogers Ms. Regina J. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. Kent Rutter Mr. Barry Samuels Chris & Don Sanders Mary Louise & David Sanderson Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David Saperstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Mr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. Oplt Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Scott Mr. Ralph D. Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Barbara & Louis Sklar Ms. Marcia Smart Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Aimee Snoots Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Carol & Michael Stamatedes Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Mrs. Karen Stopnicki Mrs. Christie Sullivan Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Mark Taylor Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Thielke Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Turbidy Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vallee Mr. Donn K. Van Arsdall Ms. Barbara Van Postman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vanderlee Betty & Bill Walker Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. John Wetsel & Mrs. Joanne Breihan-Wetsel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Whelan Dr. David A. White Ms. Melanie S. Wiggins Carlton & Marty Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson
Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yankowsky Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mrs. Betsy I. Zimmer Anonymous (9)
Composer’s Circle $500 - $999
Wade & Mert Adams Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. Allen J. Becker Ms. Bernice Beckerman Carolyn & Arthur Berner Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Ms. Tara Black Mrs. Noemi Blum-Howard Mr. Edward P. Bornet Ms. Joan Boss Bob F. Boydston Ms. Sally Brassow Mr. Chester Brooke & Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. & Mrs. Jos C. Brown Fred & Judy Brunk Ms. Courtney Brynes Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison John T. & Elizabeth Burdine Ms. Helen P. Burwell Mr. Carl Butler Mr. & Mrs. Charles Callery Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mr. Len Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. John Carmichael Mrs. H. E. Carrico Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney K.D. Charalampous, M.D. Mr. William H. Choice III Virginia A. Clark Mrs. Cielle Clemenceau Mr. David Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Dave Coolidge Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Coon Ms. Miguel A. Correll Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Mr. Michael Dooley Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Ms. Paula Eck Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Dr. Kenneth L Euler Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. Robert Fisher
..................................................................................................................................... Mr. Dale Fitz Mr. Stephen J. Folzenlogen Mr. Eugene A. Fong Rachel Frazier Mrs. Martha Garcia Mr. Douglas Garrison Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. Duane V. Geis Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Ms. Carolyn Gibbs & Mr. Rick Nelson William E. Gipson Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. Bert Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gordon Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Greenaw Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Mr. Doug Groves Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Rita & John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Haufrect Ms. Ann Lents & Mr. J. David Heaney Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Heath Ms. Lynn Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heumann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill Mr. John Hodgin Mr. David Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Hoffman Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Steve Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Isham Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Mark Johansson Mr. & Mrs. Wesley A. Johnson Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Ms. Karen Juul-Nielsen & Mr. Rick Garnett Mr. Guido Kanschat Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kelley Mr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. Sherwin Kershman Nora J. Klein, M. D. Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. Dennis Kroeger Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Diane Laborde Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Lambert Mr. James Leatherby Mr. & Mrs. William Leighton Mr. James C. Lindsey Lisle Violin Shop Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley
Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Ms. Renee Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Marion Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus William E. Joor III & Rose Ann Medlin Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. William R. Mowlam Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Mr. Robert Nichols Ms. Dorothy Nicholson John & Leslie Niemand Nils & Stephanie Normann Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Ms. Katy Optiks Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky Mrs. Caroline Osteen Mr. Patrick C. Oxford Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Mr. Jonathan Palmer Ms. Martha Palmer Rachel & Michael Pawson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Payne Mrs. Preston A. Peak Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Penn Ms. Glena Pfenning Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. Carmelo Pieri Mr. Warren B. Pond Jr. Mr. Robert W. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Paula & Nico Praagman Hudgins Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Ray Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Rachaelle Reynolds Mrs. Constance Rhebergen Hilda & Hershel Rich Mrs. Barbara Riddell Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Roche Drs. Herbert & Manuela Roeller Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Rudy & Ellyn Roof Milton & Jill Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mrs. Holly Rubbo Brittany Sakowitz Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Mr. Charles King Sanders Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Schwaab Jean & Robert Schwarz
Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Ms. Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. Marcus B. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen N. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith John L. Snyder Mr. Nicholas Sollenne Mrs. Donna Sprudzs Ms. Joyce Steensrud Mr. Ronald B. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Ms. Gary Stenerson Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mrs. Louise Sutton Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Ms. Carolyn Tanner Mrs. Nina P. Tate Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Van Teeters Mr. Brian Teichman Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. Daniel S. Trachtenberg Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Mr. Gerard Trione Mrs. Eliot P. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Earl Vanzant Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Ward Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wareing Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh J. M. Weltzien Drs. A. & J. Werch Mrs. Johannah Wilkenfeld Mr. Burt Wilson Mr. Randall Wright Mr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe Anonymous (20)
Patron’s Circle $250 - $499
Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. John E. Adkins Jr. William & Nancy Akers Ms. Beth Alfredson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Allen Mr. & Mrs. William L. Anderson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Les Antalffy Mr. Robert Arnett Mr. Richard Arsenault Mr. John B. Ashmun The Honorable & Mrs. James A. Baker III Mr. & Mrs. John Baker Mr. Fred Bakun Ms. Virginia C. Ballard Mrs. Teresa Barker Ms. Jeanette B. Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnhill Ms. Anne Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Seth Barrett Mr. Daniel Barretto Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Barbara & Jim Becker Carole Shivers Ms. Heather Beliveaux Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beshears Mr. & Mrs. Randall Beste Mr. & Mrs. Ed Billings Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Ms. Sarah Bolka Mr. Arno S. Bommer Mr. Philip Booth Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Borman Ms. Leslee Boyd Ms. Suzie Boyd Mr. James Bragg Mrs. Bobbi Brauner Ms. Tiffany Breeding Ms. Colleen Bronder Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. J. W. Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mrs. Norma Jean Brown Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. & Mrs. William Bumpus Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burleson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Bush Mr. Eugene Byrd Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cabes Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cacciatore Virginia & William Camfield Ms. Sharon Cammack Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. Carlos Campo Mrs. Marjorie H. Capshaw Ms. Katherine Carney Mr. Tom Carradine Mr. & Mrs. Fowler T. Carter Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Chandler Mr. Erik Channell Mr. & Mrs. Alejandro Chaoul Ms. Anna Charlton Mrs. Ronghui Chen Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Dr. Diana S. Chow Mr. & Mrs. William L. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Jim R. & Lynn Coe Shirley & Alan Cohn Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Tulio Colmenares Mrs. Tracey Conwell Michael T. Coppinger Mr. & Mrs. David Corder Mr. David Corry & Mrs. Farrah Kheradmand Dr. Edward Cox Ms. Jeanne A. Cox Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Ms. Viola H. Curtis Dr. & Mrs. Joel Cyprus Mrs. Christina Daniels Dr. Lee Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Davis Ms. Jeannine Dawson Mr. Jose De La Torre Mr. Michael Deavers Mr. Phillip C. DeBlanc Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. Emre Demirors Ms. Kay S. Derry Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Derzapf Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Ms. Dora Dillistone Ms. Judy Dines Mr. & Mrs. Walt Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ditto Mr. Peter H. Doe
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Houston Symphony Donors........................................................................................ Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Robert J. Doyle Patrick & Risha Dozark Mrs. Lesa Ducharme Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Mr. & Mrs. Willis G. Dunkum III Mr. Kevin F. Dvorak Mrs. Julie Earley Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Earlougher Jr. Mr. James East Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr. Mrs. Christine Eckelkamp Mrs. Karen A. Edgmon Mr. Scott Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Egan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Eggleston Mr. & Mrs. Dean Eicher Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Ms. Leslie Elkins Ms. Ann Lang Ellis Dr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James Turley Mr. Gabriel Ermoli Mr. Lee Eubanks Mr. Mike Ezzell Mr. Gregg Fajkus Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Ann S. Farrell Ms. Sherry Feldman Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Ms. Lauren Fernandes Dr. & Mrs. George Ferry Mr. David Fifield Mr. Mark S. Finkelstein Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Fishel Mr. & Mrs. Joe F. Flack III Ms. Lori Flees Mrs. & Mr. Elvira Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Flick Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Mrs. Lisa Forgan Dewitts Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forney Joyce & David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Ms. Johnella V. Franklin Mr. Ralph F. Frankowski Ms. Diane L. Freeman Mr. Harry Froeber Janet & Mickey Frost Robert A. Furse, M.D. Dr. Abdel K. Fustok Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mrs. Holly Garner Mr. David Garza Mr. & Mrs. Lazaro Garza III Karen Ostrum George Mr. & Mrs. John Gerdes Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Mr. Osman Ghandour Debbie & Kyle Gibson Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Gigliotti Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gillette Mr. Charles J. Gillman Ms. Shari Glover Mr. & Mrs. Paul Good Mr. John Goodwin Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. Jon Kevin Gossett Mr. Ned Graber Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm Granberry Mr. & Mrs. William Granek Mr. William Grattendick Mr. Dane Grenoble Mr. & Mrs. Laurent Gressot Mr. & Mrs. Ben Guefen Mr. Cesar Guerra Ms. Nandita Guha Ms. Jo Ann C. Guillory Ms. Jenny Guth Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gutstein Zahava Haenosh
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Mr. John F. H. Hagelman Mr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Haines Ms. Vickie Hamley Mr. Frank Handy Mr. Jeff Hansen & Mrs. Kelly Marts Ms. Karen Harding Mr. & Mrs. Tod P. Harding Mr. Paul Harmon Ms. Anna K. Hathaway-McKee Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hawes Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Hawk Mr. Myron Hawryluk Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Hecht Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Mr. John Heiny Mr. & Mrs. Dean Hennings Donald & Rosemary Herron Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Dr. Janice Hewitt Mrs. Gina Hightower Mr. David Hilditch Mr. Jeffrey Hiller Dr. & Mrs. Herschel Hobson Susan Hodge Ms. Constance Holderer Jacque Holland Ms. Leisa Holland-Nelson S.y. & Y.j. Kim Hong Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Howes Mr. Ted Hsiao Mrs. Patricia P. Hubbard Ms. Vicki Huff Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Ms. Cynthia Humphries Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hutton Ms. Jennifer Isadore Mr. Joseph Ivey Ms. Ariel James Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Janes Miss Amanda M. Jarolimek Mrs. Paula Jarrett Dr. Margaret S. Jelinek Lewis & Dr. David S. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Mr. & Mrs. John W. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Robert E. Johnson Mr. Raymond Jones Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Kant Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kantor Ms. Connie Kao Mr. James Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Kayem Dr. Helen K. Kee Ms. Arlette Keene Mr. & Mrs. James A. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. David Kendall Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kiley Dr. James Killian Ms. Amy Kirchner Mr. Robert J. Kirner Ms. Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska Mr. & Mrs. John Klug Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koski Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr. Mr. Quin Kroll Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. Tom Kvinta Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lamoreux Ms. Adrienne Lang Mr. Doug Lawing Mr. John Lawrence Dr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. Lindomar Lerner Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr.
Paula & Steve Letbetter Charles H. (Eric) & Lucy Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Mr. John Liles Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lineberry Sharon Lipsky, M.D. Mr. Stephen Liso Ms. Priscilla L. List Mrs. Robin Littman Ms. Judy Liu Dr. & Mrs. John Lomonaco Mr. William Looser Mr. Carlos J. Lopez Dr. & Mrs. Eberhard C. Lotze Mr. Elario Lozano Mr. Luis Luftop Louise & Oscar Lui Mr. & Mrs. Robin L. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Mr. John Maguire Ms. Barbara Manna Mrs. D.B. Marchant Dr. & Dr. A. J. Marian Carole Nadelman Marmell Ms. Faerie Marston Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Marten Mr. David Martin Ms. Susan Martin Steve & Linda Massie Mr. Mark Matovich Dr. Toshimatsu Matsumoto Mr. Chad Mavity Ms. Suzanne McCarthy Mr. R. Scott McCay Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCullough Mr. Donald McDonald Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. James L. McNett Mr. Thomas J. McNulty Mr. Ernie W. McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mehlhoff Mr. John Mell Mrs. Dorri Melvin Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mithoff Ms. Jenny Mohr & Mr. Matt Parker Mr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr. Dr. & Mrs. C. Hunter Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Jess R. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Morgan Ms. Lauren Morgan Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Moss Mr. William L. Mudry & Mrs. Vera Ochoa Ms. Joan B. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Murray Alan & Elaine Mut Mr. Gary Nagler & Mr. Cody Bowman Mr. Arturo Narro Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Nash Mr. W. Martin Nicholas Mr. Thomas O’Connor Marjory & Barry Okin Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ong Mrs. Louisa Ordway Mr. & Mrs. Ken O’Rear Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Ms. Jennifer Owen Linda & Jerry Paine Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Mrs. Lillian Petty Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett Mr. Timothy N. Pitts & Mrs. Kathleen Winkler Ms. Mariela Poleo Ms. Antoinette Post Mr. Thomas Power
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Pratt Mrs. Michelle Prentice Mr. & Mrs. Richard Prinstein Doris F. Pryzant Mr. Frank Pugliese Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pyle Mr. & Mrs. William M. Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rayner Ms. Joanna Raynes Mr. Frank Rea Loreta & Ronald Rea Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Reans Vicki & J.B. Reber Ralph & Becky Reed Mr. & Mrs. Ron Restrepo Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rice Ms. Verna Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Ms. Carole R. Riggs Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mr. James L. Robertson Ms. Shari Rochen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rogers John & Peggy Romeo Mr. Daniel J. Romero Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Saltzberg Mr. Derek Salvino Mr. James Sandoz Mr. & Mrs. Kent Savage Ms. Carrie Schadle Mr. Donald Schmuck Mrs. Jill Schroeder Vance & Jane Senter Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Jonathan & Marcia Shear Art & Ellen Shelton Ms. Katherine Shen Pamela & Richard Sherry Mrs. Patricia G. Shields Mr. Barrett Sides Mr. & Mrs. Adam Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Siegele Mr. Cid Silveira Mrs. Ray Simpson Mr. & Mrs. John Slater Mr. David Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Smith Mrs. Josephine Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Hans C. Sonneborn Mr. R. L. Stark Ms. Blanche Stastny Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Ms. Becky Stemper William F. Stern Mr. Myron F. Steves Mr. & Mrs. James W. Stovall Mr. & Mrs. William G. Straight Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Ms. Bobbie Sumerlin Mr. & Mrs. John L. Sutterby Ms. Barbara Swartz Ms. Rhonda J. Sweeney Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Ms. Jessica Taylor Mr. & Ms. Gary Teletzke Howard Tellepsen Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Davis Thames Mrs. Marjorie Therrell Ms. Suzanne Thomas Mr. & Mrs. P. H. G. Thompson Mr. Tom Thurman
..................................................................................................................................... Ms. Mary Tilson Drs. Eric M. Timmreck & Carol W. Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. M. Dale Tingleaf David & Ann Tomatz Mrs. John H. Tomfohrde Jr. Mr. Tom Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Mr. & Mrs. John J. Toomey Mr. Jon D. Totz Mr. Herbert Towning Mr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr. Mr. Alex Trevino Jr. Mr. James Trippett Mr. Henry Troth Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart
Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Valente Mr. & Mrs. Dixon Van Hofwegen Mr. David Vannauker Mr. Charles Veith Dr. Allen R. Vogt Jan & Don Wagner Mr. William Walker Mrs. Bedelle Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Ms. Sandria Ward Mr. & Mrs. Ben Watson Leone Buyse & Michael Webster Mr. Paul Wehner Mr. & Mrs. Kane C. Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Morton Weiss Ms. Kathy J. Welch
Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. Russell White Mr. Clint Whitlock Mrs. Amber Wilbanks Mr. Ken Williamson Mr. Patrick Wilson Miriam & Marcos Witt Mr. Gerhard R. Wittich Mr. Tony Wong Ms. Angela Wood Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Wood Miss Susan Wood Ms. Laura Woods Mrs. Michael Woolcock Ms. Kristi Wright Mrs. Peggy J. Wylie
Mr. Michael Wynhoff Frank & Michiko Yatsu Mr. Le Roy Yeager Mr. Ray Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yzaguirre Mr. Julio Zaccagni Ms. Carmen Zatorski Ms. Aurora Valentina Zenkl Galaz Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Zoll Mr. Ausonio Zubiani Ms. Valerie Zuckman Anonymous (18)
As of March 1, 2012
Houston Symphony Pops Patrons............................................................................................................ Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or More Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Marilyn Caplovitz Bert & Julie Cornelison Ms. Sara J. Devine Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Paul & Rita Morico Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate
Grand Patron Pops $2,500-$4,999
Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Rex & Marillyn King Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Julia & Chris Morton Roman & Sally Reed Shirley & Marvin Rich Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. William Thweatt Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III Sally & Denney Wright
Pops Patron $1,500-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Alex Howard Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. Anthony G. Ogden Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mrs. Annetta Rose Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley
Mr. Roger Trandell Ms. Jody Verwers
Headliner $1,000-$1,499
Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. John S. Beury Ellen Box Mr. & Ms. Bruce Buhler Mr. David Carrier Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Ms. Ann Currens Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Ms. Lillian Gaylor & Mr. Stuart Gaylor Mr. Evan B. Glick Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan W. R. Purifoy Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. Morris Rubin Ms. Beth Stegle Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Ms. Virginia Torres Ms. Amanda Tozzi Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace
Producer $500-$999
Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Ms. Suan Angelo Ann B. Beaudette Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Carroll Richard & Marcia Churns Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Barbara Dokell Mr. Richard Fanning Mr. Robert Grant Mr. Garland Gray Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Mr. Don E. Kingsley Ms. Amy Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Glenn E. Mattingly
Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Mr. James Miner Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Mrs. Pamela Royal Mr. & Mrs. Tim Shaunty Norbert F. Stang James C. Stanka Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Dr. & Mrs. James A. Twining Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Venus Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Viancos Anonymous (1)
Director $250-$499
Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. & Mrs. Don S. Aron Mr. Donald Bates Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beard Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Beaty Mr. Billy Bray Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. Jay T. Brown Ms. Carol Brownstein Mr. Frank Bryan Ms. Ruth Bryden Mr. Michael Caddell W. M. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Hal Cardiff Mr. Holden Chang Mr. & Mrs. Roy Christmann Ms. Carole Colley Mr. William V. Conover Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Mr. Kim Cranford Mr. & Mrs. William L. Crothers Jr. Ms. Debbie Culp Ms. Christine De Leon Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Demeter Ms. Debbie Dill Lamar & Anita Doyle Dr. & Mrs. John E. Frost Mr. John Geigel Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Giardino Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grant Mr. Gary Gross Mr. & Ms. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hayward Ms. Erika Herlugson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Janish Mr. Larry January Mr. & Mrs. Bill Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Randal E. Jones Ms. Mary Keathley Dr. George S. Knapp Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kretlow Charles C. & Patricia Kubin Mr. Richard S. Ledermann Ms. Doris M. Magee Bill & Karinne Mc Cullough Mr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnis Ms. L. Dianne McGreevy Mr. & Mrs. Roger Medors Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Meer Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga Meneilly Ms. Myra Moren Ms. Beth Morita Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Noland Mary Murrill North Mr. Joseph Palm Mr. David Paul Ms. Ada Perwien Mr. Jason Poon Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Mr. Robert Schick Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Schnell Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith Charlotte Stafford Ms. Judith Starr Mr. William Sterman & Ms. Vicki Wehmeyer Mr. Charles Stewart Mr. Joe Thayer Ms. Jane B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. Lam Tran Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Tusinski Dr. Holly & Mr. Michael Varner Mr. & Mrs. Berten Waggoner Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton Mr. Elan Yogeswaren Anonymous (3) As of March 1, 2012
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Houston Symphony Patrons............................................................................. Foundations and Government Agencies............................................................. The Alkek and Williams Foundation * John P. McGovern Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation
As of March 1, 2012
$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment
* Houston Symphony Endowment * Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. $500,000-$999,999 * City of Houston
$25,000-$49,999
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation National Endowment for the Arts * Sterling-Turner Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
$100,000-$499,999
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation * M. D. Anderson Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
* Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation * The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation
$2,500-$9,999
Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust The Hood-Barrow Foundation Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation * Texas Commission on the Arts $1,000-$2,499 State Employee Charitable Campaign * Sponsorsof Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs
Corporations...................................................................................................... As of March 1, 2012
$100,000 and above
BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments The Methodist Hospital * Spec’s Charitable Foundation United Airlines
$50,000-$99,999
American Express Philanthropic Program Baker Botts LLP * Cameron International Corporation Chevron ConocoPhillips * ExxonMobil Frost Bank * GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * JPMorgan Chase * Marathon Oil Corporation * Shell Oil Company TOTAL
$25,000-$49,999 Andrews Kurth, LLP * The Boeing Company Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. KPMG LLP Memorial Hermann $10,000-$24,999
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Avalon Advisors, LLC * Bank of America Bank of Texas Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. Crown Castle International Corp. Ernst & Young Locke Lord LLP * Macy’s Foundation Merrill Lynch Private Bank & Investment Group Northern Trust The Rand Group, LLC Regions Bank Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. SPIR STAR, Ltd.
Star Furniture USI Insurance Services LLC Vinson & Elkins LLP * Wells Fargo * Wood Group
$5,000-$9,999
Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP Bloomberg, L.L.P. * Devon Energy Corporation Google, Inc. Oceaneering International Inc. * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company
Gift below $4,999
Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. The Blue Jeans Bar Corp GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Intercontinental Exchange Marvin Consulting SEI Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company * Sponsorsof Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs
Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................ Aetna Akzo Nobel AT&T Baker Hughes Bank of America Boeing Cardinal Healthcare 30 www.houstonsymphony.org
Caterpillar Chevron Coca-Cola El Paso Corporation Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil Fannie Mae
General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Co. Halliburton Hewlett-Packard IBM ING Financial Services Corporation
JPMorgan Chase KBR Kirby Corporation Occidental Petroleum SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. Spectra Energy
Legacy Society. ................................................................................................. The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event, featuring a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society – and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500 or plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org. Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Anneliese Bosseler Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Randolph Lee Groninger
Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan
Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders
Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich Anonymous (9) As of March 1, 2012 sDeceased
In Memoriam..................................................................................................... We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come! Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler
Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan
Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides
Philip & Audrey Lewis Gerald & Shirley Mathews Dave B. Nussmann Nina & Peter Peropoulos Karen & Hank Rennar
Holly S. Rubbo Jennifer Klein Salyer Susan Scarrow Paige & Rich Sommer
John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson
Chorus Endowment Donors........................................................................................... $500 or more
As of March 1, 2012
Nadene & James Crain Paul & Vickie Davis Taylor Faulkner Robert Lee Gomez
Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. James Jennifer Young Anonymous
In Kind Donors......................................................................................................... As of March 1, 2012
A Fare Extrodinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Aztec Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Bright Star Classical 91.7 FM
Cognetic Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Darryl & Co. Deville Fine Jewelry DocuData Solutions Foster Quan LLP Hilton Americas - Houston Houston Chronicle Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas
Jim Benton of Houston LLC The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck Minuteman Press – Post Oak Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin
PaperCity Pro/Sound Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery Shecky’s Media, Inc. Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods United Airlines Valobra Jewelry & Antiques John Wright/Texprint Yahama
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Backstage Pass. ................................................................................................. Jay & Shirley Marks, musician sponsors
Sergei Galperin, violin
Birthplace and Education: Jay—Louisville, KY; Indiana University; Shirley—Lockhart, TX; H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans, LA.
Birthplace and Education: Born in Moscow, Russia; Juilliard School, BM, MM; Indiana University Candidate DMA, The Peabody Institute, AD.
Earliest musical memory: Shirley—My parents had an old-fashioned victrola, so I grew up listening to music in the house. Also, every time The Met came to San Antonio, my father would take me to the opera. Jay—I was 10 years old when I went to the Louisville Symphony with my elementary school. All in the family: Both Shirley and I enjoy music very much, and Shirley began taking piano lessons when she was 10 years old. Also, our granddaughter, Robin Lowe Clarkson, has sung with the Houston Symphony Chorus for more than two years. Joined the Houston Symphony: We had been casually going to the Symphony for many years. Stewart Orton was a friend and eventually asked Jay to join the board. Jay currently serves on the Executive Committee and the Artistic Advisory Committee, and Shirley is a member of the Houston Symphony League and assists with luncheons for the orchestra and staff, as well as volunteering with the Ima Hogg Competition. Looking ahead: We are excited to be a part of the Symphony’s 100th anniversary celebration in the 2013-2014 season. Jay will be serving on the Centennial Concerts Committee. Favorite part of the Symphony experience: Jay—Truly, just being at the concerts. It gives me a very good feeling, sitting and listening to great music, whether it is contemporary or traditional. Shirley—Besides loving music, I like being able to feel that I’m a part of the Symphony, not just strictly an observer. Out and About: We are on the Governing Council at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and really enjoy going to the student concerts. We are also on the Marketing Committee of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. Outside of Houston, we spend our summers at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Becoming a musician sponsor: We attended an event at the Houston Symphony and ended up sitting at the same table with Sergei. We were so impressed with his personality that Shirley agreed to sponsor him. Our feeling of sponsoring a musician, in some small way, gives us a feeling of being a participant, in the musical experience. Notable moments: Sergei played at Shirley’s 80th birthday party, including his own rendition of “Happy Birthday.” We’ve enjoyed getting to know him and have had him over for dinner several times. Pass it on: I would encourage others who are thinking of becoming more involved to make that extra step and join the Houston Symphony family as a musical sponsor. It helps the Houston Symphony and makes us feel more a part of the Symphony family. 32 www.houstonsymphony.org
Earliest musical memory: At age 6, when my parents and I were still living in a tiny Soviet-era apartment in Moscow, I found an old LP of Heifetz, Piatigorsky and Rubinstein performing the infamous and glorious Mendelssohn Trio. One day, when I was alone, I played that LP and was absolutely mesmerized by it. I enjoyed the music so much that for weeks afterwards I kept playing it over and over again until the grooves of that LP wore out. To this day, that recording affects me very much. All in the family: Both of my parents are professional musicians. My dad used to be a fine cellist and later became a sound producer/engineer for the former Soviet Melodiya Label. My mom was a chorus conductor and music teacher, and my sister, Anya, was a gifted pianist and can still play beautiful Chopin. Discovering my vocation: Music and musical personalities inspired me, as well as my family. In addition, like some of my fellow musicians, the decision to have a career in music was something I addressed several times in my life and not without conflict. It was a result of both my successes and my failures. Alternative reality: I really enjoy helping people—both those I know and also strangers. So, I would be interested in a career in social work where I could make a difference and experience the fulfillment and excitement of helping to make someone’s life better. I also have skills to be a good manager of an artist or an organization whose work I believe in. Best thing about being a musician: Being a musician, and a member of the Houston Symphony, gives me the opportunity to perform beautiful music with colleagues I respect very much and with soloists, some of whom I have long admired. It also gives me a chance to contribute to our city’s vital cultural life and perform for our wonderfully appreciative Houston audience, as well as audiences worldwide. As a member of this and other orchestras, I’ve had a chance to tour many interesting places around the world. I think that for most other professions, that is a dream in itself. Notable moments: I had several notable moments, but, I feel, the highlight for any serious musician is performing at Carnegie Hall, which I did as a 14-year-old kid in the legendary A. Schneider orchestra, and again later as a 20-year-old in my solo recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. Another notable moment was my first audition for The Juilliard School; I didn’t understand a word that was said to me but received a full scholarship. What an interview! Hobbies & interests: I enjoy teaching and performing chamber music. To help myself gain an edge in teaching, I have spent several years attending and assisting master classes of today’s greatest violin professors in Europe as well as the U.S. Additionally, I enjoy healthy eating at Whole Foods, as well as reading great literature with an occasional sprinkle of a silly book.