InTune | October 2021

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 2021

Symphonie Fantastique O C T. 2 9 – 3 1

FIESTA SINFÓNICA

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WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN': SWING TO ROCK

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MENDELSSOHN'S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY

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SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

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October 2

October 8, 9 & 10

October 22, 23 & 24 October 29, 30 & 31

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Your Houston Symphony

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October 22, 23 & 24 ���������������������������������������������������������20 Symphonie fantastique

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Our Supporters

Houston Symphony Donors ���������������������������������������������������34 Young Associates Council ��������������������������������������������������������39 Corporate, Foundation, & Government Partners ��������40 Legacy Society �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 43 Musician Sponsorships ������������������������������������������������������������� 44

Whole Lotta Shakin': Swing to Rock

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YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE JONES HALL

ETIQUETTE

Sixty-six foot ceilings, scarlet carpet, and travertine marble greet visitors to Jones Hall, the home of the Houston Symphony. Opened in 1966, Jones Hall has a uniquely designed movable ceiling that enables the auditorium to shrink or expand from approximately 2,150 to 2,700 seats.

For Classical concerts, if a work has several movements it is traditional to hold applause until the end of the last movement. If you are unsure when a piece ends, check the program or wait for the conductor to face the audience. If you feel truly inspired, however, do not be afraid to applaud! Brief applause between movements after an exceptional performance is always appreciated.

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OROZCO-ESTRADA MUSIC DIRECTOR

ROY AND LILLIE CULLEN CHAIR

Energy, elegance, and spirit—that is what particularly distinguishes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a musician. Since the 2020–21 Season, he has brought these strengths to bear as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has been Music Director of the Houston Symphony since the 2014–15 Season, and after eight outstanding years, the 2021–22 Season will be his last as Music Director.

Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2014 to July 2021 and said goodbye in June 2021 with a major concert at the Alte Oper, about which the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote: "The image of a balance of human impeccability, communicative passion, and the highest professionalism emerged.It is precisely the combination of dancelike playfulness and an unconditional search for perfection that obviously distinguishes the Colombian's work."

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including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestre National de France, as well as major U.S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and opera performances at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival with outstanding success.

In the 2021–22 Season, he tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Austria, Europe, and Asia.

Additionally, he conducts a new production with his orchestra at the Theater an der Wien and takes the podium at the open-air concert in the Museumsquartier.

Orozco-Estrada also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he will conduct the New Year's Concert 2021–22 and a revival of Tosca, as well as with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Also this season, he tours with the Filarmonica della Scala to Bucharest, the Grafenegg Festival, and to the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival, where the orchestra will open the festival under his direction, accompanied by a TV broadcast.

Orozco-Estrada is particularly committed to new concert and media formats, as well as premieres of young composers.

The inaugural concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra featured the world

premiere of a commissioned composition

by Dutch composer Carlijn Metselaar.

Another world premiere of a work by the Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud follows in 2022.

The Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent also recently celebrated its premiere. There will be another Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent in June 2022.

Working with young musicians is very close to his heart, and in 2019 he went on tour in Europe with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, of which he has been principal conductor since 2021. Since November 2018, Orozco-Estrada has also been principal conductor of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. He will tour Europe with both orchestras in the 2021–22 Season.

His CD releases on the Pentatone label have received much attention: with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, he made recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring, which were praised by critics as "hauntingly beautiful" (Gramophone). His concert recordings of Richard Strauss's operas Salome and Elektra have also enjoyed great success.

With the Houston Symphony, he released a “zestful” Dvořák cycle “with warm colours” (Pizzicato). He has also recorded all Brahms and Mendelssohn symphonies.

Born in Medellín (Colombia), Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his musical education by playing the violin, receiving his first conducting lessons at age 15. In 1997, he moved to Vienna, where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic, a student of the legendary Hans Swarowsky, at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. OrozcoEstrada lives in Vienna.

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ROSTER

ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Juraj Valčuha Music Director Designate Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Yue Bao Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

Conducting Fellow Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin

VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal George Pascal*, Assistant Principal Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Phyllis Herdliska

Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Amy Semes, Associate Principal Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Anastasia Ehrlich Tina Zhang Boson Mo COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIANS David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin

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CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey

FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Issac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Richard Harris TROMBONE Bradley White, Acting Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal *on leave

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TRUSTEES

2021–22 SEASON

SOCIETY BOARD of

Executive Committee John Rydman President Steven P. Mach Chairman

Janet F. Clark Immediate Past President Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel

Barbara McCelvey Secretary John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Lidiya Gold Co-Chair, Development Committee Sippi Khurana Chair, Education Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning

Leslie Siller President, Houston Symphony League Manolo Sánchez Chair, Marketing & Communications Ed Schneider Chair, Community Partnerships Miles O. Smith Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs William J. Toomey II President, Houston Symphony Endowment Bobby Tudor Immediate Past Chairman

Jesse B. Tutor Chair, Audit Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Adam Dinitz^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative John Parker^ Musician Representative Katie Salvatore Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Marcia Backus Gary Beauchamp Tony Bradfield Bill Bullock Barbara J. Burger Terry Cheyney Janet F. Clark Lidiya Gold Rick Jaramillo Sippi Khurana, M.D. Carey Kirkpatrick Kenny Kurtzman Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach **

Steven P. Mach Rodney Margolis** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Paul R. Morico Robert Orr Chris Powers John Rydman** Miles O. Smith Quentin Smith Anthony Speier William J. Toomey II

Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Margaret Alkek Williams **

Ex-Officio Brad W. Corson Adam Dinitz Evan B. Glick Mark Hughes John Mangum Mark Nuccio Andrés Orozco-Estrada John Parker Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Leslie Siller

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Ronald G. Franklin

Steven P. Mach

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Barbara McCelvey

Robert Orr

TRUSTEES Jonathan Ayre Janice Barrow ** David J. Beck James M. Bell Jr. Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Eric Brueggeman Ralph Burch Dougal Cameron John T. Cater** Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Evan D. Collins, M.D., MBA Brad W. Corson Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Tracy Dieterich Bob Duff Joan Duff Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster Julia Anderson Frankel Ronald G. Franklin Evan B. Glick

Gary L. Hollingsworth Stephen Incavo, M.D. Brian James I. Ray Kirk, M.D. David Krieger Andrew Go Lee, M.D. Ulyesse J. LeGrange** Carlos J. López Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Alexander K. McLanahan** Marilyn Miles Shane A. Miller Aprill Nelson Tammy Tran Nguyen Leslie Nossaman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. David Pruner Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Christian Schwartz Dilanka Seimon

Helen Shaffer** Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol.

Jim R. Smith Mike S. Stude ** Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas III Shirley W. Toomim Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Ex-Officio John S. Cisneros Kusum Patel Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim

John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E.C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder

Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach Janet F. Clark

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr.

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

Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff Fran Fawcett Peterson

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STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO,

Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Engagement Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Nancy Giles, Chief Development Officer Gwen Watkins, Chief Marketing Officer

DEVELOPMENT Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate,

Endowment & Administration Megan Carrigan, Development Associate, Special Events Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations Amanda T. Dinitz, Major Gifts Officer Zitlaly Jimenez, Annual Fund Manager Erika Jordan, Director, Individual Giving Elena Klein, Development Ticket Concierge Maddy Morris, Development Associate,

Institutional Giving Katie Salvatore, Development Officer / Board Liaison Martin Schleuse, Senior Manager, Development Communications Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer Ikayani Soemampauw, Development Associate,

Gifts & Records Lena Streetman, Research Analyst Stacey Swift, Director, Special Events Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations Natalie Wheeler, Development Officer EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Allison Conlan, Director, Education Rovion Reed, Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement FINANCE | ADMINISTRATION | IT | HR Jose Arriaga, IT Associate Kimberly Cegielski, Staff Accountant Joel James, Director of Human Resources Jessica Jelinek, Database Administrator

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Tanya Lovetro, Director of Budgeting and

Financial Reporting Morgana Rickard, Controller Gabriela Rivera, Senior Accountant Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/Human

Resources Coordinator Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT and Analytics MARKETING | COMMUNICATIONS | PATRON SERVICES Mark Bailes, Marketing Associate Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Yen Le, Junior Graphic Designer Freddie Piegsa, Front of House Coordinator John B. Pollard II, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Elizabeth Shackelford, Director of Digital Marketing Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications Melissa Taylor, Graphics & Digital Content Manager Paula Wilson, Digital Marketing Coordinator Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services

OPERATIONS | ARTISTIC Lila Atchison, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador Becky Brown, Director, Operations Stephanie Calascione, Artistic Operations Manager Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Lauren Moore, Associate Director of Digital

Concert Production José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Brad Sayles, Recording Engineer Stefan Stout, Stage Manager Thomas Takaro, Librarian Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Director, Artistic Planning

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FEATURED PROGRAM

FIESTA SINFÓNICA Saturday

October 2

7:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Rafael Enrique Irizarry, conductor

FALLA

BERNSTEIN/J. MASON J. DELANO/F. SEGARRA C. GARDEL/J. WILLIAMS BIZET/E. GUIRAUD

Arr. F. FIGUEROA N. ESTRADA/PUJALS MONCAYO RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Suite No. 2 from El Sombrero de tres picos (The ThreeCornered Hat) III. Final Dance (Jota): Poco mosso—Allegro ritmico, molto moderato e pesante Selections from West Side Story Sinfonietta para Cuerdas II. Larghetto Tango (Por una Cabeza) Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Carmen 1a. Aragonaise: Allegro vivo 2. Intermezzo: Andantino quasi Allegretto 11. Danse Bohême: Andantino quasi Allegretto Recuerdos de Los Panchos En Mi Viejo San Juan Huapango Capriccio espagnol, Opus 34 III. Alborada: Vivo e strepitoso— IV. Scena e Canto gitano: Allegretto— V. Fandango asturiano

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Program BIOS This performance is brought to you by

Rafael Enrique Irizarry | conductor Finalist in the 1995 Leonard Bernstein Orchestral Conducting competition at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, and an inductee in the Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame, Rafael Enrique Irizarry was appointed associate conductor of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in 2015 by Music Director Maximiano Valdés. For 32 years, he was an instrumentalist with this orchestra, first invited as guest conductor in 1995. Tenured faculty and ensembles conductor at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, he also served as an instructor of the San Juan Children’s Choir for 14 years.

While collaborating with the island’s foremost artistic organizations, Rafael has led widely acclaimed concerts that shifted the trajectory of orchestral and symphonic music in Puerto Rico.

An honors graduate of La Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Rafael has completed degrees, with academic distinction, at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and the Jacobs School of Music in Indiana University, Bloomington. As a conducting fellow with the Organization of American States, he attended conducting courses at the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela.

He has also appeared as guest conductor with professional ensembles, military and civilian, in the Americas and Europe.

Rafael has been an active participant in several renowned professional training courses. Recently, he has been invited to the renowned program Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive for its editions in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. In 2020, he was accepted in private masterclasses under Jorge Mester and Neeme Järvi.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN': SWING TO ROCK Friday

October 8

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

October 9

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

October 10

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Dave Bennett, clarinet

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About the MUSIC Whole Lotta Shakin': Swing to Rock •

Glenn Miller, colloquially regarded as a forefather to Swing, began his career as a trombone soloist. Realizing his talent for arranging and composing pieces, however, he quickly refocused his talents to pen some of the greatest Big Band numbers of the 20th Century.

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Lady, Be Good premiered on Broadway in 1924 and would run 330 performances before transferring to the West End for an additional 326 performances. It was the first collaboration between the Gershwin brothers and Fred Astaire.

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Benny Goodman’s "Stompin’ at the Savoy," named after a popular Harlem nightclub, holds distinguishment as one of the most popular jazz standards of the 1930s. It has been covered by such stars as Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and even contemporary artist will.i.am.

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Johnny Cash first appeared during the burgeoning rise of rockabilly in the 1950s.

"Folsom Prison Blues," one of his signature songs, helped skyrocket him to fame, selling more than 90 million records worldwide.

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"Great Balls of Fire," recorded in 1957 by Jerry Lee Lewis, has cemented itself on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 greatest songs ever recorded.

POPS SERIES

Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by Barbara J. Burger

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Program BIOS Steven Reineke | conductor Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota.

On stage, he has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra, in a first for the show’s 45-year history, performing live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Steven led the same orchestra and hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic, on PBS’s Great Performances.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.

A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He lives in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.

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Program BIOS Dave Bennett | clarinet Dave Bennett doesn’t fit the mold.

For starters, you don’t find many jazz clarinet players who name Alice Cooper, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chris Isaak among their influences. You won’t find many musicians who are equally conversant with the music of Benny Goodman (the King of Swing) and Roy Orbison (The Soul of Rock and Roll). In fact, you may not find even one other clarinet virtuoso who breaks from his Swing Era repertoire to sing rockabilly hits while accompanying himself on the piano or electric guitar.

In the early days of jazz, the clarinet joined with trumpet and trombone to create the music’s signature sound, and it ruled the roost in the Swing Era, when jazz was America’s popular music and dance-party soundtrack. If anyone can return the clarinet to its heyday, it’s Dave Bennett, who fuses serious jazz improvisation with a host of modern pop influences.

Dave has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops (2013) and has been featured with 35 other U.S. and Canadian orchestras, including Nashville, Detroit, Rochester, Omaha, Toronto, Vancouver, Orlando, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Portland, OR, and Portland, ME. Some of his annual appearances include The Elkhart Jazz Festival, The Suncoast Classic Jazz Festival, The Arizona Classic Jazz Festival, The Sacramento Hot Jazz Jubilee, The Clambake Music Festival, and The Redwood Coast Music Festival.

He has been featured on NPR Radio’s Jazz at Riverwalk. He made his European debut in 2008 at The Bern Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in a combo with jazz legends and Benny Goodman band alumni guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and vibraphonist, the late Peter Appleyard.

Dave is a Mack Avenue Records artist. His 2013 CD, Don’t Be That Way, met with critical acclaim. His second release, Blood Moon, which features five originals and six pop/jazz covers, reached No. 24 on the Billboard Jazz charts in 2018. He is currently recording a new album of rock originals; it will be released in late 2021.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY Friday

October 22

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

October 23

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

October 24

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Jane Glover, conductor Rian Craypo, bassoon

PROKOFIEV NUSSIO

Symphony No. 1, Classical Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi I N T E R M I S S I O N

SMYTH MENDELSSOHN

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The Boatswain’s Mate – Overture Symphony No. 3, Scottish

These performances are part of the

RAND G ROUP

About the MUSIC PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major, Opus 25 (Classical) •

Sergei Prokofiev was born in what is now Sontsivka, Ukraine. His mother played the piano, and practiced in the evenings, which piqued Prokofiev’s interest at an early age. He wrote his first composition at age 5 and began composing his first opera at age 9. Today, Prokofiev is considered one of the greatest, most performed 20th century composers.

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Symphony No. 1 was composed between 1916 and 1917 during a period when Prokofiev was traveling extensively, escaping the violent fighting during the February revolution in Petrograd. He used this symphony as a compositional exercise; it was the first work he composed without the aid of a piano.

Prokofiev later described it as the music Haydn would have written if he had been alive at that time, hence the nickname "Classical Symphony". Prokofiev himself conducted the first performance in 1918.

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The entire symphony is written on a small scale, particularly compared to Prokofiev’s later orchestral output. The symphony clocks in at less than 15 minutes, far less than most symphonies written by Haydn and Mozart.

Even the introduction is compact–only two measures.

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Prokofiev quickly begins building on the traditional, Haydn-inspired compositional techniques with cheeky, modern twists.

Listen for his “tricks” such as juxtaposing key changes and extra beats in unexpected ways, scoring melodies in extreme registers, and themes surprising us out of the blue.

G R E AT P E R F O R M E R S

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About the MUSIC NUSSIO Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi for bassoon and string orchestra •

Otmar Nussio was born in Italy, though his parents were Swiss. His family had a flair for the artistic, and his brother Oscar was a painter and wood sculptor. Nussio himself was a flutist, who began his musical studies in flute at the Milan Conservatory. Following his time in Milan, he went to Rome to study piano, composition, and conducting at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

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As chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano for 30 years, Nussio became friends with composers such as Stravinsky, Kodály, Milhaud, Britten, and Hindemith, and even conducted premieres of some of their compositions.

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Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi is one of Nussio’s best-known works. Composed in 1953 for bassoon and string orchestra, it comprises 10 contrasting variations, all of which put the bassoon soloist’s skills to the test. The last variation is particularly challenging, as it is written in treble clef, an extremely high register for the bassoon.

SMYTH Overture to The Boatswain’s Mate •

Ethel Smyth was a British composer and suffragette. She composed music for piano, songs, choral music, chamber music, orchestral music, and opera. Although she was often marginalized as a “woman composer,” she was the first female composer to be honored with a damehood.

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The Boatswain’s Mate was Smyth’s fourth opera. Written in one act, it is derived from a short story of the same name by W. W. Jacobs. The story is a humorous one; set in a pub, it’s a classic “battle of the sexes” tale, where the heroine is the winner.

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Smyth wrote The Boatswain’s Mate during a vacation to Egypt at the end of 1913 through mid-1914. Though she was abroad, her mind was clearly still on political activism, and she wove her famous suffragette anthem “Song of the Women,” into the overture.

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The premiere performance was given in 1916 by Sir Thomas Beecham’s opera company, who was a friend of Smyth. Eugene Goossens was supposed to conduct the premiere, and led all rehearsals, but Smyth herself insisted on conducting the performance.

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, Scottish •

Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and organist. Born in Hamburg, his family was prominent in the German Jewish community, and his parents were friends with many artists, scientists, and mathematicians. They ensured their children got the best education possible, and Mendelssohn’s sister, Fanny, was also musically gifted as a talented pianist and composer in her own right.

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About the MUSIC •

Mendelssohn started a sketch of the Third Symphony in 1829, during a trip to Scotland.

It was a stop at Holyrood, the home of Mary, Queen of Scots, that left him feeling very inspired to write music commemorating the visit. After writing a few measures, he abandoned the project and didn’t return to the sketch until late 1840, when he began composing the symphony again in earnest. It was completed in the fall of 1841.

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Although Mendelssohn avoided dramatic readings of this symphony, many listeners hear hints at the Scottish inspiration, such as tunes inspired by bagpipes and Gaelic tunes.

The four movements in this symphony are played without pause.

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The first movement begins with swelling chords played by the winds and violas, which were surely inspired by the twilight mists at Holyrood. The remainder of the opening movement is in sonata form, and evokes the feeling of a brooding sea storm. The second movement, a brilliant scherzo reminiscent of music from his Midsummer Night’s Dream, is introduced by the clarinet. Listen for the “Scotch Snap,” a short, quick note on an accented beat, followed by a long note on an unaccented beat.

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The third movement is one of Mendelssohn’s famous “songs without words,” a doleful, hymnlike tune which is interrupted by almost martial, warlike interjections intended to give the sense that a battle is on the horizon. The finale is composed of two warring themes, which fiercely struggle and represent the conflict throughout Scottish history, until an unexpected truce is called and a stately final theme evokes majesty, hope, and victory.

Program BIOS Jane Glover | conductor Acclaimed British conductor Jane Glover, named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year’s Honours, has been music director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque since 2002.

She has conducted all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain, as well as orchestras in Europe, the United States, Asia, and Australia. In recent seasons, in addition to the Houston Symphony, she has appeared with the New York Philharmonic; the Cleveland Orchestra; the Philadelphia Orchestra; the Minnesota Orchestra; the San Francisco, St. Louis, Sydney, Cincinnati, and Toronto symphony orchestras; the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and the Bamberg Symphony. She soon debuts with the Chicago Symphony and Montreal’s Orchestre Mètropolitain.

On the opera stage, Jane has appeared with numerous companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, the Berlin Staatsoper, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, Opera National de Bordeaux, Opera Australia, and Chicago Opera Theater. Highlights of recent seasons include The Magic Flute, InTUNE — October 2021 | 23

Program BIOS Metropolitan Opera; Alcina, Washington Opera; L'Elisir d'amore, Houston Grand Opera; Così fan tutte, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; The Turn of the Screw, Jephtha and Lucio Silla, Bordeaux; The Rape of Lucretia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Così fan tutte and Figaro, Aspen Music Festival; Gluck’s Armide and Iphigenie en Aulide, Met Young Artists and Juilliard; Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; and Eugene Onegin, The Rake’s Progress, The Marriage of Figaro, L’incoronazione di Poppea, and the world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Kommilitonen!, Royal Academy of Music. Last season, she debuted with Minnesota Opera (Albert Herring) and in 2021-22 will return to the Metropolitan Opera and Houston Grand Opera conducting The Magic Flute.

Jane’s discography includes Mozart and Haydn symphonies with the London Mozart Players and recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Britten, and Walton with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, and BBC Singers. She authored the critically acclaimed books Mozart’s Women and Handel in London.

Rian Craypo | bassoon Principal bassoonist Rian Craypo has been with the Houston Symphony since 2007. Born in Virginia, she moved to Texas at 10 months of age and grew up east of Austin in a small intentional community.

After studying at the University of Texas at Austin with Kristin Wolfe Jensen, she attended Rice University, where she received her master’s degree under former Houston Symphony Principal Bassoon Benjamin Kamins.

In 2001, she was awarded a Federation of German/American Clubs Scholarship, which led to a year of study and performances in Germany and was a finalist in the Gillet-Fox International Bassoon Competition in both 2004 and 2006. Rian serves on the board of Third Space Music, which presents Houston Symphony musicians several times a year in intimate and engaging chamber settings. Rian is also the author of a book about bassoon reed making, published in 2017. She and her husband, Sean, have three children.

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Jader Bignamini, conductor Aralee Dorough, flute

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SARASATE

Symphonic Variations on an African Air Carmen Fantasy I N T E R M I S S I O N

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About the MUSIC S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Symphonic Variations on an African Air •

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was an English composer and conductor of Afro-European descent. He achieved considerable fame during his short life and toured across Europe and in the United States.

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His international breakthrough came with a trio of cantatas, called The Song of Hiawatha, based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem of the same name. The first cantata, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, earned him global fame and was widely performed for decades after his death.

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Although his mother was an Englishwoman, Coleridge-Taylor’s father was a former American slave from Sierra Leone. His compositions often reflected his proud African heritage, and he frequently drew upon music and experiences connected both to American slavery and West African cultures.

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Coleridge-Taylor’s “Symphonic Variations on an African Air”, composed in 1906, is based on the African American spiritual, “I’m Troubled in Mind”.

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The piece begins with the tune in the low brass, before spinning a series of variations which transform the melody into a sweeping orchestral experience. Listen as the melody is passed through different instruments and harmonies, occasionally becoming obscured by other themes before emerging once more.

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In addition to his choral and orchestral works, Coleridge-Taylor also composed a large body of chamber music and anthems, as well as a ballet and an opera.

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About the MUSIC SARASATE Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 •

Pablo de Sarasate was one of the biggest stars of the 19th-century violin world. Born in Spain, he had his first violin lesson at age 5, gave his first public performance at age 8, and by age 12 his musical abilities had surpassed all of the local teachers, so he was sent to the Paris Conservatoire to continue his studies. Sarasate was known for his beautiful tone, and premiered works by Wieniawski, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, and Bruch.

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Sarasate also wrote violin music to perform, and created the violin parts specifically to show off his skills. Because of his virtuosity, Sarasate was able to write violin parts to display his technical brilliance in a way that composers who did not play the violin at such a level could not. Today, his violin writing remains as some of the most challenging for the instrument.

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Sarasate’s showpieces were for piano and violin, and included many fantasies on various operas such as La Forza del Destino, Faust, and Die Zauberflöte. Later, some of his pieces were orchestrated, such as the Carmen Fantasy and Zigeunerweisen, two of his most famous works.

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Carmen Fantasy uses several well-known melodies from Georges Bizet’s opera: the Entr’acte between Acts III and IV; Carmen’s Habanera; the scene of Carmen, Don José and Zuniga, “Mon officier c’était une querelle”; the Séguidille from Act I; and the Chanson Bohème from Act II.

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Although originally written for violin, today’s performance will feature flute as the solo instrument. Because both instruments are written in treble clef, have a similar range and are C instruments which do not have to transpose into different keys, flutists are able to play violin music. However, playing violin music adds additional difficulty for a flutist, since the music is not necessarily written to fall easily under the fingers of another instrument, and violinists do not have to worry about places to take a breath between notes!

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique •

Symphonie Fantastique was written in 1830 by French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote this symphony alongside a written program which described the story of an artist who falls madly in love with a woman, only to realize his love is unrequited.

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This story, which is portrayed in each of the five movements of the Symphony, was influenced by Berlioz’s own obsession with Shakespearian actress Harriett Smithson.

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Berlioz captures the artist’s obsession with his love through the use of a short theme, which he calls an idée fixe. This theme can first be heard in the violins and flute approximately five minutes into the first movement, but repeatedly returns throughout the entire symphony.

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The first movement describes the artist’s daydreams and obsessions about his lover and introduces the idée fixe to represent the thought of her.

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In the second movement, the artist finds himself at a ball, but the festivities cannot distract him from thoughts about his beloved. Parts of the idée fixe can be heard throughout this movement, woven into a lively waltz.

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The third movement is set in the countryside and begins with a duet between an oboe and English horn, depicting two shepherd’s pipes. The artist continues to daydream but begins to confront feelings of loneliness and fear that his lover may not share his feelings.

The movement ends with the ominous sound of thunder, played by the timpani, as the artist sinks further into his worries.

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In the fourth movement, certain that his love is unrequited, the artist attempts to poison himself with opium. He hallucinates that he has killed his lover and is being marched to his own execution. The movement ends with the artist’s last thought of his lover, whose theme is played by the clarinet, before he is beheaded.

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In the final movement, the artist witnesses his own funeral, surrounded by dancing witches and monsters. The idée fixe appears again, first played by the clarinet, this time twisted and maniacal.

Program BIOS Jader Bignamini | conductor Music director of the Detroit Symphony, Jader Bignamini leads his first full season of concerts this season, which includes a tour to Florida in January 2022. He continues as resident conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica la Verdi, following his 2010 appointment as assistant conductor by Riccardo Chailly.

Highlights of the 2021-22 season include these concerts and performances of Gianni Schicchi with the Canadian Opera Company and Rigoletto with Oper Frankurt, as well as concerts with the New Jersey Symphony, Residentie Orkest The Hague, and Bern Symphony Orchestra. In Summer 2021, Jader led triumphant performances of Turandot at the Arena di Verona with Anna Netrebko and Yusiv Eyvazov, as well as a staged production of Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

Recent highlights include debuts with the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Dutch National Opera conducting Madama Butterfly, Luisa Miller, and La Forza del Destino at Oper Frankfurt; Cavalleria rusticana at Michigan Opera Theatre; La bohème at Santa Fe Opera; and La traviata in Tokyo directed by Sofia Coppola. On the concert stage, he has led the Dallas and Milwaukee Symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, Slovenian and Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestras, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, and Mannheim National Theater Orchestra.

Jader has conducted Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi; La traviata at Bayerische Staatsoper; Eugene Onegin at Stadttheater Klagenfurt; Turandot at the Teatro Filarmonica; Il trovatore at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; the opening concert of the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro InTUNE — October 2021 | 29

Program BIOS Comunale di Bologna conducting Carmina Burana; La Bohème at the Municipal de São Paulo and La Fenice; L'Elisir d'Amore in Ancona; Tosca at the Comunale di Bologna; La Forza del Destino at the Verdi Festival in Parma; La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana, and L'Amor Brujo at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Aida at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; Madama Butterfly at La Fenice; engagements with Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, and the MITO Festival conducting Berlioz’s Messe Solennelle. In 2013, he assisted Riccardo Chailly on concerts of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in Milan. He debuted at La Scala in 2015.

Jader was born in Crema and studied at the Piacenza Music Conservatory.

Aralee Dorough | flute Aralee Dorough joined the Houston Symphony as second flute in 1985, becoming the orchestra’s principal flutist in 1991. She teaches orchestral repertoire at the Texas Music Festival and the FestivalInstitute at Round Top and is an affiliate artist at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music She first appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony performing Mozart’s Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra with internationally renowned harpist, Marisa Robles, led by then-Music Director Christoph Eschenbach, for the 1992–93 season Opening Night concert. She performed Mozart’s Concerto in G major with Eschenbach and the orchestra for a triple CD set (IMP Records). Her performance of the D major flute concerto completed her personal “Mozart cycle.”

Aralee gave the world premiere of Bright Sheng’s Houston Symphony-commissioned concerto, Flute Moon (1999) and the U.S. premiere of a Salvador Brotons concerto with Brotons conducting (2003). With Houston Symphony colleagues, she premiered a chamber work by composer Gabriela Lena Frank on a collaborative program between the Houston Symphony and Da Camera Society (2006).

An avid chamber player, Aralee has played with the Houston Symphony Chamber Players, Da Camera, The Foundation for Modern Music, Musiqa, the Festival-Institute at Round Top, and Chicago’s Ravinia Festival.

Aralee collaborated with her father, jazz artist and Schoolhouse Rock composer Bob Dorough, on The Houston Branch CD project in 2005, available at cdbaby.com. The album features Aralee along with her husband, father, and three of Houston’s top jazz musicians performing standard tunes, her father’s originals, and one of her own compositions. Because of her father, Aralee has been peripherally involved with jazz and studio work, including a speaking part for ABC’s Schoolhouse Rock at age 9.

Aralee received her undergraduate degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she met her future husband, Houston Symphony oboist Colin Gatwood. She continued her graduate studies at the Yale School of Music.

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$1,000+ Dick Evans and Gloria Portela Mr. Paul Fatseas Ms. Marguerite Ference Larry Finger Mrs. Mary Foster-DeSimone & Mr. Don DeSimone Carol and Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Felix Fraga Elizabeth & Ralph* Frankowski Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Ms. Lee Friedman Janet & Mickey Frost Martin Gambling Ms. Leslie Gassner Ms. Lucy Gebhart Thomas & Patricia Geddy Dr. Michael Gillin and Ms. Pamela Newberry Robin & Mark Gladstein Susan and Kevin Golden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Golden Kathy and Marty Goossen Timothy & Janet Graham Catherine Green Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Louise Richman & Dennis Griffith Nicholas Gruy Mr. Darrin Davis and Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Ms. Lillian Guo Paul and Suzanne Haines Eric and Angelea Halen Bunny Halvorson Deborah Happ **

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Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Claudia & David Hatcher Mr. and Mrs. Quinn J. Hebert Dean & Beth Hennings Eliane Herring and Jim Goltz Judy Herrington Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Charles and Jeannette Hight Theresa Hochhalter Susan Hodge & Mike Stocker Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hollingsworth Dr. Holly Holmes Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Valerie Jalufka Sharon Jamison Ed and Anne Janes Arlene Johnson Ms. Darilyn Jones Mady & Ken Kades ** Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda and Frank Kelly Robin Kesselman Kathryn L. Ketelsen Dr. and Mrs. James Killian Gary and Tempe Kitson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Marcia & Douglas Koch Mrs. Judy Koehl Stephanie & Ed Larsen Dr. and Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Sabria & Kevin Lewis Anne Lineberry Lance Lively Mr. Tony Lutkus Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Magee Nancy Ann Mann Eric Martin Mr. and Mrs. Alan May Jr. Linda and Jim McCartney John McDonald Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Dr. Amy Mehollin-Ray Ms. Miriam Meriwani M.S. Lee David Mincberg & Lainie Gordon Mrs. Jean Mintz Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Moen Gerry Montalto Michelle Mower Jo Ann and Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Alan & Elaine Mut Jackie Mutschler

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Leah Patterson and Dick Nagaki Richard & Stella Guerra Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Randolph J. Ney Phong Patrick Nguyen Leslie & John Niemand Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Eugene Nosal and Nelda Gilliam Ms. Kathryn O'Brien John and Kathy Orton Mr. and Mrs. Marc C. Paige Michael and Ruth Pancherz Manuel and Nancy Parra George & Elizabeth Passela Kathy Patrick Jason Penner Jesus Alejandro Perez Rementeria Linda Tarpley Peterson Grace and Carroll Phillips Dr. and Mrs. James L. Pool Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Powers Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Florante Quiocho Dr. Michael and Janet Rasmussen Mrs. Christi Rawls Glenda & David Regenbaum Linda & David Retherford Mrs. Janet Rhodes ** James L. Rice III Brian Rishikof & Elena Lexina Jim & Sue Robertson John & Anna Robertson Linda & James Robin Carolyn Rogan Mrs. Adelina Romero Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Rosemarie and Jeff Roth Irving L. Potter Rhonda Routh Mr. Richard Rowell Brenda and Mansel Rubenstein Debbie Brooks Ruffing Ramon and Chula Sanchez Carol and Kamal Sandarusi Mrs. Holly Sansing Gina & Saib Saour ** Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sawaya Beth & Lee D. Schlanger Martin Schleuse & Mindy Guthrie Mr. Tony W. Schlicht Susan Scruggs Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Dilanka Seimon Ms. Heidi Seizinger Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Mr. and Mrs. Tom Simms Lisa & Jerry Simon Barbara & Louis Sklar

Emily D. Smith Joel Smith & Tina Lee Lawrence Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Sam & Linda Snyder Mr. William T. Snypes and Ms. Suzanne Suter Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Ms. Claudia Standiford Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Stastny Richard P. Steele and Mary J. McKerall Robert Stephens Kimberly & David Sterling Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stevens Jr. Bill Stevens Meredith & Ralph Stone Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Bradmark Technologies Kerry Taylor Emily H. & David K. Terry Mr. & Mrs. James G. Theus Linda and Paul Thomas Scott Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Unger John and Mary Untereker Dr. Brad and Mrs. Frances Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. William Van Wie Hallie A. Vanderhider Mr. Chief Veith Mr. James Walker Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace Larry and Connie Wallace Mr. and Mrs. David Walstad Douglas and Carolynne White Ms. Lorri White Sarah Jane & Robert White Sara White Dr. Simon Whitney Carlton Wilde Doug Williams and Janice Robertson Mr. James Winget Jennifer R. Wittman Patricia Wolfe Ms. Beth Wolff ** Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff Thomas Yarbrough Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (14)

** Education and Community Engagement Donor

Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council (YAC) is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados, and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes, and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music.

Young Associate Premium Ann & Jonathan Ayre Lauren & Mark Bahorich Kimberly & James Bell Carrie and Sverre BrandsbergDahl Taylor Chambers Denise Davis

Young Associate

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Drs. Laura & William Black Megan E. Brown and John Degenstein Eric Brueggeman Tatiana Chavanelle Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cheyney Parker Cragg Carolyn and Patrick Gaidos Laurel Flores

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$2,500+

Valerie Palmquist Dieterich and Tracy Dieterich Vicky Dominguez Claudio Gutierrez Elaine & Jeff Hiller Elissa and Jarrod Martin Ms. Kelser McMiller Shane Miller

Emily & Joseph Morrel - Porter Hedges LLP Juliet Moths Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Kusum & K. Cody Patel Liana & Andrew Schwaitzberg Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Smith Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah

Rebecca & Andrew Gould Ashley and John Horstman Robin Kesselman Kirby and David Lodholz Dr. Paul Muri and Ms. Stephanie Weber.

Aprill Nelson Nadhisha and Dilanka Seimon Mr. Leo Soto

Michelle Stair Justin Stenberg Ms. Elise Wagner Dr. Genevera Allen & Dr. Michael Weylandt Leonard and Kristin Wood Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood

$1,500+

For more information, please contact Katie Salvatore, Development Officer/Board Liaison at katie.salvatore@houstonsymphony.org, 713.337.8544

Houston Methodist strives to provide high quality health care in a spiritual environment to all patients. Houston Methodist includes seven hospitals in the Houston area, delivering care closer to home. Its flagship, Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, was named to U.S. News & World Report's prestigious Honor Roll and the No. 1 hospital in Texas and Houston.

Houston Methodist is the official health care provider for the Houston Symphony and a major participant in the orchestra’s Music and Wellness Initiative. The hospital system serves our city’s arts community through its Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM), a specialized group of more than 100 elite physicians working collaboratively to address the health-related demands placed on performing artists.

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Corporate, Foundation, & Government PARTNERS The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation, and government partners that allow the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education, and community engagement, for Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast Region.

CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation* ** Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above ConocoPhillips** Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS* KTRK ABC-13* Phillips 66** Guarantor  $100,000 and above Houston Methodist* Kalsi Engineering PaperCity* Tenenbaum Jewelers* United Airlines* Underwriter  $50,000 and above Baker Botts L.L.P.* Bank of America BB&T Now Truist Cameron Management* Chevron** ENGIE** Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo** Kirkland & Ellis The Lancaster Hotel* Occidental** PNC Bank** Rand Group, LLC* Shell Oil Company** Vinson & Elkins LLP

(as of August 1, 2021)

Sponsor  $25,000 and above EOG Resources The Events Company* H-E-B/H-E-B Tournament of Champions** Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Neiman Marcus* Perry Homes Sidley Austin LLP SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo Partner  $15,000 and above City Kitchen* Glazier’s Distributors* Gorman’s Uniform Service Jackson and Company* Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston USI Southwest

Benefactor  $5,000 and above Bank of Texas Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP The Master Caregiver Company Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. University of Houston University of St. Thomas* Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Amazon Baker Hughes Beth Wolff Realtors Christian Dior Mercantil ONEOK, Inc. Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc.

Supporter * Includes in-kind support  $10,000 and above **Education and Community Houston First Corporation* Engagement Support Kinder Morgan Foundation** Macy’s** Mark Kamin & Associates New Timmy Chan Corporation Nordstrom** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Quantum Energy Partners Silver Eagle Distributors* Zenfilm*

For information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations, at timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8538.

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FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (as of August 1, 2021) Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Endowment** Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor

 $500,000 and above

The Alkek and Williams Foundation City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance The Cullen Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor

 $150,000 and above

City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board** The Hearst Foundation** The Humphreys Foundation The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation** MD Anderson Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts** Guarantor

 $100,000 and above

The Elkins Foundation The Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund

Underwriter

 $50,000 and above

Beauchamp Foundation The Fondren Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation** The Powell Foundation** The Robbins Foundation**

Sponsor  $25,000 and above The Martine and Dan Drackett Family Foundation Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Vivian L. Smith Foundation** The William Stamps Farish Fund Partner  $15,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation** Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation** The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation**

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation** The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area** The Schissler Foundation The Vaughn Foundation Supporter  $10,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Pierce Runnells Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Anonymous Benefactor

 $5,000 and above

Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation** Patron

 Gifts below $5,000

Leon Jaworski Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Scurlock Foundation **Education and Community Engagement Support

For information about becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations, at christina.trunzo@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8530.

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Steinway Piano Gallery of Houston 2001 W. Gray Street Houston, Texas 77019 (713) 520-1853

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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through a bequest in a will, life-income gifts, or other deferred-giving arrangements.

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000 + Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Jonathan & Ann Ayre Janice Barrow Jim Barton James Bell Joe Anne Berwick* James & S. Dale Brannon Walter & Nancy Bratic Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Mary Kathryn Campion & Stephen Liston Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Andria N. Elkins Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family

Eugene Fong Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Deborah Happ & Richard Rost Jacquelyn Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Marilyn & Bob Hermance Dr. Rita Justice Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Joella & Steven P. Mach Michelle & Jack Matzer Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Bill & Karinne McCullough Muffy & Mike McLanahan Dr. Georgette M. Michko Dr. Robert M. Mihalo* Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Drs. John & Dorothy Oehler

Gloria G. Pryzant Evie Ronald* Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert* Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mr. Rex Spikes Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Susan Gail Wood Jo Dee Wright Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (1)

Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Myra W. Barber Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Kerry Levine Bollmann Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl & Sam* Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable* & Mrs. William Crassas Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge* & Mrs.* Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert Ginny Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Bill Grieves

Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Barbara & Raymond Kalmans Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Enid Knobler* Mrs. Frances E. Leland Samuel J. Levine Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers David Ray Malone & David J. Sloat Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley* Marks James G. Matthews Mary Ann & David McKeithan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant

Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Sidney & Ione Moran Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John N. Neighbors*, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann* John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmund & Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Peter* & Nina Peropoulos Linda Tarpley Peterson Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Jenny & Tadjin Popatia Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson

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Walter Ross Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps

Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman

Lorraine & Ed* Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6) *Deceased

If you are interested in learning more about joining the Legacy Society by making the Houston Symphony part of your estate plans, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Sponsorship Circle level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer, at samantha.sheats@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8534.

Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin Gary & Marian Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin

Michael H. Clark & Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Roger & Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin

Nancy & Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Joan and Bob Duff Robert Johnson, Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer Associate Principal Horn Maki Kubota, Cello The Ensell Family Ralph Burch Donald Howey, Double Bass Robin Kesselman, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Principal Double Bass Judy Dines, Flute Barbara J. Burger Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Evan B. Glick Tong Yan, First Violin Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Christopher French, Jane Cizik Associate Principal Cello Qi Ming, Assistant Gary L. Hollingsworth & Concertmaster Kenneth J. Hyde Janet F. Clark Robert Walp, MuChen Hsieh, Assistant Principal Trumpet Principal Second Violin Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Virginia A. Clark Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Julia Churchill, Violin – Joan Kaplan Shepherd School-Houston Mark Nuccio, Principal Symphony Brown Foundation Clarinet Community-Embedded Musician Fellow Dr. Sippi and Mr. Ajay Khurana David Connor, Double Bass – Community-Embedded Musician

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Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola – Retired Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Viola Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion Mr. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Muffy and Mike McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Dr. Susan Osterberg and Mr. Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. MiHee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Gloria & Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion Jean & Allan Quiat Phillip Freeman, Bass Trombone Ron & Demi Rand Annie Chen, Second Violin Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello

Stephen & Kristine Wallace Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Margaret & Joel Shannon Rainel Joubert, Violin – Community-Embedded Musician Tad & Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal Viola Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, ActingPrincipal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankman Anastasia Erhlich, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Steven & Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Bequest from the Estate of Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin *Deceased

Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute

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Join Us! Making a donation to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund connects donors to the production and presentation of concerts, music education programs for students, outreach programs and family programming that serve our community.

Donors see their contributions come to life each time they are in Jones Hall or when watching a concert from their home.

Support from the community is the lifeblood of our organization. Be a part of the Houston Symphony Family and keep the music playing!

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Enhance your concert experience as a donor to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund!

Houston Symphony donors enjoy exclusive benefits in appreciation for their generous support. Join one of our donor groups today and you can enjoy these benefits, too!

• Complimentary beverages in the Virtuoso Lounge or the VIP Greenroom before concerts and during intermission • Valet parking passes, drink coupons • Private receptions with orchestra members and guest artists Supporting the Houston Symphony brings you closer to the music you love.

For more information, visit houstonsymphony.org, or call us at 713.337.8559 to learn about how you can become more involved.

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Inwood River Oaks, $1.9+ mil.

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Upperway Lane Tanglewood Area, $1.3+ mil.

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