Carmen | Jan. 21, 2024

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28TH CONCERT SEASON 2023-2024

SEPT 10, 2023, SUN, 5PM Rudder Theatre *

VAN CLIBURN ‘22 SILVER & BRONZE

A N N A G E N I U S H E N E , piano D M Y T R O C H O N I , piano Piano Solo & Duo

OCT 13, 2023, FRI, 7PM Rudder Theatre *

JAZZ GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNERS

CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT, voice & visual art

SULLIVAN FORTNER, piano NOV 14, 2023, TUE, 7PM

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PARKER RAMSEY, harp BRANDON PATRICK GEORGE, flute FRE E

FEB 29, 2024, THUR 7PM A&M United Methodist Church

QUARTETTO DI CREMONA APR 8, 2024, MON, 1:39PM Century Square

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2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE PROJECT APRIL 11, 2024, THUR 7PM Rudder Theatre *

CHANTICLEER

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* Tickets at MSC Box Office & fcmtx.org

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THE 2023-2024

Concert Season

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The Chorale’s 55th Season follows the progression of the folksong from the homeland to the new land while also encapsulating the human experience and journey through song.

7pm Oct 21

Songs from the Homeland highl highlights a variety of folk songs familiar to people of all ages. It begins with Joseph Martin’s, The Awakening, and its powerful text, I dreamed a dream, a silent dream of a land not far away. This sets the stage for a musical review of familiar folk songs from the homeland that, musically, bring us to our new home, setting the stage for our March concert, Songs of the Traveler.

5pm Dec 9

What Sweeter Music Can We Bring is designed to get you and your family in the Christmas spirit! The first half brings some of your favorite traditional and non-traditional Christmas pieces. The second half will feature a guest narrator reading one of your favorite Christmas stories, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, with traditional sing-along Christmas carols sprinkled throughout.

Be sure to stick around for the end of the concert with your young ones because we may have a guest visitor all the way from the North Pole!

7pm Feb 24

Songs of the Traveler is a continuation of our first concert and focuses more on the folk songs of America through the lens of Randall Thompson and Aaron Copland. The theme of journey and travel is continued but now through the vantage point of one who has arrived in America. A guest artist will perform the Ralph Vaughan Williams setting of Songs of the Traveler.

5pm Apr 28

The Road Home focuses on the conclusion of one’s journey from the viewpoint of arriving at their new-found home all the way from the homeland, but also the end of one’s journey here on earth. This concept is epitomized through Schubert’s Mass in G and Faure’s Requiem. And we end the season with the beautiful setting of Stephen Paulus’s, The Road Home, the perfect piece to highlight the duality of two different journeys coming to a close.

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Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

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This program made possible in part through h Hotell Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through the Arts Council of Brazos Valley. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission for the Arts, the Eugene Edge Charitable Trust, and the Plass Arts Foundation. To nd out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

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MUSIC

Director 27 YEARS

Marcelo Bussiki is the music director/conductor of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.

He is also the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Blinn College. He has had a passion for music since his early years.

Born in Cuiaba, capital of Mato Grosso State in Brazil, Bussiki left home at age 14 to study at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro.

He continued his conducting studies under Maestro Roberto Duarte at Rio de Janeiro Federal University. Upon graduation, he Marcelo Bussiki was named music director of the orchestra of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, a position he held for six years. Bussiki was awarded knighthood in the Ordem de Merito de Mato Grosso in recognition of his pioneering work in cultural expansion and musical education. He received the title of Oficial, the highest honor that the executive power can confer upon an artist in Brazil.

Bussiki came to the United States in 1992 under a scholarship from the Brazilian government and studied at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. From 1994-1996, he directed that university’s New Music Ensemble, developing an extensive repertoire of modern and contemporary music. He received a doctorate of musical arts in conducting from the University of Houston in 1998.

During his tenure with the Brazos Valley Symphony, Bussiki has been in demand as a guest conductor in Texas and out of state. In September, 2002, he returned to his native Brazil under sponsorship from the Brazilian National Bank in Rio de Janeiro to conduct 15 performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Viva la Mama, as well as other symphony concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. In October 2001, he conducted a premiere performance of the Organ Concerto by vanguard U. S. composer Lou Harrison, featuring organist John Walker and the Carnegie-Mellon Percussion Ensemble, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bussiki conducts several concerts a year at the International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. He was conductor for the International Guitar Festival in 2005, 2006, and again in 2016. In 2014, Bussiki was awarded the “Artist of the Year” honor by The Arts Council.

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PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BRAZOS VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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CONCERT

Program Concert Sponsor: Amarillo National Bank The Rea Charitable Trust

Carmen

Sunday, January 21, 2024 • 5:00pm Rudder Theatre Marcelo Bussiki, conductor Isaac Bustos, guitar Alejandro Montiel, guitar

El sombrero de tres picos: Suite No. 1 (The Three-Cornered Hat)

Falla

I. Introduction - Afternoon II. Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango) III. The Corregidor IV. The Grapes

Concierto madrigal for Two Guitars

I. Fanfare: Allegro marziale II. Madrigal: Andante nostalgico III. Entrada: Allegro vivace IV. “Pastorcico tú que vienes, pastorcico tú que vas”: Allegro Vivace V. Giradilla: Presto VI. Pastoral: Allegretto VII. Fandango: Molto ritmico VIII. Arietta: Andante nostalgico IX. Zapateado: Allegro vivace X. Caccia a la Espagñola: Allegro vivace

Carmen Suites No. 1 & 2

Rodrigo

• INTERMISSION •

Bizet

Suite No.1 I. Prélude & Aragonaise II. Intermezzo III. Seguedille IV. Les dragons d’Alcala V. Les toréadors

Suite No.2 I. Marche des contrebandiers II. Habanera III. Nocturne IV. Chanson du toréador V. La garde montante VI. Danse bohème This program made possible through the support of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

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GUEST

Artist

Isaac Bustos

“Virtuosic yet effortless flair” hails the San Francisco Classical Voice, and the Boston Globe writes, “In warm, round tones, the notes of Bach cascaded from the guitar, every note correct and played without hesitation.” GRAMMY™-nominated Classical guitarist, pedagogue, and educator, Dr. Isaac Bustos, enjoys an extensive performing career that has taken him to Canada, Central America, Europe, China, and all over the US. Bustos has made several Radio and Television appearances and is in demand as clinician and master class teacher invited to perform in some of the most prestigious festivals around the globe including the Guitar Foundation of America Annual Convention, Panama Guitar Festival, Festival Internacional de Guitarra Monterrey and Festival del Noreste in Mexico. Isaac has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of New Spain, The Baytown Symphony Orchestra, The Nicaraguan National Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro JoAnn Falletta.

Dr. Bustos has acquired an impressive number of top prizes in over 12 major international competitions, 7 of which are first prizes. Isaac has premiered new guitar works by composers Nico Muhly, Blas Atehortúa, Samuel Zyman, Frank Wallace, Mark Cruz, Peter Lieuwen, and Joe Williams II. In the Spring of 2019, he premiered a new concerto for guitar and orchestra, commissioned and dedicated to him, by American composer Peter Lieuwen under the baton of maestro Franz Anton Krager and the University of Houston Symphony Orchestra. Isaac has recorded for the Delos, MSR, Vgo Recordings, and Frameworks labels.

Chamber music collaborations have included performances with the Grammy award-winning ensembles Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Conspirare Choir, the Turtle Creek Chorale and legendary Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto. Bustos is also a founding member of the award-winning Texas Guitar Quartet and has released two critically acclaimed discs with the group. Highlights of the 2022-23 season included performances with the Chattanooga Symphony, Austin Classical Guitar, and Southwest Symphony.

Isaac holds a Bachelor of Music degree in guitar performance from the University of New Hampshire, where he was the only guitarist to ever hold a full scholarship, a Master of Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked under the guidance of renowned American guitarist Adam Holzman.

As an educator, his commitment to teaching is reflected in the success of his students whose prize-winning performances have included victories in the Eastfield Guitar Festival and competition, Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Competition, “Classical Minds” Guitar Competition, Houston Young Artist, East Carolina University Competition, Rosario Competition, Appalachian State Competition, Boston Guitar Fest International Competition and Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition. Dr. Bustos serves on the faculty at the University of Texas – San Antonio School of Music, where he is head of guitar studies and artistic director of the Southwest Guitar Symposium. *Dr. Bustos is an Augustine Strings Sponsored Artist and plays on a 2020 Martin Blackwell Double-top cedar guitar*

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GUEST

Artist

Alejandro Montiel

Described by Soundboard Magazine as a “flawless musician, filled to the brim with polished technique,” GRAMMY™-nominated guitarist, arranger, and recording artist Alejandro Montiel enjoys a performing career that has taken him throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Central & South America, and Europe.

He holds graduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Texas at Austin. Alejandro is also founding member of the Texas Guitar Quartet and Duo Fortis.

A champion of new works for guitar, Alejandro has premiered pieces by Joseph V. Williams, Mark Cruz, John Truitt, Brian Herrington, and Samuel Zyman. He was part of the instrumental ensemble for the US premiere of Andy Pape’s opera “Houdini The Great”, collaborated with cellist Bion Tsang on a new score

by Joseph Williams for the Alfred Hitchcock silent film “The Lodger”, and was part of the 2015 world-premiere of Nico Muhly’s new work for chamber choir and guitar ensemble titled “How Little You Are.” He gave the Houston premiere of Clarice Assad’s “Three Sketches” for two guitars and violin. In 2023, Alejandro performed the Peruvian premiere of Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto Madrigal” in the famous Catedral del Cusco.

Besides being a regularly invited artist, adjudicator, and clinician for guitar festivals around the US, Dr. Montiel is on faculty at Lone Star College – Montgomery and the University of Texas San Antonio. Alejandro is also a sought-after chamber musician throughout Texas - notable collaborations include the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Conspirare, soprano Estelí Gómez, Line Upon Line percussion group, violinist Jennifer Choi, flutist Julee Kim-Walker, clarinetist Håkan Rosengren, and cellist LouisMarie Fardet. Additionally, Dr. Montiel has been featured on multiple recordings, including the Texas Guitar Quartet’s critically acclaimed debut album “RED” and its follow up, “ICON.” Alejandro resides in the Houston area with his family.

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Pictures at an Exhibitions February 18, 2024 at 5 PM Rudder Auditorium Program

Debussy: Clair de lune Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No.2, A247 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Begin your exciting musical journey with Debussy’s 'Clair de lune' which will take you to the BVSO’s thrilling rendition of Mussorgsky’s 'Pictures at an Exhibition' The program also includes unique works

by French composer Maurice Ravel and Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos.

This concert was generously sponsored by: The Clearfield Family OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 15

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GRATEFUL

Acknowledgements

The Brazos Valley symphony socieTy graTefully acknowledges granT, TrusT, and communiTy supporT from:

The Clearfield Family Eugene Edge, III Charitable Trust The Ham Family Trust Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust Plass Arts Foundation Union Pacific Rea Charitable Trust Nina Astin Winkler Charitable Trust

This program made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through The Arts Council. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

in-kind supporT and serVices from:

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PROGRAM

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If any musical instrument conjures up an image of Spain, it is the guitar. Tonight’s concert includes not one, but two guitars, in an unusual concerto-suite based on a Renaissance madrigal, plus excerpts of ballet and opera combining the musical styles of Spain and France.

El sombrero de tres picos (“The Three-Cornered Hat”), Suite No.1

Manuel de Falla

I. Mediodía (Afternoon) II. Danza de la molinera (Dance of the Miller’s Wife) III. El Corregidor (The Magistrate) IV. Las uvas (The grapes)

Manuel de Falla y Matheu was born in Cádiz. Spain, on November 23, 1876, and he died on November 14, 1946, in Alta Gracia, Argentina (his remains were later returned to Cádiz). The Ballets Russes under the general direction of Sergei Diaghilev premiered Falla’s ballet, El sombrero de tres picos, premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London on July 22, 1919; Ernest Ansermet conducted the orchestra.

Throughout his career, Falla composed in a distinctly Spanish style; he had been encouraged to do so from his youthful studies with the musicologist, Felipe Pedrell.

From 1907 to 1914 the young composer and pianist lived in Paris; there, he befriended (among others) Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, and Igor Stravinsky. Thus, his music contains elements of Impressionism and, especially, Neo-classicism.

He settled in Madrid in 1914, where he composed several short theatrical works. One of these was a pantomime, El corregidor y la molinera (The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife), based on a novel by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. (The story centers around a jealous miller, his beautiful wife, and a loutish and lecherous magistrate who constantly-but unsuccessfully--pursues the miller’s wife.) At that time, Sergei Diaghilev and his innovative ballet company, the 18 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

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Ballets Russes were touring Spain. Stravinsky introduced Falla to Diaghilev, who commissioned the Spanish composer to adapt his pantomime into a ballet that would include traditional Spanish dance. Léonide Massime was the choreographer and lead male dancer, and Pablo Picasso designed the costumes and sets.

Concierto Madrigal for Two Guitars

Joaquin Rodrigo

I. Fanfare II. Madrigal III. Entrada IV. Pastorcico tú que vienes, pastorcico tú que vas V. Girardilla VI. Pastoral VII. Fandango VIII. Arietta IX. Zapateado X. Caccia a la española

Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre was born on November 22, 1901, in Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, and he died in Madrid on July 6, 1999. His Concierto Madrigal, composed in 1966, was first performed on July 30, 1967, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, by soloists Ángel and Pepe Romero, with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. The composer was in attendance.

Although it preserves the contrast between soloist and orchestra typical of a concerto, the Concierto Madrigal is structured more like a suite in ten short movements, or perhaps a theme with ten variations, rather than the usual three- or four-movement concerto. The work opens with a Fanfare, in which one guitar is the rhythm instrument and the other, the melody. The main theme immediately follows; it is a 16th-century madrigal, “O felici occhi miei” (“O happy eyes of mine,” in Italian) by Jacques Arcadelt. This minormode melody is then arranged in various ways among the movements, requiring great virtuosity from the guitarists.

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The names of the movements indicate their poetic aspects.

“Pastorcico, tú que vienes, Pastorcico, tú que vas” (“Little shepherd, you who come, you who go”) is a villancico, a form of Spanish poetry and song originating during the Renaissance period and usually associated with Advent and Christmas. The Fandango and Zapateado are dance forms, while the “Caccia a la española”—a hunt or chase, so to speak—brings the Concierto to a joyful ending.

Joaquín Rodrigo was a virtuoso pianist, and he did not play the guitar, yet his guitar compositions are staples in the repertoire. A bout of diphtheria at the age of three left Rodrigo blind; as a result, he wrote his music in Braille, and had others—including his longtime teacher and friend, Rafael Ibañez, and especially his beloved wife, Victoria— transcribe it for publication. He received part of his musical training in Spain and part of it in France. Manuel de Falla was another friend who promoted Rodrigo’s music. Rodrigo received many honors, including the hereditary title of Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez, and the Prince of Asturias Prize, Spain’s greatest distinction.

“Carmen” Suites No. 1 and No. 2

Georges Bizet; arranged by Ernest Giraud Suite No. 1

Prélude: Act I, Prélude: “Fate” motive Aragonaise: Interlude (Entr’acte) before Act IV Intermezzo: Interlude (Entr’acte) before Act III Séguedille: Act I, Seguidilla: Près des remparts de Séville (Near the ramparts of Seville) Les Dragons d’Alcala: Interlude (Entr’acte) before Act II Les Toréadors: Theme from Prelude to Act I and Procession of the Toreadors from Act IV

Suite No. 2

Marche des Contrebandiers: Act III, Chorus (Smugglers’ March) Habañera: Act I, Carmen’s Aria: L’amour est un oiseau rebelled (Love is like a rebellious bird) Nocturne: Act III, Aria (Michela): Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante 20 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

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Chanson du Toréador: Act II, Introduction, and aria (Toreador Song) La Garde Montante: Act I: (The Arrival of the Guards) Danse Bohème: Act II, Gypsy Dance

Georges Alexandre César Léopold Bizet was born in Paris, France on October 25, 1838, and he died there on June 3, 1875, only three months after the premiere of his opera, Carmen, at the Opéra Comique on March 3, 1875. His colleague and friend, New Orleans-born Ernest Guiraud (18371892) arranged two orchestral suites from the opera in 1882 and 1887, respectively.

Carmen is one of the world’s favorite operas—an opera being a drama that is sung rather than spoken. Even people who think they dislike opera will probably recognize the “Habañera,” the “Toreador Song,” and other numbers. Yet, its premiere was less than a success, mainly because its storyline upset the moral expectations of middle-class Parisians. Instead of a light comedy with likable characters and a happy ending, Carmen presents us with a beautiful but fiery Gypsy (the title character) who smokes, drinks, hangs out with smugglers, seduces a young soldier (Don José), then rejects him in favor of a bullfighter (Escamillo), and gets killed by José in the end.

The tragic story takes place in Seville, Spain around 1830. It is based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée, who, in turn, was indebted to a poem, “The Gypsies,” by Alexander Pushkin.

Bizet based some numbers on Spanish or popular songs, even acknowledging that he re-worked the “Habañera” from a popular song by Spanish composer Sebastián Yradier. He also used a “fate” theme like a leitmotiv that recurs throughout the opera and appears at the very end. Although Bizet used numbered sequences, Guiraud departed from this numbering, instead selecting the instrumental pieces and the tunes of the most popular arias (solo songs) and choruses for his Suites.

In France during the late 19th century, there was great interest in Spain and Spanish things. Other French composers, such as Emmanuel Chabrier and Edouard Lalo (who was of Spanish descent), also composed pieces in a Spanish style.

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Notes by Felicia Piscitelli

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BRAZOS VALLEY

Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marcelo Bussiki

Violin I

Javier Chaparro, Concertmaster Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair Yi Ching Fong Naomi Frausto Edward Ji Steve Merson Kristin Mortenson Eric Rosenquist Amanda Schubert Chris Walters Yuan Wu

Violin II

Adam Mikeal, Principal Laura Callon Letty Fuentes Natalie Mann Eddy Marcano Sarah Mukadassi Lucina Reyes James Robertson

Viola

Luis Perez, Principal John Holguin Sam Lee Omeed Manshouri Carlo Mauricio

Cello

Jane McCormick, Principal Enn Diaz Cony Knight Elizabeth Lee Prudence McDaniel Andrew Nguyen

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Bass

Gaven Krase, Principal Sabrina Behrens Ray Fisher Christian Harvey Andy Moritz

Flute

Penny Zent, Principal Nami Kimura

Piccolo

Nami Kimura

Oboe

Rebecca Fairweather-Haskins, Principal Jaleen Seshadri

Clarinet

Roberto de Guzman, Principal Mark Arritola

Bassoon

Eric Miller, Principal Sasha Plotkin

Horn

Mary McNeel, Principal Katie Evans Craig Hubbard Kristin Schularick

Trumpet

Wes Miller, Principal Colin Siege

BRAZOS VALLEY

Symphony Orchestra

Trombone

Steven Vogel, Principal Ramiro Cortez

Percussion

Michael Johnson, Principal

Sarah Burke, Principal Gary Martin Percussion Chair Chris Goodwin Grant Gould Patrick Slevin

Tuba

Harp

Timpani

Piano

Bass Trombone Larry Campbell Todd Quinlan, Principal

Ayren Huslig Catherine Schaefer

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

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Please be sure to let all our corporate sponsors know that you value their support of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.

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BVSS

Board 2023-2024 BVSS Board of Directors

Ryan Becker, Secretary John Bohnsack, Past President Blanche Brick Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director Pierce Cantrell Sandra Castanon, Executive Director Benton Cocanougher, 1st Vice President Mike Connor Mildred Davis Blaine Decker, President Elect Sandy Farris, FASO President

Jonathan Griffin, Orchestra Representative Don Hellriegel, Treasurer Chuck Herman Sue Lee, 2nd Vice President Cathy Loving, President Adam Mikeal, Orchestra Representative Elizabeth Natsios Kathy Payne Matt Prochaska Scott Shafer Gaines West Penny Zent, Orchestra Chair

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Symphony Orchestra

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In late 2015, the Brazos Valley Symphony Society’s Board of Directors created an Endowment Committee and tasked them with the {seemingly} outrageous goal of raising one million dollars!

Once that goal was met in an astonishingly short period of time the Board charged our Endowment Committee to take our permanent endowment funding level to THREE million dollars!

Well guess what? We are closing in on that goal too!

Our Endowment Committee has announced we have just cleared the two-million-dollar mark and the end is in sight!

These last eight years, since our 2015 Board caught the vision for a permanent endowment fund, have seen unexpected changes we could have never imagined, but the music played on, and we never stopped believing in the treasure that is the BVSO! Preserving that treasure is OUR gift to future generations – and today we are literally on the precipice of reaching that goal.

Join us in our FINAL push forward to the finish line! There are many ways that you can support BVSO’s Endowment campaign. Please contact the BVSO office today to find out which one works best for you!

Gaines West Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

Cindy Craigen Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

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Brazos Valley Symphony Society Permanent Endowment A strong endowment ensures that there is an enduring source of funding for immediate and future needs of this Brazos Valley treasure—the BVSO. Endowments grow over time to create a legacy of education, culture, and artistic development as they extend the impact of the donor’s generosity beyond a lifetime.

The investment income from the BVSO Permanent Endowment will provide a foundation for great symphonic music to continue in the Brazos Valley for the next generation and beyond.

ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITMENT LEVELS FOUNDERS

$100,000+

Diamond $50,000 - $99,999 Platinum $25,000 - $49,999 Gold $10,000 - $24,999 Silver $5,000 - $9,999 Bronze $1,000 - $4,999 Friend up to $999 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 39

Endowment Fund Contributors pledged or received as of September 29, 2023

Founders ($100,000+) Ruth Clearfield Memorial Fund Larry & Mary Koeninger Bert & Mary Loudon Gary & Lynn Martin

Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair Creighton & Jeannie Miller

Bookman & Florence Peters Rose P. VanArsdel

Diamond ($50,000 - $99,999) Anonymous

Gary Martin Percussion Chair Carolyn McDaniel

Ward & Diane Wells

Platinum ($25,000 - $49,999) In Memory of Evelyn & Fred Anderholm Tracy & Tamara Carter

Penelope Kosztolnyik & Joe Ham Stephanie Sale & Jim Singleton Susan & Gaines West

Linda & Dick Witherite

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Gold ($10,000 - $24,999) Anonymous Nancy E. & Mark Browning Maestro Marcelo Bussiki Carol & Pierce Cantrell Chrissie & Jay Granberry Lorraine & Chuck Hermann The Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation, Inc. Jan & Bill Johnson Anonymous Cathy & Jerry Loving Joann Monroe John & Carol Nichols Joyce Nies & Peter Witt Valerie & David Woodcock Rodney & Penny Zent

Silver ($5,000 - $9,999) Don & Pat Allen Rice David & Joanne Claridge Bonnie & Otway Denny Linda & Paul Parrish Ellen & Penrod Thornton Elizabeth & Bill Ward

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BRONZE ($1,000 - $4,999) Steven & Lisa Aldrich Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Randi & Averyt Knapp

Celebrating Virginia & Russell Mays

Karen Kubena

Althea Bair-Sutherland

Sue Lee

Briaud Financial Advisors Jo Berg Robert & Blanche Brick Taylor & Cindy Craigen Cydney Collier Donnell

Claire & John Lillie Marti Marberry & Thomas Roraff

John & Leslie Miller Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios

John & Naomi Fackler Warren & Mary Finch Jan Folse Jennifer Fredericks Stephen A. Fulling Phil & Zo Granberry Gary & Judy Hart Gary & Judy Hart

In Memory of Jeannie Miller

Edward E. & Ruth Anne Hazen Alice & Clifford Hoelscher Michael J. King & Robin L. Altholz

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Carol Parzen Joyce Perkins

in Memory of Richard C. Perkins

Rhonda Raphael Sheran Riley Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink Becky & B. Don Russell Carol & Mark Sadoski Thomas Sadoski & Amanda Seyfried

In Honor of Carol & Mark Sadoski

Jack Skinner

FRIEND (UP TO $999) Sara Alpern Anonymous Kenneth & Kathi Appelt Pat & Sarah Ashburn Karen Bachman Carol & Doug Biggs Brett & Alisa Boatner Robert C. Borden Leonard L. Bowden Scott Ball & Janice Bradshaw Lorence & Zora Bravenec Karen Buck & Porscha Buck Jack & Mary Campbell Irwin & Claudia Carroll Dara & Judith Childs Charlotte Christman Robert H. Clearfield Franco & Sandra da Conturbia Olga & Brett Cooke Marian & Gus Cothran The Dangott Family Trust Mr. David Dellwo & Mrs. Nancy Inglis Ronald & Barbara Douglas Billie Elmendorf John Fackler In Memory of Jeannie & Creighton Miller Ann Fancher Chris & Sandra Farris Anonymous Rainer & Tammy Fink Jack & Anita Friedman Ivy V. Geiger Don & Rosemary Green Lisa Halperin & Jonathan Coopersmith Anonymous General Joe G. Hanover W.T. (Bill) Harper Tom & Lynda Henry Susan & Rodney Hill Susan Irza Anonymous Myong & Pedro Ledesma Robert & Candace Leslie Karon & Glenn Mathews David & Jeanette McMahon In Memory of Tom Roraff

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Miller Jane Miller Jeannie Miller In Memory of Tom Roraff Leon & Junett Noack In Memory of Tom Roraff Dr. Ozden Ochoa Mohsen & Terri Pourahmadi Matthew & Merrilee Prochaska The Quackenbush Kids Thomas & Liana Rike In Memory of Tom Roraff Larry & Jean Ringer The Family of Arthur & Rosalie Roraff In Memory of Tom Roraff Mary Frances Ross Schade Family Jay & Barbara Schleppenbach In Memory of Tom Roraff Timothy Seubert Mary Sherwood In Memory of Tom Roraff Matt & Toni Straley In Memory of Tom Roraff Barbara & Emil Straube Connie Swing Surrency Mrs. Dwayne (Carol) Suter Mrs. Ann W. Thompson Milton Thompson Margaret E. Touchstone Victor & Jo Ann Treat Harvey & Sandy Tucker Randy & Mary Ulery Brad & Pat Vinson Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel Barbara Buffington Walker Bob Warden & Eva Read-Warden Doris & Rand Watson Anne & Thomas Wehrly Ann Wiatt Mary Jane Wiggins Lima & Joe Williams Dr. Arthur V. Wolfe Dr. & Mrs. Grant Wolfe William & Mary Young Gaines & Susan West In Memory of Jeannie Miller

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SYMPHONY SOCIETY

Contributors

The Brazos Valley Symphony Society is most grateful to the individuals who, by their monetary commitment or through other unique forms of support, make possible the continued growth of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra’s many outstanding artists, programs and services. Listed below are those individuals that have made gifts or pledges to the Symphony through the ANNUAL FUND DRIVE as of January 12, 2024 for the Orchestra’s 42nd season.

Premier Circle ($10,000+)

The Clearfield Family The Ham Family Trust Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc Maestro’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Becky & B. Don Russell Concertmaster’s Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Gaines* & Susan West Benton Cocanougher* Orchestra Circle ($1,000-$2,499)

Bob & Dorothy Anderson Laura De Asarta Pat & Sarah Ashburn Donnie & Laura Becker Anonymous* Pierce Cantrell* In Memory of Carol Cantrell Mike* & Sheila Connor Blaine* & Hannah Decker Philip & Kay Goodwin Don Hellriegel* Chuck Hermann* & Lorraine Eden Mark & Carol Holtzapple

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Sue Lee* Jerry & Cathy Loving* Janell McAnally Jennifer & Glen Miller Jo Monroe Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios* John & Carol Nichols Karen & Michael Pilant Joyce Perkins Dean & Dorothy Wichern Grant & Wendy Wolfe Rod & Penny Zent*

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Contributors

Michael J. King & Robin L. Altholz Paul Boatright David & Joanne Claridge Zou & Boyd Cherry Tom & Lynda Henry Jane Flaherty Jan Folse Claude & Joanna Gibson Albert & Mary Loudon

Sheran Riley Charles & Cindy Still Rand & Doris Watson Peter Witt & Joyce Nies Ann Wiatt David & Valerie Woodcock Ward & Diane Wells Dick & Linda Witherite The Estate of Arthur Wolfe

Fred & Cheryl Anderholm Fuller & Gloria Bazer Ryan* & Kari Becker Robert & Blanche Brick* Marcelo Bussiki* Ernest & Billie Elmendorf David Dellwo & Nancy Inglis Anat & Nehemia Geva Gary & Judy Hart

Rodger Koppa Randy & Kathy Payne* Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink Mark & Carol Sadoski Roland Schweitzer & Susan Woodard Robert & Katherine Thomas Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel Mia Zwolinski In Memory of Marge Zwolinski

Betty Aycock Mark & Nancy Browning Brett & Olga Cooke Jared Datzman Paul & Kathy de Figueiredo Kim Feldman Clifford & Alice Hoelscher Kimberlin Kane James Kracht Andreas Kronenberg Billy & Mary Jo Lay

John & Claire Lillie In Memory of Bookman Peters William & Laurine Marlow Larry and Joyce Piper Werner Rose Shirley Watts Thomas & Anne Wehrly Karan Wester George & Jan Woodward In Memory of Victor Treat

Robert LeJeune

Matthew* & Merrilee Prochaska

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Rudder Theatre Mar 24, 2024 | 5pm

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