Hungarian Dances | Mar. 24, 2024

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

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THE 2023-2024

Concert Season

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s g n o S frome th y e n r Jou

-24 2023so Sea n

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.

First Presbyterian Bryan

Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

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bvchorale.org/concerts

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 Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director University. Upon graduation, he Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair 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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CONCERT

Program Concert Sponsor: The Ham Family Trust

Hungarian Dances Sunday, March 24, 2024 • 5:00pm Rudder Theatre

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director and Conductor Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Brian Logan, Trombone

Selections from Hungarian Dances

Brahms

Concerto for Trombone

Rota

No. 1 in G Minor: Allegro molto (orch. Brahms) No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai – Vivace (orch. Hallén) No. 3 in F major: Allegretto (orch. Brahms) No. 5 in G minor: Allegro – Vivace (orch. Parlow) No. 6 in D major: Vivace (orch. Parlow) No. 7 in A major: Allegretto – Vivo (orch. Hallén) No. 10 in F major: Presto (orch. Brahms)

I. Allegro giusto II. Lento, ben ritmato III. Allegro moderato

• INTERMISSION •

Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Brahms

I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato

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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Commemorating the majestic musical masterpieces of

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Sir Elton

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Saturday, April 27, 2024 Rudder Auditorium | 7 pm This concert was generously sponsored by: Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc. OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 13

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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.

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PROGRAM

Notes

Selections from Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms

No.1 in G minor: Allegro molto (orch. Brahms) No.2 in D minor: Allegro non assai–Vivace (orch. Hallén) No.3 in F major: Allegretto (orch. Brahms) No.5 in G minor: Allegro–Vivace (orch.

Parlow) No.6 in D major: Vivace (orch. Parlow) No.7 in A major: Allegretto–Vivo (orch.

Hallén) No.10 in F major: Presto (orch. Brahms)

Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 7, 1833, and he died in Vienna, Austria, on April 3, 1897. In 1850, while still a teenager, he met a Hungarian violinist, Ede (Eduard) Reményi (1828-1898); three years later, he became Reményi’s accompanist on tours to cities all over Europe. Reményi was famous for his passionate and virtuosic renditions of Hungarian and Roma (Gypsy) folk dances, such as the csárdás and the verbunkos. Brahms became so enamored of this music that he arranged twentyone of these dances for piano, four hands (two pianists at one keyboard), which he played for and with friends at parties. His friends encouraged him to publish these pieces; he published them in two sets in 1869 and 1885, respectively. Almost immediately, there was a demand for orchestral versions, and Brahms himself orchestrated several of these dances.

Although the dances are similar in form, there is constant variety in their abrupt changes of tempo, and switches from minor to major keys, or vice-versa. Numbers 5 and 6 are the best known. In 1889 one of Thomas Edison’s assistants visited Vienna and recorded Brahms playing his Hungarian Dance No. 1 on a wax cylinder.

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PROGRAM

Notes

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra in C Nino Rota

I. Allegro giusto (Fast, strict time) II. Lento, ben ritmato (Slow; rhythmically) III. Allegro moderato (Moderately fast)

Giovanni Rota Rinaldi, known internationally as Nino Rota, was born in Milan, Italy, on December 3, 1911, and he died in Rome, Italy on April 10, 1979. He composed his Concerto per Trombone e Orchestra in 1966 for the Italian trombonist Bruno Ferrari, the soloist in the work’s premiere at the Conservatorio di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan on March 6, 1969.

Nino Rota is noted especially as a composer of film scores, especially for the influential films of Federico Fellini (with whom Rota had a lifelong professional partnership) and Luchino Visconti. Americans will probably recognize his haunting scores to The Godfather and The Godfather II, and Romeo and Juliet (directed by Franco Zeffirelli). Rota also composed operas and concert music.

The trombone, with its characteristic hairpin shape and slide (which allows for changes in pitch) has been around for about 600 years. Early trombones were called “sackbuts” and had a smaller flare at the end. Slight improvements were made in the 18th century, but overall, the instrument has changed relatively little. Beethoven was the first to use it in a modern symphony orchestra in his Symphony No. 5.

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PROGRAM

Notes

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Johannes Brahms

I. Allegro non troppo (fast, but not too fast) II. Andante moderato (moderate walking speed) III. Allegro giocoso (fast, playful) IV. Allegro energetico e passionato (fast, energetic and passionate)

Brahms was already middle-aged and well established when he wrote his symphonies; he produced four of them over a span of a decade. A composer who worked rather slowly, he found the form challenging, and he felt that Beethoven, with his nine mighty symphonies, was a hard act to follow. He composed his Fourth Symphony during the summers of 1884 and 1885. Although he lived in Vienna, Brahms wrote to Hans von Bülow, the conductor of the court orchestra of the Duke of Meiningen, to see if he could premiere his latest work there. (As a conductor, Bülow championed the music of Wagner, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky as well as Brahms.) Bülow’s response was positive, and rehearsals began in mid-October 1885. Brahms conducted the premiere on October 25. It was a success, and Bülow included the symphony in his orchestra’s concert tour later that season. A youthful Richard Strauss, who was Bülow’s assistant, noted the strength and originality of the new “gigantic work.”

A two-note motif begins the Symphony and provides some of the thematic material that binds the work as a whole. The intervals of the third and the sixth provide other unifying ideas. Brahms expands and embellishes these short motives into a movement that seems to flow inexorably to its conclusion. In the second movement, the horn introduces a theme having a modal sound, which is taken up in other wind parts. So far, the mood has been melancholy and lyrical. However, this changes in the third movement, which is in the key of C major; one writer compared this robust, jocular movement to the Academic Festival Overture, which Brahms had composed earlier. The doleful atmosphere returns with the key of E minor in the fourth movement, but this time with a structural rigor derived from intricate variations over a passacaglia or chaconne (both terms refer to a repeated pattern of notes in the bass). Brahms admired the music of J.S. Bach very much, and he may have based the passacaglia theme on the last movement of one of Bach’s cantatas.

Notes by Felicia Piscitelli

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BRAZOS VALLEY

Symphony Orchestra

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Violin I

Javier Chaparro, Concertmaster Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair Jose Flores Naomi Frausto Edward Ji Jarred Kennedy Eddy Marcano Amanda Schubert Oscar Vera Yuan Wu

Violin II

Adam Mikeal, Principal Laura Callon Letty Fuentes Sarah Godley Darbi Green Natalie Mann Lucina Reyes Chris Tran

Viola

Luis Perez, Principal Paul Duston Jonathan Griffin John Holguin Sam Lee Omeed Manshouri

Cello

Jane McCormick, Principal Tom Lawshae Elizabeth Lee Prudence McDaniel Andrew Nguyen

Bass

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

Flute

Penny Zent, Principal The Hermann Family Flute Chair Jessica Borski Owens Nami Kimura 26 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

Piccolo

Jessica Borski Owens Nami Kimura

Oboe

Rebecca Fairweather-Haskins, Principal Amy Burgus

Clarinet

Jill Stewart, Principal Mark Arritola

Bassoon

Eric Miller, Principal Joe Daigle

Contra Bassoon Davey Heister

Horn

Mary McNeel, Principal Sarah Au Craig Hubbard Chris Shelburne

Trumpet

Phil Scoles, Principal Phil Holland

Trombone

Brian Logan, Principal Steven Vogel

Bass Trombone

Michael Johnson, Principal

Timpani

Todd Quinlan, Principal

Percussion

Sarah Burke, Principal Gary Martin Percussion Chair Chris Goodwin

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

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BVSS

Board 2023-2024 BVSS Board of Directors

Ryan Becker, Secretary John Bohnsack, Past President Karen Bonarrigo Blanche Brick Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Pierce Cantrell Sandra Castanon, Executive Director Benton Cocanougher, 1st Vice President Mike Connor Joe Cook,

Communications Director

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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THANK

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The Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair We are pleased to announce the Sue & J.C. Lee Music Directior Chair. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Sue Lee for her generous endowment.

Sue’s dedication to philanthropy is a shining example of the transformative power of giving back to one’s community.

Born in a small town in Taiwan, Sue Lee’s journey to philanthropy began with her father, whose life epitomized the ethos of generosity. Following her education at the prestigious National Taiwan University, Sue ventured to the United States with her husband, Dr. J.C. Lee, where she pursued a master’s degree in biochemistry while Dr. Lee completed his medical training. Settling in Bryan College Station in 1976, the couple became integral members of the community, raising their three children—Alfred, Belinda, and Chris—in this vibrant locale.

Tragically, in 2002, Dr. J.C. Lee passed away from cancer, spurring Sue to take action. Recognizing the need for advanced cancer care in the Brazos Valley, she made a cornerstone donation to establish the St. Joseph Regional Cancer Center. This act of generosity underscored Sue’s commitment to improving the lives of others, a commitment that has left an indelible mark on the community.

Sue Lee’s philanthropic endeavors extend far beyond the realm of healthcare. Her support has enriched various organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, the Arts Council, the Ronald McDonald House, the Special Olympics, and our own Symphony. Sue’s tireless dedication to community service earned her the D.A. “Andy” Anderson award from the Arts Council in 2013, a testament to her passionate leadership and unwavering commitment to making a difference.

Through her exemplary leadership, Sue Lee has not only enhanced the cultural landscape of the Brazos Valley but has also touched the lives of countless individuals. Her generosity and vision have made our community a better place to live, and we are profoundly grateful for her enduring impact.

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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 | 35

Endowment Fund Contributors pledged or received as of February 1, 2024

Founders ($100,000+) Ruth Clearfield Memorial Fund Larry & Mary Koeninger

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair 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 The Hermann Family Flute Chair Stephanie Sale & Jim Singleton Susan & Gaines West Linda & Dick Witherite 36 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

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 Carol Parzen

John & Naomi Fackler

Joyce Perkins

Warren & Mary Finch

in Memory of Richard C. Perkins

Jan Folse

Rhonda Raphael

Jennifer Fredericks Stephen A. Fulling Phil & Zo Granberry

Sheran Riley Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink

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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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 Norma Dunn In Memory of Cindy Still 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 February 1, 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 Don Hellriegel* Maestro’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Becky & B. Don Russell Concertmaster’s Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Laura de Asarta Benton Cocanougher* Jan & Bill Johnson Gaines* & Susan West

Orchestra Circle ($1,000-$2,499)

Bob & Dorothy Anderson Pat & Sarah Ashburn Donnie & Laura Becker Leonard & Nancy Berry Anonymous* Pierce Cantrell* In Memory of Carol Cantrell Mike* & Sheila Connor Blaine* & Hannah Decker Philip & Kay Goodwin Chuck Hermann* & Lorraine Eden Mark & Carol Holtzapple Randi & Averyt Knapp In Honor of Virginia & Russell Mays Sue Lee* Jerry & Cathy Loving*

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Janell McAnally Jennifer & Glen Miller Jo Monroe Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios* John & Carol Nichols Karen & Michael Pilant Joyce Perkins Ed & Allethaire Price Francis J. Skinner Dean & Dorothy Wichern Grant & Wendy Wolfe David & Valerie Woodcock Rod & Penny Zent* Southwest Agribusiness Consulting Inc.

SYMPHONY SOCIETY

Contributors

Benefactor ($500-$999)

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 Extraco Banks - Trust & Wealth Management

Patron ($250-$499) 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 Christopher J. Lang

Randy & Kathy Payne* Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink Mark & Carol Sadoski Roland Schweitzer & Susan Woodard Carl E. Shafer Debe & Scott Shafer* In Honor of Peggy Shafer Robert & Katherine Thomas Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel Ann Wiatt Mia Zwolinski In Memory of Marge Zwolinski

Sponsor ($100-$249)

Billy & Mary Jo Lay John & Claire Lillie In Memory of Bookman Peters William & Laurine Marlow Larry and Joyce Piper Joe and Lorrie Quinlan Werner Rose Mary Volz Terry & Marilyn Wade Shirley Watts Thomas & Anne Wehrly Karan Wester George & Jan Woodward In Memory of Victor Treat

Betty Aycock Coleen Bradfield Mark & Nancy Browning Brett & Olga Cooke Jared Datzman Tedi & Chuck Ellison Paul & Kathy de Figueiredo Kim Feldman Tom & Lynda Henry Clifford & Alice Hoelscher Kimberlin Kane James Kracht Andreas Kronenberg

Friend ($50-$99)

Robert LeJeune Matthew* & Merrilee Prochaska

Timothy and Christine Seubert

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Concert Sponsor: FASO, in memory of Jeannie Miller Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky

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Rudder Theatre Mar 24, 2024 | 5pm

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