Martín García Plays Emperor | Oct. 15, 2023

THE 2023-2024 Concert Season

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2023-24 Season

7pm Oct 21

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First Presbyterian Bryan 5pm Dec 9

Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

7pm Feb 24

First Presbyterian Bryan 5pm Apr 28

Holy Cross Lutheran College Station

Songs from the Homeland 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.

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!

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.

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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This program made possible in part through Hotel 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.

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.

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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 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.

Marcelo Bussiki

Welcome to the 42nd year of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (BVSO). This season will dazzle you with seven concerts.

We are excited to announce BVSO’s recently hired dynamite team of Executive Director, Sandra Castanon and Communications Director, Joe Cook. Together with Music Director, Marcelo Bussiki and 20+ Brazos Valley Symphony Society (BVSS) board members, we are creating an unparalleled season musically, financially, and socially. Before each concert at 4:00 pm we have a reception with cash bar, snacks, and opportunities to mingle with all of us who love good music. After each concert, Tom Kenney of Napa Flats has promised us reserved tables and some free appetizers after our concerts. It is a chance for Maestro Bussiki to host our guest musicians for dinner, and to go around thanking the many BVSO supporters.

Thanks to Gaines West and his team, the BVSO Endowment has now surpassed $2 million dollars in cash and pledges, providing the most important leverage an orchestra can have. In addition, we have a number of concert sponsors this year. They include Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra (FASO), the Clearfield Family, the Rhea Trust, Amarillo National Bank, Don and Becky Russell, the Ham Family, Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc., and several grants we have secured.

Tonight’s program features International and Chopin award-winning Spanish pianist Martin Garcia playing Beethoven’s iconic “Emperor Piano Concerto.” The concert also features Mozart’s lively “Marriage of Figaro” overture and Tchaikovsky’s powerful “Symphony No. 5.” The entire concert is sponsored by FASO as a memorial to Jeannie Miller, a long-time symphony activist whose work, finances, and heart made us love BVSO more. We honor her life, her partnership with her late husband Creighton---another BVSO lover--and commitment to great music.

With future concerts “Illuminations and Glory,” “Carmen,” “Pictures at an Exhibition,” our annual Holiday concert, “Hungarian Dances,” and an historic “Music of the Knights” (Paul McCartney, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Elton John) we guarantee a spectacular year of great music from the BVSO. Hope to see you many times.

Sincerely,

Cathy Loving

Guest Artist

Martín García García (born in Gijón, 1996) is considered, at 26 years old, one of the pianists with the greatest international projection. In 2023, he has performed around 80 concerts worldwide (in America, Asia, and Europe), a year that marked his debut in Korea, Mexico, and Brazil. He has also visited Japan, the United States, Canada, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, and Luxembourg to give remarkable recitals and perform alongside prestigious orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphoniker, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and the Brasilia Orchestra. It’s worth noting that the Spanish artist also gave over 70 performances across America, Asia, and Europe in 2022, achieving significant milestones like his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and a successful tour in Japan with 25,000 attendees across 14 performances. García García has received major global recognitions, including first prize at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition and third place at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition. He released his debut album “Chopin and His Master” in 2022, a production done by the artist himself.

Martín García García has appeared in important venues across Europe, America, and Asia, receiving highly positive reviews from figures like Vladimir Krainev, Dmitri Alexeev, Arcadi

Volodos, Dimitri Bashkirov, Joaquín Achúcarro, and Tatiana Copeland (niece of Sergei Rachmaninoff). The Spanish pianist has won first prizes in numerous international and national piano competitions, with his victory at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition and his third place at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition being particularly noteworthy.

Martín García García

GUEST Artist

In the latter competition, he also received the special award from the Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra for the best concerto performance. He graduated from the Reina Sofía School of Music, where he studied for a decade under Professor Galina Eguiazarova, and was honored by Her Majesty Queen Sofía with the recognition of being the Most Outstanding Student of her chair. He also holds a Master’s in Piano from the Mannes School of Music in New York, where he studied with the renowned pianist Jerome Rose for 3 years. Martín García García began his piano studies at the age of 5 with teachers Natalia Mazoun and Ilyà Goldfarb. Before turning 12, he had already been recognized in numerous competitions such as the Piano Junior Barcelona in 2005, the Antón García Abril in Teruel in 2006, the Santa Cecilia Prize in Segovia in 2006, the Ciudad de San Sebastián in 2008, the Rotary International in Moscow in 2008, and the Permanent Competition of Spanish Youth Musicians in Alcalá de Henares in 2008.

The year 2022 marked an extraordinary turning point in his career, with over 70 concerts worldwide, performing in iconic venues like Carnegie Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid. Additionally, he released his first album “Chopin and His Master” in 2022, a production by the artist himself, recorded in the Fazioli piano factory’s hall in Sacile, Italy. The album includes works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin, reflecting the repertoire developed during the 21/22 season. The album is available on digital platforms and physically in Japan (Nippon Arts).

Martín García García, who holds a strong sense of responsibility and a commitment to serving humanity, approaches each concert with a profound purpose. Regardless of the venue’s size or the audience, he believes that there is a profound content to offer to each person who has chosen to come and listen.

PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BRAZOS VALLEY

This concert was sponsored by The Friends Association of Symphony Orchestra in loving memory of Jeannie Miller

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:

PROGRAM Notes

Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756; he died in Vienna, Austria on December 5, 1791. He conducted the premiere of his opera, Le nozze di Figaro, at the Burgtheater in Vienna on May 1, 1786.

Our concert opens with an energetic overture to one of Mozart’s most successful operas. It is obvious from the music that the opera is a comedy in which lovers are united and each character gets his just desserts in the end. Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte based the story on a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, which was controversial at the time because it ridiculed the aristocracy, and its heroes are servants.

Piano Concerto no.5 (“Emperor”) in E-flat major, Op.73

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Allegro

Adagio

Rondo

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany; he was baptized on December 16, 1770, and this date is typically given as his birthday (he might have been born days earlier). Pianist Friedrich Schneider played the premiere of Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany on November 28, 1811. Beethoven’s pupil, Carl Czerny, was the soloist of the concerto’s first performance in Vienna on February 12, 1812.

The “fortepiano” of Beethoven’s time was still rather delicate and brittle-sounding in comparison to the big, strong concert grand piano we know today. Beethoven stretched the expressive limits of the instrument as both a performer and a composer. To some extent this was due to deafness; he

PROGRAM Notes

pounded harder as the music became more difficult for him to hear. He would order instruments built to withstand this treatment. But that is not the whole story. He explored the entire range of the instrument, in terms of both notes and dynamics, and some of his piano music called for pitches beyond what was available on many keyboards of his time. Thus, the sturdy keyboard part of his Fifth Concerto holds its own against the orchestra’s larger forces even when played on a period instrument.

The pianist sets the piece in motion with cadenza-like scales, arpeggios, and flourishes; chords in the orchestra add punctuation. This Allegro (fast movement) is one of the longest first movements Beethoven ever wrote, yet constant thematic development and the interplay between the piano and orchestra keep it interesting. The lyrical Adagio (slow movement) begins with a hymn-like theme played on muted strings in a low range. It is in the key of B major, quite a distance tonally from E-flat major. A new rhythm in the piano, played over a pedal point held by the horn parts, ushers in the lively and expansive Rondo. Just before the end, the timpani engage in a duet with the piano.

There has been some speculation over the years about why this concerto is called “the Emperor.” Scholars believe that Beethoven did not have any particular emperor in mind. Any admiration he might have once had for emperors probably evaporated when the French army under Napoleon, which had already invaded Vienna in 1805, marched upon the city for the second time in 1809, while Beethoven was working on this concerto. The nickname was apparently given to the concerto much later, but it seems to fit the majestic character of the piece itself.

PROGRAM Notes

Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Andante—Allegro con anima

Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza

Valse. Allegro moderato (A major, 266 bars)

Finale. Andante maestoso–Allegro vivace

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia on May 7,1840 and he died in Saint Petersburg, Russia on November 6, 1893. He conducted the premiere of his Symphony no. 5 with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society at the Mariinsky Theater on November 17, 1888.

Tchaikovsky had the idea of composing a symphony in the spring of 1888, and even thought of a program on the concept of fate, or resignation. After several sketches, he seemed to have abandoned the program, and by August 1888 he had completed the work. He dedicated it to Theodor Avé-Lallemant, a noted musician and music teacher in Hamburg, Germany, he had met during a conducting tour.

The Symphony No. 5 is a cyclical work, in which the main theme appears in each of the four movements, thus unifying the whole. The low strings and winds state this somber theme in the slow introduction. A more animated version of this motif gives way to a multitude of thematic ideas. Some in the audience may recognize the slow, plaintive horn melody in the second movement, introduced by the horn. The main theme intrudes twice, but the lyricism resumes each time. The third movement, a waltz, illustrates the composer’s flair for instrumental color. One of its themes has a zig-zag motion. The main theme occurs at the end of the third movement.

PROGRAM Notes

The fourth movement brings the Symphony to its climax. Like the first movement, it begins with a slow instruction. However, whereas the overarching main theme is in E minor in the first movement, after some dramatic development it is eventually transformed into a triumphal march in E major in the Finale.

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BRAZOS VALLEY Symphony Orchestra

Violin I

Javier Chaparro

Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair

Erika Elder

Yi Ching Fong

Naomi Frausto

Letty Fuentes

Edward Ji

Jarred Kennedy

Kristin Mortenson

Chris Walters

Yuan Wu

Violin II

Adam Mikeal Principal

Laura Callon

Darbi Green

Jonathan Griffin

Natalie Mann

Sarah Mukadassi

Lucina Reyes

James Robertson

Viola

Luis Perez Principal

Paul Duston

John Holguin

Sam Lee

Omeed Manshouri

Carlo Mauricio

Cello

Jane McCormick Principal

Cony Knight

Tom Lawshae

Elizabeth Lee

Andrew Nguyen

Bass

Gaven Krase Principal

Sabrina Behrens

Ray Fisher

Christian Harvey

Andy Moritz

Flute

Penny Zent Principal

Jessica Borski-Owens

Nami Kimura

Oboe

Rebecca FairweatherHaskins Principal

Amy Burgus

Clarinet

Jill Stewart Principal

Mark Arritola

Bassoon

Eric Miller Principal

Sascha Plotkin

Horn

Mary McNeel Principal

Sarah Au

Paul Blackstone

Ben Carroll

Esteban Garcia

Trumpet

Phil Scoles Principal

Phil Holland

Trombone

Steven Vogel Principal

Ramiro Cortez

Bass Trombone

Michael Johnson Principal

Tuba

Larry Campbell Principal

Timpani

Todd Quinlan Principal

Investing in a Brazos Valley TREASURE . . .

If the symphony is important to you today, help make sure it continues for their tomorrow. When you include the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in your estate plans, you provide a foundation for great symphonic music to continue in the Brazos Valley for the next generation.

For more information, contact the Executive Director, Sandra Castañon, at 979-696-6100 or sandra@bvso.org

Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc

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

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

Gaines West

Penny Zent, Orchestra Chair

FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE Symphony Orchestra

For the past 39 years, an auxiliary organization called FASO (Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra) has provided the volunteer hours required to promote and stage the exciting Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra concerts you enjoy each season.

We invite you to become a member of FASO this year to help increase educational opportunities and appreciation for classical music in the Brazos Valley. Membership applications may be found on the symphony website: bvso.org/faso/

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2023-2024 FASO Officers

Sandy Farris - President

Becky Hall - President-Elect

Sue Lee - Past President

Sinead Dunne - 1st Vice President

Jennifer Wood - 2nd Vice President

Julie Flores - 3rd Vice President

Beth Pennebaker - Secretary

Anne Prescott - Treasurer

Karen Melvin, Julia Beazer, Kathy Brewer - Members-at-Large

Alice Hoelscher - TASO Representative

John and Venessa Ruth

Don Hellriegel

Sue Lee

Jim Singleton

Stephanie Sale

Marcelo Bussiki

Benton Cocanougher

Jerry Gaston

Becky and B. Don Russell

Andrew and Sarah Spellman

Betty Aycock

James Heilman and Nan

Reichel-Heilman

Brent Maxwell and Patricia

Burchfield

Tom and Sally McKnight

H. Thomas Reed

Satterfield Group

Debe and Scott Shafer

Terry and Carrie Thigpin

Pierce Cantrell

Stephanie Wells

Matthew and Amy Faulkner

Joe and Loretta Foster

Leigh and Melissa Gathings

Amanda Green

Michael and Carolyn Hall

Joe Ham and Penelope

Kosztolnyik

Jessica Lane

Jerry and Cathy Loving

Patricia McDermott

Spiros Vellas

Leslie Woods

At Derby Day 2023, the following generous donors contributed to the “Fund a Season” for the 2023-2024 Season

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

For more information on how you can play a crucial role in the future of the BVSO please contact the BVSO Office at: 979-696-6100 or office@bvso.org

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

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 & Jeannie Miller

Bookman & Florence Peters

Rose P. VanArsdel

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

Anonymous

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

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

BRONZE ($1,000 - $4,999)

Steven & Lisa Aldrich

Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Althea Bair-Sutherland

Briaud Financial Advisors

Jo Berg

Robert & Blanche Brick

Taylor & Cindy Craigen

Cydney Collier Donnell

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

Randi & Averyt Knapp

Celebrating Virginia & Russell Mays

Karen Kubena

Sue Lee

Claire & John Lillie

Marti Marberry & Thomas Roraff

John & Leslie Miller

Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios

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

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

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 September 29, 2023 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*

Sue Lee*

Jerry & Cathy Loving*

Jo Monroe

Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios*

John & Carol Nichols

Karen & Michael Pilant

Joyce Perkins

Dean & Dorothy Wichern

Grant & Wendy Wolfe

Rod & Penny Zent*

SYMPHONY SOCIETY Contributors

Michael J. King & Robin L. Altholz

Paul Boatright

Zou & Boyd Cherry

Tom & Lynda Henry

Jane Flaherty

Claude & Joanna Gibson

Albert & Mary Loudon

Fred & Cheryl Anderholm

Fuller & Gloria Bazer

Ryan & Kari Becker*

Robert & Blanche Brick*

David & Joanne Claridge

Ernest & Billie Elmendorf

David Dellwo & Nancy Inglis

Rand & Doris Watson

Peter Witt & Joyce Nies

Ann Wiatt

David & Valerie Woodcock

Ward & Diane Wells

Dick & Linda Witherite

The Estate of Arthur Wolfe

Gary & Judy Hart

Rodger Koppa

Randy & Kathy Payne*

Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink

Mark & Carol Sadoski

Robert & Katherine Thomas

Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel

Betty Aycock

Mark & Nancy Browning

Jared Datzman

Paul & Kathy de Figueiredo

Kim Feldman

Clifford & Alice Hoelscher

James Kracht

Andreas Kronenberg

Billy & Mary Jo Lay

John & Claire Lillie

In Memory of Bookman Peters

Werner Rose

Charles & Cindy Still

Shirley Watts

Thomas & Anne Wehrly

Karan Wester

George & Jan Woodward

In Memory of Victor Treat

Robert LeJeune Matthew & Merrilee Prochaska*

* Symphony Society Board Member

Concerts on

presents 41st Season . . .

SUNDAYS at 5:00pm in the Sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church

October 8, 2023

D’ACCORD

Dominique McCormick, soprano

Keith Weber, piano

March 3, 2024

Dr. Sarah Burke & Todd Quinlan, percussion

November 12, 2023

HARPBEATS

Harp Ensemble, University of North Texas

April 21, 2024

Chris Hoffman, piano

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MARTÍN GARCÍA PLAYS EMPEROR

Rudder Theatre

Oct 15, 2023 | 5pm

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

ILLUMINATIONS AND GLORY!

Rudder Theatre

Nov 5, 2023 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: The Clearfield Family Bach, Britten, Vivaldi

HOLIDAY POPS!

Christ Church

Dec 10, 2023 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: Becky and B. Don Russell

Your holiday favorites! What better way to get into the holiday spirit!

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Rudder Auditorium

Feb 18, 2024 | 5pm

Debussy, Ravel, Villa Lobos, Mussorgsky

HUNGARIAN DANCES

Rudder Theatre

Mar 24, 2024 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: The Ham Family Trust Brahms, Nino Rota

MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS

Rudder Auditorium

Apr 27, 2024 | 7pm

Concert Sponsor: Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc.

Celebrating the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, and Sir Paul McCartney

CARMEN

Rudder Theatre

Jan 21, 2024 | 5pm

Concert Sponsor: The Rea Charitable Trust

Manuel de Falla, Joaquin

Rodrigo, Georges Bizet

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