Martín García Plays Emperor | Oct. 15, 2023

THE

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28TH CONCERT SEASON 2023-2024

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

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

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

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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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FROM THE

President

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 10 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

CONCERT

Program Concert Sponsor:

The Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra: In Memory of Jeannie Miller

Martín García Plays Emperor Sunday, October 15, 2023 • 5:00pm Rudder Theatre Marcelo Bussiki, conductor Martín García García, piano

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K.492

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor”

Mozart

Beethoven

I. Allegro II. Adagio un poco mosso III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

• INTERMISSION •

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5 in E minor I. Andante – Allegro con anima – Molto piz più tranquillo II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza III. Valse: Allegro moderato IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – Meno mosso

This program made possible through the support of the Gilbert and Thyra Plass Charitable Trust and the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

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Guest

Artist

Martín García García

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.

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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.

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PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE BRAZOS VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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UPCOMING

Event

IIuminations and Glory!

November 5, 2023 at 5 PM Rudder Theatre

Featuring Bethany Clearfield, soprano Bronwen Forbay, soprano Galina Ivannikova, mezzo-soprano Texas A&M Century Singers Brazos Valley Chorale

Program Bach: Wedding Cantata Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major RV 589

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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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UPCOMING

Event

February 18, 2024 at 5 PM Rudder Auditorium

Embark on a captivating musical journey with the BVSO as they present an enchanting concert program, featuring Debussy's 'Clair de lune,' Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition,' and unique works by Ravel and Villa-Lobos, promising an unforgettable evening of sublime beauty and captivating storytelling through music.

Program Debussy Ravel Villa Lobos Mussorgsky

Clair de lune Le Tombeau de Couperin Bachianas brasileiras No.2, A247 Pictures at an Exhibition

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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 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 21

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.

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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.

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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.

Notes by Felicia Piscitelli

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BRAZOS VALLEY

Violin I

Symphony Orchestra

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

Trombone Steven Vogel Principal Ramiro Cortez

Bass Trombone Michael Johnson Principal

Tuba

Larry Campbell Principal

Timpani

Todd Quinlan Principal

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

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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.

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This program made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station and the City of Bryan through the Arts Council of Brazos Valley.

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

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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.

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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 Gaines West Penny Zent, Orchestra Chair

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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/

Follow us on Facebook at @faso2021

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 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 33

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

Joe and Loretta Foster

Don Hellriegel

Leigh and Melissa Gathings

Sue Lee

Amanda Green

Jim Singleton

Michael and Carolyn Hall

Stephanie Sale

Joe Ham and Penelope

Marcelo Bussiki

Kosztolnyik

Benton Cocanougher

Jessica Lane

Jerry Gaston

Jerry and Cathy Loving

Becky and B. Don Russell

Patricia McDermott

Andrew and Sarah Spellman

Spiros Vellas

Betty Aycock

Leslie Woods

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 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 35

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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 & 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 40 | 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

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

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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

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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* 44 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

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*

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

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

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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*

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