InTune: The Houston Symphony Magazine

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

JULY 2018

CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR: 12 A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES

DISTANT WORLDS: 16 MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY

DONOR & SUBSCRIBER APPRECIATION 20

THE MUSIC OF GEORGE MICHAEL

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Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles

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Letter to Patrons ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 Five Top Orchestra Picks for 2018-19 ������������������������������������������������ 10 Backstage Pass with Leonardo Soto �����������������������������������������������������56

Your Houston Symphony

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New Century Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Leadership Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Vision 2025 Implementation Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Houston Symphony Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Donor Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chorus Endowment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Young Associates Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Society Board of Trustees ���������������������������������������������������������������������������48 Corporate, Foundation and Government Partners ���������������������49 Capital Investments ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������50 Sustainability Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Houston Symphony Endowment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Legacy and Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 In-Kind Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Education and Community Engagement Donors . . . . . . . . . 54 Musician Sponsorships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Houston Symphony musicians reveal 5 of their top picks for the upcoming 2018-19 Season.

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We begin July 6 with Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles, whose title says it all—it’s an evening of the fab four’s favorites brought to life by the Symphony. Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY returns to Jones Hall on July 7, updated with music from the latest FINAL FANTASY games and with songs performed by Susan Calloway, the vocalist featured in the score to FINAL FANTASY XIV. On July 14, the orchestra celebrates a pop legend with The Music of George Michael, featuring Juan Pablo Di Pace of Netflix’s hit show Fuller House. We round out the month with Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony thundering through Jones Hall on July 20 and the world premiere of Apollo 13—Film with Live Orchestra right here in Space City on July 21.

Continuing our tradition of thanking our generous and steadfast supporters, this year’s Donor and Subscriber Appreciation concert will feature percussion virtuoso Ji Su Jung, Gold Medalist of the 2018 Ima Hogg Competition. The Appreciation concert will take place July 11 and is free for Houston Symphony donors and subscribers. You can donate or subscribe today at houstonsymphony.org.

If you’re new to the Symphony, check out our musicians’ top picks for our exciting 2018-19 Season on page 10. Thank you for joining us this month— and I look forward to welcoming you back to Jones Hall in September!

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ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA

M U S I C D I R E C T O R ROY AND LILLIE CULLEN CHAIR

Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his tenure in the 2014–15 season. He immediately established a dynamic presence on the podium and a deep bond with the musicians of the orchestra. He carefully curates his programs to feature engaging combinations of classical masterworks paired with the music of today, significant artistic collaborations with composers and guest artists, and innovative use of multimedia and visual effects, all in order to make meaningful connections with the audience.

In the 2017–18 season, Orozco-Estrada continued to engage with audiences both with casual commentary from the stage and discussions with guests in “Behind the Scenes with Andrés” videos. Upon the commercial release of the critically acclaimed Dvořák series featuring the composer’s last four symphonies, he and the orchestra recently released a Haydn— The Creation recording in collaboration with the Houston Symphony Chorus and a Music of the Americas disc featuring Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Piazzolla’s Tangazo and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Andrés began his musical studies on the violin and started conducting at age 15. At 19, he entered the renowned Vienna Music Academy, where he studied with Uroš Lajovic (pupil of the legendary Hans Swarowsky), and completed his degree with distinction conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. Andrés burst onto the international scene with two substitutions with the Vienna Philharmonic: the first, his debut in 2010, standing in for Esa-Pekka Salonen, and then in 2012, substituting for Riccardo Muti at the Musikverein. Andrés now regularly appears with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, the Orchestre National de France, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

His engagements for the 2017-18 season featured debuts at the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and the Staatskapelle Dresden with two concerts at the Salzburg Easter Festival. As a guest, he performed once again with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and with the Vienna Philharmonic, which he led on a tour to Paris and Budapest. In June 2018, he toured Asia for two weeks with his Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his post in Houston, Andrés is chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He was recently named music director of the Vienna Symphony as of the 2021-2022 season.

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ROSTER

ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair FIRST VIOLIN Position Vacant, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi** Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Jenna Barghouti*

DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray Michael Marks

TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Richard Harris TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman

PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz

BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal

ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz

VIOLA Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Jarita Ng Phyllis Herdliska

Community-Embedded Musicians David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin Anthony Parce, viola Hellen Weberpal, cello

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Jesse Clevenger*, Assistant Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton

FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner

SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Hitai Lee Mihaela Frusina Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Anastasia Sukhopara Tina Zhang** Jordan Koransky Lindsey Baggett* Katrina Bobbs Savitski*

CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee** James R. Denton** Yewon Ahn*

Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor, Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss

CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin

HARP Megan Conley, Principal**

E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Elise Wagner

KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal *Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

CONTRABASSOON Position Vacant

Orchestra Personnel Manager Michael Gorman

Librarian Thomas Takaro

Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Position Vacant

Assistant Librarians Hae-a Lee Michael McMurray

Stage Manager Mark Grady

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CHORUS

HOUSTON SYMPHONY

Anna Diemer Chorus Manager Scott Holshouser Accompanist Tony Sessions Librarian/Stage Manager

Betsy Cook Weber Director

The Houston Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber since 2014, is the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony and consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, members of this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world’s great choral-orchestral masterworks under the batons of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Shaw and Helmut Rilling, among many others.

In addition, the Chorus enjoys participating in the Houston Symphony’s popular programming under the batons of conductors such as Steven Reineke and Michael Krajewski. Recently, the ensemble sang the closing subscription concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic.

Singers are selected for specific programs for which they have indicated interest. A singer might choose to perform in all 45 concerts, as was the case in a recent season, or might elect to participate in a single series. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers. The Houston Symphony Chorus will hold its next round of auditions on August 9.

Please contact anna.diemer@houstonsymphony.org for details.

Betsy Cook Weber | Houston Symphony Chorus, Director Dr. Betsy Cook Weber was appointed Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 2014. She also serves as professor of Music and director of Choral Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music.

Betsy is in high demand as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer and has conducted performances in more than half the states in the United States. Internationally, she has conducted acclaimed, prize-winning performances in France, Wales, Germany and the Czech Republic. She is editor of the Betsy Cook Weber Choral Series with Alliance Music Publishing, and in 2013, she became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. Betsy holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College and the University of Houston.

CHORUS ROSTER | REHEARSAL CONDUCTOR Ben May 1

ROSTER Melissa Adams1,2 David Alfaro-Lopez1 Ramona Alms 2 Kelli Amick2 Christina Aranda1,2 Enrique Barrera III1 Randy Boatright1 Criselda Bocanegra2 Joanne Bonasso2 Jonathan Bordelon1 Janene Bostwick2 Jennifer Breneman2 Cameron Carnley1 Nicole Catoire2 Tsung-Yen Chang1 Nancy Christopherson 2 6 | Houston Symphony

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Victoria Crossan 2 Anna Diemer2 Nadiah Eleskandrany1,2 Raymond Fonseca1 Katie Fry1 Rachel Gehman1,2 Hannah Gronseth1,2 Jennifer Harris2 Scott Hassett1 Sean Holshouser1 Sean Jackson1 Timothy Joya1 Michael Kapinus1 Brionne Kelly 2 Chris Kersten1 Michael Kessler1 Elizabeth Kragas2 Karen King-Ellis 2 Gillian Kruse1 Anthony Larson1

Laura Lee 2 Yang Li 2 Diana Lombard1 Caroline Marcus 2 Laura Martin 2 Melissa Medina1,2 Saleel Menon1 Teonna Murphy1,2 Theresa Olin1,2 Alyssa Orlando1,2 Sydney Peltier1,2 Chantel Potvin 2 Julianne Preddy 2 Lauren Price 2 Liz Pruett 2 Jessica Rangel1 Natalia Rawle1,2 Rachel Rentz1,2 Douglas Rodenberger1 Carolyn Rogan 2

Grace Roman 2 Angela Seaman 2 Claire Sewell1,2 Debra Siebert 2 Jeff Simmons1 Brian Smith1 Melissa Smith1 Ryan Stickney1 Ashley Stouffer1 Alisa Tobin 2 Marin Trautman 2 Yen-Kuei (Peter) Tu1 Jeanna Villanueva1 Mary Voigt 2 Christine Voss1,2 Brady Weldon1 Lee Williams1 Jessie Wong 2 Victoria Zielinski1,2 Jessica Zuniga 2

STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE

The Houston Symphony Administrative Staff is made up of 68 full-time and part-time professionals who work diligently behind-the-scenes to ensure all operations within the organization are run effectively and efficiently.

This inspiring team is dedicated to bringing the great music of the Houston Symphony to our community.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP

FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION/IT/HR

John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO,

Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Trazanna Moreno, Chief Marketing Officer Mary Beth Mosley, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer/

Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Molly Simpson, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer/ Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts

Lucy Alejandro, Senior Accountant Angela Alfred, Director of Planning and Analysis Caitlin Boake, IT Associate Brittany Eckert, Support Engineer Joel James, Senior HR Manager Mateo Lopez, Accounting Clerk Anthony Stringer, IT Associate Christian Swearingen, Payroll and Accounts Payable Analyst Justine Townsend, Director of Finance Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/HR Coordinator

Gregg Gleasner, Senior Artistic Advisor Christine Kelly-Weaver, Executive Assistant/Board Liaison

MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS/PATRON SERVICES

DEVELOPMENT Michael Arlen, Associate Director,

Individual Giving and Major Gifts Liam Bonner, Manager, Annual Giving Groups Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund Julie Busch, Development Associate, Special Projects &

Liaison to the Chief Development Officer Irma M. Carrillo, Development Manager, Gifts and Records Timothy Dillow, Director, Special Events Amanda T. Dinitz, Major Gifts Officer Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Associate, Institutional Giving Rachel Klaassen, Manager, Special Events Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations Michelle Montabana, Development Assistant,

Gifts, Records and Planned Giving Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Christina Trunzo, Associate Director,

Foundation & Government Grants EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING Allison Conlan, Director, Education Emily Nelson, Associate Director,

Education and Community Programming Garrett Shaw, Education & Community Programming Coordinator

Mark Bailes, Patron Service Representative Shelby Banda, Patron Service Representative Calvin Dotsey, Communications Specialist Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Elizabeth Faulkinberry, Front of House Manager Samuel Garcia, Patron Service Representative Kristin Hawkins, Graphic Designer Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Melanie O'Neill, Creative Specialist Sarah Rendón, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Mireya Reyna, Public Relations Coordinator Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Ashley Rodriguez, Patron Services Senior Representative Katie Sejba, Senior Director, Marketing & Sales Marylu Treviño, Digital Communications Manager Linsey Whitehead, Director, Creative Services Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services OPERATIONS/ARTISTIC Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador Becky Brown, Director, Operations Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager Jessica Fertinel, Assistant to the Music Director Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Mark Grady, Stage Manager Hae-a Lee, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Karoline Melstveit, Artistic Assistant Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Brad Sayles, Recording Engineer Thomas Takaro, Librarian Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Administrator

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New Century Society FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION The New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation recognizes the Houston Symphony’s most committed and loyal supporters who have pledged their leadership support over a three-year period to help secure the orchestra’s financial future.

For more information or to pledge your support for New Century Society, please contact: Mary Beth Mosley, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer /Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, 713.337.8521 Molly Simpson, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer /Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526 Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Clare Attwell Glassell Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Mr. John N. Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp Barbara J. Burger Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch The Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Joan and Marvin Kaplan Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Houston Methodist Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Rand Group Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Steven & Nancy Williams

Baker Botts L.L.P. Beauchamp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Viviana & David Denechaud/ Sidley Austin LLP Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Dave & Alie Pruner Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer

Leadership COUNCIL Leadership Council donors have committed $45,000 or more in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events over a three-year period ($15,000+ annually).

Danielle & Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby The Elkins Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman

The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Rita & Paul Morico

Susan & Edward Osterberg Ken* & Carol Lee Robertson Michael J. Shawiak Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber

Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. *deceased

For more information or to pledge your support for the Leadership Council, please contact: Mary Beth Mosley, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer /Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, 713.337.8521 Molly Simpson, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer /Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526

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Vision

2025 Implementation Fund

Vision 2025, the Houston Symphony’s ten-year Strategic Plan, describes our vision to be America’s most relevant and accessible top ten orchestra by 2025.

Since the plan was launched in 2015, the Houston Symphony has received generous contributions from hundreds of donors in support of the Vision 2025 Implementation Fund which surpassed $10 million in donations in the 2017-18 season. The fund includes support of specific initiatives that advance the goals of the Strategic Plan, such as:

• The orchestra’s first multi-city European Tour in 20 years.

• New and expanded education and community programming like the industry-leading Community-Embedded Musicians initiative.

• Commissioning and recording initiatives like our cycle of late Dvořák symphonies, Music of the Americas, Haydn's The Creation, and Berg: Wozzeck, which recently earned the Houston Symphony’s first Grammy Award®.

In addition, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, donors have also supported the Symphony’s Harvey Recovery Fund, allowing us to continue to work toward our vision during a challenging time. We are honored by their generous support. $1 MILLION OR MORE Rochelle & Max Levit

$500,000-$999,999

Janice Barrow The Brown Foundation, Inc. Barbara J. Burger Janet F. Clark The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

$250,000-$499,999

The Cullen Foundation Clare Attwell Glassell Mr. John N. Neighbors C. Howard Pieper Foundation Spec's Charitable Foundation Shirley W. Toomim

$100,000-$249,999

Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Elkins Foundation The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Janice & Robert McNair Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Mike Stude Oliver Wyman

$75,000-$99,999

Beauchamp Foundation League of American Orchestras M. D. Anderson Foundation Lisa & Jerry Simon

$50,000-$74,999

Robin Angly & Miles Smith BBVA Compass Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Jay & Shirley Marks Nancy & Robert Peiser Dave & Alie Pruner Alice & Terry Thomas The William Stamps Farish Fund Anonymous (1)

$25,000-$49,000

Gary & Marian Beauchamp The Boeing Company Justice Brett & Erin Busby Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi/ Kalsi Engineering Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Beth Madison Rita & Paul Morico Michael J. Shawiak Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Vinson & Elkins, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Ellen A. Yarrell

$15,000-24,999

Ralph Burch The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation Viviana & David Denechaud Eugene Fong Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Christina & Mark Hanson Debbie & Frank Jones Dr. Stewart Morris Katie & Bob Orr / Oliver Wyman Donna & Tim Shen Tad & Suzanne Smith Texas Commission on the Arts Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Judith Vincent Vicki West Daisy S. Wong / JCorp

$10,000-$14,999

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation BB&T Cameron Management Virginia A. Clark Brad & Joan Corson Houston First Corporation Marzena & Jacek Jaminski Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Michelle & Jack Matzer Mrs. Sybil F. Roos

Laura & Mike Shannon Spir Star, Ltd. United Airlines Anonymous (1)

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ORCHESTRA PICKS for the 2018-19 season

After a busy July full of fun summer concerts, our musicians will take a well-deserved rest in August as they get ready for the Houston Symphony’s action-packed 105th Season.

Looking ahead to the start of our exciting 2018-19 Season in September, we asked them which concerts they are most looking forward to. Here are a few of their top picks.

Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

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September 13, 15 & 16

I'm looking forward to the performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. In the first movement, as in most epic tales, you suddenly feel a journey has started, and there's no turning back. The piece in live performance takes on a life of its own.

Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal Viola

Carmina Burana

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March 29, 30 & 31 Well, I have to admit that I'm particularly looking forward to bringing the D'Albert Cello Concerto to our Houston audiences. It's a piece I really love. Paired with Carmina Burana on the second half, I think this concert will be really exciting for our audiences—it certainly will be for me!

Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

Brinton Averil Smith Principal Cello

Andrés Orozco-Estrada Music Director

Ella Fitzgerald Songbook

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February 15, 16 & 17 Ella Fitzgerald Songbook.

I love the music and the singers!

Anne Leek, Associate Principal Oboe

Joshua Bell performing and conducting. In addition to being one of finest musicians on the planet, Josh is personally one of my best friends, so having him in town means great music and great fun! — William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Joshua Bell Violin

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Bell Plays Beethoven March 15, 16 & 17

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue JANUARY 4, 5 & 6

In addition to playing the famous opening clarinet solo from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, I’m looking forward to another piece on that program: Milhaud’s La creation du monde (The Creation of the World). It‘s very jazzy, includes saxophone and is truly chamber music. It’s terrific! — Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet

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SUMMER SERIES at JONES HALL

CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR: A Tribute to The Beatles FRI, July 6, 7:30 PM

DISTANT WORLDS: music from FINAL FANTASY SAT, July 7, 7:30 PM

The Music of GEORGE MICHAEL SAT, July 14, 7:30 PM

BEETHOVEN 5

The Houston Symphony’s 2018-19 subscription season begins in the fall, but you can still hear the Symphony this summer thanks to the return of the Bank of America Summer Series at Jones Hall.

The 2018 Summer Series includes five performances that are sure to delight fans of blockbuster movies, video games and legendary pop music.

On July 6, we present Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles, with more than two dozen of the Fab Four’s tunes performed by the orchestra. Then, on July 7, back by popular demand, international concert phenomenon Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY returns to Jones Hall as fans of the popular video game series enjoy a multimedia spectacle under the direction of Grammy Award® winner Arnie Roth. On July 14, The Music of George Michael pays tribute to the pop superstar whose songs dominated the charts in the ’80s and ’90s. The final weekend of the Series features a timeless masterpiece, Beethoven’s Fifth, on July 20 and the first-ever performance of Apollo 13—Film with Live Orchestra on July 21.

Bank of America’s generosity in supporting these concerts continues its long partnership with the Houston Symphony and service to Greater Houston. The company has been a leading champion of the Symphony since 1993, nurturing activities ranging from the Symphony’s Annual Fund, special events for education and community programming and the Young Associates Council.

Bank of America Houston President Hong Ogle says, “The arts matter: they help economies thrive, help individuals connect with each other across cultures and educate and enrich societies. On a global scale, the arts speak to us in a universal language that provides pathways to greater cultural understanding.”

The Houston Symphony is grateful to Bank of America for its outstanding support. Please join us in thanking the bank and its staff by attending one of the thrilling concerts of the Bank of America Summer Series at Jones Hall.

FRI, July 20, 7:30 PM

APOLLO 13 WORLD PREMIERE Film with Live Orchestra SAT, July 21, 7:30 PM

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CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES Friday

July 6, 2018

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Jason Seber, conductor Jim Owen, guitar, piano, vocalist Tony Kishman, bass, piano, vocalist *Tom Teely, guitar, vocalist *Doug Cox, drums, vocalist *Houston Symphony debut

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE. THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION.

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Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES Summer Series at Jones Hall

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Jason Seber | conductor Known for his affable and engaging approach, Jason Seber is currently the David T. Beals III associate conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. After a highly successful initial season as assistant conductor in 2016-17, Jason was promoted to associate conductor. He continues to lead the Kansas City Symphony in nearly 70 performances each season for Classics Uncorked, Pops, Family, Screenland at the Symphony, Young People’s Concerts, Kinderkonzerts, Link Up, Christmas Festival, Symphony in the Flint Hills and a multitude of other programs in the Kansas City community. He also serves as cover conductor for Michael Stern and guest conductors on the Classical series.

Prior to his appointment with the Kansas City Symphony, Jason served as education and outreach conductor of the Louisville Orchestra for three seasons and music director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra. Jason previously served as assistant conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and the National Repertory Orchestra. He has collaborated in performances with artists ranging from Jinjoo Cho, Christopher O’Riley, Conrad Tao, Lisa Vroman and Joyce Yang to Boyz II Men, Peter Cetera, Melissa Etheridge, Ben Folds, Brian Stokes Mitchell, My Morning Jacket, Aoife O’Donovan, Doc Severinsen and Bobby Watson. The 201819 season will feature collaborations with Andrew Bird, Leslie Odom Jr., Patti Austin, Lyle Lovett and Pink Martini.

Jason has guest conducted the Houston, Charleston (South Carolina), Colorado, Indianapolis, Mansfield, National and Windsor (Ontario) orchestras, as well as the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. He recently led the WorldStrides Honors Performance Series Orchestra in concerts at the Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall. This summer, in addition to this return visit to Houston, he guest conducts the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.

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Classical Mystery Tour : A Tribute to the Beatles | vocalists Since its initial performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center (now renamed Segerstrom Center for the Arts) in 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has become the number one symphony pops attraction. The group has performed consistently for more than 20 years with more than 100 orchestras in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. The group played to packed houses at the Sydney Opera House and has performed with America’s most prestigious orchestras: the Houston Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, among many others.

The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes performed exactly as they were originally recorded.

Hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet, enjoy the classical/rock blend on “I Am the Walrus” and relish the cascading orchestral crescendo of “A Day in the Life.” Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles—from early Beatles music on through the solo years—like you've never heard them before. Many have called it “the best show the Beatles never did!”

The Los Angeles Times called Classical Mystery Tour “more than just an incredible simulation...the swelling strings and soaring French horn lines gave the live performance a high goose-bump quotient...the crowd stood and bellowed for more.”

Classical Mystery Tour CDs and T-shirts are available for purchase at classicalmysterytour.com. The group is usually available after performances to autograph CDs and programs.

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DISTANT WORLDS MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY Saturday

July 7, 2018

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Arnie Roth, conductor *Susan Calloway, vocalist Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Weber Cook, director *Houston Symphony debut

N. Uematsu/S. Miyano Uematsu/S. Hamaguchi Uematsu/A. Roth-E. Roth Uematsu/Miyano-K. Fukui Uematsu/Arr. Hamaguchi Uematsu/Arr. Hamaguchi M. Soken/Y. Suzuki Uematsu/HamaguchiT. Narita Uematsu/Arr. Roth-Roth Uematsu/Hamaguchi

Prelude to FINAL FANTASY Series Liberi Fatali from FINAL FANTASY VIII Victory Theme from FINAL FANTASY Series Kiss Me Good-bye from FINAL FANTASY XII Dear Friends from FINAL FANTASY V Vamo’ alla Flamenco from FINAL FANTASY IX HEAVENSWARD from FINAL FANTASY XIV *Melissa Medina, vocalist

Eyes on Me from FINAL FANTASY VIII Chocobo Medley 2012 from FINAL FANTASY Series Opening – Bombing Mission from FINAL FANTASY VII I N T E R M I S S I O N

Uematsu Y. Shimomura/Arr. Miyano Uematsu M. Hamauzu Uematsu/Arr. Hamaguchi Uematsu Uematsu/Arr. Hamauzu Uematsu Uematsu/Narita Uematsu/Hamaguchi

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The Man With the Machine Gun from FINAL FANTASY VIII Apocalypsis Noctis from FINAL FANTASY XV Zephyr Memories -Legend of the Eternal Wind- from FINAL FANTASY III Fang’s Theme from FINAL FANTASY XIII Aerith’s Theme from FINAL FANTASY VII Not Alone from FINAL FANTASY IX Hymn of the Fayth from FINAL FANTASY X Zanarkand from FINAL FANTASY X Answers from FINAL FANTASY XIV Main Theme from FINAL FANTASY Series

Did you know?

• The iconic theme that recurs throughout the RPG series was actually a last-minute request from the video game’s creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Composer Nobuo Uematsu completed The Prelude or Crystal Theme in just under 10 minutes.

• The widely-known rock anthem of the FINAL FANTASY series, “OneWinged Angel,” was influenced by an actual rock ‘n’ roll anthem. Nobuo Uematsu has stated that “One-Winged Angel” is directly inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.”

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES Summer Series at Jones Hall

Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation’s 50 th anniversary in 2015.

Arnie Roth | conductor Music director Arnie Roth is a Grammy®-winning artist known for his work with diverse performers, including Il Divo, Diana Ross, Jewel, The Irish Tenors, Charlotte Church, Peter Cetera and Dennis DeYoung.

Arnie has conducted here and at the London, National, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Winnipeg, BBC, Czech National and Sydney Symphony Orchestras; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the San Francisco and San Diego Symphonies; the Joffrey Ballet; the Ravinia Festival; and the Royal Stockholm and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras.

Arnie is well known in the world of video game music for his work with Nobuo Uematsu and Square Enix as music director and conductor of “Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY,” “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” “More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY” and “VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY,” as well as for his role as music director and conductor of “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony.” He was the winner of the Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premier Awards for his score for the film Barbie™ as Rapunzel and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his original song “Shine” from the movie Barbie™ in the 12 Dancing Princesses.

Arnie has produced dozens of best-selling CDs. For more information, visit www.awrmusic.com.

Nobuo Uematsu | composer Nobuo Uematsu is one of the most celebrated composers in the video game field. He has achieved global recognition for his work on the FINAL FANTASY series, which has been performed by world-class orchestras around the world. He has been recognized as a major contributor in the increasing appreciation and awareness of video game music. A prime example is the "FINAL FANTASY VIII" theme song, "Eyes on Me,” which he composed and produced.

His song featured Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong and sold a record 400,000 copies. It also won Song of the Year (Western Music) at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1999, which was the first time music from a video game attained this illustrious honor. The music from the game series has become so renowned that Nobuo Uematsu was named as one of the "Innovators" in Time magazine's "Time 100: the Next Wave Music" feature.

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Susan Calloway | vocalist A classically trained musician, Susan Calloway joins Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY as an exciting addition to her career as an awardwinning pop singer and songwriter.

Susan's commanding voice first caught the attention of Grammy® Awardwinner Arnie Roth and the celebrated FINAL FANTASY composer Nobuo Uematsu a few years ago. Strongly believing that her vocals would compliment Distant Worlds I: Music from FINAL FANTASY, Susan performed “Distant Worlds” on the first audio CD. She has been featured on two additional Distant Worlds CDs produced by Roth, performing “Melodies of Life,” “Suteki da ne,” “Answers” and “Kiss Me Good-Bye.” Susan's first video game feature for FINAL FANTASY came when Nobuo asked her to sing his new theme song for FINAL FANTASY XIV, “Answers,” making her a permanent part of the franchise. This spectacular seven-minute piece has become a FINAL FANTASY fan favorite at performances and on the most recent Distant Worlds CD. In 2015, Susan recorded a second theme song “Dragonsong” for FINAL FANTASY XIV extension HEAVENSWARD, and most recently a third theme, “Revolutions” for FINAL FANTASY XIV Extension Stormblood. Both of these themes received high praise from fans.

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Now a familiar and celebrated addition to the game franchise, Susan has taken to the stage as the featured soloist for the Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY World Tour, performing sold-out performances in cities all over the world.

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As her voice continues to win her devoted fans across the globe, many video game fans have embraced Susan's own music as a singer/songwriter and recording artist. Her single, “Time for This,” was released in March 2017 and enjoyed a frontpage feature on iTunes, received rave reviews from the press and was awarded “Song of the Year” by the Los Angeles Music Critic Award Association.

With more than one million website visits and thousands of followers, she is currently in the studio working on a full-length CD. For more information on Susan's music, tour schedule or press inquiries, please visit susancalloway.com.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY | Program Notes

Program NOTES Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

About SQUARE ENIX, Inc.

AWR Music Productions, LLC is proud to present the official symphony concert world-tour Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY. Launched in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY, this concert tour features the music of Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu and is conducted by Grammy® award-winner Arnie Roth. This multimedia experience matches stirring screen images with the soaring emotions of a symphony orchestra performing music from SQUARE ENIX’S world-renowned FINAL FANTASY video game series.

SQUARE ENIX, Inc. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content throughout the Americas as part of the SQUARE ENIX Group. The SQUARE ENIX Group operates a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY, which has sold more than 100 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold more than 62 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold more than 35 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®.

History After the success of the 2002 FINAL FANTASY concert held in Japan, SQUARE ENIX announced a six-city, seven-show tour of Japan in 2004 entitled “Tour de Japon: music from FINAL FANTASY.” The first stateside concert, “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” followed on May 10, 2004, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA and sold out in three days. It featured music from SQUARE ENIX’S world-renowned FINAL FANTASY video game series, performed by the acclaimed Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

The positive reception of this performance gave rise to the 2005 U.S. concert tour, “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY.” Uematsu’s award-winning music was then featured in “More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY” in Los Angeles at the Universal Amphitheatre. Later that year, the “VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY” concert took place in Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic under the direction of Music Director Arnie Roth.

Video game music has grown increasingly popular. Music plays an integral role in today’s games, enhancing the players’ overall experience. While still a growing market, video game soundtracks are now sold in major outlets and include a variety of genres such as rock, hip-hop, electronica, classical compositions and songs performed by popular artists. The FINAL FANTASY soundtracks, which are original compositions, are so popular Time magazine named series composer Nobuo Uematsu a notable “Innovator” in its recent “Time 100: the Next Wave Music” feature. SQUARE ENIX hopes to pioneer awareness and appreciation not only of its own musical creations, but also of video game music throughout the industry.

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DONOR & SUBSCRIBER APPRECIATION Wednesday

July 11, 2018

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Robert Franz, conductor Ji Su Jung, marimba, Gold medal winner, 2018 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition

Brahms/ A. Parlow E. Séjourné

Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

ca. 5

Concerto for Marimba and Strings

II Tempo souple, L = 63 III L = 112 or more if possible, rhythmique, énergique

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Rachmaninoff

Symphonic Dances, Opus 45

I Non allegro

II Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) III Lento assai—Allegro vivace

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Did you know?

• Rachmaninoff consulted his friend Robert Russell Bennett regarding the notation of the saxophone solo in Symphonic Dances.

Bennett, who would orchestrate The Sound of Music, later recalled: “...he stopped the car, turned to me, and said ‘I start on A sharp?’ I said, ‘That's right,’ and he said ‘Right’ and drove on out to his place.”

Donor & Subscriber Appreciation | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES Robert Franz | conductor Robert Franz, acclaimed as a first-rate conductor and award-winning educator, is recognized as a creative force by critics, composers and audiences of all ages. Composer Bright Sheng praised Robert for his “extremely musical and passionate approach towards music making,” and critics hail his “masterly pace, emphasis and technical control.”

DEAR HOUSTON SYMPHONY FAMILY MEMBER

Thanks to valued Symphony family members like you, the 2017-18 Season was a triumph. Despite beginning the season with Hurricane Harvey, the Houston Symphony won its first-ever Grammy Award®, completed a critically acclaimed European tour, released two new recordings and brought music to hundreds of thousands in the Houston community.

This orchestra’s remarkable strength and resilience would not be possible without the incredible enthusiasm and generosity of patrons like you.

As you listen to tonight’s concert, please know that every note is for you. We look forward to sharing our music with you again in the fall as we begin our exciting 105th season, which promises to bring the orchestra to new heights. Thank you for all you do for the Houston Symphony. Please enjoy this performance in your honor.

Gratefully, The musicians and staff of your Houston Symphony For a list of Houston Symphony donors, please visit page 36.

JEFF FITLOW

This Donor and Subscriber Appreciation Concert is for you, in gratitude for all you do for the orchestra.

This season, Robert celebrates ten years as Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony. A tireless ambassador for children’s musical education, he continues to work toward the Symphony’s goal of serving more than 100,000 students by the year 2025.

His steady progress has almost doubled attendance during his tenure. Last season, he was the first member of the Symphony’s conducting staff honored with the Raphael Fliegel Award for Visionary Leadership, in recognition of his success in advancing the Symphony’s educational and community engagement activities. He leads the orchestra in a broad range of creative educational and family concerts, including its summer neighborhood concert series and an outreach program dedicated to bringing music to all Houston communities.

Robert’s expressive and incisive style has placed him in increasing demand as a guest conductor with many renowned orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis and Victoria Symphonies, and Italy’s Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina.

ASCAP has recognized Robert on two occasions for his advocacy in arts education. Under his direction, both the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra were awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming. The Louisville Orchestra’s award led to the creation of Creating Music and Stories, an education program for Kentucky Educational Television.

Robert’s expertise in music education was recognized by the Idaho Legislature when he was invited to speak about its importance to the education committee.

He was also invited to speak at the League of American Orchestras conference on the topic of New Music: Opportunities to Broaden Audiences.

In addition to his current post in Houston, he is music director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra.

Robert also served as music director of the Boise Philharmonic (2008–16) and the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio (2003–10), resident conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2005–09) and associate conductor of the Louisville Orchestra (1997-2006).

Robert received his Master of Music degree in conducting and his Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Please visit robertfranz.com.

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Ji Su Jung | marimba, Gold medal winner,

2018 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition As an advocate for modern percussion art, Ji Su Jung has a distinctive voice instantly recognizable for its lyricism and insight. Having begun her studies at age 3, her exceptional potential quickly blossomed into a professional musical voice leading her to performances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and throughout the U.S. East Coast.

In 2014, she was chosen through a national audition to be the percussionist at the renowned Yellow Barn, where she played with legendary artists such as Gilbert Kalish and Roger Tapping.

In 2015, she became a Young Artist in Residence on Performance Today. Her highly successful concert for children while in Minnesota demonstrated her love for bringing classical music to young audiences.

As a laureate at PercussiveLinz International Marimba Competition in Austria, she joined an elite roster of solo artists endorsing the Adams line of concert marimbas. Through her endorsement contract with the Vic Firth mallet and drumstick company, she has made numerous performance videos that have garnered a quarter million views on the company’s website. Ji Su Jung is presently a graduate student at the Yale School of Music.

Program NOTES Hungarian Dances Nos. 6 and 5

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Johannes Brahms had a lifelong love of the style hongroise, a style of music popular in Hungary that was heavily influenced by Romani (gypsy) music. As a young composer, Brahms learned many of the tunes that would find their way into his Hungarian Dances from Hungarian friends; others he heard played by musicians in Vienna’s cafes. Though he slipped a few of his own original melodies into his collection, Brahms always insisted on being credited as the arranger of the Hungarian Dances, not the composer, since the Dances were based on preexisting themes. He would entertain friends with fiery, quasi-improvised renditions of them for many years before publishing them in arrangements for piano four hands.

The first set, published in 1869, proved incredibly popular, but unfortunately some of the melodies were not anonymous folksongs, but fairly recent compositions still under copyright. This brought Brahms some legal trouble, but ultimately his inspired arrangements eclipsed the original versions. Almost immediately, the Dances were arranged for many different instruments and ensembles; the orchestrations by Brahms’ contemporary Albert Parlow are among the most often performed today.

Critics have praised Dance No. 6 (based on a song by one Adolf Nittinger) for its hesitations and shifting tempos, which give musicians great expressive freedom. Among the most famous of the Hungarian Dances, the hot-blooded Dance No. 5 is based on a tune by the Hungarian composer Béla Kéler. It is written in the style of a czárdás, a kind of music historically associated with military recruitment in Hungary. Both dances employ an A-B-A structure in which the main dance surrounds a contrasting middle section.

The Instruments: flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion and strings

Concerto for Marimba and Strings

Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961)

Emmanuel Séjourné is a French composer and percussionist who has produced a number of evocative works that have become staples of the percussion repertoire. Among his most popular compositions is his Concerto for Marimba and Strings, composed in 2006 for Romanian percussionist Bogdan Bacanu. The concerto’s lyric beauty, powerful yet concise form and virtuoso writing for the marimba have won it hundreds of performances around the world. Though Séjourné composed an additional opening movement for the concerto in 2015, our soloist will perform the original, two-movement version tonight.

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concerto tradition with 20th-century popular song. Its mood seems to resonate particularly with the saudade (nostalgic, melancholy longing) of Portuguese and Brazilian music.

The slow first movement begins with a moody introduction from the strings, which leads to an intense solo for the marimba. The cellos then intone the lyrical, melancholy first theme of the movement.

The marimba later introduces a second main idea: a figure marked by pulsing chords. A passage featuring solo strings leads back to the first theme, now in a more intense guise in the violins. The second, pulsing idea then returns forte, but dies away to a coda marked “fragile, naïve.”

Fast, repeated notes in the strings begin the dancing finale. This striking figure forms the main theme of the movement, cascading through the orchestra amid the soloist’s virtuoso passagework.

Accompanied by pizzicato cellos and basses, the soloist then introduces a rhythmic second theme in an irregular meter, which adds a subtle tension to the music. The main theme returns to a more regular meter, but the irregular beat pattern reappears when the strings begin a dancing, rhythmic vamp, above which the soloist plays a singing melody. After the main theme returns, the second theme also reappears, but with a beat added, resolving the tension just in time for the concerto’s thrilling conclusion.

The Instruments: strings

Symphonic Dances, Opus 45

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) After fleeing Russia with his family and a few possessions during the Revolution of 1917, Rachmaninoff dedicated the rest of his career to the piano. Though the grueling tours he made each year as a traveling virtuoso were the fastest and surest way to recoup his family’s lost fortune, his concert schedule left little time for composing; during the last 26 years of his life, he would only finish six original compositions. Completed at age 67, Symphonic Dances would be his last. He wrote it while staying at a quiet estate on Long Island during the summer of 1940, as the Battle of Britain raged on the other side of the Atlantic.

When asked about his new piece by a reporter, Rachmaninoff offered a typically cryptic answer: “A composer always has his own ideas of his works, but I do not believe that he should ever reveal them.” Rachmaninoff did leave a few clues as to “his own ideas,” however, in the form of musical quotations and the suggestive movement titles “Noon,” “Twilight” and “Midnight,” which Rachmaninoff supplied for a ballet adaptation of the work that never materialized.

After a quiet, almost hesitant opening, the first movement (“Noon”) launches into a forceful dance. Quieter woodwind solos then lead to one of the most famous saxophone solos in the

orchestral literature: a long, haunting melody that is later taken up by the violins and cellos. Marked misterioso, a bass clarinet solo initiates a strange, fantastical development. The fierce opening dance returns, but dissipates as shimmering, tremolo strings introduce a dreamy coda.

The violins then play a quotation from Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony, a brilliant work that tragically met with failure at its premiere in 1897 and remained unknown until after Rachmaninoff’s death. In his First Symphony, the theme functions as an ominous, Tchaikovskian “fate” motif that recurs throughout the work—indeed, its first four notes bear a strong resemblance to those of the Dies irae, a medieval chant that became a musical symbol of death. Here, however, it sounds like a wistful memory.

The “Twilight” second movement begins with a figure played by muted brass instruments; it stands like a gate leading into a world of memories. This figure recurs throughout the movement, demarcating a series of ghostly waltzes. By 1940, the waltz was a dance of the past; the movement seems to evoke memories of a vanished epoch, perhaps prerevolutionary Russia. Near the end, the waltz swells to a ghastly climax, and the music accelerates to a powerful rhythmic passage. This quickly collapses, however, and the movement ends with fragments of the waltz.

The “Midnight” finale begins with a flashing chord for full orchestra followed by sighing woodwinds. This introduction leads to a fast, fantastical main theme. Though its influence is subtle at first, the Dies irae permeates this movement: this is a dance of death. Another force is also at work, however; the Dies irae is answered by a vigorous, march-like theme played by the lower strings, as if in imitation of a men’s chorus. Indeed, this theme is a traditional Russian Orthodox chant that Rachmaninoff used in his All-Night Vigil, a major sacred choral work he composed in 1915. In the original, the melody sets praises of the divine, ending with the words “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to you, God.” The Alleluia theme builds to a dramatic fanfare for full orchestra.

The sighing introduction then returns to begin a slower, contrasting middle section. The Dies irae now appears lugubriously in the cellos amid strange, sliding violin glissandi. Above rumbling cellos and basses, the bass clarinet intones a haunting new idea, which becomes lusher and more passionate as it is developed, leading to icy, descending figures in the violins. Gradually, the faster dance returns, this time full of grotesquely glittering appearances of the Dies irae. After a climactic statement of the Dies irae, the Alleluia melody makes a militant return. With these two forces locked in combat, the dance races defiantly to its end. — Calvin Dotsey The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings InTUNE — July 2018 | 23

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THE MUSIC OF GEORGE MICHAEL Saturday

July 14, 2018

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Brent Havens, conductor Juan Pablo Di Pace, vocalist Ann Marie Castellano, vocalist Dan Clemons, bass and vocalist Powell Randolph, drums and vocalist George Cintron, guitar and vocalist Justin Avery, keyboards and vocalist

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE. THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION. Arrangements by Brent Havens

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Brent Havens | conductor Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every variety of television program.

His TV work includes movies for major networks, commercials, sports music for ESPN and cartoons.

Brent worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans. He has worked with some of the world's greatest orchestras, including London’s Royal Philharmonic; the Houston and Nashville Symphonies; the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras; the Minnesota Orchestra; the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and countless others. He has conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra the past four years with Music of Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Queen and U2 shows.

Brent composed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013, he worked with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the NFL's Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock songs into a single four-minute show.

He is arranger/guest conductor for 14 symphonic rock programs, including the Music of Led Zeppelin, the Music of the Doors, the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of the Eagles, the Music of Queen, the Music of Michael Jackson, the Music of The Who, the Music of Whitney Houston, the Music of The Rolling Stones, the Music of U2, the Music of Journey, the Music of Elton John, the Music of David Bowie and the Music of Prince. Brent Havens also premiered a full orchestral show for Lou Gramm, The Voice of Foreigner with Lou singing out front.

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Juan Pablo Di Pace | vocalist Juan Pablo Di Pace can currently be seen as Fernando on Netflix’s number one hit show Fuller House. He is best known for his award-winning role of Jesus Christ in Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s A.D. The Bible Continues (2016 Movieguide Award for Best Actor) and his portrayal of Petros in Mamma Mia! The Movie alongside Meryl Streep.

In music, Juan Pablo’s 2010 “We Wanna Rock” was a number one hit in Europe and the face of the Certified Gold and Platinum record Call On Me by Eric Prydz, with whom he toured the world. Since Juan Pablo released his single, “Broken,” worldwide earlier this year, it has had 150,000 plays on Spotify. He has played to sold-out audiences at the exclusive Studio 54 in New York twice; at Los Angeles’ El Cid venue; at Buenos Aires’ Velma Café; and in Madrid at the Gran Via, Clamores, Arenal and Se Abre El Telon theatres. He is currently recording new music for imminent release and will continue to star in Season 4 of Fuller House as well as in a film called New Boy about his life. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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BEETHOVEN 5 Friday

July 20, 2018

7:30pm

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*Aram Demirjian, conductor *Houston Symphony debut

Beethoven

Overture to Egmont, Opus 84

ca. 8

Overture to Coriolan, Opus 62

ca. 8

Overture No. 3 to Leonore, Opus 72b

ca. 13

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67

I Allegro con brio

II Andante con moto III Allegro— IV Allegro

ca. 30

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• During World War II, the famous opening four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony were used by the Allies as a musical “V for Victory” symbol; it just so happens that their short-short-short-long rhythm is Morse Code for the letter “V.”

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Aram Demirjian | conductor American-born and of Armenian descent, Aram Demirjian is music director of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and maintains an ongoing relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Aram is leaving his mark on Knoxville with creative programming and energetic community engagement, spurring substantial growth in concert attendance.

His 14 weeks with the KSO this season include partnerships with Appalachian Ballet Company, Knoxville Poet Laureate R.B. Morris and PROJECT Trio, plus a world premiere KSO commission by American composer Michael Schachter.

Aram conducted family and education programs for the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 2016-17 season and served as a cover conductor for music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and principal guest conductor Stéphane Denève. In the 2017-18 season, he debuted with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería and the New York-based Camerata Notturna; he also returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Omaha Symphony and the New England Conservatory Symphony. He has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra; the St. Louis and San Antonio Symphonies; the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. His past performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Kansas City Symphony were noted for their “zeal and fresh perspective” (KC Metropolis).

Aram is committed to exploring unconventional concert formats, including the Kansas City Symphony's Classics Uncorked and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's KSO UnStaged, which was supported by a Futures Fund Grant from the League of American Orchestras. A noted public speaker, he has been deeply involved in education and community activities, including a partnership with the non-profit Arts in Prison and the Kansas City Symphony, and has created and conducted educational concerts that have annually reached more than 50,000 young people.

He has frequently conducted new music, including at the 2017 Big Ears Festival, the 2014 Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and the 2013 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. He has performed alongside Yo-Yo Ma on a Silk Road commission and has collaborated with John Adams. Aram is the recipient of a 2017 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award and holds the 2011 Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize from Aspen Music Festival, where he was a three-time Conducting Fellow in the Aspen Conducting Academy. He has appeared in masterclasses with Bernard Haitink and Kurt Masur. Aram holds a Bachelor of Arts in music and government from Harvard University and a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music.

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BEETHOVEN'S MUSICAL REVOLUTION

There are few individuals who truly change the course of history. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is one of those individuals. There was music before Beethoven and music after Beethoven; the revolution wrought by his works continues to resonate through music made today. From later classical composers to Hollywood film scores and even rock ’n’ roll, Beethoven’s influence is everywhere.

Before Beethoven, music was largely seen as a pleasant pastime, a diversion.

After Beethoven, music would be increasingly considered the most profound of the arts. He took the refined, elegant, “powdered-wig” musical style of the 18th century and exploded it with unpredictable rhythms, daring harmonies and a broader scope. What Homer’s epics were for the ancients, Beethoven’s symphonies would be for modern times. Beethoven would prove that music alone could embody the eternal struggle between darkness and light and chart the course from despair to victory. He would prove that music could be heroic.

Beethoven lived during an era in need of heroes: the epoch of the Napoleonic Wars was one of extraordinary violence and upheaval. After the French revolution toppled centuries of aristocratic rule in France, Napoleon promised to spread the revolution’s values of liberty, equality and fraternity to the rest of Europe by the force of his grande armée. Beethoven had a love-hate relationship with Napoleon; he initially admired his military genius and revolutionary ideals, but was later disillusioned as Napoleon revealed himself to be a tyrant. As Napoleon’s armies marched across Europe, Beethoven remarked, “It’s a pity I don’t understand the art of war as well as I do the art of music. I would conquer him!”

But battles were not only fought around Beethoven; with regard to his music, perhaps the most important struggle was within himself. Just as Beethoven was winning a reputation as the leading composer in Vienna, he was faced with perhaps the worst possible fate for a musician: slow, progressive hearing loss that would render him completely deaf by the end of his life. Beethoven wrote: “But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard a shepherd singing and again I heard nothing. Such incidents drove me almost to despair, a little more of that and I would have ended my life. It was only my art that held me back. Oh, it seemed impossible to me to leave this world before I had produced all that I felt capable of producing…”

Heroically, he resolved to persevere for the sake of his art. This crisis marked a major turning point in his musical style; he took the musical language he had inherited, tore it apart and put it back together again. His contemporaries were often shocked by the radical new sounds that resounded through Vienna’s concert halls; some believed he had gone mad, though a few recognized his genius. The four pieces on tonight’s program exemplify the new, heroic style of this period. — Calvin Dotsey 30 | Houston Symphony

Joseph Willibrord Mähler painted this portrait of Beethoven circa 1804, just as he was creating his revolutionary new music.

Overture to Egmont, Opus 84 During the winter of 1809-10, Beethoven composed incidental music for Goethe’s play, Egmont. The play was inspired by the historical Count Egmont, who became a martyr for the cause of Flemish freedom when he was executed by the occupying Spanish.

His death would help foment the Eighty Years War, through which the Netherlands won independence from Spain.

An overture is a piece of music played before a theatrical work to help evoke the atmosphere of the drama to follow. Beethoven’s Egmont Overture opens with a slow, solemn introduction representing the oppression of the Flemish people under Spanish rule. The fast, intense music that follows expresses the anger and revolutionary ferment of the revolt. Near the end of the overture, the music comes to a halt, representing Egmont’s execution. The following “Siegessymphonie” or “victory symphony” foretells the liberation of the Flemish people.

The Instruments: 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings

Overture to Coriolan, Opus 62 The tragic Overture to Coriolan shows Beethoven in a more anti-heroic vein; it was inspired by a contemporary play that, like Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, was based on Plutarch’s biography of a legendary Roman general. Coriolanus begins as a war hero, but when the Roman masses turn on him he is exiled. Allying with Rome’s enemies, he marches on the city until his mother and wife implore him not to lay waste to their home. Distraught at what he

Beethoven 5 | Program Notes

has done, he tries to stop the attack. Unable to extricate himself from his enemies, he commits suicide.

Beethoven’s overture has four main ideas: the first is a series of long notes, each of which is cut off by a powerful orchestral chord, a potent symbol of Coriolanus’ rage. A fast, explosive theme follows, leading to the third idea: a lyrical, pleading melody that may represent Coriolanus’ mother. An impetuous theme characterized by a nervous, short-long rhythm follows. These main ideas are developed and reprised, leading to a haunting coda in which Coriolanus’ music disintegrates and dies away.

The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings

Overture No. 3 to Leonore, Opus 72b In Beethoven’s era, opera was seen as the most prestigious musical genre, and Beethoven had long dreamed of composing one. After considering and rejecting many subjects, in 1804 he settled on a story based on true events that occurred during the recent French Revolution. Leonore disguises herself as a man in order to rescue her unjustly imprisoned husband from the evil Don Pizarro’s dungeon. Unluckily, the opera’s premiere in 1805 took place only a few days after Napoleon’s troops invaded Vienna. When Beethoven revived the opera the following year, he revised the overture.

This revised version, known today as the Leonore Overture No. 3, is so symphonic in conception that it is frequently performed on its own in the concert hall. It begins with a slow introduction that uses some of the music sung by Leonore’s husband as he yearns for freedom while still imprisoned. This leads to the fast, fiery music that forms the main body of the piece. At the climax, the orchestra falls quiet as a trumpet sounds from a distance, symbolizing the salvation of Leonore and her husband. The overture concludes with a joyous celebration.

The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 Though sketches for the Fifth Symphony can be traced back to 1804, Beethoven truly set to work on the symphony in late 1807, completing it in early 1808. Though it has since become one of the most famous pieces of music in history, it would have sounded strange and new to Beethoven’s contemporaries at its premiere. We invite you to imagine what it might have been like to hear this music for the first time.

A symphony is an extended work for orchestra made up of smaller parts, which are called movements (because each one has its own tempo, or “movement”). In his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven creates a narrative arc over the course of its four movements that leads from the darkness of the opening to the triumph of the finale.

The first movement begins with perhaps the four most famous notes in all music. Traditionally interpreted as “fate knocking at the door,” this iconic opening idea forms the basis of the entire symphony; Beethoven constructs his grand musical forms from simple building blocks, making the music gripping and coherent. The opening idea soon cascades throughout the orchestra until the horns expand on it, introducing a new, softer theme in the violins. This more hopeful melody is derived from the opening idea, but turned upside-down; in a way, it is its mirror image.

The opening returns and the main ideas of the movement are repeated, leading to a turbulent development. As the development progresses, the music becomes weaker, as if dying away, until the opening idea makes a powerful reappearance. The oboe plays a brief, poignant solo before the other main ideas of the movement are reprised. In the end, the fateful opening idea ultimately prevails.

The slower second movement begins with a ruminative melody in the violas and cellos, to which the woodwinds and violins respond with consoling phrases. A brighter, more optimistic theme emerges in the clarinets and bassoons, but it is interrupted by uncertain, questioning music in the violins. Turning away from these doubts, the theme resumes resplendently in the brass. These two themes alternate and are varied with each appearance, growing more complex as the movement unfolds.

After a brief, misty introduction, the third movement begins with a grim march based on the rhythm of the four notes that began the symphony. A contrasting middle section banishes the oppressive mood of the march with an upsurge of life; when the march returns, it appears in a weakened form featuring pizzicato strings.

The final movements are linked by a mysterious bridge that crescendos to the triumphant entrance of the trombones, which mark the beginning of the finale. Beethoven presents a series of soaring, triumphant themes, leading to a final, stormy development.

Suddenly, the music slows and becomes quieter as the weakened version of the march from the third movement reappears. The uplifting main themes of the movement are then reprised in preparation for an extended, jubilant coda. —Calvin Dotsey The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings

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FEATURED PROGRAM

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM APOLLO 13 film with live orchestra

Saturday

7:30pm

July 21, 2018

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Weber Cook, director

J. Horner/S. BramsonD.Davis

Apollo 13

Part 1

[2:40] [1:08]

I N T E R M I S S I O N

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Part 2

[1:12]

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Steven Reineke | conductor Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America's leading conductors of popular music.

In addition to being Principal POPS Conductor at the Houston Symphony, Steven is the music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and principal pops conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the posts of principal pops conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras and associate conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has been on the podium with the Boston Pops Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. His extensive North American conducting appearances include San Francisco, Seattle, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Detroit, Milwaukee and Calgary.

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

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

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

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James Horner (1953-2015) | composer Having composed music for more than 130 film and television productions, James Horner was among the world’s most prolific and beloved film composers. He earned two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for his music from James Cameron’s Titanic, eight additional Academy Award nominations, five additional Golden Globe nominations and six Grammy® awards, including Song of the Year in 1987 (for “Somewhere Out There”) and 1998 (for “My Heart Will Go On”). In 1998, his Titanic soundtrack album (Sony Classical) had an unprecedented 16-week run at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. It remains the largest-selling instrumental score album in history, having sold nearly 10 million copies in the United States and more than 27 million copies worldwide.

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Known for his stylistic diversity, Horner’s other film credits include The Amazing Spider-Man, The Karate Kid, Avatar, The Legend of Zorro, Troy, The Four Feathers, Radio, Windtalkers, A Beautiful Mind, Iris, Enemy at the Gates, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Perfect Storm, Deep Impact, Braveheart, Clear and Present Danger, The Pagemaster, Patriot Games, Glory, Field of Dreams, The Land Before Time, An American Tail and Star Treks II and III. Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Horner spent his formative years in London where he attended the prestigious Royal College of Music.

He continued his music education at the University of Southern California where he received a Bachelor of Music in composition and at UCLA where he earned his doctorate in music composition and theory. In 1980, Horner scored his first film, after which he began working at New World Pictures, where he became acquainted with Ron Howard and Cameron. Horner went on to collaborate with many other noted filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg, William Friedkin, Mel Gibson, Oliver Stone and Francis Ford Coppola. His concert works included Spectral Shimmers, A Forest Passage, Pas de Deux: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and Collage: Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra.

Tragically, Horner died on June 22, 2015, when the single-engine aircraft he was piloting crashed in a remote area of northern Ventura County, CA. He was 61 years old.

Program CREDITS Apollo 13 – In Concert is produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Technical Director: Mike Runice Music Composed by James Horner Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Epilogue Media Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for Apollo 13 has been adapted for live concert performance.

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KEVIN BACON

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ED HARRIS

A RON HOWARD FILM

IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS A BRIAN GRAZER PRODUCTION APOLLO 13 KATHLEEN QUINLAN MUSIC BY JAMES HORNER COSTUME DESIGNER RITA RYACK ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS ALDRIC LA’AULI PORTER & MICHAEL BOSTICK FILM EDITORS MIKE HILL & DAN HANLEY PRODUCTION DESIGNER MICHAEL CORENBLITH DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DEAN CUNDEY A.S.C. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TODD HALLOWELL BASED ON THE BOOK “LOST MOON”

BY JIM LOVELL & JEFFREY KLUGER SCREENPLAY BY WILLIAM BROYLES, JR. & AL REINERT PRODUCED BY BRIAN GRAZER DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

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Frances & Ira Anderson Edward H. Andrews III Nina Andrews & David Karohl Dr. Angela R. Apollo Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr John Barlow Mr. & Dr. Karl-Heinz Becker Anne & George Boss James & Dale Brannon Nancy & Walter Bratic Lilia D. Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Cheryl & Sam Byington Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Virginia A. Clark Coneway Family Foundation Roger & Debby Cutler

Conductor’s Circle

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Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Dr. Alex Dell J.R. & Aline Deming Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Jennifer & Steve Dolman Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Firestone Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Betsy Garlinger Evan B. Glick Mr. Robert M. Griswold Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Susan & Dick Hansen Jacek & Marzena Jaminski

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Bronze Baton

Dr. Rita Justice Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Marilyn G. Lummis John & Regina Mangum Jay & Shirley Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Billy & Christie McCartney Gene & Betty McDavid Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rita & Paul Morico Bobbie Newman Scott & Judy Nyquist Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Katie & Bob Orr / Oliver Wyman Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Petrello Radoff Family

Lila Rauch Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III Allyn & Jill Risley Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Tad & Suzanne Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Courtney & Bill Toomey Ms. Stephanie Tsuru Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Tony Williford Nina & Michael Zilkha Anonymous (3)

Tim Ong & Michael Baugh Susan & Edward Osterberg Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Jean & Allan Quiat Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Donna Scott & Mitch Glassman Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Anonymous (2)

Barbara J. Manering Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O'Dell Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Dr. Stewart Morris Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Ms. Leslie Nossaman Courtney & Jose Obregon Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pastorek Kusum & K. Cody Patel Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael P. & Shirley Pearson Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. Thomas C. Platt Susan & King Pouw Tim & Katherine Pownell Roland & Linda Pringle Mrs. Dana Puddy Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Floyd W. Robinson

Carole & Barry Samuels Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. & Ms. Steven Sherman Ms. Leslie Siller Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Nanako & Dale Tingleaf Pamalah & Stephen Tipps Ann Trammell Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Ms. Joann E. Welton Mrs. Nelda Wilkomirski Ms. Barbara Williams Doug & Kay Wilson Cyvia & Melvyn* Wolff Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Sally & Denney Wright Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (2)

$7,500-$9,999

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Gwen & Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Terry & Kandee McGill Dr. Robert M. Mihalo Richard & Juliet Moynihan Bobbie Nau Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson

Jana & Scotty Arnoldy Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura Mr. Jim Barton Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black Ruth W. Brodsky Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Marilyn Caplovitz Ann M. Cavanaugh Dr. Robert N. Chanon Donna & Max Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Samuel B. Condic Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Lois & David Coyle Dr. Scott Cutler Vicky Dominguez Bob & Mary Doyle Ms. Joan Duff Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. William P. Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Stephen Elison Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mrs. William Estrada Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Fant

Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Vicki West Ms. Beth Wolff Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Scott & Lori Wulfe Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Ziegler Anonymous (2)

$10,000-$14,999

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Silver Baton

Gloria & Joe Pryzant Hugh & Ann Roff Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Michael J. Shawiak Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stein Drs. Carol & Michael Stelling Susan & Andrew Truscott Dede & Connie Weil

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$5,000-$7,499

Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mr. & Mrs. Matt Farina Ms. Carolyn Faulk Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Jerry E.* & Nanette B. Finger Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Mr. Shane T. Frank Edwin Friedrichs & Darlene Clark Mrs. Elizabeth B. Frost Dr. Nan Garrett Michael B. George Wm. David George, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Gongre Bill Grieves Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. James & Renee Hennessy Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Ann & Joe Hightower Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Beverly Johnson Stacy & Jason Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Dr. & Mrs. Wasim Khan Mr. William L. Kopp Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Sue Ann Lurcott

*Deceased

The Houston Symphony thanks the more than 4,000 donors who supported the Houston Symphony Annual Fund over the past year. To note any errors or omissions, please contact Michael Arlen, Associate Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts at 713.337.8529.

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Donor APPRECIATION Thank you, Donors!

Houston Symphony donors and subscribers are the heartbeat of the Symphony, and we show our appreciation to contributors at the Grand Patron ($2,500-$4,999), Patron ($1,500-$2,499), Director ($1,000-$1,499), Principal ($500-$999), Associate Principal ($250-$499), Member ($100-$249) and Friend ($50-$99) levels in this special program. Valued donors contributing $5,000 or more are listed on pages 36-37 of this issue and in the monthly issue of InTune, the Houston Symphony magazine.

Thank you again, and enjoy the exclusive Donor & Subscriber Appreciation Concert.

Grand Patron  ($2,500-$4,999) Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Adler Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice Ms. Marcia Backus Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mr. Richard Blankenship George & Florence Boerger James & Judy Bozeman Robert & Gwen Bray Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Anne H. Bushman Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Margot & John Cater Rhoda & Allen Clamen Dr. Evan D. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Jr. Nancy Fisher Patrick & Jeannine Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Thomas & Patricia Geddy Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Julianne & David Gorte Louise Richman & Dennis Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall Mr. Jarod Hogan Mark & Marilyn Hughes Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Kiri & Jeffrey Katterhenry Mr. Yosuke Kawasaki William & Cynthia Koch Jane & Kevin Kremer Mrs. Nancy Lease Drs. Golda Anne & Robert Leonard Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Martha Mayo & Stephen Carroll Ernie & Martha McWilliams Mr. Shane Miller Mr. & Mrs. William Monteleone Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sami & Jud Morrison Mary Beth Mosley Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. Kevin O'Gorman The Carl Padgett Family Mr. & Mrs. C. Robert Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Henry Rachford

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Mr. Steven Reineke Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Dr. & Mrs. Richard Robbins Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Chris & Don Sanders Mr. Don W. Shackelford Becky Shaw Art & Ellen Shelton Hinda Simon Dr. & Mrs. John Slater Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Richard & Mary Spies Walter O. Stanford Georgiana Stanley Mr. Alan Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Georgeta Teodorescu & Bob Simpson Jean & Doug Thomas Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Dean Walker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Doug Williams & Janice Robertson Loretta & Lawrence Williams Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Jerry S. & Gerlind Wolinksy Ms. Charlene Wright Anonymous (2)

Patron  ($1,500-$2,499) Dr. Genevera Allen & Mr. Michael Weylandt Carol Ann & Bill Anderson Pat & John Anderson Mr. Tom Anderson Lilly & Thurmon Andress Michael Arlen John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Mrs. Peggy Armstrong Mr. Jeff Autor Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Drs. Laura & William Black Nina Delano & Wirt Blaffer Drs. Desmond & Tiffany Bourgeois Mr. & Mrs. Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Ms. Deborah Butler Ms. Sara Cain Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr.

Mr. Steve Carroll & Mrs. Elaine Adams Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Cazalot Mr. Chaing-Lin Chen Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Jimmy & Lynn Coe Donna M. Collins George W. Connelly Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. Mark C. Conrad Ms. Jeanette Coon & Mr. Thomas Collins Ms. Miquel A. Correll Crystal & Mike Cox Cynthia & Robert Creager Nigel Curlet Mr. Darrin Davis & Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Brian & Leah Del Signore Joseph & Rebecca Demeter Mr. Garreth DeVoe Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Jeanette & John DiFilippo Amanda & Adam Dinitz Barbara Dokell & Larry Finger Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Annette & Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Espinosa Sally Evans & Brian Rodgers Paula & Louis Faillace Christine Falgout-Gutknecht Island Operating Co., Inc. Ms. Kimberly Falgout & Mr. Evan Scheele Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mr. & Mrs. Harvey O. Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Fleming Jr. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Carol & Larry Fradkin Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Bill & Diana Freeman Ms. Lucy Gebhart Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Joan M. Giese Ms. Paula Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Rebecca & Andrew Gould Mr. Jeff Graham Timothy & Janet Graham Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Mr. Nicholas Gruy

Claudio Gutierrez Paul & Suzanne Haines Eric & Angelea Halen Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Mrs. Kori Hardie Ms. Christine Heggeseth Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Marilyn & Bob Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Hicks Susan Hodge & Mike Stocker Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Mr. & Mrs. John Horstman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Arlene J. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Mr. & Mrs. John Kemper Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer Gerrit Leeftink Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Mr. & Mrs. Bob J. Lunn Ms. Marilyn Maloney & Mr. Paul F. Longstreth Ms. Nancy Ann Mann Ms. Barbara Manna Mrs. Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Doug & Sarah McMurrey Ms. Ashley McPhail Mrs. Lan Meggs Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Ginni & Richard Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morrel Daniel & Karol Musher Aprill Nelson Joy & Gary Noble Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Ms. Kathryn O'Brien Mrs. Kay Onstead Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Mr. & Mrs. Kim Parker George & Elizabeth Passela Ms. Linda Posey Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Clinton & Leigh Rappole Shirley & Marvin Rich Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Mr. Alan Rios Mr. James L. Robertson Jill & Milt Rose Rosemarie & Jeff Roth

Donor APPRECIATION continued

Kent Rutter & David Baumann Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Ahmed Saleh Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schiefelbein Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Schreiber Liana & Andrew Schwaitzberg Charles & Andrea Seay Susan & Ed Septimus Ms. Paulina Sergot Mr. Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Dr. Adrian D. Shelley Ms. Sheila Shenaq Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Rebeca & Chad Spencer Michelle Stair Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Jr. Mr. & Ms. William Strong Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Terenzio Jr. Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Linda & Paul Thomas Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. S. Rob Todd Mrs. Bobby Torbert Mrs. Justine Townsend Dr. Shilpa Trivedi Mr. John G. Turner & Mr. Jerry G. Fischer Jovon Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Susan & Gary Valka Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Ms. Jana Vander Lee Ms. Elise Wagner H. Richard Walton Alton & Carolyn Warren Frank Watson Mr. Walter Weathers Nancy B. Willerson Gene & Sandra Williams Dr. Alice Gates & Dr. Wayne Wilner Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Anonymous (6)

Director  ($1,000-$1,499) Suan Angelo Sue Sue & Don Aron Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Jerry Axelrod Ms. Jennifer Ayers Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mrs. Myra Barber Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Mr. Clarke Bean & Ms. Adrienne Allie Betty & Gerald Beathard Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Bergauer Mr. Paul Bitner Mr. & Mrs. Chad Blaine Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Joe Brazzatti Mr. Wayne A. Brooks Sally & Laurence Brown Vicki Buxton Caroline S. Callery Virginia & William Camfield Nicole & Rueben Cásarez Dr. David Cech & Dr. Mary Schwartz

Carol & Tom Chaney Drs. John & Anna Chung Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Molly & Jim Crownover Paul H. & Margaret E. Daffin Mr. Arthur Davies Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Detwiler Mr. & Mrs. James H. Etherton Lee & Christie Eubanks Dale & Anne Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi John & May Gee Ms. Eugenia C. George Kathy & Marty Goossen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gossett Mr. David M. Gray Jr. & Ms. Mary A. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. James Harris Ann & Bill Heim Eliane Herring & Jim Goltz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Herron Mr. Jackson Hicks / Jackson & Company Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. Randall Jamail Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Shamika Johnson/Van Cleef & Arpels Ms. Myrtle Jones Ms. Linda P. Katz Lynda & Frank Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Kendall Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James L. Ketelsen Dave & Laura Kirk Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Mrs. Lee Kobayashi Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Koehl Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Deborah Kosich Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Gary T. Leach Floyd & Myra Leaseburg Mr. Frederick Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Ms. Michelle Mackenzie Mr. & Ms. Hubert Magee Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Linda & Jim McCartney William D. & Karinne McCullough Ms. Jennifer McLaughlin Dr. Amy Mehollin-Ray Ellen Ochoa & Coe Miles Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Mosbacher Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Ms. Jennifer Naae Terri & Bert Neece Richard & Stella Guerra Nelson Ms. Amy Ng Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson Linda Kay Peterson Grace & Carroll Phillips Patrick T. Quinn Mr. Florante Quiocho Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Mr. J.B. Reimer Mr. John Ridgway Ms. Regina J. Rogers

Mr. Richard Rowell Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Mr. Morris Rubin Ramon & Chula Sanchez Mrs. Holly Sansing Beth & Lee D. Schlanger Garry & Margaret Schoonover Donna & Tim Shen Carole Shivers Dean & Kay Snider Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. Ralph A. Stone Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stuart Mr. & Mrs. & Ms. Brad Suddarth Mr. & Mrs. James G. Theus Mrs. Glenda C. Toole Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Ms. Patricia Van Allan Dr. & Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Betty & Bill Walker Mr. James Walker Mr. & Mrs. John B. Wallace Larry & Connie Wallace Mr. Wes Watkins General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Bryony J. Welsh Douglas & Carolynne White Carlton Wilde Rev. B.T. & Dr. Robin Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Ms. Susan G. Wood Marvin & Terry Woskow Family Fund Anonymous (4)

Principal  ($500-$999) Mrs. Sally Alcorn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alexander Ms. Angela Alfred Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mrs. Linda Anderson Mr. Rick Ankrom Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Mr. & Mrs. R. Corbin Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Baker Mr. Michael L. Baker & Mr. Myles J. Kearney Mr. David A. Bang Mr. & Mrs. Ed Banner Mr. & Mrs. Ben Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. John Basinski Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Bauch Mr. & Mrs. John P. Beall Mrs. Violet Berge Dr. Zack Blailock Eric Boerwinkle & Vicki Huff Mr. Daniel Bonnet Bob Frank Boydston Mr. James Bradshaw Ms. Margaret Bragg Dr. & Mrs. Larry Brenner Craig & Dolores Brooks Mr. Ken D. Brownlee & Ms. Caroline Deetjen Ms. Kathleen Bucher Jim Bulger & Phyllis Troxell Ms. Maureen Burg Mrs. Dorothy Burge The Burns Family Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Burroughs Leone Buyse & Michael Webster Bill & Marion Calvert Marjorie H. Capshaw

Dorothy E.F. Caram, Ed.D Mr. & Mrs. Terry Carius Ann Carroll Richard & Marcia Churns Ms. Barbara A. Clark Joann Clayton & James Jones Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Ms. Lorraine Cornwell Mary Alice & Bill Cowan Sean & Rian Craypo Mr. Nathion Crowder Mr. Larry Cullen Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Carl & Dr. Lida S. Dahm Dr. & Ms. Peter J. Dempsey Joan DerHovsepian & Erik Gronfor Mr. & Mrs. Paul Destephano Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Dillow Ms. Judy Dines Ira & Judith Dinitz Mr. & Mrs. Carey Donaldson Karen M. Doolittle Mr. Chris Durst Mr. James Dyer Evelyn Earlougher Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mildred & Richard Ellis Drs. Warren Ellsworth Mr. John Eymann Peter Joseph Ferenz Mr. Jonathan Fischer Liuda & Gustavo Flores Jessica Ford Ms. Diane L. Freeman Ms. Lee Friedman Mr. Donn C. Fullenweider Martin Gambling The Gertz Foundation Dr. Michael Gillin & Ms. Pamela Newberry Barbara C. Goedecke Susan & Kevin Golden Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Harvey L. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm Granberry Mr. Joseph S. Graves Mrs. Catherine T. Green Mr. Gerald Greiner Mr. Dane C. Grenoble Ms. Barbara C. Groves Mr. & Mrs. David Guenther Mr. Donald W. Gunn Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. Joshua M. Hair Gaye & Dennis Halpin Vickie & Russell Hamley Ms. Kay Hanson-Clerc Deborah Happ Michael D. Hardin Ms. Lynn Hargrove Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hartline Mrs. Jean Harwell Ms. Anna K. Hathaway-McKee Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Dean & Beth Hennings Ms. Kasey Hess Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Dr. Glenn Hieshima Hoffman Insurance Group Jack & Kathleen Horkowitz Ms. Sigmund Hsu Dr. Xiaomin Hu Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Mr. Craig Ignacio Ms. Carol Jamison InTUNE — July 2018 | 39

Donor APPRECIATION continued

Mark A. Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Hasty Johnson Mr. John R. Johnston Ms. Bernadette Keating Margy Keaton Mrs. Margaret Ketcham Mr. Thomas King Gary & Tempe Kitson Dr. & Mrs. Douglas D. Koch Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kornacki Mrs. Therese Lai Mr. & Mrs. Randall B. Lake Ms. Beverly Lampadius Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Landgren Dr. & Mrs. Herman Lapin Mr. & Mrs. Chris Laporte Ms. Mary Leba Mr. Calvin Leeke Ms. Joyce Lindler Priscilla L. List Ms. Susan Logan Mr. Carlos J. López Scott & Melina Mackey Ms. Faerie Marston Mr. & Mrs. David Martin Mrs. Kristi S. Martin Mrs. Mariquita Masterson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mathieu Hans & Marge Mayer R. Scott & Rebecca E. McCay Will L. McLendon Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Pam McVeigh & Ray Hertel Dr. & Mrs. Steven D. Meltzer Mrs. Karen Mende-Fridkis Mr. William Mendel Dr. Robert A. Mendelson Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation C. Wayne & Patricia J. Miller Foundation Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Mr. Raul A. Monzon Mr. & Mrs. John C. Moriniere Ms. T.L. Morton Ms. Joan B. Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Mr. Dick Nagaki & Ms. Leah Patterson Mr. Glen Nelson Leslie & John Niemand Don & Mary North Eugene Nosal & Nelda Gilliam Julie & Chip Oudin Linda & Jerry Paine Joe & Ann Palm Michael & Ruth Pancherz Mrs. Cindy Parker Manuel & Nancy Parra Ms. Theresa Parrish Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard Paskusz Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Penn Ed & Heidi Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Pless Esther & Gary Polland Ms. Antoinette Post Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ramsey Ms. Louisa B. Reid Kathryn Ritcheske Mr. John Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Mr. Autry W. Ross

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Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Rozenfeld Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Ms. Janet Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Scheliga Les & Lyn Schmaltz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schmuck Betty & Robert Schwarz Mr. Kurt Schweigert Ms. Christine L. Scruggs Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Claudette & Tim Shaunty Gene & Aaryn Silva Mr. & Mrs. Gavin H. Smith Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Snyder Ms. Kelly Somoza Ms. Claudia Standiford Mr. Robert L. Stark Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Stephens Mr. Samuel Stewart Sherry & Bill Straight Mr. Alan Stuckert David & Beverly Sufian Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Amy Sutton & Gary Chiles Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Tellepsen Family Ann & Gerald Thurmond Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tsuchida Mr. & Mrs. Gary Vaughn Larry & Cheryl Walter Sandria Ward Ms. Ann Wenck Mr. & Mrs. Bradley White Daniel Willett Helen B. Wils & Leonard A. Goldstein Mr. Jim Winget Mr. Gerhard R. Wittich Mr. Bob Wolin Mr. Jessie Woods Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wright Maxine & Emil Wulfe Robert & Michele Yekovich Mr. & Mrs. Alan Young Mr. Charles Zabriskie Mr. & Ms. William N. Zelle Anonymous (24)

Associate Principal  ($250-$499) Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Adamcik Ms. Jean Adams Evelyn Akerman A. Ann Alexander Mr. Robert J. Alexander & Ms. Becky A. Stemper Ms. Maurine Alfrey Mr. Stanley Almoney Mr. Anthony Alvarez Ms. Gloria Alvarez & Mr. Byron D. Gulick Mr. & Ms. German Amador Les & Barbara Antalffy Mr. & Mrs. Lewis W. Arend Dr. & Mrs. Martin J. Arisco Ms. Catherine Atkins Carolyn & Ray Ayers Ms. Linda Backens Ms. Barbara S. Baetz Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Vic & Linda Baldridge Ms. Lisa Barhorst Joe & Janette Barlow

Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Basler Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Battle Barbara & Jim Becker Mr. & Mrs. Justin Becker Bruce & Barbara Becker Michael & Shera Lyn Beckman Mr. John Bemis Ms. Madge Bender Ms. Deborah D. Berg Charles & Jacqueline Bertrand Mr. Michael J. Bitgood Berne Black Ms. Kate Black Ms. Ann Blackwood Mr. Jay Blinderman Howard Bodner Dr. Jerry Bohannon Arno Bommer Ms. Adrienne R. Bond Robert Bornstein Ms. Suzie Boyd Mrs. Valerie Britton Ms. Zu Dell Broadwater Richard L. & Robin Brooks Mr. Jay T. Brown Mrs. Randolph Bryant G. Sidney Buchanan & Nell Richardson Ms. Mary Rose Buechele Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Mr. Thomas Burton Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Busch Kathy & Emile Bussemey Robert & Kathleen Butts Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cahill Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. Arturo Castaneda Ms. Paige Cawthon Ms. Anna Charlton Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Christiansen Ms. Angela Cinque Jack & Margaret Cinque Ms. Carrie Clark Virginia D. Clarkson & Mark B. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Coffman Mr. & Mrs. James Collins Mr. & Mrs. Marion Collins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Connor Mr. Dustin Cook Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Cravey Mrs. Sherri Creedon Mr. Damon Crenshaw Mr. & Mrs. Samuel S. Crocker Ms. Shirley Cusack Mr. Phil Dahlstrom Mr. & Mrs. George Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Tim Dansby Mr. & Mrs. Matt Dassow Ms. Cristiana Daugherty Beverly Davis Mr. De la Rey Venter The Del Olmo Aldaz Family Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Delaney Joe Dellinger Dr. & Mrs. Russell L. Deter II Mr. James Devine Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Dodson Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Doe Dog Pant Productions Jack & Sharleen Doherty Ms. Aralee Dorough & Mr. Colin C. Gatwood T. Michael Dossey Mr. & Mrs. James L. Dougherty Jr. Ms. Candace Downing Lamar & Anita Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dumanoir Mr. Weyman Dunaway

Mr. Andrew Dupre Barbara Eaves Rick & Christine Eckelkamp Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Edelstein Ms. Annette Ehrhardt Ms. Shelley S. Eichenlaub Mr. Harold Eisenman Mr. David Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Elliott Charles & Joyce Ericsson Robert & Susan Estill Mr. Bob Etnyre Dr. Kenneth L Euler Ms. Michelle Fanale Ms. Marilyn Farrell Mr. Paul Fatseas Walt Faulkenberry Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Campbell Faulkner Ms. Susan Feickert Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Theba and Buster Feldman Sandra & Steven Finkelman Mr. & Mrs. Al Fis Mr. Edmund C. Fischer Alan & Rita Fishback Ms. Kathleen Fitzgerald Marilyn & Theodore Flick Ms. Phyllis C. Frank Mrs. DeAnn Franklin Ms. Peggy Freeman Mr. Phillip Freeman & Ms. Brandy Skillern Mr. Guillaume Frerjean Drs. Joan A. & Sigmund W. Friedland Janet & Mickey Frost Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fulton Ms. Jennifer Ganley Mr. & Mrs. John Gardner Mr. Joseph E. Garner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Garrett Dr. Truett Garrett Ms. Guadalupe Badillo Garza Dr. Beryl Geber Mr. James E. Gerhardt Mr. Robert J. Giammaruti Drs. Richard & Carol Gigliotti Mr. Joseph Gilbert Mary Jo Gillaspy Mr. Vernon Gillette Ms. Susan C. Goeres Hugh & Joanne Goff Mrs. Colleen Gold Mr. Todd Gordon & Mrs. Susan Feder Bob & Sharon Graber Adelma Graham Robert J. Grant Ms. Krisanne Graves Green Environmental Consulting, Inc. Ms. Joseph Gugenheim Jr. Trudy Guinee Mr. Dodd L. Hackman Mr. Jeff Hansen & Mrs. Kelly Marts Carolyn Harper Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Ms. Linda Harrison Thomas F. & Catherine Mary Hastings Foundation Kate & Malcolm Hawk Tamara Haygood Walter & Punkin Hecht Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Heisler Hon. Bonnie C. Hellums Charles & Jeannette Hight Ms. Mei-Jen Ho Ms. Laurie Hochstetler Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Hortobagyi Mr. Richard Horvath Mr. Michael C. Howard

Ms. Annette Hrkel Dale & Miriam Hudson Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott Ingersoll Mr. Francisco J. Izaguirre Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Ed & Anne Janes Mr. Daniel Jennings Mr. Edward Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jensen Mr. Luis Jimenez George & Teresa John Christopher M. Johns-Krull Ms. Victoria D. Jud Miss Lois Junker Dr. Yuli Kainer Mr. & Mrs. Aslam Kaleel Mr. Benjamin Kamins & Ms. Janet Rarick Mr. Kimberlin Kane Ms. Connie Kao Mrs. Geraldine Karkowsky Mr. John E. Keating Arlette Keene Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Kent Dr. & Mrs. James Killian Robert & Mary Kimball Ms. Rachel L. Klaassen & Mr. Steven J. Bosworth Mr. & Mrs. Philip Kochman Mr. & Dr. Peter A. Koester Ms. Leticia Konigsberg & Mr. Michael Olson Nancy Kralik Mr. Thomas Krehmeier Drs. Michael & Penny Kroll Mr. Andreas Kronenberg Mr. Shaheen Ladhani Mr. David C. Lancaster Dr. & Mrs. Shane G. Lanys Janis Pease LaRocque Mr. John Larsen Sandy & Steve Lastrapes Mr. Doug Lawing Mr. & Mrs. Theo Lawrence Mrs. Betty Leach David M. Leff Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Lehane Laura A. Leib Mr. Jeffrey Leintz Mr. James Leonard & Ms. Delores Dunham Ms. Janine T. Levitch Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Levy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lewis Lynne Liberato & James B. Flodine Lighting Unlimited Mr. Eric Liu David & Debye Lurie Mrs. Martiel Luther Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lyttleton Ms. Mahani Maldonado C.C. Mann Ms. Ellen F. Manzullo Linda J. Mars Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Martenak Mr. Eric Martin Ms. Aileen Mason Mrs. Patricia Mathis Dr. & Mrs. Glen E. Mattingly Father Adam McClosky Mr. & Mrs. Shay McGarr Mr. Nicholas McKenna & Ms. Tadzia GrandPre Mr. & Mrs. David McRoberts Ms. Becky Medley Mr. & Mrs. Danny Mei Dr. Janet Meininger Anne Schnoebelen Meixner Mr. John H. Meltzer

Dr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mendell Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Harvey Michaels Mr. Chadd M. Mikulin Dr. & Mrs. Gary E. Miller Ms. Michelle Montabana John & Ann Montgomery Mr. Clyde W. Moore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Moore Ms. Kathleen Moore & Mr. Steven T. Homer Mr. Philip Morgan Mr. Brett Morris Suzanne Morris Ms. Michelle Mower Ms. Jacqueline Moy Mr. John L. Nau III Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Neiman Ms. Jeanne D. Nelsen Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Niebruegge Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Nixon Mr. Monty Northern Mr. & Mrs. David Nypaver Mrs. Pat Ojobaro Marjory & Barry Okin Mr. Pierre Olinger Marc & Cathy Olson Steve Oster Mr. George L. Otis Jr. Ms. Margaret Ottmann Dr. Michael A. Ozer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Pantuliano Lloyd Parkans Mr. & Mrs. Bill Parker Mr. & Mrs. Surykant C. Patel Mr. Joseph Pedigo Mr. Jose Luis Francisco Perez Meseguer Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell Peter & Nina Peropoulos Mr. Blake Petrash Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Phipps Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett Jay Plotkin Jenny & Tadjin Popatia Mr. Vsevolod Popov Mrs. Rita Posner Ms. Elizabeth Price Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pyle Ms. Ann Raden Andrea & Dr. Albert E. Raizner Loreta & Ronald Rea Pam Rea & Tim McCloskey Robert & Anne Reed Mr. & Mrs. David Regenbaum Joel Reichek Ms. Ann Rhoads Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rice Ms. Katharine E. Rider Brian Rishikof & Elena Lexina Mr. James Robin Ms. Mallory Robinson & Ms. Helen Dow Mr. Gregory H. Rogers Mr. Jack H. Rooker Jane Root Mr. Erik Roussel Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Rudy Mr. Bobby Rutherford Mr. Neil Sackheim Ms. Cathryn Salinas Ms. Diane Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Sandlin Mr. & Mrs. Phillip H. Santamaria Gina & Saib Saour Mr. & Mrs. James Sasseman Juyne Sauer Mr. & Mrs. Joe Scharnberg Robert & Susan Schlein

Charles & Dora Schneider Dee & Sharon Schrinner Jurgen Schroder Anita Shaffer Dr. Lynne F. Shepard Ms. Sandra Sherrod Pamela & Richard Sherry Lisa & Chris Shumate Beverly & Charles Silva Ms. Monica Simon Mrs. Angela Slaughter Ms. Laura A. Smith Ms. Susan C. Smith Thomas W. Snodgrass The Snook Family Ms. Darcie Solberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sorton Ms. Judith Starr Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Ella Rae & Jim Stovall Mr. & Mrs. Ron Strawser Mr. Mark Sullivan Mr. John S. Sutherlin Mr. Frank Sveda Mr. & Mrs. Don Sweet Ms. Kristen Sydness Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Drs. Heinrich & Gabriele Taegtmeyer Gaylene Taylor Marjorie Therrell Mrs. Alisa C. Thomas Shane & Linda Tierling Ms. Barbara Tilley Carolyn M. Toriggino Mr. Garrett Truett Ms. Christina Trunzo Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Mr. & Mrs. Charles Untermeyer Mr. Miguel Valderrabano Mr. Kyle Valley Ms. Demitrice L. Venters Mr. & Mrs. William K. VerMeulen Mr. Paul Vernon Mary Voigt Milton L. Wagner Ms. Pamela Walker Mr. Wynne Walker Mr. Robert M. Walp Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Walter Mr. & Mrs. Tim I. Wegner Mr. & Mrs. John Weinzierl Ms. Kathy J. Welch & Mr. John Unger Ms. Stephanie Werbiskis Mr. & Mrs. H. J. West Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. Simon Whitney Anny Whyte & Stephen Adger Dr. & Mrs. D. R. Wiemer Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Wild Mr. & Mrs. George Wilkinson Catheryn or William N. Wilson Jacob Wilson Ms. Marian Wilson Ms. Tara Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Winckler R. D. Witshey Jr. & Candace E. Roberts, M.D. Mrs. Patricia Wolfe Ms. Mary Wolff John Wood Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wooddell Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. York Mr. Gregory Young Mr. Kenneth Young Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Zoll Anonymous (33)

Member  ($100-$249) Ms. Michelle Abrameit Shirley Ada Ms. Courtney Adamez Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Adams Ms. Mary Ann Addis Mr. Rana Ahmad Ms. Mary Ainslie Ms. Carolina Alaniz Mr. Anaceli Aldaz Mrs. Melissa Aldrich Ms. Gloria Aldridge Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Alfar Mr. Timothy Alguire Ms. KellyAnnette Alspaugh Ms. Liana Alvarez Edwina Quam Anderson Mr. Rod Anderson Mr. Keith Andrews Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Andrews Mrs. Anexa Antonio Ms. Paola Antunez Mr. Humberto Aragon Eric & Amy Arbiter Mr. & Mrs. Alan Arbizu Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. Raphael Argueta Jr. Ms. Amy M. Arisco Mr. Robert K. Arnett Jr. Lori & Craig Atkins Mr. Steven Aucoin Mr. & Mrs. Charles Aulbach Mr. & Mrs. James L. Austin Mr. Wayne Auzenne Mrs. Dannine Avara Dr. & Mrs. Francisco Aviles-Roig Mr. Jesse R. Ayala Ms. Geetha Babu Ms. Carmen Bagby & Ms. Amy Smith Mr. Thomas C. Bainbridge Mr. & Mrs. Everett Baker Don & Shirley Ball Aziz Bamik Brian Banks Mr. Peter Barlow Don & Katharine Droge Barnhill Ms. Julia Barnhill Fran & Dale Barrack Ms. Pilar Barreda Mr. & Mrs. Max Barrett Dr. & Mrs. David Howe Barry Mr. & Mrs. Randall A. Barta Bartholome Family Mrs. Carole Bartz Mr. Jason & Mrs. Angela Bauer Ms. Ashley Beavan Archie & Dani Beckett Mr. Bruce Beelelr Mr. Daniel B. Beeler Susan & Bob Beeley Mr. & Ms. John Belcher Mrs. Karen Bell Mr. Jesus A. Benavides Dr. Peter & Dr. Sonia Benjamin Ms. Rhonda Bennett Mr. Benoy Benny Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. D.K. Berchelmann Mr. & Mrs. Heikki Bergman Mr. Bernie & Mrs. Phyllis Berman Mrs. Panta J. Beverly Dipen Bhakta Ms. Jacqueline Bickham Mr. Bruce V. Biundo Mr. Chris Bivens Ms. Vera Blackburn InTUNE — July 2018 | 41

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Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Doug Blanchard Dr. Terry L. Blasdel Mr. Mervyn Blieden Ms. Fannette Blum Mr. Robert D. Blum Mr. Jay Blume Dr. & Mrs. Corwin Boake James Bodefeld & Eun Ji Ms. Anna Boling Thomas & Judy Bond Meredith & Liam Bonner Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Boots Anne & Edward Bornet Ms. Julie Bortolotti Mr. Kyle Bostic Mr. Joseph Botticelli Ms. Sarah J. Bottomley Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bourne Ms. Mary Bourne-Marth Dr. Nancy Bowden Mrs. Judith Boyce Donald Brand Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel J. Braun Ms. Cathy Breeden Ms. Denise Breeden Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Brock Mr. Mark Brokaw Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Brosnan Divya & Chris Brown Mr. Michael Brown Mr. Powel Brown Ms. Rebecca Brown Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Brown Ms. Sue Brown Ms. Marina Brubaker & Mr. Robert Knetsch Mrs. Stacy Bruegging Mr. Roberto Brunel Mr. Rustin Buck Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Bumpus Ms. N. Dehora Burge Mrs. Shirley E. Burgher Mr. Frank Busch Ms. Julie Busch Ms. Monika Butler Mr. Joe Byers Mr. John Bynon Nancy & Steve Bynon Mr. Gonzalo Cabezas Mr. Frank Calderone Richard & Janet Caldwell Dr. Jane Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Dell Cantrell Mr. & Mrs. Luis J. Cardenas Jr. Ms. Kathleen Carlson Ms. Katherine Carney Mr. Garland Carnley Marcia Carpenter Mr. Theodore Carpenter Mary Lou Centers Mr. Pablo Cervantes David Chambers & Alex Steffler Mr. Jeff Champlin Kathy & Gary Chandler Mr. Andrew Chaney Mr. Holden Chang Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Chapman Mr. Curtis Cheatham Mrs. Gianna Cheng Ms. Andrea Chiappe Mr. Kenneth T. Chin Mr. Remington Chin Jenny Chiovaro Mr. & Mrs. Jack Chosnek Ms. Emily Claassen Dr. & Mrs. James Claghorn Gary & Susan Clamurro

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Ms. Mary Clancy Mr. Carlos Clark Mr. Nolan Clark Mrs. Phyllis Clark Mr. Wayne Clark Ms. Kristin Cobb Ms. Mathilda Cochran Mr. Tony Coffman Ms. Sylvie Collier Mrs. Roger Colwell Jim O. Connell Ms. Patricia A. Connelly Ms. Meredith N. Contello Mr. Carlos Contreras Mr. Brian Cook Mr. David Cooper Mr. Edward Cooper Mr. Evan Cormier John W. Cotton Mr. Richard Coull Ms. Jeanné A. Cox Ms. Libbie Crawford Ron & Midge Culp Mr. Anne Culver Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Culver Dr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Cunningham Ms. Margaret M. Curtiss Ms. Jeni Cutbirth Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Ms. Megan Daic Lee & Christina Daniels Ms. Lisa Darling Mr. Abhoy Das Ms. Belinda Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Don Davison Mr. & Mrs. James S. Davidson Ms. Betty C. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Edward Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Davis Ms. Susan L. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jesus De La Cerda Jr. Ms. Amanda Dekruif Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Denson Jack & Pat DerHovsepian Ms. Sandra Derhovsepian Mrs. Dial Mr. Paul Diaz Mr. Joel Diaz-Arana Ms. Nancy Dickerson Ms. Susan Dierker Mr. Corbin Dill Mr. James D'Imperio Mr. Kenneth D. Dinger & Ms. Ran Zhou Dr. Barbara J. Divine & Paul Gregor Mr. Glen Dodson Mr. D. Dong Mr. Lawrence D. Dorr Marilyn & Robert Dorries Ms. Gury Doshi Mr. & Mrs. Pete Dotsey Ms. Angela T. Doucette James Dougherty Ms. Helen Dowling Mr. & Mrs. James W. Doyle Mr. Giulio Draetta Ms. Lyndsay Drahuschak Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Ms. Ashley Dusek Mr. & Mrs. David Dylla Mr. & Mrs. Bill Edgmon Mrs. Juanita Edwards Mr. Marc B. Edwards Ms. Judith H. Ehrhardt Mr. Ronald Elkins Mr. Doug Elrod Mr. Henry Emanuel Ms. Beth Emmons Mr. John Epstein

Ms. Brenda Erfurdt Dr. & Mrs. Dale D. Erickson Janice & Milton Erickson Mrs. Allan Estey Mr. Luis Estrada Ms. Eleanor Evans Karen Ewing Trish Fadely Ms. Heather Fails Ms. Bonnie Fairbanks Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Fanarof Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Faris Jr. Mrs. Mary K. Farr Ms. Jill Fatzer Mr. Revlon Fernandes Ms. Linda Fischer Cathy & Dean Fishburn Ms. Michelle M. Fisher Mrs. Renee Fisher John & Martha Flasch Ms. Sandy Fletcher Mrs. Johnie Flores David A. Fontaine Louise H. Fordham Mr. John Forsyte Mrs. Judy Foucheaux Mr. & Mrs. Felix Fraga Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. David Franta Mr. Aaron Freedkin Ms. Mary Freeman Ms. Laurie Gablehouse Ms. Susan Gaeta Mr. Michael C. Gaido Mr. Mitch Gallaugher Mr. Jason Gamble Mrs. Elizabeth Garcia Martha & Hector Garcia Mr. Pepe Garcia Mr. Steven Garcia Ms. Deborah Gary Ms. Leslie Gassner Ms. Jean Gates Ms. Mary A. Geary Ms. Christine George Mr. John George Karen Ostrum George Ms. Sara Georgiadis Ms. Marlene Gerges Renee Gervais Mrs. Phebe Ghabriel Mr. Ulysses Gibbings Ms. Sherry Gibbs Mr. & Mrs. Randall P. Gingrich Michael & Ann Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Godfrey Ms. Dana Godsby Mrs. Sylvia M. Goldstein Barbara R. Golub Ms. Jeannine Gomillion Enrique E. Gonzales Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gonzalez John Goode & Janwin Overstreet-Goode Ms. Nancy Goodearl Carol & Dr. Barry Goodfriend Mr. Mark Gordon & Mrs. Ilona C. Pall Ms. Leticia Graham Ms. Shirley Graham Merle &William Granek Mr. Ronald Grappe Joan & William Grattendick Mickey & Noel Graubart Ms. Stacy Grazano Michaela & Nicholas Greenan Carol Sagan Greene Ms. Kristy A. Greenwood Dr. Marilyn Greer Ms. Kathleen Gressot Mr. & Mrs. Mark Griffith

Mr. Antonio Grijalva Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Gross Mr. Robert Gruman Ms. Karen Guardiola Mr. & Mrs. Ben Guefen Mr. Frank Guerra Mr. David Guetzow Daniel Haamann Mr. Richard Haberman The Haddix Family Bill & Laura Hale Mrs. Micki Halevy Mrs. Robin Hall Mr. Peter Hames Hamilton Family Ms. Cassandra Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. Marcus J. Hanfling Mr. Patrick Hardwick Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hardy Judge Melinda Harmon & Mr. Frank Harmon III Mrs. Dawn Harper Mr. Wm. R. Harrelson Mr. Brian Harrison Mr. Roderick Hatch Ms. Kathleen Havey Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hawes Mrs. Fran Haxby Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hazard William & Lana Hazlett Mr. & Ms. John M. Hearn Mrs. Clora B. Heath Mr. Michael Heath Mrs. Julie Heil Ms. Josephine H. Helland Mrs. Cathy Helm D.Y. Hemmen Megan Henry Mr. Robert J. Henschen Mr. Albert Hernandez Hope L. Hernandez Mr. Paul Herrington Ms. Joyce Herrmann Mr. George Higgins Dexter & Julia Hill Ms. Katherine Hill Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Hill Mr. T. S. Hirtz Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hirtz Mr. David Hobson Mr. Zachary Hodge Robert & Julia Holder Mr. & Mrs. Ned S. Holmes Mr. Erich Holzer Ms. Jean B. Holzer Dr. & Mrs. Sung-Yun Hong Ms. Saori Honjo Ronald W. Hopf Mr. & Mrs. H. Robert Hopkins Mr. Gary Horn Mr. Alan Horton Ms. Cynthia Horwitz Mr. Martin Houston Mr. Scott Howard & Ms. Bridget L. Jensen Mrs. Yeet Howells Mr. & Mrs. Sam Hoynes Mr. Calvin Huang Mr. Richard Huang Mrs. Yu Huang Mrs. Deborah Hudock Mrs. Lorna I. Hughes Ms. Catherine Hungerford Cynthia A. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Husak Diane & Geoffrey Ibbott Mr. Frank D. Inselbuch Dr. Katie D. Irani

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ishler Ms. Noemi Islam Ms. Sally Jacobs Ms. Valerie Jalufka Mr. Ed James Mr. & Mrs. Joel H. James Sharon Jamison Dr. Malisa Janes Jonathan & Susan Jee Ms. Gish Jen Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Jennings Ms. Mary Jennings Mr. Wei Jiang Ms. Jing Johnson Mrs. Kymala C. Johnson Mr. Michael Johnson Mr. Chris Johnston Dr. Jerry W. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jordan Dr. Elena A. Jouravleva Mr. Chris Juravich Mr. David Justiss Barbara & Raymond Kalmans Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kan Mr. Ara J. Karian Mrs. Jane T. Kavanagh Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kavulla Mr. & Mrs. Raymond T. Kearney Dr. & Mrs. Larry Keese Mr. Gerard Kelemen Mr. Paul Kellogg Mr. Russell Kelly Mr. Gerald Kemink Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Dr. & Mrs. James Kemper Ms. Page Kempner Mr. Robin Kesselman Mrs. Patricia Kimmel Mr. Michael J. King Mr. & Mrs. Richard King Mr. Thomas Kingsley Ms. Mary Beth Kinman Mr. Stephan Kinsella Mr. Frank Klahn Ms. Terri Klein Kim D. Klitgord Mr. Jim Klostergaard Mr. & Mrs. John Klug Gary & Linnea Kob Mr. Anatoly Kolomeisky Jo Konen Ms. Janine Koot Mr. Richard P. Kratzer Ms. Gretchen Kuhn Ms. Emily Kuo Lary & Lois Kupor Mr. Ansley Kurian Mr. Ernest Kwan & Ms. Corinna Shi Ms. Kimberly Lacher Ms. Amy LaFavers Ms. Nathalie Laissus Mr. Russell LaMarr Mr. Steven Landau Mr. Charles Landsell Ms. Susan Lang Mr. David Langworthy Mr. Matt Lanza Mr. & Mrs. Gideon Lapushin Mr. Frank Lara Mr. Eric Larson & Ms. Melissa McCrimmon Mr. Lars Larsson Ms. Maria Lascano Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawrence Mr. Daniel Lawrence Mr. Ryan Lawrence Mr. Fred Lawson Ms. Georgia Lawson Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Lazar

Mr. David Lea Ms. Virginia LeBoeuf Mr. Juan Ledezma Dr. Helen K. Lee Mr. Gregory Leet Ms. Tracy Leissner Mr. Max Lenov Mr. Alfred Leong Mr. & Mrs. Ken LeSartre Mrs. Nancy Leslie & Mr. Roger Smith Mr. Siegfried Letsch Dr. Alan Levander Ms. Lauren Levicki Courville Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Levin Mr. & Mrs. Stuart I. Levin Mr. Samuel J. Levine Dr. & Mrs. Joel K. Levy Charles H. (Eric) & Lucy Lewis Mrs. Jeannette Lewis Mr. Mike Lionetti J. M. Little & Assoc.

Mike & Becky Little Iris & David Littwitz Ms. Erika B. Liu Mr. Xia Liu Eva & Mike Loeb Mr. Bruce Loeser Mr. Benjamin Lohmer Ms. Cheryl Longuet Mr. & Mrs. Larry Loper Ms. Victoria Lopez Negrete Mr. Mateo Lopez Bob & Gayle LoPiccolo Mrs. Dafna Lotan Richard & Sandra Louvet Larry & Martha Loyd Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Lucas Ms. Kathy Luhn Karen Luik & George Brackett Ms. Mona Lutz Mr. Lawrence Lynn Mr. Mark Ma Dr. Calum Macaulay Mrs. Laura Mafrige & Mr. Diran Elsaifi Dr. Lorena W. Maher Dr. Kamal Maheshwari Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Malcolm Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Mancini Mr. Joshua Marcell Mr. Barry R. Marks Ms. Nancy Marshall Mr. Ronald S. Marta Ms. Gayle Martin Mr. & Mrs. Hunter L. Martin Jr. Mr. J. Chris Martin David & Heidi Massin Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Mathalone James Gray Matthews Ms. Nancy W. Mattison Mr. David Mauney Mr. Ian Mayton Ms. Lurie McAdow Mr. & Mrs. Murray A. McAndrew Mr. Lionel McBee Mr. & Mrs. Randall T. McBee Ms. Cynthia E. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. David K. McCarty Ms. Carol McComas Mr. Wilmer McCorquodale Ms. Sheryl McCurdy Ms. Linda McCutchen Mrs. Brenda McDonald Mary Pauline McElroy Mrs. Grace F. McEwan Ms. Susannah McGown Ms. L. Dianne McGreevy Ms. Maria McKean Mary Ann & David McKeithan Ms. Arneita McKinney

Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Kimball B. McMahan Ms. Patricia McMahon & Mr. Joseph F. McCarthy James & Mary McMartin Mr. John R. McMillon Mr. Robert McNamara & Dr. Tracey Samuels Mr. William McVicar Iris McWilliams Mr. Jeff O. Meacham Mr. Scott Mefferd Mr. & Mrs. Jehanbux R. Mehta Mrs. Judith Melnar Mrs. Donna Menard Mr. John-Paul Menez Ms. Gwendolyn Meraz Joan K. Mercado Mr. Bryan Metting Ms. Patricia Meyers Mr. Charles 'Carlos' Middleton Sr. Ms. Carrie Mikel Mr. David S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Miller Mr. Brad Mills David Mincberg & Lainie Gordon Ms. Helen F. Mintz Dr. & Mrs. Sankar Mitra Ms. Carol Moeller Dr. David Moeller Ms. Beth Moll Mr. Christopher Moore Ms. Margaret Moore Mrs. Yolanda Moore Mr. David Moravec Mr. David Morris Joyce & Owen Morris Richard & LeeAnn Morris Ms. Amber Morrison Mr. Brent Moseley Ms. Bette Moser Ms. Darla Mueller Mr. & Mrs. John E. Mullee Mr. John Munday Mr. Robert Munter Mr. Fletcher Murphy Dr. Dana Myers Robert M. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Barry Myones Mr. Gabriel Nahigian Ms. Jerrie Nan Vasiloff Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Neal Ms. Kathryn Nedley Mr. Eric Nelson Ms. Debbie Ng Ms. Lisa Ng Ms. Mai Anh Nguyen Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Nicholas Mr. Antonino Nicotra Dr. Deborah Nightingale Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nite Mr. Jay T. Norcross & Mrs. Elisabeth Z. Van Loan Dick & Judy Nunn Eldon Nuss Ms. Frances Nussbaum Mr. Linus Nworie Dr. M. David Odle Mr. & Mrs. Paul I. Ofield Ms. Julia Oh Mrs. George M. O'Leary Mr. William Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Wayne O'Quin Mr. & Mrs. Nick Orlich Mr. & Mrs. Allan R. Orr Mr. & Mrs. Duncan H. Orr Mr. Brian Orwig Ms. Maria C. Osorio

Ms. Carol L. Ostlind & Mr. Charles Thornburg Ms. Julie O'Sullivan Ms. Elizabeth Otillar Deirdre Owen Ms. Susan F. Oxnard Mr. Ralph Palmer Ms. Linda Pancherz Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas E. Papadopoulos Mr. Chris C. Pappas Paul E. Pardaen Ms. Julie C. Parker Dr. & Mrs. George R. Parkerson III Mr. John E. Parkerson Ms. Christine Parrish Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Partida Mrs. Sue Patrick Mr. Floyd T. Pease Ms. Nancy Pechacek Mr. David Pedersen Mr. Fred Perkins Ms. Brenda Perry Mr. Maurice Perry Mr. R. Thomas Perry & Ms. Carolyn Dahl Mr. Sheldon Person Mr. Edmund A. Perwien & Ms. Ada Perwien Ms. Andrea Peterson Mr. Alex Phillips Mrs. Margie Pierce Mr. William Pierce Mr. Luis Pietrantoni Mr. Benjamin Pinkert Mr. & Mrs. Chad Pinyopusarerk Mr. & Mrs. Arvin Pirness Ms. Natalia Podrez-Randel Ms. E. Jill Pollock Ms. Tina Ponikvar Charles & Marleen Posterick Vladimir Potaman & Olga Bat Larissa & Sasha Potiomkin Ms. Carrie Potter Rev. & Mrs. John W. Price Karen & Nathan Price Mr. Victor Prieto Mr. Myron Protz Mr. Tom Purves Mrs. Kathy Qin Linda Rabinowitz Mrs. Adriana Radulescu Mr. & Mrs. John G. Railsback Dr. Shabbir M. Raja Fairfax & Risher Randall Mr. Luis Rangel Ms. Sina Raouf Mr. James Rasmussen Ms. Stephanie Rau Mr. Sharath Ravula Natalia Rawle Ms. Cheryl Ray & Mr. Ruel Smith Mr. John Ray Ms. Tamara S. Reeder Ms. Darleen Rees Mr. & Mrs. David S. Register Ms. Lisa Reid Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. John Reinert Ms. Judy Rembert Ms. Sandra Remson Ms. Sarah L. Rendon Ms. Edna Renfrow Mr. & Mrs. Blaine A. Revis Ms. Janet Rexroad Mrs. Patti Richards Mr. William Richards Mr. & Mrs. Frank Richey Ms. Christiane Richter Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles InTUNE — July 2018 | 43

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Mr. Luigi Righetti Mr. Alejandro Rivera-Artigas Mr. & Mrs. George M. Roberts Ms. Nicole Roberts Mr. John Robertson Marie & John Robinette Mr. & Mrs. Ross A. Robinson Ms. Robin Roche Mr. Jerry Rochman Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Rodney Mr. Michael Rodriguez Ms. Renee Rodriguez Mr. Nathan Roe Dr. Jack Roehm Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Rogers III Mr. Matthew D. Roitstein Theodore Rosen MD Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Rossmeisl Ms. Rozanne Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rush Ms. Pamela Rush Mr. Justin Ryan Robert J. Ryan Ms. Mary Ann Ryerson Mr. Frank Rynd Mr. Ji Yong Ryu Mr. Guillermo A. Saade Miss Sagan Sabatino Ms. Natalya Sachivichik Ms. Leslie Saia Mr. E Michael Salars Ms. Lauren Salomon Ramon & Sylvia San Pedro Ms. Deyanira Sanchez-Castany Mr. & Mrs. Harry Satterwhite Mr. & Mrs. Kent Savage Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Schein Mr. & Mrs. Warren Schick Mr. James Schilling Dr. William Schleuse Ms. Dana Schmitz Mr. Neil Schnall Dr. Bryan Schneider Mr. Robert M. Scholl Mrs. Rozelle Schultz Mr. Max G. Schulz Drs. Robert & Helene Schwartz Mr. Robert Scott & Mrs. Ines Kochman-Scott Mr. Brian Scully Mr. Justin Seaman Anne Sears Ms. Rosemary Sebastian Mr. David Seeley Ms. Marcela Segade Ms. Judith Segal Mr. Yun Segraves Mr. Julian Seiguer Ms. Katie Sejba Mr. Mandel C. Selber Miriam Selig Mr. & Mrs. Marcelo Selowsky Ilhan & Isik Sener Vance & Jane Senter Dr. Durwin Sharp Ms. Carolinn Sheely Valerie J. Sherlock Mr. Terry Sherrill Patricia G. Shields Leo & Karin Shipman Mr. Brooks Shughart Mr. John A. Sieger Mrs. Jean C. Siegmund Ms. Katherine H. Siller Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Simon Jr. Ms. Gabrielle Sitomer Louis H. Skidmore Jr.

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Ms. Joni Maniatis Ms. Joanna Martin Mr. & Mrs. Lucas Martin Ms. Dinah Massie Ms. Sally Mather Ms. Denise Mauro Ms. Valerie Mayer Mr. & Mrs. George Mays Ms. Brooke McCarty Ms. Molly McColgan Mr. Ginevrs McCormick Ms. Angela McDonald Mr. Charles McFetridge Mr. Jim McGinty Mr. George McKee Mr. Andrew McKinney Ms. Karen McNallen Ms. Roberta Meggs Mr. Sajeev Mehta Ms. Kristin Meikle Mrs. Tina L. Melo Mr. Paul Meriano Ms. Elisabetha Merit Ms. Vicki Merwin Mr. Paul Meyers Ms. Christina Michaelis Judge Karl & Lucy Micklitz Mr. Jack Miller Mr. Leonard Mocek Mr. Richard Molinaro Mr. Richard Molinaro III Mr. Julio A. Montano Ms. Lauren A. Moore Ms. Susan Moran Mr. Steve Moskowitz Maxine Mueller Mr. Cully Mulryan Ms. Marisa Munoz Ms. Janet Muzal Ms. Judith A. Myers Mr. Manoj Nagvekar Mr. Luis Nambo Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Naparst Dr. Sue E. Neeley Mr. Ryan Nelson Ms. Elsie F. Newlin Ann Friedberg & Ben Newman Ms. Martha Newsome Dr. & Mrs. William L. Nix, MD Mr. & Mrs. Mendel Nock Mrs. Sara Noll Mr. & Mrs. Edward Noonan Mr. Charles Norman Mr. & Mrs. Jerry O'Connor Mr. & Mrs. John Odom Mr. Toks Olaleye Ms. Jennifer Overton Ms. Marci L. Pampe Ms. Pattey Parker Ms. Patricia Parks Mr. Kenneth Parsley Ms. Donna A. Patch Wilton & Pam Pate Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Pauls Colleen Paxton Mr. Lorenzo Paz Ms. Keriann Pederson Mr. Joey Pena-Lara Ms. Kimberly Penn Mr. Ricardo Pereira Mr. Mario L. Perez Mr. John & Dr. Jane Perkyns Ms. Meredith Perry Mr. Tyler Peterson Mr. Richard Petty Ms. Irma Pfister Ms. Jeanne Pike Mr. & Mrs. William Podorzer Ms. Cassandra Poulos InTUNE — July 2018 | 45

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Ms. Tiffany Sanders Dr. Rhesa Sanni-Thomas Mr. Nicholas Sauceda Ms. Rosalie Schermerhorn Mr. Deran Schilling Mrs. Joan Schneck Mr. Terry Seaton Gloria & Anthony Segesti Dr. Fred Sharpe & Ms. Sherrie Ross Mr. Francis G. Sherrill Mr. Jian G. Shi Mr. Scott Shipley Mr. Alexander Shirsat Mr. Svetlana Shylo Mr. Cody Simon V.J. Singal Mr. Bobby Smith Mr. Brett Smith Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Smith Ms. Caroline Smith Ms. Melissa Smith Mr. Paul Smith Ms. Rebecca Smith Mr. William Smith Ben & Jean Smusz Mrs. Christine Soderstrom Mr. Bozena K. Solecki Mr. Myron A. Solecki Mr. Jose Sosa Mr. Charles E. South Dr. Elizabeth L. Spangler Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Sperry Ms. Tippawan Spratt Mr. & Mrs. David Stacy Ms. Janet Stefano Mr. Howard Sterling

Chorus ENDOWMENT

Ms. Elizabeth Stern Mrs. Patricia Stoddart Rebecca Storey & Randolph Widmer Ms. Carol E. Strawn Ashlee Streett Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Strickland Ms. Georgia J Struthers & Mr. Tom Warmath Ms. Lisa Struthers Carole & James R. Sydow Mr. Kush Tandon Bradmark Technologies Mrs. Doris Tessieri Mrs. Sandra Thames Mr. Austin Thomas Ms. Collen Thompson Mr. Kenneth Tilton Mr. & Mrs. Reese Times Mr. Scott K. Tinkham Mr. David Tippets Mr. Quy Tran Mr. Stuart Traver Dr. Bernardo Treistman, MD Ms. Linda Trimm Ms. Delphine Trogneux Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Turbyfill Marsha Turell Ms. Lea Twilley Laurie & Paul Tyler Wilbert & Deanna Ullrich Ms. Marisol Urrutia Mr. Jon Urruzuno Mr. Jose Armando Valdes Lisa Van Stone Giering Mrs. Suzanne B. Vanlandingham Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Venus

Mr. Giles Vick Mr. John Vick Mr. Greg Wagner Rev. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Walker Ms. Patricia Walker Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Walter Ms. Winter Wang Mr. Nadim Wanna Jack & Carol Waters Mrs. Cynthia Welch Mr. Danny Weldon Mr. David M. Wilcox Mrs. Marie Wilkinson Ms. Mariju Wille Mr. & Mrs. William Williams Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilmot Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wilson Mr. Joel Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wilson Mike & Carol Wilson Mr. Samuel Winata Mr. & Mrs. John Wolfe Mr. Kenneth Woo Mr. & Mrs. James Woodard Ms. Wendy Wuchnick Ms. Carmella Wygant Ms. Julie C. Wylie Mr. Santiago Yanez Ms. Elizabeth Yang Mr. Jin Ye Mr. Grant Yip Ms. Judy M. Youens Mr. Stephen Young Mrs. Lauren Ziff Anonymous (33)

DONORS

The Endowment for the Choral Music Fund supports numerous projects of the Houston Symphony Chorus, including the recent release of Haydn's The Creation, the first classical recording to feature the Chorus. 

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Mrs. Ramona Alms Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Ms. Carolyn Belk Mr. David Black Nancy & Walter Bratic Mr. Brent Corwin Robert Lee Gomez David G. Nussman Mrs. Joan O'Conner Peter & Nina Peropoulos Roland & Linda Pringle Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Carolyn Rogan Michael J. Shawiak Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Beth Weidler & Stephen James Anonymous (2)

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Mr. Mike Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. William C. Goddard John Goode & Janwin OverstreetGoode Ms. Julia Hall Mrs. Susan Hall Mr. Daren Hamaker Ms. Phyllis Harris Mr. Richard Henry Mr. Larry R. Hitt Mr. Francisco J. Izaguirre Ms. Marjorie Kessler Ms. Karen King-Ellis Ms. Kat Kunz Karen Lach Mr. Brian Lassinger Cynthia Lavenda Mr. Jarrod Martin Mr. Daniel Mead McClure Ms. Melissa Medina Joan K. Mercado

To make a gift please contact: Michael Arlen, Associate Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts at 713.337.8529.

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Mr. & Mrs. Jim K. Moore Dr. James Murray Mr. Takashi Nishimura Mr. & Mrs. Bill Parker Ms. Allison Poe Natalia Rawle Linda A. Renner Mr. James Roman Mr. Frank Rynd Mr. Gary B. Scullin Mr. & Ms. Rick Stein Dr. Cecilia Sun Mr. & Mrs. William J. Thacker Lisa Rai Trewin Ms. Jeanna Villanueva Mary Voigt Ms. Heidi Walton Anonymous (3)

Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes and friendly neighborhood hangouts.

From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music.

Young Associate Premium Farida Abjani Ann & Jonathan Ayre James M. Bell Eric Brueggeman Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Amanda & Adam Dinitz

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Dr. Genevera Allen & Michael Weylandt Ahmed Al-Saffar – Oliver Wyman Michael Arlen Drs. Laura & William Black Drs. Tiffany & Desmond Bourgeois Sverre & Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Divya & Chris Brown Sara Cain Helen Chen Crystal & Mike Cox Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Nina Delano & Wirt Blaffer

Garreth DeVoe Jennifer & Steve Dolman Christine Falgout-Gutknecht – Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout & Evan Scheele Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Rebecca & Andrew Gould Jeff Graham Nicholas Gruy Claudio Gutierrez Ashley & John Horstman Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu

Sami & Jud Morrison Tim Ong & Michael Baugh Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Kusum & K. Cody Patel Becky Shaw Tony Shih – Norton Rose Fulbright

Molly Simpson & Patrice Abivin Rebeca & Chad Spencer Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Georgeta Teodorescu & Bob Simpson Candace & Brian Thomas

Shamika Johnson – Van Cleef & Arpels Gerrit Leeftink Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Charyn McGinnis Ashley McPhail Emily & Joseph Morrel Porter Hedges LLP Aprill Nelson Courtney & Jose Obregon Rosemin Premji Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Alan Rios Ahmed Saleh

Emily Schreiber Liana & Andrew Schwaitzberg Nadhisha & Dilanka Seimon Dr. Paulina Sergot & Dr. Theo Shybut Justin & Caroline Simons Michelle Stair Dr. Shilpa Trivedi Jovon Tyler Elise Wagner

The Young Associates Council is supported in part by BB&T. For more information, please contact: Liam Bonner, Manager, Annual Giving Groups, 713.337.8536.

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Society Board of TRUSTEES

(2018-19 SEASON)

Executive Committee Janet F. Clark President Steven P. Mach Immediate Past President

Bobby Tudor Chairman Paul R. Morico General Counsel

Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Barbara McCelvey Secretary

Danielle Batchelor Chair, Popular Programming Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Justice Brett Busby Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. Chair, Pension Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Viviana Denechaud Chair, Development Tracy Dieterich Chair, Community Partnerships Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

Billy McCartney Chair, Education Robert Peiser^ At Large Alexandra Pruner^ President, Houston Symphony Endowment David Pruner Chair, Strategic Planning Manolo Sánchez Chair, Marketing & Communications Jesse B. Tutor Immediate Past Chair, Chair, Audit Maureen Higdon^ President, Houston Symphony League

Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Sergei Galperin^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative Christine Kelly-Weaver^ Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Farida Abjani Michael W. Adler Marcia Backus Janice Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara J. Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Janet F. Clark Michael H. Clark Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud

Michael Doherty David Frankfort Ronald G. Franklin Sippi Khurana, M.D. Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Paul M. Mann, M.D. Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Rodney Margolis** Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan ** Paul R. Morico

Kevin O’Gorman Robert Orr Cully Platt David Pruner John Rydman** Helen Shaffer ** Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Margaret Alkek Williams **

Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich

Susan Hansen Eric Haufrect, M.D. Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Bobbie Newman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Robert A. Peiser**

Gloria G. Pryzant Tadd Pullin Roman Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Michael E. Shannon ** Jerry Simon Kafi Slaughter Robert Sloan, Ph.D. Tad Smith Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Andrew Truscott Margaret Waisman, M.D.

Fredric Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson Ed Wulfe ** Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Ex-Officio Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. Tracy Dieterich Sergei Galperin Maureen Higdon Mark Hughes Nina McGlashan Mark Nuccio Robert A. Peiser** Gloria Pryzant **Lifetime Trustee

TRUSTEES Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. James M. Bell Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Dougal Cameron Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Tracy Dieterich Terry Elizabeth Everett Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene Fong Julia Anderson Frankel Betsy Garlinger Evan B. Glick

Ex-Officio Alexandra Pruner Art Vivar Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

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Ronald G. Franklin

Steven P. Mach

Barbara McCelvey

PAST PRESIDENTS OF HOUSTON SYMPHONY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt

THE SOCIETY E.C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Terry Ann Brown Mrs. Stuart Sherar Nancy Strohmer Mrs. Julian Barrows Mary Ann McKeithan Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Lucy H. Lewis Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Catherine McNamara Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Shirley McGregor Pearson Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Paula Jarrett Mrs. Leon Jaworski Cora Sue Mach Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Kathi Rovere Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Norma Jean Brown Mrs. Thompson McCleary Barbara McCelvey Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Lori Sorcic Jansen Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Nancy B. Willerson Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Jane Clark Mary Louis Kister Nancy Littlejohn Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Donna Shen Mrs. John W. Herndon Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Mrs. Charles Franzen Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Vicki West Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Jesse Tutor Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Darlene Clark Ms. Marilou Bonner Beth Wolff Mrs. W. Harold Sellers PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE BAY AREA Fran Strong Shirley Wettling Selma Neumann Jo Anne Mills Julia Wells Phyllis Molnar Dagmar Meeh Pat Bertelli Priscilla Heidbreder Emyre B. Robinson Harriett Small Dana Puddy Nina Spencer Angela Buell Elizabeth Glenn Pat Brackett Ebby Creden Joan Wade Charlotte Gaunt Yvonne Herring Norma Brady Deanna Lamoreux Cindy Kuenneke Glenda Toole Helen Powell Carole Murphy Sharon Dillard Patience Myers Diane McLaughlin James Moore Roberta Liston Mary Voigt Suzanne Hicks Martha McWilliams Sue Smith

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

For more information on becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Mary Beth Mosley, Interim Co-Chief Development Officer/Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, at 713.337.8521 or marybeth.mosley@houstonsymphony.org.

For more information on becoming a Houston Symphony corporate donor, please contact Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations, at 713.337.8522 or leticia.konigsberg@houstonsymphony.org.

CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above *Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above BBVA Compass ConocoPhillips *Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS *KTRK ABC-13 Phillips 66 *Rand Group, LLC *Oliver Wyman Guarantor  $100,000 and above Bank of America Chevron *Houston Methodist Medistar Corporation PaperCity *United Airlines Underwriter  $50,000 and above *Baker Botts L.L.P. *BB&T *Cameron Management ENGIE *The Events Company Exxon Mobil Corporation Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Kalsi Engineering

(as of June 17, 2018)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP *The Lancaster Hotel Mann Eye Institute Occidental Petroleum Corporation Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Shell Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP Sponsor  $25,000 and above Bank of Texas *Bright Star EOG Resources Goldman, Sachs & Co. *Houston Chronicle *Houston First Corporation *Jackson and Company KPMG LLP Marine Foods Express, Ltd. McGuireWoods, LLP *Neiman Marcus Sidley Austin LLP *Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo WoodRock & Co.

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass BHP Billiton The Boeing Company BP Foundation Caterpillar

Partner  $15,000 and above Accenture Anadarko Petroleum Corporation *City Kitchen *Glazier’s Distributors Gorman’s Uniform Service H-E-B Tournament of Champions Heart of Fashion Independent Bank Laredo Construction, Inc. Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Macy's The Newfield Foundation USI Southwest Supporter  $10,000 and above *Abraham’s Oriental Rugs *Agua Hispanic Marketing CenterPoint Energy Emerson Northern Trust *Silver Eagle Distributors Star Furniture *Zenfilm

Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Adolph Locklar, Intellectual Property Law Firm Amazon Baker Hughes Bering's Beth Wolff Realtors Burberry Dolce & Gabbana USA, Inc. Intertek Kinder Morgan Foundation Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc. The Webster * Includes in-kind support

Benefactor  $5,000 and above Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP Louis Vuitton Nordstrom Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. *Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. *University of St. Thomas

(as of June 17, 2018)

Chevron Chevron Phillips Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company EOG Resources Exxon Mobil Corporation Freeport – McMoRan Oil & Gas

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM ING Financial Services Corporation KBR

Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum Corporation Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Union Pacific Williams Companies, Inc. InTUNE — July 2018 | 49

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor  $500,000 and above City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. Houston Endowment The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation MD Anderson Foundation

Guarantor  $100,000 and above The Elkins Foundation Underwriter  $50,000 and above The William Stamps Farish Fund The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundations Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Humphreys Foundation League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Powell Foundation The Robbins Foundation

Capital INVESTMENTS

(as of June 17, 2018) Sponsor  $25,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Texas Commission on the Arts Partner  $15,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area The Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Vaughn Foundation

Benefactor  $5,000 and above William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Patron  Gifts below $5,000 The Lubrizol Foundation

Supporter  $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation Petrello Family Foundation Radoff Family Foundation The Schissler Foundation Anonymous

The Houston Symphony thanks the generous donors who, since 2012, have made possible infrastructure additions to further enhance the sound and quality of our orchestral performances.

Beauchamp Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre

Sound Shell ceiling

Portativ organ Berlioz bells Orchestra synthesizer Adam's vibraphone Small percussion and other instruments

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Enhancements to Jones Hall Video System

Vicky & Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas

Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo

Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets

The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling

LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Lyon & Healy Harp

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano

Silver Circle Audio Enhancements to Jones Hall Recording Suite Beverly Johnson, Ralph Wyman and Jim Foti, and Thane & Nicole Wyman in memory of Winthrop Wyman Basset Horns and Rotary Trumpets Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductor’s Podium

Sustainability FUND The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to the 137 donors who made transformational gifts to complete the Sustainability Fund.

On December 31, 2015, the Houston Symphony celebrated an extraordinary achievement: the completion of a five-year, $15 million Sustainability Fund, which has transformed the orchestra’s financial position. The Symphony was able to close out the campaign thanks to challenge grant funds totaling $1,050,000 provided by Bobby & Phoebe Tudor, Cora Sue & Harry Mach, Janice Barrow, Steve & Joella Mach and Robert & Jane Cizik.

The Ciziks provided the final $500,000 to allow the Symphony to reach its $15 million Sustainability Fund goal.

Houston Endowment Estate of Jean R. Sides Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Janice Barrow Margaret Alkek Williams Jane & Robert Cizik

Clare Attwell Glassell Mrs. Kitty King Powell* The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. Cora Sue & Harry Mach The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation MD Anderson Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Barbara J. Burger Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Barbara & Pat McCelvey Estate of Mary Ann Holloway Phillips Sybil F. Roos Steven & Nancy Williams

Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Nancy & Walter Bratic Janet F. Clark Linda & Gene Dewhurst Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs.* Robert M. Griswold

Marilyn & Robert Hermance C. Howard Pieper Foundation Tad & Suzanne Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Janet & Tom Walker

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*Deceased

Houston Symphony ENDOWMENT The Houston Symphony Endowment is a separate nonprofit organization that invests contributions to earn income for the benefit of the Houston Symphony Society.

TRUSTEES Alexandra Pruner, President Gene Dewhurst

James Lee Jerry Simon

William J. Toomey II Fredric A. Weber

An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests.

For more information, please contact: Patrick T. Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, 713.337.8532, patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS

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to support operational and annual activities

Accenture (Andersen Consulting) Fund AIG American General Fund M.D. Anderson Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bahr Fund Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund Mrs. Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Fund Jane & Robert Cizik Fund Mr. Lee A. Clark Fund Cooper Industries, Inc. Fund Gene & Linda Dewhurst Fund DuPont Corporation Fund Elkins Charitable Trust Agency Fund The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund William Stamps Farish Fund Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Fund Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Fund

DESIGNATED FUNDS

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George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Fund Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Fund Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Fund Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Fund Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Fund Martha Kleymeyer Fund Rochelle & Max Levit Fund Mr. E. W. Long Jr. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Fund Jay & Shirley Marks Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Fund/ The Marks Charitable Foundation Marian & Speros Martel Foundation Fund Barbara & Pat McCelvey Fund The Menil Foundation Fund Monroe Mendelsohn Jr. Estate Sue A. Morrison & Children Fund National Endowment for the Arts Fund

to support annual performance activity

The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer and Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil and Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund

ENDOWED CHAIRS

to attract, retain and support world-class conductors, musicians, guest artists and executive leadership 

Janice & Thomas Barrow Chair Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello Roy & Lillie Cullen Chair Andrés Orozco-Estrada, music director Fondren Foundation Chair Qi Ming, assistant concertmaster General Maurice Hirsch Chair Aralee Dorough, principal flute Ellen E. Kelley Chair Eric Halen, co-concertmaster Max Levine Chair George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair Mark Hughes, principal trumpet Tassie & Constantine S. Nicandros Chair Alexander Potiomkin, bass clarinet Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Jonathan Fischer, principal oboe Winnie Safford Wallace Chair

ENDOWED FUNDS

to attract, retain and support world-class conductors and guest artists American General Fund Speros P. Martel Fund Stewart Orton Fund Dan Feigal Prosser Fund 

Stewart Orton Fund Papadopoulos Fund Nancy & Robert Peiser Fund Rockwell Fund, Inc. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Fund Estate of Mr. Walter W. Sapp Fund Mr. & Mrs. Matt K. Schatzman Fund The Schissler Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Fund Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Fund Texas Eastern Fund Dorothy Barton Thomas Fund Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Fund Dede & Connie Weil Fund The Wortham Foundation Fund Anonymous (5)

Fayez Sarofim Guest Violinist Fund through The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Wortham Foundation Classical Series Fund endowed in memory of Gus S. & Lyndall F. Wortham

to support annual education and community engagement activities Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Ronald C. Borschow Fund Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Selma S. Neumann Fund Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund 

to support new commissions and innovative artistic projects The Micajah S. Stude Special Production Fund 

to support access and expand geographic reach The Alice & David C. Bintliff Messiah Concert fund for performances at First Methodist Church The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni and Stewart Orton Mach Family Audience Development Fund George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund 

to support the Ima Hogg Competition Nancy B. Willerson Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. 

to support piano performance Mary R. Lewis Fund for Piano Performance C. Howard Pieper Foundation 

LEGACY COMMITMENTS

through The Brown Foundation Challenge to support artistic excellence Janet F. Clark Gloria Goldblatt Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Wayne Brooks, principal viola Ms. Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Anonymous (1) 

LEADERSHIP GIFTS OF WORKING CAPITAL

provided as part of the Campaign for the 20th Century, Campaign for Houston Symphony and My Houston, My Symphony—Campaign for a Sound Future Hewlett Packard Company Fund The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Neva Watkins West Fund Gift in memory of Winifred Safford Wallace for the commission of new works 

to support electronic media initiatives The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives 

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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through bequests, lifeincome gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony Endowment in your estate plans, please contact Patrick T. Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at 713.337.8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org.

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Kerry Levine Bollmann James & S. Dale Brannon Zu Broadwater Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl & Sam Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable & Mrs. William Crassas Patricia Cunningham Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ginny Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger

Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mrs. Frances E. Leland Mrs. Lucy Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Samuel J. Levine Sandra Magers David Ray Malone & David J. Sloat Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley Marks James G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. John H. Matzer III Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams

Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. Georgette M. Michko Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers Mr. John N. Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmund & Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy� Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Peter & Nina Peropoulos Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch

Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Evie Ronald Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (7)

Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Clive Runnells, in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & Anita* Stude

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Jo Dee Wright Susan Gail Wood Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (2)

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000+ Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Janice Barrow James Barton Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George

Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Bill Grieves Jacquelyn Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Joella & Steven P. Mach Bill & Karinne McCullough Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs.* Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Ronald Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Ione Moran

*Deceased

In MEMORIAM We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come.

Mr. Thomas D. Barrow George Bashen Paul M. Basinski W. P. Beard Ronald C. Borschow Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder Helen Bess Fariss Foster

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Christine E. George Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott John Wesley Graham Dorothy H. Grieves Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris Gen. & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman David L. Hyde Dr. Blair Justice Mr. Max Levine Dr. Mary R. Lewis Mrs. L. F. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. McKerley

Doretha Melvin Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Robert Austin Moody Mrs. Janet Moynihan Terrence Murphree Arthur Newman Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Mary Anne H. Phillips Mr. Howard Pieper

Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides Blanche Stastny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Dr. Carlos Vallbona Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson Anonymous (1)

In-Kind DONORS 26 Daisies A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Barbara Davis Gallery Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Cognetic Complete Eats Cullnaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions Elaine Turner Designs

(as of June 1, 2018)

Elegant Events by Michael Elliot Marketing Group Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP Gremillion Fine Art Gucci Hermann Park Conservancy Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Hotel ZaZa Memorial City Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans InterContinental Hotel Houston Jim Benton of Houston, LLC JOHANNUS Organs of Texas

John L. Worthan & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint JW Marriott Houston Downtown Karbach Brewing Co. Kuhl-Linscomb LG Entertainers Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin The Parson Family in memory of Dorothy Anne Parson Pro/Sound

Randalls Food Markets Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenway VISION Yahama

Education & Community Engagement DONORS The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement initiatives. Each year, these activities impact the lives of more than 97,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for more than 150,000 Houstonians free of charge.

Principal Guarantor $250,000+

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John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods /Spec’s Charitable Foundation

Guarantor

$100,000+

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BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Mr. John N. Neighbors

Underwriter $50,000+

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Chevron The Elkins Foundation ENGIE Exxon Mobil Corporation The Hearst Foundations, Inc. League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corporation The Powell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company

Sponsor

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$25,000+

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo 54 | Houston Symphony

Partner

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$15,000+

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation H-E-B Tournament of Champions Macy's The Newfield Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Texas Commission on the Arts Ellen A. Yarrell in memory of Virginia S. Anderson and in honor of Cora Sue Mach

Supporter

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$10,000+

CenterPoint Energy George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Nancy & Robert Peiser TPG Capital

Benefactor

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$5,000+

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Houston Symphony League Bay Area LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Marathon Oil Corporation Nordstrom Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation

Donor

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$1,000+

Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Tricia & Mark Rauch Hazel French Robertson Education & Community Residency

Support by Endowed Funds Education and Community programs are also supported by the following endowed funds, which are a part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund The Brown Foundation's Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in honor of Hanni & Stewart Orton The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Endowed Fund Selma S. Neumann Fund

Support for Symphony Scouts Cora Sue & Harry Mach in honor of Roger Daily’s 13 years of service as Director of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs

Support for the Community-Embedded Musician Initiative The Community-Embedded Musicians Initiative is supported in part by a generous grant from the American Orchestras' Future Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.

The Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary is presented

by BBVA Compass and the BBVA Compass Foundation. We are also thankful to HISD and these lead supporters of the CommunityEmbedded Musician program: Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Medistar National Endowment for the Arts Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop H-E-B Tournament of Champions LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Conductor’s Circle Silver Baton level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Liam Bonner, Manager, Annual Giving Groups, at 713.337.8536 or liam.bonner@houstonsymphony.org.

Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Fay Shapiro, Viola Gary & Marian Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin Zarine M. Boyce Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Nancy & Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Principal Double Bass Barbara J. Burger Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Dougal & Cathy Cameron Brian Thomas, Horn Dr. M.K. Campion Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Jane & Robert Cizik Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian George Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Roger & Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe Linda & Gene Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone Scott Ensell & Family Donald Howey, Double Bass Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet Evan B. Glick Tong Yan, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Kenneth J. Hyde Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Trumpet Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Clarinet Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cornelia & Meredith Long Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal Viola Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion Jay & Shirley Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Betty & Gene McDavid Linda A. Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Dr. Robert M. Mihalo Brian Thomas, Horn Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin

Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola

Linda & Paul Thomas Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Horn

Susan & Edward Osterberg MiHee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Nancy & Robert Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Principal Oboe Dave & Alie Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion Gloria & Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion Ron & Demi Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet

Susan L. Thompson George Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Associate Principal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola Ms. Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Matthew Strauss, Percussion Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Stephen & Kristine Wallace Allen Barnhill, Principal Trombone

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon Donna & Tim Shen Tina Zhang, Second Violin The Julia and Albert Smith Foundation Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Bassoon

Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Steven & Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright, Jr. Jarita Ng, Viola Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Tad & Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Carol & Michael Stamatedes Eric Larson, Double Bass

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Meet Leonardo Soto, timpani Leonardo R. Soto Jr. is the newly appointed Principal Timpanist of the Houston Symphony and the first native Hispanic timpanist to play in a professional orchestra in the United States. Leo served as principal timpanist of the Charlotte Symphony from 2009 until 2018, and the Michigan Opera Theatre-Detroit Opera House from 2003 to 2009. He is also an active member of Miami's Nu Deco Ensemble.

As an educator, Leo was a faculty member at Queens University of Charlotte, an artist-in-residence at Central Piedmont Community College and an instructor for the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras program. He made his solo debut with the Charlotte Symphony in 2012, and in January 2017, Leo performed the world premiere of Evolution, a percussion concerto written for him by Leonard Mark Lewis.

Leo has worked and toured with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, City Music Cleveland, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony, among others. As a Latin percussionist, he has recorded and toured with artists and bands from across the United States.

Leo is proudly endorsed by Freer Percussion products, Remo drumheads, Luft Mallets and Pearl/Adams instruments.

You are one of the newest members of the Houston Symphony’s orchestra. What was your audition process like?

Timpani auditions are always interesting. You don’t play on your own instruments, so it’s always an extra challenge to try to represent your playing in a new hall with a new instrument.

After I made it to the trials, I was asked to do the European tour, so I got to meet and hang with my new colleagues in the orchestra as well as management. We experienced all these amazing, beautiful concert halls, so it became a bonding experience for all of us.

What inspired you to become a musician? How did you choose your instrument?

My father is a self-taught drummer, and my mother is an actress. I did a little bit of both. When I decided to focus on drums my father said, “Yes, but you need to be an educated musician and not just a drummer,” so he took me to the conservatory at the University of Chile. I saw the youth symphony rehearsing Huapango by Mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo. When I saw the timpanist, I thought, “That’s what I want to play!”

Is there a notable performance or event in your career you’d like to share?

I really enjoy playing music, no matter the setting! I believe we all had a beautiful moment in Vienna during the tour.

Personally, I will always remember that concert. Also, the last time I went to Chile, for the first time my father, my younger brother and I got to play together, and that memory will stay with me always.

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