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Letter to Patrons ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 Giving Societies and Donor Benefits ��������������������������������������������������� 12 MFE Food is Love Golf Classic ��������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Education and Community Engagement: Fall Recap ����������������� 16 Concert Preview: Boyz II Men ����������������������������������������������������������������� 18 Concert Preview: Rhapsody in Blue �����������������������������������������������������20 12 Concerts of Christmas ��������������������������������������������������������������������������22 Backstage Pass with Dave Kirk ��������������������������������������������������������������52

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Find out which concerts Houston Symphony musicians, conductors and staff are most excited about in the 12 Concerts of Christmas.

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On December 7, 8 and 9, Very Merry Pops is sure to get you into the holiday spirit with the Houston Symphony Chorus, Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke and special guest Ali Ewoldt (Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera). The same weekend, the young and young at heart will be delighted by our A Polar Express Christmas Family Series concert. The orchestra plays John Williams’ unforgettable score to Home Alone—Film with Live Orchestra on December 14, and conductor Jane Glover leads the Symphony Chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in Handel’s Messiah on December 21, 22 and 23.

If you’re looking for a stocking stuffer for the music lover in your life, tickets to an upcoming Houston Symphony concert make the perfect holiday gift. From Boyz II Men to Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireTM In Concert to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, there’s something for everyone. You can also give the gift of music with a contribution to our Symphony of Stars campaign. Donations make up two-thirds of the Houston Symphony’s annual budget, helping us bring world-renowned guest artists to Houston and our own star musicians to the orchestra. Make a donation today by visiting the table in the lobby.

Thank you for making the Houston Symphony a part of your holiday celebrations, and we wish you a very musical new year!

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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, Andrés continued to engage with audiences both with casual commentary from the stage and discussions with guests in “Behind the Scenes with Andrés” videos. After 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.

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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 chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony as of the 2021-2022 season.

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ORCHESTRA AndrĂŠs 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 Boson Mo* Jenna Barghouti*

DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray Michael Marks* FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz

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*

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 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 Charles Seo Emileigh Vandiver* James R. Denton** Community-Embedded Musicians David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin

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Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

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

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Jesse Clevenger*, Assistant Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton 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 BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal** KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal *Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

CONTRABASSOON Position Vacant

Orchestra Personnel Manager Michael Gorman

Librarian Thomas Takaro

Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Josh Hall

Assistant Librarians Aspen McArthur Michael McMurray

Interim Stage Manager Jose Rios

Stage Technicians Ritaban Ghosh Ryan Samuelsen David Stennis

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ADMINISTRATIVE

The Houston Symphony Administrative Staff is made up of 62 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 John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO,

Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Engagement Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Rodi Franco, Interim Chief Marketing Officer Nancy Giles, Chief Development Officer Christine Kelly-Weaver, Executive Assistant/Board Liaison DEVELOPMENT Michael Arlen, Associate Director,

Individual Giving and Major Gifts Rachel Bosworth, Manager, Special Events Julie Busch, Manager, League Relations and Fundraising Timothy Dillow, Director, Special Events Amanda T. Dinitz, Major Gifts Officer Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Associate, Institutional Giving Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts Christina Trunzo, Associate Director,

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

Education and Community Engagement Ana Rodriguez, Education & Community Engagement Manager Garrett Shaw, Education & Community Engagement Coordinator FINANCE | ADMINISTRATION | IT | HR

MARKETING | COMMUNICATIONS | PATRON SERVICES Mark Bailes, Marketing Coordinator Shelby Banda, Patron Service Representative Calvin Dotsey, Communications Specialist Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Samuel García, Patron Service Representative Kristin Hawkins, Graphic Designer Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Melanie O’Neill, Creative Specialist Sarah Rendón, Front of House Manager Mireya Reyna, Public Relations Coordinator Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Ashley Rodriguez, Patron Services Senior Representative Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications 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 Stephanie Calascione, Artistic/Operations Assistant Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager Jessica Fertinel, Assistant to the Music Director Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager José Rios, Interim Stage Manager Josh Hall, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Aspen McArthur, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Brad Sayles, Recording Engineer Thomas Takaro, Librarian Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Director, Artistic Planning

Lucy Alejandro, Senior Accountant Brittany Basden, Support Engineer Joel James, Senior HR Manager Christian Kuri, Payroll and Accounts Payable Analyst Mateo Lopez, Accounting Clerk Anthony Stringer, Director, IT Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/HR Coordinator Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT and Analytics

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CHORUS

HOUSTON SYMPHONY Betsy Cook Weber Director

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

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 will hold its next round of auditions on January 14. Please contact Anna Diemer, chorus manager at 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 Fall 2014. She also serves as professor of music and director of choral studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. In high demand as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer, she has conducted performances in more than half of the states in this country. Internationally, she has conducted prizewinning performances in competitions in France, Wales, Germany and Hungary. In 2017, Betsy prepared and conducted the Houston Symphony Chorus for a series of concerts in the Czech Republic. She is editor of the Betsy Cook Weber Choral Series with Alliance Music Publishing, and in 2013, became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College and the University of Houston.

CHORUS ROSTER | MESSIAH SECTION LEADERS Brianna Fernandez, soprano Julia FitzGerald, alto Douglas Rodenberger, tenor Chris Kersten, bass

VERY MERRY POPS SECTION LEADERS Megan Henry, soprano Julia FitzGerald, alto Greg Railsback, tenor Steve James, bass

CHORUS COUNCIL MEMBERS Ramona Alms Joe Anzaldua Jonathan Bordelon Susan Casper 8 | Houston Symphony

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Nicole Colby Randy Eckman Brianna Fernandez Julia FitzGerald Susan Hall Stephen James Ken Mathews Janwin Overstreet-Goode Jennifer Paulson Douglas Rodenberger Tony Sessions Lee Williams

CHORUS ROSTER Melissa Adams1 Wilton Adams2 Josh Adler1,2 Jennifer Agbu2 Bob Alban1 David Alfaro-Lopez1 Ramona Alms1 Kelli Amick1

Lauren Andersen2 Keith Anthis2 Christina Aranda1 Stuart Aron2 Ellis Bardin1,2 Enrique Barrera III 2 Justin Becker2 Chelsea Berner2 John Bice2 Randy Boatright2 Criselda Bocanegra1,2 Joanne Bonasso1 Harvey Bongers1 Jonathan Bordelon2 Emily Boudreaux2 Timothy Boyer1,2 Robyn Branning1 Sara Brannon2 Nancy Bratic2 James Bue2 Kristen Bullock1 Patricia Bumpus1,2

Troy Burnett2 Kimberly Butler2 James Calvert1,2 Susan Casper2 Nicole Catoire1 Victoria Cavazos1,2 Tsung-Yen Chang1,2 Tatiana Chavanelle2 William Cheadle1 Nancy Christopherson1 Holly Churman1 Evan Clawson1 Paige Clawson1 Nicole Colby2 Swatara Collins2 Carson Cunningham2 Paul Dabney2 Anna Diemer2 Keith Dixon1 Michael Dorn1 Steve Dukes1 Emily Eads2

CHORUS ROSTER continued Randy Eckman2 Paul Ehrsam1,2 Raul Enriquez2 Chris Fair1 Brianna Fernandez2 Amanda Fetter-Matthys1,2 Ian Fetterley1,2 Julia FitzGerald1,2 Raymond Fonseca2 Adam Froelich2 Katie Fry2 Joseph Frybert1,2 Rachel Gehman1,2 Michael Gilbert2 Robert Gomez1 Daniel Gorelick1,2 Hannah Gronseth2 Will Hailey2 Julia Hall2 Susan Hall1 Jennifer Harris2 Austin Hart2 Jen Hart2 Scott Hassett1,2 Matthew Henderson1,2 Megan Henry1 Sean Holshouser1 George Howe2 Laura Howey1,2 Jillian Hughes2 Sean Jackson2 Stephen James1 Timothy Joya1,2 Brionne Kelly2 Chris Kersten2 Karen King-Ellis1,2 Nobuhide Kobori1,2 David Kolacny2 Elizabeth Kragas2 Gillian Kruse2 Julie Kutac2 Karen Lach2 Justin Langham2 Yoka Larasati1 Brian Lassinger1,2 Cynthia Lavenda1 Laura Lee1 Yang Li1 Frank Lopez2 Benjamin Luss2 Katie Marcell1 Jarrod Martin1 Lisa Marut-Shriver2 Qwi Massingill1,2 Ken Mathews1 Ben May2 Sarah McConnell1,2 Melissa Medina2 Saleel Menon2 Janet Menzie2 Scott Mermelstein1,2

Travis Mohle2 Jim Moore1 Jeb Mueller2 Shelby Murphy2 Robert Nash2 Eliza Nicholson1,2 Theresa Olin2 Alyssa Orlando2 Janwin Overstreet-Goode1,2 Bill Parker1,2 Ellie Parker1 Alexandra Parkin2 Jennifer Paulson1,2 Sydney Peltier2 Charnele Pendarvis-Romero1 Allison Poe1 Chantel Potvin1,2 Lauren Price1 Liz Pruett1 Jayna Queen1,2 Greg Railsback1, 2 Karen Ramirez1,2 Natalia Rawle1 Emily Reader2 Linda Renner1,2 Rachel Rentz1,2 Douglas Rodenberger2 Carolyn Rogan1,2 Grace Roman2 Alex Schaaf 1 Gary Scullin2 Angela Seaman1,2 Tony Sessions1,2 Claire Sewell1 Jeffrey Short2 Debra Siebert2 Christopher Song1,2 Dewell Springer1 Mark Standridge2 Cecilia Sun1,2 Suzanne Thacker1,2 Alisa Tobin1,2 James Tolles1 Karen Tran1,2 Marin Trautman1,2 Lisa Trewin1 Shane Tucker2 Michael Vallikappil2 Paul Van Dorn1,2 Abby Veliz1 Mary Voigt1,2 Christine Voss1 Jo Beth Wasicek1, 2 Beth Weidler1 Alex Weldy1 Kat White1 Lee Williams2 Jessie Wong1 David Zurawski1 Richard Zwelling2

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH US ON HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA! This month's festive music continues on air and online with Houston Public Media. Tune in to News 88.7 FM on Sundays or Classical on Wednesdays. All broadcasts air at 8pm. Enjoy classics by Brahms, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, and relive the world premiere performances of Gabriela Lena Frank's Conquest Requiem, a Houston Symphony commission. Plus, don't miss our annual broadcasts of Very Merry Pops and Handel's Messiah.

DECEMBER 2018 BROADCAST SCHEDULE ALL BROADCASTS AIR AT 8PM December 2 | News 88.7 December 5 | Classical RECORDED: May 5-7, 2017

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano Andrew Garland, baritone Gabriela Lena Frank: Conquest Requiem Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

December 9 | News 88.7 December 12 | Classical RECORDED: May 11-14, 2017

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Ives: The Unanswered Question Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky: Petroushka

December 16 | News 88.7 December 19 | Classical RECORDED: May 19-21, 2017

Marc Albrecht, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Schumann: Overture to Genoveva Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 1

December 23 | News 88.7 December 26 | Classical RECORDED: December 1-3, 2017

Steven Reineke, conductor Megan Hilty, vocalist Houston Symphony Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director Various: Very Merry Pops 2017

December 30 | News 88.7 January 2 | Classical RECORDED: December 15-17, 2017

Paul Agnew, conductor Yulia van Doren, soprano Daniel Taylor, countertenor Samuel Levine, tenor Alex Rosen, bass Houston Symphony Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director Handel: Messiah

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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.

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

Members SPOTLIGHT The Houston Symphony welcomes Quentin and Aerin Smith, two of the newest members of the Young Associates Council, a group of professionals with a unique passion for music and philanthropy. They decided to join after attending the Opening Night Concert and Gala in September. Quentin is a senior associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP, a corporate Underwriter of the Houston Symphony.

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 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 New Century Society or the Leadership Council, please contact: Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, 713.337.8521 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526

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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—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

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For more information or to pledge your support for Vision 2025, please contact: John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540 | Nancy Giles, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525 Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, 713.337.8521 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526 InTUNE — December 2018 | 11

new GIVING SOCIETIES and donor benefits BEGINNING IN THE 2019-20 SEASON LEADERSHIP CIRCLE • $25,000+ This distinguished group of supporters receives customized benefits and recognition tailored to their annual support. They play a crucial role in the Symphony’s success, designating their support to concerts, special projects, educational activities or as unrestricted gifts.

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OF STARS Celebrating Excellence This Holiday Season

CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE • $5,000-$24,999 This dedicated group of supporters receives benefits such as premier reserved donor seating, Green Room access and complimentary valet parking for all Houston Symphony Classical, POPS, BBVA Compass Family Concerts and Specials at Jones Hall.

Annual support of $10,000 or more gives you the opportunity to sponsor a Houston Symphony concert, and annual support of $15,000 or more gives you the choice of sponsoring a Houston Symphony musician or Houston Symphony concert. Sponsors are recognized for their generous giving and support of the Symphony.

FRIENDS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY • $100-$4,999

Celebrate Houston's own Symphony of Stars by making a gift this holiday season.

Instantly double the impact of your donation today thanks to a generous dollar for dollar match of all gifts by Houston Symphony Society President Janet Clark.

To make your gift, visit our campaign tables in the lobby, or near the round bar or give in the following ways: ONLINE HOUSTONSYMPHONY.ORG/DONATE TEXT "MUSIC" TO 41444 CALL: 713.337.8529

Grand Patron: $2,500-$4,999 • Season access to the Patron Donor Lounge • One-time pass to the Green Room • One-time valet parking pass • All benefits at the Patron level Patron: $1,500-$2,499 • Invitation to an additional private rehearsal (three total) • Additional one-time pass to the Patron Donor Lounge (three total) • Invitation to a Houston Symphony “Insider Event” • All benefits at the Director level Director: $1,000-$1,499 • Invitation to a “Behind-the-Scenes” experience • Early bird ticket email notification (new) • One-time pass to the Patron Donor Lounge • All benefits at the Principal level Principal: $500-$999 • Invitation to an additional private rehearsal (two total) • All benefits at the Associate Principal level Associate Principal: $250-$499 • Invitation to one private rehearsal • Complimentary dessert coupon for Jones Hall Encore Café (new) • All benefits at the Member level Member: $100-$249 • Complimentary drink coupon at the Jones Hall Round Bar (new) • Subscription to Symphony Notes newsletter • Houston Symphony Society membership, including voting

privileges at the Annual Meeting QUESTIONS ABOUT LEADERSHIP CIRCLE OR CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE? PLEASE CONTACT: Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts at molly.simpson@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8526 QUESTIONS ABOUT FRIENDS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY? PLEASE CONTACT: Michael Arlen, Associate Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts at michael.arlen@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8529

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SAVE THE DATE HOUSTON SYMPHONY 2O19 WINE DINNER COLLECTOR’S AUCTION

Friday, February 8 6:30 pm THE ASTORIAN 2500 SUMMER STREET

Benefiting

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CATHERINE AND BRIAN JAMES, CHAIRS ROBERT WEINER, COLLECTOR’S AUCTION CHAIR

For further information or to purchase tables and tickets, contact

TIM DILLOW, DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EVENTS AT timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or visit www.houstonsymphony.org/wine/

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FOOD golf IS LOVE classic

John Parker, Associate Principal Trumpet, and Donald Howey, Double Bass

Participants enjoyed hole-in-one contests sponsored

by Sentient Jets and Westside Lexus and a live auction sponsored by Crystal Cruises, Exclusive Resorts and Rachel and Tom Regan. After their 18 holes, golfers enjoyed a buffet lunch and open bar in the Shadow Hawk clubhouse, where a quartet of Houston Symphony musicians—Kurt Johnson (violin), Lindsey Baggett (violin), Charles Seo (cello) and Wei Jiang (viola) entertained the 100 guests.

MFE, Ltd. (“MFE”), established in Houston, Texas, in 2002, is one of the leading food service distributors in the United States specializing in quality seafood from around the world. MFE’s focus has always been and will continue to be providing an exceptional experience— they pride themselves on taking care of their people, clients and community while having fun, food and love. In an effort to take this one step further, MFE’s Food is Love non-profit charitable organization was formed to support many local non-profit organizations and national charities throughout Texas and Louisiana.

For more information, please visit: www.mfefoodislove.org.

BRADFORD EU

On Monday, October 15, driving rain and dropping temperatures were not enough to stop more than 20 teams of golfers from making the Inaugural MFE Food is Love Golf Classic benefiting the Houston Symphony a success.

Thanks to Jason Poon, Marine Foods CEO, and his diligent team of staff and volunteers, this tournament raised $30,000, exceeding the original gift of $25,000. Shadow Hawk Golf Club took great care of its guests, including Houston Symphony Governing Directors Jesse Tutor and David Wuthrich. Representing the orchestra were golfers Mark Nuccio (clarinet), Don Howey (double bass), John Parker (trumpet) and Elise Wagner (bassoon).

Left to right: John Mangum, Houston Symphony Executive Director & CEO, and representing Marine Foods: Chief Financial Officer Gerald Huang, Chief Executive Officer Jason Poon, President Varunee Chinnalai, and Associate Director Lisa Ong

Marine Foods Chief Executive Officer Jason Poon and Houston Symphony Governing Director David Wuthrich

MUSICIANS PHOTOS COURTESY OF BELINDA CHAN TRUONG

Elise Wagner, Bassoon, and Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet

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This fall the Houston Symphony has been busy working with our city's schools, communities and other non-profits to improve the lives of Houstonians through the power of music. From helping to start a new violin program at Lewis Elementary School to expanding our activity with social service organizations serving homeless populations and refugees, the Houston Symphony is making a real difference in our community that will positively impact the lives of individuals for years to come.

EDUCATION EXPANSION AT CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION

Through the expanded partnership at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Spring ISD music teachers bring their 4th grade students to the Houston Symphony’s Upper Elementary Concerts.

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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BREAKFAST

To launch the season's Community Partnerships activities, the Houston Symphony brings leadership from partnering social service organizations to a breakfast highlighting the ways music can build community and impact the quality of life of all Houstonians.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY IN RESIDENCE AT LEWIS ELEMENTARY PRESENTED BY BBVA COMPASS

Community-Embedded Musicians provide violin instructions to students weekly as we establish a new in-school violin program through the Houston Symphony Residency at Lewis Elementary presented by BBVA Compass.

BARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION CAMP ADVENTURE!

In partnership with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and Children's Museum of Houston, Community-Embedded Musicians provide daily music lessons designed to increase literacy skills for K-2nd grade students throughout the four weeks of Camp Adventure! in July.

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One of the most impressive qualities of Houston Symphony musicians is their mastery of not just the classical idiom, but seemingly every genre of music. Already this season we’ve heard our Houston Symphony perform the music of Las Vegas, ABBA and Hanson, and come January, they’ll welcome the iconic ‘90s R&B group Boyz II Men to the Jones Hall stage. Nathan and Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman, the three singers of Boyz II Men, join their velvety vocals and tight harmonies with the forces of the Houston Symphony to perform their hits, including “MotownPhilly,” “I’ll Make Love to You” and “On Bended Knee”...one night only, January 18, 2019, at 7:30pm —Eric Skelly 18 | Houston Symphony

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e often think of classical and popular music as belonging to distinct, separate worlds, but for most of history this was not the case. In the Jazz Age especially, classical composers often made allusions to popular music; likewise, many popular songwriters would have a symphony stashed away to work on in their spare time.

Perhaps the most famous example of a genre-bending piece of music is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the focal point of the Houston Symphony’s upcoming concerts with musical polymath Jeffrey Kahane.

Having made his name as one of the world’s foremost concert pianists, Jeffrey Kahane now finds himself equally in demand as a conductor, frequently performing both roles in his guest appearances with the great orchestras of the world. For his concert in Houston, Jeffrey will perform the impressive feat of playing not one, but two virtuoso pieces for piano and orchestra: Gershwin’s legendary Rhapsody and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major. To round out the program, Jeffrey also conducts Milhaud’s jazzy ballet La création du monde (The Creation of the World) and a more recent work by American composer Timo Andres.

The French Connection “All the pieces on the program are about the intersection between so-called ‘vernacular’ musical styles and the tradition of the concert hall,” Jeffrey explained. “It’s interesting to note, by the way, that Rhapsody in Blue is often cited as ‘the’ work 20 | Houston Symphony

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that broke down the barriers between jazz and the symphonic tradition, but in fact the Milhaud ballet La création du monde was written earlier!”

French composers in particular were attracted to the new music coming out of the United States. “Both Ravel and Milhaud were deeply influenced by American jazz, and Milhaud was directly inspired by his experience in the early ‘20s of hearing jazz—which was then essentially a brand new art form—in clubs in Harlem,” Jeffrey said. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, one of the composer’s last masterpieces, is famous for combining jazz with Ravel’s own sophisticated, French musical style. “I think the piece is one of the most sensuous of all piano concertos,” Jeffery noted, “and the opening page of the slow movement, which according to legend Ravel spent months perfecting, is one of the most moving things in all music. In fact, I think one could say that about the whole slow movement!”

Ravel famously met Gershwin during his tour of the United States in 1928, and Gershwin had also made a number of trips to Paris throughout the 1920s. “Gershwin, apparently, was a tremendous admirer of Ravel,” Jeffrey said. “There’s a famous (and probably apocryphal) story about Gershwin going to Paris and asking Ravel to teach him, to which Ravel responded by asking how much money Gershwin made each year. When Gershwin told him, Ravel allegedly said ‘Mr. Gershwin, I’d like you to teach me!’”

Rhapsody Like You’ve Never Heard It Before Unlike Ravel, who was trained at the venerable Paris Conservatoire, Gershwin was largely a self-taught composer of popular music. After taking piano lessons as a kid, Gershwin dropped out of high school to become a song-plugger in New York City’s “Tin Pan Alley.” By age 20, he had become the toast of Broadway, but his ambitions extended into the concert hall as well.

Regarding Gershwin’s breakthrough concert piece, Rhapsody in Blue, Jeffrey noted that “It’s worth remembering that it was part of a Paul Whiteman concert that was entitled ‘An Experiment in Modern Music.’” The concert featured dozens of new pieces that were influenced by jazz, but the one that blew the audience away was Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. “It is certainly a seminal work in the history of American music,” Jeffrey said. For his upcoming performance, Jeffrey has elected to perform the original jazz-band version of Rhapsody in Blue rather than the familiar full-orchestra version that was created by Ferde Grofé after Gershwin’s death. This will give audiences the rare opportunity to hear the piece as it would have sounded at its premiere in 1924. The original version is leaner, jazzier, and crackles with an electrifying authenticity.

Don’t Stop the Music In the decades after World War II, an uncompromising modernist style became de rigueur for composers in the Western world, and few traces of jazz or other genres of popular music remained in the scores of post-war composers (the obvious exception, of course, was Leonard Bernstein).

In more recent decades, however, the tide has turned back toward stylistic cross-pollination, as Jeffrey’s inclusion of a piece by the contemporary American composer Timo Andres demonstrates. “In my estimation, he is one of the most gifted and important young composers alive today,” Jeffrey said.

Andres’ Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno is an homage from one musician to another. Though he started out in the glam rock scene in the early ’70s, Eno is best known for his pioneering ambient music and work in films, video games and collaborations with bands such as U2 and Coldplay. “Brian Eno is a composer who has a foot both in the world of pop music and serious composition, and Timo has taken some of his popular tunes and made a kind of paraphrase in the 19th century sense of the word,” Jeffrey said. Liszt, for instance, was famous for creating virtuoso piano “paraphrases” of tunes from popular operas of his day. “It’s a tremendously charming and ingenious bit of work: a salute to an important figure of the last several decades that very much expresses Timo’s own voice as well.” — Eric Skelly & Calvin Dotsey Ring in the New Year with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on January 4, 5 & 6! Get tickets and more information at houstonsymphony.org.

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GERSHWIN'S RHAPSODY IN BLUE JANUARY 4, 5 & 6, 2019 | CLASSICAL irst of all, I’m looking forward to playing F the famous opening clarinet solo from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, especially since this time we are performing the original version with a small group and more jazzy feel. I’m also looking forward to Milhaud’s La création du monde (The Creation of the World). It’s also very jazzy. The score is almost like chamber music and even includes saxophone. It’s terrific!

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JANUARY 11, 12 & 13, 2019 | POPS I can’t wait to relive this era when our Houston Symphony puts its stamp on the music of George Michael, Michael Jackson, Elton John and Cyndi Lauper.

Plus, I don’t want to miss classic ‘80s scores like Chariots of Fire played by the Houston Symphony. But I’m drawing a line when it comes to excessive hair product.

Never again!

— Eric Skelly, Senior Director of Communications

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BOYZ II MEN WITH THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY JANUARY 18, 2019 | SPECIAL

I’ve been trying to get Boyz II Men to Houston for almost five years, and I'm so excited to finally have them sing with the orchestra this January! Everyone says they put on a terrific show. I can’t wait!

— Lesley Sabol, Director of Popular Programming

— Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet

TOTALLY ‘80S

What do you get for the music lover who has everything? This year, skip the partridge in a pear tree and give the gift of unforgettable live music. Don't know where to start?

Our conductors, musicians and staff share what's on their wish lists with these 12 upcoming Houston Symphony concerts.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE TM IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 1 & 2, 2019 | SPECIAL Having grown up reading all the Harry Potter books and watching the films, I am personally very excited to get to relive my childhood while performing an iconic score by Patrick Doyle. Audiences will be blown away by the magic of the movie and the immersive sound of the Houston Symphony. Bring the entire family!

— John Parker, Associate Principal Trumpet

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THE ELLA FITZGERALD SONGBOOK FEBRUARY 15, 16 & 17, 2019 | POPS I’m not often star-struck anymore, but I would give just about anything to have met Ella or to have seen her perform. Not only was she one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, but her repertoire is full of extraordinary songs.

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ESCHENBACH AND JOSEFOWICZ FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 2 &3, 2019 CLASSICAL

The magic Christoph shared with the Houston Symphony during his tenure as music director is still palpable, and Bruckner’s Fourth was a work we took on our 1997 European Tour. It will be amazing to recreate this music with our beloved former Maestro.

MARCH 22, 23 & 24, 2019 | POPS

In this film we meet my favorite character—the Ultimate Bad Guy of the Galaxy, Darth Vader. And the music!

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the movie and heard the soundtrack in 1977. I marveled at the influences of Stravinsky, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Dukas on John Williams’ incredible score.

— Mike McMurray, Double Bass/Assistant Librarian

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It’s always a thrill when the breathtaking physical feats of Cirque de la Symphonie are combined with the powerfully stirring music of the Houston Symphony. This collaboration is always magical.

— Mike Krajeweski, Conductor

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

MAY 3, 4 & 5, 2019 | CLASSICAL

This masterpiece solidified my love for classical music when I was in high school, and having Andrés on the podium will make it even more thrilling. I’m curious to see how he brings out the wide array of characters and moods in the symphony!

— William VerMeulen, Principal Horn

— Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass

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BELL PLAYS BEETHOVEN MARCH 15, 16 & 17, 2019 | CLASSICAL I am looking forward to Joshua Bell’s performance; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is my favorite because it is such a monumental piece of musical maturity. It will be fun to listen to Joshua play his own cadenza for this concerto.

— Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

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MAY 16 & 17, 2019 | CLASSICAL

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, I think this concert will be really exciting for our audiences—it certainly will be for me!

Hearing Bartók’s brooding and beautiful Bluebeard’s Castle in person is a rare opportunity not to be missed. Not only is the work a masterpiece of the 20th century, but the particular vocal cast of this performance features some of the world’s most unique artists.

— Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

— Robin Kesselman, Principal Double Bass

CARMINA BURANA

BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

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FEATURED PROGRAM

VERY MERRY POPS Friday Saturday Sunday

December 7, 2018 December 8, 2018 December 9, 2018

8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Steven Reineke, conductor *Ali Ewoldt, vocalist

Jones Hall

Houston Symphony Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director

*Houston Symphony debut

Arr. C. Dragon E. Pola-G. Wyle/Reineke F. Bernard/T. Berens J. Horner/Reineke Tchaikovsky J. C. Beal-J. R. Boothe/ Reineke V. Guaraldi/B. Healey Arr. D. Chase J. J. Niles/Reineke W. Kent-K. Gannon-B. Ram/ Reineke Arr. Reineke

Deck the Halls It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Winter Wonderland lyrics by Richard B. Smith

Where Are You, Christmas? from How the Grinch Stole Christmas lyrics by Will Jennings

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Suite from The Nutcracker, Opus 71a Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Time Is Here lyrics by Lee Mendelson

The First Nowell Brinton Averil Smith, cello Betsy Cook Weber, conductor I Wonder as I Wander I’ll Be Home for Christmas Jingle Jangle Sing-Along I N T E R M I S S I O N

M. Leontovich/D. Hamilton Arr. J. Clurman-L. HochmanB. S. Mitchell S. Cahn-J. Van Heusen/ A. Mann W. Whatley/Hamilton J. Stephenson Anderson M. Hall-B. Herms-M. West/ J. M. Martin A. Adam/D. Clydesdale Arr. Reineke 24 | Houston Symphony

Carol of the Bells Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Hanukkah

I Oh Hanukkah! Oh Hanukkah!— V Haneirot Halalu— VI Maoz Tsur (Rock of My Salvation) The Secret of Christmas I Believe

lyrics by Bill Schermerhorn

A Charleston Christmas Sleigh Ride Somewhere in Your Silent Night O Holy Night Christmas Sing-Along

Did you know?

• Tchaikovsky was one of the first composers to write for the celesta, the instrument featured in the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”

He was eager to have the newly invented instrument shipped to Russia from Paris secretly, writing, “I would like it not to be shown to anyone, for I fear that Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov will get wind of it and before me will take advantage of its unusual effects.”

• The idea for Sleigh Ride first came to Leroy Anderson during a heat wave in July 1946, when he was digging trenches to find some pipes near his family’s home in Connecticut. He completed the original instrumental version in 1948. Mitchell Parish later wrote lyrics to fit Anderson's melody in 1950.

Very Merry Pops | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES These performances are generously supported in part by: Sponsor Mrs. Carolyn and Dr. Michael Mann Supporter Rita and Paul Morico

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 50th anniversary in 2015.

BBVA Compass works for a better future for people, understanding its responsibility as a financial institution to use its expertise and resources for the benefit of the communities where employees and clients live, work and play. Central to all communities are performing arts and arts education, and BBVA Compass is committed to supporting them across its U.S. footprint.

In addition to meeting the communities’ cultural needs, BBVA Compass also strives to meet clients’ needs through innovative and industry-leading products and services. It is interested in building long-term relationships with its clients and takes the same approach with its nonprofit partnerships.

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 Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton and San Francisco.

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.

To find out more information about BBVA Compass, visit www.bbvacompass.com.

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Ali Ewoldt | vocalist Ali Ewoldt recently completed more than two years as Christine Daaé in Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera. She made her Broadway debut as Cosette in Les Misérables, a role she also played on the national tour, and appeared in Lincoln Center’s recent Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I. Ali has played Maria in numerous productions of West Side Story across the world, including in Houston on the 2009 Broadway Revival’s first national tour.

Other credits include: The Fantasticks (Luisa) off-Broadway, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia) at The Muny in St. Louis, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s The King and I (Tuptim) and McCarter Theatre’s A Christmas Carol (Fan/ Mrs. Bonds).

Ali performed her solo concert at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York and has sung in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and The Town Hall. She made her The New York Pops Carnegie Hall debut with Matt Doyle and Maestro Steven Reineke last year.

She has sung with the American Pops Orchestra under the direction of Luke Frazier and with the Boston Pops Orchestra with Maestro Keith Lockhart. Her TV/film credits include The Michael J. Fox Show, Yield, Drama: The Web Series and the short film Mia. Ali has a B.A. in psychology from Yale University.

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HOME ALONE IN CONCERT Friday

December 14, 2018 7:30pm

Jones Hall

Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Chorale, Shannon Carter, director

J. Williams

Home Alone

Part 1

[1:00]

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Part 2

[1:00]

© 1990 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

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Program BIOGRAPHIES These performances are generously supported in part by: Sponsor Mach Family Audience Development Fund

Constantine Kitsopoulos has established himself as a dynamic conductor known for his work in many different genres and settings.

He is equally at home with opera, symphonic repertoire, film with live orchestra, music theatre and composition. His work has taken him to major orchestras all over the world.

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Constantine Kitsopoulos | conductor

In addition to Constantine’s engagements as guest conductor, he is music director of the Festival of the Arts Boca and general director of Chatham Opera. He was recently appointed general director of the New York Grand Opera charged with bringing free opera back to New York’s Central Park.

Highlights of the 2018-19 season include his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and return engagements here and with orchestras in Dallas, Detroit, New Jersey, San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Louisiana and San Antonio. He will conduct Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at Indiana University Opera Theatre.

His commitment to opera has led him to develop semi-staged productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, for which he has written a new translation, Don Giovanni and La bohème. With Indiana University Opera Theatre, he has conducted productions of Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, A View from the Bridge, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Most Happy Fella, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, The Music Man and The Last Savage. He was assistant chorus master at New York City Opera, 1984-1989.

On Broadway, Constantine served as music director of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (cast album, PS Classics), A Catered Affair (cast album, PS Classics), Coram Boy, La bohème (cast album, DreamWorks Records), Swan Lake and Les Misérables. He was music director of American Conservatory Theater’s acclaimed production of Weill/Brecht’s Happy End and made the only English language recording of the piece for Sh-K-Boom Records. A Broadway highlight was serving as music director and principal conductor of Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La bohème.

As composer, he is music director/supervisor of Temple, with book and lyrics by Silvia Peto, music by Norman Durkee; Constantine provided additional music, arrangements and orchestrations. Other works in development are Alamo, with music and lyrics by Timothy Noble and Constantine as music director/supervisor, arranger and orchestrator; and a chamber opera about three generations of Greek women, Holy Week, with librettist Evangelia Kingsley.

Constantine Kitsopoulos studied piano with Marienka Michna, Chandler Gregg, Edward Edson and Sophia Rosoff. He studied conducting with Semyon Bychkov, Sergiu Commissiona, Gustav Meier and his principal teacher, Vincent La Selva.

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The Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | vocalists The Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Chorale comprises 54 junior and senior vocal music majors and one student accompanist from the Classical Piano Department. Members also perform in one of three upper-level small ensembles.

Annual performances include the Spaghetti Supper, the Winter and Spring Concerts and the UIL Concert and SightReading Contest. The Chorale performed at the 1986 and 1994 Texas Music Educators Association Conventions and the 2018 American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Division Conference. Members of the ensemble have been selected to the Texas All-State Choir, have won numerous solo vocal competitions and have been selected for the Houston Grand Opera Bauer Family High School Voice Studio.

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Student Accompanist Craig Gilmore

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John Williams | composer In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than 100 films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Home Alone and The Book Thief.

His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, The BFG and The Post.

John has composed themes for four Olympic Games. He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains its laureate conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage, including two symphonies and concertos commissioned by many of America’s most prominent orchestras.

He has received five Academy Awards and 51 Oscar nominations (making him the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars), seven British Academy Awards, 24 Grammys, four Golden Globes and five Emmys. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. In 2004, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2009, he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government.

In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the first time a composer was honored with this award.

Production CREDITS Home Alone 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 John Williams Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for Home Alone has been adapted for live concert performance.

With special thanks to: Twentieth Century Fox, Chris Columbus, David Newman, John Kulback, Julian Levin, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the Houston Symphony.

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Home Alone TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Presents A JOHN HUGHES Production A CHRIS COLUMBUS Film

H O M E

A L O N E

MACAULAY CULKIN JOE PESCI DANIEL STERN JOHN HEARD and CATHERINE O’HARA Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Film Editor RAJA GOSNELL Production Designer JOHN MUTO Director of Photography JULIO MACAT Executive Producers MARK LEVINSON & SCOTT ROSENFELT and TARQUIN GOTCH Written and Produced by JOHN HUGHES Directed by CHRIS COLUMBUS Soundtrack Album Available on CBS Records, Cassettes and Compact Discs Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film Home Alone with a live performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the credits.

Film screening of Home Alone courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. © 1990 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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HANDEL’S MESSIAH Friday Saturday Sunday

December 21, 2018 8:00pm December 22, 2018 8:00pm December 23, 2018 2:30pm

Jane Glover, conductor *Ying Fang, soprano Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano Thomas Cooley, tenor *Christòpheren Nomura, baritone Houston Symphony Chorus, Betsy Cook Weber, director *Houston Symphony debut

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Jones Hall

Handel/Bartlett

Messiah ca. 2:25

Part the First 1. Sinfony: Grave—Allegro moderato 2. Accompagnato (tenor): Comfort ye, my people: Larghetto e piano— 3. Song (tenor): Ev’ry valley shall be exalted: Andante 4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord: Allegro 5. Accompagnato (baritone): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts— 6a. Song (mezzo-soprano): But who may abide the day of His coming?: Larghetto 7. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi: Andante 8. Recitative (mezzo-soprano): Behold, a virgin shall conceive— 9. Song (mezzo-soprano) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion: Andante 10. Accompagnato (baritone): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth: Andante larghetto— 11. Song (baritone): The people that walked in darkness: Larghetto 12. Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born: Andante allegro 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony): Larghetto e mezzo piano 14a. Recitative (soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field— 14b. Accompagnato (soprano): And lo, the Angel of the Lord came unto them: Andante— 15. Recitative (soprano): And the angel said unto them— 16. Accompagnato (soprano): And suddenly, there was with the angel: Allegro— 17. Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest: Allegro 18a. Song (soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: Allegro 19a. Recitative (mezzo-soprano): Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d— 20c. Duet (mezzo-soprano and soprano): He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: Larghetto e piano 21. Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light: Allegro

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I N T E R M I S S I O N Part the Second 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God: Largo 23. Song (mezzo-soprano): He was despised and rejected: Largo 24. Chorus: Surely, He hath borne our griefs: Largo e staccato— 25. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed: Alla breve, Moderato— 26. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray: Allegro moderato 27. Accompagnato (tenor): All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn: Larghetto— 28. Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him: Allegro 29. Accompagnato (tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: Largo— 30. Song (tenor): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow: Largo e piano 31. Accompagnato (tenor): He was cut off out of the land of the living 32. Song (tenor): But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell: Andante larghetto 33. Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates: A tempo ordinario 36a. Song (mezzo-soprano): Thou art gone up on high: Allegro larghetto 37. Chorus: The Lord gave the word: Andante allegro 38a. Song (soprano): How beautiful are the feet: Larghetto— 39a. Chorus: Their sound is gone out: A tempo ordinario— 40b. Song (baritone): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?: Allegro— 41. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder: Allegro e staccato 42. Recitative (tenor): He that dwelleth in Heaven— 43a. Song (tenor): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron: Andante 44. Chorus: Hallelujah: Allegro Part the Third 45. Song (soprano): I know that my redeemer liveth: Larghetto 46. Chorus: Since by man came death: Grave 47. Accompagnato (baritone): Behold, I tell you a mystery— 48. Song (baritone): The trumpet shall sound: Pomposo, ma non allegro 53. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain: Largo— 54. Chorus: Amen: Allegro moderato InTUNE — December 2018 | 35

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Program BIOGRAPHIES Jane Glover | conductor

Ying Fang | soprano

British conductor Jane Glover has been Music of the Baroque’s music director since 2002. After making her professional debut at the Wexford Festival in 1975, she joined Glyndebourne in 1979 and was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 to 1985. Other posts have included artistic director of the London Mozart Players (19841991), director of opera at the Royal Academy of Music (2009-2016) and principal conductor of the Huddersfield and the London Choral Societies.

Soprano Ying Fang has been hailed

by The New York Times for her “pure and moving soprano.” During the 2018-19 season, Ying will make her debut at the Salzburger Festspiele in Idomeneo and also return to the Metropolitan Opera for a role debut as Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito. She also appears here and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Malaysian Philharmonic with conductors Jaap van Zweden, Franz Welser-Möst, Andris Nelsons and Susanna Mälkki, among others.

Jane has conducted all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain, as well as orchestras in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. She has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Glyndebourne, Berlin Staatsoper, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opera Australia, Chicago Opera Theater, Opéra national du Rhin, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Luminato, Madrid’s Teatro Real and Teatro La Fenice. She has regularly conducted all of Mozart’s operas all over the world since she first performed them at Glyndebourne in the 1980s. Her core operatic repertoire also includes Monteverdi, Handel and Britten.

Current and future engagements include Così fan tutte with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; continuing seasons with Music of the Baroque in Chicago; and concert appearances with the Cleveland, Minnesota and BBC Concert Orchestras, the San Francisco Symphony and the Oregon Bach and Aspen Music Festivals.

Jane’s discography includes recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Britten and Walton with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and the BBC Singers.

She has authored two critically acclaimed books, Mozart’s Women (2005) and Handel in London (2018). Jane holds a doctorate from St. Hugh’s College, several honorary degrees, a personal professorship at the University of London, a fellowship of the Royal College of Music and an honorary membership in the Royal Academy of Music, where she is now the Felix Mendelssohn Visiting Professor. She is a visiting professor of opera at the University of Oxford. She was created a Commander of the British Empire in the 2003 New Year’s Honours.

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Ying’s previous seasons have included performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Washington National Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opéra de Lille, Opera Philadelphia, Wolf Trap Opera Company and Aspen Opera Theater Center in such varied operas as Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), L’Elisir d’Amore (Adina), Alcina (Morgana), Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna), Falstaff (Nannetta), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), L’Italiana in Algeri (Elvira), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze), Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigénie), Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra), The Nose (Madame Podtochina’s Daughter) and others. Her career has included collaborations with distinguished conductors such as James Levine, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Carlo Rizzi, Alan Gilbert, William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm, Mark Minkowski, Jesús López Cobos, Bernard Labadie, Nathalie Stutzmann and Manfred Honeck. Ying has worked with such luminary stage directors as Peter Sellars and Laurent Pelly.

Concert engagements have included appearances with the Philadelphia, Music of the Baroque and National Symphony Orchestras; the Pittsburgh and New World Symphonies and the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble in works by Mahler, Handel, Schumann, Fauré, Bernstein and more. Ying has given performances at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall, as well as with the Verbier, Aix-en-Provence and Ravinia Festivals.

A native of Ningbo, China, Ying holds a master’s degree and an artist diploma in Opera Study from The Juilliard School and a bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She is a former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

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Elizabeth DeShong | mezzo-soprano

This season, Elizabeth sang Adalgisa in Norma with the North Carolina Opera. She will tour with The English Concert performing Juno and Ino in Handel’s Semele and sing Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito with the Los Angeles Opera. In addition to these Houston concerts, she performed in recital for Vocal Arts DC at the Kennedy Center and will perform in concert with Music of the Baroque. She debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic (as Ariel in Sibelius’ The Tempest) and with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Rossini Stabat Mater under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In summer 2019, she will make her role debut in the title role in Handel’s Rinaldo at Glyndebourne.

Last season, she returned to Washington National Opera to sing Ruggiero in Alcina and Arsace in Semiramide at the Metropolitan Opera. In concert, she performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Music of the Baroque and debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Schubert’s Mass No. 6 and the world premiere of Three Lisel Mueller Settings by Maxwell Raimi, both conducted by Riccardo Muti. In Europe, Elizabeth returned to Glyndebourne to perform Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and made her debut with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at the Proms in Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, followed by her debut at the Edinburgh Festival singing Hansel in Hansel and Gretel in a concert performance with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Elizabeth DeShong received Washington National Opera’s 2010 Artist of the Year award as the Composer in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. On DVD, she can be seen as Hermia in the Metropolitan Opera’s pastiche opera The Enchanted Island (Virgin) and as Maffio Orsini in the San Francisco Opera’s production of Lucrezia Borgia (EuroArts Music and Naxos of America). Her recording of Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) received two Grammy nominations in the Best Choral Performance and Producer of the Year, classical categories for 2018.

Thomas Cooley is a singer of great versatility, expressiveness and virtuosity, in demand internationally for a wide range of repertoire in concert, opera and chamber music.

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When Elizabeth DeShong sang in Rossini’s rarely-performed Maometto II at the Canadian Opera Company, the National Post wrote, “Even more impressive was Elizabeth DeShong as Calbo, a bellicose Venetian general with a human side. . . there could be no better demonstration of the viability of a woman in a heroic male role.

Vibrant tone, pyrotechnic technique, intense stage presence, spot-ondiction: this American mezzo-soprano has it all.”

Thomas Cooley | tenor

His repertoire on the symphonic stage includes works such as Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symphony; Berlioz’ Requiem, Les nuits d’été and L’enfance du Christ; Haydn’s The Seasons; Britten’s War Requiem and Serenade; Stravinsky’s Les Noces; Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang and Elijah; Mozart’s Requiem; Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius; Rihm’s Deus Passus; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde; and Penderecki’s Credo. Recent concert highlights include the world premiere and recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ Creation/Creator with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Kodály’s Psalmus Hungaricus, Bruckner’s Te Deum and his first foray into Wagner with an excerpt from Parsifal with the St. Louis Symphony.

He has collaborated with internationally prominent conductors, including Helmuth Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Osmo Vänskä, Eiji Oue, Lan Shui, Michael Tilson Thomas, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Nicholas McGegan, Robert Spano, David Robertson, Markus Stenz, Carlo Rizzi, Franz WelserMöst, Manfred Honeck and Bernard Labadie. He performs regularly with major orchestras and festivals such as the Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival; Atlanta (including an appearance at Carnegie Hall), Pittsburgh, Baltimore, National and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras; St. Louis and Oregon Symphonies; the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Orchestre Symphonique de Québec; Coppenhagen Philharmonic; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ottawa’s National Arts Center Orchestra; the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; and the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.

Particularly renowned for his agility and skill in Baroque music, Thomas is in demand as an interpreter of the works of Bach and Handel, most especially in the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions and in the great oratorios of Handel. He appears regularly with such historically informed groups as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, Music of the Baroque, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Akadamie für Alte Musik Berlin, Boston Baroque, the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals, Les Violons du Roy and the Munich Bach Choir.

Named artist-in-residence for the 2015-16 season at Music of the Baroque in Chicago, he performed Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, a program of Bach cantatas and the title role in Handel's Judas Maccabeus.

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Program NOTES

Christòpheren Nomura | baritone

Messiah

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Baritone Christòpheren Nomura stands at the forefront of his generation of singers. He has performed throughout the world, hailed as one of classical music’s “rising stars” by The Wall Street Journal.

He has earned a prominent place on the operatic, concert and recital stages, appearing with orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Christòpheren premiered Philip Glass’ The Passion of Ramakrishna for the Pacific Symphony, reprised and recorded it there and showcased it at Carnegie Hall in 2017. A noted Bach specialist, he has performed with The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Oregon Bach Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, Music of the Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society and the Boston Early Music Festival.

In opera, Christòpheren is a noted Mozartean who has likewise had a strong association with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and was Prince Yamadori in the Scorsese / Mitterand film, conducted by James Conlon. In 2015, he debuted on Broadway in Allegiance with George Takei, Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, subsequently recorded and shown in HD video broadcasts throughout the world. He has collaborated with the Borromeo, Brentano and St. Lawrence String Quartets as well as Martin Katz, Charles Wadsworth, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and William Bolcom at leading music festivals.

Known for his commitment to art song, he has given hundreds of recitals throughout the world. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Making Music series at Carnegie Hall, the Celebrity Series in Boston, Ravinia Festival, the John F. Kennedy Center and the Vancouver Recital Society. He was artist-in-residence with San Francisco Performances for four seasons.

Among many notable career highlights, he sang Bernstein’s Mass at the Vatican for the Jubilee Year in 2000 performing before an audience of 15,000 in the Sala Nervi, simulcast to some 200,000 people in Vatican Square. Christòpheren Nomura’s discography includes recordings on the Sony, Dorian, Teldec, London, Denon, TDK and l’Oiseau Lyre labels.

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Backstory Though German by birth, George Frideric Handel won fame as London’s leading composer of Italian opera, but by 1741, opera was waning in popularity. Just as Handel’s finances were becoming precarious, Charles Jennens, an ardent admirer of Handel’s music, sent him a text compiled of favorite bible verses, hoping it would inspire a piece of music that would “excell all his former Compositions, as the Subject excells every other Subject. The Subject…is Messiah.”

Handel composed the initial draft of Messiah in just 24 days and then accepted an invitation to present a series of concerts in Dublin. Messiah was first performed there as the grand finale of this concert series on April 13, 1742, and became an instant classic. Handel donated the proceeds from the premiere to local charities, and upon his subsequent return to London, he devoted himself to composing other biblicallyinspired works for the rest of his life.

Handel’s Style Messiah is an oratorio, a grand work for soloists, chorus and orchestra usually inspired by a biblical story. In Handel’s day, vocal agility in singing was highly prized. Fast passages of vocal fireworks are known as coloratura, Italian for “coloring.”

Messiah is full of many challenging coloratura passages for both the soloists and chorus.

Another hallmark of Handel’s style is his mastery of counterpoint, the art of weaving different melodies together simultaneously. In Messiah, counterpoint is most clearly on display in fugues. One can always recognize a fugue by the way it begins: the main melodic idea first appears alone, then in each of the other parts one by one, creating an increasingly complex texture. The first fugue in Messiah appears in the instrumental overture after a stately introduction.

Word painting occurs when music depicts the literal meanings of the words being sung. One famous example appears in the tenor’s song “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted.”

On the word “exalted,” Handel writes a long coloratura that gradually rises. Thus, the melody is exalted along with the valleys. This is just one of many examples of word painting to be discovered in Messiah.

Recitatives, Songs and Choruses Messiah is divided into pieces of music that can be categorized into three main types: recitatives, songs and choruses.

The simplest type is the recitative. Derived from the same root as the English word “recite,” recitative is a kind of sing-speaking often used for narration. The musical

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accompaniment allows Handel to heighten the effect of the words. Recitatives are normally written for a soloist accompanied by a small group of instruments. When a recitative is accompanied by the full ensemble, Handel calls it an accompagnato. One example is the opening “Comfort ye my people” for tenor.

The second kind is the song. Songs are more melodic than recitatives and usually have only a few words that are repeated as the music evolves. In Messiah, songs allow the soloists to reflect on the biblical narrative with great emotion.

Occasionally, a song will feature two soloists, in which case it is called a duet. Songs often have an A-B-A structure, in which identical outer sections surround a contrasting middle section. One example is the mezzo-soprano’s song “But who may abide the day of his coming?”

The last type is the chorus. Handel’s choral numbers display great variety and range from simple, direct statements to complex fugues.

Highlights Messiah is divided into three parts: Part the First focuses on prophesies of the birth of Jesus and the Christmas story; Part the Second on Jesus’ death and resurrection; and Part the Third on his reign in heaven and the coming of the kingdom of heaven on earth.

In addition to the numbers mentioned above, one especially vivid sequence in Part the First depicts the annunciation to the shepherds. The scene begins with an instrumental Pifa. A bagpipe-like drone conjures images of an evening in the countryside with shepherds watching their flocks. In the following accompagnato for soprano, the violins begin a shimmering accompaniment, perhaps depicting heavenly light or the fluttering of angels’ wings. After the angel delivers the good news, the chorus, in the guise of a multitude of angels, sings “Glory to God.”Amid the many expressive numbers in Part the Second, two choruses stand out. “And with His stripes we are healed” is a dramatic fugue that would later influence Mozart when he wrote the Kyrie to his Requiem.

Of course, the most famous number in Messiah is the famed “Hallelujah Chorus,” a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus which concludes Part the Second.

Part the Third features a theatrical accompagnato for the bass soloist, “Behold, I tell you a mystery,” which relates the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world as described

by St. Paul. The following song, “The trumpet shall sound,” appropriately features a trumpet solo in reference to the last trumpet on judgment day. The final chorus is a glorious fugue on just one word: “Amen.” —Calvin Dotsey The Instruments: 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord, organ and strings

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MESSIAH AT CHRISTMAS In the piece’s early days, Messiah was most often performed near Easter, which fits with the story of the Passion in Part the Second, but it was also occasionally performed at Christmas since Part the First is about the Christmas story. The tradition of performing Messiah every Christmas, however, likely started with the first complete American performance of Messiah in Boston in 1818, which was given on Christmas Day. The tradition of performing Messiah at Christmas spread throughout the United States and eventually the world.

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Oratorio TEXT Messiah

George Frideric Handel Part the First

1. Sinfony (Overture) 2. Accompagnato (tenor) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplish'd, that her iniquity is pardon'd.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:1-3) 3. Song (tenor) Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. (Isaiah 40:4) 4. Chorus And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.

And all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

(Isaiah 40:5) 5. Accompagnato (baritone) Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts: Yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heav'ns and the earth, the sea and the dry land, and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come. (Haggai 2:6-7) The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple; ev'n the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi 3:1) 6a. Song (mezzo-soprano) But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth?

For He is like a refiner's fire. (Malachi 3:2) 7. Chorus And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Malachi 3:3) 8. Recitative (mezzo-soprano) Behold! a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, (Isaiah 7:14) and shall call his name Emmanuel: God with us.

(Matthew 1:23)

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9. Song (mezzo-soprano) and Chorus O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid, say unto the cities of Judah: Behold your God! O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 60:1)

17. Chorus Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men! (Luke 2:14)

10. Accompagnato (baritone) For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

(Isaiah 60:2-3)

19a. Recitative (mezzo-soprano) Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. (Zechariah 35:5-6)

11. Song (baritone) The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2) 12. Chorus For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His Name shall be called: Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace!

(Isaiah 9:6)

18a. Song (soprano) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, thy King cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.

(Zechariah 9:9-10)

20c. Duet (soprano and mezzo-soprano) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm; and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11) Come unto Him all ye that labour, come unto Him that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29) 21. Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light.

(Matthew 11:30)

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14a. Recitative (soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

(Luke 2:8)

Part the Second

14b. Accompagnato (soprano) And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. (Luke 2:9)

23. Song (mezzo-soprano) He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

(Isaiah 53:3)

15. Recitative (soprano) And the angel said unto them: Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11)

He gave his back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair, He hid not His face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6)

16. Accompagnato (soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly Host praising God, and saying: (Luke 2:13)

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22. Chorus Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

24. Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:4-5)

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25. Chorus And with His stripes we are healed.

(Isaiah 53:5) 26. Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned ev'ry one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

(Isaiah 53:6) 27. Accompagnato (tenor) All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: (Psalm 22:7) 28. Chorus He trusted in God that He would deliver Him, let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him. (Psalm 22:8) 29. Accompagnato (tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him. (Psalm 69:21, Anglican Book of Common Prayer) 30. Song (tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow? (Lamentations 1:12) 31. Accompagnato (tenor) He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken. (Isaiah 53:8) 32. Song (tenor) But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

(Psalm 16:10)

yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. (Psalm 68:18) 37. Chorus The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of the preachers. (Psalm 68:11) 38a. Song (soprano) How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. (Romans 10:15) 39a. Chorus Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.

(Romans 10:18) 40b. Song (baritone) Why do the nations so furiously rage together, why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His Anointed. (Psalm 2:1-2)

46. Chorus Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22) 47. Accompagnato (baritone) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be chang'd, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

(1 Corinthians 15:51-52) 48. Song (baritone) The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rais'd incorruptible, and we shall be chang'd.

(1 Corinthians 15:52) 53. Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

41. Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. (Psalm 2:3)

Blessing and honor, glory and pow'r be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. (Revelation 5:12-13)

42. Recitative (tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn, the Lord shall have them in derision.

(Psalm 2:4)

54. Chorus Amen.

43a. Song (tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

(Psalm 2:9) 44. Chorus Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah! (Revelation 19:6)

33. Chorus Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in!

Who is this King of Glory?

The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in!

Who is this King of Glory?

The Lord of Hosts. He is the King of Glory.

(Psalm 24:7-10)

The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever.

(Revelation 11:15)

36a. Song (mezzo-soprano) Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men,

For now is Christ risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep.

(1 Corinthians 15:20)

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

(Revelation 19:16) Part the Third 45. Song (soprano) I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, and tho' worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25-26)

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Society Board of TRUSTEES

(2018-19 SEASON) PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY

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

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Adam Dinitz^ 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

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Steven P. Mach

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 Ann Ayre Jennifer Gravenor Alexandra Pruner Art Vivar Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

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

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. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom

Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE BAY AREA Fran Strong Selma Neumann Julia Wells Dagmar Meeh Priscilla Heidbreder Harriett Small Nina Spencer Elizabeth Glenn Ebby Creden Charlotte Gaunt Norma Brady Cindy Kuenneke Helen Powell Sharon Dillard Diane McLaughlin Roberta Liston Suzanne Hicks Sue Smith

Shirley Wettling Jo Anne Mills Phyllis Molnar Pat Bertelli Emyre B. Robinson Dana Puddy Angela Buell Pat Brackett Joan Wade Yvonne Herring Deanna Lamoreux Glenda Toole Carole Murphy Patience Myers James Moore Mary Voigt Martha McWilliams

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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, 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

(as of November 1, 2018)

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Kalsi Engineering 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 IberiaBank *Jackson and Company KPMG LLP Marine Foods Express, Ltd. McGuireWoods, LLP *Neiman Marcus Sidley Austin LLP *Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. *Steinway & Sons The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo WoodRock & Co.

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Foundation, Inc. Akzo Nobel Inc. Albemarle Corporation Allstate Insurance Company American International Group (AIG) Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Aon Foundation Bank of America BBVA Compass BHP Billiton British Petroleum Matching Fund Programs Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program Chevron Matching Gifts Program CITGO Petroleum Corporation ConocoPhillips Company 46 | Houston Symphony

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

*Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. *University of St. Thomas 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.

(as of November 1, 2018)

Dominion Energy Foundation Matching Gift Program Eli Lilly and Company Emerson Electric Company, Inc. ExxonMobil Matching Gift Program Fannie Mae Corporation FMC Corporation Freeport-McMorRan Copper & Gold Inc. General Electric General Mills, Inc. Goldman Sachs Halliburton Company Hewlett Packard IAC Interactive IBM Corporation ING Financial Services Intermec

Johnson & Johnson JPMorgan Chase & Co. LyondellBasell Industries Macy's, Inc. (Macy's and Bloomingdale's) Merrill Lynch Microsoft Corporation Motiva Enterprises, LLC Murphy Oil Corporation NACCO Industries Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Phillips 66 Plains All American Pipeline PricewaterhouseCoopers Prudential Financial Inc. Regions

Shell Oil Company Southwestern Energy Spectra Energy SPX Corporation Texas Instruments The Boeing Company Matching Program The Coca-Cola Company Thomson Reuters TransCanada Pipelines Limited Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. Travelers Companies, Inc. UBS Union Pacific Walt Disney Company Westlake Chemical Williams Companies, Inc.

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. 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 Houston Endowment The Humphreys Foundation MD Anderson Foundation

Guarantor  $100,000 and above The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation The Elkins Foundation Underwriter  $50,000 and above The William Stamps Farish Fund The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundations Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment 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 November 1, 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

Supporter  $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation Petrello Family Foundation Radoff Family Foundation The Schissler Foundation Anonymous Benefactor  $5,000 and above Leon Jaworski Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Patron  Gifts below $5,000 The WC Handy Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation

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 Adam’s German Timpani Orchestra synthesizer Adam’s vibraphone Small percussion and other instruments

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

The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling

LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Lyon & Healy Harp

Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano Instrument Petting Zoo Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpani

Sustainability FUND

Vicky & Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets 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

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 *Deceased

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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 

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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 The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni & Stewart Orton Mach Family Audience Development Fund George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund 

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

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 

Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income 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.

Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Maya W. Barber 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 Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert 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 Barbara & Raymond Kalmans 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 Mary Ann & David McKeithan 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)

Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Drs. John & Dorothy Oehler 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 Frank Stanford Mr. Rex Spikes 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 James Bell Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Andria N. Elkins Jean & Jack* Ellis Andria N. Elkins 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

In MEMORIAM

*Deceased

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 William J. & Patricia S. Cunningham Fredell Lack Eichhorn Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler

Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder Helen Bess Fariss Foster 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. Mr. Ronald Mikita Robert Austin Moody Mrs. Janet Moynihan 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 Ms. Jean R. Sides Lola Sinclair Blanche Stastny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Dr. Carlos Vallbona Mrs. Edward Wilkerson Anonymous (1)

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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 The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation 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+

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 Strake Foundation

Supporter

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

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$10,000+

CenterPoint Energy George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Houston Symphony League Nancy & Robert Peiser TPG Capital

Benefactor

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$5,000+

Houston Symphony League Bay Area Marathon Oil Corporation Nordstrom Randalls Food Markets

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 Corinthian Houston Culinaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions

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Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo Partner  $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 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

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:

(as of November 1, 2018)

Elaine Turner Designs 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 Prime Systems Pro/Sound

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’ Futures Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.

The Houston Symphony residency at Lewis 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 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

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 Michael Arlen, Associate Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, at 713.337.8529 or michael.arlen@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 Mrs. 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

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

Roger & Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin

Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello

Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe

Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn

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

Betty 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

Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola 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 Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion 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

Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Linda & Paul Thomas Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Horn 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 Stephen & Kristine Wallace Allen Barnhill, Principal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp 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

The Julia and Albert Smith Foundation Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Bassoon Tad & Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola

Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon

Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin

Carol & Michael Stamatedes Eric Larson, Double Bass InTUNE — December 2018 | 51

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HOLIDAYS

Meet Dave Kirk, principal tuba Dave Kirk has served as Principal Tuba of the Houston Symphony and Associate Professor at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music since 1982.

Dave was selected for both positions during his final year of undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School where he studied with Don Harry.

Dave appears as a guest performer with ensembles throughout North America. Locally, he is an active recitalist, chamber music collaborator and spokesman for the musical arts. He serves on the faculty of the Texas Music Festival, a summer conservatory held at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. In the summer of 2019, he will serve on the brass faculty of the Domaine Forget International Music Festival.

What do you like most about the Houston Symphony’s December concerts?

I enjoy playing holiday music for large, enthusiastic audiences, knowing lots of kids are experiencing their first orchestra concerts. I know our holiday concerts are an annual tradition for many families. My daughters love Home Alone—Film with Live Orchestra.

Do you play holiday music outside the Houston Symphony’s concerts?

My colleague Mark Barton (principal tuba of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet orchestras) and I have a treasured, longstanding tradition: presenting an annual holiday tuba and euphonium concert for patients and staff at MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Texas Medical Center campus. The ensemble comprises students and alumni of the UH’s Moores School and Rice’s Shepherd School along with community players. Our group inspires audiences to sing along with well-known carols.

Does your family have other holiday traditions you would like to share?

Apart from the holidays, the season is significant for my wife, Laura, and me—we married on December 19. We celebrated our Silver Anniversary last year.

I enjoy cooking, and the holidays allow more time to plan and prepare fine meals. Tuna mousse is a popular family hors d’oeuvre and for the main meal, ingredients are more important than recipes: green beans usually in two dishes—a classic casserole and a lighter alternative; cranberry anything goes over well; and there’s always some type of corn casserole. For the main course, a fried turkey is a beloved family tradition!

Dave Kirk is sponsored by Lorraine & Ed Wulfe.

Top: Chillin’ on the bayou Second: The Texas Kirks, Christmas 2017 Third: Santa’s backstage with his tuba Bottom: Our holiday tuba/euphonium ensemble

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