Houston Symphony Magazine — December 2015

DECEMBER 2015

PROGRAM GUIDE December 4 p.18 | December 11, 12, 13 p.22 | December 17, 18, 19, 20 p.26

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PROGRAMS

18 December 4 22 December 11, 12, 13 26 December 17, 18, 19, 20

FEATURES

7 Letter to Patrons 8 Sugar Land Series Celebrates Fourth Season 16 Music Inspires and Strengthens Our Community 48 Backstage Pass—Meet the Musicians

the second time in its musicians inspire and engage 13 For 16 Symphony history, the Houston Symphony through involvement with social service

EVENTS

Ball will be held in a transformed Jones Hall.

groups.

12 Save the Dates!

15 Young Associates Council Kick-Off 24 Upcoming Performances

YOUR HOUSTON SYMPHONY

10 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director 10 Chief Conductors and Music Directors 14 Orchestra and Staff 33 Houston Symphony Chorus

OUR SUPPORTERS

6 New Century Society 10 New Music Director Fund 17 Education and Community Engagement Donors 34 Symphony Society Board 35 Musician Sponsorship 36 Donor Benefits 37 Houston Symphony Donors 44 Houston Symphony Endowment 44 Chorus Endowment Donors 44 Leadership Council

Houston Symphony’s Sugar Land Series 8 The celebrates its fourth season. In March, join Andrés and the orchestra in Sugar Land for two Beethoven symphonies.

On the cover Photo by Jeff Fitlow

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

Principal POPS Conductor Mike Krajewski leads the orchestra and Chorus in the Symphony’s Very Merry Pops concert— a beloved annual tradition of the holiday season.

Acknowledgements

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CREDITS

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Keith Nickerson Managing Editor Elaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant

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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break.

CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts.

Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances.

CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances.

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

For more information or to pledge your support, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice H. Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell Bobby & Phoebe Tudor The Honorable David H. Dewhurst Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Robin Angly & Miles Smith The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Houston Methodist

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Nancy & Robert Peiser Rand Group Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Laura & Michael Shannon Steven & Nancy Williams Baker Botts L.L.P. Beauchamp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Barbara & Pat McCelvey John B. Onstott / Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Wells Fargo

LETTER TO PATRONS

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Steven P. Mach President

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

From the entire Houston Symphony family, we wish you and your family peace and joy this holiday season. We also thank you for allowing the Symphony to be an important part of your celebrations, whether you are joining us in Jones Hall or at one of our several community performances throughout our great city. We are particularly excited to share our traditional holiday performances of Handel’s Messiah with our friends and neighbors at Sugar Land Baptist Church (December 17) and First Methodist Church (December 20). If you are joining us in Sugar Land, we hope you will take advantage of our newly launched Sugar Land Series Patron Program, available to Symphony donors who commit $1,500 and above in annual support. Membership benefits include exclusive access to the Patron Donor Lounge at the Sugar Land Baptist Church and complimentary valet parking at the church, an invitation to a private salon performance in the Sugar Land area and season access to the Patron Donor Lounge at Jones Hall.

For more information, please contact Sarah Slemmons at (713) 337-8528.

The orchestra will spread holiday cheer at two additional community concerts this month: a free Houston Symphony Winter Community Concert at The Church Without Walls on December 10 and a free concert at Houston Methodist Hospital for healthcare practitioners, patients and hospital staff on December 14. The latter will be led by our Principal POPS Conductor Mike Krajewski and will feature the music we know and love in this wonderful time of the year. This hospital performance is part of the Margaret Alkek Williams Crain Garden Performance Series. We thank Houston Methodist for being our official healthcare provider.

In the New Year, the Symphony continues its commitment to connect with the community. On January 14 and 15, the orchestra heads to Houston Baptist University for its third annual residency at the Joella & Stewart Morris Cultural Arts Center. On January 14, the orchestra will perform two concerts for high school students. On the evening of January 15, the orchestra will perform a free classical concert that is open to the public. On January 16, the orchestra goes to Sam Houston State University to perform a classical concert for residents of the Huntsville area.

As the year comes to a close, and our thoughts move toward the New Year, we hope that you will share in our resolution to inspire and engage all Houstonians by continuing to honor us with your patronage and support. Enjoy the performance, and have a wonderful holiday season!

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The Houston Symphony’s Sugar Land Series Celebrates its Fourth Season Fort Bend County, just southwest of Harris County, is one of the fastest-growing areas of the nation, with a population of more than 650,000. The Houston Symphony is proud to serve this community through the Sugar Land Series, with three concert programs every year.

The 2015-16 season marks the fourth year of the Sugar Land Series, and it began on Wednesday, October 14 with a special kick-off event. The funfilled evening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land included performances by Houston Symphony Principal Clarinet Mark Nuccio and Principal Bass Robin Kesselman.

The first Sugar Land concert of the season took place on November Principal Clarinet Mark Nuccio, Principal Bass Robin Kesselman 13 and featured Houston Symphony Concertmaster and proud Sugar Land native Frank Huang leading the orchestra in Dvorˇák’s gorgeous Serenade for Strings. The series will continue on December 17 with Handel’s Messiah, which has become a Sugar Land tradition over the last several holiday seasons.

The final concert of this year’s series will again be led by Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada. On March 11, 2016, the Sugar Land audience will hear Andrés and the orchestra perform two Beethoven symphonies: Symphony No. 2, in which the composer breaks free of the earlier Classical style, and the famous Symphony No. 3, Eroica, his first full Romantic symphony.

Andrés has a special connection to Sugar Land. It is where he conducted his first concert with the Houston Symphony in 2012—prior to being appointed Music Director Designate in January 2013. In the fall of 2013, Andrés led a Sue Springob, Ryan Colburn, Robert Springob program with renowned violinist Midori, and last fall he conducted Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in Sugar Land.

The Sugar Land Series is supported Other programmatic highlights of past Sugar Land concerts include a performance by in part by: noted violinist Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings led by Frank Huang, and Michael Krajewski conducting Blockbuster Film Scores.

From the start, Regions Bank has supported the Sugar Land Series with both generous financial support and public advocacy. Other supporters who make the series possible include Bob and Frances Griswold, Sue and Bob Springob/Laredo Construction, and John Partner and Candace Caley.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Griswold A special Advisory Committee ensures the Symphony’s Sugar Land concerts are wonMr. and Mrs. Robert R. Springob, derful experiences for everyone. This committee includes Scot Cameron, Lindsay Davis, Laredo Construction, Inc. Bob Griswold, Pat Pollicof, Sue Springob, Carolyn Warren and Frank Yonish.

You can help ensure that the Houston Symphony serves the entire Houston area by Supporter joining the brand-new Sugar Land Patron Program. Through this program, Symphony donors who give $1,500 and above receive special benefits, including Patron Donor Lounge John and Candace Caley access and complimentary valet parking at Sugar Land performances, an invitation to a private salon performance in the Sugar Land area and season access to the Patron Donor Lounge at Jones Hall. To join this group of donors, please contact Darryl DeMello, Director, Annual Fund, at (713) 337-8529 or darryl.demello@houstonsyphony.org.

For information on subscribing to the Houston Symphony’s Sugar Land Series, please call (713) 224-7575 or visit houstonsymphony.org.

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ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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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. Andrés 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.

A natural communicator, Andrés expands on this foundation in the 2015-16 season and plans to engage even more in direct conversation about music with the audience. Among his new initiatives is “On-Stage Insights with Andrés,” which features casual commentary by Andrés and soloists from the stage. On the recording front, Andrés and the Symphony are recording the last four great symphonies of Antonín Dvorˇ ák. Andrés has also spearheaded a cultural exchange and partnership with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia.

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Andrés began his musical studies on the violin and started conducting at age 15. At 19, he entered

the 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 on the international scene with two substitutions with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: the first, his debut in 2010, standing in for Esa-Pekka Salonen, and then in 2012, substituting for Riccardo Muti at the Musikverein. He has worked with the most prominent European orchestras, most recently the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestre National de France and Oslo Philharmonic. 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. In the 2015-16 season, he makes his official subscription series debut with the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR FUND The New Music Director Fund supports the concert activities of Andrés Orozco-Estrada in his year as Music Director Designate (201314 Centennial Season) and his first years as Music Director of the Houston Symphony (2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons). Andrés, appointed in January 2013, is a young, dynamic conductor who radiates charm and energy both on and off the podium. He is the orchestra’s first Hispanic music director. photo by julie soefer

For information on how to become involved, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams 10

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Janice H. Barrow Gary and Marian Beauchamp Barbara & Pat McCelvey Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

CHIEF CONDUCTORS AND MUSIC DIRECTORS Julien Paul Blitz (1913-16)

Sir John Barbirolli (1961-67)

Paul Bergé (1916-18)

André Previn (1967-69)

Uriel Nespoli (1931-32)

Lawrence Foster (1971-78)

Frank St. Leger (1932-35)

Sergiu Comissiona (1980-88)

Ernst Hoffmann (1936-47)

Christoph Eschenbach (1988-99)

Efrem Kurtz (1948-54) Ferenc Fricsay (1954) Leopold Stokowski (1955-61)

Hans Graf (2001-13) Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2014-)

events

Save the Dates for these Special Events Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon

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Sunday, March 6, 2016 11:30am to 1:30pm River Oaks Country Club

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Lindley Arnoldy, Chair Rachael Volz, Chair Courtney & Bill Toomey, Honorary Chairs

Lindley Arnoldy

Rachael Volz

Kids from toddlers to teens take the runway at the Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon to model stylish spring fashions from the Itsy Bitsy Boutique. This festive event features the Instrument Petting Zoo, craft activities and entertainment to delight young audiences.

Tables for 10: $5,000 (up to six models in the show); $2,500 (up to four models) and $1,500 (up to two models) Individual Tickets: $150 for adults and $75 for children (non-models) For more information and to purchase tables and tickets, please contact Laura Neiman, Associate Director, League Relations, at (713) 337-8524 or laura.neiman@houstonsymphony.org.

Sloane Sullivan

Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction Friday, April 1, 2016 On the Jones Hall stage Viviana & David Denechaud, Chairs Christie & Billy McCartney, Chairs Robert Weiner, Collector’s Auction Chair Join us for one of the Symphony’s most celebrated events. Enjoy a delectable multi-course dinner, carefully paired with wines from Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods selected by Viviana and David Denechaud, Christie and Billy McCartney, and Lindy and John Rydman, of Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods. Connoisseurs may bid at our Collector’s Auction featuring rare fine wines, wine-related packages and spirits—all to support the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programming.

Tables for 12: $50,000 Tables for 10: $25,000; $15,000; $10,000 and $8,500 Individual Tickets: $2,500 and $1,000

Christie & Billy McCartney

For more information, please contact Tyler Murphy, Assistant, Special Events, at (713) 337-8582 or tyler.murphy@houstonsymphony.org.

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2016 Houston Symphony Ball Saturday, May 14, 2016 Jones Hall Jana & Scotty Arnoldy, Chairs Mary Ann & David McKeithan, Auction Chairs

Tables for 12: $100,000 Tables for 10: $50,000; $25,000 and $15,000 Individual Tickets: $6,250; $2,500 and $1,500 For more information and to purchase tables and tickets, please contact Tyler Murphy, Assistant, Special Events at (713) 337-8582 or tyler.murphy@houstonsymphony.org.

David & Mary Ann McKeithan, Jana & Scotty Arnoldy

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For the second time in its history, the Houston Symphony Ball will be held in a transformed Jones Hall. The annual event, a highlight of the Houston social calendar, features musical performances, a seated dinner, an auction featuring one-of-a-kind experiences, and special surprises. All proceeds benefit the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programming.

2016 Ball Auction has Launched in Style On October 26, the J.McLaughlin store on West Gray Street opened its doors to the Houston Symphony family for the 2016 Ball Auction Launch Party—and a night of philanthropy and fun! Hosted by the 2016 Ball Auction Chairs Mary Ann and David McKeithan and Launch Chair Elise Glattier-Hollingsworth, the evening raised 20 percent of the proceeds for the 2016 Ball Auction. Later in the evening, Ferenc Illenyi (violin) and Barry Roberts (guitar) treated guests to a wonderful musical performance. The 2016 Ball Auction is off to a fantastic start, and we thank all the donors who help make the Auction a success.

Jo Dee Wright & Robin Angly

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ORCHESTRA AND STAFF Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski, Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz, Associate Conductor Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge FIRST VIOLIN Frank Huang, 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 Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Anastasia Sukhopara* Evgenia Zharzhavskaya* SECOND VIOLIN Rodica Gonzalez, Acting Principal Hitai Lee, Acting Associate Principal Kiju Joh** Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tina Zhang Amy Teare** Oleg Chelpanov* Michelle Black* Tianjie Lu* Annie Kuan-Yu Chen* 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 Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James R. Denton Louis-Marie Fardet

Steven Reineke, Principal POPS Conductor Designate Betsy Cook Weber, D irector, Houston Symphony Chorus

DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal David Malone, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Rebecca Powell Garfield*

TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Caroline Schafer* TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman

PICCOLO Rebecca Powell Garfield*

TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal

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

TIMPANI Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal

ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin

PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal

E-FLAT CLARINET Christian Schubert

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Michael Gorman

BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair

ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Shana Bey

BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Micah Doherty*

LIBRARIAN Thomas Takaro ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray

CONTRABASSOON Micah Doherty*

STAGE MANAGER Kelly Morgan

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

STAGE TECHNICIANS Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony and James B. Kozak serves as Piano Technician.

The Houston Symphony has two Steinway concert grand pianos. One is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum in 2001. The other is a Centennial gift from the Houston Symphony Central and Bay Area Leagues in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Houston Symphony League which was celebrated during the 2012-13 season.

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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Aurelie Desmarais, Chief of Artistic Planning Amanda Dinitz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Vicky Dominguez, General Manager Danny Granados, Chief Financial Officer Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador/ Assistant Conductor Meg Philpot, Director, Human Resources Joann Tamayo, Human Resources Assistant Artistic Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Roxanna Tehrani, Artistic Assistant Rebecca Zabinski, Manager, Artistic Administration Development Darryl de Mello, Director, Annual Fund Noureen Faizullah, Development Director, Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Assistant, Institutional Giving Kendall Kessel, Associate Director, Foundation and Government Grants Rachel Klaassen, Development Assistant, Gifts, Records and Planned Giving Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations Irma Molina, Development Associate, Gifts and Records Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Tyler Murphy, Assistant, Special Events Laura Neiman, Associate Director, League Relations Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Rhemé Sloan, Manager, Research and Prospect Management Education and Community Programming Allison Conlan, Associate Director, Education Melissa Fuller, Education and Community Programming Assistant Emily Nelson, Education and Community Programming Manager Ragan Rhodes, Education and Community Programming Associate Finance/Administration/IT Sally Brassow, Controller Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Desmond Robinson, Director, IT Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Business Analytics Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects Marketing/Communications Vanessa Astros-Young, Senior Director, Communications Kristen Bennett, PR Coordinator Jeffrey Block, Marketing Manager Sara Carr, Graphic Designer Calvin Dotsey, Digital Marketing Coordinator Elizabeth Faulkenberry, Front of House Coordinator Brian Glass, Patron Services Coordinator Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez, Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Keith Nickerson, Managing Editor, Publications Sarah Rendón, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Jacqueline Shumate, Marketing Manager Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Operations Shana Bey, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Becky Brown, Director, Operations Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Lauren Moore, Operations Assistant Kelly Morgan, Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations

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The Houston Symphony Young Associates Council Kicks Off its Year

Christine Falgout, Alexandra Gottschalk, Valerie Dieterich & Catherine Matthews

Vivek & Ishwaria Subbiah

Ting Bresnahan, Mark Hanson & Brian McCulloch

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On September 30, eighty young professionals attended the Houston Symphony Young Associates Council’s 2015YOUNG ASSOCIATES 16 kick-off event. Celebrating COUNCIL the philanthropic group’s fourth year, the festivities took place at the Burberry store in the Houston Galleria. Matthew Roitstein, the Symphony’s Associate Principal Flute, mingled with guests and spoke about his newest instrument: the bass flute. In addition to its involvement hosting the event, Burberry donated a percentage of purchases made that evening to the Houston Symphony.

Our sincerest thanks go to Ting Bresnahan, Chair of the Young Associates Council, along with Valerie Dieterich, Christine Falgout, Alexandra Gottschalk and Catherine Matthews for helping to make this event possible.

For information about the Young Associates Council, please contact Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts, at molly. simpson@houstonsymphony.org.

Education and Community engagement

Music Inspires and Strengthens All in Our Community Houston Symphony Partners with Local Social Service Agencies

Community-Embedded Musicians visit Dress for Success Houston

As a vital component of our Education and Community Engagement initiatives, the Houston Symphony partners with a number of social service agencies to provide opportunities for people from all walks of life to learn about, engage with and participate in music. Two of our newly appointed Community-Embedded Musicians, Jenna Barghouti (violin) and Hellen Weberpal (cello), recently visited one of these agencies, Dress for Success Houston, and were emotionally moved by their interactions with the women served by this incredible organization.

The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Since 1998, Dress for Success Houston has provided business clothing, a much-needed boost of confidence, and job retention and career advancement services to more than 30,000 women in the Houston community.

So how does the Houston Symphony fit in with this mission? Lauren Levicki Courville, vice president of Dress for Success Houston, remarked that Jenna and Hellen’s visit “was an incredible opportunity for our Professional Women’s Group members to be exposed, many for the first time, to classical music. Hellen and Jenna engaged the women on many dimensions. Their presentation was inspirational and impactful.”

While visiting with the women, Jenna and Hellen related their personal experiences of disappointment and feelings of failure after unsuccessful auditions (feelings shared by almost all professional musicians!). Rather than wallowing in these negative feelings, Jenna and Hellen spoke of turning disappointments into points of pride that served to make them stronger. After the presentation, one of the clients, a woman in her 60s, told Hellen the dedication and perseverance she showed as a musician was inspirational to her. “I hoped Jenna and I would be able to share some of our experience and hope with the women,” said Hellen, “but I never expected I would be brought close to tears myself!”

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attended a Symphony concert at Jones Hall in late November.

Our partnerships with other social service agencies feature varying components, customized primarily to the needs of the clients served by the agency. In our partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters, for example, Houston Symphony musicians use their time right before concerts at Jones Hall to interact with and inspire the “Bigs and Littles”. Symphony staff also provide VIP-type experiences, including backstage tours and special visits with guest artists and conductors. Such interactions help this organization fulfill its mission by exposing children to positive experiences and challenging them to reach their full potentials. Pierce Bush, Chief Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters, remarks, “The Houston Symphony has been an incredible partner for our mission, and the entire Big Brothers Big Sisters family has benefited as they have helped us expose our children to the incredible art that is the Symphony. The Houston Symphony has donated numerous tickets for our matches [Little Brothers and Sisters] to performances, is supporting our Unmatched Little’s Christmas Party and has introduced our matches to the musicians themselves backstage.”

Not only does the Symphony strive to benefit the clients of social service agencies, we also hope to benefit the agencies at an organizational level by raising their visibility within Greater Houston. There is also a “bigger picture” benefit of the Symphony’s social service initiative: strengthening our community as a whole. The Center for Arts and Cultural Policy at Princeton University suggests that involvement in the arts helps to build community by increasing a collective sense of identity and pride. By providing access to those who otherwise might not have the opportunity to experience our art, we hope to promote positive community norms, including diversity, tolerance and free expression. We are, after all, Houston’s Symphony.

Special thanks to our Community Partnerships Committee, especially Board of Trustees member Tracy Dieterich, who is leading this important initiative.

For more information about the Houston Symphony’s social service initiative, please contact Pam Blaine at (713) 238-1490 or pam. blaine@houstonsymphony.org.

Support for the Community-Embedded Musician Program The Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary is presented by BBVA Compass and the BBVA Compass Foundation. We are also thankful to HISD and these lead supporters of the Community-Embedded Musician program: Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, Medistar, Spec’s Charitable Foundation, Nancy and Robert Peiser, and Mr. Jay Seinfeld and Mrs. Barbara Winthrop.

EducaTIon and Community Engagement The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities.

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.

GUARANTOR - $100,000+ BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Honorable David H. Dewhurst City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods UNDERWRITER - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation The Elkins Foundation ExxonMobil GDF SUEZ Energy North America The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company

SPONSOR - $25,000+ The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Sterling-Turner Foundation

BENEFACTOR - $5,000+ Houston Symphony League Bay Area Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation

PARTNER - $15,000+ Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s Wells Fargo

DONOR - $1,000+ Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Nancy & Robert Peiser Chester Pitts Foundation Tricia & Mark Rauch Texas Commission on the Arts

SUPPORTER - $10,000+ CenterPoint Energy East West Bank Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Marathon Oil Corporation Symphony Scouts is supported by Cora Sue and The Powell Foundation Harry Mach in honor of Roger Daily’s 13 years of Vivian L. Smith Foundation service as Director of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs.

These programs are also supported by the following endowed funds which are part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education 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 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Endowed Fund

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Home Alone—Film with Orchestra Steven Reineke, conductor High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Chorale— Shannon Carter and Julia Hall, directors Pat Bonner, vocal music chair Friday, December 4, 2015 7:30pm

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There will be one intermission.

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

HOME ALONE 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 Color by DELUXE

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

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Composer’s Note

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Ever since Home Alone appeared, it has held a unique place in the affections of a very broad public. Director Chris Columbus brought a uniquely fresh and innocent approach to this delightful story, and the film has deservedly become a perennial at holiday time.

I took great pleasure in composing the score for the film, and I am especially delighted the magnificent Houston Symphony has agreed to perform the music in a live presentation of the movie.

I know I speak for everyone connected with the making of the film in saying that we are greatly honored by this event…and I hope tonight’s audience will experience the renewal of joy the film brings with it, each and every year. —John Williams

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biographies | Home Alone—Film with Orchestra | december 4 Home Alone—Film with Orchestra produced by IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Coordinator: Rob Stogsdill Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Technical Director: Pat McGillen Marketing Coordinator: Dan Barry

JOHN WILLIAMS, composer

Music Composed by John Williams

In a career spanning 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 and served as music director for more than 100 films, including all seven Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-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, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse and Lincoln.

Williams’ contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and 49 Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars.

He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 22 Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December 2004. In 2009, Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. government.

In January 1980, Williams was named 19th music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary

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, and Mark Graham.

Biographies STEVEN REINEKE, conductor Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. In addition to being Principal Pops Conductor Designate of the Houston Symphony, he is music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and 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, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia, among other leading orchestras.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, his works have been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous CPO recordings (Telarc). His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and 20

Casey at the Bat are frequently performed. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion. This season, the National Symphony Orchestra will premiere his The True Story of The Three Little Pigs.

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

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biographies | Home Alone—Film with Orchestra | december 4 Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December 1993, after 14 highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of artist-in-residence at Tanglewood. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for the Cleveland Orchestra and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Williams composed and arranged Air and Simple Gifts especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled On Willows and Birches.

performing in two vocal ensembles, also study vocal production, music history, music theory and sight singing. In their senior year, students present a 30-minute solo recital, the culmination of four years of intensive study.

While many HSPVA students choose to pursue a career in the arts by studying at top universities and conservatories, others use the tools gained at the school to launch successful careers in business, engineering, education and law.

In addition to previous engagements with the Houston Symphony, the Chorale has toured to Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Albuquerque, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. In the summer of 1994, the Chorale participated in the 50th anniversary celebration of D-Day in Normandy, France.

THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS CHORALE The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) is Houston Independent School District’s fine arts magnet high school. The HSPVA music department is a three-time winner of the Grammy Signature Schools Gold award. Under the direction of Shannon Carter and Julia Hall, Chorale comprises 50 junior and senior vocal majors, who in addition to

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Very Merry Pops Michael Krajewski, conductor Reginald Smith Jr., baritone Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Friday, December 11, 2015 8pm Saturday, December 12, 2015 8pm Sunday, December 13, 2015 2:30pm Sunday, December 13, 2015 7:30pm

Arr. J. Kessler An American Holiday Overture

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E. Pola-G. Wyle/V. Vanacore It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Arr. J. M. Stephenson Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Tuba David Kirk, tuba

A. Hague/M. Naughtin How the Grinch Stole Christmas text by Dr. Seuss Arr. G. Prechel A Merry Little Sing-Along

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Arr. R. Wendel Little Boléro Boy from A Classical Christmas Suite

Arr. Wendel Holiday Greetings

R. W. Smith Jingle Bells Forever

G. Shayne/Kessler Do You Hear What I Hear? lyrics by Noël Regney

A. Silvestri-G. Ballard/A. Bisbano Believe from The Polar Express R. Shaw-R. R. Bennett The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 1 H. Martin-R. Blane/Kessler Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and again on Classical 91.7 on Wednesdays at 8pm.

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Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall

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Sewell’s Houston locations include Sewell Infiniti and Audi North Houston on the North Freeway and Sewell Cadillac on the Katy Freeway. In 2016, Sewell will add to their product portfolio with a new Audi location in Sugar Land and their first-ever Mercedes-Benz location in west Houston.

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MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, conductor Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops. In addition to his position as principal pops conductor of the Houston Symphony, he serves the same role in Jacksonville and Atlanta and is the newly appointed music director of The Philly Pops.

As a guest conductor, Mike has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis Symphonies; the Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Dallas, Pittsburgh and National Symphony Orchestras, and numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; the Toronto, Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras; the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Other international appearances include performances in Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra as well as performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and this season’s debut with Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.

With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Mike furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

REGINALD SMITH JR., vocalist A Grand Finals winner of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a recent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, baritone Reginald Smith Jr. has been praised by the New York Times as “a passionate performer” and by Opera News for his “powerful and attractive voice.” In addition to this return engagement with the Houston Symphony, Smith’s 2015-16 season includes his company debut with Toledo Opera as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as a guest soloist and the Nashville Symphony in Handel’s Messiah.

Last year, a busy season included Bonzo in Madame Butterfly with the Cincinnati Opera and the Houston Grand Opera, Speaker in Magic Flute with Houston Grand Opera and Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with the Wolf Trap Opera.

Operatic highlights include Die Fledermaus (Falke), La traviata (Germont), Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Capulet/Le Duc), Porgy and Bess (Jake/Lawyer Frazier), The Pirates of Penzance (The Pirate King) and Rigoletto (Marullo).

In addition to receiving recognition from the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, Smith has won first place in the National Opera Association Competition, Scholarship Division; Orpheus Vocal Competition, Young Artist Division; and top prizes in the George London Foundation Vocal Competition and Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition.

He received a 2015 Sarah Tucker Study Grant.

Visit reginaldsmithjr.com to learn more.

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Handel’s Messiah *Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Shannon Mercer, soprano *Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano *Matthew Plenk, tenor *Jonathan Lasch, baritone Houston Symphony Chorus—Betsy Cook Weber, director Thursday, December 17, 2015 8pm Friday, December 18, 2015 8pm Saturday, December 19, 2015 8pm Sunday, December 20, 2015 2:30pm Sunday, December 20, 2015 7:30pm

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H andel Messiah Part the First Sinfonia: Grave—Allegro moderato Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people: Larghetto e piano— Air (Tenor): Ev’ry valley shall be exalted: Andante Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord: Allegro Recitative (Baritone): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts— Air (Mezzo-soprano): But who may abide the day of His coming?: Larghetto Chorus: And he shall purify the sons of Levi: Moderato Recitative (Mezzo-soprano): Behold! a virgin shall conceive— Air (Mezzo-soprano) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion: Andante Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born: Andante allegro Pifa (Pastoral Symphony): Larghetto e mezzo piano Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field— Recitative (Soprano): And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them: Andante— Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them— Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly, there was with the angel: Allegro— Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest: Allegro Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: Allegro Recitative (Mezzo-soprano): Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d— Air (Mezzo-soprano and Soprano): He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: Larghetto e piano Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light: Allegro

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notes | handel’s messiah | december 17, 18, 19, 20 MESSIAH George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) In a Tweet. Handel’s genius for eloquence and drama in opera delivers a spiritual message in the work that gave us the “Hallelujah” chorus.

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The Back Story. As George Frideric Handel entered his 50s, his future was uncertain.

Audiences were turning their backs on the grand operas that had made him the toast of London, his home for more than 20 years. The box-office slump left Handel—who had a financial stake in his company that staged his works—facing a pile of debts. In April 1737, two months after his 52nd birthday, he suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right arm and affected his mind. Handel’s opera company limped to the end of its money-losing season without him, and then it closed for good. But Handel didn’t give up.

He took off to a spa in Germany, where his health (with or without the help of the mineral baths) staged such a comeback that he regained his ability to play the organ. Returning to London, Handel got busy composing and performing. A fundraising concert helped him pay his IOUs. And even though he created a few more operas, he found more opportunity in another genre: oratorio, a non-staged adaptation of a biblical subject for choir, soloists and orchestra. Saul, the story of Israel’s first king, led off a series of works that won Handel acclaim across England. Then, the invitation to produce a concert series in Dublin, Ireland, led to his triumph: Messiah.

Charles Jennens, a blue-blooded amateur author who had written the text of Saul, penned the Messiah without being asked. Drawing mainly on the Bible, Jennens crafted a tribute to Jesus’ meaning to humanity. He then sent the libretto to Handel, hoping he would set it to music. The Dublin invitation supplied the impetus. Handel composed the music in about three weeks during August and September 1741. Performances of his other works commenced in Ireland that December, and to Handel’s delight, audiences repeatedly jammed the concert hall.

As the April premiere of Messiah approached, anticipation ran so high that even the final rehearsal played to a packed house. Because the performance benefited charity, a newspaper item addressed to concertgoers asked the women to leave the hoops off their dresses and the men to forgo their swords, thus making room for more ticket buyers. After Messiah premiered, a Dublin journal reported, “The best judges allowed it to be the most finished piece of Musick. Words are wanting to express the exquisite Delight it afforded to the admiring crowded audience.” Clearly, that summation of Messiah’s premiere performance has stood the test of time.

The Instruments. 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord, organ and strings What to Listen For. Messiah doesn’t mention Mary and Joseph, miraculous deeds, Judas or the cross. Handel and Jennens relied on the audience to know all that. Rather than narrating Jesus’ life story, the text is a series of meditations and celebrations that enable Handel’s

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biographies | handel’s messiah | december 17, 18, 19, 20 music to take wing. Jennens selected Bible verses that address listeners at the most personal, tangible level. To evoke the torments Jesus endured, Messiah tells us, “He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off that hair.” Who can’t imagine how that would feel?

The work unfolds in three sections. Part One centers on Jesus’ arrival on earth. Messiah comes closest to storytelling when the soprano soloist portrays the angel who proclaims to the shepherds that Jesus is born. Part Two explores Jesus’ sufferings and their redemption of a turbulent world. Then, it climaxes in Handel’s iconic outburst of joy, the “Hallelujah” chorus. Part Three looks to Judgment Day and the resurrection of the dead.

Handel may have left the theater behind, but his power to convey emotion and crystallize drama is as potent in Messiah as in his operas. Lilting strings set the scene for the shepherds tending their flocks. When Jesus gives his back to the smiters, the orchestra’s relentless, jabbing chords conjure the pain. Seizing on a Baroque-opera tradition of accenting arias with lusty trumpet solos, Handel gives the style a new spin by unleashing the trumpet as the bass soloist invokes Judgment Day. The “Hallelujah” chorus is just one of many sections in which the music dances for joy. In some of them, the voice parts take off at such a clip that it may be closer to say they’re sprinting for joy, and only virtuoso singers can do them justice. On the other hand, when the music turns soulful, its warmth and melody speak directly to the heart, and listeners have gotten the message ever since the premiere. The contralto soloist in Dublin, Susannah Cibber, was embroiled at the time in a much-publicized divorce including charges of adultery. Her part in Messiah included “He Was Despised,” an aria lamenting mankind’s treatment of Jesus. Legend has it that Cibber sang with such feeling that, when she finished, a minister in the audience cried out, “Woman, for this be all thy sins forgiven thee!” ©2015 Steven Brown The printed music for this work was donated by the Edith F. Bondi Foundation in memory of Edith F. Bondi and Great Uncle Conductor Simon Parmet.

Biographies NICHOLAS KRAEMER, conductor Equally at home in front of modern and period orchestras, Nicholas Kraemer enjoys a busy international schedule. He is permanent guest conductor of the Manchester Camerata, principal guest conductor of Music of the Baroque in Chicago and principal guest conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra.

Kraemer has conducted the Chicago and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestras; the Rotterdam and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Hallé, Berlin and BBC Philharmonics. He has long-established relationships with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Winterthur Orchestra.

He recently conducted the Minnesota Orchestra and Detroit, Colorado and West Australia Symphony Orchestras. Younger musicians appreciate his collaborations with the Dartington Summer Schools, El Sistema orchestras in Venezuela, Young Sinfonia, Aspen Music Festival and School and joint endeavors with the Manchester Camerata and Royal Northern College of Music.

He has conducted The Magic Flute and Handel’s Jephtha

for English National Opera, Agrippina for Theater Aachen and L’Incoronazione di Poppea for Colorado’s Central City Opera, Le Nozze di Figaro for Den Nye Opera in Bergen and Idomeneo for Grange Park Opera.

Among his recordings are several discs of Vivaldi for Naxos; Locatelli, Tartini Durante, Pergolesi and Leo for Hyperion; Handel’s Rodelinda for Virgin Classics, Handel Oratorio Duets on BIS and works by Thea Musgrave for Collins Classics.

SHANNON MERCER, soprano Recognized for the luminosity and effortless agility of her voice, as well as her commanding stage presence and profound acting ability, Canadian soprano Shannon Mercer enthusiastically embraces a range of repertoire from early to contemporary music. She maintains a busy and challenging performance calendar of opera, concert and recital engagements throughout North America and Europe while also sustaining an active recording presence.

This season, she sings Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Calgary Opera, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and Mozart’s Esultate, Jubilate with the Naples Philharmonic and Messiah here and with the Oregon Symphony.

Fostering a deep commitment to performances of contemporary opera, Mercer has appeared with The Queen of Puddings Music Theatre in a number of works by Canadian composer Ana Sokolovic. She participated in world premieres of James Rolfe’s Inês, John Beckwith’s Crazy to Kill and Andrew Hamilton’s Beckett: Feck It! Illustrating a breadth of musical interests and exceptional vocal talent, her award-winning discography ranges from baroque to contemporary, from traditional Welsh folk music to Christmas songs.

An alumnus of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola Opera Program, Mercer is the recipient of a Career Development Grant, the Virginia Parker Prize and the Bernard Diamant Scholarship from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto’s Career Development Award.

A native of Ottawa, Shannon Mercer now lives in Toronto.

JENNIFER RIVERA, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera has earned a spot as one of the most sought after and versatile lyric mezzo-sopranos of her generation by consistently December 2015 29

biographies | handel’s messiah | december 17, 18, 19, 20 delivering exceptional vocalism, superb musicianship and a powerful stage presence. Her 2015-2016 season features this debut with the Houston Symphony, another with Dallas Opera in the premiere of Mark Adamo’s Becoming Santa Claus and a return to New Orleans Opera to reprise the role of Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking.

Her 2014-2015 calendar featured a return to Portland Opera for Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and her debuts with Opera Parallèle, as Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, and Brisbane Baroque, as the title role in Paul Curran’s production of Faramondo.

The 2013-2014 season saw Rivera with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, for Schubert’s Mass No. 6 under Hans Graf; Gotham Chamber Opera, for Baden-Baden 1927; Opera Omaha, for Nerone in Agrippina; Boston Baroque, for Penelope in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria; and Central City Opera, debuting in the role of Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking.

Jennifer Rivera has recently appeared with Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Berlin State Opera, Royal Theater of Turin, Royal Opera of Wallonia and Palm Beach Opera.

The mezzo’s discography includes: the title role in La Stellidaura vendicante and Nerone in Agrippina for Harmonia Mundi, Licida in L’Olimpiade for Sony Music and The Garrison Keillor Songs by Robert Aldridge.

MATTHEW PLENK, tenor This season, tenor Matthew Plenk returns to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and to the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Macduff in Macbeth. In addition to these debut performances with the Houston Symphony, he sings Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra.

A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 20072008 season as the Sailor’s Voice in Tristan und Isolde. He has returned to the Met many times, including a 2011 tour of Japan.

Other recent engagements include debuts at the Los Angeles Opera as Steuerman in Die fliegende Holländer and the Opera Theater of St. Louis as Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance.

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Opera Chamber Ensemble, singing Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer and duets by Schumann. He has performed in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among others.

In 2005, he was one of 16 singers who worked with Naxos Records and Yale University to record the complete songs of Charles Ives.

A graduate of Hartt School of Music and Yale University, Matthew Plenk is a Samling Scholar. His awards include Grand Finalist, 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; First Place, Five Towns Music Competition; and Grand Prize, Music Lovers Competition.

JONATHAN LASCH, baritone Baritone Jonathan Lasch’s most recent concert engagements include Handel’s Messiah with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as well as performances in Fauré’s and Duruflé’s Requiems, Henry Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass, Adam in The Creation, The Five Mystical Songs and Dover Beach with the Emerson String Quartet. He performed as a recitalist on a tour of Spain.

While earning an Artist Diploma in Opera at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, his roles included the title role in Verdi’s Falstaff, Melisso in Alcina, Shrike in the Midwest premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Miss Lonelyhearts and Marcello in La bohème. Lasch performed Ford in Falstaff and Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen with Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program and Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia with Portland Opera.

As a Glimmerglass Festival Young American Artist, he performed roles including A Jailer and covered Scarpia in Tosca, Achilla in Giulio Cesare and covered Friedrich in Wagner’s comic opera Das Liebesverbot.

Fortunate to learn from some of the nation’s best training programs, he participated in the Young Artist Programs at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, Chautauqua Opera and Connecticut Opera, in addition to Glimmerglass. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Hartt School at University of Hartford, an Artist Diploma from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Text | handel’s messiah | december 17, 18, 19, 20 Messiah George Frideric Handel Part the First

Sinfonia (Overture) Recitative (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) Air (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) 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) Recitative (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) Air (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) Chorus And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

(Malachi 3:3) 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) Air (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! (Isaiah 40:9) 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 40:1)

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) Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) Recitative (Soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

(Luke 2:8) Recitative (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) 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) Recitative (Soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav’nly Host praising God, and saying: (Luke 2:13) Chorus Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men!

(Luke 2:14) Air (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) 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 an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.

(Isaiah 35:5-6) Air (Mezzo-soprano and 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) Chorus His yoke is easy, His burden is light.

(Matthew 11:30)

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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, good tidings to Jerusalem, arise, say unto the cities of Judah: Behold your God, behold, the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

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Chorus Behold the lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

(John 1:29) Air (Mezzo-soprano) He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

(Isaiah 53:3) 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) 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) Chorus And with His stripes we are healed.

(Isaiah 53:5) 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) Recitative (Tenor) All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: (Psalm 22:7) Chorus He trusted in God that He would deliver Him, let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him. (Psalm 69:20) Air (Soprano) How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.

(Romans 10:15) Air (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) Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.

(Psalm 2:3) Recitative (Tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn, the Lord shall have them in derision.

(Psalm 2:4) Air (Tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

(Psalm 2:9)

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Chorus Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah!

(Revelation 19:6) 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) King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

(Revelation 11:16)

Part the Third

Air (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) For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first-fruits of them that sleep.

(1 Corinthians 15:20) 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) Recitative (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) Air (Baritone) The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rais’d incorruptible, and we shall be chang’d.

(1 Corinthians 15:52) Air (Soprano) If God be for us, who can be against us?

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect?

God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?

It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who makes intercession for us.

(Romans 8:31, 33, 34) 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.

Blessing and honor, glory and pow’r be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.

(Revelation 5:9, 12-13) Chorus Amen.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHORUS The Houston Symphony Chorus, the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony, consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, singers in this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world’s great choral-orchestral masterworks under the batons of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Michael Krajewski, Hans Graf, Robert Shaw, Mitch Miller, Peter Schrier, Helmut Rilling and Nicholas McGegan, among many others. Under the leadership of Director Emeritus Charles Hausmann, the Chorus made several European concert tours performing with orchestras in Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, England and Mexico. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.

AUDITIONS The Houston Symphony Chorus will hold auditions in January. Please email chorus@houstonsymphony.org for information.

Betsy Cook Weber, Director Anna Diemer Chorus Manager Beth Casey Keith Dixon Benjamin May Janwin Overstreet-Goode Rehearsal Conductors

BETSY COOK WEBER, director Dr. Betsy Cook Weber is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music and is also internationally active as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and lecturer. In 2013, Betsy became the 13th person and first woman to receive the Texas Choral Director Association’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. She is editor of the Betsy Cook Weber choral series with Alliance Music Publishing.

Choirs under Betsy’s direction, including the Moores School Concert Chorale, have been featured at multiple state and national conventions. Internationally, Chorale has won prizes and received acclaim at prestigious competitions in Wales, France and Germany.

Betsy has prepared singers for Da Camera of Houston and for early music orchestras ARS Lyrica Houston and Mercury. She prepares singers for touring shows, including Josh Groban, NBC’s Clash of the Choirs, Telemundo’s Latin Grammy, Star Wars: In Concert and Andrea Bocelli.

Before joining the University of Houston, Betsy taught vocal music, K-12, in public schools. Prior to her appointment as Houston Symphony Chorus Director, she served from 1990 to 1997 as Assistant and, later, Associate Director of the Chorus. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) and the University of Houston.

Steve Abercia Melissa Bailey Adams Wilton Adams Jennifer Agbu Bob Alban Ramona Alms Stuart Aron R. Ellis Bardin Justin Becker Eldo Bergman Nicholas Berkley Chelsea Berner Claude Bitner Randy Boatright ^ John Bond ^ Harvey Bongers Jonathan Bordelon Bruce Boyle Nancy Bratic Mischa Brinkmeyer ^ Patricia Bumpus James R. Carazola Beth Casey Susan Casper Tatiana Chavanelle William K. Cheadle Elizabeth Chrisman Peter Christian Nancy Christopherson Holly Johnson Churman Sarah Wilson Clark Nicole Colby ^ Jessica G. Colmenares John Colson Andrea Creath Roger Cutler Anna Diemer Steve Dukes Dana Dupont Randy Eckman Christine Economides Deborah Edwin Paul Ehrsam Chris Fair Brianna Fernandez Ian Fetterley Angelina Michele Fonseca Joseph S. Frybert Mary Gahr Chase Gaines John Gallagher Thyago Galvão Michael Gilbert Katura Gilmore Robert Gomez Heather Goodwin Hannah Gronseth Akash Gulati

Scott Holshouser Accompanist Will Hailey Julia Hall Susan Hall Earl Harper Warren Harper Jennifer Harris Jen Hart L. Scott Hassett Matthew Henderson Terry Henderson Megan Henry Walter Mark “Chip” Hinkel Jr. Eileen G. Holshouser Sean Holshouser George Howe Donald Howie Jillian Hughes Sylvia Hysong Yukiko Iwata Stephen James Donna Lyn Jerz Timothy Joya Christopher Kersten Michael Kessler Nobuhide Kobori Gillian Kruse Kat Kunz Karen Lach Yoka W. Larasati Brian K. Lassinger Cynthia Lavenda Hojung Lee Joyce Lewis Shelby Lollar Frank Lopez Kimberly MacQueen Sarah Malin Lisa Marut-Shriver Ken Mathews Clemente Leon Mathis Ben May Saleel Menon Janet Menzie Scott Mermelstein Margaret Winchell Miller Bill Mize Jim Moore Theresa Olin Janwin Overstreet-Goode Bill Parker Corita Parker-Du Bose Jennifer Paulson Charnele Pendarivs Lauren Price Greg Railsback Jessica Rangel Natalia Rawle Laurie Reynolds Gabriel Rio Douglas Rodenberger Carolyn Rogan Brittany Ruhmann Tyson Ruhmann Doug Sander David Schoen

Tony Sessions Librarian/Stage Manager Sybil Scott Gary Scullin Tony Sessions Jeff Simmons Matthew Smedberg Brian Smith Lauren Smith Alicia Spade Katie Spanos Dewell Springer Miriam Stafford Mark Standridge Meredith Steiniger Sam Stengler Cecilia Sun Julia Swindle Suzanne Thacker Alisa Tobin Sara Torrey Lisa Rai Trewin Yen-Kuei (Peter) Tu Paul Van Dorn Jeanna Villanueva Mary Voigt Amanda A. Wade Lori Wagner Jenny Warkentin Beth Weidler Brady Weldon Eric West Lance Wilcox Lee Williams Kaye Windel-Garza Emeritus Members Barbara Bush Carol Carthel James Carthel Rochella Cooper Debby Cutler Marilyn S. Dyess Sally Evans Richard Field Clarice Gatlin Bill Goddard John Grady Chuck Izzo Berma Kinsey David Knoll John MacDonald Joan Mercado Dave Nussmann Janis Parish Nina Peropoulos Peter Peropoulos Jan Russell June Russell Tony Vazquez Jim Wilhite Pam Wilhite Patsy Wilson ^ Section Leaders As of October 14, 2015

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Symphony Society Board President Steven P. Mach*

Chairman Robert B. Tudor III*

General Counsel Paul R. Morico*

Immediate Past President Robert A. Peiser*

Chairman Emeritus Mike S. Stude*

Secretary Barbara McCelvey*

Chair, Board Governance and Leadership Gene Dewhurst*

Chair, Finance Barbara Burger*

Chair, Strategic Planning Janet F. Clark*

Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby

Chair, Audience Development & Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant

Chair, Audit Anthony Bohnert

Chair, Community Partnerships Donna Shen

Chair, Development Jerry Simon

Chair, Education Billy McCartney

Chair, Pension Gene Dewhurst

Chair, Popular Programming Danielle Batchelor

Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Mary Lynn Marks

Immediate Past Chairman Jesse B. Tutor*^

President, Houston Symphony Endowment Jesse B. Tutor*^

President, Houston Symphony League Betty Tutor*^

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson*^

Music Director AndrĂŠs Orozco-Estrada*^

Musician Representative Adam Dinitz*^

Musician Representative Sergei Galperin*^

Musician Representative Mark Hughes*^

Assistant Secretary Open *Executive Committee ^Ex-Officio

Governing Directors Jan Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Donna Josey Chapman Janet F. Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn

Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty David Frankfort Julia Frankel Ronald G. Franklin Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Joan Kaplan Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach

Paul M. Mann, M.D. Rodney Margolis ** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan ** Paul R. Morico Kevin O’Gorman John Onstott Robert A. Peiser David Pruner Ron Rand

John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer ** Jerry Simon Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith James Stein Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Robert B. Tudor III ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Fredric Weber

Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams ** Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich

Ex-Officio James Moore Gloria G. Pryzant Donna Shen

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Meherwan Boyce Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis Cindy Deere Azar Delpassand Ronald DePinho, M.D.

Tracy Dieterich Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Craig Fox Allen Gelwick Evan Glick Julianne K. Gorte Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect, M.D. Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Marianne Ivany Brian James Rita Justice I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez

Carolyn Mann Michael Mann, M.D. John Matzer III Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Bobbie Newman Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Dana Ondrias Edward Osterberg Jr. Chester M. Pitts II Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant

Richard A. Rabinow Roman F. Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Michael E. Shannon ** Donna Shen Robert Sloan David Stanard David Tai Brian J. Thomas L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Andrew Truscott Art Vivar Margaret Waisman, M.D. Robert Weiner

James T. Willerson, M.D. Steven J. Williams Ed Wulfe ** Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society 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

Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley 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 Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Susan Osterberg Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West

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

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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

Ex-Officio Ting Bresnahan Audrey Chang John Esquivel Dr. A. Jan Taylor Lifetime Trustee **

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIP 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 Molly Simpson, Senior Director, Major Gifts, at (713) 337-8526 or molly.simpson@houstonsymphony.org.

Mr. William L. Ackerman Megan Conley, Harp, Principal Mrs. Janice H. Barrow Sophia S. Silivos, Second Violin, Acting Associate Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Fox David R. Malone, Double Bass, Acting Principal Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal

Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Fay L. Shapiro, Viola

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet

Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp and Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin

Mr. Evan B. Glick Yan Tong, Second Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin Dr. and Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Brinton A. Smith, Cello, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Ms. Terry A. Brown James R. Denton, Cello Mr. Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Double Bass Mr. and Mrs. Dougal A. Cameron Brian E. Thomas, Horn Dr. Mary Kathryn Campion and Mr. Stephen Liston Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cizik Qi Ming, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Ms. Janet F. Clark Kevin F. Dvorak, Cello Mr. Michael H. Clark and Ms. Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Viola, Assitant Principal Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cornelison Judy Dines, Flute Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cutler Yan Tong, Second Violin Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, Keyboard, Principal Mr. Richard L. Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello Ms. Leslie B. Davidson and Mr. W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone Mr. Duke Ensell Donald E. Howey III, Double Bass Mr. and Mrs. John Esquivel Eric Larson, Double Bass Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein and Mr. Martin J. Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth and Dr. Ken Hyde Robert M. Walp, Trumpet, Assistant Principal Drs. M.S. and Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster Dr. and Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda A. Goldstein, Viola Mr. and Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Clarinet, Associate Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mrs. Nancy Morrison Wayne A. Brooks, Viola, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Mrs. Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Mr. and Mrs. John Onstott Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. and Dr. Susan Osterberg Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Oboe, Principal Mr. and Mrs. David R. Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Springob Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stamatedes Eric Larson, Double Bass Mr. Mike S. Stude Ruth E. Zeger, Second Violin Mr. and Mrs. L. Proctor Thomas III John A. DeWitt, Trumpet, Associate Principal Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Thomas Robert E. Johnson, Horn, Associate Principal Ms. Susan L. Thompson George W. Pascal, Viola, Assitant Principal Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Tipps Allen Barnhill, Trombone, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Bradley White, Trombone, Associate Principal Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel S. Strba, Viola

Mr. Max Levit and Dr. Rochelle Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Ron R. Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello

Ms. Judith Vincent Matthew D. Roitstein, Flute, Associate Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long Brinton A. Smith, Cello, Principal

Mrs. Lila Rauch Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal

Dr. Margaret Waisman and Dr. Steven S. Callahan Mark Griffith, Percussion

Mr. and Mrs. Roman F. Reed Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wallace Ronald Holdman, Timpani

Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass

Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Trumpet, Principal

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

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr. Amy E. Teare, Second Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Viola, Associate Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal Mr. and Mrs. John Rydman Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. and Mrs. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Mr. and Mrs. John N. Matzer III Kurt Johnson, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, First Violin, Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Associate Concertmaster Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Shannon Rian Craypo, Bassoon, Principal

Mr. and Mrs. Gene McDavid Linda A. Goldstein, Viola

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Shen Tiantian Zhang, Second Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. Albert J. Smith Jr. William K. VerMeulen, Horn, Principal Eric Arbiter, Bassoon, Associate Principal Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McMurrey Mr. and Mrs. Tad Smith Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Marina Brubaker, First Violin Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Dr. Alana R. Spiwak and Brian E. Thomas, Horn Mr. Sam Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola

Ms. Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Dr. James T. Willerson Anne C. Leek, Oboe, Associate Principal Mrs. Margaret Alkek Williams Frank Huang, First Violin, Concertmaster Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Williams Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin Mr. Wallace S. Wilson and Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wulfe David E. Kirk, Tuba, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin

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DONOR BENEFITS

Giving Societies and Benefits Leadership Circle: $25,000 and above This distinguished group of supporters receives customized benefits and recognition tailored to their annual support. These generous donors play a crucial role in the Symphony’s success, designating their support to concerts, special projects and educational activities or as unrestricted gifts.

Conductor’s Circle: $5,000-$24,999 These dedicated supporters receive benefits such as exclusive premier reserved donor seating, Green Room access and valet services for all Houston Symphony concerts at Jones Hall.

Friends of The Houston Symphony: $50-$4,999 These committed donors receive a variety of benefits, including year-round access to the Patron Donor Lounge at Jones Hall and Sugar Land Baptist Church, along with invitations to private rehearsals and behindthe-scenes experiences.

Grand Patron: $2,500-$4,999 • One-time access pass to the Green Room • One-time valet parking pass • Invitation to all private rehearsals (four total) • All benefits of the Patron Level (Fair Market Value: $120) Patron: $1,500-$2,499 • Season access to the Patron Donor Lounge • Invitation to a Houston Symphony “Insider Event” • Invitation to an additional private rehearsal (three total) • All benefits of the Director Level (Fair Market Value: $100) Director: $1,000-$1,499 • One-time access pass to the Patron Donor Lounge • Invitation to an additional private rehearsal (three total) • All benefits of the Director Level (Fair Market Value: $10)

Principal: $500-$999 • Invitation to a behind-the-scenes experience • Monthly recognition in Houston Symphony Magazine • All benefits of the Associate Principal Level (No Fair Market Value) Associate: $250-$499 • Invitation to an additional private rehearsal (two total) • All benefits of the Member Level (No Fair Market Value) Member: $100-$249 • Houston Symphony Society membership • Invitation to one private rehearsal • All benefits of the Friend Level (No Fair Market Value) Friend: $50-$99 • Subscription to Symphony Notes newsletter • 10% year-round discount at the Symphony Store (No Fair Market Value)

Questions about the Leadership Circle or Conductor’s Circle?

Please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525 or david.chambers@houstonsymphony.org or Molly Simpson, Senior Director, Major Gifts, at (713) 337-8526 or molly.simpson@houstonsymphony.org.

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The Sustainability Fund

The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund. Their extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411.

Jane and Robert Cizik Sustainability Fund Challenge Grant

Thanks to a generous challenge grant by Jane and Robert Cizik, the Houston Symphony will receive an additional $500,000 if we can secure $2.7 million in new commitments for the Sustainability Fund by December 31, 2015. This will successfully close the $15 million campaign started in 2010. The effort to complete the campaign is being led by Bobby Tudor, Chairman of the Houston Symphony Society Board, and Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO. For more information on how to be part of this donor group please contact Mark C. Hanson at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp

Mrs. Kitty King Powell Janice H. Barrow The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. M.D. Anderson Foundation

Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Joella & Steven P. Mach The C. Howard Pieper Foundation

Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Steven & Nancy Williams

Annual Support

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

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Janice H. Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Honorable David H. Dewhurst Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

Centennial Society, $100,000 - $149,999 Mr. Monzer Hourani

Founder’s Society, $75,000 - $99,999 Robin Angly & Miles Smith Darlene & Cappy Bisso Dr. Mary R. Lewis Joella & Steven P. Mach Billy & Christie McCartney

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Houston Symphony Donors Maestro’s Society, $50,000 - $74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Janet F. Clark Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. The Estate of Miss Ima Hogg Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi

Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Janice & Robert McNair Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Louisa Stude Sarofim

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Laura & Michael Shannon Alice & Terry Thomas Ms. Judith Vincent

Concertmaster’s Society, $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. John Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Todd & JoAnna Brooks Mr. Ralph Burch Ms. Barbara Burger Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Donna & Max Chapman Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Dr. Alex Dell Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Gene & Linda Dewhurst Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company, Inc. Diane Lokey Farb Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies

Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Susan & Dick Hansen Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James H. Lee Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Cornelia & Meredith Long Carolyn & Mike Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan John & Bobbie Nau John & Cynthia Onstott Mr. & Mrs. Odis Peavy Dave & Alie Pruner

Lisa & Jerry Simon Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Nancy & David Tai Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Susan L. Thompson Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr.

Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000 - $24,999 Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Ken Barrow Danielle & Josh Batchelor James M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Albert & Anne Chao Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Richard Danforth Mrs. William Estrada Martin & Kelli Cohen Fein Angel & Craig Fox Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Franklin Jr. Janet Gurwitch & Ron Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Jay & Shirley Marks Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. & Mrs. Connelly T. McGreevy Stephen & Marilyn Miles/Steven Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation Stewart Morris & Kay Shoppa Terence Murphree* Susan & Edward Osterberg Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Ann & Hugh Roff William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Donna & Tim Shen The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation

James Stein / Independent Bank Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tate Paul Strand Thomas Ms. Hallie A. Vanderhider Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Dede & Connie Weil Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Nancy B. Willerson Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe Ralph Wyman & Jim Foti Thane & Nicole Wyman Nina & Michael Zilkha

Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000 - $14,999 Frances & Ira Anderson Lilly & Thurmon Andress Edward H. Andrews III Nina Andrews & David Karohl Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. Giorgio Borlenghi Mr. & Mrs. George Boss Nancy & Walter Bratic Terry Ann Brown John & Candace Caley Mr. & Mrs. James Chao Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Clark Jr. Virginia A. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Scott Cutler 38

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Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice David & Cindy Deere Dr. & Mrs. Ebrahim S. Delpassand, Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Ms. Susanna Dokupil Jennifer & Steve Dolman Archie & Linda Dunham Mr. Robert Durst Scott Ensell & Family John & Minerva Esquivel Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Michael B. George Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves

Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Marianne & Robert Ivany, University of St. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Jaminski Beverly Johnson Dr. Rita Justice Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Michael & Kelley Lang Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Marilyn Lummis Dr. & Mrs. E. K. Massin Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow

Houston Symphony Donors Mr. Keith McFarland Martha & Marvin McMurrey Mr. Gary Mercer Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Mischer Jr. Nancy Morrison Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Ron & Demi Rand Lila Rauch Roman & Sally Reed Gabriel & Mona Rio Beth Robertson

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Carol & Kamal Sandarusi Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun David & Paula Steakley Pamalah & Stephen Tipps Shirley Toomim John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer Birgitt van Wijk

Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Janet & Tom Walker Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Wands David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Dr. Jim T. Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Anonymous

Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500 - $9,999 Mr. William L. Ackerman, Kero-Jet Corporation Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Mr. & Dr. Karl-Heinz Becker Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Ruth White Brodsky Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Dr. M.K. Campion David Chambers & Alex Steffler Audrey & Brandon Cochran Laurie & Ryan Colburn Mr. Andrew Davis & Ms. Corey Tu J.R. & Aline Deming

Judge & Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Viviana & David Denechaud Erika & S. David Frankfort Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. Jackson Hicks Brian & Catherine James Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton April & Tom Lykos Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Dr. Cameron Mitchell

Rita & Paul Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Bobbie Newman Scott & Judy Nyquist Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Catherine Powers Radoff Family Mr. & Mrs. Perry Radoff Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Truscott Mr. Art Vivar

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000 - $7,499 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Christine Smith & Ben Andrews Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Ed Banner Anne Morgan Barrett Beth & Jim Barton Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Boesel Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Marilyn Caplovitz Rhona & Bruce Caress Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Coneway Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Janie & Carr Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Dupre’ II Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Stephen Elison Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Eugene Fong Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Shane T. Frank

Mr. & Mrs. C. K. Garland Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Marilyn & Bob Hermance Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Mrs. Ann B. Jennings Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Dr. Milton & Gail Danziger Klein, in memory of Renée & Benjamin Danziger William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Willy Kuehn Mr. & Mrs. Marc Laird Ms. Lynne Lipsitz Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mr. William McDugald Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Ginni & Richard Mithoff Ms. Elizabeth Montz Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sidney & Ione Moran Sami & Jud Morrison Gerald & Barbara Moynier Richard & Juliet Moynihan David G. Nussman Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell

Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Tim & Katherine Pownell Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz

Capital Investments 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 and Portativ Organ The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Enhancements to Jones Hall Video System Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano Vicky and 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. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductor’s Podium

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Houston Symphony Donors Dr. & Mrs. Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. Wolfgang Schmidt & Ms. Angelika Schmidt-Lange Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Shidler Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Jeanine Van Wagenen Ms. Maria Cecilia Vasconcellos Ms. Barbara Williams Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Robert & Michele Yekovich Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (2)

Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Gerhard & Birgit Adenacker Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Mrs. Ann M. Bixby Mr. John Blaisdell Mr. & Mrs. Murry Bowden James & Judy Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Pamela Brylski Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Nicole & Rueben Casarez Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Cleary Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Gary M. Coleman Dr. & Mrs. Evan D. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mandy & Rafael Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Nijad I. Fares Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mrs. Ronald Fischer Katie Flaherty Courtney Fretz Thomas & Patricia Geddy Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Ms. Christine Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Miss Maureen Y. Higdon Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hildebrandt Mr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Holmes Mr. & Mrs. John Hrncir Mark & Marilyn Hughes Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Jessica Q. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Klein

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Mr. & Mrs. Chris Laporte Mr. Edward T. Lee Golda Anne & Bob Leonard Kimberly Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Will L. McLendon Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Julia & Chris Morton Newman/Strug/Wadler families in honor of Ida & Irving Wadler Mr. & Mrs. Travis Nichols Mr. Kevin O’Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Olfers Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rawson Ed & Janet Rinehart Allyn & Jill Risley Alexander Robart Katelyn Bracksieck & Christopher Robart Mr. & Mrs. James L. Robertson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Ruez Mr. & Mrs. Yasuhiko Saitoh Mr. & Mrs. Saib Saour Lori & Phillip Sarofim Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Hinda Simon Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Ellie & Eric Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard Spies Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Standish Georgiana Stanley Kimberly & David Sterling Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Carolyn Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Van W. Teeters Candace & Brian Thomas Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. William Toomey II Ann G. Trammell Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. Thomas Warden & Mrs. Becky Cottrell Mr. Clinton Wetmore Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Mr. Jim P. Wise Ms. Beth Wolff David & Tara Wuthrich Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Anonymous (2)

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Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Ms. Sofia Adrogue & Mr. Sten Gustafson Joan & Stanford Alexander Dr. Genevera Allen John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William L. Anderson Jr. Dr. Angela R. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. Sandy P. Aron Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Ann & Jonathan Ayre Cristina & Tanner Bailey Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Ms. Nancy H. Bihlmaier Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Ms. Pam Blaine Mr. Jay Blinderman Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton / Boulware & Valoir Mrs. Linda K. Brahaney

Young Associates Council Young Associate, Premium $2,500 or more James M. Bell David Chambers & Alex Steffler Valerie Palmquist Dieterich and Tracy Dieterich Jennifer & Steve Dolman Katie Flaherty Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Sami and Jud Morrison Juliet Moths - Louis Vuitton Melissa L. Nance Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Emily Paull - Louis Vuitton Alexander Robart Christopher Robart and Katelyn Bracksieck Seth Williams Young Associate $1,500 - $2,499 Dr. Genevera Allen Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Ann & Jonathan Ayre Cristina & Tanner Bailey William & Laura Black Ting and John Bresnahan Divya and Chris Brown Pamela Brylski Jeff Caley Audrey & Brandon Cochran Mike Cox Mandy & Rafael Diaz Amanda & Adam Dinitz Evin Ashley Erdowdu Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc.

Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Courtney Fretz Rauli & Danna Garcia Michael A. Gonser Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Claudio Gutierrez Will Hailey - Norton Rose Fulbright Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Stacy and Jason Johnson Jessica Q. Johnston Mackenzie Kemp Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Kristen & Steve McDaniel Cara & Tanner Moran Amanda & Justin Morton Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Ahmed Saleh Paulina Sergot & Theo Shybut Justin and Caroline Simons Steve & Judy Sohn Erin & James Stewart Ishwaria and Vivek Subbiah Carol Tai Glenn Taylor Candace & Brian Thomas Rachael and Jason Volz A Fare Extraordinaire The Young Associates Council is supported in part by Bank of America.

For more information, please contact Molly Simpson, Director, Major Gifts at (713) 337-8526.

Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown Hon. Peter H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Jeff Caley Mrs. Charles Callery Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Mrs. Mary Ann Carrico Margot & John Cater Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. John P. Cogan Jr. Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mike Cox Ms. Marsha K. Crawford Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Dr. & Ms. Peter J. Dempsey Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mike & Debra Dishberger Ms. Victoria Dominguez Robert J. Doyle Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Evin Ashley Erdowdu Annette & Knut Eriksen Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Paula & Louis Faillace Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Rauli & Danna Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor

Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Joan M. Giese Michael A. Gonser Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Kathy & Martyn Goossen Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Claudio Gutierrez Eric & Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Hasler John Heiny Mr. & Mrs. William T. Heller IV Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Dr. Volker Hirsinger Dr. Suzanne M. Hite Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Frank Huang Mr. Burdette Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Stacy & Jason Johnson Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Steve Johnson Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kades

Houston Symphony Donors Ms. Carla Knobloch Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ann & Sam Koster Jane & Kevin Kremer Mr. Marc E. Laborde Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Seth & Karen Lerner Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Mr. William W. Lindley James C. Lindsey Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. Paul F. Longstreth & Ms. Marilyn Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Ms. Sue Ann Lurcott Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marx Catherine & Matt Matthews Mr. William L. Maynard Georgia Braun McBride Linda & Jim McCartney Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Kristen & Steve McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Cara & Tanner Moran Mrs. Alette K. Morch Amanda & Justin Morton Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Melissa L. Nance Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Khanh Nguyen Mr. Reymundo Ocanas & Mr. Orlando Manzo-Ocanas Mr. & Mrs. John Oehler Steve & Sue Olson Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Palmer Ms. Martha Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Bob G. Phillips Ms. Linda Posey Mrs. Dana Puddy Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Clinton & Leigh Rappole Ms. Natalia Rawle Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Kent Rutter & David Baumann Ahmed Saleh Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer H. Irving Schweppe Jr., M.D. Mr. Victor E. Serrato Justin & Caroline Simons Mr. Geoff Simpson Mr. David Siverling Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Steve & Judy Sohn Ms. Kelly Somoza Mark Stadnyk, Norton Rose Fulbright Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Karen & Bruce Steffler Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Erin & James Stewart Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Jack & Karen Stopnicki Dr. Navin Subramanian & Dr. Melissa Dupree Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Adam Szczepanski Mr. & Mrs. Alan Taghdisi Carol Tai Glenn Taylor Eric & Carol Timmreck Mrs. Glenda C. Toole

Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Susan J. & Gary W. Valka Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Ms. Jana Vander Lee Rachael & Jason Volz / A Fare Extraordinaire Mr. H. Richard Walton Mr. & Mrs. Brad Wander General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mrs. Deanne White Gene & Sandra Williams Loretta & Lawrence Williams Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (6)

Director $1,000 - $1,499

Marcia & Ed Ambs Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Mr. & Mrs. Greg Anderson Mr. William J. Anderson Ms. Anna Arispe & Mr. John Reger Sue Sue & Don Aron Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Trace Trahan Bannerman Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bowden Bob Frank Boydston Joe Brazzatti Anne H. Bushman Mr. & Mrs. Brady F. Carruth Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Dr. & Mrs. Gary Clark Ms. Kay Hanson-Clerc Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cook Ms. Miquel A. Correll Joe & Nancy Crabb The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. David Crowley Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Brian & Leah Del Signore James R. Denton Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Charles Dishman Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Mr. John F. Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Larry Dundee Egon & Elisa Durban Mrs. William H. Dwyer III Mr. Paul Ehrsam Mrs. Fredell Lack Eichhorn Mr. & Mrs. Jack Ellis Hon. & Mrs. John D. Ellis Jenny & Wendell Erwin, M.D. Ms. Caroline Fant Mr. & Mrs. Tilman J. Fertitta Mr. Dale Fitz Michelle & Deane Foss Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Mr. Colin C. Gatwood & Ms. Aralee Dorough L. Rusty Goetz Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Ms. Shelley Gorson Kendall & Pauline Gray Mrs. Adriana Greene Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Roy Haun

Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. John Heghinian & Ms. Isabelle Bedrosian Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Mr. & Mrs. Donald Herron Dr. Holly Holmes & Mr. Paul Otremba Mr. John Horstman George E. Howe Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Arlene J. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Ms. Carolyn C. Keeble Lynda & Frank Kelly Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Kathryn & James Ketelsen Mr. & Mrs. David Key Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Kneale Deborah Kosich Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Priscilla L. List Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Lubanko Ms. Barbara Manering Mr. & Mrs. David K. Martin Laurence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. Andrew McKinney Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Ernie & Martha McWilliams Dr. Gabriel E. Mena Ms. Susan D. Menke Ellen Ochoa & Coe F. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. James Moore Mr. & Mrs. Keith Mosing Mary Beth Mosley Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Neumann Leslie & John Niemand Ms. Kathryn O’Brien Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Valerie J. Sherlock Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Peter & Nina Peropoulos Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Sam Philpot Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Mr. Patrick Quinn Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Reasor Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Hank & Karen Rennar Ms. Ann Rhoads Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mr. James L. Robertson Mrs. Evie Ronald Milton & Jill Rose Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Ross Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing John & Mary Ryder Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mrs. Holly Sansing Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scheurich Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schiefelbein Beth & Lee Schlanger Ms. Sally Schott Marcia & Victor Shainock Arthur & Ellen Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Steve B. Sims Mr. & Mrs. Lance Smith Dean & Kay Snider Mr. Charles E. Soderstrom Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Joyce Steensrud

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Skipper & Betsy Strong Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. Jim Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mr. Gerard Trione Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Milton L. Wagner Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. Brian K. Westfall Ms. Sara E. White Ms. Tracy Wilkerson Charline & Bill Wilkins Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Haresh Yalamanchili Jenny & Chris Yarrow Ms. Alexandra Yates Mrs. Mary. V. Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yzaguirre Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Zarrow Anonymous (7)

Principal $500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam William & Nancy Akers Mr. & Mrs. Jon Akkerman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alexander Mr. Robert J. Alexander & Ms. Becky A. Stemper Ms. Joan Ambrogi Ms. Sally S. Andrews & Mr. James Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Les Antalffy Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armes Corbin & Char Aslakson Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. Walter F. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Mrs. Robert L. Berge Michael & Diana Bonin Anne & Edward Bornet James & Dale Brannon Sally & Carl Brassow Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Mrs. Shirley Burgher Cheryl & Sam Byington Dr. Maria Calcina Virginia & William Camfield Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod Canion Dr. Dorothy Caram Phil & Michele Carey Mr. & Mrs. Jim Chandler Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Honorable Theresa Chang & Dr. Peter Chang Ms. Carrie Colbert Otis & Sherida Coney Mr. George Connelly P.C. Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Mr. Calvin Crossley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. Larry Cullen Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Dr. Lida S. Dahm Mr. Musa Dakri Mr. Arthur Davies Mr. Darryl de Mello Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Devany Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Leland A. Dolan

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Houston Symphony Donors Ms. Karen Doolittle Ms. Emma Dunch & Ms. Elizabeth Scott Mrs. Deborah Dunkum Ruth W. Ereli Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Erwin Robert & Susan Estill Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Eury Kay & Sam Feldt Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Fertitta Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foltz Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Fong Mr. & Mrs. David Fortner Ms. Diane L. Freeman Mr. Phillip Freeman & Ms. Brandy Skillern Bill & Diana Freeman Ms. Lee Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Fussell Mr. & Mrs. Monty Garner Mrs. Sharon Garner Mr. Bernardo Garza Mr. & Mrs. Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mrs. Barbara Goedecke Mr. Irving L. Gold, M.D.P.A. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gonzalez Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Dr. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. David M. Gray Jr. & Ms. Mary A. Pearce Mr. Gerald Greiner Mr. Erik Gronfor & Ms. Joan DerHovsepian Mr. & Mrs. Weilai Gu Mr. & Mrs. Jay Guerrero Mr. & Mrs. Brent W. Gwaltney Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Gaye & Dennis Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hammonds Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown Thomas F. & Catherine Mary Hastings Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hennessy Dean & Beth Hennings Ms. Leslie Herald Mr. & Mrs. David Hergert Ms. Hope Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Susan Hodge Mr. Robert Hogan Mr. Todd Holowisky Patricia P. Hubbard Dr.Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hull Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Mr. Craig Ignacio Mr. & Mrs. M. R. Isak Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Ms. Karen Jones Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Kercho Louise & Sherwin Kershman Mr. Robin Kesselman Mr. Bill Kiker Dr. & Mrs. James Killian Mr. Curtis Knobbe Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Steve Dukes & Nobuhide Kobori Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Koehl Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Mr. Dennis Kroeger Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kuenneke Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lack Mrs. Deanna Lamoreux Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Landgren Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Landis Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Laraway Mr. Alfred Lasher III

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Mr. Robert Leech Dr. Daniel Lemke Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lemmer Ms. Megan Light Mr. Daniel J. Linscomb Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Kathleen & Tom Mach Mr. Patrick Manning Mrs. Mariquita Masterson Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich Mr. R. Scott McCay Ms. Judi A. McGee Dr. & Mrs. Robert McGlashan Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. Thomas J. McNulty Mr. & Mrs. R. Talley Melton Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Melissa & Michael Mithoff Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. James T. Murphy Ms. Joan B. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Patience Myers & Murray Herbert Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. Cliff Nash & Dr. Lee Bar-Eli Mr. Timothy J. Neumann Ms. Sheila Neylon Ms. Amy Ng Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. O’Connor Mr. C. Odom Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Julie & Chip Oudin Ms. Dianne Padgett Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Linda Popkin-Paine & Stephen Paine Dr. Corita B. Parker-Dubose & Dr. Ralph Dubose Prof. & Mrs. Jordan Paust Mr. & Mrs. Philip Peacock Mr. Miguel A. Pedroza Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Penn Ed & Heidi Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Ben H. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. Thomas Power Mr. Mike Prichard Mr. & Mrs. David Pustka Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Elias Qumsieh Mr. Randy Ramdass Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. Eric Rechlin Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Lynne & Allan Reich Mr. Manuel Rodriguez Ms. Emily L. Rogacion Ms. Carolyn Rogan Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Mr. Autry W. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ruisard John & Zhanna Russo Ramon & Chula Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Sandlin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Saunders Ms. Cynthia Scanland Ms. Janet Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. W. Russell Scheirman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Scheliga Mr. Martin Schleuse Mr. & Mrs. Charles Schneider III Jurgen Schroder Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. Blake Segura Vance & Jane Senter Ms. Elizabeth Shack

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Ms. Becky V. Shaw Mrs. Lorie Sheffey Dr. Lynne F. Shepard Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith John L. Snyder Sherry Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stein Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Mr. & Mrs. Jim Stoa Mr. Roger Suter & Ms. Lakessia Fry Amy Sutton & Gary Chiles Mr. & Mrs. Eric Swanson Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Dr. & Mrs. James Tang Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. David K. Terry Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mrs. Marjorie Therrell Mrs. Alisa Thomads Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Thompson Mrs. Roy A. Thornock Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thurmond Richard V. Tobin Linda Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Trainer Jr. Mr. James Trippett Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tsuchida Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Ms. Patricia Van Allan Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. Chief Veith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Voigt Pieter & Janet Vrancken Ms. Elise Wagner Mr. & Mrs. John B. Wallace Sandria Ward Terence & Kathryn Washington Mr. Frank Watson Ms. Virginia S. Watt Mr. & Mrs. Larry Weis Buford & Julia Wells Ms. Amy E. Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. Bradley White Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. & Mrs. Robert White Grace Picton Wise Ms. Shelley Wisner Dr. Dorothy Wong Ms. Susan Wood Marvin & Terry Woskow Family Fund Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright Mr. Michael Wynhoff Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell Mrs. Traci Young Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Zerke Ms. Susan Zollers Mr. Ausonio Zubiani & Ms. Joan Straub Mr. & Mrs. John Zuklic Anonymous (15) The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4381 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.

As of October 1, 2015 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

Houston Symphony POPS Donors Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Mr. George P. Mitchell Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Founder’s Society $75,000 - $99,000 Darlene & Cappy Bisso Maestro’s Society $50,000 -$74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Ms. Judith Vincent Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. Ralph Burch Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange John & Bobbie Nau Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000 - $24,999 Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. George Boss John & Candace Caley Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison David & Cindy Deere Jennifer & Steve Dolman Scott Ensell & Family John & Minerva Esquivel Evan B. Glick Marianne & Robert Ivany, University of St. Thomas Janice & Allan King Michael & Kelley Lang Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Martha & Marvin McMurrey Roman & Sally Reed Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500 - $9,999 Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Rita & Paul Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Radoff Family Mr. & Mrs. Perry Radoff Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000 - $7,499 Beth & Jim Barton Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Rhona & Bruce Caress Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Janie & Carr Dishroon Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Kathleen & Dick Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee

Mr. & Ms. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Jeanine Van Wagenen Sally & Denney Wright Grand Patron $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. John S. Beury Robert & Gwen Bray Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Becky & Joe Demeter Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ezzell Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall Edward Lee McIntosh, C.P.M. Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Joy & Gary Noble Shirley & Marvin Rich Richard & Anne Robbins Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Seth Williams Anonymous Patron $1,500 - $2,499 Friends of Houston Symphony Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Consurgo Sunshine Donald & Dottie Bates Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bertus William & Laura Black Mr. & Mrs. W. Carter Bliss Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fanning Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. John Geigel Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Julius & Suzan Glickman Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Michael & Darcy Krajewski Gerrit Leeftink Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason William D. & Karinne McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Bert Neece The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Soren & Annetta Rose Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Ms. Angela Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Ms. Jody Verwers Larry & Connie Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Brad Wertman Anonymous (2)

Director $1,000 - $1,499 Martha & Stanley Bair Ellen Box Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Vicki P. Buxton Ms. Julie Conner Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Ms. Ann Currens Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Dauber Betsy Garlinger Ann & Bill Heim Ms. Doris M. Magee Ms. Nancy Mann Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mrs. Kay Onstead Capt. & Mrs. Kim Parker Dr. Jonathan Penchas Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rasmussen Jerry Siemers Mr. Ralph Tamper Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Wolin Anonymous (2) Principal $500 - $999 Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beard Mr. Jay T. Brown Ms. Deborah Butler Mr. & Mrs. Ray Butler Bill & Marion Calvert Mrs. Anne Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Richard & Marcia Churns Mr. & Mrs. Marion Collins Mrs. Midge Colton Carlo & Vicki Corso Mr. Warren Dean Joyce & Jack Eagle Evelyn Earlougher Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ericsson Mr. John Eymann Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Marilyn Farrell Sandra & Steven Finkelman Jessica Ford Dr. Truett Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Giardino Mr. Joseph J. Gugenheim Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Richard & Beverly Hickman Jess Hines Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Kaufman & Dr. David Goeken Dave & Laura Kirk Dr. George S. Knapp MD Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Gary T. Leach Dr. & Mrs. James Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. Robert McNamara & Dr. Tracey Samuels Ms. Dinah Mei Mr. William Mendel Margaret & Elmer Milz Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson

Joe & Ann Palm Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. O. M. Rogers Mr. Don W. Shackelford Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. Michael Shawiak Mr. James Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Smith Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Jerilyn Stanka Dr. Joan Stoerner Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stuart Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mr. Roger Trandell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Erwin & Ann Wilbanks Maxine & Emil Wulfe Anonymous (3) The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4381 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.

As of October 1, 2015 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

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Houston Symphony Donors 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). For more information or to pledge your support, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Graham & Janet Baker Danielle and Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Janet F. Clark Terence Murphree* Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel ans Craig Fox Allen and Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Mr. John N. Neighbors Susan and Edward Osterberg Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ken and Carol Lee Robertson Donna and Tim Shen Lisa & Jerry Simon Nancy and David Tai Stephen and Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr.

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more

Mrs. Janice H. Barrow Mr. Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Steve Dukes Joyce & David Fox Robert Lee Gomez

Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Henderson Nobuhide Kobori Alan L. McAdams & Vicki L. Colvin Dr. William McCallum Bryan & Vickie McMicken David G. Nussman

Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Rio Ms. Carolyn Rogan Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Sommer Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite

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 Jesse B. Tutor, President Gene Dewhurst Alexandra Pruner James Lee Fredric A. Weber Michael Mithoff

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LEGACY SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event. The Houston Symphony Endowment would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society, and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony Endowment in your estate plans, please contact Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at (713) 337-8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org.

Daniel B. Barnum George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Patricia Cunningham Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ginny Garrett Lila-Gene George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Randolph Lee Groninger Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Dr. and Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D.

John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mrs. Frances E. Leland E. W. Long Jr. Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley Marks James G. Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave G. Nussmann John & Cynthia Onstott Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Imogen “Immy� Papadopoulos

Christine & Red Pastorek Sara M. Peterson Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Evie Ronald Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Jana Vander Lee Dean B. Walker 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 and Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6)

Crescendo Circle $100,000+ Dr. and Mrs. George J. Abdo Janice H. Barrow Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Harrison R.T. Davis Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Dr. Rita Justice

Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Joella & Steven P. Mach Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & Children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Mr. and Mrs. Clive Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer

Jule* and Albert Smith Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Jo Dee Wright Anonymous (2) As of October 1, 2015 *Deceased

IN MEMORIAM We honor the memory or 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 W. P. Beard Ronald C. Borschow Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott

John Wesley Graham Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris Gen. & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman David L. Hyde Dr. Blair Justice Dr. Mary R. Lewis Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Doretha Melvin Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan Terrence Murphree Arthur Newman

Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Mary Anne H. Phillips Mr. Howard Pieper Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides Blanche Stasny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson December 2015 45

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND 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, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, at (713) 337-8521 or marybeth.mosley@houstonsymphony.org. For further information on becoming a corporate donor to the Houston Symphony, please contact Leticia Konigsberg at (713) 337-8522 or leticia.konigsberg@houstonsymphony.org.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY BUSINESS COUNCIL Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, Cadence Bank Business Council Host Committee: Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Chase Brett Busby, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation (retired) Ryan Colburn, Regions Bank Cindy Deere, Shell Oil Company Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Diversified Mike Doherty, Frost Bank David Frankfort, Deutsche Bank Ron Franklin, McGuireWoods, LLP Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies, LLC Mauro Gimenez, Russell Reynolds Associates Kathleen Hayes, Merrill Lynch

Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP Michael Mann, Mann Eye Institute Paul Mann, Mann Eye Institute David Massin, Wells Fargo Billy McCartney, Flat Rock Development, LLC Paul Morico, Baker Botts L.L.P. Dana Ondrias, Mann Eye Institute Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Parkton Group Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Stephen Pryor, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC

John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass Jerry Simon, Northern Trust L. Proctor Thomas, Baker Botts L.L.P. (retired) William J. Toomey, BB&T Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse B. Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Beth Wolff Realtors Ed Wulfe, Wulfe & Co. Frank Yonish, Bank of Texas

Corporate partners As of October 1, 2015

Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above BBVA Compass * Houston First Corporation * Houston Public Media – Classical 91.7 FM; News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS * KTRK ABC-13 * Oliver Wyman * Spec’s Charitable Foundation/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Guarantor, $100,000 and above Chevron ConocoPhillips * Houston Methodist Medistar Corporation * PaperCity Phillips 66 * Telemundo * United Airlines Underwriter, $50,000 and above * Baker Botts L.L.P. * BB&T Cameron International Corporation * Cameron Management * The Events Company ExxonMobil Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * Jackson and Company Kalsi Engineering Kirkland & Ellis LLP Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation * Rand Group, LLC Shell Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

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Sponsor, $25,000 and above Andrews Kurth LLP Bank of America Bank of Texas The Boeing Company * Bright Star Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Enterprise Product Partners L.P. * Gittings Houston Baptist University * Houston Chronicle JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center Marathon Oil Corporation McGuireWoods, LLP * Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Regions Bank Sidley Austin LLP * Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. Wells Fargo Partner, $15,000 and above Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * City Kitchen East West Bank Ernst & Young LLP Gorman’s Uniform Service Halliburton H-E-B Independent Bank Laredo Construction, Inc. Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Macy’s Marine Foods Express, LTD. USI Southwest

Supporter, $10,000 and above * Abrahams Oriental Rugs * Agua Hispanic Marketing CenterPoint Energy * Crown Castle International Corp.

Emerson Enbridge Energy Company Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center Goldman, Sachs & Co. Nordstrom Star Furniture * Zenfilm Benefactor, $5,000 and above Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP Louis Vuitton Plains All American * Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Spectra Energy University of St. Thomas Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron, Gifts below $5,000 Adolph Locklar, Intellectual Property Law Firm Beth Wolff Realtors Boulware & Valoir Intertek Marsh & McLennan SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc. * Includes in-kind support

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS As of October 1, 2015 Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation

Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company EOG Resources ExxonMobil

Freeport - McMoRan Oil & Gas General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum

Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.

IN-KIND DONORS As of October 1, 2015 A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Culinaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions

Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP Gucci Hermann Park Conservancy Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint

JW Marriott Houston Downtown Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel 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 Pro/Sound Randalls Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra

Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title The Events Company Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenery Vision Production Group Yahama

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As of August 1, 2015

Diamond Guarantor, $1,000,000 and above Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor, $500,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Principal Guarantor, $250,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above M. D. Anderson Foundation Guarantor, $100,000 and above Houston Endowment

Underwriter, $50,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Humphreys Foundation The John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation/Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Robbins Foundation Sponsor, $25,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Partner, $15,000 and above Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Cockrell Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Houston Symphony League Bay Area William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Strake Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts The Vaughn Foundation

Supporter, $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Powell Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous Benefactor, $5,000 and above LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation The Schissler Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith and Mattie Stevenson Foundation Patron, Gifts below $5,000 Diamond Family Foundation First Junior Woman’s Club of Houston The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Oshman Foundation Chester Pitts Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

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BACKSTAGE PASS

Megan Henry, Chorus member with whom I sing, Dr. Betsy Cook Weber (our incredibly talented Chorus Director) and the Houston Symphony organization. I love that I can help facilitate communication between the Chorus and management; help implement new initiatives that come from Dr. Weber, Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and management; and hopefully help address concerns from the Chorus before they become stressors. Sometimes I wonder why I am crazy enough to say “yes” to leadership opportunities, but I do enjoy helping lead such a talented group.

Most fulfilling moment with the Chorus thus far: Looking back over the last 10 years, I think of three particular highlights: singing Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem to a full house in Stephansdom in Vienna, Austria; participating on the Symphony’s Centennial Planning Committee and then singing throughout the Centennial year; and, most recently, performing the most incredible Verdi Requiem series with Andrés. I have always loved singing that piece, but this series was like no other. Wow. Beginnings: I was born in Greenwich, CT, and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. I started singing in church at age 6 and continued to sing at school and in church throughout high school. I also studied voice and sang in Chorale and Chamber Choir at New England Music Camp through high school and college.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in religion from Princeton University, where I also did extensive coursework in music and sang with the Freshmen Singers, Chapel Choir and Princeton Tigressions.

Also, I studied voice at Westminster Choir College. After college, I sang briefly with the St. Andrew Chorale in NYC and then as a soloist with the Germantown Academy Community Choir, under the direction of Michael Kemp. Later, I earned my Master of Education degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Life got in the way of singing for a while, so I was thrilled to successfully audition for the Houston Symphony Chorus … and I have loved every minute since!

Inspiration to audition for the Chorus: I auditioned for and joined the Chorus in January 2005. There were two significant drivers for my final decision to audition: I had seen the Chorus perform several times, and I was longing for singing to be back in my life.

Perhaps even more important, my elderly grandmother had for years reprimanded me for not using the “God-given talent” of my voice, as she described it. She always said, “You ought to be singing, Megan. It is a special gift.” I auditioned for the Chorus and told her about my acceptance shortly before her death. My first rehearsal was just one week before she passed. It was incredibly serendipitous and powerful.

As President of the Houston Symphony Chorus: I am honored to serve as President of the Chorus. It has always been important to me to give back to organizations that enrich my life, and this gives me a wonderful opportunity to serve so many: the women and men

Advice for those considering auditioning for the Chorus: Be prepared. Know your music; know how your voice sounds best; know how to work through a sight-singing challenge. But most importantly, go for it! You’ll never know if you can do it if you don’t try, and it is so worth the risk.

Life outside of the Chorus: I am a senior administrator at St. John’s School, where I serve as Director of K-12 Academic Programs.

And, even more importantly, I am a single mom of a wonderful three-year-old daughter, Elisabeth. So to say I am busy would be an understatement! Balancing my professional and personal obligations is always a challenge. But I have learned I need to keep myself fulfilled in order to be the best mother I can be … and music is critical to that for me. Rehearsal nights are exhausting, but they always leave me energized and ready to take on the next day’s challenges. Concert weeks are particularly tough, but the performances are always worth it. I hope one day my daughter has something that enriches her life in such a powerful, spiritual way. I can’t imagine not singing!

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