Houston Symphony Magazine July 2011

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Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 • www.houstonsymphony.org

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Programs 10 July 1 12 July 9 14 July 14 18 July 16 20 July 22-23

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On Stage and Off 23 Chorus 5 Credits 25-32 Donors 8 From the Orchestra 7 Hans Graf 6 Orchestra and Staff 24 Symphony Society

Features 4 Spotlight on Sponsors 16 POPS Subscription Offer

The Houston Symphony performs the full score to The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring live with the film.

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Don’t miss out on tickets to the 2011-2012 POPS Season.

Save the Date!

Saturday, September 10, 2011 Kathi and Bill Rovere, Chairs invite you to join them for

Ode to Joy! 2011 Houston Symphony Opening Night Gala featuring a magnificent performance in Jones Hall of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 led by Maestro Hans Graf, followed by a memorable evening of dining and dancing at The Corinthian!

Reserve your spot: Stephanie Ann Jones stephanie.jones@houstonsymphony.org 713.337.8526 Samantha Gonzalez samantha.gonzalez@ houstonsymphony.org 713.238.1487

Cover photo by Sandy Lankford.

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Salute to Sponsors.................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gives a standing ovation to the following corporations, business and organizations for their financial support in helping us achieve an outstanding 2010–2011 Season:

Summer Symphony Nights Sponsor

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Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. • Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP • Bloomberg LLP • Crown Castle • GEM Insurance Agencies, L.P. • Palmetto Partners, Ltd • Regions Bank Seyfarth Shaw LLP • Smith, Graham & Company • South Texas College of Law • St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital • Swift Energy Company • USI Insurance

The Houston Symphony thanks you for your generous contributions, which help us continue to provide access to the arts.

If you would like to learn more about how the Houston Symphony is enhancing learning through arts experiences or how your company can benefit by becoming a partner, please contact: Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate Relations • 615 Louisiana Street, Suite 102, Houston, TX 77002 Office: (713) 337-8520 • brandon.vw@houstonsymphony.org www.houstonsymphony.org

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Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Holly Cassard Editor Carl Cunningham Program Annotator Elaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant

www.newleafinc.com (713) 523-5323 Janet Meyer Publisher janetmeyer@newleafinc.com Keith Gumney Art Director kgumney@newleafinc.com Jennifer Greenberg Projects Director jenniferg@newleafinc.com Callista Brown Account Executive cbrown@newleafinc.com Linda Lang Senior Account Executive lindalang@newleafinc.com Frances Powell Account Executive divascenes@aol.com Carey Clark CC Catalyst Communications Marlene Walker Walker Media LLC Sarah Hill Intern The activities and projects of the Houston Symphony are funded in part by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Houston.

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at The Woodlands is the Summer Home of the Houston Symphony.

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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 Weatherford Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances.

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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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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO

Hans Graf, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski,

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Sponsor, Cameron Management

Sponsor, Madison Charitable Foundation

First Violin: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker, Hewlett-Packard Company Chair Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi** Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Quan Jiang*

double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray Flute: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal Judy Dines Allison Garza**

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Clarinet: David Peck, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin***

Cello: Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Haeri Ju Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James Denton Anthony Kitai

Trumpet: Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Anthony Prisk Speros P. Martel Chair

Piccolo: Allison Garza**

English Horn: Adam Dinitz

Viola: Wayne Brooks, Principal Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Chair Thomas Molloy Phyllis Herdliska Joshua Kelly*

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Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony. James B. Kozak, Piano Technician. Local assistance is provided by Forshey Piano Co. The Houston Symphony’s concert piano is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum.

Percussion: Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss Harp: Paula Page, Principal Keyboard: Scott Holshouser, Principal Neva Watkins West Chair Orchestra Personnel Manager: Steve Wenig Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager: Michael Gorman Librarian: Thomas Takaro Assistant LibrarianS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray Stage Manager: Donald Ray Jackson Assistant Stage Manager: Kelly Morgan Stage Technician: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute **Leave of Absence ***Regular Substitute

Martha GarcĂ­a, Assistant to the Executive Director Meg Philpot, Director of Human Resources Amanda Tozzi, Director, Executive Operations

Steven Brosvik, General Manager Roger Daily, Director, Music Matters!

Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations Steve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel Manager Michael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Donald Ray Jackson, Stage Manager Kelly Morgan, Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Williams, Fidelity Partnership Coordinator Meredith Williams, Assistant to the General Manager Carol Wilson, Manager, Music Matters!

Michael D. Pawson, Chief Financial Officer Sally Brassow, Controller Philip Gulla, Director, Technology Amed Hamila, Director, Database Support Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects

Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Director, Artistic Planning Merle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Thomas Takaro, Librarian Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Assistant

Glenn Taylor, Senior Director, Marketing Allison Gilbert, Director of Marketing, Subscription & Group Sales Melissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Special Projects Carlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Single Tickets Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Natalie Ferguson, Graphic Designer Jeff Gilmer, Group Representative, Inside Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Erin Mushalla, Marketing Assistant Melissa Pate, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Representatives Tim Richey, Manager, VIP Patron Services Derrick Rose, Group Representative, Outside Sales Melissa Seuffert, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital Media/Young Audience Engagement

Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Holly Cassard, Manager, Communications

Ron Fredman, Senior Director, Development Tara Black, Director, Major and Individual Giving Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Stephanie Jones, Director, Events Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate Relations Peter Yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and Development Communications Jessica Ford, Gifts Officer Samantha Gonzalez, Manager, Events Robin Lewis, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Sarah Slemmons, Development Associate, Administrative Services Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research

Hans Graf Biography..........................................................................................

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Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season.

Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra.

A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Graf has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets— An HD Odyssey and will return on May 5, 2012.

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe,

Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey, a project that has been picked up by the Cleveland, Seattle and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals.

In summer 2010, he conducted the opening concert of the Aspen Music Festival and returned to Tanglewood and Chicago’s Grant Park Festival.

He returns to Tanglewood and the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Festival this summer.

An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres.

Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zürich Opera and Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg.

Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition.

His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite and a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

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On behalf of my fellow musicians, welcome to the Houston Symphony. July in Houston is an excellent time to be indoors, and we’re happy to welcome you to our summer concerts in beautiful (and air conditioned!) Jones Hall. This month the orchestra will present a variety of concerts spanning the entire range of what a modern orchestra can offer: from Mendelssohn’s stirring Scottish Symphony for the Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert, a perennial sell-out, to music for rock bands, video games, movies and even Bugs Bunny!

It is interesting to see an increasing number of pop and rock musicians incorporating orchestral instruments and sounds into their works. It seems that their natural desire to broaden their range of sounds and expressive possibilities leads them to seek out classical instruments, and the two genres, once rigidly segregated, are intersecting to provide fertile creative ground. Most classical musicians today grow up knowing and enjoying rock and popular music, and many devoted rock and pop audiences are surprised to find how much they enjoy hearing classical symphonic sounds and music.

It can sometime seem that classical music is isolated from much of modern culture, but a closer look shows that, even if the concert-going experience is unfamiliar to many, the symphony is part of our daily lives in ways we hardly notice. As you will hear when we perform The Lord of the Rings score with the film, the symphony orchestra has been an integral part of almost all of our most beloved movies.

Brinton Averil Smith From Erich Korngold to John Williams to Howard Shore, when movie composers want to move our emoPrincipal Cello tions, they compose new “classical” music.

As we will see with Distant Worlds: music of FINAL FANTASY, when a video game strives to go beyond simply providing an adrenaline boost and aims to reach our deeper emotions, skilled video game composers also compose new works that follow in the classic traditions.

And, of course, many of us have a special place in our hearts for Bugs Bunny! The Warner Brothers animation studio of that era was a place of genius, and they loved incorporating popular classical works into many of their cartoons. Many of us in the orchestra developed our first love of classical music watching Bugs Bunny play Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody and Elmer Fudd sing “Kill de Wabbit!” to the music of Wagner. If you catch us smiling onstage, you’ll know why! Enjoy the concert.

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The Music of The Who

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Brent Havens, conductor Brody Dolyniuk, vocalist George Cintron, guitar Daniel Clemens, electric bass Powell Randolph, drums Bart Kuebler, keyboard Allegra, electric violin

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Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and television networks including ABC, CBS, ESPN and ABC Family Channel. In addition to his Houston Symphony appearances, orchestral collaborations have included those with the Cincinnati and Indianapolis symphony orchestras, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Baltimore and San Diego symphonies, among others. He recently worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans.

Havens scored the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of Gladiator (1956).

In 2010, he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London presenting Windborne Productions’ Music of The Doors, along with original Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, to London and Dublin audiences. In addition to the Music of The Doors, Havens is arranger/guest conductor for five additional symphonic rock programs: the Music of Led Zeppelin, the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of The Eagles, the Music of Queen and the Music of Michael Jackson.

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Even as a child, Brody Dolyniuk mimicked voices as he listened to old records and tapes. He is a gifted, self-taught musician who plays several instruments and has a particular knack for capturing the voices and mannerisms of classic characters from music, TV and movies.

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.......................................... bars around the country. There he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical repertoire. Longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, Dolyniuk assembled Yellow Brick Road (YBR), unquestionably Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band.

Since 1997, YBR has been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by bringing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms previously reserved for Top-40-style lounge acts. Along the way, he has made numerous radio and TV appearances, earned a spot in the finals of two national singing competitions and self-produced several large rock production-style shows using multimedia, lasers, comedy and special effects.

In 2007, he sang several tracks on the mega-hit video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and has performed several more for the new Konami game Rock Revolution. As a devout classic rock fan, Dolyniuk’s enthusiasm, vocal ability and on-stage energy are the perfect fit for The Music of The Who.

The Music of The Who

Windborne Music presents its brand new show, The Music of The Who. Formed in 1964 in a small suburb of London, England, The Who quickly climbed the rock charts and became one of the premiere rock bands of all time, selling nearly 100 million albums. The popularity of albums such as Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who’s Next, Who Are You and others—which garnered them 17 Top Ten albums, 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 MultiPlatinum album awards in the U.S. alone— firmly planted The Who in rock and roll lore.

Singer Brody Dolyniuk and conductor Brent Havens lead the Houston Symphony through a classic night of The Who performed as you’ve never heard it before. Staged with a rock band, the Houston Symphony and presented with rock lighting, it’s a special night of rock and roll.

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OVERTURE TO DON GIOVANNI, K.527 Wolfgang Amadè Mozart Born: Jan 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria

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Recording: Sir Colin Davis conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle (Philips)

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Saturday, July 9, 2011 7:30 pm Jones Hall

Work composed: 1787

Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings

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None of Mozart’s mature operas have fascinated listeners and scholars more than his masterly musico-dramatic portrait of the title role in Don Giovanni. Though Mozart labeled his opera “drama giocoso,” the Spanish nobleman’s sexual depravity is the subject of dark, vicious humor, sometimes considered a mask for a personality disorder. The psychological nuances so keenly drawn in Mozart’s operatic score are powerfully foretold in the shafts of light and shadow that flicker throughout the opera’s overture.

Few of Mozart’s works are composed in minor keys, and his use of D minor as the tone color for this tale of hellish punishment for the unrepentant Giovanni’s misdeeds recalls other works where D minor evokes a sense of fury and reprisal. Notable among them is Mozart’s Requiem. Even in the purely abstract D minor Piano Concerto (No. 20, K.466), there are expressions of urgency in the music that might easily be equated with unyielding recrimination, were it a piece of dramatic music.

Mozart cast the overture in a fully developed sonata form, with the stern opening chords prophesying the searing threats made by the statue of the dead Commander in the final act, as it brings eternal punishment for his slaying by Giovanni. The tonality turns to a bright D major for the presentation of several engaging themes during the main body of the exposition, but major and minor keys engage in an uneasy competition for attention during the development section.

In staged performances of the opera, the restatement of all the themes moves directly on to the first recitative and aria by Giovanni’s squire, Leporello. But, anticipating performances of the overture alone, Mozart composed a separate concert ending with bright brassy chords.

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Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 33

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Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56 (Scottish) I Andante con moto—Allegro un poco agitato— II Scherzo: Vivace non troppo— III Adagio— IV Allegro vivacissimo—Allegro maestoso assai

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VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA, OPUS 33 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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This concert is being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor.

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The Houston Symphony thanks the Houston Chronicle for its generous support of tonight’s concert.

Died: Nov 6, 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia Work composed: 1876 Recording: Mischa Maisky with Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Philharmonia Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon) Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns, and strings

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Tchaikovsky’s famed Rococo Variations were dedicated to (and presumably commissioned by) 28-year-old cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a prominent German-born performer who had become professor of cello at the Moscow Conservatory.

The theme is an original melody that simulates an 18th-century feeling in its strong Haydnesque pulse and its strict division into two halves. Tchaikovsky paid further homage to Classical Era practice in scoring the work for a small orchestra. He also imitated a standard 18th-century ground plan where each variation is slightly more florid than the last, with a centrally located minor-mode variation as a temporary break in the plan. Fitzenhagen reordered the sequence of the variations, upsetting the plan somewhat, but apparently gained the advantage of ending the work with a strong, climactic variation.

So much for Tchaikovsky’s debt to the 18th century. The beautiful lyricism of the melodic line, the vivid harmony and crystalline orchestration, so strong in contrasting tone colors, give the music a unique Tchaikovskian personality. Certainly, no one but Tchaikovsky could have composed the expansive “valse triste” which Fitzenhagen placed as the third variation. Also, the theme and all of the variations end with an intriguing little codetta that serves as a bridge to the next movement. You might call it Tchaikovsky’s answer to the Promenade linking certain movements in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, written just two years before the Rococo Variations.

mature symphonies to be finished, although it is labeled No. 3 according to the order in which Mendelssohn’s symphonies were published.

(Incidentally, although his letters referred to the work as his “Scotch” Symphony, he never wrote that label or the term “Scottish” on the manuscript of the completed score.)

Like the Italian Symphony, the A minor Symphony is very tightly organized, with all four movements written in sonata form. This includes the Scherzo, which has a development section in place of the customary Trio at its center.

Mendelssohn’s placement of the Scherzo as the second, rather than the third movement was also

slightly novel, although this order had been used

by Schumann, Beethoven and Haydn.

Of great significance was his effort to link all four movements with virtually no break, building upon experiments by Schumann and Beethoven.

The return of the slow introductory theme at the end of the first movement is also noteworthy.

Beyond that, Mendelssohn tightened thematic relationships throughout the symphony.

While there are no specific descriptive implications to the music, some commentators have noted a bit of “Charlie is My Darlin’” tied onto the highland-fling theme of the Scherzo.

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SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR, OPUS 56 (SCOTTISH) Felix Mendelssohn Born: Feb 3, 1809, Hamburg, Germany Died: Nov 4, 1847, Leipzig, Germany Work composed: 1842 Recording: Kurt Masur conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Apex) Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings The 1829 visit to the British Isles that inspired Felix Mendelssohn to compose his famed Hebrides Overture also inspired the beginnings of his A minor Symphony. The composer and a group of friends visited Scotland, including the abbey of Holyrood and the ruined chapel where Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland.

“Everything is broken and the bright sky shines in,” Mendelssohn wrote to his family. “I believe I found today in that old chapel the beginning of my Scotch Symphony.”

However, Mendelssohn’s travels continued on to Italy, inspiring the famed Italian Symphony.

He did not complete his A minor Symphony for another 13 years. That made it the last of his five July 2011 13

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Conductor George Daugherty is an Emmy Award-winning creative artist whose professional profile includes major credits as a director, writer and producer for television, film, innovative concerts and theater.

Recent and current conducting engagements include multiple performances with the Cleveland Orchestra; return engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National, Seattle and Sydney symphonies, among others; plus debuts with the Danish National and RTÉ symphony orchestras; the St. Louis, Dallas, Baltimore and Calgary symphonies; and the Malaysian Philharmonic.

He has frequently conducted London’s Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra since debuting there in 1998, and more recently conducted an 18-city North American tour with the orchestra and guest artists Dame Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

Daugherty has conducted for major symphony orchestras, ballet companies and opera houses, including numerous performances with the Houston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Moscow State, Melbourne, Montreal, Venezuela and Vancouver symphonies, among others; the Hollywood Bowl, National Arts Centre, Louisville, Kremlin Palace and Grant Park orchestras; the Buffalo, Auckland and Rochester philharmonics, among others; the Saddlers Wells Royal and Munich State Opera ballets; American Ballet Theatre; Teatro Regio Emilia di Torino; Mexico City’s Bellas Artes Opera House; and major Italian opera houses in Rome, Florence, Turin and Regio Emilia.

Daugherty has created several musicbased productions for the ABC Television Network project, including a primetime animation-and-live action production of Prokofiev’s Peter and The Wolf—which he created, cowrote, conducted and directed—and for which he won a Prime Time Emmy Award, among others.

He was executive producer and lead writer on the Emmy Award-winning television series adaptation of Amy Tan’s celebrated children’s book, Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat, for PBS and Sesame Workshop.

Daugherty also received an Emmy nomination for Rhythm & Jam, his ABC television network of specials which taught the basics of music to a teenage audience.

In 1990, Daugherty created, directed and conducted the musical Bugs Bunny on Broadway, a live-orchestra-and-film stage production which sold-out its extended run at New York’s Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and has since played to critical acclaim and sold-out houses worldwide. Its sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, made its world premiere in May 2010 (Sydney Opera House),

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Conducted and Created by GEORGE DAUGHERTY

Music by CARL W. STALLING MILT FRANKLYN SCOTT BRADLEY Based on the Works of Wagner, Rossini, von Suppé, Smetana, J. Strauss Jr., Tchaikovsky, Donizetti, Grieg, Offenbach and Liszt Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES FRIZ FRELENG ROBERT CLAMPETT ROBERT McKIMSON TEX AVERY WILLIAM HANNA JOSEPH BARBERA

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Voice Characterizations by MEL BLANC ARTHUR Q. BRYAN JUNE FORAY BEA BENADERET NICOLAI SHUTOROV BILL ROBERTS TOMMY BOND BERNICE HANSEN

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Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is one of the most recognized cartoon characters in the world, whose signature phrase “What’s up, Doc?” has long since entered the English language.

Bugs’ first “reel” appearance in front of his soon-to-be-adoring public was in A Wild Hare directed by Tex Avery. Since then, Bugs’ zany antics in hundreds of cartoon favorites have made him a legend throughout the world.

This cool, collected, carrot-chomping rabbit is the unequivocal superstar of the Looney Tunes family. With never a “hare” out of place, he always manages to outsmart his adversaries, whomever they may be. He’s a real American icon who has graced the TV and cinema screens the world over.

Bugs Bunny’s cartoons have twice been nominated for Academy Awards, and his “Knighty Knight Bugs” won a coveted Oscar.

Bugs has starred in four films, in addition to his hundreds of animated shorts and 21 primetime television specials.

David Ka Lik Wong, executive producer

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Executive Producer David Ka Lik Wong received an Emmy Award for his work with George Daugherty as principal producer on the animation and liveaction Peter and The Wolf, starring Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges, Sleepless In Seattle’s Ross Malinger and the new animated characters of legendary animation director Chuck Jones. He was nominated for an Emmy as producer of Rhythm & Jam, the ABC series of Saturday morning music education specials for children and was senior producer for the Warner Bros. documentary film The Magical World of Chuck Jones, directed by Daugherty and starring interviews by Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lucas and Ron Howard, among others. He also was writer, executive producer and story editor of the Emmy Award-winning PBS/Sesame workshop series Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat. Wong has produced the Warner Bros. touring production Bugs Bunny on Broadway since 1991, as it has toured the world, and is now executive producer of its sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. He produced the audio CD album for both projects. He has produced innovative symphony orchestra concerts for leading orchestras, including the National and San Francisco symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles and Royal philharmonics, the Sydney Opera House and many others, plus galas on London’s West End. July 2011 15

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This series embodies that feeling you get when the lights dim and the excitement begins. Take your seat for some of the best music from those blockbuster masterpieces of the stage and screen.

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September 2, 3, 4, 2011 Michael Krajewski, conductor Hear iconic music from The Godfather and Jersey Boys, famous arias and more!

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October 14, 15, 16, 2011 The Star of Rent, Wicked and Glee debuts with the Houston Symphony!

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The Best of Spielberg and Williams

January 27, 28, 29, 2012 Michael Krajewski, conductor The orchestra plays Mike’s favorite selections from Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Jaws and more!

Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook

April 27, 28, 29, 2012 Brett Mitchell, conductor Hear your favorites by this great American songwriter, such as “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Begin the Beguine” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”

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Live & Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney

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Speltz has received top prizes in several competitions, including the ASTA National Competition and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Bronislaw Kaper Awards. He has performed at the Music Academy of the West, ENCORE Music and the Oregon Bach festivals, and this year, he will debut at the Marlboro Music Festival.

A regular performer with the Philadelphia Orchestra and San Diego Symphony, Speltz is

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Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Pablo Heras-Casado enjoys a multi-faceted conducting career. His range of repertoire—from early music to contemporary scores, from chamber programs to grand operas—is remarkable.

This season, his operatic projects included Mahagonny, Nixon in China and world premiere performances of Hosokawa’s Matsukaze. He debuted with the San Francisco Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, City of Birmingham and BBC Scottish symphony orchestras, among others.

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Heras-Casado Heras-Casado has conducted The Elixir of Love, Rigoletto, the world premiere of the ballet, Les enfants du paradis and a new production of Offenbach´s La Périchole. A champion of contemporary music, he worked with Ensemble ACJW and Ensemble Modern and was unanimously voted winner of the 2007 Lucerne Festival Conductors’ Competition.

Heras-Casado’s original instrument group, Compañía Teatro del Príncipe, in Aranjuez has released world premiere recordings of Castel’s La Fontana del Placer and Boccherini’s La Clementina for Harmonia Mundi. His recent DVD recording of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France will be released on the Naïve label this year.

Future plans include a debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in October 2011, a project with Ensemble intercontemporain and his return to Opéra National de Bordeaux in 2012 to conduct Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro.

Brook Speltz, cello

Cellist Brook Speltz is the gold medal winner of the 2011 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition.

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Don’t Be Afraid from Final Fantasy VIII

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Melodies of Life from Final Fantasy IX

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Main Theme from Final Fantasy VII

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Memoro de la Stono/Distant Worlds from Final Fantasy XI

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Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V

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Suteki da ne from Final Fantasy X

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Love Grows from Final Fantasy VIII

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Blinded By Light from Final Fantasy XIII

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Fang’s Theme from Final Fantasy XIII

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Fabula Nova Crystallis Theme from Final Fantasy XIII

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Saber’s Edge from Final Fantasy XIII

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Susan Calloway, soprano

Combine the edginess of Pink with the socially conscious lyrics of U2, a voice that gracefully explodes like Sarah McLaughlin, yet soothes like Sarah Barailles, and that would be the start of describing Susan Calloway.

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Conductor Arnie Roth is a Grammy®-winning artist known for his work with a variety of performers including Il Divo, Diana Ross, Jewel, The Irish Tenors, Charlotte Church, Peter Cetera and Dennis DeYoung. In addition to this return engagement with the Houston Symphony, he has conducted the London, National, Atlanta and Dallas symphony orchestras; the Hollywood Bowl, Czech National Chamber, Ravinia Festival and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras; the Los Angeles and Tokyo philharmonics; the BBC, Detroit, San Francisco, San Diego, Sydney and Winnipeg symphonies; and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.

Roth is well known in the world of video game music for his work with Nobuo Uematsu and Square Enix, as music director and conductor of “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” “More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY” and “VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY,” as well as his role as music director and conductor of “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony.”

He was the winner of the Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premiere Awards for his film score Barbie™ as Rapunzel and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his original song “Shine” from the movie Barbie™ in The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Roth has produced dozens of bestselling CD’s. For more information, visit www. awrmusic.com.

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Calloway’s new EP, Chasin the Sun, has already won 12 Detroit Music Awards, climbed to No. 37 on the R&R Charts and is spinning on Top 40, Hot AC and Pandora radio. Uncommon for a new artist, she had placed songs on hit TV shows like Dawson’s Creek, Summerland and One Tree Hill before releasing her current EP. Chasin the Sun, was produced by Gerard Smerek, who has produced projects for Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, R. Kelly and Kid Rock. While Smerek has proven to be an incredible resource for Calloway, the singer sets herself apart from many singersongwriters by literally writing everything herself: lyrics, melodies, chord changes, harmonies, bridges and arrangements.

Her graceful, yet commanding voice caught the attention of Grammy® awardwinning conductor Arnie Roth and FINAL FANTASY composer Nobuo Uemtasu. She was asked to sing on “Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY.” She beautifully performed “Memoro De La Stono,” sang with the orchestra on the Distant Worlds Tour and was asked to sing on “Distant Worlds II: music from FINAL FANTASY,” performing, “Melodies of Life” and the very popular, “Suteki Da Ne.”

In addition to appearing with the “Distant Worlds” tour, Calloway is in the studio working on new songs to be released later this summer.

For more information, visit susancalloway.com.

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Nobuo Uematsu is one of the most celebrated composers in the video game field. He has achieved global recognition for his work on the FINAL FANTASY series that has been performed by world-class orchestras around the world. Uematsu has been recognized as a major contributor in the increasing appreciation and awareness of video game music. A prime example is the FINAL FANTASY VIII theme song, “Eyes on Me,” which he composed and produced. His song featured Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong and sold a record 400,000 copies. It also won Song of the Year (Western Music) at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1999, the first time that music from a video game had attained this illustrious honor. The music from the game series has grown to such notoriContinued on page 22 July 2011 19

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Original score composed by Howard Shore

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Composer Howard Shore brings J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary imagination to vivid life with his Academy® and Grammy® Award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Shore’s music expresses Peter Jackson’s film as an immense symphonic work—a uniquely developed vision drawn from centuries of stylistic tendencies.

The music of The Lord of the Rings is counted among film music’s most complex and comprehensive works. This unique performance sets the score to the film, but allows the music to bear the narrative weight, creating a wholly new and dramatic live concert experience.

Shore’s score not only captures Fellowship’s sweeping emotion, thrilling vistas and grand journeys, but also echoes the very construction of Tolkien’s Middleearth. Styles, instruments and performers collected from around the world provide each of Tolkien’s cultures with a unique musical imprint. The rural and simple hobbits are rooted in a dulcet weave of Celtic tones. The mystical Elves merit ethereal Eastern colors.

The Dwarves, Tolkien’s abrasive stonecutters, receive columns of parallel harmonies and a rough, guttural male chorus. The industrialized hordes of Orcs claim Shore’s most violent and percussive sounds—including Japanese taiko drums, metal bell plates and chains beaten upon piano wires—while the world of Men, flawed yet noble heirs of Middle-earth, is introduced with stern and searching brass figures. In operatic fashion, these musical worlds commingle, sometimes combining forces for a culminated power, other times violently clashing, and always bending to the will of the One Ring and its own ominous family of themes.

The music’s vast scope calls for symphony orchestra, mixed chorus, boys chorus, and instrumental and vocal soloists singing in the Tolkien-crafted languages of Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdûl, Adûnaic, Black Speech, as well as English. Original folk songs stand alongside diatonic hymns, knots of polyphony, complex tone clusters and seething, dissonant aleatoric passages. Shore’s writing assumes an earthy, grounded tone built on sturdy orchestral structures and a sense of line that is at once fluid yet stripped of frivolous ornamentation.

Howard Shore says, “This is the first time that the complete score to The Fellowship of the Ring will be performed live to projection in Houston. My first score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, was the beginning of my journey into the world of Tolkien, and I will always

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Howard Shore, composer

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Howard Shore conducted the world premiere performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand (2003) celebrating the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Since its premiere, the work has been performed by some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and in such famous venues as Moscow’s Kremlin Palace Theater, the Odeon Herod Atticus in Athens, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cleveland’s Severance Hall. Shore’s scores for The Lord of the Rings trilogy have received four Grammy® Awards and three Oscars including “Best Song” for “Into the West” as well as honors and awards from leading critic associations.

The music of Howard Shore has been performed live in concerts throughout the world.

Shore performed his Oscar and Grammy®-winning score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. Other concerts include the Seville Film Music Festival in Seville, Spain; Cinesonic’s 1st International Conference on Film Scores and Sound Design in Melbourne, Australia; and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada. In November 2000, Shore conducted the world premiere Concert to Projection of his original score to David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch. The performance was part of the Belfast Festival at Queens, in Belfast, Ireland, and featured Ornette Coleman and the Ulster Orchestra.

Naked Lunch Concert to Projection was performed in March 2001 at the Barbican Centre in London as part of the Barbican performance series Only Connect: A Series of Extraordinary Live Events. It was also performed at Pan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Brood was performed as part of a David Cronenberg retrospective in Paris. It was also performed in June 2003 in Mexico City along with the world premiere of music from Spider. In addition, Shore’s chamber music has been featured on Arabesque Record’s “Reel Life – The Private Music of Film Composers Vol. 1”.

In 2008, Howard Shore’s opera The Fly premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and at Los Angeles Opera. Other recent works include Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia and the piano concerto Ruin and Memory for Lang Lang premiered in Beijing, China on October 11, 2010. He is currently working on his second opera and looks forward to a return to Middle-earth with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Shore received the Career Achievement

for Music Composition Award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and New York Chapter’s Recording Academy Honors, ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award, the Frederick Loewe Award and the Max Steiner Award from the city of Vienna. He holds honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and York University and he is an Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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Ludwig Wicki, conductor

A native of Lucerne, Switzerland, Ludwig Wicki was influenced by church and folk music. He studied trombone and became a member of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, eventually expanding his studies to include orchestral and choral conducting. He continued his education in Dresden and Pescara, devoting much of his time to chamber music and founding the Lucerne Philharmonic Brass Quintet. As a baroque trombonist, he performed with period instrument orchestras and ensembles, informing his approach to conducting. As Chorus Master of the Lucerne Abbey Court Church, he covers a wide range of repertoire.

Wicki is artistic director of the 21st Century Orchestra and has developed partnerships with renowned film composers, including Howard Shore, Randy Newman, Martin Böttcher and George Fenton. In 2008, Wicki led the 21st Century Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring at the KKL Lucern, followed by world premieres of The Two Towers (2009) and The Return of the King (2010). This year, he directed the orchestra in the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Wicki teaches chamber music and conducting at conservatories in Lucerne and Bern.

In 2007, he was honored by the city of Lucerne.

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Kaitlyn Lusk, soprano

Kaitlyn Lusk has quickly gained national acclaim.

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Peter Jackson has made cinema history in making The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, comprising nine hours of a continuous cinema that can be enjoyed by audiences worldwide. The films have become a phenomenon cross culturally around the world, not only garnering the respect of established Tolkien fans and scholars, but introducing young audiences to Tolkien’s classic novels. He was awarded three Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Publishing Rights Credits: All Compositions by Howard Shore (ASCAP) except:

In addition to her live performances, Lusk’s first studio album, No Looking Back, features some of the finest musicians and songwriters in the industry today. Lusk always delivers youthful exuberance matched with poise beyond her years.

Fran Walsh, lyricist In 2004, Fran Walsh was awarded Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. For her work co-writing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Walsh was nominated for an Oscar, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award, a Writers Guild of America Screen Award and (along with Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne and Tim Sanders) won the AFI Film Award. Walsh first garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for the feature Heavenly Creatures, which she co-wrote with Jackson, her collaborator. Walsh, who has a background in music, began her writing career soon after leaving Victoria University where she majored in English Literature.

Philippa Boyens, writer

Since being named by Variety in its list of Ten Writers to Watch in 2000, Philippa Boyens, who made her debut as a screenwriter with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and was previously nominated for an Oscar, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award and a Writers Guild of America Award, among others. Boyens worked in theatre as a play22 www.houstonsymphony.org

“Aníron (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)” and “May It Be” Music by Enya/Nicky Ryan, Lyrics by Roma Ryan featured in “The Council of Elrond Assembles” and “The Road Goes Ever On…” respectively.

“Flaming Red Hair” Composed by Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Stephen Roche and David Long; Performed by Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Stephen Roche and David Long with Chris O’Connor, Peter Daly, Ruairidh Morrison and Grant Shearer.

The Song “The Road Goes Ever On” featured in “Bag End” performed by Ian McKellen and reprised in “Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe” performed by Ian Holm: Music Composed by Fran Walsh, Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“Lament For Gandalf” Featured in “Caras Galadhon” Music by Howard Shore, Lyrics by Philippa Boyens.

“In Dreams” Featured in “The Road Goes Ever On…” Music by Howard Shore, Lyrics by Fran Walsh.

Choral Text by J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh.

Published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) except: “Gandalf’s Lament” and “In Dreams” which are co-published

by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) and South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP), “Aníron (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)” and “May It Be” Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. c/o EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). © 2001 All Rights Reserved.

The Lord of the Rings and the name of the characters, events, items and places therein, are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkein Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mr. Shore would like to thank: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Einhorn, Michael Mulvihill, Ronald Wilford, Jean-Jacques Cesbron, New Line Cinema, Mark Ordesky, Paul Broucek, Danny Bramson, Lori Silfen, Elizabeth Cotnoir, Alan Frey, Ludwig Wicki, Pirmin Zängerle, Erik Ochsner, Doug Adams, Joshua Mehr, James Sizemore, Jesse Pynigar, Tim Starnes, Jeffrey Markowitz, Jeff Halsey, Sarah Davis, the Houston Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus, Charles Hausmann, Kaitlyn Lusk.

Producers Columbia Artists Music, LLC: Ronald A. Wilford - Chairman and CEO Jean-Jacques Cesbron - President Jeffrey Markowitz – Production Supervisor Howard Shore Prince in New York Music Corporation Jesse Pynigar and Tim Starnes – Auricle

ety, Nobuo Uematsu was named as one of the “Innovators” in Time magazine’s “Time 100: the Next Wave Music” feature.

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standing ovations from sold-out audiences.

Since fall 2004, Lusk has been the featured vocal soloist in Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony, performing with more than 25 orchestras in the U.S. and Canada.

In summer 2007—as part of an encore performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony (Cleveland Orchestra)—she once again performed with Shore, who, in 2005, invited her to perform the Academy Award®-winning song “Into the West” as part of the Grammy® Honors of Howard Shore in New York City.

Masashi Hamauzu, composer

Born to a family of musical traditions in 1971 in Munich, Masashi Hamauzu is one of the most renowned composers of music for video games of the younger generation. He belongs to a group responsible for the musical legend of Square Enix productions for almost a decade. The collaboration with this key studio began with Hamauzu’s creating several tracks for Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1996) and Tobal No. 1 (1996). However, Hamauzu’s biggest achievement is his collaboration with Nobuo Uematsu, Junya Nakano and Musashi on Final Fantasy X (2001) and Samurai Legend (2005), the latter created in collaboration with Junya Nakano, Takayuki Iwai and Yuki Iwai.

Hamauzu debuted as an individual artist by writing the score for Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon (1997), Saga Frontier 2 (1999), Saga Unlimited (2002), Dirge of Cerberus, Final Fantasy VII (2006), but what gained him fame was the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIII.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

Since the release of the original FINAL FANTASY in 1987, this unique RPG series continues to showcase the spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds and rich stories leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from users around the world. The series have, as of September 2010, achieved a cumulative shipment of more than 100 million units worldwide Square Enix Co.,Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, develops, publishes and distributes entertainment content including interactive entertainment software and publications in Asia, North America and Europe. Square Enix brings two of Japan’s best-selling franchises, FINAL FANTASY, which has sold more than 85 million units worldwide, and DRAGON QUEST, which has sold more than 43 million units worldwide, under one roof. Square Enix is one of the most influential providers of digital entertainment content in the world and continues to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Visit www.square-enix.com for more information.

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Hausmann Charles Hausmann, director

Dr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986. He has prepared the group for more than 600 concerts, led them on numerous tours to Mexico and Europe, and worked with more than 40 acclaimed conductors including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw.

His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/orchestral masterworks.

As director of graduate choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann supervises the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting, teaches choral conducting and literature and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists—a graduate chamber choir.

An active church musician, he has conducted church choirs in Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas. He currently serves as Director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a performance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul (spring 2008).

Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and soloist. He led the Chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, appearing as guest conductor during the Prague Spring Festival. He and the Chorus share a 24-year collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, recently performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Houston Symphony Associate Conductor, Carlos Miguel Prieto.

This season, Hausmann prepares the Chorus for Beethoven’s Choral, A Very Merry Pops, Handel’s Messiah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana among others.

Support the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment supports activities that enrich Houston’s musical life and enhance the high professional standards of the all-volunteer Chorus.

For more on how you can help ensure the artistic future of the Chorus, call the Symphony’s Development office at (713) 3378528 or visit hschorus.org.

Charles Hausmann, Director Paulo Gomes Assistant Director

Susan Scarrow Chorus Manager

Scott Holshouser Accompanist

Tony Sessions Librarian

First Soprano Ramona Alms Alice Beckstrom Robyn Branning Monica M. Davis Kathleen Forbes Clarice Gatlin Marta Giles Amanda Harris Sophia Hou Allison Jewett Sarah Keifer Veronica Lorine * • Pamela Magnuson Lydia Musher Theresa Olin Megan Owen Karen Rennar Wendy Ridings Rhonda Ryan Jennifer Klein Salyer Heidi Sanders Beth Slaughter Deborah Spencer Annie Treverton Lisa Trewin Tania Van Dongen Beth Anne Weidler Megan Welch Natalyn Whitis Jessica L. Williams

First Alto Krista Borstell Jami Bruns Patricia Bumpus Barbara Bush Thea Chapman Nancy Christopherson Robin Clarkson Christine Economides Mary Gahr Susan Hall Judy Hill Kristin Hurter Berma Kinsey Joyce Lewis * • Mary Lopushansky Ashley Maack Heather Maclaughlin Garbes Lisa Morfin Cynthia Mulder Jennifer L. Phan Linda Renner Linda Richardson Carolyn Rogan Holly Rubbo June Russell Maria Schoen Andrea Slack Vicki Westbrook Patsy Wilson Shelby Wilson

First Tenor Robert Browning James R. Carazola Patrick Drake Richard Field • Robert Gomez James Patrick Hanley Steven Hazel Donald Howie Francisco J. Izaguirre Frank Lopez Darrell Mayon * • Jim Moore Peter Peropoulos Douglas Rodenberger David Schoen Tony Sessions Charles Thornburg Aaron Verber Adam White Christopher Young

Clemente Mathis William McCallum Chris Ming Matt Neufeld Kevin Newman Gary Scullin Stephen Shadle Thom Sloan Mark Standridge Sam Stengler Paul Van Dorn Joe Villarreal Kevin Wallace

Second Soprano Yoset Altamirano Lisa Anders Laura Bohlmann • Nancy Bratic Anne Campbell Debby Cutler Vickie Davis Corita Dubose Karen Fess-Uecker Kellie Garden Lorraine Hammond • Debbie Hannah Alexis Hazel • Megan Henry Sylvia Hysong Yukiko Iwata Natalia Kalitynska Sapna Kumar • Carol Ostlind Linda Peters Susan Scarrow Vicki Seldon Paige Sommer Veronica A. Stevens Cecilia Sun Caryssa Treider Megan Truelson • Nancy Vernau Jennifer Young

Second Alto Melissa Bailey Adams • Sarah Wilson Clark M. Evelyn Clift Rochella Cooper Andrea Creath Robin Dunn Holly Eaton Rachel El-Saleh Thi Ha Juli Herbert Denise Holmes Catherine Howard Lois Howell Crystal Meadows Lynne Moneypenny Nina Peropoulos Laurie Reynolds Holly Soehnge * • Mary Voigt Kaye Windel-Garza

Second Tenor * • Bob Alban Randy Boatright Harvey Bongers William Cole Donn Dubois Jorge Fandino Mark Ferring Joseph Frybert John Grady Craig Hill Philip Lewis William L. Mize Dave Nussmann Greg Railsback Rick Selby Lesley C. Sommer Dewell Springer Jonathan Vaughan Tony Vazquez Leonardo Veletzuy Lee Williams First Bass Joe Anzaldua Greg Barra Justin Becker Claude Bitner John Bond Bruce Boyle Christopher Burris Peter Christian Steve Dukes Leigh Fernau Taylor Harper Stephen M. James * • Jay Lopez

Second Bass Steve Abercia * • Wilton T. Adams Bill Cheadle John Colson Roger Cutler Paul Ehrsam Tom Everage Chris Fair Ian Fetterley David M. Fox Yevgeny Genin Michal Gilbert Matt Henderson Terry Henderson George Howe Chuck Izzo Cletus Johnson Nobuhide Kobori • Ken Mathews Scott Mermelstein Clyde L. Miner Greg Nelson Bill Parker John Proffitt • Robert Reynolds Daniel Robertson Doug Sanders Richard White

* Section Leader • Council Member

As of June 15, 2011

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Symphony Society Board. .................................................................................

Executive Committee...............................................................................................

President Chairman of the Board Robert B. Tudor III Jesse B. Tutor President-elect and Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Brett Busby

Vice President Board Governance, and Secretary Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Volunteers Barbara McCelvey

Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick

Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach

Vice President, Development David Wuthrich

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria Pryzant

General Counsel Paul R. Morico

President, Endowment Gene Dewhurst

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Martha GarcĂ­a, Assistant Secretary Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Donna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

At-Large Members Ulyesse LeGrange Jay Marks Helen Shaffer

Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein

Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn April Lykos Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks

Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez

Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Cary P. Yates Robert A. Yekovich

Trustees. .................................................................................................................

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Nancy Bumgarner Lynn Caruso Brandon Cochran Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Kathleen Hayes

Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Elisabeth McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr.

J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Martha GarcĂ­a Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Carole Murphy Burke Shaw Brinton Averil Smith * Life Trustee

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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.

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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 Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League

Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter

Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen 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 Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn

Annual Campaign Donors. ...............................................................................

The Houston Symphony expresses appreciation to the donors listed on this and the following pages for their generous contributions in support of Symphony programs. More information is available from the Individual Giving Department at (713) 337-8500, the Corporate Support Department at (713) 337-8520 or at houstonsymphony.org.

Corporations........................................................................................................ $25,000-$49,999

As of June 13, 2011

$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments United Airlines

$50,000-$99,999

American Express * Cameron Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Frost * GDF SUEZ Energy North America Marathon Oil Corporation The Methodist Hospital System Shell Oil Company Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods TOTAL UBS * Weatherford International Ltd.

Andrews Kurth, LLP Baker Botts LLP Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP

$10,000-$24,999

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * Bank of America * Boeing Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. * Devon Energy Corporation Ernst & Young * Fluor Corporation H. E. Butt Grocery Company Margolis, Phipps & Wright, P.C. Memorial Hermann Northern Trust The Rand Group, LLC Spir Star, Inc. Star Furniture

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital USI Insurance Services LLC * Vitol Inc. * Wells Fargo * Wood Group Management Services

$500-$9,999

Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP * Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP * Bloomberg L.L.P. GEM Insurance Agencies, L.P. Intercontinental Exchange Ironshore Insurance Services, LLP Lockton Companies Neiman Marcus Oceaneering International, Inc. Porter & Hedges, LLP * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Regions Bank Seyfarth Shaw LLP * Smith, Graham & Company * South Texas College of Law Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company Texas Children’s Hospital Wortham Insurance & Risk Management * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Foundations. .........................................................................................................

As of May 31, 2011

$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment, Inc.

* Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation Inc.

$500,000-$999,999

* M. D. Anderson Foundation

$100,000-$499,999

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation

The Alkek & Williams Foundation * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation

$25,000-$49,999

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation * Sterling-Turner Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

* Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

$2,500-$9,999

Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation * The Becker Family Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation

Government Donors

* City of Houston National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................

Aetna Akzo Nobel AT&T Bank of America Boeing Caterpillar

Chevron Coca-Cola El Paso Corporation Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil Fannie Mae

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Co. Halliburton Hewlett-Packard IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation JPMorgan Chase KBR Kirby Corporation Occidental Petroleum

SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. Spectra Energy

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Leadership Gifts................................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those individuals who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs with Leadership Gifts at the highest levels. Donors at these levels set the standard for supporting the Symphony and we are proud to list them here.

Ima Hogg Society – $150,000 or More

Anonymous (1) Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Ms. Beth Madison, Madison Benefits Group Inc. Mr. George P. Mitchell Mr. M. S. Stude Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Mrs. Margaret Alkek Williams

President’s Society – $75,000 - $149,999 Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Maestro’s Society – $50,000 - $74,999 Anonymous (1) Gene & Linda Dewhurst Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Rochelle & Max Levit Nancy & Robert Peiser Laura & Michael Shannon

Concertmaster Society – $25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous (1) Janice Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Ms. Sharin Shafer Gaille Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Jay & Shirley Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Ann & Hugh Roff Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. 26 www.houstonsymphony.org

Patron Donor Society........................................................................................

Members of the Patron Donor Society support the Houston Symphony with gifts to the Annual Fund and Events.

Members of the Society are offered a wide array of benefits and recognition including invitations to special events and more. For more information on how to become a member of the Houston Symphony Patron Donor Society, please call the Development Department at (713) 337-8523.

Principal Musician Society $15,000 - $24,999

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby Janet F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. Richard Danforth Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies

Mrs. Aileen Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Sue A. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Julia & Albert Smith Foundation David & Paula Steakley Alice & Terry Thomas

Artist/Conductor Sponsor $10,000 - $14,999

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso III Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Ruth White Brodsky Marilyn & Coleman Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Ms. Jan Cohen Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Scott Cutler Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mrs. William Estrada Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mr. George B. Geary Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr. Mr. Brian James Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Meredith J. Long Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. McCabe Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney Betty & Gene McDavid Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Stephen & Marilyn Miles Mr. Cameron Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Mr. Howard Pieper

Musician Sponsor Society $7,500 - $9,999

Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Mr. Alan Aronstein Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ms. Terry Ann Brown Mrs. George L. Brundrett Jr. The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Chris Flood Angel & Craig Fox Mr. S. David Frankfort Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark

Mrs. James J. Glenn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Irvine Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mrs. Margaret H. Ley Mr. & Mrs. Erik P. Littlejohn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mike & Kathleen Moore Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros

Paul Strand Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr. Vicki & Paul West Dr. Jim T. Willerson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams Isabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson

Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Jim Smith Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Ann Trammell Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe Erla & Harry Zuber

Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Mrs. Philip M. Peterson Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr. Donna & Tim Shen Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Ann & Joel Wahlberg C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Stephen & Kristine Wallace Nancy Willerson Nina & Michael Zilkha July 2011 27

Individual Donors........................................................................................................

Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499

Anonymous (1) Joan & Stanford Alexander Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mr. Ronald C. Borschow Ms. Dianne Bowman Joe Brazzatti Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bumgarner Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Burguieres Alan & Toba Buxbaum David & Nona Carmichael Margot & John Cater William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cutsinger Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum J.R. & Aline Deming Ms. Sara J. Devine Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr. Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Diane Lokey Farb Ms. Bernice Feld Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Thomas & Patricia Geddy Dr. & Mrs. William D. George Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. David Gow William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Mary Louis Kister William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Lasher Mr. Clyde Lea & Ms. Pamela Fazzone Mr. E.W. Long Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George McCullough Mr. Robert Mc Nair Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. John M. Petrosky Mr. Michael H. Price Ms. Karen S. Pulaski Mrs. Lila Rauch Michael & Vicky Richker Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Drs. Alejandro & Lynn Rosas Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Mr. Brian Teichman Shirley & David Toomim Robert G. Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr. Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich 28 www.houstonsymphony.org

Edith & Robert Zinn

Grand Patron $2,500 - $4,999

Mr. & Mrs. N.T. Adams Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. & Mrs. Ken Barrow Mrs. John Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Brad Beitler Jim & Ellen Box Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman The Honorable & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. Ralph Burch Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. William Choice & Mrs. Linda Able Choice Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. James G. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Cochran Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone Mr. James Denton Mr. and Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. Mike Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dror Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mrs. Arvia Few Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Ron & Tricia Fredman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Glanville Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Haas Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr. Marion & Jim Hargrove Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. Doug R. Hinzie Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Krogmeier Mrs. Barry Lewis Kevin & Lesley Lilly Mr. James Lokay Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. Bradley H. Marks Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland James & Mary McMartin Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Julia & Chris Morton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Edward Oppenheimer Mr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie Sherlock Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Petrello Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pryor Mr. Peter A. Ragauss & Ms. Jennifer Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mrs. Annetta Rose Beth & Lee Schlanger Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Joel V. & Mary M. Staff Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tenzer Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Wil VanLoh Mrs. Naomi Warren Mr. David Ashley White Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Judge Clarease R. Yates & Mr. Cary Yates Mrs. Betsy I. Zimmer Patron $1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous (10) Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Ackerman Mrs. Harold J. Adam Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree Fund John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Mr. Maurice J. Aresty Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Mr. Jeff Autor Stanley & Martha Bair Ms. Marion Barthelme & Mr. Jeff Fort Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Joan H. Bitar John Blomquist Dr. & Mrs. Milton Boniuk Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brackett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Bresenhan Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Brophy Steve & Diana Brown Susan & Richard Brown Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch

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Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Mr. William Caudill Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Mrs. Cielle Clemenceau Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Charles Comiskey Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox Sylvia & Andre Crispin Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Vince D. Foster Ms. Beth Freeman Paula & Alfred Friedlander Mr. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Mr. Michael B. George Mrs. Joan M. Giese Ms. Nancy D. Giles Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Mr. & Mrs. Bert H. Golding Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Brad Goodwin Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. Charles H. Gregory Ms. Christine R. Griffith Mr. Michael Haigh Ms. Carmen C. Halden Mrs. Thalia Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Ms. Margaret W. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Mr. & Judge Frank Harmon III Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Hawk Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hoffert Mrs. Holly Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Eileen & George Hricik Mr. Mark Hughes Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kase Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Sam & Cele Keeper Linda & Frank S. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kenney Dr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kridel Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lane Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene Lehrer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Ms. Barbara Lister Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Ms. Nancey Lobb

Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Martin McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Gerarld Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newman Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Orton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. & Mrs. James L. Payne Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Mr. John Petzold Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Pinera Mr. James D. Pitcock Dr. & Dr. Eduardo Plantilla Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Mr. John Potts Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Record Family Anne D. Reed Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Dr. Madaiah Revana, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Allyn Risley Ms. Regina J. Rogers Mr. Edward Ross Mr. Carlos Rossi Mr. Kent Rutter Mary Louise & David Sanderson Ms. Paula Santoski Mr. & Mrs. David Saperstein Dr. Raymond E. Sawaya Mrs. Myrna Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Russell Sherrill Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Kelly Somoza Mr. Richard P. Steele & Ms. Mary J. McKerall Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Louise Sutton Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Mark Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Thielke Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Ms. Virginia Torres Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vallee Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vander Lee Mr. & Mrs. William Visinsky Mr. David Waddell Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wahrlich Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. James D. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Whelan Carlton & Marty Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Ms. Beth Wolff Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yankowsky Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell Mr. Sam M. Yates III Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mr. Terry Zmyslo

Composer’s Circle $500 - $999

Anonymous (12) Wade & Mert Adams Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Corbin & Char Aslakson Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Mr. & Mrs. James A. Baker III Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Dr. David Barry Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Ann B. Beaudette Ms. Bernice Beckerman Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. Mark Berkstresser Carolyn & Arthur Berner Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. Arno S. Bommer Ms. Joan Boss Mr. & Mrs. Danny J. Bowers Jr. Bob F. Boydston Ms. Sally Brassow Ms. Lisa Brenskelle Katherine M. Briggs Dr. Bob Brown & Ms. Dena Rafte Fred & Judy Brunk Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Ms. Cheryl Byington Virginia & William Camfield Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mrs. Marjorie Capshaw Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Virginia A. Clark Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Todd Colter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Ms. Mary H. Cook & Mr. Scott R. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Dave Coolidge Michael T. Coppinger Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Ms. Ann Currens Ms. Anna M. Dean Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Bruce B. Dice

Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Dobbins Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Ms. Paula Eck Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Dr. Kenneth L Euler Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. Dale Fitz Rachel Frazier Ms. Diane L. Freeman Ms. Martha Garcia Mr. Richard L. Garnett Mr. Douglas Garrison Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Lucy Gebhart William E. Gipson Gen. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Gary & Marion Glober Lee & Sandy Godfrey Ms. Heidi Good Mr. Bert Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Mr. Doug Groves Zahava Haenosh Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Rita & John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon William & Lana Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Hecht Mr & Mrs. Dean Hennings Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heumann Mr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill Mr. John Hodgin Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Hogan Jacque Holland Mr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Holloway Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Steve Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hutton Mr. & Mrs. Wesley A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Mr. Scot W. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. Guido Kanschat Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Kant Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley Ms. Karen Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. Sherwin Kershman Lucy & Victor Kormeier Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr. Mr. Rodney Kubicek Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. James Leatherby Ms. Golda K. Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Mr. James C. Lindsey July 2011 29

Individual Donors........................................................................................................

Lisle Violin Shop Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Louise & Oscar Lui Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. Kemp Maer Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. Christopher Mancini Ms. Renee Margolin Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. Mark Matovich Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mattix Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoy Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus William E. Joor III & Rose Ann Medlin Mrs. Dorri Melvin Mrs. Diane Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. Richard Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Mr. Robert Nichols Nils & Stephanie Normann Mr. & Mrs. D. D. Oldham Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Katy Optiks Ms. Margie Ortega Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mrs. Caroline Osteen Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Mr. Jonathan Palmer Mr. Robert Pastorek Rachel & Michael Pawson Mrs. Preston A. Peak Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Penn Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Meg Philpot Kim & Ted A. Powell Mr. Robert W. Powell Mr. Arthur Preisinger Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita Pyle Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mrs. Carole Qunsielt Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Reans Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Redden Mrs. Edith G. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Louisa B. Reid Mrs. Constance Rhebergen Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. James L. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Roche Drs. Herbert & Manuela Roeller Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Ms. Franelle Rogers 30 www.houstonsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rubbo Garry & Margaret Schoonover Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Schwaab Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Mr. Barry E. Silverman & Ms. Shara Fryer Mrs. Ray Simpson Ms. Marcia Smart Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. Nicholas Sollenne Mrs. Donna Sprudzs Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Dr. & Mrs. James H. Steele Mr. Myron F. Steves Ms. Lori Summa Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Taylor Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thweatt David & Ann Tomatz Mr. Daniel S. Trachtenberg Mr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr. Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Earl Vanzant Jan & Don Wagner Betty & Bill Walker Ms. Sandria Ward Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wareing Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt J. M. Weltzien Drs. A. & J. Werch Ms. Laura Woods Mrs. Peggy J. Wylie Mr. Le Roy Yeager Mr. Ray Young Mr. William A. Young

Sustaining Member $250 - $499

Anonymous (18) Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Mr. John E. Adkins Jr. Ms. Lina Amador Ms. Sheila Aron Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Mr. Rudy Avelar Mr. & Mrs. David Baggett Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Mr. & Mrs. John Baker Ms. Jane Baker Mr. & Mrs. Saul Balagura Ms. Virginia C. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnhill Mr. & Mrs. Seth Barrett Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Mr. Daniel Barretto Mr. Steve A. Bavousett Father Albert J. Beck Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beshears Mr. & Mrs. Randall Beste Mr. & Mrs. Ed Billings Ms. Fannette Blum Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Boggio Mr. Philip Booth Ms. Suzie Boyd

Dr. Arthur W. Bracey Mrs. Barbara Britt Ms. Zu Dell Broadwater Mr. Chester Brooke & Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. J. W. Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Ms. Courtney Brynes Mr. Philip R. Bullington Mr. & Mrs. William Bumpus Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Burns Ms. Jodi Byerly Mrs. Miriam Byrd Mr. Eugene Byrd Mr. Gary Cacciatore Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. Carlos Campo Ms. Sandra Campos Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Kathy & Gary Chandler K.D. Charalampous, M.D. Mr. Kenneth Chin Dr. Diana S. Chow Mr. & Mrs. William L. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Ms. Erin Connally Mr. Cecil C. Conner Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. David Corder Ms. Jeanne A. Cox Mr. Alan Dale Mr. & Mrs. Steven Dalicandro Mr. Pablo De la Torre Mr. Michael Deavers Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Demeter Ms. Kay S. Derry Ms. Dora Dillistone Ms. Judy Dines Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ditto Patrick & Risha Dozark Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Mr. & Mrs. James H. Dupree Mr. Kevin F. Dvorak Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr. Mrs. Karen A. Edgmon Mr. & Mrs. William J. Eggleston Mr. Paul Ehrsam Mr. & Mrs. Dean Eicher Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Dr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James Turley Mr. Mike Ezzell Mr. Tom R. Fannin Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Ann S. Farrell Ms. Barbara Faulkner Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Fishel Mr. & Mrs. James Flannigan Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Flick Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Mr. Richard L. Flowers Jr. Mrs. Lisa Forgan Dewitts Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forney Mr. Joe Fowler Joyce & David Fox Ms. Johnella V. Franklin

J. Kent & Ann Friedman Robert A. Furse, M.D. Dr. Abdel K. Fustok Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mrs. Holly Garner Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Mr. & Mrs. Duane V. Geis Mr. & Mrs. James E. Gerhardt Mr. Glen Gettemy Mr. Charles J. Gillman Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Mr. Ned Graber Mrs. Howard Grekel Mr. Steve K. Grimsley Ms. Jo Ann C. Guillory Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gutstein Mr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Haines Ms. Vickie Hamley Michael D. Hardin Mr. & Mrs. Tod P. Harding Ms. Karen Harding Mr. Paul Harmon Mr. & Mrs. William Haskins Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Mr. John Heiny Jess Hines Jr. Howard & Dorothy Homeyer Mr. & Mrs. John Homier S.y. & Y.j. Kim Hong Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hopson Elizabeth & Bob Houston Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Howes Ms. Vicki Huff Mr. James M. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ingham Ms. Jennifer Isadore Mr. Joseph Ivey Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Janes Mrs. Paula Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Raymond Jones Mr. James H. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kantor Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Kasschau Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Kayem Dr. Helen K. Kee Ms. Arlette Keene Mr. & Mrs. James A. Keller Mr. & Mrs. David Kendall Mr. & Mrs. Hermen Key Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. Kindall Ms. Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska Dr. & Mrs. Michael Koehl Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koski Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Ms. Cynthia Kretlow Ms. Anna Kuo Ms. Anita Kusnoor Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Latham Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Sharon Lipsky, M.D. J. M. Little & Asso.

Mr. William Looser Mr. Carlos J. Lopez Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Ms. Doris M. Magee Sandy Vander Kam Mr. John Maguire

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Ms. Kelly Malek Mrs. D.B. Marchant Dr. & Dr. A. J. Marian Mr. & Mrs. Laban Marsh Mr. Ronald S. Marta Dr. Toshimatsu Matsumoto Ms. Suzanne McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCullough Ms. Judi McGee Mr. Daniel McHenry Mr. & Mrs. James L. Mc Nett Mr. Guy W. Meaders Ms. Georgette M. Michko Mary & Tom Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr. Mr. Clyde W. Moore Jr. Ms. Kathleen Moore & Mr. Steven T. Homer Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Morgan Ms. Lauren Morgan Susie & SI Morris Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Moss Mr. Arturo Narro Mr. Joel Ray Needham Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ofner Marjory & Barry Okin Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Julie & Chip Oudin III Ms. Jennifer Owen Ms. Linda Peterson Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd G. Posey Jr. Ms. Deborah Posso Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Manuel E. Quintana Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Ms. Joanna Raynes Loreta & Ronald Rea Vicki & J.B. Reber Ralph & Becky Reed Robert & Anne Reed Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rhodes Mr. H. A. Ricards Jr. Hilda & Hershel Rich Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mrs. George Risman Ms. Shari Rochen Mr. Daniel J. Romero Mr. & Mrs. Jules H. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Rosenbaum

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scherer Mr. Donald Schmuck Mr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. Oplt Ms. Elizabeth Schwarze Pamela & Richard Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Shumaker Mr. Barrett Sides Mr. Stephen C. Smith & Mr. Ronald Jenson Mrs. Lynn Snyder Hans C. Sonneborn Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Spindler Ms. Blanche Stastny Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman William F. Stern Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Dr. & Mrs. Richard Strax Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Ms. Cili Sun Mr. & Mrs. John L. Sutterby Ms. Barbara Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Ms. Jessica Taylor Howard Tellepsen Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. P. H. G. Thompson Mr. John Thorne Mr. Tom Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Mr. Jon D. Totz Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Trowbridge Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. Viet Van Mr. David Vannauker Dr. Allen R. Vogt Mr. Eugene Wagenecht Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Mr. & Mrs. John Wardell Ms. Allyson Weathers Leone Buyse & Michael Webster Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. Richard White Mr. & Mrs. Gordon White Mr. Russell White Mrs. Amber Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wilkomirski Mr. & Mrs. Cornel Williams Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Williams Mr. Patrick Wilson Miriam & Marcos Witt

Miss Susan Wood Robert & Rhoda Workin

Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or More Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Allen & Almira Gelwick Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Paul & Rita Morico Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.

Grand Patron Pops $2,500-$4,999

Ms. Dianne Bowman Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mrs. Barry Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Pops Patron $1,500-$2,499

Jim & Ellen Box Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. Robert Grant Michael & Darcy Krajewski Shirley & Marvin Rich Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III Sally & Denney Wright

Headliner $1,000-$1,499

Ms. Tara Black Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Carroll Mrs. Alan Gaylor Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan W. R. Purifoy Roman & Sally Reed

Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Ms. Amanda Tozzi Mr. Roger Trandell

Producer $500-$999

Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. John S. Beury Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Buhler Barbara Dokell John & Joyce Eagle Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. Larry January Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga Meneilly Ms. Phyllis Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith

Director $250-$499

Mr. Jay T. Brown Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Mr. T. J. Doggett Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grant Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gunther Mr. & Mrs. Bill Johnston Ms. Mary Keathley Dr. George S. Knapp Charles C. & Patricia Kubin Mr. Richard S. Ledermann Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnis Patrick & Peggy Mc Kinney Mr. James Miner Judy & Bill Pursell Ms. Er’Ron Robinson Mr. Robert Schick Dr. & Mrs. A. Carl Schmulen Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Siegele Ms. Beth Stegle Ms. Jane B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. Lam Tran Donna Tromblee Dr. Holly & Mr. Michael Varner Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton As of May 31, 2011

In Kind Donors.........................................................................................................

As of June 14, 2011

Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Baker Botts Be Friends Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Bright Star Cognetic Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Darryl & Co. Deville Fine Jewelry DocuData Solutions The Events Company Hilton Americas - Houston

Houston Chronicle Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas Jim Benton of Houston LLC JR’s Bar & Grill KUHF 88.7 FM The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Morton’s The Steakhouse Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. PaperCity Pride Houston

Pro/Sound Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Silver Eagle Distributors Sky Bar Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Strip House Valobra Jewelry & Antiques John Wright/Texprint

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Legacy Society. .................................................................................................

The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony 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 with a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the members of the Society, and with their permission, is pleased to acknowledge them.

Anonymous (10) Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Anneliese Bosseler Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Randolph Lee Groninger Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D.

John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy� Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest

Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich As of May 31, 2011 sDeceased

Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Donors........................................... $1,000 or more

Paul & Vickie Davis ExxonMobil David & Joyce Fox

Robert Lee Gomez Philip & Audrey Lewis Dave Nussmann

Susan Scarrow

In Memoriam.....................................................................................................

We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony 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 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 Helen Bess Fariss Foster

Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton

Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

For more information on creating a legacy for the benefit of the Symphony, please contact the Planned Giving Office at (713) 337-8524 or e-mail plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org.

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