Houston Symphony Magazine — May 2014

MAY 2014

Contents: May | 2014

Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 | houstonsymphony.org For advertising contact New Leaf Publishing at (713) 523-5323 info@newleafinc.com | www.newleafinc.com | 2006 Huldy, Houston, Texas 77019

PROGRAMS

18 May 1, 3, 4 24 May 9, 10 36 May 23, 24, 25 38 May 29

ON STAGE AND OFF

4 Letter to Patrons 4 New Century Society See acclaimed actor 5 Credits Victor Garber with the 14 Orchestra and Staff Houston Symphony in the 16 Centennial Angels fantastic Centennial finale of the POPS series.

16 Centennial Lifetime Giving 41 Houston Symphony Chorus 42 Chorus Endowment Donors 42 Leadership Council 43 Education and Community Engagement Programs 44 Houston Symphony Endowment 47 Musician Sponsorship 48 Symphony Society 49 Donors

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former Music Director 24 Join Christoph Eschenbach as he leads

more than 400 musicians and vocalists in the largest choral-symphonic work in the classical music repertoire.

FEATURES

6 A Symphony of Thanks 8 Events—Opening Night 10 Annual Fund—Matching Gift Campaign 12 Events—“I Heart the Houston Symphony” 15 Young Associates Council Donor Spotlight 23 A Behind the Scenes Look at Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 30 2014 Summer Concert Preview 46 New Music Director Fund 46 Chief Conductors and Music Directors 59 Vintage Virtuoso Donors 60 Backstage Pass—Retirement Salute The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

Acknowledgements

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On the cover: Photo by Michelle Watson Date: March 7, 2014

While taking photos of the decor at this year’s Centennial Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction, Michelle Watson snapped an upclose image of one of the souvenir Riedel wine glasses that each of the 300 guests received.

In fact, Riedel generously donated an entire fleet of their high-end, wine varietal specific stemware to the Houston Symphony for future wine dinners in our second century. The cover image is a perfect way to toast the close of a record-breaking, history-making 100th birthday at the Houston Symphony - Cheers!

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LETTER TO PATRONS

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Robert A. Peiser President

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

As we approach the summer months, it’s hard to believe that we’re nearing the end of our monumental Centennial Season. But, this doesn’t mean the celebrations are ending!

We’re very excited for several special concerts happening during the month of May. On May 9 and 10, former Music Director Christoph Eschenbach will lead the Houston Symphony and Chorus in two performances of one of the largest choral-symphonic works ever written, Mahler’s 8th Symphony, nicknamed the Symphony of a Thousand. With more than 400 musicians, chorus members and soloists, Mahler’s epic composition is a fitting way to begin winding down the Centennial Season.

We’ll close out our POPS season with a very special celebrity guest. Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski leads the orchestra for the final time during the Centennial Season in “Symphonic Spectacular! See the Music,” with narrator and acclaimed actor Victor Garber, known for his roles in TV’s Alias, The Good Wife and the film Titanic, among many many others. As the POPS season closes, be sure to keep an eye out for our summer concert offerings, listed on page 30.

We are thrilled to have powerhouse Houstonians Cora Sue and Harry Mach and Joella and Steve Mach serve as the multi-generational chairs of the Centennial Ball! Taking place at Jones Hall on Saturday, May 17, the ball will celebrate this season’s exciting accomplishments and honor several patrons and sponsors who have helped guide the Houston Symphony through their visionary leadership and philanthropy. The festivities will commence with a special performance by the musicians of the Houston Symphony, guest conductor Steven Reineke and television and Broadway star Matthew Morrison. We look forward to dining and dancing the night away while raising important funds for the education and community engagement programs of the Houston Symphony.

On May 29 and 31, at Rice University’s Stude Concert Hall, the 39th Annual Ima Hogg Competition will close out the Centennial Season Celebration. Contestants from all over the world will compete for $43,000 in prizes as well as a chance to perform with the Houston Symphony this summer. What better way to reflect on 100 years and look to 100 more by providing an opportunity for young performing artists to launch their bright careers in music.

To be sure we end this historic season on another record-breaking note, we’ve planned a special matching gift campaign for this year’s Annual Fund. Please turn to page 10 for more details! For now and always, we thank you for your continued patronage and support.

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

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

Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Janice H. Barrow Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

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Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Houston Methodist Hospital Nancy & Robert Peiser Laura & Michael Shannon Baker Botts L.L.P. Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Wells Fargo

CREDITS

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

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

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

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FEATURE

A Symphony of Thanks to the Centennial Planning Committee

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It is hard to believe we have reached the closing month of the Houston Symphony’s historic and eventful Centennial Season!

Two and a half years ago, 150 members of the Houston Symphony family—including members of the Board of Trustees, orchestra, staff, League, League Bay Area, Chorus and the Greater Houston community—began a collaborative planning process that would culminate in the most magnificent season in the institution’s 100year history.

Centennial Co-Chairs Mary Lynn and Steve Marks, Barbara and Pat McCelvey and Jesse and Betty Tutor; along with Centennial Honorary Chairs Janice Barrow, Janice and Robert McNair, George Mitchell, Mike Stude, Bobby and Phoebe Tudor and Margaret Alkek Williams; and a 40member Centennial Steering Committee led the work of eight planning committees. The committees included the areas of Archives and Exhibits, Artistic Planning, Community Partnerships, Events, Fundraising, Marketing and Visibility, Next Century and Resources. After countless hours of thoughtful planning sessions, the Centennial Season was born.

The Centennial Season kicked off with the free, city-wide Hundredth Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre, complete with fireworks, in the company of more than 17,000 Houstonians and 200,000 more watching live on KTRK Channel 13. The city has enjoyed incredible concerts and events, including the record-breaking Centennial Opening Night Concert and Gala with Renée Fleming, performances with former music directors and stars ranging from Joshua Bell to John Adams and Chris Botti, a stunning Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction, and that one historic night in December when Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams and the Houston Symphony shared the Jones Hall stage. Visibility and awareness of the Houston Symphony has skyrocketed, helped along by a dynamic new brand identity, hundreds of Houston Symphony banners spanning downtown and a beautiful hardcover Centennial Book.

The community enjoyed new events like the inaugural Day of Music, the free 12-hour festival that attracted 10,000 people to Jones Hall last July.

In the final month of the Centennial Season, we will experience two of the season’s signature events: Mahler’s monumental Symphony of a Thousand and the long-awaited, glamorous Centennial Ball.

As we close out this special season and look ahead to ushering in our next 100 years of success—in the company of our 15th music director, Andrés Orozco-Estrada—a symphony of thanks and appreciation goes to the 150 extraordinary individuals who created the Houston Symphony’s most memorable season to date, and to the community of Greater Houston for enthusiastically embracing one of our city’s oldest and most vibrant performing arts institutions.

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EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE! Houston Symphony Opening Night Gala with Andrés Orozco-Estrada Saturday, September 13, 2014 The Corinthian & Jones Hall Barbara & Pat McCelvey, Chairmen Join us to celebrate Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s Inaugural Season as Music Director of the Houston Symphony.

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Enjoy a champagne reception at The Corinthian prior to being transported to Jones Hall for the Opening Night Concert conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, featuring British trumpet soloist Alison Balsom and the Houston Symphony.

Continue the evening with elegance and Colombian festive fun at a black tie dinner and dance at The Corinthian, featuring cuisine by Jackson and Company, décor by The Events Company and the sounds of the Richard Brown Orchestra.

Tables for 10 (including concert seating): $50,000, $25,000, $15,000, $10,000 and $7,500 (limited availability) Individual tickets (including concert seating): $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000

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For more information and to purchase tables and tickets, contact Houston Symphony Special Events at: (713) 238-1485 or specialevents@houstonsymphony.org.

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ANNUAL FUND

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EVENTS

“I Heart the Houston Symphony” Photographic Retrospective – A Visual Stroll through the Symphony’s First 100 Years A dynamic collaboration between Saks Fifth Avenue and Gittings resulted in an incredible showcase for the Houston Symphony’s past and present leadership during the Centennial Season through a memorable “I Heart the Houston Symphony” photographic retrospective. Two stunning window displays were unveiled at a lively cocktail and jazz party on March 19 at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Guests reminisced as they viewed historic portraits of many founding members such as Miss Ima Hogg, Warren S. Bellows Sr., Hugh Roy Cullen and General Maurice Hirsch. They were displayed among beautiful portraits of many current Houston Symphony family members.

Houston Symphony Executive Director/CEO Mark Hanson thanked Bobby Dees and Sylvia Forsythe of Saks Fifth Avenue as well as Andrew Cordes, Brad Mariage and Kenn Stolte of Gittings for their vision and tremendous underwriting support. Symphony archivists Terry Brown and Ginny Garrett, April Lykos and Centennial co-chair Mary Lynn Marks were also recognized for the instrumental roles they played in bringing this photographic retrospective to life.

In honor of the Houston Symphony’s Centennial Season and Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s upcoming Inaugural Season as Music Director, Gittings has extended a generous offer to Houston Symphony patrons:

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For each Symphony patron who enjoys a new Gittings portrait session and places a subsequent portrait order, Gittings will donate its customary portrait session fee of $250 to the Houston Symphony!

This incredible opportunity is available to all Symphony patrons for individual or family portraits. Let Gittings know that you are taking advantage of this offer when you schedule your appointment to ensure your sitting fee goes to the Houston Symphony.

For more information and to schedule your appointment, visit Gittings online at www.gittings.com or call (713) 965-9301.

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ORCHESTRA AND STAFF AndrĂŠs Orozco-Estrada, Music Director Designate Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Michael Krajewski,

Principal Pops Conductor

Hans Graf,

Conductor Laureate

Robert Franz,

Associate Conductor Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge

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 Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Oleg Chelpanov* SECOND VIOLIN: Jennifer Owen, Principal Tina Zhang, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Miran Kim Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly** Tong Yan Christine Pastorek Amy Teare Emily Herdeman Kelly* VIOLA: Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Thomas Molloy Phyllis Herdliska 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 R. Denton Anthony Kitai

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 Judy Dines, Acting Associate Principal Gina Hughes* Rebecca Powell Garfield* PICCOLO: Rebecca Powell Garfield* OBOE: Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN: Adam Dinitz CLARINET: Thomas LeGrand, Acting Principal Christian Schubert, Acting Associate Principal David Pharris* Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET: Christian Schubert BASS CLARINET: Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON: Rian Craypo, Principal** Eric Arbiter, Acting Principal J. Jeff Robinson, Acting Associate Principal Elise Wagner Micah Doherty* CONTRABASSOON: Micah Doherty* HORN: William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Katharine Caliendo*

TRUMPET: Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Micah Wilkinson* TROMBONE: Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE: Phillip Freeman TUBA: Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI: Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal PERCUSSION: Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP: Paula Page, Principal KEYBOARD: Scott Holshouser, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Michael Gorman ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Linda Oper LIBRARIAN: Thomas Takaro ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray STAGE MANAGER: Position open ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Kelly Morgan STAGE TECHNICIAN: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute ** On Leave

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

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

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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO Steven Brosvik, General Manager/ Chief Operations Officer David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Aurelie Desmarais, Chief of Artistic Planning Amanda Dinitz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Rauli Garcia, Chief Financial Officer Glenn Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer Meg Philpot, Director, Human Resources Stacey Spears, Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Artistic Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Merle Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate Development Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager Evin Erdowdu, Development Officer, Individual Giving Noureen Faizullah, Development Operations Manager Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Irma Molina, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Laura Neiman, Manager, Special Events Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev, Development Officer, Institutional Giving Jennifer M. Schoppe, Development Communications Manager Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research Jada Wright-Greene, Institutional Giving Coordinator Alexandra Yates, Director, Special Events Education/Community Partnerships Allison Conlan, Education and Community Engagement Coordinator Roger Daily, Director, Education and Community Engagement Steve Wenig, Director, Community Partnerships Finance/Administration/IT Sally Brassow, Controller Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Philip Gulla, Director, Technology Amed Hamila, Director, Database Support Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Business Analytics Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects Marketing/Communications Sara Alvarado, Graphic Designer Jeffrey Block, Assistant Marketing Manager Nick Day, Publicist Jeff Gilmer, Patron Services Coordinator, Group Sales/Ticket Inventory Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez, Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Georgia McBride, Marketing Manager Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Keith Nickerson, Publications Editor Sarah Rendon, Patron Services Representative Valerie Richmond, Marketing and Design Associate Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Operations Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Kelly Morgan, Acting Stage Manager Linda Oper, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager and Community Connections Coordinator Kathryn Wene, Operations Assistant Meredith Williams, Operations Manager

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Centennial Ball After Party Chairs and Young Associates Council Steering Committee Members, Divya & Chris Brown

Centennial Ball After Party Chairs and Young Associates Council Steering Committee Members Divya and Chris Brown are active supporters of the Houston Symphony and have a unique historical connection to the orchestra.

Chris grew up in a home filled with artists, including his greatgrandmother Hazel French Robertson, who was the recording secretary of the Houston Symphony for more than two decades. Divya played the violin and piano as a child and developed a deep appreciation for performing artists and their talent. Music is very much a part of Chris’ and Divya’s lives. She remarks, “We love to have music on in the house all the time—music sparks creativity and energy!”

The Young Associates Council was formed in part to ensure a foundation for the future of the Houston Symphony and outstanding orchestral music in our community. “In just a short time period, it has been impressive to see the size of the group grow,” remarks Divya.

“It is inspiring to meet so many like-minded young professionals who are engaged in the arts and see the importance of supporting it for future generations.”

Chairing the Centennial Ball After Party on May 17 is a natural fusion of the Browns’ passion for fun and philanthropy. Upon arrival, guests will enjoy the sounds of The Richard Brown Orchestra while sipping cocktails, eating delicious savories by Jackson

and Company and browsing the silent auction, followed by dancing the night away with New York’s DJ Kalkutta.

Divya enthuses, “This is going to be the party of the season! Please join us!”

Donors at the $1,500 level and above who are under age 45 are encouraged to join the Houston Symphony Young Associates Council and receive exclusive donor benefits. For more information, please contact Evin Erdowdu, Development Officer, Individual Giving at evin.erdowdu@houstonsymphony.org or (713) 337-8526.

For more on the Young Associates Council: HoustonSymphony. org/YoungAssociates To purchase tickets to the Houston Symphony Centennial Ball After Party: www.HoustonSymphony.org/Support-The-Symphony/SpecialEvents/After-Party

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The Houston Symphony Young Associates Council was established at the end of the 2011-2012 Season and has quickly become one of the most successful young philanthropic groups in our community.

Centennial Angels

As the Houston Symphony celebrates a century of music making, a core group of leadership donors are making commitments of $100,000 and above to recognize the significance of this important occasion and honor those who have worked diligently over the years to ensure Houston is home to a world-class orchestra. Centennial Angels understand the importance of philanthropy to allow the Houston Symphony to not only exist, but thrive.

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

M.D. Anderson Foundation Janice H. Barrow BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Brown Foundation, Inc. Chevron City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Janet F. Clark ConocoPhillips The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation ExxonMobil Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies Rochelle & Max Levit

Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. George P. Mitchell Palmetto Partners Ltd. / The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

Centennial Lifetime Giving

The Houston Symphony recognizes these individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities for their extraordinary support of the Houston Symphony. This list includes all gifts to the Houston Symphony dating from 1972. Where appropriate, companies are listed under the name of their most current incarnation, and include all gifts to date from their subsidiaries and acquisitions. as of April 1, 2014

$25 Million +

The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

$10 Million +

The Cullen Foundation Houston Endowment Mr. Mike Stude

$5 Million +

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Downtown Alliance Mr. George P. Mitchell and Mrs. Cynthia Woods Mitchell

$2.5 Million +

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ExxonMobil Corporation Houston Arts Alliance Houston Arts Fund Kinder Morgan National Endowment for the Arts Mr. & Mrs. John Rydman/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Shell Oil Company Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

$1 Million +

AIG American General AT&T Baker Botts L.L.P. Bank of America BBVA Compass Chevron Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst The William Stamps Farish Fund Fidelity Investments The Fondren Foundation Houston Chronicle

JPMorgan Chase Cornelia & Meredith Long Beth Madison The Mach Family/ Cora Sue & Harry Mach and Joella & Steve Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Kathrine McGovern/ John P. McGovern Foundation Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. Fayez Sarofim Spectra Energy Vinson & Elkins, LLP Mrs. Wesley West/ Stedman West Foundation Margaret Alkek Williams Anonymous

$750,000+

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Macy’s Hewlett Packard Company Laura & Michael Shannon Palmetto Partners Ltd. / The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation

Centennial Lifetime Giving $500,000 +

Accenture American Express BP Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Enron Corporation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Methodist Hospital The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation KPMG LLP Rochelle & Max Levit Marathon Oil Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Mrs. Kitty King Powell/The Powell Foundation Rockwell Fund, Inc. Mr. Walter W. Sapp Mr. A. Frank Smith Jr. Texas Commission on the Arts TOTAL United Airlines Wells Fargo Bank Williams Companies, Inc.

$250,000 +

Allied Waste Andrews Kurth LLP Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Boardwalk Pipline Partners LP Cameron International Corporation CenterPoint Energy

Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Comcast Alexander & Lorraine Dell Deloitte.

Gene & Linda Dewhurst Eaton The Margaret & James A. Elkins, Jr. Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mrs. Fran Fawcett-Peterson/ The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hermance Hobby Family Foundation Mrs. Judith R. Hoffberger Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fnd. The Humphreys Foundation Drs. M. S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi KHOU-TV Channel 11 Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann I. W. Marks Jewelers Jay & Shirley Marks Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mervyn’s Mrs. Sue A. Morrison Tassie & Constantine Nicandros Hanni & Stewart Orton Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells The Schissler Charitable Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Ms. Lola Sinclair Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Smith Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Star Furniture Sterling-Turner Foundation Target Stores, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. L. Proctor Thomas III Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Mr. Wallace S. Wilson UBS Dr. Margaret Waisman & Dr. Steven S. Callahan Weatherford International Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Dede & Connie Weil Anonymous

The Houston Symphony would also like to recognize companies who supported the Houston Symphony in the 1960s with the purchase of advertisements in the program books.

Audiphone Hearing Aid Co. Bank of Texas Battelstein’s Everitt-Buelow Gittings Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Houston Motor Corp.

Houston Natural Gas System Humble Oil & Refining Corporation The National Bank of Commerce of Houston The Prudential Insurance Co. Ralph Rupley Sakowitz Semaan Shell Oil Company Wallings The Warwick Hotel United Gas

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Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Frank Huang, violin Brinton Averil Smith, cello | Joyce Yang, piano Thursday, May 1, 2014 8 pm Saturday, May 3, 2014 8 pm Sunday, May 4, 2014 2:30 pm

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NOTES BY CARL R. CUNNINGHAM | MAY 1, 3, 4 TINTAGEL Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Recording Sir John Barbirolli conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (EMI Classics) Instrumentation three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings

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ir Arnold Bax was born the year Wagner died, and he was among those composers who carried the Wagnerian style well into the 20th century. He was a prolific composer in all forms of music, although he wrote no operas. His catalog lists seven symphonies, several solo orchestral works and numerous tone poems, of which Tintagel

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Thank you to the following donors for their cumulative support of the Houston Symphony over the years. This weekend, we are proud to honor: The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Cornelia & Meredith Long National Endowment for the Arts Mr. Mike Stude

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham.

To enjoy this concert again, tune in to Houston Public Media’s broadcast series on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm on Classical 91.7.

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NOTES | BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE CONCERTO | MAY 1, 3, 4 is one of the most frequently performed.

The work celebrates the rocky outcropping on the southwestern coast of England, its ruined castle where King Arthur was rumored to have been born, and above all, the seemingly endless seascape of the Atlantic Ocean beyond. The castle also has a legendary association with the Cornish King Mark, who is a central figure in the 12th-century French romance, Tristan and Iseult. Bax took note of this by inserting a chromatic theme from the first act of Wagner’s operatic version, Tristan und Isolde, into the score of Tintagel.

The music takes the shape of a large three-part movement, a sort of proto-sonata form. A quiet opening quickly leads to an imposing statement of a brassy main theme, followed by a calmer section dominated by string tone. A long, stormy development section and partial return of the opening materials are absorbed into a broad, triumphant conclusion.

CONCERTO IN C MAJOR FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO AND ORCHESTRA, OPUS 56 (TRIPLE) Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Recording Pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Misha Maisky, Alexander Rabinovitch-Barakovsky conducting the Orchestra of Italian Switzerland (EMI Classics) Instrumentation flute, pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani and strings

Concertos involving more than one soloist have been a rarity since the beginning of the 19th century, when the cult of individuality and the rise of the virtuoso performer encouraged a focus on one single soloist rather than several. Apart from Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, one can find scattered examples in the works of Haydn, Mozart, Spohr, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruch, Poulenc and Bartók. But such concertos were very common in the century before Beethoven wrote the Triple Concerto. The idea of multiple soloists was particularly popular in Paris, Mannheim and throughout the Austrian Empire from 1770 through Beethoven’s early maturity. This was a time when the old baroque concerto form merged with the newer classical symphony to create a hybrid musical form, the symphonie concertante as it was called in French, or sinfonia concertante in Italian.

While most of the earlier symphonie concertante works featured string and/or wind soloists, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto was novel because it included a pianist among the group of soloists.

In essence, the piece is a concerto for piano trio and orchestra.

Beethoven was comfortable writing for that combination of instruments, since he had already composed four piano trios among his significant list of chamber music pieces.

The Triple Concerto received its premiere in 1808 and was performed by at least two noteworthy musicians. The keyboard part was composed for Beethoven’s piano student and royal patron, Archduke Rudolph, nephew of Emperor Joseph II and heir to the Habsburg throne. Carl August Seidler, a Berlin-born violinist, played the violin part, and the elaborate cello part was played by Anton Kraft, who had been principal cellist in the court orchestra at Eszterháza, where he had given the premiere of Haydn’s D major Cello Concerto.

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Because all three solo instruments and the orchestra alternate in stating the concerto’s themes, the Triple Concerto is unusually rich in its thematic display. In keeping with the showy, genial character of symphonie concertante works, its solo lines are also decorated with a great deal of ornamental filigree. It presents the sunny side of Beethoven’s personality; it also harks back to the youthful idiom of his earlier works, rather than the dramatic style of middleor late-period works he began to write at that time.

The first movement is cast in a large sonata form with the orchestra stating most of its martial themes before the solo cello begins restating them in the second exposition. (Interestingly, the cello leads off the solo statements in all three movements.) The movement progresses through orderly and well-planned exchanges between the solo group and the orchestra throughout the succeeding development and recapitulation.

The brief slow movement is a simple but lovely idyll, consisting of a theme begun by the orchestra’s strings and completed by the solo cello, then taken up in a more decorative repetition by all the soloists and the orchestra. By connecting this movement to the finale, Beethoven instituted a device he continued to use in his Violin Concerto and his last two piano concertos. The third movement is an exuberant five-section rondo set to the rhythm of a polonaise, and it is one of only four instances that Beethoven used that Polish dance rhythm in his works.

SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 82 Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Recording Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony) Instrumentation pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings

After walking close to the edge of tonality to meet early 20th-century musical trends with his lonely, cryptic Fourth Symphony of 1911, Jean Sibelius stepped back from that precipice onto firmer tonal ground in his masterful Fifth Symphony. But the great Finnish composer’s return to familiar harmony was counterbalanced by a resolute march forward in his quest for unity and organic growth in symphonic form. The result was his most powerful symphony and a historic milestone in his development as a composer.

The Fifth Symphony was intended to celebrate Sibelius’ 50th birthday, and the composer did indeed conduct the premiere on his birthday, December 8, 1915, in the University of Helsinki auditorium. But he was dissatisfied with the result and made two further revisions in 1916 and 1919, before he finally achieved his goal.

The Fifth Symphony did not represent Sibelius’ final achievement in telescoping the four-movement symphonic plan he inherited from 19th-century composers into a single uninterrupted movement; that did not occur until his Seventh Symphony five years later. But he magically transformed the themes, the rhythms and the pace of the opening sonata-form movement into a high-powered Scherzo, accelerating the two unified movements into an exhilarating climax at the halfway point in the symphony.

In his comprehensive study of the Fifth Symphony, Sibelius scholar James Hepokoski notes that while the slow movement and the finale remain separated, the main theme of the finale is sug-

NOTES | BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE CONCERTO | MAY 1, 3, 4 gested in the bass line at the center of the slow movement, while a leading thematic idea in the slow movement is transformed to become a subsidiary theme at the center of the finale. In a sense, the finale becomes “the slow movement pulled inside-out,” in a metaphor chosen by Hepokoski to describe Sibelius’ thought process.

The slow movement, which leads off with a gentle thematic idea in the plucked strings, shares dual characteristics of a set of variations and a song form with slightly contrasting music toward its center. But this delicate, lacy music, tinted in the pastel tone colors of pale modal scales, fascinates the listener because it does not comfortably fit in either category.

The finale begins in a swarm of fluttering tremolos in the strings, leading to the gradual gathering of the woodwinds and the first appearance of a rocking horn theme that later return to dominate the end of the movement. It forms a mighty climax to the symphony, which then concludes with a series of widely spaced, emphatic chords.

His commitment to education is prevalent in his programing and activities. He developed a successful concert series for children with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with youth orchestras in North and South America, Europe and Australia. He has given master classes at the Beijing Conservatory, conducted family concerts across Europe and presided over the Malko Competition for young conductors.

A prolific recording artist, Dausgaard has more than 50 critically acclaimed CDs to his name. Recent releases include a DVD on the Unitel Classica Label with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra featuring symphonies of Brahms, Dvorˇák, Sibelius and Nielsen. His Opening Doors series with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra on the BIS label will continue with works by Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Wagner.

Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden. Possessed of a naturally curious mind and with wide-ranging interests beyond music, he has visited head-hunting tribes in Borneo,

The printed music for Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 was donated by Mrs. Kelley Kellner in honor of Will T. and Clara B. Smith. ©2014, Carl R. Cunningham

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THOMAS DAUSGAARD, conductor Thomas Dausgaard is chief conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and conductor laureate of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. He has created distinctive profiles with both ensembles. In the 2014-15 season, he will take the post of principal guest conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

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BIOGRAPHIES | BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE CONCERTO | MAY 1, 3, 4 volunteered as a farmer in China and lived with villagers on a remote island in the South Pacific. Currently, his family lives in Denmark.

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FRANK HUANG, violin First Prize winner of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s Violin Competition and the 2000 Hannover International Violin Competition, Frank Huang has an established career as a violin virtuoso. At age 11, he first performed with the Houston Symphony in a nationally broadcast concert. He returned to this orchestra as Concertmaster in 2010.

He has performed with orchestras throughout the world. Recent concerts include debuts in Wigmore Hall (London), Salle Cortot (Paris), Kennedy Center (Washington) and Herbst Theatre (San Francisco). He had his second recital in Alice Tully Hall (New York), which featured the world premiere of Donald Martino’s Sonata for Solo Violin.

Huang has performed on NPR’s Performance Today, Good Morning America and CNN’s American Morning with Paula Zahn. His first commercial recording, which included Fantasies by Schubert, Ernst, Schoenberg and Waxman, was released on Naxos in 2003.

Huang is deeply committed to chamber music. He was selected by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be a member of the prestigious Chamber Music II program and was first violinist of the Grammy® Award-winning Ying Quartet.

Huang serves on the faculty at Rice University and the University of Houston. He performs in a trio with pianist Gilles Vonsattel and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, and also served as the concertmaster and leader of the Sejong Soloists, a conductorless chamber orchestra in New York.

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BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, cello Hailed for “extraordinary musicianship” by Newsday and “stunningly beautiful” performances by the American Record Guide, cellist Brinton Averil Smith, the Houston Symphony’s principal cellist, continues to garner rave reviews.

He is praised for his virtuosic performances and musical ideals rooted in the golden age of string playing. His debut recording of Miklós Rózsa’s Cello Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra won international critical acclaim, with Gramophone praising Smith as a “hugely eloquent, impassioned soloist.” His recording of chamber music of Fauré with Gil Shaham was chosen by numerous critics as one of the year’s best albums.

Smith is a faculty member of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. He was previously a member of the New York Philharmonic and the principal cellist of the San Diego and Fort Worth symphonies. He has collaborated in chamber music performances with Shaham, Yo-Yo Ma, Cho-Liang Lin, Lynn Harrell, Sarah Chang and Dawn Upshaw. His performances have been broadcast throughout the world, including CBS Sunday Morning, NPR’s Performance Today and Symphonycast.

At age 10, Smith was admitted part-time to Arizona State University, studying mathematics, music and German. He completed a B.A. in mathematics at age 17. He received his masters and doctoral degrees from Juilliard, studying with renowned cellist Zara Nelsova and writing on the playing of Emanuel Feuermann.

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MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NUMBER 8

A Behind the Scenes Look at Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 is one of the largest scale works worked diligently with Maestro Eschenbach to secure an amazing in the classical music repertoire, which is why performances of this cast of eight of the world’s top soloists. Houston favorites Canapiece are usually reserved for important celebrations. In fact, this dian soprano Erin Wall and American mezzo-soprano Jill Grove, month’s performances will mark only the second time the orchestra a former member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, will return has performed the monumental work in its 100-year history. to Houston for these special performances. Also making return The Houston Symphony first presented this piece almost appearances are American soprano Twyla Robinson and Canadian 20 years ago to the day in May 1994. Conducted by then-Music bass John Relyea. American soprano Marisol Montalvo, American Director Christoph mezzo-soprano Kelley Eschenbach, these O’Connor, American performances were tenor John Pickle part of a cycle of the and Austrian baritone complete Mahler symMarkus Werba will phonies the Houston make their Houston Symphony undertook Symphony debuts with at the beginning of these performances.

Maestro Eschenbach’s Pulling together tenure. This type of and preparing the exploration of a comlarge choral forces for poser’s work is simithese performances lar to the symphonic has been another critiPhotos from a Houston Symphony Chorus rehearsal for Mahler 8 on April 8, 2014. cycles of Beethoven cal artistic component. and Ives that the Symphony will embark upon next season under In honor of the Centennial Season, the Houston Symphony Chorus the direction of Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada. will be joined by several alumni members, as well as 35 student Maestro Eschenbach, who claims Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 performers from the Prairie View A&M University Chorus, Clear as one of his favorite pieces, remembers the 1994 performances Creek High School Choir and Clear Lake High School Choir. fondly and is looking forward to returning to the Houston Symphony Similar to side-by-side concerts of the Houston Symphony to conduct this titanic work once again. “I’m very, very happy that and local youth orchestras, these outstanding young choristers we can do it again for the 100th anniversary. It’s a great piece, and have been scattered throughout the Chorus to learn from and it’s really the right piece. . . .It’s a piece for a celebration.” engage with their experienced colleagues. In addition to attendAlthough dubbed Symphony of a Thousand, it is rare to have ing choral rehearsals since January, student performers have 1,000 performers on stage. That being said, these concerts, which been working with their directors to prepare for what will be a will feature a total of 437 performers, will be no small feat. As lasting and impactful experience as they are thrust into this proSteven Brosvik, Houston Symphony General Manager and Chief fessional setting.

Operating Officer, and Aurelie Desmarais, Chief of Artistic PlanAdditionally, these concerts will provide an outstanding eduning, state, “Producing a concert of this magnitude requires a great cational opportunity for two of Houston’s leading boy choirs. The deal of strategy.” From securing an international cast of soloists Houston Symphony is proud to present the combined forces of and members of an expanded chorus and orchestra, to coordinatthe Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas and Houston Boychoir, whose ing the logistical and artistic needs of each group, the behind-themembers reflect the city’s diversity, and provide these young singscenes production of this work is an art in and of itself. ers with the opportunity to hone their craft and be a part of this Making up this roster of 437 will be 118 orchestral musicians, historic celebration.

250 members of an expanded Houston Symphony Chorus, 60 memThe performances of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand will bers of the combined Houston Boychoir and Fort Bend Boys Choir of be an experience unlike any other, equally memorable for those Texas, eight vocal soloists and one conductor. To put this number in on stage and in the audience. The powerful outcome generated context, a normal large-scale work, such as Verdi’s Requiem, would by the joined forces will create a stunning visual and aural feast feature approximately 275 people on stage: 95 orchestral musicians, as the music is heard and felt throughout Jones Hall. You will 175 choristers, four soloists and one conductor. not want to miss this joyous, once-in-a-lifetime celebration—100 To accommodate the more than 150 additional performers, years in the making. the Houston Symphony’s production team will build a special stage extension over the first three rows of audience seating. A larger choral riser, towering 12-rows high with extensions on either end to maximize its capacity from wall to wall, also will be used to provide seating for the more than 300 choral singers. In addition to using every inch of the stage, this production will use every corner of Jones Hall. All available spaces backstage will be put to use as additional rehearsal areas and dressing rooms for each group.

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Symphony of a Thousand Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Erin Wall, soprano (Magna Peccatrix) Twyla Robinson, soprano (Una poenitentium) *Marisol Montalvo, soprano (Mater gloriosa) *Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano (Mulier Samaritana) Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano (Maria Aegyptiaca) *John Pickle, tenor (Doctor Marianus) *Markus Werba, baritone (Pater ecstaticus) John Relyea, bass (Pater profundis) Houston Symphony Chorus and Alumni, Charles Hausmann, director Members of the Prairie View A&M University Chorus, A. Jan Taylor, director Members of the Clear Creek High School Choir, James Park, director Members of the Clear Lake High School Choir, Raul Dominquez, director Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas, William R. Adams, founder and artistic director Houston Boychoir, Carole Nelson, artistic director

Friday, May 9, 2014 7:30 pm Saturday, May 10, 2014 7:30 pm

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Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)

Part I: Hymnus: Veni, Creator spiritus: Allegro impetuoso

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Part II: Schlusszene aus Faust (Final Scene from Faust): Poco adagio

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These performances are generously supported in part by: Guarantor The Brown Foundation, Inc. Underwriter The Humphreys Foundation Sponsor Eric S. Anderson Janice H. Barrow Albert & Anne Chao Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Barbara & Pat McCelvey Catherine Jane Merchant National Endowment for the Arts Mr. Mike Stude Margaret Alkek Williams

To enjoy this concert again, tune in to Houston Public Media’s broadcast series on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM on Classical 91.7.

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NOTES BY CARL R. CUNNINGHAM SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN E-FLAT MAJOR (SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Recording Bernard Haitink conducting soloists, choruses and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Pentatone) Instrumentation piccolo, five flutes (one doubling second piccolo), four oboes, English horn, three clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, four bassoons, contrabassoon, eight horns, four trumpets, four trombones, tuba, timpani, large percussion ensemble, two harps, celesta, piano, harmonium, organ, mandolin and strings, offstage brass

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ust think: within the last three weeks I have completed the sketch of a completely new symphony, something that makes all my other works seem like preliminary stages,” Gustav Mahler told his future biographer, Richard Specht, in August 1906. “In content and style it is altogether different from all my other works, and it is surely the greatest thing I have ever composed.”

When Mahler had finished his annual winter-season duties as music director of the Vienna Opera and retreated to his rural cottage in the Carinthian Alps for a quiet summer composing new works, he customarily had to wait weeks before some musical inspiration focused clearly in his mind. But with the Eighth Symphony, things were different. “I have never worked under such conditions,” he said. “It was a vision that struck me like lightning; the whole stood before my eyes. I had only to write it down, as if it had been dictated to me. . .”

He conceived a plan to integrate a choral-vocal texture throughout the entire fabric of a symphonic work, pairing the text of the ninth-century Latin hymn, “Veni Creator Spiritus,” with the final scene from Goethe’s Faust. In so doing, Mahler returned to the vocal/choral/orchestral format he had selectively explored in individual movements of his Second, Third and Fourth symphonies, then set aside in his purely orchestral Fifth, Sixth and Seventh symphonies.

While the sketch for the Eighth Symphony was completed in three weeks, the full process of composition required eight weeks.

Though the massive work had been completed during that twomonth period, the first performance of the Eighth Symphony did not occur until four years later in Munich, and the score was not fully corrected and published until 1911, the year of Mahler’s death.

The anguished mood that crops up in so many Mahler symphonies is largely replaced by a redemptive spirit of joy and reconciliation in the Eighth Symphony. The mood is absolutely triumphant in the famed Pentecost hymn that opens the symphony. In addition to its use as a sequence on the Feast of Pentecost, this hymn is commonly used as an entrance hymn at conclaves of cardinals and at the election of a pope.

In laying its text upon the structure of a large sonata movement, Mahler distributed its phrases upon the three themes of the movement’s exposition, a large multi-section development culminating in a huge double fugue based on the two main themes, a compressed restatement of its themes and a 70-measure coda combining all themes in the movement. The performing ensemble is equally complex. The immense orchestra, including offstage brass, is complemented by an eight-part double chorus, a boy 26

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CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, conductor In demand as a distinguished guest conductor with the world’s finest orchestras and opera houses, Christoph Eschenbach was the Houston Symphony’s music director from 1988 to 1999. In 2010, he began his tenure as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra as well as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. He has led that orchestra on tours in South America, Europe and Oman.

This season has included engagements with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra.

As a pianist, he continues his collaboration with baritone Matthias Goerne. The duo has recorded Schubert’s three song cycles for the Harmonia Mundi label. Eschenbach has an impressive discography as both a conductor and a pianist, with works ranging from J.S. Bach to music of our time.

Mentored by George Szell and Herbert von Karajan, Eschenbach held the posts of chief conductor and artistic director of Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, music director of the Ravinia Festival and artistic director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. His honors include the Légion d’Honneur, Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Officer’s Cross with Star and Ribbon of the German Order of Merit, and the Commander’s Cross of the German Order of Merit. He also received the Leonard Bernstein Award from the Pacific Music Festival, where he served as co-artistic director.

choir, seven vocal soloists in the first part and eight in the second.

Mahler defined his musical goal in the Eighth Symphony as a summation of musical history, tracing its stylistic progress through the web of interwoven melodic lines common to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, combining them with the orderly structures of the Classical era and the emotionally charged expression of 19thcentury Romanticism.

Where a vast contrapuntal display and a celebration of divine

NOTES | SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND | MAY 9-10 grace descending upon humanity are the energizing forces in the 24-minute first movement, the hour-long second movement takes the shape of a metaphysical cantata, where hermits, angels, holy men and women, penitents and pilgrims have gathered on a lonely landscape encompassing mountain gorges, rocky outcroppings, forested and desert areas. Those present reflect upon the redemptive spiritual values of eternal love and salvation from the unsatisfying world of earthly pleasures depicted in Mephistopheles’ temptations of Faust throughout the bulk of the drama.

Gretchen, who died in prison after being deflowered by Faust early in the play, joins a group of penitent women in this redemptive scene, and the soul of the deceased Faust is carried aloft by a group of angels to begin a new phase of its existence in heaven. The symphony ends with the final two verses of Goethe’s drama, the famed Chorus Mysticus celebrating the “eternal feminine, which leads us on,” followed by a triumphant fullorchestra postlude.

Some of Mahler’s early remarks and sketches for the symphony suggest that he originally conceived it as a standard fourmovement work, but the final three movements were subsumed into the multi-section movement that became the closing scene of Faust. It is the longest symphonic movement Mahler ever composed.

Mahler scholar Constantin Floros pinpoints the relationship between the symphony’s two texts, so widely separated in time and purpose. He cites divine intervention as the common thread that showered redemptive grace upon the human soul, and then reached down to shore up human imperfection and fulfill the promise of redemption.

Musically speaking, Mahler drew connections between the symphony’s two movements by recycling themes from the “Veni Creator Spiritus” movement in his setting of the final scene from Goethe’s Faust.

While Mahler’s Eighth Symphony received its Munich premiere three years before the Houston Symphony was born, it was not performed by this orchestra until exactly 20 years ago, when former Music Director Christoph Eschenbach conducted its Houston premiere in May 1994, during his multi-year cycle of Mahler’s completed symphonies.

Houston’s introduction to Mahler’s symphonic works is credited to Efrem Kurtz, who conducted Mahler’s First Symphony here

during the 1947-48 season, the year before he became music director. That coincided with America’s broad exposure to Mahler symphonies during the late 1940s when Bruno Walter held the New York Philharmonic podium, followed in 1958 by Leonard Bernstein.

Sir John Barbirolli was an equally significant (though less publicized) Mahler interpreter who brought memorable Houston Symphony interpretations of Mahler’s first five symphonies, plus the Ninth Symphony. Following Eschenbach, Hans Graf filled out our exposure to Mahler with Deryck Cooke’s completion of the unfinished Tenth Symphony and all of Mahler’s orchestral song cycles.

The printed choral parts for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 were donated by Angel and Craig Fox in memory of Martina and Theodore Fox. ©2014, Carl R. Cunningham

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Biographies ERIN WALL, soprano Soprano Erin Wall is one of today’s most in-demand sopranos with an extensive opera and concert repertoire that spans three centuries from Mozart and Beethoven to Britten and Strauss.

This season has included returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Arabella (title-role) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and to the Vancouver Opera for Don Giovanni.

In addition to these concerts in Houston, she has performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Cincinnati May Festival, Vienna Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony.

Wall was a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Center for American Artists, where she sang Marguerite in Faust and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte, among other roles. She made her European concert debut in Britten’s War Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Among her awards and career grants are the 2004 ARIA Award, a Richard Tucker Award (2004) and a Sara Tucker Study Grant (2002). She represented Canada in the 2003 BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff competition to critical acclaim, and has received awards from the Dallas Opera Career Grant Competition, the George London Foundation, the MacAllister Awards, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artists’ Competition.

Born to American parents in Calgary, Alberta, she studied piano at the Vancouver Academy of Music throughout her childhood. She holds music degrees from Western Washington University and Rice University.

TWYLA ROBINSON, soprano Twyla Robinson’s incisive musicianship, ravishing vocal beauty and dramatic delivery have taken her to the leading concert halls and opera stages of Europe and North America. She began this season with her return to the Indianapolis Symphony sing-

BIOGRAPHIES | SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND | MAY 9-10 ing the Verdi Requiem, a work she reprised later with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. She made her debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

She opened the 2012-2013 season with her first performances of Mendelssohn’s Lobegesang in her debut with the Utah Symphony Orchestra. She returned to Indianapolis adding Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi to her repertoire. Further concert performances included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Cincinnati Symphony and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Alabama Symphony. On the opera stage, Robinson sang the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with the Orlando Philharmonic and returned to Cincinnati Opera as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.

She recently debuted with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. She made her Opera Colorado debut in Le nozze di Figaro last season.

A frequent soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, her performances include Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Verdi’s Requiem and Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff. She debuted with the National Symphony in performances of Grieg’s Peer Gynt and with the St. Louis Symphony in Rossini’s Stabat Mater.

MARISOL MONTALVO, soprano Le Monde calls Marisol Montalvo “a true revelation” as the title role in Lulu following performances at the Opéra National de Paris. The demanding Berg role has grown to be a centerpiece of Montalvo’s repertoire at many of the world’s finest houses. She debuts with the Houston

Symphony with these performances.

This season, Montalvo returned to the National Symphony Orchestra as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. She created the role of Mayra in the world premiere of Carlos Alberto Vázquez’ La mina de Oro at the Teatro Repertorio’s Inter-American Arts Festival in Puerto Rico, joined the BBC Scottish Symphony for Boulez’ Pli selon pli and performed in a world premiere at the Münchner Philharmoniker conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

In future seasons, she will create the role of Prothoe in the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Penthesiliea at La Monnaie. She has enjoyed a strong collaborative relationship with Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Montalvo performed Mozart concert arias with Sir Neville Mariner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and returned for a series of bossa nova concerts. She has sung Mahler’s Das klagende Lied with the London Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Bamberger Symphoniker, and other concerts in leading venues throughout Europe.

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2014 Summer Concert Preview

Community Concerts 2014 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Young musicians compete for $43,000 in prizes Stude Concert Hall – Rice University Semi-Final Round Thursday, May 29, 2014, 9 Tickets: FREE

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2nd Annual FREE Day of Music A FREE Day-Long Celebration of Houston’s Musical Diversity with Annual Houston Chronicle Concert Saturday, July 12, 2014 Jones Hall 10,000 Houstonians joined us last year to celebrate the diverse musical landscape of our great city. Join us for the second annual day of music and hear some of the area’s best Mariachi, Blues, Rock, Chamber, Jazz ensembles and more. Plus sample some of Houston’s finest food truck fare next door on Jones Plaza.

ExxonMobil Summer Symphony Nights FREE CONCERTS at Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Dr. Houston, Texas 77030 For more information, call (281) 373-3386 or visit milleroutdoortheatre.com For more than 70 years, the Houston Symphony has thrilled Houstonians with live performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Sponsored in part by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board, these concerts are FREE and open to the public. Hear great classical music under the stars on June 20, 21, 27 and 28. Find more at houstonsymphony.org.

Star-Spangled Salute

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FREE at Miller Outdoor Theater Friday, July 4, 2014, 8:30 pm Michael Krajewski, conductor Dan Dunn, visual artist Enjoy an evening with the Houston Symphony listening to patriotic, toe-tapping music.

Houstonian Dan Dunn joins the Symphony to preview his all-new orchestra collaboration.

Don’t miss the booming cannons of the 1812 Overture and the magnificent firework display provided by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board.

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FREE Summer Neighborhood Concerts Robert Franz, conductor Each summer, we pack up our instruments and equipment from Jones Hall, and hit the road to perform concerts just for you!

Everybody is invited to join the fun of experiencing live orchestral music, FREE of charge, in convenient locations spanning Greater Houston.

June 3 at 7:30 pm The Centrum June 4 at 7:30 pm MacArthur High School June 7 at 7:30 pm Chinese Community Center June 8 at 6:00 pm Windsor Village United Methodist Church June 11 at 11:00 am Booker T. Washington High School June 11 at 7:30 pm Cinco Ranch High School June 12 at 7:30 pm Rayburn High School June 13 at 10:00 am Ripley House June 13 at 7:30 pm Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church June 24 at 11:00 am Miller Outdoor Theatre

Instrument Petting Zoo Forty-five minutes prior to each of this summer’s FREE Neighborhood Concerts, join us at the Symphony’s Instrument Petting Zoo. This hands-on interactive activity allows children and adults of all ages to touch, play, tinker with and try out instruments that represent each of the orchestra’s instrument families.

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Acura/ELS Presents The Ben Folds Orchestral Experience Saturday, June 14, 2014, 7:30 pm Multi-talented singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who currently appears as a judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off, returns to rock out with the Houston Symphony, performing his new piano concerto and fan favorites from his career on the cutting edge of rock music. Hear “Brick,” “Effington” and “One Angry Dwarf.”

rePLAY: A Video Game Concert Experience!

Saturday, July 5, 2014, 7:30 pm Let award-winning symphonic scores take you on a hero’s journey unlike anything you’ve heard or seen before. Brought to vibrant life by a full orchestra and chorus, the music from Portal®, Journey®, The Legend of Zelda®, The Elder Scrolls®, Halo® and many more depict memorable moments from some of the most popular and beloved video games of all time, accompanied by amazing visuals that bring the art of games to life.

U.S. Premiere! Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness – Films with Live Orchestra Friday, July 18, 2014, 7:30 pm & Saturday, July 19, 2014, 7:30 pm Space is still the final frontier and director J.J. Abrams re-imagined the iconic Star Trek franchise with two of the most exciting and irresistible blockbusters in recent movie-going history: Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). The Houston Symphony proudly presents the U.S. premieres of these two spectacular films. So prepare for warp speed as you experience composer Michael Giacchino’s thrilling scores performed live to picture...and boldly go where no man has gone before!

Mariachi Cobre Friday, July 25, 2014, 7:30 pm Mariachi Cobre have been entertaining enthusiastic crowds at Disney’s EPCOT Center and beyond since 1981. This summer, they join the Houston Symphony in an exciting showcase of the joyous sounds of traditional Mexican folk music augmented by soaring orchestrations. Hear songs like “La Bikina,” “Estrellita” and “Granada.”

The Music of Led Zeppelin Saturday, July 26, 2014, 7:30 pm The Music of Led Zeppelin combines the power of a full rock band with the Houston Symphony in one brilliant combination of passion and power. Conductor/arranger Brent Havens and lead singer Randy Jackson, of rock band Zebra fame, join the Houston Symphony to capture Led Zeppelin’s “sheer blast and power” riff for riff in electric performances of classic hits such as “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog” and “Immigrant Song.”

Houston Symphony presents Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell Thursday, July 31, 2014, 7:30 pm Presented by the Houston Symphony, funnyman Steve Martin showcases his musical career, teaming up with bluegrass quintet the Steep Canyon Rangers and folk-rock soloist Edie Brickell, for a one-ofa-kind concert featuring songs from Martin and Brickell’s latest album, including “Love Has Come For You,” this year’s Grammy® winner for Best American Roots Song. The orchestra will not appear on this program.

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BIOGRAPHIES | SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND | MAY 9-10 KELLEY O’CONNOR, mezzo-soprano Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. These performances mark her Houston Symphony debut.

During the 2013-14 season, the California native’s impressive calendar included John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the world premiere of John Harbison’s Crossroads with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic. She joined Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra for an international tour giving performances of Beethoven’s Mass in C, a work that also served for her return to the San Francisco Symphony. For the London Philharmonic Orchestra, she collaborated with Vladimir Jurowski in performances of Adams’ El Niño.

She returned to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and to the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of El amor brujo. O’Connor joined soprano Jessica Rivera and pianist Robert Spano for a U.S. recital tour.

Internationally in recent seasons, O’Connor’s debuts include the Proms Festival with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Festival with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She has sung Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Visit www.kelleyoconnor.com.

JILL GROVE, mezzo-soprano Renowned for her dramatic voice and passionate artistry, American mezzo-soprano Jill Grove has won critical raves throughout America and Europe for her portrayals of the heroines of German and Italian opera. She is equally at home with the world’s leading orchestras and in recital.

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Opera of Chicago. On the symphonic stage, in addition to these appearances, she performed Verdi’s Requiem with the Phoenix Symphony and Handel’s Messiah with International Music Foundation in Chicago.

Grove’s recordings include Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera and Britten’s Peter Grimes on the London Symphony Orchestra Live label and an EMI DVD and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg issued by Deutsche Grammophon, among others.

She received the 2003 ARIA award, a 2001 Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant, a 1999 George London Foundation Career Grant, a 1997 Sullivan Foundation Career Grant, a 1996 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions award, a 1996 Richard Tucker Foundation Study Grant and a 1995 Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

She was a member of the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera and the Houston Grand Opera Studio. She attended the Music Academy of the West, the New England Conservatory and Stephen F. Austin State University.

JOHN PICKLE, tenor Tenor John Pickle is quickly making a name for himself, most recently for his portrayals of Erik in Der fliegende Holländer, a role in which he debuted with Los Angeles Opera last spring.

Of a recent performance as the jilted hunter with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the Kansas City Star raved, “Pickle’s emotionally wrought characterization drove this (performance) even harder home than usual.”

Last season, Pickle enjoyed performances as Erik with Utah Festival Opera, and reprised it with Michigan Opera Theatre this fall. This season’s engagements also include Verdi’s Requiem with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Lima Symphony, the Tenor Soloist in a Night of Verdi Hits Concert with the Santa Barbara Symphony, Viva Verdi! concerts with Lyric Opera of Virginia, Don Jose in Carmen with Opera Tampa and Radames in Aida with Dayton Opera.

Last season, appearances included Calaf in Turandot with Mobile Opera, Canio in I Pagliacci with Michigan Opera Theatre, Turiddu and Canio in OperaDelaware’s double-bill production of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci and Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera with Opera Tampa.

MARKUS WERBA, baritone Austrian baritone Markus Werba began his vocal training at age 16. Later, he studied at the Klagenfurt Conservatory and Vienna Musikuniversität, and now works with Gerhard Kahry. He is the recipient of many awards. These performances mark his Houston Symphony debut.

Markus Werba has established a major career in opera, concert and recital, appearing at La Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent

BIOGRAPHIES | SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND | MAY 9-10 Garden, Bayersiche Staatsoper, Los Angeles Opera, Lyon Opera, Chatelet Theatre Paris, Metropolitan Opera New York, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Suntory Hall Tokyo, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Schubertiade in Hohenems, the Wigmore Hall and for the Baden-Baden, Salzburg, Gergiev, Tanglewood and Aspen festivals. He has worked with leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Jeffrey Tate, Ivor Bolton, Kent Nagano, Riccardo Muti, James Conlon, James Levine, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Emmanuel Villaume, Ivan Fischer, Daniele Gatti and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Performances this season include Don Giovanni for the Zurich Opera, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte with the Theater an der Wien and Harnoncourt, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte for the Wiener Staatsoper, and both Marcello in La bohème and Harlequin Ariadne for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Future projects include Rodrigo in Don Carlos for the New National Theatre in Tokyo and in Dresden, as well as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte for the Metropolitan Opera.

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JOHN RELYEA, bass John Relyea distinguishes himself as one of today’s finest basses.

He has appeared in many of the world’s most celebrated opera houses, including the San Francisco Opera, where he is an alumnus of the Merola Opera Program and a former Adler Fellow. His roles include the title roles in Attila, Le Nozze di Figaro, Bluebeard’s Castle, Don Quixotte, Attila and Aleko, among many others.

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STUDENT CHOIRS Houston Symphony Chorus Director Charles Hausmann has worked with the Houston Symphony Chorus and directors and students from Clear Creek High School, Clear Lake High School and Prairie View A&M University in advance rehearsals to prepare the massive choral score in Symphony of a Thousand. Similar to side-by-side concerts with the Houston Symphony and local youth orchestras, these outstanding young choristers have been scattered throughout the Chorus to learn from and engage with their experienced colleagues. In addition to attending choral rehearsals since January with Dr. Hausmann, student performers have been working with their directors to prepare for what will be a lasting

and impactful experience as they are thrust into this professional setting. Additionally, the Mahler 8 concerts are providing an outstanding educational opportunity for two of Houston’s leading boy choirs. The Houston Symphony is proud to present the combined forces of the Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas and Houston Boychoir, whose members reflect the diversity of our city, and provide these young singers with the opportunity to hone their craft and be a part of the historic Centennial celebration. The Houston Symphony is deeply grateful to the National Endowment for the Arts and the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment whose funding enabled these meaningful and important partnerships.

CLEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL JAMES PARK, director

CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL RAUL DOMINGUEZ, director

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY A. JAN TAYLOR, director

Sarah Adams, alto Aura Alden, soprano Divya Koyyalagunta, soprano Thomas McCulloch, tenor Charlie Reader, bass Scout Rhodes, soprano Christine Ryan, soprano Sophia Sledge, alto Mikayla Westby, alto Christen Young, alto

Vishmi Abeygunarathna, alto Caroline Busseulberg, soprano Katrina Kelly, soprano Neena Lund, alto Brenda Ortega, alto Lizeth Osorio, alto Hannah Seavey, soprano Rishi Singh, baritone Saprina Tran, soprano Bethany Warner, alto

Joshua d’Estoville, bass Donovan Harris, bass Toiya Lister, alto Aarianna Longino, alto Timothy Martin, tenor LaQuenshia Massingill, soprano Andy Meyzen, bass Rodney Sharp, bass Jan Taylor, alto Perry Thompson, tenor Desiree Washington, alto Brandon Willis, baritone

THE FORT BEND BOYS CHOIR OF TEXAS WILLIAM R. ADAMS, founder and artistic director

HOUSTON BOYCHOIR CAROLE NELSON, artistic director

Founded in 1982 by current artistic director, William R. Adams, the organization which started as one man’s dream has grown to become one of the finest and largest ensembles of boy choristers in the nation. Performances before three U.S. presidents, collaborations with named entertainers, major opera companies and symphony orchestras have earned the Tour Choir the distinction as one of the premier groups of its kind. It has performed on local and national television, in numerous cathedrals and concert halls throughout the nation and the world, in addition to performances for Texas Music Educators Association and American Choral Directors Association conventions by peer selection. The choir is in high demand for concert performances, commercials, television specials, weddings and national conventions. It has also released many professional recordings.

The 200 boys in the organization form three treble choirs: Tour, Town and Training; an alumni choir called Cantabilé and Music Magic, a music introduction program for six- and seven-year-old boys. All choirs combine the freshness and enthusiasm of childhood with artistic maturity. In the choir’s history, no boy has ever been turned away for financial reasons.

Established in 1962 as The Singing Boys of Houston by the Houston Independent School District, Houston Boychoir became an independent arts organization in 1991. Today, the nonprofit Houston Boychoir continues to provide boys in the Houston Metropolitan area with exciting opportunities for vocal music study and choral performance. With a reputation of artistic excellence, Houston Boychoir is frequently featured with Houston’s major performing arts organizations, including the Houston Symphony, Houston Bach Society, Opera in the Heights and Hope Stone Dance. HBC has performed before audiences at the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference and at Carnegie Hall, performing the Mass of the Children conducted by the composer John Rutter. As one of the country’s premier boychoirs, it serves as an ambassador, representing our city, state and nation during annual concert tours across North America and throughout Europe and Asia.

Houston Boychoir provides a unique, positive, inspirational and lasting experience that contributes to each boy’s potential as a whole, building character, developing life skills and nurturing a lifelong appreciation for the arts. Houston Boychoir also teaches service and giving through projects such as the Illumination Project, the Pink Ribbons Project, the Fire Fighter’s Foundation, as well as the creation of a larger collaborative project with Texas Children’s Hospital in a work called Ode to My Nurses.

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He has appeared at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Blossom, Cincinnati May, Vail, Lanaudière, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lucerne and Mostly Mozart festivals, and in the BBC Proms. In recital, he has been presented at Weill Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Wigmore Hall in London.

His recordings include the Verdi Requiem (LSO Live), Idomeneo with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (EMI), Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI) and the Metropolitan Opera’s DVD presentations of Don Giovanni, I Puritani and Die Meister-singer von Nürnberg (Deutsche Grammophon) and Macbeth (Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series).

This season, Relyea returned to the Metropolitan Opera as the Water Sprite in Rusalka and appeared in a new production of I Lombardi at the Hamburg State Opera.

He is the winner of the 2009 Beverly Sills Award and the 2003 Richard Tucker Award.

Fun Facts about Mahler 8 • Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 was nicknamed the “Symphony of a Thousand” by Mahler’s agent, because its premiere performance featured more than 150 orchestra members and more than 800 choral singers. Though Mahler hated the nickname, it stuck.

• At the premiere of the Symphony, the audience responded so enthusiastically that the applause lasted for 20 minutes. Mahler is reported to have shaken hands with each of the children’s chorus members – more than 300 of them.

• At the first performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, there were a number of famous artists, including a young British conductor who was just 28 years old – Leopold Stokowski, who gave the North American premiere of the work just six months later. Stokowski was also Music Director of the Houston Symphony in the 1950s.

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MAY 23-25, 2014

Symphonic Spectacular! See the Music Michael Krajewski, conductor *Victor Garber, narrator | Elliott Forrest, producer Friday, May 23, 2014 8 pm Saturday, May 24, 2014 8 pm Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:30 pm

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Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opus 61

Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

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Conti/G. Prechel Yeager’s Triumph (Theme from The Right Stuff) Copland Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo

Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Opus 49

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Underwriter Spec’s Charitable Foundation Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Ernst & Young LLP Margaret Alkek Williams Benefactor Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Thank you to the following donors for their cumulative support of the Houston Symphony over the years. This weekend, we are proud to honor: American Express Ernst & Young LLP Houston Arts Combined Endowment Foundation Kinder Morgan Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.

Support from The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts is made in honor of Katherine Cullen Burton.

MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, conductor Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Houston Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski holds the same title for the Jacksonville and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. He is the newly appointed music director of the Philly Pops.

As a guest conductor, Krajewski has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Boston and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras, and numerous other orchestras across the U.S. This season, he debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

His video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. This season, he conducted his original Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel program all over North America featuring artists AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle.

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MAY 29, 2014

SYMPHONY SPECIAL

Linda Eder Kim Scharnberg, conductor

Thursday, May 29, 2014

This evening’s program will be announced from the stage.

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BiographIES Kim Scharnberg is thrilled to be conducting his arrangements with Linda Eder and the Houston Symphony again.

To say that he grew up in a diverse musical environment would be an understatement. Connecticut-based Scharnberg has evolved from a young music student growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to an acclaimed producer, arranger, composer and conductor who has worked with such luminaries of the stage as Eder, Audra McDonald, Joshua Bell and Julie Andrews.

His experience ranges from conducting major orchestras, to producing highly commercial recording artists. He is an associate artist with Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., where he arranges and music directs its annual Presidential Gala.

Scharnberg is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. His arrangements have been performed by the Boston Pops and most major orchestras in the U.S. He has orchestrated several Broadway musicals, including Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War, Wonderland and Little Women, for which he received a 2005 Drama Desk Award nomination. He has written orchestrations for feature films (A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show, Fly Away Home) and television.

He co-produced the Grammy®-nominated Jekyll and Hyde cast recording and a charity CD of his own composition for the Children’s Kindness Network. That album, Moozie’s Musical Adventures, features the voice talent of Jessye Norman, Dave Brubeck, Wynonna Judd, Larry Gatlin, Chris Botti, Earl Klugh, Ronan Tynan, Kathie Lee Gifford, Ben Vereen, Peter Schickele, Harvey Fierstein, Richard Thomas and Linda Eder.

Visit www.KimScharnberg.com.

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KIM SCHARNBERG, conductor

LINDA EDER Showcasing one of the greatest contemporary voices of our time, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. As the tragic character, Lucy, in the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, from composer Frank Wildhorn, Eder blew the roof off of New York’s Plymouth Theatre each night as she belted out signature songs “Someone Like You” and “A New Life.” Her Broadway debut, for which she was rewarded with a Drama Desk Award nomination, secured her spot as one of America’s most beloved singers.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Brainerd, Minnesota, Eder began her career singing in her home state and eventually landed a gig at Harrah’s Casino in Atlantic City. It was her appearances on the 1987 season of Star Search, where she won for an unprecedented 12 weeks, that attracted the attention of audiences and record companies.

Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a niche as America’s most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop standards and theatrical songs. Most recently, she crowned her two-decade recording career with a holiday album, Christmas Where You Are. The CD includes a duet with her son, Jake, and two originals songs written by Eder.

Eder has performed for sold-out crowds and venues across the country and throughout Europe. Her concerts have been televised on Bravo and PBS. Trail Mix, her primetime Animal Planet special, was a natural extension of her love of animals.

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BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 | SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR! SEE THE MUSIC | MAY 23-25 With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors.

He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor.

He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy, and enjoys travel, photography and crossword puzzles.

VICTOR GARBER, narrator With six Emmy® and four Tony® nominations to his credit, Victor Garber has been seen in some of the most memorable works of film, television and stage.

Most recently, Garber co-starred in Ben Affleck’s Academy Award®-winning film, Argo. He portrayed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in Gus Van Sant’s Academy Award®–nominated film, Milk. Additional film credits include The First Wives Club, Sleepless in Seattle, Legally Blonde and the Academy Award®-winning film, Titanic. Watch for him in Selfless.

He has been nominated for six Emmy® Awards, for Alias, Frasier, Will & Grace and the television movie, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Garber most recently starred in NBC’s drama, Deception, as Robert Bowers, the patriarch of the Bowers family and CEO of Bowers Pharmaceuticals.

He currently recurs on Showtime’s Lisa Kudrow comedy, Web Therapy, Power on Starz and has guest starred on The Big C, Nurse Jackie, Damages and Glee. He starred in ABC’s Eli Stone, and Justice on Fox. Garber earned four Tony® nominations for his work in Damn Yankees, Lend Me a Tenor, Deathtrap and Little Me. He performed in the workshops of Sondheim’s Assassins and Wiseguys, as well as

in the Tony Award®–winning play, Art. His stage credits also include Arcadia, The Devil’s Disciple, Noises Off and Sweeney Todd.

ELLIOTT FORREST, producer Elliott Forrest, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and producer, regularly designs and produces large-scale symphonic concerts, working with major orchestras in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues.

As a radio personality, he is currently heard on New York’s Classical Music Radio Station WQXR, WQXR.org and WNYC. He produced and hosted the WQXR Classical Comedy Contest from Carolines on Broadway. For NY Public Radio’s Greene Space, he has interviewed top stars and produced/directed a radio drama of A Christmas Carol.

Forrest is the on-stage and national radio host for Carnegie Hall’s Spring for Music, hosting more the 60 concerts. He is the host/producer of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and podcasts for the New York Philharmonic. He is artistic director of ArtsRock, a non-profit organization in Rockland County that presents concerts, conversations and family programming. He was a “voice” for CNN and for PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center; and for more than 12 years, he was A&E Television Network’s host of Breakfast with the Arts and Biography. In 1996, he co-hosted a Three Tenors concert from Giants Stadium for PBS. Forrest was featured on the Grammy® Award-winning comedy album WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio with Peter Schickele.

He holds a degree in theater from the University of Texas. Visit www.ElliottForrest.com.

BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 | BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE CONCERTO | MAY 1, 3, 4 ing artist of her generation through her innovative solo recitals and collaborations with the world’s top orchestras.

This season, Yang completed her Rachmaninoff cycle with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; made her debut with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic; performed in Brazil; and, in addition to these appearances, returned to orchestras in Fort Worth, Nashville, Melbourne, Seoul and Vancouver. She also participated in a number of chamber performances.

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music festivals in Aspen, Vail, Sun Valley, Rockport and La Jolla.

In 2005, as the youngest contestant at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yang won the silver medal and awards for Best Performance of Chamber Music and Best Performance of a New Work. She received the 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant. In 2011, she released Collage, her first highly acclaimed solo album for Avie Records. This spring, Avie releases Wild Dreams, with music by Bartók, Hindemith, Schumann and Rachmaninoff.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Yang received her first piano lesson at age 4. At 10, she entered the School of Music at the Korea National University of Arts, and in 1997, began studies at The Juilliard School. She is a frequent guest on American Public Media’s Performance Today. A Steinway artist, she lives in New York.

Visit www.PianistJoyceYang.com and www.facebook.com/PianistJoyceYang.

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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).

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 collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, and performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Houston Symphony Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.

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 Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager, at (713) 3378529 or visit hschorus.org.

Charles Hausmann, Director Hyeok Lee Assistant Director

Sarah Berggren Chorus Manager

Scott Holshouser Accompanist

Tony Sessions Librarian

First Soprano Ramona Alms Sarah Berggren Robyn Branning Alicia Cox Konstantina Dimitropoulou Clarice Gatlin Marta Giles Amanda Harris Sophia Hou Tokiko Kato Sarah Keifer Gillian Kruse Kat Kunz Lena Lowe Pam Magnuson Janet Menzie Theresa Olin** Amy Rebenack Karen Rennar Wendy Ridings Rhonda Ryan Beth Slaughter Lisa Trewin Tania Van Dongen Heidi Walton Beth Weidler Pam Wilhite

First Alto Krista Borstell Pat Bumpus Barbara Bush Cyndi Cameron Elizabeth Chitwood Nancy Christopherson Rochella Cooper Lorri Curto Corita Dubose Christine Economides Mary Gahr Kelly Goodin Susan Hall* Linda Herron Judy Hill Holly Johnson Berma Kinsey Cindie Lavenda Joyce Lewis Marie Parisot Linda Renner Carolyn Rogan June Russell Maria Schoen Andrea Slack Shelby Stratmann Vicki Westbrook Kat White** Patsy Wilson

Darrell Mayon Jim Moore Peter Peropoulos Douglas Rodenberger Gottfried Schiller David Schoen* Tony Sessions Charles Thornburg

Ian Fetterley David Fox Mike Gilbert Matt Henderson* George Howe Cletus Johnson Nobuhide Kobori Alan MacAdams Bryan McMicken Scott Mermelstein Greg Nelson Bill Parker John Proffitt Daniel Robertson James Rodriguez Doug Sander Eric Skelly James Wilhite**

Second Soprano Yoset Altamirano Lisa Anders Lauren Bass Emily Black Laura Bohlmann Nancy Bratic* Anne Campbell Diana Candida Christine Crespo Chelsea Curto Debby Cutler Vickie Davis Kellie Garden Andrea Gonzales Debbie Hannah Allison (Ally) Hard* Megan Henry Yukiko Iwata Jaclyn Jerz Natalia Kalitynska Sapna Kumar Hojung Lee Carol Ostlind* Jennifer Paulson Linda Peters Belinda Rossiter** Susan Scarrow Vicki Seldon Megan Kennedy Shedden Elizabeth Snelling Paige Sommer Veronica Stevens Cecilia Sun Suzanne Thacker Alisa Tobin Nancy Vernau

Second Alto Melissa Bailey Adams* Sarah Clark Evelyn Clift Andrea Creath Robin Dunn Dana Dupont Rachel El-Saleh Patience Ettaya Katura Gilmore** Thi Ha Denise Holmes Catherine Howard Lois Howell Donna Jerz Kali Jett Miriam Lenon Crystal Meadows Nina Peropoulos Laurie Reynolds Linda Richardson Holly Soehnge Mary Voigt Carolee Weber Bonnie Wilson Kaye Windel-Garza First Tenor Adam Britcher** Robert Browning James Carazola Patrick Drake Richard Field Robert Gomez* Donald Howie Francisco Izaguirre Kevin Lewis

Second Tenor Bob Alban Amir Bel-Ami Randy Boatright Harvey Bongers Nicholas DeMaio Donn Dubois Mark Ferring Joseph Frybert Sajju George John Grady Craig Hill Michael McCarver** Will Mize Greg Railsback Dewell Springer Tony Vazquez Lee Williams Stuart Woodard First Bass Steve Abercia Jonathan Aigner Joe Anzaldua Rich Arenschiedlt Jon Bauer Justin Becker Eldo Bergman Brandon Bingham Claude Bitner John Bond Bruce Boyle Peter Christian Paul Davis David Doerr Steve Dukes Will Hailey Scott Hassett Stephen James Max Locher Jay Lopez Ken Mathews* Will McCallum Parker Patrick Gary Scullin Mark Standridge Sam Stengler Paul Van Dorn Michael Vaughn Joe Villareal Kevin Wallace Sean Warley** Second Bass Wilton Adams Bill Cheadle John Colson Roger Cutler Paul Ehrsam Chris Fair

*Council Member **Section Leader Member As of April 8, 2014

Chorus Alumni Soprano 1 Fiona Sullivan Jennifer Dunham Alice Beckstrom

Soprano 2 Liz Corley Beverly Davis

Alto 1 Nancy Turner Alicia Hodges

Alto 2 Jan Taylor Susan Casper Patrice Mixon Billie Roarke

Tenor 1 Chris Lund Tim Browning Chris Ortiz

Tenor 2 Steve Bayless Jonathan Vaughn

Bass 1 Greg Barra Stephen Shadle Gabriel Rio

Bass 2 Seth Fewell

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CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS The Houston Symphony would like to thank the donors who have contributed to the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment over the past year.

As of March 24, 2014

Donalee & Noel T. Adams Mr. Wilton T. Adams Mr. Bob Alban Mrs. Ramona Alms Mr. Jon Andersen Justin & Kelly Becker Dr. Eldo Bergman & Mrs. Mary Ann Bergman Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Bongers Bruce & Sue Boyle Nancy & Walt Bratic Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Bumpus Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Ms. Diana Candida James & Jan Carazola James & Carol Carthel Mr. Bill Cheadle Mrs. Elizabeth Chitwood Ms. Nancy A. Christopherson Sarah Wilson Clark Mr. John P. Colson Ms. Rochella Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Herman Covi Ms. Linda P. David Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Donn DuBois & Yukiko Iwata Steve Dukes Mr. & Mrs. Randy Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Edwards Mr. Paul Ehrsam Ms. Rachel El-Saleh Mr. Mark J. Ferring Joyce & David Fox Ms. Clarice Gatlin Robert Lee Gomez Mrs. Susan Hall Debbie & Steve Hannah

Christina & Mark Hanson Ms. Amanda Harris Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hassett Dr. Charles Hausmann Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Henderson Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Mr. Richard Henry Ms. Denise Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Harold S. Hook Ms. Catherine Howard George E. Howe Ms. Helen Hughes Marya M. Ingram Mr. Francisco J. Izaguirre Nobuhide Kobori Mr. Philip Kochman Ms. Cynthia Lavenda Ms. Joyce Lewis Mr. Alan MacAdams & Ms. Pamela B. Burge Ms. Pamela Magnuson Mr. Ken Mathews Bryan & Vickie McMicken Joan K. Mercado Mr. & Mrs. Jim Moore David G. Nussman Ms. Theresa Olin Bill & Laura Parker Dr. Corita B. Parker-Dubose & Dr. Ralph Dubose Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle John Proffitt & Celeste Repko Mr. & Mrs. Hank & Karen Rennar Linda A. Renner Ms. Linda Richardson Ms. Wendy Ridings Mr. Daniel Robertson

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rodenberger Ms. Carolyn Rogan Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rossiter Mrs. Holly Rubbo Mr. Douglas R. Sander Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mr. & Mrs. David Schoen Mr. Gary B. Scullin Ms. Vicki Ann Seldon Megan & Peter Shedden Corwin & Andrea Slack Ms. Janice Smith Mr. & Mrs. William C. Spence Dewell Springer Mr. Mark Standridge Veronica & Jon Stevens Mr. & Mrs. William Sudela Dr. Cecilia Sun Mr. & Mrs. Don E. Trapnell Mr. & Mrs. Raoul Treverton Lisa Rai Trewin Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Mr. Paul Van Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Vanderploeg Mr. & Mrs. Tony Vazquez Mr. & Mrs. George Vernau Mr. Sean Warley Brent & Carolee Weber Beth Weidler & Stephen James Don & Linda Weinmann Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wilson Mr. Jim P. Wise Anonymous (2)

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL As the Houston Symphony celebrates the 2013-14 Centennial Season, we are introducing the Leadership Council for donors committing $45,000 or more in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events over a three-year period ($15,000+ annually). For more information or to pledge your support, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525 or Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8521.

Graham & Janet Baker Janet F. Clark Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel & Craig Fox Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies The Melbern G. and Susan M. Glasscock Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Simon Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber 42

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EducaTIon and Community Engagement Programs

The Power of an Art Form Every year, thousands of children of all ages have the opportunity to try out an instrument at our Instrument Petting Zoo, whether it is at one of many local Houston festivals or an event hosted by the Houston Symphony. For most, this is an introduction to the idea of playing an instrument. Some children hesitate, thinking that it is impossible, that it is some kind of magic. However, with a little bit of encouragement, they work at it. Volunteers help, and sometimes a nearby Houston Symphony musician. After a few minutes, when a clear and full sound makes its way out of the bell, the reaction is beyond priceless.

They want to try again. They want to make it happen. They want that thrilling experience of making possible what they previ-

ously thought to be impossible.

This can be a definitive moment for a child. The Houston Symphony receives countless numbers of stories of children and students whose lives have been changed because of their exposure to the Instrument Petting Zoo. Thanks to this experience, children feel confident about being involved in a school band or orchestra program, something they may not have thought possible before. One success leads to another.

While many students receive some music education, the petting zoo is often a door opener. This is a special and life-changing gift to the community: a risk-free activity that sparks an idea. Everyone can take part. Everyone can succeed. Everyone can have a voice—that is the power of our art form.

The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities. Each year, these activities impact the lives of more than 82,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for nearly 111,000 Houstonians free of charge.

GUARANTOR - $100,000+ Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Symphony Endowment John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods UNDERWRITER - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation ExxonMobil Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund GDF SUEZ Energy North America Marathon Oil Corporation John P. McGovern Foundation Shell Oil Company SPONSOR - $25,000+ The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III JPMorgan Chase Sterling-Turner Foundation

PARTNER - $15,000+ Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation CenterPoint Energy The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts PATRON - $10,000+ Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Nordstrom The Powell Foundation Schlumberger, Ltd. Vivian L. Smith Foundation BENEFACTOR - $5,000+ Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation Swift Energy Company DONOR - $1,000+ Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation

These programs are also supported by the following endowed funds which are part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett and Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs The Richard P. Garmany Fund The Hearst Foundation Spec’s Charitable Foundation May 2014 43

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

Trustees Michael Mithoff Alexandra Pruner

Steven P. Mach, President Prentiss Burt

Jesse B. Tutor Fredric A. Weber

An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests. For further information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525, or Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8521. The Houston Symphony acknowledges with deep gratitude the following individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies who have supported the Endowment.

General Endowment Funds that support operational and annual activities: Accenture (Andersen Consulting) Fund AIG American General Fund Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bahr Fund Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund Mrs. Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Fund The Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund Jane & Robert Cizik Fund Mr. Lee A. Clark Fund Cooper Industries, Inc. Fund Gene & Linda Dewhurst Fund DuPont Corporation Fund Elkins Charitable Trust Agency Fund The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund William Stamps Farish Fund Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Fund Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Fund George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Fund Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Fund Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Fund Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Fund Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Fund Martha Kleymeyer Fund Rochelle & Max Levit Fund Mr. E. W. Long Jr. Fund

M.D. Anderson Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Fund Jay & Shirley Marks Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Fund/The Marks Charitable Foundation Marian & Speros Martel Foundation Fund Barbara & Pat McCelvey Fund The Menil Foundation Fund Monroe Mendelsohn Jr. Estate Sue A. Morrison & Children Fund National Endowment for the Arts Fund Stewart Orton Fund Papadopoulos Fund Nancy & Robert Peiser Fund Rockwell Fund, Inc. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Fund Estate of Mr. Walter W. Sapp Fund Mr. & Mrs. Matt K. Schatzman Fund The Schissler Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Fund Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Fund Texas Eastern Fund Dorothy Barton Thomas Fund Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Fund Dede & Connie Weil Fund The Wortham Foundation Fund Anonymous (5)

Designated funds to support annual performance activity: The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer and Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil and Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund Fayez Sarofim Guest Violinist Fund through The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Wortham Foundation Classical Series Fund endowed in memory of Gus S. & Lyndall F. Wortham

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Houston Symphony Endowment Endowed Chairs to assist the Houston Symphony attract, retain and support world class conductors, musicians and guest artists: Janice & Thomas Barrow Chair: Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello Roy & Lillie Cullen Chair: Andrés Orozco-Estrada, music director designate Fondren Foundation Chair: Qi Ming, assistant concertmaster General Maurice Hirsch Chair: Aralee Dorough, principal flute Ellen E. Kelley Chair: Eric Halen, associate concertmaster Max Levine Chair: Frank Huang, concertmaster Cornelia & Meredith Long Chair: Assia Dulgerska, assistant concertmaster George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair: Mark Hughes, principal trumpet Tassie & Constantine S. Nicandros Chair: Alexander Potiomkin, bass clarinet Lucy Binyon Stude Chair: Jonathan Fischer, principal oboe Winnie Safford Wallace Chair Endowed funds to assist the Houston Symphony attract, retain and support world class conductors, musicians and guest artists: American General Fund Speros P. Martel Fund Stewart Orton Fund Dan Feigal Prosser Fund Endowed funds to support the Houston Symphony’s annual education and community engagement activities: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Selma S. Neumann Fund Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund Endowed funds to support new commissions and innovative artistic projects: The Micajah S. Stude Special Production Fund Endowed funds to support access and expand geographic reach: The Alice & David C. Bintliff Messiah Concert fund for performances at First Methodist Church The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni and Stewart Orton Mach Family Audience Development Fund George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund Endowed funds to support electronic media initiatives: The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives Legacy commitments through The Brown Foundation Challenge to support artistic excellence: Janet F. Clark Gloria Goldblatt Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair: Wayne Brooks, principal viola Ms. Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Anonymous (1) Leadership gifts of working capital provided as part of the Campaign for the 20th Century, Campaign for Houston Symphony and My Houston, My Symphony – Campaign for a Sound Future: Hewlett Packard Company Fund The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Neva Watkins West Fund

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THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR FUND The New Music Director Fund supports the concert activities of Andrés Orozco-Estrada in his year as Music Director Designate (2013-14 Centennial Season) and his first years as Music Director of the Houston Symphony (2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons).

Orozco-Estrada, appointed in January 2013, is a young, dynamic conductor who radiates charm and energy both on and off the podium. He is the orchestra’s first Hispanic music director.

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

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Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Janice H. Barrow Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Barbara & Pat McCelvey Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor CHIEF CONDUCTORS AND MUSIC DIRECTORS

1913-16 Julien Paul Blitz

1961-67 Sir John Barbirolli

1916-18 Paul Bergé

1967-69 André Previn

1931-32 Uriel Nespoli

1971-78 Lawrence Foster

1932-35 Frank St. Leger

1980-88 Sergiu Comissiona

1936-47 Ernst Hoffmann

1988-99 Christoph Eschenbach

1948-54 Efrem Kurtz

2001-13 Hans Graf

1954 Ferenc Fricsay

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MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIP Musician Sponsors are a dedicated group of Houston Symphony supporters that have the opportunity to build a relationship with a musician as a sponsor. This opportunity is available to donors at the Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton level and above ($7,500 annually). This unique relationship helps deepen the meaningful connections already inherent in the Houston Symphony family. Thank you to all of our 2013-14 Centennial Season Musician Sponsors!

Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson George Pascal, Viola, Assistant Principal Janice H. Barrow Sophia Silivos, Second Violin, Acting Associate Principal Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Brinton Averil Smith, Cello, Principal Nancy & Walt Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Ms. Terry A. Brown James R. Denton, Cello Justice Brett & Erin Busby Assia Dulgerska, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Dougal & Cathy Cameron Brian E. Thomas, French Horn Jane & Robert Cizik Qi Ming, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian George Pascal, Viola, Assistant Principal Janet F. Clark Kevin F. Dvorak, Cello Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Judy Dines, Flute, Acting Associate Principal Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, Keyboard, Principal Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe Dr. Alex Dell Paula Page, Harp, Principal Gene & Linda Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone Mr. Scott Ensell Donald Howey, Double Bass Mrs. William Estrada Robert Pastorek, Double Bass John & Minerva Esquivel Eric Larson, Double Bass Martin J. & Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin Angel & Craig Fox David Malone, Double Bass, Acting Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Jeff Robinson, Contrabassoon Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet, Acting Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Robert Walp, Trumpet, Assistant Principal Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster Janice & Allan King Kiju Joh, Second Violin Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Clarinet, Acting Principal Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cornelia & Meredith Long Brinton Averil Smith, Cello, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Kiju Joh, Second Violin Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Viola, Associate Principal Beth Madison Assia Dulgerska, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal Jay & Shirley Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn & Oboe Betty & Gene McDavid Linda Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William K. VerMeulen, French Horn, Principal Catherine Jane Merchant Jeff Robinson, Contrabassoon

Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Brian E. Thomas, French Horn Cameron Mitchell Christine Pastorek, Second Violin Paul & Rita Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Wayne Brooks, Viola, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela O. Frusina, Second Violin Arthur & Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Susan & Edward Osterberg Alexandra Adkins, First Violin Peggy Overly & John Barlow Alexandra Adkins, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, French Horn Nancy & Robert Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Principal Oboe Dave & Alie Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion Gloria & Joe Pryzant Jennifer Owen, Second Violin, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello Mrs. Lila Rauch Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal Roman & Sally Reed Matthew Strauss, Percussion Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Trumpet, Principal Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal Dr. Santiago Rossi & Mrs. Katherine Rossi Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, Bassoon, Principal Donna & Tim Shen Tina Zhang, Second Violin, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin

The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Eric Arbiter, Bassoon, Associate Principal Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Thomas L. Molloy, Viola Mr. Mike Stude Ruth Zeger, Second Violin Alice & Terry Thomas John DeWitt, Trumpet, Associate Principal Paul Strand Thomas Robert E. Johnson, French Horn, Associate Principal Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Allen Barnhill, Trombone, Principal Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Trombone, Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Alexander Potiomkin, Bass Clarinet Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion Stephen & Kristine Wallace Ronald Holdman, Timpani, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Paula Page, Harp, Principal Dede & Connie Weil Amy E. Teare, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Dr. Jim T. Willerson Anne Leek, Oboe, Associate Principal Margaret Alkek Williams Frank Huang, First Violin, Concertmaster Steven & Nancy Williams Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David Kirk, Tuba, Principal Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin Anonymous Sheldon Person, Viola

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Symphony Society Board Executive Committee President Robert A. Peiser

Chairman of the Board Jesse B. Tutor

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson

Immediate Past President Robert B. Tudor III

Chairman Emeritus Mike S. Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby

Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Volunteers and Special Events David Wuthrich

Vice President, Community Partnerships Donna Shen

Vice President, Finance Anthony Bohnert

Vice President, Education Billy McCartney

Vice President, Development Jerome Simon

Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick

General Counsel Paul R. Morico

Vice President, Marketing and Communication Gloria G. Pryzant

At-Large Members Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Gene Dewhurst Helen Shaffer Jim R. Smith

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Adam Dinitz, Orchestra Representative Kelli Cohen Fein, President, Houston Symphony League Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Stacey Spears, Assistant Secretary Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

President, Endowment Steven P. Mach

Governing Directors Graham Baker * Janice H. Barrow Danielle Batchelor Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Justice Brett Busby Donna Josey Chapman Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn Scott Cutler Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil John Esquivel

Trustees

Samuel Abraham Joe Amador Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington John Caley Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso * John T. Cater Audrey Cochran Evan Collins Mark Day Cindy Deere Azar Delpassand Tracy Dieterich Tom Fitzpatrick 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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Kelli Cohen Fein Julia Frankel David Frankfort Ronald G. Franklin Allen Gelwick Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Enrique Gonzรกlez Susan Hansen Stephanie C. Hildebrandt Gary L. Hollingsworth Brian James Joan Kaplan Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit * Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach * Rodney Margolis Jay Marks

Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Ron Rand John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer Donna Shen

Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith Miles Smith Jim Stein * Mike S. Stude William J. Toomey III * Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West * Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich

Craig A. Fox Mary Fusillo Evan Glick Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect Kathleen Hayes Marianne Ivany Catherine Kaldis I. Ray Kirk Carlos Lopez Carolyn Mann Michael Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis * Gene McDavid Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff Janet Moore

Dave Mueller Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Dana Ondrias John Onstott Edward Osterberg Jr. Chester M. Pitts II Greg Powers Roman F. Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins * J. Hugh Roff Jr. * Michael E. Shannon Robert Sloan Jule Smith David Stanard David Tai Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas

Stephen G. Tipps Art Vivar Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams Scott Wulfe

Ex-Officio Adam Dinitz Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Patience Myers Brinton Averil Smith Stacey Spears

J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter

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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

* Life Trustee

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 Donna Shen Susan Osterberg

Houston Symphony Donors

The Sustainability Fund

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

Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mrs. Kitty King Powell

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

Annual Support

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past year. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

Ima Hogg Society, $150,000 or More Janice H. Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

Centennial Society, $100,000 - $149,000 Rochelle & Max Levit Barbara & Pat McCelvey Janice & Robert McNair Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Founder’s Society, $75,000 - $99,999 Darlene & Cappy Bisso Laura & Michael Shannon May 2014 49

Houston Symphony Donors Maestro’s Society, $50,000 - $74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. The Estate of Miss Ima Hogg Mr. Monzer Hourani

Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Joella & Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks

Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Alice & Terry Thomas

Concertmaster’s Society, $25,000 - $49,999 Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Todd & JoAnna Brooks Donna & Max Chapman Janet F. Clark Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Gene & Linda Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr.

Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Cornelia & Meredith Long Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan

John B. Onstott, Geo H. Lewis & Sons Dave & Alie Pruner Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Simon Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Judith Vincent Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Steven & Nancy Williams Anonymous (2)

Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000-$24,999 Rolaine & Morrie Abramson Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Justice Brett & Erin Busby Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Albert & Anne Chao / Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Chao Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Richard Danforth Dr. Alex Dell Mrs. William Estrada Martin J. & Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Angel & Craig Fox

Janet Gurwitch & Ron Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. Keith McFarland Stephen & Marilyn Miles / Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation Melissa & Michael Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. John L. Nau III Dr. Thomas D. Nichols Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Gary Petersen

Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000-$14,999

Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Nancy & Walt Bratic Ms. Terry A. Brown Mr. Ralph Burch Cheryl & Sam Byington Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Scott Cutler Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Cindy & David Deere Dr. & Mrs. Ebrahim S. Delpassand, Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology John & Minerva Esquivel Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. Michael B. George Christina & Mark Hanson Russell & Diana Hawkins 50

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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Holt Mr. Brian James Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Jaminski Todd & Paige Johnson Larry & Susan Kellner Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Marilyn Lummis Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Jay & Shirley Marks Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. Gary Mercer Catherine Jane Merchant Terence Murphree Susan & Edward Osterberg Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Pickering Gloria & Joe Pryzant Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere

Carol Lee & Ken Robertson Ann & Hugh Roff Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. James Stein / Bank of Houston Nancy & David Tai Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Dede & Connie Weil Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Donna & Tim Shen Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Ms. Kelly Somoza Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun David & Paula Steakley Mr. & Mrs. Troy Thacker Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Janet & Tom Walker Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Dr. Jim T. Willerson Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha Anonymous (1)

Houston Symphony Donors Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500-$9,999 Ms. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Dianna Bernsen Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce John & Candace Caley Audrey & Brandon Cochran Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover J.R. & Aline Deming Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Viviana & David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mr. Scott Ensell S. David Frankfort & Erika Bermeo

Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Marianne & Robert Ivany Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz April & Tom Lykos Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Bryan & Vickie McMicken Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Doré & Kevin Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Cameron Mitchell Ginni & Richard Mithoff Paul & Rita Morico Mrs. Nancy Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson

Arthur & Bobbie Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Catherine Powers Roman & Sally Reed Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Dr. Santiago Rossi & Mrs. Katherine Rossi Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. Dave Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Shirley Toomim Mr. Art Vivar & Dr. Jeanneth Castro Anonymous (1)

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000-$7,499 Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Lilly & Thurmon Andress Ms. Mary Jo Antone-Hatfield Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Michelle H. Belco Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. Teodoro Bosquez & Ms. Mary Conner Ruth White Brodsky Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Burk Toba Buxbaum Marilyn Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carter IV Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso David Chambers & Alex Steffler William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Ryan & Laurie Colburn Mr. William E. Colburn Coneway Family Foundation Sarah & Ben Cotting Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Criner Ms. Sara Jo Devine Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. Robert Durst Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Fant Mr. Peter Fluor Mr. Shane T. Frank Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Mrs. Aileen Gordon Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. David M. Grimes II Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Kathleen & Dick Hayes

Mr. Ronald Holley Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Ms. Ann B. Jennings & Ms. Karen M. Jones Beverly Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Nina Andrews & David Karohl Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Nancy & Rich Kinder Mary Louis Kister William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Willy Kuehn Michael & Kelley Lang Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Sidney & Ione Moran Richard & Juliet Moynihan David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O’Donnell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Ms. Karen Pulaski Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Milton & Jill Rose Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Amanda & John Seaberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stigall Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo

Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Dr. & Mrs. John F. Thrash Ms. Beverly Turner McDonald Birgitt van Wijk General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Dr. David A. White Sue Trammell Whitfield Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wootton Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (1)

Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Ables Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Dr. Angela R. Apollo Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mrs. John Bace Mr. Richard C. Bailey Trace Trahan Bannerman Anne Morgan Barrett James M. Bell Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Divya & Chris Brown Hon. Peter H. & Mrs. Anne S. Brown Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Courtney & John Chapoton Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Ms. Ann T. Coffey & Mr. Theo Bean Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley May 2014 51

Houston Symphony Donors Young Associates Council Young Associate, Premium $2,500 or more James M. Bell David Chambers & Alex Steffler Audrey & Brandon Cochran Jimmy Hubbell Juliet Moths, Louis Vuitton Emily Paull, Louis Vuitton Ahmed Saleh Seth Williams Young Associate $1,500 - $2,499 Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Cristina & Tanner Bailey William & Laura Black Margaret & Brian Bravo Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Peter James Cazamias Sarah & Ben Cotting Mike Cox Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Amanda & Adam Dinitz Jennifer & Steve Dolman Evin Ashley Erdowdu

Katie Flaherty Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Courtney Fretz Michael A. Gonser Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Jessica Q. Johnston Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Kristen & Steve McDaniel Jennifer & David Mire Sami & Jud Morrison Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Amanda Russell & Matt Calhoun Amanda & John Seaberg Jo A. Simmons Steve & Judy Sohn Mark Stadnyk, Norton Rose Fulbright Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Carol Tai Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Uzcategui Rachael & Jason Volz – A Fare Extraordinaire Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright The Young Associates Council is supported in part by Bank of America.

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Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Mr. & Mrs. Carlos J. López Mr. & Mrs. Jeff B. Love Ms. Christine Lukens Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Mr. Derek Maxwell Dr. & Mrs. John Mendelsohn Sami & Jud Morrison Julia & Chris Morton Juliet Moths, Louis Vuitton Gerald & Barbara Moynier Mr. Dave Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newton Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Mr. & Dr. Michael Ondrias Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Jr. Emily Paull, Louis Vuitton Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Payne Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Hilda & Hershel Rich Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Allyn & Jill Risley Anne & Dr. Richard Robbins Mr. & Mrs. James L. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. James Rogers Ms. Regina J. Rogers Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Ahmed Saleh Mr. & Mrs. George A. Shannon Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Mr. Michael K. Stewart Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Susman Family Foundation/Ellen & Steve Susman Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thurmond

Ann G. Trammell Rachael & Jason Volz - A Fare Extraordinaire Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Nancy Willerson Seth Williams David & Tara Wuthrich Anonymous (5)

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Mrs. Suzon Adam Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. & Mrs. William L. Anderson Jr. Mr. William J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Dr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Mr. R. J. Bacon & Judge Mary Bacon Cristina & Tanner Bailey Ms. Regina Balderas Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. Bill Barnett Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Mr. & Mrs. J. Kirby Barry II Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Ms. Margaret Basu Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Carole Shivers Mr. Ricky R. Behrend Dr. Eldo Bergman Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mrs. Ann M. Bixby William & Laura Black Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton / Boulware & Valoir Brian & Margaret Bravo Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Breen Sr. Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Ms. Vicki P. Buxton Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mrs. H. E. Carrico Nicole & Rueben Casarez Margot & John Cater Peter James Cazamias The Chambers Family in honor of Margaret Sylvia Chambers Honorable Theresa Chang & Dr. Peter Chang Mr. Robert L. Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Mr. Mark C. Conrad Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen James D. Cox & Ritsuko Komaki-Cox Mike Cox Dr. & Mrs. Joe F. Crabb James & Franci Crane The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Ms. Marsha K. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. Blakke Davis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Mrs. Catherine de Gramont Ms. Anna N. Dean Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone

Houston Symphony Donors Becky & Joe Demeter Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski Mr. & Mrs. Ralph DeVore Christopher & Annamarie Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Diamond Bruce B. Dice Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mike & Debra Dishberger Jennifer & Steve Dolman Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Robert J. Doyle Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Mrs. Dan L. Duncan Egon & Elisa Durban Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. Michael Eichhorn Mr. Stephen Elison Evin Ashley Erdowdu Dr. & Mrs. Wendell Erwin Mr. & Mrs. Jon Evans Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Fairbanks Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. & Mrs. Zachary Fertitta Mrs. Ronald Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Richard Fish Barbara S. Fitch Mr. Dale Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Eugene Fong Jessica Ford Joyce & David Fox Courtney Fretz Mr. & Mrs. Javier Fuentes Hali Ganbold Mrs. Karl Gautschi Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Mr. & Mrs. Joe Genitempo Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Drs. Nancy Glass & John Belmont Mr. Morris Glesby Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Michael A. Gonser Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gossett Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Mrs. Jennifer Hooker Gravenor Kendall & Pauline Gray Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Melinda & Doug Groves Maureen & Jim Hackett Eric & Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Haley Ms. Liz Hampton Marion S. Hargrove W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Harris Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mrs. Claudia Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William Heird Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hennessy Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. Tom Higdon Ann & Joe Hightower Dr. Volker Hirsinger Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. Holly Holmes & Dr. Paul Otremba Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth John Horstman Mr. Kevin Hostler Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. & Mrs. Ford Hubbard III Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Huebsch Mark & Marilyn Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Jessica Q. Johnston Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Ms. Alisha Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Lynda & Frank Kelly Louise & Sherwin Kershman Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Kneale Jimmy & Kaelyn Koch Lucy & Victor Kormeier Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. William H. Lane Jr. Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. David Leebron & Mrs. Y. Ping Sun Gerrit Leeftink Ms. Joyce Lehrfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Dr. Golda & Dr. Robert B. Leonard Mr. Edwin N. Letzerich Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Ms. Cindy Levit Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. James C. Lindsey Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Dr. Ted Loch Renee & Michael Locklar Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Lozano Mr. Elario Lozano Mr. Rocky Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. Frederic V. Malek Mr. Michael Mankins Mr. & Mrs. Larry Margolis Steve & Linda Massie Catherine & Matt Matthews Sasha Davis & Joseph Matulevich Linda & Jim McCartney Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Kristen & Steve McDaniel Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Dr. & Mrs. Jack G. McNeill Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Ernie & Martha McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Prasad Menon Mr. & Mrs. John Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Jennifer & David Mire Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. Jamal Mollai Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. David M. Monk Mr. & Mrs. William Morgan Mr. Joshua Morris Sue A. Morrison Mr. William R. Mowlam Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Joe Muurray Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William J. Napier Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mo & Heli Nashef John Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Sheila Neylon Ms. Dorothy Nicholson Mr. Stephen Nicol John & Leslie Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell Mariloli & Marvin Odum Mr. & Mrs. Staman Ogilvie Steve & Sue Olson Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Ms. Jennifer Owen & Mr. Ed Benyon Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. Jonathan Palmer Ms. Martha Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. Bryan J. Peters & Mr. Ralph D. Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peterson JoAnn & John Petzold Mr. & Mrs. William Phelps Ms. Debra Phillips Mrs. Meg Philpot Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Chester M. Pitts II Ms. Mariela Poleo Ms. Linda Posey Mr. Thomas Power Tim & Katherine Pownell Michael & Darla Price Mrs. Dana Puddy Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Pyne Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Ms. Ranelle Randles Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Allan Reich Dr. & Mrs. David W. Reininger Mrs. Linda Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Lillie Robertson Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Mrs. Evie Ronald Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rothwell Mr. Chadwick Royston Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Amanda Russell & Matt Calhoun Ms. Robin Russell Kent Rutter & David Baumann Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Sand Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mrs. Holly Sansing Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schaeffer Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer

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Director $500 - $999

Mr. William L. Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Donalee & Noel T. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ahuero Mr. Adriana Aleman Mr. Roy Allice Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Ed Ambs Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Ms. Sally S. Andrews Mrs. Roya Arfa Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Mr. Richard Bado Mr. Henry Bair Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Baird Mr. Bobby Baiva Mr. Michael L. Ball Dan Barnum & Marilyn Lewis Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. & Mrs. David Barringer Ms. Bernice L. Beckerman Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. John Berger Mr. Kristopher Berthold Mr. & Mrs. James E. Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Chris & Ruth Borman Anne & Edward Bornet Bob Frank Boydston Sally & Carl Brassow Maurice & Karey Bresenhan Mr. Kevin P. Brophy Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. J. W. Brougher Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Mr. Kurt Brungardt Fred & Judy Brunk Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Bumpus Robert Burleson Mr. Tom Burley Ms. Helen P. Burwell Mr. Carl Butler Mr. Eugene Byrd Dr. Maria Calcina Mrs. Charles Callery Virginia & William Camfield Mr. Richard N. Carrell Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. Steven E. Chancellor Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Ms. Irene Chang Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Chapoton Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Christensen Sarah Wilson Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. & Mrs. David A. Cockrell Jim R. & Lynn Coe Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Ms. Miquel A. Correll Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Coumont

Dr. Edward Cox Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. & Mrs. Rick Daly Ms. Joyce Dauber Ms. Linda P. David Masden & Lupita Davis Ms. Caroline Deetjen Brian & Leah Del Signore Ms. Diane DelSignore & Mr. Robert S. Strait Dr. Peter Dempsey Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Derzapf Mr. & Mrs. Paul Destephano Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts John A. Dickinson & Nancy L. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Dilg Charles Dishman Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Echols Mr. Paul Ehrsam Dr. Michael J. Epstein & Janice Poplack Ruth W. Ereli Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mrs. Kelli Fereday Ms. Eleanor Fontenot Mr. & Mrs. David Fortner Mr. & Mrs. Greg E. Fourticq Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Rachel & Dr. Bud Frazier Ms. Diane L. Freeman Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Ms. Josephine Gilmore Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mrs. Barbara Goedecke Mrs. James Goettee Mr. Irving L. Gold, M.D.P.A. Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Dr. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gordon Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gracely Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Mr. George Green Mr. & Mrs. Steve Greenberg Mr. Gerald Greiner Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Uzi Halevy Gaye & Dennis Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hamley Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Mr. Christopher K. Harris Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. & Mrs. Jared N. Heindel Mr. John Heiny Mr. & Mrs. David Hergert Donald & Rosemary Herron Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Tom Higdon Susan Hodge Jacque Holland Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Holmes Mr. Todd Holowisky Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Mr. George Hritcko Mrs. Patricia P. Hubbard Ms. Lee M. Huber Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Mr. Mark Johansson Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mr. Raymond Jones Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Kaestner Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Dr. Richard A. Kasschau

Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Ms. Carolyn C. Keeble Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. Keith Kelley Dr. James Killian Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. Kindall Dave & Laura Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Jason Kisch Dr. Carolyn Kneese Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Mr. & Dr. Peter A. Koester Mr. Arnold & Mrs. Michelle Korenek Ms. Deborah Kosich Rachel R. Krezer Mr. Dennis Kroeger Mrs. Deanna Lamoreux Ms. Adrienne Lang Dr. Daniel Lemke Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Michael & Sharon Lewis Dr. Richard A. & Dr. Patricia N. Lewis Louise & Oscar Lui Ms. Nina K. Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Judith MacPherson Ms. Barbara Manna Ms. Renee Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Marion Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich James G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. R. Scott McCay Mr. & Mrs. Scott McCool Ms. Judi McGee Dr. & Mrs. Robert McGlashan Ms. L. Dianne McGreevy Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Theron McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. Thomas J. McNulty William E. Joor III & Rose Ann Medlin Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Moen Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Jim Moore Ms. Deborah Moran Daniel & Karol Musher Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Dorothy Sharp Myers Patience Myers & Murray Herbert Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Ms. Katherine Nevins Newman/Strug/Wadler families in honor of Ida & Irving Wadler Marie-Theres F. Odermatt Mr. Roel Olson Ms. Judith Oppenheim Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Prof. & Mrs. Jordan Paust Jim & Arlene Payne Ms. Angela H. Perry Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Mr. Antoine Plante & Mrs. Lori Muratta Mr. Robert W. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Paula & Nico Praagman Hudgins Rev. Arthur Preisinger Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr.

Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rasmussen Dr. & Mrs. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Frederic Rechlin Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Amy Richards Mr. & Mrs. William C. Richter Ms. Ellen Rienstra Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rockwell Ms. Franelle Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Kelly & David Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rossiter Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Ruez Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. Robert Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Ramon L. Sanchez Mr. Charles K. Sanders & Mr. Geoffrey Westergaard Mr. Ramesh Sarathi Mr. & Mrs. Ross Saunders Ms. Cynthia Scanland Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mrs. Myrna Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schmuck Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Ms. Geri Shoop Mr. James D. Simpson III Mr. Gary A. Smith & Mr. Jim Murdaugh Mr. Jason Smith Ms. Crystol K. Spillars Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Ms. Becky Stemper Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Ms. Betsy J. Strong Mr. Alan Stuckert Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sullivan Mr. John L. Sutterby Ms. Amy Sutton Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Adam Szczepanski Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Ms. Carolyn Tanner Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Glenn & Cay Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Stephen A. Tew M.D. Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mrs. Marjorie Therrell Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Mr. James Trippett Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. Zachary Vazquez Mr. Charles Veith Pieter & Janet Vrancken May Wang Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Warren Beth Weidler & Stephen James Mr. & Mrs. K.C. Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Wilkinson Ms. Lane A. Williams Dr. Wayne Wilner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. Michael Wynhoff Ms. Alexandra Yates Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Zerke Mr. Dave Zinni Anonymous (15) The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 5,226 individual donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.

As of March 16, 2014 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

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Houston Symphony POPS Donors Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Centennial Society $100,000-$149,000 Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Founder’s Society $75,000-$99,000 Darlene & Cappy Bisso Concertmaster’s Society $25,000-$49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Allen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Judith Vincent Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000-$24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John L. Nau III Elizabeth & Gary Petersen Carol Lee & Ken Robertson Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000-$14,999 Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler Cindy & Richard Deere John & Minerva Esquivel Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Terence Murphree Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500-$9,999 Mr. Scott Ensell Evan B. Glick Marianne & Robert Ivany Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Roman & Sally Reed Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000-$7,499 Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Marilyn Caplovitz Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Ms. Sara Jo Devine Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Kathleen & Dick Hayes Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Michael & Kelley Lang Richard & Juliet Moynihan Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe

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Grand Patron $2,500-$4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Robert & Gwen Bray Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Rex & Marillyn King Ms. Lynne Lipsitz Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Edward Lee McIntosh, C.P.M. Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Shirley & Marvin Rich Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Dr. & Mrs. Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Patron $1,000-$2,499 Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Mrs. Sally Alcorn Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Donald & Dottie Bates Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Mr. Allen J. Becker Jim & Susan Berdahl Mr. John S. Beury Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bixler Ellen Box Ms. Suzie Boyd Ms. Barbara A. Brooks David Chambers & Alex Steffler Richard & Marcia Churns Mrs. Midge Colton Mr. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Ms. Roseline Curran Ms. Ann Currens Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fanning Barbara Dokell Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Carol & Larry Fradkin Friends of the Houston Symphony Mr. & Mrs. James K. Garner Mr. John Geigel Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. & Ms. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mrs. Nancy Lease Kathleen & Tom Mach Mr. & Mrs. Pat Mann Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Pinet & Jim McBride Mr. Marvin McMurrey & Mrs. Martha Rocks Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mrs. Kay M. Onstead Jesus Alejandro Perez Rementeria Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice W. R. Purifoy Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Raizner Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Soren & Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin

Megan & Peter Shedden Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Charlotte Stafford Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Ms. Jeanine M. Van Wagenen Ms. Jody Verwers Larry & Connie Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Bradley G. Wertman Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr. Nancy & Scott Wynant Anonymous (1) Director $500-$999 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Ms. Dorothy G. Blackwell Mr. Donald Blakey Mr. & Mrs. W. Carter Bliss Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Mr. Martin Calzada Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Ms. Julie Conner Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Coon Mr. Warren Dean Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Mr. & Mrs. Randy Dunn John & Joyce Eagle Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. John Eymann Ms. Carolyn Faulk Sandra & Steven Finkelman Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Giardino Ms. Shari Glover & Mr. James King Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Ms. Kay Hanson-Clerc Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill Ms. Margy Keaton Ms. Amy Lacy Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. & Mrs. James D. Long Ms. Doris M. Magee Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Bert Neece Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Gary Noble Mr. Kim Parker Judy & Bill Pursell Mr. & Mrs. John Reinert Mr. James L. Robertson Ms. Stacey Saunders & Mr. Jeff Smith Ms. Cinda Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. George W. Schalles III Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. Michael Shawiak Mr. Michel Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Siegele James C. Stanka Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton Anonymous (7) The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 5,226 individual donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.

As of March 16, 2014 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.

Corporations

Houston Symphony Business Council Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, MARSH Private Client Business Council Host Committee: Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation (retired) Cindy Deere, Shell Oil Company Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Mike Doherty, Frost Bank Ron Franklin, McGuireWoods, LLP Mauro Gimenez, Russell Reynolds Associates Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies Kathleen Hayes, Merrill Lynch Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP

Michael Mann, Mann Eye Institute Paul Mann, Mann Eye Institute David Massin, Wells Fargo Billy McCartney, Vitol Inc. (retired) Paul Morico, Baker Botts, L.L.P. Dana Ondrias, Mann Eye Institute Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Imperial Sugar Company (retired) Geoffroy Petit Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC

John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass Jerome B. Simon, Northern Trust L. Proctor Thomas, Baker Botts, LLP (retired) Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Wolff & Associates, Inc.

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

For further information on becoming a corporate or foundation donor to the Houston Symphony, please contact Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev at (713) 337-8522 or agnieszka.rakhmatullaev@houstonsymphony.org.

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As of March 1, 2014

$1,000,000 & above

Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. $500,000-$999,999 The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts $100,000-$499,999

Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation M. D. Anderson Foundation City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation/ Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Humphreys Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation $25,000-$49,999

Ray C. Fish Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sterling-Turner Foundation

$15,000 - $24,999

Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Symphony Bay Area League Texas Commission on the Arts The Hood-Barrow Foundation

$10,000 - $14,999

$7,500 - $9,999

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999

The Schissler Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999

Leon Jaworski Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation

Gifts below $2,500

Diamond Family Foundation The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation The Oshman Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation The Powell Foundation The Vaughn Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous

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Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above

Sponsor, $25,000 - $49,999

Andrews Kurth LLP * Aztec BBVA Compass Bank of America * KTRK ABC-13 The Boeing Company * Bright Star Spec’s Charitable Foundation * Christofle Guarantor, $100,000 - $149,999 Chubb Group of Insurance Companies ConocoPhillips Enterprise Product Partners L.P. Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Chevron * Gittings Houston Methodist Hospital * Houston Public Media – Classical 91.7 FM; * Houston First * Houston Chronicle News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS JPMorgan Chase Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and KPMG LLP Janice McNair Foundation Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center * PaperCity Memorial Hermann Health Center * United Airlines McGuireWoods, LLP Norton Rose Fulbright Underwriter, $50,000 - $99,999 Northern Trust * Baker Botts L.L.P. Rand Group, LLC * BB&T Regions Bank Cameron International Corporation * Silver Circle Audio Cameron Management * Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods ExxonMobil Vinson & Elkins LLP Wells Fargo Frost Bank

GDF SUEZ Energy North America Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * Jackson and Company Kalsi Engineering Marathon Oil Corporation * Neiman Marcus Rose Hill Meadows Corporation Shell Oil Company * TODD Events

Partner, $15,000 - $24,999 Amegy Bank of Texas Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Avalon Advisors, LLC Bank of Houston Bank of Texas CenterPoint Energy East West Bank Ernst & Young LLP Gorman’s Uniform Service Halliburton H-E-B

Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation Marine Foods Express, LTD. * Perkins+Will Salient Partners SPIR STAR, Ltd. USI Insurance Services LLC Supporter, $10,000 - $14,999 * Agua Hispanic Marketing * Crown Castle International Corp.

Emerson Process Management Enbridge Energy Company Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center Nordstrom Schlumberger, Ltd. Star Furniture * VRTC Benefactor, $5,000 - $9,999 Beck Redden LLP Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Spectra Energy Swift Energy Company Gifts below $4,999 Air Liquide American Corporation Boulware & Valoir Intertek La Esperanza Oil & Gas, LLC / La Esperanza Christian Foundation Louis Vuitton Martha Turner Properties SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company Williams Companies, Inc. Wolff & Associates, Inc. * Includes in-kind support

Corporate Matching Gifts As of April 1, 2014 Aetna Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation

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

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM

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

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

IN KIND DONORS As of April 1, 2014 A Fare Extraordinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Culinaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions

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Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael The Events Company Festari Foster Quan LLP Gucci Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P.

John Wright/Textprint Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin Pro/Sound Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery

Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title The Events Company Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewlery & Antiques Versace Village Greenery Yahama

Vintage Virtuoso Every year, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods invites members of the wine and liquor industry to come together for an event to benefit the Houston Symphony’s education programs. The event has grown from dozens of people to dozens of companies coming together to support the Symphony with representatives bringing products for all to taste and share. This year’s event on November 13, 2013, provided the Houston Symphony with $265,000 in support.

The Houston Symphony and Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods thank all of the donors to this event.

Gold Bacardi USA Brown Forman Creative Distributors Diageo Freixenet USA Jim Beam Pernod Ricard The Wine Group

Silver E&J Gallo Winery Proximo Spirits Winemaker Zonin USA Bronze Anheuser-Busch Banfi Vintners Bank of America Merrill Lynch Colección Internacional del Vino Constellation Brands

International Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits Kobrand Corporation Palm Bay International Patron Spirits Serendipity Wines Silver Eagle Distributors St Michelle Wine Estates Tito’s Handmade Vodka Trinchero Wine & Spirits

Underwriters E&J Gallo Freixenet USA Harco Insurance Services Pearl Vodka Pernod Ricard Terlato Family Vineyards

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. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society—and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below.

If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at (713) 337-8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org.

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Daniel B. Barnum Janice H. Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Drs. Susan & Dennis Carlyle Sylvia J. Carroll Janet F. Clark William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong

Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Randolph Lee Groninger Mrs. Gloria Herman 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 Ms. Nancey G. Lobb E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Mr. & Mrs. 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 John & Leslie Niemand Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson 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 Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard 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 Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Jo Dee Wright Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (9) As of April 1, 2014 sDeceased

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

Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder 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 Mr. Howard Pieper 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

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BACKSTAGE PASS—RETIREMENT SALUTE

(L to R) Paula Page, Christoph Eschenbach, Sue and Michael Steinberg at Davies Concert Hall following a performance of Wagner’s Die Walkure with the San Francisco Symphony

Thomas Molloy, viola

Paula Page, harp

Birthplace: New York City

Birthplace: Odessa, TX

Education: I never earned a degree, but I spent three years at the Mannes College of Music in New York, studying with the renowned violist Paul Doktor.

Education: Cleveland Institute of Music, BM, Harp Performance

Joined the Houston Symphony: September 1964 Earliest musical memory: Hearing my father play the piano and sing. Also, we had records and a radio in our house, so I really grew up amid music.

In the family: My father played the piano and sang (not professionally); my mother was an amateur violinist. My brother is a professional pianist who studied at Juilliard.

Musical beginnings: I began playing the violin when I was 8. At age 12, I switched to viola. For a while, I toyed with idea of a medical career, but I simply wasn’t really motivated. Music was the one thing that came naturally and easily to me.

Definitive musical moment: One of my most notable moments would be the performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony in Vienna on December 7, 1992, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

Looking ahead: I’m looking forward to Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with Christoph Eschenbach (my last concerts!).

Best thing about being a musician: I really enjoy getting to work with fine conductors and soloists and, of course, with my colleagues, whom I will miss dearly once I retire.

Current listening: I am studying the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn; there are 106 of them!

Away from the hall: When I’m not rehearsing or performing, I often find myself at home, relaxing, practicing or reading. I have a large book collection.

Retirement plans: I am going to be putting in a good amount of time reading, delving more into my book collection and listening to my music.

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Earliest musical memory: Standing in the pew while my father led singing in the church.

Beginnings: I grew up surrounded by music, playing piano at age 8 and singing since I can remember. I started playing harp when I was 15—rather late to begin the harp. I went to public school in Pennsylvania. The music department at the school I attended had a harp and offered lessons free of charge as part of the program. At a school assembly, I heard the harp teacher play a demonstration. When she played a glissando, I instantly fell in love with it. I convinced my parents to let me take lessons. I’ve been playing ever since.

Legacy: Interesting to note, my harp teacher was the former principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Edna Phillips. Several students took advantage of this exact program and are now leading performers in the country, including the principal harpists of the Dallas and Boston Symphonies!

Perfect instrument: I purchased my harp from an elderly lady in Pittsburgh. She was a hoarder, so we had to make a path to the back of the house where the harp was! It is an original Salezdo model that was built in the 1940s, and it still has scratch marks going up and down the soundboard where her cats had climbed to the top of the harp. It was out of tune and missing strings, but I decided to take a chance and have always loved playing it because of its big, warm sound.

Instrument difficulties: Until the age of 50, I did not need glasses. I have found that adjusting to them is my biggest challenge. It is difficult to adjust to seeing the strings, music, conductor and instrument all clearly!

Retirement plans: In addition to continuing my teaching at Rice University, the University of Houston and Sam Houston State University, I’m looking forward to spending more time with my grandchildren. Also, I will pursue some of my hobbies. I have many different and diverse interests!

Paula Page is sponsored by Dr. Alex Dell and Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber.