InTune — The Houston Symphony Magazine — February 2017

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HELLO LETTER TO PATRONS

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Welcome to your Houston Symphony! This month, we are excited to once again Celebrate Asia in our annual community concert held at Houston Baptist University on February 11. Conductor Mei-Ann Chen returns to Houston for this special concert showcasing the diversity of Houston’s vibrant Asian-American community. Hailing from the Inner Mongolia region of Northwest China, violinist Angelo Xiang Yu plays Ravel’s Tzigane and the famous Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. With music from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, this concert will leave you humming treasured folk songs from all over Asia.

Next month, Andrés and the orchestra, along with a superb cast, will explore the timeless themes of Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio. What is freedom? What is love? And how far will you go to fight for both? These concert performances will be semi-staged complete with an unconventional stage set up, lighting and projections, all under the creative eye of Houston-based director Tara Faircloth.

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And the innovative, engaging and fun programming continues next season, with plenty of entertainment for fans of Classical, POPS, and Family concerts. For details about our recently announced 2017–18 season, please visit houstonsymphony.org/2017-2018.

Of particular note is our Bernstein at 100 celebration. Beloved American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein would have turned 100 this year, and Andrés and the orchestra look forward to honoring his musical legacy with performances that include his masterful Serenade for Violin and Orchestra (with virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn) and his Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety (with guest pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet).

We will also extend a warm Houston Symphony welcome to our next Composer-inResidence, Jimmy López. The Houston Symphony most recently performed his work América Salvaje in September 2016. Jimmy will compose a new violin concerto, inspired by the Northern Lights, for emerging Spanish violinist Leticia Moreno in September 2017. Following in the footsteps of current Composer-in-Residence Gabriela Lena Frank, Jimmy will be present in Houston for several periods of residency throughout the season to work with students, interact with donors and engage the community. Join us in May to say thank you to Gabriela as her tenure concludes with the exciting world premiere of a major work. Gabriela’s new Requiem is a multicultural composition that interweaves traditional Latin and Meso-American texts with new passages by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz.

Last but certainly not least, we extend our sincere appreciation to the 700 donors who contributed more than $297,000 to make our end-of-year Music to Your Ears campaign a rousing success. Very special thanks go to Houston Symphony Governing Director Jerry Simon and his wife, Lisa, who generously provided bonus gifts of $250 for every gift of $250. The loyal and enthusiastic support of donors keeps the Houston Symphony on track to achieve our vision of becoming America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra by 2025. Thank you, and enjoy today’s performance!

Steven P. Mach President

Mark C. Hanson Excecutive Director/ CEO

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Features

Letter to Patrons ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 1 John Adams Celebration ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 Students Create Artwork for Haydn’s The Creation . . . . . . . 18 Meet Annie Chen, second violin ��������������������������������������������������������������57

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John Adams at 70: Turning the tide of contemporary music aesthetics

Events

2017 Houston Symphony Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Andrés’ Debut at HBU, October 2016 �������������������������������������������������� 15 Upcoming Broadcasts on Houston Public Media ������������������������25

Your Houston Symphony

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director �����������������������������������������������6 Staff Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Orchestra Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Haydn’s The Creation through the artwork of Houston students

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Leadership Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New Century Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vision 2025 Implementation Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Board of Directors ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������43 Houston Symphony Endowment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Sustainability Fund ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������45 Legacy Society and In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Education and Community Engagement Donors . . . . . . . . 47 Houston Symphony Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Vintage Virtuoso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Corporate, Foundation and Government Partners ���������������������54

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Houstonian Tim McAllister performs John Adams’ Saxophone Concerto

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ANDRÉS ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA

M U S I C D I R E C T O R

Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his tenure in the 2014–15 season.

He immediately established a dynamic presence on the podium and a deep bond with the musicians of the orchestra. Andrés carefully curates his programs to feature engaging combinations of classical masterworks paired with the music of today, significant artistic collaborations with composers and guest artists, and innovative use of multimedia and visual effects, all in order to make meaningful connections with the audience.

In the 2016–17 season, Andrés continues to engage with audiences both with casual commentary from the stage and discussions with guests in “Behind the Scenes with Andrés” videos. On the recording front, Andrés and the Symphony will release the third disc in their critically acclaimed Dvořák Symphony series.

Additional projects with Dutch recording label Pentatone are recordings of the Music of the Americas, which will include Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Revueltas’ Sensemayá; Rachmaninoff’s complete orchestral piano works with Denis Kozhukhin; and Haydn’s The Creation.

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

Recent debuts have included the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic in New York. In the summer of 2014, he also made his debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducting Don Giovanni, which immediately led to an invitation to conduct La traviata in 2017. The 2016–17 season includes debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

In addition to his post in Houston, Andrés is chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Finance/Administration/IT/HR Lucy Alejandro , Accountant I Heather Fails , Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque , Manager, Patron Database Mateo Lopez , Finance/HR Associate Kay Middleton , Receptionist Maria Ross , Payroll Manager Brian Powell , Senior IT Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge , Network Systems Engineer Christian Swearingen, Accounts Payable Analyst Joann Tamayo , Human Resources Generalist Brandon VanWaeyenberghe , Director, Business Analytics Marketing/Communications Vanessa Astros-Young , Senior Director, Communications Kristen Bennett , PR Coordinator Jeffrey Block , Associate Director of Marketing Lorena Cozzari , Publicist Leonard DiFranza , Digital Marketing and Design Assistant Calvin Dotsey, Digital Marketing Coordinator Elizabeth Faulkinberry, Front of House Coordinator Bryan Glass , Patron Services Coordinator James Grant , Graphic Designer Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez , Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Keith Nickerson , Managing Editor, Publications Melanie O'Neill , Publications Designer Sarah Rendón , Assistant Manager, Patron Services Vanessa Rivera , Digital Strategist Katie Sejba , Senior Director, Marketing & Sales Linsey Whitehead , Marketing Manager Jenny Zuniga , Director, Patron Services Operations/Artistic Shana Bey , Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Becky Brown , Director, Operations Anna Diemer , Chorus Manager/Artistic Coordinator Michael Gorman , Orchestra Personnel Manager Hae-a Lee, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lauren Moore , Operations Assistant Kelly Morgan , Stage Manager Lesley Sabol , Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Roxanna Tehrani , Artistic Assistant Meredith Williams , Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski , Artistic Administrator InTUNE — February 2017 | 7

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

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

SECOND VIOLIN Rebecca Reale, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh** Mihaela Frusina Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Lisa Ji Eun Kim Tina Zhang Amy Teare** Evgenia Zharzhavskaya* Jenna Barghouti* Jordan Koransky*

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

Community-Embedded Musicians David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin Anthony Parce, viola Hellen Weberpal, cello 8 | Houston Symphony

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Jesse Clevenger*, Assistant Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Caroline Schafer TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal

ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz

VIOLA Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Jarita Ng Phyllis Herdliska CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James R. Denton** Louis-Marie Fardet Yewon Ahn*

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

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

TIMPANI Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss

E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand

HARP Megan Conley, Principal

BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair

KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal

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

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THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY CELEBRATES BERNSTEIN AT 100 In 2018, we reflect on the incredible achievements of American icon Leonard Bernstein. He pioneered music that echoes through generations, and his many contributions to the orchestral, choral, opera, dance, and chamber music repertoire have been championed by fans from around the globe.

RAVEL’S DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ FEBRUARY 2, 3 & 4, 2018 HILARY HAHN CELEBRATES BERNSTEIN FEBRUARY 23, 24 & 25, 2018 BERNSTEIN & STRAVINSKY MARCH 29, 30 & 31, 2018

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New CenturyforSArtistic ociety 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.

Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

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

Baker Botts L.L.P. Beauchamp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III / WoodRock & Co. Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Barbara & Pat McCelvey Dignity Memorial Funeral Homes and Cemetaries of the Greater Houston Area Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Wells Fargo

For more information or to pledge your support for New Century Society, please contact: Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540 David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525

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

Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Justice Brett & Erin Busby Janet F. Clark Billy & Christie McCartney The Estate of Terence Murphree Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel & Craig Fox Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark C. Hanson

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

For more information or to pledge your support for Leadership Council, please contact: David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526

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EARLY ADOPTERS Vision 2025 Implementation Fund

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

Vision 2025 was kick-started by early adopters in 2015. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following Early Adopters for their initial investments in support of our ambitious vision.

Vision 2025 Implementation Fund The Vision 2025 Implementation Fund will catalyze the transformative growth outlined within Vision 2025. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following supporters of the Vision 2025 Implementation Fund.

OPERATING SUPPORT

Rochelle & Max Levit Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Barbara J. Burger C. Howard Pieper Foundation The Brown Foundation, Inc. Janet F. Clark Joella & Steven P. Mach Clive Runnells, in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Beauchamp Foundation Mr. John Neighbors LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Lisa & Jerry Simon BBVA Compass Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. & Mrs Alexander K. McLanahan The Boeing Company Justice Brett & Erin Busby Ellen A. Yarrell, in memory of Virginia S. Anderson and in honor of Cora Sue Mach Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann

Evan B. Glick Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christina & Mark C. Hanson Debbie & Frank G. Jones Dr. Stewart Morris Tad & Suzanne Smith Vicki West & Mrs. William Estrada Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. & Mrs. Pat McCelvey Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Shirley Wolff Toomin Daisy S. Wong / J. Corp PLANNED AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS

EARLY ADOPTERS

Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow The Brown Foundation, Inc. Cora Sue & Harry Mach Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Rochelle & Max Levit Steven & Nancy Williams Robin Angly & Miles Smith Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Bobby & Phoebe Tudor

Baker Botts L.L.P. Nancy & Robert Peiser Barbara & Pat McCelvey The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners, Ltd. John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Charitable wFoundation / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Danielle & Josh Batchelor BBVA Compass Dave & Alie Pruner

Robin Angly James Barton Michael J. Shawiak C. Howard Pieper Foundation Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson For more information or to pledge your support for Vision 2025, please contact: Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540 David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525

Vision 2025 Implementation Fund

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The Houston Symphony’s Vision 2025 Implementation Fund supporters enable the orchestra to create innovative Education and Community Programming.

One example is their support for the Community-Embedded Musicians, who were instrumental in connecting with the Sims family soon after they lost all of their belongings in a fire and fostering a partnership with Music Doing Good, a nonprofit arts organization committed to “creating a world where we all live in concert.” Thanks to this partnership, sisters and Suzuki violin students Azania and Hadas’sah Sims were presented new violins at the Symphony’s December 3 concert by Music Doing Good President and Founder Marie Taylor Bosarge and Kenneth Gayle, Program Director of Music Doing Good with Instruments. Marie also serves as a Houston Symphony Governing Director and is a member of the New Century Society.

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HONOREES

Make plans to join us for the annual Houston Symphony Ball. This year, we will honor several of the Houston Symphony family’s most generous donors and will feature two shows by the energetic Las Vegas showman Frankie Moreno and his band. Our silent auction will be filled with one-of-a-kind packages and experiences. All proceeds will benefit the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programming,

Ima Hogg Award for Philanthropy Jane & Robert Cizik

Special Honoree Richard Flowers/The Events Company

Mike Stude Award for Enduring Artistic Vision Janice H. Barrow, Barbara & Pat McCelvey and family

Maurice Hirsch Corporate Citizenship Award Vinson & Elkins, LLP

Raphael Fliegel Award for Visionary Leadership Awarded jointly to Barbara J. Burger and Muffy & Mike McLanahan

The Stewart Orton Golden Baton Award in Recognition of Extraordinary Volunteer Service Margaret Alkek Williams

TABLES FOR 14: $100,000 TABLES FOR 12: $75,000 TABLES FOR 10: $50,000; $25,000 and $15,000 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $6,250; $2,500 and $1,500 YOUNG ASSOCIATE COUNCIL TICKETS: $750 LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $750 TICKETS FOR A HOUSTON SYMPHONY MUSICIAN AND GUEST: $1,500 For more information, please contact: Houston Symphony Special Events specialevents@houstonsymphony.org 713.337.8585

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NEWS & EVENTS Andrés’ Debut AT

Photos courtesy Michael Tims / Houston Baptist University

Marking a venue debut, Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada led the Houston Symphony in a concert at the Joella & Stewart Morris Cultural Arts Center at Houston Baptist University on October 21, 2016. A capacity audience of longtime Symphony patrons, newcomers and members of the HBU community enjoyed a thrilling program featuring the overture of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, as well as his Symphony No. 5. The audience especially enjoyed guest violinist Paul Huang, a young, charismatic and very expressive musician who joined the orchestra for Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 and several pieces by Fritz Kreisler.

The Houston Symphony is committed to being deeply relevant to the city we call home. Performing at venues throughout our community is a crucial part of achieving this organizational goal, and we hope to frequently return to HBU’s beautiful facility.

Generous support for Andrés’ conducting debut at HBU was provided by Stewart Morris, for whom the cultural arts center is named along with his late wife, Joella. Thanks also to HBU president and Symphony trustee Dr. Robert Sloan for facilitating the valuable partnership between our institutions. Also in attendance were Archie and Linda Dunham, for whom the performance hall is named, and Houston Symphony Governing Director Jim Smith and Sherry Smith.

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CELEBRATION Composer, conductor and creative thinker John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. Over the past 30 years, John’s music has played a decisive role in turning the tide of contemporary musical aesthetics away from academic modernism and toward a more expansive, expressive language, entirely characteristic of his New World surroundings.

John Adams turns 70 this month, and his music will be heard this year throughout the United States and Europe. Orchestras and opera companies in London, Berlin, New York, St. Louis, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and San Francisco will focus on his work and tour it internationally. In December, he will conduct his oratorio El NiĂąo with the London Symphony Orchestra in London and Paris, and later lead a complete concert performance and recording for Nonesuch Records of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic, at the Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony.

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symphony” for violin and orchestra, written for the American orn and raised in New England, John learned the clarinet violinist Leila Josefowicz; Absolute Jest, for string quartet and from his father and played in marching bands and orchestra; and Second Quartet, composed for the St. Lawrence community orchestras during his formative years. He String Quartet. began composing at age 10 and heard his first orchestral pieces performed while still a teenager. The intellectual and artistic John Adams is also a much sought-after conductor, appearing with traditions of New England, including his studies at Harvard the world’s major orchestras in programs combining his own works University and attendance at Boston Symphony Orchestra with a wide variety of repertoire ranging from Beethoven and concerts, helped shape him as an artist and thinker. After earning Mozart to Ives, Stravinsky, Carter, Zappa, Glass and Ellington. two degrees from Harvard, he Through his conducting and moved to Northern California commissioning of new works, John in 1971 and has since lived in has become a significant mentor of the San Francisco Bay area. the younger generation of American The Houston Symphony’s celebration of For the past six years, John has composers. The Pacific Harmony John Adams’ 70th birthday continues this been creative chair of the Los Foundation, created with his wife, Angeles Philharmonic. For the month with a performance of his Saxophone photographer Deborah O’Grady, supports 2016-17 season, he also serves as Concerto from the virtuoso who inspired it, commissions and performances of new composer-in-residence with the native Houstonian Timothy McAllister. works and musical education initiatives Berlin Philharmonic. throughout the country. His educational To read more about the program, which also John taught at the San Francisco activities reach from the local (the John includes Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Conservatory of Music for 10 Adams Young Composers Program in his Exhibition, please turn to page 38. years before becoming composerhometown of Berkeley, California) to the Hans Graf returns to conduct the Houston in-residence of the San Francisco international (directing the Juilliard and Symphony (1982-85) and creator Symphony in these special performances on Royal Academy of Music orchestras at of the orchestra’s highly successful Avery Fisher Hall and the BBC Proms).

February 23, 25 and 26. and controversial “New and Both Harvard and Yale universities Unusual Music” series. Many of have conferred honorary doctorates on his landmark orchestral works him, as have Northwestern University, were written for and premiered by The Juilliard School and Cambridge the San Francisco Symphony, including Harmonium (1981), Grand University.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger honored Pianola Music (1982), Harmonielehre (1985), My Father Knew him with the Governor’s Award for his distinguished service to Charles Ives (2003) and Absolute Jest (2012). the arts in his adopted home state. His Violin Concerto won the In 1985, John began a collaboration with the poet Alice 1993 Grawemeyer Award, and On the Transmigration of Souls, Goodman and stage director Peter Sellars that resulted in two commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to commemorate the groundbreaking operas: Nixon in China (1987) and The Death of first anniversary of 9/11, received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Klinghoffer (1991). Produced worldwide, these works are among the A highly esteemed and provocative writer, John is a frequent most performed operas of the last two decades. Five further stage contributor to the New York Times Book Review and has written collaborations with Sellars followed: the 1995 “songplay” I Was for The New Yorker and The London Times. Hallelujah Junction, his Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, with a libretto by much praised volume of memoirs and commentary on American June Jordan; El Niño (2000), a multilingual retelling of the nativity musical life, won the Northern California Book Award for Creative story; Doctor Atomic (2005), about J. Robert Oppenheimer and Nonfiction and was named one of the “most notable books of the the creation of the first atomic bomb; A Flowering Tree, inspired year” by The New York Times.

by Mozart’s Magic Flute and premiered in Vienna in 2006, and the Passion oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary (2012).

Visit John Adams’ official website at earbox.com.

Girls of the Golden West, John’s newest opera about the California Gold Rush, will premiere in November 2017 at the San Francisco Opera. His other recent works include Scheherazade.2, a “dramatic InTUNE — February 2017 | 17

The Creation H A Y D N ’ S

ANDRÉS INVITES LOCAL STUDENTS TO CREATE ARTWORK

By Emily Nelson, Education & Community Programming Manager “Every time I conduct this piece, it makes me feel full of wonder. I would like to invite all of you to experience this piece with a fresh perspective—with new ears and eyes.” These were the words of Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada as he took the podium to conduct the Houston Symphony in Josef Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (The Creation).

Andrés invited this fresh perspective with more than words. In the weeks leading up to the concert, he recruited students from Crespo Elementary School, Pasadena Memorial High School and J. Frank Dobie High School to create art inspired by the story of the creation of the world. Students studied the text of The Creation and drew inspiration from the same language Haydn was compelled to set to music. Throughout the Houston Symphony performances of The Creation, the audience saw this artwork on the screens along with the text sung by the Houston Symphony Chorus.

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For some patrons, like audience member Helen Shaffer, the student artwork made it easy to experience Haydn’s centuries-old masterpiece in a new way: “The whole concert was amazing, such a meaningful experience. We were just actively engaged the entire time. It was ingenious to look through a young person’s eyes to have this different concert experience. The artwork and music propelled each other.”

It is a bold and innovative approach for a professional orchestra to involve children’s artwork in a classical subscription concert.

Seeing creative impressions from young artists is engaging not just for the young people in the audience, but also for the children-atheart. As Andrés expressed, there was “a feeling of innocence and a spirit of curiosity in this beautiful artwork from students.” It aided audience members in hearing the youthful wonder in The Creation by listening through the eyes of a child.

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1. Houston Symphony Assistant Conductor & Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero inspires Lovely Hernandez (age 11), a Crespo Elementary art student, to find her own meaning within the text of Haydn’s The Creation.

2. Artwork from Crespo Elementary, Dobie High School and Pasadena Memorial High School was displayed on the screens during the Houston Symphony concert.

All schools are Houston Symphony partnering organizations, and the Crespo Elementary student participation is a part of the Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary presented by BBVA Compass.

3. Student artwork was also displayed in the Jones Hall lobby throughout the concert weekend.

4. Crespo Elementary student Leah Macias (age 10) attends the Houston Symphony to see Haydn’s The Creation concert with her family and is excited to visit her artwork on display during intermission.

5. Painting by Alma Davalos, age 10, Crespo Elementary 6. Painting by Samuel Lopez, age 11, Crespo Elementary Title Page Artist: Belen Cruz, Dobie High School

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WEST SIDE STORY Thursday Friday

February 2, 2017 February 3, 2017

8pm 8pm

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor *Robin Kesselman, double bass *Houston Symphony solo debut

Revueltas Koussevitzky

Sensemayá

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Did you know?

Bass Concerto in F-sharp minor, Opus 3 I Allegro II Andante III Allegro

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• Mexican composer and violinist Silvestre Revueltas studied at St. Edward’s College (now St. Edward’s University) in Austin from 1916 to 1918.

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Piazzolla Bernstein/ S. Ramin-I. Kostal

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Tangazo

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Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Prologue: Allegro moderato— Somewhere: Adagio— Scherzo: Vivace e leggiero— Mambo: Meno Presto— Cha Cha: Andantino con grazia Meeting Scene: Meno mosso, sempre rubato— Cool: Swing— Rumble: Molto allegro— Finale: Adagio

• The music in the second movement of Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, set to war-like words from Psalm 2, is based on a Jets’ warsong titled “Mix” that was rejected from West Side Story.

West Side Story | Program Biography

Program BIOGRAPHY

FROST BANK GOLD CLASSICS

These performances are generously supported in part by: Guarantor Mr. John N. Neighbors

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

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

Enhancements to the Jones Hall recording suite are generously provided by Silver Circle Audio.

This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and streaming online at houstonpublicmedia.org.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor

Please see Andrés Orozco-Estrada's biography on page 6.

Robin Kesselman | double bass Robin Kesselman, Principal Bass of the Houston Symphony, was appointed by Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada in December 2014. He has performed as guest principal bass with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; travelled internationally with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and appeared with the National, Atlanta and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.

Outside of the orchestra, Robin frequently performs as a soloist and chamber musician and conducts masterclasses around the country and abroad. In addition to stepping to the front of the stage in these concerts to present the Koussevitzky Bass Concerto, he has been featured as a soloist at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall as a part of the Curtis Chamber Orchestra’s residency performing the Duo Concertante with composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Summers find Robin attending leading festivals, including the Pacific, Sarasota and Aspen Music Festivals. He was a prizewinning fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. He also served as guest faculty for the summer residency of the Colombian Youth Philharmonic.

A native of Wheaton, Illinois, Robin grew up in a musical family. His parents are choral directors, and his sister is a soprano. He began his undergraduate studies at the Colburn School before completing his bachelor of music degree at the University of Southern California in 2012. Two years later, he received his artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. His primary teachers include David Allen Moore, Harold Robinson, Edgar Meyer, Paul Ellison, Chris Hanulik and Virginia Dixon.

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Program NOTES Sensemayá

Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Silvestre Revueltas belonged to a group of Latin American composers who, like Aaron Copland in the United States, strove to break free of European models. The composer Virgil Thomson, a contemporary, described Revueltas’ attitude as “independent, always rebelling against authority, disrespectful of the establishment, and deeply committed to the popular traditions of his native land.”

That unbridled spirit practically bursts from Sensemayá. It’s based on Sensemayá: Chant to Kill a Snake, by Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén.

Rooted in Afro-Cuban rituals, Guillen’s short poem is as taut and pithy as an incantation, and so is Revueltas’ music.

A handful of percussion and woodwinds launch a chugging rhythm that becomes relentless. Solo instruments ring out like excited participants in a ritual, and the strings add a staccato chatter. The commotion builds until the stomping pulsation suddenly stops and the orchestra unleashes a volley of crashes and cries. Then, the chanting resumes, churning up an explosive finish.

Manuel de Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat offers Houston Symphony audiences another helping of zesty Latin music in April.

The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, piano and strings

Bass Concerto in F-sharp minor, Opus 3 Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)

As conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949, Serge Koussevitzky led the group to the top tier of U.S. orchestras, and he spearheaded the creation of its Tanglewood summer festival. But before he picked up the baton, Koussevitzky played the double bass.

Born in a small town in eastern Russia, he won a scholarship to the Moscow Conservatory at age 14, and the Bolshoi Theater’s orchestra hired him when he was 20. For solo appearances, he composed his own showpieces, including this concerto—a work that has iconic status among bass players, says Robin Kesselman, the Houston Symphony’s Principal Bass.

“The Koussevitzky Concerto is one of our theme songs or national anthems,” says Robin, this weekend’s soloist. “Its lyrical lines and hyper-expressive drama are unlike most of the music bass players get to play. It never apologizes for wearing its heart on its sleeve from beginning to end.”

The orchestra opens the concerto by flinging out a bold, rugged theme whose urgency harks back to Tchaikovsky. The solo bass enters with a flourish, and it turns the orchestra’s initial outcry into the surging melody that drives most of the concerto. With the orchestra mainly in a supporting role, the music’s passions spur the bass into flights of agility that many listeners might not suspect are within its reach.

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The bass sings out the peaceful melody that sets the tone for the slow movement. The music takes on a lilt as the solo part grows florid, and the orchestra’s warmth enhances the movement’s lyricism. Then the orchestra reprises the concerto’s initial outcry, launching the finale. The bass sweeps back into the work’s ardent main theme, and even though the solo part leads in new directions— as in a hushed passage accompanied by plucked strings—the bass’ fire and virtuosity propel the concerto toward its close.

“I hope listeners will come away with a greater appreciation and understanding of the range of the instrument,” Robin says.

“Typically as bass players (within the orchestra), we drive rhythmic and harmonic motion from underneath. I love playing these roles on a weekly basis. However, the double bass also has a tremendous ability for lyrically expressive and soloistic playing,” and Robin relishes the chance to display that. “It is incredibly rare for a bass player to get to perform in front of one of our country’s great symphony orchestras. Collaborating with my colleagues of the Houston Symphony as a soloist is an opportunity I never dreamed of having.”

Another leading Houston Symphony member, Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith, will solo in April, playing Mario CastelnuovoTedesco’s Cello Concerto.

The Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, harp and strings

Tangazo

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Astor Piazzolla discovered his musical loves as a youngster.

When he was 8, his father gave him a bandoneon (a cousin of the accordion that’s almost synonymous with the Argentine tango). A few years later, studying with a classical pianist, Piazzolla fell under the spell of J.S. Bach.

The result was a blend of classical-music technique and tango soulfulness, which Piazzolla dubbed nuevo tango. Tangazo showcases its richness. The cellos and double basses intone a broad, dark-hued melody, and the rest of the strings gradually join in—a brooding echo of Bach’s counterpoint. Suddenly, a few wind instruments interrupt. The oboe launches a buoyant dance, and the rest of the orchestra follows, with Latin percussion adding zest.

Lyricism returns, and it gains urgency from an undercurrent of the classic tango rhythm and a new melody sung out by the French horn. The pace picks up again and Tangazo takes on a swagger, then ends in a wisp, like a dancer slipping offstage.

The Houston Symphony will again salute Latin America in May, when it premieres Gabriela Lena Frank’s Requiem.

The Instruments: 2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, percussion, piano and strings

West Side Story | Program Notes

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

West Side Story’s electrifying score and powerful, contemporary drama made the show a milestone in musical theater history.

It was also a hit. After this transformation of Romeo and Juliet premiered in 1957, it ran nearly two years on Broadway, toured the United States, then returned to the Great White Way. The London staging ran more than two years, and a Hollywood adaptation filmed in 1960 went on to win 10 Academy Awards.

The orchestral suite, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, ranks among composer Leonard Bernstein’s most-performed works. It dates back to 1960, when the show was still a hot property. To help create it, Bernstein tapped the musicians who orchestrated the Broadway and movie versions: Sid Ramin, who also wrote the television ditty, “Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!”; and Irwin Kostal, who later orchestrated Mary Poppins and the film of The Sound of Music. By focusing on West Side Story’s dances, the team capitalized on the way those buoyant, propulsive sequences crystallized the story’s romance and violence. But a quandary arose. After weaving together all the dance music, the team had no ending. A longtime Bernstein assistant, Jack Gottlieb, found a solution. They drew on the heroine Maria’s idealistic song, “I Have a Love.” The result is a suite that encapsulates the show’s youthfulness, ardor and impact without needing words.

“Prologue” describes the rising tensions between the Jets and the Sharks, the New York City gangs that parallel Romeo and Juliet’s Montagues and Capulets. In “Somewhere,” the strings sing out one of the show’s most idyllic melodies—part of a vision of a place free from hate. A ballet sequence that also brings the airy music of the Scherzo continues the hopeful picture. The flashy “Mambo,” part of the vein of zesty Latin music running through the show, comes from a dance-off between the two gangs at a party.

“Cha-Cha” turns the melody of the love song “Maria” into a graceful dance for flutes. “Meeting Scene” comes from the music accompanying the first encounter of the soon-to-be sweethearts, Tony and Maria. In “Cool,” the lean, dynamic counterpoint symbolizes the Jets’ eagerness to confront the Sharks. The fight breaks out in the explosive “Rumble.” And in “Finale,” Maria’s “I Have a Love” drives home the tragic contrast between hope and bloody reality.

The Instruments: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, alto saxophone, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta) and strings —Steven Brown

February Fun with the Houston Symphony on Houston Public Media This month’s broadcasts play with favorite pieces and guest artists!

For Valentine’s week, hear a romantic Tchaikovsky-filled program from 2014, which includes his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Dipping into the archives, we bring you Holst’s The Planets from a 2006 concert led by former Music Director Hans Graf, who returns to Jones Hall to conduct this month. Relive Daniil Trifonov’s Houston Symphony debut from 2014 when he performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. February begins with the recently recorded all-Mozart program featuring master pianist-conductor Jeffrey Kahane.

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February 5 News 88.7 February 8 Classical

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor & piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21

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April 10, 12 and 13 2014

February 19 News 88.7 February 22 Classical RECORDED:

May 5–7, 2006

February 26 News 88.7 March 1 Classical RECORDED:

Hans Graf, conductor Johannes Moser, cello Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso for Cello & Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello & Orchestra Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3

Hans Graf, conductor Timothy Pitts, double bass Women of the Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Estacio: Solaris Harbison: Concerto for Bass Viol & Orchestra Holst: The Planets

James Gaffigan, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Picker: Old and Lost Rivers Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

February 28 – March 2, 2014

The conductor’s score for this work was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Chaoul, in memory of Marko Chaoul and Fritz Reich.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

YO-YO MA Saturday

February 4, 2017

7:30pm

Jones Hall

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Gershwin Dvo˘rák

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An American in Paris

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Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104 I Allegro II Adagio, ma non troppo III Finale: Allegro moderato

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• Yo-Yo Ma has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006.

Yo-Yo Ma | Program Biography

Program BIOGRAPHY This performance is generously supported in part by: Guarantor Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Underwriter

Gary & Marian Beauchamp Lisa & Jerry Simon

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

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

Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor Please see Andrés Orozco-Estrada's biography on page 6.

Yo-Yo Ma | cello Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music or exploring cultures and musical forms outside the Western classical tradition, he strives to find connections that stimulate the imagination.

Yo-Yo Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world and his recital and chamber music activities. He draws inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators, creating programs with such artists as Emanuel Ax, Daniel Barenboim, Kayhan Kalhor, Ton Koopman, Yu Long, Edgar Meyer, Mark Morris, Cristina Pato, Kathryn Stott, Chris Thile, Michael Tilson Thomas, Wu Man, Wu Tong and Damian Woetzel. Each of these collaborations is fueled by the artists’ interactions, often extending the boundaries of a particular genre. One of his goals is to explore music as a means of communication and as a vehicle for the migration of ideas across a range of cultures throughout the world. To that end, he has taken time to immerse himself in subjects as diverse as native Chinese music with its distinctive instruments and the music of Africa’s Kalahari bush people.

Expanding upon this interest, in 1998, Yo-Yo Ma established Silkroad, a nonprofit organization that seeks to create meaningful change at the intersections of the arts, education and business. Under his artistic direction, Silkroad presents performances by the acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble and develops new music, cultural partnerships, education programs and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Silkroad’s ongoing affiliation with Harvard University has made it possible to develop programs such as The Arts and Passion-Driven Learning institute for educators and teaching artists, held in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a new Cultural Entrepreneurship initiative in partnership with Harvard Business School. More than 80 new musical and multimedia works have been commissioned for the Silk Road Ensemble from composers and arrangers around the world. continued

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Program BIOGRAPHY , continued

Through his work with Silkroad, as throughout his career, Yo-Yo Ma seeks to expand the cello repertoire, frequently performing lesser known music of the 20th century and commissions of new concertos and recital pieces. He has premiered works by a diverse group of composers, among them Elliott Carter, Richard Danielpour, Osvaldo Golijov, Leon Kirchner, Zhao Lin, Christopher Rouse, Giovanni Sollima, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, John Williams and Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky.

As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant, he is partnering with Maestro Riccardo Muti to provide collaborative musical leadership and guidance on innovative program development for the Negaunee Music Institute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and for CSO artistic initiatives.

Yo-Yo Ma’s work focuses on the transformative power music can have in individuals’ lives, and on increasing the number and variety of opportunities audiences have to experience music in their communities. In March 2016, he was appointed artistic advisor at large to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of its expansive initiatives to honor the centenary of JFK’s birth and to encourage the idea of creative citizenship.

Yo-Yo Ma is strongly committed to educational programs that not only bring young audiences into contact with music, but also allow them to participate in its creation. While touring, he takes time whenever possible to conduct master classes as well as more informal programs for students—musicians and non-musicians alike. At the same time, he continues to develop new concert programs for family audiences, for instance helping to inaugurate the family series at Carnegie Hall. In each of these undertakings, he works to connect music to students’ daily surroundings and activities with the goal of making music and creativity a vital part of children’s lives from an early age. He has also reached young audiences through appearances on Arthur, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street.

Yo-Yo Ma’s discography of more than 100 albums (including 18 Grammy Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests. He has made several successful recordings that defy categorization, among them Appalachia Waltz and Appalachian Journey with Mark O’Connor and Edgar Meyer, and two Grammy-winning tributes to the music of Brazil, Obrigado Brazil and Obrigado Brazil–Live in Concert. His recent recordings include: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, with Meyer, Chris Thile and Stuart Duncan, which received the 2013 Grammy for Best Folk Album, and Songs from the Arc of Life with pianist Kathryn Stott. His most recent release, Sing Me Home, recorded with the Silk Road Ensemble, was released in April 2016 as the companion album to the documentary film The Music of Strangers. Created by Oscar-winning producer Morgan Neville, the film follows the Ensemble’s more than 50 musicians, composers, visual artists and storytellers as they explore the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution. Yo-Yo Ma remains one of the best-selling recording artists in the classical field.

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All of his recent albums have quickly entered the Billboard chart of classical best sellers, remaining in the Top 15 for extended periods, often with as many as four titles simultaneously on the list.

Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years.

Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at The Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the Glenn Gould Prize (1999), the National Medal of Arts (2001), the Dan David Prize (2006), the Léonie Sonning Music Prize (2006), the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award (2008), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010), the Polar Music Prize (2012) and the Vilcek Prize in Contemporary Music (2013). In 2011, he was recognized as a Kennedy Center Honoree.

Appointed a Culture Connect Ambassador by the United States Department of State in 2002, Yo-Yo Ma has met with, trained and mentored thousands of students worldwide in countries including Lithuania, Korea, Lebanon, Azerbaijan and China. He serves as a UN Messenger of Peace and as a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He has performed for eight American presidents, most recently at the invitation of President Obama on the occasion of the 56th Inaugural Ceremony.

Yo-Yo Ma and his wife have two children. He plays two instruments, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.

For additional information, see yo-yoma.com and silkroadproject.org.

OUR THANKS The Houston Symphony’s concert with Yo-Yo Ma recognizes charter donors to the Vision 2025 Implementation Fund, a board-designated fund that ensures the Symphony is positioned to realize the vision of its ten-year strategic plan: to be America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra in 2025.

Bobby and Phoebe Tudor, two of Houston’s leading philanthropists, are among the charter Implementation Fund donors. They are longtime members of the Houston Symphony family, and Bobby is Chairman of the Symphony’s Board of Trustees. In 2010, during his term as Board President, he worked with newly appointed Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson to create a five-year financial plan. Thanks to the successful completion of that plan in 2015, the organization has achieved a much stronger financial position. Thanks to Bobby and Phoebe’s advocacy and support of Vision 2025, the Symphony is wellplaced to be the orchestra the city of Houston deserves.

Yo-Yo Ma | Program Notes

Program NOTES An American in Paris

Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104

Musical titans came face-to-face in March 1928, when Maurice Ravel and George Gershwin met at a New York City soiree.

Gershwin regaled the partygoers with his music, and its infectious tunes and rhythms dazzled the French guest. The next month, Rice University brought Ravel to Houston for a concert and lecture.

In his remarks, he urged American composers to enrich classical music’s traditions with “the rich and diverting rhythms of your jazz, and … the sentiment and spirit characteristic of your popular melodies and songs.” As Ravel spoke, Gershwin was in Europe helping fulfill that wish by composing An American in Paris.

Antonín Dvořák spent decades thinking the cello had too little projection to play the solo role in a concerto. But he discovered otherwise during his three years heading a conservatory in New York. A cello concerto by his colleague Victor Herbert—best known for the operetta Babes in Toyland—revealed new possibilities.

When a cellist friend asked him to try writing a concerto, Dvořák agreed.

George Gershwin (1898–1937)

“My purpose here is to portray the impressions of an American visitor … as he strolls about the city, listens to the various street noise and absorbs the French atmosphere,” Gershwin said. Creating his tone-painting involved more than gathering impressions and molding tunes: Gershwin scoured Paris’ autoparts shops and bought taxicab horns whose quack-quack-quack could help conjure up the big-city din.

An American in Paris’ opening, complete with taxi horns, is as brisk and buoyant as the street life that might dazzle a trans-Atlantic visitor. “We see him sauntering down the Champs Elysees, walking stick in hand, tilted straw hat, drinking in the sights,” Gershwin said. Amid the bustle, the trombones pipe up with a lustier tune, and a solo clarinet’s chattering energy revs up the entire orchestra.

The music gradually calms. Maybe the sun is setting. The silky sounds recall Ravel’s diaphanous textures. Then a slow, bluesy trumpet solo changes the mood. “Our American friend, perhaps after strolling into a cafe and having a few drinks, has suddenly succumbed to a spasm of homesickness,” Gershwin said. The tune sounds even more soulful when it wells up from the strings. But Paris’ magic gradually asserts itself, and the music regains its joie de vivre. Our protagonist, Gershwin said, is remembering “that he is in the gay city of Paree, listening to the taxi-horns, the noise of the boulevard and the music of the can-can, and thinking, ‘Home is swell! But after all, this is Paris—so let’s go!’”

The Houston Symphony performs another cross-cultural showpiece, Frenchman Emanuel Chabrier’s España, in April.

The Instruments: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 saxophones, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta and strings

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

His concerto’s tunefulness and power have made it one of the cello’s most compelling works. It contains a mystery, though. In the slow movement, Dvořák quoted one of his songs: Leave Me Alone, a meditation on love’s delights and pains. A few months after completing the concerto—and right after the death of his sisterin-law, Josefina Kounicova—Dvořák inserted another passage based on the song in the finale. Decades ago, a biographer gave an explanation that has gained acceptance: As a young man, Dvořák was secretly smitten with Josefina. Composing the concerto, he honored the ailing woman by quoting the song, which was a favorite of hers, and her death moved him to enlarge the tribute. But the biographer didn’t say where he found that touching story, and no proof has emerged.

Regardless of how Dvořák’s personal life may fit in, there’s no doubt that powerful forces drive the concerto. First, the orchestra introduces compelling motifs, including a quiet but restless theme that quickly grows fiery, a glowing melody sung out by the French horn, and a burst of vigor reminiscent of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.

When the cello finally enters, it intensifies the music’s passions, and it brings to the lyricism new shadings. The solo part demands a virtuoso performer, but its flourishes enhance the drama rather than just add decoration.

The woodwinds begin the slow movement with a melody that’s as pure as a prayer, and the solo cello expands on its sweetness. Then an orchestral outburst changes the movement’s course: Dvořák brings in his first reminiscence of Leave Me Alone, and the music swells with fervor.

The finale begins as though it’s introducing a march. But a fiery, vigorous dance breaks out instead, and it dominates the movement until the cello introduces a melody whose ardor draws in the entire orchestra. Just as the concerto appears to be building to a big finish, the cello leads in a more introspective direction. The solo violin offers the second allusion to Leave Me Alone, and the cello’s last words speak of tenderness.

The cello takes the spotlight again in April, when the Houston Symphony’s Brinton Averil Smith plays the Cello Concerto by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

The Instruments: 2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings —Steven Brown

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I’LL BE RIGHT HERE E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL film with live orchestra Thursday

February 9, 2017 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor

J. Williams/ H.W. Spencer-A. Morley

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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Did you know?

• E.T.’s favorite candy was supposed to be M&Ms, but when Speilberg brought the idea to Mars Incorporated, the owner of the well-known candy declined the crosspromotion opportunity.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Program Biographies

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

You only have to look up at a Houston Symphony concert to see the results of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation’s generosity. In 2015, the Foundation made an outstanding $500,000 grant to upgrade the Houston Symphony’s image magnification and video system (IMAG). This technology has greatly enhanced Symphony performances with live video of musicians, interviews with guest artists, supertitles for choral works, education resources at student concerts, films, and images of visual art curated to accompany the orchestra.

A previous grant in 2004 helped the Symphony become the first orchestra in the U.S. to permanently install an in-hall IMAG system and has since transformed the experience of audiences at more than 820 concerts.

Over the last 50 years, the Herzstein Foundation has granted more than 4,000 requests and distributed more than $70 million to worthwhile organizations to bring meaningful change to communities and individuals through a diverse array of providers such as schools, hospitals and cultural, historical and civic institutions.

The Houston Symphony sincerely appreciates the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation’s support, and we hope you enjoy the state-of-the-art concert experience made possible by its grant.

Constantine Kitsopoulos has made a name for himself as a conductor whose musical experiences comfortably span the worlds of opera and symphony, where he conducts in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and The Royal Albert Hall; and musical theater, where he leads orchestras on Broadway. The 2016–17 season marks his seventh as music director of the Festival of the Arts BOCA, an extraordinary multi-day cultural arts event in South Florida. He was artistic director of the OK Mozart Festival, Oklahoma's premier music festival (2013–15).

He also recently completed an eight-year tenure as music director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra.

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Constantine Kitsopoulos | conductor

During the 2016–17 season, Constantine makes return engagements with the New Jersey, Baltimore, Vancouver and Detroit Symphony Orchestras; Philadelphia Orchestra; Louisiana and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Symphony Silicon Valley. He debuts with the Pacific Symphony and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He returns to Indiana University to lead its production of The Music Man and to New York University to conduct three different programs. In addition to his work as a conductor, Constantine will make his debut as a composer at Michigan State University with a workshop of a new music theatre piece entitled Temple.

Highlights of recent seasons include appearances with the New York Philharmonic; orchestras in Baltimore, Colorado, Detroit, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Toledo, San Antonio and San Francisco; and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and the New York Pops. Summer concerts have included Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Blossom Festival, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. International appearances have included China’s Macao Orchestra with the Cuban band Tiempo Libre, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra.

Beyond his symphonic work, Constantine maintains a busy opera schedule. In recent seasons, he has led annual productions at the Indiana University Opera Theater of Menotti’s The Last Savage (2014–2015), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific (2014–2015), Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore (2013–14), Verdi’s Falstaff (2012–13), Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge (2011–2012), Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (2010–11) and Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella.

Constantine has been music director and conductor of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway and of Gershwin’s’ Porgy and Bess, the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical revival. Prior to that, he was conductor and musical director of the Tony-nominated musical A Catered Affair; the Tony-nominated musical Coram Boy; and the American Conservatory Theater’s production of Kurt Weill’s Happy End, for which he recorded the cast album at Skywalker Ranch. Constantine Kitsopoulos studied conducting with Gustav Meier, Sergiu Comissiona, Semyon Bychkov and his principal teacher, Vincent La Selva.

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John Williams | composer In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices.

He has composed the music for more than 100 films, including all seven Star Wars movies, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan and Lincoln.

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

He has received five Academy Awards and 50 Oscar nominations (making him the secondmost nominated person in the history of the Oscars), seven British Academy Film Awards, 22 Grammys, four Golden Globes and five Emmys. He has composed themes for four Olympic Games; and in 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. In 2004, he received the Kennedy Center Honor; and in 2009, he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the first time a composer was honored with this award.

Program NOTES A Note From the Composer Steven Spielberg’s film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has always held a special place in my heart, and I personally think it’s his masterpiece.

In looking at it today, it’s as fresh and new as when it was made in 1982. Cars may change, along with hairstyles and clothes … but the performances, particularly by the children and by E.T. himself, are so honest, timeless and true, that the film absolutely qualifies to be ranked as a classic.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Film with Orchestra produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Rebekah Wood Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC

What’s particularly special about tonight’s concert is that we’ll hear one of our great symphony orchestras, the Houston Symphony, performing the entire score live, along with the complete picture, sound effects and dialogue.

Technical Director: Mike Runice

I know I speak for everyone connected with the making of E.T. in saying that we’re greatly honored by this event … and I hope that tonight’s audience will find great joy in experiencing this magical film.

Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt

Music Composed by John Williams Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has been adapted for live concert performance.

With special thanks to: Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, David Newman, Chris Herzberger, Tamara Woolfork, Adrienne Crew, Darice Murphy, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the Houston Symphony.

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A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film

DEE WALLACE PETER COYOTE HENRY THOMAS as ELLIOTT Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Written by MELISSA MATHISON Produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG & KATHLEEN KENNEDY Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with a live performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the credits.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history.

Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world.

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R&B MIXTAPE THE MUSIC OF ARETHA, PRINCE, BEYONCÉ & MORE Friday Saturday Sunday

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Steven Reineke, conductor *N’Kenge and *Ryan Shaw, vocalists Chelsea Cymone, *Jonquel Donte Holiday and *La’Saydra Simmons, backup vocalists *Houston Symphony debut

Arr. S. Shoup N. Ashford-V. Simpson/Shoup A. Green-B. Mitchell-A. Jackson/Shoup R. Temperton/M. Podd Arr. Shoup A. Adkins-G. Kurstin/Podd K. Gamble-L. Huff-J. Ross/T. Berens B. White/Berens B. Knowles-T. Nash-S. Taylor/ T. Firth S. Wonder/Podd

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You’re All I Need To Get By Let’s Stay Together Rock With You I’m Every Woman/I Want to Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Hello I’m Gonna Make You Love Me Love’s Theme Love on Top Sir Duke I N T E R M I S S I O N

Arr. Reinke A. Keys/Berens A. Winehouse/J. Bartz Prince/Firth J. Stephens-W. Adams/Firth J. Brown/Shoup S. Cooke/Reinke Arr. Shoup Ashford-Simpson/G. Anthony

I Hear a Symphony: Symphonic Sounds of Diana Ross If I Ain’t Got You You Know I’m No Good Kiss/I Wanna Be Your Lover Ordinary People Papa’s Feeling Good A Change Is Gonna Come Respect/Proud Mary Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Did you know?

• Sam Shoup, who arranged several pieces on today’s program, recently orchestrated Merryn Warren’s “We Are All America” for the National Symphony Orchestra, which was performed at The Kennedy Center on September 25, 2016.

The concert was part of the festivities surrounding the opening of The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

R&B Mixtape | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES These performances are generously supported in part by:

Steven Reineke | conductor

Diversity & Inclusion Partner

The Houston Symphony is proud to celebrate Black History Month through a series of lobby concerts during the month of February. We would like to thank Chevron for its generous support as the Symphony’s Diversity & Inclusion Partner and also recognize Nancy & Robert Peiser and Wells Fargo for their support of our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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

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Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. Steven is the Houston Symphony’s Principal POPS Conductor Designate, music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and principal pops conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

He previously held the posts of principal pops conductor of the Long Beach Symphony and Modesto Symphony Orchestra and associate conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

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

On stage, Steven has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from Hip Hop, Broadway, television and rock, including: Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton and Ben Folds, among others.

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

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

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N’Kenge | vocalist

Ryan Shaw | vocalist “N’Kenge is an artist who’s destined to make a serious impact on several musical fronts. From operatic to spiritual, from pop to musical theater, from jazz to blues. Tender or intense, N’Kenge’s performances are consistent in her technical excellence. Her musical repertoire covers 11 languages, and her power and control are uncanny.” – Joe Berger, LBTV Music

Berry Gordy calls her “the most versatile artist I know.” Burt Bacharach says, “N’Kenge is an amazing talent that needs to be heard.” The New York Post called her “electrifying” as Mary Wells, a role she originated in Broadway’s smash hit Motown: The Musical.

N’Kenge made her Broadway debut in Sondheim on Sondheim singing alongside Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat and Norm Lewis.

Recently, N’Kenge was seen on TV presenting an award at the 58 Annual New York Emmy Awards and singing the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden. She performed for President Bill Clinton at the White House and for President Barack Obama at the Commander-in-Chief’s Ball. She starred in London’s West End at the Theatre Royal in a tribute to the late great Ray Charles and has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

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This energetic, well-rounded singer was recently nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the leading roles in both the Elton John/Tim Rice musical Aida and in Marion Caffey’s 3 Mo' Divas by the Helen Hayes Awards and the ariZoni Theater Awards of Excellence. N’Kenge starred in the Michael Jackson Tribute Show world tour and is consistently seen as a soloist in pops programs with the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Cleveland Orchestra and The New York Pops, among others.

N’Kenge is currently working on a new album. To learn more about her tours and recordings, visit nkengemusic.com.

Ryan Shaw, born December 25, 1975, in Decatur, Georgia, grew up in a deeply religious Pentecostal family.

He began singing in church at age 5 and later formed a family group, the Shaw Boys, with four of his brothers.

“We didn’t listen to secular or pop music either in or out of our house,” he explains. “So my early musical influences are all from the gospel world—singers like Darryl Coley, Keith Brooks, James Moore and The Anointed Pace Sisters.”

After briefly attending Georgia State University, Ryan successfully auditioned for the gospel musical A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Part 2). In 1998, he joined the cast of I Know I’ve Been Changed, written and directed by Tyler Perry. Ryan went to New York with this production and performed to sold-out crowds at the Beacon Theatre.

He soon joined the resident cast of the Motown Café on West 57th Street where he performed Detroit soul favorites by the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye. Later, he found another steady gig with a group that played music from the fifties and sixties. In 2004, Ryan was recruited into the Fabulous Soul Shakers, a vocal group specializing in classic soul and doo-wop. Two years later, along with guitarist Johnny Gale and percussionist Jimmy Bralower, he recorded “Do the 45” and “I Found a Love.” The collaboration proved to be heaven-sent.

Ryan delivers every song with the kind of emotional commitment and vocal panache that have nearly vanished from the mainstream musical landscape. On stage, he brings it all together with a combination of Southern warmth and New York vitality. Using a small rhythm section and two male backing vocalists, he effectively reproduces the sound of his album while stretching some tunes into full-on vocal rave-ups. Ryan’s thrilling voice and charismatic presence are all he needs to win an audience.

Visit ryanshaw.com.

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JOHN ADAMS AT 70 plus PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Thursday Saturday Sunday

February 23, 2017 February 25, 2017 February 26, 2017

8pm 8pm 2:30pm

Jones Hall

Hans Graf, conductor Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone Stravinsky J. Adams

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Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition) Introduction: Promenade: Allegro giusto, nel modo russico— I Gnomus: Vivo Promenade: [Moderato comodo assai e con delicatezza]— II Il vecchio castello (The Old Castle): Andante Promenade: Moderato non tanto, pesamente— III Tuileries: Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso IV Bydlo: Sempre moderato pesante Promenade: Tranquillo— V Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques (Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells): Scherzino, Vivo leggiero VI Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle: Andante VII Limoges, Le marché (The Marketplace): Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando— VIII Catacombæ: Largo— Cum mortuis in lingua mortua: Andante non troppo, con lamento IX La cabane sur des pattes de poules (The Hut on Fowl’s Legs): Allegro con brio feroce— X La grande porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev): Allegro alla brève, Maestoso, Con grandezza

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• John Adams turns 70 this month. Read more about the composer’s important contributions on page 16.

• Shortly after Mussorgsky’s death, Rimsky-Korsakov prepared Mussorgsky’s works for publication, in the process purging them of what he considered to be their harmonic eccentricities and instrumental weaknesses. The original versions of Mussorgsky’s works, however, were made available beginning in 1928 in a collection edited by Paul Lamm.

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These performances are generously supported in part by: Guarantor Margaret Alkek Williams Anonymous

Hans Graf | conductor Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, the distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf is one of today’s most highly respected musicians.

Underwriter Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Sponsor The Brown Foundation, Inc.

Steven & Nancy Williams Vicki West in honor of Hans and Margarita Graf Partner Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann in honor of Timothy McAllister Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks in honor of Hans and Margarita Graf Supporter Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider

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

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

Enhancements to the Jones Hall recording suite are generously provided by Silver Circle Audio.

This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and streaming online at houstonpublicmedia.org.

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The longest serving Houston Symphony Music Director (2001-2013), Hans has also served as music director of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and has led the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He is a frequent guest with all of the major European and North American orchestras as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong, Malaysia and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras.

Hans made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in 2006 and, re-invited in 2010, presented the New York premiere of The Planets – An HD Odyssey, featuring Holst’s The Planets. In 2012, they presented an allShostakovich program at Carnegie’s Spring for Music festival.

In 2010, Hans led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK. In 2012, under his direction, the Symphony was the first major American orchestra to appear at the Festival of World Symphony Orchestras in Moscow, presenting the first performance in Russia by an American orchestra of Shostakovich Symphony No. 11.

An experienced opera conductor, Hans first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, among others. His extensive opera repertoire includes several world premieres. He has also appeared at prestigious festivals throughout Europe and the United States.

Hans’ discography includes the complete symphonies of Mozart and Schubert, the premiere recording of Zemlinsky’s opera Es war einmal and the complete orchestral works of Dutilleux (BMG Arte Nova). His recordings with the Houston Symphony include Bartok’s The Wooden Prince (Koch International); Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (Naxos); a DVD of The Planets – An HD Odyssey (Houston Symphony); and a live performance of Wozzeck (Naxos). Recent recordings are the complete works by Paul Hindemith with Tabea Zimmermann and the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin and a live recording of Carmina Burana with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born near Linz, Hans Graf first studied violin and piano. After receiving diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz, he continued his studies in Italy and Russia. He has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

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Program BIOGRAPHIES , continued A CONVERSATION WITH TIMOTHY M CALLISTER Timothy McAllister | alto saxophone Saxophonist Timothy McAllister has been hailed as “a virtuoso…one of the foremost saxophonists of his generation” (The New York Times) and “a titan of contemporary music and the instrument, in general” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). He is one of today’s premier soloists, a member of the renowned PRISM Quartet and a champion of contemporary music credited with more than 40 recordings and 200 premieres of new compositions by eminent and emerging composers worldwide.

His rise to international fame came in 2009 with his celebrated work in John Adams’ City Noir, filmed as part of Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In 2013, he performed the world premiere of John Adams’ Saxophone Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer in the Sydney Opera House. Subsequent performances included the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bilkent Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the New World Symphony, among others.

As part of this years’ Adams at 70 celebration of the composer’s birthday, Timothy will also perform the Saxophone Concerto with Netherlands Radio Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Orchestre National de Lyon and Indianapolis Symphony, along with performances of Adams’ other music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Timothy has appeared with more than 40 of the world’s top orchestras and wind ensembles in 15 countries, and he has the distinction of being the second saxophonist to appear as soloist in the 120-year history of the BBC Proms concerts. He has recorded for the Nonesuch, ECM, Deutsche Grammophon, XAS/Naxos and several other labels. He won a 2015 Grammy Award with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and David Robertson as soloist on the album John Adams: City Noir, featuring the Saxophone Concerto.

Timothy is regularly invited to teach at the world’s leading conservatories and music festivals. Previously on the faculty of Northwestern University, he was appointed Professor of Saxophone at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance in September 2014, succeeding his legendary mentor, the American classical saxophonist Donald Sinta. Visit timothymcallister.com.

Timothy McAllister’s performance is sponsored in part by his family friends and valued supporters of the Houston Symphony, Mrs. Carolyn and Dr. Michael Mann.

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This weekend’s concerts are a homecoming for soloist Timothy McAllister, an alumnus of Clear Lake High School. Now one of the world’s top saxophonists, Timothy premiered John Adams’ Saxophone Concerto in 2013. He first performed with the Houston Symphony in 2014, when he played the prominent saxophone solos in Adams’ City Noir with the composer conducting. Timothy tells InTune about discovering the saxophone, working with Adams and playing this whirlwind concerto.

What drew you to the saxophone?

I benefited greatly from being in the amazing band program at Clear Lake High School. Many of the members attended Houston Symphony concerts and other arts offerings around Houston. This was an important part of my education. I had the fortune of hearing the premiere of John Adams’ iconic Nixon in China with the Houston Grand Opera in 1987, and it was mesmerizing.

How did you get to know Adams?

I first met John when I was a college student at the University of Michigan. In 2008, I had the chance to record Nixon in China with Marin Alsop and Opera Colorado, so he was slowly becoming aware of my career. In 2009, he made the saxophone a central element in his City Noir, and my increasing visibility led to the Los Angeles Philharmonic calling me to perform the world premiere. It was an amazing honor.

So many things make John distinctive: his fearless ambition, his ability to infuse topical elements in his music and the breadth to generate enormous compositions that, at their core, are quite accessible to both critical and casual listeners.

Adams said when he learned you had been a stunt bicycle rider as a youngster, that helped convince him to compose the Saxophone Concerto. How did that work?

He took great interest in the fact that I was a BMX and Freestyle stunt cyclist early in my teenage years. Much like the X Games now highly publicized, there is quite an element of risk, danger and athleticism that John sought to bring to the work. Players can’t simply play the piece; they must throw themselves completely into it—heart, mind and body.

The Concerto is a wild ride from the beginning until the final note. It’s as if the soloist, orchestra and audience are dropped right into an action sequence in a movie. It requires a lot of energy to maintain the intensity and structural clarity of the piece, and it is such a fun challenge to elicit the wide range of color John demands. It is a relentless piece which keeps coming at the audience, and if they can hang on, the reward is worth it.

Pictures at an Exhibition | Program Notes

Program NOTES Symphonies of Wind Instruments Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Claude Debussy’s death in 1918 was a momentous event in his French homeland. A music magazine invited leading composers to create short pieces it would publish in a memorial issue, and Igor Stravinsky contributed a work reminiscent of a hymn. That vignette grew into a second homage to Debussy: Symphonies of Wind Instruments, which closes with that elegiac theme.

Stravinsky’s title, Symphonies, harks back to the word’s ancient origin, meaning simply that instruments sound together. The nineminute piece features a series of vivid, pithy themes, and it switches so quickly among them that it might be the musical equivalent of a collage. Stravinsky described the work as “an austere ritual” with diverse groups of instruments contributing “short litanies.”

Flutes and oboes ring out at the beginning. The other motifs include a sinuous melody for solo flute; quiet, sober chords for trumpets and trombones; and a couple of dances for woodwinds.

The crossplay gradually dies down, and the piece ends with the hymn’s quiet, dignified chords.

The Houston Symphony returns to Stravinsky in March, playing his colorful Petrouchka.

The Instruments: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and tuba

Saxophone Concerto John Adams (1947–)

Classical composers have rarely embraced the saxophone. The instrument makes only a handful of appearances in well-known works, including one coming up in this weekend’s program, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. But the saxophone has always belonged to John Adams’ world. His father played the alto sax in swing bands, and recordings of great jazz artists made up a healthy part of the family LP collection.

It’s no wonder, then, that he brings the instrument into his music.

His opera, Nixon in China, which premiered in Houston in 1987, gets part of its flavor from the saxophone quartet in the orchestra.

Saxophone solos evoke the sultriness of 1950s Hollywood in Adams’ City Noir, which he conducted with the Houston Symphony in 2014.

Those juicy saxophone parts brought Adams together with Timothy McAllister, one of today’s leading virtuosos—and a Houston resident in his youth. “When one evening during a dinner conversation, Tim mentioned that during high school he had been a champion stunt bicycle rider, I knew that I must compose a concerto for this fearless musician and risk-taker,” Adams recalls on earbox.com, the website devoted to his music. “His exceptional

musical personality had been the key ingredients in performances and recordings of City Noir, and I felt that I’d only begun to scratch the surface of his capacities.”

Adams’ concerto, which premiered in 2013, puts any soloist’s capacities to the test. A jab from the strings and a fortissimo chord raise the curtain quickly, and the saxophone sprints into action.

For the next half-hour, the soloist never stops for longer than a few moments. The concerto has two movements, and the first, which lasts about 20 minutes, gradually throttles down from that initial, dashing pace to calmer ones. The music never relaxes for long, though.

Though the concerto isn’t overtly jazzy, Adams says undercurrents of jazz flow just beneath the surface. Even when the pace is unhurried, the saxophone part may soar and plunge like a jazz musician’s riffs, and the orchestra’s murmurs and punctuations sometimes add a tinge of restlessness. The glimpse of serenity toward the first movement’s close come mainly from the orchestra’s shimmering sonorities.

The saxophone launches the second and last movement’s vigorous, angular dance. At one point, the bustle stops, and the strings jump into the silence with a brusque two-note phrase. That gives the music a new springboard, and the concerto drives to a finish that’s all impact—no frills.

The Houston Symphony will play another powerful contemporary piece, John Corigliano’s The Red Violin Concerto, in April.

The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, harp, celesta, piano and strings

Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) Modest Mussorgsky relished the stimulation he gained from his fellow artists, including perceptive non-musicians. His circle included Viktor Hartmann, a painter and architect who became Mussorgsky’s close friend. Evidencing their mutual esteem, Mussorgsky dedicated a song to Hartmann, and Hartmann gave two of his sketches to Mussorgsky.

Hartmann died at only 39. A few months later, another friend organized an exhibition of his works, from architectural renderings to paintings depicting his international travels. Mussorgsky responded with a musical tribute: Pictures at an Exhibition, a set of tone-paintings for piano inspired by Hartmann’s images.

Mussorgsky worked himself into it through a series of linking movements titled “Promenade,” describing the viewer’s steps through the gallery.

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Maurice Ravel, France’s master of musical color, unveiled a scintillating arrangement for orchestra in 1922.

The first “Promenade,” led off solo trumpet and gleaming brasses, provides a festive opening, introducing the melody that will change guises as Pictures unfolds. Mussorgsky told a friend that this promenade described him; he must have had a sturdy gait.

“Gnomus” depicts a malevolent dwarf in action—sometimes charging ahead ferociously, sometimes quiet and sinister. Lyrical woodwinds make the second “Promenade” more introspective than the first, helping set up the lyrical “The Old Castle.” Hartmann’s painting included a troubadour, and a saxophone sings his plaintive tune. The next “Promenade” moves along resolutely, then the breezy “Tuileries” evokes children at play in the Paris park.

In “Bydlo,” the weighty tuba and lumbering strings describe an ox-cart in motion. The last “Promenade” begins delicately, then gains fullness and leads directly into “Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells,” in which twittering woodwinds bring life to Hartmann’s design for a dance production. In “Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle,” inspired by the two drawings Hartmann gave Mussorgsky, sonorous strings describe the prosperous Goldenberg, while a wheedling trumpet represents the beggar Schmuyle.

“Catacombs” take us into Roman tombs, and the stark contrast between glaring brasses and dead silence conjures up their chill.

In the hushed “With the Dead in a Dead Language,” the promenade theme again becomes Mussorgsky’s alter ego. The music, he said, depicts Hartmann’s spirit leading him to skulls, which begin to glow. The orchestra then tears into “The Hut on Fowl’s Legs,” which describes a witch from Russian folklore on a rampage. And the majestic hymn of “The Great Gate of Kiev” ends Pictures in blazing sunshine.

The Houston Symphony will play two more sonic showpieces, Respighi’s The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome, in April.

The Instruments: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, alto saxophone, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (1 doubling euphonium), tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, celesta and strings —Steven Brown

The Houston Symphony's recent presentation of Gershwin & Rachmaninoff on January 27-29 and Pictures at an Exhibition on February 23, 25-26 in celebration of John Adams' 70th birthday are generously supported in part by: Guarantor Barbara J. Burger Anonymous Margaret Alkek Williams Underwriter

Alice & Terry Thomas Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Sponsor The Brown Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Vicki West Steven & Nancy Williams Partner Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Supporter Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Martha & Marvin McMurrey

OUR THANKS RAND G ROUP

Rand Group, a major supporter of the arts in Houston, is the proud sponsor of the Houston Symphony’s “Rand Group Great Performers,” a part of the Symphony’s Classical Series.

As a professional services firm that serves the oil and gas, manufacturing, distribution and construction segments within the southern United States, Rand Group combines the business acumen of CPAs and industry specialists with the technology expertise of software developers and process improvement specialists to drive real business results using technology.

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Board of DIRECTORS

(2016-17 SEASON)

Steven P. Mach*

Bobby Tudor*

Paul R. Morico*

Janet F. Clark*

Jesse B. Tutor*^

Barbara McCelvey*

President

Chairman

President-Elect

Immediate Past Chairman

Robert A. Peiser*

Mike S. Stude*

Immediate Past President

Chairman Emeritus

Gene Dewhurst*

Chair, Board Governance & Leadership

Justice Brett Busby

Jerry Simon*

Chair, Development

Viviana Denechaud

Co-Chair, Development

Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Danielle Batchelor Donna Shen Chair, Popular Programming Chair, Community Partnerships Alexandra Pruner Gene Dewhurst President, Houston Symphony Endowment Chair, Pension

Barbara J. Burger*

Andrés Orozco-Estrada*^

Gloria G. Pryzant

Sergei Galperin*^

Chair, Finance

Music Director

Chair, Marketing & Communications

Musician Representative

Mark Hughes*^

Mark C. Hanson*^

Musician Representative

Executive Director/CEO

General Counsel Secretary

David Pruner*

Chair, Strategic Planning

Anthony Bohnert Chair, Audit

Billy McCartney Chair, Education

Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

Darlene Clark

President, Houston Symphony League

Adam Dinitz*^

Musician Representative

Christine Kelly-Weaver Assistant Secretary *Executive Committee ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Janice Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Anthony Bohnert Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara J. Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Donna Josey Chapman Michael H. Clark Janet F. Clark Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty

Julia Anderson Frankel David Frankfort Ronald G. Franklin Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Joan Kaplan Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Paul M. Mann, M.D. Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan **

Paul R. Morico Kevin O’Gorman Robert Orr Robert A. Peiser David Pruner Ron Rand John Rydman Manolo Sánchez Helen Shaffer ** Jerry Simon Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith James Stein Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor **

Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams ** Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich

Evan B. Glick Julianne K. Gorte Eric Haufrect, M.D. Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Marianne Ivany Brian James Rita Justice I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez Michael Mann, M.D. John Matzer III Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Bobbie Newman Tassie Nicandros

Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant Richard A. Rabinow Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Ed Schneider Michael E. Shannon ** Donna Shen Robert Sloan, Ph.D. Tad Smith David Stanard David Tai Brian J. Thomas L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Andrew Truscott

Margaret Waisman, M.D. Robert Weiner James T. Willerson, M.D. Fredric Weber Steven J. Williams Beth Wolff Ed Wulfe ** Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Ex-Officio Darlene Clark Rodney Margolis Gloria G. Pryzant Donna Shen Mary Voigt **Lifetime Trustee

TRUSTEES Samuel Abraham William L. Ackerman Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Meherwan Boyce Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington Dougal Cameron John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis Ronald DePinho, M.D. Tracy Dieterich Terry Elizabeth Everett Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Craig Fox Allen Gelwick

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Justice Brett Busby

Janet F. Clark

Ex-Officio Audrey Chang Alexandra Gottschalk Alexandra Pruner Ishwaria Subbiah Art Vivar **Lifetime Trustee

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

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

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

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

TRUSTEES Alexandra Pruner, President Gene Dewhurst

James Lee Michael Mithoff

William J. Toomey II Fredric A. Weber

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

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

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS Janice Barrow Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Roger & Debby Cutler Robert Lee Gomez

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

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Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Henderson Beth Weidler & Stephen James Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Rio Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rodenberger Ms. Carolyn Rogan

Michael J. Shawiak Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Weber Anonymous (2)

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

Beauchamp Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling and Portativ Organ Berlioz Bells Orchestra Synthesizer Adam's Vibraphone Zildjian Crotales Waterphone Small percussion and other instruments

Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Piccolo Timpano

The Fondren Foundation Miller Outdoor Theatre Sound Shell Ceiling

Beverly Johnson, Ralph Wyman and Jim Foti, and Thane & Nicole Wyman in memory of Winthrop Wyman Basset Horns and Rotary Trumpets

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Enhancements to Jones Hall Video System Houston Symphony League Steinway Concert Grand Piano and Instrument Petting Zoo

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Vicky & Michael Richker Family Adolfo Sayago, Orquestas Sybil F. Roos Rotary Trumpets Silver Circle Audio Enhancements to Jones Hall Recording Suite

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Conductor’s Podium LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Lyons & Healy Harp

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FUND

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

On December 31, 2015, the Houston Symphony celebrated an extraordinary achievement: the completion of a five-year, $15 million Sustainability Fund, which has transformed the orchestra’s financial position.

The Symphony was able to close out the campaign thanks to challenge grant funds totaling $1,050,000 provided by Bobby & Phoebe Tudor, Cora Sue & Harry Mach, Janice Barrow, Steve & Joella Mach and Robert & Jane Cizik. The Ciziks provided the final $500,000 to allow the Symphony to reach its $15 million Sustainability Fund goal.

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

Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mrs. Kitty King Powell The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. Cora Sue & Harry Mach The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

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

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

Steven & Nancy Williams Robin Angly & Miles Smith Gary & Marian Beauchamp Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Nancy & Walter Bratic Janet F. Clark Linda & Gene Dewhurst

Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Marilyn & Robert Hermance C. Howard Pieper Foundation Tad & Suzanne Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Janet & Tom Walker

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Billy & Christie McCartney Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Geo. H. Lewis & Sons

Ms. Judith Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Ralph Burch Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Evan D. Collins Erika & S. David Frankfort Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange

Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Jay & Shirley Marks James D. Stein Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Runnels BB&T / Courtney & Bill Toomey Scott & Lori Wulfe Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sánchez Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Tyler & Kat Murphy Justice Brett & Erin Busby Laurie & Ryan Colburn Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Corson Susan & Dick Hansen Christina & Mark C. Hanson Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Ann & Hugh Roff Vicky & Michael Richker Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Gloria & Joe Pryzant Margot & John Cater Virginia A. Clark Mr. Andrew Davis & Ms. Corey Tu Viviana & David Denechaud Amanda & Adam Dinitz David & Heidi Massin Bobbie Newman

Lisa & Jerry Simon Vicki West The Brodsky Foundation David Chambers & Alex Steffler Vicky Dominguez Mr. Colin C. Gatwood & Ms. Aralee Dorough Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Julianne & David Gorte Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Pam & Chad Blaine Mr. Wayne Brooks Terry Ann Brown Aurelie Desmarais & Ed Struzynski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Martin & Kelli Cohen Fein Ms. Megan Conley Rian & Sean Craypo Brian & Leah Del Signore Eric & Angelea Halen Mark & Marilyn Hughes

Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mary Beth Mosley Scott & Judy Nyquist Mr. Matthew D. Roitstein Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Arbiter Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. Erik T. Gronfor & Ms. Joan DerHovsepian Mr. & Mrs. Thomas LeGrand Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Mr. & Mrs. Scott Holshouser Mr. Robin Kesselman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany Ms. Anne C. Leek Mr. & Mrs. William K. VerMeulen Martha & Stanley* Bair Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Brewer Ms. Joyce Perkins David & Tara Wuthrich Anonymous (3) *Deceased InTUNE — February 2017 | 45

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

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Mr. Paul Basinski Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes The Honorable & Mrs. William Crassas Patricia Cunningham Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ginny Garrett Lila-Gene George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Dorothy H. Grieves Randolph Lee Groninger

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

Dr. Georgette M. Michko Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers Mr. John N. Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave G. Nussmann John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Imogen “Immy� Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart Evie Ronald Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada

Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Jana Vander Lee Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6)

Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Mr. & Mrs.* Clive Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder

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

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

Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Dr. Rita Justice Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Joella & Steven P. Mach Bill & Karinne McCullough Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Ronald Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes

*Deceased

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

Mr. Thomas D. Barrow George Bashen W. P. Beard Ronald C. Borschow Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder 46 | Houston Symphony

Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott John Wesley Graham Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris Gen. & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman David L. Hyde Dr. Blair Justice Dr. Mary R. Lewis Mrs. L. F. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. McKerley

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

Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides Blanche Stasny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

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

Guarantor

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$100,000+

Partner

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$15,000+

BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Mr. John N. Neighbors John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods

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

Underwriter

Supporter

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$50,000+

Cameron International Corporation Chevron The Elkins Foundation ENGIE Exxon Mobil Corporation The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation

Sponsor

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$25,000+

The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo

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$10,000+

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation CenterPoint Energy George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Nancy & Robert Peiser The Powell Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Union Pacific Foundation

Benefactor

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$5,000+

Houston Symphony League Bay Area Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Macy’s Marathon Oil Corporation Nordstrom Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation

Donor

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$1,000+

Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Tricia & March Rauch

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

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

Support for the CommunityEmbedded Musician Program The Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary is presented by BBVA Compass and the BBVA Compass Foundation. We are also thankful to HISD and these lead supporters of the Community-Embedded Musician program: Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Medistar Spec’s Charitable Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop H-E-B Tournament of Champions Union Pacific Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation

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THANK

Our DONORS ANNUAL SUPPORT

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events.

For more information, please contact: Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, 713.337.8540 David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526

Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or more 

Janice Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Barbara J. Burger Jane & Robert Cizik Janet F. Clark

Rochelle & Max Levit Estate of Dr. Mary R. Lewis Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. John N. Neighbors

Centennial Society Mr. Monzer Hourani Barbara & Pat McCelvey

Founder’s Society

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Maestro’s Society

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$100,000-$149,999

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Sybil F. Roos

Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells

$75,000-$99,999

Robin Angly & Miles Smith

Darlene & Cappy* Bisso

Billy & Christie McCartney

$50,000-$74,999

Jana & Scotty Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Gary & Marian Beauchamp Ron Franklin & Janet Gurwitch Lila-Gene George Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mr. Jackson Hicks / Jackson and Company The Estate of Miss Ima Hogg

Concertmaster’s Society Mr. John Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Nancy & Walter Bratic Ralph Burch Justice Brett & Erin Busby Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Viviana & David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III / WoodRock & Co. Linda & Gene Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. M. G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Bert & Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold

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John & Lindy Rydman / Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams

The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Dr. Ajay Khurana Carol & Michael Linn and The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Janice & Robert McNair Nancy & Robert Peiser 

Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. / The Robbins Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Alice & Terry Thomas Ms. Judith Vincent Steven & Nancy Williams

$25,000-$49,999

Susan & Dick Hansen Christina & Mark Hanson Marilyn & Bob Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Dr. Rita Justice Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. James H. Lee Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mrs. Mary Catherine Miller John Nau Mr. Jason Poon / Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Dave & Alie Pruner Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Louisa Stude Sarofim

Laura & Michael Shannon Lisa & Jerry Simon Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Jr. / Houston Baptist University Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. James D. Stein Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Nancy & David Tai Shirley Wolff Toomim Janet & Tom Walker Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Scott & Lori Wulfe Ms. Ellen A. Yarrell

Our DONORS continued Conductor’s Circle

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Platinum Baton

Graham & Janet Baker Danielle & Josh Batchelor James M. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Donna & Max Chapman Mr. Richard Danforth Dr. Alex Dell Mrs. William Estrada Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Angel & Craig Fox Erika & S. David Frankfort

Conductor’s Circle

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Conductor’s Circle

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Conductor’s Circle

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Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice J.R. & Aline Deming Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Archie & Linda Dunham Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Michael B. George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Mrs. James E. Hooks Catherine & Brian James Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Jaminski Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Drs. Robert & Golda Anne Leonard Marilyn G. Lummis

Donna & Tim Shen Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Thomas Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Stephen & Kristine Wallace Dede & Connie Weil Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Ralph Wyman & Jim Foti Thane & Nicole Wyman

Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Martin Dr. & Mrs. E. K. Massin Betty & Gene McDavid Martha & Marvin McMurrey Mr. Gary Mercer Mrs. Nancy Morrison Scott & Judy Nyquist Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Lila Rauch Kathy & Wayne Richards Vicky & Michael Richker Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Mr. Wolfgang Schmidt & Mrs. Angelika Schmidt-Lange Mr. & Mrs. Shalin Shah Michael J. Shawiak

Tad & Suzanne Smith Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Mr. & Mrs. Trent Tellepsen Ms. Laura Codman & Mr. John F. Terwilliger Mrs. Jennifer Chang & Mr. Aaron J. Thomas Pamalah & Stephen Tipps Courtney & Bill Toomey Susan & Andrew Truscott Birgitt van Wijk Mr. & Ms. Frank Verducci Mr. & Mrs. Sean Waggoner Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Dr. Jim T. Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha

Ms. Emily Keeton April Lykos David & Heidi Massin Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Dr. Cameron Mitchell Rita & Paul Morico Sami & Jud Morrison Jean & Allan Quiat Radoff Family Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum

Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Lee H. Staley Carol & Michael Stamatedes Kimberly & David Sterling Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Candace & Brian Thomas Ms. Hallie A. Vanderhider Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Gongre Mr. Alan Goodrich Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hardison Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Beverly Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kellogg Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Klein William & Cynthia Koch Willy Kuehn Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Mr. William McDugald Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice McPherson, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. William Monteleone Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Montz Mr. & Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Sidney & Ione Moran Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson David G. Nussman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Parker Mr. Doug D. Perley & Ms. Eileen M. Campbell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Tim & Katherine Pownell Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Allyn & Jill Risley Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Carole & Barry Samuels Dr. & Mrs. Todd Scheyer Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Ms. Angela Sherman

$7,500-$9,999

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Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Ronald DePinho & Dr. Lynda Chin Scott Ensell & Family Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Eugene Fong Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog

Bronze Baton

Ms. Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Adam Altsuler Lilly & Thurmon Andress Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Ed Banner Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Ruth White Brodsky Mr. Ken D. Brownlee & Ms. Caroline Deetjen Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Marilyn Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Coneway Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley

Dr. Stewart Morris The Estate of Terence Murphree Bobbie Newman Susan & Edward Osterberg Gary Petersen Gloria & Joe Pryzant Ron & Demi Rand Gabriel & Mona Rio Ken & Carol Lee Robertson Hugh & Ann Roff William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Carol & Kamal Sandarusi

$10,000-$14,999

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Silver Baton

Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Mr. & Dr. Karl-Heinz Becker Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Calder Dr. M.K. Campion David Chambers & Alex Steffler Albert & Anne Chao Molly & Jim Crownover

$15,000-$24,999

Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Debbie & Frank Jones Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Jay & Shirley Marks Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Stephen & Marilyn Miles/ Steven Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation

Gold Baton

Mr. William L. Ackerman, Kero-Jet Corporation Frances & Ira Anderson Edward H. Andrews III Nina Andrews & David Karohl Sr. Judge Mary Bacon Consurgo Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Astley Blair Anne & George Boss Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Terry Ann Brown Cheryl & Sam Byington Mr. & Mrs. Bernard F. Clark Jr. Virginia A. Clark Laurie & Ryan Colburn Dr. Evan D. Collins Brad & Joan Corson Dr. Scott Cutler

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$5,000-$7,499

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Lois & David Coyle Andrew Davis & Corey Tu Janie & Carr Dishroon Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. William P. Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Hon. & Mrs. John D. Ellis Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Diane Lokey Farb Ms. Carolyn Faulk Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Trent Foltz Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Shane T. Frank Kevin & Sherrill Garland Ms. Nan Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Wm. David George, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Gibson

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Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Smith Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Somerville Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Tellepsen Family

Grand Patron’s Circle

Ann Trammell Mr. John G. Turner & Mr. Jerry G. Fischer Jeanine Van Wagenen Mr. & Ms. Luciano Vasconcellos Ms. Becky Cottrell & Mr. Thomas Warden Ms. Joann E. Welton 

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Mr. & Mrs. David Wynne Mr. R. Brent Young & Ms. Sue Schwartz Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (4)

Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Ms. Victoria E. Dominguez Bob & Mary Doyle David & Carolyn Edgar Mr. Stephen Elison Annette & Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mrs. Ronald Fischer Mrs. Silvia Fritzhand Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Thomas & Patricia Geddy Robert Lee Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Mr. Danny A. Granados Eric & Angelea Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Ms. Christine Heggeseth Mark & Ragna Henrichs Maureen Y. Higdon Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hoffer Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mark & Marilyn Hughes Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Jee Mrs. Ann B. Jennings Mr. & Mrs. John Juneau

Jane & Kevin Kremer Mr. Alfred Lasher III Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Ms. Brenda Love Barbara J. Manering Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Will L. McLendon Mr. Ronald A. Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes Ms. Trazanna Moreno Julia & Chris Morton Mary Beth Mosley Melissa L. Nance Franci Neely Dr. Thomas D. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Travis Nichols Mr. Kevin O'Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Olfers Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Shirley & Michael P. Pearson Mr. David Peavy & Mr. Stephen McCauley Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Dr. & Mrs. Albert Raizner Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rawson Brooke & Nathaniel Richards

Doug Williams & Janice Robertson Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. Yasuhiko Saitoh Mr. & Mrs. Saib Saour Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Hinda Simon Dr. & Mrs. John Slater Steve & Judy Sohn Richard & Mary Spies Dr. Walter Stanford Mrs. Jeaneen Stastny Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Mr. & Mrs. Garry Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Van W. Teeters Ms. Georgeta Teodorescu Dan C. & Kimberly Tutcher Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Ms. Jana Vander Lee Dr. & Mrs. Carl V. Vartian Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Ms. Karen M. Whitlock Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Ms. Beth Wolff Gerlind & Jerry S. Wolinksy Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Robert & Michele Yekovich Mr. & Mrs. Frank Yonish Anonymous (3)

Ms. Catherine Delano & Wirt Blaffer Dr. & Ms. Peter J. Dempsey Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Mike & Debra Dishberger Jennifer & Steve Dolman Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. & Mrs. Gary Edwards Sally Evans & Brian Rodgers Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Christine Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout Island Operating Co., Inc. Ms. Marcia Fiman Mr. Jonathan Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Harvey O. Fleisher Patrick & Jeannine Flynn Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Michelle & Deane Foss Mr. & Mrs. Phil Frederickson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Ms. Aralee Dorough & Mr. Colin C. Gatwood Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee

Joan M. Giese Mr. & Ms. Robert W. Goldman Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Timothy & Janet Graham Mr. & Mrs. Kendall M. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Claudio Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. William R. Hamm Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Hasler John Heiny Dr. & Mrs. William C. Heird Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Ann & Joe Hightower Jeannette & Brodrick Hill Dr. Suzanne M. Hite Mr. Robert Hoff Dr. Holly Holmes & Mr. Paul Otremba Mr. & Mrs. John Homier George E. Howe Mickie & Ron Huebsch Mr. & Mrs. Burdette Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany / University of St. Thomas Jay Jackson & Barbara Waugh Arlene J. Johnson Stacy & Jason Johnson Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kades Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kelly Mr. David O. Kem & Mrs. Judith L. Raines Kendall R. Kessel & Harlan Johnson Ms. Carla Knobloch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Knudson Ann & Sam Koster Michael & Darcy Krajewski Samantha & Chris Kramr Hoole & Kramr CPAs Connie Kwan-Wong Mr. Thomas D. Lane Dr. Nashat Latib & Dr. Vinodh Kumar Ms. Joni Hartgraves Latimer John & Suzy Lattin Mr. Joshua Lee & Ms. Julie Van Dr. Daniel Lemke

$2,500-$4,999

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Roy Allice Dr. Angela R. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Ann & Jonathan Ayre Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Ganesh H. Betanabhatla Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Drs. Desmond & Tiffany Bourgeois Mr. & Mrs. Murry Bowden James & Judy Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Divya & Chris Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Nicole & Rueben Cásarez Margot & John Cater Dr. Robert N. Chanon Rhoda & Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Ray G. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. & Mrs. John Crum Mr. Darrin Davis & Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Mandy & Rafael Diaz

Patron

Mr. & Mrs. Clint S. Wetmore Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Nancy B. Willerson Ms. Barbara Williams Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Wizel Woodell Family Foundation Sally & Denney Wright

$1,500-$2,499

Mr. & Mrs. Truett B. Akin Dr. Genevera Allen Dr. & Mrs. Scott Allison Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Pat & John Anderson Carol Ann & Bill Anderson Mr. Jeff Autor Dr. Saul & Ursula Balagura Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bolam Mr. & Mrs. Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Brownlee Mr. & Mrs. Cezary Brylski Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Mrs. Charles Callery Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Mrs. Mary Ann Carrico Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Jimmy & Lynn Coe Mr. John P. Cogan Jr. Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Coronado Crystal & Mike Cox Brian & Leah Del Signore 50 | Houston Symphony

Our DONORS continued Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. William W. Lindley Ms. Leslie Siller & Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Cynthia & Richard Loewenstern Mr. & Mrs. Bob J. Lunn Kathleen & Tom Mach Catherine & Matt Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Rob McKee Mr. Andrew McKinney Ms. Jennifer McLaughlin Doug & Sarah McMurrey Ms. Ashley McPhail Mr. & Mrs. Danny Mei Mr. Adam Miller & Ms. Michelina Cairo Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. Shane Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Mrs. Alette K. Morch Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Amber Winsor Mullins The Hon. Stella G. & Richard C. Nelson

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Courtney Fretz Mr. & Mrs. John Oehler Mr. & Mrs. John Ogren Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Ms. Martha Palmer Mrs. Linda K. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Alex Popp Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Porter Ms. Linda Posey Penny Prater Rosemin Premji Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Reckling III Kate & Christopher Robart Beth Robertson Mr. James L. Robertson Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Kent Rutter & David Baumann Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Ramon & Chula Sanchez Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer

Ms. Sally Schott Donna Scott & Mitch Glassman Mr. Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Dr. Adrian D. Shelley Art & Ellen Shelton Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson OCTG, LLP Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Rebeca & Chad Spencer Georgiana Stanley Mr. & Mrs. John Steen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Stelling Mr. & Dr. J. Michael Stinson Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Stone Jack & Karen Stopnicki Skipper & Betsy Strong Mrs. Mary Swafford Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Adam Szczepanski Carol Tai Stephen A. Tew, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Theede Jean & Doug Thomas

Ms. Susan L. Thompson Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mr. Joel Towner Dr. Shilpa Trivedi Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Susan J. & Gary W. Valka Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Van Veldhoven Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Elise Wagner H. Richard Walton Ms. Nancy Ames & Mr. Danny Ward Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Hon. & Mrs. Bill White Mrs. Deanne White Gene & Sandra Williams Loretta & Lawrence Williams Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Williford Dr. Wayne Wilner Ms. Charlene Wright Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mr. & Mrs. Bret Zorich Anonymous (6)

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL

YOUNG ASSOCIATES COUNCIL Young Associate Premium Ann & Jonathan Ayre James M. Bell Ganesh Betanabhatla Eric Brueggeman David Chambers & Alex Steffler Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson

Young Associate

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The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within the confines of Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music. 

$2,500 or more

Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Amanda & Adam Dinitz Vicky Dominguez Terry Everett & Eric Cheyney Jennifer & Joshua Gravenor Ms. Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee

Brian McCulloch & Jeremy Garcia Sami & Jud Morrison Melissa L. Nance Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Dr. Paulina Sergot & Dr. Theo Shybut

Tony Shih – Norton Rose Fulbright Judy & Steve Sohn Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Georgeta Teodorescu Candace & Brian Thomas

Mr. Kendall Kessel & Mr. Harlan Johnson Connie Kwan-Wong Dr. Nashat Latib & Dr. Vinodh Kumar Joshua Lee & Julie Van Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Ashley McPhail Shane Miller Amber Winsor Mullins Rosemin Premji

Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Kate & Christopher Robart Justin & Caroline Simons Molly Simpson Rebeca & Chad Spencer Carol Tai Joel Towner Dr. Shilpa B. Trivedi Elise Wagner

$1,500 - $2,499

Farida Abjani Dr. Genevera Allen Drs. Laura & William Black Ryan Boehner Drs. Tiffany & Desmond Bourgeois Sverre & Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Pamela & Cezary Brylski Jacquelyn & Kevin Coronado Crystal & Mike Cox Nina Delano & Wirt Blaffer

Jennifer & Steve Dolman Christine Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Kimberly Falgout – Island Operating Co., Inc. Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Alexandra & Daniel Gottschalk Claudio Gutierrez Monica & Burdette Huffman Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Stacy & Jason Johnson

The Young Associates Council is supported in part by BB&T. For more information, please contact: Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526 Liam Bonner, Development Officer, Individual Giving, 713.337.8536 InTUNE — February 2017 | 51

Director

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$1,000-$1,499

Joan & Stanford Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Hugh D. Allen Tara Maria Amavi Mr. & Mrs. Greg Anderson Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Matthew Assiff Jerry Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Trace Trahan Bannerman Mr. & Mrs. Allen Barnhill Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Carole Shivers Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Ms. Nancy H. Bihlmaier Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mr. & Mrs. Chad Blaine Mr. Jay Blinderman James & Dale Brannon Breland Law Firm Mr. Wayne A. Brooks Sally & Laurence Brown Anne H. Bushman Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. Chris Chandler Mrs. Victoria Chin Dr. & Mrs. Gary Clark Dr. & Mrs. Martin Cohen Donna M. Collins Shawn & Megan Conley George W. Connelly Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Curry Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Joyce & Arthur Dauber Mr. Darryl de Mello Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Ms. Aurelie Desmarais & Mr. Ed Struzynski

Charles Dishman Mr. John F. Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Duncan Mrs. William H. Dwyer III Ms. Caroline Fant Dale & Anne Fitz Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Bill & Diana Freeman Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. & Mrs. David B. Garten L. Rusty Goetz Susan & Kevin Golden Kathy & Marty Goossen Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Dean & Beth Hennings Mr. & Mrs. Donald Herron Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hickey Dr. Volker Hirsinger Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. John Horstman Mr. & Mrs. John Horstman Patricia P. Hubbard Mrs. Kerry Incavo Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Robert E. Johnson & Ms. Ariella Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda & Frank Kelly Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Kathryn & James Ketelsen Lucy & Victor Kormeier Deborah Kosich Dr. & Mrs. James H. Krause Ms. Dawn Krieg Ms. Mary Leba Velva G. & H. Fred Levine James C. Lindsey Priscilla L. List Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Mr. & Mrs. Paul Loyd Ms. Barbara Manna Mr. & Mrs. David Martin Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich Linda & Jim McCartney Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser

Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Ernie & Martha McWilliams Ellen Ochoa & Coe Miles Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. William Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. Cliff Nash & Dr. Lee Bar-Eli Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Neumann Leslie & John Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy W. Nokes Mr. & Mrs. Eric L. Oshlo Valerie J. Sherlock Linda Popkin-Paine & Stephen Paine Mrs. Kusum Patel Peter & Nina Peropoulos Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sam Philpot Mrs. Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. Vince Reina Ms. Ann Rhoads Mr. Serge G. Ribot H. John & Diane Riley Robertson Wealth Management Mr. Matthew D. Roitstein Mrs. Evie Ronald Jill & Milt Rose Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Ross Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein John & Zhanna Russo Mrs. Holly Sansing Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Gary Schiefelbein Beth & Lee D. Schlanger Charles & Andrea Seay Ms. Monica Simon Mr. & Mrs. Lance Smith

Dean & Kay Snider Sherry Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Standish Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Streett Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Monsour Taghdisi Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Tallerine Mrs. Glenda C. Toole Ms. Chung-Nan N. Tsai Dr. & Mrs. Michael Underbrink Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Veith Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Walstad Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mark Wawro & Melanie Gray Beth Weidler & Stephen James General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Westfall Ms. Sara E. White Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Wilkerson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Winkle Ms. Susan G. Wood Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Anonymous (6) The Houston Symphony thanks the 3218 donors who gave up to $1000 over the past year. To note any errors or omissions, please contact Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund at 713.337.8559.

VINTAGE VIRTUOSO This holiday season, for the 20th consecutive year, Lindy and John Rydman, the owners of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods and founders of Spec’s Charitable Foundation, worked closely with its suppliers and distributors to host Vintage Virtuosos, a collaborative and superlative evening of great wine and great food to support the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community programs. Over the past two decades, the event has raised almost $2.5 million. This event is part of the reason Spec’s is the Houston Symphony’s largest corporate donor. For its dedication to music education for Houston-area students, Spec’s was recognized with the 2015 BCA 10 award from Americans for the Arts.

Platinum

Southern Glazers Republic National Distributing Company

Gold

Bacardi USA Beam Suntory Brown Forman Campari USA Diageo E&J Gallo Freixenet USA Proximo

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Silver

William Grant & Sons

Bronze

Anheuser-Busch & Silver Eagle Anchor Distilling Bank of American-Merril Lynch Ben E Keith Constellation Brands International Classified Wines Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits Favorite Brands Moet Hennessy USA Palm Bay International

Patron Spirits Schwepps/Pepsi Serendipity Serralles & Southwest Distilling Tito’s Handmade Vodka Truno Zonin USA

Underwriters

Santa Margherita USA Luxco Lee Tilford Agency Phillips Distilling Harco Insurance Services Wagner Family Wines

Symphony Guests

David Chambers Darlene Clark Mark Hanson Mary Lynn & Steve Marks Vicki West Tara & David Wuthrich Rini & Edward Ziegler This year’s Vintage Virtuoso was held on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. The Houston Symphony and Spec’s Charitable Foundation thank all the donors to this event.

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POPS DONORS Ima Hogg Society

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$150,000 or More

Sybil F. Roos

Founder’s Society

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$75,000-$99,99

Darlene & Cappy* Bisso

Concertmaster’s Society

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$25,000-$49,999

Evan B. Glick Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange John Nau Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Conductor’s Circle Platinum Baton  $15,000-$24,999 Graham & Janet Baker Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Ken & Carol Lee Robertson

Conductor’s Circle Gold Baton  $10,000-$14,999 Consurgo Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Anne & George Boss Martha & Marvin McMurrey Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Michael J. Shawiak Shirley & Joel Wahlberg

Conductor’s Circle Silver Baton  $7,500-$9,999 Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Scott Ensell & Family Ms. Darlene Clark & Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Dr. Cameron Mitchell Rita & Paul Morico Jean & Allan Quiat Radoff Family Anonymous (1)

Conductor’s Circle Bronze Baton  $5,000-$7,499 Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fluor Mr. & Mrs. Edd C. Hendee Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kellogg Michael & Kelley Lang Mrs. Nancy Lease Terry & Kandee McGill Alice McPherson, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Ms. Angela Sherman Jeanine Van Wagenen Sally & Denney Wright Anonymous (1)

Grand Patron’s Circle  $2,500-$4,999 Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Beth & Jim Barton Donald & Dottie Bates John S. Beury Drs. Laura & William Black Robert & Gwen Bray Mr. & Mrs. Brady F. Carruth Ms. Miquel A. Correll Joseph & Rebecca Demeter Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company Julius & Suzan Glickman William D. & Karinne McCullough Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Richard & Juliet Moynihan Shirley & Marvin Rich Dr. & Mrs. Richard Robbins Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger Mr. Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. James Schulz

Patron’s Circle  $1,500-$2,499 Suan Angelo Sue Sue & Don Aron Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bertus Michael & Diana Bonin Mr. Thomas N. Britton & Ms. Debra A. Ewing Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Cynthia & Robert Creager Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. J. Richard Espinosa Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Kemper Rex & Marillyn King Gerrit Leeftink Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Ms. Sue Ann Lurcott

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nilson Joy & Gary Noble Ms. Kathryn O’Brien Mrs. Kay Onstead Mr. & Mrs. Kim Parker Ms. Darla P. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Judy & Bill Pursell Venu & Elsie Rao Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Mr. & Mrs. Karl Strobl Jonathan & Susan Symko Dean B. Walker Dr. & Mrs. Brad Wertman Doug & Kay Wilson Anonymous (3)

Director  $1,000-$1,499 Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Mr. Jim Barton Ms. Patricia K. Boyd Kelly & Julie Conner Barbara Dokell & Larry Finger Paula & Alfred Friedlander Betsy Garlinger Gary T. Leach Ms. Doris S. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mr. William Mendel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Mosbacher Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Rasmussen Chris & Don Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Ms. Jody Verwers Anonymous (2)

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Levinson Dr. & Mrs. James Lewis Ms. Joyce Lindler Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Moen Ms. Wynona Montgomery Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Dan Neskora Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Noland Joe & Ann Palm Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Parkey Roland & Linda Pringle Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Ms. Roc’C Semmelbeck Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. William Siegel Mr. Lawrence C. Smith Thomas W. Snodgrass Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mr. Roger Trandell Wear Family Mrs. Elizabeth White Mr. & Mrs. George R. Williams Roland & Charlene Wise Mr. Eric Wooten Mr. & Mrs. Alan Young Anonymous (1) *Deceased The Houston Symphony thanks the 969 donors who gave up to $499 over the past year. To note any errors or omissions, please contact Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund, at 713.337.8559.

Principal  $500-$999 Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Ms. Stephanie Ayala Mr. & Mrs. John P. Beall Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Beathard Dr. & Mrs. Larry Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Ms. Deborah Butler Mr. & Mrs. Ray Butler Mr. & Mrs. Jim Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Ms. Donna J. Charleson Richard & Marcia Churns Carlo & Vicki Corso Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ericsson Mr. John Eymann Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Dawn Folsom Jessica Ford Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Ann & Bill Heim Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Hill Dave & Laura Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek InTUNE — February 2017 | 53

Corporate, Foundation & Government PARTNERS

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

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

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

HOUSTON SYMPHONY BUSINESS COUNCIL The Houston Symphony is grateful for the philanthropic support of its Corporate Partners. With the foresight of Houston’s business community, our organization will fulfill its vision of becoming America’s most relevant and accessible topten orchestra by 2025.

If your company is interested in deepening its connection with the Houston Symphony, consider our Business Council.

Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, Civic/Cultural Leader

Business Council Host Committee

Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Chase Justice Brett Busby, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation (retired) Bradley Corson, Exxon Mobil Corporation Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Diversified Mike Doherty, Frost Bank David Frankfort, Deutsche Bank Ron Franklin, McGuireWoods, LLP Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies, LLC Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP Michael Mann, Mann Eye Institute Paul Mann, Mann Eye Institute David Massin, Wells Fargo

Open to current subscribers, donors and Board members affiliated with a business, the council provides opportunities to increase corporate participation by offering networking and special behind-the-scenes events.

To learn more about how to get involved, please contact Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations, at 713.337.8522 or leticia.konigsberg@houstonsymphony.org.

Billy McCartney, Flat Rock Development, LLC Paul Morico, Baker Botts L.L.P. Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Parkton Group Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Heidrick & Struggles Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sánchez, BBVA Compass Jerry Simon, Northern Trust L. Proctor Thomas, Baker Botts L.L.P. (retired) William J. Toomey, BB&T Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse B. Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric A. Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Beth Wolff Realtors Ed Wulfe, Wulfe & Co. Frank Yonish, Bank of Texas

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CORPORATE PARTNERS

(as of January 1, 2017)

Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above BBVA Compass ConocoPhillips *Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS *KTRK ABC-13 Phillips 66 *Oliver Wyman *Spec’s Charitable Foundation/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Guarantor  $100,000 and above Bank of America Chevron *Houston Methodist Medistar Corporation PaperCity *Telemundo *United Airlines Underwriter  $50,000 and above *Baker Botts L.L.P. *BB&T Cameron International Corporation *Cameron Management *Dignity Memorial Funeral Homes and Cemetaries ENGIE *The Events Company Exxon Mobil Corporation Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo *Jackson and Company Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center Occidental Petroleum Corporation Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation *Rand Group, LLC Shell Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

Sponsor  $25,000 and above Bank of Texas The Boeing Company *Bright Star *Bulgari Enterprise Product Partners L.P. *Gittings *Houston Chronicle *Houston First Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kalsi Engineering KPMG LLP Marine Foods Express, Ltd. McGuireWoods, LLP *Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Sidley Austin LLP *Silver Circle Audio SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo WoodRock & Co. Partner  $15,000 and above *City Kitchen *Glazier’s Distributors Gorman’s Uniform Service Halliburton H-E-B Independent Bank Laredo Construction, Inc. Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston Republic National Distributing Company, LLP The Newfield Foundation USI Southwest

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Aon Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass BHP Billiton The Boeing Company BP Foundation Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola

Supporter  $10,000 and above *Abraham’s Oriental Rugs *Agua Hispanic Marketing Anadarko Petroleum Corporation CenterPoint Energy Emerson Enbridge Energy Company Goldman, Sachs & Co. Marathon Oil Corporation *Silver Eagle Distributors Star Furniture Union Pacific Foundation *Zenfilm Benefactor  $5,000 and above Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP Louis Vuitton Macy's Nordstrom Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Plains All American *Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Spectra Energy *University of St. Thomas Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Adolph Locklar, Intellectual Property Law Firm Beth Wolff Realtors Intertek SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc. * Includes in-kind support

(as of January 1, 2017)

ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company EOG Resources Exxon Mobil Corporation Freeport – McMoRan Oil & Gas General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM

ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum Corporation Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.

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

IN-KIND DONORS

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

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

(as of January 1, 2017)

A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s Bistro Menil BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Cullnaire Carl R. Cunningham Donoho's Jewellers DLG Research & Marketing Solutions Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP Grotto in the Woodlands 56 | Houston Symphony

(as of January 1, 2017)

Gucci Hermann Park Conservancy Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans InterContinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Worthan & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint JW Marriott Houston Downtown Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel LG Entertainers Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts

New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin Pax Americana Pro/Sound Randalls Food Markets Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title The Events Company The Parson Family, in memory of Dorothy Anne Parson Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenway Vision Production Group Yahama

Backstage PASS Meet Annie Chen, second violin A native of Taiwan, Annie began her musical studies at age 6 on piano, and shortly thereafter, she began studies on the violin at age 8. She moved to the U.S. at age 14 to continue her music education at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts and the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston. Annie earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory and a master’s degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she held the Shepherd School Distinguished Fellowship in Violin. Her principal teachers have included Lynn Chang, James Buswell and Kathleen Winkler.

Auditioning for the Symphony: I was fairly nervous during the months I was preparing for the audition. Then, exactly three weeks before the audition, I was preparing lunch at home when I felt a sharp pain on the tip of my first finger on my left hand. I accidently cut some fingertip off while slicing carrots—almost all my calluses were gone! I had to take a week and a half off to heal (although I did do some practice with the bow alone on open strings). I was nervous that I would not have enough time to build new calluses to play the audition. I had considered pulling myself from the audition, but went ahead anyway. In some way, I had thought that I would not be able to make it into the later rounds, so I played “all out,” and things went well. By the time of the finals, I had a huge blister on my first finger where the cut healed. I guess I was a bit lucky this pain took some of the mental pressure away and focused my attention so I could win this position.

Artistic inclinations: As a child, I loved to paint. I even was able to take lessons with my uncle who was a professional oil painter.

My parents used to own a grocery shop in a little town in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and often I would practice drawing the produce. After moving to Boston to study at a music high school, I was unable to continue my focus on painting. Lately, I have started to draw more frequently, and I dabbled in some basic printmaking.

On Stavinsky and Bartók: I am looking forward to Yefim Bronfman’s appearance with the orchestra for Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto, paired with Stravinsky’s Petrouchka. Even though the compsers are of a similar age and had direct ties to their native folk music, their styles are so different!

I find Stravinsky’s music a bit easier to grasp (at least in the earlier “Russian” period). It is visceral, passionate and quite melodic. Some of my favorite Bartók works are from a bit later in his career when the concentrated motivic development is at the heart of his style. I love the play between his angular and percussive textures against the organic folklike melodies. This concert will prove to be a huge challenge for the orchestra as well as the soloists; both composers were known for challenging the expectations from the orchestral sections.

Outside of Jones Hall: If I’m not playing or enjoying music, I am almost definitely cooking, eating, reading food blogs or shopping for new cookware or knives. Admittedly, my fiancé and I are foodies. We love cooking at home and saving money so we can try new restaurants in Houston. As I write this, I am realizing that maybe I do spend too much time in the kitchen! Recently, I’ve gotten into making sourdough bread.

Linda Goldstein (viola for the Houston Symphony) graciously gave me some of her years-old sourdough starter so I could begin to ferment my own levain for homemade bread. This project has proven somewhat challenging, yet also quite fun. There is something magical about taking inedible flour and turning it into a warm loaf of bread that keeps me smiling in the kitchen.

Top: My fiancé and me preparing Christmas dinner for his family Middle: A few oil paintings I did in middle school Bottom: Sunrise at Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, ME InTUNE — February 2017 | 57

BEETHOVEN’S FIDELIO March 31, 8:00 PM | April 2, 2:30 PM

What is the cost of freedom?

Is there a limit to love?

Is there a limit to hope?

Experience a riveting semi-staged performance of Beethoven’s only opera.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Nathan Stark, bass (Rocco)

Tara Faircloth, director

Joshua Dennis, tenor (Jaquino)

Rebecca Von Lipinski, soprano (Leonore)

Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro)

Russell Thomas, tenor (Florestan)

Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone (Don Fernando)

Lauren Snouffer, soprano (Marzelline)

Houston Symphony Chorus Chamber Choir, Betsy Cook Weber, director Sarah Tundermann, lighting and projection design

Tickets: from $25 houstonsymphony.org | (713) 224-7575

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