Contents: March | 2014
Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 | houstonsymphony.org For advertising contact New Leaf Publishing at (713) 523-5323 info@newleafinc.com | www.newleafinc.com | 2006 Huldy, Houston, Texas 77019
PROGRAMS
20 March 6, 8, 9 24 March 13 30 March 14 32 March 21-23 34 March 28-30
ON STAGE AND OFF
4 Letter to Patrons Read about the Houston 4 New Century Society Symphony’s first performances 5 Credits in New York in This Month In 14 Centennial Angels Symphony History. 14 Centennial Lifetime Giving 16 Orchestra and Staff 17 Leadership Council 18 Symphony Society 37 Houston Symphony Chorus 38 Education and Community Engagement Programs 39 Musician Sponsorship 40 Houston Symphony Endowment 42 Donors
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Tyrell and Friends join the 24 Steve Houston Symphony this month.
FEATURES
6 POPS 2014-15 Season Announcement 8 This Month in Symphony History 8 New Music Director Fund 10 A Conversation with Allen Gelwick 12 Special Events 19 Youth Orchestra Festival 26 Upcoming Performances 50 Vintage Virtuoso Donors 52 Backstage Pass
about the exciting POPS programs that are 6 Learn planned for next season!
The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.
Acknowledgements
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On the cover: Photo by Chris Multop Date: January 12, 2014
In this photo, Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the orchestra in a performance of the Houston Symphony’s hit multi-media project, The Planets—An HD Odyssey. This was Andrés’ first time to conduct the program which was part of a double-header with The Earth—An HD Odyssey.
LETTER TO PATRONS
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Our historic Centennial Season is still going strong, and March is full of special events related to our birthday. In early March, we are building on a proud history of supporting the development of young musicians by holding our first Youth Orchestra Festival. This special event on March 9th will provide an opportunity for youth ensembles to experience the thrill of performing on the Jones Hall stage and highlight the good work they are doing in Houston. For this inaugural festival, ensembles from Houston Youth Symphony and Virtuosi of Houston will perform masterworks of Saint-Saëns and Sibelius. The free Youth Orchestra Festival concert begins at 12:30 p.m. ahead of the Houston Symphony’s matinee performance of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade. For more information, please turn to page 19. Our annual Wine Dinner & Auction, typically held in May, will take place this season in March. The intimate, sophisticated dinner on the Jones Hall stage features amazing wine selections, perfectly paired with culinary delights from Jackson and Company. We are thrilled to have John and Lindy Rydman and their daughter Lisa Rydman, the family behind the successful Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods, serving as the multi-generational chairs of the Centennial Wine Dinner & Auction. We look forward to raising a glass with fellow guests on Friday, March 7, and raising important dollars for the community activities of the Houston Symphony’s musicians and the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition. Also this month, the renowned portrait photography studio, Gittings, and Saks Fifth Avenue have teamed up to highlight Symphony stars, past and present, by uncovering archival photos as well as orchestrating new ones. Gittings’ pro bono actions will culminate in a week long exhibit, March 20 through 26, at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Galleria. We are deeply grateful to our friends for creating this wonderful homage to the people who created and sustained the Houston Symphony over the years. As we look ahead to next season, our Pops series will showcase great entertainers from stage, television and film. In fact, did you know that Jason Alexander, most famous for his role as George on TV’s Seinfeld, is an accomplished singer? He makes his Texas symphonic debut with us next September, bringing a terrific blend of song and comedy to Jones Hall for the kick-off performance in our Pops season. Be sure to turn to page 6 for more details about our 14-15 season Pops Series. As always, we are grateful for your support and look forward to seeing you in the hall!
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Robert A. Peiser President
Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO
New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation The New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation recognizes the Houston Symphony’s most committed and loyal supporters who have pledged their leadership support over a three-year period to help secure the orchestra’s financial future. For more information or to pledge your support, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.
Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Janice H. Barrow Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor
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Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Houston Methodist Hospital Nancy & Robert Peiser Laura & Michael Shannon Baker Botts L.L.P. Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Wells Fargo
CREDITS
Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO Carl R. Cunningham Program Annotator Elaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant
www.newleafinc.com (713) 523-5323 Janet Meyer Publisher janetmeyer@newleafinc.com Keith Gumney Art Director kgumney@newleafinc.com Jennifer Greenberg Associate Publisher jenniferg@newleafinc.com Frances Powell Account Executive divascenes@aol.com Tricia Pucciarello Account Executive Carey Clark CC Catalyst Communications Marlene Walker Walker Media LLC The activities and projects of the Houston Symphony are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at The Woodlands is the Summer Home of the Houston Symphony. Digital pre-media services by Vertis APS Houston Contents copyright Š 2014 by the Houston Symphony
LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break. CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances. CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances. March 2014
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March 2014
THIS MONTH IN SYMPHONY HISTORY
The Houston Symphony Visits New York The Houston Symphony Magazine’s trip down memory lane stops in New York at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall when the Symphony made its debuts. March is significant to Carnegie Hall because it was in this month in 1889 that Andrew Carnegie organized the Music Hall Company of New York when he purchased nine parcels of land along 7th Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets. Architect William Burnet Tuthill was hired in July, and the Music Hall opened in 1891. The Houston Symphony made its New York debut, led by Conductor Sir John Barbirolli on March 3, 1964, at Lincoln Center in honor of its 50th anniversary season. The program included: Berlioz’ Corsair Overture, Tone Poem in Summer Garden by Delius, Symphony No. 6 by Vaughan Williams and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Harold C. Schonberg of the New York Times called the Vaughn Williams piece “…a combination of savagery, modality and folk music… It is the bleak last movement, though, that grips the imagination… With the playing he drew from his orchestra, Sir John is welcome anytime.” The following year on March 11, 1965, Barbirolli led the 94-person orchestra in its first of now 16 performances at Carnegie Hall. This festival emerged when Carnegie Hall’s prime tenant, the New York Philharmonic, moved to its own hall, Lincoln Center, in 1960; executive director Julius Bloom brainstormed events to fill empty dates. The Symphony appeared at the International Festival of Visiting Orchestras at Carnegie Hall alongside several others, including the Vienna Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic of London, the Toronto Symphony and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The festival’s program included: Weber’s Euryanthe Overture; Vaughn Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme, (Enigma); Sibelius’ Lemminkainen Suite The Swan of Tuonela and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. New York Times reporter Theodore Strongin said the Symphony’s performance of Weber’s Euryanthe “was played with ease and affection and . . . a great hit with the audience.” To continue reading about the Symphony’s tours to New York, visit our blog at houstonsymphonyblog.org. For more information on these musicians and others, stop by the box office or Symphony Store to buy a copy of the new Houston Symphony commemorative book, Houston Symphony: Celebrating a Century.
THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR FUND The New Music Director Fund supports the concert activities of Andrés Orozco-Estrada in his year as Music Director Designate (2013-14 Centennial Season) and his first years as Music Director of the Houston Symphony (2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons). OrozcoEstrada, appointed in January 2013, is a young, dynamic conductor who radiates charm and energy both on and off the podium. He is the orchestra’s first Hispanic music director. For information on how to become involved, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.
Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Janice H. Barrow Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Barbara & Pat McCelvey Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor
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The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
FEATURE
A Conversation with Allen Gelwick, VP of Popular Programming
Allen Gelwick is an accomplished businessman, philanthropist and self-proclaimed “fan of all symphonic music.” While his work as Executive Vice President at Lockton Companies, LLC keeps his schedule full, he has made time for charitable work. For the past five years, he has proudly served as Vice President of Popular Programming on the Houston Symphony Board of Trustees. An idea originally conceived by now Chairman of the Board Jesse Tutor, the Popular Programming Committee invigorates programming in order to reach a wider audience and inspire increased appreciation of orchestral music. Allen is the Board’s first VP of Popular Programming. Allen can share many examples of the successful POPS performances Houston has enjoyed in recent years. His personal highlights include Elvis Costello and Pink Martini. But he’s quick to point out that every concert is a good experience. “No matter who is on stage with the Houston Symphony, you can always trust you are going to have a great time.” The challenge, he says, is appealing to all groups and creating a mix of programming that is diverse enough for Houston audiences. Allen believes this is the Symphony’s greatest asset: “That people of diversity can all love music together. The Houston Symphony, and music in general, express a world in which people do something constructive, together.” The Popular Programming Committee focuses on making the POPS Series both innovative and an industry leader. In the newly released 2014-15 Season, Allen points out many highlights of the exciting season: TV’s Greatest Hits and Jason Alexander on stage with the Houston Symphony in September; U.K. Rocks in April; and the Paint Jam concert, featuring local Houston artist Dan Dunn, in May. These four programs, he notes, are all originating in Houston, just like the world premiere of Cirque de la Symphonie in 2006, which is now credited as the most successful POPS program in the world. 10
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Allen is enthusiastic about the Houston Symphony’s Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada. He effuses, “Wow! Wow! I mean just, ‘Wow.’ Andrés will draw unprecedented numbers of people to the Houston Symphony. We are in a truly global city, and he has both the passion and technical skills to bring greater appreciation of orchestral music to a diverse crowd.” Allen’s appreciation of music came from an early age. His father often played music in the home, and his mother performed as a professional singer. He emphasizes the critical role the Houston Symphony plays in fostering education connections with youth, and the value it provides to Houston as a society. “Robert Franz, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, is amazing at what he does—educating and inspiring students. The connections made from reading and learning music translate to a wide spectrum of disciplines, like math and science.” Overall, Allen feels his role on the Houston Symphony Executive Committee has deepened his appreciation for the Houston Symphony. “The more we learn, the more humbled we all feel. I am just amazed at just how extraordinary the Houston Symphony is, and its musicians. Each one is a virtuoso.” Allen and Almira Gelwick are members of the Houston Symphony Leadership Council and are also Centennial Angels. As the Houston Symphony celebrates a century of music making, a core group of donors, known as Centennial Angels, are making leadership commitments to recognize the significance of this important occasion, and honor those who have worked diligently over the years to ensure Houston is home to a world-class orchestra. Allen and Almira joined this group by making a multi-year commitment as part of the new Houston Symphony Leadership Council. The Leadership Council comprises donors who have made pledges over three or more years in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events. Encouraging this level of commitment to the orchestra, Allen states, “I felt that supporting at this level was a reflection of living my values. It is a critical time for the Houston Symphony, and the Leadership Council and Centennial Angels serve as a remarkable testament to our orchestra’s growth over the past few years. “As a businessperson and resident of Houston, I am nothing more than proud to serve on the Houston Symphony Board of Trustees,” he emphasizes. “It’s a personal thing—being a Trustee—you meet the musicians and the Music Director behind these programs. You learn about the experience the composers had when writing the music. The Houston Symphony is a great asset to our city.”
SPECIAL EVENTS
Centennial Ball Early Underwriters Event
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Houston Symphony supporters, Lisa and Jerry Simon and Northern Trust, hosted the Centennial Ball Early Underwriters Event at the Simon’s stunning home on January 13 with special guest Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director Designate of the Houston Symphony. The spectacular event celebrated those who have generously made early commitments to the Centennial Ball chaired by Cora Sue and Harry Mach and Joella and Steve Mach. An exclusive group of more than 80 individual and corporate supporters mingled with Andrés and his wife, Julia. A trio of Houston Symphony musicians, Concertmaster Frank Huang, Principal Cello Brinton Averil Smith and Principal Keyboard Scott Holshouser dazzled the guests with a memorable performance. Thanks to the Centennial Ball Underwriters Committee, chaired by Steve Mach, the Centennial Ball has surpassed the $1.5 million mark in underwriting support. Proceeds from the Ball support the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Engagement Programs. The excitement for the Centennial Ball continues to build as we approach May 17! For more information, contact Alexandra Yates, Director, Special Events, at (713) 337-8536.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Houston Symphony Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon Sunday, April 27, 2014 River Oaks Country Club 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Take part in our annual springtime family celebration as toddlers to teens take the runway at the Children’s Fashion Show and Luncheon featuring stylish fashions from Neiman Marcus. Don’t miss this festive event featuring interactive musical experiences, along with crafts and entertainment that are sure to delight young audiences. Tables of 10: $1,500 (up to 2 models in the show), $2,500 (up to 4 models in the show), $5,000 (up to 6 models in the show) Individual Tickets (unreserved seating): $75 children, $150 adults
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Ginni & Richard Mithoff, Chairmen Carolyn & Stevens Mafrige, Chairmen Melissa & Michael Mithoff, Chairmen
The Centennial Ball Saturday, May 17, 2014 Jones Hall
Don’t miss the dramatic culmination of our Centennial Season chaired by two generations of the Mach family. Be a part of history as we celebrate this momentous occasion on a massive stage in Jones Hall. Experience an evening filled with extraordinary music, delicious cuisine, luxurious auction items, festive dancing and Houston Symphony glamour befitting a Centennial celebration.
Seating is limited Tables of 12: $100,000 Tables of 10: $25,000 (limited availability) and $50,000 Tickets (per couple): $12,500, $25,000
To learn more about both events: Tickets, contact: Alexandra Yates, Director, Special Events, alexandra.yates@houstonsymphony.org or (713) 337-8536. Event auctions, contact: Laura Neiman, Manager, Special Events, laura.neiman@houstonsymphony.org or (713) 337-8524.
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Cora Sue & Harry Mach, Chairmen Joella & Steve Mach, Chairmen
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Centennial Angels
As the Houston Symphony celebrates a century of music making, a core group of leadership donors are making commitments of $100,000 and above to recognize the significance of this important occasion and honor those who have worked diligently over the years to ensure Houston is home to a world-class orchestra. Centennial Angels understand the importance of philanthropy to allow the Houston Symphony to not only exist, but thrive. To learn more or to pledge your support, contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411 or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525. M.D. Anderson Foundation Janice H. Barrow BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Brown Foundation, Inc. Chevron City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Janet F. Clark ConocoPhillips The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies Rochelle & Max Levit
Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. George P. Mitchell Palmetto Partners Ltd. / The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
Centennial Lifetime Giving The Houston Symphony recognizes these individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities for their extraordinary support of the Houston Symphony. This list includes all gifts to the Houston Symphony dating from 1972. Where appropriate, companies are listed under the name of their most current incarnation, and include all gifts to date from their subsidiaries and acquisitions. as of January 1, 2014
$25 Million +
The Cullen Foundation Houston Endowment Mr. Mike Stude
ExxonMobil Corporation Houston Arts Alliance Houston Arts Fund Kinder Morgan National Endowment for the Arts Mr. & Mrs. John Rydman/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Shell Oil Company Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor
$5 Million +
$1 Million +
The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
$10 Million +
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Downtown Alliance Mr. George P. Mitchell and Mrs. Cynthia Woods Mitchell
$2.5 Million +
M.D. Anderson Foundation Janice H. Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge ConocoPhillips 14
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AIG American General AT&T Baker Botts L.L.P. Bank of America BBVA Compass Chevron Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst The William Stamps Farish Fund Fidelity Investments The Fondren Foundation Houston Chronicle
JPMorgan Chase Cornelia & Meredith Long Beth Madison The Mach Family/ Cora Sue & Harry Mach and Joella & Steve Mach Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Kathrine McGovern/ John P. McGovern Foundation Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. Fayez Sarofim Spectra Energy Vinson & Elkins, LLP Mrs. Wesley West/ Stedman West Foundation Margaret Alkek Williams Anonymous
$750,000+
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Macy’s Hewlett Packard Company Laura & Michael Shannon Palmetto Partners Ltd. / The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Centennial Lifetime Giving $500,000 +
Accenture American Express BP Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Enron Corporation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Methodist Hospital The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation KPMG LLP Rochelle & Max Levit Marathon Oil Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Northern Trust Norton Rose Fulbright Mrs. Kitty King Powell/ The Powell Foundation Rockwell Fund, Inc. Mr. Walter W. Sapp Mr. A. Frank Smith Jr. Texas Commission on the Arts TOTAL United Airlines
Wells Fargo Bank Williams Companies, Inc.
$250,000 +
Allied Waste Andrews Kurth LLP Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Boardwalk Pipline Partners LP Cameron International Corporation CenterPoint Energy Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Comcast Alexander & Lorraine Dell Deloitte Gene & Linda Dewhurst Eaton The Margaret & James A. Elkins, Jr. Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Mrs. Fran Fawcett-Peterson/ The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hermance Hobby Family Foundation Mrs. Judith R. Hoffberger Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde
Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fnd. The Humphreys Foundation Drs. M. S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi KHOU-TV Channel 11 Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann I. W. Marks Jewelers Jay & Shirley Marks Betty & Gene McDavid Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mervyn’s Mrs. Sue A. Morrison Tassie & Constantine Nicandros Hanni & Stewart Orton Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells The Schissler Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Ms. Lola Sinclair Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Smith Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Star Furniture Sterling-Turner Foundation Target Stores, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. L. Proctor Thomas III Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Mr. Wallace S. Wilson UBS Dr. Margaret Waisman & Dr. Steven S. Callahan Weatherford International Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber
Dede & Connie Weil Anonymous
The Houston Symphony would also like to recognize companies who supported the Houston Symphony in the 1960s with the purchase of advertisements in the program books. Audiphone Hearing Aid Co. Bank of Texas Battelstein’s Everitt-Buelow Gittings Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Houston Motor Corp. Houston Natural Gas System Humble Oil & Refining Corporation The National Bank of Commerce of Houston The Prudential Insurance Co. Ralph Rupley Sakowitz Semaan Shell Oil Company Wallings The Warwick Hotel United Gas
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ORCHESTRA AND STAFF AndrĂŠs Orozco-Estrada, Music Director Designate Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair
Michael Krajewski,
Principal Pops Conductor
Hans Graf,
Conductor Laureate
Robert Franz,
Associate Conductor Sponsor, Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge
FIRST VIOLIN: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster** Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Oleg Chelpanov* SECOND VIOLIN: Jennifer Owen, Principal Tina Zhang, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Miran Kim Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly** Tong Yan Christine Pastorek Amy Teare Emily Herdeman Kelly* VIOLA: Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Thomas Molloy Phyllis Herdliska CELLO: Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Haeri Ju Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James R. Denton Anthony Kitai
DOUBLE BASS: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray FLUTE: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Judy Dines, Acting Associate Principal Gina Hughes* Rebecca Powell Garfield* PICCOLO: Rebecca Powell Garfield* OBOE: Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN: Adam Dinitz CLARINET: Thomas LeGrand, Acting Principal Christian Schubert, Acting Associate Principal David Pharris* Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET: Christian Schubert BASS CLARINET: Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON: Rian Craypo, Principal** Eric Arbiter, Acting Principal J. Jeff Robinson, Acting Associate Principal Elise Wagner Micah Doherty* CONTRABASSOON: Micah Doherty* HORN: William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Katharine Caliendo*
TRUMPET: Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Anthony Prisk** Micah Wilkinson* TROMBONE: Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE: Phillip Freeman TUBA: Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI: Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal PERCUSSION: Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP: Paula Page, Principal KEYBOARD: Scott Holshouser, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Michael Gorman ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER: Linda Oper LIBRARIAN: Thomas Takaro ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray STAGE MANAGER: Position open ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Kelly Morgan STAGE TECHNICIAN: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute **On Leave
Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony and James B. Kozak serves as Piano Technician. The Houston Symphony has two Steinway concert grand pianos. One is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum in 2001. The other is a Centennial gift from the Houston Symphony Central and Bay Area Leagues in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Houston Symphony League which was celebrated during the 2012-13 season.
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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO Steven Brosvik, General Manager/ Chief Operations Officer David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Aurelie Desmarais, Chief of Artistic Planning Amanda Dinitz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives Rauli Garcia, Chief Financial Officer Glenn Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer Meg Philpot, Director, Human Resources Stacey Spears, Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Artistic Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Merle Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate Development Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager Evin Erdowdu, Development Officer, Individual Giving Noureen Faizullah, Development Operations Manager Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Irma Molina, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Laura Neiman, Manager, Special Events Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev, Development Officer, Institutional Giving Jennifer M. Schoppe, Development Communications Manager Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Institutional Giving Jada Wright-Greene, Institutional Giving Coordinator Alexandra Yates, Director, Special Events Education/Community Partnerships Allison Conlan, Education and Community Engagement Coordinator Roger Daily, Director, Education and Community Engagement Steve Wenig, Director, Community Partnerships Finance/Administration/IT Sally Brassow, Controller Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Philip Gulla, Director, Technology Amed Hamila, Director, Database Support Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects Marketing/Communications Jeffrey Block, Assistant Marketing Manager Jeff Gilmer, Patron Services Coordinator, Group Sales/Ticket Inventory Mandi Hunsicker-Sallee, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melissa H. Lopez, Director, Single Tickets & Special Projects Georgia McBride, Marketing Manager Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Sarah Rendon, Patron Services Representative Valerie Richmond, Marketing and Design Associate Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Operations Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Kelly Morgan, Acting Stage Manager Linda Oper, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager and Community Connections Coordinator Kathryn Wene, Operations Assistant Meredith Williams, Operations Manager
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL As the Houston Symphony celebrates the 2013-14 Centennial Season, we are introducing the Leadership Council for donors committing $45,000 or more in support of the Annual Fund, special projects and fundraising events over a three-year period ($15,000+ annually). For more information or to pledge your support, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525 or Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8521.
Janet F. Clark Mr. Richard Danforth Gene & Linda Dewhurst The Elkins Foundation Angel & Craig Fox Allen & Almira Gelwick – Lockton Companies The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Simon
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Symphony Society Board Executive Committee President Robert A. Peiser
Chairman of the Board Jesse B. Tutor
Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson
Immediate Past President Robert B. Tudor III
Chairman Emeritus Mike S. Stude
Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby
Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach
Vice President, Volunteers and Events David Wuthrich
Vice President, Community Partnerships Donna Shen
Vice President, Finance Anthony Bohnert
Vice President, Education Billy McCartney
Vice President, Development Jerome Simon
Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick
General Counsel Paul R. Morico
Vice President, Marketing and Communication Gloria G. Pryzant
At-Large Members Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Gene Dewhurst Helen Shaffer Jim R. Smith
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Adam Dinitz, Orchestra Representative Kelli Cohen Fein, President, Houston Symphony League Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Stacey Spears, Assistant Secretary Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair
President, Endowment Steven P. Mach
Governing Directors Graham Baker * Janice H. Barrow Danielle Batchelor Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Justice Brett Busby Donna Josey Chapman Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil
Trustees
Samuel Abraham Joe Amador Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Prentiss Burt Cheryl Byington John Caley Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso * John T. Cater Audrey Cochran Mark Day Cindy Deere Azar Delpassand Tracy Dieterich Tom Fitzpatrick Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr.
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John Esquivel Kelli Cohen Fein Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Enrique Gonzรกlez Susan Hansen Stephanie C. Hildebrandt Gary L. Hollingsworth Brian James Joan Kaplan Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit * Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach * Rodney Margolis Jay Marks
Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Ron Rand John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer Donna Shen
Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith Miles Smith Jim Stein * Mike S. Stude William J. Toomey III * Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Vicki West * Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich
Craig A. Fox Mary Fusillo Evan Glick Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect Kathleen Hayes Marianne Ivany Catherine Kaldis I. Ray Kirk Carlos Lopez Carolyn Mann Michael Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Brian McCabe * Gene McDavid Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles
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Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Frank Huang, leader and violin soloist Thursday, March 6, 2014 8 pm Saturday, March 8, 2014 8 pm Sunday, March 9, 2014 2:30 pm
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SYMPHONY NO. 39 IN G MINOR Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Recording Adam Fischer conducting the AustroHungarian Haydn Orchestra (Nimbus) Instrumentation two oboes, one bassoon, four horns, harpsichord and strings
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NOTES | Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings | MARCH 6, 8-9 and finale return to the home key of G minor. The finale is once again a sonata movement set at a driving pace.
LAS CUATRO ESTACIONES PORTEÑAS Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Arranged by Leonid Desyatnikov Recording Gidon Kremer, solo violinist and conductor of the Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch) Instrumentation solo violin and string orchestra Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla carved out a special, possibly unique, niche in musical history as the man who modernized the tango, blending elements of classical music and jazz into the Argentine tango. Piazzolla’s ancestry was purely Italian, his grandparents on both sides having immigrated to Argentina in the late 19th century. When he was 3 years old, his parents moved to New York, where he was exposed to both classical music and jazz. After numerous travels between New York and Argentina, and some trips to France, he settled permanently in Buenos Aires in 1937, joining the cabaret orchestra of leading bandleader Anibal Troilo while studying concert music with noted Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera. In 1953, Piazzolla won a French government grant to study with the renowned composition teacher, Nadia Boulanger, who
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NOTES | Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings | MARCH 6, 8, 9 quickly advised him that the tango was his true path to self-expression in music. Traditionalists initially opposed Piazzolla’s hard-edged, realistic modernization of the tango, but students and young liberals supported it as an artistic symbol of their yearnings for political democracy. Piazzolla’s four tangos, titled Cuatro estaciones porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), are modern-day counterparts to Antonio Vivaldi’s famed set of four baroque violin concertos, known simply as The Four Seasons. Piazzolla’s set began almost randomly in 1965, with a tango, “Verano porteño,” which he composed as incidental music for a play by Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz. While the play was not a success, the music won praise and Piazzolla gradually completed the set of four tangos over the next five years. Its premiere, including a live recording, was given by Piazzolla and his quintet at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Regina on May 19, 1970. Today, Piazzolla’s tangos are heard in countless versions. This solo violin/string orchestra version was made by Russian composer Leonid Desyatnikov, who has been a close associate of violinist Gidon Kremer. The set begins with “Otoño” (“Autumn”), since the sequence of climatic changes in Buenos Aires is the reverse of those in the northern hemisphere, where Vivaldi composed his Four Seasons. Each tango is divided into several sections, sharply contrasting Piazzolla’s spiky, hard-edged jazz style of his tango-nuevo with the slower, more seductive manner of the traditional tango. Cadenzas for the violin soloist are sprinkled throughout the set and “Otoño” contains an additional cadenza and extended solo passage for a solo
cello. The music also contains numerous showy effects, such as sliding glissando playing, trills and other ornaments. At various points, Desyatnikov calls upon the players to tap the strings with the wooden tip of their bows, imitating the hollow scraping sound of a Latin American folk instrument called a güiro. And in a salute to his famed predecessor, Piazzolla has included direct quotations of excerpts from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
SERENADE IN C MAJOR FOR STRINGS, OPUS 48 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Recording Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Decca) Instrumentation strings A relaxing vacation in the country can be an idyllic experience, but only if idleness does not turn to boredom. That state of mind overtook Tchaikovsky in September 1880 while he was vacationing at Kamenka, the country estate of his sister and her family. After a few weeks spent there, he grew restless with chores of proofreading and correcting scores that were about to be published. Long walks and playtime periods spent with his nieces did little to ease his restlessness. So, on September 21, he began to occupy his mind by sketching out a work he intended to be either a symphony or a string quintet. In two weeks, three of its four movements were comCONTINUED ON PAGE 36
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MARCH 13, 2014
Steve Tyrell and Friends Robert Franz, conductor | Steve Tyrell Diane Schuur, vocalist/pianist Judith Hill, vocalist Lew Soloff, trumpet
Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:30 pm
This evening’s program will be announced from the stage. There will be one intermission.
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BIOGRAPHIES | MARCH 13 ROBERT FRANZ, conductor
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In his sixth season as Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, Robert Franz has led the Symphony in a broad range of creative educational and family concerts. Highlights for the 2013-14 Season include a performance at the annual awards of the Anti-Defamation League and a side-by-side concert of Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony with the Houston Youth Symphony, which will result in a total of 150 musicians on stage. Last summer, Franz conducted the orchestra’s 100th Birthday Concert. Franz is also the Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Opera and Orchestra and the Windsor Symphony in Ontario, Canada. He continues to serve as Music Director Emeritus of the Carolina Chamber Symphony, an orchestra that he founded, and provides educational programming workshops at the National Repertory Orchestra during the summer. Under his direction, both the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2008) and the Louisville
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES APRIL 2014
Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet
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April 10, 12, 13, 2014 Hans Graf, conductor Johannes Moser, cello Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 Conductor Laureate Hans Graf leads the Symphony in a powerful all-Russian program. First, hear the ripening love and impending tragedy in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Then, hear risingstar cellist Johannes Moser perform Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso and Rococo Variations.
Bronfman Plays Beethoven 4 photo by Werner Kmetitsch
April 17, 18, 19, 2014 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 8 The Los Angeles Times speaks of Grammy® Award-winner pianist Yefim Bronfman’s “technical prowess and unforced showmanship.” The virtuoso returns to Houston to lend both depth and brilliance to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.
An Evening with Chris Botti
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April 25, 26, 27, 2014 Stuart Chafetz, conductor Chris Botti, trumpet POPS Presenting Sponsor With his uniquely expressive sound and soaring musical imagination, superstar Chris Botti returns to Houston to perform some of his favorite tunes along with music from his newest album, Impressions. Since the release of his 2004 album, When I Fall in Love, Botti has become the largest-selling American jazz instrumental artist. He has appeared in countless PBS specials, had four No. 1 jazz albums and received multiple Grammy® Awards throughout his career. Don’t miss this incredible trumpet talent, performing together with your Houston Symphony.
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BIOGRAPHIES | STEVE TYRELL AND FRIENDS | MARCH 13 Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II, Tyrell re-popularized classic pop standards for a modern audience. His hits “The Way You Look Tonight,” “The Simple Life,” “Crush on You” and “On The Sunny Side of the Street” have launched thousands of weddings. He enjoys sold-out shows and raves from around the world. At the request of the Sinatra family, he was the featured performer with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra when Frank Sinatra was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and reprised that performance at Carnegie Hall. As a record producer, he has collaborated with artists from Rod Stewart to Diana Ross. An album with the late Andy Griffith won a 1995 Grammy® for Gospel Album of the Year. All nine of his American Standards albums have reached top 10 on Billboard’s Jazz charts. Tyrell has received a daytime Emmy® Award, three Ace Award nominations, American Society of Young Musician’s All That Jazz Award (2004), The Wellness Community Human Spirit Award (2004), Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) and
Orchestra (2001) were awarded ASCAP’s Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming. The Louisville Orchestra’s award led to the creation of an education program for Kentucky Educational Television entitled Creating Music and Stories. Winner of the 2008 BPO/ECMEA Music Educators Award for Excellence, Franz has created arts education programs for the Carolina Chamber Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, West End Chamber Ensemble and the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, including that organization’s innovative Bolton Research Project. Franz has also authored his first children’s book with CD, Stella’s Magical Musical Tour of America. Franz received his Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance in 1990 from the North Carolina School of the Arts and his Master of Music degree in conducting in 1992 from the same institution.
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BIOGRAPHIES | STEVE TYRELL AND FRIENDS | MARCH 13 Los Angeles Jazz Society’s Jazz Vocalist of the Year (2008). His music for the children’s special, Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue, received special Emmy® recognition. Visit www.stevetyrell.com.
DIANE SCHUUR Regarded as one of contemporary jazz’ leading vocalists, Diane Schuur has built a stellar career by embracing not only the jazz of her parents’ generation, but the pop music of her own youth during the late 1950s and ’60s. As electric as she is brilliant, Schuur taught herself piano by ear and developed a rich, resonant vocal style. With a distinguished career that spans nearly three decades—and includes two Grammy® Awards and three Grammy® Award nominations—Schuur’s music has explored nearly every corner of the 20th-century American musical landscape. Her collaborations with The Count Basie Orchestra, B.B. King and Barry Manilow, among others, have produced numerous No. 1 Billboard jazz chart recordings, including Pure Schuur and Heart to Heart. Her 2011 release The Gathering is unique in both material and style, infusing her unique jazz styling into 10 country-brewed tunes from seminal songwriters such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Hank Cochran, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller and others. Including return performances at the White House and Carnegie Hall, Schuur continues to tour the United States, Europe, South America and Japan, as well as to record and perform on television.
JUDITH HILL Judith Hill, a Los Angeles native, has spent her life immersed in music. She penned her first song at age 4. Her father, Robert “Pee Wee” Hill, is a pioneering funk bassist, 28
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BIOGRAPHIES | STEVE TYRELL AND FRIENDS | MARCH 13 and her mother, Michiko Hill, is an accomplished keyboardist. They own Master’s Crib Recording Studios, which served as her motivating playground. Hill pursued a degree in music composition at Biola University, where she wrote her first symphony and pieces for piano, vocal groups, chamber ensembles and string quartets. After graduation, she sang background vocals for the legendary Michel Polnareff in Paris. Plans to branch out were put on hold when she was chosen to back Michael Jackson, and perform a duet with him, on his “This Is It” tour. Their performance of “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” is part of the posthumously released film, This Is It. She sang “Heal the World” at Jackson’s public memorial. Hill spent the next few years refining her sound and incorporating her zeal for fashion and theatre into her act. In 2011, she starred in the Avon Believe World Tour. When Stevie Wonder asked her to perform background, she couldn’t resist. Not surprisingly, she is in Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet from Stardom, which tells the true story of backup singers of the 21st century. Her debut solo release is due out later this year.
LEW SOLOFF A consummate fixture on the New York jazz scene, Lew Soloff is a virtuoso whose expertise includes trumpet, flugelhorn, harmon mute, plunger mute and piccolo trumpet. Lew Soloff and the Afro-Cuban Ensemble creates excitement around New York City, and the Lew Soloff Quartet tours Europe regularly. He is a regular in Carla Bley’s Big Band, remains a founding member of The Manhattan Jazz Quintet and has joined the contemporary quintet Manhattan Brass. His longtime collaboration with the late Gil Evans resulted in a relationship with the Bohuslän Big Band in Sweden. Born in Brooklyn in 1944, Soloff was raised in Lakewood, New Jersey, and studied piano before taking up the trumpet at age 10. He attended Juilliard Preparatory until he entered the Eastman School of Music. After graduating from Eastman, he spent a year in graduate school at The Julliard School before the mid-1960s New York jazz scene ignited his career. It was in the groundbreaking group Blood, Sweat and Tears that Soloff’s trumpet solos became an indelible part of American culture. His abilities in the studio have led to recordings with entertainers from Roy Ayers to Miles Davis and Quincy Jones. He is a chameleon in front of the microphone, participating in sessions and concerts for some of pop’s most respected figures. Soloff has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music for nearly 20 years.
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Frank Huang, leader and violin soloist
Friday, March 14, 2014 7:30 pm
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THE FOUR SEASONS, OPUS 8, NUMBERS 1-4 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Recording Benjamin Schmid, leader and soloist, with the Salzburg Camerata Salzbury (Oehms)
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n December 14, 1725, the Amsterdam Gazette carried an announcement that the city’s music publisher, Michel-Charles Le Cène, had issued 12 violin concertos by Vivaldi in a collection titled The Contest of Harmony and Invention. The edition was dedicated to the Bohemian count Wenceslas von Morzin, and in his dedicatory letter, Vivaldi confessed that the first four concertos, The Four Seasons, were actually old works the count had long since received, heard—and presumably paid for! While such sly double-dealing with the ownership of artistic properties was not uncommon in the 18th century, Vivaldi’s confession alerts us that his celebrated set of descriptive concertos was composed a good bit earlier than it was published. Very few of Vivaldi’s works are dated, but scholar Paul Everett estimates The Four Seasons was composed between 1718 and 1720. The new published version was enhanced by four sonnets describing seasonal events the composer had depicted in his fanciful concertos. Vivaldi apparently wrote these sonnets himself (they’re hardly anything Petrarch would have autographed), and he took pains to place individual phrases from the poems above corresponding descriptive lines in the music. Thus the singing birds in the second line of “Spring” are identified with the trills and warbling figuration of the first solo violin passage; the lightning, thunder and darkened skies described in the poem’s second stanza are matched with an episode of teeth-rattling tremolos and sudden whooshing scale passages in the orchestral part. One particularly droll musical description involves the steady “woof-woof” rhythm played by the viola in the slow movement of the “Spring” concerto. Vivaldi identified it as the shepherd’s dog, barking while his master sleeps in the meadow. A great many cameos of rural life pass in review as the poems tell of summer’s oppressive heat and sudden thunderstorms; peasants drinking, dancing and hunting during the fall harvest; or stamping the snow off their feet, slipping and falling through the winter ice as they rush toward the hearth and its warm, crackling fire. For that reason, the musical texture of The Four Seasons is rich in thematic ideas as Vivaldi seeks to portray these successive cameos in terms of sound. Unlike the typical baroque concerto, whose individual movements are often unified by repetitive rhythms and a single thematic idea, the music of The Four Seasons undergoes constant change. ©2014, Carl R. Cunningham
SERENADE IN C MAJOR FOR STRINGS, OPUS 48 Notes for this piece can be found on page 23
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MARCH 21-23, 2014
Beethoven’s Mass in C Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Friday, March 21, 2014 8 pm Saturday, March 22, 2014 8 pm Sunday, March 23, 2014 2:30 pm
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The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following supporter of this concert: Guarantor The General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Endowed Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer & Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil & Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch. Thank you to the following donors for their cumulative support of the Houston Symphony over the years. This weekend, we are proud to honor: Sterling-Turner Foundation Laura & Michael Shannon Eaton The Schissler Charitable Foundation The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. The SoundPlusVision series is sponsored by Margaret Alkek Williams and supported in part by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Endowed Fund for Creative Initiatives. Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation. To enjoy this concert again, tune in to Houston Public Media’s broadcast series on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM on Classical 91.7.
PULCINELLA (BALLET AVEC CHANT EN UN ACTE, D’APRÈS GIAMBATTISTA PERGOLESI) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Recording Richard Hickox conducting the City of London Sinfonia with soloists Ann Murray, Martyn Hill and David Thomas (Virgin Classics) Instrumentation pairs of flutes (second doubling piccolo), oboes, bassoons and horns, trumpet, trombone and strings
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hen World War I ended, much of Europe was financially impoverished, and the monetary resources that had funded such huge cultural productions as Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Petrouchka and Rite of Spring, were no longer available. So, miniaturization became the order of the day. Primitivistic and impressionistic styles of composition also gave way to a vogue for Neoclassicism. Traces of this stylistic shift in Stravinsky’s music could be detected in various small instrumental pieces beginning around 1915, but they were clearly apparent in two of his stage works immediately after the war: The Soldier’s Tale and Pulcinella, the “ballet with song”based instrumental and vocal excerpts by Giovanni Pergolesi (1710-1736) and other 18thcentury composers that Stravinsky arranged for small orchestra and singers in 1919-20. Impresario Serge Diaghilev and choreographer Leonid Massine suggested the idea of transcribing manuscripts by Pergolesi and other composers they had found in the Naples Conservatory. It took Stravinsky some time to warm to the idea, but after exploring the music, he embraced it wholeheartedly, imposing his own artistic personality so firmly upon the orchestral arrangement that listeners could easily be deceived into thinking he had composed the music itself, rather than Pergolesi and his 18th-century colleagues. As Stravinsky progressed, he added some of his own pungent harmonic solutions to the musical scores he was arranging. The orchestral ensemble simulates one that might be found in a late baroque or very early 18th-century Classical ensemble. Pairs of oboes, bassoons and horns constitute a standard group of 18th-century winds, with the addition of a trumpet and trombone—two Stravinskyian brass instruments. As is common in baroque music, Stravinsky divided the strings into a small “concertino” group of five solo instruments and a larger “ripieno” ensemble of three or four instrumentalists for each of the remaining violin, viola, cello and double bass parts. Pulcinella is an unusual ballet, involving singers as well as dancers, and its vocal numbers are interspersed throughout the balletic action onstage. The scenario titled “The Four Pulcinellas” is taken from a Neapolitan manuscript of 1700, typically involving commedia dell’arte characters. Since all the girls love Pulcinella, his jealous rivals disguise themselves as Pulcinella, seeking to kill him. But he changes places with a double, who pretends to “die” under their blows. Disguised as a magician, Pulcinella brings his double “back to life,” then arranges marriages for all the rivals, while choosing Pimpinella as his own bride. CONTINUED ON PAGE 51 March 2014 33
MARCH 28-30, 2014
100 Years of Broadway Michael Krajewski, conductor *Christiane Noll, *Rachel York, *Christopher Johnstone, vocalists Houston Symphony Chorus, Charles Hausmann, director Friday, March 28, 2014 8 pm Saturday, March 29, 2014 8 pm Sunday, March 30, 2014 7:30 pm
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BIOGRAPHIES | 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY | MARCH 28-30
Biographies MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, conductor
POPS POPS
Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall
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Guarantor Sybil F. Roos Partner Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Gorman / Gorman’s Uniform Service
Thank you to the following donors for their cumulative support of the Houston Symphony over the years. This weekend, we are proud to honor: ExxonMobil Corporation Baker Botts L.L.P. KTRK-TV Channel 13 Macy’s Deloitte. Spectra Energy Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Houston Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski holds the same title for the Jacksonville and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. He is the newly appointed music director of the Philly Pops. As a guest conductor, Krajewski has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Boston and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras, and numerous other orchestras across the U.S. This season, he will debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. This season, he conducts his original Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel program all over North America featuring artists AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle. With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy, and enjoys travel, photography and crossword puzzles.
CHRISTIANE NOLL, vocalist Christiane Noll starred on Broadway in the Kennedy Center revival of Ragtime, receiving Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and winning a Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Mother. Broadway and National Tour appearances include Chaplin (Drama Desk Award nomination), Urinetown (Ovation Award), The Mambo Kings, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, Jekyll & Hyde, Grease, Miss Saigon and South Pacific (Australia/Thailand). She has been a frequent guest soloist as part of Bravo Broadway and has appeared with orchestras around the world. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson in his last pops performance with The New York Pops, and sang with Steven Reineke in Sondheim! The Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall. She made her Hollywood Bowl and O2 Arena debut singing with Dame Julie Andrews in Gifts of Music and her opera debut with Plácido Domingo in The Merry Widow at the Kennedy Center. She sang the voice of Anna in the Warner Bros.’ animated feature The King and I. Some of her favorite performances include Closer Than Ever, Little Shop of Horrors, Mack & Mabel, The Baker’s Wife, Into The Woods and Carousel. She has appeared with Town Hall’s Broadway by the Year and Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. Her recordings include A Broadway Love Story, Live at the West Bank Cafe, The Ira Gershwin Album and My Personal Property. Visit ChristianeNoll.com and @christianenoll on Twitter.
RACHEL YORK, vocalist Rachel York, a versatile actress, singer, dancer and comedienne, is best known for her critically acclaimed Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/ March 2014 35
NOTES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 | MARCH 6, 8-9 plete and the finale was delayed only by the necessity to complete work on a commission for the 25th anniversary of Czar Alexander II’s accession to the Russian throne (the work became his celebrated 1812 Overture). The four movements were finally finished and arranged for string orchestra by November 4, at which time Tchaikovsky labeled it a serenade. He was immediately anxious to hear his new piece and was quickly rewarded with a surprise performance by students at the St. Petersburg Conservatory early in December. The official premiere did not take place until October 1881, when Eduard Nápravnik conducted it on a Russian Musical Society concert, again in St. Petersburg. In the 20th century, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade maintained its popularity not only as a lustrous showpiece for string ensemble, but also as a gloriously inspired ballet by choreographer George Balanchine. The joyous flow of beautiful melody in the Serenade can be attributed to Tchaikovsky’s careful avoidance of devices that habitually got him into trouble. In the opening movement, he neatly skirted problems of developing thematic material by writing the movement in sonatina form, where all the themes are stated and then repeated with no intervening development section. Tchaikovsky enhanced the movement with a striking slow introduction, recalling its theme in a reflective postlude at the end of the movement, and again at the end of the fourth movement. In keeping with a custom he had established in his symphonies, Tchaikovsky chose his favorite form of a swirling waltz for the second movement. The Elegy that forms the extended third movement is one of his most poignant pieces, alternately passionate and tender in its expressive content. Two Russian folk tunes comprise the thematic content of the finale: a hauling song from the Volga region in its slow introduction and a quick dance tune as the main theme of its sonata movement. Both tunes were taken from a two-volume collection of 50 Russian folk songs Tchaikovsky had arranged for piano duet a decade earlier. The printed music for Tchaikovsky’s Serenade For Strings was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo. ©2014, Carl R. Cunningham CONTINUED ON PAGE 51 36
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BIOGRAPHIES | 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY | MARCH 28-30 Victoria (Drama Desk Award), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She has starred in the national tour of Camelot; Putting It Together (Drama Desk Award nomination); the Tony Awardwinning Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate (Helen Hayes Award nomination); Dessa Rose at the Lincoln Center Theater (Drama Desk Award nomination); Anything Goes (Ovation Award nomination) and My One And Only. She has appeared in concert with leading orchestras, performed her cabaret, For the Love of It, in New York and Los Angeles and featured in numerous tribute programs. Film credits include One Fine Day, Billy Bathgate, Killer Instinct, Second Honeymoon, Au Pair II and her courageous portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS movie, Lucy. TV appearances include Hannah Montana, Frasier, Reba, Numb3rs, Close to Home, Arli$$, Spin City, The Naked Truth and Diagnosis Murder. She is the voice of Bitty in Higglytown Heroes and Circe on The Justice League. York’s debut solo album, Let’s Fall in Love, was an enormous success. She can be heard on the soundtrack of Billy Bathgate and the original cast recordings of City of Angels, Putting It Together, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel Encore, Dessa Rose and Summer of ’42. Visit www.rachelyork.net.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTONE, vocalist Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Christopher Johnstone now lives in New York City and Los Angeles. He trained as an opera singer at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Tanglewood Music Center (under the baton of James Levine) and several young artists programs, including Glimmerglass Young American Artists Program. Johnstone is currently playing the role of Magaldi on the 1st National Broadway Tour of Evita. He made his Carnegie Hall debut last month as the bass soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G for Chorus and Orchestra. He was part of the seven-time, Tony® Award-winning Lincoln Center production of South Pacific that toured the U.S. and Canada. Reprising the role of Lt. Cable at Ogunquit Playhouse landed him a Best Actor nomination for BroadwayWorld Boston. In addition to performances with the Houston Symphony, Johnstone serves as a guest soloist for many other leading orchestras, including the Boston Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Grand Rapids Symphony. He recently performed in “The Wizard and I: An Evening of Stephen Schwartz” with the Omaha Symphony. Other collaborations include numerous roles with Lyric Opera San Diego and The Mark Morris Dance Group. On TV, he has appeared in All My Children, Watch What Happens Live and Personal Justice. Visit www.johnstonechristopher.com.
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CHARLES HAUSMANN, director Dr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986. He has prepared the group for more than 600 concerts, led them on numerous tours to Mexico and Europe and worked with more than 40 acclaimed conductors, including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/ orchestral masterworks. As director of graduate choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann supervises the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting, teaches choral conducting and literature and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists, a graduate chamber choir. An active church musician, he has conducted church choirs in Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas. He currently serves as director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a performance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul (Spring 2008). He led the Chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, appearing as guest conductor during the Prague Spring Festival. He and the Chorus share a collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, and performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Houston Symphony Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.
Support the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment supports activities that enrich Houston’s musical life and enhance the high professional standards of the all-volunteer Chorus. For more on how you can help ensure the artistic future of the Chorus, call Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager, at (713) 3378529 or visit hschorus.org.
Charles Hausmann, Director Hyeok Lee Assistant Director
Sarah Berggren Chorus Manager
Scott Holshouser Accompanist
Tony Sessions Librarian
First Soprano Ramona Alms Sarah Berggren Robyn Branning Alicia Cox Konstantina Dimitropoulou Clarice Gatlin Marta Giles Amanda Harris Sophia Hou Tokiko Kato Sarah Keifer Gillian Kruse Kat Kunz Lena Lowe Pam Magnuson Janet Menzie Theresa Olin** Amy Rebenack Karen Rennar Wendy Ridings Rhonda Ryan Beth Slaughter Lisa Trewin Tania Van Dongen Heidi Walton Beth Weidler Pam Wilhite
Cecilia Sun Suzanne Thacker Alisa Tobin Nancy Vernau
First Tenor Adam Britcher** Robert Browning James Carazola Patrick Drake Richard Field Robert Gomez* Donald Howie Francisco Izaguirre Kevin Lewis Darrell Mayon Jim Moore Peter Peropoulos Douglas Rodenberger Gottfried Schiller David Schoen* Tony Sessions Charles Thornburg
Parker Patrick Gary Scullin Mark Standridge Sam Stengler Paul Van Dorn Michael Vaughn Joe Villareal Kevin Wallace Sean Warley**
Second Soprano Yoset Altamirano Lisa Anders Lauren Bass Emily Black Laura Bohlmann Nancy Bratic* Anne Campbell Diana Candida Christine Crespo Chelsea Curto Debby Cutler Vickie Davis Kellie Garden Andrea Gonzales Debbie Hannah Allison (Ally) Hard* Megan Henry Yukiko Iwata Jaclyn Jerz Natalia Kalitynska Sapna Kumar Hojung Lee Carol Ostlind* Jennifer Paulson Linda Peters Belinda Rossiter** Susan Scarrow Vicki Seldon Megan Kennedy Shedden Elizabeth Snelling Paige Sommer Veronica Stevens
First Alto Krista Borstell Pat Bumpus Barbara Bush Cyndi Cameron Elizabeth Chitwood Nancy Christopherson Rochella Cooper Lorri Curto Corita Dubose Christine Economides Mary Gahr Kelly Goodin Susan Hall* Linda Herron Judy Hill Holly Johnson Berma Kinsey Cindie Lavenda Joyce Lewis Linda Renner Carolyn Rogan June Russell Maria Schoen Andrea Slack Shelby Stratmann Vicki Westbrook Kat White** Patsy Wilson Second Alto Melissa Bailey Adams* Sarah Clark Evelyn Clift Andrea Creath Robin Dunn Dana Dupont Rachel El-Saleh Patience Ettaya Katura Gilmore** Thi Ha Denise Holmes Catherine Howard Lois Howell Donna Jerz Kali Jett Miriam Lenon Crystal Meadows Nina Peropoulos Laurie Reynolds Linda Richardson Holly Soehnge Mary Voigt Carolee Weber Bonnie Wilson Kaye Windel-Garza
Second Tenor Bob Alban Amir Bel-Ami Randy Boatright Harvey Bongers Nicholas DeMaio Donn Dubois Mark Ferring Joseph Frybert Sajju George John Grady Craig Hill Michael McCarver** Will Mize Greg Railsback Dewell Springer Tony Vazquez Lee Williams Stuart Woodard First Bass Steve Abercia Jonathan Aigner Joe Anzaldua Rich Arenschiedlt Jon Bauer Justin Becker Eldo Bergman Brandon Bingham Claude Bitner John Bond Bruce Boyle Peter Christian Paul Davis David Doerr Steve Dukes Will Hailey Scott Hassett Stephen James Max Locher Jay Lopez Ken Mathews* Will McCallum
Second Bass Wilton Adams Bill Cheadle John Colson Roger Cutler Paul Ehrsam Chris Fair Ian Fetterley David Fox Mike Gilbert Matt Henderson* George Howe Cletus Johnson Nobuhide Kobori Alan MacAdams Bryan McMicken Scott Mermelstein Greg Nelson Bill Parker John Proffitt Daniel Robertson James Rodriguez Doug Sander Eric Skelly James Wilhite**
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EducaTIon and Community Engagement Programs
The walls of Jones Hall echoed on January 22, 23 and March 4 as the spirited voices of 14,600 kindergarten through third-grade students from various Houston-area schools enthusiastically attended the 50-minute Detective Concert: “Opposites Attract.” The concert, designed to teach students to listen actively and think creatively, explored simple musical opposites such as slow and fast; soft and loud; and high and low. Unlike the Family Concerts, where popular works are featured, Conductor Robert Franz includes only complex masterworks in the Detective Concert, requiring the students’ full attention. By the time the concert date arrives, students have already been exposed to important music concepts offered to teachers in the Detectives Concert Teacher Guidebook. (See it at www. houstonsymphony.org/tickets/media/upload/Education/DetectiveGuidebook-1314.pdf.) The guidebook includes detailed lesson plans, activities, concert-day procedures, rules and program information. Highlighting the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, it teaches students how to distinguish between high and low-pitched instruments, how to actively listen when both sounds are played simultaneously and how a conductor’s actions affect his over-
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all performance. It delves into composers’ lives, including Leonard Bernstein, Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar and Giuseppe Verdi. Maestro Franz held audience members from Aldine ISD, Angleton ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Houston ISD and various home school academies spellbound as he spoke to them on their level, offering helpful learning cues and providing a safe environment to exchange ideas. He focused on contrasting elements in a fun environment. “I loved that even my ‘wiggliest’ boys were glued to the stage during the performance and whispering answers to every question,” said Lindsay Giam, kindergarten teacher at St. John’s School. “The interactive aspect and the opportunity for students to listen to comparisons guided by the conductor was a highlight of the concert experience.”
The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities. Each year, these activities impact the lives of more than 82,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for nearly 111,000 Houstonians free of charge.
GUARANTOR - $100,000+ Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Symphony Endowment John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods UNDERWRITER - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation ExxonMobil Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund GDF SUEZ Energy North America Marathon Oil Corporation John P. McGovern Foundation Shell Oil Company SPONSOR - $25,000+ The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III JPMorgan Chase Sterling-Turner Foundation
PARTNER - $15,000+ Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation CenterPoint Energy The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts PATRON - $10,000+ Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Nordstrom The Powell Foundation Schlumberger, Ltd. Vivian L. Smith Foundation BENEFACTOR - $5,000+ Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation Swift Energy Company DONOR - $1,000+ Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation
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MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIP sored musician, Kiju Joh. “When we asked Kiju to show us a ‘difficult move’ on the violin, she made the kids collectively gasp when she bounced her bow while playing staccato,” recalls Janice. “She really inspired the kids to practice their violin.” Kiju Joh, originally from Chicago, Illinois, has been a member of the Houston Symphony since 2007. She earned her Master of Music degree in Chamber Music Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from Northwestern University. Kiju enjoyed visiting with Janice, Allan and Maggie, “It was such a pleasure to meet the Kings! I’m extremely grateful for their support. I am very much looking forward to developing a wonderful new relationship with them.” Janice and Allan remark what an honor it is to support Kiju and how “the personal connection enlivens the Houston Symphony experience.” Why else do the Kings support the Houston Symphony? “The POPS and SoundPlusVision Series are the best date nights ever!” by chinh phan/catchlight group
Houston natives Janice and Allan King moved back to their hometown a few years ago. Almost immediately, they made the decision to become Houston Symphony supporters and musician sponsors of Kiju Joh, second violin. Janice recalls, “For my 2013 New Year’s resolution, we decided to sample each of the major arts organizations in Houston to find a more exciting date night routine than ‘going for fro-yo.’ We went to the opera, TUTS, the Alley, ballet and a Houston Symphony POPS performance. Our favorite by far was the Symphony POPS. We were blown away by both the talent on display and the fun to be had!” Janice and Allan’s favorite part of the Houston Symphony experience has been “the humor and education of POPS Principal Conductor Michael Krajewski and Associate Conductor Robert Franz, who we see in action as Family Series subscribers—they truly make learning about music fun.” Music education is a major reason why Janice and Allan support the Houston Symphony—their daughter, Maggie, is currently studying violin. The Kings recently sponsored a Family Concert and hosted a reception for Maggie and her violin-playing friends with their spon-
Donors at the Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony musician. For more information, please contact Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8521 or mark.folkes@houstonsymphony.org. Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson George Pascal, Viola, Assistant Principal
Gene & Linda Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone
Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Allison Jewett, Flute
Mrs. William Estrada Robert Pastorek, Double Bass
Beth Madison Assia Dulgerska, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster
Janice H. Barrow Sophia Silivos, Second Violin, Acting Associate Principal
John & Minerva Esquivel Eric Larson, Double Bass
Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Allison Jewett, Flute
Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello
Martin J. & Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster
Mrs. Lila Rauch Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal
Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal
Roman & Sally Reed Matthew Strauss, Percussion
Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Trombone, Associate Principal
Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal
Jay & Shirley Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin
Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Trumpet, Principal
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola
Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Jeff Robinson, Contrabassoon
Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin
Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Flute, Principal
Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Alexander Potiomkin, Bass Clarinet
Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn & Oboe
Dr. Santiago Rossi & Mrs. Katherine Rossi Phyllis Herdliska, Viola
Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion
Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Percussion, Principal
Stephen & Kristine Wallace Ronald Holdman, Timpani, Principal
John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello
Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Paula Page, Harp, Principal
Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Brinton Averil Smith, Cello, Principal Nancy & Walt Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Ms. Terry A. Brown James R. Denton, Cello Justice Brett & Erin Busby Assia Dulgerska, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Dougal & Cathy Cameron Brian E. Thomas, French Horn Jane & Robert Cizik Qi Ming, First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian George Pascal, Viola, Assistant Principal Janet F. Clark Kevin F. Dvorak, Cello Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Judy Dines, Flute, Acting Associate Principal Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, Keyboard, Principal Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe Alexander & Lorraine Dell Paula Page, Harp, Principal
Mr. Scott Ensell Donald Howey, Double Bass
Angel & Craig Fox David Malone, Double Bass, Acting Principal
Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet, Acting Associate Principal Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Cello, Associate Principal
Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Viola, Associate Principal
Betty & Gene McDavid Linda Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William K. VerMeulen, French Horn, Principal
Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Catherine Jane Merchant Jeff Robinson, Contrabassoon Robert Walp, Trumpet, Assistant Principal Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Brian E. Thomas, French Horn Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, First Violin, Cameron Mitchell Associate Concertmaster Christine Pastorek, Second Violin
Nancy & Robert Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Principal Oboe
Mr. Mike Stude Ruth Zeger, Second Violin
Dave & Alie Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion
Alice & Terry Thomas John DeWitt, Trumpet, Associate Principal
Gloria & Joe Pryzant Jennifer Owen, Second Violin, Principal
Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, First Violin, Associate Concertmaster
Paul Strand Thomas Robert E. Johnson, French Horn, Associate Principal Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Allen Barnhill, Trombone, Principal
Dede & Connie Weil Amy E. Teare, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Dr. Jim T. Willerson Anne Leek, Oboe, Associate Principal
Janice & Allan King Kiju Joh, Second Violin
Paul & Rita Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon
Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, Bassoon, Principal
Margaret Alkek Williams Frank Huang, First Violin, Concertmaster
Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola
Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Wayne Brooks, Viola, Principal
Steven & Nancy Williams Mi-Hee Chung, First Violin
Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Clarinet, Acting Principal
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela O. Frusina, Second Violin
Donna & Tim Shen Tina Zhang, Second Violin, Associate Principal
Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cornelia & Meredith Long Brinton Averil Smith, Cello, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Kiju Joh, Second Violin Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass
Arthur & Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Susan & Edward Osterberg Alexandra Adkins, First Violin Peggy Overly & John Barlow Alexandra Adkins, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, French Horn
Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin
Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello
The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Eric Arbiter, Bassoon, Associate Principal David Kirk, Tuba, Principal Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola
Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Thomas L. Molloy, Viola
Anonymous Sheldon Person, Viola
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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 Michael Mithoff Alexandra Pruner
Steven P. Mach, President Prentiss Burt
Jesse B. Tutor Fredric A. Weber
An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests. For further information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525, or Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8521. The Houston Symphony acknowledges with deep gratitude the following individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies who have supported the Endowment. General Endowment Funds that support operational and annual activities: Accenture (Andersen Consulting) Fund AIG American General Fund Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bahr Fund Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund Mrs. Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Fund The Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund Jane & Robert Cizik Fund Mr. Lee A. Clark Fund Cooper Industries, Inc. Fund Gene & Linda Dewhurst Fund DuPont Corporation Fund Elkins Charitable Trust Agency Fund The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund Charles Engelhard Foundation Fund William Stamps Farish Fund Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Fund Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Fund George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Fund Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Fund Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Fund Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Fund Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Fund Martha Kleymeyer Fund Rochelle & Max Levit Fund Mr. E. W. Long Jr. Fund
M.D. Anderson Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Fund Jay & Shirley Marks Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Fund/The Marks Charitable Foundation Marian & Speros Martel Foundation Fund Barbara & Pat McCelvey Fund The Menil Foundation Fund Monroe Mendelsohn Jr. Estate Sue A. Morrison & Children Fund National Endowment for the Arts Fund Stewart Orton Fund Papadopoulos Fund Nancy & Robert Peiser Fund Rockwell Fund, Inc. Fund Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Fund Estate of Mr. Walter W. Sapp Fund Mr. & Mrs. Matt K. Schatzman Fund The Schissler Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Fund Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Fund Texas Eastern Fund Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Fund Dede & Connie Weil Fund The Wortham Foundation Fund Anonymous (5)
Designated funds to support annual performance activity: The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer and Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil and Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund Fayez Sarofim Guest Violinist Fund through The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Wortham Foundation Classical Series Fund endowed in memory of Gus S. & Lyndall F. Wortham
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Houston Symphony Endowment Endowed Chairs to assist the Houston Symphony attract, retain and support world class conductors, musicians and guest artists: Janice & Thomas Barrow Chair: Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello Roy & Lillie Cullen Chair: Andrés Orozco-Estrada, music director designate Fondren Foundation Chair: Qi Ming, assistant concertmaster General Maurice Hirsch Chair: Aralee Dorough, principal flute Ellen E. Kelley Chair: Eric Halen, associate concertmaster Max Levine Chair: Frank Huang, concertmaster Cornelia & Meredith Long Chair: Assia Dulgerska, assistant concertmaster George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair: Mark Hughes, principal trumpet Tassie & Constantine S. Nicandros Chair: Alexander Potiomkin, bass clarinet Lucy Binyon Stude Chair: Jonathan Fischer, principal oboe Winnie Safford Wallace Chair Endowed funds to assist the Houston Symphony attract, retain and support world class conductors, musicians and guest artists: American General Fund Speros P. Martel Fund Stewart Orton Fund Dan Feigal Prosser Fund Endowed funds to support the Houston Symphony’s annual education and community engagement activities: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund Endowed funds to support new commissions and innovative artistic projects: The Micajah S. Stude Special Production Fund Endowed funds to support access and expand geographic reach: The Alice & David C. Bintliff Messiah Concert fund for performances at First Methodist Church The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni and Stewart Orton Mach Family Audience Development Fund George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund Endowed funds to support electronic media initiatives: The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives Legacy commitments through The Brown Foundation Challenge to support artistic excellence: Janet F. Clark Gloria Goldblatt Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair: Wayne Brooks, principal viola Ms. Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Anonymous (1) Leadership gifts of working capital provided as part of the Campaign for the 20th Century, Campaign for Houston Symphony and My Houston, My Symphony – Campaign for a Sound Future: Hewlett Packard Company Fund The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Neva Watkins West Fund
CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more As of February 1, 2014
Mr. Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Ms. Linda P. David
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Steve Dukes Robert Lee Gomez Christina & Mark Hanson
Bryan & Vickie McMicken David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross
Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Megan & Peter Shedden Beth Weidler & Stephen James Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite
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The Sustainability Fund
The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund. Their extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411.
Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mrs. Kitty King Powell
Janice H. Barrow The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Brown Foundation, Inc. M.D. Anderson Foundation
Annual Support
The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past year. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.
Ima Hogg Society, $150,000 or More Janice H. Barrow Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell Sybil F. Roos John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. Mike Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams
Centennial Society, $100,000 - $149,000 Barbara & Pat McCelvey Janice & Robert McNair Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor
Founder’s Society, $75,000 - $99,999 Darlene & Cappy Bisso Laura & Michael Shannon 42
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Houston Symphony Donors Maestro’s Society, $50,000 - $74,999 Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. The Estate of Miss Ima Hogg Mr. Monzer Hourani Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Rochelle & Max Levit
Joella & Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Alice & Terry Thomas
Concertmaster’s Society, $25,000 - $49,999 Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Todd & JoAnna Brooks Janet F. Clark Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III Gene & Linda Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies
Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Cornelia & Meredith Long Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan John B. Onstott, Geo H. Lewis & Sons
Dave & Alie Pruner Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Judith Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Steven & Nancy Williams Anonymous (2)
Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000-$24,999 Rolaine & Morrie Abramson Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Justice Brett & Erin Busby Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Albert & Anne Chao / Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Chao Donna Josey Chapman Jane & Robert Cizik Mr. Richard Danforth Alexander & Lorraine Dell Mrs. William Estrada
Martin J. & Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Angel & Craig Fox Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. Keith McFarland Stephen & Marilyn Miles / Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John L. Nau III Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Elizabeth & Gary Petersen Carol Lee & Ken Robertson
Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000-$14,999
Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Nancy & Walt Bratic Ms. Terry A. Brown Mr. Ralph Burch Cheryl & Sam Byington Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler Dr. Scott Cutler Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Cindy & Richard Deere Dr. & Mrs. Ebrahim S. Delpassand, Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology John & Minerva Esquivel Aubrey & Sylvia Farb
Mr. & Mrs. Marvy A. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. Michael B. George Christina & Mark Hanson Russell & Diana Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Holt Mr. Brian James Mr. & Mrs. Jacek Jaminski Todd & Paige Johnson Larry & Susan Kellner Janice & Allan King Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Jay & Shirley Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Betty & Gene McDavid
Ann & Hugh Roff Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. James Stein / Bank of Houston Nancy & David Tai Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Stephen & Kristine Wallace Dede & Connie Weil Vicki West Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Anonymous (1)
Mr. Gary Mercer Catherine Jane Merchant Melissa & Michael Mithoff Terence Murphree Susan & Edward Osterberg Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Pickering Gloria & Joe Pryzant Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Donna & Tim Shen Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Simon The Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Ms. Kelly Somoza Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun March 2014 43
Houston Symphony Donors David & Paula Steakley Mr. & Mrs. Troy Thacker Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Janet & Tom Walker
Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankmann Dr. Jim T. Willerson Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff
Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha Anonymous (1)
Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500-$9,999 Ms. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Dianna Bernsen Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce John & Candace Caley Audrey & Brandon Cochran Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover J.R. & Aline Deming Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Viviana & David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mr. Scott Ensell S. David Frankfort & Erika Bermeo
Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Marianne & Robert Ivany Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz April & Tom Lykos Bryan & Vickie McMicken Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Doré & Kevin Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Cameron Mitchell Ginni & Richard Mithoff Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Arthur & Bobbie Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Catherine Powers Roman & Sally Reed Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Dr. Santiago Rossi & Mrs. Katherine Rossi Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Sloan Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Mr. Dave Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Shirley Toomim Mr. Art Vivar & Dr. Jeanneth Castro Anonymous (1)
Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000-$7,499 Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Lilly & Thurmon Andress Ms. Mary Jo Antone-Hatfield Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Michelle H. Belco Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. Teodoro Bosquez & Ms. Mary Conner Ruth White Brodsky Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Burk Toba Buxbaum Marilyn Caplovitz Mrs. Lily Carrigan Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carter IV Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso David Chambers & Alex Steffler William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Laurie & Ryan Colburn Mr. William E. Colburn Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Coneway Sarah & Ben Cotting Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Criner Ms. Sara Jo Devine Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. Robert Durst Connie & Byron Dyer Mrs. Jane Egner Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Fant Mr. Shane T. Frank Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark 44
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Mrs. Aileen Gordon Dorothy & Bill Grieves Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Kathleen & Dick Hayes Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Ms. Ann B. Jennings & Ms. Karen M. Jones Beverly Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Catherine & Andrew Kaldis Nina Andrews & David Karohl Mrs. Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Nancy & Rich Kinder Mary Louis Kister William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Willy Kuehn Michael & Kelley Lang Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Sidney & Ione Moran Richard & Juliet Moynihan David G. Nussman Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O’Donnell Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Ms. Karen Pulaski Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker
Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Milton & Jill Rose Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Dr. Susan Gardner & Dr. Philip Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Amanda & John Seaberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Carol & Michael Stamatedes Mr. & Mrs. Alan Stigall Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Dr. & Mrs. John F. Thrash Ms. Beverly Turner McDonald Birgitt van Wijk General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Dr. David A. White Sue Trammell Whitfield Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Ms. Daisy Wong Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wootton Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (1)
Houston Symphony Donors Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999
Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Ables Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Dr. Angela R. Apollo Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mrs. John Bace Mr. Richard C. Bailey Trace Trahan Bannerman James M. Bell Mrs. Pat Biddle & Mr. Ron Kahl Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Ting & John Bresnahan Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Divya & Chris Brown Hon. Peter & Mrs. Anne S. Brown Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Dougal & Cathy Cameron Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Courtney & John Chapoton Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Ms. Ann T. Coffey & Mr. Theo Bean Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Joffre J. Cross II Mr. Fulton & Mrs. Reece Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Day Ms. Niki DeMaio Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty David & Carolyn Edgar Annette & Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ezzell Mr. & Mrs. Nijad I. Fares Dr. Judith Feigin & Mr. Colin Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mr. & Mrs. George Ferguson Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Katie Flaherty Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. Bert & Mrs. Joan Golding Robert Lee Gomez Mr. Enrique Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Robert & Michele Goodmark Mr. & Mrs. Martyn Goossen Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Ms. Michele Hebl Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Hevrdejs Mr. & Dr. Ronald Holley Jimmy Hubbell Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Jill & Dunham Jewett Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Ms. Roslyn Larkey Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Linbeck Mr. & Mrs. Carlos J. López Mr. & Mrs. Jeff B. Love Ms. Christine Lukens
Young Associates Council Young Associate, Premium $2,500 or more James M. Bell David Chambers & Alex Steffler Audrey & Brandon Cochran Jimmy Hubbell Juliet Moths, Louis Vuitton Emily Paull, Louis Vuitton Young Associate $1,500 - $2,499 Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Cristina & Tanner Bailey William & Laura Black Margaret & Brian Bravo Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Peter James Cazamias Sarah & Ben Cotting Mike Cox Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Amanda & Adam Dinitz Jennifer & Steve Dolman Evin Ashley Erdowdu Katie Flaherty
Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Courtney Fretz Michael A. Gonser Kathleen & James Jennings / BeautyNow Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Jessica Q. Johnston Gerrit Leeftink Catherine & Matt Matthews Kristen & Steve McDaniel Jennifer & David Mire Sami & Jud Morrison Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Amanda Russell & Matt Calhoun Amanda & John Seaberg Jo A. Simmons Steve & Judy Sohn Mark Stadnyk, Norton Rose Fulbright Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Carol Tai Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Uzcategui Rachael & Jason Volz – A Fare Extraordinaire Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright The Young Associates Council is supported in part by Bank of America.
For more information, please contact Evin Erdowdu, Development Officer, Individual Giving, (713) 337-8526.
Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Dr. & Mrs. John Mendelsohn Sami & Jud Morrison Julia & Chris Morton Gerald & Barbara Moynier Mr. Dave Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newton Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Mr. & Dr. Michael Ondrias Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Jr. Emily Paull, Louis Vuitton Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Payne Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. Cris Pye Hilda & Hershel Rich Brooke & Nathaniel Richards Allyn & Jill Risley Anne & Dr. Richard Robbins Mr. & Mrs. James L. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. James Rogers Ms. Regina J. Rogers Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Mr. & Mrs. George A. Shannon Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Mr. Michael K. Stewart Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Susman Family Foundation/ Ellen & Steve Susman Ann G. Trammell Rachael & Jason Volz - A Fare Extraordinaire Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Nancy Willerson David & Tara Wuthrich Anonymous (5)
Patron
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Mrs. Harold J. Adam Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. William J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Dr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Judge Mary Bacon Cristina & Tanner Bailey Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. Bill Barnett Mr. & Mrs. E. William Barnett Ms. Anne Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Ms. Margaret Basu Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Carole Shivers Mr. Ricky R. Behrend Dr. Eldo Bergman Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mrs. Ann M. Bixby William & Laura Black Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton / Boulware & Valoir Brian & Margaret Bravo Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Breen Sr. Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Chester Brooke & Dr. Nancy Poindexter Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mrs. H. E. Carrico Nicole & Rueben Casarez Margot & John Cater Peter James Cazamias The Chambers Family in honor of Margaret Sylvia Chambers Honorable Theresa Chang & Dr. Peter Chang Mr. Robert L. Clarke Mr. Mark C. Conrad Marilyn & Tucker Coughlen
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Houston Symphony Donors James D. Cox & Ritsuko Komaki-Cox Mike Cox Dr. & Mrs. Joe F. Crabb James & Franci Crane The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. Blakke Davis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Mrs. Catherine de Gramont Ms. Anna N. Dean Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Mr. & Mrs. Ralph DeVore Christopher & Annamarie Dewhurst Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Diamond Bruce B. Dice Amanda & Adam Dinitz Mike & Debra Dishberger Jennifer & Steve Dolman Mr. Michael Dooley Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Robert J. Doyle Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Mrs. Dan L. Duncan Egon & Elisa Durban Drs. Rosalind & Gary Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. Michael Eichhorn Mr. Stephen Elison Dr. & Mrs. Wendell Erwin Mr. & Mrs. Jon Evans Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Fairbanks Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. & Mrs. Zachary Fertitta Mrs. Ronald Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Richard Fish Barbara S. Fitch Mr. Dale Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Florsheim Eugene Fong Joyce & David Fox Courtney Fretz Mr. & Mrs. Javier Fuentes Hali Ganbold Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Joe Genitempo Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Drs. Nancy Glass & John Belmont Mr. Morris Glesby Dr. John Gomez & Dr. Cora Mihu Michael A. Gonser Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gossett Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Mrs. Jennifer Hooker Gravenor Kendall & Pauline Gray Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Melinda & Doug Groves Maureen & Jim Hackett Eric & Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Haley Ms. Liz Hampton W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Harris Mrs. Claudia Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William Heird
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Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hennessy Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Dr. Volker Hirsinger Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Tim Hogan Dr. Holly Holmes & Dr. Paul Otremba Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth John Horstman Mr. Kevin Hostler Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. & Mrs. Ford Hubbard III Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Huebsch Mark & Marilyn Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Robert Humphries Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Kurt Johnson & Colleen Matheu Jessica Q. Johnston Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Ms. Alisha Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Lynda & Frank Kelly Louise & Sherwin Kershman Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Kneale Jimmy & Kaelyn Koch Lucy & Victor Kormeier Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. William H. Lane Jr. Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. David Leebron & Mrs. Y. Ping Sun Ms. Joyce Lehrfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Dr. Golda & Dr. Robert B. Leonard Mr. Edwin N. Letzerich Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Ms. Cindy Levit Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. James C. Lindsey Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Dr. & Mrs. Kelly B. Lobley Dr. Ted Loch Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Lozano Mr. Elario Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Mr. Rocky Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. Larry Margolis Catherine & Matt Matthews Sasha Davis & Joseph Matulevich Linda & Jim McCartney Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Kristen & Steve McDaniel Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Dr. & Mrs. Jack G. McNeill Dr. & Mrs. G. Walter McReynolds Mr. & Mrs. Prasad Menon Mr. & Mrs. John Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Jennifer & David Mire Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. Jamal Mollai Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. & Mrs. David M. Monk Mr. Joshua Morris Sue A. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William J. Napier Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mo & Heli Nashef
John & Jean Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Ms. Sheila Neylon Ms. Dorothy Nicholson Mr. Stephen Nicol John & Leslie Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell Mariloli & Marvin Odum Mr. & Mrs. Staman Ogilvie Steve & Sue Olson Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Ms. Jennifer Owen & Mr. Ed Benyon Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Ms. Martha Palmer Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. Bryan J. Peters & Mr. Ralph D. Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peterson JoAnn & John Petzold Mr. & Mrs. William Phelps Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Chester M. Pitts II Ms. Mariela Poleo Ms. Linda Posey Michael & Darla Price Mrs. Dana Puddy Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Pyne Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. Cameron Ray Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Allan Reich Mrs. Linda Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Lillie Robertson Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Mrs. Evie Ronald Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rothwell William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Mr. Chadwick Royston Brenda & Mansel Rubenstein Amanda Russell & Matt Calhoun Ms. Robin Russell Kent Rutter & David Baumann Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Sand Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mrs. Holly Sansing Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Dr. Mark A. Schusterman Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Ellen Shelton Mr. Jeffrey Shipley Jo A. Simmons Mr. Ryan T. Sims Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Mr. David Siverling Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton Averil Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mrs. Charis Smith Mr. Hilary Smith & Ms. Lijda Vellekoop Mr. & Mrs. Lance Smith Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Steve & Judy Sohn Mary Louise Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Spies Ms. Georgiana Stanley Dr. & Mrs. Lee Steely Ms. Joyce Steensrud Karen & Bruce Steffler
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Stephens Karl & Ann Stern Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Jack & Karen Stopnicki Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mr. & Mrs. Scott Summerville Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Mary Swafford Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Barb Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Gregory D. Sweet Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Carol Tai Mr. & Mrs. Van Teeters Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thurmond Mr. Roger Trandell Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Ms. Sarah Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Duane Utecht Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Uzcategui Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Valente Mr. & Mrs. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Van Buren Dr. & Mrs. Gage Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Matthew VanBesien & Rosanne Jowitt Ms. Jana Vander Lee Dr. & Mrs. Edward C. Wade Dean B. Walker Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walt Mr. H. Richard Walton Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. Alton L. Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mr. Chien-Wey Wei Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Ms. Melanie S. Wiggins Carlton & Marty Wilde Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. William Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. Gene R. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Sidney B. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Russell Windham Mr. & Mrs. William A. Wise Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Ms. Susan Wood Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wright Drs. Randall & Crystal Wright Mr. & Mrs. David B. Yates Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (13)
Director $500 - $999
Mr. William L. Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall Adam Donalee & Noel T. Adams Mr. Adriana Aleman Mr. Roy Allice Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Ed Ambs Dr. Hesham M. Amin & Dr. Lara Ferrario Mr. & Mrs. William L. Anderson Jr. Ms. Sally S. Andrews Mrs. Roya Arfa Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Mr. Richard Bado Mr. Henry Bair Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Baird Mr. Bobby Baiva Mr. Michael L. Ball Dan Barnum & Marilyn Lewis Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Mr. & Mrs. David Barringer Ms. Bernice L. Beckerman Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mr. & Mrs. John Berger
Houston Symphony Donors Mr. Kristopher Berthold Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Chris & Ruth Borman Anne & Edward Bornet Bob Frank Boydston Sally & Carl Brassow Maurice & Karey Bresenhan Mr. Kevin P. Brophy Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mr. Eric Brueggeman Fred & Judy Brunk Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Bumpus Robert Burleson Mr. Tom Burley Ms. Helen P. Burwell Mr. Carl Butler Ms. Vicki P. Buxton Mr. Eugene Byrd Virginia & William Camfield Mr. Richard N. Carrell Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Ms. Irene Chang Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Chapoton Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Christensen Sarah Wilson Clark Virginia A. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Coats Mr. & Mrs. David A. Cockrell Jim R. & Lynn Coe Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Ms. Miquel A. Correll Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Coumont Dr. Edward Cox Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Ms. Marsha K. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. & Mrs. Rick Daly Ms. Joyce Dauber Ms. Linda P. David Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Brian & Leah Del Signore Ms. Diane DelSignore & Mr. Robert S. Strait Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Derzapf Mr. & Mrs. Paul Destephano Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts John A. Dickinson & Nancy L. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Dilg Charles Dishman Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Echols Mr. Paul Ehrsam Dr. Michael J. Epstein & Janice Poplack Mrs. Kelli Fereday Ms. Eleanor Fontenot Mr. & Mrs. David Fortner Mr. & Mrs. Greg E. Fourticq Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Elizabeth & Ralph Frankowski Rachel & Dr. Bud Frazier Ms. Diane L. Freeman
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mrs. Barbara Goedecke Mrs. James Goettee Mr. Irving L. Gold, M.D.P.A. Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Mr. Bert & Patricia Gordon Dr. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gordon Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gracely Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Mr. George Green Mr. & Mrs. Steve Greenberg Mr. Gerald Greiner Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Uzi Halevy Gaye & Dennis Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hamley Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Marion S. Hargrove Mr. Christopher K. Harris Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Sheila & Isaac Heimbinder Mr. John Heiny Donald & Rosemary Herron Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Jacque Holland Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Holmes Mr. Todd Holowisky Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Mr. George Hritcko Mrs. Patricia P. Hubbard Ms. Lee M. Huber Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Mark Johansson Mr. Raymond Jones Mr. & Mrs. Thorro Jones Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Dr. Richard A. Kasschau Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Ms. Carolyn C. Keeble Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. Keith Kelley Dave & Laura Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Jason Kisch Dr. Carolyn Kneese Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Mr. & Dr. Peter A. Koester Mr. Arnold & Mrs. Michelle Korenek Ms. Deborah Kosich Rachel R. Krezer Mr. Dennis Kroeger Mrs. Deanna Lamoreux Ms. Adrienne Lang Dr. Daniel Lemke Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Michael & Sharon Lewis Dr. Richard A. & Dr. Patricia N. Lewis
Louise & Oscar Lui Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Judith MacPherson Ms. Barbara Manna Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Mr. & Mrs. Mark Matovich James G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. R. Scott McCay Ms. Judi McGee Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. Theron McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Mr. Thomas J. McNulty Ernie & Martha McWilliams William E. Joor III & Rose Ann Medlin Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mitchum Jr. Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Jim Moore Ms. Deborah Moran Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Ms. Katherine Nevins Newman/Strug/Wadler families in honor of Ida & Irving Wadler Marie-Theres F. Odermatt Mr. Roel Olson Ms. Judith Oppenheim Drs. M. & V. Orocofsky Mr. and Mrs. Marc C. Paige Jim & Arlene Payne Ms. Angela H. Perry Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Ms. Meg Philpot Mr. Antoine Plante & Mrs. Lori Muratta Mr. Robert W. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Tim & Katherine Pownell Paula & Nico Praagman Hudgins Rev. Arthur Preisinger Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Dr. & Mrs. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. Frederic Rechlin Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Amy Richards Mr. & Mrs. William C. Richter Ms. Ellen Rienstra Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Robinson Ramille Law Ms. Franelle Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Kelly & David Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rossiter Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Ruez
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mr. Robert Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Ramon L. Sanchez Mr. Ramesh Sarathi Mr. & Mrs. Ross Saunders Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mrs. Myrna Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schmuck Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. Victor E. Serrato Mr. Don W. Shackelford Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Ms. Geri Shoop Mr. James D. Simpson III Mr. Gary A. Smith & Mr. Jim Murdaugh Mr. Jason Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Ms. Becky Stemper Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenerson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sullivan Mr. John L. Sutterby Ms. Amy Sutton Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Mr. & Mrs. Adam Szczepanski Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Ms. Carolyn Tanner Dr. Shahin Tavackoli Glenn & Cay Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Gary Teletzke Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Eric & Carol Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Tingleaf Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Mr. James Trippett Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Mr. & Mrs. David Vannauker Mr. Zachary Vazquez Mr. Charles Veith Pieter & Janet Vrancken May Wang Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Beth Weidler & Stephen James Mr. & Mrs. K.C. Weiner Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Wilkinson Ms. Lane A. Williams Dr. Wayne Wilner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. Michael Wynhoff Ms. Alexandra Yates Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Zerke Anonymous (15)
Terence Murphree Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley Shirley & Joel Wahlberg
Mr. Scott Ensell Marianne & Robert Ivany Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Roman & Sally Reed Linda & Jerry Rubenstein
Ms. Sara Jo Devine Connie & Byron Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Kathleen & Dick Hayes Janice & Allan King Mr. & Mrs. John P. Kotts Michael & Kelley Lang Mr. & Mrs. John N. Matzer III Richard & Juliet Moynihan Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Jean & Allan Quiat Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Sally & Denney Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wulfe
Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000-$7,499
Grand Patron $2,500-$4,999
The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4,982 individual donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.
As of February 1, 2014 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.
Houston Symphony Pops Donors Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Sybil F. Roos
Centennial Society $100,000-$149,000 Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith
Founder’s Society $75,000-$99,000
Darlene & Cappy Bisso
Concertmaster’s Society $25,000-$49,999
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann
Mr. Brian Teichman & Mr. Andrew Cordes Ms. Judith Vincent
Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000-$24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Susan & Dick Hansen Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John L. Nau III Elizabeth & Gary Petersen Carol Lee & Ken Robertson
Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000-$14,999
Graham & Janet Baker Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler Cindy & Richard Deere John & Minerva Esquivel Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann
Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500-$9,999
Lilia Khakimova & C. Robert Bunch Marilyn Caplovitz Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso
Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Robert & Gwen Bray Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison
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Houston Symphony Donors Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Rex & Marillyn King Ms. Lynne Lipsitz Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Edward Lee McIntosh, C.P.M. Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Shirley & Marvin Rich Dr. & Mrs. Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate
Patron $1,000-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Donald & Dottie Bates Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Mr. Allen J. Becker Jim & Susan Berdahl Mr. John S. Beury Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bixler Ellen Box Ms. Suzie Boyd Ms. Barbara A. Brooks David Chambers & Alex Steffler Mrs. Midge Colton Mr. William V. Conover II Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Ms. Roseline Curran Ms. Ann Currens Becky & Joe Demeter Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout / Island Operating Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fanning Barbara Dokell Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Jessica Ford
Carol & Larry Fradkin Friends of the Houston Symphony Mr. & Mrs. James K. Garner Mrs. Lotty Gautschi Mr. John Geigel Mr. Evan B. Glick Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. & Ms. Charles R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Stephen Jeu & Susanna Calvo Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Gerrit Leeftink Renee & Michael Locklar Kathleen & Tom Mach Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Steve & Linda Massie Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Pinet & Jim McBride Mr. Marvin McMurrey & Mrs. Martha Rocks Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mrs. Kay M. Onstead Jesus Alejandro Perez Rementeria Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice W. R. Purifoy Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Raizner Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Soren & Annetta Rose Rosemarie & Jeff Roth Mr. Morris Rubin Megan & Peter Shedden Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stratigakis Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Ms. Jeanine Vanwagenen Ms. Jody Verwers Larry & Connie Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Bradley G. Wertman Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr. Nancy & Scott Wynant Anonymous (2)
Director $500-$999
Mrs. Sally Alcorn Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Mr. & Mrs. James E. Blackwell Mr. Donald Blakey Mr. & Mrs. W. Carter Bliss Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Dr. Maria Calcina Mr. Martin Calzada Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Richard & Marcia Churns Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Coon Mr. Warren Dean Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Mr. & Mrs. Randy Dunn John & Joyce Eagle Mildred & Richard Ellis Mr. John Eymann Sandra & Steven Finkelman Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Ms. Shari Glover & Mr. James King Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Ms. Kay Hanson-Clerc Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Ms. Margy Keaton Ms. Amy Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Barry I. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Long Ms. Doris M. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Pat Mann Paul & Molly Mugnier Mr. & Mrs. Bert Neece Mr. & Mrs. Gary Noble Mr. Kim Parker Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Judy & Bill Pursell Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. John Reinert Mr. James L. Robertson Ms. Stacey Saunders & Mr. Jeff Smith Ms. Cinda Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. George W. Schalles III Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. Michael Shawiak Mr. Michel Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Siegele Charlotte Stafford James C. Stanka Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Anonymous (7) The Houston Symphony would like to thank the 4,982 individual donors who gave up to $499 over the past year.
As of February 1, 2014 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529.
CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation and government partners that allow the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education and community engagement for the Greater Houston and Gulf Coast Region. For further information on becoming a corporate or foundation donor to the Houston Symphony, please contact Brandon VanWaeyenberghe at (713) 337-8520 or brandon.vw@houstonsymphony.org.
FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As of February 1, 2014
$1,000,000 & above
$25,000-$49,999
$5,000 - $9,999
$15,000 - $24,999
$2,500 - $4,999
Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
Ray C. Fish Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sterling-Turner Foundation
$500,000-$999,999 The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Symphony Bay Area League Texas Commission on the Arts The Hood-Barrow Foundation
$100,000-$499,999
Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation M. D. Anderson Foundation City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation/ Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
The Elkins Foundation The Humphreys Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation 48
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$10,000 - $14,999
The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation The Powell Foundation The Vaughn Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous
$7,500 - $9,999
William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation
The Schissler Foundation LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation
Gifts below $2,500
Diamond Family Foundation The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation The Oshman Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign
Corporations
Houston Symphony Business Council Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, MARSH Private Client Business Council Host Committee: Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation (retired) Cindy Deere, Shell Oil Company Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Mike Doherty, Frost Bank Mauro Gimenez, Russell Reynolds Associates Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies Kathleen Hayes, Merrill Lynch Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP Michael Mann, Mann Eye Institute
Paul Mann, Mann Eye Institute David Massin, Wells Fargo Billy McCartney, Vitol Inc. (retired) Paul Morico, Baker Botts, LLP Dana Ondrias, Mann Eye Institute Ed Osterberg, Mayer Brown, LLP Robert A. Peiser, Imperial Sugar Company (retired) Geoffroy Petit, TOTAL Greg Powers, Halliburton David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Ron Rand, Rand Group, LLC John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods
Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass Mark Schusterman, Museum District Plastic Surgery Jerome Simon, Northern Trust L. Proctor Thomas, Baker Botts, LLP (retired) Ileana Treviño, Memorial Hermann Foundation Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric Weber, Norton Rose Fulbright Beth Wolff, Wolff & Associates, Inc.
Corporations As of February 1, 2014
Grand Guarantor, $150,000 and above
Sponsor, $25,000 - $49,999
Andrews Kurth LLP * Aztec BBVA Compass Bank of America * KTRK ABC-13 The Boeing Company * Bright Star Spec’s Charitable Foundation * Christofle Guarantor, $100,000 - $149,999 Chubb Group of Insurance Companies ConocoPhillips * Darryl & Co. Enterprise Product Partners L.P. Chevron Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Houston Methodist Hospital * Houston Public Media – Classical 91.7 FM; * Gittings * Houston First News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS * Houston Chronicle Palmetto Partners Ltd./The Robert and JPMorgan Chase Janice McNair Foundation KPMG LLP * PaperCity Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center * United Airlines Memorial Hermann Health Center Norton Rose Fulbright Underwriter, $50,000 - $99,999 Northern Trust * Baker Botts L.L.P. Rand Group, LLC * BB&T Regions Bank Cameron International Corporation * Silver Circle Audio Cameron Management * Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods ExxonMobil Vinson & Elkins LLP Wells Fargo Frost Bank
GDF SUEZ Energy North America Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * Jackson and Company Kalsi Engineering Marathon Oil Corporation * Neiman Marcus Rose Hill Meadows Corporation Shell Oil Company * TODD Events
Partner, $15,000 - $24,999 Amegy Bank of Texas Avalon Advisors, LLC Bank of Houston Bank of Texas Bisso Marine Co., Inc. CenterPoint Energy East West Bank Ernst & Young LLP Halliburton H-E-B Locke Lord LLP
Lockton Companies of Houston Macy’s / Macy’s Foundation Marine Foods Express, LTD. * Perkins+Will Salient Partners SPIR STAR, Ltd. USI Insurance Services LLC Supporter, $10,000 - $14,999 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * Crown Castle International Corp. Emerson Process Management Enbridge Energy Company Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center Gorman’s Uniform Service Nordstrom Schlumberger, Ltd. Star Furniture * VRTC Benefactor, $5,000 - $9,999 * Agua Hispanic Marketing Beck Redden LLP Randalls Food Markets Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Spectra Energy Swift Energy Company Gifts below $4,999 Air Liquide American Corporation Boulware & Valoir Intertek La Esperanza Oil & Gas, LLC / La Esperanza Christian Foundation Louis Vuitton Martha Turner Properties SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company Williams Companies, Inc. Wolff & Associates, Inc. * Includes in-kind support
Corporate Matching Gifts As of January 31, 2014 Aetna Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation
Caterpillar Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil
General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM
ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust
Occidental Petroleum Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.
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IN KIND DONORS
Every year, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods invites members of the wine and liquor industry to come together for an event to benefit the Houston Symphony’s education programs. The event has grown from dozens of people to dozens of companies coming together to support the Symphony with representatives bringing products for all to taste and share. This year’s event on November 13, 2013, provided the Houston Symphony with $265,000 in support.
As of January 31, 2014 A Fare Extraordinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Culinaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions Elaine Turner Designs Elegant Events by Michael The Events Company Festari Foster Quan LLP
The Houston Symphony and Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods thank all of the donors to this event.
Gold Bacardi USA Brown Forman Creative Distributors Diageo Freixenet USA Jim Beam Pernod Ricard The Wine Group Silver E&J Gallo Winery Proximo Spirits Winemaker Zonin USA Bronze Anheuser-Busch Banfi Vintners Bank of America Merrill Lynch Colección Internacional del Vino Constellation Brands International Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits Kobrand Corporation Palm Bay International Patron Spirits Serendipity Wines Silver Eagle Distributors St Michelle Wine Estates Tito’s Handmade Vodka Trinchero Wine & Spirits Underwriters E&J Gallo Freixenet USA Harco Insurance Services Pearl Vodka Pernod Ricard Terlato Family Vineyards
Gucci Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint Kuhl-Linscomb The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts
New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin Pro/Sound Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title The Events Company Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewlery & Antiques Versace Village Greenery Yahama
LEGACY SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society—and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact Mark Folkes, Senior Director, Development, at (713) 337-8251 or mark.folkes@houstonsymphony.org. Daniel B. Barnum Janice H. Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Janet F. Clark William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. William E. Colburn Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Randolph Lee Groninger Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James
Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis Ms. Nancey G. Lobb E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy
Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Vicki West, in honor of Hans Graf Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Jo Dee Wright Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich Anonymous (9) As of January 31, 2014 sDeceased
IN MEMORIAM We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come! Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson
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Frank R. Eyler Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum
Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins
Mr. Howard Pieper Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson
NOTES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 | MARCH 21-23 MASS IN C MAJOR, OPUS 86 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Recording Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Henriette Schellenberg, Marietta Simpson, Jon Humphrey and Myron Meyers Instrumentation pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani, organ and strings Beethoven’s C major Mass was commissioned by Prince Nicholas Esterházy for the 1807 celebration of Princess Esterházy’s patron saint. Alas, the final rehearsal and the performance were disastrous, and the infuriated composer was greeted afterward with the prince’s veiled reproof: “But, my dear Beethoven, what is this that you have done again?” What Beethoven had done was to build a bridge between the late classical tradition in this setting of the Roman Catholic mass text and the heroic, deeply philosophical music of the Missa Solemnis he was to complete 16 years later. The three-part “Kyrie” movement, opening the mass, is a typically quiet supplication. It features the soloists in the central “Christe, eleison” but returns to a more urgent choral plea for mercy in the closing “Kyrie, eleison.” The triumphant “Gloria” and the militant, compact “Credo” are each highlighted by tender, moody or tragic sentiments declared by the soloists during their central sections. It is in the broad, radiant “Sanctus” that Beethoven’s originality begins to show, where the devotional opening phrases are relieved by declamatory rhythms and a dramatic choral/orchestral outburst on the “Pleni sunt coeli” text. There is also a lovely interaction between soloists and chorus in the extended, meditative “Benedictus.” Most of all, the long, deeply felt “Agnus Dei,” prefigures the awesome music Beethoven was to create in the same movement of the Missa Solemnis. ©2014, Carl R. Cunningham
BiographY RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor North America’s most revered and re-engaged guest conductor, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos will conduct the New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Houston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras in the 2013-14 season and will appear again at the Tanglewood Music Festival and at the Hollywood Bowl. Born in Burgos, Spain, in 1933, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos studied at the conservatories in Bilbao and Madrid and at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize. Having served many orchestras as music director and principal conductor, Maestro Frühbeck has made extensive international tours with the Philharmonia of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, the Spanish National Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Named Conductor of the Year by Musical America in 2011, he has also been awarded the Gold Medal of the City of Vienna, the Bundesverdienstkreutz of the Republic of Austria and Germany, and the Gold Medal from the Gustav Mahler International Society.
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Biography FRANK HUANG, violin
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First Prize winner of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s Violin Competition and the 2000 Hannover International Violin Competition, Frank Huang has an established career as a violin virtuoso. At age 11, he first performed with the Houston Symphony in a nationally broadcast concert. He returned to this orchestra as Concertmaster in 2010. He has performed with orchestras throughout the world.
Recent concerts include debuts in Wigmore Hall (London), Salle Cortot (Paris), Kennedy Center (Washington) and Herbst Theatre (San Francisco). He had his second recital in Alice Tully Hall (New York), which featured the world premiere of Donald Martino’s Sonata for Solo Violin. Huang has performed on NPR’s Performance Today, Good Morning America and CNN’s American Morning with Paula Zahn. His first commercial recording, which included Fantasies by Schubert, Ernst, Schoenberg and Waxman, was released on Naxos in 2003. Huang is deeply committed to chamber music. He was selected by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be a member of the prestigious Chamber Music II program and was first violinist of the Grammy® Award-winning Ying Quartet. Huang serves on the faculty at Rice University and the University of Houston. He performs in a trio with pianist Gilles Vonsattel and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, and also served as the concertmaster and leader of the Sejong Soloists, a conductorless chamber orchestra in New York. March 2014 51
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Jeffrey Butler, cello Birthplace: Fayetteville, Arkansas. My father’s first job was with the University of Arkansas. Before I was 1 year old we moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where I grew up. Education: University of Michigan, Bachelor of Music; Boston University, Master of Music Joined the Houston Symphony: 1986 I can’t wait for: Mahler 8 at the end of this season will be spectacular. It is a rare treat to perform this piece; and I am looking forward to having Maestro Eschenbach on the podium. Beginnings: I was 7. My grandmother arrived for a visit on my birthday carrying a huge wrapped box. Inside was a one-quarter size cello. Earliest musical memory: Hearing my parents practice, and bursting with pride while watching my father solo with the Detroit Symphony. All in the family: My wife is a professional cellist. She has played with the Houston Symphony on many occasions as a sub and is a member of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras. My father was an exceptional cellist and conductor. My mother, also a professional cellist, is in her 80s and still performs chamber music, plays in an orchestra and practices daily. I have two young daughters learning violin, another daughter who has just started piano lessons and a son who would like to try trombone when his arms are long enough. My father’s parents were professional violinists. As a young man, his father studied with Joachim in Berlin, played there under Brahms’ baton, returned to this country to tour as a soloist and taught at the American Conservatory in Chicago. Among his students was a young boy who became one of the most respected members of the Houston Symphony and its concertmaster for decades—Ray Fleigel. When Ray made his solo debut with the Houston Symphony in the early 1930s, my grandfather took the train from Chicago to Houston for the performance. Career inspiration: Having grown up in a family of musicians, I’d have to say lack of imagination. If I wasn’t a musician: Shortly after joining the Houston Symphony, I suffered a serious overuse injury and couldn’t play for an extended period of time. One doctor told me I probably wouldn’t be able to play again, so I took the LSAT and was admitted to law school at the University of Texas. Before committing to a new career path, I found help from Dr. Rebecca Clearman at TIRR and eventually fully recovered. But I learned firsthand the reality of career-threatening injuries and how important it is to protect oneself from overuse. 52
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Favorite music to perform: I love Prokofiev’s ingenuity. Brahms never wrote a bad note. I enjoy playing Beethoven’s well-known symphonies, but prefer his string quartets, which I think transcend his symphonies. Musicians who inspire me: I am most inspired by my Houston Symphony colleagues. John Adams’ work, City Noir, was incredibly difficult, not just in its complex and unpredictable rhythmic patterns, but also in its blazing fast passage work which defied any known or comfortable scale patterns. John Adams conducted and was impressed after the first read through. He commented, “Wow, I actually recognize it. I can’t always say that.” It takes committed professionalism and incredible musicians to meet such challenges, and I am inspired and proud to be among them. Keeping the music-making fresh: I’ve started learning the violin. I have two daughters taking violin lessons and thought I would learn so I could better understand their challenges. My 11-year-old daughter, Katie, is a far better violinist, but I find it very enjoyable to learn something new. My goal is to play the Bach Double with Katie by the end of this season. Finding the perfect instrument: I haven’t found it yet. At one time musicians in the best paid orchestras were encouraged and able to acquire fine old Italian instruments—this and having a large string section was key in creating the “Philadelphia sound” in the great Philadelphia Orchestra. But old Italian instruments are very expensive to purchase and to insure, often costing multiple times more than buying a home. I play on one of my father’s cellos and look forward to going cello shopping when my Powerball numbers hit. Notable moment: My quartet, the Fidelis Quartet, teamed up with clarinetist Danny Granados, Houston Symphony flutist Judy Dines and pianist Pablo Zinger for a concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, with a program of Brahms, paired with music of Piazolla and Golijov. After returning from New York, we recorded it with Brad Sayles at KUHF studios. It is in the final mastering stage, and I am looking forward to its release.
Our thanks to Mr. Richard Danforth for his support of Jeffrey Butler as a Musician Sponsor.