Houston Symphony Magazine- November 2012 Issue

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

November • 2012

Programs 14 November 1, 3-4 20 November 16-18 23 November 23-25

On Stage and Off 4 Credits 28 Donors 33 Education and Community Programs 26 Endowment Trust 10 Hans Graf 12 Letter to Patrons 12 New Century Society 8 Orchestra and Staff 25 Symphony Society

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This month, Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony bring you the Music of James Bond.

Come hear this evocative music while sipping your cocktail – shaken, not stirred!

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The Houston Symphony and Robert Franz are educating young minds through music. Learn more about the Cameron Explorer’s Concert.

Features 36 Backstage Pass 6 Opening Night 18 Upcoming Performances

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This year’s Opening Night was a huge success! Flip to page 6 for photos and details.

Cover photo by Bruce Bennett.

On the cover: Houston Symphony

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Credits...........................

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

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Opening Night with Boléro Concert and Dinner......................................................

Honorary Chairman Margaret Alkek Williams and Honorees Larry and Susan Kellner

Music Director Hans Graf conducting the Opening Night concert in Jones Hall.

Opening Night with Boléro Concert and Dinner – The Perfect Evening!

Saturday, September 8, 2012

A stunning concert featuring six dynamic Houston Symphony musicians that culminated in the delightful melodies of Ravel’s famous Boléro, Opening Night heralded the start of Maestro Hans Graf’s Farewell Season. After the sensational performance, guests enjoyed an elegant Spanish-themed evening at The Corinthian honoring former Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner and his wife, Susan.

We would like to congratulate Honorary Chair Margaret Alkek Williams, Chairs Linda and David Dewhurst and Co-Chairs Fran Fawcett Peterson and Gloria Tenenbown for leading the most financially successful Opening Night in the event’s history. We also thank all of you who are part of our record-breaking success in raising more than $400,000 in support of the Houston Symphony’s education and outreach programs.

The Perfect Evening was held at The Corinthian.

Opening Night Co-Chairman Gloria Tenenbown; Chairmen Gene and Linda Dewhurst; Co-Chairman Fran Fawcett Peterson

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Houston Symphony Board Chairman Jesse Tutor and wife, Betty Tutor

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John and Anna Reger, Marie Bosarge and Toan Nguyen Principal Trumpet Mark Hughes, Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin Fein

Beth Madison and Hans Graf

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and wife, Tricia Dewhurst

Cora Sue and Harry Mach

Houston Symphony Executive Director/CEO Mark Hanson and wife, Christina Hanson

Steven and Joella Mach

Audrey Cochran, Danielle Batchelor, Viviana Denechaud, Christy McCartney

Dr. Alan Bentz and Sallymoon Benz

Ann and Karl Stern and Joanne King Herring

Houston Symphony League President Susan Osterberg and husband, Ed Osterberg

Houston Symphony Board President Bob Peiser and wife, Nancy Peiser

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Orchestra and Staff. ........................................................

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

Robert Franz,

Principal Pops Conductor

Associate Conductor Sponsor, Beth Madison

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

double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Eric Larson, Acting Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray

Second Violin: Jennifer Owen, Principal Tina Zhang, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh Mihaela Frusina Ruth Zeger Margaret Bragg Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly Tong Yan Christine Pastorek Amy Teare Sarah Ludwig*

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

Viola: Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Chair 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 Hellen Weberpal*

Flute: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal** Judy Dines, Acting Associate Principal Allison Jewett** Gina Hughes* Rebecca Powell Garfield* Piccolo: Allison Jewett** Rebecca Powell Garfield*

English Horn: Adam Dinitz Clarinet: David Peck, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-Flat Clarinet: Thomas LeGrand Bass Clarinet: Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair Bassoon: Rian Craypo, Principal Stewart Orton Chair Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal American General Chair Elise Wagner J. Jeff Robinson** Benjamin Atherholt* Contrabassoon: J. Jeff Robinson** Benjamin Atherholt* Horn: William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Acting Associate Principal* Brian Thomas Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Chair Nancy Goodearl Julie Thayer** Wade Butin* Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony. James B. Kozak, Piano Technician. Local assistance is provided by Forshey Piano Co. The Houston Symphony’s concert piano is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum.

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Trumpet: Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Anthony Prisk Speros P. Martel Chair 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 Neva Watkins West Chair Orchestra Personnel Manager: Steve Wenig Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager: Michael Gorman Librarian: Thomas Takaro Assistant LibrarianS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray Stage Manager: Donald Ray Jackson Assistant Stage Manager: Kelly Morgan Stage Technician: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute **Leave of Absence ***Regular Substitute

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Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO Meg Philpot, Director of Human Resources Amanda Tozzi, Director, Executive Operations Steve Wenig, Director, Community Partnerships

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

Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Allison Conlan, Music Matters! Coordinator Michael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Donald Ray Jackson, Stage Manager Kelly Morgan, Assistant Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Operations Manager

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

Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Director, Artistic Planning Merle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate

Glenn Taylor, Senior Director, Marketing Melissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Single Tickets and Group Sales Carlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Subscriptions and Digital Media/Creative Services Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Jeff Gilmer, Patron Services Coordinator, Group Sales/ Ticket Inventory Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Georgia McBride, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital Media/Young Audience Engagement Erin Mushalla, Assistant Marketing Manager, Single Tickets Sarah Rendon, Patron Services Representative Derrick Rose, Marketing Coordinator, Group Sales and Promotions Courtney Ryan, Graphic Designer

Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Holly Cassard, Manager, Communications Clair Studdard, Assistant, Communications

David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Stephanie Jones, Senior Director, Events and League Relations Mark Folkes, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate Relations Peter Yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and Development Communications Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager Jennifer Martin, Institutional Giving Coordinator Irma Molina, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Nicole Peralta, Associate Director, Events Sarah Beth Seifert, Manager, Events Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research

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

Photo by Sandy Lankford

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

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

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

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

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In June 2012, he and the Houston Symphony became the first American orchestra ever to perform at the Festival of the World’s Symphony Orchestras in Moscow, Russia. He also led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK in October 2010 to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. His U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago.

An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres. Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera and Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg.

Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons.

His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite, a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and most recently, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.

Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria. Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

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Letter to Patrons................................................................................................

Photo by Anthony Rathbun

Robert A. Peiser President Photo by bruce bennett

We are looking forward to the many celebrations—and hopefully cooler weather—that comes with the end-of-the-year.

Believe it or not, it’s been 50 years since the debut of Dr. No, the first James Bond film, and the Houston Symphony has scheduled a tribute with our upcoming Pops concerts on November 23, 24 and 25. Led by the equally dapper Michael Krajewski, the orchestra will thrill us with many of the iconic songs from the movies and feature the sensational vocals of Debbie Gravitte. It promises to be a fun weekend and a great way to get out of the house after Thanksgiving.

Andrea Bocelli returns to Houston to perform at the Toyota Center, and, once again, the Houston Symphony has been asked to join him on November 28 for the special concert. The evening will feature much of Bocelli’s famed repertoire from soaring arias to crossover hits to some of the world’s most beloved songs. Also performing with Bocelli will be this year’s Dancing with the Stars finalist and famed British mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, conductor Eugene Kohn and world-renowned soprano Maria Aleida. For tickets, contact the Patron Services Center at (713) 224-7575.

Phoebe and Bobby Tudor are putting the final touches on plans for a spectacular Symphony Ball scheduled for March 8, 2013—only four short months away. The Tudors are chairing the big event Russian Rhapsody: A White Night Salute to Hans & Margarita Graf. Watch for more details in the weeks ahead. You can secure tickets now by contacting Special Events at (713) 238-1485 or specialevents@houstonsymphony.org.

Kicking off its inaugural year during the 2012-13 Season, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council brings together philanthropists and community leaders (age 45 and younger) to attend concerts and membership parties hosted at Houston’s most fashionable venues and exclusive homes—all to support the Houston Symphony through Annual Fund gifts, special projects and fundraising events. The Symphony offers many benefits for Young Associates’ supporters, including Green Room access during all Houston Symphony concerts and VIP premium ticketing services. For more information regarding the Young Associates Council, please contact Mark Folkes at (713) 337-8521 or mark.folkes@houstonsymphony.org.

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 Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1411, or David Chambers, Chief Development Officer, at (713) 337-8525.

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by Carl Cunningham

VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Thursday, November 1, 2012 8 pm Saturday, November 3, 2012 8 pm Sunday, November 4, 2012 2:30 pm Jones Hall

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Alexander Shelley, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 I Allegro non troppo—Vivace II Theme and Variations: Andante tranquillo—Allegro scherzando—Tempo I III Rondo: Allegro molto INTERMISSION Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64 I Andante—Allegro con anima II Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza III Valse: Allegro moderato IV Finale: Andante maestoso—Allegro vivace

These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony.

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following supporters of the concert weekend: 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 The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham.

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Recording: Mark Kaplan, violin; former Houston Symphony Music Director Lawrence Foster and the Barcelona Symphony (Koch) Instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), two bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta and strings The 1930s were fertile years for the production of violin concertos, with major works in that form written by Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Karol Szymanowski and Walter Piston, to name a few.

Although Bartók’s contribution, thoroughly infused with musical idioms of his native Hungary, was not originally planned as a concerto, it became the most popular and enduring work on the list. The composer was completing his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in 1936 when violinist Zoltán Székely approached him with a request for a violin concerto. Bartók proposed a set of variations for violin and orchestra, since he had already begun sketching out themes for such a work, but Székely insisted upon a full threemovement concerto.

So Bartók complied, composing his variations as the slow movement of the work. But when he showed the completed score to Székely, he admitted playing a little trick on the violinist. The themes in the third movement were all variants of parallel themes in the concerto’s opening sonata-form movement. Thus, the entire concerto was built on the principle of variation, while honoring the large-scale design of a standard concerto. Ingenious solutions such as this fascinated Bartók and are sprinkled throughout his works.

Bartók worked on the concerto, amid several interruptions, throughout much of 1937 and the entire year 1938. By that time, Austria had been occupied by the German Nazi regime, and his personal security in Hungary came increasingly into question. While he rehearsed the concerto with Székely in Paris during the early months of 1939, he did not hear the premiere in Amsterdam during April of that year. It was not until 1943, several years after the Bartóks had emigrated to the United States, that he heard Tossy Spivakovsky play it in New York.

After several quiet introductory measures in the harp and strings, the solo violin presents a yearning theme whose short-long rhythms are considered characteristic of the traditional or “old” Hungarian style. After consid-

.................................................................................................................... erable elaboration by both soloist and orchestra, the violin introduces a second theme, slyly imitating the style of the Schoenbergian 12tone school of composers. This theme is soon mocked in the orchestra and finally banished with a few jaunty blasts from the trombones.

The opening harp/string music returns to introduce the development section, where the pace of the music suddenly becomes very lively, its large design mirroring the tempo changes in a Hungarian rhapsody and the lassu/friss (slow/fast) pattern of a Hungarian verbunkos, or recruiting dance. The concerto’s themes are fragmented and explored, and the soloist has much exciting display work, culminating in a long demanding cadenza. Just before the cadenza, the solo violinist undertakes another Bartókian experiment—a few measures exploring tiny quarter-tone intervals on the violin strings. A quiet return of the opening theme, stated by the horn, dominates the brief recapitulation.

The slow movement opens with a lyrical theme in the solo violin, followed by six variations and a hushed coda. The exotic orchestral colors of a harp and celesta are introduced into the reduced orchestral texture, while most of the brass and percussion are silent. By and large, Bartók draws significant contrasts in the tempo and character of successive variations.

Highlights among the set include a lovely harp/ solo violin duet in the second variation, followed by an intense double-stopped variation for the soloist in the third, and a flurry of trills and running scale passages in the fourth. The fifth is a brisk scherzo, accentuated with the addition of a triangle and snare drum, while the string parts chase each other in canon during the sixth variation.

An array of vivid orchestral colors is combined with a virtuoso solo violin part in the brilliant finale, which transforms themes from the first movement into a vigorous, lengthy movement combining aspects of sonata and rondo forms. There are numerous changes of tempo and mood as the complex movement winds its way toward an exciting conclusion.

flower, the composer’s Fifth Symphony would probably be the choice. Its melodies are as surging as anything heard in Tchaikovsky’s masterly ballet scores while its harmony and orchestration represent the composer at the height of his maturity.

Most important, the Fifth Symphony was the work in which Tchaikovsky achieved his fullest control over the large-scale symphonic form, maintaining a sense of momentum and musical interest throughout its many complex procedures of thematic statement and development.

The Fifth Symphony shares some important traits explored in the Fourth Symphony

a decade earlier. A strong sense of tragedy pervades both symphonies, an emotion Tchaikovsky expressed even more intensely in the brooding Pathétique Symphony several years later. Thematic “fate” motives provide the basis for these tragic sentiments and these introductory “fate” motives recur at strategic points to unify various movements in each work. This device is carried out more systematically in the Fifth Symphony, where the gloomy “fate” motive dramatically interrupts the lyrical slow movement on two occasions and brings a chilling reminder of fate at the very end of the lilting third-movement waltz.

The conductor’s scores for Bartok’s Violin Concerto No. 2 were donated by Mr. A. N. Rusche.

SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN E MINOR, OPUS 64 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Recording: former Houston Symphony Music Director Sir John Barbirolli conducting the Hallé Orchestra (EMI Studio) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings If one were to single out an orchestral work representing Tchaikovsky’s talent in its fullest November 2012 15

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But in the fourth movement, Tchaikovsky turns fate into providence by changing the key of the theme and giving it the character of a triumphant slow march.

Once the opening “fate” motive has spun itself out in the low, murmuring register of the clarinet, the body of the first movement begins with an extended statement of the main theme—an urgent E minor melody punctuated by jerky rhythms. As this theme gives way, there is a delightful dialogue between winds and strings that evokes the colorful style of Tchaikovsky’s ballet music.

The second theme is the first of several soaring melodies heard in this symphony, and its rich, full orchestration attests to the mature style Tchaikovsky was soon to echo in the scores to The Sleeping Beauty and his last opera, The Queen of Spades. Following a complex development of fragments from the first theme and an extended bassoon solo, all the themes return, leading to an exciting conclusion.

The second movement introduces one of the most famous horn solos in the entire orchestral literature, a lyrical theme that gained added fame as a popular romantic song. In a device typical of Tchaikovsky, the horn theme is soon joined by an accompanying melody in the clarinet. Related themes in the strings and clarinet bring the music to a series of climaxes punctuated by the two aforementioned interruptions of the “fate” motive.

The world of the dance holds sway in the swirling, airy third-movement waltz, one of numerous instances in which Tchaikovsky substituted a beautiful waltz for the traditional third-movement symphonic scherzo. Then, after the transformed “fate” theme heralds the finale in a noble processional, the work concludes with a large symphonic sonata movement headed up by a stamping Russian dance theme.

An enormous coda, much larger than the one in the first movement, brings the symphony to its final climax, re-introducing both the transformed “fate” motive and the main theme of the first movement in a majestic conclusion.

The printed music for Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 was donated by Mr. & Mrs. James Shaffer.

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Alexander Shelley, conductor

Born in 1979, English conductor Alexander Shelley was unanimously awarded first prize in the 2005 Leeds Conductors Competition and was described in the press as “the most exciting and gifted young conductor to have taken this highly prestigious award. His conducting technique is immaculate, everything crystal clear and a tool to his inborn musical16 www.houstonsymphony.org

.......................................... ity.” The Houston Symphony welcomes him for this return engagement.

In recent seasons, Shelley has performed with, among others, the BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Seattle Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in Caracas, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, Komische Oper Berlin, Gothenburg Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; the English, Scottish and Zurich Chamber Orchestras; the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Malaysian and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Melbourne, New Zealand and Singapore Symphony Orchestras.

Shelley Upcoming debuts include the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Konzerthausorchester and Deutsches Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and the orchestras of Luxembourg, Monte Carlo and Montpellier.

He plans an extended tour of Germany with the Bundesjugendorchester and, in February 2013, four performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Mozarteum Orchestra at the Festspielhaus Salzburg.

In 2012, Shelley completed his third year as chief conductor of Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, a period hailed by the press and audience as a triumph. In 2011, he signed a four-year extension to his contract, continuing his intensive subscription, regional and international concert schedule with the orchestra (including tours to Italy, Belgium, China and a re-invitation to Vienna’s Musikverein) until 2017.

Shelley enjoys a close relationship with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

He is artistic director of its Zukunftslabor project—an award-winning series which aims to build a lasting relationship between the orchestra and a new generation of concert-goers through grass-roots engagement using music as a source of social cohesion and integration.

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Schumann Plus Bruckner’s 6th

December 1, 2, 2012 Hans Graf, conductor TOTAL Gold Martin Helmchen, piano Classics Series Schumann: Piano Concerto Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 Hans Graf is excited to introduce Houston audiences to this rising star, Martin Helmchen. The Berkshire Eagle raved, “Helmchen lit the Schumann Piano Concerto with an inner glow,” referring to the young German virtuoso’s performance with the Boston Symphony.

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Hip Hoppin’ Nutcracker

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December 8, 2012 Macy’s Robert Franz, conductor INERTIA Dance Company This year, celebrate the holidays with a hip to the hop! The INERTIA Dance Company joins the orchestra to add its characteristically fun and explosive dance routines to the festivities. Enjoy Duke Ellington’s hoppin’ Nutcracker Suite and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. A visit from Santa and an audience sing-along will complete this holiday celebration like no other.

Very Merry Pops with Ashley Brown

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Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall

December 14, 15, 16, 2012 Michael Krajewski, conductor Ashley Brown, vocalist Pops Presenting Sponsor Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Broadway star Ashley Brown will have the entire family humming along as they enjoy new versions of favorite holiday tunes. Get into the spirit of the season with songs like, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Winter Wonderland,” “O Holy Night” and “I’ll be Home for Christmas.”

Handel’s Messiah

December 20, 2012 – Sugar Land Baptist Church Concert December 21, 22, 23, 2012 – Jones Hall Concerts Matthew Halls, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Handel: Messiah Behold the powerful music and words of Handel’s masterpiece. This Houston Symphony tradition will get you and your family in the true spirit of Christmas. Hear beloved solos and choruses, from “Rejoice Greatly” to the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

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Biographies continued.................................................................................. debut with The Merry Widow for Royal Danish Opera in 2008, Shelley was re-invited for a new production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet in 2011. Upcoming opera productions include La bohème for Opera Lyra at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2012 and a new production of Figaro for Opera North in 2014.

The son of professional musicians, Shelley studied cello at the Royal College of Music and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf. He studied conducting with Thomas Gabrisch.

In 2001, he founded the Schumann Camerata in Dusseldorf and presented more than 80 concerts in Germany and abroad.

Last season, this young chamber orchestra presented the fourth edition of 440Hz, an innovative series of concerts involving prominent German television, stage and musical personalities, which Shelley conceived as a major initiative to attract young adults to the concert hall.

Hadelich has recorded two CDs for AVIE: Flying Solo, a disc of masterworks for solo violin, and Echoes of Paris, a CD of French and Russian repertoire influenced by Parisian culture in the early 20th century. For Naxos, he has recorded Haydn’s complete violin concerti and Telemann’s complete 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin.

The 2006 Gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Augustin Hadelich has also received an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009) and a BorlettiBuitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK (2011). Most

recently, he received Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award.

Hadelich performs on the 1723 “ExKiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.

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Augustin Hadelich, violin

Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone,” “poetic communication” and “fast-fingered brilliance,” Augustin Hadelich has confirmed his place in the top echelon of young violinists. He returns to the Houston Symphony with these performances.

After a stellar debut with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in 2010, he was immediately re-engaged to play in Vail in 2011 and will return in 2013. He played a sensational debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival and made his New York Philharmonic subscription debut in October.

Hadelich Among this season’s highlights are debuts with the symphonies of Dallas, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, St. Louis, Buffalo, Milwaukee and Toronto, as well as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Hadelich has appeared with The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore and Cincinnati, to name a few. He also has performed extensively in Europe, South America and the Far East.

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by Carl Cunningham

OVERTURE NO. 3 TO LEONORE, OPUS 72b Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Friday, November 16, 2012 8 pm Saturday, November 17, 2012 8 pm Sunday, November 18, 2012 2:30 pm Jones Hall

Beethoven & Liszt Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Stephen Hough, piano Beethoven

Overture No. 3 to Leonore, Opus 72b

Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major I Allegro maestoso II Quasi adagio—Allegretto vivace— III Allegro marziale animato INTERMISSION Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Opus 29 (The Inextinguishable) I Allegro— II Poco allegretto— III Poco adagio quasi andante— IV Allegro

Recording: former Houston Symphony Music Director Ferenc Fricsay and the Berlin RIAS Orchestra (Audite) Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings The three Leonore overtures are particularly fascinating examples of Beethoven’s power to impart dramatic values to purely abstract orchestral music. The first was considered too lighthearted for the seriousness of his only opera, Fidelio; the second was too long, diffuse and technically difficult. The third became so theatrically charged that it overpowered the drama that followed. Eventually, Beethoven wrote the short Fidelio Overture as the curtain-raiser customarily used in performances of the opera today.

The introduction, opening with an awesome descending unison scale, recreates the gloomy, hopeless atmosphere surrounding the imprisoned Florestan in the dungeon.

The clarinet-bassoon phrase quotes the theme of his second-act aria, “In des Lebens Frühlingstagen,” (“In the springtime of my life, happiness has taken leave of me”). The orchestra then muses, sometimes violently, upon excerpts from this theme, before proceeding to the faster allegro section and the overture’s main theme, which gains tremendous power as it unfolds. Florestan’s melody returns as a second theme stated by the flute and first violins.

The development section is twice interrupted by a trumpet fanfare (the first time offstage), depicting the arrival of a minister of state who (in the opera) frees Florestan and punishes the institution’s ruthless warden, Pizarro. A quiet passage immediately following these fanfares depicts Florestan’s wonderment as he is finally led out into daylight, and the overture concludes in a joyous restatement of its themes and a coda bursting with rapture.

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The printed music for Beethoven’s Overture No. 3 to Leonore was donated by the Musicians of the Houston Symphony.

These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony.

PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN E-FLAT MAJOR Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following supporters of the concert weekend: The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham.

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Recording: pianist Misha Dichter with former Houston Symphony Music Director André Previn and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Philips); pianist Stephen Hough with Andrew Litton conducting the Bergen Philharmonic (Hyperion) Instrumentation: piccolo, pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion and strings

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“Ihr verstehet alle nicht,” haha! (You won’t understand anything of this, haha!) is a much quoted motto Franz Liszt allegedly sang to the main theme of his E-flat major Piano Concerto.

Whether or not he did, the concerto was so forward-looking that few mid-19th-century listeners could have grasped the significance of this revolutionary piece. On the other hand, the concerto is so brilliant and unabashedly ostentatious that few of them could have cared.

Essentially, the concerto was conceived as an uninterrupted work that could be subdivided into four sections: a first movement allegro, a second movement adagio followed by a scherzo, and a concluding allegro section. The four sections are separated by the barest of pauses, mostly implying a sense of the music catching its breath before continuing on to the next section.

As to the thematic design of the concerto, themes are stated in the first two sections, then they are transformed and gradually recalled (in somewhat reverse order) during the course of the last two. And none of the four individual sections represents a complete movement, as heard in a standard 19th-century concerto. Each one is only a fragment, and any sense of developing its themes and bringing them to a satisfying conclusion is achieved by considering the four fragments

as different aspects of the whole work.

The imposing first theme is stated by the orchestra, but is immediately interrupted by a piano cadenza that runs nearly the entire length of the keyboard. After a few more exchanges between them, a lyrical second theme (never heard again) emerges in an elaborate duet between the piano and solo clarinet. A development of the first theme, set against showy passage work by the soloist, dissolves into a brief pause. Next comes the slow section, whose main theme is stated in the strings, then taken up in a Chopinesque solo by the piano. After a dramatic interruption, the solo flute introduces a second theme.

The scherzo is famous for Liszt’s use of the triangle, whose tinkling interjections earned the E-flat Concerto the nickname, Triangle Concerto, from famed Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick. While a puckish new theme dominates much of this section, a long climactic transition to the fourth section brings a repetition of the concerto’s initial theme and cadenza, followed by the flute theme from the second section. The most dramatic transformation involves the lyrical Chopinesque theme of the slow section, which becomes the martial theme introducing the finale. Soon the flute theme reappears, then a transforma-

tion of the scherzo theme and finally, a climactic return of the main theme of the first movement.

The printed music for Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was donated by the Musicians of the Houston Symphony.

SYMPHONY NO. 4, OPUS 29 (THE INEXTINGUISHABLE) Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Recording: former Houston Symphony Music Director Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra (BBC Legends) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, two sets of timpani and strings Danish composer Carl Nielsen composed his Fourth Symphony at the height of his powers around the time of his 50th birthday. Thoughts were formulating in his mind in the summer of 1914, composition was begun the following year, and the work was completed in January 1916. It is considered his positive response to the horrifying carnage of World War I. His explanation of the title has been translated in various ways, essentially stating

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Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Thomas Dausgaard regularly appears as guest conductor with the leading orchestras throughout Europe, North America and the Far East. In the coming seasons, he debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic.

As chief conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DNSO), of which he is now honorary conductor, Dausgaard is attributed with creating distinct profiles for both ensembles through his wide-ranging programming, extensive touring and recording. Through his commitment to education and alternative concert formats, he developed a program for school children with regular collaboration with the SCO. With the DNCO, he instigated the Metro Concerts, a highly successful after-work series of mini-concerts, and oversaw the 2009 opening of Copenhagen’s landmark concert hall designed by Jean Nouvel.

Dausgaard’s repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporary music. Recently, he premiered works by Penderecki, Dean, Volans, Vine and Nørgård, and he has a natural affinity for the music of Sibelius and Nielsen. His piano teacher was a student of Nielsen’s. With major anniversaries for Sibelius and Nielsen coming in 2015, he will devote much of that year to both composers through extensive symphony cycle performances. Choral works also have a special place in Dausgaard’s repertoire as do the symphonies of Bruckner and Mahler.

He has more than 50 CDs to his credit, and many have received international awards. His complete Beethoven and Schumann symphony cycles with the SCO and the Ruud Langgaard cycle with the DNSO have been particularly singled out for praise. Most recently, a DVD with the DNSO featuring symphonies by Brahms, Dvorˇák, Sibelius and Nielsen was released by Universal, and his Opening Doors series with the SCO on BIS continues with works by Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Wagner, taking the possibilities for chamber orchestra across further musical borders.

The role music can play in the lives of children and young people is important to Dausgaard who collaborates with several youth

orchestras in North and South America, Europe and Australia. He has given masterclasses at the Beijing Conservatory and in Sweden with the SCO and presided over the Malko Competition for young conductors.

Thomas Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden. His inquisitiveness has led him to visit with former head-hunting tribes in Borneo, volunteer as a farmer in China, study with a ceramicist in Japan and take classes in aboriginal art in Australia with his family.

Hough

The printed music for Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 was donated by Mr. Ron Borschow.

Dausgaard

that Inextinguishable refers to a life force that can best be expressed in music. If the world would be destroyed by fire, flood or volcanic forces, humans, plants and animals would still exert their positive will to regenerate.

Traditional outlines of symphonic form can be perceived in The Inextinguishable, but they are blurred and blended.

Instead of being structured in four separate movements, it is composed in four interconnected sections, with no real pause between them: a powerful sonata movement, a bucolic folk dance, a searing slow movement and a triumphant finale. The symphony’s continuous structure follows the concept of the Liszt E-flat major Piano Concerto heard on the first half of this program. And like the Liszt concerto, there is a degree of thematic transformation, carried over from earlier movements into succeeding ones.

The symphony opens in a state of tonal unrest, with a turbulent theme that runs out over many pages, finally yielding to a quietly descending melody in the clarinets. Let us call it the Life Force Theme. This theme passes through a dance-like section, and then returns in a bolder statement for full orchestra. The return of the opening theme initiates an intense and lengthy development of all the foregoing materials, resolved with a triumphant return of the Life Force Theme.

A gradual dissolution and reduction of orchestral forces leads to the quaint little dance that constitutes the symphony’s second section. Woodwind tone pervades its opening section, which resembles the rhythm of a gavotte, while pizzicato strings take over during its central trio section.

A piercing high melody in the violins forces its way downward through the string section at the beginning of the slow movement. This dramatic statement relaxes only briefly before moving on to an ominous new theme that stirs up a contrapuntal storm throughout the orchestra, culminating in an enormous cadenza of racing scale passages for the strings. Its effect hurls the symphony into the finale, where the Life Force Theme bursts forth, becoming the movement’s dominant feature. To heighten the dramatic effect of its joyous return, the theme is pitted against a pair of battling timpani (customarily located at either side of the stage). In its final return, the Life Force Theme plunges downward through all registers of the orchestra, culminating in a glorious closing phrase by the lower winds, strings and brass instruments.

Stephen Hough, piano

With an artistic vision that transcends musical fashions and trends, Stephen Hough is widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, joining prominent scientists, writers and others who have made unique contributions to contemporary life. He received the 2008 Northwestern University School of Music’s Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance and was the 2010 winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award.

Hough has appeared with most of the major American and European orchestras and plays recitals regularly in the important halls and concert series around the world. Recent engagements include recitals in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney, Chicago and San Francisco; performances with the New York, London, Los Angeles and Czech Philharmonics, the Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis and Toronto symphonies, the Cleveland, Philadelphia, Minnesota and Russian National Orchestras; and a performance televised worldwide with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle.

He is a regular guest at festivals such as Salzburg, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Blossom, Hollywood Bowl, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh and the BBC Proms, where he has made more than 20 appearances. In the summer of 2009, he played all of Tchaikovsky’s works for piano and orchestra over four Prom concerts, three of which were broadcast live on BBC televiContinued on page 24

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Bond and Beyond: 50 Years of James Bond Michael Krajewski, conductor Debbie Gravitte, soprano Arr. J. Tyzik

James Bond Theme

J. Barry

Theme from From Russia With Love

Barry/N. Raine

Theme from You Only Live Twice

Barry/W. Smith Theme from Diamonds Are Forever

lyrics by Don Black D. Arnold/D. Black Theme from The World Is Not Enough

lyrics by Don Black J. M. Stephenson

Concerto for Cell Phone

Arnold/G. Prechel

Themes from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace

Barry/T. Berens Theme from Goldfinger

lyrics by Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse INTERMISSION P. F. Sloan-S. Barri/ Secret Agent Man Prechel lyrics by Phil F. Sloan-Steve Barri Q. Jones/Berens

Soul Bossa Nova (Theme from Austin Powers)

Sondheim/Prechel Sooner or Later from Dick Tracy

lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Mancini

Inspector Clouseau Theme from The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Mancini/Smith It Had Better Be Tonight from The Pink Panther

lyrics by Johnny Mercer Arr. Tyzik

The Best of Bond

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The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following supporters of the concert weekend: Sponsor Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. United Airlines

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Friday, November 23, 2012 8 pm Saturday, November 24, 2012 8 pm Sunday, November 25, 2012 7:30 pm Jones Hall

Krajewski

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Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall

Michael Krajewski, conductor

Much in demand as a conductor of symphonic pops, Michael Krajewski delights concertgoers with his imaginative and entertaining programs and wry sense of humor. Audiences leave his concerts smiling, remembering the evening’s music and surprises. He joined the Houston Symphony as principal pops conductor in 2000 and serves in this position at Jacksonville and Atlanta symphony orchestras—the first to hold such a title in Atlanta.

As a guest conductor, Krajewski has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras; the San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis Symphonies; and the Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Dallas and National Symphony Orchestras, among others. Internationally, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra with concerts in Belfast and Dublin.

Krajewski is the conductor of the video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker that aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. This season, he will conduct his original Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel program all over North America, including Houston in February 2013, featuring national touring artists AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle.

He has collaborated with an eclectic group of artists including flutist Sir James Galway, Marilyn Horne, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Kenny Loggins, Ben Folds, Doc Severinsen, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Chieftains, Pink Martini, Cirque de la Symphonie, Classical Mystery Tour and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

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was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony, and for 11 years, served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

Gravitte Debbie Gravitte, soprano

One of Broadway’s biggest personalities, Debbie Gravitte, who returns to the Houston Symphony stage this weekend, has found herself in demand from the Broadway stage to the concert stage and beyond. She won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Jerome Robbins’ 24 www.houstonsymphony.org

Broadway, along with a Drama Desk Award Nomination and New York Showstopper Award.

After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she appeared in Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award nomination), Blues In The Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Zorba, Chicago and Les Misérables. Gravitte has appeared in the Encore’s series productions of The Boys from Syracuse, Tenderloin and Carnival at New York’s City Center.

Gravitte has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York’s Rainbow and Stars and 54 Below, to London’s Pizza on the Park, and back home again to Atlantic City, where she’s had the honor of performing with Jay Leno, Harry Anderson and the legendary George Burns. A favorite with symphony audiences, she has sung with more than 100 orchestras around the world. She has toured with Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops; appeared with Lang Lang and the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch, The NY Pops with the legendary Skitch Henderson; and performed with the Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, Cleveland Orchestra, and Utah, St. Louis and San Diego Symphonies.

She has performed with the London, Aalborg, City of Birmingham and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestras, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gotesborg Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra Massimo Del Palermo and Symphonica of Brazil.

On television, Gravitte co-starred on the CBS series Trial and Error, was seen on NBC’s Pursuit of Happiness and has starred in several PBS specials, including Live from The Kennedy Center, The Boston Pops Celebrates Bernstein, Rodgers and Hart for Great Performances and Ira Gershwin’s 100th Birthday Celebration.

She has three solo CDs: Defying Gravity, The MGM Album and Part of Your World, The Music of Alan Menken. Other recordings include: Calamity Jane, Unsung Sondheim, Lucky Stiff, Miss Spectacular, Louisiana Purchase and A Broadway Christmas, as well as Mack and Mabel in Concert: Live from the Drury Lane Theatre, among others. She is currently working on her latest project: Big Band Broadway.

Debbie Gravitte has sung with the New York City Ballet in Peter Martin’s Thou Swell at Lincoln Center, appeared with Bette Midler in the Universal Feature, Isn’t She Great? and can be heard as one of the voices in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. She is the proud mother of three beautiful children. For more information, visit www.debbiegravitte.com or www.debbietunes.com.

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sion. During the summer of 2012, he returned to the Aspen, Grand Teton and Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festivals.

Highlights of this season include reengagements with the San Francisco Symphony, and Boston and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, as well as with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin and solo recitals in Carnegie Hall, Vancouver, St. Paul and London’s Barbican Centre. He will serve as artist-in-residence with the BBC Symphony in London.

Hough’s catalogue of more than 50 CDs has garnered numerous international prizes, including the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Diapason d’or, Monde de la musique, four Grammy® nominations and eight Gramophone Magazine Awards, including Record of the Year in 1996 and 2003 and the Gramophone Gold Disc Award in 2008. His most recent recordings are the Grieg and Liszt Concertos for Hyperion and a disc of his own compositions for BIS Records. He records the two Brahms concertos with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra in January 2013.

An avid writer, Stephen Hough frequently writes for many of the major London newspapers such as The Guardian and The Times. In 2008, he was invited by the Daily Telegraph to start what has become one of the most popular cultural blogs. He also has written extensively about theology, and his book, The Bible as Prayer, is published in the U.S. and Canada by Paulist Press.

As a composer, Hough has been commissioned by the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic, London’s National Gallery, Westminster Abbey, Wigmore Hall, Le Musée du Louvre and Musica Viva Australia, among others. He premiered his Sonata for Piano (broken branches) at Wigmore Hall in 2011, and the world premiere of his Missa Mirabilis, commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, took place in April 2012. His numerous compositions for solo piano, chamber ensembles, orchestra and voice are published

by Josef Weinberger Ltd.

A resident of London, Hough is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and holds the International Chair of Piano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester. For further information, visit www.stephenhough.com.

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

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

President Robert A. Peiser

Chairman of the Board Jesse B. Tutor

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson

Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser

Past President Robert B. Tudor III

Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Justice Brett Busby Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant President, Endowment Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach General Counsel Paul R. Morico At-Large Members Marie Bosarge Gene Dewhurst Barbara McCelvey Helen Shaffer Jim R. Smith

Vice President, Volunteers David Wuthrich Vice President, Development Jerome Simon EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Susan Osterberg, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Danielle Batchelor Darlene Bisso Anthony Bohnert Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Justice Brett Busby Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Ryan Colburn Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil

Kelli Cohen Fein Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Mauro Gimenez Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Brian James Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach * Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks Jackie Wolens Mazow

Bill 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 Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon

Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Ileana Trevi単o * Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia Ted Bosquez Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Prentiss Burt Dougal Cameron Lynn Caruso * John T. Cater Audrey Cochran Mark Day Louis DeLone John Esquivel Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox

Stanley Haas Eric Haufrect Kathleen Hayes Catherine Kaldis Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Roslyn Larkey Nancy Littlejohn Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis David Massin Brian McCabe * Gene McDavid Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff

Dave Mueller Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Greg Powers Roman F. Reed Richard Robbins * J. Hugh Roff Jr. Mark Schusterman * Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith David Tai Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil

Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Susan Osterberg Burke Shaw Brinton Averil Smith Carole Murphy

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* Life Trustee

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ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES Steven P. Mach, President Prentiss Burt Janet Clark Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff Jesse B. Tutor Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones

Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III

Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr.

Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer

Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen

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The Houston Symphony Endowment Trust...............................................................

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

Trustees Steven P. Mach, President Prentiss Burt

Janet F. Clark Marilyn Miles

Michael Mithoff Jesse B. Tutor

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, Mark Folkes, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, at (713) 337-8521 or Stephanie Ann Jones, Senior Director, Events and League Relations at (713) 337-8526. 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 (Anderson 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 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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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: Hans Graf, music director Fondren Foundation Chair: Qi Ming, assistant concertmaster Hewlett-Packard Company Chair: Marina Brubaker, first violin 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 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 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 honor of Hanni Orton and in memory of 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)

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Houston Symphony Donors........................................................................................

The Sustainability Fund

The Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund, whose 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 the greater Houston area and Gulf Coast region. For further information about The Sustainability Fund, please contact Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO, at (713) 238-1412.

Houston Endowment The Estate of Jean R. Sides Bobby & Phoebe Tudor

Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mrs. Kitty King Powell The Cullen 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.

Leadership Circle

Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More

Dr. Ed & Mrs. Marie T. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor & Mrs. David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Mr. George P. Mitchell Mrs. Kitty King Powell John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Mr. M. S. Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Margaret Alkek Williams Anonymous (1) Centennial Society $100,000 - $149,000 Jane & Robert Cizik Beth Madison Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

President’s Society $75,000 - $99,999 Nancy & Robert Peiser

Maestro’s Society $50,000 - $74,999

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Janice Barrow Darlene & Cappy Bisso Gene & Linda Dewhurst Mr. Monzer Hourani Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi

Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joella & Steven P. Mach Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Laura & Mike Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith

Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan 28 www.houstonsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Cornelia & Meredith Long Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Dave & Alie Pruner Ann & Hugh Roff Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Anonymous (3)

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Conductor’s Circle, Platinum Baton $15,000-$24,999 Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. Ralph Burch Justice Brett & Erin Busby Donna & Max Chapman Janet F. Clark Audrey & Brandon Cochran Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell

Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker William J. Rovere & Kathi F. Rovere Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells

Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. David & Paula Steakley Dede & Connie Weil Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams Anonymous (1)

Conductor’s Circle, Gold Baton $10,000-$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Rolaine & Morrie Abramson Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beck Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ruth White Brodsky Dennis & Susan Carlyle Mr. & Mrs. Donald Childress Dr. Scott Cutler Mr. Richard Danforth Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mrs. William Estrada

Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Angel & Craig Fox Mr. David Frankfort & Ms. Erika Bermeo Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christina & Mark Hanson Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Jay & Shirley Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Brian & Elisabeth McCabe Betty & Gene McDavid Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Postl

Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Ms. Kelly Somoza Mr. James Stein Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Ms. Judith Vincent Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Vicki West

Conductor’s Circle, Silver Baton $7,500-$9,999 Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock Ms. Terry A. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Noel Coon Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. Brian James

Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Cameron Mitchell Sidney & Ione Moran Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Sue A. Morrison Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mrs. Tassie Nicandros Peggy Overly & John Barlow Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Rand Mrs. Lila Rauch Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum

Dr. Carlos Rossi Ms. Amanda Savo Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Robert G. Weiner Dr. Jim T. Willerson Nancy Willerson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe Nina & Michael Zilkha

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze Baton $5,000-$7,499 Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Hon. Peter & Mrs. Anne S. Brown Barry & Janet Burkholder Toba Buxbaum Marilyn Caplovitz David & Nona Carmichael Mrs. Lily Carrigan William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Roger & Debby Cutler J.R. & Aline Deming Ms. Sara Jo Devine Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mrs. Jane Egner

Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mr. Scott Ensell Mr. Shane T. Frank Ms. Beth Freeman & Mr. Dave Stanard Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Mr. George Geary Mrs. Aileen Gordon William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Ms. Kathleen Hayes Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Debbie & Frank Jones Larry & Susan Kellner Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mary Louis Kister Mr. Willy Kuehn

Mr. Alfred Lasher III Ms. Nancey Lobb Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. David Massin Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Mr. Keith McFarland Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Mr. Gary Mercer Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Stephen & Marilyn Miles Ginni & Richard Mithoff Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson November 2012 29

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Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. Dave G. Nussmann Mr. & Mrs. Eugene O’Donnell Jennifer Owen & Ed Benyon Mr. Howard Pieper Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Michael & Vicky Richker Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Donna & Tim Shen Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. Yale Smith Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Nancy & David Tai Mr. Jonathan Tinkle Shirley & David R. Toomim Stephen & Kristine Wallace Dr. Robert Wilkins & Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds Wilkins Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Erla & Harry Zuber

Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Mrs. Nina Andrews Mr. & Mrs. John S. Arnoldy Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. James Bell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Bohnert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Maurice & Karey Bresenhan Mr. Larry C. Brookshire Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso David Chambers & Alexander Steffler Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Day Mr. Denis A. DeBakey & Ms. Lavonne Cox James R. Denton Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Carolyn & David Edgar Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Fairbanks Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mr. & Mrs. Jason Few Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. Bert & Mrs. Joan Golding Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Robert & Michele Goodmark Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect 30 www.houstonsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hennessy Mr. & Mrs. George Hricik Mr. Jimmy Hubbell Marianne & Robert Ivany Marzena & Jacek Jaminski Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kaldis William & Cynthia Koch Ms. Roslyn Larkey Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Linbeck Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Ms. Vickie McMicken Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moore Julia & Chris Morton Mr. & Mrs. Geoffroy Petit Mr. James D. Pitcock Jr. Dr. Gregory & Mrs. Cathie Powers Mr. Timothy Presutti Mr. Michael H. Price Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Pyne Jeremy & Linsay Radcliffe Shirley & Marvin Rich Allyn & Jill Risley Dr. & Mrs. Richard Robbins Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Carole & Barry Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Carol & Michael Stamatedes Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Ann Trammell Ms. Emily Van Houtan C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Dr. David A. White Ms. Elizabeth Wolff Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Mr. Keith Yanez Edith & Robert Zinn

Young Associates Council Young Associate, Premium $2,500 or more David Chambers & Alexander Steffler Audrey & Brandon Cochran Jimmy Hubbell Young Associate $1,500 - $2,499 Lindley & Jason Arnoldy James Bell Ting & John Bresnahan Divya & Chris Brown Sarah & Ben Cotting Katie Flaherty Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Samantha M. Gonzalez Jessica Q. Johnston Jennifer & David Mire Amanda & John Seaberg Jo A. Simmons Rachael & Jason Volz, A Fare Extraordinaire

Patron $1,000 - $2,499

Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mrs. Harold J. Adam Joan & Stanford Alexander Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Mr. John Alvarado Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Lindley & Jason Arnoldy Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Ms. Mary S. Axelrad Dr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Susie & John Bace Dr. & Mrs. Christie Ballantyne Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. David Barnham Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Basinski Richard & Trish Battaglia Ms. Deborah Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Betty Bellamy Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Mrs. Mary Blake Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blitzer Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mrs. Danya M. Bogart Mrs. Joanie Bowman Mr. Sonny Brandtner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Ting & John Bresnahan Katherine M. Briggs Mr. Thomas Nyle Britton Divya & Chris Brown Mr. & Mrs. Terry Bryant Dr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Ms. Cathy M. Cagle Ms. Marjorie Carter Cain Margot & John Cater Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Dr. Paul Cloutier Mr. Ryan Colburn Dr. Carmen Bonmati & Mr. Ben Conner Mr. Mark C. Conrad Ms. Barbara A. Conte Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Mr. & Mrs. William Cotting Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. Jeffrey Daniels Mrs. Helen Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis Ms. Elizabeth Del Pico John & Tracy Dennis Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Annamarie Dewhurst Bruce B. Dice Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. David Dybell Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Erikson Mr. Mike Ezzell Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr.

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Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Dr. Judith Feigin & Mr. Colin Faulkner Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. Dale Fitz Katie Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Fleisher Mr. Eugene A. Fong William and Deborah Fowler Mr. & Mrs. James E. Furr Mr. & Mrs. John Gee Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Mr. Jerry George Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mrs. James J. Glenn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. David Glodt Mr. Robert Gomez Mr. Michael Gonser Samantha Gonzalez & Kenneth Sherrod Ms. Melissa Goodman Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. Carlos Gorrichategui Mr. Kendall Gray Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Doug Groves Mr. Michael Haigh Eric and Angelea Halen Mrs. Thalia Halen Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Hall Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hammann Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Marion S. Hargrove Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Harris David & Claudia Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. David L. Haug Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. David J. Hemenway Mark & Ragna Henrichs Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Bob & Yoli Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. Robert Hoff Mr. Tim Hogan Mrs. Evelyn Howell Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Mr. Mark Hughes Mrs. Julia Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Isham Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Ms. Ann Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda & Frank S. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. David Kennedy Nora J. Klein, M.D. Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ms. Ilene Kramer Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton Dr. & Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Ms. Golda K. Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. Edwin N. Letzerich H. Fred & Velva G. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. John Lollar Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. William G. Looser

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lunn Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mrs. Sasha Davis & Mr. Joseph Matulevich Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard Linda & Jim McCartney Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. Edward McIntosh Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Ms. Karen McRae Mr. & Mrs. John Merrill Melba Hoekstra Miers Estate Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. Jamal Mollai Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton John & Leslie Niemand Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Ogden Mr. & Mrs. Staman Ogilvie Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Christine & Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael & Shirley Pearson Pamela & James Penny Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Perry JoAnn & John Petzold Ms. Debra Phillips Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Ms. Meg Philpot Mr. Thomas Power Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. & Mrs. David Pursell Mr. Tom Purves Mr. Dale Qualls & Mrs. Melissa McWilliams Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Mrs. Rose Radoff Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Randt Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Anne D. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Allan Reich Mr. Charles M. Reimer Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Richard Mr. & Mrs. Dave Roberts Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Mr. & Mrs. James T. Robinson Ms. Regina J. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ross Mr. Kent Rutter Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Chris & Don Sanders Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Mrs. Toni Oplt & Mr. Ed Schneider Dr. Mark A. Schusterman Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Rufus S. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Scuseria Mr. & Mrs. John Seaberg Mr. & Mrs. Ash Sharma Jo A. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Aimee Snoots John L. Snyder

Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Mary Louise Spencer Ms. Georgiana Stanley Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Stopnicki Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Susman Family Foundation/ Ellen & Steve Susman Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Jean & Doug Thomas Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Mr. Gerard Trione Ms. Karin Peterson Tripp Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Turbidy Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. Donn K. Van Arsdall Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Van Buren Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Ms. Barbara Van Postman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vander Lee Rachael & Jason Volz, A Fare Extraordinaire Betty & Bill Walker Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Mr. & Mrs. Kane C. Weiner Ms. Joann E. Welton Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Ms. Paula O. Whyte Ms. Melanie S. Wiggins Carlton & Marty Wilde Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilhite Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Witte Mr. Karl Heinz Wolf Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (9)

Director $500 - $999

Mr. & Mrs. Justin Abbott Mr. William L. Ackerman Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Corbin & Char Aslakson Ms. Erin S. Asprec Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Baird Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ball Ms. Anne Barrett Mr. Allen J. Becker Mr. Ricky R. Behrend Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen III Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Berteaud Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mrs. Ann M. Bixby Dr. William Black Jr, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Mrs. Noemi Blum-Howard Mr. Edward P. Bornet Ms. Suzie Boyd Bob F. Boydston Mr. James Bragg Ms. Sally Brassow Mr. Chester Brooke & Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. J. W. Brougher Mr. & Mrs. Jos C. Brown Fred & Judy Brunk Ms. Courtney Brynes Elizabeth Burdine Mrs. Shirley Burgher Ms. Helen P. Burwell Mr. Carl Butler Ms. Cheryl Byington

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mr. Len Cannon Mrs. H. E. Carrico Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney Mr. & Mrs. David Chang Ms. Anna Charlton Virginia A. Clark Jim R. & Lynn Coe Mr. David Coleman Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Coon Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Dr. Edward Cox Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Mr. Joseph A. Dellinger Mr. Charles Dishman Mr. Michael Dooley Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Egon & Elisa Durban John & Joyce Eagle Ms. Paula Eck Mildred & Richard Ellis Ms. Annette Eriksen Dr. Kenneth L Euler Ms. Tanya Evanoff Diane Lokey Farb Mr. & Mrs. Carl Fletcher Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Mr. Stephen J. Folzenlogen Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Rachel Frazier Mrs. Cathy Friestch Mrs. Martha Garcia Mrs. Holly Garner Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Ms. Lucy Gebhart Ms. Elaine C. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Gottschalk Mr. Ned Graber Mr. Garrett Graham Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Grimsley Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Thomas F. & Catherine Mary Hastings Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Healy Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Heath Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. David Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. David Houston Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hsieh Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Ms. Rebecca Hutcheson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mr. Mark Johansson Ms. Sheila K. Johnstone Mr. Bill Jones Mrs. Jillian Jopling Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kelley Mr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Louise & Sherwin Kershman Mr. Ron Kesterson

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Ms. Malgosia Kloc Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Mr. Dennis Kroeger Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Diane Laborde Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Lambert Dr. & Mrs. Shane Lanys Mr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Dr. & Dr. Richard A. Lewis Annie & Kenneth Li Mr. James C. Lindsey Ms. Mary Litwin Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley Renee & Michael Locklar Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. Alberto Lozano Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Ms. Renee Margolin Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Marion Ms. Diane Markesich & Mr. James Hamblet Ms. Faerie Marston Mr. Howard Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Dr. & Mrs. Glen E. Mattingly Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus William E. Joor, III & Rose Ann Medlin Ms. Maria Carolina Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Meneilly Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. William R. Mowlam Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Ms. Khanh Nguyen Ms. Dorothy Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky Mrs. Caroline Osteen Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Ms. Martha Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Peropoulos Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Antoinette Post Mr. Robert W. Powell Kim & Ted A. Powell Paula & Nico Praagman Hudgins Mr. & Mrs. Gary Prentice Mr. William E. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Elias & Carole Qumsieh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ramsey Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Ray Vicki & J.B. Reber Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Ms. Rachaelle Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart

Milton & Jill Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mrs. Holly Rubbo Mr. Derek Salvino Mrs. Jennifer K. Salyer Mr. Charles King Sanders Ms. Cynthia Sanford Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Ms. Stacey Saunders & Mr. Jeff Smith Ms. Susan E. Scarrow Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schaeffer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schmuck Mr. David Schultz & Ms. Beth Stegle Jean & Robert Schwarz Dr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Ms. Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Claudette & Tim Shaunty Mr. & Mrs. George Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Russell Sherrill Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Ms. Joyce Steensrud Mr. Ronald B. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Ms. Gary Stenerson Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa Sakashita Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mr. & Mrs. John F. Sullivan Ms. Bobbie Sumerlin Emily C. Sundt Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Sung Mrs. Louise Sutton

Mr. Clifford A. Swanlund Jr. Dr. Jeffrey Sweterlitsch Ms. Carolyn Tanner Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Van Teeters Mr. John F. Terwilliger & Ms. Laura Codman Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Mr. & Mrs. M. Dale Tingleaf Mr. G. M. Tolunay David & Ann Tomatz Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Mrs. Eliot P. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Mr. & Mrs. Jon P. Valfre Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Dean B. Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Ward Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mrs. Johannah Wilkenfeld Dr. Wayne Wilner Ms. Susan N. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe Mr. Scott Wynant Anonymous (22) As of October 1, 2012 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

Concertmaster’s Society $25,000-$49,999

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mrs. Sybil F. Roos

Conductor’s Circle, Platinum $15,000-$24,999

Allen & Almira Gelwick, Lockton Companies Susan & Dick Hansen Mr. Walter & Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley

Conductor’s Circle, Gold $10,000-$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Ms. Judith Vincent

Conductor’s Circle, Silver $7,500-$9,999

Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard Katz Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate

Conductor’s Circle, Bronze $5,000-$7,499

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman Marilyn Caplovitz Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cornelison Ms. Sara Jo Devine Paul & Rita Morico Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat

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Grand Patron $2,500-$4,999

Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Dr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Rex & Marillyn King Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Shirley & Marvin Rich Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. William Thweatt Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III Sally & Denney Wright Anonymous (1)

Patron $1,000-$2,499

Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery Anderson Mrs. Nancy Bailey Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. John S. Beury Ellen Box Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. David Carrier Mr. William V. Conover The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Ms. Ann Currens Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Mark Folkes & Christopher Johnston Carol & Larry Fradkin Paula & Alfred Friedlander Mr. & Mrs. James K. Garner Mrs. Lillian Gaylor Mr. Evan B. Glick

Julius & Suzan Glickman Mr. Robert Grant Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Mr. & Mrs. Alex Howard Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Mr. & Mrs. John Matzer Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Terry McGill Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan Mr. Marvin McMurrey & Mrs. Martha Rocks Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Ogden Mrs. Kay M. Onstead Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet W. R. Purifoy Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Ms. Virginia Torres Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Mr. Roger Trandell Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Director $500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Ms. Suan Angelo Dr. & Mrs. William S. Banks III Ann B. Beaudette Mr. Billy Bray Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. & Ms. Bruce Buhler Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Dr. Cecil Christensen Richard & Marcia Churns

Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Barbara Dokell Mr. & Mrs. Randy Dunn Mr. Richard Fanning Mr. John Geigel Mr. & Mrs. L. Henry Gissell Jr. Mr. Garland Gray Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Don Harrison Richard & Beverly Hickman Mr. Don E. Kingsley Ms. Amy Lacy Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Mr. & Mrs. James D. Long Ms. Doris M. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoy Mr. James Miner Jim & Arlene Payne Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Raizner Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Mrs. Pamela Royal James C. Stanka Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Symko Mr. James Trippett Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Dr. & Mrs. James A. Twining Mr. Gary Van Rooyan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Venus Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Viancos Mr. & Mrs. Michael Villarreal Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Anonymous (1) As of October 1, 2012 To note any errors or omissions, please call Darryl de Mello at (713) 337-8529

Education and Community Programs..............................................................

One of the most exciting scenes to encounter downtown is the sight of dozens of school buses surrounding Jones Hall, each unloading line after line of giggling young students. As the students find their spot among the red Jones Hall seats, excited chatter fills the hall as they eagerly await the Houston Symphony. This is a typical morning at a Cameron Explorer Concert.

One of three types of student concerts programmed by the Houston Symphony, the Explorer Concerts uncover the roots of music and are open to students in grades four through eight with a primary focus on the fifth-grade curriculum. This year, the Explorer Concerts, which have taken place throughout October and November, have focused on the parallels between music, visual arts and creative writing. Students have seen how Modest Mussorgsky turned the drawings and paintings of artist, Victor Hartmann, into black and white musical sketches for piano and then how, through the use of the orchestra’s instruments, these piano pieces were brought to full color by Maurice Ravel in the work: Pictures at an Exhibition. Students were shown the similarities between composing and writing—both of which require taking a simple idea and telling a story by exploring the perspectives of different characters, ideas and sounds. Six schools from Alief, Spring Branch

and Pasadena ISDs have contributed art work, which were shown during, as well as inspired by, the Scherzo from Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.

The Houston Symphony’s Associate Conductor Robert Franz, nationally acclaimed for his educational programming, conducts each of these concerts. The goal of Maestro Franz and the orchestra is for students to leave the concerts with a sense of achievement, having recognized concepts they are studying in school; engaged, having uncovered new ways to understand music, social studies, science and language arts; and curious, wanting to discover more.

In the 2011-12 Season, more than 19,000 students attended the eight Explorer concerts at Jones Hall. Additionally, more than 5,000 students attended the concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, where the Houston Symphony has been performing for Conroe Independent School District students since 2008. With more than 21,000 students scheduled to come down to Jones Hall, and only a few seats to spare, this year’s Explorer Concert series indicates an 11 percent increase in attendance.

The Explorer Concert Series is one part of the David Dewhurst Student Concert Series, and are supported in part by Cameron International Corporation and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.

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The Houston Symphony would like to acknowledge those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement activities. Each year these activities impact the lives of more than 76,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for more than 100,000 Houstonians free-of-charge.

Guarantor - $100,000+ M.D. Anderson Foundation Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Houston Symphony Endowment Trust John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Underwriter - $50,000+ Cameron International Corporation ExxonMobil Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund GDF SUEZ Energy North America JPMorgan Chase Marathon Oil Corporation John P. McGovern Foundation Shell Oil Company Sponsor - $25,000+

The Boeing Company Sterling-Turner Foundation

Partner - $15,000+

Bank of America Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation CenterPoint Energy The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation Macy’s Foundation Wells Fargo

Patron - $10,000+

Enbridge Energy Company George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation The Powell Foundation The Schissler Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation Vaughn Foundation

Benefactor - $5,000+

Devon Energy Corporation Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Strake Foundation Swift Energy Company

Donor - $1,000+

Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation

Music Matters! is also supported by the following endowed funds which are part of the Houston Symphony Endowment Trust: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs The Hearst Foundation Spec’s Charitable Foundation November 2012 33

Corporations and Foundations.........................................................................

Houston Symphony Business Council.................................................................

Co-Chairs Ralph Burch, ConocoPhillips David Wuthrich, MARSH Private Client Prentiss Burt, J.P. Morgan Janet F. Clark, Marathon Oil Corporation Gene Dewhurst, Falcon Seaboard Mike Doherty, Frost Bank Allen Gelwick, Lockton Companies Roz Larkey, Cameron International Corporation Steven P. Mach, Mach Industrial Group, LP

Billy McCartney, Vitol Inc. Paul Morico, Baker Botts, L.L.P. Robert A. Peiser, Imperial Sugar Company (retired) Geoffroy Petit, TOTAL David Pruner, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. John Rydman, Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass

Jerome Simon, Northern Trust Bobby Tudor, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Jesse Tutor, Accenture (retired) Margaret Waisman, Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Fredric Weber, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Corporations......................................................................................................

As of October 1, 2012

$100,000 and above

JPMorgan Chase Marathon Oil Corporation Rose Hill Meadows Corporation Shell Oil Company TOTAL

BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments * The Methodist Hospital Spec’s Charitable Foundation * United Airlines

$25,000-$49,999

Andrews Kurth, LLP The Boeing Company Bright Star Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. * Houston Chronicle KPMG LLP Memorial Hermann The Rand Group, LLC San Jacinto College

$50,000-$99,999

American Express Philanthropic Program * Baker Botts L.L.P. Cameron International Corporation Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Frost Bank GDF SUEZ Energy North America $10,000-$24,999 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Avalon Advisors, LLC * Jackson and Company

Bank of America Bank of Texas Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. Crown Castle International Corp.

Ernst & Young Halliburton Locke Lord LLP Macy’s Foundation Merrill Lynch Private Bank & Investment Group MetroBank, N.A. Northern Trust Regions Bank Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Salient Partners SPIR STAR, Ltd. Star Furniture UBS USI Insurance Services LLC Vinson & Elkins LLP Wells Fargo

$5,000-$9,999

Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP Bloomberg, L.L.P. Devon Energy Corporation Michem International, Inc. New Era Life Insurance Oceaneering International Inc. Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Stewart Title Company Swift Energy Company

Gifts below $4,999

Air Liquide American Corporation EOG Resources, Inc. GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Gulf Marine Product Co., Ltd Intercontinental Exchange JaPage Partnership Martha Turner Properties SEI Global Institutional Group Sense Corp.

Williams Companies, Inc.

* Contribution includes in-kind support

Foundations and Government Agencies.............................................................

As of October 1, 2012

$1,000,000 & above

City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation

$500,000-$999,999 City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc.

$50,000-$99,999

Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Trust Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

$100,000-$499,999

Albert & Margaret Alkek Foundation M.D. Anderson Foundation The Brown Foundation, Inc.

The Alkek & Williams Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation $25,000-$49,999

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Hartford Community Foundation The Humphreys Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sterling-Turner Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area Jack S. & Donna P. Josey Foundation Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation The Powell Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation Vaughn Foundation

$2,500-$9,999

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust The Hood-Barrow Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation Nightingale Code Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts $1,000-$2,499

The Mary & Thomas Graselli Endowment Foundation Huffington Foundation The Oshman Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

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

As of October 1, 2012 Aetna Apache Corporation Bank of America BBVA Compass Boeing BP Foundation

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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 Shell Oil Company Spectra Energy Williams Companies, Inc.

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, featuring a renowned guest artist. 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 our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500 or plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org.

Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott 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 E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan

Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders

Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich Anonymous (9) As of October 1, 2012 sDeceased

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

We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans.

Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come!

Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler

Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan

Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides

Ken Mathews Bryan & Vickie McMicken Dave B. Nussmann Nina & Peter Peropoulos

Jennifer Klein Salyer Susan Scarrow Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. James

John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

Chorus Endowment Donors........................................................................................... $500 or more

As of October 1, 2012

Erin Asprec Paul & Vickie Davis Steve Dukes Robert Lee Gomez

Pam & Jim Wilhite Anonymous

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

As of October 1, 2012 A Fare Extraordinaire Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Aztec Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Bright Star Christofle Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic

Culinaire Darryl & Co. DLG Research & Marketing Solutions DocuData Solutions Elaine Turner Designs Festari Foster Quan LLP Gucci H.E.B. Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca

Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Chronicle Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans Intercontinental Hotel Houston Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. John Wright/Textprint The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design

Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin PaperCity Pro/Sound Rice University

Saint Arnold’s Brewery Shecky’s Media, Inc. Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Staging Solutions Stewart Title Tony’s Tootsies United Airlines Valobra Jewlery & Antiques VISION Production Group Yahama

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Backstage Pass. .................................................................................................

Robert Walp, assistant principal trumpet Birthplace & Education: Pasadena, California; Northwestern University; Bachelor of Music

Dr. Gary Hollingsworth and Dr. Ken Hyde, musician sponsors Birthplace and Education: Gary – Waco, TX; Texas A&M University, Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, MD

Joined the Houston Symphony: May 1983

Ken – Takoma Park, MD; Andrews University, Loma Linda University, MD

Earliest musical memory: My mother singing

Joined the Houston Symphony: Gary – I first became involved with the Symphony in 1983 with season tickets. After that, I gradually upgraded my ticket location over a number of years.

All in the family: I began trumpet at age 10. There are a number of professional string players in the family, some in major orchestras, but the whole clan is musical, even the physicists.

Best thing about being a musician: Immersing myself in a work, then, after a week Robert Walp conducting the Houston Brass Band at of rehearsals, experiencing the Festival Institute in Round Top, Texas the audience’s reaction to our performance. Also, knowing the pieces with greater depth each time they come around.

Musical inspiration: Composers: J.S. Bach, Sibelius, Nielsen and anything arranged by Nelson Riddle. Performers: my colleagues in the Houston Symphony brass section, past and present; our new, inspiring concertmaster, Frank Huang; Kurt Johnson on baroque violin; drummer Joel Fulgham; trumpeter Dennis Dotson; saxophonist Larry Slezak.

Conductors: Erich Leinsdorf, Leonard Bernstein, Walter Weller, Claus Peter Flor, Christoph Eschenbach; the baritone Jose Van Dam; cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and many, many others.

Current listening: “I Pagliacci”—the Spike Jones rendition I can’t wait for this concert: Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast in March 2013.

It’s a great work, and I haven’t played it since my first concert series with the Houston Symphony under conductor Sir Alexander Gibson.

That was one heck of a baptism!

Memorable moments: The Bach Christmas Oratorio in the Köln Dom (Cologne Cathedral) in December 2010. It was COLD in the Dom—in the high 30s—but the German orchestra and chorus performed wonderfully.

I was moved by the sight of the audience mouthing the words to the chorales. That concert was a remarkable moment in my musical life.

With gratitude: Sponsors are critically important to the flourishing of our art form, at least in this country. Those wise and generous patrons make live orchestral music possible, and I am very grateful for their support.

Off the Jones Hall stage: I conduct the Houston Brass Band, a Britishstyle brass band that has really taken off. In addition to tours and concerts, we held our first Brass Only Band Camp for area students this past summer and are now planning a trip to England.

I also play baroque trumpet and enjoy that very different type of trumpet playing. This month, I have the pleasure of performing J.S. Bach’s Magnificat with Matthew Dirst’s superb ensemble, Ars Lyrica, in Houston and Dallas.

Hobbies & Interests: Reading, cooking and amateur radio 36 www.houstonsymphony.org

Ken – I started attending in 1992, but more importantly, the Houston Symphony is where I met Gary.

Earliest musical memory: Ken – Climbing up on the piano bench, sneaking a peak at my sister’s piano lesson book and saying, “I’m going to do this.” I also played trumpet in high school.

Gary – The pianist at church and my mother playing her records of big band music. I began piano lessons at age 12 and continued through high school and took organ lessons in the summer during college.

Current listening: Gary – The last music I listened to was Die Toten Hosen, a German hard rock group, that has a very popular Oktoberfest song. My iPod is a mixture of classical and 60s music.

Ken – I tend to listen to a CD over and over until it is worn out, or everyone around me is screaming to change the music. Currently, I’m perseverating on Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano. I have every Requiem ever written by anybody (almost) on my iPhone.

I can’t wait for this concert: Gary – This season, I’m especially looking forward to Wozzeck. It’s a chance to learn totally new music and widen my German language knowledge. I’m also looking forward to the Mahler symphonies.

Ken – Mahler Symphony No. 2 Favorite part of the Symphony experience: Gary – My favorite parts of the symphony experience are the piano concertos and choral works performed with the symphony chorus.

Ken – The classical concerts by the Houston Symphony are an important part of my Houston life—both because of the friendships I have developed with the musicians (and other music lovers) as well as the enjoyment of the music itself.

Becoming a musician sponsor: Gary – Being a musician sponsor increases your connection to the Symphony.

Ken – Although I love the “complete” experience with a full orchestra and chorus, we also have been fortunate to be able to participate in various smaller functions. This has increased my appreciation for the musical talents, organizational efforts and shared loved of music among the greater Houston Symphony family.