InTUNE
Jaws in Concert
June 20
ESCANEE AQUÍ PARA VER TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL
ORCHESTRA ROSTER
Juraj Valčuha
Music Director
Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair
FIRST VIOLIN
Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster
Max Levine Chair
Vacant, Associate Concertmaster
Ellen E. Kelley Chair
Boson Mo, Assistant Concertmaster
Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster
Fondren Foundation Chair
Marina Brubaker
Tong Yan
MiHee Chung
Sophia Silivos
Rodica Gonzalez
Ferenc Illenyi
Si-Yang Lao
Kurt Johnson*
Christopher Neal
Sergei Galperin
Timothy Peters+
Tianxu Liu+
SECOND VIOLIN
Vacant, Principal
Vacant, Associate Principal
Amy Semes
Annie Kuan-Yu Chen
Mihaela Frusina
Jing Zheng
Tianjie Lu
Anastasia Iglesias
Tina Zhang*
Yankı Karataş
Hannah Duncan
Alexandros Sakarellos
Samuel Park+
Teresa Wang+
VIOLA
Joan DerHovsepian, Principal
Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal
Samuel Pedersen, Assistant Principal
Paul Aguilar
Sheldon Person
Fay Shapiro
Keoni Bolding
Jimmy Cunningham
Yvonne Smith+
CELLO
Brinton Averil Smith, Principal
Janice H. and Thomas D. Barrow Chair
Christopher French, Associate Principal
Jane and Robert Cizik Chair
Anthony Kitai
Louis-Marie Fardet
Jeffrey Butler
Maki Kubota
COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIAN
Lindsey Baggett, Violin
ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS
Ali Verderber
Hae-a Lee
Xiao Wong
Charles Seo
Jeremy Kreutz
DOUBLE BASS
Robin Kesselman, Principal
Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal
Steven Reineke, Principal POPS Conductor
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor Laureate
Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor
Andrew Pedersen, Assistant Principal
Eric Larson
Burke Shaw
Donald Howey
Avery Weeks
Michael Zogaib+
FLUTE
Aralee Dorough, Principal
General Maurice Hirsch Chair
Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal
Judy Dines
Kathryn Ladner
PICCOLO
Kathryn Ladner
OBOE
Jonathan Fischer, Principal
Lucy Binyon Stude Chair
Anne Leek, Associate Principal
Colin Gatwood
Adam Dinitz
ENGLISH HORN
Adam Dinitz
Barbara and Pat McCelvey Chair
CLARINET
Mark Nuccio, Principal
Bobbie Nau Chair
Vacant, Associate Principal
Christian Schubert
Alexander Potiomkin
Ben Freimuth+
E-FLAT CLARINET
Vacant
Ben Freimuth+
BASS CLARINET
Alexander Potiomkin
BASSOON
Rian Craypo, Principal
Isaac Schultz, Associate Principal
Elise Wagner
Adam Trussell
STAGE PERSONNEL
Stefan Stout, Stage Manager
José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager
Nicholas DiFonzo, Head Video Engineer
Justin Herriford, Head Audio Engineer
Connor Morrow, Head Stage Technician
Giancarlo Minotti, Audio Production Manager
CONTRABASSOON
Adam Trussell
HORN
William VerMeulen, Principal
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan
Endowed Chair
Robert Johnson, Associate Principal
Nathan Cloeter, Assistant Principal/Utility
Brian Thomas*
Brian Mangrum
Ian Mayton
Barbara J. Burger Chair
Spencer Bay+
TRUMPET
Mark Hughes, Principal
George P. and Cynthia Woods
Mitchell Chair
John Parker, Associate Principal
Robert Walp, Assistant Principal
Richard Harris
TROMBONE
Nick Platoff, Principal
Bradley White, Associate Principal
Phillip Freeman
BASS TROMBONE
Phillip Freeman
TUBA
Dave Kirk, Principal
TIMPANI
Leonardo Soto, Principal
Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal
PERCUSSION
Brian Del Signore, Principal
Mark Griffith
Matthew Strauss
HARP
Allegra Lilly, Principal
KEYBOARD
Vacant, Principal
LIBRARIAN
Luke Bryson, Principal
*on leave + contracted substitute
PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
2025-26 se a son
O p e n ing We e ken d :
Val č uh a C on du c t s St r av ins k y ’s Fi r eb i r d
S ept emb er 1 9, 20* & 2 1
Eschenbach Conducts Mozart & Bruckner
S ept emb er 2 7 & 28*
K ing fo r a D ay : T h e M us i c of El v is
O c t o b er 3 , 4* & 5
Jea n -Yves T h ib au d et + T he T h r ee - C o rne r e d H at
O c t o b er 1 0, 11* & 12
G e r s hw in & G rim au d : Ja z z M e et s Symp ho ny
O c t o b er 17, 18* & 1 9
Fr o m St a g e t o S c r e e n : B r oad way Me et s H o ll y woo d
O c t o b er 3 1 , N ovemb er 1* & 2
Frig ht f ull y Fun! A H a ll owe e n C o n c e r t fo r K i ds
N ovemb er 1
Shall We Dance?
N ovemb er 8 & 9*
J o urn ey t o L ig ht : Va l č uh a C on du c t s
S h os t a kov i c h 1 0
N ovemb er 2 1 , 2 2 * & 23
Th a nk sg i v ing We e ken d :
Tcha ikovs k y ’s Pi an o C o n c e r t o N o. 1
N ovemb er 28 , 2 9* & 3 0
S H and e l s Mes si a h
D ec emb er 5 , 6* & 7
S J oy f ul Fa nfa r es! H o li d ay B r a s s S p ec t ac ul a r
D ec emb er 6 & 7
Ve r y M e rr y Po ps
D ec emb er 11 , 13* & 14
O h , W h at Fun! A H o li d ay C o n c e r t fo r K i ds
D ec emb er 13
Mariachi Sol De Mexico de José Hernández presents: José Hernández’ Merry-Achi Christmas
M a rin A ls o p C on du c t s B r a h ms 2
J a nu a r y 23 , 24* & 25
Pi an o M a n : T h e M us i c of B ill y J o e l
Febr u a r y 6 , 7 * & 8
W h e n Ins t rum e nt s Roa m e d t h e E a r t h
Febr u a r y 7
Sy m p hon ie e s p a g no le + Sy m p hon ie f a ntasti q ue
Febr u a r y 13 , 14* & 1 5
Tch a ikovs k y ’s Ro me o a n d J ul iet
Febr u a r y 20, 2 1* & 2 2
Wa g n e r ’s Tris ta n a n d Iso lde
Febr u a r y 28 & M a r c h 1
Mozart + Elgar’s Enigma Variations
M a r c h 13 , 14* & 1 5
B e et h ove n’s Fif t h Symp ho ny + T im pa n i Wo rl d Pr e m ie r e
M a r c h 20, 2 1* & 2 2
G ri eg ’s Pe e r G y nt
M a r c h 2 7, 28* & 2 9
S L a ng L a ng in Re c it a l A p ril 1
D isn ey s Fa nta s i a in C on c e r t
A p ril 3 & 4
S V í k ing ur Ó l af s s o n in Re c it a l
A p ril 17
A d a ms C on du c t s A d a ms & A p p a la c hi a n S p ri ng
A p ril 1 8 & 1 9*
I c o n : T h e Vo i c es Th at C h a nge d M us i c
A p ril 24 , 25* & 26
A b r ac ad a b r a! A Ma g i c a l M us i c a l A d ve nt ur e
A p ril 25
Dec emb er 15
S S Elf in C on c e r t
D ec emb er 1 9, 20 & 2 1
A N at K ing C o l e N ew Ye a r
J a nu a r y 2 , 3* & 4
S Sta r Wa r s: Retu rn of t he Je d i in C on c e r t
J a nu a r y 9 & 1 0
S Mr. Symphonic: Shaggy with the Houston Symphony
J a nu a r y 11
A r t ur o S and oval : J o urn ey t o Fr e edo m
J a nu a r y 17 & 1 8*
S Chanticleer: Our American Journey A p ril 28
J os h u a B e ll Ret urns : T he Ele me nt s in C on c e r t
M ay 7, 9* & 1 0
T he Pla net s + Tcha ikovs k y ’s V i o lin C o n c e r t o
M ay 1 5 , 1 6* & 17
Val č uh a C on du c t s M a hle r 9
M ay 2 2 , 23* & 24
L ig ht s! C am e r a! M us ic ! 1 0 0 Ye a r s of E p i c Film S c o r es M ay 2 9, 3 0* & 3 1
*Pe r fo rm a n c e live s t r ea m e d
JAWS IN CONCERT
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NICHOLAS BUC, CONDUCTOR
Nicholas Buc is an award-winning composer, conductor, and arranger with a distinguished career in both film and concert music. He studied composition under Brenton Broadstock and Dr. Stuart Greenbaum at the University of Melbourne, earning the inaugural Fellowship of Australian Composers Award. Nicholas furthered his education with a Master’s degree in Scoring for Film and Multimedia from New York University, where he was honored with the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring.
His compositions have been showcased at festivals and theaters across Australia, Asia, and the United States. In November 2022, the Melbourne Youth Orchestra premiered his Trumpet Concerto, commissioned by Josh Rogan. His 100-minute oratorio, Origins, premiered to a sold-out audience at Melbourne Recital Hall in July 2023. Recently, he scored the Australian feature film Slant (2022) and the Ukrainian documentary Slava (2023).
Nicholas has collaborated with renowned artists and ensembles, including Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Chris Botti, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, and The Cat Empire. He has served as conductor and arranger for Tina Arena on six Australian tours and has created arrangements for Birds of Tokyo, Lake Street Dive, Missy Higgins, The Avalanches, Eskimo Joe, The Whitlams, and Vera Blue. His television work includes Junior MasterChef (2020), five seasons of The Voice Australia, and the 2021 Australian Football League Grand Final.
Highly sought-after for live film concerts, Nicholas has conducted the world premieres of major films, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and Field of Dreams.
The 2024–25 season will see the North American premiere of his children’s work, Daughter of the Inner Stars, with the Vancouver Symphony. This season also features exciting debut engagements with the Chicago Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Toronto Symphony, Kansas Symphony, and Auckland Philharmonic, along with reappearances with the Seattle Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Hawai’i Symphony, and Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as all the Australian symphony orchestras.
In a career spanning more than six decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all nine Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 50-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, The BFG , The Post and The Fabelmans.
His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty-four Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-five Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer. In 2020, he received Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts as well as the Gold Medal from the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society in the UK, and in 2022 he was awarded an honorary knighthood of the British Empire as one of the final awards approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December 1993 after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered his concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches”, and in the same year, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama.
In 2021, Williams premiered his second violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood along with soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter, for whom he composed the work.
jaws in Concert
STARRING ROY SCHEIDER
ROBERT SHAW
RICHARD DREYFUSS
CO-STARRING
LORRAINE GARY AS ELLEN BRODY
MURRAY HAMILTON AS VAUGHN
DIRECTED BY
STEVEN SPIELBERG
PRODUCED BY
DAVID BROWN AND RICHARD D. ZANUCK
SCREENPLAY BY
PETER BENCHLEY AND CARL GOTTLIEB
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY PETER BENCHLEY
MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film Jaws with a live performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during and after the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the music.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Producers
Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson
Director of Operations
Rob Stogsdill
Production Manager
Sophie Greaves
Production Assistant Katherine Miron
Worldwide Representation IMG Artists, LLC
Technical Director
Mike Runice
Music Composed by John Williams
Music Preparation
Jo Ann Kane Music Service
Film Preparation for Concert Performance
Ramiro Belgardt
Technical Consultant
Laura Gibson
Sound Remixing for Concert Performance
Chace Audio by Deluxe
The score for Jaws has been adapted for live concert performance.
With special thanks to: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Michael Silver, Patrick Koors, Tammy Olsen, Lawrence Liu, Thomas Schroder, Tanya Perra, Chris Herzberger, Noah Bergman, Jason Jackowski, Shayne Mifsud, Darice
Murphy, Mike Matessino, Mark Graham, and the musicians and staff of the Houston Symphony.