Special Program | Queen

InTUNE The Houston Symphony Magazine

The Music of Queen

June 19 & 20, 2026

ORCHESTRA ROSTER Juraj Valčuha

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor Laureate

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 Tong Yan Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin SECOND VIOLIN Vacant, Principal Vacant, Associate Principal Amy Semes Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Anastasia Iglesias Tina Zhang* Yankı Karata!

Hannah Duncan Alexandros Sakarellos VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal Samuel Pedersen, Assistant Principal Paul Aguilar Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Keoni Bolding Jimmy Cunningham 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 Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Andrew Pedersen, Assistant Principal Eric Larson Logan May Burke Shaw Donald Howey Avery Weeks

COMMUNITY!EMBEDDED MUSICIAN Lindsey Baggett, Violin LIBRARIANS Ali Verderber, Associate Librarian Megan Fisher, Assistant Librarian

Steven Reineke, Principal POPS Conductor Anthony J. Maglione, Director, Houston Symphony Chorus Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor

FLUTE Vacant, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Acting Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner Douglas DeVries+ PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Vacant Adam Dinitz Pablo Moreno+ 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

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

BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Isaac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Nathan Cloeter, Assistant Principal/Utility Ian Mayton Barbara J. Burger Chair Brian Mangrum Spencer Bay+

STAGE PERSONNEL Vacant, 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

*on leave + contracted substitute

PERFORMANCE CALENDAR 2026-27 season

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The Music of Queen June 19 & 20

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert June 26 & 27

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A. R. Rahman with the Houston Symphony July 24 & 25

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Opening Night: Celebrating America at 250 September 19

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Idina Menzel August 30

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Rachmaninoff Festival: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 October 9, 10* & 11 Mozart’s Jupiter & JIJI October 16, 17* & 18 Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony October 30, November 1 S

Haunted Halloween October 31

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert September 5 & 6

Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony & Yoonshin Song November 6, 7* & 8

Simply the Best: A Tribute to Tina Turner September 25 & 26*

La Vida Loca November 21 & 22*

Rachmaninoff Festival: Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony October 2, 3* & 4

Classical Series

Bank of America POPS Series

Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert Live-to-Film October 31

See our full year calendar for even more concerts!

PNC Family Series

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Summer & Specials

Chamber Series

*Performance livestreamed

2026–27 SEASON

SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Barbara McCelvey President

Barbara J. Burger Immediate Past President

John Rydman** Board Chair Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs

Mike S. Stude** Chair Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel

Jonathan Ayre Secretary Chair, Finance

Gary Ginstling^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Janet F. Clark^ Immediate Past Chair

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership

Ed Schneider Chair, Development

Juraj Valčuha^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Carey Kirkpatrick Chair, Marketing & Communications

Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning

Joan DerHovsepian^ Musician Representative

Jesse B. Tutor** Chair, Audit

Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative

Jerre Williams President, Houston Symphony League

Jeremy Kreutz^ Musician Representative

Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Sippi Khurana, M.D. Chair, Education & Community Engagement Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

James H. Lee^ President, Houston Symphony Endowment

Steven P. Mach^ At-Large Member Bobby Tudor^** At-Large Member Gretchen Watkins^ At-Large Member

Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Gary Beauchamp Eric Brueggeman MK Campion John Cassidy, M.D. Khoa Dao Lidiya Gold

David J. M. Key David Krieger Cindy Levit Isabel Stude Lummis Cora Sue Mach** Rodney Margolis**

Meredith Marshall Leslie Nossaman Chris Powers Brittany Sakowitz Ed Schneider Justin Stenberg

William J. Toomey II Betty Tutor** Robert Weiner Margaret Alkek Williams**

TRUSTEES Christopher Armstrong David Balderston David J. Beck Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Ralph Burch John T. Cater** Robert Chanon Heaven Chee Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Tracy Dieterich Kelli Cohen Fein Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster

Kate Dearing Fowler Aoife French Carolyn Gaidos Andrew Gould Lori Harrington Pablo Hernandez SchmidtTophoff Jeff Hiller Grace Ho Gary L. Hollingsworth John W. Hutchinson Brian James Matthew Kades I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Matthew Loden Kirby Lodholz Michael Mann, M.D. Nancy Martin Jack Matzer

Jackie Wolens Mazow Diane K. Morales Tim Ong Edward Osterberg Jr. Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Ted Sarosdy Andrew Schwaitzberg Helen Shaffer** Becky Shaw Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol.

Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith** Quentin Smith Tad Smith Anthony Speier Tina Raham Stewart Nanako Tingleaf Terry Thomas

Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Steven J. Williams David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich

FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Janet F. Clark Brad W. Corson As of May 28, 2026

Barbara McCelvey

EX!OFFICIO Alejandro Gallardo Reverend Ray Mackey, III Frank F. Wilson IV

Fredric Weber ^Ex-Officio **Lifetime Trustee

LEADERSHIP GROUP Gary Ginstling, Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Rolanda Gregory, Chief Marketing Officer Jennifer Renner, Chief Development Officer Mayenne Minuit, Executive Assistant DEVELOPMENT Leanna Aldis, Manager, Foundation Relations Sarah Bhalla, Board Relations Associate Lauren Buchanan, Development Communications Manager Alex Canales, Manager, Donor Services Jessie De Arman, Development Associate, Gifts, Records, & Research Timothy Dillow, Senior Director, Individual Giving Amanda T. Dinitz, Director, Principal Gifts & Endowment Kamra Kilmer, Manager, Corporate Relations Karyn Mason, Institutional Giving Officer Hadia Mawlawi, Endowment & Planned Giving Officer Emilie Moellmer, Membership Manager Gavin Reed, Major Gifts Officer Tim Richey, Major Gifts Officer Katie Salvatore, Director, Annual Giving & Membership Phillip Smith, Special Events and League Liaison Officer Lena Streetman, Director, Development Operations Sarah Thompson, Donor Events Manager Christina Trunzo, Director, Institutional Giving EDUCATION | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Olivia Allred, Education Manager Allison Conlan, Senior Director, Education & Community Engagement Austin Hinkle, Education & Community Engagement Coordinator Jazmine Olwalia, Community Engagement Manager Sheridan Richard, DeLUXE K!ds In Harmony Site Manager Community-Embedded Musicians (CEM): Lindsey Baggett, Lead CEM Lucinda Chiu, CEM Teaching Artist David Connor, Senior CEM Teaching Artist Bensen Kwan, CEM Education Specialist Brittany Leavitt, CEM Teaching Artist Bianca Lozano, CEM Teaching Artist Adrian Ponce, CEM Teaching Artist Lauren Ross, CEM Teaching Artist Jaya Varma, CEM Teaching Artist

FINANCE | ADMINISTRATION | IT | HR José Arriaga, Systems Engineer Henry Cantu, Finance Accountant Kimberly Cegielski, Staff Accountant Heather Fails, Database Administrator Ronin Jackson, IT Intern Joel James, Director of Human Resources Tanya Lovetro, Director of Budgeting & Financial Reporting Freddie Piegsa, Help Desk Technician Morgana Rickard, Controller Gabriela Rivera, Senior Accountant Pam Romo, Office Manager/HR Coordinator Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT & Analytics MARKETING | COMMUNICATIONS Bryan Ayllon, UX & Conversion Specialist Rachel Cheng, Marketing & External Relations Assistant Bella Cutaia, Manager, Patron Services Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Priya Kurup, Senior Associate, Group Sales Caroline Lawson, Patron Services Representative Lien Le, Patron Experience Coordinator Yoo-Ell Lee, Graphics & Media Designer Milow Lozano, Ticketing Systems & Marketing Operations Specialist Ciara Macaulay, Creative Director Ashley Martinez, Patron Services Coordinator Mariah Martinez, Email Marketing Coordinator Casey Pearce, Graphic Design Manager Aracely Quevedo, Patron Services Representative Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications Christian Sosa, Web Experience Director Alexa Ustaszewski, Manager, Revenue and Audience Insights Sophie Volpe, Digital Content Specialist Leecia Whatley, Patron Services Representative Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services OPERATIONS | ARTISTIC Stephanie Alla, Associate Director of Artistic Planning Becky Brown, Associate Director of Orchestra Personnel Juan Pablo Brand, Artistic Assistant Ryan Diefenderfer, Concert Operations Assistant Megan Fisher, Assistant Librarian Michael Gorman, Director of Orchestra Personnel Julia Hall, Assistant Director, Houston Symphony Chorus Parker Hart, Concert Operations Manager Adrian Hernandez, Concert Media Production Manager Giancarlo Minotti, Audio Production Manager José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Brad Sayles, Senior Recording Engineer Nathan Trinkl, Artistic Assistant & Assistant to the Music Director Ali Verderber, Associate Librarian Meredith Williams, Director of Concert Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Senior Director of Artistic Planning

June 19 & 20, 2026

The Music of Queen Brent Havens, conductor MiG Ayesa, vocalist George Cintron, guitar Daniel Clemens, electric bass Powell Randolph, drum set Adam Michaelson, keyboard Program will be announced from the stage.

There will be an intermission.

About the Music

Friday, June 19 Saturday, June 20

Jones Hall Jones Hall

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Program Bios Malaysian Philharmonic; the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; the Minnesota Orchestra; the Pittsburgh Symphony; the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; the Houston Symphony; the Atlanta Symphony; the Baltimore Symphony; the Dallas Symphony; the Fort Worth Symphony; the Nashville Symphony; Orchestra of Opera North in Leeds, England; and countless others.

Brent Havens, conductor Berklee-trained arranger/ conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films, and virtually every kind of television. His TV work includes movies for networks such as ABC, CBS, and ABC Family Channel Network; commercials; sports music for networks such as ESPN; and even cartoons.

Havens has also worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans.

He has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London; the CBSO in Birmingham, England; the

Havens recently completed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013, he worked with the Baltimore Symphony and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock songs into a single four-minute show. Havens is Arranger/Guest Conductor for all of the symphonic rock programs for Windborne Music. 

MiG Ayesa, vocalist MiG started his career in Australia in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

He was then chosen to join the London cast including a Royal Variety Performance for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. MiG’s other West End credits include We Will Rock You, Rent, Thriller Live, and Seasons of Larson.

His Broadway credits include Burn The Floor and Rock of Ages, which he also joined on the first US National Tour and in the Philippines. Back in Australia, his credits include Grease, Cinderella, Aladdin, West Side Story, Rent, Fame, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a UK and Australian Tour of The Music of Queen: Rock and Symphonic Spectacular. He reprised the role of Galileo for the 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour of We Will Rock You and as one of the Tenors of Rock at their resident

Program Bios headline show in Las Vegas and on the high seas. MiG also sailed with Rock Rhapsody, as well as headlining his own one man show MiG Rocks the Boat.

In the Philippines, MiG played Robert Kincaid in the first international production of The Bridges of Madison County and starred with Lea Salonga and Tanya Manalang for the major concert event Curtains Up, as well as his own concert celebrating Shangri-la’s 25th Anniversary, and most recently originated the role of Jamie Crimson in the World Premiere Production of All Out of Love.

MiG starred as Joe King in the TV series The Ferals. His other TV credits include Fil It Up, Mission: Top Secret, Hits and Memories, The Midday Show, IMT, Carols in the Domain, It’s About Time, Carols by Candlelight, People’s Choice Awards, Vidiot, Good Morning Australia, and Hey Hey It’s Saturday as well as various commercials including a global campaign for Ray Ban. MiG’s film credits include Queen of the Damned and Subterano. A finalist in the global hit TV show Rockstar: INXS, MiG released his self-titled debut album, through Decca/ Universal and was an original cast member of Handel’s Messiah

Rocks: A Joyful Noise. As well as releasing his second album More Than Ever, MiG has also penned theme songs for various TV shows as well as writing “Fill My Cup” for FWD, along with his own fundraising awareness campaign for the victims of Philippine floods with “United As One.” 

Juraj Valčuha, Music Director

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