houston symphony magazine - december 2010

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Hans grafmusic Director

DeCemBeR • 2010

Robert Franz, associate conductor

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Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002(713) 224-4240 • www.houstonsymphony.orgContents ••

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Features5 Opening Night Underwriters

On Stage and Off3� Backstage Pass4 Credits�3-31 Donors 6 From the Orchestra8 Hans Graf�1 Houston Symphony Chorus6 Letter to Patrons11 Orchestra and Staff�� Symphony Society

Departments9-10 Spotlight on Sponsors

�0 Support Your Symphony16 Upcoming Performances

Cover photo by Sandy Lankford. Contents photos by Bruce Bennett and PWL Studio.

Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski continues the Symphony’s holiday tradition in Very Merry Pops.

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16 Share the gift of music with your loved ones this holiday season! See page 16 for holiday gift packages and upcoming performances!

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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience mem-bers, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals.

CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Weatherford Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances.

CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or pho-tograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances.

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Houston Symphony Honors Opening Night Underwriters............................

^ On August 27, Opening Night Gala underwriters were honored at a cocktail reception at the home of Houston Symphony League President Nancy Littlejohn, pictured here with her husband, Erik, daughter Isabella and Symphony Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson.

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^ Gifts from underwriters like Symphony Board President Bobby Tudor and his wife, Phoebe, helped raise more than $250,000 for Music Matters!, the Symphony’s education and community engagement programs.

^ Symphony Board Member Gene Dewhurst and his wife, Linda

^ Gala underwriters Joella and Steven P. Mach also served on the Underwriting Committee.

^ Joelle and Geoffroy Petit represented TOTAL, another Gala underwriter.

^ Opening Night Gala Underwriting Chairs Viviana and David Denechaud with Betty Tutor

^ Gala Honorees Ulyesse and Barbara LeGrange and Chairs Nancy and Robert Peiser were also major underwriters for the event.

^ Gala Underwriting Committee members Christie McCartney, Diane Gendel, Joella Mach and Viviana Denechaud


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On behalf of my colleagues in the orchestra, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Jones hall this Holiday season. This time of year is nearly impossible to imagine without music, whether it’s a simple song like “I’ll be home for Christmas” or a work as profound and uplifting as Handel’s Messiah. It’s amazing how perfectly music captures the feelings of the season that are so difficult to put into words.

Since this is also the time of year when many consider contributions to charitable and non-profit organizations, it seems like a good time to express our gratitude to the generations of Houston Symphony donors – from the legendary Ima Hogg to today’s current leaders – whose vision has allowed Houston to grow into a city rich in culture and the fine arts.

The mission of an orchestra is to bring the world’s top musicians together, not just for a single con-cert, but to become a part of the community; giving citizens regular access to living performances of the greatest music ever written, presenting outreach concerts accessible to everyone and performing edu-cational and family concerts that introduce the next generation to the art of music. Because this unique endeavor requires such a large number of musicians, no major orchestra can survive on ticket sales alone. Orchestras were once mainly the private ensembles of the wealthy and powerful, and today, in most countries, are subsidized by the government. In America, however, orchestras rely mainly on the voluntary support of enlightened patrons who understand and cherish their mission. The positive side of this equation is that the organization’s future is freely determined by those who truly love and value both their city and great music, and we are all the beneficiaries of a collection of farsighted and philanthropic individuals who have given generously to enable us all to gather together to share in this music.

Like many of my colleagues, I make a modest contribution to the Annual Fund because I believe in the mission and know my gift will be well spent. For those who join me in this belief – and in not having the means to match our most generous supporters – there are still many ways we can help. The Symphony’s support in the community is measured by the number of donors, not just their largess, and even a modest gift can help motivate other future giving. We also have many fine businesses that sponsor us as part of their civic investment. If you value their support of the Symphony, please patronize them and let them know that you have chosen them in part because of their support of Houston and its Symphony.

And more than anything, your attendance at these concerts is deeply meaningful to us. While we musicians are extremely grateful for philan-thropic support, ultimately this is much more than just a job for us, and there is nothing more important than sharing this art with our fellow Houstonians and passing it on to future generations. This year, I plan to buy more Symphony tickets to give as gifts, as I know many friends for whom this music would be a deeply meaningful experience. Thank you for your patronage and we look forward to joining with all of you in the New year. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from all of us.

Brinton Averil SmithPrincipal Cello

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Happy Holidays and welcome to Jones Hall!

Did you know that our Community Connections program reaches thousands of people with free recitals and concerts at Houston hospitals, senior centers and homeless shelters?

Did you know that in any given week our musicians can be found at schools throughout Greater Houston teaching master classes, leading performances or demonstrating their instruments?

Did you know that we will perform more than 400 Classical, Pops, Family, Holiday and other concerts this season, entertaining and inspiring more than 300,000 people?

your support makes all of this – and much more – possible. Thank you!

And now your gift has a chance to create an even greater impact. The Houston Endowment has challenged the Houston Symphony to grow our donor base to 4,000 people this year while also increasing our contributed revenue. If we rise to the challenge, the Houston Endowment will donate $1 million to the Symphony to help ensure we continue to touch so many lives in so many ways. We can’t do it without you.

your gift does make a difference – please make it today!

If you have any questions or would like to make a gift, please contact Ron Fredman, our new senior director of Development, by phone or email – he’d love to hear from you! Ron’s direct line is 713-337-8525 and his email is [email protected].

We wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a very Joyous New year! And, as always, we warmly welcome you to Jones Hall and extend our sincere thanks to you for generously sup-porting the Houston Symphony.

Bobby Tudor President

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

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Hans Graf............................................................................................................

Biography............................................................................................................Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distin-guished 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 relation-ship 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 lead-ing 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.

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In October, he led the Houston Symphony on a sold out tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz and Aix en Provence and appeared at the Salzburg Festival. In summer 2010, he conducted the opening concert of the Aspen Music Festival and returned

to Tanglewood and Chicago’s Grant Park Festival.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 hous-

tonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite and a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

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.

So much of the music we associate with the holiday time brings a flood of images into our minds. Whether it is the magnificent power of Handel’s Messiah or the simple tunes associated with the songs we sing, the

music evokes memories and emotions in all of us.The giving of gifts is also a big part of the holidays and we

are all fortunate that we have been given the gift of music. It is a gift we must all cherish and nurture, not just for ourselves but for the generations to come.

In Houston, we are especially privileged to have these magnificent instruments called the Houston Symphony and the Houston Symphony Chorus to bring us the gift of this music. They too

must be cherished and nurtured for the next generations. Thank you for being in our audience, and please come and join us just as often as you can.

In the meantime, Margarita and I wish you the most joyous of holiday times, and we look forward to joining you again in the New year.

( )Hans Graf conducts the Houston Symphony at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, England

“...the palpable changes of mood in Holst’s score was certainly a tribute to the precision of the conductor, Hans Graf...” Richard Morrison, The London Times

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Spotlight on Sponsors.....

At BBVA Compass, we work for a better future for people – understanding that we have a responsibility as a financial institution to use our expertise and resources for the benefit of the communities where we live, work and play. As such, BBVA Compass recognizes the impor-tance of performing arts and arts education to communities and is committed to supporting these important elements of culture across our U.S. footprint.

In addition to meeting our communities’ needs in this way, BBVA Compass also strives to meet our client’s needs through innovative and industry-leading products and services – with a strategic focus on providing custom-ers with financial solutions that are simple, straightforward and built around their unique needs. We are interested in building long-term relationships with our clients – helping them build better futures as their financial needs evolve. This is the same approach we take with our nonprofit partnerships.

At BBVA Compass, we understand a mutual dependence exists between business and society – healthy communities are good for business, and good businesses are the founda-tion of healthy communities. Without a doubt, the Houston Symphony is a cornerstone insti-tution of Houston’s healthy, diverse and vibrant community. BBVA Compass is proud to lend our support once again to this world-class orchestra. We applaud the work of the Houston Symphony and its musicians and look forward to a long-term partnership focused on enriching the lives of Houstonians with access to excep-tional music. For more information about BBVA Compass, visit bbvacompass.com.

The Houston Symphony wishes to thank Chevron for its ongoing and generous sponsor-ship of the Symphony’s culturally diverse Fiesta Sinfónica and Lunada concerts.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading inte-grated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company’s success is driven by the ingenuity and commit-ment of its employees and their application of the most innovative technologies in the world.

Chevron is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. The company explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and dis-tributes transportation fuels and other energy products; manufactures and sells petrochemi-

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cal products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels.

Chevron has more than 9,000 employees and contractors in the Greater Houston area. More information about Chevron is available at chevron.com.

Weatherford International Ltd. (NySE: WFT) is one of the world’s largest diversified upstream oilfield service companies. The company pro-vides one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of services and products that span the drilling, evaluation, completion, production and inter-vention cycles of oil and natural gas wells.

Weatherford has $9.6 billion in annual revenues and approximately 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries supporting more than 800 facilities. It is committed to pursuing the highest standards of quality, health, safety and environmental performance in all of its operations. Weatherford is also committed to investing in the communities where it oper-ates through financial contributions, project and program sponsorship and employee vol-unteerism. The company’s ultimate goal is to help make these communities better places to live and work, both for employees and clients.

In Houston, Weatherford has been a long-time supporter of many programs and activities, including the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, MS 150, SPCA, Spindletop International and the Center for Hearing and Speech, to name a few.

Weatherford is pleased to add its spon-sorship of the Houston Symphony’s Family Concert Series to this list. The Symphony plays a vibrant role in enriching Houston’s cultural landscape, and Weatherford is particularly proud to be affiliated with a concert series that educates the next generation of Houstonians through the joys of classical music.

Acknowledgements

The Official Airline of the Houston Symphony

The Official Health Care Provider of the Houston Symphony

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Hans Graf, Music DirectorRoy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor

Sponsor, Cameron Management

Robert Franz, Associate Conductor

Sponsor, Madison Charitable Foundation

Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN:Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine ChairEric Halen, Associate Concertmaster

Ellen E. Kelley ChairAssia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster

Cornelia and Meredith Long ChairQi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation ChairMarina Brubaker, Hewlett-Packard Company ChairAlexandra AdkinsMiHee ChungSophia SilivosRodica GonzalezFerenc Illenyi**Si-yang LaoKurt JohnsonChristopher NealSergei GalperinQuan Jiang*

SECOND VIOLIN:Jennifer Owen, PrincipalCharles Tabony, Associate PrincipalHitai LeeKiju JohRuth zeger Margaret BraggMartha ChapmanKevin KellyMihaela OanceaChristine PastorekAmy TeareOpen Position

VIOLA:Wayne Brooks, PrincipalJoan DerHovsepian, Associate

PrincipalGeorge Pascal, Assistant PrincipalWei JiangLinda GoldsteinFay ShapiroDaniel StrbaThomas MolloyPhyllis HerdliskaJoshua Kelly*

CELLO:Brinton Averil Smith, PrincipalChristopher French,

Associate PrincipalHaeri JuJeffrey ButlerKevin Dvorak

xiao WongMyung Soon LeeJames Denton Anthony Kitai

DOuBLE BASS:David Malone, Acting Principal

Janice H. and Thomas D. Barrow Chair

Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal

Eric LarsonRobert PastorekBurke ShawDonald HoweyMichael McMurray

FLuTE:Aralee Dorough, Principal

General Maurice Hirsch ChairJohn Thorne, Associate PrincipalJudy DinesAllison Garza

PICCOLO:Allison Garza

OBOE:Robert Atherholt, Principal

Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin GatwoodAdam Dinitz

ENGLISH HORN:Adam Dinitz

CLARINET:David Peck, PrincipalThomas LeGrand, Associate

PrincipalChristian SchubertOpen position

E-FLAT CLARINET:Thomas LeGrand

BASS CLARINET:Open position

Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair

BASSOON:Rian Craypo, Principal Stewart Orton ChairEric Arbiter, Associate Principal American General ChairElise WagnerJ. Jeff Robinson

CONTRABASSOON:J. Jeff Robinson

HORN:William VerMeulen, PrincipalWade Butin, Acting Associate

Principal*Brian Thomas

Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Chair

Nancy GoodearlPhilip StantonJulie Thayer

TRuMPET:Mark Hughes, Principal

George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair

John DeWitt, Associate Principal Open position, Assistant PrincipalAnthony Prisk

Speros P. Martel Chair

TROMBONE:Allen Barnhill, PrincipalBradley White, Associate PrincipalPhillip Freeman

BASS TROMBONE:Phillip Freeman

TuBA:Dave Kirk, Principal

TIMPANI:Ronald Holdman, PrincipalBrian Del Signore, Associate Principal

PERCuSSION:Brian Del Signore, PrincipalMark GriffithMatthew 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 GronforMichael McMurray

STAGE MANAGER:Donald Ray Jackson

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER:Kelly Morgan

STAGE TECHNICIAN:Toby Bluntzoltan FabryCory Grant

*Contracted Substitute** Leave of Absence

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.

Orchestra and Staff............................................................................................Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEOMartha García, Assistant to the Executive DirectorMeg Philpot, Director of Human Resources

steven Brosvik, General ManagerRoger Daily, Director, Music Matters!Kristin L. Johnson, Director, OperationsSteve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel ManagerMichael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel ManagerDonald Ray Jackson, Stage ManagerKelly Morgan, Assistant Stage ManagerMeredith Williams, Assistant to the General ManagerCarol Wilson, Manager, Music Matters!

MiCHael D. Pawson, Chief Financial OfficerSally Brassow, ControllerPhilip Gulla, Director, TechnologyAmed Hamila, Director, Database SupportHeather Fails, Manager, Ticketing DatabaseJanis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron DatabaseKay Middleton, ReceptionistMaria Ross, Payroll ManagerArmin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems EngineerChris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and

Special Projects

aurelie DesMarais, Senior Director, Artistic PlanningMerle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist ServicesThomas Takaro, Librarian Amanda Tozzi, Director, Popular Programming and

Special ProjectsErik Gronfor, Assistant LibrarianMichael McMurray, Assistant LibrarianRebecca zabinski, Artistic Assistant

Glenn taylor, Senior Director, MarketingAllison Gilbert, Director of Marketing, Subscription &

Group SalesMelissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Special ProjectsCarlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Single TicketsJenny Zuniga, Director, Patron ServicesNatalie Ferguson, Graphic DesignerJeff Gilmer, Group Representative, Inside SalesHaley Gehring, Patron Services SpecialistJason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron ServicesErin Mushalla, Marketing AssistantMelissa Pate, Assistant Manager, Patron Services

RepresentativesTim Richey, Manager, VIP Patron Services Aisha Roberts, Patron Services SpecialistMelissa Seuffert, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital

Media/young Audience Engagement

Jennifer r. Mire, Senior Director, CommunicationsJessica Taylor, Editor, MagazineHolly Cassard, Manager, Public Relations

Ron FreDMan, Senior Director, Developmenttara Black, Director, Individual GivingVickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer ServicesBrandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate

RelationsPeter yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and

Development CommunicationsJessica Ford, Patron Services SpecialistSamantha Gonzalez, Patron Services SpecialistClare Greene, Associate Director, EventsAbbie Lee, Patron Services AssistantSarah Slemmons, Development Associate, Administrative

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Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops at Jones Hall

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Saturday, December 11, �010 8 pm

Sunday, December 1�, �010 2:30 pm

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Very Merry PopsMichael Krajewski, conductor Sean Holshouser, boy soprano

*Dan Menendez, the piano jugglerHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

J. M. Stephenson Holiday OvertureArr. R. A. Bass Bell Carols from Christmas OrnamentsArr. B. Ayars Il est ne, le divin enfantArr. R. Nelson What Child Is This?C. Rouse Karolju 1 Ob vix abdurat (Latin) 2 Än kännas i på (Swedish) 3 Je son de la feuli que l’aime (French) 5 Procession of the Three Kings 8 Nemám dobrá se stále znova (Czech) 9 O die Zimmer dank (German)— 10 Ob vix abdurat (reprise): L’istesso tempo A. Adams/D. Clydesdale O Holy NightINTERMISSIONE. Pola-G. Wyle/ The Most Wonderful Time of the Year M. HayesF. Bernard/R. Hermann Winter WonderlandAnderson Sleigh RideArr. J. Everly The Piano JugglerArr. G. Prechel A Merry Little Sing-AlongM. Willson/Prechel It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like ChristmasArr. S. Reineke Christmas Sing-Along Medley

*Houston Symphony debut

Presenting Sponsor BBVA Compass

Appearances by Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski are generously sponsored by Cameron Management.

This weekend’s performances are generously sponsored by Chevron.

Friday’s concert is generously sponsored by Michael Clark and Sallie Morian and Stu and Carol Levin in memory of their son, Todd.

The Houston Symphony Chorus’ Sunday Performance is generously sponsored by Carolyn and Michael Mann.

The printed music for Adams’ O Holy Night was donated by Mr. and Mrs. James Keddie, Stu and Carol Levin in memory of their son, Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Murray A. McAndrew, Teresa and Frank Milburn, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Mullino, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nanninga, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Nieman.

The printed music for Anderson’s Sleigh Ride was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mann.

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

Biographies.............................................................................................................................................

Michael Krajewski, conductorMuch in demand across the United States and Canada, Michael Krajewski delights concertgo-ers with his imaginative and entertaining pro-grams and his wry sense of humor. Audiences leave his concerts smiling, remembering the evening’s music and surprises.

Maestro Krajewski joined the Houston Symphony as Principal Pops Conductor at the beginning of the 2000-01 season. His fans especially enjoy his Star Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theatre and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and this Houston holiday tra-dition, Very Merry Pops.

He also serves as principal pops conduc-tor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. He was recently promoted to Principal Pops Conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – the first in Atlanta! He previously held prin-cipal pops conductor positions with the Long Beach and New Mexico symphonies.

As a guest conductor, he has performed with the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl orchestras, and has appeared with symphonies across the U.S., including those of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco and more. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, as well as the Edmonton and Winnipeg symphonies.

Krajewski has performed with an eclectic group of artists including Sir James Galway, Marilyn Horne, Alicia de Larrocha, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Al Hirt, Cab Calloway, The Kingston Trio, Ben E. King, Mary Wilson, Patti Austin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Canadian Brass and Pink Martini.

With degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor.

Michael Krajewski lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography, jogging, bicycling and solving The New York Times Sunday cross-word puzzles.

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Biographies.............................................................................................................................................Holshouser

Sean Holshouser, boy sopranoBoy soprano Sean Holshouser is a regular per-former with Houston’s HITS Theatre group and has performed several principal roles includ-ing Gavroche in Les Miserables and Rum Tum Tugger in Cats. Holshouser was hired for the Houston Grand Opera’s production of Peter Grimes this fall and performed with the Houston Symphony during a performance at Houston’s 2010 Theater District Open House.

Holshouser’s mother, Eileen, and grandpar-ents were long-time members of the Houston Symphony Chorus and his father, Scott, cur-rently serves as the orchestra’s keyboardist.

Dan Menendez, the piano jugglerDan Menendez’s career began when he was

spotted performing at a Los Angeles comedy club. He was immediately slated to perform on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and now performs internationally at sporting events, banquets, trade shows, casinos, festi-vals and concerts with orchestras such as the Montreal, Indianapolis, Baltimore and Eugene Symphonies. He has performed in more than 150 half-time shows for 20 NBA teams including the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns, and appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The View, The Arsenio Hall Show and Comic Strip Live, among others. He has appeared on tele-vision in Chile, Argentina, Columbia, Canada, Holland, Italy, Scotland, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Japan and Korea.

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Festival appearances include Just For Laughs (Montreal), the Molson Comedy Festival (Toronto), and the Montreux Festival de Rire and Variete De Bale (Switzerland). In 2001, Menendez won the Daidogei World Cup, an international entertainment competition in Japan that attracts more than two million visi-tors each year.

The Concerto Competition –the oldest proj-ect of the Houston Symphony League – is open to tal-ented musicians 18 or younger within a 200-mile radius of

Houston. The 2011 Competition is Saturday, January 8, at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. All are welcome to attend and support the musicians of the future free of charge! For more information, call (713) 238-1447, or visit houstonsymphony.org.

In 2010, 11th grader Adam Wu won the Competition, performing the Lalo Violin Concerto. Adam will perform that piece with the Houston Symphony at the Salute to Educators concert on March 31, 2011.


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Handel’s Messiah*Matthew Halls, conductorKatherine Whyte, soprano

*Jay Carter, countertenor*Thomas Cooley, tenor*Jeremy Galyon, bass-baritoneHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Handel MessiahPart the FirstSinfonia: Grave—Allegro moderato

Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people—

Air (Tenor): Ev’ry valley shall be exalted

Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord

Recitative (Bass-baritone): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts—

Air (Soprano): But who may abide the day of His coming?

Chorus: And he shall purify the sons of Levi

Recitative (Countertenor): Behold, a virgin shall conceive—

Air (Countertenor) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Recitative (Bass-baritone): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth—

Air (Bass-baritone): The people that walked in darkness

Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born

Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the field—

Recitative (Soprano): And lo, the Angel of the Lord came unto them—

Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them—

Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly, there was with the angel—

Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest

Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

Recitative (Countertenor): Then shall the eyes of the blind be open’d—

Duet (Countertenor and Soprano): He shall feed his flock like a shepherd

Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

Notes..........................BY CARL CUNNINGHAM

MESSIAH George Frideric Handel

Born: Feb 23, 1685, Halle, Saxony

Died: Apr 14, 1759, London, England

Work composed: 1741

Recording: William Christie conducting the baroque ensemble, Les Arts florissants, with vocal soloists and chorus (Harmonia Mundi)

Instrumentation: two oboes, bassoon, two trum-pets, timpani, harpsichord, organ and strings

Few of Handel’s 30 oratorios and dramatic odes are heard today, except for Messiah. In contrast to Samson, Solomon, Belshazzar and numer-ous other Handelian works celebrating biblical heroes and villains, Christ is not personified in the oratorio devoted to his birth, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven. Nor for that matter are Mary, Joseph, Herod, Peter, Judas or Pilate, all of whom populate texts of such oratorios as the Bach St. Matthew Passion and Berlioz’ The Childhood of Christ.

Most significantly, there is no Evangelist or Narrator to relate the gospel stories of Christmas and Passiontide. Instead, the four vocal soloists and chorus sing about Christ and his message in a blend of texts selected from Old Testament prophets, the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, and in psalms from the Book of Common Prayer.

The fact that Messiah was ever composed is something of a miracle. Thirty years earlier, Handel had built his fame and fortune in England as a composer and producer of Italian opera. When the popularity of that form died down and English audiences became tired of hearing theatrical entertainments in a foreign language, Handel turned to writing and producing English-language oratorios, chiefly during the 1730s.

With the addition of a chorus to the drama and stirring tales from the Bible or mythology, these oratorios took hold among London audi-ences and revived Handel’s sagging career, until their appeal also began to wane around 1740. Handel was on the verge of abandoning the ora-torio form in the summer of 1741 when the Duke of Devonshire, the English governor of Ireland, unexpectedly invited him to visit Dublin and give concerts benefiting local hospitals and chari-ties. Messiah and Samson was the result and, with these two popular works, Handel’s career as an oratorio composer was revived.

Handel’s collaborator was Charles Jennens, a wealthy, well-educated English gentleman 15 years younger than the composer. Although Jennens was educated as a lawyer, he denied himself a legal career because he was reluctant to take the required oath of allegiance to the German-oriented House of Hanover occu-

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Part the SecondChorus: Behold the Lamb of God

Air (Countertenor): He was despised and rejected

Chorus: Surely, He hath borne our griefs—

Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed—

Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray

Recitative (Tenor): All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn—

Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him

Recitative (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart—

Air (Tenor): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow

Recitative (Soprano): He was cut off out of the land of the living

Air (Soprano): But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell

Chorus: The Lord gave the word

Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet—

Air (Bass-baritone): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?—

Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder

Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in Heaven—

Air (Tenor): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron

Chorus: Hallelujah

Part the ThirdAir (Soprano): I know that my redeemer liveth

Chorus: Since by man came death

Recitative (Bass-baritone): Behold, I tell you a mystery—

Air (Bass-baritone): The trumpet shall sound

Air (Soprano): If God be for us

Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain—

Chorus: Amen

*Houston Symphony debut

The printed music for Handel’s Messiah was donated by the Edith F. Bondi Foundation in memory of Edith F. Bondi and Great uncle Conductor Simon Parmet.

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on KUHF 88.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony.

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pying the British throne. Among other things, he passed his time assisting Handel in assembling texts for several oratorios, both before and after Messiah.

Handel scholar Jens Peter Larsen sum-marizes Messiah’s three-part division as: 1) the prophecy of Christ’s coming; 2) the redemption of humanity through the sacrifice of Jesus, set against a background of human rejection and opposition to the will of God; 3) a song of thanks-giving for the overthrow of death. In brief terms, the three sections relate to the Christian obser-vances of Advent/Christmas, Good Friday/Easter and Pentecost.

The opening Christmas portion of the ora-torio is suffused with a pastoral feeling. There is a gently caressing quality to the melodic and rhythmic profile of the opening tenor aria, “Comfort ye,” a trusting innocence to the musi-cal character of the chorus, “For unto us a child is born,” and a light, feathery sound in the florid theme of the choral fugue, “And he shall purify.” Even the alto aria and chorus, “O thou that tell-est good tidings to zion,” attains a gently lilt-ing quality by virtue of the easygoing 6/8 meter underlying the rhythm of that movement.

But when Christ’s birth and good will toward men have been duly celebrated, the mood changes abruptly. Part Two opens with a heavy heart, as the tonality turns suddenly to F minor and the chorus sings the treading dotted rhythms of “Surely, he hath borne our griefs” and the angular lines of the choral fugue, “And with his stripes we are healed.”

Other sentiments force their way into Handel’s drama of human redemption. The chorus, “All we, like sheep, have gone astray,” paints a picture of a distracted populace, deaf to the voice of God and heedless of his message. The piece is famous for its little running melody lines that seem to wander aimlessly like the sheep mentioned in the text.

In depicting the mockery of the babbling crowd at the foot of Christ’s cross, Handel chooses a pompous choral fugue for the psalm text, “He trusted in God that he would deliver him, if he delight in him.” The cynicism of their laughter is heightened by the guffawing fugue in the low, heavy bass section of the choir.

After grieving over the utter rejection and abandonment of the crucified Lord, the tenor turns to the central message of Christianity in the solo aria, “But Thou didst not leave his soul in hell.” The hopeful message of resurrection and redemption is carried on for several numbers, through the joyously animated chorus, “The Lord gave the word,” and the chorus, “Their sound is gone out,” where the choral voices spread out in all directions.

The bass voice depicts righteous anger at warring humans in the solo aria, “Why do the nations rage so furiously together?” The verb


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of that text is key to Handel’s inspiration for the “rage” aria typical of traditional baroque opera. It is the most operatic piece in the oratorio and, together with the more famous bass aria, “The trumpet shall sound” in Part Three of Messiah, this challenging piece requires a powerful, technically nimble bass voice.

Rage is also the dominant emotion in the intense tenor aria, “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.” All of these arias depict God as the Old Testament deity of power and ven-geance rather than the New Testament deity of forgiveness and redemption. Similarly, Handel stands in awe of divine omnipotence when anger turns to triumph in two famous choruses: “Lift up your heads, O ye gates” in Part Two, and the exultant “Hallelujah” chorus that concludes that section of the oratorio.

With the drama of redemption essentially completed by the end of Part Two, the mood changes to one of consolation and gratitude in Part Three. It opens with the lyrical soprano aria, “I know that my redeemer liveth,” and the gentle, poised character of that aria is typical of Handel’s treatment of the solo soprano voice in Messiah. The direct chordal style of “Worthy is the Lamb,” introduces the oratorio’s intended choral climax. As this number progresses, the composer again turns to fugal devices, both in the martial setting of “Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto him,” and in the swelling “Amen” chorus that follows.

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Biographies.................

Matthew Halls, conductorBritish conductor Matthew Halls has estab-lished himself as one of today’s leading young conductors in concert halls and opera houses.

Forthcoming engagements include con-ducting debuts with the National, Detroit and Colorado Symphonies, as well as appear-ances in Europe with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Het Residentie Orkest, Northern Sinfonia and Bach Collegium Stuttgart.

Recent concert and opera debuts include with the Berlin Radio, Frankfurt Radio, Norrköping and Iceland Symphonies, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo,

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Les Violons du Roy, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Handelfestspiele Halle, Salzburg Landestheater, Korean National Opera and the Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg. His 2009 debut with the Central City Opera (Denver) leading Handel’s Rinaldo was so success-ful that he was immediately invited back for Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Handel’s Amadigi. For more information, please visit schwalbeandpartners.com.

Katherine Whyte, sopranoThis season, Canadian soprano Katherine Whyte has roles in Le nozze di Figaro

(Opera Hamilton debut), Brahms’ Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Avery Fisher Hall debut, National Chorale), Die Zauberflöte (Michigan Opera Theatre) and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Colorado Symphony Orchestra).

In previous seasons, Whyte debuted in Rigoletto (English National Opera), Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice (Atlanta Opera), Handel’s Jephtha (l’Opéra National de Bordeaux) and Mozart’s Requiem (Houston Symphony with Hans Graf). She has sung Orff’s Carmina Burana (South Dakota Symphony), Handel’s Messiah (Grand Philharmonic Choir), with the

Bach-Elgar Choir, the Aldeburgh Connection, the Toronto Sinfonietta and was presented in recital by Regina Resnik Presents and at the Mountain View Festival of Song.

Whyte graduated from the Juilliard Opera Center, took fourth place in the 2008 Competizione dell’Opera at Dresden’s Semperoper and won the 2007 Alice Tully Recital Competition. She holds BM and MM degrees (University of Toronto), was a Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center (2006) and completed additional studies at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies and The Stean’s Institute for young Artists (Ravinia Festival).

Jay Carter, countertenorLauded for his luminous tone and stylish interpretations, especially in the music of Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Purcell and Vivaldi, American countertenor Jay Carter is quickly gaining recognition and has garnered acclaim for programs of modern classics.

Carter made his Carnegie Hall debut in Messiah and sang the North American pre-miere of Tavener’s Lament for Jerusalem. This season, he appears with the Columbus Symphony (Messiah), the Louisville Bach Society (Joshua) and the Choir of St. Thomas Church, Ny (Bach’s B minor Mass). Recent repertoire includes Handel’s Saul, Bach’s Weinachts-Oratorium and numerous canta-tas, Bernstein’s Missa Brevis and Chichester Psalms, Caldara’s Medea in Corino and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus.

Carter is a featured soloist on record-ings of Bach’s Magnificat in D, Mendelssohn’s Magnificat with yale Schola Cantorum

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on Le Stagioni: Italian Virtuoso Madrigals (Gravitacion) and on Handel and Caldara Cantatas with the Kingsbury Ensemble.

Thomas Cooley, tenorEqually at home on concert and opera stages, American tenor Thomas Cooley is establishing himself worldwide with his versatility, expres-siveness and virtuosity in repertoire ranging across more than four centuries.

This season’s highlights include Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang (National Arts Centre Orchestra/Rizzi), Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Atlanta Symphony/Runnicles and Cathedral Choral Society), Berlioz’ Requiem (Carnegie Hall/Spano), Haydn’s Creation (Indianapolis Symphony/Boyd and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan), Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Mozart’s Requiem, Honneger’s Le Roi David, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Alabama Symphony), Handel’s Jephtha, Saint-Seans’ Requiem, and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes and Messiah (Minnesota Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony).

Recent recordings include Handel’s Samson (Göttingen Handel Festival Orchestra/McGegan, Carus), Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus (Deutsche Grammophon), Mozart’s Requiem (Windsbacher Knabenchor, Sony); and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor (Handel and Haydn Society/Christophers, Coro Allegro).

Jeremy Galyon, bass-baritoneAn Adler Fellow since 2006, Jeremy Galyon has performed with the San Francisco Symphony; Princeton Festival; the Metropolitan, Chicago and San Francisco Operas; the Houston and Florida Grand Operas; Orquesta

Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico; American Bach Soloists; Opera Theater of St. Louis; Chicago Opera Theatre; Los Angeles Philharmonic; UC Davis Symphony Orchestra; and the new-music chamber ensemble, Earplay. He debuts with the Houston Symphony with these performances.

The Merola Opera Program alumnus and former Glimmerglass Opera young artist has sung Fauré’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall and spent four years as a resi-dent artist with Binghamton’s Tri-Cities Opera, performing roles in The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, La Bohème and The Elixir of Love.

This season, he sings roles in Mozart’s

Requiem (Colorado Symphony), The Queen of Spades and Rigoletto (Metropolitan Opera), as well as in Der Rosenkavalier, Gianni Schicchi and as an ensemble member in Shostakovich’s The Nose.

A native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Galyon was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a finalist in the DiPanni Bel Canto Competition. He holds an Opera Index Encouragement Award.

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Houston Symphony Chorus..............................................................................

Charles Hausmann, DirectorPaulo Gomes

Assistant DirectorSusan Scarrow

Chorus ManagerScott Holshouser

AccompanistTony Sessions

Librarian

First SopranoRamona AlmsAlice BeckstromRobyn BranningSarah DamaskeMonica M. DavisKathleen ForbesClarice GatlinMarta GilesBecky HamiltonAmanda HarrisSophia HouSarah Keiferyoungjee KimGillian Kruse

* •Veronica LorinePamela MagnusonLydia MusherMegan OwenKaren RennarWendy RidingsRhonda RyanJennifer Klein SalyerHeidi SandersBeth SlaughterLisa TrewinTania Van DongenRamona Walters-

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Second Soprano yoset AltamiranoLisa AndersLaura BohlmannNancy BraticAnne CampbellDebby CutlerVickie DavisCorita DuboseKaren Fess-UeckerKellie GardenLorraine Hammond

•Debbie Hannah•Megan HenrySylvia Hysongyukiko IwataNatalia Kalitynska

* •Amy Mobley•Carol OstlindLinda PetersSusan ScarrowVicki SeldonPaige SommerVeronica A. StevensCecilia Sun

• Nancy VernauMaria Cristina yanezJennifer young

First AltoKrista BorstellJami BrunsPatricia BumpusBarbara BushNancy

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EconomidesNatasha FloresMary GahrHolly GardnerSusan HallJudy HillKristin HurterBerma KinseyJoyce Lewis

* •Mary LopushanskyHeather Maclaughlin

GarbesLisa MorfinCynthia MulderThao PhamJennifer L. PhanLinda RennerLinda RichardsonCarolyn RoganHolly RubboJune RussellMaria SchoenAndrea SlackPatsy WilsonShelby Wilson

Second AltoMelissa Bailey

AdamsSarah Wilson ClarkM. Evelyn CliftRochella CooperAndrea CreathRobin DunnHolly EatonRachel El-SalehThi HaJuli HerbertNancy HillDenise HolmesCatherine HowardLois HowellCrystal Meadows

•Lynne MoneypennyNina PeropoulosLaurie ReynoldsHolly Soehnge

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First TenorRobert BrowningJames R. CarazolaPatrick DrakeRichard FieldRobert GomezJames Patrick

HanleySteven HazelDonald HowieFrancisco J.

IzaguirreFrank LopezDarrell Mayon

* •Jim MooreChristopher M.

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Second Tenor* •Bob Alban

Randy BoatrightHarvey BongersWilliam ColePaul DamaskeDonn DuboisJorge FandinoMark FerringJoseph FrybertJohn GradyCraig HillPhilip LewisWilliam L. MizeDave NussmannGreg RailsbackLesley C. SommerDewell SpringerJonathan VaughanTony VazquezLeonardo VeletzuyLee Williams

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Matt NeufeldKevin NewmanGary ScullinStephen ShadleThom SloanMark StandridgeSam Stengler

* •Paul Van DornJoe VillarrealKevin Wallace

Second BassSteve Abercia

* •Wilton T. AdamsBill CheadleJohn ColsonRoger CutlerPaul EhrsamTom EverageChris FairIan FetterleyDavid M. Foxyevgeny GeninMatt HendersonTerry HendersonGeorge HoweChuck IzzoNobuhide Kobori

• Ken MathewsScott MermelsteinClyde L. MinerRob MoreheadGreg NelsonBill ParkerJohn Proffitt

• Robert ReynoldsDaniel RobertsonRichard White

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Charles Hausmann, directorDr. Charles S. Hausmann has led the Houston Symphony Chorus since 1986 and has prepared the group for more than 500 concerts and more than 40 acclaimed conductors, including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/orchestral masterworks.

As director of choral studies and profes-sor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, Hausmann directs the master’s and doctoral programs in choral con-ducting and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists, a graduate chamber choir. He also serves as director of choral music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.

During the 2010-2011 season, Hausmann prepares the Chorus for Verdi’s Requiem, special concert with Andrea Bocelli, Very Merry Pops, Messiah and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky.

Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer and clinician, and has conducted numerous tours throughout the United States, Europe and Mexico. He led the Chorus’ fourth European tour in 2007 and he and the Chorus share a 23-year collabora-tion with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, recently performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.

For audition information, contact the Chorus manager at (713) 444-9��1 or [email protected].

Celebrating Milestones This month’s performances of Very Merry Pops mark two major milestones for the Chorus: its 1,000th concert and its 900th performance with the Houston Symphony. The Chorus has inde-pendently performed in regular concerts with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Mineria (Mexico City), a BBC Proms concert (London) and a capella concerts here in Houston.

The all-volunteer Chorus was founded in 1946 by former Symphony cellist Al Urbach. An important instrument in the Symphony family, the Chorus performs in many musical styles this season; from the backstage women’s chorus in the final minutes of Holst’s The Planets, to the thundering chords of the “Dies Irae” in Verdi’s Requiem, and this month’s seasonal sounds of Very Merry Pops and Handel’s Messiah.

Congratulations to the Chorus on its long record of musical excellence!

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President, Endowmentulyesse J. LeGrange

Vice President, Finance and Board GovernanceSteven P. Mach

Vice President, EducationCora Sue Mach

General CounselPaul R. Morico

At-Large MembersGene Dewhurst

Jay MarksHelen Shaffer

Vice President, VolunteersBarbara McCelvey

Vice President, DevelopmentDavid Wuthrich

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSNancy Littlejohn, President, Houston Symphony League

Martha García, SecretaryMark Hughes, Orchestra Representative

Rodney MargolisBurke Shaw, Orchestra Representative

Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative

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

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Annual Campaign Donors.................................................................................

The Houston Symphony expresses appreciation to the donors listed on this and the following pages for their generous con-tributions in support of Symphony programs. More information is available from the Individual Giving Department at (713) 337-8500, the Corporate Support Department at (713) 337-8520 or at houstonsymphony.org.

As of November 5, 2010

$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Continental Airlines Fidelity Investments Shell Oil Company

$50,000-$99,999 American Express * Cameron Chevron ConocoPhillips * GDF SUEz Energy North America The Methodist Hospital System Shell Oil Company TOTAL UBS * Weatherford International Ltd. Weill Cornell Medical College

$�5,000-$49,999 Andrews Kurth, LLP Chubbs Group of Insurance Companies

Crown Castle * ExxonMobil Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. * JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP * Marathon Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

$10,000-$�4,999 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Baker Botts L.L.P. * Bank of America Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. * Devon Energy Corporation Ernst & young * Fluor Corporation Frost Bank H. E. Butt Grocery Company Margolis, Phipps & Wright, P.C. * Macy’s Foundation Memorial Hermann

Northern Trust SPIR STAR, Inc. Star Furniture USI * Wells Fargo

$500-$9,999 Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP * Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP Bloomberg L.L.P. Ironshore Insurance Services, LLP Lockton Companies Oceaneering International, Inc. Porter & Hedges, LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers, Inc. * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Seyforth Show * Smith, Graham & Company * South Texas College of Law * Swift Energy Company Texas Children’s Hospital Wortham Insurance & Risk Management

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


$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment, Inc. * Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation Inc.

$500,000-$999,999 * M. D. Anderson Foundation

$100,000-$499,999 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation

$50,000-$99,999 The Alkek & Williams Foundation * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation

$�5,000-$49,999 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Sterling-Turner Foundation

$10,000-$�4,999 * Bauer Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation Strake Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

$�,500-$9,999 Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation The Becker Family Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Susman Family Foundation

Government Donors * City of Houston through the Houston Downtown Alliance, Houston Arts Alliance & Miller Theatre Advisory Board National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts

* Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Foundations...........................................................................................................

Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................ AetnaAkzo NobelAT&TBank of AmericaBoeingCaterpillarChevron

Coca-ColaEl Paso CorporationEli Lilly and CompanyExxonMobilFannie MaeGeneral ElectricGeneral Mills

Goldman, Sachs & Co.HalliburtonHewlett-PackardIBMING Financial Services CorporationJPMorgan ChaseKBR

Kirby CorporationOccidental PetroleumSMART Modular Technologies, Inc.Spectra Energy


Leadership Gifts................................................................................................

Ima Hogg Society – $150,000 or MoreLieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst

Ms. Beth MadisonMadison Benefits Group, Inc.

Mr. George P. MitchellMr. M. S. Stude

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III

President’s Society – $75,000 - $99,999Mrs. Margaret Alkek Williams

Maestro’s Society – $50,000 - $74,999Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf

Rochelle & Max LevitMr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan

Nancy & Robert PeiserMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Concertmaster Society – $�5,000 - $49,999Janice & Tom Barrow

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian

Gene & Linda DewhurstDr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein

Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. FrankelStephen & Mariglyn GlennDr. Gary L. Hollingsworth

Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise KalsiMr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange

Cora Sue & Harry MachBarbara & Pat McCelvey

Mrs. Sybil F. RoosMs. Louisa Stude Sarofim

Mr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferLaura & Michael Shannon

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those individuals who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs with Leadership Gifts at the highest levels. Donors at these levels set the standard for supporting the Symphony and we are proud to list them here.

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Joan & Stanford AlexanderMr. Alan AronsteinMr. Richard C. BaileyMr. Ronald C. BorschowMr. & Mrs. Walter V. BoyleJoe BrazzattiMr. & Mrs. Philip J. BurguieresMarilyn & Coleman CaplovitzWilliam J. Clayton & Margaret A. HughesMr. & Mrs. David DenechaudMr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr.Aubrey & Sylvia FarbDiane Lokey Farb

Ms. Bernice FeldMr. & Mrs. Marvy A. FingerMr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene ClarkMr. George B. GearyThomas & Patricia GeddyDr. & Mrs. William D. GeorgeMrs. James J. Glenn Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David GowMr. & Mrs. Jo A. GravesWilliam A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell

GrievesMr. & Mrs. Frank HerzogDebbie & Frank Jones

Drs. Blair & Rita JusticeDr. & Mrs. Bernard KatzMr. & Mrs. Stephen A. LasherMr. Clyde Lea & Ms. Pamela FazzoneMrs. Margaret H. LeyMr. E. W. Long Jr.Mr. & Mrs. George McCulloughMrs. Beverly T. McDonaldSidney & Ione MoranMary & Terry MurphreeMr. & Mrs. Robert E. NelsonMr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow

Patron Donor Society........................................................................................

Principal Musician Society $15,000 - $�4,999Anonymous (1)Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. BahrMr. Richard DanforthAllen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton CompaniesMrs. Aileen Gordon

Joella & Steven P. MachMr. & Mrs. Rodney H. MargolisMr. & Mrs. David R. PrunerAnn & Hugh RoffMrs. Maryjane ScherrDavid & Paula Steakley

Paul Strand ThomasMr. & Mrs. Benjamin WarrenMr. & Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr.Vicki & Paul WestDr. Jim T. Willerson

Members of the Patron Donor Society support the Houston Symphony with gifts to the Annual Fund and Events. Members of the Society are offered a wide array of benefits and recognition including invitations to special events and more. For more information on how to become a member of the Houston Symphony Patron Donor Society, please call the Development Department at (713) 337-8523.

Musician Sponsor Society $7,500 - $14,999Anonymous (1)Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis AndersonGary & Marian BeauchampMr. & Mrs. Karl H. BeckerCaptain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso IIIMr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black IIIDr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. BoyceRuth White BrodskyMs. Terry Ann BrownMr. & Mrs. J. Brett BusbyMrs. Lily CarriganThe Robert & Jane Cizik FoundationMr. & Mrs. Gerald F. ClarkMs. Jan CohenDr. Scott CutlerRoger & Debby CutlerLeslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins BriceDr. & Mrs. Alexander DellJudge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Michael DokupilMr. & Mrs. Chris FloodAngel & Craig FoxMr. S. David FrankfortMr. & Mrs. Richard D. HansenChristina & Mark Hanson

Mr. Harold E. Holliday Jr. & Hon. Anna R. HollidayMr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John A. IrvineMr. Brian JamesMr. & Mrs. Marvin KaplanDr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMr. & Mrs. Erik P. LittlejohnMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. MannDr. & Mrs. Michael MannJay & Shirley MarksMr. & Mrs. J. Stephen MarksDr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. MazowMr. & Mrs. Brian P. McCabeBetty & Gene McDavidMiss Catherine Jane MerchantDr. & Mrs. Robert M. MihaloCameron MitchellMike & Kathleen MooreMr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr.Sue A. MorrisonMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MoynihanBobbie & Arthur NewmanMrs. Tassie Nicandros

Hanni OrtonMr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. ParkerMr. & Mrs. Philip M. PetersonGloria & Joe PryzantKathryn & Richard RabinowMr. Glen A. RosenbaumMrs. Helen B. RosenbaumMr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr.Julia & Albert Smith FoundationDr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam StolbunMr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc.Alice & Terry ThomasAnn & Joel WahlbergMargaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D.Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. WeberMr. & Mrs. Steven Jay WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Wallace S. WilsonMs. Jennifer R. WittmanCyvia & Melvyn WolffMr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe

Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499


Mr. Howard PieperMr. Robert J. PileggeMs. Karen S. PulaskiMrs. Lila RauchMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonDrs. Alejandro & Lynn RosasMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr.Donna & Tim ShenMr. & Mrs. Tad SmithMr. & Mrs. Mark R. SmithMr. & Mrs. John SpeerMr. & Mrs. Keith StevensonMr. & Mrs. Antonio M. SzaboMr. Stephen C. TarryMr. Brian TeichmanShirley & David R. ToomimGene Carlton & Ann TrammellC. Harold & Lorine WallaceRobert G. WeinerMr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.Woodell Family FoundationWinthrop A. Wyman & Beverly JohnsonNina & Michael zilkhaErla & Harry zuber

Grand Patron $�,500 - $4,999Anonymous (1)Wade & Mert AdamsMr. & Mrs. John S. ArnoldyDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AronMr. Jeff AutorMr. & Mrs. John C. AverettMr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. SeatonMr. & Mrs. Ken BarrowMr. & Mrs. Brad BeitlerMs. Dianne BowmanJim & Ellen BoxMr. & Mrs. Walter BraticThe Honorable & Mrs. Peter BrownMrs. George L. Brundrett Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Sean BumgarnerAlan & Toba BuxbaumMr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IVMr. & Mrs. Thierry CarusoMargot & John CaterMr. William Choice & Mrs. Linda Able ChoiceMr. & Mrs. Allen ClamenMr. & Mrs. Brandon CochranMr. & Mrs. Robert CreagerMr. & Mrs. James W. CrownoverMr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLoneJ.R. & Aline DemingMr. & Mrs. Jack N. DohertyMr. & Mrs. Daniel DrorMr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. SchroederMrs. Robin A. ElversonMr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Larry FaulknerMr. & Mrs. Bruce FerenceMr. & Mrs. Tom FitzpatrickMs. Sharin Shafer GailleMrs. Lila-Gene George

Mr. & Mrs. Buddy HaasMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. HarringtonMr. & Mrs. Michael J. HayesMr. & Mrs. W. R. HayesMr. & Mrs. Doug R. HinzieMr. & Mrs. James E. HooksMr. & Mrs. Richard D. KinderWilliam & Cynthia KochMrs. Barry LewisKevin & Lesley LillyRobert & Gayle LongmireMr. Bradley H. MarksJames & Mary McMartinMr. & Mrs. William B. McNamaraStephen & Marilyn MilesMr. & Mrs. Arnold M. MillerMr. & Mrs. Robert MitchellPaul & Rita MoricoJulia & Chris MortonMr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie SherlockMr. & Mrs. Anthony G. PetrelloMr. Michael H. PriceMr. & Mrs. Stephen PryorMr. Peter A. Ragauss & Ms. Jennifer SmithMichael Richker & Vicky PravdaMr. & Mrs. Dave RobertsDr. & Mrs. Franklin RoseLinda & Jerry RubensteinMr. & Mrs. Clive RunnellsMr. & Mrs. Manolo SanchezBeth & Lee SchlangerMr. & Mrs. Jerry SimonMr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr.Joel V. & Mary M. StaffMr. & Mrs. Michael L. TenzerMr. & Mrs. Gene Van DykeMr. & Mrs. Wil VanLohStephen & Kristine WallaceMrs. Naomi WarrenMr. David Ashley WhiteMr. & Mrs. C. Clifford WrightMr. & Mrs. David J. WuthrichJudge Clarease R. yates & Mr. Cary yatesDr. & Mrs. Robert yekovichEdith & Robert zinn

Patron $1,000 - $�,499Anonymous (6)David M. & Lisa B. AaronsonDr. & Mrs. George J. AbdoMr. & Mrs. Elliot AbramsonRolaine & Morrie AbramsonMrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree FundJohn & Pat AndersonMr. & Mrs. Thurmon AndressMr. Maurice J. ArestyMr. & Mrs. John M. ArnspargerDr. & Mrs. Roy AruffoMr. & Mrs. Paul H. AsofskyMr. & Mrs. Arnie AziosEdward & Joyce BackhausStanley & Martha BairMr. & Mrs. Ralph BalascoDr. & Mrs. Alfonso Barrera

Ms. Marion Barthelme & Mr. Jeff FortMr. & Mrs. Joshua L. BatchelorMr. & Mrs. John BauerBetty BellamyMs. Sallymoon S. BenzDr. & Mrs. Devinder BhatiaJohn BlomquistMr. & Mrs. Daniel BoggioDr. & Mrs. Milton BoniukMr. & Mrs. John F. BookoutMr. & Mrs. James D. BozemanMr. & Mrs. Richard H. BrackettMr. & Mrs. Robert BrayMrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary BrockMr. & Mrs. Kevin BrophySusan & Richard BrownThe Honorable & Mrs. Peter BrownMr. & Mrs. Laurence BurnsMrs. Anne H. BushmanDr. & Mrs. William T. ButlerMr. & Mrs. Thierry CarusoMr. & Mrs. Barent W. CaterDr. Robert N. ChanonMrs. Cielle ClemenceauMr. & Mrs. James G. CoatsworthMr. & Mrs. Brandon CochranMr. & Mrs. Charles ComiskeyMr. Mark C. ConradDr. & Mrs. James D. CoxMr. David A. CoyleMr. & Mrs. William C. CrassasSylvia & Andre CrispinMr. & Mrs. T. N. CrookMr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr.Mr. Carl CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Jeremy DavisMr. & Mrs. Jerry H. DeutserMr. & Mrs. Robert DeutserMike & Debra DishbergerMr. & Mrs. Jack N. DohertyDr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. DunbarMr. & Mrs. Edward N. EarleCarolyn & David EdgarMr. Roger EichhornMr. & Mrs. J. Thomas EubankMr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr.Mrs. Carolyn Grant FayDr. Judith FeiginJerry E. & Nanette B. FingerDr. & Mrs. Ronald FischerMr. Dale FitzMr. & Mrs. Vince D. FosterMr. S. David FrankfortMr. & Mrs. Edwin FreedmanMs. Beth FreemanPaula & Alfred FriedlanderJ. Kent & Ann FriedmanSally & Bernard FuchsMr. & Mrs. Todd FullerMr. & Mrs. Magnus FyhrMr. & Mrs. Gerard GaynorMr. & Mrs. John GeeMr. Jerry GeorgeMrs. Joan M. GieseMs. Nancy D. GilesMr. Walter GilmoreMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. GlanvilleMr. & Mrs. Morris GlesbyMr. & Mrs. Bert H. GoldingHelen B. Wils & Leonard GoldsteinRobert & Michele GoodmarkMr. & Mrs. Tony Gracely

Individual Donors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Individual Donors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Ms. Joyce z. GreenbergMary & Paul GregoryMr. Charles H. GregoryMs. Christine R. GriffithMs. Carmen C. HaldenMrs. Thalia HalenMr. & Mrs. Robert C. HannaMs. Margaret W. HansenMarion & Jim HargroveDr. & Mrs. Eric J. HaufrectMr. & Mrs. Philip J. HawkMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Heath Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Eric HeggesethMark & Ragna HenrichsMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceMr. & Mrs. Richard HoffertMr. Tim HoganDr. & Mrs. Robert IvanyDr. & Mrs. Joseph JankovicMr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada DavisMr. & Mrs. John F. JoityMr. & Mrs. Walter KaseSam & Cele KeeperLinda & Frank S. KelleyMr. & Mrs. Bill KingMary Louis KisterMichael & Darcy KrajewskiDr. & Mrs. Russell W. KridelMr. Willy KuehnMr. & Mrs. Kevin LaneMs. Joni LatimerMr. & Mrs. Jack LeeDr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene LehrerMr. William W. LindleyMr. & Mrs. Michael LinnMr. & Mrs. H. Arthur LittellMr. & Mrs. Erik P. LittlejohnMs. Nancey LobbDr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen MarksMr. & Mrs. James W. McCartneyMr. & Mrs. Bill McCartneyMr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarlandMr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Theron McLarenMrs. David A. MireMr. & Mrs. Robert MitchellMr. & Mrs. Richard MithoffDr. Florence M. MonroeDr. Eleanor D. MontagueMs. Marsha L. MontemayorJohn & Ann MontgomeryMr. & Mrs. Gerarld MoynierMr. & Mrs. Marvin MuellerMr. & Mrs. Stephen NewmanMr. & Mrs. Charles G. NicksonJohn & Leslie NiemandMr. & Mrs. Patrick OlfersSteve & Sue OlsonJane & Kenneth OwenMr. & Mrs. Robert PageMr. & Mrs. Raul PavonMichael & Shirley PearsonMr. & Mrs. James D. PennyMr. & Mrs. Gary PetersenMr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr.Mr. James D. PitcockMr. & Mrs. James PostlMr. John PottsGloria & Joe PryzantClinton & Leigh RappoleRecord Family

Dr. Madaiah Revana, M.D.Hilda & Hershel RichMr. & Mrs. Allyn RisleyMs. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas WilliamsMinnette & Jerome RobinsonMs. Regina J. RogersDr. & Mrs. Franklin RoseMrs. Annetta RoseMr. Charles K. SandersMary Louise & David SandersonMs. Paula SantoskiMrs. Myrna SchafferMr. & Mrs. Lawrence SchanzmeyerDr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. GardnerMr. & Mrs. Marc J. ShapiroMr. & Mrs. Russell SherrillMr. & Mrs. W. Allen ShindlerMrs. Camille SimpsonDean & Kay L. SniderMs. Kelly SomozaCarol & Michael StamatedesMr. & Mrs. George StarkMr. & Mrs. James R. StevensCassie B. Stinson & James H. GibbonsMr. & Mrs. Toby SummersMs. Jeanine SwiftMr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr.Mr. Stephen TangneyMr. & Mrs. Glenn TaylorMr. Mark TaylorMrs. Donna TeichmanJean & Doug ThomasStephen & Pamalah TippsMs. Amanda TozziMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. UngerMr. & Mrs. Gene Van DykeMatthew VanBesien & Rosanne JowittMr. & Mrs. William VisinskyMr. David WaddellMr. & Mrs. Fred WahrlichMr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy AmesMr. & Mrs. Fredric A. WeberMs. Joann E. WeltonMr. & Mrs. Eden N. WenigMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. WhelanMr. Thomas H. WilsonMr. & Mrs. Russell WindhamDr. & Mrs. Jerry S. WolinskyMr. & Mrs. Jeff WrayMs. Ellen A. yarrellMr. Sam M. yates IIIDr. & Mrs. Robert yekovichMr. & Mrs. Mark yzaguirreMr. & Mrs. Charles zabriskieMrs. Betsy I. zimmerMr. Terry zmyslo

Composer’s Circle$500 - $999Anonymous (4)Mr. & Mrs. N. T. AdamsMs. Joan AmbrogiCorbin & Char AslaksonMr. & Mrs. Jerry AxelrodMr. & Mrs. David M. BalderstonMr. & Mrs. Mark BerkstresserCarolyn & Arthur BernerMr. & Mrs. George BoergerMr. & Mrs. Thomas BolamMr. & Mrs. Giorgio BorlenghiMr. & Mrs. Danny J. Bowers Jr.

Bob F. BoydstonMs. Sally BrassowKatherine M. BriggsMs. Barbara A. BrooksDr. Bob Brown & Ms. Dena RafteMrs. Vera BrownFred & Judy BrunkMrs. Shirley BurgherThe Gertz FoundationMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. CampbellMrs. Marjorie CapshawMr. & Mrs. E. Thomas ChaneyK.D. Charalampous, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Kent ChenevertJanet F. ClarkVirginia A. ClarkJim R. & Lynn CoeMr. & Mrs. Mark W. CoffinMrs. Barbora ColeMs. Barbara A. ConteMr. & Mrs. Byron CooleyMr. H. Talbot CooleyMichael T. CoppingerMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. CrullMs. Anna M. DeanDr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. DeleryMs. Aurelie DesmaraisBruce B. DiceMr. & Mrs. Mark DiehlMr. & Mrs. Mark W. DobbinsMr. & Mrs. James P. DornElizabeth H. DuerrMr. Dan DunhamDrs. Gary & Roz DworkinMr. & Mrs. Peter EricksonDr. Kenneth L EulerMr. & Mrs. William EvansDr. & Mrs. Louis A. FaillaceMr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. FairbanksLinda & Ronny Finger FoundationMr. & Mrs. Harvey FleisherMr. & Mrs. Charles FlourneyMs. Martha GarciaMartha & Gibson Gayle Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Harry GendelDr. & Mrs. Jack GillWilliam E. GipsonGen. & Mrs. Melbern G. GlasscockLee & Sandy GodfreyMr. & Mrs. Herbert I. GoodmanDr. & Mrs. Harvey L. GordonMr. Dane GrenobleMr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswoldzahava HaenoshGaye Davis & Dennis B. HalpinDr. & Mrs. Carlos R. HamiltonMs. Vickie HamleyRita & John HannahMr. & Mrs. Robert L. HansenMr. & Mrs. Stephen HarbachickBruce Harkness & Alice BrownMr. & Judge Frank Harmon IIIMr. & Mrs. Robert S. HarrellMr. & Mrs. David L. HaugMr. & Mrs. W. R. HayesMr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. HechtMr. & Mrs. Robert P. HerrmannMs. Hilda R. HerzfeldMr. & Mrs. Ross K. HillMr. & Mrs. Richard P. HoganMr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha Holley

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. HollowayDiane & Geoffrey IbbottMrs. Paula JarrettMr. Mark JohanssonMr. & Mrs. Okey B. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Wesley A. JohnsonMr. Scot W. JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Robert E. JordonLucy & Victor KormeierMr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr.Mr. Rodney KubicekSuzanne A. & Dan D. KubinMr. & Mrs. Richard D. Lee IIMr. Richard LeibmanMs. Golda K. LeonardH. Fred & Velva G. LevineMichael & Sharon LewisMr. James C. LindseyMr. Kelly Bruce LobleyMrs. Sylvia LohkampMr. Christopher ManciniMs. Liz MarkellMs. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’DellMr. & Mrs. Richard MattixMr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr.Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean QuintanillaMr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoyMr. George McKeeMs. Mary J. McKerall & Ms. Marilyn FlickDr. & Mrs. John MendelsohnMr. Ronald A. MikitaMr. George P. MitchellMr. Willis B. MitchellMike & Kathleen MooreMr. Richard MurphyDaniel & Karol MusherAlan & Elaine MutMs. Jennifer NaaeMr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. NewtonNils & Stephanie NormannMrs. Morris OrocofskyMs. Margie OrtegaMrs. Caroline OsteenMr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Mr. Marc C. PaigeMr. Robert PastorekRachel & Michael PawsonMr. & Mrs. James L. PayneMrs. Preston A. PeakDr. & Mrs. Joseph V. PennMr. & Mrs. William O. Perkins IIIMr. John M. PetroskyMr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips IIIMs. Meg PhilpotKim & Ted A. PowellMr. Robert W. PowellMr. Arthur PreisingerDoris F. PryzantMrs. Dana PuddyDr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr.Dr. Mike RatliffMr. & Mrs. William B. RawlMrs. Edith G. ReedMs. Louisa B. ReidDr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances BurfordMary & Jesse RobertsMr. & Mrs. Fabrice RocheMs. Franelle RogersMilton & Jill RoseMr. Edward Ross


Dr. Raymond E. SawayaMr. & Mrs. Lawrence SherlockMr. Barry E. Silverman & Ms. Shara FryerBarbara & Louis SklarMr. & Mrs. Stephen N. SmithDr. & Mrs. C. Richard StasneyMs. Joyce SteensrudDr. & Mrs. David SufianMrs. Louise SuttonMrs. Mary SwaffordMr. Kerry TaylorMs. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. ThamesJacob & Elizabeth ThomasMr. Daniel S. TrachtenbergMs. Cathleen J. TrechterMr. & Mrs. Robert A. TremantMr. & Mrs. D.E. UtechtMr. & Mrs. Juan B. VallhonratDr. & Mrs. Gage VanHornMs. Jana Vander LeeMr. & Mrs. Bill VaughnJan & Don WagnerMr. & Mrs. William B. WareingMr. & Mrs. James A. WattJ. M. WeltzienMr. & Mrs. Ben WhiteMr. & Mrs. Andrew WilkomirskiNancy Willerson

Sustaining Member $�50 - $499Anonymous (16)Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall AdamMr. John Adkins Jr.Ms. Lina AmadorMr. William J. AndersonMr. & Mrs. David ArchibaldMr. Rudy AvelarMr. & Mrs. David BaggettMr. & Mrs. Gabriel BaizanMr. & Mrs. James A. Baker IIIMr. & Mrs. John BakerMs. Virginia C. BallardMr. & Mrs. John A. BarrettDr. David BarryMrs. Terry BassettDr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr.Mr. Steve A. BavousettMr. Thomas Becker & Mr. Jim RosenfeldMs. Roberta BensonMrs. Robert L. BergeMr. & Mrs. Paul C. BernerMr. & Mrs. Randall BesteMr. & Mrs. Ed BillingsJames S. & Linda BirtwistleMr. & Mrs. Robert BixlerMr. Arno S. BommerMs. Suzie BoydMs. Tiffany BreedingMr. & Mrs. Richard L. BrooksMr. & Mrs. Steven BrosvikMr. J. W. BrougherSally & Laurence BrownMs. Courtney BrynesMr. & Mrs. Bruce BuhlerMr. & Mrs. Rick A. BurrisMr. & Mrs. Raul CaffesseMr. & Mrs. Dean L. CallenderVirginia & William CamfieldMr. & Mrs. J. Scott CampbellMr. Petros Carvounis

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. CaseyMr. & Mrs. John M. CavanaughMr. & Mrs. Thomas C. ClevelandMr. & Mrs. Ralph CohenMr. Tulio ColmenaresMs. Erin ConnallyMr. Cecil C. ConnerMr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice CowanMr. Alan DaleMs. Christina DanielsLeon DavisMs. Elizabeth Del PicoMs. Dora DillistoneRisha & Patrick DozarkMr. & Mrs. James H. DupreeMr. & Mrs. David DybellDr. & Mrs. David W. EdelsteinMr. Ramsay M. ElderMr. Mike EzzellMr. Chris C. FellowsMs. Ursula H. FelmetMrs. John T. FilesMr. & Mrs. Theodore C. FlickMr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne LiberatoMr. Richard L. Flowers Jr.Angel & Craig FoxMr. & Mrs. Michael S. FranciscoMs. Johnella V. FranklinMr. Ralph F. FrankowskiMs. Diane L. FreemanRobert A. Furse, M.D.Ms. Martha GardillShifra & Terry GardnerDr. & Mrs. Gary M. GartsmanMr. & Mrs. Duane V. GeisMr. & Mrs. James E. GerhardtMr. Fred GesiorskiMr. Glen GettemyMs. Heidi GoodMr. Ned GraberMr. & Mrs. Tim GrahamMrs. Howard GrekelMs. Jo Ann C. GuilloryMr. Teruhiko HagiwaraMr. & Mrs. Roy T. HalleMr. & Mrs. Tod P. HardingMs. Karen HardingMr. Paul HarmonDr. & Mrs. William S. HarwellMr & Mrs. Dean HenningsMs. Joy HerinR.A. HerringMr. & Mrs. John R. HeumannMr. & Mrs. John HeyburnSusan HodgeMr. David HoffmanJacque HollandHoward & Dorothy HomeyerMr. & Mrs. John HomierS.y. & y.j. Kim HongMr. & Mrs. Robert M. HopsonJohn & Nancy HowardGeorge E. HoweMr. John HowenstineMr. & Mrs. Aaron HowesMr. & Mrs. George M. HricikMr. Tyler HubbardMs. Vicki HuffMr. & Mrs. James R. HuttonMr. Jacek JaminskiMs. Sheila K. Johnstone

Ms. Karen Juul-Nielsen & Mr. Rick GarnettMr. Guido KanschatDr. & Mrs. Andrew P. KantMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KantorMr. & Mrs. David KarohlMr. & Mrs. Hugh R. KellyMr. & Mrs. I.H. Kempner IIIDr. & Mrs. Sherwin KershmanDr. Nora J. KleinDr. & Mrs. Douglas D. KochMr. & Mrs. Sam KosterDr. & Mrs. James H. KrauseMr. Vijay KusnoorMr. & Mrs. Phillip LadinMs. Bryn Larsen & Mr. Bertrand FryMr. & Mrs. Thomas S. LathamMr. & Mrs. William LeightonMr. & Mrs. Robert LeonardMr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr.Ms. Lisa LinneyLouise & Oscar LuiDr. Ellen LumpkinMr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach IIITom & Kathleen MachMr. Kemp MaerMrs. D.B. MarchantMrs. Renee MargolinMr. Mark MatovichMs. Suzanne McCarthyMr. R. Scott McCayMrs. Alison McDermott & Mr. Adrian GlasserMs. Judi McGeeMr. Daniel McHenryMr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManusOdette & James McMurreyMs. Laurie McRayMr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Melanson Jr.Mrs. Dorri MelvinDr. Robert A. MendelsonMr. & Mrs. Charles A. MichalskiMs. Georgette M. MichkoEllen Ochoa & Coe F. MilesMr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. MeyerMr. & Mrs. Herbert G. MillsMr. John C. MolloyMr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr.Ms. Kathleen Moore & Mr. Steven T. HomerMs. Lauren MorganMr. & Mrs. Ryan MossMr. Joel Ray NeedhamMr. & Mrs. David S. NeubergerMr. Philip R. NeuhausMary Murrill NorthMr. & Mrs. Charles OfnerMarjory & Barry OkinMr. & Mrs. Enrique OspinaMr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. OsterJulie & Chip Oudin IIIMr. William PannillGrace & Carroll PhillipsMs. Alice PhillipsMary H. & Lynn K. PickettMr. Verne PignoletMr. & Mrs. Arthur H. PrattMr. Chip PurchaseMs. Nita D. PyleMr. & Mrs. Manuel E. QuintanaElias & Carole Qumsieh

Mrs. Marjorie RascheLoreta & Ronald ReaMs. Joan ReadMr. & Mrs. John Q. ReansMr. & Mrs. Joseph ReddenMr. & Mrs. Harry L. ReedMr. & Mrs. Norman T. ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Walter RhodesMr. & Mrs. Claud D. RiddlesMr. & Mrs. Charles E. RinehartMrs. George RismanMr. James L. RobertsonMr. Brian Rodgers & Mrs. Sally EvansDrs. Herbert & Manuela RoellerBrenda & Mansel RubensteinMr. John E. RyallDr. & Mrs. Barry SachsMr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. OpltMrs. Joan Schnitzer LevyGarry & Margaret SchoonoverMr. & Mrs. Douglas SchwaabMs. Elizabeth SchwarzeCharles & Andrea SeayMrs. Lenoir SeelhorstMr. & Mrs. Charles O. ShearouseArt & Ellen SheltonPamela & Richard SherryMr. Barrett SidesMr. & Mrs. William SmithMr. Stephen C. Smith & Mr. Ronald JensonMr. Marc SofiaMs. Blanche StastnyMr. & Mrs. Donald K. SteinmanMr. & Ms. Gary StenersonWilliam F. SternMr. Myron F. StevesDr. & Mrs. Richard StraxDr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa SakashitaMr. & Mrs. Hans StrohmerMs. Lori SummaMr. & Mrs. Robert B. SymonDr. Shahin TavackoliMr. Robert M. TaylorMs. Jessica TaylorMr. & Ms. Gary TeletzkeHoward Tellepsen Jr.Ms. Gloria TenenbownMr. & Mrs. Gerald ThurmondMr. & Mrs. Tom ThweattDavid & Ann TomatzDr. & Mrs. Karl TornyosMr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr.Mr. Paul R. TregurthaMr. & Mrs. Ronald TrowbridgeDr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. RussellMr. John T. Unger & Ms. Kathy WelchDr. & Mrs. Brad UrquhartMr. Steven ValeriusMr. Viet VanDr. Holly & Mr. Michael VarnerDr. Allen R. VogtDean B. WalkerMs. Sandria WardMr. Kenneth W. WarrenMs. Victoria WendlingMr. & Mrs. G. Thomas WhitcombMr. & Mrs. Cornel WilliamsMiss Susan WoodMr. & Mrs. Stephen R. WoodMr. & Mrs. Byron Wright



Mrs. Peggy J. WylieMr. & Mrs. Le Roy yeagerMr. Ray youngMrs. Barbara S. youngMr. & Mrs. Paul J. zohlen

Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or MoreMr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.Allen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton CompaniesDr. & Mrs. Bernard KatzMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr.Mary & Terry MurphreeMr. Robert J. PileggeMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonMrs. Sybil F. RoosMrs. Maryjane ScherrMr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.

Grand Patron Pops $�,500-$4,999Ms. Dianne BowmanMr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill HutchisonCarol & Larry FradkinMrs. Barry LewisLinda & Jerry Rubenstein

Pops Patron $1,500-$�,499Anonymous (1)Rita & Geoffrey BaylissMs. Tara BlackJim & Ellen BoxMs. Sara J. DevineMr. & Mrs. James E. DorsettMr. & Mrs. Byron F. DyerJulius & Suzan GlickmanMr. Robert GrantPaul & Rita MoricoMr. & Mrs. Allan QuiatMr. & Mrs. Mark S. RauchMr. & Mrs. Ben A. ReidMr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderMr. & Mrs. Leland TateMs. Jody VerwersMr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. WallaceMr. & Mrs. William B. Welte IIISally & Denney Wright

Headliner $1,000-$1,499Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon AkermanStanley & Martha BairMr. & Mrs. Fred L. GormanMr. & Mrs. Jerry L. HamakerMr. & Mrs. George A. HellandMichael & Darcy KrajewskiMr. Anthony G. OgdenMrs. Annetta RoseMr. & Mrs. Steve Sims

Ms. Virgina TorresMs. Amanda Tozzi

Producer $500-$999Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard AlexanderMr. Stephen J. BanksMr. Allen J. BeckerMr. John S. BeuryW. M. CalvertMr. & Mrs. Warren J. CarrollJohn & Joyce EagleMr. Harold JennisonMr. Don E. KingsleyMr. & Mrs. Barry H. MargolisMr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillanMr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga MeneillyDr. & Mrs. Raghu NarayanW. R. PurifoyMr. & Mrs. Philip ReddingMr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr.Mr. Morris RubinMr. & Mrs. Tim ShauntyMrs. Mary SwaffordGene & Donna Tromblee

Director $�50-$499Anonymous (1)Mrs. Elsie AmeenAnn B. BeaudetteDr. & Mrs. R. L. BrennerMr. Jay T. Brown

Ms. Carol BrownsteinMr. & Mrs. Bruce BuhlerRichard & Marcia ChurnsMr. Robert A. ColtonMarilyn & Tucker CoughlenMr. & Mrs. Joseph DemeterMr. T. J. DoggettRichard & MildredMr. & Mrs. Jim GuntherMr. & Mrs. Dale HardyMr. Larry JanuaryMs. Mary KeathleyMr. George S. KnappCharles C. & Patricia KubinMr. Richard S. LedermannMr. & Mrs. Roger LindgrenMr. & Mrs. James McBrideMr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnisMs. Cinda SchafferMs. Phyllis SchafferDr. & Mrs. A. Carl SchmulenMr. & Mrs. Harold L. SiegeleMr. & Mrs. David K. SmithNorbert F. StangMr. & Mrs. William G. StraightMr. & Mrs. Carl N. TongbergSandy Vander KamMr. & Mrs. Don Wilton


In Kind Donors......................................................................................................... As of April 1, 2010

Alexander’s Fine Portrait DesignBaker Botts Be FriendsBergner & JohnsonBright StarCogneticMr. Carl R. CunninghamDarryl & Co.

Deville Fine JewelryDocuData SolutionsThe Events Company Hilton Americas - HoustonHouston ChronicleJackson and CompanyJOHANNUS Organs of TexasJim Benton of Houston LLCJR’s Bar & GrillKUHF 88.7 FM

The Lancaster Hotel Limb DesignMorton’s The SteakhouseMusic & ArtsNeiman MarcusNew Leaf Publishing, Inc.PaperCityPride HoustonPro/SoundSaint Arnold’s Brewery

Saks Fifth AvenueShecky’s Media, Inc.Silver Eagle DistributorsSky BarSpec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer FoodsStrip HouseValobra Jewelry & AntiquesJohn Wright/Texprint

your Gift Makes a DifferenceMaking a tax-deductible donation to the Symphony has never been easier:• Donate online via houstonsymphony.org

• Mail a check payable to: Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana Street, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002-2715

• Stop by one of our in-hall tables throughout the season during select concerts

• Speak with a Houston Symphony representative through our Telemarketing Campaign

• Speak with a League Volunteer during our calling campaigns

• Visit the Symphony Store and pick up a membership brochure

• Call (713) 337-8500 to give by phone

December 2010 �9


W. P. BeardMrs. H. Raymond BrannonAnthony BrigandiLawrence E. Carlton, M.D.Lee Allen ClarkJack EllisFrank R. EylerHelen Bess Fariss FosterChristine E. GeorgeMrs. Marcella Levine Harris

General & Mrs. Maurice HirschMiss Ima HoggBurke & Octavia HolmanMrs. L. F. McCollumJoan B. McKerleyMonroe L. Mendelsohn Jr.Mrs. Janet MoynihanConstantine S. NicandrosHanni OrtonStewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder

Dr. Michael PapadopoulosMiss Louise Pearl PerkinsWalter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founderJ. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford SchultzJohn K. & Fanny W. StoneDorothy Barton ThomasMrs. Harry C. WiessMrs. Edward Wilkerson

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 with a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the members of the Society, and with their permission, is pleased to acknowledge them.

Anonymous (10)Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. BarrowGeorge & Betty BashenDorothy B. BlackErmy Borlenghi BonfieldRonald C. BorschowAnneliese BosselerJoe Brazzattizu BroadwaterTerry Ann BrownDr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip CowdinEugene R. BrunsSylvia J. CarrollWilliam J. Clayton & Margaret A. HughesLeslie Barry DavidsonHarrison R. T. DavisJudge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr.Jean & sJack EllisMrs. Robin A. ElversonThe Aubrey and Sylvia Farb FamilyGinny GarrettMichael B. GeorgeStephen and Mariglyn GlennMr. & Mrs. Keith E. GottRandolph Lee GroningerMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceDr. Gary L. HollingsworthDr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti HurwitzKenneth HydeMr. Brian JamesDrs. Rita & Blair Justice

Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, MDJohn S. W. KellettAnn Kennedy & Geoffrey WalkerDr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrangeMrs. Frances E. LelandDr. Mary R. LewisE. W. Long Jr.Sandra MagersRodney H. MargolisMr. & Mrs. Jay MarksJames MatthewsDr. and Mrs. Malcolm MazowMr. & Mrs. Gene McDavidCharles E. McKerleyMr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahanMiss Catherine Jane MerchantDr. & Mrs. Robert M. MihaloRon MikitaKatherine Taylor MizeIone MoranSidney MoranSue A. Morrison and ChildrenMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MoynihanGretchen Anne MyersEdward C. Osterberg Jr.Joan D. OsterweilImogen “Immy” PapadopoulosSara M. PetersonMr. Howard PieperGeraldine S. Priest

Daniel F. ProsserGloria & Joe PryzantMrs. Dana PuddyWalter M. RossMr. & Mrs. Michael B. SandeenCharles K. SandersCharles King SandersMr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay IIMr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferDr. & Mrs. Kazuo ShimadaJule & Albert SmithMr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderMike & sAnita StudeEmily H. & Daniel K. TerryStephen G. TippsMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. TutorDr. Carlos Vallbona & ChildrenMargaret Waisman, M.D. &

Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D.David M. Wax & Elaine Arden CaliRobert G. WeinerGeoffrey WestergaardJennifer R. WittmanMr. & Mrs. Bruce E. WoodsMr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich


sDeceased

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!

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

For more information on creating a legacy for the benefit of the Symphony, please contact the Planned Giving Office at (713) 337-8524 or e-mail [email protected].

Paul & Vickie DavisDavid & Joyce FoxRobert Lee Gomez

Philip & Audrey LewisDave NussmannRemora Energy

Susan Scarrow

Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Donors............................................

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Artistic excellence, strong leadership, robust ticket sales and growing philanthropic support are vital, but they alone cannot guarantee the Houston Symphony’s future. To do so, its endowment must be increased. My Houston, My Symphony: Campaign for a Sound Future has two major goals: add $60 million to the Symphony’s endowment and raise $15 million in working capital. We are proud to recognize those who have already made commitments to this campaign and invite others to join them as we build an artistically and financially sound Houston Symphony.

Foundations......................$10,000,000 The Brown Foundation, Inc. *

$1,000,000 - $4,999,999AnonymousThe Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts *Houston Endowment Inc.Spec’s Charitable FoundationThe Wortham Foundation, Inc.

$500,000 - $999,999The Fondren Foundation

$100,000 - $499,999M. D. Anderson FoundationThe Cullen FoundationThe Margaret & James A. Elkins, Jr. FoundationThe William Randolph Hearst FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationMach Family FundThe Marks Charitable Foundation

$�5,000 - $99,999Dror Charitable FoundationThe Kayser FoundationThe Nightingale Code Foundation

Corporations.....................$100,000 - $�50,000Baker Botts L.L.P.ChevronConocoPhillipsFulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.Marathon Oil Company Foundation

$50,000 - $99,000Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

$�5,000 - $49,999Amegy Bank of TexasGoldman Sachs

$10,000 - $�4,999Sterling Bank

Individuals.......................FounderAnonymous

Grand GuarantorMr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr *Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Barrow *Lieutenant Governor David H. DewhurstBarbara & Patrick McCelveyPhoebe and Bobby Tudor

GuarantorEstate of Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Marvin KaplanMr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks *Mrs. Sue A. Morrison & ChildrenEstate of Mr. Walter W. Sapp *Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. ShannonMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor *

Major BenefactorDr. & Mrs. Alexander DellLevit Family/Grocers SupplyDr. & Mrs. Michael Mann

BenefactorAnonymous *Linda & Gene DewhurstMrs. Robin A. ElversonMr. & Mrs. Marvy A. FingerHouston Symphony ChorusDrs. Blair & Rita JusticeDrs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi *Mr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferMr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Tipps *

Major SponsorAnonymousMr. & Mrs. David J. BeckMrs. Ruth White BrodskyMr. & Mrs. John T. CaterMr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian *Mr. Martin J. Fein & Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein

in memory of Jean VineyMr. & Mrs. Russell M. FrankelStephen & Mariglyn GlennDr. Gary L. HollingsworthMs. Martha KleymeyerMr. & Mrs. Gene McDavidMr. & Mrs. Michael D. Moore *Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. NyquistKathy & Harry Phillips FundGloria & Joe PryzantMr. & Mrs. J. Hugh Roff Jr.Ms. Charlotte A. RothwellMr. & Mrs. Paul N. Schwartz Ms. Ann TrammellMr. & Mrs. Steven J. WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe

SponsorAnonymous (2) Mr. Clayton BairdMr. & Mrs. Gary Beauchamp *Mrs. Ermy Borlenghi BonfieldMs. Catherine Campbell-Brock & Dr. Gary BrockMs. Janet F. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. EarlyMr. & Mrs. Craig A. Fox *Mr. Frank T. Garcia & Dr. Elizabeth M. SpankusMr. & Mrs. Robert M. HermanceMr. Jack Holmes *Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrangeDr. & Mrs. Daniel E. LehaneMr & Mrs. Harry MachMs. Judi McGeeMr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan *

Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Arthur NewmanMr. & Dr. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Nancy & Bob PeiserMr. & Mrs. Joseph P. QuoyeserMr. & Mrs. Albert J. Smith Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber *

Major PatronMr. Thomas Becker & Mr. Jim Rosenfeld *Mr. Gordon B. BonfieldMr. Anthony BrigandiMs. Terry Ann BrownMr. & Mrs. John R. Dennis IIIMr. & Mrs. Osborne J. Dykes IIIMr. & Mrs. Frank J. HevrdejsMr. & Mrs. Frank G. JonesMr. E. W. Long Jr.The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Tommy O. MannMr. & Mrs. C. W. MerchantMr. & Mrs. James M. Mercurio *Mr. & Mrs. Kirk B. MichaelMrs. Hanni Orton *Mr. & Mrs. J. Dale RamseyMr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr.Dr. Margaret Waisman & Dr. Steven S. CallahanVicki & Paul S. WestMr. & Mrs. Melvyn WolffMr. David zerhusen & Mrs. Kathy Schoff

Patron Mr. & Mrs. Willie J. AlexanderMrs. Marty AmbroseMs. Martha z. CarnesDr. Scott CutlerMrs. Benjamin DanzigerMs. Leslie B. Davidson & Mr. W. Robins BricePaul & Vickie DavisMr. & Mrs. Patrick M. DreckmanThe Estate of Emma Sue B. FrankDr. Susan E. Gardner & Dr. Philip D. ScottRobert Lee GomezMr. Robert GrantMr. & Mrs. Anthony W. Hall Jr.Susan & Dick HansenMr. & Mrs. Robert S. HarrellMr. & Mrs. Fraser A. McAlpineMr. & Mrs. John S. OrtonMr. & Mrs. P. C. PeropoulosMrs. Helen Rosenbaum *Joseph & Holly RubboSusan ScarrowEstate of Dorothy Barton ThomasMr. David Ashley WhiteMr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich

* Donor to endowment and working capitalListing as of August 9, 2010

Campaign Cabinet MembersJan BarrowDaniel DrorRochelle LevitRodney H. MargolisJay MarksJ. Stephen Marks

Harry J. Phillips Jr.Robert B. Tudor IIIWallace S. Wilson

Houston Symphony EndowmentPresident Ulyesse J. LeGrange

Trustees Prentiss Burt Janet Clark J. Cole Dawson III Gene Dewhurst Jesse B. Tutor

George Mitchell, Honorary ChairM. S. Stude, ChairGene Dewhurst, Vice ChairJesse B. Tutor, Vice Chair Mike McLanahan, Vice ChairUlyesse J. LeGrange, Vice Chair

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

Anthony Prisk, trumpet

Birthplace: Lombard, IL, a suburb of Chicago

Education: University of Illinois, BM; McGill University, MM

Joined the Houston Symphony: June 2002

Favorite Musical Moment: The orchestra invited James Thompson (former principal trumpet of the Montreal and Altanta Symphonies) to join us on the UK tour. His recording of Stravinsky’s Fireworks particularly inspired me while in school, so it was surreal playing that piece with him on tour. He happens to be a car guy too, so I took him to a car show while he was in Houston!

Beginnings: I began at age 9 in 4th grade. My twin brother wanted to play cornet/trumpet, and I wanted to play clarinet; we tried them and couldn’t make a sound. So, we switched and violá!

Earliest musical memory: My dad plays a few tunes on the organ and accordion at every family function. It never gets old – really!

Discovering my vocation: I wanted to be a band director, but my mentor, Ray Sasaki, encouraged me to pursue a performance degree. My dad was relieved when I won my first job!

Best thing about being a musician: Holiday shopping! Kidding…I love playing music and I feel fortunate to do it for a living. It is a constant challenge, and I continue to learn daily. We go through a large amount of repertoire in a short period of time, so my plate is always full!

Alternate reality: My childhood dream was to be a race car driver, so I started racing as a hobby. I really enjoy getting out on the track and letting loose; it keeps me fresh and recharged!

Favorite performance piece: I enjoy Richard Strauss tone poems, Mahler symphonies and the symphonic works of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

Musical inspiration: I am inspired by opera singers and jazz musicians. Listening to recordings of my favorite tenor, Jussi Bjorling, inspires me to play in a much more lyrical and projecting way. I also admire jazz musicians for their ability to improvise complex and beautiful phrases. The freedom they have to share their musical voice is inspiring.

Current listening: Tito Puente! I love the Latin rhythms and his horn sec-tions! The energy and positive vibes I get from Latin music excites me!

Keeping it fresh: When playing the trumpet feels like a job, it’s time to do something else for awhile. I’ll run, work out, work on my car, race on a free weekend, or watch movies and TV shows. When I start to get restless, I know it’s time to pick up the horn again…trumpet calls!

Finding the perfect instrument: I’m still looking. My playing is con-stantly evolving, and the definition of the perfect instrument changes with that evolution.

Robert and Nancy Peiser, musician sponsors

Birthplace: Nancy: Oklahoma City; Bob: New york

Education: Nancy earned bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Arkansas; Bob received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from Harvard University.

Beginnings: Bob became involved with the Board five years ago and now chairs the Audience Development and Marketing Executive Committees, and serves on the Finance Executive Committee. Nancy joined the League Board last year and chairs its Annual Fund Committee.

Earliest musical memory: Bob: playing accordion at age eight; then piano and a single snare drum. Nancy: accomplished pianist who started playing at age 5. When she had a good lesson, her reward was getting to play her teacher’s harp.

All in the family: Nancy’s mother was a very talented pianist who played with various groups in Dallas. Two of Nancy’s brothers play the guitar (one professionally) and piano. Bob’s three sons played instru-ments (clarinet, trumpet and saxophone), and his daughter played the clarinet through college and with community organizations outside of Boston afterward.

Current listening: Both have been studiously listening to a course on the history of Great Music: 48 45-minutes lectures from ancient music to modern times. We enjoy all types of music, but are a bit hung up with music from the 1960s.

Looking forward to in the �010-�011 Season: Bob has always loved Scheherazade; Both are looking forward to the Tony Bennett Pops con-cert.

Favorite symphony experi-ences: Relaxing and listening to all the music; interacting with all the wonderful people who help out, including musi-cians and volunteers. It’s quite a wonderful family.

Pastime and good company: Going on eight grandchildren keep us busy! We ski quite a bit in the winter and enjoy golf in the cooler summers at our home in Park City, Utah. We also travel extensively. Nancy enjoys gardening and professionally helps children with learning disabilities.

Became Musician Sponsors: August 2008

Meeting your musician: We met Tony at a Symphony dinner.

All for a reason: It’s a wonderful way to enjoy beautiful music and growing friendships.

Pass it on: Sponsoring a musician is a fantastic opportunity to help someone with a talent that is inspiring to watch.

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