houston symphony magazine - july 2010

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Hans grafmusic Director

july • 2010

Hans Graf, Music Director

Spotlight on Sponsors.......................................................................................

The Houston Symphony salutes the following corporations, businesses andorganizations for their financial support of our 2009-2010 season:

Bank of America - Bloomberg, LLP - CenterPoint Energy - Chubb Group of Insurance Companies - Cooper Industries - Deloitte -Devon Energy Corporation - Fluor Corporation - Macy’s Foundation - Northern Trust - Randalls Food Markets, Inc. - Riviana -

Star Furniture - Swift Energy Company - Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

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On Stage and Off3� Backstage Pass3 Credits�8-31 Donors 5 Executive Director’s Letter7, 9 From the Orchestra4 Hans Graf�4 Houston Symphony Chorus�7 Music Matters!6 Orchestra and Staff8 Symphony Society

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Departments1 Spotlight on Sponsors

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

See Principal Timpanist Ron Holdman’s final music quiz on page 7.7 10-11

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

Biography............................................................................................................Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, 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.

Graf is a frequent guest with all the major North American orches-tras. Guest engagements include appearances with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the San Francisco, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Atlanta and National symphonies and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, among others. Over the past decade, he has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and appears regu-larly 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 in March 2007 leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Carnegie Hall welcomed Graf and the Houston Symphony again in January 2010 for the presentation of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls and music festivals of Europe, Japan and Australia.

An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in 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.Graf and the Houston Symphony have recorded Zemlinsky’s Lyric

Symphony and Berg’s Three Pieces from Lyric Suite, which Naxos released in May 2009. A disc of works by Bartók and Stravinsky, recorded for Koch International Classics, is currently available. Other Graf recordings are on EMI, Orfeo, CBC, Erato, Capriccio, JVC and BMG Arte Nova labels. His dis-cography includes the complete symphonies of Mozart and Schubert and the premiere recording of Zemlinsky’s opera Es war einmal.

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 international career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize in the

Karl Böhm Competition. He has served as music director of the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic and Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

In 2002 he was awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and, in 2007, 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.

PHOTO BY SANDY LAN

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This summer, Maestro Hans Graf will be in the United States for a collection of important projects.Graf conducts Opening Night of the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, one of the most prestigious classical events

in the summer, on Friday, July 2. He leads the Aspen Chamber Symphony along with guest violinist, Gil Shaham, for the first night’s performance in the 2,050-seat Benedict Music Tent. The program includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major as well as a piece composed by the AMFS resident composer, Christopher Rouse, entitled Odna Zhizn. Following the concert, Graf remains at the school for one week to provide training to the American Academy of Conductors who will lead a concert on Tuesday, July 6.

Graf will then head to Vail, Colorado to conduct the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival on July 7. He will lead the Dallas Symphony in Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Choral).

Following his trip to Colorado, Graf returns to Houston for a summertime appearance at Jones Hall for the Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert on Saturday, July 10. The program features Barber’s Medea’s Dance of Vengeance and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. Each year, the Dollar Concert is also the venue in which the

symphony performs with the gold medalist of the 2010 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition. This year’s winner, clarinetist Stanislav Golovin, who was selected during the competition held in early June,

performs the concert’s concerto.From Houston, Graf will travel to Chicago for an appearance at the Grant Park Music Festival on

Wednesday, July 14. Each summer, the festival provides free classical music in its new, modern venue – the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park – designed by internationally renowned architect

Frank Gehry. Graf will be joined on stage by the Grant Park Orchestra and guest cellist Alban Gerhardt, who performed in Jones Hall in March 2010. The program features Russian pieces including Tchaikovsky’s The Tempest and Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Stravinsky’s Petrushka.

Rounding out his summer travels in the U.S., Graf will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring the music of Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss Jr.

at Tanglewood Music Festival on Sunday, July 25 as a substitute for BSO Music Director James Levine.

We look forward to welcoming Maestro Graf back to Houston for his 10th season as music director of the Houston Symphony on Saturday, September 11 with the presentation

of “A Vienna Soiree,” the theme for the symphony’s Opening Night. He will also greet our new concertmaster, Frank Huang, for his first performance with the orchestra.

( )Hans Graf fills in for Boston Symphony Music Director at Tanglewood

“Graf has quickly become a BSO favorite. He’s appeared regularly with the orchestra during both the subscription season and at Tanglewood...”Chris Baldwin, culturemap Houston

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Executive Director’s Letter.................................................................................

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

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July is a fun-filled month for our Houston Symphony family with a full array of exciting concerts. Our musicians return to Jones Hall after spending June at Miller Outdoor Theatre and in various neighborhood venues for our Sounds Like Fun! series.

First, classical music fans can enjoy Maestro Graf and our orchestra on Saturday, July 10 for a bargain price at the annual Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert. Tickets start at just one dollar and the program features a solo performance by the 2010 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition gold medalist, Stanislav Golovin. Golovin is an accomplished young clarinetist who dazzled the judges in June and thereby won the opportunity to perform on-stage with the Houston Symphony – along with a $5,000 cash prize! I look forward to his performance of the Copland Clarinet Concerto.

Next, we are bringing back two very popular concerts in a combined program for not one but two performances on July 16 and 17. The Planets—An HD Odyssey plus Star Wars promises to be a great concert for audiences of all ages. Here is your chance to experience the incredibly successful multimedia Planets project again or for the first time together with the music of film composer John Williams.

Later in the month, we will present the Music of Queen and Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY. Rock fans will be right at home with such hits as “Another One Bites The Dust” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Video game fans will enjoy all of the music – plus video – from the Final Fantasy series including material from the soon-to-be-released Final Fantasy XIV.

I appreciate your patronage of our wonderful Houston Symphony and look forward to seeing you in Jones Hall for our remaining summer concerts and again in the fall for the start of the 2010-11 season. Be sure to check out page 10 of this month’s magazine for a preview of all of our upcoming Houston Symphony Pops concerts next season.


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/American Conducting Fellow

FiRST ViOLiN:Eric Halen, Acting Concertmaster

Max Levine ChairAssia Dulgerska, Acting Associate Concertmaster

Ellen E. Kelley ChairQi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Cornelia and Meredith

Long ChairMarina Brubaker, Acting Assistant

Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair

Alexandra Adkins Hewlett-Packard Company ChairMiHee 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 PrincipalLinda GoldsteinThomas MolloyFay ShapiroDaniel StrbaWei JiangPhyllis HerdliskaOpen Position

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:

Open Position

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 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, SubscriptionsMelissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Special ProjectsGayle McMaster, Director, Group and Corporate SalesCarlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Single TicketsJenny Zuniga, Director, Customer ServiceSarah Bircher, Marketing Administrative AssistantNatalie Ferguson, Graphic DesignerJeff Gilmer, Group and Corporate Sales AssistantJason Landry, Customer Service Center ManagerMelissa Seuffert, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital

Media/Young Audience Engagement

Jennifer r. Mire, Senior Director, CommunicationsJessica Taylor, Editor, MagazineHolly Cassard, Associate Marketing/PR Manager

tara BlaCk, Interim Senior Director, DevelopmentVickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer ServicesBrandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate

RelationsLaura Woods, Director, EventsPeter yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and

Development CommunicationsJessica Ford, Patron Services SpecialistSamantha Gonzalez, Patron Services SpecialistClare Greene, Associate Director, EventsDanny Hutchins, Patron Services SpecialistAbbie Lee, Patron Services AssistantTim Richey, Manager, Patron Services Sarah Slemmons, Development Associate, Administrative

ServicesLena Streetman, Manager, Individual GivingAndrew Walker, Development Assistant

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From the Orchestra: Test Your Musical Knowledge......................................

Ron HoldmanPrincipal Timpani

PHOTO BY ERIC ARBITER

Answers to these trivia questions posed by principal timpanist Ron Holdman may be found on page 9.

1. What Russian composer wrote an opera titled The Nose?

2. What piece of music composed by Harry Armstrong in 1903 is performed by virtually every barbershop quartet?

3. Tito Gobbi, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, Hermann Prey and Ezio Pinza were all famous as what?

4. What ultrapatriotic American composer penned Decoration Day (a holiday now called Memorial Day), the Holidays Symphony, Variations on a National Hymn (America) and the Fourth of July? Hint: It’s not John Philip Sousa or George M. Cohan.

5. Who were Yum-Yum, Pitti Sing and Peep-Bo?

6. Irish pianist and composer John Field originated a musical form that Frederic Chopin later developed and poeticized. Do you know what it is? Hint: You may if you’re a night person.

7. What do Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Deryck Cooke and Franco Alfano have in common? Hint: Have you ever begun a project, but not finished it?

8. What composer wrote more songs than Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lennon-McCartney, Rodgers-Hammerstein, Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen, Burt Bacharach-Hal David and Irving Berlin com-bined, despite dying at 31 in 1828?

9. If you were to have a musically gastronomical adventure, these food courses would suggest what composers?

10. What do we call people who review manuscripts, verify data, check historical information, correct grammar/syntax/spelling and take on other related chores?

Houston Symphony Magazine sincerely thanks Ron Holdman for his knowledgeable contributions to each issue for the past two seasons. We look forward to his continued presence on the concert stage and to welcoming our next “From the Orchestra” contributor, Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith, next season.

a. A fruit cup with three sliced orangesb. Surf-and-turf entrée (two composers) of trout and henc. A cabernet wine that might put you in a waltzing mood

d. A slice of American piee. A cup of coffee


PAST PRESidENTS OF THE HOuSTON SyMPHONy SOCiETy

Mrs. Edwin B. ParkerMiss Ima HoggMrs. H. M. GarwoodJoseph A. Mullen, M.D.Joseph S. SmithWalter H. WalneH. R. CullenGen. Maurice HirschCharles F. JonesFayez SarofimJohn T. CaterRichard G. MerrillEllen Elizardi KelleyJohn D. PlattE. C. Vandagrift Jr.

J. Hugh Roff Jr.Robert M. HermanceGene McDavidJanice H. BarrowBarry C. BurkholderRodney H. MargolisJeffrey B. EarlyMichael E. ShannonEd WulfeJesse B. Tutor

PAST PRESidENTS OF THE HOuSTON SyMPHONy LEAGuE

Miss Ima HoggMrs. John F. GrantMrs. J. R. PartenMrs. Andrew E. Rutter

Mrs. Aubrey Leon CarterMrs. Stuart SherarMrs. Julian BurrowsMs. Hazel LedbetterMrs. Albert P. JonesMrs. Ben A. CalhounMrs. James Griffith LawhonMrs. Olaf La Cour OlsenMrs. Ralph Ellis GunnMrs. Leon JaworskiMrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr.Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr.Mrs. Thompson McClearyMrs. Theodore W. CooperMrs. Allen H. Carruth

Mrs. David Hannah Jr.Mary Louis KisterEllen Elizardi KelleyMrs. John W. HerndonMrs. Charles FranzenMrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr.Mrs. Edward H. SoderstromMrs. Lilly Kucera AndressMs. Marilou BonnerMrs. W. Harold SellersMrs. Harry H. GendelMrs. Robert M. EuryMrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr.Mrs. J. Stephen MarksTerry Ann BrownNancy Strohmer

Mary Ann McKeithanAnn CavanaughMrs. James A. ShafferLucy H. LewisCatherine McNamaraShirley McGregor PearsonPaula JarrettCora Sue MachKathi RovereNorma Jean BrownBarbara McCelveyLori SorcicNancy WillersonJane Clark

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

Governing Directors.....................................................................................................

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PresidentBobby Tudor

Chairman of the Board Ed Wulfe

Executive Director/CEOMark C. Hanson

Immediate Past PresidentJesse B. Tutor

Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Terry Ann Brown Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Kelli Cohen Fein Julia Frankel Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn

Gary L. Hollingsworth John Irvine Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn April Lykos Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid

Alexander K. McLanahan Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria Pryzant John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon David Steakley

Mike Stude Bobby Tudor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Robert A. Yekovich

Trustees................................................................................................................... Philip Bahr * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Nancy Bumgarner Lynn Caruso Jane Clark Brandon Cochran Louis Delone Susanna Dokupil Tom Fitzpatrick Chris Flood Craig A. Fox

David Frankfort Susan Hansen Kathleen Hayes Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Brad Marks Jackie Mazow Elisabeth McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros

Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. Chester Pitts J. Hugh Roff Jr. Kathi Rovere Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps * Betty Tutor Mrs. S. Conrad Weil David Ashley White Jim T. Willerson

Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Martha García Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Deana Lamoreux John Thorne William VerMeulen

* Life Trustee

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra AffairsBrett Busby

Vice President, Popular ProgrammingAllen Gelwick

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing

Robert Peiser

Presiding Trustee, 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 MargolisJohn Thorne, Orchestra Representative

William VerMeulen, Orchestra Representative

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

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From the Orchestra.......

Test Your Musical Knowledgewith Ron HoldmanAnswers from page 7

1. Dmitri Shostakovich

2. Sweet Adeline

3. They were all famed operatic baritones

4. Charles Ives

5. These are the “three little maids from school,” characters from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. What has always been curious about these character names is that, despite the intellect of both Gilbert and Sullivan, they are either linguistically ignorant or racially stereo-typing Asians. This story, which is set in a fictitious Japanese locale, should use Japanese language proper names, which are mutlisyllabic. It is other Asian languages that use monosyllabic proper names.

6. The nocturne

7. They all finished compositions left incom-plete as a result of the deaths of the composers: • Süssmayr finished Mozart’s Requiem • Cooke finished Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 • Alfano finished Puccini’s Turandot

8. Franz Schubert, who composed more than 600 songs for piano and voice

9. a. Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges opera

b. Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet and Haydn’s Symphony No. 83, “The Hen”

c. Johann Strauss Jr.’s waltz Wine, Women and Song or The Champagne Polka (if you’re really celebrating!)

d. Don McLean, although not quite the composer as the others

e. Bach’s “Coffee Cantata”

0. Editors, proofreaders, research assistants: As this is my final contribution to Houston Symphony Magazine, I must sincerely thank several of these professionals for helping me with this little project for the past two seasons: Kristen Mueller, Jennifer Rudolph Mire, Elaine Reeder Mayo, Jessica Taylor and Denise Allen Zwicker.

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2010 – 2011 Pops Season..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Broadway Rocks! September 3, 4, 5, �010Michael Krajewski, conductorGay Men’s Chorus of Houston

With show-stopping numbers from the lat-est generation of Broadway musicals like Wicked and Mamma Mia!, this concert will have you tapping your toes and dancing in the aisles. Also hear upbeat selections from high energy shows such as The Lion King, Rent and more.

Chris Botti October ��, �3, �4, �010

Grammy® Award-winning trumpeter-composer Chris Botti is back by popular demand! His char-ismatic style has led to four #1 albums. Botti is coming back to Houston to play his sultry versions of your favorites such as “Time to Say Goodbye,” “When I Fall in Love” and “Funny Valentine.”

One O’Clock Swings! November 1�, 13, 14, �010Brett Mitchell, conductoruniversity of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band

In an unprecedented musical event, the Hous-ton Symphony teams up with the esteemed University of North Texas’ One O’Clock Lab Band to form the biggest band in Texas. This extravaganza will feature songs from jazz greats like Duke Ellington with “Take the ‘A’ Train,” Count Basie with “Moten Swing” and John Coltrane. Plus, hear standards from the Great American Songbook with songs from Cole Porter and more!

Kenny Loggins February 18, 19, �0, �011Michael Krajewski, conductor

With hits from the big screen like “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack and “Footloose” to major success with Loggins and Messina, Kenny Loggins has it all. Hear him perform music from Loggins and Messina and hits from his solo career like “Conviction of the Heart” and “This is It.”

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6Very Merry Pops december 10, 11, 1�, �010Michael Krajewski, conductorHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Back again in 2010 is this much loved holi-day tradition featuring Mike, the Houston Symphony and Chorus. This year, Very Merry Pops promises to be the highlight of your holiday. Bring the whole family to celebrate the season.

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Music of Frank Sinatra with Matt Dusk January 7, 8, 9, �011Michael Krajewski, conductor

In the words of Frank Sinatra, “The Best is Yet to Come.” Join us for Sinatra favorites and more with swinging sensation, Matt Dusk. Dusk will perform songs such as “As Time Goes By” and “That’s Life.”

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Pops Knockouts March 18, 19, �0, �011Michael Krajewski, conductorHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Hum along to some of the greatest classical hits of all time such as “O Fortuna” from Car-mina Burana, the 1812 Overture and Pachel-bel Canon, featuring Houston Symphony musicians in the solo spotlight. Come out and enjoy the orchestral classics you know and love!

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7 Rodgers & Hammerstein and More with Ashley Brown April �1, ��, �3, �011Robert Franz, conductor

Ashley Brown, celebrated leading lady of the Broadway stage in such Disney blockbusters as Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast, recently came to Houston to reprise the role of Mary Pop-pins in the musical’s national tour. She returns to be a part of an unforgettable concert with the Houston Symphony and Robert Franz. Hear her perform your favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein songs along with selections from her Broadway roles and much, much more.(Due to the Easter holiday, Sunday subscribers attend Thursday.)

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Tribute to Ray Charles with Ellis Hall May �7, �8, �9, �011Michael Krajewski, conductor

“Let the Good Times Roll” with Ellis Hall as he performs the best of Ray Charles. A former protégé of Charles, Hall pays tribute to his friend in a concert dedicated to his music and memory with hits like “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Hit the Road Jack.”

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Symphony Summer in the City

Saturday, July 10, �010 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

Houston Chronicle Dollar ConcertHans Graf, conductor

*Stanislav Golovin, clarinet Gold medal winner, 2010 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition

Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, Opus 23A

Copland Clarinet Concerto

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Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 I Allegro non troppo II Adagio non troppo III Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) IV Allegro con spirito

*Houston Symphony debut Hans Graf’s biography appears on page 4.

The Houston Symphony thanks the Houston Chronicle for its generous support of tonight’s concert.

The printed music for Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 was donated by Patricia Casey, in honor of the fine musicians of the Houston Symphony.

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

This concert is being recorded for future broadcast on KUHF 88.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony.

MEdEA’S dANCE OF VENGEANCE, OPuS �3A Samuel Barber

Born: Mar 9, 1910, West Chester, Pennsylvania

died: Jan 23, 1981, New York, New York

Work composed: 1945-46

Recording: Yoel Levi conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)

instrumentation: three flutes (third doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings

In 1945, Martha Graham asked Samuel Barber to write a score for a new modern dance work on the subject of Medea’s terrible ven-geance upon her faithless husband, Jason. In her rage, Medea killed their two children and burned Jason’s new wife to death with the gift of an inflammable wedding robe.

The commission was sponsored by the Alice M. Ditson Fund and the work was slated for its premiere in May 1946 at Columbia University’s McMillan Theatre, as part of an annual festival of contemporary music. After some revisions, the dance work became Graham’s celebrated signature piece, Cave of the Heart, extrapolating upon the mythologi-cal story to explore the self-destructive effect of such hatred.

Barber also revised the dance score twice for use as a concert piece. In 1947, he reduced its nine sections to seven and expanded its 13-member instrumentation to a full symphonic orchestration. Simply titled Medea, the seven-movement concert suite received its premiere by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra December 5, 1947.

However, that version received a mixed critical reception, and in 1955 Barber fur-ther compressed the suite into a one-move-ment work based entirely on the character of Medea, adding a few more instruments to the large orchestration of the second ver-sion. Dimitri Mitropoulos and the New York Philharmonic gave the first performance of this third and final version on February 2, 1956.

The score traces Medea’s changing emotional state from her tearful lament for her broken marriage to her terrible resolve to wreak havoc on all those around her. At first lyrical but furtive, the music grows to immense power as it moves on to Medea’s dance, exhibiting Barber’s masterly control and redeployment of its thematic elements and his brilliant sense of orchestral effect.

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CLARiNET CONCERTO Aaron Copland

Born: Nov 14, 1900, Brooklyn, New York

died: Dec 2, 1990, North Tarrytown, New York

Work composed: 1948

instrumentation: harp, piano and strings

Recording: Clarinetist Stanley Drucker, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon)

Although Benny Goodman made his name as a hot jazz clarinetist and the “King of Swing” during the big band era, his training included study with classical clarinetists Bernard Schoepp and Reginald Kell. His professional career included appearances with orchestral and chamber ensembles, and he commis-sioned Bartók’s Contrasts for piano, violin and clarinet, and the clarinet concertos by Aaron Copland and Paul Hindemith.

Goodman’s commission to Copland came in 1946, and the composer began work on the piece in February 1947, while traveling in South America. Later that year, he set the work aside to pursue an opportunity to write some Hollywood film scores and did not com-plete the concerto until the late summer or early fall of 1948.

For his part, Goodman’s objections to some high notes in the concerto did not speed progress, and the premiere did not occur until November 6, 1950, when Goodman performed it with the New York Philharmonic under Fritz Reiner’s direction. In 1951, choreographer Jerome Robbins used the concerto for his ballet, The Pied Piper, in which the dancers fall under the spell of the clarinetist’s play-ing.

The connection between music and dance is especially interesting in this instance, because Copland used sketches for an incomplete pas de deux as the basis for the Clarinet Concerto’s dreamy opening theme. Robbins followed suit, beginning the ballet with a romantic pas de deux by a young couple attracted to the sound of a clarinet they hear somewhere down the street.

In his autobiography, Copland described the two-movement concerto as a three-part song form followed by a jazzy rondo. While the first movement has the pensive, pastoral character of much of his music in the 1940s, the fast, jazzy second movement harks back to his piquant, rhythmically complex music of the 1930s. Copland scholar Neil Butterworth considers it strongly reminiscent of Copland’s awesome, tightly contained Short Symphony, composed 15 years earlier. The two move-ments are joined by a solo cadenza and, in a salute to a celebrated clarinet solo in

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Copland ended the solo part with a glissando sliding up the scale, calling it a “smear.”

SyMPHONy NO. � iN d MAJOR, OPuS 73 Johannes Brahms

Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany

died: Apr 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria

Work composed: 1877

Recording: Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Houston Symphony (Virgin)

instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings

In 1876, Johannes Brahms won his 21-year struggle to complete his First Symphony. That accomplishment not only earned him an honored place alongside Beethoven in the world of symphonic composition, but freed his creative spirit. Suddenly he entered into the most productive period of his career, pro-ducing three more symphonies, three con-


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Biography...................Golovin

Chamber Orchestra and the Youngstown Symphony.

Golovin has won numerous awards and competitions, including the National Young Artist Competition of Uzbekistan, The Jewish Arts Performance Competition in Moscow, the Darius Milhaud Performance Prize Competition, the Wagner Prize Young Artist Competition in New York, the Fine Arts Award in clarinet from Interlochen Arts Academy, the Tuesday Musical Club Competition and the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition.

In 2009, Golovin played bass clarinet with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Giancarlo Guerrero, David Robertson, Paavo Järvi, James Gaffigan, Lionel Bringuier, Tito Muñoz and others. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Golovin dedicates this performance to the memory of his beloved grandfather, Semion Nagirner, who passed away this April and whose contribution to his current success is tremendous.

Stanislav Golovin, clarinetPrize-winning clarinetist Stanislav Golovin has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Golovin started his musical training at the V. Uspensky Special Musical School for Gifted Children, from which he graduated with honors. In 2002, Golovin was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan and then a full scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy where he studied for two years with renowned clarinetist and peda-gogue, Nathan Williams.

In 2005, Golovin continued his stud-ies at the Cleveland Institute of Music with the principal clarinetist of The Cleveland Orchestra, Franklin Cohen. While studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Golovin performed in various concerts and events, including the grand opening of Mixon Recital Hall, the 2009 Graduation Commencement and the opening ceremony of the Academic School Year. He also represented the United States at former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s Memorial Concert for the victims of 9/11 in Rome, Italy.

In 2006 and 2007, Golovin participated in the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida. Other orchestral engagements include CityMusic Cleveland, the “Singing Strings”

certos, two major overtures and numerous keyboard, vocal, choral and chamber music masterworks over the next decade.

The Second Symphony was the first major orchestral work to appear, and it was completed the very next year. While this D major symphony is obviously the work of the very same Brahms, its relaxed, genial character is sometimes as different from the frowning C minor Symphony as day is from night. It was composed in the sunny rural environment of Pörtschach, a remote lakeside village in the Carinthian Alps of Southern Austria. Biographer Karl Geiringer has recorded a characteristic quote on the symphony by Brahms’ close friend, the sur-geon and amateur pianist Theodor Billroth: “It is all rippling streams, blue sky, sunshine, and cool green shadows. How beautiful it must be at Pörtschach!”

Billroth’s comment is especially appli-cable to the easy, rocking themes that domi-nate the exposition of the first movement and to the gentle Austrian minuet that makes up the third movement. Though the first move-ment builds up a typical Brahmsian storm in its central development section and its lengthy coda, the themes set forth at the beginning of the movement are mostly lyri-cal and untroubled. But even here Brahms’ stylistic fingerprints are readily apparent in a motivic imitation that shadows the opening horn theme and in the long, spun-out char-acter of a subsidiary violin theme that soon follows. In his contrapuntal wizardry, Brahms combines the two themes when they return at the beginning of the recapitulation.

If sunlight is obscured by clouds any-where in the symphony, it is in the beautiful but plaintive slow movement, which opens with one of Brahms’ heartfelt cello themes. Gorgeous touches of his unique orchestra-tion abound in this movement, along with elusive harmonic colors.

The third movement is the gentlest of minuets, interspersed with two trios. Each of its sections becomes a variant of what came before and contrast is achieved by sudden changes in the pulse. The extroverted finale makes an oblique reference to the sympho-ny’s two opening themes, then builds climax upon climax in a gigantic movement that con-cludes in a brassy display, invariably bringing cheering audiences to their feet.

From the very beginning, concertgo-ers have given the symphony an enthusias-tic reception. Conductor Hans Richter had to encore the bucolic third movement at the symphony’s premiere in Vienna on December 30, 1877. A particularly memorable perfor-mance occurred the following September, when the composer was invited to conduct

the work for the Hamburg Philharmonic Society’s 50th anniversary.

At first Brahms turned down this invita-tion to conduct the first performance of the symphony in his native city, out of a lingering bitterness at having been passed over for the directorship of the orchestra 16 years earlier. But at the last minute he relented and trav-eled to Hamburg where he was welcomed with open arms in a joyous reconciliation. Several of his musical acquaintances and old friends, including the violinist Joseph Joachim, performed in the orchestra under his baton.

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SAVE THE DATE!The Houston Symphony is taking its highly successful concert, The Planets—An HD Odyssey, on a tour of the United Kingdom.

Tour Schedule:October 8, 2010 Birmingham

October 9, 2010 Leeds

October 10, 2010 Edinburgh

October 12, 2010 Manchester

October 13, 2010 Gateshead/Newcastle

October 15, 2010 Basingstoke

October 16, 2010 London - The Barbican (2 performances)

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Friday, July 16, �010 7:30 pm

Saturday, July 17, �010 7:30 pm

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The Planets—An HD Odysseyplus Star Wars

Brett Mitchell, conductorduncan Copp, producer/directorWomen of the Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

J. Williams Suite from Star Wars I Main Title: Maestoso

J. Williams Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J. Williams Adventures on Earth from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

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Holst The Planets I Mars, the Bringer of War: Allegro II Venus, the Bringer of Peace: Adagio—Andante III Mercury, the Winged Messenger: Vivace IV Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity: Allegro giocoso— Andante maestoso V Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age: Adagio—Andante VI Uranus, the Magician: Allegro VII Neptune, the Mystic: Andante

Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor/American Conducting Fellow of the Houston Symphony, is a member of the American Conducting Fellow Program, a national conductor training program developed and managed by the League of American Orchestras.

The printed music for Close Encounters of the Third Kind was donated by Wade and Mert Adams.

The printed music for J. Williams’ Suite from Star Wars was donated by Stu and Carol Levin, in memory of Todd P. Levine.

The choral and instrumental parts for Holst’s The Planets were donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Garr in memory of Susan L. Webb.


THE PLANETS Gustav Holst

Born: Sep 21, 1874, Cheltenham, England

died: May 25, 1934, London, England

Work composed: 1914-16

Recording: The Planets—An HD Odyssey DVD featuring the Houston Symphony conducted by Hans Graf and video by Duncan Copp

instrumentation: four flutes (two doubling piccolo and one doubling alto flute), three oboes (one doubling bass oboe), English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tenor and bass tubas, timpani, percussion, two harps, celesta, organ, strings and women’s chorus

When Gustav Holst composed his famed orchestral suite, The Planets, nearly a cen-tury ago, there were only eight known planets in our solar system. Pluto’s existence was not discovered until the 1930s, and questions have been raised in recent times whether it really is a planet. In planning the work, Holst focused his interest on our celestial companions, com-pletely ignoring the existence of Earth in the planetary lineup. He also jumbled the natural order of the first four “inner planets” in their distance from the sun, in order to suit his own musical needs. And his interest was aroused not by any scientific astronomical observa-tions of the planets, but by astrological asso-ciations suggested by the mythological names they had been given.

Holst scholars have noted that the com-poser made a hobby of casting horoscopes and owned a book by Alan Leo on the subject. Leo’s book was Holst’s source in determining the descriptive character of each piece in the seven-movement suite.

Holst completed work on the first move-ment, “Mars, The Bringer of War,” during the summer of 1914, just before World War I began. While the international tensions that led to war were certainly apparent, there is no evidence he planned the piece as a prophecy of that bloody conflict. Over the next two years, he composed the remaining six movements of The Planets during weekends and summer hol-iday periods, when he was free from his teach-ing duties at a girl’s school. Then, in 1917, he orchestrated the entire suite. He composed the seven movements in the order in which they are heard, except “Mercury,” which was the last piece he completed, early in 1916.

The first four movements follow each other in a sequence analogous to that heard in stan-dard symphonic works: two big-boned outer movements, “Mars” and “Jupiter” enclose two smaller, more intimate ones, “Venus” and

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Michael BoltonSeptember 8, �010, 7:30 PM

Randall Craig Fleischer, conductorMichael Bolton has not only sold more than 53 million records, won multiple Grammys® and earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, but he has also sung with artists such as Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles; written songs with Bob Dylan, Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga; penned hits for Barbra Streisand and KISS; and played guitar with B.B. King. Bolton is headed to Houston to perform such hits as “Time, Love and Tenderness,” “How Can We Be Lovers” and “When a Man Loves a Woman.”

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“Mercury.” The third and fourth movements, “Mercury” and “Jupiter,” also approximate the character of a symphonic scherzo and rondo. However, the analogy to a symphonic piece is obscured when all seven movements are played and the music itself has little in common with the organic developmental growth of themes characteristic of a symphony.

Instead, Holst seems to focus on the notion of planets suspended in space with music that is rather static and unchanging within each musical portrait. “Mars, The Bringer of War” is generally loud and bellicose with heavy brass climaxes. Certain rhythms and notes are insis-tently repeated throughout much of the piece. By contrast, “Venus, the Bringer of Peace,” is a diaphanous slow movement, noted for its exotic tone colors and its subtle, elusive har-monies. “Mercury, the Winged Messenger,” has a will-o’-the-wisp lightness, punctuated by sudden bursts of tone as the music flits from one orchestral group to another. “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” is full of robust humor and an easy sense of power. The proud theme at the center of the movement was later set as the patriotic hymn, “I vow to thee, my country.”

It is in the last three movements that Holst’s imagination results in the most color-ful orchestral effects. “Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age,” is represented by a solemn proces-sional emerging from a faint, indefinite pulse of soft flutes and harps. After working its way to an inexorable climax, the movement bursts open with the brilliant sound of pealing bells. “Uranus, The Magician,” begins with an omi-nous motto shouted out by the brass and tim-pani, then proceeds into a bold, riveting dance movement, interrupted twice more by the motto. And the foggy gases surrounding mystic “Neptune” are softly represented by undulat-ing woodwind chords, growling brasses, a filmy curtain of broken chords in the celesta, harps and strings and, finally, by an unseen women’s chorus, whose wordless vocalise gradually dis-appears into a silent ending of The Planets.

©2010, Carl R. Cunningham

Biographies.................Brett Mitchell, conductorNow entering his fourth season as assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony, Brett Mitchell is one of America’s most promis-ing young conductors. Since his appointment in September 2007, he has led the orches-tra in nearly 100 performances; several of which were broadcast on SymphonyCast and Performance Today. He is the newly appointed music director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra and serves as a regular cover con-ductor for The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Mitchell has led the London Philharmonic,

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Leipzig Gewandhaus, Philadelphia, Rochester Philharmonic, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Oregon, Memphis, Peoria and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra. He served as a musical assistant at the New York Philharmonic during the 2007-08 season and as cover conductor with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2009. He made his European debut in 2004 with Romania’s

Houston Symphony Magazine spoke with Duncan Copp prior to the January premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. This conversation is reprinted from the January 2010 issue.

What about this project was most appealing to you?It’s a joy to work with a piece of music that I’ve known since I was a boy. And then to have this fantastic data set … these beautiful, aesthetically pleasing images from amazing parts of our solar system. Although, it was a lot harder than we thought it was going to be, I have to admit. It sounds quite simple – putting pictures and music together – and this is something I do all the time in making a documentary. But we felt we really had to push the envelope with regards to our editing technique.

in what respect?The challenge was working with these very large, high definition images. It’s a wonderful medium in which to work, but the physical process of managing such high res-olution images caused a number of real issues.

The HD medium is 1,080 pixels by 1,920 pixels. But some of my images were 10,000 pixels. Now you understand the challenge we faced. The originals are very unwieldy. We had to sort of wrestle them down into some sort of manageable chunks that would work with our rostrum software. Now some of the other images are less than 1,080 by 1,920. So there we had the opposite problem.

you mentioned rostrum software. Where did that enter into the process?The classic way to bring still photographs to life is to conduct what’s known as a rostrum session. It’s a matter of placing the photograph on a platform mounted below a vertical camera. You then program the camera to either zoom in or out, or drift over the photograph in any manner of combinations and speeds. Since all my images were digital, we learned to use a specially created piece of software which cleverly mimicked a rostrum session. It took a little bit of time to get up to speed with this relatively new technique, but once we got the hang of it, it was an incredibly powerful tool.

did one planet have more source material than others?Take Venus: around 98 percent of the planet was imaged at high resolu-tion by the Magellan spacecraft (using RADAR) which orbited between 1989 and 1993, so there’s almost global coverage; we have a clearer pic-ture of the surface of Venus than we do for our own planet (since much of our world lies under water!). Mars too has a huge database of images both from orbiting spacecraft and from the rovers which have wheeled across parts of its surface. With Uranus and Neptune, I had far fewer to play with; these worlds have only been visited briefly by Voyager 2, which flew past in a matter of hours. To get around the lack of imagery,

we turned to graphics. Based on the images we did have, we generated some longer and more dynamic graphic sequences.

you actually worked on the team that mapped the surface of Venus. did that affect the way you worked on that move-

ment?Yes – because I knew the planet so well. It was nice

to go back and look at those images again. I mean, I spent four years looking at them. And I’ve got

my mapping area in there.

A little nod to your life as a scientist?Well, it’s more than a nod. It’s totally biased! [laughter] No – my mapping area had two very

prominent volcanoes: the Sif and Gula Mons. And these volcanoes are spectacular to look at,

so I wanted to include them. The coda to Venus is the evening or the morning star, which is how I first

was introduced to Venus and how most people are introduced to Venus. That brilliant, brilliant, white morn-

ing star – serene and beautiful. Venus actually is a hellish world. Temperatures are 470 degrees Celsius [878 degrees Fahrenheit] on the surface, and it’s got a choking atmosphere. It’s a hellish world, but Holst saw it as a beautiful world, and his music reflects that. It’s the goddess of beauty and love … a picture of pure serenity.

And was that your favorite movement of The Planets to work on?Actually, if I was pushed to pick a planet I enjoy most with regards to the visual presentation, it would have to be Saturn. I think Steve Gomez and the team at Bandito, the company responsible for the graphic sequences in the film, did an outstanding job re-creating Saturn, which they based on high resolution data from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed world. The attention to detail with the Saturn graphic during the middle of the movement is wonderful; look carefully and you’ll see two small “shepherd” moons scooting along next to the rings as the planet majestically rises and the music builds to a crescendo. The pacing and movement of selected images is key in complementing the tempo of the music, and I feel it works particularly well with the “Saturn” score. Besides, some of these images have such a vivid unearthly quality you just kind of get sucked in; the Saturnian system has an aesthetic quality second to none.

How was it different, working from music to film, rather than starting with a film you would then have scored?That’s interesting that you should say that because the score or the music to the film, I always think, is intrinsic. So I never see the music as secondary in anything I produce. With regards to this project, we already knew what the music was, which was great. It’s a fantastic score. So from that point of view, I guess it’s slightly unique in the way that we came about it. The music was the scaffolding.

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Brasov Philharmonic and his Latin American debut in 2005 with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM in Mexico City.

Highlights of this season include debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra and Da Camera of Houston, as well as preparing a new production of Puccini’s Trittico for Maestro Lorin Maazel at the 2010 Castleton Festival.

Mitchell was assistant conductor of the

Orchestre National de France (2006-2009), director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University (2005-2007) and associate conduc-tor of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (2002-2006). He has served as music direc-tor of numerous opera productions, including Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry.

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A Seattle native, Mitchell earned his bach-elor of music in composition from Western Washington University and holds a doctorate degree from The University of Texas, where he was music director of the university’s orches-tra. Mitchell participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., and studied with Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship.

duncan CoppDuncan Copp grew up in Southwest England, where he discovered a passion for the land-scape around him. His enjoyment of geology and space exploration became the backbone of his education. He holds a master’s degree in Satellite Remote Sensing and a doctorate in Astronomy, both from the University of London. His doctoral research focused on unravelling the volcanic and geologic processes on Venus; he was a member of NASA’s Venus mapping team responsible for creating the first detailed geological maps of the planet.

While finishing his Ph.D., Copp researched the BBC’s landmark geology series Earth Story that was awarded the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. BBC’s series The Essential Guide to Rocks and Pioneer Productions’ Universe 2001 followed – both received awards from The Association of British Science Writers.

A freelance producer-director for more than 10 years, he worked with Rocket Men of Mission 105, Magnetic Storm and Global Dimming. He produced the much-acclaimed documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, the intimate story of the Apollo astronauts. It has received more than 15 awards internationally, including Best International Film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Moon Machines (Discovery) recounts the trials of the engineers who built the machines that took the Apollo astronauts to the Moon. It was a Grand Remi winner.

Copp received the 2009 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics distinguished public service medal for stimulating public interest in science and technology, specifically

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The Planets—An HD Odyssey Credits

Produced and Directed by: duncan Copp

Cinematography: Simon Fanthorpe

Film Editor: david Fairhead

Original Music Produced and Composed by: Philip Sheppard

Special thanks to NASA, JPL – Caltech, JPL Scientists & Engineers, The Regional Planetary imaging Facility, all at Bandito, all at Molinare, Re: Fine and The Bodleian Library, Oxford, which provided Holst’s original manuscript.

Additional support for this project was provided by San Jacinto College, National Endowment for the Arts, Houston Arts Alliance and KuHF 88.7 FM.

^ The Planets—An HD Odyssey DVD and Blu-ray sets are available for purchase in the lobby and at houstonsymphony.org.

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in space exploration. He recently produced Henry VIII: Mind of a

Tyrant. He is currently producing and directing Star City, a National Geographic documentary detailing the natural history of the Milky Way.

Duncan Copp is a freelance science writer of more than 70 publications to date; he has been an on-screen presenter for BBC, Discovery and National Geographic. He lives in London.

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Thursday, July ��, �010 7:30 pm

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The Music of QueenBrent Havens, conductor Brody dolyniuk, vocalistGeorge Cintron, guitar and vocalistdan Clemens, bass and vocalistBart Kuebler, keyboards and vocalistPowell Randolph, drums and vocalist

This evening’s program will be announced from the stage.

There will be one intermission.

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.

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Brent Havens, conductorBerklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually all aspects of tele-vision. His TV work includes movies for the ABC, CBS and ABC Family networks, com-mercials, sports music for networks such as ESPN and even cartoons.

Havens has worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans. He recently completed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premiere Pictures remake of the 1951 gladiator film.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he is the arranger and guest conductor for five sym-phonic rock programs – The Music of Led Zeppelin, The Music of the Doors, The Music of Pink Floyd, The Music of the Eagles and, now, The Music of Queen.

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Brody dolyniuk, vocalistBrody Dolyniuk mimicked voices even as a child, listening to old records and tapes. He is a gifted, self-taught musician who plays several instruments and has a particular knack for capturing the voices and manner-isms of classic characters from music, TV and movies.

His first professional gigs were at piano bars around the country. There he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical rep-ertoire. Longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, Dolyniuk assembled Yellow Brick Road (YBR), unques-

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The Music of Queen: A Rock SymphonyBridging the gap between rock n’ roll and classical music, conductor/arranger Brent Havens ascends the podium to present Windborne’s newest show, The Music of Queen, a program he scored to extend the listening experience of Queen’s exceptional tunes. Performed by the Houston Symphony and amplified with a full rock band and vocals, Havens and his ensemble capture Queen’s distinct sound while presenting both new and familiar musical colors.

The Real dealLas Vegas star Brody Dolyniuk delivers a fabulous rendi-tion of Freddie Mercury’s vocals. “When he came out to audition for the show, we knew immediately that he had something special. He not only knew the music, but he had clearly listened to every aspect of Mercury’s perfor-mance,” Havens says. “His inflections were spot-on and even the wailing rock sound had the right resonance. Clearly, there will never be another Freddie Mercury, but close your eyes and listen to Dolyniuk, and you’re going to get something very close.”

Heightened by rock concert lighting, the symphonic rock hybrid meets with riotous approval at both ends of the hall. Many classical musicians enjoy the change of pace. “So many of the musicians grew up with this music much like we did,” says Havens. “Who can avoid hearing ‘We Will Rock You’ at sporting events, on TV shows and even in the super market?”

Queen’s music seems omnipresent. “We’ve successfully merged four different groups with the orchestra, and it seemed to me the next logical step in selecting a group was Queen. As always, we wanted to keep the foundation of the music as close to the originals as we could and then add additional colors to enhance what Queen had done,” Havens explains. “The wonderful thing with an orchestra is that you have an entire palette of sounds to call upon. The band is reproducing what Queen did live, as closely as possible within the constraints of personnel, and then having an orchestra behind the band gives the music richness, a whole new feel, a whole different sense of color, but still preserving the wonderful music that they originally produced.”

Orchestra Adds to Musical LandscapeAs with the other shows, Havens understands that Queen fans want to hear the original, familiar elements of the music, so he follows exact line arrangements and uses the orchestra for enhancement. The orchestra provides a large landscape with which to work. Just among the double-reed instruments – the oboe, English horn, bassoon – there are so many colors. Add in the violins, violas, cellos, basses and woodwinds, or more pure sounds from instruments like a flute or a clarinet, and the selection grows. Then consider the entire brass section – trumpets, trombones, French horns, and the lower brass like the bass trombone and tuba – and you realize the variety of choices available to accompany a distorted electric guitar, bass, keyboard and drums.

Queen’s rich chord structures and amazing vocal harmonies made the music ideal. “When I sat down to begin scoring the show, it was amazing how comfortably the orchestra fit within the structure of the music. Innovative chord progressions, wonderful melodies and the astounding vocals of Freddie Mercury make the music a perfect choice to orchestrate. And having world-class musicians makes the music even that much more compelling.”

The show introduces rock fans to the symphony experience. “As with our other shows, I’m sure there are people who are going to come out who have never seen the [Houston Symphony] and this allows them to experience something new along with the music that they already love,” says Havens.

tionably Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band. Since 1997, YBR has been reshap-ing the casino entertainment scene by bring-ing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms previously reserved for Top-40-style lounge acts. Along the way, he has made numerous

radio and TV appearances, earned a spot in the finals of two national singing competi-tions and self-produced several large rock production-style shows using multimedia, lasers, comedy and special effects.

In 2007, he sang several tracks on the

mega-hit video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and has done several more for the new Konami game Rock Revolution. As a devout classic rock/Queen fan, Dolyniuk’s enthusiasm, vocal ability and on-stage energy are the perfect fit for The Music of Queen.

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Saturday, July �4, �010 7:30 pm

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Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASYArnie Roth, conductorNobuo uematsu, composerHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

N. uematsu/S. Miyano Prelude to Final Fantasy—

uematsu Liberi Fatali from Final Fantasy VIII

uematsu To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X

uematsu Don’t Be Afraid from Final Fantasy VIII

uematsu Ronfaure from Final Fantasy XI

uematsu/Miyano- Memorio de la Stono – Distant Worlds from Final Fantasy XI S. Hamaguchi-N. Mizuta

uematsu Dear Friends from Final Fantasy V

uematsu Vamo’ al Flamenco from Final Fantasy IX

uematsu The Man With the Machine Gun from Final Fantasy VIII

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uematsu Bombing Mission from Final Fantasy VII

uematsu/Miyano- Fisherman’s Horizon from Final Fantasy VIII S. Hamaguchi

uematsu/A. Roth Swing de Chocobo from Final Fantasy

uematsu Aeris’s Theme from Final Fantasy VII

M. Hamauzu The Promise and Fang’s Theme from Final Fantasy XIII

uematsu/T. Narita Twilight Over Thanalan and Beneath Blood Borders from Final Fantasy XIV

uematsu Opera, Maria and Draco from Final Fantasy VI

uematsu/A. Roth- J-E-N-O-V-A from Final Fantasy VII E. Roth

The program is subject to change.

Music director and conductor: Arnie Roth

Producers: AWR Music Production LLC and Nobuo Uematsu

Video producer: Chris Szuberla

Production team: Leanne Araya, Fritz Hocking, Eric Roth, Marcy Roth, Chris Szuberla

© Square Enix Co. LTD All Rights Reserved. DISTANT WORLDS is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Co., LTD. FINAL FANTASY, SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.


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Arnie Roth, conductorConductor Arnie Roth is a Grammy®-win-ning artist known for his work with a vari-ety of performers including Il Divo, Diana Ross, Jewel, The Irish Tenors, Charlotte Church, Peter Cetera and Dennis DeYoung. In addition to this return engagement with the Houston Symphony, he has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the Czech National Chamber Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, the Detroit Symphony, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic and the Sydney Symphony.

Roth is well known in the world of video game music for his work with Nobuo Uematsu and Square Enix as music director and conductor of “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” “More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY” and “VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY,” as well as his role as music director and conductor of “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony.”

He was the winner of the Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premiere Awards for his film score Barbie™ as Rapunzel; he was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his original song “Shine” from the movie Barbie™ in The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Roth has pro-duced dozens of best-selling CD’s. Visit www.awrmusic.com.

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Nobuo uematsu, composerNobuo Uematsu is one of the most celebrated composers in the video game field. He has achieved global recognition for his work on the Final Fantasy series that has been performed by world-class orchestras around the world. Uematsu has been recognized as a major contribu-tor in the increasing appreciation and awareness of video game music. A prime example is the FINAL FANTASY VIII theme song, “Eyes on Me,” which he composed and produced. His song featured Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong and sold a record 400,000 copies. It also won Song of the Year (Western Music) at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1999, the first time that music from a video game had attained this illustrious honor. The music from the game series has grown to such notoriety, Uematsu was named as one of the “Innovators” in Time magazine’s “Time 100: the Next Wave Music” feature.

AWR Music Productions LLC is proud to present the official symphony concert world-tour “Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY.” Launched in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy, this concert tour features the music of Japanese video game and series composer Nobuo Uematsu and is conducted by Grammy® award-winner Arnie Roth.

Japan’s best-selling franchise Final Fantasy, which has sold more than 75 million units worldwide, combines stirring screen images to match the soaring emotions of a symphony orchestra performing music from Square Enix’s world-renowned video game series. This multi-media experience is put together with the expertise of primary tour consultant Thomas Böecker who has been working in the game industry since 1999, serving as executive producer, music producer and music consultant for the audio portion of various major titles.

After the success of the 2002 Final Fantasy concert in Japan, Square Enix announced a six-city, seven-show tour of Japan in 2004, “Tour de Japon: music from FINAL FANTASY.” The first stateside con-cert, “Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” sold out in three days and was performed by the acclaimed Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale on May 10, 2004, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The positive reception of this per-formance gave rise to the 2005 U.S. concert tour. Uematsu’s award-winning music was then featured in “More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY” at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Later that year, the “VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY” concert took place in Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic under the direction of Arnie Roth.

Video game music has grown increasingly popular in the last few years. Music plays an integral role in today’s games, enhancing the players’ overall experience. While still a growing market, video game soundtracks are now sold in major outlets and include a variety of genres such as rock, hip-hop, electronica, classical compositions and songs performed by popular artists. Square Enix hopes to pioneer awareness and appreciation of not only its own musical creations, but also video game music throughout the industry.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY


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

CHARLES HAuSMANN, Director

Paulo GomesAssistant Director

Susan ScarrowChorus Manager

Scott HolshouserAccompanist

Tony SessionsLibrarian

First SopranoRamona R. AlmsKelly AndersonAlice BeckstromLindsey BradenRobyn BranningMegan CrumpSarah DamaskeErin DotyLyla El-MessidiKathleen ForbesClarice GatlinMarta-Marie G. GilesBecky HamiltonLorraine HammondAmanda HarrisSarah B. KeiferGillian KruseVeronica LorinePamela A. MagnusonAda Fay Pechon

* •Karen RennarWendy RidingsHeidi SandersBeth SlaughterKatrina TannerAnne TrevertonLisa TrewinTania Van DongenMaria Cristina YañezAmanda Zuniga

Second Soprano Yoset AltamiranoLisa AndersErin AsprecLaura BohlmanNancy Shelton BraticAnne CampbellDebby CutlerVickie DavisKaren Fess-UeckerKellie Garden

•Debbie HannahJane HeinzeMegan HenryKristen HurterSylvia J. HysongYukiko IwataNatalia Kalitynska

•Amy Scott MobleyLisa Morfin

•Carol OstlindLinda PetersLinda RichardsonSusan Scarrow

Vicki Ann SeldonPaige SommerVeronica A. StevensCecilia Sun

•Nancy VernauJennifer Young

First AltoRosemary AllenPatricia BumpusBarbara E. BushNancy

ChristophersonCorita DuboseNatasha FloresMary H. GahrHeather MacLaughlin

GarbesHolly GardnerJudy HillJo Ann HoffmanBerma M. KinseyJoyce Lewis

* •Mary LopushanskyJoan O’ConnorThao PhamLinda Renner

•Carolyn RoganHolly S. RubboJune RussellMaria D. Schoen

•Andrea Pedersen SlackPatsy WilsonShelby Wilson

Second AltoMelissa Bailey AdamsKrista BorstellSusan CasperJenny ChiovaroSarah Wilson ClarkM. Evelyn CliftRochella CooperAndrea Lee CreathRobin DunnHolly EatonChristine EconomidesRachel El-SalehThi HaJulie HerbertDenise K. HolmesCatherine Howard

•Lois HowellCrystal Meadows

•Lynne MoneypennyNina Peropoulos

Laurie ReynoldsLiane SlaughterHolly Soehnge

* •Mary VoigtMorgana Williams

First TenorRobert E. BrowningJames R. CarazolaPatrick G. DrakeRichard Field

* •Robert Lee GomezSteve HazelDonald HowieFrancisco J. IzaguirreDarrell MayonJames K. MooreChristopher OrtizPeter PeropoulosAllen RobertsDouglas

RodenbergerDavid SchoenTony SessionsJeff Simmons

Second Tenor* •Bob Alban

Randy BoatrightHarvey BongersMartin BrockettWilliam ColePaul DamaskeDonn DuboisJorge FandinoJoseph S. FrybertJohn GradyCraig HillAndrew S. KestenPhilip E. LewisDavid G. NussmannRichard SelbyDewell SpringerJonathan VaughanAnthony VazquezLeonardo VeletzuyLee E. Williams

First BassWilton AdamsJoe AnzalduaGreg BarraJustin BeckerJohn P. BondJerome Bourgeois

* •Bruce BoyleChristopher BurrisSteve Dukes

Taylor FaulknerScott HassettJohn KnappJay Lopez

•Ken MathewsClemente MathisWilliam McCallumChris MingMatt NeufeldGary ScullinStephen ShadleThom SloanMark StandridgeSamuel V. StenglerPaul Van DornJoe VillarrealJ. Kevin Wallace

Second BassSteve Abercia

•Marty AmbroseBill CheadleJohn ColsonRoger CutlerTom EverageChris FairIan W. FetterleyDavid M. FoxYevgeny GeninMatthew C. HendersonTerry HendersonGeorge HoweChuck IzzoNobuhide KoboriAlan MacAdamsScott MermelsteinRobert MoreheadGreg NelsonBill ParkerJohn Proffitt

•Robert Reynolds* •Clark E. Robison

Richard White

* Section Leader •Council Member

As of June 24, 2010

Hausmann

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Charles Hausmann, directorDr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986 and has prepared the group for more than 500 con-certs and more than 40 acclaimed conductors, including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His exten-sive 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 conducting and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists, a graduate chamber choir. He is especially interested in conducting peda-gogy and choral/orchestral performance. Current research activity on the use of dance pedagogy in teaching conducting resulted in co-authorship of an article, “The Dance of Conducting.”

Hausmann also serves as director of choral music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a special performance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul in the spring of 2008.

During the 2010-2011 season, Hausmann will prepare the chorus for Siegel’s Kaddish, Verdi’s Requiem, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, Messiah, Very Merry Pops and a con-cert of Pops favorites.

Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer and clinician, and has con-ducted numerous concert tours throughout the United States, Europe and Mexico. He led the chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, when he appeared as guest conductor during the Prague Spring Festival. He and the chorus share a 24-year collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, recently performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.

The Houston Symphony Chorus, directed by Charles Hausmann, is made up of volunteer musicians from all parts of the Houston metropolitan area. its mem-bers rehearse at Moores School of Music every Tuesday evening, motivated by the challenge and joy of performing great music and the opportunity to work with the Houston Symphony. For audition information, contact the Chorus manager at (713) 444-9��1 or [email protected].

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The Houston Symphony salutes The Houston Symphony Chorus for supporting

The Chorus Endowment Campaign A permanent fund to supplement Symphony Chorus activities

for future generations.

We are pleased to acknowledge the following contributors to the 2009-2010 Season:

Wilton AdamsBob Alban

Ramona AlmsMrs. Lisa Anders

Gerald and Virginia BatteAlice Beckstrom

John Bond Harvey and Suzy Bongers

Krista L. BorstellBruce and Sue Boyle

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Branning Nancy and Walt Bratic

Patricia and William BumpusAnne and Scott Campbell

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Carazola Sarah Wilson Clark

John Colson Nadene and Jim Crain

Picture This Photography Drs. Paul and Sarah Damaske

Paul and Vickie Davis Aurelie Desmarais

Donn DuBois and Yukiko Iwata Stephen Dukes

Mr. and Mrs. Randy DunnHolly T. Eaton

Christine Economides Chris Fair

David and Joyce Fox Dr. Robert Furse

Clarice Gatlin Yevgeny Genin

Marta-Marie G. Giles Paulo Gomes

Robert Lee Gomez Meredith Griffis

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gunst Peter and Tamara Ham

Debbie and Steve Hannah

Danny HarrisElizabeth and Dale Hauck

Charles S. Hausmann Terry and Karen Henderson

Matthew C. HendersonDenise K. Holmes Catherine Howard

George HoweLois Howell

Donald Howie Ben and Mary Gwen Hulsey

Hurter Associates Inc. Marya IngramSylvia Hysong

Francisco J. Izaguirre Nobuhide Kobori

Philip and Audrey LewisJoyce Lewis

Alan MacAdamsGerald and Shirley Mathews

Mr. and Mrs. Toby MattoxDarrell Mayon

William McCallumKen Mathews

Joan K. Mercado George Mitchell

Amy and Greg Mobley Lynne Moneypenny

James MooreMatthew and Lisa Morfin

Matt Neufeld Dave Nussmann

Carol Ostlind Rachel El-Saleh

Laura Parker Corita Parker-Dubose

Nina and Peter Peropoulos John Proffitt

Karen and Hank RennarLinda A. Renner

Robert Reynolds Linda Loewe Richardson

Robert and Phyllis Rinehart Clark and Judy Robison

Carolyn Rogan Edward Ross

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rubbo Susan Scarrow

Janet and David Scarrow David and Maria Schoen

Gary Scullin Vicki Seldon

Tony Sessions Gudmundur Sigurthorsson

Thomas Sloan Harriet Smith

Jan SmithPaige and Rich Sommer

Dewell Springer Mark Standridge

John and Veronica Stevens Dr. Cecilia Sun

Corrie Ten-HaveG.M. Tolunay

Sonia Townsend Lisa Rai Trewin

Karen Fess-Uecker and Wil UeckerJune Russell and Bob Ulrich

Paul Van Dorn Johnathan Vaughan

George and Nancy VernauRobert and Mary Voigt

Carolee Weber Don and Linda Weinmann

David A. White Richard WhiteLee E. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson Jennifer Young

Special thanks to CenterPoint Energy, Remora Energy and ExxonMobil Foundation for matching their employees’ gifts to the Endowment.

(This list includes all gifts received as of May 14, 2010.)


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Music and Volunteerism: A Perfect Match

If you’re passionate about music and enjoy volunteering, the Houston Symphony is the place for you! Our volunteers support the symphony through their participation in educational outreach programs and fundraising activities. Whether they are demonstrating the use of orchestral instru-ments in the Instrument Petting Zoo, assisting with children’s activities at family concerts or ush-ering at student concerts, these dedicated individuals enhance the experiences of young audi-ences at Houston Symphony performances. You’ll find our volunteers working in the Symphony Store, organizing fundraising events, planning concert activities for Houston Symphony Junior Patrons, helping in the office and singing in the Houston Symphony Chorus.

Members of the Houston Symphony League, Houston Symphony League Bay Area, First Juniors and National Charity League, together with employees of Deloitte, Weatherford and TOTAL, donate thousands of hours each year in support of the educational and fundraising goals of the symphony.

Share your time and talents as a Houston Symphony volunteer. For more information, contact Vickie Hamley, director, Volunteer Services, at (832) 531-6701 or [email protected].

^ Houston Symphony League member Norma Jean Brown encourages a young patron to try the tambourine in the Instrument Petting Zoo. Volunteers are vital to this hands-on experience – no instrument experience required!

^ Weatherford employees volunteer during Junior Patron activities at the symphony’s family concerts, engaging young visitors with projects that relate to the concert’s theme.

User’s Guide to the Houston Symphony..............................

ENTRANCES TO JONES HALL The doors to Jones Hall open one hour before each performance. Street-level entrances provide access to the main lobby from Louisiana Street and the side entrance on Texas Avenue. The courtyard entrance is accessible through the tunnel from the parking garage.

EMERGENCy PHONE NuMBER If someone needs to contact you for emergency purposes while you are in a concert, please have him/her call the Jones Hall emergency phone. Please have the caller provide name and seat location (row, seat and level). An usher will notify you of the call. The emergency phone number is (713) 238-2384.

PRELUDE Connect to the Houston Symphony with Prelude, sponsored by Fluor. These informal, inter-active discussions begin 50 minutes prior to each classical season concert at the cross-aisle of the Orchestra level in the Jones Hall auditorium. They are free to performance ticket holders.

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, allowed only at pre-designated inter-vals.

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.

FOOd ANd BEVERAGES Food and beverages are available in the lobby and are permitted in the lobby area only during most performances. However, during Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops at Jones Hall performances, patrons may take bot-tled water into the hall.

SMOKiNG In accordance with a city ordinance that forbids smoking in public buildings, please do not smoke within 25 feet of Jones Hall entrances.

CAMERAS, RECORdERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS To maximize your concert experience, cam-eras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. Patrons may not use any device to record or pho-tograph performances. Please also silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances.

RESTROOMS There are four restroom areas in Jones Hall for your convenience:

• Courtyard level—past the main elevator and up the stairs. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located here.

• Orchestra level—right side and down the stairs near the Texas Avenue side entrance.

• Box/Mezzanine level—on the right side of the hall.

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THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY ONLINEExperience the Symphony in a whole new way.

Our new website is here!The Houston Symphony is proud to unveil its brand new website this season. The new site is visually compelling with a wealth of informa-tion. We hope you will enjoy the many updated features, including: • a search box to help you get the informa-

tion you need quickly

• audio and video links that bring upcoming performances to life

• a new and improved ticket purchasing process

• a blog that takes you inside the symphony

• links to social media sites so you can connect with other symphony fans

Look for us on:

The Houston Symphony iPhone App is now available for free download from the iTunes® App store.

Music Matters!.......................................................

Students Experience Lincoln as the Narrator Fulfills a Dream“We highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . .” How many times have we read these lines from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and been filled with pride for our country? Haven’t we all wondered what it would have been like to be in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania that day in the fall of 1863 and to have heard the 16th president’s words in person?

Fast forward to spring 2010, to the Houston Symphony’s Explorer Concerts. Although not Abe himself, Jeffrey Bean was a masterful substitute as he narrated Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait for approximately 25,000 upper elementary and middle school students. In eight concerts at Jones Hall, plus one at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for Conroe ISD, Bean, a Houston favorite from the Alley Theatre, enthralled young audiences with his ever-so-Lincoln-like voice. It was a shivers-up-the-spine, tears-in-the-eyes experience for those young Americans.

As a child, Bean remembers peering down from the box seats at the Orpheum Theater as his mother, a violinist and conductor, rehearsed with the Omaha Symphony. That experience, coupled with a box set of LPs of Copland’s works, sparked his life-long love of classical music. That recording of Lincoln Portrait was narrated by Henry Fonda who, also a native of Omaha, was one of Bean’s heroes.

Bean and his mother met the composer himself on a 1978 “Copland Conducts Copland” tour in Lincoln, Nebraska. The star-struck 10-year-old remembers Copland as being very kind and gracious. Consequently, when he was contacted about narrating Lincoln Portrait for the Houston Symphony, the grown-up Bean was thrilled about the prospect of fulfilling a 30-year-old dream. His mother even came from Omaha to attend the final, awesome performance!

The symphony’s Explorer concert series is now entering its 18th year of providing curricu-lum-focused concert programming. The concerts examine orchestral music as it relates to the world, reinforcing the social studies and language arts curricula as they showcase the wonders of classical music. Appropriate for upper-elementary to middle school students, these Explorer concerts introduce children to symphonic music as it relates to academic disciplines and help prepare them for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) test using alternative learning approaches.

The theme for this season’s Explorer concerts was “Six Flags over Texas,” and featured works related to or inspired by composers from the countries of which Texas has been a part. Conducted by Associate Conductor Brett Mitchell, the program included works by Bizet, Turina and Moncayo, in addition to Copland’s masterpiece. The students left with a gallop as the concert concluded with Overture to The Cowboys by John Williams.

But Lincoln – and Bean – carried the day. “…that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.” Who wouldn’t go back to school with pride and a song in their hearts after that?

^ Houston-area students eagerly await entry into Jones Hall for the opportunity to hear the Houston Symphony in the Explorer concert series.

PHOTO BY JEFF FITLOW

User’s Guide to the Houston Symphony..............................

• Balcony level—on the right side of the hall. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located here.

ACCOMMOdATiONS FOR diSABLEd PATRONS For the comfort and convenience of patrons with special needs, the following accommodations are available:

• The Theater District Parking Garage has des-ignated parking spaces for the disabled on the green level near the Jones Hall tunnel entrance with a stair-free route to the main elevator.

• Disabled patrons may obtain tickets held at Will Call by asking the courtyard-level security guard to radio the Box Office.

• Restrooms for disabled patrons are located on the courtyard level near the main elevator and on the balcony accessible by the courtyard and stage door elevators.

• Wheelchair ramps are located on Capitol Street and Texas Avenue.

• Wheelchair and companion seating is available. To request these seats when ordering tickets to concerts, please call (713) 224-7575, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

• FM headsets and loops for the hearing impaired are available in the lobby at no charge for each performance. Please ask an usher for assis-tance.


As of June 14, 2010

Maestro SocietyAnonymous (1)Mr. & Mrs. Morrie Abramson

Ferenc Illenyi, first violinMr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Barrow

Sophia Silivos, first violinGary & Marian Beauchamp

Martha Chapman, second violinMr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr., Tubular Perforating Manufacturing

Sergei Galperin, first violinMr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby

Assia Dulgerska, first violin, acting associate concertmaster

Ms. Janet F. Clark Kevin Dvorak, cello

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Clark George Pascal, viola, acting associate principal

Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, keyboard, principal

Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, cello

Leslie Barry Davidson & Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, oboe

Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Paula Page, harp, principal

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, bass tromboneMr. & Mrs. Michael DokupilDror Charitable Foundation for the ArtsMrs. Robin A. Elverson

John DeWitt, trumpet, associate principalDr.s & Mrs. William Estrada

Robert Pastorek, double bass

Angel & Craig Fox David Malone, double bass, associate principal

Mr. S. David FrankfortStephen & Mariglyn Glenn

Christian Schubert, clarinetHans & Margarita GrafDr. Gary L. Hollingsworth

Robert Walp, trumpet, assistant principalDr. Marie-Luise & Dr. M. S. Kalsi

Eric Halen, first violin, acting concertmaster

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, clarinet, associate principal

Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, first violin

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald LoweMs. Beth Madison

Assia Dulgerska, first violin, acting associate concertmaster

Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Robert Atherholt, oboe, principal

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, first violin, acting concertmaster

Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, percussion, principal

Mr. & Mrs. D. Patrick McCelvey Adam Dinitz, oboe/English hornMr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan

William VerMeulen, horn, principalMr. & Mrs.s George P. Mitchell

Jennifer Owen, second violin, principalMrs. Sybil F. RoosMs. Charlotte A. Rothwell

Mark Shapiro, double bass

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher SarofimMrs. Maryjane ScherrMr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer

Eric Halen, first violin, acting concertmaster

Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, bassoon, principal Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob,

Laredo Construction, Inc. Thomas Molloy, viola

Mr. & Mrs. David SteakleyMr. & Mrs. M. S. Stude

Ruth Zeger, second violinPaul Strand Thomas Julie Thayer, hornStephen & Pamalah Tipps

Allen Barnhill, trombone, principalMr. & Mrs. Robert G. Tudor III

Bradley White, trombone, associate principal

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, viola

Dr. Margaret Waisman & Dr. Steven S. Callahan Mark Griffith, percussion

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Paula Page, harp, principal

The Diana and Conrad Weil Jr. Family Foundation Amy Teare, second violin

Mrs. Joan Hohlt Wich & Mr. J. Roger WichsMrs. Margaret Alkek WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe

Dave Kirk, tuba, principal

Musician SponsorAnonymous

Open, bass clarinetAnonymous

Daniel Strba, violaEric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson

George Pascal, viola, acting associate principal

Frances & Ira AndersonMr. & Mrs. Maurice J. Aresty

Christopher French, cello, associate principal

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Allison Garza, flute/piccolo

Mr. Tom Becker Fay Shapiro, viola

Dr. Meherwah & Mrs. Zarine BoyceMr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic

Christopher Neal, first violinMs. Terry Ann Brown

James Denton, celloThe Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation

Qi Ming, first violin, assistant concertmasterMr. & Mrs. Lucas T. ElliotMr. & Mrs. Martin J. Fein

Ferenc Illenyi, first violinMr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel

Aralee Dorough, flute, principalMr. & Mrs. David FrankfortMr. & Mrs. Allen Gelwick

J. Jeff Robinson, contrabassoonMr. & Mrs. Michael HafnerMr. & Mrs. Richard Hansen

Kevin Kelly, second violinMr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr.

Philip Stanton, horn

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

The Houston Symphony expresses its deepest appreciation to the donors listed on this and the following pages for their generous contributions 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 www.houstonsymphony.org.

As of June 1, 2010

$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Continental Airlines Fidelity Investments LINN Energy, LLC Shell Oil Company Foundation Spencer Stuart & Associates

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

$�5,000-$49,999 Crown Castle * ExxonMobil Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. * JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP * Marathon Oil Company Vinson & Elkins LLP

$10,000-$�4,999 Andrews Kurth L.L.P. Baker Botts L.L.P. * Bank of America Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc.

* Devon Energy Corporation * Deloitte Ernst & Young * Fluor Corporation Frost Bank I W Marks Jewelers, LP * Macy’s Foundation Northern Trust Röhe & Wright Builders SPIR STAR, Ltd. Star Furniture * The Wachovia Wells Fargo

Foundation

$500-$9,999 * Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP Big Covey Exploration Bloomberg L.L.P. * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. * Smith, Graham & Company * South Texas College of Law * Swift Energy Company

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

Corporations.................................... Foundations................................................... As of April 1, 2010

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

$500,000-$999,999 * M. D. Anderson Foundation * The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Fondren Foundation * Houston Endowment Inc. Mr. George P. Mitchell

$100,000-$499,999 The Cullen Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation

$50,000-$99,999 The Alkek and Williams Foundation The William Stamps Farish Fund * Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation * The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation * Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation

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

$10,000-$�4,999 * Bauer Foundation Carleen and Alde Fridge Foundation

* George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Hood-Barrow Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Sterling-Turner Foundation Strake Foundation

$�,500-$9,999 The Becker Family Foundation * Harry S. and Isabel Cameron Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation * The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation 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 * Vaughn Foundation * The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation

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

*Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education and Outreach programs. Includes Annual Fund and designated annual production support.

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Annual Campaign Donors...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................Mr. & Mrs. John A. Irvine

Christine Pastorek, second violinMr. Brian JamesMr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan

David Peck, clarinet, principalDr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk

Burke Shaw, double bassMr. & Mrs. Erik P. Littlejohn

Kiju Joh, second violinMr. & Mrs. Thomas Lykos

Kiju Joh, second violinCora Sue & Harry Mach

Joan DerHovsepian, viola, acting assistant principal

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, double bassDr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann

Allison Garza, flute/piccoloJay & Shirley Marks

Sergei Galperin, first violinDr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, first violinMr. & Mrs. Brian P. McCabeBetty & Gene McDavid Linda Goldstein, violaMiss Catherine Jane Merchant

J. Jeff Robinson, contrabassoonDr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Brian Thomas, hornMr. & Mrs. Michael D. Moore

Donald Howey, double bassMr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Wayne Brooks, viola principalMrs. Sue A. Morrison

Allen Barnhill, trombone, principalMr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson

Mihaela Oancea, second violinBobbie & Arthur Newman

Rodica Gonzalez, first violinMrs. Tassie NicandrosHanni OrtonsImogen “Immy” Papadopoulos

Scott Holshouser, keyboard, principalMr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, hornMr. & Mrs. Michael ParmetNancy & Bob Peiser

Anthony Prisk, trumpetMr. & Mrs. Philip M. PetersonMr. & Mrs. David R. PrunerGloria & Joe Pryzant

Jennifer Owen, second violin, principalKathryn & Richard Rabinow

John Thorne, flute, associate principalDrs. Neal & Virginia Reisman Mark Hughes, trumpet, principalAnn & Hugh Roff Robert Atherholt, oboe, principalMr. Glen A. Rosenbaum

Aralee Dorough, flute, principalMrs. Helen Rosenbaum

Eric Arbiter, bassoon, associate principalJulia & Albert Smith Foundation

Eric Arbiter, bassoon, associate principalDr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun

Wei Jiang, violaAlice & Terry Thomas Roger Kaza, horn, associate principalMatthew VanBesien & Rosanne JowittMr. & Mrs. Joel Wahlberg

Anthony Prisk, trumpetVicki & Paul West

Rodica Gonzalez, first violinDr. & Mrs. Jim T. Willerson

Anne Leek, oboe, associate principalMr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams

MiHee Chung, first violinMr. & Mrs. Wallace S. Wilson

Xiao Wong, celloMs. Jennifer WittmanThe Honorable & Mrs. Alvin ZimmermanErla & Harry Zuber Matthew Strauss, percussion

Conductor’s Circle Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. BeckerMr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black IIIMr. & Mrs. Walter V. BoyleMr. Joe BrazzattiRuth White BrodskyMrs. George L. Brundrett Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Coleman D. CaplovitzMrs. Lily CarriganWilliam J. Clayton & Margaret A. HughesRoger & Debby CutlerMr. Joe R. Davis & Ms. Janet SwikardMr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr.Aubrey & Sylvia FarbDr. & Mrs. William D. GeorgeMrs. Elizabeth GlennMrs. Aileen GordonWilliam A. Grieves &

Dorothy McDonnell GrievesMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceMr. & Mrs. Frank HerzogDebbie & Frank JonesDrs. Blair & Rita JusticeDr. & Mrs. Bernard KatzMr. & Mrs. Clyde W. LeaMrs. Margaret H. LeyMr. & Mrs. E.W. Long Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Bradley H. MarksMrs. Beverly T. McDonaldMr. James F. Mailey & Mrs. Sharon

McMahonCameron MitchellSidney & Ione MoranMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MoynihanMr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Harry Phillips Jr.Mr. Howard PieperMrs. Lila RauchMr. & Mrs. Richard P. SchisslerMr. & Mrs. William SlickMr. & Mrs. Mark SmithMr. & Mrs. Tad SmithMr. & Mrs. Keith StevensonMr. & Mrs. Antonio M. SzaboMr. Stephen C. TarryShirley ToominAnn Trammell Mr. & Mrs. C. Harold WallaceRobert G. WeinerWoodell Family FoundationWinthrop Wyman & Beverly JohnsonNina & Michael Zilkha

Grand PatronAnonymous (2)Maida & Paul AsofskyRichard C. BaileyMr. & Mrs. James D. BozemanMr. Prentiss BurtDr. & Mrs. William T. ButlerMrs. Toba BuxbaumDougal CameronMr. & Mrs. Thierry CarusoMr. & Mrs. John T. CaterJ. R. & Aline DemingJudge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David DenechaudMr. & Mrs. Carr P. DishroonMr. & Mrs. Jeffery B. EarlyLarry & Mary Ann FaulknerMr. & Mrs. Bruce FerenceMr. George B. GearyThomas & Patricia GeddyMrs. Lila-Gene GeorgeMr. Jerry GeorgeDr. & Mrs. Eric J. HaufrectMr. & Mrs. W. R. HayesGeneral Stuart HaynsworthMs. Mary E. HuffineMr. Steve HulseyMr. & Mrs. Richard D. KinderMr. & Mrs. Eric HeggesethWilliam & Cynthia Koch

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. LehaneH. Fred & Velva G. LevineMr. James F. Mailey &

Ms. Sharon McMahonMr. David M. McClanahanMr. & Mrs. James M. MercurioJulia & Chris MortonMs. Peggy Overly & Mr. John BarlowThe Petrello Family FoundationTim & Katherine PownellMr. Stephen PryorMichael & Vicky RichkerDrs. Alex & Lynn RosasMr. & Mrs. Clive RunnellsMr. Manolo SanchezMr. Charles King SandersAnne Taylor & Edward HarrisMrs. Carol J. VanBesien Ms. Helen R. VierckMr. David Ashley WhiteMr. & Mrs. Jeff WrayMr. & Mrs. David J. WuthrichEdith & Robert Zinn

Patron Anonymous (9)Dr. & Mrs. George AboMr. & Mrs. Edgar D. AckermanMrs. Harold J. AdamMrs. Nancy C. Allen, President,

Greentree FundJohn & Pat AndersonMr. & Mrs. John M. ArnspargerDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AronDr. & Mrs. Roy AruffoMr. Jeff AutorEdward & Joyce BackhausMr. & Mrs. John BauerJ. Craig BourgeoisMaurice & Karey BresenhanVera S. BrownAnne H. BushmanMr. & Mrs. Roy L. CarlisleDennis & Susan CarlyleMr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IVDr. Robert N. ChanonMr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Ms. Sandra F. ClarkMr. & Mrs. James G. CoatsworthWilliam E. ColburnMr. Mark C. ConradDr. & Mrs. James D. Cox Mr. David A. CoyleSylvia & Andre CrispinMr. & Mrs. T. N. CrookMr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr.Mr. Carl CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeloneMichael & Debra DishbergerNorman DuncanMr. & Mrs. David G. EdgarMr. Roger EichhornMr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. SchroederInci & Atilla ErtanMr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas EubanksMrs. Carolyn Grant FayMr. & Mrs. Bruce FerenceJerry E. & Nanette B. FingerLinda & Ronnie Finger Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Ronald FisherMr. & Mrs. Patrick M. FlynnMr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene ClarkMr. John GeeMr. & Mrs. Jerry GeorgeMrs. Joan M. GieseDr. & Mrs. Jack GillMr. & Mrs. Bert GoldingRobert & Michele GoodmarkMr. & Mrs. Martyn GoosenJoyce Z. GreenbergCharles H. GregoryDennis Griffith & Louise RichmanMr. & Mrs. H. B. Hackethorn

Mrs. Thalia HalenMs. Margaret HansenMr. & Mrs. James HarithasW. Russell Harp & Maarit K. Savola-HarpMs. Terry HartlineMr. & Mrs. Phillip J. HawkDr. Ann R. B. HealdMr. & Mrs. Eric HeggesethMr. & Mrs. George A. HellandMr. & Mrs. David HemenwayMark & Ragna HenrichsDr. William L. & Lori K. HighMr. Tim HoganLinda J. Holmberg & Gregg HillMrs. Rosann F. HooksEvelyn HowellMs. Debra W. JacksonDr. & Mrs. Joseph JankovicDeborah O. JenningsMr. & Mrs. John F. JoityMrs. Lawrence KaganMr. Benjamin Kamins & Ms. Janet RarickMr. & Mrs. Harvey KatzSam & Cele KeeperLinda & Frank S. KelleyJohn Kelsey & Gaye DavisMary Louise & Alberts KisterMr. Willy KuehnMr. & Mrs. Kevin LaneDr. and Mrs. Shane LanysMr. & Mrs. James LaperouseMr. & Mrs. Robin LeaseGolda K. LeonardEmily C. LesemanMr. & Mrs. Sandy LevinBeverly & Bjorn LindgrenWilliam W. LindleyMr. & Mrs. H. Arthur LittellMr. & Mrs. Dwight T. LohkampRobert & Gayle LongmireMr. Alberto LozanoMr. Stephen A. LubankoDr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Bob LunnMadison Benefits Group, Inc.Mr. Christopher ManciniDr. John MarcellusMr. & Mrs. James W. McCartneyJoan & Mac McKerleyMr. & Mrs. Michael McGuireOdette & James McMurreyMr. & Mrs. William B. McNamaraJanet McQuaidKenneth & Dorothy MillerMr. & Mrs. Richard MithoffDr. Florence M. MonroeDr. Eleanor D. MontagueMs. Marsha L. MontemayorMr. & Mrs. Gerald MoynierMr. & Mrs. Marvin MuellerEwell E. Murphy Jr.Mary & Terry MurphreeEdna Myer-NelsonJonathan NashDr. D. Patricia NelsonMr. Kevin NeumannMr. & Mrs. Charles G. NicksonJohn & Leslie NiemandDr. & Mrs. Thomas OleyMr. & Mrs. Patrick OlfersSue & Steve OlsonEdward OppenheimerMr. Edward Oppenheimer Jr.Caroline OsteenJane & Kenneth OwenMr. & Mrs. Robert R. PageMr. & Mrs. Raul PavonMichael & Shirley PearsonMr. & Mrs. James D. PennyMr. James D. PitcockMichael H. PriceClinton & Leigh RappoleMr. & Mrs. Risher RandallJoan Read


Record Family Mr. & Mrs. Allyn RisleyMs. Janice RobertsonDr. & Mrs. Franklin RoseMr. Charles K. SandersMary Louise & David SandersonHarold H. Sandstead, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Raymond SawayaMrs. Myrna SchafferMr. & Mrs. Lawrence SchanzmeyerBeth & Lee D. SchlangerDr. & Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Roy G. Shaw Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard ShellMr. & Mrs. Laurence E. SimmonsDean & Kirk SniderMr. & Mrs. Michael StamatedesDr. & Mrs. James H. SteeleMr. & Mrs. James R. StevensCassie B. Stinson Emily C. SundtEarl & Terralyn SwiftMr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr.Ms. Nina TateMr. Mark TaylorMr. & Mrs. Van TeetersJean & Doug ThomasMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. UngerStephen & Kristine WallaceJoAnn E. WeltonMr. & Mrs. Eden N. WenigMr. & Mrs. Robert E. WhitsonMr. Thomas WilsonDr. & Mrs. Robert YekovichBetsy I. Zimmer

Krajewski Club CenterstageAnonymous (1)Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss

Jim & Ellen BoxSara J. DevineMr. & Mrs. James E. DorsettMr. & Mrs. Byron F. DyerJohn & Joyce EagleCarol & Larry FradkinMr. & Mrs. Julius GlickmanMr. & Mrs. Fred L. GormanMr. & Mrs. Jerry L. HamakerDr. & Mrs. Robert HealyDr. Alice McPherson & Mr. Anthony A. MierzwaPaul & Rita MoricoMr. & Mrs. Terry MurphreeRobert J. PileggeMr. & Mrs. Allan QuiatMr. & Mrs. W.E. RasmussenRoman & Sally ReedMr. & Mrs. Ben A. ReidMr. George Rizzo Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonMrs. Annetta RoseAnnetta & Soren RoseLinda & Jerry RubensteinMr. & Mrs. R. K. SchulzeVernon Servier Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderMs. Jody VerwersMr. & Mrs. William B. Welte IIIMr. & Mrs. Denney Wright

Krajewski Club HeadlinersAnonymous (2)Mr. & Mrs. Robert BrayMr. & Mrs. Jerry L. HamakerMr. & Mrs. George A. HellandMr. & Mrs. Kevin LaneMr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason

Dr. & Mrs. Raghu NarayanMr. & Mrs. James L. PhillipsMr. & Mrs. John T. RiordanMr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. WallaceMr. & Mrs. Russell R. Williams

Alexander’s Fine Portrait DesignBaker Botts Be FriendsBergner and JohnsonCogneticMr. Carl R. CunninghamDarryl & Co.Deville Fine JewelryDocuData SolutionsGame Crazy/Hollywood Video Hilton Americas - HoustonHouston ChronicleJackson and CompanyJOHANNUS Organs of TexasJim Benton of Houston LLCJR’s Bar and GrillKUHF 88.7 FMThe Lancaster Hotel Limb DesignMorton’s The SteakhouseMusic & ArtsNeiman MarcusNew Leaf Publishing, Inc.PaperCityPride HoustonPro/SoundRiazul Premium TequilaSaez & ZoukSaint Arnold’s BrewerySaks Fifth AvenueShecky’s Media, Inc.

Silver Eagle DistributorsSky BarSonoma Wine Bar & CafeSpec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer FoodsStrip HouseValobra Jewelry & AntiquesWhole Foods Market

sDeceased

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

Donors continued......................................................................................................

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

W. P. BeardMrs. H. Raymond BrannonAnthony BrigandiLawrence E. Carlton, M.D.Lee Allen ClarkJack EllisFrank R. EylerHelen Bess Fariss FosterChristine E. GeorgeGeneral and 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-founderDr. 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 (8)Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. BarrowGeorge & Betty BashenDr. & Mrs. Peter BenjaminDorothy B. BlackErmy Borlenghi BonfieldRonald C. BorschowAnneliese BosselerJoe BrazzattiZu BroadwaterTerry Ann BrownDr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip CowdinEugene R. BrunsSylvia J. CarrollWilliam J. ClaytonLeslie Barry DavidsonHarrison R. T. DavisMr. & Mrs. Jeremy DavisJean & sJack EllisMrs. Robin A. ElversonThe Aubrey and Sylvia Farb FamilyGinny GarrettMichael B. GeorgeStephen and Mariglyn GlennMr. & Mrs. Keith E. GottRandolph Lee GroningerGloria HermanMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceDr. Gary L. HollingsworthDr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti HurwitzKenneth HydeMr. Brian JamesDrs. Rita & Blair JusticeMr. John S. W. KellettAnn Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker

Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrangeMary R. LewisE. W. Long Jr.Sandra MagersMr. & 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 MyersTassie NicandrosDavid G. NussmannEdward C. Osterberg Jr.Joan D. OsterweilImogen “Immy” PapadopoulosSara M. PetersonMr. Howard PieperGeraldine S. PriestDaniel F. ProsserGloria & Joe PryzantDrs. Alex & Lynn RosasWalter M. RossMr. & Mrs. Michael B. SandeenCharles K. SandersCharles King Sanders

Donna ScottMr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay IIMr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferDr. & Mrs. Kazuo ShimadaJule & Albert SmithMr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderMike and sAnita StudeMr. & Mrs. David K. TerryStephen G. TippsMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. TutorDr. Carlos Vallbona and ChildrenMargaret Waisman, M.D. &

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

As of June 11, 2010

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....................

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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 and 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 *The Honorable 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 and 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 JusticeDr. Marie-Luise & Dr. M. S. 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 BonfieldDr. & Mrs. Gary BrockMs. Catherine Campbell-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 McGee

Mr. & 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. AlexanderMr. & Mrs. 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 31, 2009

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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Brinton Averil Smith, cello

Birthplace: Royal Oak, MI (a suburb of Detroit)

Education: The Juilliard School: DMA, MM; USC: MA (math, age 19); Arizona State: BA (math, age 17)

Joined the Houston Symphony: 2005

Looking forward to in the �010-11 Season: Gil Shaham’s Walton con-certo, Wagner’s “Ring” Without Words and our special Kaddish con-cert commemorating the heroic journey of Holocaust survivors, includ-ing those still living in Houston.

Earliest musical memory: When I was just a few weeks old my mother (a pianist) was rehearsing with the principal cellist of the Detroit Symphony; they discovered that I would keep sleeping as long as they kept playing, but when they stopped, I immediately woke up. It must have imprinted on me!

discovering my vocation: I wanted to be a cellist from the outset. My par-ents, noting that I seemed to be spectacularly unco-ordinated, suggested I get a “real” degree first… “just in case!” Because I started college early, I was able to complete a math degree at 17 and even went through the master’s program in math before finally running off to join the “circus!”

Alternate reality: Most likely something in the sciences; probably astro-physics, though I’m not sure if I would have had the wits to succeed – those people are seriously smart!

Musical inspiration: Almost all the great composers are inspira-tional. They are some of the greatest artistic minds in human history. For performers, I love the old-school; players like Heifetz, Feuermann, Rachmaninoff and Toscanini represent the pinnacle of our art to me.

Keeping the music fresh: What really keeps it interesting is always trying to learn more and to improve. You will find musicians even in their 60s and 70s who still feel they are just discovering new techniques and better interpretations, and the journey is inspiring.

Biggest challenge: One of the hardest things about string instruments is that they are constantly changing. The wood is still alive in a sense and every day it reacts differently to your playing, to the weather, etc, so you always have to adjust.

Pastime and good company: I teach at Rice University and per-form often with my wife, pianist Evelyn Chen, and we’ve founded the Restoration Chamber Music series in Galveston. Beyond that we are kept fairly busy chasing our 8-year-old daughter and two dogs!

david Peck, clarinet

Birthplace: Ventura, California

Education: University of Southern California; BM, BA in clarinet perfor-mance and music composition

Joined the Houston Symphony: I joined the Houston Symphony in 1975 as associate principal clarinetist, became principal clarinetist at the San Diego Symphony in late 1985, and returned to Houston as principal clarinetist in 1991.

Beginnings: I was 9 years old when I started the clarinet in the fourth grade. A friend showed me his clarinet and I pestered my mother until she got me one.

Earliest musical memory: My father was a classical music and opera lover. He played recordings on our hi-fi and I was soon hooked. When I was very young, we listened to only classical music. I was at least 10 or 11 before I started listening to popular music.

All in the family: My older sister was at one time a very fine amateur pianist and my father had a fairly decent baritone voice. His claim to fame (of sorts) was that he had a couple of voice lessons with Lawrence Tibbet in exchange for washing the windows at his Hollywood home.

Best thing about being a musician: The aural beauty and excitement of performing great music. There’s nothing quite like it.

Favorite performance piece: Ideally, the one I’m currently performing! It’s really hard to say – there are so many great works.

Current listening: Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 – a recording with a reconstructed fourth movement.

Finding the perfect instrument: I don’t have a perfect instrument. I have a very good instrument that I acquired the way most woodwind players do. You find something you think you might like and learn to play on it.

Pastime and good company: I enjoy reading, cooking, gardening, trav-eling and swimming when I can.

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