houston symphony magazine july 2011

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Hans grafmusic Director

July • 2011

Kurt Johnson, violin

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

July • 2011

Programs10 July 1

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On Stage and Off�3 Chorus5 Credits�5-3� Donors 8 From the Orchestra7 Hans Graf6 Orchestra and Staff�4 Symphony Society

Features4 Spotlight on Sponsors16 POPS Subscription Offer

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The Houston Symphony performs the full score to The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring live with the film.

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Save the Date!Saturday, September 10, 2011

Kathi and Bill Rovere, Chairsinvite you to join them for

Ode to Joy!�011 Houston Symphony Opening Night Gala

featuring a magnificent performance in Jones Hall ofBeethoven’s Symphony No. 9 led by Maestro Hans Graf,

followed by a memorable evening of dining and dancing at The Corinthian!

Reserve your spot:Stephanie Ann Jones

[email protected] 713.337.8526

Samantha Gonzalez samantha.gonzalez@ houstonsymphony.org

713.238.1487

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Salute to Sponsors.................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gives a standing ovation to the following corporations, business and organizations for their financial support in helping us achieve an outstanding 2010–2011 Season:

The Houston Symphony thanks you for your generous contributions, which help us continue to provide access to the arts. If you would like to learn more about how the Houston Symphony is enhancing learning through arts experiences

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Office: (713) 337-8520 • [email protected]

Fiesta Sinfóníca Sponsor

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Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEOHolly Cassard EditorCarl Cunningham Program AnnotatorElaine Reeder Mayo Editorial Consultant

Janet Meyer [email protected] Gumney Art [email protected] Greenberg Projects [email protected] Brown Account [email protected] Lang Senior Account [email protected] Powell Account [email protected] Clark CC Catalyst CommunicationsMarlene Walker Walker Media LLCSarah Hill InternThe activities and projects of the Houston Symphony are funded in part by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Houston.

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

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

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


Hans Graf, Music DirectorRoy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor

Sponsor, Cameron Management

Robert Franz, Associate Conductor

Sponsor, Madison Charitable Foundation

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

Ellen E. Kelley ChairAssia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster

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

SECOND VIOLIN:Jennifer Owen, PrincipalCharles Tabony, Associate PrincipalHitai LeeKiju JohMihaela OanceaRuth Zeger Margaret BraggMartha ChapmanKevin KellyChristine PastorekAmy TeareSarah Ludwig*

VIOLA:Wayne Brooks, PrincipalJoan DerHovsepian, Associate

PrincipalGeorge Pascal, Assistant PrincipalWei JiangLinda GoldsteinFay ShapiroDaniel Strba Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor ChairThomas MolloyPhyllis HerdliskaJoshua Kelly*

CELLO:Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow ChairChristopher French,

Associate PrincipalHaeri JuJeffrey ButlerKevin DvorakXiao WongMyung Soon LeeJames Denton Anthony Kitai

DOuBLE BASS:David Malone, Acting PrincipalMark Shapiro, Acting Associate

PrincipalEric LarsonRobert PastorekBurke ShawDonald HoweyMichael McMurray

FLuTE:Aralee Dorough, Principal

General Maurice Hirsch ChairJohn Thorne, Associate PrincipalJudy DinesAllison Garza**

PICCOLO:Allison Garza**

OBOE:Anne Leek, Acting Principal

Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Open Position, Acting Associate

Principal Colin GatwoodAdam Dinitz

ENGLISH HORN:Adam Dinitz

CLARINET:David Peck, PrincipalThomas LeGrand, Associate

PrincipalChristian SchubertAlexander Potiomkin***

E-FLAT CLARINET:Thomas LeGrand

BASS CLARINET:Alexander Potiomkin***

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 Robert Walp, Assistant PrincipalAnthony Prisk

Speros P. Martel Chair

TROMBONE:Allen Barnhill, PrincipalBradley White, Associate PrincipalPhillip Freeman

BASS TROMBONE:Phillip Freeman

TuBA:Dave Kirk, Principal

TIMPANI:Ronald Holdman, PrincipalBrian Del Signore, Associate Principal

PERCuSSION:Brian Del Signore, PrincipalMark GriffithMatthew Strauss

HARP:Paula Page, Principal

KEyBOARD:Scott Holshouser, Principal

Neva Watkins West Chair

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER:

Steve Wenig

ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER:

Michael Gorman

LIBRARIAN:Thomas Takaro

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS:Erik GronforMichael McMurray

STAGE MANAGER:Donald Ray Jackson

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER:Kelly Morgan

STAGE TECHNICIAN:Toby BluntZoltan FabryCory Grant

*Contracted Substitute**Leave of Absence***Regular Substitute

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 ResourcesAmanda Tozzi, Director, Executive Operations

steven Brosvik, General ManagerRoger Daily, Director, Music Matters!Kristin L. Johnson, Director, OperationsSteve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel ManagerMichael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel ManagerDonald Ray Jackson, Stage ManagerKelly Morgan, Assistant Stage ManagerJessica Williams, Fidelity Partnership CoordinatorMeredith 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 Erik Gronfor, Assistant LibrarianMichael McMurray, Assistant LibrarianRebecca Zabinski, Artistic Assistant

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

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

RepresentativesTim Richey, Manager, VIP Patron Services Derrick Rose, Group Representative, Outside SalesMelissa Seuffert, Assistant Marketing Manager, Digital

Media/Young Audience Engagement

Jennifer r. Mire, Senior Director, CommunicationsHolly Cassard, Manager, Communications

Ron FreDMan, Senior Director, Developmenttara Black, Director, Major and Individual GivingVickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer ServicesStephanie Jones, Director, EventsBrandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate

RelationsPeter yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and

Development CommunicationsJessica Ford, Gifts OfficerSamantha Gonzalez, Manager, EventsRobin Lewis, Development Assistant, Gifts and RecordsSarah Slemmons, Development Associate, Administrative

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

Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston

Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season.

Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre

National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra.

A frequent guest with all of the major North American

orchestras, Graf has devel-oped a close relationship with

the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the sub-

scription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in

January 2006 and returned leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and will return on May 5, 2012.

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe,

Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey, a project that has been picked up by the Cleveland, Seattle and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. In summer 2010, he conducted the opening concert of the Aspen Music Festival and returned to Tanglewood and Chicago’s Grant Park Festival. He returns to Tanglewood and the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Festival this summer.

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

Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition.

His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite and a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey.

Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

PHOTO BY SANDY LAN

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PHOTO BY SANDY LAN

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On behalf of my fellow musicians, welcome to the Houston Symphony. July in Houston is an excellent time to be indoors, and we’re happy to welcome you to our summer concerts in beautiful (and air con-ditioned!) Jones Hall. This month the orchestra will present a variety of concerts spanning the entire range of what a modern orchestra can offer: from Mendelssohn’s stirring Scottish Symphony for the Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert, a perennial sell-out, to music for rock bands, video games, movies and even Bugs Bunny!

It is interesting to see an increasing number of pop and rock musicians incorporating orchestral instruments and sounds into their works. It seems that their natural desire to broaden their range of sounds and expressive possibilities leads them to seek out classical instruments, and the two genres, once rigidly segregated, are intersecting to provide fertile creative ground. Most classical musicians today grow up knowing and enjoying rock and popular music, and many devoted rock and pop audi-ences are surprised to find how much they enjoy hearing classical symphonic sounds and music.

It can sometime seem that classical music is isolated from much of modern culture, but a closer look shows that, even if the concert-going experience is unfamiliar to many, the symphony is part of our daily lives in ways we hardly notice. As you will hear when we perform The Lord of the Rings score with the film, the symphony orchestra has been an integral part of almost all of our most beloved movies. From Erich Korngold to John Williams to Howard Shore, when movie composers want to move our emo-tions, they compose new “classical” music.

As we will see with Distant Worlds: music of FINAL FANTASY, when a video game strives to go beyond simply providing an adrenaline boost and aims to reach our deeper emotions, skilled video game composers also compose new works that follow in the classic traditions.

And, of course, many of us have a special place in our hearts for Bugs Bunny! The Warner Brothers animation studio of that era was a place of genius, and they loved incorporating popular classical works into many of their cartoons. Many of us in the orchestra developed our first love of classical music watching Bugs Bunny play Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody and Elmer Fudd sing “Kill de Wabbit!” to the music of Wagner. If you catch us smiling onstage, you’ll know why! Enjoy the concert.

Brinton Averil SmithPrincipal Cello

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Symphony Summer in the City

Friday, July 1, �011 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

The Music of The WhoBrent Havens, conductor Brody Dolyniuk, vocalistGeorge Cintron, guitarDaniel Clemens, electric bassPowell Randolph, drumsBart Kuebler, keyboardAllegra, electric violin

The order of 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.

Biographies...................................................................HavensBrent Havens, conductorBerklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, fea-ture films and television networks including ABC, CBS, ESPN and ABC Family Channel. In addition to his Houston Symphony appear-ances, orchestral collaborations have included those with the Cincinnati and Indianapolis sym-phony orchestras, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Baltimore and San Diego sympho-nies, among others. He recently worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans.

Havens scored the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of Gladiator (1956). In 2010, he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London presenting Windborne Productions’ Music of The Doors, along with original Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, to London and Dublin audi-ences. In addition to the Music of The Doors, Havens is arranger/guest conductor for five additional symphonic rock programs: the Music of Led Zeppelin, the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of The Eagles, the Music of Queen and the Music of Michael Jackson.

Brody Dolyniuk, vocalistEven as a child, Brody Dolyniuk mimicked voices as he listened to old records and tapes. He is a gifted, self-taught musician who plays several instruments and has a particular knack for cap-turing the voices and mannerisms of classic characters from music, TV and movies.

His first professional gigs were at piano

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bars around the country. There he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical reper-toire. Longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, Dolyniuk assem-bled Yellow Brick Road (YBR), unquestionably Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band. Since 1997, YBR has been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by bringing 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 sing-ing competitions and self-produced several large rock production-style shows using multi-media, 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 performed several more for the new Konami game Rock Revolution. As a devout classic rock fan, Dolyniuk’s enthusiasm, vocal ability and on-stage energy are the per-fect fit for The Music of The Who.

The Music of The Who Windborne Music presents its brand new show, The Music of The Who.

Formed in 1964 in a small suburb of London, England, The Who quickly climbed the rock charts and became one of the premiere rock bands of all time, selling nearly 100 mil-lion albums. The popularity of albums such as Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who’s Next, Who Are You and others—which garnered them 17 Top Ten albums, 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the U.S. alone—firmly planted The Who in rock and roll lore.

Singer Brody Dolyniuk and conductor Brent Havens lead the Houston Symphony through a classic night of The Who performed as you’ve never heard it before. Staged with a rock band, the Houston Symphony and pre-sented with rock lighting, it’s a special night of rock and roll.

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Saturday, July 9, �011 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

Houston Chronicle Dollar Concert*Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor *Brook Speltz, cello Gold medal winner, 2011 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition

Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni, K.527

Tchaikovsky/ Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 33 Fitzenhagen

INTERMISSION

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56 (Scottish) I Andante con moto—Allegro un poco agitato— II Scherzo: Vivace non troppo— III Adagio— IV Allegro vivacissimo—Allegro maestoso assai

*Houston Symphony debut

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


This concert is being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor.

OVERTuRE TO DON GIOVANNI, K.5�7Wolfgang Amadè Mozart

Born: Jan 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria

Died: Dec 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria

Work composed: 1787

Recording: Sir Colin Davis conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle (Philips)

Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings

None of Mozart’s mature operas have fasci-nated listeners and scholars more than his mas-terly musico-dramatic portrait of the title role in Don Giovanni. Though Mozart labeled his opera “drama giocoso,” the Spanish nobleman’s sexual depravity is the subject of dark, vicious humor, sometimes considered a mask for a personality disorder. The psychological nuances so keenly drawn in Mozart’s operatic score are powerfully foretold in the shafts of light and shadow that flicker throughout the opera’s overture.

Few of Mozart’s works are composed in minor keys, and his use of D minor as the tone color for this tale of hellish punishment for the unrepentant Giovanni’s misdeeds recalls other works where D minor evokes a sense of fury and reprisal. Notable among them is Mozart’s Requiem. Even in the purely abstract D minor Piano Concerto (No. 20, K.466), there are expres-sions of urgency in the music that might easily be equated with unyielding recrimination, were it a piece of dramatic music.

Mozart cast the overture in a fully devel-oped sonata form, with the stern opening chords prophesying the searing threats made by the statue of the dead Commander in the final act, as it brings eternal punishment for his slaying by Giovanni. The tonality turns to a bright D major for the presentation of several engaging themes during the main body of the exposition, but major and minor keys engage in an uneasy competition for attention during the development section.

In staged performances of the opera, the restatement of all the themes moves directly on to the first recitative and aria by Giovanni’s squire, Leporello. But, anticipating performances of the overture alone, Mozart composed a sepa-rate concert ending with bright brassy chords.

VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA, OPuS 33Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia

Died: Nov 6, 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia

Work composed: 1876

Recording: Mischa Maisky with Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Philharmonia Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns, and strings

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Tchaikovsky’s famed Rococo Variations were dedicated to (and presumably commissioned by) 28-year-old cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a promi-nent German-born performer who had become professor of cello at the Moscow Conservatory.

The theme is an original melody that simulates an 18th-century feeling in its strong Haydnesque pulse and its strict division into two halves. Tchaikovsky paid further homage to Classical Era practice in scoring the work for a small orchestra. He also imitated a standard 18th-century ground plan where each varia-tion is slightly more florid than the last, with a centrally located minor-mode variation as a temporary break in the plan. Fitzenhagen re-ordered the sequence of the variations, upset-ting the plan somewhat, but apparently gained the advantage of ending the work with a strong, climactic variation.

So much for Tchaikovsky’s debt to the 18th century. The beautiful lyricism of the melodic line, the vivid harmony and crystalline orches-tration, so strong in contrasting tone colors, give the music a unique Tchaikovskian person-ality. Certainly, no one but Tchaikovsky could have composed the expansive “valse triste” which Fitzenhagen placed as the third varia-tion. Also, the theme and all of the variations end with an intriguing little codetta that serves as a bridge to the next movement. You might call it Tchaikovsky’s answer to the Promenade linking certain movements in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, written just two years before the Rococo Variations.

SyMPHONy NO. 3 IN A MINOR, OPuS 56 (SCOTTISH)Felix Mendelssohn

Born: Feb 3, 1809, Hamburg, Germany

Died: Nov 4, 1847, Leipzig, Germany

Work composed: 1842

Recording: Kurt Masur conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Apex)

Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings

The 1829 visit to the British Isles that inspired Felix Mendelssohn to compose his famed Hebrides Overture also inspired the beginnings of his A minor Symphony. The composer and a group of friends visited Scotland, including the abbey of Holyrood and the ruined chapel where Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland. “Everything is broken and the bright sky shines in,” Mendelssohn wrote to his family. “I believe I found today in that old chapel the beginning of my Scotch Symphony.”

However, Mendelssohn’s travels continued on to Italy, inspiring the famed Italian Symphony. He did not complete his A minor Symphony for another 13 years. That made it the last of his five

mature symphonies to be finished, although it is labeled No. 3 according to the order in which Mendelssohn’s symphonies were published. (Incidentally, although his letters referred to the work as his “Scotch” Symphony, he never wrote that label or the term “Scottish” on the manu-script of the completed score.)

Like the Italian Symphony, the A minor Symphony is very tightly organized, with all four movements written in sonata form. This includes the Scherzo, which has a development sec-tion in place of the customary Trio at its center. Mendelssohn’s placement of the Scherzo as the second, rather than the third movement was also

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slightly novel, although this order had been used by Schumann, Beethoven and Haydn.

Of great significance was his effort to link all four movements with virtually no break, building upon experiments by Schumann and Beethoven. The return of the slow introductory theme at the end of the first movement is also noteworthy. Beyond that, Mendelssohn tightened thematic relationships throughout the symphony.

While there are no specific descriptive implications to the music, some commentators have noted a bit of “Charlie is My Darlin’” tied onto the highland-fling theme of the Scherzo.

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Thursday, July 14, �011 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. THE FLINTSTONES, SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera. TOM AND JERRY and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Co. (s11)

The printed music for Smetana’s Three Dances from The Bartered Bride was donated by Dr. M.J. Fox Jr. and Mrs. Mary P. Fox.

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George Daugherty, conductor and creatorConductor George Daugherty is an Emmy Award-winning creative artist whose pro-fessional profile includes major credits as a director, writer and producer for television, film, innovative concerts and theater.

Recent and current conducting engage-ments include multiple performances with the Cleveland Orchestra; return engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National, Seattle and Sydney symphonies, among others; plus debuts with the Danish National and RTÉ symphony orchestras; the St. Louis, Dallas, Baltimore and Calgary sym-phonies; and the Malaysian Philharmonic. He has frequently conducted London’s Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra since debut-ing there in 1998, and more recently con-ducted an 18-city North American tour with the orchestra and guest artists Dame Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

Daugherty has conducted for major symphony orchestras, ballet companies and opera houses, including numerous perfor-mances with the Houston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Moscow State, Melbourne, Montreal, Venezuela and Vancouver sym-phonies, among others; the Hollywood Bowl, National Arts Centre, Louisville, Kremlin Palace and Grant Park orchestras; the Buffalo, Auckland and Rochester philharmon-ics, among others; the Saddlers Wells Royal and Munich State Opera ballets; American Ballet Theatre; Teatro Regio Emilia di Torino; Mexico City’s Bellas Artes Opera House; and major Italian opera houses in Rome, Florence, Turin and Regio Emilia.

Daugherty has created several music-based productions for the ABC Television Network project, including a primetime anima-tion-and-live action production of Prokofiev’s Peter and The Wolf—which he created, co-wrote, conducted and directed—and for which he won a Prime Time Emmy Award, among others.

He was executive producer and lead writer on the Emmy Award-winning televi-sion series adaptation of Amy Tan’s cele-brated children’s book, Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat, for PBS and Sesame Workshop. Daugherty also received an Emmy nomination for Rhythm & Jam, his ABC television network of specials which taught the basics of music to a teenage audience.

In 1990, Daugherty created, directed and conducted the musical Bugs Bunny on Broadway, a live-orchestra-and-film stage production which sold-out its extended run at New York’s Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and has since played to critical acclaim and sold-out houses worldwide. Its sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, made its world pre-miere in May 2010 (Sydney Opera House),

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Conducted and Created byGEORGE DAUGHERTY

Also StarringELMER FUDD DAFFY DUCK PORKY PIG WILE E. COYOTE ROAD RUNNER TWEETY

GIOVANNI JONES SYLVESTER PEPE LE PEW MICHIGAN J. FROG WITCH HAZEL YOSEMITE SAM SPEEDY GONZALES TASMANIAN DEVIL

FOGHORN LEGHORN GRANNY PETUNIA PIG . . . and special guest appearances by

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Based on the Works ofWagner, Rossini, von Suppé, Smetana, J. Strauss Jr.,

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ROBERT McKIMSON TEX AVERY WILLIAM HANNA JOSEPH BARBERA

Voice Characterizations byMEL BLANC ARTHUR Q. BRYAN

JUNE FORAY BEA BENADERET NICOLAI SHUTOROV BILL ROBERTS TOMMY BOND BERNICE HANSEN

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and included a new recording conducted by Daugherty at the Sydney Symphony released on July 13.

Bugs BunnyBugs Bunny is one of the most recognized cartoon characters in the world, whose sig-nature phrase “What’s up, Doc?” has long since entered the English language.

Bugs’ first “reel” appearance in front of his soon-to-be-adoring public was in A Wild Hare directed by Tex Avery. Since then, Bugs’ zany antics in hundreds of cartoon favor-ites have made him a legend throughout the world.

This cool, collected, carrot-chomping rabbit is the unequivocal superstar of the Looney Tunes family. With never a “hare” out of place, he always manages to outsmart his adversaries, whomever they may be. He’s a real American icon who has graced the TV and cinema screens the world over.

Bugs Bunny’s cartoons have twice been nominated for Academy Awards, and his “Knighty Knight Bugs” won a coveted Oscar. Bugs has starred in four films, in addition to his hundreds of animated shorts and 21 primetime television specials.

David Ka Lik Wong, executive producerBugs Bunny at the Symphony Executive Producer David Ka Lik Wong received an Emmy Award for his work with George Daugherty as principal producer on the animation and live-action Peter and The Wolf, starring Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges, Sleepless In Seattle’s Ross Malinger and the new animated char-acters of legendary animation director Chuck Jones. He was nominated for an Emmy as producer of Rhythm & Jam, the ABC series of Saturday morning music education specials for children and was senior producer for the Warner Bros. documentary film The Magical World of Chuck Jones, directed by Daugherty and starring interviews by Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lucas and Ron Howard, among others. He also was writer, executive producer and story editor of the Emmy Award-winning PBS/Sesame workshop series Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat.

Wong has produced the Warner Bros. touring production Bugs Bunny on Broadway since 1991, as it has toured the world, and is now executive producer of its sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. He produced the audio CD album for both projects. He has produced innovative symphony orchestra concerts for leading orchestras, including the National and San Francisco symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles and Royal philharmonics, the Sydney Opera House and many others, plus galas on London’s West End.


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Live & Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney November 4, 5, 6, �011 Michael Krajewski, conductorTony Kishman, vocalist

Very Merry Pops December 9, 10, 11, �011 Michael Krajewski, conductorHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Bowfire! March 9, 10, 11, �01� Robert Franz, conductorBowfire’s all-star lineup of virtuosic fiddlers delivers a mix of Celtic, rock, blue-grass, Texas-swing and classical music.

Tribute to John Denver with Jim Curry April 5, 6, 7, �01� Michael Krajewski, conductor

New on the Scene Series ...................The best new artists, on stage with the Houston Symphony. Seats for these featured artists will not be around for long. See what all the buzz is about! These fun and fresh artists are new to the Houston Symphony scene and are sure to become your new favorites.

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Tiempo Libre: Hot in Havana May �5, �6, �7, �01� Michael Krajewski, conductorThis sizzling, dance-inducing Latin music group will throw one big Cuban party with Mike and your Houston Symphony.

Viva Italia! September �, 3, 4, �011Michael Krajewski, conductorHear iconic music from The Godfather and Jersey Boys, famous arias and more!

Idina Menzel October 14, 15, 16, �011 The Star of Rent, Wicked and Glee debuts with the Houston Symphony!

The Best of Spielberg and Williams January �7, �8, �9, �01� Michael Krajewski, conductorThe orchestra plays Mike’s favorite selections from Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Jaws and more!

Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook April �7, �8, �9, �01� Brett Mitchell, conductorHear your favorites by this great American song-writer, such as “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Begin the Beguine” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”

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Biographies.................Pablo Heras-Casado, conductorPablo Heras-Casado enjoys a multi-faceted con-ducting career. His range of repertoire—from early music to contemporary scores, from cham-ber programs to grand operas—is remarkable.

This season, his operatic projects included Mahagonny, Nixon in China and world premiere performances of Hosokawa’s Matsukaze. He debuted with the San Francisco Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, City of Birmingham and BBC Scottish symphony orchestras, among others.

Heras-Casado has conducted The Elixir of Love, Rigoletto, the world premiere of the ballet, Les enfants du paradis and a new production of Offenbach´s La Périchole. A champion of con-temporary music, he worked with Ensemble ACJW and Ensemble Modern and was unan-imously voted winner of the 2007 Lucerne Festival Conductors’ Competition.

Heras-Casado’s original instrument group, Compañía Teatro del Príncipe, in Aranjuez has released world premiere recordings of Castel’s La Fontana del Placer and Boccherini’s La Clementina for Harmonia Mundi. His recent DVD recording of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France will be released on the Naïve label this year.

Future plans include a debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in October 2011, a proj-ect with Ensemble intercontemporain and his return to Opéra National de Bordeaux in 2012 to conduct Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro.

Brook Speltz, celloCellist Brook Speltz is the gold medal winner of the 2011 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition.

Born in Los Angeles, Speltz graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009. As a solo-ist, he has performed with the Curtis Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra, the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra, The Brentwood-Westwood Symphony and the Mozart Orchestra

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of Laguna Beach, among others. He has appeared as a recitalist at the Montecito Music Festival, Pacific Serenades, Pasadena Restoration Series, the New Music New Haven series and the Idyllwild Arts Festival.

Speltz has received top prizes in sev-eral competitions, including the ASTA National Competition and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Bronislaw Kaper Awards. He has performed at the Music Academy of the West, ENCORE Music and the Oregon Bach festivals, and this year, he will debut at the Marlboro Music Festival.

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Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASyReturns to HoustonArnie Roth, conductor and music director Susan Calloway, sopranoNobuo uematsu, composerMasashi Hamauzu, composerHouston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

N. uematsu/S. Hamaguchi Liberi Fatali from Final Fantasy VIII

uematsu/Hamaguchi Don’t Be Afraid from Final Fantasy VIII

uematsu/Hamaguchi Melodies of Life from Final Fantasy IX

uematsu/Hamaguchi Main Theme from Final Fantasy VII

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

uematsu/A. Roth Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V

uematsu/Hamaguchi Suteki da ne from Final Fantasy X

uematsu/Hamaguchi Love Grows from Final Fantasy VIII

uematsu/Hamaguchi - Chocobo Medley 2010 from Final Fantasy series A.Roth-E. Roth

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uematsu/Hamaguchi Opening – Bombing Mission from Final Fantasy VII

uematsu/A. Roth-A. Klemens Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI

uematsu/Miyano-K. Fukui Kiss Me Good-bye from Final Fantasy XII

M. Hamauzu Blinded By Light from Final Fantasy XIII

Hamauzu/y. Hirano Fang’s Theme from Final Fantasy XIII

Hamauzu/T. O’Mori Fabula Nova Crystallis Theme from Final Fantasy XIII

Hamauzu/O’Mori Saber’s Edge from Final Fantasy XIII

uematsu/T. Narita Answers from Final Fantasy XIV

uematsu/Hamaguchi Terra’s Theme from Final Fantasy VI

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Arnie Roth, conductorConductor Arnie Roth is a Grammy®-winning artist known for his work with a variety of per-formers 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, National, Atlanta and Dallas symphony orchestras; the Hollywood Bowl, Czech National Chamber, Ravinia Festival and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras; the Los Angeles and Tokyo philharmonics; the BBC, Detroit, San Francisco, San Diego, Sydney and Winnipeg symphonies; and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.

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 and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his original song “Shine” from the movie Barbie™ in The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Roth has produced dozens of best-selling CD’s. For more information, visit www.awrmusic.com.

Susan Calloway, sopranoCombine the edginess of Pink with the socially conscious lyrics of U2, a voice that gracefully explodes like Sarah McLaughlin, yet soothes like Sarah Barailles, and that would be the start of describing Susan Calloway.

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Calloway’s new EP, Chasin the Sun, has already won 12 Detroit Music Awards, climbed to No. 37 on the R&R Charts and is spinning on Top 40, Hot AC and Pandora radio. Uncommon for a new artist, she had placed songs on hit TV shows like Dawson’s Creek, Summerland and One Tree Hill before releasing her current EP. Chasin the Sun, was produced by Gerard Smerek, who has produced projects for Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, R. Kelly and Kid Rock. While Smerek has proven to be an incredible resource for Calloway, the singer sets herself apart from many singer-songwriters by literally writing everything her-self: lyrics, melodies, chord changes, harmo-nies, bridges and arrangements. Her graceful, yet commanding voice caught the attention of Grammy® award-winning conductor Arnie Roth and FINAL FANTASY composer Nobuo Uemtasu. She was asked to sing on “Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY.” She beautifully performed “Memoro De La Stono,” sang with the orches-tra on the Distant Worlds Tour and was asked to sing on “Distant Worlds II: music from FINAL FANTASY,” performing, “Melodies of Life” and the very popular, “Suteki Da Ne.” In addition to appearing with the “Distant Worlds” tour, Calloway is in the studio working on new songs to be released later this summer. For more information, visit susancalloway.com.

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 per-formed by world-class orchestras around the world. Uematsu has been recognized as a major contributor 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 pro-duced. 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 notori-

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*Ludwig Wicki, conductor Kaitlyn Lusk, soprano Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings Part 1: Prologue: One Ring To Rule Them All The Shire Bag End Very Old Friends Farewell Dear Bilbo Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe A Conspiracy unmasked Three is Company Saruman the White A Shortcut to Mushrooms Strider The Nazgûl Weathertop The Caverns of Isengard Give up the Halfling Orthanc Rivendell The Sword That Was Broken The Council of Elrond Assembles The Great Eye

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Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings Part 2: The Pass of Caradhras The Doors of Durin Moria Gollum Balin’s Tomb Khazad-dûm Caras Galadhon The Mirror of Galadriel The Fighting uruk-hai Parth Galen The Departure of Boromir The Road Goes Ever On...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingOriginal score composed by Howard Shore

Composer Howard Shore brings J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary imagination to vivid life with his Academy® and Grammy® Award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Shore’s music expresses Peter Jackson’s film as an immense symphonic work—a uniquely developed vision drawn from centuries of stylistic tendencies.

The music of The Lord of the Rings is counted among film music’s most complex and comprehensive works. This unique performance sets the score to the film, but allows the music to bear the narrative weight, creating a wholly new and dramatic live concert experience.

Shore’s score not only captures Fellowship’s sweeping emotion, thrilling vistas and grand journeys, but also echoes the very construction of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Styles, instruments and performers collected from around the world provide each of Tolkien’s cultures with a unique musi-cal imprint. The rural and simple hobbits are rooted in a dulcet weave of Celtic tones. The mystical Elves merit ethereal Eastern colors. The Dwarves, Tolkien’s abrasive stonecut-ters, receive columns of parallel harmo-nies and a rough, guttural male chorus. The industrialized hordes of Orcs claim Shore’s most violent and percussive sounds—includ-ing Japanese taiko drums, metal bell plates and chains beaten upon piano wires—while the world of Men, flawed yet noble heirs of Middle-earth, is introduced with stern and searching brass figures. In operatic fashion, these musical worlds commingle, sometimes combining forces for a culminated power, other times violently clashing, and always bending to the will of the One Ring and its own ominous family of themes.

The music’s vast scope calls for sym-phony orchestra, mixed chorus, boys chorus, and instrumental and vocal soloists singing in the Tolkien-crafted languages of Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdûl, Adûnaic, Black Speech, as well as English. Original folk songs stand alongside diatonic hymns, knots of polyph-ony, complex tone clusters and seething, dissonant aleatoric passages. Shore’s writ-ing assumes an earthy, grounded tone built on sturdy orchestral structures and a sense of line that is at once fluid yet stripped of frivolous ornamentation.

Howard Shore says, “This is the first time that the complete score to The Fellowship of the Ring will be performed live to projection in Houston. My first score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, was the beginning of my journey into the world of Tolkien, and I will always

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hold a special fondness for the music and the experience.”

©Doug Adams Doug Adams is a Chicago-based musician and writer. He is the author of the book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films.

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Biographies.................Howard Shore, composerHoward Shore conducted the world premiere performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand (2003) celebrat-ing the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Since its premiere, the work has been performed by some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and in such famous venues as Moscow’s Kremlin Palace Theater, the Odeon Herod Atticus in Athens, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cleveland’s Severance Hall. Shore’s scores for The Lord of the Rings tril-ogy have received four Grammy® Awards and three Oscars including “Best Song” for “Into the West” as well as honors and awards from lead-ing critic associations.

The music of Howard Shore has been per-formed live in concerts throughout the world. Shore performed his Oscar and Grammy®-win-ning score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. Other concerts include the Seville Film Music Festival in Seville, Spain; Cinesonic’s 1st International Conference on Film Scores and Sound Design in Melbourne, Australia; and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada. In November 2000, Shore conducted the world premiere Concert to Projection of his original score to David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch. The performance was part of the Belfast Festival at Queens, in Belfast, Ireland, and fea-tured Ornette Coleman and the Ulster Orchestra. Naked Lunch Concert to Projection was per-formed in March 2001 at the Barbican Centre in London as part of the Barbican performance series Only Connect: A Series of Extraordinary Live Events. It was also performed at Pan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Brood was performed as part of a David Cronenberg retrospective in Paris. It was also performed in June 2003 in Mexico City along with the world premiere of music from Spider. In addition, Shore’s chamber music has been featured on Arabesque Record’s “Reel Life – The Private Music of Film Composers Vol. 1”.

In 2008, Howard Shore’s opera The Fly premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and at Los Angeles Opera. Other recent works include Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia and the piano concerto Ruin and Memory for Lang Lang premiered in Beijing, China on October 11, 2010. He is currently working on his second opera and looks for-ward to a return to Middle-earth with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Shore received the Career Achievement

for Music Composition Award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and New York Chapter’s Recording Academy Honors, ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award, the Frederick Loewe Award and the Max Steiner Award from the city of Vienna. He holds honorary doctor-ates from Berklee College of Music and York University and he is an Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Ludwig Wicki, conductorA native of Lucerne, Switzerland, Ludwig Wicki was influenced by church and folk music. He studied trombone and became a member of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, eventu-ally expanding his studies to include orches-tral and choral conducting. He continued his education in Dresden and Pescara, devoting much of his time to chamber music and found-ing the Lucerne Philharmonic Brass Quintet. As a baroque trombonist, he performed with period instrument orchestras and ensembles, informing his approach to conducting. As Chorus Master of the Lucerne Abbey Court Church, he covers a wide range of repertoire.

Wicki is artistic director of the 21st Century Orchestra and has developed partnerships with renowned film composers, including Howard Shore, Randy Newman, Martin Böttcher and George Fenton. In 2008, Wicki led the 21st Century Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring at the KKL Lucern, followed by world premieres of The Two Towers (2009) and The Return of the King (2010). This year, he directed the orchestra in the world pre-miere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Wicki teaches chamber music and con-ducting at conservatories in Lucerne and Bern. In 2007, he was honored by the city of Lucerne.

Kaitlyn Lusk, sopranoKaitlyn Lusk has quickly gained national acclaim. Since making her orchestral singing debut at age 14 with the Baltimore Symphony, she has been sought after for appearances with leading orchestras. Show-stopping performances at the New Year’s Eve Showcase (Boston Pops) and a follow-up engagement featuring classic MGM songs made famous by Judy Garland garnered

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standing ovations from sold-out audiences.Since fall 2004, Lusk has been the fea-

tured vocal soloist in Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony, performing with more than 25 orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. In summer 2007—as part of an encore per-formance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony (Cleveland Orchestra)—she once again per-formed with Shore, who, in 2005, invited her to perform the Academy Award®-winning song “Into the West” as part of the Grammy® Honors of Howard Shore in New York City.

In addition to her live performances, Lusk’s first studio album, No Looking Back, features some of the finest musicians and songwriters in the industry today. Lusk always delivers youthful exuberance matched with poise beyond her years.

Fran Walsh, lyricistIn 2004, Fran Walsh was awarded Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. For her work co-writing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Walsh was nominated for an Oscar, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award, a Writers Guild of America Screen Award and (along with Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne and Tim Sanders) won the AFI Film Award. Walsh first garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for the feature Heavenly Creatures, which she co-wrote with Jackson, her collaborator. Walsh, who has a background in music, began her writing career soon after leaving Victoria University where she majored in English Literature.

Philippa Boyens, writerSince being named by Variety in its list of Ten Writers to Watch in 2000, Philippa Boyens, who made her debut as a screenwriter with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and was previously nominated for an Oscar, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award and a Writers Guild of America Award, among others. Boyens worked in theatre as a play-

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wright, teacher, producer and editor, moving to film via a stint as director of the New Zealand Writers Guild. Boyens’ love of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work brought her to this project, having been a fan since she was 11 years old.

Peter Jackson, directorPeter Jackson has made cinema history in making The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, com-prising nine hours of a continuous cinema that can be enjoyed by audiences worldwide. The films have become a phenomenon cross cul-turally around the world, not only garnering the respect of established Tolkien fans and schol-ars, but introducing young audiences to Tolkien’s classic novels. He was awarded three Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Publishing Rights Credits: All Compositions by Howard Shore (ASCAP) except:

“Aníron (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)” and “May It Be” Music by Enya/Nicky Ryan, Lyrics by Roma Ryan featured in “The Council of Elrond Assembles” and “The Road Goes Ever On…” respectively.

“Flaming Red Hair” Composed by Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Stephen Roche and David Long; Performed by Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Stephen Roche and David Long with Chris O’Connor, Peter Daly, Ruairidh Morrison and Grant Shearer.

The Song “The Road Goes Ever On” featured in “Bag End” per-formed by Ian McKellen and reprised in “Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe” performed by Ian Holm: Music Composed by Fran Walsh, Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“Lament For Gandalf” Featured in “Caras Galadhon” Music by Howard Shore, Lyrics by Philippa Boyens.

“In Dreams” Featured in “The Road Goes Ever On…” Music by Howard Shore, Lyrics by Fran Walsh.

Choral Text by J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh.

Published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) except:

“Gandalf’s Lament” and “In Dreams” which are co-published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) and South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP), “Aníron (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)” and “May It Be” Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. c/o EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI).

© 2001 All Rights Reserved.

The Lord of the Rings and the name of the characters, events, items and places therein, are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkein Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mr. Shore would like to thank: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Einhorn, Michael Mulvihill, Ronald Wilford, Jean-Jacques Cesbron, New Line Cinema, Mark Ordesky, Paul Broucek, Danny Bramson, Lori Silfen, Elizabeth Cotnoir, Alan Frey, Ludwig Wicki, Pirmin Zängerle, Erik Ochsner, Doug Adams, Joshua Mehr, James Sizemore, Jesse Pynigar, Tim Starnes, Jeffrey Markowitz, Jeff Halsey, Sarah Davis, the Houston Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus, Charles Hausmann, Kaitlyn Lusk.

ProducersColumbia Artists Music, LLC:Ronald A. Wilford - Chairman and CEOJean-Jacques Cesbron - President Jeffrey Markowitz – Production Supervisor

Howard ShorePrince in New York Music CorporationJesse Pynigar and Tim Starnes – Auricle

ety, Nobuo Uematsu was named as one of the “Innovators” in Time magazine’s “Time 100: the Next Wave Music” feature.

Masashi Hamauzu, composerBorn to a family of musical traditions in 1971 in Munich, Masashi Hamauzu is one of the most renowned composers of music for video games of the younger generation. He belongs to a group responsible for the musical legend of Square Enix productions for almost a decade. The collabora-tion with this key studio began with Hamauzu’s creating several tracks for Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1996) and Tobal No. 1 (1996). However, Hamauzu’s biggest achievement is his collabo-ration with Nobuo Uematsu, Junya Nakano and Musashi on Final Fantasy X (2001) and Samurai Legend (2005), the latter created in collaboration with Junya Nakano, Takayuki Iwai and Yuki Iwai. Hamauzu debuted as an individual artist by writ-ing the score for Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon (1997), Saga Frontier 2 (1999), Saga Unlimited (2002), Dirge of Cerberus, Final Fantasy VII (2006), but what gained him fame was the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIII.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASySince the release of the original FINAL FANTASY in 1987, this unique RPG series con-tinues to showcase the spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds and rich stories leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from users around the world. The series have, as of September 2010, achieved a cumulative shipment of more than 100 million units worldwide

Square Enix Co.,Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, develops, publishes and distrib-utes entertainment content including interac-tive entertainment software and publications in Asia, North America and Europe. Square Enix brings two of Japan’s best-selling franchises, FINAL FANTASY, which has sold more than 85 million units worldwide, and DRAGON QUEST, which has sold more than 43 million units world-wide, under one roof. Square Enix is one of the most influential providers of digital entertain-ment content in the world and continues to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Visit www.square-enix.com for more information.

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

Charles Hausmann, Director

Paulo GomesAssistant Director

Susan ScarrowChorus Manager

Scott HolshouserAccompanist

Tony SessionsLibrarian

First SopranoRamona AlmsAlice BeckstromRobyn BranningMonica M. DavisKathleen ForbesClarice GatlinMarta GilesAmanda HarrisSophia HouAllison JewettSarah KeiferVeronica Lorine

* •Pamela MagnusonLydia MusherTheresa OlinMegan OwenKaren RennarWendy RidingsRhonda RyanJennifer Klein SalyerHeidi SandersBeth SlaughterDeborah SpencerAnnie TrevertonLisa TrewinTania Van DongenBeth Anne WeidlerMegan WelchNatalyn WhitisJessica L. Williams

Second Soprano Yoset AltamiranoLisa AndersLaura Bohlmann

• Nancy BraticAnne CampbellDebby CutlerVickie DavisCorita DuboseKaren Fess-UeckerKellie GardenLorraine Hammond

• Debbie HannahAlexis Hazel

• Megan HenrySylvia HysongYukiko IwataNatalia KalitynskaSapna Kumar

•Carol OstlindLinda PetersSusan ScarrowVicki SeldonPaige SommerVeronica A. StevensCecilia SunCaryssa TreiderMegan Truelson

• Nancy VernauJennifer Young

First AltoKrista BorstellJami BrunsPatricia BumpusBarbara BushThea ChapmanNancy

ChristophersonRobin ClarksonChristine

EconomidesMary GahrSusan HallJudy HillKristin HurterBerma KinseyJoyce Lewis

* •Mary LopushanskyAshley MaackHeather Maclaughlin

GarbesLisa MorfinCynthia MulderJennifer L. PhanLinda RennerLinda RichardsonCarolyn RoganHolly RubboJune RussellMaria SchoenAndrea SlackVicki WestbrookPatsy WilsonShelby Wilson

Second AltoMelissa Bailey

Adams• Sarah Wilson ClarkM. Evelyn CliftRochella CooperAndrea CreathRobin DunnHolly EatonRachel El-SalehThi HaJuli HerbertDenise HolmesCatherine HowardLois HowellCrystal MeadowsLynne MoneypennyNina PeropoulosLaurie ReynoldsHolly Soehnge

* •Mary VoigtKaye Windel-Garza

First TenorRobert BrowningJames R. CarazolaPatrick DrakeRichard Field

• Robert GomezJames Patrick

HanleySteven HazelDonald HowieFrancisco J.

IzaguirreFrank LopezDarrell Mayon

* •Jim MoorePeter PeropoulosDouglas

RodenbergerDavid SchoenTony SessionsCharles ThornburgAaron VerberAdam WhiteChristopher Young

Second Tenor* •Bob Alban

Randy BoatrightHarvey BongersWilliam ColeDonn DuboisJorge FandinoMark FerringJoseph FrybertJohn GradyCraig HillPhilip LewisWilliam L. MizeDave NussmannGreg RailsbackRick SelbyLesley C. SommerDewell SpringerJonathan VaughanTony VazquezLeonardo VeletzuyLee Williams

First BassJoe AnzalduaGreg BarraJustin BeckerClaude BitnerJohn BondBruce BoyleChristopher BurrisPeter ChristianSteve DukesLeigh FernauTaylor HarperStephen M. James

* •Jay Lopez

Clemente MathisWilliam McCallumChris MingMatt NeufeldKevin NewmanGary ScullinStephen ShadleThom SloanMark StandridgeSam StenglerPaul Van DornJoe VillarrealKevin Wallace

Second BassSteve Abercia

* •Wilton T. AdamsBill CheadleJohn ColsonRoger CutlerPaul EhrsamTom EverageChris FairIan FetterleyDavid M. FoxYevgeny GeninMichal GilbertMatt HendersonTerry HendersonGeorge HoweChuck IzzoCletus JohnsonNobuhide Kobori

• Ken MathewsScott MermelsteinClyde L. MinerGreg NelsonBill ParkerJohn Proffitt

• Robert ReynoldsDaniel RobertsonDoug SandersRichard White

* Section Leader • Council Member

As of June 15, 2011

Hausmann

PHOTO BY JEFF FITLOW

Charles Hausmann, directorDr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986. He has prepared the group for more than 600 concerts, led them on numerous tours to Mexico and Europe, and worked with more than 40 acclaimed conductors including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/orchestral masterworks.

As director of graduate choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann supervises the master’s and doc-toral programs in choral conducting, teaches choral conducting and literature and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists—a graduate chamber choir.

An active church musician, he has con-ducted church choirs in Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas. He currently serves as Director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a perfor-mance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul (spring 2008).

Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and soloist. He led the Chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, appearing 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 Houston Symphony Associate Conductor, Carlos Miguel Prieto.

This season, Hausmann prepares the Chorus for Beethoven’s Choral, A Very Merry Pops, Handel’s Messiah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana among others.

Support the Houston Symphony Chorus EndowmentThe Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment supports activities that enrich Houston’s musi-cal life and enhance the high professional stan-dards of the all-volunteer Chorus.

For more on how you can help ensure the artistic future of the Chorus, call the Symphony’s Development office at (713) 337-8528 or visit hschorus.org.


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 ClarkNancy Littlejohn

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

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

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

PresidentRobert B. Tudor III

Chairman of the Board Jesse B. Tutor

Executive Director/CEOMark C. Hanson

President-elect and Vice President, FinanceRobert A. Peiser

Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

* Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein

Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn April Lykos Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks

Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez

Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Cary P. Yates Robert A. Yekovich

Trustees................................................................................................................... Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Nancy Bumgarner Lynn Caruso Brandon Cochran Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Kathleen Hayes

Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Elisabeth McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr.

J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Martha García Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Carole Murphy Burke Shaw Brinton Averil Smith

* Life Trustee

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra AffairsBrett Busby

Vice President, Popular ProgrammingAllen Gelwick

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing

Gloria Pryzant

President, EndowmentGene Dewhurst

Vice President Board Governance, and SecretarySteven P. Mach

Vice President, EducationCora Sue Mach

General CounselPaul R. Morico

At-Large Membersulyesse LeGrange

Jay MarksHelen Shaffer

Vice President, VolunteersBarbara McCelvey

Vice President, DevelopmentDavid Wuthrich

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSMartha García, Assistant Secretary

Mark Hughes, Orchestra RepresentativeRodney Margolis

Burke Shaw, Orchestra RepresentativeDonna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League

Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra RepresentativeEd Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

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

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

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

As of June 13, 2011

$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments United Airlines

$50,000-$99,999 American Express * Cameron Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Frost * GDF SUEZ Energy North America Marathon Oil Corporation The Methodist Hospital System Shell Oil Company Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods TOTAL UBS * Weatherford International Ltd.

$�5,000-$49,999 Andrews Kurth, LLP Baker Botts LLP Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP

$10,000-$�4,999 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation * Bank of America * Boeing Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. * Devon Energy Corporation Ernst & Young * Fluor Corporation H. E. Butt Grocery Company Margolis, Phipps & Wright, P.C. Memorial Hermann Northern Trust The Rand Group, LLC SPIR STAR, Inc. Star Furniture

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital USI Insurance Services LLC * Vitol Inc. * Wells Fargo * Wood Group Management Services

$500-$9,999 Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP * Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP * Bloomberg L.L.P. GEM Insurance Agencies, L.P. Intercontinental Exchange Ironshore Insurance Services, LLP Lockton Companies Neiman Marcus Oceaneering International, Inc. Porter & Hedges, LLP * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Regions Bank Seyfarth Shaw LLP * Smith, Graham & Company * South Texas College of Law Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company Texas Children’s Hospital Wortham Insurance & Risk Management

* Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

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

As of May 31, 2011

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

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

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

$50,000-$99,999 Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation

The Alkek & Williams Foundation * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation

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

$10,000-$�4,999 * Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

$�,500-$9,999 Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation * The Becker Family Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation

Government Donors * City of Houston National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts

* Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

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

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

ChevronCoca-ColaEl Paso CorporationEli Lilly and CompanyExxonMobilFannie Mae

General ElectricGeneral MillsGoldman, Sachs & Co.HalliburtonHewlett-PackardIBM

ING Financial Services CorporationJPMorgan ChaseKBRKirby CorporationOccidental Petroleum

SMART Modular Technologies, Inc.Spectra Energy


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

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

Ima Hogg Society – $150,000 or MoreAnonymous (1)

Dr. and Mrs. W. E. BosargeLieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst

Ms. Beth Madison, Madison Benefits Group Inc.Mr. George P. Mitchell

Mr. M. S. StudeMr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor IIIMrs. Margaret Alkek Williams

President’s Society – $75,000 - $149,999Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahanMr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

Maestro’s Society – $50,000 - $74,999Anonymous (1)

Gene & Linda DewhurstMaestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf

Rochelle & Max LevitNancy & Robert Peiser

Laura & Michael Shannon

Concertmaster Society – $�5,000 - $49,999Anonymous (1)Janice Barrow

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

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. FeinMr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel

Ms. Sharin Shafer GailleStephen & Mariglyn Glenn

Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken HydeDrs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrangeCora Sue & Harry MachJoella & Steven P. Mach

Jay & Shirley MarksBarbara & Pat McCelvey

Mr. & Mrs. David R. PrunerAnn & Hugh RoffMrs. Sybil F. Roos

Mr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferMr. & Mrs. Jim Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc.

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

Principal Musician Society $15,000 - $�4,999

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

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. BahrGary & Marian BeauchampMr. & Mrs. J. Brett BusbyJanet F. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Gerald F. ClarkMr. Richard DanforthMr. & Mrs. Michael DokupilAllen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies

Mrs. Aileen GordonMr. & Mrs. Rodney H. MargolisMiss Catherine Jane MerchantSue A. MorrisonMr. & Mrs. Clive RunnellsMrs. Maryjane ScherrJulia & Albert Smith FoundationDavid & Paula SteakleyAlice & Terry Thomas

Paul Strand ThomasMr. & Mrs. Fredric A. WeberMr. & Mrs. Conrad Weil Jr.Vicki & Paul WestDr. Jim T. WillersonMr. & Mrs. Steven Jay WilliamsIsabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson

Artist/Conductor Sponsor $10,000 - $14,999Anonymous (2)Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. BeckerCaptain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso IIIMr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black IIIRuth White BrodskyMarilyn & Coleman CaplovitzMrs. Lily CarriganMr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IVMs. Jan CohenRoger & Debby CutlerDr. Scott CutlerLeslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins BriceMrs. William EstradaAubrey & Sylvia FarbMr. George B. GearyJo A. & Billie Jo GravesMr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen

Mr. & Mrs. Frank HerzogMr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr.Mr. Brian JamesDebbie & Frank JonesDrs. Blair & Rita JusticeDr. & Mrs. Bernard KatzDr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMr. & Mrs. Meredith J. LongMr. & Mrs. Brian P. McCabeMr. & Mrs. Billy McCartneyBetty & Gene McDavidMrs. Beverly T. McDonaldStephen & Marilyn MilesMr. Cameron MitchellMr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr.Mary & Terry MurphreeMr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. ParkerMr. Howard Pieper

Mr. Robert J. PileggeGloria & Joe PryzantMr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonMr. & Mrs. Haag ShermanMr. & Mrs. Jim SmithMr. & Mrs. Antonio M. SzaboMr. Stephen C. TarryStephen & Pamalah TippsAnn TrammellMargaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D.Ms. Jennifer R. WittmanCyvia & Melvyn WolffWoodell Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Ed WulfeErla & Harry Zuber

Musician Sponsor Society $7,500 - $9,999Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis AndersonMr. Alan AronsteinDr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. BoyceMr. & Mrs. Walter V. BoyleMr. & Mrs. Walter BraticMs. Terry Ann BrownMrs. George L. Brundrett Jr.The Robert & Jane Cizik FoundationDr. & Mrs. Alexander DellJudge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David DenechaudMary Ann & Larry FaulknerMr. & Mrs. Chris FloodAngel & Craig FoxMr. S. David FrankfortMr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark

Mrs. James J. Glenn Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. GormanChristina & Mark HansonMr. & Mrs. John A. IrvineMr. & Mrs. Richard D. KinderMrs. Margaret H. LeyMr. & Mrs. Erik P. LittlejohnMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Michael MannDr. & Mrs. Paul M. MannMr. & Mrs. J. Stephen MarksDr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. MazowMr. & Mrs. Kevin O. MeyersDr. & Mrs. Robert M. MihaloMike & Kathleen MooreBobbie & Arthur NewmanMrs. Tassie Nicandros

Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John BarlowMrs. Philip M. PetersonKathryn & Richard RabinowMr. Glen A. RosenbaumMrs. Helen B. RosenbaumMr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr.Donna & Tim ShenMr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr.Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam StolbunMr. & Mrs. Keith StevensonAnn & Joel WahlbergC. Harold & Lorine WallaceStephen & Kristine WallaceNancy WillersonNina & Michael Zilkha


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

Anonymous (1)Joan & Stanford AlexanderMr. Richard C. BaileyMr. Ronald C. BorschowMs. Dianne BowmanJoe BrazzattiMrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary

BrockMr. & Mrs. Sean BumgarnerMr. & Mrs. Philip J. BurguieresAlan & Toba BuxbaumDavid & Nona CarmichaelMargot & John CaterWilliam J. Clayton & Margaret A. HughesMr. & Mrs. Rodney CutsingerMr. & Mrs. James D. DannenbaumJ.R. & Aline DemingMs. Sara J. DevineMr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr.Mr. Roger EichhornMr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr.Diane Lokey FarbMs. Bernice FeldMr. & Mrs. Marvy A. FingerThomas & Patricia GeddyDr. & Mrs. William D. GeorgeMrs. Lila-Gene GeorgeMr. & Mrs. David GowWilliam A. Grieves &

Dorothy McDonnell GrievesMr. & Mrs. W. R. HayesMr. & Mrs. James E. HooksMary Louis KisterWilliam & Cynthia KochMr. & Mrs. Stephen A. LasherMr. Clyde Lea & Ms. Pamela FazzoneMr. E.W. Long Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr.Mr. & Mrs. George McCulloughMr. Robert Mc NairSidney & Ione MoranPaul & Rita MoricoMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MoynihanMr. & Mrs. Robert E. NelsonMr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Mr. John M. PetroskyMr. Michael H. PriceMs. Karen S. PulaskiMrs. Lila RauchMichael & Vicky RichkerMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Drs. Alejandro & Lynn RosasLinda & Jerry RubensteinMr. & Mrs. Manolo SanchezMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jerry SimonMr. & Mrs. Mark R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Tad SmithMr. & Mrs. John SpeerMr. Brian TeichmanShirley & David ToomimRobert G. WeinerMr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich

Edith & Robert Zinn

Grand Patron $�,500 - $4,999Mr. & Mrs. N.T. AdamsMr. & Mrs. John S. ArnoldyDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AronMr. & Mrs. John C. AverettMr. A. Greer Barriault &

Ms. Clarruth A. SeatonMr. & Mrs. Ken BarrowMrs. John BauerMr. & Mrs. Brad BeitlerJim & Ellen BoxMr. & Mrs. James D. BozemanThe Honorable & Mrs. Peter BrownMr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill HutchisonMr. Ralph BurchMr. & Mrs. Thierry CarusoMr. William Choice & Mrs. Linda Able ChoiceMr. & Mrs. Allen ClamenMr. & Mrs. James G. CoatsworthMr. & Mrs. Brandon CochranMr. William E. ColburnLois & David CoyleMr. & Mrs. Robert CreagerMr. & Mrs. James W. CrownoverMr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLoneMr. James DentonMr. and Mrs. Carr P. DishroonMr. & Mrs. Jack N. DohertyMr. Mike DohertyMr. & Mrs. Daniel DrorMr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. SchroederMrs. Robin A. ElversonMr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr.Mrs. Carolyn Grant FayMr. & Mrs. Bruce FerenceMrs. Arvia FewJerry E. & Nanette B. FingerMr. & Mrs. Tom FitzpatrickRon & Tricia FredmanMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. GlanvilleMr. & Mrs. Buddy HaasMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr.Marion & Jim HargroveMr. & Mrs. Tim W. HarringtonMr. & Mrs. Michael J. HayesMr. & Mrs. Eric HeggesethMark & Ragna HenrichsMr. & Mrs. Doug R. HinzieMr. Tim HoganDr. & Mrs. Joseph JankovicMr. & Mrs. John F. JoityMr. and Mrs. Francis S. KalmanMr. & Mrs. Ryan KrogmeierMrs. Barry LewisKevin & Lesley LillyMr. James LokayRobert & Gayle LongmireMr. Bradley H. MarksMr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarlandJames & Mary McMartinMr. & Mrs. William B. McNamaraMr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. MillerMr. & Mrs. Robert MitchellMr. & Mrs. Richard MithoffJulia & Chris MortonMr. & Mrs. Patrick OlfersEdward OppenheimerMr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie SherlockMr. & Mrs. Raul PavonMr. & Mrs. James D. PennyMr. & Mrs. Anthony G. PetrelloMr. & Mrs. Stephen PryorMr. Peter A. Ragauss & Ms. Jennifer SmithMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling IIIMr. & Mrs. Dave RobertsMs. Janice Robertson &

Mr. Douglas WilliamsDr. & Mrs. Franklin RoseMrs. Annetta RoseBeth & Lee SchlangerDr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. GardnerMr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderJoel V. & Mary M. StaffCarol & Michael StamatedesMr. & Mrs. Michael TenzerMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. UngerMr. & Mrs. Gene Van DykeMr. & Mrs. Wil VanLohMrs. Naomi WarrenMr. David Ashley WhiteMr. & Mrs. Jeff WrayMr. & Mrs. C. Clifford WrightMr. & Mrs. David J. WuthrichJudge Clarease R. Yates & Mr. Cary YatesMrs. Betsy I. Zimmer

Patron $1,000 - $�,499Anonymous (10)Mr. & Mrs. Elliot AbramsonMr. & Mrs. Edgar D. AckermanMrs. Harold J. AdamMrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree FundJohn & Pat AndersonMr. & Mrs. William J. AndersonMr. & Mrs. Anthony P. ApolloMr. Maurice J. ArestyMr. & Mrs. John M. ArnspargerMr. Jeff AutorStanley & Martha BairMs. Marion Barthelme & Mr. Jeff FortMr. & Mrs. Joshua L. BatchelorMs. Deborah S. BautchDr. & Mrs. Arthur L. BeaudetMs. Sallymoon S. BenzMs. Joan H. BitarJohn BlomquistDr. & Mrs. Milton BoniukMr. & Mrs. John F. BookoutMr. Teodoro BosquezMr. & Mrs. Richard H. BrackettMr. & Mrs. Robert BrayMr. & Mrs. John B. BrentMr. & Mrs. Maurice BresenhanMs. Barbara A. BrooksMr. & Mrs. Kevin BrophySteve & Diana BrownSusan & Richard BrownLilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch

Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499

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Individual Donors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Mrs. Anne H. BushmanDr. & Mrs. William T. ButlerMr. William CaudillMr. & Mrs. Robert L. ClarkeMrs. Cielle ClemenceauMrs. Barbora ColeMr. & Mrs. Charles ComiskeyMr. Mark C. ConradMr. H. Talbot CooleyMr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice CowanDr. & Mrs. James D. CoxSylvia & Andre CrispinMr. & Mrs. T. N. CrookMr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr.Mr. Carl CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Jeremy DavisMr. & Mrs. Mark DiehlMr. & Mrs. James P. DornDrs. Gary & Roz DworkinDr. & Mrs. Ronald FischerJohn C. FitchMr. & Mrs. Vince D. FosterMs. Beth FreemanPaula & Alfred FriedlanderMr. John GeeMr. & Mrs. Harry GendelMr. Michael B. GeorgeMrs. Joan M. GieseMs. Nancy D. GilesDr. & Mrs. Jack GillWalter GilmoreMr. & Mrs. Morris GlesbyMr. & Mrs. Bert H. GoldingHelen B. Wils & Leonard GoldsteinMr. & Mrs. Herbert I. GoodmanDr. & Mrs. Brad GoodwinMs. Joyce Z. GreenbergMary & Paul GregoryMr. Charles H. GregoryMs. Christine R. GriffithMr. Michael HaighMs. Carmen C. HaldenMrs. Thalia HalenDr. & Mrs. Carlos R. HamiltonMs. Margaret W. HansenMr. & Mrs. Robert L. HansenMr. & Mrs. Paul HansonMr. & Judge Frank Harmon IIIDr. & Mrs. Eric J. HaufrectMr. & Mrs. Philip J. HawkMr. & Mrs. David HemenwayMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceMr. & Mrs. Robert P. HerrmannAnn & Joe HightowerMr. & Mrs. Richard HoffertMrs. Holly HolmesMr. & Mrs. Norman C. HoyerEileen & George HricikMr. Mark HughesMr. & Mrs. R. O. HuntonMr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada DavisMr. & Mrs. Walter KaseMr. & Mrs. Harvey KatzSam & Cele KeeperLinda & Frank S. KelleyMr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Gary KenneyDr. & Mrs. Russell W. KridelMr. & Mrs. Kevin LaneDr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene LehrerMr. & Mrs. Michael LinnMs. Barbara ListerMr. & Mrs. H. Arthur LittellMs. Nancey Lobb

Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. MasonMr. & Mrs. William L. MaynardMr. & Mrs. James W. McCartneyMr. & Mrs. Michael McGuireMr. & Mrs. Martin McIntyreMr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnightAlice R. McPherson, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. David A. MireMr. & Mrs. John C. MolloyDr. Eleanor D. MontagueMs. Marsha L. MontemayorMr. & Mrs. Gerarld MoynierMr. & Mrs. Marvin MuellerDaniel & Karol MusherMr. & Mrs. Stephen NewmanMr. & Mrs. Charles G. NicksonSteve & Sue OlsonMr. & Mrs. Morris OrocofskyMr. & Mrs. John S. OrtonMr. & Mrs. Robert PaciniMr. & Mrs. James L. PayneMichael & Shirley PearsonMr. & Mrs. Gary PetersenMr. John PetzoldMr. & Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Jorge PineraMr. James D. PitcockDr. & Dr. Eduardo PlantillaMr. & Mrs. James PostlMr. John PottsMrs. Dana PuddyDarla & Chip PurchaseDr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr.Record FamilyAnne D. ReedDr. Alexander P. Remenchik &

Ms. Frances BurfordDr. Madaiah Revana, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Allyn RisleyMs. Regina J. RogersMr. Edward RossMr. Carlos RossiMr. Kent RutterMary Louise & David SandersonMs. Paula SantoskiMr. & Mrs. David SapersteinDr. Raymond E. SawayaMrs. Myrna SchafferMr. & Mrs. Lawrence SchanzmeyerDrs. Helene & Robert SchwartzMr. & Mrs. Russell SherrillBarbara & Louis SklarMr. & Mrs. Wesley SmithMr. & Mrs. William A. SmithDean & Kay L. SniderMs. Kelly SomozaMr. Richard P. Steele &

Ms. Mary J. McKerallEmily C. SundtMrs. Louise SuttonMrs. Mary SwaffordMs. Jeanine SwiftMr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. SwykaMr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr.Mr. Mark TaylorMr. Kerry TaylorMs. Betsy Mims &

Mr. Howard D. ThamesMr. & Mrs. Patrick ThielkeJean & Doug ThomasMr. & Mrs. Ralph B. ThomasMs. Virginia TorresMr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas ValleeMr. & Mrs. William A. Van WieMs. Jana Vander LeeMr. & Mrs. William VisinskyMr. David WaddellMr. & Mrs. Fred WahrlichDean B. WalkerMr. & Mrs. Peter S. WareingMr. & Mrs. James D. WebbMr. & Mrs. Eden N. WenigMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. WhelanCarlton & Marty WildeDr. & Mrs. Rudy C. WildensteinMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. WilsonMs. Beth WolffDr. & Mrs. Jerry S. WolinskyMr. & Mrs. Kevin YankowskyMs. Ellen A. YarrellMr. Sam M. Yates IIIMr. & Mrs. Charles ZabriskieMr. Terry Zmyslo

Composer’s Circle$500 - $999Anonymous (12)Wade & Mert AdamsMs. Henrietta K. AlexanderMr. & Mrs. Steve AmeenMr. & Mrs. Thurmon AndressCorbin & Char AslaksonJulie Ann & Matthew BakerMr. & Mrs. James A. Baker IIIMr. & Mrs. David M. BalderstonDr. David BarryDr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr.Ann B. BeaudetteMs. Bernice BeckermanMrs. Robert L. BergeMr. & Mrs. Mark BerkstresserCarolyn & Arthur BernerMr. & Mrs. George BoergerMr. & Mrs. Thomas BolamMr. Arno S. BommerMs. Joan BossMr. & Mrs. Danny J. Bowers Jr.Bob F. BoydstonMs. Sally BrassowMs. Lisa BrenskelleKatherine M. BriggsDr. Bob Brown & Ms. Dena RafteFred & Judy BrunkMr. & Mrs. Fred BuckwoldMrs. Shirley BurgherMr. & Mrs. Rick A. BurrisMs. Cheryl ByingtonVirginia & William CamfieldMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. CampbellMrs. Marjorie CapshawMr. & Mrs. E. Thomas ChaneyVirginia A. ClarkJim R. & Lynn CoeMr. & Mrs. Mark W. CoffinMr. & Mrs. Todd ColterMr. & Mrs. Robert A. ColtonMs. Mary H. Cook &

Mr. Scott R. SpencerMr. & Mrs. Dave CoolidgeMichael T. CoppingerMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. CrullMs. Ann CurrensMs. Anna M. DeanDr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. DeleryMs. Aurelie DesmaraisBruce B. Dice

Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. DobbinsElizabeth H. DuerrMr. & Mrs. A. C. DumestreMs. Consuelo Duroc-DannerMr. & Mrs. Edward N. EarleMs. Paula EckMildred & Richard EllisMr. & Mrs. Peter EricksonDr. Kenneth L EulerMr. & Mrs. William EvansRobert H. Fain Jr., M.D.Mr. Dale FitzRachel FrazierMs. Diane L. FreemanMs. Martha GarciaMr. Richard L. GarnettMr. Douglas GarrisonMartha & Gibson Gayle Jr.Ms. Lucy GebhartWilliam E. GipsonGen. & Mrs. Melbern G. GlasscockGary & Marion GloberLee & Sandy GodfreyMs. Heidi GoodMr. Bert GordonDr. & Mrs. Harvey L. GordonMr. & Mrs. Robert M. GriswoldMr. Doug GrovesZahava HaenoshGaye Davis & Dennis B. HalpinRita & John HannahMr. & Mrs. Stephen HarbachickBruce Harkness & Alice BrownW. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-HarpDr. & Mrs. William S. HarwellMr. & Mrs. Brian HaufrectMr. & Mrs. Houston HaymonWilliam & Lana HazlettMr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. HechtMr & Mrs. Dean HenningsMr. & Mrs. Fred D. HerringMs. Hilda R. HerzfeldMr. & Mrs. John R. HeumannMr. & Mrs. Ross K. HillMr. John HodginMr. & Mrs. Richard P. HoganJacque HollandMr. Ronald Holley & Dr. Natasha HolleyMr. & Mrs. Robert E. HollowayDr. Matthew Horsfield &

Dr. Michael KauthMr. Steve HulseyMr. & Mrs. James R. HuttonMr. & Mrs. Wesley A. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Okey B. JohnsonMr. Scot W. JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Robert E. JordonMr. Guido KanschatDr. & Mrs. Andrew P. KantMr. & Mrs. Edward KelleyMs. Karen KelleyMr. & Mrs. Tom KelseyDr. & Mrs. Sherwin KershmanLucy & Victor KormeierMr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. KrenekMr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr.Mr. Rodney KubicekMr. Vijay KusnoorMs. Joni LatimerMr. James LeatherbyMs. Golda K. LeonardMr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr.Mr. James C. Lindsey



Lisle Violin ShopMr. Kelly Bruce LobleyMrs. Sylvia LohkampLouise & Oscar LuiTom & Kathleen MachMr. Kemp MaerMr. & Mrs. Stevens MafrigeMr. Christopher ManciniMs. Renee MargolinMs. B. Lynn Mathre &

Mr. Stewart O’DellMr. Mark MatovichMr. & Mrs. Richard MattixMr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdamsMr. & Mrs. James McBrideLawrence McCullough &

Linda Jean QuintanillaDr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. GlasserMr. & Mrs. Kevin McEvoyMr. George McKeeMr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManusWilliam E. Joor III &

Rose Ann MedlinMrs. Dorri MelvinMrs. Diane MerrillMr. Ronald A. MikitaMs. Kristen MillerMr. & Mrs. Herbert G. MillsMr. Willis B. MitchellJohn & Ann MontgomeryMs. Deborah MoranMr. Richard MurphyAlan & Elaine MutMs. Jennifer NaaeMr. & Mrs. Kevin NeumannMr. Robert NicholsNils & Stephanie NormannMr. & Mrs. D. D. OldhamMr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver IIIKaty OptiksMs. Margie OrtegaMr. & Mrs. Enrique OspinaMrs. Caroline OsteenJane & Kenneth OwenMr. & Mrs. Robert PageMr. & Mrs. Marc C. PaigeMr. Jonathan PalmerMr. Robert PastorekRachel & Michael PawsonMrs. Preston A. PeakDr. & Mrs. Joseph PennMr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips IIIGrace & Carroll PhillipsMs. Meg PhilpotKim & Ted A. PowellMr. Robert W. PowellMr. Arthur PreisingerMr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita PyleElias & Carole QumsiehMrs. Carole QunsieltDr. Mike RatliffMr. & Mrs. John Q. ReansMr. & Mrs. Joseph ReddenMrs. Edith G. ReedMr. & Mrs. Dwain ReevesMs. Louisa B. ReidMrs. Constance RhebergenMr. & Mrs. Charles E. RinehartMr. James L. RobertsonMr. & Mrs. Fabrice RocheDrs. Herbert & Manuela RoellerMr. & Mrs. Keith A. RogersMs. Franelle Rogers

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph RubboGarry & Margaret SchoonoverMr. & Mrs. Douglas SchwaabCharles & Andrea SeayMr. & Mrs. Vic ShainockMr. Barry E. Silverman &

Ms. Shara FryerMrs. Ray SimpsonMs. Marcia SmartMr. & Mrs. William SmithMr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn ChenMr. Hilary SmithMr. Nicholas SollenneMrs. Donna SprudzsDr. & Mrs. C. Richard StasneyDr. & Mrs. James H. SteeleMr. Myron F. StevesMs. Lori SummaMr. & Mrs. George TallichetMr. & Mrs. Glenn TaylorJacob & Elizabeth ThomasMr. & Mrs. Tom ThweattDavid & Ann TomatzMr. Daniel S. TrachtenbergMr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr.Ms. Cathleen J. TrechterMr. & Mrs. Robert A. TremantDr. & Mrs. Gage VanHornMr. Earl VanzantJan & Don WagnerBetty & Bill WalkerMs. Sandria WardMr. & Mrs. William B. WareingMr. Kenneth W. WarrenMr. & Mrs. James A. WattJ. M. WeltzienDrs. A. & J. WerchMs. Laura WoodsMrs. Peggy J. WylieMr. Le Roy YeagerMr. Ray YoungMr. William A. Young

Sustaining Member $�50 - $499Anonymous (18)Mr. & Mrs. Samuel AbrahamMr. & Mrs. W. Kendall AdamMr. John E. Adkins Jr.Ms. Lina AmadorMs. Sheila AronDr. & Mrs. Roy AruffoMr. Rudy AvelarMr. & Mrs. David BaggettMr. & Mrs. Gabriel BaizanMr. & Mrs. John BakerMs. Jane BakerMr. & Mrs. Saul BalaguraMs. Virginia C. BallardMr. & Mrs. Don BarnhillMr. & Mrs. Seth BarrettMr. & Mrs. John A. BarrettMr. Daniel BarrettoMr. Steve A. BavousettFather Albert J. BeckMs. Roberta BensonMr. & Mrs. Matthew BeshearsMr. & Mrs. Randall BesteMr. & Mrs. Ed BillingsMs. Fannette BlumMr. & Mrs. Daniel BoggioMr. Philip BoothMs. Suzie Boyd

Dr. Arthur W. BraceyMrs. Barbara BrittMs. Zu Dell BroadwaterMr. Chester Brooke &

Mrs. Nancy PoindexterMr. & Mrs. Steven BrosvikMr. J. W. BrougherSally & Laurence BrownJoan K. Bruchas & H. Philip CowdinMs. Courtney BrynesMr. Philip R. BullingtonMr. & Mrs. William BumpusMr. & Mrs. Laurence BurnsMs. Jodi ByerlyMrs. Miriam ByrdMr. Eugene ByrdMr. Gary CacciatoreMr. & Mrs. J. Scott CampbellMr. Carlos CampoMs. Sandra CamposMr. Petros CarvounisMr. & Mrs. Kevin J. CaseyMr. & Mrs. John M. CavanaughKathy & Gary ChandlerK.D. Charalampous, M.D.Mr. Kenneth ChinDr. Diana S. ChowMr. & Mrs. William L. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Clayton A. ComptonMs. Erin ConnallyMr. Cecil C. ConnerMs. Barbara A. ConteMr. David CorderMs. Jeanne A. CoxMr. Alan DaleMr. & Mrs. Steven DalicandroMr. Pablo De la TorreMr. Michael DeaversMs. Caroline DeetjenMr. & Mrs. Rene DegreveMr. & Mrs. Joseph DemeterMs. Kay S. DerryMs. Dora DillistoneMs. Judy DinesMr. & Mrs. Malcolm DittoPatrick & Risha DozarkMr. & Mrs. Clifford C. DukesMr. & Mrs. James H. DupreeMr. Kevin F. DvorakMr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr.Mrs. Karen A. EdgmonMr. & Mrs. William J. EgglestonMr. Paul EhrsamMr. & Mrs. Dean EicherMr. Ramsay M. ElderDr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James

TurleyMr. Mike EzzellMr. Tom R. FanninMr. & Mrs. John R. FarinaMs. Ann S. FarrellMs. Barbara FaulknerMs. Ursula H. FelmetMr. & Mrs. Vladimir FishelMr. & Mrs. James FlanniganMr. & Mrs. Theodore C. FlickMr. James B. Flodine &

Ms. Lynne LiberatoMr. Richard L. Flowers Jr.Mrs. Lisa Forgan DewittsMr. & Mrs. John M. ForneyMr. Joe FowlerJoyce & David FoxMs. Johnella V. Franklin

J. Kent & Ann FriedmanRobert A. Furse, M.D.Dr. Abdel K. FustokMr. & Mrs. Mike GallagherMrs. Holly GarnerMr. & Mrs. Neil GaynorMr. & Mrs. Duane V. GeisMr. & Mrs. James E. GerhardtMr. Glen GettemyMr. Charles J. GillmanMr. Mauro Gimenez &

Ms. Connie CoulombMr. Ned GraberMrs. Howard GrekelMr. Steve K. GrimsleyMs. Jo Ann C. GuilloryDr. & Mrs. Howard GutsteinMr. Teruhiko HagiwaraMr. & Mrs. Curtis D. HainesMs. Vickie HamleyMichael D. HardinMr. & Mrs. Tod P. HardingMs. Karen HardingMr. Paul HarmonMr. & Mrs. William HaskinsMr. David T. Hedges Jr.Mr. John HeinyJess Hines Jr.Howard & Dorothy HomeyerMr. & Mrs. John HomierS.y. & Y.j. Kim HongMr. & Mrs. Robert M. HopsonElizabeth & Bob HoustonMr. & Mrs. Aaron HowesMs. Vicki HuffMr. James M. HughesMr. & Mrs. Charles InghamMs. Jennifer IsadoreMr. Joseph IveyMr. & Mrs. Edwin R. JanesMrs. Paula JarrettMr. & Mrs. Mark JohnsonMr. Raymond JonesMr. James H. JordonMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KantorDr. & Mrs. Richard A. KasschauMr. & Mrs. Curtis R. KayemDr. Helen K. KeeMs. Arlette KeeneMr. & Mrs. James A. KellerMr. & Mrs. David KendallMr. & Mrs. Hermen KeyMr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. KindallMs. Malgorzata Kloc-StepkowskaDr. & Mrs. Michael KoehlMr. & Mrs. Thomas KoskiMr. & Mrs. Sam KosterMs. Cynthia KretlowMs. Anna KuoMs. Anita KusnoorMr. Kent LacyMr. & Mrs. Thomas S. LathamMr. & Mrs. Brian LawrenceMr. & Mrs. Robert LeonardMr. & Mrs. Philip LewisSharon Lipsky, M.D.J. M. Little & Asso.Mr. William LooserMr. Carlos J. LopezMr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregorMr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach IIIMs. Doris M. MageeSandy Vander KamMr. John Maguire

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Ms. Kelly MalekMrs. D.B. MarchantDr. & Dr. A. J. MarianMr. & Mrs. Laban MarshMr. Ronald S. MartaDr. Toshimatsu MatsumotoMs. Suzanne McCarthyMr. & Mrs. Edward McCulloughMs. Judi McGeeMr. Daniel McHenryMr. & Mrs. James L. Mc NettMr. Guy W. MeadersMs. Georgette M. MichkoMary & Tom MillerMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. MirelesMr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr.Mr. Clyde W. Moore Jr.Ms. Kathleen Moore &

Mr. Steven T. HomerMr. & Mrs. Michael J. MorganMs. Lauren MorganSusie & SI MorrisMr. & Mrs. Ryan MossMr. Arturo NarroMr. Joel Ray NeedhamMr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. NewtonMr. & Mrs. Charles OfnerMarjory & Barry OkinMr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. OsterJulie & Chip Oudin IIIMs. Jennifer OwenMs. Linda PetersonMark H. & Lynn K. PickettMr. & Mrs. Lloyd G. Posey Jr.Ms. Deborah PossoMr. & Mrs. Arthur H. PrattMr. & Mrs. Manuel E. QuintanaMr. & Mrs. Paul RamirezMr. & Mrs. Venu RaoMs. Joanna RaynesLoreta & Ronald ReaVicki & J.B. ReberRalph & Becky ReedRobert & Anne ReedMr. & Mrs. Norman T. ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Walter RhodesMr. H. A. Ricards Jr.Hilda & Hershel RichMr. & Mrs. Claud D. RiddlesMr. & Mrs. William F. RikeMrs. George RismanMs. Shari RochenMr. Daniel J. RomeroMr. & Mrs. Jules H. RoseMr. & Mrs. Mervin Rosenbaum

Mr. & Mrs. Norman RosenthalMr. & Mrs. John E. RyallMr. & Mrs. Michael SchererMr. Donald SchmuckMr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. OpltMs. Elizabeth SchwarzePamela & Richard SherryMr. & Mrs. Charles C. ShumakerMr. Barrett SidesMr. Stephen C. Smith &

Mr. Ronald JensonMrs. Lynn SnyderHans C. SonnebornMr. & Mrs. Donald G. SpindlerMs. Blanche StastnyMr. & Mrs. Donald K. SteinmanWilliam F. SternCassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry HoltzDr. & Mrs. Richard StraxMr. & Mrs. Hans StrohmerDr. & Mrs. David SufianMs. Cili SunMr. & Mrs. John L. SutterbyMs. Barbara SwartzMr. & Mrs. Robert B. SymonDr. Shahin TavackoliMs. Jessica TaylorHoward Tellepsen Jr.Dr. & Mrs. E. B. ThompsonMr. & Mrs. P. H. G. ThompsonMr. John ThorneMr. Tom TomlinsonMr. & Mrs. Louis E. TooleDr. & Mrs. Karl TornyosMr. Jon D. TotzMr. & Mrs. Ronald TrowbridgeDr. & Mrs. Brad UrquhartMr. Viet VanMr. David VannaukerDr. Allen R. VogtMr. Eugene WagenechtMr. & Mrs. Bill WarburtonMr. & Mrs. John WardellMs. Allyson WeathersLeone Buyse & Michael WebsterMs. Bryony Jane WelshMr. Richard WhiteMr. & Mrs. Gordon WhiteMr. Russell WhiteMrs. Amber WilbanksMr. & Mrs. Andrew WilkomirskiMr. & Mrs. Cornel WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Russell R. WilliamsMr. Patrick WilsonMiriam & Marcos Witt

Miss Susan WoodRobert & Rhoda Workin

Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or MoreRita & Geoffrey BaylissMr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.Allen & Almira GelwickDr. & Mrs. Bernard KatzMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr.Paul & Rita MoricoMary & Terry MurphreeMr. Robert J. PileggeMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonMrs. Sybil F. RoosLinda & Jerry RubensteinMrs. Maryjane ScherrMr. & Mrs. Donald E. Woodard Jr.

Grand Patron Pops $�,500-$4,999Ms. Dianne BowmanMr. Christopher Buehler &

Ms. Jill HutchisonMr. & Mrs. Byron F. DyerMrs. Barry LewisMr. & Mrs. Allan QuiatMr. & Mrs. Mark S. RauchMr. & Mrs. Ben A. ReidMr. & Mrs. Leland TateMr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Pops Patron $1,500-$�,499Jim & Ellen BoxCarol & Larry FradkinMr. Robert GrantMichael & Darcy KrajewskiShirley & Marvin RichMs. Jody VerwersMr. & Mrs. William B. Welte IIISally & Denney Wright

Headliner $1,000-$1,499Ms. Tara BlackMr. & Mrs. Warren J. CarrollMrs. Alan GaylorMr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillanDr. & Mrs. Raghu NarayanW. R. PurifoyRoman & Sally Reed

Mr. & Mrs. John T. RiordanMr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr.Mrs. Annetta RoseMr. Morris RubinMs. Amanda TozziMr. Roger Trandell

Producer $500-$999Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon AkermanMr. Allen J. BeckerMr. John S. BeuryMr. & Mrs. Bruce BuhlerBarbara DokellJohn & Joyce EagleMr. & Mrs. Dale HardyMr. Larry JanuaryMr. & Mrs. Barry H. MargolisMr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga MeneillyMs. Phyllis SchafferMr. & Mrs. David K. Smith

Director $�50-$499Mr. Jay T. BrownMarilyn & Tucker CoughlenMr. T. J. DoggettMr. & Mrs. Charles GrantMr. & Mrs. Jim GuntherMr. & Mrs. Bill JohnstonMs. Mary KeathleyDr. George S. KnappCharles C. & Patricia KubinMr. Richard S. LedermannMr. & Mrs. Roger LindgrenMr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnisPatrick & Peggy Mc KinneyMr. James MinerJudy & Bill PursellMs. Er’Ron RobinsonMr. Robert SchickDr. & Mrs. A. Carl SchmulenMr. & Mrs. Harold L. SiegeleMs. Beth StegleMs. Jane B. ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Carl N. TongbergMr. Lam TranDonna TrombleeDr. Holly & Mr. Michael VarnerDr. & Mrs. William C. WatkinsMr. & Mrs. Don Wilton

As of May 31, 2011

In Kind Donors......................................................................................................... As of June 14, 2011

Alexander’s Fine Portrait DesignBaker Botts Be FriendsBergner & JohnsonBKD, LLPBright StarCogneticMr. Carl R. CunninghamDarryl & Co.Deville Fine JewelryDocuData SolutionsThe Events Company Hilton Americas - Houston

Houston ChronicleJackson and CompanyJOHANNUS Organs of TexasJim Benton of Houston LLCJR’s Bar & GrillKUHF 88.7 FMThe Lancaster Hotel Limb DesignMorton’s The SteakhouseMusic & ArtsNeiman MarcusNew Leaf Publishing, Inc.PaperCityPride Houston

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

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Mr. Thomas D. BarrowW. P. BeardMrs. H. Raymond BrannonAnthony BrigandiLawrence E. Carlton, M.D.Mrs. Albert V. CaselliLee Allen ClarkJack EllisMrs. Robin A. ElversonFrank R. EylerHelen Bess Fariss Foster

Christine E. GeorgeMrs. Marcella Levine HarrisGeneral & Mrs. Maurice HirschMiss Ima HoggBurke & Octavia HolmanMrs. L. F. McCollumJoan B. McKerleyMonroe L. Mendelsohn Jr.Mrs. Janet MoynihanConstantine S. NicandrosHanni Orton

Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founderDr. Michael PapadopoulosMiss Louise Pearl PerkinsWalter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founderJ. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford SchultzMs. Jean R. SidesJohn K. & Fanny W. StoneDorothy Barton ThomasMrs. Harry C. WiessMrs. Edward Wilkerson

Legacy Society...................................................................................................

The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event with a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the members of the Society, and with their permission, is pleased to acknowledge them.

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

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

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

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

As of May 31, 2011

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We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come!

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

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

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