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

March • 2012

Programs11 March 8

1� March 9-1114 March 16-18

19 March 22, 24-25

On Stage and Off5 Credits

�3-31 Donors 8 From the Orchestra

9 Hans Graf8 Letter to Patrons4 Orchestra and Staff

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Features16 2012-2013 Pops Season Announcement 3� Backstage Pass

7 Conductor’s Circle 6 Rock Me, Amadeus!Ball Kick-Off Party

10 Upcoming Performances

Cover photo by Leah Polkowske.Musician on the cover: Kiju Joh

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7 16 Mark your calendars! The 2012-2013 Houston Symphony POPS Season has been announced.

Save the DateHouston Symphony League Bay Area invites you to

Acknowledgements

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Hans Graf, Music DirectorRoy and Lillie Cullen Chair

Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor

Sponsor, Cameron Management

Robert Franz, Associate Conductor Sponsor, Beth Madison

FiRSt ViOLiN:Frank Huang, Concertmaster MaxLevineChairEric Halen, Associate Concertmaster

EllenE.KelleyChairAssia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster

CorneliaandMeredithLongChairQi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster FondrenFoundationChairMarina Brubaker, Hewlett-PackardCompanyChairAlexandra AdkinsMiHee ChungSophia SilivosRodica GonzalezFerenc IllenyiSi-Yang LaoKurt JohnsonChristopher NealSergei Galperin

SecONd ViOLiN:Jennifer Owen, PrincipalTina Zhang, Associate PrincipalHitai LeeKiju JohMihaela Oancea-FrusinaRuth Zeger Margaret BraggMartha ChapmanKevin KellyTong YanChristine PastorekAmy Teare

ViOLA:Wayne Brooks, PrincipalJoan DerHovsepian, Associate

PrincipalGeorge Pascal, Assistant PrincipalWei JiangLinda GoldsteinSheldon PersonFay ShapiroDaniel Strba Mr.andMrs.JesseB.TutorChairThomas MolloyPhyllis Herdliska

ceLLO:Brinton Averil Smith, Principal JaniceandThomasBarrowChairChristopher 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

GeneralMauriceHirschChairJohn Thorne, Associate PrincipalJudy DinesAllison Jewett**Rebecca Powell-Garfield***

PiccOLO:Allison Jewett**Rebecca Powell-Garfield***

ObOe:Anne Leek, Acting Principal

LucyBinyonStudeChairXiaodi Liu, 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***

TassieandConstantineS.NicandrosChair

bASSOON:Rian Craypo, Principal StewartOrtonChairEric Arbiter, Associate Principal AmericanGeneralChairJ. Jeff Robinson**Elise WagnerBenjamin Atherholt*

cONtRAbASSOON:J. Jeff Robinson**Benjamin Atherholt*

HORN:William VerMeulen, PrincipalJacek Muzyk, Associate PrincipalBrian Thomas

RobertandJaniceMcNairFoundationChair

Nancy GoodearlPhilip StantonJulie Thayer

tRuMPet:Mark Hughes, Principal

GeorgeP.andCynthiaWoodsMitchellChair

John DeWitt, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant PrincipalAnthony Prisk

SperosP.MartelChair

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

NevaWatkinsWestChair

ORcHeStRA PeRSONNeL MANAGeR:

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ASSiStANt ORcHeStRA PeRSONNeL MANAGeR:

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LibRARiAN:Thomas Takaro

ASSiStANt LibRARiANS:Erik GronforMichael McMurray

StAGe MANAGeR:Donald Ray Jackson

ASSiStANt StAGe MANAGeR:Kelly Morgan

StAGe tecHNiciAN:Toby BluntZoltan FabryCory Grant

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TheHoustonSymphony’sconcertpianoisagiftofMrs.HelenB.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, Operations and ProductionSteve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel ManagerAllison Conlan, Music Matters! CoordinatorMichael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel ManagerDonald Ray Jackson, Stage ManagerKelly Morgan, Assistant Stage ManagerMeredith Williams, Operations Assistant

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

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aurelie DesMarais, Senior Director, Artistic PlanningMerle N. bratlie, Director, Artist ServicesLesley Sabol, Manager, Popular Programmingthomas takaro, Librarian Sarah Berggren, Chorus ManagerErik Gronfor, Assistant LibrarianMichael McMurray, Assistant LibrarianRebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate

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 ServicesJeff Gilmer, Group Representative, Inside SalesJason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron ServicesErin Mushalla, Marketing AssociateDerrick Rose, Group Representative, Outside Sales

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DaviD CHaMBers, Chief Development OfficerStephanie Jones, Senior Director, Events and League RelationsMark Folkes, Director, Individual Giving and Major GiftsVickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Servicesbrandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate RelationsPeter yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and

Development CommunicationsDarryl de Mello, Annual Fund ManagerJessica Ford, Gifts OfficerSamantha Gonzalez, Manager, EventsRobin Lewis, Development Assistant, Gifts and RecordsJennifer Martin, Institutional Giving CoordinatorSarah Beth Seifert, Development Operations ManagerSarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations ManagerLena Streetman, Manager, Prospect ResearchConductor

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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 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.


On January 12, Houston Symphony enthusiasts flocked to the lobby of the Historic JPMorgan Chase building to attend a rockin’ eve-ning of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music for the Rock Me, Amadeus: Houston Symphony Ball 2012 Kick-Off Party. Ball Chairs Tara and David Wuthrich (pictured right), alongside Ball Co-chairs Audrey and Brandon Cochran and Alexandra and David Pruner, hosted the evening and chatted with guests about the exciting plans for the March 23, 2012, Ball.

At the top of the guests’ minds was the recently announced entertainment for the Ball, which will feature performances by Mark Wood, famed electronic violinist and founder and former lead violinist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and the Marianne Bennett Orchestra from New York. With fans ranging from Wicked’s Idina Menzel to Letterman music man Paul Shaffer, the Marianne Bennett Orchestra will give Ball guests rich, pitch-perfect renditions of everything from Michael Bublé to Michael Jackson.

A Fare Extraordinaire provided delectable bites and sparkling elixirs for the evening served by young waiters decked out in all black attire and 18th-century powdered wigs. Models paraded through the crowd, courtesy of Tootsies, wear-ing women’s spring eveningwear by Monique Lhuillier, Naeem Khan and Elie Saab and provid-ing the ladies inspiration for their ball gowns. Rounding out the evening were performances by the Fidelis Quartet, who played a Beatles song and a movement of the Mozart “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” while guests enjoyed miniature brandy-spiked vanilla bean milkshakes and chocolate, cranberry, pistachio bark.

Among the crowd were Ball Honorees Denise and Philip Bahr, Julia Frankel and Beth Madison; Auction Co-Chair Katie Flaherty; Betty Tutor, Ed and Marie Bosarge, Phoebe Tudor, Bill and Joann Crassas, Steve and Joella Mach, Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein, Viviana and David Denechaud, Karina and Carlos Barbieri, Lindley and Jason Arnoldy and Isabel and Danny David.

Join us for the Ball on March 23, 2012!Tickets are available at:www.houstonsymphony.org/ball

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On January 31, members of the Houston Symphony Conductor’s Circle, together with Prize Level members of The Shepherd Society at Rice University, joined forces to enjoy a pri-vate rehearsal with the Houston Symphony, as Maestro Hans Graf and the musicians prepare repertoire for their upcoming tour to Carnegie Hall on May 7. Bobby Tudor, current president of the Houston Symphony Society Board and his wife, Phoebe Tudor, current president of The Shepherd Society, greeted members from both organizations.

Guests enjoyed a reception in the Grand Foyer of Alice Pratt Brown Hall, followed by a preview of the rarely performed political satire, Anti-Formalist Rayok, by Dmitri Shostakovich with Maestro Hans Graf and members of the Houston Symphony in Stude Concert Hall. The rehearsal featured Russian bass and guest artist, Mikhail Svetlov, who will perform with the Symphony on stage at Carnegie Hall. Following the open rehearsal, Maestro Graf and the guest artists held a lively Q&A session with audience members.

Members of the Conductor’s Circle con-tribute annually to the Houston Symphony ($5000+), and receive invitations to exclusive experiences such as this special behind-the-scenes event. If you are interested in joining the Conductor’s Circle—or if you would like to accompany the Houston Symphony on a special patron tour to Carnegie Hall this spring, please contact Amanda Tozzi, director, Executive Operations (713) 238-1456 or [email protected] or David Chambers, chief development officer (713) 337-8525 or [email protected].

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From the Orchestra............................................................................................

PHOTO BY LEAH POLKOWSKE

On behalf of the musicians of the Houston Symphony, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Jones Hall and March’s terrific roster of concerts. So far this new year we have had some truly exhila-rating concerts including RachFest!, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and the world premiere of Orbit—AnHDOdyssey. We look forward to continuing the excitement this month with classical performances of Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, as well as welcoming musical superstars from the classical and rock worlds such as Hilary Hahn and Earth, Wind & Fire.

People often ask my colleagues and me if we get nervous before concerts. Well, as you know, we take great pride and pleasure in performing each night for an enthusiastic audience at Jones Hall. We always want to play at our highest level, so the excitement of live performance comes with a degree of pressure, and as with anything in life, pressure typically comes with nerves. For a lucky few, nerves are never a prob-lem. Some musicians can show up to a concert that features a prominent solo for their instruments and it’s just like any other day at the office. However, for most, nerves are a reality, and they manifest themselves in different physical reactions—whether it is shortness of breath, lip quivers, dry mouth or shaky fingers. It can present quite a problem when a small lip quiver of a trumpet player or a shaky finger of a violinist means the difference between a right and wrong note! Some musicians get nervous hours before a con-cert, while others feel anxiety in the moments immediately leading up to an important melody. I actually get nervous just after I play a big solo, but that’s probably a matter for a therapist.

All musicians deal with nerves differently, but it’s critical that we be capable of managing them. Diet, exercise, meditation and proper rest are all important elements of performance preparation. Also, it would not be improper to thank the spouses and significant others of musicians for their help in making great concerts possible because of their patience with the regimented rest and eating routines that musicians keep before concerts! We practice our instruments, but we also must practice keeping our minds under control so that we can deliver a top notch show each and every night.

We are so happy you have joined us at Jones Hall, and we hope you enjoy the concert!

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We are very excited to showcase our recently announced 2012-13 Pops season in this month’s issue. We kick-off the season on August 31 through September 2 with the world premiere of a new Pops program, Sixties Hits, as performed by The Midtown Men, a group consisting of four of the original cast members of the Broadway hit musical, JerseyBoys. Another standout will be the Bond & Beyond concert in November celebrating the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise. Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski has built upon the success of a previous Bond concert at Jones Hall by expanding the repertoire and featuring Tony® Award-winning vocalist Debbie Gravitte. Not to be missed is the remastered movie musical, WestSideStory, to be shown along with the Houston Symphony’s live performance of the award-winning score. The memorable film celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, and we are very pleased to bring it to Houston in March 2013. Be sure to look for more details about the entire Pops series on page 16.

This month, we cap off the inaugural season of our brand new Sugar Land series with Hilary Hahn Plus Enigma Variations on Thursday, March 29. We are pleased to report that the series has been renewed for 2012-13, and we look forward to bringing another set of three Houston Symphony performances to Sugar Land Baptist Church beginning in October!

Our annual Symphony Ball is looking to be a huge success on Friday, March 23 thanks to Chairs Tara and David Wuthrich and Co-Chairs Alexandra and David Pruner and Audrey and Brandon Cochran. All pro-ceeds from the Ball support Music Matters! programs—the Symphony’s education and outreach activities. This year’s theme, Rock Me, Amadeus, blends old world opulence with modern glamour and will feature live musical performances by our very own Houston Symphony musicians; Mark Wood, founder and former lead electric violinist for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra; and the Marianne Bennett Orchestra from New York. To pur-chase your tickets, please contact [email protected] or call (713) 238-1485.

Lastly, don’t forget that the Houston Symphony will be making its 16th appearance at Carnegie Hall on Monday, May 7 as we kick-off the 2012 SpringforMusic Festival. We invite everyone to make the trip to New York with us! We’ve created a few special travel packages for patrons featuring pre- and post-concert festivi-ties. Please see the enclosed insert for more details, and we hope to see you at Carnegie Hall!

bobby tudor President

Mark c. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

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

Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, 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 developed a close relationship with

the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned 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 pres-

ent the New York premiere of ThePlanets—AnHDOdyssey and will return in May 2012 to participate in Carnegie’s SpringforMusic Festival.

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 ThePlanets—AnHD

Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. His U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant

Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago.An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led

productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres. Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera and BorisGodunov 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 record-ings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the LyricSuite, a DVD of ThePlanets—AnHDOdysseyand most recently, Mahler’s DasLiedvonderErde.

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.

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Tribute to John Denver with Jim CurryApril 5, 6, 7, �01�Michael Krajewski, conductorJim curry, guitar and vocalsJohn Denver tribute artist Jim Curry performs “Rocky Mountain High, “Take Me Home: Country Roads,” “Annie’s Song” and “Leaving On a Jet Plane” with your Houston Symphony playing the original orchestrations written for Denver. On the first half, Mike and the orchestra will share Americana favorites such as selections from the Grand Canyon Suite and “America the Beautiful.”tickets from: $25

classical concert

Petrouchka & BeethovenApril 13, 14, 15, �01�Pablo Heras-casado, conductorJon Kimura Parker, pianoSchumann: Overture to Manfredbeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947)“Heras-Casado is the real deal. With the young Simon Rattle’s curly hair, searing intensity, benign smile, and clear communication with the orchestra, Granada-born Heras-Casado is truly a conductor beyond convenient pigeonholes, with an enormous repertoire...” –san Francisco classical Voice

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Family concert

Perfect Pitch: Music of BaseballApril �8, �01�Robert Franz, conductorYour Houston Symphony slides into home as we finish the season with the best music from the ballpark. Houston Astros’ announcer and Hall of Fame Awardee Milo Hamilton will narrate Casey at the Bat. Hear this line-up made of all-stars.tickets: Adults: $22; Child: $14

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Cole Porter’s Great American SongbookApril �7, �8, �9, �01�brett Mitchell, conductorJennifer Hope Wills and Ryan Silverman, vocalistsCole Porter, the great American songwriter, was equally celebrated on Broadway, in Tin Pan Alley and writing for the big screen. Hear the orchestra and renowned vocalists perform Porter’s unforgettable music, such as “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Begin the Beguine,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love.”tickets from: $25

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Earth, Wind & Firecharles Floyd, conductor earth, Wind & Fire Philip bailey, Ralph Johnson and Verdine White

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earth, Wind & FireFounding member, Maurice White envisioned a band that abolished the lines between musical genres, freely borrowing from all styles without regard to convention. “We were coming out of a decade of experimentation, mind expansion and cosmic awareness. I wanted our music to convey messages of universal love and har-mony without force-feeding listeners’ spiritual content.”

Earth, Wind & Fire took great pride in bringing African culture to pop culture. The sig-nature Motherland trademark is the handheld thumb piano known as the “kalimba,” a sound that has blessed every one of its albums.

Along with his younger brother, Verdine White—a 19-year-old classically trained bass-ist—Maurice formed the group, The Salty Peppers. It evolved into the 10-piece ensemble, Earth, Wind & Fire, inspired by “the elements” of his Sagittarian astrological chart. The self-titled 1971 debut album, Earth,Wind&Fire, and the 1972 TheNeedofLove (Warner Bros. Records), were steeped in bedrock-jazz and rhythm and blues that netted the up-and-coming band a loyal underground following. Maurice recruited new members to the group, including drummer/percussionist/vocalist Ralph Johnson, and a percussionist with an amazing four-octave vocal range named Philip Bailey. His voice, along with Maurice’s charismatic baritone voice, set EWF’s vocal identity. Though no longer a part of the touring group, Maurice remains the band’s heart and soul as composer and producer.

With more than 41 years in the music busi-ness, EWF has launched a cavalcade of hits and ushered in a new generation of musical style. While the group performed any place possible, radio discovered it with the first three Columbia albums; LastDaysandTime (1972), HeadtotheSky (1973) and OpenOurEyes (1974). It was the soundtrack to an ill-fated film that broke EWF wide open. That’stheWayoftheWorld (1975) was a stiff at the box office (twice), but the gal-vanizing eight-song LP was a sales and cultural phenomenon. The group earned its first Number One single, “Shining Star,” first Grammy® Award and first double platinum sales award from that now-classic album.

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Saturday, March 10, �01� 8 pm

Sunday, March 11, �01� 7:30 pm

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Bowfire!Robert Franz, conductor

Korngold Suite from The Adventures of Robin Hood 2 The Tournament (Archery Contest): Con festività

tchaikovsky Serenade in C major for Strings, Opus 48 IV Finale (Tema Russo): Andante—Allegro con spirito

Falla Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo

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brahms/A. Parlow Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

Rossini Overture to William Tell: Allegro vivace

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Bowfire!J. McGrath/W. Solomon Fiddler In the Hood

Sarasate Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 20

Rodgers-youmans Blue Moon/I Want To Be Happy

R. Legere/b. bridges Calm Before the Storm

Arr. bridges Growling Old Woman/Clumsy Lover

Arr. R. Wilkins Goin’ To Chicago

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Arr. L. Solomon Mist-Covered Mountains

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Robert Franz, conductorSince joining the Houston Symphony as Associate Conductor, Robert Franz has led the orchestra with vibrant, athletic and entertaining direction in a broad range of creative education and family concerts.

A champion of new music, Franz has con-ducted numerous world premieres and works by living composers. As associate conduc-tor of the Louisville Orchestra, he re-vitalized an ASCAP award-winning new music concert series and served as co-host of InaDifferentKey, a weekly contemporary classical music radio program.

A nationally recognized leader of arts education, Franz has forged partnerships with leading arts organizations and educational institutions. He received the ASCAP Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming (2001, 2008) and the BPO/ECMEA Award for Excellence in Music Education (2008), cre-ated Kentucky Educational Television’s

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CreatingMusicandStories program and par-ticipated in Children’s Center and Enrichment Center chamber music residencies that pro-vide arts enrichment experiences for dis-abled persons.

In addition to his post here, Franz serves as music director of the Boise Philharmonic. He is music director emeritus of the Carolina Chamber Symphony, which he founded, and provides summer educational workshops at the National Repertory Orchestra.

Franz received his master’s degree in conducting in 1992 and his bachelor’s degree in oboe performance in 1990 from the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has partici-pated in conducting workshops in the Czech Republic, St. Petersburg (Russia), Nashville and the Festival at Sandpoint, and was a participant in the 1997 National Conductor Preview.

bowfireBowfire has continually proven itself to be a “must see” event everywhere it is presented. The hottest, new show to hit the stage is quickly becoming a major international suc-cess. It is both an exceptionally high-quality music experience and a fast-paced, theatri-cally-staged show.

The Bowfire company includes virtuoso string players who are at the forefront of their respective styles, combined with equally gifted and respected backup musicians: piano/key-boards, bass, drums/percussion, guitars and cello. Fiddlers in the company are world-class step-dancers and tap-dancers.

Formed in June 2000, Bowfire made its debut performance the following month at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany. Audience

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response was wildly enthusiastic, and the group was subsequently invited to perform on the Governor-General’s Awards telecast—the Canadian equivalent of the United States’ Kennedy Center Honors.

The ensemble made its American debut in a series of performances during the summer of 2001 in New York City and embarked on its first U.S. tour during the 2002-03 season. In December 2003, Bowfire made its Asian debut with performances in Taiwan. Bowfire has enjoyed highly successful touring sea-sons since then and is currently touring North America and recording a new CD.

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Saturday, March 17, �01� 8 pm

Sunday, March 18, �01� 2:30 pm

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Petrenko Conducts Prokofiev*Vasily Petrenko, conductor *chloë Hanslip, violin

elgar Cockaigne (In London Town), Opus 40

bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26 I Vorspiel: Allegro moderato— II Adagio III Finale: Allegro energico

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Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Opus 100 I Andante II Allegro marcato III Adagio IV Allegro giocoso

*Houston Symphony debut

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cOcKAiGNe (iN LONdON tOWN), OPuS 40Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Recording: Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo), pairs of oboes, clarinets and bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, organ and strings

The turn of the 20th century was a time of self-satisfaction in the British Empire. Feelings of power and wealth abounded, and following the death of Queen Victoria, Britons entered into the elegant Edwardian era that was to last until World War I. The spirit of the times seems to have taken hold of Edward Elgar. Cockaigne, which he subtitled InLondonTown, has the pace and spirit of a brisk morning walk. It is decorated with several brassy little episodes, said to cel-ebrate the tradition of British marching bands, according to the preface by Edwin Evans in the score. The piece is a large sonata form, beginning with a set of short, cryptic themes descriptive of street life in London, followed by one longer theme, marked to be performed “nobly” and said to represent a self-confident London citizen. The shorter, street-life themes are reiterated before this first group of themes gives way to a sentimental secondary theme, apparently representing a pair of lovers. A lengthy development refers to several of the themes as well as making a sly imita-tion of a Salvation Army tune and paying a musical visit to one of London’s churches in a quiet interlude, according to Evans. A robust restatement of the street themes and lovers’ theme leads to a climactic coda, based on the citizen’s theme.

ViOLiN cONceRtO NO. 1 iN G MiNOR, OPuS �6 Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Recording: Chloë Hanslip, with Martyn Brabbins conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Warner Classics)

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

Max Bruch admired all three of his violin con-certos, but he could never dissuade people from favoring his First Violin Concerto. The first movement flows into the slow movement without a break, as it does in Mendelssohn’s famed Violin Concerto in E minor. But the movement is a less complete, fully-rounded sonata-allegro movement than its counterpart in the Mendelssohn concerto.

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An introductory section, alternating several chorale-like phrases in the orchestra with short solo violin cadenzas, leads the solo vio-linist to the main theme, which thrusts itself downward in a G minor broken-chord pas-sage. The second theme, also introduced by the soloist, has a similar profile but a more lyri-cal character and more intricate, decorative rhythms. Both themes are discussed and reworked in an impassioned development section, but the chorale phrases and cadenzas marking the return of the main key merely dissolve in a transition to the slow movement, instead of heralding a full recapitulation section. The middle movement offers an unbroken string of beautiful melody. Its three themes hauntingly anticipate the styles of Mahler and Strauss by about 25-30 years. As the orches-tra begins the last of them, the violin embarks on an extended filigree passage that takes up most of the movement’s middle section. This leads to a more elaborate, decorative return of all three themes. In his biography of Bruch, Christopher Fifield notes that the main themes in the final move-ments of the Bruch and Brahms violin concer-tos share similar “Hungarian” traits, noting that Joachim, a Hungarian violinist, served as adviser to both composers. After a lengthy pre-sentation, this lively G major theme gives way to a broad second theme in D major. The main theme is extensively developed under figura-tive display by the violin, followed by a return of the second theme (this time chasing itself in canonic imitation) and an exuberant burst of the opening “Hungarian-theme” materials as the concerto comes to a close.

SyMPHONy NO. 5 iN b-FLAt MAJOR, OPuS 100 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Recording: Mariss Jansons conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

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

The Fifth Symphony was the last of several major works Prokofiev completed during World War II. It was the first symphony Prokofiev had composed in 16 years, and several scholars have attached significance to the fact that it was a purely abstract work, as opposed to his two preceding symphonies, which had been derived from operatic or ballet scores. The composer himself attached special signifi-cance to the fact that he was returning to sym-phonic form after a hiatus of several years. He called his Fifth Symphony “the culmination of an entire period in my work. I conceived of it


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Sixties Hitswith The Midtown MenAugust 31, September 1, �, �01�Michael Krajewski, conductor4 stars from the Original cast of Jersey BoysThese four accomplished Broadway stars known as The Midtown Men are Tony® Award-winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony® Award-nominee J. Robert Spencer. They join Mike and the orchestra for a concert you won’t want to miss with hits from the 1960s like “Sherry,“ “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and other record-breakers from phenomenal ‘60s artists.Not a performance of, not affiliated with the show Jersey Boys.

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Pink MartiniMay �4, �5, �6, �013Michael Krajewski, conductorMike closes the season with a much-anticipated visit from Pink Martini. The group returns to Jones Hall with popular favorites like “Brazil,” “Amado Mio” and “Hey, Eugene” while injecting new songs bound to become mainstays of its eclectic repertoire.

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as a symphony on the greatness of the human soul,” he said. Prokofiev composed the symphony during the summer of 1944 at Ivanovo, a rural summer retreat maintained by the Soviet gov-ernment to shelter artists and intellectuals during the war. Its somber moments and its triumphant climaxes reflect the seriousness of the times and the great victories the Soviet Union was then achieving over Nazi invad-ers. By a symbolic coincidence, the opening notes of the work were momentarily delayed at its premiere the night of January 13, 1945, as a ceremonial cannon outside the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory signaled the fact that Soviet troops had driven German armies across the Vistula River in central Poland. Those opening notes by the flutes and bassoon quietly announce the main theme of the first movement. Its open, stately character, outlining principal chords and scale patterns in the key of B-flat major, sets the tone of the entire movement. After, a second, more song-like theme is set forth by the flute and oboe. A short but more animated theme, stated by the high woodwinds, violins, bassoon and cellos, concludes the exposition. The development section begins with a shadowy restatement of the main theme by the double basses. This ominous utterance fore-tells the sense of struggle that accompanies the combination of the symphony’s themes in this muscular section of the movement. By contrast, the recapitulation and coda offer a bright, exultant restatement of the themes, beginning with the main theme heard in a full brass-chorale arrangement. As with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony (which is often cited as Prokofiev’s model) and several Mahler symphonies, the Scherzo precedes the slow movement. It is here that the wry, witty, satiric style of the composer’s youthful years pokes forth. Piquant woodwind themes and a pointed staccato string accom-paniment set the style of this movement, accentuated with dance rhythms and relieved by droll moments in the trio section. The slow movement exhibits the neo-romantic aspects of Prokofiev’s mature music at its fullest expression. The move-ment begins with a long, transparent, arch-ing melody that makes low, gliding leaps, reminiscent of the most lyrical sentiments in such scores as Romeo and Juliet, Cinderellaand War and Peace. According to Prokofiev biographer Harlow Robinson, its main theme was taken from Prokofiev’s score to a never-completed film adaptation of Pushkin’s TheQueenofSpades, where it had been intended to represent the female romantic lead, Lisa. Considerable stress, even agony, builds up during the center of the movement, releasing itself in the return of this main theme.

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and Spain’s Sixth Cadaqués International Conducting Competition, he became chief con-ductor of the State Academy Orchestra of St. Petersburg (2004-07).

Petrenko is chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. After his National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain debut in 2009, he was named principal conductor. He will become chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2013-14 season.

Named Young Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards (2007), Petrenko won Male Artist of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards (2010). The University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University awarded him Honorary Doctorates in recognition of his impact on the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the city’s cultural scene (2009).

chloë Hanslip, violinSince her BBC Proms debut (2002), 24-year-old British violinist Chloë Hanslip has per-formed regularly at major venues around the world. This season, she appears with the London Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, Moscow State Symphony and Prague Symphony Orchestras. She will also perform recitals in the U.S. and the UK and makes her Houston Symphony debut with these performances.

Recent and upcoming American appearances include the Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati and Detroit Orchestras, the Napa Valley and Phoenix Symphonies, and a recital at the University of Texas. Internationally, she has appeared with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Violins of the Berlin Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, London Mozart Players, Singapore Symphony and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, among others. Hanslip’s earlier CDs with the London Symphony Orchestra (Warner Classics) won the German ECHO Klassic Award for Best Newcomer (2002) and Young British Classical Performer at the Classical BRITS (2003). Her latest recording is the Hubay Violin Concertos with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (2009).

The main theme of the first movement returns briefly during the early pages of the fourth movement. But it soon gives way to more exuberant, energetic, willful sentiments as the finale builds to a relentlessly pounding climax.

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Vasily Petrenko, conductorBorn in 1976, Vasily Petrenko attended the St. Petersburg Capella Boys Music School and later the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. He served as resident conductor of the St. Petersburg State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1994-1997). Following his success at the Fourth International Sergei Prokofiev Conducting Competition, the Shostakovich Choral Conducting Competition

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Mozart’s A Little Night MusicHans Graf, conductor

Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, K.361 (Gran Partita) I Largo—Allegro Molto II Menuetto and Trios I and II III Adagio IV Menuetto and Trios I and II: Allegretto V Romanze: Adagio—Allegretto—Adagio VI Thema mit Variationen: [Andante] VII Rondo: Allegro molto

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Stravinsky Apollon musagète Premier Tableau Naissance d’Apollon: Largo—Allegro— Second Tableau Variation d’Apollon (Apollon et les muses): J = 66— Pas d’action (Apollon et les trios muses: Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore): Moderato— Variation de Calliope (l’Alexandrin): Allegretto— Variation de Polymnie: Allegro— Variation Terpsichore: Allegretto— Variation d’Apollon: Lento— Pas de deux (Apollon et Terpsichore): Adagio— Coda (Apollon et les muses): Vivo—Tempo sostenuto Apothéose: Largo e tranquillo

Mozart Serenade in G major, K.525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) I Allegro II Romance: Andante III Menuetto and Trio: Allegretto IV Rondo: Allegro

Hans Graf’s biography appears on page 9.

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SeReNAde NO. 10 iN b-FLAt MAJOR, K.361 (GRAN PARTITA)Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791)

Recording: Edo De Waart conducting the Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Eloquence)

instrumentation: pairs of oboes, clarinets, basset horns and bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns

In the English-speaking world, the term “har-mony” refers to the sequence of chords that progress through a piece of music, energiz-ing it and forming a musical glue that holds it together. But the German linguistic equivalent, “Harmonie,” carries added meaning. In 18th-century German and Austrian lands, it denoted woodwind ensembles whose music was often composed in a blended chordal style. There were many wind bands attached to Bohemian courts during the time of Haydn and Mozart, including a splendid “Harmonie” maintained by Emperor Joseph II at the Court of Vienna. Thus, wind ensemble music is prom-inently featured in the catalogs of both com-posers, and Mozart’s B-flat major Serenade, K.361 is the largest and most elaborate of his wind ensemble pieces. Like much of Mozart’s music, it surpasses its function of providing light, entertaining background music. Originally, a “Harmonie” ensemble con-sisted of six instruments—pairs of oboes, bassoons and horns—then expanded to an octet when clarinets became fashionable. The 13-member Harmonie Mozart employed for the B-flat Serenade is fascinating for its enrich-ment of both mellow and full-bodied tone colors in the wind-band instrumentation. He enlarged the basic wind octet with a pair of basset horns (tenor/baritone-range clarinets) and an extra pair of horns, adding a stringed contrabass (replaced here by a contrabas-soon) to provide a harmonic foundation. The seven-movement plan of the work resembles the general design of Mozart’s full-orchestra serenades: a sonata movement prefaced by an arresting slow introduction, two minuets interleaved with two slow move-ments, a set of ornamental variations and a brisk finale suggesting a jovial rondo. The minuets are noteworthy in that each of them includes two trio sections, often exploring contrasting tone colors. The first Trio of Minuet I highlights the clarinet/basset horn color, while the second features a piquant little minor-mode oboe/basset horn duet. In Minuet II, the first Trio is a minor-mode piece employ-ing the full ensemble, while the second (in a related major key) traces a running line played by the oboe, basset horn and bassoon. The soulful side of Mozart emerges in the gently throbbing Adagio and the breathtaking

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Romance. As in the Second Trio of Minuet I, a piquant minor-mode Allegretto interrupts the serene lyricism at the center of the Romance. Like the minuets, the Theme and Variations offer delightful tone-color combinations, espe-cially the nimble basset horn/bassoon line set against a limpid clarinet melody in the second variation, and the shimmering broken-chord pattern played by the clarinets and basset horns at the end of the fifth variation, magi-cally anticipating the music of the river-bottom Prelude to Wagner’s DasRheingold.

APOLLON MuSAGÈte Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Recording: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Stockholm Chamber Orchestra (Sony)

instrumentation: string orchestra

The ballet score, Apollo,MasteroftheMuses, is considered the quintessence of Stravinsky’s immersion in the Classical style. It was his first “white” ballet, reverting to antiquity for its sub-ject matter—a relatively abstract sequence of dance tableaux and the purity of a string ensemble for its orchestral background. Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, it premiered on April 27, 1928, at the Library of Congress, with choreography by Adolf Bolm. While Stravinsky claimed he took his inspiration from the lyrical melody and counter-point of early Italian string music, others have found echoes of Lully, Delibes and perhaps Tchaikovsky at various points in Apollo. The result is one of Stravinsky’s most noble, appeal-ing musical scores, where his pungent har-monies and nervous rhythms are mellowed by flowing counterpoint, lacy duets and intricate string devices. There is just a touch of a starchy Lullian heritage in the dignified Prologue represent-ing the birth of Apollo in proudly jagged dotted rhythms, giving way to a typically intense Stravinskian allegro before it returns at the end of the movement. A solo violin cadenza leads to a gentle duet for two solo violins in the first dance variation for Apollo. Calliope, Polyhymnia and Terpsichore, the muses of poetry, mime and dance, are intro-duced to Apollo in a sonorous pas d’action. As this reaches its broad climax, Stravinsky marshals its polyphonic strands in an intricate canon, whereby the melody not only chases itself in the inner string parts, but runs at half its normal speed in the first violin and twice its speed in the second cello. In the tradition of a typical 19th-century ballet, the heart of Apollo consists of solo varia-tions for each dancer. For Calliope, Stravinsky leads off with a lightly skipping variation imitat-ing an alexandrine poetic meter. Polyhymnia’s brilliant dance is set to a quick succession of

pointed staccato notes running throughout much of her variation, while Terpsichore is given a gentler pace and a dance theme set in dainty dotted rhythms. A bold, commanding variation for Apollo leads to his intimate pas de deux with Terpsichore, danced to the sound of muted strings supporting a delicate violin duet. The coda is a masterpiece of Stravinskian energy, building excitement through a set of ingenious changes in the metric pulse of the music, before ceding its place to a gentle Apotheosis that recalls the theme of Apollo’s birth from the opening Prologue.

SeReNAde iN G MAJOR, K.5�5 (EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK) Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791)

Recording: Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Philips)

instrumentation: string orchestra

The autograph score of Mozart’s famed sere-nade, EinekleineNachtmusik, is dated August 10, 1787, which places it at the end of the most celebrated period of his years in Vienna. The preceding four years had been his most pro-ductive ones, bringing him fame and a com-fortable living. Though the high quality of Mozart’s work remained steady to the end of his life, a protracted war between the Austrian empire and Eastern invaders sapped the finan-cial resources of his patrons, and the following four years led him toward an early, impover-ished death. The great majority of Mozart’s extended entertainment pieces—serenades, divertimenti and cassations—had been composed during the 1770s, while he lived in Salzburg. EinekleineNachtmusik is his final work in that musical category. It was originally written as a five-movement piece, with an extra minuet placed between the first and second movements. But that movement has been lost, and the published work generally conforms to the four-movement plan of a Mozart symphony. Nevertheless, each of the movements is composed in the lighter dance-music style of a serenade. That “serenade style” is immediately apparent in the opening sonata-form movement, where balanced phrasing, thematic repetitions and minimal use of thought-provoking thematic discussion in the brief development section at the center of the movement, all enhance its dance-like character. The slow movement, titled Romance, is a favorite piece among listeners and it unfolds in the verse-refrain pattern of a series of musical sentences, framed and interspersed with a qui-etly elegant refrain. An orderly minuet and trio make up the third movement and a brisk, lively rondo concludes the piece.

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It was the later albums, Gratitude (1975), Spirit (1976) and All‘nAll (1977) that cemented Earth, Wind & Fire’s status as superstars. Hit singles began to flow: “Can’t Hide Love,” “Getaway,” “Serpentine Fire” and “Fantasy.” “Got to Get You Into My Life,” the thrilling R&B arrangement of the Beatles’ classic from the film odyssey, Sgt.Pepper’sLonelyHeartsClubBand, expanded its audience even further, and international touring followed. Later years brought other smash hits like “September,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “After The Love Has Gone,” “In The Stone,” “Let Me Talk,” “Let’s Groove,” “Fall in Love with Me,” “Spread Your Love” and “System of Survival.” A final Columbia studio album, Heritage (1990), came next, as well as the phenomenal three-CD box set retrospective, TheEternalDance (1992). A one-off return to Warner Bros.’ Reprise label yielded Millennium (1993), which contained the Grammy®-nominated “Sunday Morning.”

After earning eight Grammy® Awards, four American Music Awards, eight double platinum/Top 10 Pop albums, eight Number One R&B singles, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000) and Lifetime Achievement honors from the NAACP, ASCAP and BET—Earth, Wind & Fire and its music remain as inspira-tional and influential as ever.

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Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. TutorMargaret Alkek Williams

President’s Society $75,000 - $99,999Nancy & Robert Peiser

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

Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. BahrGene & Linda Dewhurst

Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. GrafRochelle & Max Levit

Leadership Gifts

Anonymous (2)Janice Barrow

Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso IIIMr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.

Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie MorianMr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel

Stephen & Mariglyn GlennMr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold

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

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan

Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrangeJoella & Steven P. Mach

Jay & Shirley MarksBarbara & Pat McCelvey

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahanMr. & Mrs. Larry Norman

Mr. & Mrs. David R. PrunerMrs. Sybil F. Roos

Mr. & Mrs. James A. ShafferMr. & Mrs. Jim R. SmithAlice & Terry Thomas

concertmaster’s Society $�5,000 - $49,999

The Sustainability FundThe Houston Symphony pays special tribute to those who support our Sustainability Fund, whose extraordinary leadership investment has made it possible for the Symphony to provide the deep level of cultural service so richly deserved by the communities of the greater Houston area and Gulf Coast region.

Houston EndowmentThe Estate of Jean R. Sides

Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr.

Houston Symphony Donors..............................................................................


Anonymous (1)Robin Angly & Miles SmithMr. & Mrs. Karl H. BeckerDr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. BenzMs. Dianne BowmanRuth White BrodskyMrs. George L. Brundrett Jr.Barry & Janet BurkholderMarilyn CaplovitzDavid & Nona CarmichaelMrs. Lily CarriganMargot & John CaterMs. Donna ChapmanWilliam J. Clayton & Margaret A. HughesBert & Julie CornelisonMr. & Mrs. Rodney CutsingerMr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum

Mr. Denis A. Debakey & Ms. Lavonne CoxJudge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David DenechaudMs. Sara J. DevineMr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr.Mr. Roger EichhornDiane Lokey FarbMary Ann & Larry FaulknerMs. Bernice FeldDr. & Mrs. Robert H. FusilloMr. George B. GearyMrs. Aileen GordonWilliam A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell GrievesMr. & Mrs. W. R. HayesMr. & Mrs. Frank HerzogDebbie & Frank JonesDrs. Blair & Rita Justice

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. KinderMary Louis KisterMr. Alfred Lasher IIIMarilyn LummisMr. & Mrs. Stevens MafrigeMr. & Mrs. William L. MaynardMr. & Mrs. George McCulloughMrs. Beverly T. McDonaldMr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr.Mr. Gary MercerStephen & Marilyn MilesSidney & Ione MoranMr. & Mrs. Richard MithoffPaul & Rita MoricoMr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr.Terry MurphreeMr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson

conductor’s circle $5,000 - $7,499

Artist/conductor’s Society $10,000 - $14,999Anonymous (2)Mr. & Mrs. Samuel AbrahamMr. & Mrs. David J. BeckMr. & Mrs. Steve W. BeckMr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black IIIDr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. BoyceMr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IVThe Robert & Jane Cizik FoundationMr. & Mrs. Gerald F. ClarkMs. Jan CohenDr. Scott CutlerMr. Richard DanforthLeslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins BriceMr. & Mrs. Michael DokupilMrs. William EstradaAubrey & Sylvia Farb

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. FeinMr. David Frankfort & Ms. Erika BermeoDr. & Mrs. William D. GeorgeMr. & Mrs. Melbern G. GlasscockMr. & Mrs. Richard D. HansenMr. Brian JamesDr. & Mrs. I. Ray KirkMeredith & Cornelia LongMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Michael MannDr. & Mrs. Paul M. MannMr. & Mrs. J. Stephen MarksDr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. MazowBetty & Gene McDavidMiss Catherine Jane MerchantMr. & Mrs. James Postl

Gloria & Joe PryzantMr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr.Mrs. Maryjane ScherrMr. & Mrs. Haag ShermanMr. & Mrs. Jerry SimonJulia & Albert Smith FoundationMr. & Mrs. Tad SmithDavid & Paula SteakleyPaul Strand ThomasStephen & Pamalah TippsMargaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D.Vicki WestMr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe

Musician’s Society $7,500 - $9,999Anonymous (1)Mrs. Bonnie BauerMr. & Mrs. Walter V. BoyleMr. & Mrs. Walter BraticMs. Terry A. BrownRoger & Debby CutlerMr. & Mrs. Fred L. GormanJo A. & Billie Jo GravesChristina & Mark HansonMr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr.Mrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard KatzMr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers

Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. MihaloCameron MitchellSue A. MorrisonMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MoynihanBobbie & Arthur NewmanMr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. ParkerKathryn & Richard RabinowMr. & Mrs. Ron R. RandMrs. Lila RauchMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson

Mr. Glen A. RosenbaumMs. Amanda SavoDonna & Tim ShenDr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam StolbunMr. Stephen C. TarryAnn & Joel WahlbergRobert G. WeinerDr. Jim T. WillersonNancy WillersonIsabel B. & Wallace S. WilsonMr. & Mrs. C. Clifford WrightNina & Michael Zilkha

Principal Musician’s Society $15,000 - $�4,999Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert BeauchampMr. Ralph BurchMr. & Mrs. J. Brett BusbyJanet F. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Brandon CochranDr. & Mrs. Alexander DellAngel & Craig Fox

Allen & Almira Gelwick— Lockton CompaniesMr. Monzer HouraniCora Sue & Harry MachMr. & Mrs. Rodney H. MargolisMr. & Mrs. Billy McCartneyAnn & Hugh RoffMr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells

Laura & Michael ShannonMr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. WeberDede & Connie WeilMr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams

Houston Symphony Donors............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John BarlowMr. & Mrs. Gary PetersenMr. Howard PieperMr. Robert J. PileggeMr. & Mrs. Allan QuiatDrs. Clyde & Mary Ann ReynoldsDr. Carlos RossiMr. & Mrs. Manolo SanchezMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. SmithMr. Yale SmithMr. & Mrs. Antonio M. SzaboMr. & Mrs. Leland TateMr. Jonathan TinkleShirley & David R. ToomimAnn TrammellStephen & Kristine WallaceMr. & Mrs. Benjamin WarrenMs. Jennifer R. WittmanWoodell Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. David J. WuthrichWinthrop A. Wyman & Beverly JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Robert YekovichErla & Harry Zuber

Grand Patron’s circle$�,500 - $4,999Anonymous (1)Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis AndersonLily & Thurmon AndressMr. & Mrs. Anthony P. ApolloDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. AronMr. Richard C. BaileyMr. & Mrs. Carlos BarbieriDr. & Mrs. Devinder BhatiaMr. Teodoro BosquezMr. & Mrs. James D. BozemanMrs. Catherine Campbell Brock &

Dr. Gary BrockThe Honorable & Mrs. Peter BrownMr. & Mrs. Sean BumgarnerDr. & Mrs. William T. ButlerToba BuxbaumMr. & Mrs. Thierry CarusoMr. William E. ColburnLois & David CoyleMr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLoneJ.R. & Aline DemingMr. James DentonMr. & Mrs. Carr P. DishroonMr. & Mrs. Michael DohertyMr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. SchroederMr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas EubankMr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Bruce FerenceMrs. Arvia FewRon & Tricia FredmanMr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene ClarkThomas & Patricia GeddyMrs. Lila-Gene GeorgeMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. GlanvilleMr. & Mrs. Morris GlesbyRobert & Michele GoodmarkMr. & Mrs. Stanley HaasMr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes

Mr. & Mrs. Eric HeggesethMr. & Mrs. R. O. HuntonDr. & Mrs. Robert IvanyMr. & Mrs. John F. JoityMrs. Donna P. Josey-ChapmanMr. & Mrs. Francis S. KalmanMr. & Mrs. Richard P. KeetonMr. & Mrs. Gary KenneyWilliam & Cynthia KochMr. & Mrs. Ryan KrogmeierMr. Willy KuehnMrs. Barry LewisMrs. Margaret H. LeyMr. James LokayMr. & Mrs. William B. McNamaraMr. & Mrs. Pershant MehtaMr. & Mrs. Robert MitchellMr. & Mrs. Jerry MooreJulia & Chris MortonMr. & Mrs. Patrick OlfersEdward OppenheimerMr. Michael H. PriceMr. & Mrs. Stephen D. PryorJeremy & Linsay RadcliffeMr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling IIIMichael & Vicky RichkerDrs. Alejandro & Lynn RosasDr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. GardnerMr. & Mrs. Louis J. SnyderJoel V. & Mary M. StaffDr. & Mrs. C. Richard StasneyMr. & Mrs. James R. StevensMr. & Mrs. Keith StevensonMr. & Mrs. Gene Van DykeMr. & Mrs. Wil VanLohC. Harold & Lorine WallaceCyvia & Melvyn WolffMs. Elizabeth WolffMr. Keith YanezMr. & Judge Cary P. YatesEdith & Robert Zinn

Sustaining Patron’s circle $1,000 - $�,499Anonymous (10)Dr. & Mrs. George J. AbdoMr. & Mrs. Elliot AbramsonMr. & Mrs. Edgar D. AckermanMrs. Harold J. AdamJoan & Stanford AlexanderMrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree FundMr. John AlvaradoFrances & Ira AndersonJohn & Pat AndersonMr. & Mrs. William J. AndersonMr. Maurice J. ArestyMr. & Mrs. John M. ArnspargerMr. Alan AronsteinPaul H. & Maida M. AsofskyMr. Jeff AutorMr. & Mrs. John C. AverettMr. & Mrs. Jamil AzzamMrs. Nancy BaileyJulie Ann & Matthew BakerDr. & Mrs. Christie BallantyneMr. & Mrs. John A. BarrettMr. Paul BasinskiMr. & Mrs. Joshua L. BatchelorMs. Deborah S. Bautch

Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. BeaudetBetty BellamyDrs. Henry & Louise BetheaDr. Joan H. BitarMonica & John BlaisdellMrs. Thomas W. BlakeMr. & Mrs. Thomas BolamDr. & Mrs. Milton BoniukMr. Teodoro BosquezMr. & Mrs. Robert BrayJoe BrazzattiMr. & Mrs. John B. BrentMr. & Mrs. Maurice BresenhanMr. Malcolm Brewer & Mrs. Irina S. DudleyKatherine M. BriggsMr. & Mrs. Kevin BrophySteve & Diana BrownLilia Khakinova & C. Robert BunchMrs. Anne H. BushmanMs. Cheryl ByingtonMr. & Mrs. Raul CaffesseMs. Cathy M. CagleMs. Marjorie Carter CainMr. William CaudillDr. Robert N. ChanonMr. & Mrs. Paul D. ChapmanMr. & Mrs. Allen ClamenMr. & Mrs. Robert L. ClarkeMr. & Mrs. James G. CoatsworthMr. & Mrs. Todd ColterMr. & Mrs. Robert D. ColvinDr. Carmen Bonmati & Mr. Ben ConnerMr. Mark C. ConradMs. Barbara A. ConteMr. H. Talbot CooleyMr. & Mrs. Sam CooperDr. & Mrs. James D. CoxThe Honorable & Mrs. William C. CrassasMr. & Mrs. Robert CreagerSylvia & Andre CrispinMr. & Mrs. T. N. CrookMr. & Mrs. James W. CrownoverMr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr.Mr. Carl CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Jeremy DavisJohn & Tracy DennisMr. & Mrs. Mark DiehlMike & Debra DishbergerMr. & Mrs. Jack N. DohertyMr. & Mrs. James P. DornPaul & Debbie DoughartyDrs. Gary & Roz DworkinJohn & Joyce EagleMr. & Mrs. Edward N. EarleCarolyn & David EdgarTiffany EdwardsMr. Scott EnsellMrs. Carolyn Grant FayJerry E. & Nanette B. FingerDr. & Mrs. Ronald FischerJohn C. FitchMr. & Mrs. Tom FitzpatrickMr. & Mrs. Harvey FleisherMr. Jeff FortMr. & Mrs. Vince D. FosterMs. Beth Freeman & Mr. Dave StanardPaula & Alfred FriedlanderAdrienne Gardner & Michael ZatorskiMr. Douglas GarrisonMr. John GeeMr. Jerry GeorgeMr. Michael B. GeorgeMrs. Joan M. Giese



Dr. & Mrs. Jack GillWalter GilmoreMr. Mauro Gimenez &

Ms. Connie CoulombGary & Marion GloberMr. & Mrs. Bert H. GoldingHelen B. Wils & Leonard GoldsteinDr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr.Mr. Carlos GorrichateguiMr. Kendall GrayMs. Joyce Z. GreenbergMr. Charles H. GregoryMary & Paul GregoryMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr.Mr. Michael HaighMrs. Thalia HalenMr. & Mrs. Charles W. HallDr. & Mrs. Carlos R. HamiltonMr. & Mrs. Bob HammannMr. & Mrs. Robert C. HannaMr. & Mrs. Paul HansonMarion S. HargroveMr. & Judge Frank Harmon IIIMs. Claudia HatcherDr. & Mrs. Eric J. HaufrectMr. & Mrs. David L. HaugMr. & Mrs. Houston HaymonMr. & Mrs. David HemenwayMark & Ragna HenrichsMr. Azteca HenryMarilyn & Robert M. HermanceMr. & Mrs. Robert P. HerrmannMr. & Mrs. Doug R. HinzieMr. Tim HoganMrs. Holly HolmesMr. & Mrs. James E. HooksMrs. Evelyn HowellMr. & Mrs. Norman C. HoyerEileen & George HricikMr. Mark HughesMr. Bradford IrelanMr. & Mrs. Kenneth IshamMr. & Mrs. Edward F. JacksonMarzena & Jacek JaminskiDr. & Mrs. Joseph JankovicMr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada DavisMr. & Mrs. Steve JonesDr. & Mrs. Robert E. JordonMr. & Mrs. Walter KaseMr. & Mrs. Harvey KatzLinda & Frank S. KelleyMr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr.Samantha KennedyLucy & Victor KormeierMs. Deborah KosichMr. & Mrs. Kevin LaneMs. Joni LatimerDr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene LehrerMr. & Mrs. Gordon LeightonH. Fred & Velva G. LevineMrs. Ann LewisMr. William W. LindleyMr. & Mrs. Michael LinnMs. Barbara ListerMr. & Mrs. H. Arthur LittellMs. Nancey LobbMr. & Mrs. John LollarRobert & Gayle LongmireMr. & Mrs. Paul F. LongstrethTom & Kathleen MachMs. Alissa MaplesMr. & Mrs. Michael L. MasonMr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartneyMr. Allen McFarlandMr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarlandMr. & Mrs. John M. McGillMr. & Mrs. Michael McGuireMr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnightMr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliamsMelba Hoekstra Miers EstateMr. & Mrs. David A. MireMr. & Mrs. John C. MolloyMr. David MonkDr. Eleanor D. MontagueMs. Marsha L. MontemayorMr. & Mrs. Gerald MoynierMr. & Mrs. Marvin MuellerDaniel & Karol MusherMr. & Mrs. Stephen NewmanMr. & Mrs. Charles G. NicksonSteve & Sue OlsonMr. & Mrs. John S. OrtonMr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. OsterMr. Austin M. O’Toole &

Ms. Valerie SherlockJane & Kenneth OwenMr. & Mrs. Robert PaciniMr. & Mrs. Robert PageMr. Robert PastorekMr. & Mrs. Raul PavonMichael & Shirley PearsonPamela & James PennyDr. & Mrs. Bruce PerryMr. Carlton PerryJoAnn & John PetzoldMs. Debra PhillipsMs. Meg PhilpotDr. & Mrs. Jorge PineraMr. James D. PitcockDr. & Dr. Eduardo PlantillaMr. John PottsMrs. Dana PuddyDarla & Chip PurchaseMr. Dale Qualls &

Mrs. Melissa McWilliamsDr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr.Mr. Thomas P. RandtClinton & Leigh RappoleMr. & Mrs. Mark S. RauchAnne D. ReedMr. & Mrs. Michael A. ReevesMr. Charles M. ReimerDr. Alexander P. Remenchik &

Ms. Frances BurfordMr. & Mrs. Allyn RisleyMs. Janice Robertson &

Mr. Douglas WilliamsMr. & Mrs. James T. RobinsonMs. Franelle RogersMs. Regina J. RogersDr. & Mrs. Franklin RoseMr. & Mrs. Edward RossMr. Kent RutterMr. Barry SamuelsMary Louise & David SandersonHarold H. Sandstead, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. David SapersteinMr. & Mrs. Raymond E. SawayaMr. & Mrs. Lawrence SchanzmeyerBeth & Lee SchlangerMr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. OpltDrs. Helene & Robert SchwartzMr. & Mrs. Rufus ScottMr. Ralph D. Sikes

Mr. & Mrs. Steve SimsBarbara & Louis SklarMr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr.Ms. Marcia SmartMr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn ChenMr. & Mrs. William A. SmithDean & Kay L. SniderMs. Aimee SnootsMr. & Mrs. John SpeerCarol & Michael StamatedesRichard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerallCassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry HoltzMrs. Christie SullivanEmily C. SundtMrs. Mary SwaffordMs. Jeanine SwiftMr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. SwykaMr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr.Mr. Mark TaylorMr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaoloMr. & Mrs. Patrick ThielkeJean & Doug ThomasMr. & Mrs. Ralph B. ThomasMr. & Mrs. Trevor TurbidyMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. UngerMr. & Mrs. Thomas ValleeMr. Donn K. Van ArsdallMs. Barbara Van PostmanMr. & Mrs. William A. Van WieMs. Jana VanderleeMr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy AmesMr. & Mrs. Peter S. WareingMs. Joann E. WeltonMr. & Mrs. Eden N. WenigMr. John Wetsel &

Mrs. Joanne Breihan-WetselMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. WhelanDr. David A. WhiteMs. Melanie S. WigginsCarlton & Marty WildeDr. & Mrs. Rudy C. WildensteinMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. WilsonDr. & Mrs. Jerry S. WolinskyMr. & Mrs. Jeff WrayMr. & Mrs. Kevin YankowskyMr. & Mrs. William A. YoungMr. & Mrs. Charles ZabriskieMrs. Betsy I. Zimmer

composer’s circle$500 - $999Anonymous (19)Wade & Mert AdamsMs. Henrietta K. AlexanderMs. Joan AmbrogiMr. & Mrs. Thurmon AndressCorbin & Char AslaksonMr. & Mrs. David M. BalderstonDr. David BarryMr. Allen J. BeckerMs. Bernice BeckermanCarolyn & Arthur BernerMr. & Mrs. Stephen BickelMs. Tara BlackMr. Edward P. BornetMs. Joan BossBob F. BoydstonMs. Sally BrassowMr. Chester Brooke &

Mrs. Nancy PoindexterMr. & Mrs. Jos C. BrownFred & Judy BrunkMs. Courtney Brynes

Mr. & Mrs. Fred BuckwoldDr. Christopher Buehler &

Ms. Jill HutchisonJohn T. & Elizabeth BurdineMr. & Mrs. Charles CalleryMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. CampbellMr. Len CannonMr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr.Mr. John CarmichaelMr. Petros CarvounisMr. & Mrs. John M. CavanaughMr. & Mrs. E. Thomas ChaneyK.D. Charalampous, M.D.Mr. William H. Choice IIIVirginia A. ClarkMrs. Cielle ClemenceauMrs. Barbora ColeMr. David ColemanMr. & Mrs. Dave CoolidgeMs. Miguel A. CorrellMr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice CowanMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. CrullDr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. DeleryMs. Aurelie DesmaraisMr. Michael DooleyElizabeth H. DuerrMr. & Mrs. A. C. DumestreDr. Burdett S. &

Mrs. Kathleen C.E. DunbarMs. Consuelo Duroc-DannerMs. Paula EckMr. & Mrs. Peter EricksonDr. Kenneth L EulerMr. & Mrs. William EvansDr. Louis & Mrs. Paula FaillaceRobert H. Fain Jr., M.D.Mr. Robert FisherMr. Stephen J. FolzenlogenRachel FrazierMrs. Martha GarciaMartha & Gibson Gayle Jr.Ms. Lucy GebhartMr. & Mrs. Duane V. GeisMr. & Mrs. Harry GendelMs. Carolyn Gibbs & Mr. Rick NelsonWilliam E. GipsonMr. & Mrs. Herbert I. GoodmanMs. Melissa GoodmanMr. Bert GordonDr. & Mrs. Harvey L. GordonMr. & Mrs. Mark GordonMr. Garrett GrahamMr. & Mrs. Nicholas GreenawDennis Griffith & Louise RichmanMr. Doug GrovesGaye Davis & Dennis B. HalpinRita & John HannahMr. & Mrs. Stephen HarbachickMichael D. HardinBruce Harkness & Alice BrownW. Russel Harp &

Maarit K. Savola-HarpDr. & Mrs. William S. HarwellMr. & Mrs. Brian HaufrectMs. Ann Lents & Mr. J. David HeaneyMr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Boyd HeathMs. Lynn HerbertMr. & Mrs. Fred D. HerringMr. & Mrs. John R. HeumannMr. & Mrs. W. Grady HicksAnn & Joe HightowerMr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill

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Mr. John HodginMr. & Mrs. Paul F. HoffmanMr. & Mrs. John HomierDr. Matthew Horsfield &

Dr. Michael KauthPaula & Nico Praagman HudginsMr. Steve HulseyMr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. IshamMr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. JacobsonMr. Mark JohanssonMr. & Mrs. Okey B. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Wesley A. JohnsonMs. Karen Juul-Nielsen &

Mr. Rick GarnettMr. Guido KanschatMr. & Mrs. Yoshi KawashimaSam & Cele KeeperMr. & Mrs. Edward KelleyMr. & Mrs. Keith KelleyMr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye DavisMr. & Mrs. Tom KelseyDr. & Mrs. Sherwin KershmanNora J. Klein, M. D.Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. KrenekMr. Dennis KroegerMr. Vijay KusnoorMs. Diane LabordeMr. & Mrs. Joel C. LambertMr. James LeatherbyMr. & Mrs. William LeightonMs. Golda K. LeonardMr. James C. LindseyLisle Violin ShopMr. Kelly Bruce LobleyMrs. Sylvia LohkampMr. & Mrs. Barry H. MargolisMr. & Mrs. Robert MartinMs. B. Lynn Mathre &

Mr. Stewart O’DellMr. & Mrs. Rod McAdamsMr. & Mrs. James McBrideLawrence McCullough &

Linda Jean QuintanillaDr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. GlasserWilliam E. Joor, III & Rose Ann MedlinMrs. Diane MerrillMr. Ronald A. MikitaMr. & Mrs. Arnold M. MillerMs. Kristen MillerMr. Willis B. MitchellJohn & Ann MontgomeryMs. Deborah MoranMr. William R. MowlamMr. & Mrs. Richard MurphyAlan & Elaine MutMs. Jennifer NaaeMr. & Mrs. Kevin NeumannMr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. NewtonMr. Robert NicholsMs. Dorothy NicholsonJohn & Leslie NiemandNils & Stephanie NormannMr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver IIIMs. Katy OptiksMr. & Mrs. Morris OrocofskyMr. & Mrs. Enrique OspinaMrs. Caroline OsteenMr. Patrick C. OxfordMr. & Mrs. Marc C. PaigeMr. Jonathan PalmerRachel & Michael PawsonMr. & Mrs. James L. PayneMrs. Preston A. Peak

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph PennMs. Glena PfenningGrace & Carroll PhillipsMr. Carmelo PieriMr. Warren B. Pond Jr.Mr. Robert W. PowellKim & Ted A. PowellDoris F. PryzantElias & Carole QumsiehDr. Mike RatliffMr. & Mrs. William B. RawlMr. & Mrs. Hugh M. RayMr. & Mrs. Dwain ReevesMs. Rachaelle ReynoldsMrs. Constance RhebergenHilda & Hershel RichMrs. Barbara RiddellMr. & Mrs. Charles E. RinehartMr. & Mrs. Fabrice RocheDrs. Herbert & Manuela RoellerMr. & Mrs. Keith A. RogersMilton & Jill RoseMr. Autry W. RossMrs. Holly RubboBrittany SakowitzMs. Donna ScottCharles & Andrea SeayMr. & Mrs. Vic ShainockMr. Hilary SmithMr. Marcus B. SmithMr. & Mrs. Stephen N. SmithMr. & Mrs. Wesley SmithMr. & Mrs. William SmithJohn L. SnyderMrs. Lynn SnyderMr. Nicholas SollenneMrs. Donna SprudzsMr. Myron F. StevesMr. Alan StuckertDr. & Mrs. David SufianMrs. Louise SuttonMr. & Mrs. George TallichetMs. Carolyn TannerMrs. Nina P. TateMr. & Mrs. Glenn TaylorMr. Kerry TaylorMr. & Mrs. Van TeetersMr. Brian TeichmanMs. Betsy Mims &

Mr. Howard D. ThamesJacob & Elizabeth ThomasDr. & Mrs. Karl TornyosMr. Daniel S. TrachtenbergMs. Cathleen J. TrechterMr. & Mrs. Robert A. TremantMr. Gerard TrioneMrs. Eliot P. TuckerMr. & Mrs. D.E. UtechtDr. & Mrs. Gage VanHornMr. Earl VanzantDean B. WalkerBetty & Bill WalkerMr. & Mrs. Dave WardMr. & Mrs. William B. WareingMr. Kenneth W. WarrenMr. & Mrs. James A. WattJ. M. WeltzienDrs. A. & J. WerchMrs. Johannah WilkenfeldMr. Burt WilsonMr. Randall WrightMr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe

Patron’s circle $�50 - $499Anonymous (15)Mr. & Mrs. W. Kendall AdamWilliam & Nancy AkersMs. Beth AlfredsonMr. & Mrs. Edward AllenMr. & Mrs. Steve AmeenMr. & Mrs. Les AntalffyMr. Robert ArnettMr. Richard ArsenaultDr. & Mrs. Roy AruffoMr. John B. AshmunThe Honorable & Mrs. James A. Baker IIIMr. & Mrs. John BakerMr. Fred BakunMr. & Mrs. Saul BalaguraMs. Virginia C. BallardMr. & Mrs. Don BarnhillMr. & Mrs. Seth BarrettMr. Daniel BarrettoMr. A. Greer Barriault &

Ms. Clarruth A. SeatonDr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr.Barbara & Jim BeckerMs. Heather BeliveauxMs. Roberta BensonMrs. Robert L. BergeMr. & Mrs. Philippe BerteaudMr. & Mrs. Matthew BeshearsMr. & Mrs. Randall BesteMr. & Mrs. Ed BillingsMs. Fannette BlumMr. & Mrs. George BoergerMs. Sarah BolkaMr. Arno S. BommerMr. Philip BoothMs. Leslee BoydMs. Suzie BoydDr. Arthur W. BraceyMr. James BraggMs. Tiffany BreedingMs. Colleen BronderMr. & Mrs. Steven BrosvikMr. J. W. BrougherSally & Laurence BrownMrs. Norma Jean BrownJoan K. Bruchas & H. Philip CowdinMr. & Mrs. William BumpusMrs. Shirley BurgherMs. Helen P. BurwellMr. & Mrs. Gerald J. BushMr. Eugene ByrdMr. & Mrs. Robert CabesMr. & Mrs. Gary CacciatoreVirginia & William CamfieldMs. Sharon CammackMr. & Mrs. J. Scott CampbellMr. Carlos CampoMrs. Marjorie H. CapshawMs. Katherine CarneyMr. Tom CarradineMr. & Mrs. Fowler T. CarterMr. & Mrs. Kevin J. CaseyMr. & Mrs. Christopher L. ChandlerMr. Erik ChannellMr. & Mrs. Alejandro ChaoulMs. Anna CharltonMrs. Ronghui ChenMr. & Mrs. Kent ChenevertDr. Diana S. ChowJim R. & Lynn CoeShirley & Alan CohnDonna M. CollinsMr. & Mrs. Tulio ColmenaresMrs. Tracey ConwellMr. & Mrs. H. L. CoonMichael T. CoppingerMr. & Mrs. David CorderMr. David Corry &

Mrs. Farrah Kheradmand

Dr. Edward CoxMs. Jeanne A. CoxMr. & Mrs. John F. CrawfordNigel CurtletDr. & Mrs. Joel CyprusMrs. Christina DanielsDr. Lee DanielsMs. Jeannine DawsonMr. Jose De La TorreMr. Michael DeaversMs. Caroline DeetjenMr. & Mrs. Rene DegreveMr. Emre DemirorsMs. Kay S. DerryMr. & Mrs. Joseph B. DerzapfMs. Dora DillistoneMs. Judy DinesMr. & Mrs. Malcolm DittoMr. Peter H. DoeCol. & Mrs. John Jay DouglassPatrick & Risha DozarkMrs. Lesa DucharmeMr. & Mrs. Clifford C. DukesMr. Kevin F. DvorakMrs. Julie EarleyMr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr.Mrs. Karen A. EdgmonMr. & Mrs. Clifford EganMr. & Mrs. William J. EgglestonMr. & Mrs. Dean EicherMr. Howard EisnerMr. Ramsay M. ElderMs. Leslie ElkinsMs. Ann Lang EllisMildred & Richard EllisDr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James TurleyMr. Gabriel ErmoliMr. Lee EubanksMr. Mike EzzellMr. Gregg FajkusMr. & Mrs. John R. FarinaMs. Ann S. FarrellMs. Ursula H. FelmetMs. Lauren FernandesMr. David FifieldMr. Dale FitzMr. & Mrs. Joe F. Flack IIIMs. Lori FleesMrs. & Mr. Elvira FletcherMr. & Mrs. Theodore C. FlickMr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne LiberatoMrs. Lisa Forgan DewittsMr. & Mrs. John M. ForneyJoyce & David FoxMr. & Mrs. Michael S. FranciscoMs. Johnella V. FranklinMr. Ralph F. FrankowskiMs. Diane L. FreemanRobert A. Furse, M.D.Dr. Abdel K. FustokMr. & Mrs. Mike GallagherMrs. Holly GarnerMr. David GarzaMr. & Mrs. Lazaro Garza IIIMr. & Mrs. Neil GaynorMr. & Mrs. John GerdesMs. Margaret Wendy GermaniMr. Glen GettemyDebbie & Kyle GibsonMr. & Mrs. Peter GilletteMr. Charles J. GillmanMs. Shari GloverMr. & Mrs. Paul GoodDr. & Mrs. David GorensteinMr. Jon Kevin GossettMr. Ned GraberMr. & Mrs. Tim GrahamMr. Dane GrenobleMr. & Mrs. Laurent GressotMr. Steve K. GrimsleyMs. Jo Ann C. Guillory



Ms. Jenny GuthDr. & Mrs. Howard GutsteinZahava HaenoshMr. Teruhiko HagiwaraMr. & Mrs. Curtis D. HainesMr. & Mrs. Uzi HalevyMs. Vickie HamleyMr. Jeff Hansen & Mrs. Kelly MartsMs. Karen HardingMr. Paul HarmonMr. & Mrs. Robert S. HarrellMs. Anna K. Hathaway-McKeeMr. & Mrs. Michael HawesMr. & Mrs. Malcolm HawkMr. Myron HawrylukWilliam & Lana HazlettMr. & Mrs. Walter A. HechtMr. David T. Hedges Jr.Mr. John HeinyMr. & Mrs. Dean HenningsMs. Hilda R. HerzfeldDr. Janice HewittMrs. Gina HightowerMr. David HilditchDr. & Mrs. Herschel HobsonMr. David HoffmanMs. Constance HoldererJacque HollandMs. Leisa Holland-NelsonS.y. & Y.j. Kim HongMr. & Mrs. Aaron HowesMr. Ted HsiaoMrs. Patricia P. HubbardMs. Vicki HuffMs. Cynthia HumphriesMr. & Mrs. James R. HuttonMs. Jennifer IsadoreMr. Joseph IveyMs. Ariel JamesMr. & Mrs. Paul M. JanickeMiss Amanda M. JarolimekMrs. Paula JarrettDr. Margaret S. Jelinek Lewis &

Dr. David S. LewisMr. & Mrs. George C. JohnMr. & Mrs. John W. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Mark JohnsonMr. Robert E. JohnsonMr. Raymond JonesDr. & Mrs. Andrew P. KantMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KantorMr. James KaufmanMr. & Mrs. Curtis R. KayemMs. Arlette KeeneMr. & Mrs. James A. KellerMr. & Mrs. Hugh R. KellyMr. & Mrs. David KendallMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. KileyMs. Amy KirchnerMs. Malgorzata Kloc-StepkowskaMr. & Mrs. John KlugMr. & Mrs. Thomas KoskiMr. & Mrs. Sam KosterMr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr.Mr. Quin KrollSuzanne A. & Dan D. KubinMr. Tom KvintaMr. Kent LacyMr. & Mrs. James C. LamoreuxMr. Doug LawingDr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert LeonardMr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr.Paula & Steve LetbetterCharles H. (Eric) & Lucy LewisMr. & Mrs. Philip LewisMr. & Mrs. Robert LineberrySharon Lipsky, M.D.Ms. Priscilla L. ListJ. M. Little & Asso.Mrs. Robin Littman

Dr. & Mrs. John LomonacoMr. William LooserMr. Carlos J. LopezLouise & Oscar LuiMr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregorMr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach IIITom & Kathleen MachMr. John MaguireMrs. D.B. MarchantMs. Renee MargolinDr. & Dr. A. J. MarianMr. & Mrs. Jesse MarionCarole Nadelman MarmellMr. & Mrs. Laban MarshMs. Faerie MarstonMr. David MartinMs. Susan MartinMr. Mark MatovichDr. Toshimatsu MatsumotoMr. Chad MavityMs. Suzanne McCarthyMr. & Mrs. Edward McCulloughMr. George McKeeMr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManusMr. & Mrs. James L. McNettMr. & Mrs. Thomas MehlhoffMr. John MellMrs. Dorri MelvinDr. Robert A. MendelsonMr. Russell J. Miller &

Mrs. Charlotte M. MeyerMr. & Mrs. Herbert G. MillsMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. MirelesMr. & Mrs. Michael MithoffMs. Jenny Mohr & Mr. Matt ParkerMr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jess R. MooreMs. Lauren MorganMr. & Mrs. Ryan MossMs. Joan B. MurphyMr. & Mrs. Robert N. MurrayMr. Arturo NarroMr. & Mrs. R. Michael NashMarjory & Barry OkinMr. & Mrs. Albert OngMrs. Louisa OrdwayMr. & Mrs. Ken O’RearMr. Edgar J. OrtizMs. Jennifer OwenLinda & Jerry PaineMs. Linda PetersonMrs. Lillian PettyMark H. & Lynn K. PickettMr. Timothy N. Pitts &

Mrs. Kathleen WinklerMs. Mariela PoleoMs. Antoinette PostMr. Thomas PowerMr. & Mrs. Arthur H. PrattMr. & Mrs. Gary PrenticeMrs. Michelle PrenticeMr. & Mrs. Richard PrinsteinMr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita PyleMr. & Mrs. Paul RamirezMr. & Mrs. William M. RamosMr. & Mrs. Alan RaynerMs. Joanna RaynesLoreta & Ronald ReaMr. & Mrs. John Q. ReansVicki & J.B. ReberRalph & Becky ReedRobert & Anne ReedMr. & Mrs. Ron RestrepoMr. & Mrs. Norman T. ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Walter RhodesMr. & Mrs. Phil RiceMs. Verna RichardsonMr. & Mrs. Claud D. RiddlesMr. & Mrs. William F. RikeMr. James L. RobertsonMs. Shari Rochen

John & Peggy RomeoMr. Daniel J. RomeroRudy & Ellyn RoofMs. Charlotte A. RothwellMr. & Mrs. Gregory M. RuffingMr. & Mrs. John E. RyallMr. & Mrs. Bruce SaltzbergMr. Derek SalvinoMr. James SandozDr. & Mrs. David SapireMr. & Mrs. Kent SavageMs. Carrie SchadleMr. Donald SchmuckMrs. Jill SchroederJean & Robert SchwarzMr. & Mrs. Paul ShackJonathan & Marcia ShearArt & Ellen SheltonPamela & Richard SherryMrs. Patricia G. ShieldsMr. & Mrs. Charles C. ShumakerMr. Barrett SidesMr. & Mrs. Harold L. SiegeleMr. Cid SilveiraMrs. Ray SimpsonMr. David SmithMrs. Josephine SmithMr. & Mrs. Richard SmithMr. & Mrs. Tom SmithHans C. SonnebornMs. Blanche StastnyMr. & Mrs. Donald K. SteinmanMr. & Ms. Gary StenersonWilliam F. SternMr. & Mrs. James W. StovallMr. & Mrs. William G. StraightMr. & Mrs. James F. StricklandDr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa SakashitaMr. & Mrs. Hans StrohmerMs. Bobbie SumerlinMr. & Mrs. John L. SutterbyMs. Barbara SwartzMs. Rhonda J. SweeneyDr. Jeffrey SweterlitschMr. & Mrs. Robert B. SymonDr. Shahin TavackoliMs. Jessica TaylorMr. & Ms. Gary TeletzkeHoward Tellepsen Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Davis ThamesMrs. Marjorie TherrellMs. Suzanne ThomasMr. & Mrs. P. H. G. ThompsonMs. Susan L. ThompsonDrs. Eric M. Timmreck & Carol W.

TimmreckMr. & Mrs. M. Dale TingleafDavid & Ann TomatzMr. Tom TomlinsonMr. & Mrs. Louis E. TooleMr. Jon D. TotzMr. Herbert TowningMr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr.Mr. Alex Trevino Jr.Mr. James TrippettMr. Henry TrothDr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. RussellDr. & Mrs. Brad UrquhartMr. & Mrs. Paolo ValenteMr. & Mrs. Dixon Van HofwegenMr. David VannaukerMr. Charles VeithDr. Allen R. VogtJan & Don WagnerMr. William WalkerMr. & Mrs. Bill WarburtonMs. Sandria WardLeone Buyse & Michael WebsterMr. Paul WehnerMr. & Mrs. Kane C. WeinerMs. Kathy J. Welch

Ms. Bryony Jane WelshMrs. Corinne H. WheelerMr. Richard WhiteMr. Russell WhiteMrs. Amber WilbanksMr. Ken WilliamsonMr. Patrick WilsonMiriam & Marcos WittMr. Gerhard R. WittichMr. Tony WongMs. Angela WoodMr. & Mrs. Gordon WoodMiss Susan WoodMs. Laura WoodsMrs. Michael WoolcockMs. Kristi WrightMrs. Peggy J. WylieMr. Le Roy YeagerMr. Elan YogeswarenMr. Ray YoungMr. & Mrs. Mark YzaguirreMr. Julio ZaccagniMs. Carmen ZatorskiMs. Aurora Valentina Zenkl GalazMr. Ausonio Zubiani

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Principal Pops conductor’s circle $5,000 or MoreMr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr.Marilyn CaplovitzBert & Julie CornelisonMs. Sara J. DevineAllen & Almira Gelwick—

Lockton CompaniesMr. & Mrs. Fred L. GormanMrs. Gloria Pepper & Dr. Bernard KatzDr. & Mrs. Paul M. MannPaul & Rita MoricoTerry MurphreeMr. & Mrs. Robert E. NelsonMr. Robert J. PileggeMr. & Mrs. Allan QuiatMr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. RobertsonMrs. Sybil F. RoosMrs. Maryjane ScherrDavid & Paula SteakleyMr. & Mrs. Leland Tate

Grand Patron Pops $�,500-$4,999Rita & Geoffrey BaylissMr. & Mrs. Byron F. DyerMr. & Mrs. Jerry L. HamakerMichael & Darcy KrajewskiRoman & Sally ReedMr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr.Linda & Jerry RubensteinMr. & Mrs. William ThweattSally & Denney Wright

Pops Patron $1,500-$�,499Mr. & Mrs. James E. DorsettCarol & Larry FradkinMr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr.Barnett & Diane McLaughlinAlice R. McPherson, M.D.Mr. Anthony G. OgdenMargaret & V. Scott PignoletMr. & Mrs. Ben A. ReidShirley & Marvin RichMr. & Mrs. John T. RiordanMrs. Annetta RoseDr. & Mr. Adrian D. ShelleyMs. Virginia TorresMr. Roger TrandellMs. Jody VerwersMr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III

Headliner $1,000-$1,499Stanley & Martha BairMr. & Mrs. Stephen J. BanksMr. John S. BeuryMr. & Ms. Bruce BuhlerMr. David CarrierMr. Mark C. ConradThe Honorable & Mrs. William C. CrassasMs. Ann CurrensMrs. Alan GaylorMr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. HansenMr. & Mrs. George A. HellandMr. & Mrs. Alex HowardMr. & Mrs. Robin LeaseMr. & Mrs. Alan MayDr. & Mrs. Raghu NarayanMr. Morris RubinMs. Amanda TozziMr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace

Producer $500-$999Anonymous (1)Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley AgborRev. & Mrs. H. Eldon AkermanMs. Barbara A. BrooksMr. & Mrs. Warren J. CarrollMr. & Mrs. Robert A. ColtonBarbara DokellMr. Evan B. GlickMr. Robert GrantMr. Don E. KingsleyDr. George S. KnappBill & Karinne McCulloughMr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillanW. R. PurifoyMr. & Mrs. Venu RaoMrs. Pamela RoyalMs. Phyllis SchafferMr. & Mrs. Tim ShauntyNorbert F. StangJames C. StankaMs. Beth StegleMr. & Mrs. Robert C. ThompsonDr. & Mrs. James A. Twining

director $�50-$499Anonymous (3)Mr. & Mrs. J. Emery AndersonMr. & Mrs. David ArchibaldMr. & Mrs. Don S. AronMr. Donald BatesMr. & Mrs. Gerald BeardMr. & Mrs. Gordon BeatyMr. Billy BrayDr. & Mrs. R. L. BrennerMr. Jay T. BrownMs. Carol BrownsteinMr. Frank BryanMs. Ruth BrydenMr. & Mrs. Rick A. BurrisW. M. CalvertMr. Holden ChangMr. & Mrs. Michael F. CookMarilyn & Tucker CoughlenMr. & Mrs. William L. Crothers Jr.Ms. Debbie CulpMs. Christine De LeonMr. & Mrs. Joseph DemeterMr. & Mrs. George DobbinLamar & Anita DoyleMr. & Mrs. Charles GrantJim & Johanna GuntherMr. & Ms. Charles R. Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Dale HardyMs. Erika HerlugsonRichard & Beverly HickmanJess Hines Jr.Mr. Larry JanuaryMr. & Mrs. Bill JohnstonMs. Mary KeathleyMr. & Mrs. William J. KretlowCharles C. & Patricia KubinMr. & Mrs. Roger LindgrenMs. Doris M. MageeGlenn E. MattinglyMr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnisMr. & Mrs. Roger MedorsMr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga MeneillyMr. James MinerMs. Myra MorenMary Murrill NorthMr. Joseph PalmMr. David PaulMs. Ada PerwienMr. Jason PoonMr. & Mrs. Roland W. PringleMr. Robert SchickMr. & Mrs. Richard C. SchnellMr. & Mrs. David K. SmithMr. William Sterman & Ms. Vicki WehmeyerMr. Charles StewartMs. Jane B. ThompsonMr. Lam TranMr. & Mrs. Eugene N. TulichDr. Holly & Mr. Michael VarnerMr. & Mrs. Berten WaggonerDr. & Mrs. William C. WatkinsMr. & Mrs. Don Wilton

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Houston Symphony Patrons.............................................................................

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$100,000 and above BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments The Methodist Hospital * Spec’s Charitable Foundation United Airlines

$50,000-$99,999 American Express Philanthropic Program Baker Botts LLP * Cameron International Corporation Chevron ConocoPhillips * ExxonMobil Frost Bank * GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo * JPMorgan Chase * Marathon Oil Corporation * Shell Oil Company TOTAL

$�5,000-$49,999 Andrews Kurth, LLP * The Boeing Company Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. KPMG LLP Memorial Hermann

$10,000-$�4,999 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Avalon Advisors, LLC * Bank of America Bank of Texas Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. Crown Castle International Corp. Ernst & Young Locke Lord LLP * Macy’s Foundation Merrill Lynch Private Bank & Investment Group Northern Trust The Rand Group, LLC Regions Bank Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. SPIR STAR, Ltd.

Star Furniture USI Insurance Services LLC Vinson & Elkins LLP * Wells Fargo * Wood Group

$5,000-$9,999 Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP Bloomberg, L.L.P. * Devon Energy Corporation Google, Inc. Oceaneering International Inc. * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company

Gift below $4,999 Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. The Blue Jeans Bar Corp GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Intercontinental Exchange Marvin Consulting SEI Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company

* SponsorsofHoustonSymphonyEducation&OutreachPrograms

corporations......................................................................................................

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

$500,000-$999,999 * City of Houston

$100,000-$499,999 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation * M. D. Anderson Foundation

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

The Alkek and Williams Foundation * John P. McGovern Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation

$�5,000-$49,999 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation National Endowment for the Arts * 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 The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

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

$1,000-$�,499 State Employee Charitable Campaign

* SponsorsofHoustonSymphonyEducation&OutreachPrograms

Foundations and Government Agencies..............................................................

corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................ AetnaAkzo NobelAT&TBaker HughesBank of AmericaBoeingCardinal Healthcare

CaterpillarChevronCoca-ColaEl Paso CorporationEli Lilly and CompanyExxonMobilFannie Mae

General ElectricGeneral MillsGoldman, Sachs & Co.HalliburtonHewlett-PackardIBMING Financial Services Corporation

JPMorgan ChaseKBRKirby CorporationOccidental PetroleumSMART Modular Technologies, Inc.Spectra Energy

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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. Eyler

Helen Bess Fariss FosterChristine E. GeorgeMrs. Marcella Levine HarrisGeneral & Mrs. Maurice HirschMiss Ima HoggBurke & Octavia HolmanMrs. L. F. McCollumJoan B. McKerleyMonroe L. Mendelsohn Jr.Mrs. Janet Moynihan

Constantine S. NicandrosHanni OrtonStewart Orton,

LegacySocietyco-founderDr. Michael PapadopoulosMiss Louise Pearl PerkinsWalter W. Sapp,

LegacySocietyco-founderJ. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford SchultzMs. Jean R. Sides

John 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, featuring a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society – and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowl-edge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500 or [email protected].

Anonymous (9)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. Gott

Randolph Lee GroningerMrs. Gloria HermanMarilyn & 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. McKerley

Mr. & 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 NewmanDave B. NussmannEdward C. Osterberg Jr.Joan D. OsterweilImogen “Immy” PapadopoulosSara M. PetersonMr. Howard PieperGeraldine S. PriestDaniel F. ProsserGloria & Joe PryzantMrs. Dana PuddyWalter M. RossMr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen

Charles 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

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

In Kind Donors......................................................................................................... AsofJanuary1,2012

Alexander’s Fine Portrait DesignBaker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & JohnsonBKD, LLPBright StarClassical 91.7 FMCogneticMr. Carl R. Cunningham

Darryl & Co.Deville Fine JewelryDocuData SolutionsThe Events Company Foster Quan LLPHilton Americas - HoustonHouston ChronicleJackson and CompanyJOHANNUS Organs of TexasJim Benton of Houston LLC

The Lancaster Hotel Limb DesignMartha Turner PropertiesMeera BuckMinuteman Press – Post OakMusic & ArtsNeiman MarcusNew Leaf Publishing, Inc.Nos Caves VinPaperCity

Rice UniversitySaint Arnold’s BreweryShecky’s Media, Inc.Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer FoodsUnited AirlinesValobra Jewelry & AntiquesJohn Wright/TexprintYahama

Chorus Endowment Donors...........................................................................................

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AnonymousNadene and James CrainPaul and Vickie DavisTaylor Faulkner

Robert Lee GomezPhilip and Audrey LewisGerald and Shirley MathewsDave B. NussmannNina and Peter Peropoulos

Karen and Hank RennarHolly S. RubboJennifer Klein SalyerSusan ScarrowPaige and Rich Sommer

Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. JamesJennifer Young

$500 or more

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Allen barnhill, principal trombone

birthplace and education: Durham, NC; Eastman School, Bachelor of Music Performance

earliest musical memory: I learned how to play Beethoven’s Ode to Joy by ear on the piano when I was very young.

All in the family: My wife plays piano, my daughter plays clarinet and my son plays the trumpet. I really enjoy collaborating with them.

beginnings: I had an outstanding mentor—my school band director—who created opportunities and helped me get off to a good start.

best part of the job: To be on stage with my Houston Symphony colleagues playing great orchestral music can be a most exhilarating experience, especially when we get to share it with our most enthusiastic supporters like Sue Morrison.

Looking forward: Since I am a fan of choral music, I look forward to the Brahms Requiem, Mahler’s 2nd and Belshazzar’s Feast in the 2012-13 season—all great works but deeply contrasting.

Alternative reality: An amateur musician! Otherwise, I would prob-ably be a carpenter or architect who is always whistling a tune. Great music could be described as “sonic architecture.”

Musical inspiration: I am fortunate to have such wonderful colleagues. To share with them the privilege of performing orchestral masterpieces is truly inspiring. Together, we delve into the musical language of the great composers, and there’s nothing like it.

Keeping music fresh: I enjoy teaching music performance at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Being closely involved with young, aspiring musicians is stimulating.

Notable moment: This past February’s programming included Janácek’s TarasBulba, a piece that is not often played, but we played it my very first week with the orchestra in 1977—an experience that is burned into my memory. I enjoyed playing this unusual but glorious music again.

current listening: A 1975 live recording of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble. I hadn’t heard it in more than 30 years, since it was out of print. My wife found a re-issue and gave it to me for Christmas. I was in the group, along with some others, who are now well-known jazz players. Hearing that smokin’ band again after three and a half decades brought back a lot of memories. I enjoy jazz as well as classic rock and bluegrass.

Hobbies and interests: I like to get away and go water skiing with my family. We’re hard core water skiers. We also enjoy snow skiing and an occasional game of golf.

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Sue Morrison, musician sponsor

birthplace and education: I lived in Alvin, Texas, and went to school at Alvin High School. After graduating, I attended the University of Texas.

Joined the Houston Symphony: My husband, Walter, and I began supporting the Symphony in 1949. He was a member of the Board of Trustees until he passed away six years ago, and I used to help the Houston Symphony League with fundraising.

earliest musical memory: I was one of 10 children, and my mother used to play piano and sing church songs to us.

All in the family: I began taking piano lessons when I was 8 years old and then switched to clarinet in the high school band, where I later became a drum major. Most of my other family members played piano for pleasure.

Hobbies & interests: I’m very involved with my church, my family and friends.

Favorite part of the Symphony experience: The Symphony was some-thing that I shared with my husband, who loved the experience so much. He liked to watch the musicians play, especially Allen Barnhill, through his opera glasses. Attending the concerts and hearing that live orchestra sound brings back so many happy memories of Walter for me.

Special connection: I’ve been a sponsor since the late 1990s and wanted to help support the Symphony so that it could grow. I met Allen Barnhill at one of the Symphony’s social events. My husband and I have enjoyed knowing Allen and his wife, Kathy, all these years.

Notable moments: Fellow Houston Symphony brass player, Mark Hughes, is a member of my church and on occasion has asked other Symphony musicians to perform at one of the services. I was so happy and excited when Allen came to perform again for our Christmas service this year.

Proud sponsor: It’s exciting for me to see the Symphony thrive and continue to grow. I’m so proud of all of its accomplishments and the significant international recognition it has garnered recently. It gives me great pleasure to have shared in the Symphony becoming the out-standing orchestra it is today.

Sue Morrison with Allen Barnhill and his daughter, Julia, at Jones Hall.

Allen and his son, Josh

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