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DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTO X February 21 & 22, 2020

HOLLYWOOD HITS XVII February 28, 2020

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San Antonio Symphony I EDUCATION

Dear Friends,

As someone who is deeply passionate about symphonic music and the profound ways that it can impact us, I often get chills looking over our upcoming programming and thinking about how it might sound coming from our world-class San Antonio Symphony. I imagine how the audience will react and marvel at how those from different walks of life can experience something wonderful—together—and yet with the music also speaking to each one individually.

I know that, as a patron, you experience our Symphony in ways that can be exhilarating and at times deeply moving. Music is an art form that knows few boundaries and can express even those things that can’t be said. For most, these encounters are something that we hunger for and would love to share with those we care about, including our children and grandchildren.

I humbly invite you to join me in forging a renewed sense of pride in our San Antonio Symphony, not only for our subscription concert offerings, but for the vast array of education programs that we bring to the community. As our Education Director, I can tell you firsthand that these tailored initiatives have the power to open children’s eyes to a whole world they may had never dreamed of, to possibilities previously unseen and unheard, to opportunities unreachable anywhere else within their grasp. The majority of the 35,000-40,000 students that attend our award- winning Young People’s Concerts each year are experiencing the Symphony—and often symphonic music—for the very first time. Our mission with this and our other education programs: to establish lifelong learning for all ages and segments of our diverse community by promoting the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of symphonic music.

I implore you to help support our efforts to grow and refine these programs with the goal to better serve the children of our community—including perhaps your own children and grandchildren. To find out how you can do more to support our education mission, please contact my colleague Annette Paulin at (210) 554-1054 or [email protected].

I am sincerely grateful for your patronage and in advance for your consideration.

Respectfully and musically yours,

Jeremy Brimhall, Director of Education

High School Residency Program

3 years—7 campuses and over 1000 high school music students Supporting students’ musical pursuits Forging meaningful interactions with Symphony musicians

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Reaching children and people of all ages Musician presentations in all 29 library branches

II San Antonio Symphony San Antonio Symphony III Sebastian Lang-Lessing Music Director Noam Aviel Associate Conductor Christopher Wilkins Music Director Emeritus

VIOLIN I BASS HORN Eric Gratz Thomas Huckaby Jeff Garza Elizabeth H. Coates Principal Principal Concertmaster Chair David Milburn Peter Rubins Sarah Silver Manzke Assistant Principal Andrew Warfield Associate Concertmaster Nicholas Browne Associate Principal/ Christine Wang James Chudnow Third Horn Assistant Concertmaster Zlatan Redzic Joan Christenson Steve Zeserman TRUMPET Beth Girko  John Carroll Philip Johnson FLUTE Principal Bassam Nashawati Mark Teplitsky Lauren Eberhart Anastasia Parker  Principal Daniel Taubenheim Laura Scalzo Jean Robinson Associate Principal/ Renia Shterenberg  Julie Luker Third Trumpet Associate Principal Andrew Small  TROMBONE Craig Sorgi PICCOLO Steve Peterson VIOLIN II Julie Luker Principal James Seymour  Mary Ellen Goree OBOE Principal Assistant Principal Paul Lueders Derek Mitchell Karen Stiles Ewing Halsell Foundation Assistant Principal Patrick Montgomery  Principal Chair Assistant Principal Cleo Aufderhaar Sydney Hancock Angela Caporale Assistant Principal/ BASS TROMBONE Antonio Cevallos Second Oboe Derek Mitchell Beth Johnson  Jennifer Berg Judy Levine-Holley TUBA Eric Siu  ENGLISH HORN Lee Hipp Stephanie Teply Westney  Jennifer Berg Principal Aimee Toomes Lopez  Sarah Knapp Kidd English Horn Chair TIMPANI Amy Venticinque  Peter Flamm VIOLA CLARINET Principal Allyson Dawkins Ilya Shterenberg Riely Francis Col. and Mrs. Ran Watson Denke-Griffin Fund for the Assistant Principal Principal Chair Symphony Principal Chair Stephanie Key PERCUSSION Yang Guo  Riely Francis Alice Viola Winters Eidson E-FLAT CLARINET Principal Assistant Principal Chair Stephanie Key David Reinecke Marisa Bushman Associate Principal Assistant Principal Amy Pikler E♭ Clarinet Bill Patterson Daniel Wang Haojian Wang  BASS CLARINET HARP Lin Wang Rodney Wollam Rachel Ferris Emily Watkins Freudigman  Principal BASSOON Assistant Principal Sharon Kuster LIBRARIAN CELLO Principal Greg Vaught Kenneth Freudigman Brian Petkovich Principal Mary Rohe Principal Chair Assistant Principal Allison Bates David Mollenauer Ron Noble Associate Librarian Assistant Principal CONTRABASSOON MUSICIAN EMERITUS Barbara George Ron Noble Mark Ackerman Holgen Gjoni Oboe Morgen Johnson Harvey Biskin Qizhen Liu Timpani Ryan Murphy

 On Leave  Temporary  Acting  Voluntarily rotates between violin sections

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SEBASTIAN LANG-LESSING Music Director

erman conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing has been Music Director of the San Antonio GSymphony since 2010. The season 2019–20 starts with returns to the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen, a recording of Mozart piano concerti in Odense with Anne-Marie McDermott. He will also return to the Korean National Opera for a new production of “The tales of Hoffmann.”

2018–19 season marked Lang-Lessing debuts with the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec and Odense Symfoniorkester, and returns to the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, and an immediate re-invitation with the Korean National Opera conducting Guillaume Tell.

Lang-Lessing was Chief Conductor of the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy and Artistic Director of the Nancy Opera, which, under his direction, was promoted to Opera National de Lorraine. From 2004 until 2011, Mr. Lang-Lessing was Music Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, which grew to become one of the leading orchestras in the Pacific Rim. With this orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing built a comprehensive, award-winning discography, especially of Classical and Romantic repertoire. He appears regularly as guest conductor with leading French orchestras including the symphony orchestras of Bordeaux and Toulouse, as well as with leading orchestras in North America such as the Vancouver, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee Symphonies, and European orchestras including regular appearances with the Copenhagen Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Gran Canaria, Malaga, and Palermo.

Lang-Lessing, who received the Ferenc Fricsay Award when he was twenty-four years old, began his career at the Hamburg State Opera. Based on Sebastian’s work as assistant conductor to Gerd Albrecht in Hamburg, legendary stage director and opera manager Gotz Friedrich engaged him as Resident Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Today, Sebastian Lang-Lessing regularly appears with the leading opera companies of the world, including those in Paris, Hamburg, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. His operatic repertoire is exceptionally wide, with seventy-five works ranging from Baroque to contemporary opera.

Maestro Lang-Lessing led the Philharmonia Orchestra in the 2013 recording performance for Renee Fleming’s Guilty Pleasures album (Decca). Other notable recordings have included the complete symphonies of Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Schumann with the Tasmanian Symphony, and the sensational re-discovery of the works of Joseph-Guy Ropartz with the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Late 2017 saw the release of the DVD of his critically acclaimed production of Der Rosenkavalier from the NCPA in Beijing, and of a Christmas CD with Pavel Sporcl and the Royal Liverpool Orchestra.

Lang-Lessing has been at the forefront of educational programming for classical music with a younger audience, an area in which he has shown great passion and commitment with orchestras throughout the world.

VI San Antonio Symphony NOAM AVIEL Associate Conductor

oam Aviel is the Associate Conductor of the San Antonio Symphony, leading the Young NPeople’s Concerts, Pops Series, Community and Outreach concerts, and acting as the cover conductor for the Classics Series. She also conducts the Symphony in the annual, fully-staged production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, in collaboration with Ballet San Antonio.

This past season, she proudly made her conducting debut with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Reykjavík.

An opera enthusiast, Aviel served as the Assistant Conductor at OPERA San Antonio. With them, she has assisted in productions of La traviata, La bohème, Macbeth, Carmen, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Las Fundaciones de Béjar by Joseph Julian Gonzalez. She was also Music Director and Conductor of the opera A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley as part of the Illinois Festival Opera, and conducted performances of Street Scene by Kurt Weill at Illinois State University, where she served as Assistant Director of Orchestras. Aviel has served in Assistant Conductorships with Angels Vocal Art in Los Angeles and McCall SummerFest in Idaho.

Aviel holds a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from Illinois State University and Bachelor’s degrees in Voice Performance and Orchestral Conducting from Tel Aviv University. She was also fortunate enough to participate as a Conducting Fellow at the Eastern Music Festival, working closely with Maestro Gerard Schwarz. A native of Israel, Aviel’s earliest performance experience was as a chorus member with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta.

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San Antonio Symphony VII A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ear Friends, DThe San Antonio Symphony continues our 80th anniversary season with wonderful performances from your orchestra and stunning guest artists. We start in January by welcoming back the San Antonio Mastersingers as they continue to celebrate their 75th season, as well as guest conductor Christian Reif performing works by Brahms and Wagner. Later in the month, Maestro Lang-Lessing returns to the podium with Olga Kern for Tchaikovsky’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 1. In February, we welcome guest conductor Ruth Reinhardt and cellist Andrei Ioniță to perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto along with works by Sibelius and Strauss.

We will also continue with our meaningful education and community events. In February, the Symphony will honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which granted American women the right to vote with education concerts celebrating women in music. The orchestra will be led by Symphony Associate Conductor Noam Aviel in the performance of works by women composers, feature principal bassoon Sharon Kuster. I want to thank the San Antonio Symphony League, under the leadership of Vickie Kinder and Joan Whiteley, for their 100 Women Campaign in support of these performances. This campaign raised over $10,000 from more than 100 women to help support this important education concert.

Under Symphony Board Chair Kathleen Weir Vale’s leadership the Symphony Board continues to engage at a deeper and deeper level. In addition to their leadership as the governing body of the Symphony, the Symphony Board gives its time and treasure to us as volunteers and patrons. For the 2019–20 season 100% of the San Antonio Symphony’s Board of Directors are giving a combined total of $440,000 to the Symphony. This is a 38% increase from last year. Thank you!

I would also like to thank the Symphony Musicians, Staff, Board of Directors and our subscribers, as well as our generous donors and volunteers for working together to envision all that is possible for the next 80 years and beyond.

As the Symphony continues to rebuild and look towards these 80 years, many people ask me, “What can I do now”? My answer is this: attend our concerts frequently, applaud with enthusiasm, and make your personal gift in support of all that we do for, and with, the San Antonio community.

Thank you,

Corey Cowart Executive Director

VIII San Antonio Symphony San Antonio Symphony IX SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY PRESENTS DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTO

February 21 & 22, 2020 | 8:00 PM HEB Performance Hall The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor Andrei Ioniţă, cello

DVOŘÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104 Allegro Adagio ma non troppo Finale: Allegro moderato

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SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 Adagio Vivacissimo – Adagio Allegro molto moderato Vivace – Presto – Adagio – Largamente molto – Affettuoso

R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK both. The central part of this movement focuses (Born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, primarily on working through various aspects Bohemia (Czechia); of the first theme. When it comes time for the Died on May 1, 1904 in Prague, Bohemia (Czechia) expected restatement of both themes, Dvořák does the unexpected. He omits the main theme Concerto in B Minor for and takes us directly to the second and then to a Violoncello and Orchestra, joyous conclusion. Op. 104 The slow movement begins tenderly with the clarinets and then the solo cello. After a short Premiered: March 19, 1896 in London, England time with this beautiful theme, the entire orchestra crashes in. The cello then plays a moving melody Orchestration: solo cello accompanied by 2 flutes based on a song, “Leave Me Alone,” which Dvořák with piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, wrote many years earlier. It was a favorite of his 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, sister-in-law, and he included it in the concerto triangle, first and second violins, violas, cellos, when he learned that she was seriously ill. After an and basses extensive time dwelling on this tune, the movement returns to the opening theme. The cellist then Duration: 40 minutes launches into what is almost an accompanied cadenza. After another statement of the song, there When Mrs. Jeannette Thurber lured Antonín Dvořák is a peaceful close. to New York to head her new National Conservatory of Music, she hoped that he would show American The finale is a rondo, which uses a main theme students a thing or two about how to compose in that alternates with secondary themes called a nationalistic style. He did—and learned a thing episodes. After an orchestral introduction, the cello or two from the Americans as well. His African- gets the main tune. Both of the central episodes American student Henry Burleigh sang spirituals are slower and more rhapsodic in character. The for him. One of those spirituals, “Swing Low, Sweet final statement of the main theme brings us to the Chariot,” ended up in the second movement of his ending section. Just as the orchestra winds up to New World Symphony. And it was the Irish-born, what appears will be a grand climax complete with German-trained, American cellist Victor Herbert who a cadenza for the soloist, Dvorak changes course showed Dvořák that writing a concerto for cello was and winds down—he had just learned of his sister- possible. Before meeting Herbert, Dvořák felt that in-law’s death. Dvořák explained the ending to the cello is a beautiful instrument, but its place is his publisher: in the orchestra and in chamber music. As a solo instrument, it isn’t much good. Its middle register is The finale closes gradually diminuendo—like a fine—that’s true—but the upper voice squeaks and sigh—with reminiscences of the first and second the lower growls. movements—the solo dies away to pianissimo— then swells again—the last bars are taken up When Dvořák heard Victor Herbert’s new Second by the orchestra and the whole concludes in a Cello Concerto, he loved it! More importantly, stormy mood. Dvořák was convinced that it is possible to hear the cello over an orchestra, even one with trombones. Johannes Brahms was in a stormy mood also Eight months later Dvořák started his own cello when, in the last year of his life, he read the score concerto. It was the last piece he wrote while to Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. “Why on earth didn’t I in America. know one could write a cello concerto like this?” he said. “If I’d only known, I’d have written one The concerto begins as most do, with the long ago!” orchestra playing the dramatic main theme by itself. The French horn gets to play the lyrical ©2019 John P. Varineau second theme. Finally, the cello gets a chance at

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JEAN SIBELIUS have three movements. However, as Sibelius said (Born on December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna, Finland to his biographer, “The final form of one’s work Died on September 20, 1957 in Ainola, Finland) is indeed dependent on powers that are stronger than oneself. Later on one can substantiate this Symphony No. 7 in C Major, or that, but on the whole one is merely a tool. Op. 105 This wonderful logic—let us call it God—that governs a work is the forcing power.” In his diary he wrote that it was “…as if God had thrown down Premiered: March 24, 1924 in Stockholm, Sweden pieces of mosaic from the floor of Heaven and asked me to find out what the pattern was like.” Orchestration: 2 flutes with 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, The way Sibelius assembled those mosaic pieces 3 trombones, timpani, first and second violins, for his Seventh Symphony turned out to be a single violas, cellos, and basses short work of only one movement—with at least eleven different tempos! In this, his final symphony, Duration: 22 minutes he managed to solve a problem that had been plaguing composers all through the nineteenth The textbook version of a symphony is one that century: How do you compose a multi-movement generally includes four movements. The first and work so that all the pieces fit together into a single last movements are usually fast in tempo, the unified idea? He did this by fusing a whole series of second is slow, and the third is usually some sort “movements” into one and by working with only a of quick dance-like movement. The forms of those few themes and ideas. movements are also generally predictable. Working with just a few templates composers have written To listeners used to the normal templates of a a vast variety of symphonies. Sibelius’ Symphony symphony, this can be a little unsettling. The program No. 7 is a real symphony, but it doesn’t come close annotator Donald Tovey gives comforting advice: to fitting the textbook variety. …the listener may rest assured that if he finds Sibelius worked on three symphonies, his Fifth, Sixth, that an important melodic note has been in and Seventh, simultaneously. In 1918 he wrote, existence some time before he was aware of it, the composer has taken special trouble to All this with due reservations…It looks as conceal the beginning of that note. If the listener though I shall come out with all three of these feels that unformed fragments of a melody loom symphonies at the same time…With regard to out of a severely discordant fog of sound, that is symphonies 6 and 7, the plans may possibly be what he is meant to feel. If he cannot tell when altered, depending on the way my musical ideas or where the tempo changes, that is because develop. As usual I am a slave to my themes Sibelius has achieved the power of moving like and submit to their demands. From all this I see aircraft, with the wind or against it…Sibelius’s how my innermost self has changed since the airships are roomy enough for the passengers days of the Fourth Symphony. And these new to dance if they like: and the landscape, to say symphonies of mine are more in the nature of nothing of the sky-scape is not always too profession of faith than my other works Sibelius remote for them to judge of the movement of did, indeed, alter his plans. The Seventh the ship by external evidences. symphony appeared five years after the Fifth. He originally intended his Seventh symphony to ©2019 John P. Varineau

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RICHARD STRAUSS series of brilliant tone poems: Don Juan; A Hero’s (1864–1949) Life; Don Quixote; Death and Transfiguration. These works are not just descriptive. They are also brilliant Till Eulenspiegels Lustige showcases for orchestras. Every player must rise to Streiche, Op. 28 the level of a virtuoso. (Till Eulenspiegel’s Strauss was careful not to print (in words) exactly Merry Pranks) what was going on in his Till Eulenspiegel. He explained,

Premiered: November 5, 1895 in Cologne, Germany It is impossible for me to furnish a program to Eulenspiegel…Let me leave it, therefore, Orchestration: 3 flutes and piccolo, 3 oboes and to my hearers to crack the hard nut which the English horn, 2 clarinets, piccolo clarinet and bass Rogue has prepared for them. By way of helping clarinet, 3 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, them to a better understanding, it seems 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, sufficient to point out the two “Eulenspiegel” snare drum, cymbals, ratchet, triangle, first and motives, which, in the most manifold disguises, second violins, violas, cellos, and basses moods and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe, when, after he has been Duration: 15 minutes condemned to death, Till is strung to the gibbet. For the rest, let them guess at the musical joke A short spin through the collected tales of the which a Rogue has offered them.You’ll hear medieval prankster Till Eulenspiegel demonstrates those two motives immediately after a short that teenage bathroom humor has a long and introduction by the orchestra which seems to say, “colorful” history. The “real” Till is said to have been “Once upon a time…” The first is a roguish tune born in Kneitlingen, Germany and to have died in played by the horn. It gets all twisted up in the 1350 C.E. in the province of Schleswig-Holstein rhythm. Other instruments come in with the tune where the locals still point out his gravestone. and soon the whole orchestra is a-tumble. Out of Folk and literary tales associated with Till and his the chaos comes the little piccolo clarinet with pranks appeared in German, Dutch, French, Latin the second motive, a sneering little giggle. Those and English starting in about 1500. Most of these two motives form the backbone for the entire tales are about the practical jokes Till plays, and work. As soon as they are introduced, we are they depend upon the sort of slapstick violence off on our merry way. For most of us who aren’t still found in today’s children’s cartoons. And in familiar with the list of all of Till’s pranks, here the unexpurgated versions of the tales, there is are a few hints: Till rides his horse through a busy a good dose of obscene and scatological humor. marketplace upsetting everything in his wake; Fortunately for us, Richard Strauss’s version of he dons the robes of a priest and poses as a Till’s merry pranks is “G” rated. It is a hilarious preacher of morals; Till becomes a lady’s man musical romp. Throughout the nineteenth century, but storms away in a rage when his advances composers and critics debated whether music could are spurned; he makes fun of professors—here or even should portray such concrete characters by a fugue which goes awry. Finally Till goes as Till and his tricks. On the one hand there were too far with his jesting and is hauled before the the “absolute” composers, like Johannes Brahms, court. To the ominous condemnation from the who felt that although music was a profound low brass, the piccolo clarinet pleads for mercy. emotional language, its purpose was not to portray Till is strung up (unmistakable in the music). The such things. Then there were those composers orchestra ends the piece as it began as if to say, of “program” music. Franz Liszt invented the “It is really only a story.” symphonic tone poem—complete symphonic works that could musically detail specific people, places, ©2019 John P. Varineau things and ideas. As a young man, Strauss wrote a

San Antonio Symphony XIII GUEST ARTISTS

Ruth Reinhardt, Ruth Reinhardt received her master’s degree in conductor conducting from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Alan Gilbert. Born in Saarbrücken, Ruth Reinhardt is quickly Germany, she began studying violin at an early age establishing herself as one and sang in the children’s chorus of Saarländisches of today’s most dynamic and Staatstheater, Saarbrücken’s opera company. nuanced young conductors. She attended Zurich’s University of the Arts She served as the Assistant (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) to study violin Conductor of the Dallas with Rudolf Koelman, and began conducting Symphony Orchestra (DSO) studies with Constantin Trinks, with additional for two seasons under Jaap van Zweden and training under Johannes Schlaefli. She has also concluded her tenure at the end of the 2017/2018 participated in conducting master classes with, season. Having recently made her debut with the among others, Bernard Haitink, Michael Tilson Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in summer 2018, Thomas, David Zinman, Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, this season Ms. Reinhardt will make debuts with Marin Alsop, and James Ross. the Grosses Orchester Graz and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra; and in North America with Prior to her appointment in Dallas, Ruth was the symphony orchestras of Fort Worth, Omaha, a conducting fellow at the Seattle Symphony Orlando, Portland, Santa Fe, and Sarasota. (2015–16), Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Reinhardt will return to the Dallas Symphony three Tanglewood Music Center (2015), and an associate times this season, to conduct a subscription week conducting fellow of the Taki Concordia program as well as several concerts in the greater Dallas (2015–17). During her time at Juilliard, she led the community and the DSO’s contemporary alternative Juilliard Orchestra as well as concerts with New York ReMix series. She will also return to conduct the City’s ÆON Ensemble, with whom she has led a Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Malmö collaboration with the Kronos Quartet. Symphony, and at the Impuls Festival in Germany. A precocious talent, by age 17 she had already Last season, Reinhardt was selected as a Dudamel composed and conducted an opera, for and Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and performed by the children and youths of her home in summer 2018, she served as the assistant town. While studying in Zurich, she also conducted conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy the premieres of two chamber operas for children: Orchestra. In addition, she worked with Carnegie Die Kleine Meerjungfrau (The Little Mermaid) by Hall’s National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA), Swiss composer Michal Muggli, and Wassilissa assisting Michael Tilson Thomas. Highlights of her by German composer Dennis Bäsecke. Other 2017/2018 season included guest engagements opera productions she has conducted include with the Indianapolis, San Diego, and North Carolina Dvořák’s Rusalka and Weber’s Der Freischütz for Symphonies, and the Los Angeles Chamber the North Czech Opera Company, and Strauss’ Orchestra in the Primrose Viola Competition. Die Fledermaus at the Leipzig University of the Arts.

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Andrei Ioniță, recitals at Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie, cello Zurich Tonhalle, LAC Lugano, and L’Auditori in Barcelona, as well as at the Mecklenburg- The Gold Medal-winner at Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier and the 2015 XV International Martha Argerich Festivals. Forthcoming chamber Tchaikovsky Competition, dates include collaborations with Stephen Hough, the phenomenal young cellist Cédric Tiberghien and Kian Soltani at the Wigmore Andrei Ioniță was called “one Hall, and Pierre Boulez Saal. Andrei’s debut of the most exciting cellists to album on Orchid Classics combined a Brett Dean have emerged for a decade” world-premiere with Bach and Kodály, prompting by the prestigious Times of London. He was a BBC Gramophone to declare him “a cellist of superb New Generation Artist from 2016–18 and is the skill, musical imagination and a commitment to Symphoniker Hamburg’s artist-in-residence for the music of our time.” Before winning the Tchaikovsky 2019–20 season. A versatile musician focused Competition, Andrei won First Prize at the on giving gripping, deeply felt performances, Khachaturian International Competition in June Andrei has been recognized for his passionate 2013; in September 2014, he won Second Prize musicianship and technical finesse. Andrei made and the Special Prize for his interpretation of a his U.S. debut in 2017 with recitals in Chicago and commissioned composition at the International ARD Washington, D.C., and gave his New York debut Music Competition. In 2014, he received Second recital in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Highlights of Prize at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in the previous two seasons have included concertos Berlin. Andrei was born in 1994 in Bucharest and with the Münchner Philharmoniker (Valeriy began taking piano lessons at the age of five before Gergiev), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal receiving his first cello lesson three years later. (Kent Nagano), BBC Philharmonic (Omer Meir He studied under Ani-Marie Paladi in Bucharest Wellber and John Storgårds), Danish National and under Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität Symphony (Christian Kluxen), Royal Scottish der Künste Berlin. A scholarship recipient of the National Orchestra (Karl-Heinz Steffens), San Diego Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, Andrei performs Symphony (Case Scaglione), Yomiuri Nippon on a cello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri Symphony (Sylvain Cambreling) and BBC National from Brescia in 1671, generously on loan from Orchestra of Wales (Ainars Rubikis); he has given the foundation.

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SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY PRESENTS HOLLYWOOD HITS

February 28, 2020 8:00 PM HEB Performance Hall The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Noam Aviel, conductor

JOHN WILLIAMS Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark MANCINI, ARR. TYZIK The Pink Panther MANCINI Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s MANCINI Peter Gunn

ALFORD, ORCH. McALISTER Colonel Bogey March from Bridge on the River Kwai BERNSTEIN, ED. RUSS To Kill a Mockingbird ARR. JEFF TYZIK The Best of Bond

INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS Superman March ARR. JEFF TYZIK Great Westerns Suite MICHAEL GIACCHINO Star Trek: Into Darkness Suite BARRY Main Title from Out of Africa ARR. JEFF TYZIK The Big Movie Suite

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SYMPHONY SUPPORTERS

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Together our donors provide the necessary community leadership and financial resources to ensure and enhance the presence of our world-class orchestra. To learn about how you can support the Symphony, we invite you to visit our website at www.sasymphony.org or contact the Symphony Development Department at 210.554.1054.

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GOVERNMENT GRANTS

Center City Development and Operations Department

FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS San Antonio Brown Foundation, Inc. Symphony League Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Russell Hill Rogers Fund Foundation of 1992 Ewing Halsell Endowment Fund for the Arts of the SAAF Albert & Bessie Give Gab Mae Kronkosky Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation Charitable Foundation Rohe Charitable Lead Trusts American Endowment San Antonio Symphony Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund of the SAAF Schwab Charitable Fund The Greehey Family The Semmes Foundation Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

XX San Antonio Symphony Ann Walker Memorial Fund of the San Ayco Charitable Foundation Antonio Area Foundation Daniel J. Sullivan Family Charitable Betty Steiren Kelso Foundation Foundation Bowden Massey Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Carol Lee Jones Education & Cultural Louis J. and Millie M. Kocurek Charitable Foundation Fund of the SAAF Marilyn L. & William G. Moll Flohr Family Foundation Charitable Fund of the SAAF Frederic J. and Dorothea C. Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Oppenheimer Foundation San Antonio Area Foundation George Weldon Sheffield Fund The Gorman Family Foundation of the SAAF Tuesday Musical Club Heart of Texas, San Antonio Symphony Endowment BYN Mellow Charitable Gift Fund L.D. Ormsby Charitable Foundation Inc. Muriel F. Siebert Foundation Frilling Piano Studio Louis H. and Mary Patricia Stumberg Hot Wells Conservancy Foundation The Nonprofit Council Martha Mares Lebo Children's Jewish Federation of San Antonio Education Fund of the SAAF John E. Dempsey Fund of the SAAF Lifshutz Foundation McGuire Family Foundation Light One Candle/Dr. Gregorio M. Canales Russell Hill Rogers String Residency Memorial Education Endowment of the SAAF The Lynch Foundation Saint Susie Charitable Foundation Lynn and Samuel Stahl Family Philanthropic Fund San Antonio Symphony Fund of the SAAF National Christian Foundation Network for Good of the SAAF Norman Family Foundation Lowe Family Foundation Hall and Pat Hammond Charitable Fund The Alfred S. Gage Foundation of the SAAF The Jesse H. & Susan Oppenheimer San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers The Vaughan Foundation Foundation University of the Incarnate Word The Parker Foundation, Inc. Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County Victor and Peggy Creighton Charitable Trust

San Antonio Symphony XXI CORPORATE CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

PLATINUM - $100,000 AND ABOVE BRONZE - $10,000 - $24,999

GOLD - $50,000 - $99,999 The Nordan Trust

Mission DG

SILVER - $25,000 - $49,999

SYMPHONY BUSINESS PARTNERS Place Rentals, Inc. Fidelity Investments Toubin Insurance Universal Travel Services Cacheaux, Cavazos, & Newton Oak Park Cleaners

Acenar Barbuilders LLC Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Ford, Powell & Carson Architects & Planners Inc. Jane Lindell Hughes M.D., Ophthalmology & Ophthalmic Surgery Law Office of David Butterbaugh, P.C. Musical Arts of San Antonio, Inc. Radiance Homes

Bella on Houston Las Canarias Ostra O’Krent Floors

XXII San Antonio Symphony CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT FUNDS

AmazonSmile Foundation IBM Matching Gift Program ExxonMobil Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Become a Corporate Conductor’s Circle or Business Partner Member! Be recognized as a community business leader and be connected to our Symphony patrons! In addition to recognition in 55 concert programs during the Symphony’s season in the Tobin Center, Business Partners and Conductor’s Circle benefit packages include concert tickets, program ads, promotional signage/displays in Tobin lobby, and invitations to special events with musicians, conductors and guests artists. Business Partners also receive special ticket offers throughout the year to share with employees, clients or customers. For more information contact Development, at 210.554.1054

San Antonio Symphony XXIII INDIVIDUAL DONORS

For the 2019-20 season, The San Antonio Symphony Board of Directors has collectively contributed over $440,000 with 100% participation in board giving.

Donor listing includes gifts and pledges made between September 1, 2018 and December 11, 2019.* Dr. John B. Lenox The Honorable Karen H. Pozza Anne and Bruce Johnson and Dan Pozza Carol Lee Klose and Christine and Jonathan Schmidt Carolyn A. Seale PLATINUM - Robert V. and Andree Knapp ALLEGRO (GOLD) - $5,000 - $7,499 $100,000 AND ABOVE Lt. Col. John G. Koudsi Friend of the San Antonio Mr. Louis J. Lamm, Jr. Ms. Susan Belken, Belknen Symphony Agnes and Jim Lowe Insurance Associates Symphony Society of San Mrs. Carolyn Marshall Steven Alan Bennett and Antonio Board of Directors Bunny and Wilbur Matthews Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt Taddy McAllister Jane and Wayne Beyer GOLD - $50,000 - $99,999 George and Maureen Merkle Dr. and Mrs. Richard V. Butler Mrs. Margaret Mireles Nancy and Charlie Cheever SFH 2016 Giving Fund Debbie and John T. Montford Doris M. Cobb Drs. Sheila Swartzman and Nancy R. Otto, MD Edward E. Collins III Kenneth Bloom Mrs. Angela Pfeiffer Colonel (Ret) Stephen Fischer Friend of the San Antonio Mrs. Eleanor Purcell and Mr. Roy Biles Symphony Mr. Kelly M. Ranson Lt. Col. John Fucik Kathleen and Albert Vale Cheré Reneau Jeffrey L. Glass, MD Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Dr. C. Wayne and Barbara Shore Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Gorder Whitacre, Jr. C. Ritchie Spence, M.D. Drs. Margo Denke and SILVER - $25,000 - $49,999 George and Polly Spencer James Griffin Mr. Frank W. Stenger-Castro Mr. and Mrs. Tom Guggolz Dr. and Mrs. George Bannayan Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Thomas Mr. LeRoy R. Hayden, Jr. Jim and Frances Garner Mr. James Waters Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry III Laura and Jack Richmond Didi and Alan Weinblatt Mr. Joseph Jarmon and BRONZE - $10,000 - $24,999 Ms. Penny Wiederhold Ms. Deborah Omowale Jane & Scott Wilkinson Ronald C. Keller Kathey and Robert Anderson Mr. Pat Maloney, Jr., Law Offices Virginia and Charles Bowden of Pat Maloney, P.C. Drs. Lois Bready and Manie and Michael Mann Joseph Holahan Colonel Nickey McCasland Aimee and Ernest Bromley VIVACE (SAPPHIRE) - Elizabeth and Greg Radabaugh $7,500 - $9,999 Mr. James S. Calvert Gerry L. Saum Mary Anne and Tony Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Larry Amos William and Jo Sherrill Linda and Edgar Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Du Val Cristina Chial and Bruce Topletz Eric and Priscilla Dupré Estate of Daryl Engel Lucy and Jack Walters Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery S. Galt Ms. Patricia A. Kalmans and Pagie and Craig Wilson Candy and Buddy Gardner Dr. Michael A. Ozer Jean Rogers Winchell Susan Gershenhorn and Frederica and Martin Kushner Dr. Leopoldo Zorrilla James Lazarus Marlene Merritt XXIV San Antonio Symphony ANDANTE (SILVER) - Barbara K. Stover Friend of the Symphony $2,500 - $4,999 Donna and Ian Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Davis Mr. George C. Allen and Mrs. Janelle Tye Al and Claire DeLauro Mr. Bryan L. Saldana Mrs. B.J. Vineyard Mrs. Holly K. Denton and Dr. Clifford Alprin and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Walter Mr. Jack Swanson Dr. Lindsey Hawkins-Alprin Suzanne West Jack DeWied and Dr. George Beddingfield Mr. and Mrs. Graham Weston Loretty Shivers Margaret Corning Boldrick Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Woolley Judge Preston Dial Mary Alice Bond Mrs. Sharon Dicey ADAGIO (BRONZE) - Richard and Kim Dietz Dr. Alfred Bowles $1,000 - $2,499 Jennifer and Corey Cowart Marjorie and Joseph Dishron Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Dreyfus Mr. Thurman J. Adkins Mr. James A. Doebbler Sharon and Bjorn Dybdahl Curt and Lorraine Anastasio Arlene Dryer Ms. Ruth A. Edney Mr. and Mrs. Otis Baskin Mr. Thomas H. Edson Ken Fine and Rebecca Canary Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Bazan III Mr. Donald G. Elliott Vade G. Forrester, Jr., in memory Mr. Philip Beauchamp Drs. Linda Ellsworth and of Scotti Forrester Col. Tyson E. Becker, MD and George Mann Colonel and Mrs. John J. Franco, Jr. Katie Sutcliffe Becker Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ely Paul Giolma, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Randall C. Bell Sonia an Edward Esparza Dr. and Mrs. Randolph D. Col and Mrs. Craig R. Bertolett, Dick and Jimmie Ruth Evans Glickman (USAR - Ret.) Mary Rebecca Ferris Anthonia K. Goldsmith and Mr. Ray G. Besing Dr. and Mrs. Julio E. Figueroa Richard E. Goldsmith Mary Alice Bethancourt Kathryn and Michael Fischbach Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green Mr. and Mrs. John C. Brooke Pearl and Israel Fogiel Dr. and Mrs. Fernando A. Guerra Dr. Herbert and Sylvia Brown Jacque and Jay Forrest John and Elizabeth Hudson Mr. and Mrs. John Browning Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Francis II Norman and Antje Klaunig Mr. E R. Bruno Mrs. Ruth Frederick Mrs. Rosario S. Laird Mr. Robert Buchanan, The John Frederick and Mimi Yu Alfredo La Rosa and Original Mexican Restaurant Elaine and Bob Gardner Catalina Samper Ms. Marsha Burrows Mr. Raymond Goldstein and Margaret and Jack Maguire Wade and Lisa Caldwell Ms. Jane T. Welch Cindy and Richard Marini Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Calvert, Drs. Laurie and Mr. and Mrs. John T. McGuire F.B. Doane Foundation Lewis Greenberg Ms. Karen McMillan Brigadier General (ret.) Peter Guenther and Judy Morton David M. Cannan Barbara Woodriff James F. Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Casiano Margaret Hager Yong Q. Zhang Ms. Hannah M. Castellaw Dr. George Christopher Hammet Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. O’Connor Drew and Elizabeth Cauthorn Ms. Amy Hardberger Alexander M. Mr. Marc Chalaby Ms. Anne R. Hardinge Papanastassiou, M.D. Michael and Paula Chalk James and Roxana Hayne Camilla Parker Dr. and Mrs. William J. Chiego, Jr. Drs. Kevin Hall and Dolores Perrine Mrs. Anne S. Church Josefine Heim-Hall Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Pfeiffer Ms. Janyce Clark Mrs. Kathryn Heizer Judge Bonnie Reed and Dr. Jacqueline Claunch William and Barbara Hintze Stuart Schlossberg Rev. and Mrs. Albert B. Clayton Mrs. George C. Hixon Mrs. Margaret M. Rote Dr. Gillian E. Cook Chalres and Janet Hooper Judith and George Schroeder Mrs. Gayle Copeland and Mr. Barry W. Hubbard Dr. and Mrs. Alberto C. Serrano Mr. Jim Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Michael Huber Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shivers Laurin and Bill Cothren John Hudson Dr. Rasa Silenas Bruce and Flo Cotter Claudia Huntington and Rebecca and David Simpson Dr. Brenda K. Covey Marshall Miller Friend of the Symphony Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hussey

San Antonio Symphony XXV INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Mrs. G. Milton Johnson Mr. Doug Miller Charles and Nimfa Salge Kay Lorraine Johnson, Mr. Barry Mitchell Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl Creative Glass Design Susan Mooberry and Mrs. Carolyn Sanders Dr. Ajeya and Mrs. Anjali Joshi Gregory Patterson Mr. Cornel Sarosdy Drs. Uma and B. Kasinath Mrs. Sally D. Morehouse Ms. Georgina R. Schwartz Charles and Vickie Kinder Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Morgan Drs. Harry and Molly Shafer Mr. Robert C. King and Bob Morrell Margaret Leigh Shapleigh and Dr. Susan Marenda King Mrs. Lillian P. Morris Donald Strandberg Dr. and Mrs. James W. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Mullin Joachim Singelmann Kirkpatrick Robert Mullen Dr. and Mrs. Earl Smith Mr. Isidoro Korngold and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Murgo Peter and Buffy Smolens Ms. Rosario L. Ochoa Jim Murray and Bob and Sally Sohn Ms. Shelley Kozel Sheila Winget-Murray Morris and Rose Spector Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kuster Ms. Phyllis T. Nguyen Dr. Marga Speicher Ms. Joanne Kuster Sandy Nguyen and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Staffel Ms. Barbara C. Kyse Richard Rybacki Carol and Michael Stehling Laura and Weir Labatt III Ms. Wendy Nguyen Mr. Gerald B. Stepman Mr. and Mrs. David Lamers Mr. William Nichols Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens Mr. and Ms. Henry Lang Mr. and Mrs. Art Nicholson Mrs. Ernstine K. Studer Joan and Lynn Lasswell Ms. Jean M. Nystrand Frank and Nancie Sutter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lende Dr. Peter O’Brien and Universal Travel Services Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lichtenstein Ms. Jane M. Key P.H. Swearingen, Jr. Ms. Amy Liebert Russell and Martha Oppenheim Mr. Charles A. Szabo and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Lockerbie Valerie and Victor Ostrower Mrs. Luz Moreno Ms. Carolyn Lowery Harriet and David Pinansky Ms. Tina Torres Linda and Larry Lowman Dr. and Mrs. Ben Plummer Mr. Jimmy Toubin Mrs. Sonia Lubetsky Dr. Barry and Mr. and Dr. Dale W. Tremblay Ms. Janet Luther Mrs. Nancy Portnoy Mr. Arthur Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Lutz III Mr. and Mrs. Jon Purdy Dr. Karen A. Waldron Alice Lynch Ms. Janet M. Putz Dr. Bruce H. Warren Ms. Jane H. Macon Ms. Kathy Rafferty Dr. Mark and Ellen Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Madison Dr. Jose and Peggy Rebolledo Caroline and Andrew Weir Janet Massy / Massy Studio LLC Epitacio R. Resendez V Emilia and William Westney Ms. Jill L. Mata Ms. Alice Reyes Sylvia R. Wheeler Friend of the Symphony Dr. and Mrs. Leonel Reyes, Jr. Joan and Gates Whiteley Marguerite McCormick Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lynne Wilkerson and Dr. Richard McDonnell Robinson, Jr. Basil Scaljon Ms. Kathleen McGrail Ms. Sue Rodarte Don and Kathy Wilkinson Dave and Rita McSorley Gerry Frost & Leonel Rodriguez Ms. Rita Binkley Worthy Leila Meacham Mr. and Mrs. Bealer Rogers Lori and Mark Wright Drs. John M. and Friend of the San Antonio Ms. Judy Yaeger Catherine T. Milbourn Symphony Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Miller Deborah and Bill Rush

XXVI San Antonio Symphony Mr. Javier Hernandez Mrs. Victoria Summy and Mrs. Maryanne Herzig Dr. Joseph Webb Gretchen Hill and Patrick Ward Mr. Kenneth Tannenbaum Peter and Julianna Holt Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Torrington $500 - $999 Ms. Betty Hurt Ms. Katherine A. Totten Dr. Karen Balcom Suzanne J. Kasanoff Jim and Beverly Tsakopulos Mr. Walter R. Bell Mr. and Ms. Arthur Knott Timothy and Elizabeth Turner Benson Family Fund Carl and Ann Leafstedt Caroline and Andrew Weir Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Blank Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Wild Ms. Danna A. Brady LeMessurier Mr. Neil E. Williams Piano and Violin Studios of Mssrs. James R. Letchworth and Dr. Janet F. Williams April and Eric Brahinsky Kirk Swanson Dr. and Mrs. John A. Williamson Ms. Olga Brown John Lewis and Patricia Bridwell Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Word, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Burns Dr. and Mrs. Peter Maddox Ms. Fredericka Younger T.R. and E.C. Burns Dr. and Mrs. Walt W. Magnus Drs. Gerardo and Rosa Zavala Michael & Paula Chalk Ms. Pamela Matthews Ms. Molly K. Zebrowski Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Ms. Whitney McCarthy and Carrauthers Mr. Matthew Landers $250 - $499 Mr. Juan J. Castillo and Raymond and Jacqueline Mr. Harlan Adamcik Mr. Raul Guerra McClellan Ms. Jerre Adams Henry and Mary Alice Cisneros Mrs. Robert McCormick Mr. C. L. Adamson Mr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. James A. McMullan Ronald W. Ady Mr. and Mrs. Garry T. Cole Terry McQuain Col. and Mrs. Sigmund Mrs. Gayle Copeland & Mr. Eric G. McQueen Alexander Mr. Jim Jacobs Dave and Rita McSorley Marian L. Archer Mr. Samuel Creswell Ms. Frances V. Metcalf James and Marieta Baer Alvin W. Czanderna PhD & Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Miller Mr. Scott Baird Kani L. Nichols Dr. and Mrs. Joaquin G. Mira Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Baker, Jr. Mr. John Debner Mr. and Mrs. Wright Nodine Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baker Mr. Ron DeFord Elvira and Carlos Ortiz Mr. and Mrs. John E. Bakke III Ms. Margaret Dennett Mrs. Harry J. Parker Ms. Donna B. Bamberger Dr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Dolan Ms. Annette Paulin Dr. Aaron Betts and Mr. Michael Duan Ms. Jan Peranteau Mrs. Yazmin Betts Thomas and Sharon Dukes Drs. Robert and Diane Persellin Mr. and Mrs. John Blattner Mr. Joseph W. Eikenberry Ann Pomerantz, The Ann and Mr. Wayne Bradford Don Elliott Melvin Pomerantz Dora A. and Timothy Brown Barbara Emanuel Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Landon Brown Dave Fisher Drs. Sammie and Ed Raez Patsy Burrow Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Rosenthal Ms. Patsy Burrow Paul Fitzpatrick and Ethel Runion Bettye and Paddy Burwell S. Colette Daubner Mr. and Mrs. George N. Mr. Paul B. Carter Dr. Nancy Fix Anderson Samaras Lea Ann Carver Ms. Freda J. Flax Mrs. Cessie Sanchez John P. and Linda Fay Casey Jeannine and Thomas Foster Thomas and Cynthia Schluter Demetrius and Agatha Christian Dr. and Mrs. Antonio Furino Linda Nixon Seeligson Mrs. Ann T. Coiner Mr. Michael E. Greenberg Richard & Anne Senelick Jay and Peggy Collins Mr. and Mrs. Hall S. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Senter Anne and Michael Connor Mrs. Maria K. Hanau-Schaumburg Mr. Edward C. Snyder III Mrs. Flora C. Crichton Mr. James A. Harnish Dr. Terresa Stallworth Mr. C. Lee Cusenbary and Frances J. Hearn Mrs. Elsie G. Steg Teresa Hospers, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stuart

San Antonio Symphony XXVII INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cwiklik Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kinneberg Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ritter Mr. Desmond Doneen Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Dr. Ralph J. Riviello Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Kleberg III Dr. Andrew Rockwood Downing, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klein Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Rothen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dungan Mr. Robert M. Kremer Ms. Ethel T. Runion V. Grayson Dyer and Dr. Robert T. Kunau, Jr. Mr. Cicero A. Rust III Jacqueline Lee Mok Mrs. Helen Kyse Mo and Brigitte Saidi Dr. Franklin Epstein Carl and Ann Leafstedt Mr. Frank L. Seaman Patrick and Tammy Foster Mr. John Leibrock & Mr. and Mrs. Josef E. Seiterle Mrs. Jimmie Sue Francis Mrs. Karen McCoy Mr. Tom Sharp Mr. Albert Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Lee Bassim and Karen Shebaro Ms. Andrea Garza Dr. and Mrs. Charles Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Donald Simmons LeRoy and Anna Garza Mr. Jesse Lopez Douglas Smith and Barbara and Michael Gentry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Madison Rebecca Gonzalez Tom and Susan Ginnity Mr. Joel A. Mayer Ms. Claudia J. Smith Mr. Thomas S. Girhard Mrs. Helen McCrae Mr. Kevin Spleid Dr. Richard Goldman Douglas McNeel Tookie Spoor Ms. Veronica Gonzalez Jane Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Springer Larry and Paulette Goodman Jacqueline C. Russell William Stone Diane and Robert Green Mr. and Mrs. Austin Moore Ms. Malgorzata Stypko Dr. Amit Goyal Mrs. Diana T. Morehouse Dr. Dwight Swimley Mr. Brian Halverson Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Emil G. Swize Joe Harris Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Morgan Ms. Stacey M. Taliancich Mrs. Mary A. Hart Mr. Michael Munson Dr. Carolyn True Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Hatfield Andrew L. Nordquist Ms. Lydia Vasquez Ms. Irene Hays-Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Leonard O’Donnell Drs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav Frank Herrera Dr. Maureen O’Driscoll-Levy Luther Ward Mrs. Megan Higle Ms. Catherine W. Owen Theresa and Lee Washburn Gracie Howard Dan and Harriet Peavy Mr. James Waters Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Jenison Mr. and Mrs. William T. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Jenkins Ms. Hallie Pinson Westerberg Vincent R. Johnson and Luisa Ana & Robert Price Emilia and William Westney Jill Torbert Ms. Morgan Price Ms. Sandy Whitley Ms. Margaret A. Joseph Charles and JoAnn Purdy Jerry and Cynthia Wiens Friend of the Symphony Dr. Robert Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Donald Zapara Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Kardys Ms. Dorothy Randall

*Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this list. Please contact the Symphony’s Development Office at 210.554.1054 or [email protected] if you have any questions or to report an error.

XXVIII San Antonio Symphony NAMED MUSICIANS

Donors who annually contribute at the Alessandro Circle level are eligible to be recognized as Named Musician Sponsor of their favorite musicians. To learn more about this program, contact the Symphony Development Office at (210) 554-1054.

CLEO AUFDERHAAR, JEFF GARZA, PRINCIPAL HORN JEAN ROBINSON, FLUTE SECOND VIOLIN Jim and Frances Garner Ms. Carolyn Marshall Eleanor and Linda Purcell MARY ELLEN GOREE, PETER RUBINS, HORN NOAM AVIEL, PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Dr. C. Wayne and Barbara Shore ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Ken Fine and Rebecca Canary ILYA SHTERENBERG, Mrs. Penny Wiederhold BETH JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL CLARINET ERIC GRATZ, CONCERTMASTER SECOND VIOLIN Steven Alan Bennett and Laura and Jack Richmond Dr. John B. Lenox Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt JENNIFER BERG, MORGEN JOHNSON, CELLO RENIA SHTERENBERG, OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Ms. Angela Pfeiffer Susan Fox-Harris Bolner’s Fiesta Products Inc. STEPHANIE KEY, ASSISTANT SARAH SILVER MANZKE, MARISA BUSHMAN, VIOLA PRINCIPAL CLARINET ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Flohr Family Foundation Agnes and Jim Lowe Mr. Kelly Ranson JOHN CARROLL, D.M.A., SHARON KUSTER, KAREN STILES, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TRUMPET PRINCIPAL BASSOON PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN The Original Mexican Mr. Denny Ware Dr. C. Wayne and Barbara Shore Restaurant & Bar PAUL LUEDERS, OBOE DANIEL TAUBENHEIM, ALLYSON DAWKINS, PRINCIPAL CHAIR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL VIOLA Kathleen and Albert Vale TRUMPET Drs. Kenneth R. Bloom and JULIE LUKER, PICCOLO Polly and George Spencer Sheila Swartzman AND ASSOCIATE MARK TEPLETSKY, RACHEL FERRIS, PRINCIPAL FLUTE PRINCIPAL FLUTE PRINCIPAL HARP Lt. Col. John G. Koudsi James Lazarus and James S. Calvert, in memory of DAVID MOLLENAUER, Susan Gershenhorn Carolyn Rice Calvert, Founding ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CELLO AIMEE TOOMES LOPEZ, Director 1939-1978 Agnes and Jim Lowe SECOND VIOLIN PETER FLAMM, BASSAM NASHAWATI, George and Maureen Merkle PRINCIPAL TIMPANI FIRST VIOLIN STEPHANIE TEPLY WESTNEY, Wayne and Jane Beyer Ms. Taddy McAllister VIOLIN II RIELY FRANCIS, RON NOBLE, BASSOON/ Bunny and Wilbur Matthews PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION CONTRABASSOON GREG VAUGHT, LIBRARIAN Robert V. and Andree Knapp Cristina Chial and Bruce Topletz Frederica and Martin Kushner EMILY WATKINS FREUDIGMAN, STEVE PETERSON, STEVE ZESERMAN, BASS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA PRINCIPAL TROMBONE Ms. Marlene Merritt Norman and Antje Klaunig Mr. Frank W. Stenger-Castro KENNETH FREUDIGMAN, in memory of Dan & Diana PRINCIPAL CELLO Stenger Dupre Didi and Alan Weinblatt

San Antonio Symphony XXIX XXX San Antonio Symphony BELLE CLASS OF 2020

Alexandra Grace Adelman (Ally) Ingrid Varela Mayer Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Morris Adelman Daughter of Dr. and Dr. Paul Tillson Mayer

Eleanor Claire Anderson (Ellie) Marguerite Quinn Morgan Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Michael Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kelton Keith Morgan Anderson Madison Nicole O’Daniel Christian Sloane Basse (Sloane) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patrick Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Matthews O’Daniel Basse Carla Ravelo-Szarvas Crosby Lee Beckel Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harding Conrad Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Daniel Beckel McEldowney and Mr. David Ravelo

Emma Joyce Bryant Isabella Terrell Rowland (Bella) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Matthew Bryant Daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Martin Rowland and Dr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer Rowland Jennifer Maverick Clements (Jenny) Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Maverick Sophie Elizabeth Silva Clements Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Zeke Silva III

Kendra Elizabeth Frey Sara Ellen Starnes Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Christopher Frey Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frederick Starnes, Jr. Sofia Christina Gutierrez Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin Gutierrez Erica Blair Stocker Daughter of Dr. and Dr. Eric Herman Stocker Megan Jean Huff Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kip Harsh Gilliland and Sophie Katherine Velez Mr. John Huff Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jorge Alberto Velez

Kendall Case Johnson Annie Marie Volpe Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Musgrave Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carlos Volpe Johnson, Jr. Abigail Jewel Wagner Tatum Elizabeth Kiselis Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richard Wagner Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anthony Golibart and Mr. Timothy Michael Kiselis Katalina Lizette Watson Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edmund Watson III Reagan Victoria Laine Daughter of Dr. Gale Gregory Kelsie Elizabeth Westmoreland Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jason Hailey Elizabeth Lynd Westmoreland Daughter of Mrs. Christine Perron Crescenzo and Mr. Michael Joseph Lynd, Jr. Corina Michiko Villanueva Zarate Daughter of Dr. and Dr. Rudolfo Pedraza Zarate, Jr. Emma Ireland Matthews Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Walker Matthews

San Antonio Symphony XXXI HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS

Our thanks to all those who chose to honor or remember someone special through a gift to the San Antonio Symphony. The following list includes honor/memorial gifts and pledges made between September 1, 2018 and December 11, 2019.* IN HONOR OF

Lynn Arneson Zora Dickson Amy Dameron Phipps Taddy McAllister Kathleen and Albert Vale The Genevieve & Ward Orsinger Foundation Noam Aviel's Grandmother Riely Francis, Cheré Reneau Principal Percussion Drs. Sheila Swartzman and Bettye and Paddy Burwell Kenneth Bloom Geraldine Bannister Drs. Jim and Peggy Sims Cheré Reneau Stephanie Key Mrs. Janelle Tye Mrs. Sonny Swimley Jeremy Brimhall Dr. Dwight Swimley Martin and Frederica Kushner Margaret Stanley King Ms.Cheré Reneau Kathleen Weir Vale John Carroll, Trumpet Friend of the Symphony Ms. M.A. Espey Sebastian Lang-Lessing Friends of the San Antonio Mr. Walter R. Bell Symphony Timothy Casey Mr. and Mrs. Hall S. Hammond Ms. Elizabeth De Los Santos Taddy McAllister Drs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav Mr. and Mrs. Morgan T. Edwards Mrs. Carolene Schmidt Zehner Lucy Czanderna Ms. Coletta Kemper Alvin W. Czanderna PhD & Dr. Maureen J. O’Driscoll-Levy Kathleen Weir Vale's birthday Kani L. Nichols Norman Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Victor L. Casiano Mr. and Mrs. David Simon Allyson Dawkins, David Mollenauer Principal Viola Mrs. Janelle Tye San Antonio Symphony Mrs. Janelle Tye Mrs. Janelle Tye

XXXII San Antonio Symphony IN MEMORY OF

Kay Allison Dr. J. Howard Frederick Ms. Doris Hoskins Jim and Frances Garner Mrs. Ruth Frederick Joan and Dean Lansing Mrs. Tom McClung Buddy Banack Ruth Jean Gurwitz Oakland University Taddy McAllister Carolyn A. Seale and Ms. Maryn O’Brien Carol Lee Klose Mrs. Patricia Overend Dr. Dale Bennett Ms. Ruth G. Parker Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wallace Barbara Hayden Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shivers Mr. LeRoy R. Hayden, Jr. Sigma Nu Chapter Col. and Mrs. William T. Mr. Eugene Brieger Dolores L. Klose Rogerson Mr. Barry Mitchell Carol Lee Klose and Mr. and Mrs. David Schoch Carolyn A. Seale Ms. Julie F. Smith Chico Chisano Prof. William Walker Kay Kutchins Taddy McAllister Detroit Concert Choir Curt and Lorraine Anastasio Lila Cockrell Mr. Samuel Creswell Ora Lee H. Seale Taddy McAllister John Hudson Carolyn A. Seale and Mrs. Penny Wiederhold Carol Lee Klose Taliaferro Cooper Mr. Robert Buchanan Mrs. Thomas (Gail) Mac Auley Wilford Stapp Mr. Thomas Kimmell Mr. Walter R. Bell Mr. Scott Baird Taddy McAllister Timothy and Elizabeth Turner Gary W. Mitchell Suzanne Ware Mr. and Mrs. Lary Amos Jane Lindell Hughes M.D., Rita Crosby Sarah M. Baxter Ophthalmology & Carolyn A. Seale and Ms. Jolene Blankley Ophthalmic Surgery Carol Lee Klose Col. and Mrs. Wiliam Brady Agnes and Jim Lowe Donna and George Bustamante Jim Cullum Detroit Concert Choir Dan Webster Taddy McAllister Mr. Desmond Doneen Taddy McAllister Chalemers and Cindy Gable Lt. Col. Bruce B. Dicey Mr. Isaac Garrigues-Cortel Hayden Mackenzie Weissman Martha R. Hammond Ms. Berniece T. Gibson and Peyton Marie Weissman Naomi E. Kelia Ms. Wilma D. Hanger Ms. Freda J. Flax Annaliese M. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Hawthorne Emma Jean Wyatt of South Janice Dyer Mrs. Megan Higle Texas Money Management Mr. Walter R. Bell Mrs. Barbara Hoch P.H. Swearingen, Jr. Col. (Ret) and Mrs. Michael Hogan

San Antonio Symphony XXXIII SYMPHONY LEAGUE 100 WOMEN CHALLENGE

More than 100 women donated $100 in honor of the 100 year anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the United States and in support of the San Antonio Symphony’s Education Programs.

Serena Aldrich Gracie Howard Mary Pierce Anne Alexander In Honor of Gracie Ramos Jeanette Pierce Lynn Amos Patsy Inglet Susan Hertel Pisano, MD Nancy F. Anderson Kay Lorraine Johnson Laura Powell Jana Baker Nicole Juel Elizabeth Rababaugh Norma Barloco Pat Kalmans Kathy Rafferty Janie Barrera Wanda Keder Awilda Ramos, MD Ruth Berg Lisa Kelleher Laura Renard Mary-Ann Bjornsti Julie Kenfield Sue Rodart Virginia Bowden Vickie Kinder Carol Walter Russell Chula Boyle Melissa Kirkpatrick Katherine Schmidt Pat Bridwell Terri Kirn Betsy Schultz Jeanne Browning Carol Anne Koehl Nita Schweitzer Barbara Buck Lela Krieger Anne Senelick Lisa Cabrera Ricki Kushner Molly Shafer Lisa Caldwell Sarah Lake Nancy Shivers Shawn Campbell Carolyn Lang Buffy Smolens Kristen Casey Nancy Larson Laura Soules Linda Fay Casey Joanne Lawton Penelope Speier Leticia R. Chapa Ciena Lindemann Ann Springer Jacqueline Claunch Louise Mandel Jyotsna Srinivasan Tiffanie Clausewitz Janet Mansmann Lynn Stahl Roz Cogburn Carolyn Marshall Pat Storlie Lois Cohodas Caroline Matthews In Memory of Rose Holub Sally T. Cooper Bunny Matthews Geraldine Striegler Karen Cramer Taddy McAllister Jane Stuart Marthe Curry Whitney McCarthy Paige Sugg Luz Solis Day Marguerite McCormick Cheryl Swantner Margo Denke Terri McDowell Sheila Swartzman April Dickson Kathleen McGrail Stacey Taliancich Elizabeth Diggs Liz Mendenhall Lisa Valentine Carlota Dwyer Susan Hertel Mooberry Peggy Walker Katrina Erck Deb Mueller In Honor of Vickie Kinder Freida Flax Sydney Muenster Nancy Wallace Veronica Gard Anne Mulligan Elizabeth S. Waller Amy Brown Girardeau Toni Murgo Carolyn Watson Martha Grant Sheila Murray Kathleen Weir Vale Christine Green Elvira Ortiz Joan Whiteley Beverly Guerra Gina Padalacki Penny Wiederhold Sara Hamilton Laura Parodi Jean Rogers Winchell Linda & Lauren Hampton Annalisa Peace Dale & Mertie Wood In Honor of Joan Whiteley Dolores Perrine Erin Zayko Jean Hanor Diane Persellin, PhD Molly Zebrowski Maureen Hillman Carolyn Petersen In Honor of Katrina Erck Lisa Hodges Maria Pfeiffer Erin Zayko Peter Houghton Angela Pfeiffer Mary Zocchi In Honor of Nicole & Charlotte Phillips Emma Houghton Irene Pierce

XXXIV San Antonio Symphony San Antonio Symphony XXXV BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kathleen Weir Vale, Chair Ernest Bromley Alfredo La Rosa, Treasurer Karen Pozza Frank Stenger-Castro Cindy Marini, Secretary Beverly Purcell Guerra Eric Dupre, Vice Chair Taddy McAllister Ritchie Spence Lauren Eberhart, musician Marguerite McCormick Sheila Swartzman Amy Hardberger Margaret Mireles Don Thomas Susan Fox Harris Ryan Murphy, musician Mark Tolley Joseph Jarmon Michael Ozer James Waters Vickie Kinder Diane Persellin Didi Weinblatt Robert Knapp Brian Petkovich, musician Lynne Wilkerson

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Katie Brill Tabitha Dunham Angelica Rivera-Perez Manager of Artistic Planning Grants Manager Accountant

Jeremy Brimhall Margaret Hager Desireé Soto Director of Education and Artistic Administrative Finance Department Community Engagement Assistant Janni Toomes Corey Cowart Jenna Jernigan Orchestra Executive Director Marketing Manager Personnel Manager

Karen Cramer D’Anté McNeal Sara Vreeland Group Sales and Business Artistic Operations Coordinator Stage & Operations Manager Partner Coordinator Annette Paulin Gilbert Yanez Mary Dominguez Director of Development Controller Finance Administrator

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